{"id":827,"date":"2025-01-13T18:54:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T18:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/bme-research-day\/?page_id=827"},"modified":"2026-02-06T16:42:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:42:33","slug":"past-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/bme-research-day\/past-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

2025 Recipients of the Karen M. Mudry Achievement Award<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Presenter<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td>\nPoster Title<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Graduate Poster 1st place<\/span>
\n<\/span>Layan Hamidi Nia<\/span>
\nCleveland State University \/ Cleveland Clinic Foundation<\/span><\/em><\/td>\n		“Hydrogel Encapsulation of Engineered Microbes for Targeted Molecule Delivery in the Colon”<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Graduate Poster 2nd place
\n<\/span>Ebrahim Tajik<\/span>
\nThe University of Akron<\/span><\/em><\/td>\n		“Synthesis and 4D Printing of Shape Memory Polymers for Minimally Invasive Surgery Procedures”<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Graduate Poster 3rd place
\n<\/span>Katherine Bradshaw<\/span>
\nThe University of Akron<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n		“Development of a Physiologically Relevant Me-HA Hydrogels Incorporating Pluripotent-derived Neural Stem Cells for Spinal Cord Injuries”<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Undergraduate Poster 1st place
\n<\/span>Luke Ramsier<\/span>
\nThe University of Akron<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n		“Three-Dimensional (3D) Printing of an Origami-Inspired Heart Valve for Minimally Invasive Surgery”<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Undergraduate Poster 2nd place
\n<\/span>Ashley Wong<\/span>
\nThe University of Akron<\/span><\/em><\/td>\n		“Monitoring of Chemical Reagent Residuals in Cardiac Tissue Decellularization”<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Pictured left to right are student poster award winners Luke Ramsier, Ebrahim Tajik, Ashley Wong, Katherine Bradshaw and Layan Hamidi Nia<\/em><\/p>\n

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2024 Recipients of the Karen M. Mudry Achievement Award<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Presenter<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td>\nPoster Title<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Graduate Poster 1st place (tie)<\/span>
\n<\/span>Rubia Shaik<\/span>
\nThe University of Akron<\/span><\/em><\/td>\n		“Fabrication of Injectable Granular Hydrogel using Cardiac Extracellular Matrix”<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Graduate Poster 1st place (tie)<\/span>
\n<\/span>Layan Hamidi Nia<\/span>
\nCleveland State University \/ Cleveland Clinic Foundation<\/span><\/em><\/td>\n		“Encapsulation of Engineered Microbes in Hydrogel Beads for Targeted Delivery”<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Graduate Poster 2nd place
\n<\/span>Jacob Heiss<\/span>
\nThe University of Akron<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n		“Automated Analysis of Extracellular Matrix Invasion of Cancer Cells from Tumor Spheroids”<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Graduate Poster 3rd place
\n<\/span>Ebrahim Tajik<\/span>
\nThe University of Akron<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n		“Synthesis of Polyglycerol Dodecanoate (PGD) for Biomedical Applications”<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Undergraduate Poster
\n<\/span>Emma Barna<\/span>
\nThe University of Akron<\/span><\/em><\/td>\n		“Effects of PKH67 Dye on L929 Mouse Fibroblast Cells”<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Pictured left to right are student poster award winners Ebrahim Tajik, Rubia Shaik, Jacob Heiss, Layan Hamidi Nia and Emma Barna<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2025 Recipients of the Karen M. Mudry Achievement Award Presenter Poster Title Best Graduate Poster 1st place Layan Hamidi Nia Cleveland State University \/ Cleveland Clinic Foundation “Hydrogel Encapsulation of Engineered Microbes for Targeted Molecule Delivery in the Colon” Best Graduate Poster 2nd place Ebrahim Tajik The University of Akron “Synthesis and 4D Printing of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4780,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-827","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/bme-research-day\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/bme-research-day\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/bme-research-day\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/bme-research-day\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4780"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/bme-research-day\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/bme-research-day\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1041,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/bme-research-day\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/827\/revisions\/1041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/bme-research-day\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}