MSNO Student awards*
2024
- Sylvie Crowell, Case Western Reserve University, “Investigation of Process-Property Relationships of Aerosol Jet Printing with Silver Nanoparticle Ink for Flexible Electronics”
2023
- Louisa Mezache, The Ohio State University - "Vascular Endothelial Barrier Protection Prevents Nanoscale Cardiac Remodeling: A Novel Strategy to Prevent Atrial Fibrillation" (Advisor: Prof. Rengasayee Veeraraghavan)
2019
- Taras Turiv, Kent State University - “Living cells patterned by liquid crystals” (Advisor: Prof. Oleg Lavrentovich)
2018
- Sonal Bhadauriya, The University of Akron - “Tracking the Stability of Imprinted Nano-composite Structures via Atomic Force Microscopy”
2017
- Michael Presby, The University of Akron - "Characterizing Impact Damage of Ceramic Matrix Composites using Micro-Computed Tomography and Optical Microscopy” (Advisor: Prof. Greg Morscher)
2016
- Dinesh Lolla, The University of Akron, "Inside Nanofibers- Where atoms, molecules and fibers are seen" (Advisor: Prof. Darrell Reneker)
- Harry Scott, Case Western Reserve University, "Architecture of the Schizosaccharomyces Pombe Ccq1-Tpz1-Poz1 telomeric complex" (Advisor: Prof. Derek Taylor)
2015
- Samantha Mock and Thomas Stoner, Youngstown State University, "Morphological Support Effects in Metal-CeO2 Catalysts for CO Oxidation" (Advisor: Prof. Ruigang Wang)
- Emmanuel Anim-Danso, The University of Akron, "Shedding Light on Water and Ice Interactions With Solid Surfaces" (Advisor: Prof. Ali Dhinojwala)
MSNO Member Appreciation Awards**
2017
- Dr. Regan Silvestri, Lorain County Community College
- Dr. Lu Zou, Kent State University
2015
Dr. Lu Zou, Kent State University
*MSNO Student Awards: We present 1-2 awards to excellent student microscopy research each year. The award includes $100 monetary prize and a sponsorship to attend national microscopy meetings (up to $500).
**MSNO Member Appreciation Awards: We present 1-2 awards each year to the most helpful non-board members in organizing MSNO events.
**MSNO Member Appreciation Awards: We present 1-2 awards each year to the most helpful non-board members in organizing MSNO events.
SAS/MSNO/ACS/AVS/ACESS May Conference student awards
2019 (63 rd)
Student Oral Presentation Winners
Grand Prize:
Taras Turiv, Kent State University, “Living Cells Patterned by Liquid Crystals”
1st prize:
Eleana Cintron, Lorain County Community College, "Identifying Optimal Temperatures for hliA Primer Sets”
2nd prize:
Louis Ray, The University of Akron, “Single Bacterial Cell Monitoring of Antibiotic Action Using a Fluorescent Redox Sensitive Dye”
Veronica Livingstone, The University of Toledo, “Low Temperature Synthesis of Nanocrystalline V2O5 using the Non-hydrolytic Sol-gel Method”
3rd prize:
Evan Kolodey, Lorain County Community College, “Validation of a New Test Method Created to Evaluate Novel Insulating Materials for Hypersonic Aerospace Applications”
Zhiling Zhao, The University of Akron, “Positive and Negative Feedback Theory and Experiments in Hot-Tip Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy”
Innocent Demshemino, The University of Akron, “Self-Assembly of Guanidium Appended Tetraphenylporphyrin Derivative”
Student Poster Presentation Winners
Biological Sciences Section
1st prize:
Steve Mares, Lorain County Community College, “Analysis of a Complete Knockout of the CCR5 Gene by CRISPR/Cas9”
2nd prize:
Taehwan Kim, Youngstown State University, “Encapsulation of Ciprofloxacin within Modified Tough Poly (acrylamide-co-alginate) Hydrogel for Drug Delivery in Wound Dressings”
Physical Sciences Section
1st prize:
La'Nese Lovings, The University of Toledo, “Synthesis and Characterization of AlxSc2-xMo3O12 using Non-hydrolytic Sol-gel Methods”
2nd prize:
Eleana Cintron, Lorain County Community College, "Evaluating Ceramic Electrolyte Morphology Composed of Several Compositions via the Phase Inversion Method"
Grand Prize:
Taras Turiv, Kent State University, “Living Cells Patterned by Liquid Crystals”
1st prize:
Eleana Cintron, Lorain County Community College, "Identifying Optimal Temperatures for hliA Primer Sets”
2nd prize:
Louis Ray, The University of Akron, “Single Bacterial Cell Monitoring of Antibiotic Action Using a Fluorescent Redox Sensitive Dye”
Veronica Livingstone, The University of Toledo, “Low Temperature Synthesis of Nanocrystalline V2O5 using the Non-hydrolytic Sol-gel Method”
3rd prize:
Evan Kolodey, Lorain County Community College, “Validation of a New Test Method Created to Evaluate Novel Insulating Materials for Hypersonic Aerospace Applications”
Zhiling Zhao, The University of Akron, “Positive and Negative Feedback Theory and Experiments in Hot-Tip Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy”
Innocent Demshemino, The University of Akron, “Self-Assembly of Guanidium Appended Tetraphenylporphyrin Derivative”
Student Poster Presentation Winners
Biological Sciences Section
1st prize:
Steve Mares, Lorain County Community College, “Analysis of a Complete Knockout of the CCR5 Gene by CRISPR/Cas9”
2nd prize:
Taehwan Kim, Youngstown State University, “Encapsulation of Ciprofloxacin within Modified Tough Poly (acrylamide-co-alginate) Hydrogel for Drug Delivery in Wound Dressings”
Physical Sciences Section
1st prize:
La'Nese Lovings, The University of Toledo, “Synthesis and Characterization of AlxSc2-xMo3O12 using Non-hydrolytic Sol-gel Methods”
2nd prize:
Eleana Cintron, Lorain County Community College, "Evaluating Ceramic Electrolyte Morphology Composed of Several Compositions via the Phase Inversion Method"
