Materials Science graduate student winners at the James Brooks Symposium (L to R): Shah Limon (3rd place), Tej Poudel (1st place), Matt Kurilich (2nd place), and Cecil Evers (4th place). (Frank Allen)
Four materials science and engineering graduate students from Florida State University and the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering were recently named winners of the 2023 James Brooks Symposium oral presentation competition.
The April 21, 2023 competition was open to students in the interdisciplinary Materials Science and Engineering graduate program at the college. Each student talked about their current research.
“I was impressed by the breadth of the students’ research and the high quality of their presentations,” said Eric Hellstrom, an engineering professor and director of the Materials Science and Engineering program.
The symposium was established in 2017 to honor the memory of James Brooks, an FSU physics professor who died in 2014 and was instrumental in establishing the Materials Science and Engineering program at FSU. The symposium has been held each spring semester except during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Finalists in the speaking competition submitted an abstract, gave a 30-minute talk and fielded questions on their presentations. A panel of three faculty members chose the winners.
2023 FAMU-FSU College of Engineering James Brooks Symposium Oral Presentation Winners
First place
Tej Poudel
Thiophosphate-Based Lithium Solid Electrolytes with Enhanced Ionic Conductivity and Cycling Performance
Second place
Matt Kurilich
Lightweight Electromagnetic Interference Shielding: CNT Composites
Third place
Shah Limon
Investigation on Critical Current Density and Current Path of K-doped BaFe2As2 Polycrystals
Fourth place
Cecil Evers
Scalable Carbon Nanotube Yarn Composites
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