AFS 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Student Poster Competition

This year’s Student Poster Competition produced a lively discussion in the halls of the conference center. Held on Tuesday afternoon, the student poster presenters were faced with an abundance of questions as conference attendees viewed their posters.

The AFS Student Poster committee, chaired by Dr. George Chase, awarded scholarship prizes to the top three student posters.

First Place

Thermodynamic and Transport Fundamentals of Biological Separations Using Magnetic Fluids, Seurabh Tejwani, Fei Chen, Kenneth A. Smith, T. Alan Hatton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Second Place (tie)

Oxygen Enrichment of Air for Diesel Engines: A Process Evaluation Study, Pallavi Chitta and Bruce J. Tatarchuk, Auburn University.

FIL2RO Program for Rapid Filter Media, S. Dharmanola and G.G. Chase, The University of Akron.

Student award winners (left to right) ; Pallavi Chitta, Auburn University; S. Dharmanolla, The University of Akron; Saurabh Tejwani and Fei Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.