A Message from the Co-Editors-in-Chief

Monica Liu

Jianan Jian Ingenium 2020

A Message from the Co-Editors-in-Chief Greetings! We are excited to share with you the sixth edition of Ingenium: Undergraduate Research at the Swanson School of Engineering. The 26 articles featured in this year’s edition of Ingenium showcase the diversity and depth of research projects conducted by undergraduate students and their mentors in the Swanson School of Engineering (SSoE). This year, we aspired to include a broader swath of scientific contributions by inviting more undergraduate researchers to contribute review articles to Ingenium and by soliciting manuscripts from students involved in research outside of the summer research program at the SSoE.

As a peer-reviewed publication, all manuscripts submitted to Ingenium are reviewed through a twostep, single-blind process. Graduate students across all departments of the SSoE volunteered their time to serve on the editorial board of Ingenium by reviewing abstracts and manuscripts. Student authors were asked to provide a point-by-point response to reviewer comments to mirror the peer-review process used by many journals. Based on this process, we categorized articles into one of five groups: Experimental Research, Computational Research, Device Design, Methods, and Review. Before each article, you can read bios of the authors and their faculty mentors to get to know the individuals behind the work. We have also included the students’ insights on how their work contributes to their field of study in the Significance Statement at the start of each article. We hope that with this information, you will see the dedication and hard work undergraduate students in the SSoE have put into addressing challenges in their field of study. Ingenium would not have been possible without the vision and guidance of the Associate Dean for Research, Dr. David Vorp. Further, we would especially like to express our gratitude for Jaime Turek, who offered invaluable support and assistance throughout the process. We would also like to thank our graduate student editorial board for their thoughtful and detailed comments to students. Finally, we are thankful for Reiko Becker, Marygrace Reder, and the entire team at the Office of University Communications who worked with us to produce and design this issue of Ingenium. As Co-Editors-in-Chief, the process of helping this year’s edition of Ingenium come to fruition has been rewarding and exciting. We are impressed by students’ scientific maturity, professionalism, and insight. We are further grateful to the faculty mentors for providing students with research opportunities and guidance along the way. We hope that as you read through this year’s edition of Ingenium, you will find it every bit as rewarding as we do.

Monica Liu Co-Editor-in-Chief Jianan Jian Co-Editor-in-Chief