Schedule Details
Saturday, November 8, 2025
Speaker Session
| Time | Event | Room |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00-8:40am | Check-in, light breakfast available | ENGR Atrium |
| 8:40-9:00am | Opening Remarks/Introduction | ENGR 103 |
| 9:00-9:50am | Keynote Speaker - Dr. Chase Paterson, "From Eyes to ELISA: An Academia to Industry Journey" |
ENGR 103 |
| 10:00-11:00am | Oral Presentations - See below |
ENGR 103, 104, ENGR 106 |
| 11:00-12:00pm | Panel Discussion- "Career Pathways in Industry and Academia" | ENGR 103 |
| 12:00-1:00pm | LUNCH | |
| 1:00-1:15pm | Sponsor Presentation - Isaac Erikson, DiscGenics "Scaling Cell Therapy: Engineering Solutions for Regenerative Medicine Manufacturing" |
ENGR 103 |
| 1:15-1:30pm | Sponsor Presentation - Alex Dalpe, The Nucleus Institute "From Concept to Impact: Building Utah's Innovation Ecosystem for Biotech Advancement" |
ENGR 103 |
| 1:30-3:00pm | Poster Session | ENGR Atrium |
| 3:10-4:00pm | Keynote Speaker - Dr. Douglas Tree "Simulating Chemical Kinetics and Polymer Self-Assembly via Reactive Dissipative Particle Dynamics" |
ENGR 103 |
| 4:10-4:30pm | Awards | ENGR 103 |
| 4:30-4:40pm | Closing Remarks | ENGR 103 |
Oral Presentations
| 10:00-10:20am | 10:20-10:40am | 10:40-11:00am | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Track 1- Biomedical ENGR 103 |
Carter Wilkes, "Investigation of visible light transmissivity in human tissue phantoms of variable thickness and scattering turbidity" |
Daniel Zhang, "High-Throughput Glioblastoma Invasion Profiling via Integrated Microfluidic and AI Technologies" |
Ammar Mussaji, "Redesigning a Psoriasis Therapeutic: Benvitimod Biosynthesis in E. coli and Engineering Its Novel Derivatives" |
| Track 2- Bioprocess & Biomanufacturing ENGR 104 |
Haoran Zhang, "Regulating E. coli cell growth for microbial biosynthesis improvement" |
Sajad Karami, "Effects of UV-A Light Dehydration on Sensory Attributes, Volatile Composition, Enzyme Activity, and Nutritional Quality of Mango, Apple, and White Button Mushrooms" |
Hayat Ullah, "Exploring Soil Microbes for Valuable Natural Products and Biosynthetic Enzymes" |
| Track 3- Bioenvironmental & Bio Ag ENGR 106 |
Akib Al Mahir, "Machine Learning Reveals Microbial Interactions Driving Plastic Degradation Across Plastisphere Environments" |
Allondra Woods, "Production and Waste Recovery of Alternative Construction Materials using Fungal-Based Processes" |
Elise Barton, "Lab Cultivated Chicken, No Longer Science Fiction: Use of Enzymatic Microalgae Hydrolysates for Nutrient and Growth Factor Replacement in Cellular Agriculture" |