Home Department: Bioengineering
Faculty Advisor: Marc E. Levenston
Talk Title: T1p and T2 show regional variation in degenerate human menisci: Correlation with biomechanics and matrix composition
Event: ISMRM 2012

Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Sarah Heilshorn
Talk Title: Elucidation of mast cell localization using a microfluidic device that generates a controllable diffusion-driven SCF gradient
Event: 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting - Meghaan was one of eight graduate students and postdocs chosen to participate as a mentee in the inaugural 2012 AIChE Education Division Future Faculty Program.

Home Department: Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Juan G. Santiago
Talk Title: Fast, specific, and efficient affinity purification of target DNA from whole human blood by combining isotachophoresis and affinity chromatography
Event: 18th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences

Awarded in 2012
Talk Title: Ion altered fluorescence imaging (IAFI): A non-invasive, visualization method which simultaneously images scalar fields and quantifies local ion concentrations
Event: 65th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics

Home Department: Materials Science & Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Sarah Heilshorn
Talk Titles: A modular strategy for the synthesis of nanoscale inorganic materials using self-assembling biomolecules and From triskelion to aggregate to assembly: Clathrin self-assembly and remodeling
Event: Materials Research Society Fall Meeting 2012

Home Department: Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering
Faculty Advisors: Ken Salisbury and Dimitre Hristov
Talk Title: 4D ultrasound calibration for radiotherapy guidance using automatic intramodality image registration
Event: American Association of Physicists in Medicine Annual Meeting 2012

Awarded in 2011
Talk Titles: Tissue displacement monitoring for prostate and liver IGRT using a robotically-controlled ultrasound system and Hybrid x-ray/ultrasound imaging approach for patient positioning and real-time tracking in IGRT
Event: 2011 Joint AAPM/COMP Meeting (Medical Physics)

Awarded in 2010
Talk Title: Real-Time Soft-Tissue Imaging Concurrent with External Beam Radiation Therapy Delivery
Event: The American Association of Physicists in Medicine Annual Meeting 2010 - Jeff received 2nd place for the Young Investigator’s Award for his talk.

Home Department: Psychology and Neurosciences Institute
Faculty Advisors: Anthony Wagner and Ian Gotlib
Talk Title: Characterizing white matter connectivity in major depressive disorder: Automated fiber quantification and maximum density paths
Event: 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging - Matthew also received awards from the Stanford University Center for Mind, Brain, & Computation (MBC) and the Biosciences Office of Graduate Education. These awards were based on the acceptance of two 4-page papers that were presented as talks at the conference.

Awarded in 2012
Talk Title: Frontal lobe contributions to deterministic and probabilistic learning: Evidence for dissociable feed-back-related processes
Event: 2012 Society for Neuroscience

Home Department: Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Beth Pruitt
Talk Title: Multi-functional sensor for the environment
Event: 25th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems

Home Department: Chemistry
Faculty Advisor: Steven G. Boxer
Talk Title: DNA-mediated fusion between small vesicles and a planar tethered bilayer patch
Event: Biophysical Society Meeting 2012

Home Department: Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Xiaolin Zheng
Talk Title: Flame synthesis of WO3 nanotubes and nanowires for efficient photoelectrochemical water-splitting
Event: 34th International Symposium on Combustion

Awarded in 2011
Talk Title: Flame synthesis and applications of transition metal oxide nanostructures
Event: Materials Research Society Fall Meeting 2011 - Pratap received the Silver Medal Graduate Student Award for his talk.

Awarded in 2010
Talk Title: Flame Synthesis of Tungsten Oxide Nanostructures on Diverse Substrates
Event: The 33rd International Symposium on Combustion

Home Department: Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Advisors: Beth Pruitt and Miriam Goodman
Talk Title: Body mechanics regulate the force threshold for gentle touch sensation in the nematode C. elegans
Event: Biophysical Society 56th Annual Meeting