Publications (journals)
1. S. K. S. Cheng, K. Lopez, M. Jalali-Mousavi, J. Sheng*. Soft PDMS-mediated formation of bovine serum albumin 3D coffee stain structures for reversible hydrophilic patterning. Materials Advances 2024, 5, 7159. (Inside front cover article)
2. L. Martin, K. Lopez, S. Fritz, C. P. Easterling, J. A. Krawchuck, A. R. Poerwoprajitno, W. Xu*. Determination of the optical interference of iron oxide nanoparticles in fluorometric cytotoxicity assays. Heliyon 2024, e25378.
Conference Proceedings
1. K. Lopez, M. Rodriguez, D. Gibbons, R. Sanchez, C. Vasquez, M. Sanchez, and J. Baca. Modular Reconfigurable Lighting System for Spacecraft Habitats Beyond Low Earth Orbit. V Latin American Congress on Automation and Robotics LACAR, 10-12 November 2025, Cusco, Perú.
2. L. Armijo, S. Fritz, M. Osinski, M. Newton, C. Easterling, K. Lopez, K. Simpson, C. Huang, P. Rogers, M. Escochea, K. Garcia, H. Davila, J. Sheng, F. Seemann, W. Xu*. Assessment of functionalized superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles on in vivo multispecies biofilm disease models. Colloidal Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications XX, 25-27 January 2025, San Francisco, USA.
3. S. K. S. Cheng, M. Jalali-Mousavi, K. Lopez, J. Sheng*. Development of a microfluidic nanostrain sensor to study solid-air interfacial bubble dynamics under hydroacoustic perturbations in environmental water. 35th turbulent wall flows with lamb wave in soft miniaturized nanostrain sensor. 35th Symposium on Naval Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, 7-12 July 2024, Nantes, France.
4. M. Jalali, A. Talioua, S. K. S. Cheng, K. Lopez, J. Sheng. Measuring Instantaneous wall stress distributions in Hydrodynamics, 7-12 July 2024, Nantes, France.
5. S. R. Fritz, L. M. Armijo, K. Simpson, K. Lopez. M. Osinki, N. Bandara, H.D.C. Smyth, J. Sheng, W. Xu*. Superparamagnetic nanoparticles for the treatment of periodontal disease. Colloidal Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications XVIII, 28 January – 3 February 2023, San Francisco, USA.
Oral & Poster Presentations
1. K. Lopez, M. Rodriguez, D. Gibbons, R. Sanchez, C. Vasquez, T. Clark, and J. Baca. Modular Reconfigurable Lighting System for Spacecraft Habitats Beyond Low Earth Orbit. Texas HSRUs Engineering & Physics Research Showcase, September 11, College Station, TX, USA.
2. K. Lopez, S. K. S. Cheng, J. Sheng. Characterizing the mechanical properties of biofilms using Atomic Force Microscopy AFM. APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 77th Annual Meeting, 24-26 November 2024, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
3. K. Lopez, S. K. S. Cheng, J. Sheng. Correlating circulating tumor cells (CTCs) types with membrane viscoelasticity with atomic force microscopy. APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 76th Annual Meeting, 19-21 November 2023, Washington DC, USA.
4. K. Lopez, S. K. S. Cheng, J. Sheng. Fingerprinting circulating tumor cells (CTCs) passing through narrow passages with membrane viscoelasticity. APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 75th Annual Meeting, 20-22. November 2022, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
5. K. Lopez, J. Baca. Towards evaluating astronaut’s performance via proprioception-perception analysis through stimulation of the nervous system. SACNAS Conference Annual Meeting, 27-29 October 2022, San Juan, PR, USA.
6. K. Lopez, S. Tamuno, M. Brzezinski, L. Martin, W. Xu, J. Sheng. Fingerprinting circulating tumor cell with characteristic membrane viscoelasticity by atomic force microscopy. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 1st Student Research Symposium, April 2022, Corpus Christi, TX, USA.
7. K. Lopez, J. Baca. Towards evaluating astronaut’s performance via proprioception-perception analysis through stimulation of the nervous system. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 1st Student Research Symposium, April 2022, Corpus Christi, TX, USA.
Awards & Honors
SAGE Fellowship Award Recipient Fall 2023
Outstanding Islander Graduate Dec. 2022
1st Place Engineering Capstone Project and Presentation Dec. 2023
Bernard and Joan Paulson Scholarship Endowment (Engineering) Aug. 2022
SACNAS Conference Travel Scholarship and Presentation Oct. 2022
Texas Space Grant Consortium TSGC Design Challenge (Fall) Nov. 2022
o 3rd Best Poster
o 1st Best Oral Presentation
o 1st Best Model/Display
o 1st Top Peer Review
o 1st Top Design Team
o Scholarship Recipients
Texas Space Grant Consortium TSGC Design Challenge (Spring) April 2022
o 2nd Best Poster
o 2nd Best Model Display
o 4th Top Design Team
o Scholarship Recipients
McDonald’s Hacer More Scholar Recipient 2020
Mathematics and Science Academy Scholarship 2020