GAIN 2022 took place on Thursday, February 24th, 2022.

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About

GAIN (Graduate and Industry Networking) is an annual event hosted by the Graduate Engineering Council at The University of Texas at Austin. It is a broad networking opportunity that allows The Cockrell School of Engineering to showcase its best and brightest graduate students.

GAIN 2022 was held virtually using Gatherly on February 24. Please check the attending instructions here: Attending Virtually.

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Schedule

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Poster Winners

Congratulations!

GAIN 2022 organizing committee is honored to announce the outstanding works of this year’s poster session as follows. We appreciate all the participation.

First Name	Last Name	Major	Abstract
Yin-Jui	Chang	Biomedical Engineering	Multi-scale dynamical modeling of spike and field potential activity via biologically realistic neural network
Alexis	Dimanche	Biomedical Engineering	Improving the Hardware of Intraoperative Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging of Cerebral Blood Flow
Hyeonji	Oh	Chemical Engineering	Human-skin inspired structured biomimetic membranes based on beta-barrel membrane protein for protective fabrics
Laxmicharan	Samineni	Chemical Engineering	Energy-efficient nanoparticle removal in functionalized natural fiber filters
Xiaoyi	Chen	Civil Engineering	Investigation of the effects of concrete slab-base interaction on the behavior of seamless bridge-CRCP systems
Jingwen	He	Civil Engineering	Development of seismic fragility curves for earth dams in Texas
Animesh	Rastogi	Civil Engineering	Modeling Energetic Surfaces with Curvature-Resistance in Soft Solids and Nanostructures
Mitchell	Thompson	Civil Engineering	Perceived and objective air quality in residential indoor spaces: the role of olfaction
Mahshid	Alamdar	Electrical and Computer Engineering	Magnetic Tunnel Junction Devices and Circuits for In-Memory and Radiation-Hard Computing
Connor	Fritz	Electrical and Computer Engineering	Improving Poverty Prediction with Network Science
Satyam	Kumar	Electrical and Computer Engineering	TransMI: Transfer Learning framework for Longitudinal Motor Imagery Training
*Erik	Cheng	Materials Science and Engineering	Fundamental Understanding of Silicon Nitride PEALE from Atomistic Simulations
Aminur Rashid	Chowdhury	Materials Science and Engineering	Gold Plasmonic island photocatalyst development for photocatalytic degradation of volatile organic compounds
Yixian	Wang	Materials Science and Engineering	Anode-Free Sodium Metal Batteries
Awan	Bhati	Mechanical Engineering	Modeling Mass Transfer in Spray-based systems for CO2 capture
*Ozdemir Can	Kara	Mechanical Engineering	A Reliable and Sensitive Framework for Simultaneous Type and Stage Detection of Colorectal Cancer Polyps
Manojkumar	Lokanathan	Mechanical Engineering	Influence of surfactant on electrowetting-induced surface electrocoalescence of water droplets in hydrocarbon media
Gabriella	Small	Mechanical Engineering	The effect of dual-tasks on cognitive performance and balance control during walking with altered step widths
Esmail	Eltahan	Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering	A study on well placement in Uinta basin considering geological uncertainty
Anuradha	Radhakrishnan	Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering	Analysis and Recommendations for Current Capabilities in Measuring Upstream Flare Volumes in the Permian Basin
Moises	Velasco	Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering	Modeling of Transport of Solutes in Two-Phase Porous Media: Solutions for Advective- and Capillary-Dominated Systems
Dongyoung	Yoon	Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering	A data-driven approach of condition-based maintenance (CBM) of mud pumps

* Burnt Orange Awardees (The most outstanding works)