Nyvia Lyles is a rising senior chemical engineering major attending Howard University. She is originally from Chicago, Illinois. Nyvia is an American Chemical Society Scholar with experience fabricating microheaters, modeling filamentous architectures, characterizing ceramics, and synthesizing nanocomposites. She has an interest in nanoengineering multifunctional composite structures and microelectronic devices. Nyvia aims to earn a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering to continue her passion for science. Nyvia is a dedicated environmentalist who seeks to protect the planet through scientific solutions. She spent this past summer working with Dr. Luiz Acauan and Shaan Jagani on the fabrication and chracterization of vertically aligned boron nitride nanotube trasparent polymer nanocomposites. 

featured in the picture (left to right): Heine van der Walt, Nyvia Lyles, Erick Gonzalez