2005 Award Winners

Research Poster Option

Arts & Humanities

First Place

• Kirsten Elisabeth Jacobson. The Liberal Arts / Philosophy. "The Phenomenology of Human Spatiality"

Second Place

• David Eugene Knauss. Arts And Architecture / Music Education. "The Reported Influence of Multiple Variables on Memorableness of a Musical Selection"

Third Place

• Sharif Bey. Arts And Architecture / Adult Education. "Responses to Oppression in Slovak and African-American Visual Art"
• Sandra French. The Liberal Arts / Communication Arts And Sciences. "The Rhetoric of Reputation Building: Taking Stock of Bill Gates, Marketing, and the Media"
• David Lloyd O'hara. The Liberal Arts / Philosophy. "Charles Peirce’s Unpublished Manuscripts on Plato"

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Engineering

First Place

• Ching-Hua Chen-Ritzo. Business Administration / Business Administration. "Optimizing Configure-To-Order Supply Chains via Large-Scale Stochastic Programming"

Second Place

• Mark Anthony Bechara. Engineering / Agricultural And Biological Engineering. "Production of Agaricus bisporus mushroom on a non-composted substrate"
• Maria Del Carmen Cazorla Andrade. Intercollege Graduate Degree Programs / Environmental Pollution Control. "Indoor Air Pollution Control: Formaldehyde adsorption in Zeolite Rich Materials"
• Dhurjati Ravi. Earth And Mineral Sciences / Materials Science And Engineering. "Compartmentalized Bioreactor for Long Term Bone Cell Culture"
• Farzaneh Rezaei. Agricultural Sciences / Agricultural And Biological Engineering. "Evapotranspiration Rates from Extensive Green Roof Plant Species"

Third Place

• Katherine Lucas Bialka. Agricultural Sciences / Agricultural And Biological Engineering. "The Efficacy of Gaseous Ozone for the Decontamination of Strawberries"
• Kathiravan Krishnamurthy. Agricultural Sciences / Agricultural And Biological Engineering. "Continuous Milk Treatment by Pulsed UV-light for inactivation of Staphylococcus aureus"
• Matthew Jack Lawrence. Engineering / Agricultural And Biological Engineering. "A Machine to Precision Punch Plastic Mulch"
• Kurt Douglas Maldovan. Engineering / Architectural Engineering. "Virtual Construction Simulation: Improving Design & Construction Education with Virtual Reality."
• Sudarshan Natarajan. Engineering / Chemical Engineering. "In-situ processing of conducting polymers."
• Katherine Powell. Engineering / Mechanical Engineering. "Design and Fabrication of a Multifunctional Compliant Mechanism for Ophthalmic Surgery"
• Charles William Walker. Agricultural Sciences / Soil Science. "An Improved Method for Determining Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity in Intact Soil Cores"

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Health & Life Sciences

First Place

• Mohammad Shahnazari. Health And Human Development / Human Nutrition. "Strontium Increases the Bone Density and Mineral Content in Rapidly Growing Young Chicks"
• Alison Kate Ventura. Health And Human Development / Human Development And Family Studies. "Distal effects of breastfeeding on weight status, diet quality and pickiness"

Second Place

• Bryan Lee Dillehay. Agricultural Sciences / Agronomy. "Glyphosate-resistant alfalfa (Medicago sativa) research in Pennsylvania"
• Monica Froicu. Agricultural Sciences / Pathobiology. "Vitamin D Receptor Deficiency Exacerbates Murine Colitis"
• Dilraj Kaur Sidhu. Agricultural Sciences / Soil Science. "Soil Compaction Effects and Management in Central Pennsylvania"

Third Place

• Paramita Basu. Agricultural Sciences / Plant Physiology. "Ethylene - modulator of plagiogravitropic response in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)"
• Loren Benton Byrne. Intercollege Graduate Degree Programs / Ecology. "Your Big Backyard Ecosystem: Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Urban Habitats"
• Ambika Chandra. Agricultural Sciences / Agronomy. "Induced Sex Change in Male Buffalograss Mimics Tasselseed-2 Mutant."
• Sin Gieng. Health And Human Development / Nutrition. "Model-based compartmental analysis indicates a reduced mobilization of hepatic vitamin A (VA) during inflammation in rats"
• Abid Abdulaziz Kazi. Agricultural Sciences / Entomology. "Chicken or the Egg - recurring questions and evolving answers: A link between bone development and disease."
• Beth Parker. Health And Human Development / Kinesiology. "Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction with Age in Women"
• Nicholas Charles Zitomer. Agricultural Sciences / Plant Pathology. "The phylogenetics of Type A and B trichothecene production in Fusarium"

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Physical Sciences & Mathematics

First Place

• D. Matthew Coleman. Earth And Mineral Sciences / Meteorology. "Reducing financial impacts on the reinsurance industry: Economic valuation of seasonal hurricane forecasts"

Second Place

• Daniel Robert Hummer. Earth And Mineral Sciences / Geosciences. "How do minerals grow?: A time resolved X-ray diffraction study of mineral crystallization"

Third Place

• John Aubrey Creek. Earth And Mineral Sciences / Materials Science And Engineering. "Spherulitic Crystallization in Mung Bean Starch as a Model for Starch Granule Initiation"
• Leslie Grace Leckvarcik. Agricultural Sciences / Wildlife And Fisheries Science. "Restoration of two Pennsylvania-endangered minnows the bridle shiner (Notropis bifrenatus) and the ironcolor shiner (Notropis chalybaeus)"

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Social & Behavioral Sciences

First Place

• Kosha Darlington Sabin. The Liberal Arts / Psychology. "Do you feel what I feel? Affect diversity and group-level information processing"

Second Place

• Faten Y Halawi Ghosn. The Liberal Arts / Political Science. "Getting to the Table and Getting to Yes: Negotiating Interstate Claims"
• Eric Edward Jones. The Liberal Arts / Anthropology. "Digital Landscapes: Using Viewshed Analysis to Explore New York Iroquois Village Movement"
• Azizur Molla. The Liberal Arts / Anthropology. "Tube-wells as a Community Health Intervention: Can They be Effective in Bangladesh?"
• Dru Montri. Agricultural Sciences / Horticulture. "Investigating Consumer Demand for Fresh Market Edamame in Metro-Philadelphia Supermarkets"

Third Place

• Rehnuma Karim. Health And Human Development / Leisure Studies. "Analyzing the impact of leisure as a coping strategy for the female victims of Acid Attack in Bangladesh"
• Eugenio Longoria. Education / Adult Education. "Parent and Child Interactive Literacy: From Research to Practice"
• Kaitlin Mcintyre Primavera. Health And Human Development / Health Policy And Administration. "Pregnancy Intention and Health Behaviors Among College-Age Women"
• Lindsey Schantz. Health And Human Development / Kinesiology. "Predicting Competitive Processes and Outcomes in Golf Using 2 × 2 Achievement Goals"

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Performance Option

First Place

• Regiane Yamaguchi. Arts And Architecture / Piano Pedagogy And Performance. "Sonata for Oboe and Piano by Camille Saint-Saens"

Second Place

• Maureen Margaret Conlon. Arts And Architecture / Performance. "Eugene Ysaye: Sonata No. 3 "Ballade""

Third Place

• Crystal Leigh Endsley. Education / Curriculum And Instruction. "Crystallis, an excerpt"

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Visual Arts Option

First Place

• Anna Divinsky. Arts And Architecture / Art. ""Masquerade I, II, III""

Second Place

• Gordon Andrew Harkins. Arts And Architecture / Art. "Untitled"

Third Place

• Joo Yeon Woo. Arts And Architecture / Art. "Drinking your surroundings"

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