The Duke University Center of Exemplary Mentoring held the 2021 Duke UCEM Research Summit on Thursday, February 25. Due to pandemic restrictions, this year’s summit was held virtually on Zoom. Thirteen Sloan Scholars delivered short talks about their research. Erika Moore Taylor (Ph.D.’18 Biomedical Engineering), Rhines Rising Star Larry Hench Assistant Professor of Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Florida, delivered the keynote address, discussing strategies that helped her on her own Ph.D. journey.
The Research Summit is a key part of the co-curricular programming the Duke UCEM has developed to support its Sloan Scholars. It offers Scholars a chance early in their graduate school career (usually their second year) to deliver presentations about their research topics. It also helps them work on explaining their research succinctly to audiences who are not necessarily experts in their fields. The Duke UCEM provides presentation coaching for the Sloan Scholars in preparation for the summit.
Event program (PDF)
Video of the Event
Jump to Individual Presentations:
- Adriana Stohn, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Jessica LaLonde, Mechanical Engineering
- Aitor Bracho, Physics
- Gavin Gonzales, Biomedical Engineering
- Christina Hanson, Chemistry
- Genesis Higueros, Mechanical Engineering
- Brian Kundinger, Statistical Science
- Ethan LoCicero, Mechanical Engineering
- Ezinne Nwankwo, Statistical Science
- Alexander Mangus, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Grayson Rice, Biomedical Engineering
- Gianna Tutoni, Chemistry
- Eric Yeats, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Keynote Address by Erika Moore Taylor (Ph.D.’18 Biomedical Engineering)
