Thank you again for your participation in the 2022 CMDIS Annual Research Symposium. 

We had a busy and productive day with 24 oral presentations, 20 poster presentations, and nine pieces in the Art-in-Science exhibition. Overall we hosted 130 people during the day. Thanks for taking a break from your busy schedules to listen to inspiring research talks by Rensselaer's talented, creative, and bright researchers. The $500 travel award recipients are: 

Best Art-in-Science Award:
Patrick Underhill, Toluwanimi Bello, and Sangwoo Lee (CBE)
Emerging Patterns in Polymers

Best Poster Award:
Juhong Ahn (CBE)
Continuous Crystal Phase Transition of Polytypic Micellar Colloids 

Best Oral Presentation Award:
Xuanjie Wang, Shankar Narayan (MANE)
Thermal Radiative Switching Interface for Energy Efficient Temperature Control

This symposium would not have been possible without a dedicated community effort. Our heartfelt thanks to all volunteers: 

Session moderators: Sangwoo Lee (CBE), Katharine Dovidenko (CMDIS), Paul Chow (ECSE), Shanbin Shi (MANE)

Poster judges: Max Bloomfield (SCOREC), Kimberly Oakes (ECSE), Vikas Pandey (CEMSIM), Sama Rakhsan Pouri (MANE), Ding Tian (CFES), Sarah An (CMDIS)

Volunteer team:  Liz Thornton (MSE), Marie Morales (MSE), Brent Engler (CMDIS), Sambit Ghosh (CBE), Ilyas Yilgor (MANE)

Institutional Support: Cheryl Lynn McGlothin, Christopher Browne, Dawn McCarthy, Thomas William Denman, Rebecca Hanesack 

and 

Our great CMDIS team: Jennifer Tedesco, Mike Burnett, Bryant Colwill, Kent Way, John Barthel, and David Frey. With special thanks to Nihat Baysal (CBE).

You may view a selection of photos: https://rpi.box.com/s/06x1pc1v4szftdv6v7gv1c034l7bipsa

Don’t hesitate to reach out if you have comments, ideas, or questions, 

Looking forward to seeing you next year!