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Graduate Exhibition Archive of Award Winners

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Graduate Exhibition Archive of Award Winners

2006 Award Winners

Research Poster Option

Arts & Humanities

First Place

  • MARY KATHERINE FAULKNER. THE LIBERAL ARTS / HISTORY. "Nancy's Place in the Nation: Civic Pride during the French Revolution"

Second Place

  • ADAM LEE COFFIA. ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE / THEATRE. "Costume Design For Richard Sheridan's THE RIVALS"

Third Place

  • ROBERT RUSSELL BLEIL. THE LIBERAL ARTS / ENGLISH. "Illustrating the New Woman, 1880-1900: Graphic Arts and the English Female Form"
  • CARMEN LORRAINE MCCANN. ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE / ART HISTORY. "'Status Viatoris': A New Spectacularization of Death in Paintings and Prints from the Bourbon Restoration"
  • WANDIA MWENDE NJOYA. THE LIBERAL ARTS / FRENCH. "In Search of Eldorado? Myth, Tragedy and Migration to France"
  • STEELE SCOTT NOWLIN. THE LIBERAL ARTS / ENGLISH. "Chaucer, Gower, and the Invention of History"
  • LARETHA CHERISE POWELL. NO COLLEGE / ENGLISH. "Damaging Images: A Study of Disney's (Mis)Representation of Blacks on Television and Broadway"
  • CHRISTOPHER T WHITE. THE LIBERAL ARTS / ENGLISH. "Civilizing Beasts: Animal Narratives and the Regeneration of Modern America"

Engineering

First Place

  • MARK ANTHONY BECHARA. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES / AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING. "Production of Agaricus blazei: A novel mushroom with anti-tumor properties"
  • TAWATCHAI PETCHSINGTO. EARTH AND MINERAL SCIENCES / PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS ENGINEERING. "Micro-scale simulation of two-phase flow inside a fracture with variable aperture"

Second Place

  • KATHERINE LUCAS BIALKA. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES / AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING. "The Efficacy of Aqueous Ozone for the Decontamination of Red Raspberries"

Third Place

  • CARLOS ARTURO CORONADO. ENGINEERING / CIVIL ENGINEERING. "CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING OF THE INTERFACE BETWEEN CONCRETE AND REPAIR MATERIALS"
  • SHILE LIANG. INTERCOLLEGE GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS / INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCES. "Cancer Immunoediting in Chemokines: Cancer as an Inflammatory Disease?"
  • TANUJ MOTWANI. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES / FOOD SCIENCE. "Dielectric properties of starch slurries: Effect of native starch lipids, starch concentration and gelatinization"
  • AZAM MIHIR THATTE. ENGINEERING / MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. "Mathematical Model, Experiments and 3D Visualization of Dynamics of Combustion Gases during Flame Spread over Water-In-Oil Emulsions"

Health & Life Sciences

First Place

  • DANA ALYCE PAPE-ZAMBITO. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES / PHYSIOLOGY. "17B-estradiol concentration in raw and pasteurized/homogenized whole milk."

Second Place

  • JAMES KENNETH FENUSH JR. HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT / NURSING. "An Investigation of Clinical Unit Choices by Graduating Baccalaureate Nursing Students"
  • BRIAN LEWIS NELMS. SCIENCE / BIOCHEMISTRY, MICROBIOLOGY, AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. "Genetic analysis of organ development in the nematode C.elegans reveals a new role for a meiotic gene."
  • RUSHANG DILIPKUMAR PATEL. SCIENCE / INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCES. "Potential effects of aromatic hydrocarbon pollutants on drug metabolism capacity."
  • ELIZABETH ROSE WALSH. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES / PATHOBIOLOGY. "IL-2 inducible T cell kinase (Itk): a potential target for anti-tumor immunotherapy."

Third Place

  • REGAN LUCAS BAILEY. HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT / NUTRITION. "Development of a Diet Quality Screening Tool for Older Adults"
  • KATHRYN ELIZABETH LULEY. SCIENCE / BIOLOGY. "Sulfate Reduction in Sediment Near Tubeworm Aggregations in the Gulf of Mexico"
  • MEREDITH JO MURRAY. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES / AGRONOMY. "GROUND BEETLE SYNCHRONIZATION WITH GIANT FOXTAIL WEED SEED RAIN"
  • ELIZABETH LINDSAY PODOWSKI. SCIENCE / BIOLOGY. "Spatial Variation in Biological Communities at Diffuse Flow Sites in the Lau Basin Back-Arc Spreading Center Evaluated Using a Geographic Information System (GIS)"
  • XIN YE. INTERCOLLEGE GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS / GENETICS. "Evolutionary Analysis of Mats (Mob as Tumor Suppressor) A Member of the Mob Gene Superfamily"

Physical Sciences & Mathematics

First Place

  • JOSEPH THOMAS DAUER. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES / ECOLOGY. "Measuring seed movement at multiple atmospheric levels"

Second Place

  • JOHN AUBREY CREEK. EARTH AND MINERAL SCIENCES / MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. "Amylose Crystallization From Concentrated Aqueous Solution: Role of Degree of Polymerization"

Third Place

  • GAVIN PETER HAYES. EARTH AND MINERAL SCIENCES / GEOSCIENCES. "There’s a Volcano in My Backyard! Evidence for Future Volcanism in Northern California"

Social & Behavioral Sciences

First Place

  • ELIZABETH ANN BEVERLY. HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT / BIOBEHAVIORAL HEALTH. "Gender Differences and Spousal Support in Middle-Aged and Older Adults Living with Type 2 Diabetes"

Second Place

  • JOSEPH EDWARD BEENEY. THE LIBERAL ARTS / PSYCHOLOGY. "Stress and Affective Memory Biases Interact to Predict Depressive Symptoms in Multiple Sclerosis"
  • EMILY DEANNA DUVALL. EDUCATION / CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION. "Horseshoes, Hand Grenades & High Stakes Testing: A Dynamic Assessment Version of A High Stakes Standardized Reading Assessment Reveals Development for Children with Disabilities"
  • VICTORIA LYNN KRAMER. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES / AGRICULTURAL AND EXTENSION EDUCATION. "Agricultural Biotechnology Risk/Benefit Reporting in National Newspapers"
  • IN SOO OH. EDUCATION / COUNSELOR EDUCATION. "Psychological trauma, anxiety, and biological reactions of bullies, victims, and bystanders"

Third Place

  • JENNIFER MARIE DINALLO. HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT / KINESIOLOGY. "Preliminary Examination of Triaxial Accelerometer Activity Counts with Pregnant Women"
  • YOU JEONG KIM. COMMUNICATIONS / MASS COMMUNICATIONS. "What’s Empathy Gotta Do with It? A Media Effects Study on Philanthropy & Materialism in the Context of Natural Disasters"
  • TOBIN PETER LOPES. EDUCATION / WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT. "DIFFERENCES IN DIMENSIONS OF CAREER MOTIVATION BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL & DOMESTIC GRADUATE STUDENTS BY AGE AND GENDER"
  • BETH ANN RUSTENBACH. THE LIBERAL ARTS / SOCIOLOGY. "Friendship Network Structure and Quality and Adolescent Sexual Relationships"
  • CLAUDIU D. TUFIS. THE LIBERAL ARTS / POLITICAL SCIENCE. "Political Culture Change in Post-Communist Romania"

Performance Option

First Place

  • MAUREEN MARGARET CONLON. ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE / PERFORMANCE. "Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs) Op. 20, No. 1 by Pablo de Sarasate"
  • VAGNER FERREIRA SILVA. ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE / PIANO PEDAGOGY AND PERFORMANCE. "Alberto Ginastera - Piano Sonata no.1 opus 22 (presto misterioso/ruvido ed ostinato)"

Third Place

  • FERNANDO AUGUSTO MARINHO DE FRANCA GUALDA DANTAS. ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE / PERFORMANCE. "Technology in Music"

Visual Arts Option

First Place

  • Will Snyder. ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE / ART. ""

Second Place

  • NATHANIEL DAVID BOOTH. ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE / ART. "Cyclops"

Third Place

  • BRIAN MOLANPHY. ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE / ART. "Some Cups"

Previous Winners by Year

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