1999 Award Winners

Research Poster Option

Arts and Humanities

First Place

• Lisa C. Roney. College of the Liberal Arts / English. "The Subtext of Chronic Illnesses: The Case of Katherine Anne Porter"

Second Place

• Keiran J. Dunne. College of the Liberal Arts / French. "The Tour de France, 1903-1997: A Chapter of French Cultural History"

Third Place

• Katherine M. Bentz. College of Arts and Architecture / Art history. "Displaying Nobility in Early Modern Rome: The Antiquities Collection in the Cesi Garden"

Honorable Mention

• Kristi Ann McAuliffe. College of the Liberal Arts / German. "Holocaust Literature and Reader Response: "This could have been about anybody…""

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Engineering

First Place

• Matthew M. Mench. College of Engineering / Mechanical engineering. "Violent Energy Release (VER) Process of Aluminum Burning in LOX/GOX Environment"

Second Place

• Jin Cao. College of Engineering / Chemical engineering. "Solubility and Diffusivity of Blowing Agents in Polymers"
• Robert A. Johnson. College of Engineering / Chemical engineering. "Interaction and Coalescence of Drops and Bubbles Moving Through a Tube"
• Grant A. Risha. College of Engineering / Mechanical engineering. "Characterization of Combustion Behavior of Composite Solid Propellants for Airbag Applications"

Third Place

• Eric J. Boyer. College of Engineering / Mechanical engineering. "Characterization of Combustion Behavior of Advanced Liquid Propellants"
• Susanne D. Coates. College of Medicine / Neuroscience and anatomy. "A Linux-Based Parallel-Processed Neural Network for Biological Signal Classifications"
• John Modorsky. College of Engineering / Mechanical engineering. "Characterization of Combustion Behavior of Advanced Liquid Propellants"
• Paul D. Sunal. College of Engineering / Engineering science and mechanics. "Sculptured Thin Films: Engineered Nanostructures"

Honorable Mention

• P. Arjunan. Intercollege Graduate Degree Program / Materials. "Chemical Activation of Low Calcium Fly Ash"
• Colleen Diane Merritt. College of Engineering / Chemical engineering. "Chemical Plants: The GREEN Ones - Using Green Fluorescent Protein to Trace Chemical Production in Plant Roots"

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Health and Life Sciences

First Place

• Steven W. Pechous. Intercollege Graduate Degree Program / Plant physiology. "Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Defenses Against Fungal Pathogens"
• Christine L. Pelkman. College of Health and Human Development / Biobehavioral health. "Effects of Contraceptive Hormones on Food Intake and Resting Energy Expenditure"
• Jenny Zilberberg. Intercollege Graduate Degree Program / Bioengineering. "Fluorescence and Pentosidine Content of Diabetic Foot Skin"

Second Place

• Christina E. Wells. Intercollege Graduate Degree Program / Plant physiology. "Soil Organisms Influence Fine Root Lifespan in Peach"
• Jennifer L. White. College of Medicine / Microbiology and immunology. "The Role of Oral Contraceptives in HPV-Induced Cervical Carcinogenesis"

Third Place

• James E. Delahoy. College of Agricultural Sciences / Animal science. "Starch versus Non-Forage Fiber Supplements for Lactating Dairy Cows"
• Wilhelm J. Kogelmann. College of Agricultural Sciences / Forest resources. "Soil Acidity and Manganese Concentrations in Sugar Maples"
• Claire E. Spampinato. College of Agricultural Sciences / Horticulture. "Pennsylvania Native Plants for the Garden"

Honorable Mention

• Mark J. Fedele. College of Health and Human Development / Kinesiology. "Reduced skeletal muscle mass in moderately diabetic rats if partially restored by resistance exercise"
• Yibing Zhou. Intercollege Graduate Degree Program / Plant physiology. "Assimilate Partitioning in Miniature Maize Kernels"

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Performance Option

First Place

• Lin He. College of Arts and Architecture / School of music/violin. "Claude Dubussy Violin Sonata in G minor I. Allegro Vivo II Intermezzo"

Second Place

• Nesrine I. Balbeisi. College of Arts and Architecture / School of music/viola. "String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No 4 Movement III: Minuet--Allegretto; Movement IV: Allegro"

Honorable Mention

• Lori Lee Formby. College of Arts and Architecture / School of music/vocal department. ""Chacun Le sait" and "Salut a la France" from The Daughter of the Regiment by Donizetti"
• Joy C. Hooper. College of Arts and Architecture / Theatre arts. ""The Lady in Red"/from the play: "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf""

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Physical Sciences

First Place

• Peter N. Adams. College of Earth and Mineral Sciences / Geosciences. "Mechanisms of Sediment Transport and Associated Implications for Morphometry, Texture and the Growth of Natural Levees"

Second Place

• Ariel F. Stein. College of Earth and Mineral Sciences / Meteorology. "The Importance of Nitrogen Oxides Controls on Sulfate Wet Deposition"

Third Place

• Daniel E. Folmer. Eberly College of Science / Chemistry. "The Effects of Water Solvation on Proton Transfer in Model DNA Base Pairs"
• Roberta M. Hotinski. College of Earth and Mineral Sciences / Geosciences. "Ocean Stagnation and the End-Permian Mass Extinction"

Honorable Mention

• Cassio Stein Moura. College of Engineering / Nuclear engineering. "Point Defect Energetics in ZrNi Intermetallic Compounds"

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Social and Behavioral Sciences

First Place

• Suzanne Weinstein Dance. College of the Liberal Arts / Psychology. "The Effect of Control, Effort and Cognitive Appraisal on the Cardiovascular Reactivity associated with a Laboratory Stress Task"
• Kristen E. Johnston. College of the Liberal Arts / Psychology. "Biases in Group Impression Formation in Children"

Second Place

• Kaari Flagstad Baluja. College of the Liberal Arts / Anthropology. "Reconfiguring Family Life Among Bangladeshi Immigrants in New York City"
• Andrew Hale Feinstein. College of Health and Human Development / Hotel, restaurant and recreation management. "The Effect of a Foodservice Instructional Simulation Technique (FIST) on Dynamic Knowledge"

Third Place

• Lisa E. Szechter. College of the Liberal Arts / Psychology. "Joint Picture-Book Reading: Early Lessons in Pictorial Comprehension"

Honorable Mention

• Keith R. Aronson. College of the Liberal Arts / Psychology. "The Role of Emotional Reactivity in Somatic Symptom Reporting"
• David A. Becher. College of Business Administration / Finance. "The Valuation Effects of Bank Mergers"
• Peter J. Gianaros. College of the Liberal Arts / Psychology. "Effects of Speech Anxiety on the Heart, Gut, and Autonomic Nervous System"

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