Fall: Enzo Novoselic (University at Albany) - Best graduate Oral Presentation
Catalytic Oxygen Dissociation for Area-Selective HfO₂ Deposition on Cobalt Through Selective PMMA Etching

Fall: Moira Niluxsshun (University at Albany) - Best Graduate Poster Presentation
Shelf-Life and Crystallinity of Negative-Tone Organotin Resists

Fall: Jarron Maguire (University at Albany, TEL Intern) - Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation
Electrical Characterization of Ferroelectric Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 Films

Spring: Zahra Ahmadian (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) – Best Graduate Oral Presentation
Epitaxial Growth of CuAI2 Films as Conductor for High Conductivity Interconnects

Spring: Dwiti Krushna Das (University at Albany) – Best Graduate Poster Presentation
Multiplexed Biosensing Using Grating-Coupled Fluorescence Plasmonics (GC-FB) for Near-Point-Of-Care Diagnostics

Spring: Ethan Han (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) -  Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation
Effect of Deposition Method on Electron Transport in Mo/W Thin Films for Interconnect Applications

Fall: Alvar Garza (University at Albany) - Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation
Measurement of the Dynamic Response of MEMS Cantilevers

Fall: Maryam Ahmadi (University of Connecticut) - Best Graduate Poster Presentation
Enhancing Plasmonic Photodetectors: A Study on the Fabrication and Optical Behavior of Nanoantennas

Fall: Ivo V. Otto IV (University at Albany) - Best graduate Oral Presentation (shared)
Investigation of Low Temperature Fluorine-based Etching of TaN with Selectivity to SiOCH Dielectric

Fall: Anthony Valenti (University at Albany) - Best graduate Oral Presentation (shared)
Degradation of Organosilicon-Functionalized Surfaces During X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy: An In-depth Study

Spring: Finley Donachie (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) – Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation
Harnessing Thermal Laser Epitaxy for Rapid Synthesis of Topological Insulators

Spring: Ismile Khan Shuvo (University at Albany) – Best Graduate Poster Presentation
Template-Directed Crystallization of AlSb/Sb(A7) PCM for Low Energy Switching

Spring: Anshuman Thakral (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) -  Best Graduate Oral Presentation
Metastable Face-Centered Cubic Cobalt for High Conductivity Interconnects

Fall: Alex Kaloyeros (SUNY Polytechnic Institute) – Best Graduate Oral Presentation (shared)
Toward Scalable Telecom Single Photon Emitters for Quantum Photonics

Fall: Saloni Pendse (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) – Best Graduate Oral Presentation (shared)
Van der Waals epitaxy of Vanadium dioxide

Fall: Jennifer M. O’Brien (Clarkson University) -  Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation
Dynamic Covalent Crystallization of Covalent Organic Frameworks Between Planar Substrates

Fall: Tushar Mahajan, (SUNY Polytechnic Institute) - Best Graduate Poster Presentation
Design and Development of Quantum Dot Scintillator with Monolithically Integrated Photodetector for Radiation Detection

Fall: Rubab Ume, CNSE, SUNY Polytechnic Institute - Best Graduate Oral Presentation
Phase Change Memory With Multilevel Resistance States Based On Group III-Sb Binary Alloys

Fall: Ross Pareis, CNSE, SUNY Polytechnic Institute - Best Graduate Poster Presentation
Constant Electric Field Study Of Time Dependent Dielectric Breakdown In A Low-K Interlevel Dielectric

Fall: Eric Haarer, University at Albany-SUNY/SUNY Polytechnic Institute - Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation
Near Infrared Single Photon Emission Microscopy

Spring: Benjamin Harrington, Alex Kaloyeros, and Spyros Gallis - Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation
Polarization-Dependent Visible Photoluminescence from Silicon Carbide Nanophotonic Structures

Spring: Minh N. Tran, Iver J. Cleveland, Gregory A. Pustorino, and Eray S. Aydil – Best Graduate Oral Presentation
Efficient Near-Infrared Emission from Lead-Free Ytterbium-Doped Cesium Bismuth Halide Perovskite Thin Films

Spring: Xiaolong Liu, Yi Xue Chong, Rahul Sharma, J. C. Séamus Davis – Best Postdoc Oral Presentation
Atomic-Scale Visualization of Electron-Pair Fluids and Crystals

Fall: Marie Millares, Philip Schneider, Iulian Gherasoiu and Harry Efstathiadis – SUNY Poly Albany and Utica, NY – Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation
Carbon Films for Electronic Applications

Fall: Chengwu Zhang, Jie Qi, Tuo Gao and Brian Willis – University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT –Best graduate talk
Photon-Enhanced Area-Selective Atomic Layer Deposition of Plasmonic Nanostructures

Fall: Charlotte Teunisse, Sarah Dalakos, Donovan Weiblen, Grace Gionta, Deniz Rende and Rahmi Ozisik – Rensselaer, Troy, NY – Best Undergraduate Poster
Magnetically Induced Self-Healing of Polymers

Fall: Donovan Weiblen, Grace Gionta, Deniz Rende, Pinar Akcora and Rahmi Ozisik – Rensselaer, Troy, NY and Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ – Best Graduate Poster
Impact of Surface Functionality on Magnet Properties of Fe3O4-Polyethylene Oxide Nanocomposites

Spring: Nicholas Stucchi, Joshua Roys, and Dr. Ryan Brown – Clarkson University
Tuning Spontaneous Growth at the Solid-Liquid Interface

Spring: Matthew Zotta, Sharadh Jois, Prathamesh Dhakras, Miguel Rodriguez, Ji Ung Lee – SUNY Polytechnic Institute <
Direct Measurement of the Electron Beam Spatial Intensity Profile via Carbon Nanotube Tomography

Fall: Matthew Strohmayer – CNSE, SUNY Polytechnic Institute – Oral Presentation Award
Development of Focused Electrohydrodynamic Printing Technology

Fall: Peijiao Fang – Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Graduate Student Poster Presentation Award
Epitaxial Growth of WC1-x(001) Thin Films

Fall: Benjamin Harrington – CNSE, SUNY Polytechnic Institute – Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation Award
Modeling of Erbium Emission in Novel Silicon Carbide Photonic Crystal Nanostructures

Spring: Baiwei Wang – RPI – Best Graduate Student Poster 1st Place
Growth and Properties of Epitaxial Ti1−xMgxN(001) Layers

Spring: Mounika Kotha – CNSE, SUNY Polytechnic Institute - Best Graduate Student Poster 2nd Place
Effect of Oxidation on the Raman and Photoluminescence Properties of Unpassivated and Novel-Passivated Layered GaTe

Spring: Siddarth Laveti – CNSE, SUNY Polytechnic Institute - Best Undergraduate Student Poster
Optimization of the Growth of Graphene on Cu Foil Substrates by Chemical Vapor Deposition

Fall: Karsten Beckmann – CNSE, SUNY Polytechnic Institute – Oral Presentation Award
Towards Synaptic Behavior of Nanoscale ReRAM Devices for Neuromorphic Computing Applications

Fall: Maseeh Mukhtar – CNSE, SUNY Polytechnic Institute - Graduate Student Poster Presentation Award
Simulations of Backscattered Electrons to Measure Sensitivity Versus Electron Dosage of Buried Semiconductor Features

Fall: Elizabeth Blackert – Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas - Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation Award
Highly Porous Scaffolds on TNZT Alloy for Bone Implant Applications

Spring: Zahiruddin Alamgir – CNSE, SUNY Polytechnic Institute – Best Student Talk
Pulse Width Modulation To Achieve Multi-Level Resistance With TaO₂ Based Rram Using Hf as Oxygen Exchange Layer

Spring: Casey Biederman – CNSE, SUNY Polytechnic Institute - Best Undergraduate Poster
Optimization of Annealing Parameters for Silicon Carbide (SiC) Nanowire Fabrication

Spring: Mark Altwerger – CNSE, SUNY Polytechnic Institute - Best Graduate Student Poster
Near Infrared Reflectors as Smart-Glass for Solar Panels and Buildings

Fall: Natasha Tabassum – CNSE – Talk
Realization of Self-Aligned Erbium-Doped Silicon-Carbide Nanowires towards Quantum Technologies

Fall: M. Jeremy Amdur – RPI – undergraduate Talk
Applications of Thin Film Molecular Assemblies As Electrochromic Devices

Fall: Louis Ayensu-Mensah – RPI – Poster
Investigation of Energy Transfer in Perylene Diimide Based Multilayer Light Harvesting Arrays

Spring: Teresa A. Esposito – RPI – Poster 1st Place
Electron Transport and Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy of 1,8-Octanedithiol in a Molecular Junction

Spring: Tyler R. Mowll – CNSE, SUNY Polytechnic Institute - Poster 2nd Place
Growth of Graphene on Cu Single Crystal Substrates

Applied Surface Analysis Symposium (Surface Analysis 2016): Thomas Cardinal - RPI - Talk
Enhanced Electrical Transport at Metallized Bismuth Telluride Interfaces via Organosilane Monolayer Functionalization

Applied Surface Analysis Symposium (Surface Analysis 2016): Jesse Claypoole-CNSE-Poster
Surface and Depth Profile Characterization of Cuin1-Xgaxse2 Thin Film Absorber Layer for Photovoltaic Applications

Fall:  Qianqian Liu, State University of New York, Binghamton, -Talk
An STM Investigation of the Reaction of Hydrogen with Chemisorbed Oxygen on Cu(110)

Fall:  Yun-Bo Yang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, - Poster
One Step Growth Method for Ultrathin Single Crystal SnS₂ Flakes and their Physical Properties

Fall:  Breena M. Sperry, CNSE - Polytechnic Institute of Technology, - Poster
Nanostructured Catalyst of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell

Spring:  Mark T. Durniak, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, – Talk
 Cubic GaInN on Si(001) for Longer Wavelength LEDs

Spring: Brian T. McGowan, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, – Poster
Negative Magnetoresistance and Electrically Detected Zero Field Splitting in a Low-K Dielectric

Fall:  Robin Jacobs-Gedrim, SUNY College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering – Talk
Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition Synthesis of Chalcogenide Nanostructures

Fall:  J. K. Dash, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Poster
Metal Enhanced Ge1-xSnx Alloy Film Growth on Glass Substrates using a Biaxial CaF2 Buffer Layer

Spring:  P.Y. Zheng, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Talk
Ni Doping on Cu Surfaces:  Reduced Copper Resistivity

Spring: Eng Wen Ong, SUNY College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering – Poster
Influence of Chemisorbed Oxygen on the Growth of Graphene on Cu(100) by Chemical Vapor Deposition

Fall: Ruopeng Deng (Graduate Student), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Talk 
Novel Al_1-xSc_xN Alloy: a Study on Structure and Bandgap

Fall: Grant Boruchowitz (Undergraduate Student), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Talk
Temperature Dependent Resistivity of Copper Thin Films

Fall: Luis Estevez (Graduate Student), Cornell University - Poster 
A Facile Approach for the Synthesis of Monolithic Hierarchical Porous Carbons

Fall: Benjamin Grisafe (Undergraduate Student), College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering - Poster
Measurement of the Enhanced Transfer Curves of Graphene FET Devices

Spring: Swatilekha Saha, RPI - Talk
Transport through Zn Porphyrin for Application in Nanoelectronic Devices

Spring: Manasa Medikonda, SUNY Albany - Poster 
X-Ray Characterization of Ge1-xSnx Alloys and the Effect of Sn Concentration on the Band Gap

Fall: Florence Nelson, SUNY, Albany - Talk 
Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Abberation-Corrected STEM for the Optical and Structural Characterization of Graphene

Fall: Akitomo Matsubayashi, SUNY, Albany - Poster 
Oxide Growth on CVD Graphene for Efficient Spin Injection

Spring: Parul Tyagi, SUNY, Albany - Talk 
Characterization of Few Layer Graphene Films Grown on Cu, Cu--‐Ni and SiC Substrates

Spring: Alexandra Krawicz, RPI - Poster 
Porphyrin--‐Based Molecular Multilayer Thin--‐Film Assembled On Gold Electrodes For Electro--‐Optical Applications

Fall: Rutvik J. Mehta, RPI - Talk 
Microwave-Solvothermal Synthesis for Rapid and Scalable Production of Tunably Doped Nanocrystals and their Assemblies

Fall: Indira Seshadri, RPI - Poster 
Nanoferrofluid-Based Thermal Valves for Gating Heat Transport

Fall: P. Palmoaki, RPI - Talk 
Making Molecular Multilayers Using “Click” Chemistry: Growth and Thin Film Characterization

Fall: Ben Backes, CNSE - Poster 
Modeling the Impact of Copper Plasticity on Thermomechanical Stress Induced By Through-Silicon VIAS (TSVS)

Spring: Gorun Butail, RPI - Talk 
Voltage Controlled Branching of Titania Nanotubes and Its Application for Photovoltaics

Spring: C. Gaire, RPI - Poster 
Quasi-Single Crystal Germanium Films on Biaxially Textured CaF2/Glass Substrates

Fall: Saurabh Garg, RPI - Talk 
Toughening Copper-Silica Interfaces Using Molecular Nanolayers

Summer: Eric Bersch, CNSE - Talk 
X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy and Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Characterization of HfO2 and Hafnium Silicate Films on SiO2/Si