AME Senior Rosa Lopez was awarded 1st place for a non-life science poster presentation at the 24th LSAMP Research Symposium at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater,OK. on Novemeber 3rd. Rosa has been working with assistant professor Yingtao Lui since spring 2017 and has received multiple undergraduate research awards, including the LSAMP award and Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) award.
Rosa’s research focuses on the development development of self-deployable shape memory epoxy and composites for the design of next generation solar sail structures. She has developed novel flexible composites using shape memory epoxy and structural fiber fabrics. The shape memory composites can fully recover from highly bent and twisted shape back to their original shape within a minute and are controlled by electrical resistance heating methods.
Congratulations Rosa!