2022 CISTAR Poster Pitch Winners

During the 2022 CISTAR Biannual Meeting, fellows gave a 90-second, Poster Perfect Pitch to industry members and CISTAR faculty. The audience evaluated the fellows on their delivery and selected a first, second, and in a three-way tie, three, third-place winners. CISTAR congratulates the following fellows: 

  • First Place: Matt Davenport, the University of Texas at Austin (Advisors - Joan Brennecke & Benny Freeman) 
  • Second Place: Angel Santiago Colon, Purdue University (Advisor - Raj Gounder)
  • Third Place: Brandon Burnside, University of New Mexico (Advisor - Abhaya Datye)
  • Third Place: Sopuruchukwu Ezenwa, Purdue University (Advisor - Raj Gounder) 
  • Third Place: Edwin Rodriguez Gil, Purdue University (Advisor - Rakesh Agrawal)

The first-place winner, Matt Davenport, will represent CISTAR at the next ERC Biennial Meeting to compete against students from other ERCs at the nationwide Poster Perfect Pitch competition.