1991 Award Winners

Research Poster Option

Arts and Humanities

Second Place

• Donna E. Lawrence. College of Arts and Architecture / Theatre arts. "Costume Design and Costume Construction for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead"

Third Place

• John Nicolas Spiro. College of the Liberal Arts / Comparative literature. "FROM PARIS TO HOLLYWOOD: TRANSLATING EPISTOLARITY INTO FILM. A Study of Theoretical Implications Comparing Three cinematic Adaptations of Choderlos de Laclos' Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782)"

Honorable Mention

• Fabrice Kenwood. College of Arts and Architecture / Theatre arts. "Adapting Autocad (a Computer Drafting Program) Towards Applications in Technical Theatre"

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Engineering

First Place

• Sridhar Canumalla. College of Engineering / Engineering science and mechanics. "High Pressure Infiltration Casting and Nondestructive Characterization of MMC's"

Second Place

• Michael B. House. College of Engineering / Engineering science and mechanics. "ALUMINUM COMPOSITES: Fabrication, Elevated Temperature Behavior and Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis"

Honorable Mention

• John M. Cory, Jr.. College of Engineering / Aerospace engineering. "Dynamic Characterization of a Composite Lattice Structure with an Integrated Fiber-Optic Strain Sensor"
• Stephen A. Grot. College of Engineering / Electrical and computer engineering. "Thin Film Diamond Electronics"
• Kuisoon Kim. College of Engineering / Aerospace engineering. "A Hue Capturing Based Liquid Crystal Technique for Heat Transfer Studies"
• Jesus Pascual. College of Engineering / Aerospace engineering. "Dynamic Characterization of a Composite Lattice Structure with an Integrated Fiber-Optic Strain Sensor"

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Health and Life Sciences

First Place

• Alan L. McConnell. College of Agricultural Sciences / Food science. "Evaluation of Wash Treatments for the Improvement of Quality and Shelf-life of Fresh Mushrooms"

Second Place

• Carol L. Kuss-Wymer. Intercollege Graduate Degree Program / Plant physiology. "Tobacco Protoplasts Differentiate into Elongate Cells Without Microtubule Depolymerization"
• Durland L. Shumway. College of Agricultural Sciences / Forest resources. "Hydraulic Architecture of Red Oak and Yellow-poplar Seedlings"

Honorable Mention

• Laurie G. Landry. Intercollege Graduate Degree Program / Plant physiology. "Protein Oxidation: A Link Between Ozone Stress and Leaf Aging?"
• Callie Jo Schweitzer. College of Agricultural Sciences / Forest resources. "Red Oak and Red Maple Seedling Response to Simulated Acid Precipitation, Browsing, and Soil Acidification Stresses"
• James A. Strauss. Eberly College of Science / Biology. "Biomarkers of Aging: Changes in HS Mouse Erythrocyte Mass and Area with Respect to Donor Age"

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Physical Sciences

First Place

• Sundar V. Atre. College of Earth and Mineral Sciences / Polymer science. "Chemistry in Two Dimensions"

Second Place

• Mohamed S. El-Maazawi. Eberly College of Science / Chemistry. "Lasers and Surfaces"

Honorable Mention

• Gregory D. Berthiaume. Eberly College of Science / Astronomy and astrophysics. "Soft X-Ray Imaging Spectroscopy of the Puppis A Supernova Remnant Using CCD's"
• Christopher A. Shuman. College of Earth and Mineral Sciences / Geosciences. "Analysis of Bedrock Fracture Features Across the Appalachian Plateau in New York"
• David Verdonck. College of Earth and Mineral Sciences / Geosciences. "Dynamic Interaction of Individual Fault Segments in the San Andreas Fault System, California: Implications for Earthquake Hazard Assessment in the San Francisco Bay Area"

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Social and Behavioral Sciences

First Place

• Kevin Chen. College of the Liberal Arts / Sociology. "Television Viewing and Social Perception: A Re-examination of TV Cultivation Effects"
• Melissa Diamanti. College of the Liberal Arts / Anthropology. "Use of Space in an Archaeological Site"

Second Place

• Nancy L. Dahlgren. College of the Liberal Arts / Acoustics. "Performance Testing for Computer Speech Recognition Using Benchmark Data and a Minimally Varying CV (Consonant-Vowel) Syllable Set"

Third Place

• Rebecca S. Bigler. College of the Liberal Arts / Psychology. "Occupational Interests: Attitudinal, Personality, and Experiential Correlates"

Honorable Mention

• Haw- Jan Wu. College of Business Administration / Business logistics. "Transportation Option Selection Using Stochastic Lead Time Demand Simulation"

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