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Graduate Exhibition Archive of Award Winners

1987 Award Winners

Research Poster Option

Arts and Humanities

First Place

  • Eldon L. Katter. College of Arts and Architecture / Art education. "Cultural Myths and Stereotypes"

Second Place

  • Michael John McDonough. College of the Liberal Arts / English. "The Selected Letters of Edmund Clarence Stedman, 1880-1908"

Third Place

  • Kevin Paul Radaker. College of the Liberal Arts / English. "A Quiet Beauty in the Landscape: The Luminist Vision in Thoreau's Writings"

Health and Life Sciences

First Place

  • David S. Sims, Jr.. College of Health and Human Development / Health, physical education and recreation (CELOS). "Plantar Pressure Distribution on the Diabetic foot"

Second Place

  • Debra A. Heller. Eberly College of Science / Genetics. "Collagen Aging in Mice"

Third Place

  • Randal O. Dull. Intercollege Graduate Degree Program / Physiology. "The Effect of Exogenous Histamine Infusion of Thoracic Aorta Albumin Accumulation"

Physical Sciences

Grand Prize

  • Amitabh Das. College of Engineering / Solid state science. "Thin Films for Microelectronic Packaging"

First Place

  • Kazuhiro Hono. Eberly College of Science / Materials science and engineering. "Metallurgical Application of the Arom-Probe Field Ionmicroscope"

Physical Sciences and Engineering

Second Place

  • Howard S. Witham. College of Engineering / Engineering science. "Electron Paramagnetic Resonance; The Nature of the Deep Hole Trap in Mos Oxides"

Third Place

  • David M. Hrubowchak. Eberly College of Science / Chemistry. "Analysis of Solids Using Multiphoton Resonance Ionization"

Social and Behavioral Sciences

First Place

  • Judith E. Voelkl. College of Health and Human Development / Recreation and parks. "The Experience of Flow Among Residents of a Long Term Care Facility"

Second Place

  • Michael S. Dann. Intercollege Graduate Degree Program / Plant pathology. "Decline o fRibulose Bisphosphate Carboxylase Activity and New Photosynthesis in Ozone-Treated Potato Foliage"
  • Debra Carnegie Hoffmaster. College of Health and Human Development / Administration of justice. "The Drunk Driving Encounter: An Analysis of the Impact of Organizational Factor on the Arrest Decision"

Third Place

  • Roger N. Felch. College of Earth and Mineral Sciences / Geophysics. "Seismic Structure of the Valles Caldera, New Mexico"
  • Philip M. Garvey. College of the Liberal Arts / Psychology. "Dynamic Visual Activity; Viewing Objects in Motion"

Previous Winners by Year

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