Student Paper Competition Finalists

The student paper competition will take place during the poster sessions on Monday, September 4 (9:30 AM - 10:30 AM and 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM). These presentations will also take place during the regular technical program as either a lecture or poster presentation. 

Group 1

*WINNER: Imaging Human Brain Vasculature Using Ultrafast 4D Ultrasound 
Luuk Verhoef

Sonogenetics-Based neuromodulation to Suppress Epilepsy Seizures 
Thi-Nhan Phan

*WINNER: 3D Microvascular Monitoring with a cMUT RCA Ultrasound sensor: Towards Wearable Applications 
Cyprien Blanquart

Combined Shear Wave elastography and Ultrafast Doppler Imaging Enable the Mapping of Cortical Layers in the Rat Brain 
Solène Ruinet

Electromechanical Wave Imaging for Mitral Valve Disease Characterization in the Clinic 
Melina Tourni

Spatiotemporal Localization of microbubble Trajectories for Highly Resolved Hemodynamics in Ultrasound Localization Microscopy 
Alexis Leconte
 


Group 2

*WINNER: A New Generation of Piezoceramic Frequency Steerable Acoustic Transducers for the Rapid Inspection of Large Areas of Metallic Plate Structures 
Masoud Mohammadgholiha

Advanced Ultrasonic Diagnostic Technology Towards Green Hydrogen Energy Systems 
Zehua Dou

Silicon Photonic MEMS Platform-Based Air-Coupled Opto-Mechanical Ultrasound Sensor with Tunable Sensitivity and Dynamic Range for Non-Destructive Test 
Sangwoo Nam
 


Group 3

*WINNER: Deciphering Metabolic Heterogeneity of Acoustically-Constructed Pancreatic Microenvironment Model by Mass Spectrometry Imaging 
Zeping Gao

Hysteresis Curves of Ferroelectric ScAlN Films for Fabricating Periodically Polarization Inverted Structure 
Satoshi Matsumura

Full-Waveform Inversion with Resolution Proxies for in-Vivo transmission-Reflection Ultrasound Computed Tomography
Ines Elisa Ulrich
 


Group 4

Spurious-Free and Low-Loss Surface Acoustic Wave Filter Beyond 5 GHz 
Liping Zhang

A High Q 6.203 GHz Laterally-Excited Bulk Acoustic Resonator with Reflective Grids 
Wenjuan Liu

*WINNER: A Solidly Mounted 55 GHz Overmoded Bulk Acoustic Resonator 
Zachary Schaffer
 


Group 5

2D Array Needle Transducer for 4D Ultrasound Imaging Guided Spinal Puncture 
Xingying Wang

*WINNER: The Acoustic Lightsaber: an 8 mm Endoscope with High-Resolution Imaging and Electronically Rasterized Histotripsy 
Matthew Mallay

A Handheld Bias-Sensitive 128×128 Electrostrictive Tobe Array and Comparison with Commercial Linear and Matrix Probes 
Mohammad Rahim Sobhani