2023 BERC Resources Symposium Research Exposition

ABOUT THE INNOVATION EXPOSITION

The Innovation Expo is a research poster exhibition and prize contest, where attendees and participants can enjoy light refreshments and drinks while learning about innovative resources and energy research from student researchers! Attendees range from startup founders and funders to world renowned scientists, to community members and student peers interested in learning about the fascinating resources and energy research going on right here in the Bay Area. Email sophie_koh@berkeley.edu with any questions!

2023 PRESENTERS

Sydney Hemenway - Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction: Mechanisms to Improve Efficiency

Rafaela Brinn - Electric Field Manipulation of Single Spins in Rare-Earth Doped Ferroelectric Thin Films

Isaac Harris - Magnons in multiferroic BiFeO3 for novel, energy-efficient spintronic computing devices

Michael Bowen - A Need for Speed: Fast Charging-Enabled Material Optimization and Impact Mitigation for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Nithila Poongovan - A Machine Learning Framework For Eco-Friendly Solvent Selection

Darby Hickson - Low Temperature Characterization of a Nonaqueous Liquid Electrolyte

Julie Wang,  Julia Campbell, and Carla Benato Milsted - Novel Materials for Scalable Organic Solar Cells

Aniruddh Khanwale - Accelerated Lifetime Testing of PM6:Y6 Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs) 

Vivaan Patel - Cycling of block copolymer composites with lithium-conducting ceramic nanoparticles

Emily Abdo - Phase transition in block copolymer electrolyte induced by ionic current

Thomas Greathouse - Visualizing Hydrogen Embrittlement in Austenitic Stainless with Atom Probe Tomography

Elizaveta Bytnaia - Hemp house. Constructing sustainable domestic models in rural areas.

Suraj Nair and Ando Shah and Tom Boehnel - Global Sand Watch: Leveraging AI for Sustainable Development

GENERAL GUIDELINES

Target Audience: Members of the energy community, University of California Berkeley, and the public at large. Posters and presentations should both make an impression on the judges and be understandable to the majority of Expo attendees.

Project Parameters: A good project is at a point where outcomes or conclusions can be reported, and a question is being answered. Projects are welcome from all departments and universities, granted that the topic relates to energy in some fashion.

Effort to engage non-experts: The Innovation Expo is a way for all participants (including non-experts) to learn and engage with student research. We are also hoping that this offers researchers a new way of thinking about presenting their research to a broader audience then they might encounter in a standard academic conference.

Application Specifics: For participation in the Innovation Expo, a separate abstract and poster will need to be submitted. All abstracts and posters are subject to approval. Please submit a concise abstract of 4-6 sentences that conveys the overall topic area, methods and conclusion. If a high-school science student was reading the abstract, would they have a good sense of what your research is trying to accomplish?

Poster Design Specifications: For BERC to print your poster it must be submitted in PDF format, size 36″ x 48″ (or 48” x 36”). We cannot print any other sizes or formats. We cannot provide any quality control for your poster regarding picture quality, etc. If you bring your own poster, we can be more flexible with the poster size.

Judging: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place poster prizes will be determined by a panel of expert judges. Audience choice voted by attendees.

Awards: $2,500 First, $1,000 Second, $500 Third, $1,000 Audience Choice