2014 Rice University Graduate Student
90 Second Thesis Competition
February 21, 2014, 5:00 – 8:00 PM
McMurtry Auditorium in Duncan Hall
Grand Prize
Steven Lu, Bioengineering
“Cartilage Regeneration through Tissue Engineering”
Grand Prize
Kimberly Reichel, Applied Physics/Electrical and Computer Engineering
“Terahertz Waveguides: A Highway Between Research and Application”
Best in Natural Science
Eslam Elshahat, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
“Going Back in Time”
Best in Natural Science
Chad Byers, Chemistry
“Light-based Electrochemistry at the Nanoscale”
Best in Humanities
Aundrea Matthews, Religion
“Telling Stories Without Words”
Best in Social Science
Heather Dial, Psychology
“Bat, Pat, Zip, Ship: Speech Perception and Short-term Memory Processes in Stroke”
Best in Engineering
Rajoshi Biswas, Electrical and Computer Engineering
“Lie to Me’ -Adherence to Asthma Medication”
Audience’s Choice
Mayank Kumar, Electrical and Computer Engineering
“Non-contact Detection of Vital Signs”
