FALL 2025 CYCLE
Faculty Awards
July 2025
NSF Career Award:
Dvita Mathur
“Synthetic DNA Particles for Gene Therapy”
Mathur’s work explores how programmable, synthetic DNA nanoparticles behave inside living cells, with the goal of designing next-generation gene therapies that can be delivered beyond the liver to other targeted areas of the body.
Student Awards
August 2026
1st Place Senior Design Project:
Lunar Intelligence & Reconnaissance Initiative
“Evaluating the Reliability of Aerosol Jet Printed Circuits”
Kromalic’s work examined the reliability of aerosol jet printed flexible electronics, focusing on print consistency and mechanical lifetime under bending fatigue, as part of MDS-Rely’s Project 06.
August 2026
1st Place Senior Design Project:
Vibration Durability of Printed Electronics of UAVs
“Evaluating the Reliability of Aerosol Jet Printed Circuits”
Kromalic’s work examined the reliability of aerosol jet printed flexible electronics, focusing on print consistency and mechanical lifetime under bending fatigue, as part of MDS-Rely’s Project 06.