Undergraduate Research and Poster Symposium 2008 Winners
BEST ABSTRACT WINNERS
Abstract award for Humanities/Social Sciences: Ryan Crane – “Management Strategies in Farm Business” - #4
Abstract award for Innovative Technology/Entrepreneurship/Design:
Anurag Garg – “Post-Release Displacement Uncertainty of Micro-Cantilevers due to Over/Under Etching” - #43
Abstract award for Life Science: Katie Crosley – “Diurnal Butterfly Biodiversity in Live Fences” - #77
Abstract award for Mathematics/Computational Science: Rob Gevers – “Function Guided Clustering of Protein-Protein Interaction Networks” – #125
Abstract award for Physical Science: Allen Yan – “Thrust Stand Calibration Using Electrostatic Fins” - #154
CATEGORY WINNERS
Humanities/Social Science
1st Place: Tom Adler – “An Examination of Economic Behavior and Risk Aversion on Deal or No Deal” - #5
Innovative Technology/Entrepreneurship/Design
1st Place: Alex Huang – “Viewing Australian Geology with Time Scale Creator” - #48
2nd Place: Christoph Zaseck – “Propellant Burn Rate Modification Using Transition Metal-BTA Complexes” - #50
3rd Place: Chia-Yiaw Chong – “Distributed Amplifier Design and Optimization for UWB Technology” - #35
Life Science
1st Place: Jacob Shreve – “Genetic variation of Hessian fly populations from Manitoba Canada” - #114
2nd Place: Andrew Pierce – “THIN FILM SILICA SOL-GEL COATINGS FOR CHRONICALLY IMPLANTED NEURAL RECORDING MICROELECTRODES” - #109
3rd Place: Benjamin Miller – “Effects of brominated flame retardants on lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) growth” - #138
Mathematics/Computational Science
1st Place: Ashlee Kilpatrick – “Landscape reconstruction using aerial photography: The advent of historical landscape ecology” - #128
Physical Science
1st Place: Kimberly Peters – “Stratigraphy and Depositional Environment of the Pine Mountain Thrust Sheet: Implications for Proximal Foreland Basin Development: Pound Gap, Virginia” - #150
2nd Place: Anant Handa – “NEUTRON BEAM FILTER DESIGN FOR THE BNCT TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCERS” - #146
COLLEGE AWARDS
College of Agriculture Awards
Katy Klem – “Glycerol Improves Glucose Metabolism in Fructose Fed Rats” - #121
Terri Hoctor – “Comparison of indigenous and commercial strains of the nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora” - #100
College of Engineering
Steve Higbee – “A Proteomic Approach to Gliosis Treatment: Inhibition of MAPKAP Kinase II” - #87
Stephen Strinka – “Blast Wave Mitigation - #144
College of Science
Dean’s Choice Award: John Colletti – “A Sex Determining Marker for the Sashin Population of Oncorhynchus mykiss” - #115
Students’ Choice Award: Dawn Taylor – “Genetic and Pathogenic Diversity of the Rice Blast Fungus, Pyricularia oryzae, in Brazil” - #119
College of Technology
Dean’s Choice Award: Adam Christ, Frank Garofalo, Brian Michael McCreight, Alex Porter – “Developing Rich Internet Applications using Adobe AIR” - #32
Students’ Choice Award: Kate Plew – “S.M.ART” - #3

