MCEC September 2025 Faculty Publications

Caitlin Howell: 

• Single-step coating of cellulose nanofibrils on paper for sustainable food packaging 

Mauricio Pereira Da Cunha: 

• Room Temperature to 300°C SiC MOSFET Oscillator Under Fixed Bias

Mehdi Tajvidi: 

• Surface-modified cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) with enhanced functionality for potential food applications 
• Growing Sustainable Barrier Coatings from Edible Fungal Mycelia

Kimberly Huguenard: 

• Techniques in coastal observations: Challenges and insights for studying estuarine dynamics 

Lauren Ross: 

• On the diurnal-semidiurnal cycles of physical and biological inter-processes in the upper water column of Reloncaví Sound, northern Patagonia

Evan Wujcik:

• A recyclable PANI/PAAMPSA nanocomposite with repeatable, rapid, autonomous self-healing, and unprecedented electro-mechanical properties 

Donald Hummels: 

• Optimization-Based Dynamic Voltage Support of Microgrids Using Energy Storage Systems

Onur Apul: 

• Microwave Heating of Superparamagnetic Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles Towards Environmental Hyperthermia-Based Applications

Babak Hejrati: 

• Modulating arm swing via haptic cueing alters interlimb neural coupling in older adults
• Real-Time Activity Recognition Using Minimal Biomechanical Features: A Lightweight IMU-Based Classifier for Older Adults 

Senthil Vel: 

• EBSD-Based Calibration of Differential Stress From Experimentally Deformed Black Hills Quartzite Using the Perimeter-Area Fractal Dimension 

Amrit Verma: 

• Undisturbed wave elevation estimation: Correcting for radiation and diffraction effects in measured data near floating wind turbines

Eric Landis: 

• Cellulose Nanofibrils for Concrete Shrinkage Reduction