2001 Award Winners

Research Poster Option

Arts and Humanities

First Place

• Gillian Elizabeth Lord. College of the Liberal Arts / Spanish. "Spanish Stress and Second Language Acquisition"

Second Place

• Matthieu Stephane Dalle. College of the Liberal Arts / French. "Unchained Airwaves: Cultural Analysis of French Free Radios 1977-1981"
• Adam A. Leff. College of the Liberal Arts / French. "Problematic Integration in ville peripherique: The Case of Montereau-Surville"

Third Place

• Elizabeth A. Archuleta. College of the Liberal Arts / English. "A Well-Traveled Coyote Pueblo Cultural Narratives and Twentieth Century American Indian Law"
• Jaime Gelabert. College of the Liberal Arts / Spanish. "Private Gesturing: The Use of Nonverbal Elements in a Regulatory Tool in L2 Advanced Learners"
• Alan Jalowitz. College of the Liberal Arts / Comparative literature. "Making the Epic Safe for the Modern World"
• Stefanie Rehn Jordan. College of the Liberal Arts / Spanish. "Private Gesturing: The Use of Nonverbal Elements in a Regulatory Tool in L2 Advanced Learners"
• Timothy Wilson. College of the Liberal Arts / History. "The Imperial Russian Air Force: 1909-1917"

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Engineering

First Place

• Ratna Sharma. College of Agricultural Sciences / Agricultural and biological engineering. "Decontamination of Alfalfa Seeds by Novel Methods"

Second Place

• Tabbetha Dobbins. College of Earth and Mineral Sciences / Materials science and engineering. "High Velocity Oxy-Fuel (HVOF) Y2O3-STABIL ZrO2 (YSZ) Coatings for Thermal Barrier Applications"
• Norbert Freidrich Otto Luetzow. College of Engineering / Chemical engineering. "Modeling of a Purge Column for Devolatilization of Polymer Particles"

Third Place

• Angelique Nadine Adams. College of Earth and Mineral Sciences / Fuel science. "The Use of Automated Image Analysis for the Prediction of Anode Behavior in Aluminum Electrolysis"
• Zuleima T. Karpyn. College of Earth and Mineral Sciences / Petroleum and natural gas engineering. "Fluid Flow in Porous Media Using X-ray Computed Tomography"
• Judson P. Long. College of Engineering / Agricultural and biological engineering. "Development of an Automated Sampling System for Collecting Silage Samples from a Forage Harvester"

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Health and Life Sciences

First Place

• G. Andrew Bartholomay. College of Agricultural Sciences / Forest resources. "Effects of Gap Size, Duration of Daylight, and Presence of Leaf Litter on Forest Regeneration"
• Susan V. Loeb. College of Health and Human Development / Nursing. "Building a Partnership of Care: Supporting Older Adults Living with Multiple Chronic Conditions"
• Todd Colin Pataky. College of Health and Human Development / Kinesiology. "A Method for Estimating the Limb Masses of Live Subjects Belonging to Special Populations"

Second Place

• Raghu Kolluri. Intercollege Graduate Degree Program / Physiology. "Acute Quadriplegic Myopathy and Loss of Myosin in ICU Patients. Cellular and Molecular Insights from a Porcine Model"
• Margaret Slattery. College of Engineering / Bioengineering. "Intercellular Communication Within a Vascular Microenvironment that Promotes Leukocyte-assisted Tumor Cell Extravasation"
• Anna-Karin Svensson. Eberly College of Science / Integrative biosciences. "Backbone Connectivity Affects the Stability and Function of E. Coli Dihydrofolate Reductase"

Third Place

• Isis K. Mullarky. College of Agricultural Sciences / Veterinary science. "Oxidant Stress Alters Vascular Homeostasis b Modifying Cytokine Production"
• Ashish Sawant. College of Agricultural Sciences / Pathobiology. "Evaluation of Five Selective Media for Isolation of Catalase Negative Gram Positive Cocci from Bulk Tank Milk"
• Anne Walton. Intercollege Graduate Degree Program / Plant physiology. "Chloroplast Transporter Controls Resource Allocation to Induced Phenolic Defenses"

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Performance Option

First Place

• Lia M. Jensen. College of Arts and Architecture / Music theory and history. "Liszt's "Dante" Sonata from Annees de Pelerinage, Book Two"

Second Place

• Alex Meixner. College of Arts and Architecture / Performance. "Slavic Moods"

Third Place

• Debra Lynn Campbell. College of Arts and Architecture / Music education. "Variations on "America""

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Physical Sciences

First Place

• Dorothy Jean Vesper. College of Earth and Mineral Sciences / Geosciences. "Transport of Trace Elements to a Karst Spring During Storm Events"

Second Place

• Paula Rotenberg. College of Agricultural Sciences / Soil science. "Cesium and Strontium Binding by Hanford Sediments at High pH and High Ionic Strength"

Third Place

• Stephanie Odenwald. Intercollege Graduate Degree Program / Environmental pollution control. "Effects of Watershed Acidification on Dendrochemistry and Growth of Selected Tree Species in West Virginia"

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Social and Behavioral Sciences

First Place

• Laurlyn K. Harmon. College of Health and Human Development / Leisure studies. "Exploration of the Influence of Self-Efficacy on Outdoor Recreation Participation Levels of Individuals with Visual Impairments"
• Srividya Ramasubramanian. College of Communications / Mass communications. "Love Shouldn't Hurt: Sexual Violence Portrayals in Pop Hindi Movies"

Second Place

• Kelly Dawn Flanagan. College of the Liberal Arts / Psychology. "A Multidimension Behavioral Classification System for the Early Identification of At-risk Aggressive Children"
• Beth Elaine Van Horn. College of Agricultural Sciences / Agricultural and extension education. "Youth, Family and Club Experiences and Adult Civic Engagement"
• Alisha Renee Walker. College of the Liberal Arts / Psychology. "Does Jealousy Matter?: Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Correlates of Self- and Peer-Reported Friendship Jealousy"

Third Place

• Ki-Joon Back. College of Health and Human Development / Hotel, restaurant and institutional management. "The Effects of Image Congruence on Brand Loyalty in the Lodging Industry"
• Katherine H. Grobman. College of the Liberal Arts / Psychology. "How do Infants Solve Problems?"
• Dorothy L. Schmalz. College of Health and Human Development / Leisure studies. "Role Model Influences of Media Images Among Adolescent Girls"

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Visual Arts Option

First Place

• Theron Richard Moore. College of Arts and Architecture / Art. "Thrive"

Second Place

• Karsten Alexis Boyer. College of Arts and Architecture / Art. "Rocks (stick and ink, wash, charcoal, on arches watercolor paper)"

Third Place

• Staria Stine. College of Arts and Architecture / Art. "Peeled"

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