Danfoss Graduate Research Symposium & Celebration

Danfoss Graduate Research Symposium & Celebration

Thursday, April 16, 2026 @ 04:30 PM
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Thursday, April 16, 2026 @ 06:00 PM
Event Location
High-Performance Materials Institute (HPMI) - 2005 Levy Ave, Tallahassee, FL 32310

The inaugural Danfoss Graduate Research Symposium and Celebration will be hosted by the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and Danfoss Turbocor. The celebration will be a two- part event highlighting excellence in graduate research. The first part of the event will be a departmental symposium where a first place departmental winner will be selected (week of April 6-10). The 1st Place winner from each department will participate in the Graduate Research Competition and Celebration on April 16th. All graduate students are welcome to attend. 

Monetary prizes will be awarded at the Research Competition on April 16.

RSVP Here by April 3

 

Department Research Symposia - April 6-10

Department Date Time Location
Chemical & Biomedical Engineering Mar 27 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM IRCB 1030
Civil & Environmental Engineering Apr 9 2:00 - 4:00 PM AME 106
Electrical & Computer Engineering Apr 9 3:30 - 5:00 PM B221

Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering &
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering & 
Materials Science & Engineering (combined)

Apr 10 1:00 - 3:00 PM MRB 114

Contact your department graduate coordinator and chair if you are interested in participating in the department symposia.

 

Graduate Research Competition and Celebration - April 16

 

 

Time Event Location
4:30 - 5:00 PM Welcome and 5-minute oral presentations HPMI Atrium
  Oral Presentation #1: Erin Petkus (Advisor: Bruce Locke)
Chemical & Biomedical Engineering Department
 
  Oral Presentation #2: Shrikant Fulari (Advisor: Eren Ozguven)
Civil & Environmental Engineering Department
 
  Oral Presentation #3: Mia Reynolds (Advisor: Bayaner Arigong)
Electrical & Computer Engineering Department
 
  Oral Presentation #4: JohnPaul Adimonyemma (Advisor: Yanshuo Sun)
Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Department
 
  Oral Presentation #5: Gargi Dashora (Advisor: Unnikrishnan Nair)
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department
 
  Oral Presentation #6: Santiago Lazarte (Advisor: Brandon Krick) 
Materials Science & Engineering Department
 
5:00 - 5:30 PM Poster session and questions HPMI Atrium
5:30 - 6:00 PM Committee deliberations and reception begin HPMI Atrium
  Committee members: Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf (Chair), Jamel Ali, Eric Hellstrom, Hui Wang, Rogerio Federici, and Srinivasa Rao Koppineedi  
6:15 PM  Winners announced HPMI Atrium
6:30 PM Closing remarks HPMI Atrium

Thank you to our staff, faculty, graduate students and sponsors at Danfoss Turbocor for helping make this event a success!

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