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ACS Langmuir Cover Art
Speleothem-Inspired Copper/Nickel Interfaces for Enhanced Liquid–Vapor Transport by Marangoni and Soret Effects
Edith Rathbun Outreach and Engagement Excellence Award
Dr. Gupta was recognized for her community volunteer, K-12 outreach, service to professional society, and faculty allyship efforts.
NanoHub CompuCell3D (CC3D) featured Dr. Gupta
Dr. Gupta's pursuit of learning led to her participated in CC3D Hackathon in summer 2024. She demonstrated an innovative use of Cell Potts biological model in thermal fluid science research by modeling boiling bubbles (Publication coming soon)
ANSYS Summer Faculty Fellowship
Dr. Gupta spent 10 weeks on-site to gain expertise in simulations for materials and thermal modeling. (top) with Harshad Ahire, ANSYS GRANTA expert (bottom) with Hemant Punekar, ANSYS FLUENT expert.
Dr. Gupta's NSF supplemental funding with Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL)
Saketh Merugu is visiting ORNL to test his Carbon Nanofiber (CNF) mixed matrix membrane for water treatment applications
MXene Conference
Saketh presented his work on MXene for boiling applications at Drexel University.
Wiley journal cover
Effect of Ball Milled and Sintered Graphene Nanoplatelets–Copper Composite Coatings on Bubble Dynamics and Pool Boiling Heat Transfer
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) journal cover and indexed on Sigma Aldrich's product page
Interaction of Amphiphilic Coumarin with DPPC/DPPS Lipid Bilayer: Effects of Concentration and Alkyl Tail Length- featured on On Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Sigma: https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/US/en/product/avanti/840037p
ACS Omega Cover Art
This comprehensive molecular dynamics (MD) simulation and experimental study investigates the lipid bilayer interaction of delocalized and hydrophobic cations. This work represents a novel and alternative pathway to exploit pigments and dyes used for photographic emulsions as potential photosensitizers for various light therapies.
Featured on World Health Organization's COVID-19 Research Database, and Nature Public Health Emergency Collection: Public Health Emergency COVID-19 Initiative
Our work "Thermotropic effects of PEGylated lipids on the stability of HPPH-encapsulated lipid nanoparticles (LNP)" received international and national recognition in response to Public Health Emergency COVID-19 Initiative
(https://search.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov/resource/en/covidwho-2231609)
ACS PRF @ 65 features Dr. Gupta's story
NBC news features Dr. Gupta's Senior design project
Group fabricated Helmholtz coils to create a uniform magnetic field used to test sensors and other equipment for space applications where Earth's magnetic field does not interfere. Watch here: https://nbc24.com/news/local/utoledo-engineering-students-present-fall-2021-senior-design-projects
Congratulations, Drs. Poornima Kalyanram (2020) and Aniket Rishi (2021) on their successful PhD defense
Funding
ITTL receives American Chemical Society's Petroleum Research Fund for New Directions to study chemical separations on enhanced surfaces
Funding
ITTL receives funding for thermal-membrane separation to produce reusable water.
PI Gupta receives funding on data analytics to boost gender equity among STEM Faculty