{"id":13155,"date":"2022-09-20T10:09:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T15:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/?p=13155"},"modified":"2022-09-21T13:23:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T18:23:09","slug":"two-seniors-slawinski-xia-recognized-by-uwm-for-their-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/two-seniors-slawinski-xia-recognized-by-uwm-for-their-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Two seniors-Slawinski, Xia-recognized by 51ÁÔÆæ for their research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Congratulations to seniors Marina Slawinski (biomedical engineering) and Weiling Xia (materials science &amp; engineering) who in September were awarded Senior Excellence in Research Awards (SERA) for 2022-23 from 51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s Office of Undergraduate Research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These awards are given annually to a small group of seniors campuswide who have been significantly active in undergraduate research during their time at 51ÁÔÆæ and who propose a research plan for their senior year. This year, eight students were awardees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slawinski (pictured, left) is currently working with Priyatha Premnath, assistant professor, biomedical engineering, on a project developing double-walled microparticles to assist in bone regeneration. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Xia (pictured, right) worked under the guidance of Xiaoli Ma, assistant professor, materials science &amp; engineering, on a project developing nanofiltration membranes for water treatment, with a focus on removing the emerging PFAS pollutants. She recently received the Undergraduate Student Travel Award from the North American Membrane Society (NAMS) and presented her research work at the NAMS annual conference in Arizona in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/our\/2022-2023-senior-excellence-in-research-awardees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to seniors Marina Slawinski (biomedical engineering) and Weiling Xia (materials science &amp; engineering) who in September were awarded Senior Excellence in Research Awards (SERA) for 2022-23 from 51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s Office of Undergraduate Research. 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