The 6th Annual CEED RISE-UP Poster Competition was held at UCLA on August 27, 2009 in the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) lobby. There were seventeen presenters, and the competition was judged by: Stephen Jacobsen, Associate Dean Emeritus of HSSEAS; Richard Wesel, Associate Dean of HSSEAS; and Rick Ainsworth, CEED Director. First place was awarded to Dianne Pulido, who is a 3rd year Bioengineering student, for her work on Vesicular Monoamine Transporter as a Neuroprotective Agent in a Drosophila Model of Parkinson's Disease sponsored by Amgen, under the direction of Professor David Krantz. Second place was awarded to Alex Franceschi, who is a 5th year Mechanical Engineering student, for his work on The Effects of Particle Size and Processing on the Properties of a Barium Titanate (BaTiO₃) Polymer Composite sponsored by SINAM, under the direction of Professor H. Thomas Hahn. Third place was awarded to Anthony Erlinger, who is a 5th year Electrical Engineering student, for his work on Lens-free On-chip Cell Counting and Characterization for Wireless Health Applications sponsored by Intel, under the direction of Professor Aydogan Ozcan.