Undergraduate Research and Poster Symposium 2007 Winners

Winners for 2007 URPS

Category Awards:

1st Place – Humanities/Social Science
Poster #64 – “Design Solutions for Storm Water”
Cameron Hull – College of Agriculture / Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kim Wilson

1st Place – Innovative Technology/ Entrepreneurship / Design
Poster # 74 – “Thermal Modeling of Metal Hydride Hydrogen Storage Systems”
Kyle C. Smith – College of Engineering / Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Timothy Fisher, Dr. Issam Mudawar, Dr. Yuan Zheng

2nd Place - Innovative Technology/ Entrepreneurship / Design
Poster # 79 – “Knowledge-Based Engineering Utilizing Knowledge Fusion”
Mark Coster, Andrew Hudecki, Kirk Layman, and Joseph Miller
College of Technology / Computer Graphics Technology
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Nathan Hartman

3rd Place - Innovative Technology/ Entrepreneurship / Design
Poster # 83 – “Powerhaus, INC”
Miriam Simon, Michael Pastko, Aaron Mackie
College of Technology / Computer Graphics Technology
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Terry Burton

1st Place – Life Science
Poster #27 – “Silica Sol-Gel Coatings for Chronically Implanted Neural Electrodes”
Andrew Pierce - College of Engineering / Biomedical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kevin Otto
Graduate Advisor: Andrew Woolley

2nd Place – Life Science
Poster #16 – “mtDNA Barcoding for Taxonomic Identification Within the Genus Agrilus”
John Shukle - College of Agriculture / Entomology
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jeff Holland

3rd Place – Life Science
Poster #1 – “Genetic Control of Starch Granule Architecture”
Carla Harper – College of Agriculture / Agronomy
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Cliff Weil

1st Place – Mathematics / Computational Science
Poster #53 “ Autonomous Boids”
Christopher Hartman – College of Technology / Computer Graphics Technology
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bedrich Benes

1st Place – Physical Science
Poster #44 – “Characterization of Alumina-Supported Single and Binary W and Mo Oxide Catalysts
Using Ultraviolet-Visible Diffuse Reflectance”
Michael Liszka – College of Engineering / Chemical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Chelsey Baertsch
Graduate Advisor: Hari Nair

College Awards:

College of Agriculture - Dean’s Choice Award (2 Awards)
Poster #16 – “mtDNA Barcoding for Taxonomic Identification Within the Genus Agrilus”
John Shukle - College of Agriculture / Entomology
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jeff Holland

Poster #64 – “Design Solutions for Storm Water”
Cameron Hull – College of Agriculture / Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kim Wilson

College of Engineering – Dean’s Choice Award (2 Awards)
Poster #27 – “Silica Sol-Gel Coatings for Chronically Implanted Neural Electrodes”
Andrew Pierce - College of Engineering / Biomedical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kevin Otto
Graduate Advisor: Andrew Woolley

Poster #44 – “Characterization of Alumina-Supported Single and Binary W and Mo Oxide Catalysts Using Ultraviolet-Visible Diffuse Reflectance”
Michael Liszka – College of Engineering / Chemical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Chelsey Baertsch
Graduate Advisor: Hari Nair

College of Science – Dean’s Choice Award
Poster # 42 – “Testing CMSFPix Detectors”
Joseph Clampitt – College of Science / Physics
Faculty Advisor: Ian Shipsey

College of Science – Student’s Choice Award
Poster # 61 - “Human Time Scale”
Grace Conyers – College of Science / Earth and Atmospheric Science
Faculty Advisor: Dr. James Ogg

College of Technology – Dean’s Choice Award
Poster # 79 – “Knowledge-Based Engineering Utilizing Knowledge Fusion”
Mark Coster, Andrew Hudecki, Kirk Layman, and Joseph Miller
College of Technology / Computer Graphics Technology
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Nathan Hartman

College of Technology – Student’s Choice Award
Poster #81 – “Roberto Salazar Web Promotion Campaign”
Max Page – College of Technology / Computer Graphics Technology
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Terry Burton