By Emily Hubbell

 NQPI teams had a strong showing at this year’s CMSS/NQPI/BNNT Poster Session, winning first, second and third place and two honorable mentions.

Finishing first was an NQPI research team composed of Yeliz Celik, Natalya Petra and Ido Braslavsky.

The team’s poster, “The Control of Growth and Melting of Ice Crystals by Ice Binding Proteins,” was chosen out of 30 eligible projects to receive the first place prize, a $250 research award that can be used to cover research-related supplies or travel expenses.

Second place and a $150 research award were presented to NQPI members Eric Abrams and Jeff Rack for their poster titled, “Synthesis of Chelating Sulfoxides for Picosecond Isomerization in Ruthenium Sulfoxides.”

NQPI members Alyssa Thomas and Hugh Richardson won third place and a $75 research award for their research, “Growth of Thin Film Water and Implications for Ice Nucleation on Alpha-A1203 (0001).”

Two NQPI teams also received honorable mentions at the competition.

Pedro Hernandez and Alexander Govorov were recognized for their research project, “Energy Transfer and Photothermal Effects in Nanocrystals.”

Also receiving an honorable mention was the poster, “Photoluminescence Excitation in Coupled Quantum Dots,” presented by Mauricio Garrido, Kushal C. Wijesundara, Swati Ramanathan, M. Scheibner, A.S. Bracker, D. Gammon and E.A. Stinaff.