The 2024 Symposium was met with many presenters, speakers and guests from the Syracuse University campus, SUNY ESF, SUNY Upstate and the Syracuse community. Students had a chance to share their research through hour-long poster sessions. This year, we had speakers from our focus groups; Designer Biology, Adaptive Materials, Mechanics of Disease and Development, and Function without Form. We look forward to next year and what sessions we will be able to offer. Please see this year’s award winners and speakers below.
Award Winners
| Award Title | Winner | Advisor Name |
| Adaptive Energy & Infrastructure Materials: First Place | Fnu Vanshika | Weiwei Zheng |
| Adaptive Energy & Infrastructure Materials: Second Place | Joyce Qiao | Changmin Shi |
| Designer Biology: First Place | Daniel Fougnier | Pranav Soman |
| Designer Biology: Second Place | Paul Sagoe | Era Jain |
| Development & Disease: First Place | Anthony Watt | Zhen Ma |
| Development & Disease: Second Place | Anton Jayakodiarachchige | Sarah Lucas |
| Development & Disease: Honorable Mention | Arpan Banerjee | Aubrey Berstein |
| Function without Form: First Place | Nirbhik Acharya | Carlos Castañeda |
| Function without Form: Second Place | Jess Niblo | Shahar Sukenik |
| Sensing, Actuation, Intelligence & BioInspired Systems: First Place | Rohit Jakkula | Zhenyu Gan |
| Sensing, Actuation, Intelligence & BioInspired Systems: Second Place | Silverio Johnson | Mirna Skanata |
Speakers
| Adaptive Materials | Dr. Bing Dong Dr. Lihong Lao Dr. Quinn Qiao Dr. Changming Shi Dr. Weiwei Zheng |
| Designer Biology | Dr. Michael Blatchley Dr. Ivan Gitsov Dr. Jennifer Schwarz |
| Function without Form | Dr. Carlos Castañeda Dr. Jayde Johnson Dr. Li-En Jao Dr. Shahar Sukenik |
| Mechanics of Disease and Development | Dr. Yiling Lan Dr. Arun Podel Dr. Ileana Marquez |
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