Students in the Louis Stoke Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) talk with faculty members and practicing scientists and engineers during the Professional Skills Workshop.

Letitia Thomas (right), LSAMP project director, and SEAS assistant dean for diversity in the Office of STEM Diversity Programs, gives opening remarks ahead of student presentations.

Bubacar Ndoye (left), a biomedical engineering student, examines a specimen with Research Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Debanjan Sarkar. Ndoye’s research examines bone tissue regeneration with colloidal gel tissue scaffolds.

Christine Shiyam (right), a computer engineering major works with mechanical and aerospace engineering professor John Crassidis (center), on the observation of cosmic rays and atmospheric data.

Brandon Manley (right) discusses his research on optimizing physical properties in dental resin. Manley worked with Chong Cheng, a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.

Jocelin Mendez (left) and Shane Varner (right), both chemical engineering students, examine the server used for their research at UB’s Center for Computational Research.

Varner and Mendez examine their work on the structural properties of viral protein H and molecular dynamic simulations of GM3 in the plasma membrane with their mentor Viviana Monje-Galvan, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering.

Allanis Persaud (right), a biomedical engineering student, observes the optimal binding conditions of various virus proteins to liposomes, to create nanoparticles for vaccine delivery. Her mentor, Jonathan Lovell, SUNY Empire Innovation Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, examines the process.

Matthew Haynes, a computer science major, presents his findings on the project How Decentralized is DeFi? This summer, Haynes worked with Bina Ramamurthy, professor of teaching in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

Ruth Bello, a chemical engineering major, and Eleni Kyriakidou, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, investigate CO2 purification as vital for CO2 utilization.

Hannah Sheffield, a biomedical engineering student, discusses her research and 3D printed patient-specific models she and her mentor Ciprian Ionita, an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, developed for hemorrhages and intracranial atherosclerosis disease.

Jocelin Mendez discusses her research, Structural Properties of Viral Protein H in Bacteriophage 𝜙X174, during the SEAS Research Symposium.

Allanis Persaud discusses the findings and observations of her research: Enhancing the Binding Capabilities of Protein-Liposome Nanoparticles.

Shane Varner explains his findings during the presentation period of the SEAS Research Symposium.

Group photo of all the students who participated in the National Science Foundation-funded LSAMP and Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) summer programs in front of Davis Hall.