When: Friday, April 8, 2022
Time: 5:30 - 7:30pm. Competition begins at 5:30 followed by reception and award presentations.
Location: LeCraw Auditorium Scheller College of Business | 800 West Peachtree St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30308
Also streaming live: Watch online on Zoom.

Top Prize Ph. D. Winner: $2,000 research travel grant sponsored by 3M

At 3M, our 93,000 employees do work that matters, applying our science in ways that make a positive impact on people’s lives around the globe. And that work is accomplished through close collaboration with smart, curious and motivated 3Mers in 87 countries, all rallying behind 3M’s vision:

• 3M technology advancing every company.
• 3M products enhancing every home.
• 3M innovation improving every life.

• Ph.D. Runner-up: $1,500 research travel grant
• Ph.D. Third Place: $1,000 research travel grant
• Master’s Winner: $1,000 research travel grant
• People's Choice Winner: $500 research travel grant. (Audience and online viewers will vote live.)

• Ashley Alva, Electrical and Computer Engineering (Ph.D.) Tracking Immune Cells with Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Cancer
• Ryan Benkert, Electrical and Computer Engineering (Ph.D.) Learning what we Forget: Empowering Artificial Intelligence with Reliable Uncertainty Estimation
• Abigail Diering, Chemistry and Biochemistry (Ph.D.) Sugar Transport in Nitrogen Fixing Plant Bacteria Symbiosis for Biofuel Crops
• Zeou Dou, Civil and Environmental Engineering (Ph.D.) Selective Ion Separation for Sustainable Agriculture
• Miguel Gonzalez, Chemical Engineering (Ph.D.) Creating Next-Generation High-Capacity Batteries
• Jonathan Gosyne, Mechanical Engineering (Ph.D.) Going Off Road – Moving in Sand, Snow, Mud
• Timothy Min, Music Technology (Master's) Inducing Empathy Among Strangers Through Biofeedback-Controlled Stimuli
• Abigail Paulson, Biomedical Engineering (Ph.D.) Sensory Flicker as a Potential Therapeutic for Alzheimer’s Disease
• Fernanda Piorino, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Ph.D.) Bacterial Biosensors for Low-cost, At-home Diagnostic Tests
• Michelle Quizon, Mechanical Engineering (Ph.D.) Treating Type 1 Diabetes: Delivery of Cells in Gels
• Taylor Sloop, Materials Science and Engineering (Ph.D.) Porosity Allows for Tuning of Dynamic Tensile Failure

• Stephanie Douglas, Associate Director of Community Relations, Institute Relations, Georgia Tech
• Christy Backus, Manager, Internal Communications, Kroger
• Jason Wright, Communications Manager II, Georgia Institute of Technology Library
• Ram Ramgopal, Senior Executive Editor, CNN