1. Council of Graduate Students
Muhammad Azeem Raza
04/19/2012

2. Council of Graduate Students
1. Elections for New Executive Board
President: Mohammad Alkazimi
Vice President: Uday Guntupalli
Secretary: Heng Liu
Treasurer: Omkar Ghatpande

3. Council of Graduate Students
2. Graduate Research Showcase
68 Graduate Students showcased their research
29 Faculty Judges including 3 post-docs
$3000 prize money to be awarded
1st Place: $500
2nd Place: $400
3rd Place: $300

4. Council of Graduate Students
Award
Name
Department
Advisor
Title
SESSION 1
1st Place
Hamed Kajbaf
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Rosa Y. Zheng
Compressed Sensing for 3D SAR Imaging Systems
2nd Place
Varun Paul
Geology
Dr.David J. Wronkiewicz
Carbon dioxide Sequestration Using Sulfate Reducing Bacteria
3rd Place
Vishwanath Gandikota
Materials Science and Engineering
Dr. Yangchuan Xing
Continous Flame Synthesis of ZnO nanorods
Chakkaravarthy Chidambareswarapattar
Chemistry
Dr. Nicholas Leventis
From Flexible to Hard Polyurethane Aerogels: The Effect of Molecular Functionality vs. Molecular Rigidity
SESSION 2
Sachin Sharma
Physics
Dr. Michael Schulz
Effect of Coherence on Single Electron Capture of H2 by 75 keV Proton
Chrystian Mauricio Posada
Nuclear Engineering
Dr. Carlos H. Castano
Simulation and prototype fabrication of the electron source for a flat panel X-ray source
Edwin Grant
Dr. Hyoung-Koo Lee
Monte Carlo Simulations of a Flat-Panel Micro X-ray Source 
Chou Shen
Civil and Architectural Engineering
Dr. Joon-Ho Choi
Smart Control for Ventilation

5. Council of Graduate Students

6. Council of Graduate Students
3. Travel Grant Awarded
$2000 as Travel Grant 10

7. Council of Graduate Students
4. GradVision (CGS Newsletter/Yearbook)
Annual Graduate Student Newletter is ready to be published
Introduced Memories Section
Interesting Articles

8. Council of Graduate Students
Thank You All!