The 2023 Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EURēCA), took place on April 25 in UT’s Student Union. Led by Undergraduate Research & Fellowships in the Division of Student Success, 1,179 students showed 868 projects from a wide range of disciplines and methodologies.

During a closing awards ceremony on May 4, participating colleges presented a total of 161 awards for excellence in undergraduate research and creative achievement. Students from across engineering disciplines earned awards for merit, research, and design.

2023 Faculty Research Mentor Award Winners, sponsored by URF, were also announced.

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering winners included:

Awards of Merit

Garrett Holbert
Computational Modeling of a Multi-Site Phosphorylation Network in Cell Compartments
Mentor: Steven M. Abel

Research

Third Place, Research
Mariana Milano-Benitez
Supercapacitor Electrodes Based on Reduced Graphene Oxide Composited with Manganese Metal Oxide
Mentor: Bamin Khomami

Graduate Student Research Mentor Award

Mahshid Mokhtarnejad
Research Assistant, Material Research and Innovation Laboratory (MRAIL)
PhD Candidate