Selected for Flight
Team 1: Team Obsidian – Generation of Metallic and Ceramic Nanoparticle Clusters in Microgravity for Novel Insights into Planetary Formation
- Vincent Lan (Materials Science and Engineering)
- Adrian Seemangal (Geographic Information Sciences)
- Brian Sun (Mechanical Engineering)
- Joseph Niba (Mathematics)
- Mentors: Michael Kio (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering) and Anmol Sikka (Aerospace Engineering)
Honorable Mention Finalists
Team 8 – Effects of Microgravity on the Efficiency of Trypsin
- Taylor deSilva (Biochemical Engineering)
- Tin Nguyen (Aerospace Engineering)
- Ohzmar Evardo (Astronomy)
- Kaya Ozgun (Aerospace Engineering)
- Mentors: Naila Al Hasan (Materials Science & Engineering) and Changjian (Julia) Zhang (Nano Electronics and Optics
Team 10 – Blood Storage for Deep Space Exploration
- Nikola Susic (Physiology and Neurobiology)
- Saul Flores (Biochemistry; Physiology and Neurobiology)
- Elyas Masrour (Computer Engineering)
- Janam Shankar (Bioengineering)
- Mentor: Kenneth Frauwirth (Cell Biology)
Participating Teams
Team 2
- Ann Payyappilly (Biology and Psychology)
- Farhana Uddin (Mathematics and Information Science)
- Mamoona Nasir (Biology)
- Mentor: Gary Soroosh (Medicine)
Team 3: Space Turtles – Growth of Extremophilic Bacteria Deinococcus radiodurans in Various Viscous
Fluids in Space
- Chris Wu (Biology; Physiology & Neurobiology)
- Rayshaun Pettit (Microbiology)
- Ayush Varaiya (Aerospace Engineering)
- Adam Callan (Computer Science)
- Mentor: Ethan Hoffman (Biology)
Team 4 – Effect of Microgravity on Susceptibility to Actin-Manipulating Pathogens
- Rohan Uttamsingh (Computer Science and Mathematics)
- Zeyu Zhong (Bioengineering)
- Justin Meyer (Aerospace Engineering)
- Mentors: Patricia Razafindrambinina (Chemistry) and Shannon Colley (Business and Mechanical Engineering)
Team 5 – Controlling Water with Hydrophilic/phobic Substances in Microgravity
- Sebastian Rivera-Munoz (Astronomy)
- Jose Espinosa-Cayetano (Electrical Engineering)
- Ariana Parra (Electrical Engineering)
- Abboud Abboud (Computer Engineering)
- Mentors: Levi Burner (Electrical Engineering) and Usoshi Chatterjee (Process Engineering and Waste Conversion)
Team 6
- Rayan Daroowalla (Astronomy and Physics)
- Lian Sian Tung (Electrical Engineering)
- Swarna Velumani (Computer Engineering)
- Mentors: Emma Huckestein (Chemical Physics) and Sai Kanth (Physics – Optics)
Team 7
- Mihir Modak (Bioengineering)
- Ian Song (Electrical Engineering)
- Ayman Fatima (Computer Engineering)
- Mentors: Kelsey Dutta (Electrical Engineering and Biology) and Eli Pottash (Bioengineering)
Team 9 – Use of Combined Protease and Nuclease Treatment on Biofilm Formation of
Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Microgravity
- Sebastian Hoffman (Microbiology)
- Somadinauwa Ezekwu (Nursing)
- Xinyue Li (Computer Science and Mathematics)
- Mentor: Nishat Seraj (Biochemistry)
Team 11 – A study of Ti3C2 MXene Morphological and Electrochemical Properties Upon
Hydration Under Spaceflight Conditions
- Tamia Bowers (Mechanical Engineering)
- Jarod Mendoza-Tingem (Mechanical Engineering)
- Mentor: Daniel Serrano (Electronics and Applied Physics)
Community Leadership
Community Program Director: Nicole Catanzarite (Neuroscience and Cognitive Science)
Advisor to the Community Program Director: Daniel Serrano (Electronics and Applied Physics)
Community Program Consultant: Timothy Livengood (Astronomy)
Step 1 Review Board
- Moderator: Timothy Livengood (Astronomy)
- Benjamin Barnes (Materials Science and Engineering)
- Hao Yiu (Biological Sciences)
- Emma Huckestein (Chemical Physics)
- Helene Nya Chima Nguewou-Hyousse (Electrical and Computer Engineering)