Thank you to everyone who attended the 2018 David and Lorraine Freed Undergraduate Research Symposium! Students from Lehigh University and Lafayette College presented their research projects at Lehigh's STEPS Building.
Also, a big thank you also to all of our participants, judges and everyone who helped make the day another big success. Congratulations to this year's winners!
Look back at this year's competiton and see the winners below!
Event Recap: Event Recap
Photos: 2018 Undergraduate Research Symposium
![Thomas Farinha](https://engineering.lehigh.edu/sites/engineering.lehigh.edu/files/styles/standard_image/public/Thomas-Farinha%282%29.jpg?itok=MXyWb9Qs)
WINNER: Thomas Farinha
RESEARCH: "Epitaxial MgO Films Grown on GaN by Atomic Layer Deposition: Growth Temperature Dependence and Thermal Stability"
DEPARTMENT: Materials Science and Engineering
ADVISOR: Nicholas Strandwitz
![Michelle Kent](https://engineering.lehigh.edu/sites/engineering.lehigh.edu/files/styles/standard_image/public/Michelle-Kent%282%29.jpg?itok=rLxBKcnl)
2nd Place: Michelle Kent
RESEARCH: "Microstructural Evolution of Dissimilar Metal Welds involving Grade 91 Steel"
DEPARTMENT: Materials Science and Engineering
ADVISOR: John DuPont
![Ian Miller](https://engineering.lehigh.edu/sites/engineering.lehigh.edu/files/styles/standard_image/public/Ian-Miller%281%29.jpg?itok=e8Za_7Rn)
3rd Place: Ian Miller
RESEARCH: "A Self-Contained Distributed Sensing System for Swarm Robotics"
DEPARTMENT: Electrical and Computer Engineering
ADVISOR: Dr. Jon Wallace
![Rebecca Lentz](https://engineering.lehigh.edu/sites/engineering.lehigh.edu/files/styles/standard_image/public/Rebecca-Lentz%282%29.jpg?itok=S0wF5zpI)
Honorable Mention: Rebecca Lentz
RESEARCH: "Differential Carrier Lifetime Measurements of InGaN Light-Emitting Diodes"
DEPARTMENT: Electrical and Computer Engineering / Physics
ADVISOR: Jonathan Wierer
![Reilly Callahan](https://engineering.lehigh.edu/sites/engineering.lehigh.edu/files/styles/standard_image/public/Reilly-Callahan%284%29.jpg?itok=ATEIYdjo)
Honorable Mention: Reilly Callahan
RESEARCH: "Self-Assembling Hydrogels Based on Glycosaminoglycan-Peptide Hybrid Molecules for Tissue Engineering"
DEPARTMENT: Bioengineering
ADVISOR: Lesley Chow
![Emma Leeds and Rachel Tenney](https://engineering.lehigh.edu/sites/engineering.lehigh.edu/files/styles/standard_image/public/combo-leeds-tenney.jpg?itok=8RGPDu1v)
Honorable Mention: Emma Leeds and Rachel Tenney
RESEARCH: "Development of Struvite from Wastewater Using Insoluble Magnesium Sources"
DEPARTMENT: Environmental Science and Spanish / Chemical Engineering / Civil Engineering and Mathematics
ADVISOR: Dr. Arthur Kney, Dr. Polly Piergiovanni
![Divya Patel](https://engineering.lehigh.edu/sites/engineering.lehigh.edu/files/styles/standard_image/public/Divya-Patel%282%29.jpg?itok=krynsgIF)
People's Choice Award: Divya Patel
RESEARCH: "3D Printing with Peptide-Polymer Conjugates to Regenerate the Osteochondral Interface"
DEPARTMENT: Bioengineering
ADVISOR: Lesley Chow