The Purdue chapter of Sigma Xi, the scientific research society, is conducting a graduate student research awards competition in the form of a poster competition, which will be held tomorrow (Wednesday, Feb. 18) from 6-9 p.m. in STEW 214.

There will be a first prize of $100 and recognition for outstanding posters in each of the following four research areas: physical sciences, life sciences, engineering, and behavioral and social sciences. Out of 30 posters entered in the engineering area, 15 are BME-related, having been submitted by a BME graduate student or affiliated faculty member. We would like to wish good luck to all our poster competitors and invite the public to the poster session.

The list of BME-related posters is as follows:
Chun, Ai Lin, H. Fenniri &Thomas J. Webster "Helical Rosette Nanotubes: A Potential Orthopaedic Tissue Engineering Material"
Galle, Beth & Ben M. Hillberry "Development of a Mechanical Spine Simulator and Determination of Lumbar Kinematics"
Harm, Christy & Karen M. Haberstroh "Pathologically Elevated Cyclic Pressures Alter Functional Properties of Vascular Endothelial and Smooth Muscle Cells"
Khang, Dongwoo, Janice L. McKenzie & Thomas J. Webster "Electrical Alignment of Carbon Nanofibers in a Polymer Matrix for Neural Biomaterial Applications"
Liu, Huinan, Elliot B. Slamovich & Thomas J. Webster, "Improved Dispersion of Nanophase Titania in Polymer Composites Enhance Osteoblast Adhesion"
Martin, Julie S., Hiroki Yokota & Karen M. Haberstroh "Various Substrates Cause Altered Renal Cell Responses Following Exposure to Pathological Hydrostatic Pressures"
McCann, Jennifer A., Thomas J. Webster & Karen M. Haberstroh "Vessel Homeostasis is Controlled by Coordinated Vascular Endothelial and Smooth Muscle Cell Interactions in Response to Fluid Shear Stress"
Miller, Derick & Thomas J. Webster "Fibronectin and Vitronectin are Critical for Vascular Cell Recognition of Nano-structured Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Films"
Park, Grace E., Megan A. Pattison, Kinam Park & Thomas J. Webster "Enhanced Articular Chondrocyte Function on NaOH-Treated PLGA"
Price, Rachel & Thomas J. Webster "The Effects of Nanometer Fiber Dimensions on Cell Adhesion and Viability"
Russ, Alissa Lynn, Julie S. Martin, Ann E. Rundell & Karen M. Haberstroh "Novel Pressure Chamber Designed to Quantify Real-time Renal Cell Response to a Physiological Pressure Stimulus"
Sato, Michiko, Elliot B. Slamovich & Thomas J. Webster "Enhanced Osteoblast Adhesion on a Novel Hydroxyapatite Coating"
Sherer, Eric, Doraiswami Ramkrishna & Bob Hannemann "Population Balance Modeling of Apoptosis with Chemotherapeutic Treatment Design Applications"
Tuttle, Paul V., IV, R.C. Danczyk, H. HogenEsch, Ann Rundell & Thomas Webster "Development of Controlled Nano-Structured Surface Roughness for Antibody-Based Biosensors"
Yao, Chang, Elliot B. Slamovich & Thomas J. Webster "Increased Bone Cell Adhesion on Nanophase Titanium and Ti6Al4V"