2011 Award Winners

Research Poster Option

Arts & Humanities

First Place

• SILVIA M SERRANO. The Capital College / HUMANITIES. "Velosa's Carranguera Lyrics: the Love for the Simple Life"

Second Place

• PAUL ALLEN SOMMERFELD. The College of Arts and Architecture / MUSICOLOGY. "GERMAN AND FRENCH COMPOSITIONAL INFLUENCES IN BÉLA BARTÓK’S ORCHESTRAL WORKS 1903-1924: CASE STUDIES IN A METHODOLOGY OF APPROPRIATION"

Third Place

• SARAH BRECKENRIDGE. The College of the Liberal Arts / ENGLISH. "Chaucer’s England: Landscapes of Mobility in the Canterbury Tales"
• ANDREA FISHER GATZKE. The College of the Liberal Arts / HISTORY. "Language and Identity in Roman Anatolia: A Study of the Latin Inscriptions"
• MICHELLE GENE TOUMAYANTS. The College of the Liberal Arts / COMPARATIVE LITERATURE. "City, Island, Coast: Narratives of the Indian Ocean World"

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Engineering

First Place

• SONALI KUMAR. The College of Engineering / ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING. "USING INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL PROTOTYPES FOR DESIGN REVIEW OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES"

Second Place

• HUSSAM ALSHRAIDEH. The College of Engineering / INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING. "Modeling and Robust Parameter Optimization of Profile Responses"

Third Place

• ANDREW MCLEAN. The College of Engineering / AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING. "Modeling Best Management Practices on Representative Farms in Southeastern Pennsylvania"
• MOSTAFA SAHRAEI ARDAKANI. The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, / Energy and Mineral Engineering. "Zonal Supply Curve Estimation in Transmission-Constrained Electricity Markets"
• ALIREZA ZOMORRODI. The College of Engineering / CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. "Improving the iMM904 metabolic model of S. cerevisiae using essentiality and synthetic lethality data"

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Health & Life Sciences

First Place

• PAO YING LIN HSIAO. The College of Health and Human Development / NUTRITION. "Characterizing dietary patterns in older adults using a novel approach"
• THOMAS MATTHEW KON. The College of Agricultural Sciences / HORTICULTURE. "Mechanical blossom thinner effectively removes apple blossoms, but may injure trees"
• JEFFREY LAW. Intercollege Graduate Degree Programs / ECOLOGY. "Self-regulating weed control though the enhancement of beneficial ground-dwelling invertebrates"

Second Place

• YEYI GU. The College of Agricultural Sciences / FOOD SCIENCE. "Cocoa Supplementation Can Reduce Obesity-Related Inflammation and Body Weight Gain in Obese Mice"
• KYUNG MIN HAN. The College of Agricultural Sciences / AGRONOMY. "Influence of chemical and cultural management strategies on annual bluegrass populations on golf course putting greens"
• VENKATESH KRISHNAN. The College of Agricultural Sciences / INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCES. "3D Tri-culture System Mimicking the Vicious Cycle of Breast Cancer Colonization of Bone"
• ADITI ROY. The College of Health and Human Development / NUTRITION. "Associations between dietary micronutrient intake and blood lead level in Uruguayan children"

Third Place

• AMY LAURA BROWNSCHIDLE. The College of Agricultural Sciences / FOOD SCIENCE. "Dietary Soy Protein Concentrate May Moderate Colon Carcinogenesis in the Azoxymethane/Dextran Sodium Sulfate Mouse Model"
• JASON GLEDITSCH. The Eberly College of Science / ECOLOGY. "Fruit quantity of invasive shrubs predicts the abundance of common native avian frugivores in central Pennsylvania"
• RUPESH KARIYAT RAMACHANDRAN. The Eberly College of Science / PLANT BIOLOGY. "Inbreeding affects plant defense against herbivores in Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense L.)"
• SHANKAR N R SHASTRY. The College of Engineering / BIOENGINEERING. "Intra-molecular Tension Is a General Mechanism for Controlling Kinesin Motor Protein Function"
• JULIE SHLISKY. The College of Health and Human Development / NUTRITION. "Including non-fat dairy in an energy-restricted (ER), moderate-protein diet plan: two-week changes in body weight and composition measurements in premenopausal women with overweight and obesity"
• ANNA STANHEWICZ. Intercollege Graduate Degree Programs / PHYSIOLOGY. "LOCAL TETRAHYDROBIOTERIN SUPPLEMENTATION AUGMENTS REFLEX CUTANEOUS VASODILATON IN AGED HUMAN SKIN"

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Physical Sciences & Mathematics

First Place

• MEGHAN JO ANDES-Koback. The Eberly College of Science / CHEMISTRY. "Asymmetric Divsion of Model Cells to Produce Non-identical Daughter Vesicles"

Second Place

• JOY ANN GALLAGHER. The Eberly College of Science / CHEMISTRY. "A Biomimetic Approach for Developing of Molecular Wires Using Coordination Chemistry"
• Nicole Morozowich. The Eberly College of Science / CHEMISTRY. "The Development of Novel Synthetic Bone Graft Materials for Bone Regeneration"

Third Place

• MATTHEW COPPOCK. The Eberly College of Science / CHEMISTRY. "Self-Assembling Inorganic Complexes as Potential Molecular Wires"
• TYLER ADAM ENGSTROM. The Eberly College of Science / PHYSICS. "Towards a phase diagram for accreting neutron star crusts: total energy calculations of close packed lattices"
• PAUL JONATHAN MUNSON. The Eberly College of Science / CHEMISTRY. "Modified Collagen-Alkali Silicate Hybrids for use in Foundry Metal Casting"
• ALEJANDRO SUAREZ. The Eberly College of Science / PHYSICS. "Surface Diffusion on Graphene: A Study of a Nobel Material through Simulation"
• ERIC TYO. The Eberly College of Science / CHEMISTRY. "Investigating Catalytic Mechanisms on the Atomic Scale"

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Social & Behavioral Sciences

First Place

• BETH ANNE BEE. The College of the Liberal Arts / WOMENS STUDIES. "Women weathering the climate: Gendered knowledge and adaptive capacities in central Mexico"
• ALLISON REAMY. The College of Health and Human Development / HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY STUDIES. "Understanding Discrepancy in Perceptions of Values: Individuals with Mild to Moderate Dementia and their Family Caregivers"

Second Place

• NAMRATA KAUR UBEROI. The College of Health and Human Development / HEALTH POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION. "Impact of Extending Health Insurance to Young Adults in the United States"

Third Place

• CHRISTINA NAPOLITANO BLACK. The College of Arts and Architecture / MUSIC EDUCATION. "Creative Thinking in a General Music Classroom: Process, Meaning, and Collaboration Among Second Graders"
• MICHELLE KERRY DANGIURO. The College of Communications / MASS COMMUNICATIONS. "The influence of narrative on the persuasiveness and credibility of health messages"
• SAMUEL DUO. The College of Agricultural Sciences / AGRICULTURAL AND EXTENTION EDUCATION. "Civil Society Organizations in Post-War Liberia: The Role of Education and Training in Strengthening Organizational Capacity"

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Performance Option

First Place

• KATHERINE LOIS SCALLY. The College of Arts and Architecture / VOICE PERFORMANCE AND PEDAGOGY. "“Chacun le sait” by Gaetano Donizetti"

Second Place

• JIN LEE. The College of Arts and Architecture / PERFORMANCE. "Aaron Copland "piano variations""

Third Place

• HYUN JOO PARK. The College of Arts and Architecture / Piano Performance. "Trio for Piano, Oboe and Bassoon by Francis Poulenc"

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Visual Arts Option

First Place

• BENJAMIN FEHL. The College of Arts and Architecture / ART. "Milesburg Historic Park – The Value of Public Art"

Second Place

• Ghislaine Fremaux. The College of Arts and Architecture / ART. "To See and Feel"

Third Place

• BROOK SIMMONS. The College of Arts and Architecture / ART. "The Death of Handwriting"

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