4th Annual Innovation Day

2016

April 15, 2016

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The Undergraduate Research and Innovation (URI) program provides undergraduate students opportunities to have research and innovation experience as part of their NJIT learning, enabling them to succeed and assume leadership roles in our society.

URI programs and competitions such as the ones featured on Innovation Day are designed to help students develop vision and strategic planning skills to address current and forthcoming global challenges.

For more information, please visit centers.njit.edu/uri/.

2016 TechQuest Innovation CompetitionFIRST PLACE (1ST TIME)

Andrea Cano (CE), Arisha Javed (CE), Maira Valencia (Biochemistry)

Project: Portable and Scalable Microbial Fuel Cells-powered Lighting SystemsFaculty Adviser: Wen Zhang, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

FIRST PLACE

John Vito D’Antonio-Bertagnolli (BME), Robert Gioia (IT)

Project: Virtual Reality Vision TherapyFaculty Adviser: Tara L. Alvarez, Department of Biomedical Engineering

SECOND PLACE

Diego Rios (Math and Physics)

Project: The Trans-Palpebral Self-TonometerFaculty Adviser: Gordon Thomas, Department of Physics

THIRD PLACE

Matthew Reda (ME), Kevin O’Connor (CE)

Project: Autonomous Snow RemovalFaculty Adviser: Lu Lu, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

FINALISTS

Ahmed Awad (BME), Joseph Campomizzi (ME), Giancarlo Porto (ES)

Project: Universal High Performance Shoe

Taha Awan (Biology), Muhammad Carvan (Biology)

Project: Protecting Our Technology and HealthFaculty Adviser: Megan O’Neill, Department of Humanities

Pamela Herrera (BME)

Project: Advantages of a Scaffold Using Zein and K-Carrageenan for Application in Tooth RegenerationFaculty Advisers: George Collins and Bruno Mantilla, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Angelica Llerena (CS)

Project: Solving Bottlenecks in Educational Workflow SoftwareFaculty Adviser: Michael Bieber, Department of Information Systems

Matthew Lopez (CS)

Project: Accurate Measurement of Walking Speed of Patients Suffering from Parkinson’s DiseaseFaculty Adviser: Roberto Rojas-Cessa, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jacqueline Moreno (ChE)

Project: Stability of Drug Loaded Polymer Strip FilmsFaculty Advisers: Ecevit Bilgili and Rajesh N. Dave, Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering

Carlos Morillo (Biology)

Project: Compact Food Composter Utilizing Anaerobic and Aerobic DigestionFaculty Adviser: Jay Meegoda, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Olivia Saez (ChE)

Project: An Automated Microfluidic Device for Single Cell Analysis Manufactured Using Affordable DIY UV LithographyFaculty Adviser: Roman Voronov, Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering

Shahan Uzzaman (CE)

Project: Scheduling Electric Vehicles (EVs) at Charging StationsFaculty Adviser: Edwin Hou, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nahian Basith (CE), Umar S. Rao (CE), Einreb Funda (CE)

Project: Smart DeskFaculty Adviser: Mohammed Feknous, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

MCNAIR 2016 SCHOLARS

Ariel Aranda (CE/ CIM)

Project: Improving a New Apparatus Used to Test the Fines in SoilsFaculty Adviser: Mohamed Mahgoub, Department of Engineering Technology

Walter Cevallos (CE/CIM)

Project: Rapid Technology to Rehabilitate and Extend the Service Life of Hudson River Tunnel without Closing for Extended DurationsFaculty Adviser: Jay Meegoda, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Deliris Diaz (Biophysics)

Project: Analyzing Dynamic Instability and Paclitaxel Stabilized MicrotubulesFaculty Adviser: Camelia Prodan, Department of Physics

Miguel Garcia (ME)

Project: A Portal to Achieve and Display Mechanism Animations Faculty Adviser: B.S. Mani, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Mengxin He (ChE)

Project: Shear Enhancement of Separation of Monoclonal AntibodiesFaculty Adviser: Sagnik Basuray, Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering

Maira Valencia (Biochemistry)

Project: Development of Novel Two-Photon Fluorescence Probes for High Resolution Deep Tissue ImagingFaculty Adviser: Kevin D. Belfield, College of Science and Liberal Arts

FALL 2015 URI PHASE-1 STUDENT SEED GRANT WINNERS Victor Aladele (EE)

Project: Tabla MIDI ControllerFaculty Adviser: Durga Misra, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Andrea Cano (CE), Maira Valencia (BioChem), Mehnaz Moon (CE)

Project: Microbial Fuel Cell-powered Lighting Systems for Mobile ToiletsFaculty Adviser: Wen Zhang, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Mohammed Elassa (BME), William Lau (BME), Matthew Maisonet (BME), Jigar Shah (BME)

Project: GenoS: Mechanical Tongue Stimulation DeviceFaculty Adviser: Mesut Sahin, Department of Biomedical Engineering Nooruddin Hashmi (BME), Jose Rodriguez (BME), Bijin Vadasserril (BME) and Noor Shahin (BME)

Project: Hematocrit ReaderFaculty Adviser: Max Roman, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Libertad Harris (Arch)

Project: Energy Production in Micro-Algae Enabled Architectural FacadesFaculty Adviser: Martina Decker, College of Architecture and Design

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Zohour Hassan (BME), Raeesa Soomar (BME), Richard Vincent (BME), Christine Kurian (BME)

Project: Carribo: Automated CPR MachineFaculty Adviser: William Hunter, Department of Biomedical Engineering Andrew House (ChE)

Project: µFILMS – Micro Total-Analytical System for Studying Polymeric Film-Based Drug Delivery SystemFaculty Adviser: Sagnik Basuray, Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering

Heidi Hussa (Arch)

Project: Spatial Soundscaping: Reverberation as a Wanted NoiseFaculty Adviser: Daniel Kopec, School of Architecture Assma Itani (Biology), Anmol Mittal (Biology), Hardik Darji (ME & Applied Math)

Project: Role in Locomotion of Specific Inhibitory Motoneurons in C. elegans Examined via Microfluidics, Tracking, and OptogeneticsFaculty Adviser: Gal Haspel, Department of Biological Sciences Stefani Kocevska (ChE)

Project: Destruction of Freons in Non-Thermal PlasmaFaculty Adviser: Lev Krasnoperov, Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science Carlos Morillo (Biology)

Project: Compact Food ComposterFaculty Adviser: Jay Meegoda, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Omar Qari (Biology)

Project: Neural System and Connectivity of Midwater Amphipod PhronimaFaculty Adviser: Daphne Soares, Department of Biological Sciences

Chrystoff Camacho (ME)

Project: Aerial Reforestation CapsuleFaculty Adviser: Nancy Jackson, Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science

Marah Angelica Magpile (CE)

Project: Development of Multifunctional Reactive Electrochemical Membranes for Biomass Recovery with Fouling Reduction, Water Reuse, and Cell Pretreatment Waste Heat in Power PlantsFaculty Adviser: Wen Zhang, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Kabir Mitra (ChE)

Project: Carbon Nanotube Enhanced Membrane Distillation for Generating Pure Water from Waste Heat in Power PlantsFaculty Adviser: Somenath Mitra, Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science Hathija Noor (ChE), Nida Riaz (ChE), Victoria Harbour (ChE)

Project: Micro Total Analytical Neurological System (µTRANS): A Dynamic Approach to Studying the Blood Brain BarrierFaculty Adviser: Sagnik Basuray, Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering

SPRING 2016 URI PHASE-1 STUDENT SEED GRANT WINNERS

Mirana Alam (CE), David Etler (CE)

Project: Optical Coherence Tomography Fingerprint SensorFaculty Adviser: Xuan Liu, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Arisha Javed (CE)

Project: Microwave-assisted Antifouling Membrane Filtration TechnologyFaculty Adviser: Wen Zhang, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Jose Rodriguez (BME)

Project: PET to MRI PathwayFaculty Adviser: Bharat Biswal, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Tarj Shah (EE), David Chege (EE), and Erole Alexandre (EE)

Project: Magnetic Sensing of Physiological Parameters (MEG) for Drowsy Driver Detection SystemFaculty Adviser: Ed Niver, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Michael Tadros (LTC)

Project: Exploratory Investigation on Possible Explanations Leading to the Lack of Voting Participation amidst an Age Specific Group; the Demographic of 18- to 24-Year-Olds.Faculty Adviser: Elizabeth Petrick, Department of History Ali Yuksel (EE)

Project: Thermal Decomposition of H2O Through Focused Solar EnergyFaculty Adviser: Marek Sosnowski, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering FALL 2015 URI PHASE-2 STUDENT SEED GRANT WINNERS

Sahitya Allam (BME)

Project: Fabrication of a Conducting Scaffold for Peripheral Nerve RegenerationFaculty Advisers: Bryan Pfister and Michael Jaffe, Department of Biomedical Engineering Mawuli Allorbi (EE)

Project: Interfacing Fast Energy Delivery and Green Energy Sources with Slow Charging Energy StorageFaculty Advisers: Roberto Rojas-Cessa and Haim Grebel, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jun (Jeremiah) Liu (IE)

Project: Video-based Real-time Traffic Congestion Detection Using Google’s Open Source Machine Learning Platform TensorFlow™Faculty Adviser: Joyoung Lee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Elijah Shifnadel (BME), Parth Patel (BME), Hrushikesh Patel (BME), Amin Golany-Sadig (BME)

Project: IntegraMediCFaculty Advisor: Alev Erdi, Department of Biomedical Engineering

NEWARK INNOVATION ACCELERATION CHALLENGE (NIAC)

Kabir Mitra (ChE) – NJIT Student-1st Place Project: Water PurificationFaculty Adviser: Somenath Mitra, Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science

Harshit Ratanpara (CE) – NJIT Student -2nd Place Project: Campus CravingzFaculty Adviser: Melodi Guilbault, Martin Tuchman School of Management

INNOVATION ACCELERATION CLUB

Miriam Helmy (Marketing and Finance)

Project: Traits of Digital EntrepreneurshipFaculty Adviser: Cesar Bandera, Martin Tuchman School of ManagementAward: Panasonic Foundation

Matthew Reda (ME)

Project: Autonomous Snow RemovalFaculty Adviser: Lu Lu, Department of Mechanical and Industrial EngineeringAward: ICorp, TechQuest

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Rola Shehata (Biology)

Project: Traits of Digital Entrepreneurship (working with Miriam Helmy)Faculty Adviser: Cesar Bandera, Martin Tuchman School of ManagementAward: Hurlburt Foundation

FALL 2015 NSF I-CORP TEAMS

Donia Abdelmotaal (Arch. and CIM)

Project Title: AmbatienceFaculty Adviser: David Lubliner, Department of Engineering Technology

Ani Abraham (ChE)

Project Title: Metal-based Energy Storage MaterialsFaculty Adviser: Edward Dreyzin, Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering

Sahitya Allam (BME)

Project Title: Developing an In Vivo Model of Biocompatibility of a Conducting Scaffold for Peripheral Nerve RegenerationFaculty Adviser: Bryan Pfister, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Matthew Armanious (BME)

Project Title: Skin Graft 3D PrinterFaculty Adviser: Alice Lee, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Arooj Aslam (Materials Science and Engineering)

Project Title: Continuous Glucose MonitorFaculty Adviser: Reginald Farrow, Department of Physics

Janitha Hewa Batagoda (CEE)

Project Title: Low Cost Family Water Filters for Safe Drinking Water ProductionFaculty Adviser: Wen Zhang, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Zohour Hassan (BME)

Project Title: Automated CPR MachineFaculty Adviser: William Hunter, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Likun Hun (Environmental Engineering)

Project Title: Development of Multifunctional Reactive Electrochemical Membranes (REM) for Biomass Recovery with Fouling Reduction,Water Reuse, and Cell Pretreatment for Lipid ExtractionFaculty Adviser: Wen Zhang, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Madhur Jain (ChE)

Project Title: Timo-The Fun Tiny BotFaculty Adviser: Cong Wang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Biao Leng (Materials Science and Engineering)

Project Title: Flexible Biological Fuel Cell Faculty Adviser: Zafar Iqbal, Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science

Bharath Babu Nunna (ME)

Project Title: Micro Biochip for Diagnosing PneumoniaFaculty Adviser: Eon Soo Lee, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Parth Patel (CS)

Project Title: EmWordsFaculty Adviser: Andrew Klobucar, Department of Humanities

Long Pham (ChE)

Project Title: Inexpensive Photomask Aligning Device for Microfluidic Chip FabricationFaculty Adviser: Roman Voronov, Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering

Andrea Cano (CE)

Project Title: Microbial Fuel Cell Powered Lighting Systems for Mobile Toilets and Electricity-lacking Regions Faculty Adviser: Wen Zhang, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Tazima Chowdhury (ECE)

Project Title: Increasing Capacitance of Super-capacitors by Structured Gate ElectrodesFaculty Adviser: Haim Grebel, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

John Vito D’Antonio-Bertagnolli (BME)

Project Title: Integration of Eye Tracking for 3D Vision Therapy Virtual Reality Game for ChildrenFaculty Adviser: Tara Alvarez, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Amos Dudley (Digital Design)

Project Title: Turning Physical into Digital: Photogrammetry-based 3D Model Generations and Re-MaterializationFaculty Adviser: Taro Narahara, College of Architecture and Design

Marina Garis (ChE)

Project Title: Nanomedicine as Treatment for Drug-resistant BacteriaFaculty Adviser: Xiaoyang Xu, Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering

Robert Gioia (IT)

Project Title: Development of 3D Game Utilizing Eye Position for Vision Therapy for ChildrenFaculty Adviser: Marc Sequeira, Department of Information Technology

Yuan Gu (Material Science)

Project Title: Functional Ink for ElectronicsFaculty Adviser: John Federici, Department of Physics

Moab Rajan Philip (ECE)

Project Title: Nanowire UV-LED for Water Purification SystemFaculty Adviser: Durga Misra, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Laramie Potts (IS)

Project Title: Geospatial Intelligence for Mobile DevicesFaculty Adviser: John Miima, Department of Engineering Technology

Sagar Roy (CES)

Project Title: Fast Microwave-assisted Functionalization and Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs)Faculty Adviser: Somenath Mitra, Department of Chemistry

Shiua Shao (Computer Networking)

Project Title: Battery-free Device for Connecting Everything to the Internet through the LightFaculty Adviser: Abdallah Khreishah, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

David Sheynkman (ECE)

Project Title: Centibot Faculty Adviser: Cong Wang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Shiqiang Zhuang (ME)

Project Title: MOF-based Catalyst for Metal-air Battery SystemFaculty Adviser: Eon Soo Lee, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

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