A yearly expo where engineering prowess meets creativity and innovation.

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department Showcase

The Showcase features both undergraduate and graduate research in leading areas of chemical and biomolecular engineering. Projects will be judged by alumni and industry representatives based on technical criteria. Attendees will also view demonstrations from ChemE Car & Alumni Cup, and have the opportunity to speak with student organizations AICHE & OXE.

Give to the CHBE Student Showcase View 2026 Photos

Sofia Jackson Wins 2025 Best Undergraduate Research Poster.

Undergraduate Research Posters

Research Symposium

Alumni Judging Panel

Alumni Cup & ChemE Car Demonstrations

Awards Presentation

Graduate Research Posters

2026 Program

Date: Friday, April 17, 2026
Location: Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
Address: 8228 Paint Branch Dr, College Park, MD 20742

Time	Session	Location
10 a.m.	Research Symposium: Frontiers of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Research at University of Maryland. 10 a.m: "Plasma Membrane Modeling of Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Healthy Myeloid Cells," Evan Paul Roetering, Ph.D. student, Klauda Lab. 10:15 a.m: "Direct-Write Aerosol Jet Printing of Low-Loss Polyimide Dielectrics for RF Applications," Scott Bernota, Ph.D. student, Kofinas/Raghavan Labs. 10:30 a.m: "Electric Field Driven Dynamic Assembly of Active Colloidal Aggregates," Dr. Satyam Srivastava, Postdoctoral fellow, Woehl Lab. 10:45 a.m: "The Mucin Corona Alters Nanoparticle Transport in the Female Reproductive Tract," Alyssa Petersen, Ph.D. student, Zierden Lab. 11: a.m: "Composite Carbon Molecular Sieve Hollow Fiber Membranes for High-temperature Hydrogen/Hydrocarbon Separation," Yutong Wu, Ph.D. student, Zheng Lab.	Kay Boardrooms
11:15 a.m.	Student Design Team Demonstrations	Rotunda
12 p.m.	Lunch	Kay Boardrooms
12:30 p.m.	Alumni Career Panel	Kay Boardrooms
1:30 p.m.	Poster Session	Rotunda
3:30 p.m.	Awards Presentation	Rotunda

For students: if you would like to participate in the Department Showcase, please fill out the Poster Abstract Submission Form by March 27.

Alumni Judge Panel

George Ngatha, FDA
Vivek Dwivedi, NASA
Kiana Yip, RoosterBio
Sarangua Battamur, Medcura
Jessica Strongin, Johns Hopkins University

Spring 2026 Victors

Best Undergraduate Research Poster

1st Place: Diego Varisco
2nd Place: Jemma Wood
3rd Place: Shirin Haan

Best Graduate Research Poster

1st Place: Alyssa Petersen
2nd Place: Chris Johnson
3rd Place: Zixuan Wang

Spring 2025 Sponsors

George Ngatha
E^xponent
Amgen Inc.

Ways to Support the CHBE Department Showcase

Become a Sponsor: Contact Raquelle Contreras (raquelle@umd.edu, 301-405-5693) for additional information.
Become a Judge: Evaluate the posters presentation and research symposium as a volunteer judge. To sign up for this year's alumni panel, contact Associate Professor Taylor Woehl (tjwoehl@umd.edu).

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