Student Poster Competition

The Student Poster Competition is held each year at the annual conference. Posters covering any topic within biological engineering are invited. The top three Undergraduate Student Posters and top three Graduate Student Posters receive cash awards and certificates of merit.

 

2023	2022	2021
Undergraduate: 1st: Joshua Wintch 2nd: Abiela Meek 3rd: David Heinrichs Graduate: 1st: Amanda Moravek 2nd: Ammar Mussaji 3rd: Pieyang Li  Complete List	Undergraduate: 1st: Samuel Holberg 2nd: Kylee Hillman 3rd: Maggie O'Neill Graduate: 1st: Shruti Sharma 2nd: Kelli McCourt 3rd: Jie Ren  Complete List	Undergraduate: 1st: Crystal Fowler 2nd: Tallon Beckstrom 3rd: Andrew Kjar Graduate: 1st: Shuyuan Zhang 2nd: Chase Paterson 3rd: Damion Dixon  Complete List
2019	2018	2017	2016
Undergraduate: 1st: Jake Accordino 2nd: Rassam Rassam, Yan Gai, Ahdeta Suljic Graduate: 1st: Zahra Eslami, Yan Gei 2nd: Kyle Hillman Student Choice: 1st: Daniel Bird, Tyler Howard, Jimmy Keng’Ara, Benjamin Nielsen, Adam Stone 2nd: Kyle Hillman  Complete List	Undergraduate: 1st: Andrew Walters, Anna Doloman, Ron Sims, Charles Miller 2nd: Taylor Eggertsen, Arther Hart, William Johnson, Dr. David Britt, Dr. Elizabeth Vargis, 3rd: Dylan Maghini, Laurie Heyer, A. Malcolm Campbell Graduate: 1st: Kyle Isaacson, M. Martin Jensen, Alex Watanabe, Bryant Green, Teresa Ta, Joseph Cappello, Hamid Ghandehar 2nd: Alan Hodges, Jordan Wanlass, Ronald Sims 3rd: Mark Martin, Wanjian Jai, Kyle J. Isaacson, Austin Schults, Joseph Cappello, Glenn D. Prestwich, Siam Oottamasathien, Hamidreza Ghandehari  Complete List	Undergraduate: 1st: Andrew Walters, Anna Doloman, Ron Sims, and Charles Miller 2nd: Taylor Eggertsen, Arther Hart, William Johnson, Dr. David Britt, Dr. Elizabeth Vargis 3rd: Dylan Maghini, Laurie Heyer, A. Malcolm Campbell Graduate: 1st: Kyle Isaacson, M. Martin Jensen, Alex Watanabe, Bryant Green, Teresa Ta, Joseph Cappello, Hamid Ghandehari 2nd: Alan Hodges, Jordan Wanlass, Ronald Sims 3rd: Mark Martin, Wanjian Jai, Kyle J. Isaacson, Austin Schults, Joseph Cappello, Glenn D. Prestwich, Siam Oottamasathien, Hamidreza Ghandehari Senior Capstone Design Competition: 1st: Alan Hodges, Zachary Fica, Jessica VanDarlin, Jordan Wanlass, Ronald Sims 2nd: Celeste Hancock, Shawni Bastian, Amanda Stoudt, Dr. Charles Miller, Andrew Parker 3rd: Bravada M. Hill, College of Charleston, Honors, Ng Yan Ling, Nanyang Technological University, Dr. James Tam, Nanyang Technological University, & Dr. Liu Chuan Fa  Complete List	Undergraduate: 1st: R. Brock Fletcher 2nd: Ryan Geiser 3rd: Kristina Pond Graduate: 1st: Adrian Beirise 2nd: Rasheena Edmondson, Audrey Adcock 3rd: Anna Doloman Student Choice: Emily Bliven  Complete List
2015	2014	2013	2012
Undergraduate: Grand Prize: Kseniya A. Sheshukova, Lisa R. Wilken, Erin T. Ogle 1st: Kayla Morrissey, Alexa Jacobs, Lisa Wilken 2nd: Ryan J. Putman, Sara Gertsch, Dallin Christensen, Cody Maxfield, Asif Rahman 3rd: Kristen S. Harrison, Johnnie Chamberlin, Wen Zhang Graduate: Grand Prize: Jonathan Wood, Tyler Gladwin, Jon Takemoto, Ronald Sims 1st: Laura Soto Sierra, Chelsea Dixon, Lisa R. Wilken 2nd: Nana Baah Appiah‐Nkansah, Kaelin Saul, William Rooney, Donghai Wang 3rd: Spencer Williams, Anhong Zhou Student Choice: Chris Glover, Sarah Smith, Dave Grant, Sheila Grant  Complete List	Undergraduate: Grand Prize: Ramya Prathuri 1st: Ryan Putman, Charles Barentine, Neal Hengge, Andrea Halling, Tyler Gladwin, Cody Tramp, Asif Rahman, Charles Miller, Kathleen Miller 2nd: Hilary Schmidt, Karen Kirby, Tatiana Ilina, Quiongying Yang, Zhenquiang Wang, Stefan Sarafianos, Michael J. Parniak 3rd: Sean Bedingfield, Kyle Isaacson, Rachael Mansell, Taylor Robins, David Britt Graduate: Grand Prize: Asif Rahman, Ryan J. Putman, Ronald C. Sims, Charles D. Miller, Kadriye Inan, Fulya Ay Sal, Ashik Sathish, Renil Anthony, Terence Smith 1st: Husam A. Abu‐Hajar, Derrick Fairbanks, R. Guy Riefler, Ben Stuart 2nd: Derrick Fairbanks, Husam A. Abu Hajar, R. Guy Riefler, Ben Stuart 3rd: Sumit Kumar Singh, Harsh Dosi, Vipul Oswal, Nicholas Flann, H. Scott Hinton Student Choice: Erich Baker, Laurie Heyer, Malcolm Campbell, Brandon Greishaber, Jeffrey Poet, Todd Eckdahl  Complete List	Undergraduate: Grand Prize: Ryan Putman, Asif Rahman, Charles Barentine, Andrea Halling, Brian Smith, Federico Rodriguez, Elizabeth Martinez, Thomas Harris, Cameron Copeland, Cody Tramp, Joshua Ellis, Charles Miller, Kathleen Miller, Logan High School; Swetha Chandrasekar, Cooper Union, Jamal Abdinor 1st: Anne Elise Creamer, Lauren McPhillips, M. Todd Walter 2nd: Grace Justinvil, Stephanie Burrs, Diana Vanegas, Eric McLamore 3rd: Ben Clarkson, Becca Evans, Betsy Gammon, Meredith Nakano, Caroline Vrana, Laurie Heyer, A. Malcolm Campbell, Caleb Carr, David Carr, Eddie Miles, Jerrad Morton, Sachith Polpitaya, Kamay Trueblood, Todd Eckdahl, Jeffrey Poet Graduate: Grand Prize: Kandy Napan, Whitney Morgan, Jixun Zhan, Thomas Anderson, Jon Takemoto 1st: Asif Rahman, Ronald Sims, Charles Miller 2nd: Hadi Nazem‐Bokaee, Ryan Senger 3rd: Joshua Ellis, Neal Hengge, Ronald Sims and Charles Miller  Complete List	Undergraduate: Grand Prize: Madeline Porterfield, Eric McLamore, Prachee Chaturvedi, Masashige Taguchi, Stephanie Burrs, Katelyn Ward 1st: Brittani Bungart, Jui‐Heng, Will Reed, James C-M Lee, Melissa Moss 2nd: Sean Kearney, Joe Bretzmann, Madeline Cox, Emilia Czyszczon, Mark De La Croix, Kayla Fouch, Jonathan Gritzer, Sean Hendrix 3rd: Evan Buettmann, Ryan Prsha, Daniel Els, Katie Hocker; Matt Cozad, Dave Grant, Sheila Grant Graduate: Grand Prize: Paul Kenis, Ritika Mohan, Arnab Mukherjee, Jaebum Lee, Emre Sevgan, Charles M. Schroeder 1st: Joshua Ellis, Cody Tramp, Ronald C. Sims, Charles D. Miller 2nd: Arnab Mukherjee, Kevin Weyant, Charles M. Schroeder 3rd: Utsav Agrawal, Eric M. Johnson‐ Chavarria, Melikhan Tanyeri, Charles M. Schroeder Student Choice: High School: 1st: Manuel Flores-Bonilla, Elizabeth Osei Honorable Mention: Ayodele Dechinea, Katherine De Paz, Sophia Powell  Complete List
2011	2010	2009	2008
Undergraduate: Grand Prize: Nhean Chea, Kalie S. McCulloch, James A. Powell, Ronald C. Sims 1st: Tyler Pyle, K.D.L. Millar, P. Kumar, J.Z. Kiss, F. Souret, M.J. Correll 2nd: Aaron Winder, Timothy Doyle, Soonjo Kwon 3rd: Liyang Tang, Dr. Yulan Xiong, Dr. Ted Dawson Graduate: Grand Prize: Jin Shi, Eric S. McLamore, David Jaroch, Jonathan C. Claussen, Jenna L. Rickus, D. Marshall Porterfield 1st: Lauren Matlock-Colangelo, Daehwan Cho, Peter Asiello, Chunhui Xiang, Margaret Frey, Antje Baeumner 2nd: Jonathan Claussen, James Hengenius, David B. Jaroch, Amani Salim, Jin Shi, Anurag Kumar, Mohammad H. Khawaja, Allison B. Hibbard, Monique M. Wickner 3rd: Matthew Stensberg, Eric McLamore, Gowri Yale, Marisol Sepulveda, D. Marshall Porterfield  Complete List	Undergraduate: 1st: Abel Cortinas 2nd: Lindsey Westbrook, Claire Daigre, Christi Wolgemuth 3rd: Kyle Struzyk Graduate: 1st: Jonathan Claussen 2nd: Courtney LeBlon 3rd: Rameez Chatn  Complete List	Undergraduate: 1st: Tracy Cheung 2nd: Sarah Bailey, Sridhar Viamajala, Ronald Sims 3rd: Eric Monson, Andrew Vanderwerf, Anthony Torres, Jessie Trujillo, Graduate: 1st: Elisabeth Linton, Trent Mortensen, Ronald C. Sims, H. Scott Hinton, Charles D. Miller 2nd: Alfred Diggs, Percy Calvo Marzal, Eric McClamore , Johnathon Claussen, Jin Shi, Angus Murphy, Marshall Porterfield 3rd: Trent Mortensen, Charles Miller, Ronald Sims High School: Honorable Mention: Andrew S. Zhang Complete List	Undergraduate: 1st: Daniel Nelson, Sridhar Viamajala, Ronald C. Sims 2nd: John P. Casey, Vernella V. Vickerman-Kelly, Roger D. Kamm 3rd: E. Nicole Hill, Mari S. Chinn, Craig G. Yencho, V. Den Truong Graduate: 1st: Yun Wang, Ronghui Wang, and Yanbin Li 2nd: Russell Behler, Timothy Nichols, Melissa Caughey, Melrose Fisher, Caterina Gallipi 3rd: Matthew Berginski and Shawn Gomez Complete List

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Bioethics Essay Competition

Graduate and undergraduate students are invited to submit a 1000 to 1200 word, original essay on a bioethics topic. Five semifinalists are selected are given complimentary registration to the annual meeting of the Institute of Biological Engineering. At the IBE meeting, the semifinalists read their essays, and the finalists are selected. Cash awards are given for first place, second place, and third place. The first place essay is considered for publication in the Journal of Biological Engineering, the official journal of IBE.

 

2023
1st: Elise Barton 2nd: Abby Cohen 3rd: Lauren Sullivan  Complete List
2022	2019	2017	2016
1st: Hannah Staker 2nd: Kaden Wines 3rd: Abiela Meek, Jaden Storrer  Complete List	1st: Robin Hu 2nd: James Kim, Jr. & Chavis Ferguson, III 3rd: Jordan Maass & Tasha Repella  Complete List	1st: Kaylee O’Connor 2nd: Morgan Janes 3rd: Kathryn Phillips Honorable Mention: Soumya Yandamuri; Casey Fogarty  Complete List	1st: Caleb Hazelwood 2nd: Mitchell Hanson 3rd: Savannah Pounds Honorable Mention: Alexis Planells; Jonathan Gootee  Complete List
2015	2014	2013	2012
1st: Andrew Sliger 2nd: Mark Messler 3rd: Caroline Green Honorable Mention: Samantha Huddleston; Nicholas Roberts  Complete List	1st: Hilary Schmidt 2nd: Garret Hull 3rd: Emma Brace Honorable Mention: Kayla Henderson; Sean Bedingfield  Complete List	1st: Ariel Isser 2nd: Renee Mitchell 3rd: Kristina Dziki Honorable Mention: Ryan Putman  Complete List	1st: Andrew Koivuniemi 2nd: Joan Zhang 3rd: Maeve McCoy Honorable Mention: Vanessa Niba; Andrew Wesley  Complete List
2011	2010	2009	2008
1st: Sam Sun 2nd: Allison Mettler 3rd: Spencer Sokoloski Honorable Mention: Mian M. B. Khalid; Yasmin Kadry  Complete List	1st: Alex David Hatch 2nd: Kirsten Sims 3rd: Miranda Joelle Hagen Honorable Mention: Katherine Ip; Mariya Sitnova  Complete List	1st: Zachary N. Russ 2nd: Victoria Stefanelli 3rd: Kirsten Sims Honorable Mention: Laith M Abu-Taleb; Christopher Dupuis Complete List	1st: Zachary Russ 2nd: Nansen Yu 3rd: William Richbourg Honorable Mention: Bryan Hofferbert; Stevephen Hung Complete List

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Student Design Competition

Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in any discipline are invited to compete in the 2019 IBE Student Design Contest. Innovative solutions to complex climate and ecological variability, extreme weather events, and abiotic and biotic stresses that constrain agricultural productivity and profitability are sought.

 

2019

1st: Chin Nee Vong 2nd: Keith Berry & Michelle Dopp  Complete List