Nicholas T. Gigliotti
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering
Minor: Engineering Mechanics
- GPA: 3.90/4.0
- Schreyer Honors College
Graduation Date: May 2020
Research Experience:
Undergraduate Research Assistant University Park, PA
Advisor: Dr. James H. Adair May 2017 – present
- Synthesized and characterized calcium phosphosilicate nanoparticles as a delivery system for chemotherapeutics
- Employed breast cancer and osteoblast cell lines to investigate efficacy of targeted drug-loaded nanoparticles
- Synthesized and characterized phase pure hydroxyapatite through a co-precipitation synthesis for use in artificial bone constructs
Undergraduate Research Assistant University Park, PA
Advisor: Dr. Long-Qing Chen Aug 2018 – Dec 2018
- Independently developed code that performed thermodynamic calculations for lead titanate to determine relationships between temperature, polarization, dielectric susceptibility, and piezoelectric character
- Optimized Landau parameters of lead titanate to improve the accuracy of theoretical calculations
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