REU Publications

Publications:

Products: (key: REU students, undergraduate students, REU faculty advisors, * indicates CSU graduate collaborators)

1. Clark, J., Butt*, T. A., Mahajan*, G., Kothapalli, C. R., Kaufman, M., and Fodor, P. "Flow Modelling in Long Surface Patterned Micromixers Using Division in Multiple Geometrical Subunits" COMSOL Conference (2018): 1–6.
2. Clark, J., Kaufman, M., and Fodor, P. S. "Mixing Enhancement in Serpentine Micromixers with a Non-Rectangular Cross-Section" Micromachines 9, 107, (2018). doi: 10.3390/mi9030107
3. Clark, J., Butt*, T. A., Mahajan*, G., Kothapalli, C. R., Kaufman, M., Fodor, P., "Performance and implementation of efficient serpentine micromixers with nonrectangular cross section", Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 29, 075012 (2019). doi: 10.1088/1361-6439/ab146c
4. Kode*, V. R., Thompson, M. E., McDonald*, C., Weicherding, J., Dobrila, T. D., Fodor, P. S., Wirth, C. L., and Ao, G. "Purification and Assembly of DNA-Stabilized Boron Nitride Nanotubes into Aligned Films" ACS Applied Nano Materials 2, (2019): 2099–2105. doi:10.1021/acsanm.9b00088
5. Praljak, N., Ryan, S. D., and Resnick, A. "Pulsatile Flow Through Idealized Renal Tubules: Fluid-Structure Interaction and Dynamic Pathologies", Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering 17(2) (2019): 1787–1807. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2020094
6. Freeman, K. G., Adamczyk, J., and Streletzky, K. A. "Effect of Synthesis Temperature on Size, Structure, and Volume Phase Transition of Polysaccharide Microgels", Macromolecules 53, 21, 9244–9253 (2020). doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01605
7. Sarsfield*, M., Roberts, A., Streletzky, K.A., Fodor, P., Kothapalli, C. R "Optimization of Gold Nanoparticle Synthesis in Continuous‐Flow Micromixers Using Response Surface Methodology", Chem. Eng. Technol., 44, 4, 622–630 (2021). doi: 10.1002/ceat.202000314  [based on Matz' work]
8. Tietjen, S., Sent, R., Fodor, P. S., Streletzky, K. A. "Microgel dynamics characterization using SEM", Journal of Undergraduate Reports in Physics (JURP) 30, 1, 31-35 (2021). doi: /10.1063/10.0006350
9. Bickel, J.E., Ellis, A., and Resnick, A."Examining the temperature dependence of louche formation in Absinthe", ACS Omega 6(27): 17674–17679 (2021). doi: 10.1021/acsomega.1c02246
10. Kaufman, M., White*, R., Clark, J. and Fodor, P. S. "Fractal Geometry of Mixing" AIP Conf. Proc. 2607, 060003-1-060003-6 (2023). doi: 10.1063/5.0135742
11. Nupnar*, N., Nyabere*, G., Bolding*, C., Streletzky, K. A., Hore, M. J. "Parameter-Free Determination of Au Nanorod Dimensions Using Depolarized DLS and Genetic Optimization", J. Phys. Chem. B., 130, 1960-1973 (2026) doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5c06410 [based on Barrett's work]
12. Scherer, A., Tietjen, S., Herron, P., Hudson, S., Barrett, P., and Streletzky, K. A. "Dynamics of Polymeric Microgels with Varying Crosslinker Concentration" Manuscript in Preparation (2026).
13. Resnick, A. and Duckworth, J. "The Effect of Hypoxia on Primary Cilia Mechanical Properties" Manuscript in Preparation.
14. Rashidi*, A., Dominguez-Medina, S., Efremenkoa, D., Gregg, K., Wriedt, T., and Wirth, C. "Mapping Evanescent Wave Scattering from Anisotropic Particles" Manuscript in Preparation.
15. Martin, J. and Bickel, J. "The lowest energy orientation of Pentacene on Graphene" Manuscript in Preparation (2026).
16. Maraschky*, A., Terrano, D., Tzuper, I., Holland, N., and Streletzky, K. A. "Tuning Size of Elastin-like Polypeptide Micelles with Salt, pH, Linear Concentration", Manuscript in Preparation. [ with help from Uricoli]
17. Dwivedi*,P., Zimmer, L., Bickel, J., Wirth, C. "Cracking morphology in drying colloidal suspensions with branched fractal particle aggregates", Manuscript in Preparation (2026).
18. Nupnar*, N,, Debnath* M. K., Horovka, A., Alam*, M., Yang*, J., Samia*, A. C., Streletzky, K. A., Karayilan, M., Hore, M. J. A. "Grafting Polymers from Au Nanorods Using Surface-Initiated RAFT and a Lipoic Acid- Functionalized Chain Transfer Agent", Manuscript in Preparation (2026). 

Patents:

1. Ao, G. "Aligned Boron Nitride Nanotube Filaments" Provisional Patent #62797699 [based on Weicherding' and Thompson's work]

Peer-Reviewed Abstracts:

1. Dobrila, T. D., Streletzky, K., and Fodor, P. S. "Enhancing the Direct Visualization of Microgels via Scanning Electron Microscopy" The Ohio Journal of Science 118, (2018): A48.
2. Tietjen, S., Hudson, S., and Streletzky, K. A. "Studying the Effect of Crosslinker on Polymer Microgels" The Ohio Journal of Science 118, (2018): A49.