Category: Awards

Lipke Lab Wins the Department Holiday Door Competition

  • Publication date February 22, 2024
  • Categories: Awards
Lipke Lab won the best door Christmas design in the department competition.

Alt Text: From left to right, Shireen, Justin, Nipa, Yuan, Kwaghtaver, Dr. Lipke, and Mohammad stand in front of the holiday decorated door.

Alt Text: The Lipke Lab office door has two large candy canes, lights around the door, a hanging gingerbread house roof, with a factory-like design, a sign that reads Lipke Workshop, as well as moving gears with hearts, and all lab personnel dressed as elves.

Alt Text: From left to right, Shireen, Mohammad, Justin, Nipa, Yuan, Kwaghtaver, and Farnaz (a graduate student in Dr. Mistriotis’ group) stand in front of the decorated door.

Lipke Lab Presents at the 2023 Graduate Engineering Research Showcase

Shireen, Nippa, and Kwaghtaver presented at the 2023 Graduate Engineering Research Showcase. Mohammad presented a poster entitled “Exploring the impact of modulating cardiac differentiation of hydrogel encapsulated hiPSCs to derive second heart filed”. Nipa presented a poster titled “3D Engineered Tissue Model for Investigating the Role of CXCL7 in Colon Cancer Progression” and Kwaghtaver presented a poster titled “Optimizing Control Media for Co-culturing Engineered 3D Colorectal Cancer Tissues in Insulin-Resistant and Insulin-Sensitive Microenvironments”

Justin and Grace Win the College’s AUSome Science in 60 Seconds

Justin Harvell and Grace Hester competed in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineerings 2023 AUSome Science in 60 Seconds competition and both won respective graduate and undergraduate overall winners.

The competition challenged students to present their work in one minute to a general audience, similar to a one minute TikTok video. The Lipke Lab came in first place for both undergraduates and graduate students. The winners were announced at the Council of Engineering Graduate Students’ awards banquet on April 27, 2023.

A link to the winning videos can be found here.

Alt text: From left to right, Dr. Michael Greene, associate professor of nutritional sciences, Grace Hester, Dr. Elizabeth Lipke, Mary and John H. Sanders Professor in chemical engineering, and Justin Harvell stand in front of a Council of Engineering Graduate Students navy backdrop. Grace and Justin hold large signed golden checks for their award.

Peter Awarded NSF-GRFP

Peter, an undergraduate in Lipke Lab, was awarded an NSF-GRFP. This is a prestigious award and is greatly deserved; Peter will be attending graduate school for a PhD after he graduates this year. Congratulations Peter!

Dr. Lipke Awarded Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Award

  • Publication date April 20, 2023
  • Categories: Awards

Dr. Lipke was selected as one of the awardees of the 2023 Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Award. She was nominated by her graduate students as well as other graduate students within the department of chemical engineering for her leadership and devotion to mentoring her students. Congratulations Dr. Lipke!

Ravi Wins at the 2023 Auburn Research Symposium

Ravi presented a poster at the 2023 Auburn Research Symposium entitled “Adaptation of a Microfluidic System for use in Scalable Cell Encapsulation” and won the first place in the overall College of Engineering category. Congratulations Ravi!

Ravi presents a poster.