At the end of the Step 1 competition, we held a miniconference where teams presented their research. Check out their presentations below.

Best Presentation Award

Team 11 – A Study of Ti3C2 MXene Morphological and Electrochemical Properties Upon Hydration Under Spaceflight Conditions
PIs: Tamia Bowers, Jarod Mendoza-Tingem

 

Best Presentation Runner-Up

Team 1: Team Obsidian – Generation of Metallic and Ceramic Nanoparticle Clusters in Microgravity for Novel Insights into Planetary Formation
PIs: Vincent Lan, Adrian Seemangal, Brian Sun, Joseph Niba

 

Presentations

Team 3 – Growth of Extremophilic Bacteria Deinococcus radiodurans in Various Viscous Fluids in Space
PIs: Chris Wu, Rayshaun Pettit, Ayush Varaiya, Adam Callan

 

Team 4 – Effect of Microgravity on Susceptibility to Actin-Manipulating Pathogens
PIs: Rohan Uttamsingh, Zeyu Zhong, Justin Meyer

 

Team 8 – Effects of Microgravity on the Efficiency of Trypsin
PIs: Taylor deSilva, Tin Nguyen, Ohzmar Evardo, Kaya Ozgun