Graduate Exhibition Archive of Award Winners
2023 Award Winners
Research Poster Option
Arts & Humanities
First place
- Sarah Carey. The Liberal Arts / Philosophy. "Reading Resistance in Eleazar’s Elegy"
Second place
- Jingyuan Zhuang. The Liberal Arts / Applied Linguistics. "Learning L2 English modality through online concept-based language instruction: A mixed methods investigation"
Third place
- Maryam Aman. Arts and Architecture / Architecture. "Enhancing Energy Performance of Single-Family Housing through Parametric Modeling"
Data Visualization Award
First place
- Zachary Dimattia. Health and Human Development / Nutritional Sciences. "Exploratory Analysis of Metabolomic Profiles Between Responders and Non-responders of Prune Supplementation on Bone Health in Postmenopausal Women"
- Andrew Miles. Intercollege / Plant Biology. "Beech Leaf Disease: Investigating Tree Health in American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)"
- Ya Chi Nien. Intercollege / Plant Biology. "Regulation of trans-species microRNAs biogenesis in the parasitic plant Cuscuta campestris"
Honorable mention
- Kevin Mekulu. Engineering / Industrial Engineering. Copresented by Haedong Kim "Sensor-based Detection of Neurocognitive Disorders in a Virtual Environment: An Intelligent Approach"
- Courtney Poholsky. Agricultural Sciences / Animal Science. "Understanding feed and nutrient flow in commercial meat bird houses and the impacts of nutrient variability on broiler performance"
- Tasneem Tariq. Arts and Architecture / Architecture. "Impact of Vegetated Infrastructure to Mitigate the Urban Heat Island Effect in Dhaka, Bangladesh"
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
First place
- Jessica Magness. Education / School Psychology. "Availability of Online Resources for LGBTQ+ Youth in Rural School Districts"
- Emily Sterk. The Liberal Arts / Spanish. "The Future in the Hands of Trans Sex Workers in Rita Indiana’s La mucama de Omicunlé"
Second place
- Kevin Cedeno. The Liberal Arts / Philosophy. "Situating the Ethics, Political Philosophy, and Aesthetics of Anna Julia Cooper"
- Sabrina Evans. The Liberal Arts / English. "The Perils of Travel and the Practice of Constant Agitation in the Writings of Mary Church Terrell"
- McKenna Sakamoto. The Liberal Arts / Psychology. "An Examination of Racial/Ethnic Differences on the Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory Among Veterans with a History of TBI: A Million Veteran Program Study"
- Zandra Siple. Arts and Architecture / Theatre. "Designing for Marginalized Groups: A Dramaturgical Exploration into the Costume Design for “Emilia”"
Third place
- Sana Ahrar. Arts and Architecture / Architecture. "ASSESSING EMERGING METHODS FOR POST-PANDEMIC COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH"
- Md Ehtesham-Ul-Haque. Information Sciences and Technology / Informatics. "Grid-Coding: An Accessible, Efficient, and Structured Coding Paradigm for Blind and Low-Vision Programmers"
- Parisa Farjamfar. Arts and Architecture / Art. "GODS vs. DEMONS Playing Cards"
- Marjorie Jauregui. Agricultural Sciences / Food Science. Copresented by Swathi Kothattil "Evaluation of the effects of growing and drying conditions on the nutritional and phytochemical composition of emergency foods in a post-nuclear war scenario."
- Jennifer Mott. Eberly College of Science / Biology. "Development of Mouse Model and Gene Therapy for TAR Syndrome"
- Fernando Quinones Valdivia. The Liberal Arts / Communication Arts and Sciences. "Undocumented Times: Rhetorics of a Colonial Moment"
- Madisyn Simington. Arts and Architecture / Art. "Deliberation of the Self"
- Chao Tang. The Liberal Arts / German. "The Active Influence of Taoism in German Modernist Literature"
Engineering
First place
- Tasneem Tariq. Arts and Architecture / Architecture. "Impact of Vegetated Infrastructure to Mitigate the Urban Heat Island Effect in Dhaka, Bangladesh"
Second place
- Kevin Mekulu. Engineering / Industrial Engineering. Copresented by Haedong Kim "Sensor-based Detection of Neurocognitive Disorders in a Virtual Environment: An Intelligent Approach"
Third place
- Jorge Diaz Gutierrez. Engineering / Civil Engineering. Copresented by Helia Mohammadi Mavi "COVID-19 Impacts on Online and In-store Shopping Behaviors: Why They Happened and Whether They Will Last Post Pandemic"
- Tykeesha Jefferson. Agricultural Sciences / Biorenewable Systems. "Analyzing the Economic Feasibility of Establishing a Hop Enterprise in Pennsylvania"
- Yajie Wu. Agricultural Sciences / Biorenewable Systems. "Optimizing Lignin Valorization in Biorefinery Systems with Biological Upgrading for Economic Viability"
- Yanqiu Yang. Agricultural Sciences / Agricultural and Biological Engineering. "Smartphone-assisted apple scab identification and quantification using artificial intelligence"
Health & Life Sciences
First place
- Zachary Dimattia. Health and Human Development / Nutritional Sciences. "Exploratory Analysis of Metabolomic Profiles Between Responders and Non-responders of Prune Supplementation on Bone Health in Postmenopausal Women"
- Andrew Miles. Intercollege / Plant Biology. "Beech Leaf Disease: Investigating Tree Health in American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)"
- Ya Chi Nien. Intercollege / Plant Biology. "Regulation of trans-species microRNAs biogenesis in the parasitic plant Cuscuta campestris"
Second place
- Courtney Poholsky. Agricultural Sciences / Animal Science. "Understanding feed and nutrient flow in commercial meat bird houses and the impacts of nutrient variability on broiler performance"
- Oindrila Sinha. Health and Human Development / Kinesiology. "Smooth pursuit eye movements contribute to anticipatory force control during mechanical stopping of moving objects"
Third place
- Jigar Gosalia. Health and Human Development / Kinesiology. "A Novel Approach for Interrogating Brain Vascular Health and the Relation to Cognitive Function: Proof-of-Concept Analysis"
- Sabrina Sony. Eberly College of Science / Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology. "Determination of the ADSL deficiency-directed perturbation and mechanism impacting the changes in tyramine level"
Physical Sciences & Mathematics
First place
- Jhony Benavides Bolanos. Agricultural Sciences / Soil Science. "Vertical Accuracy of Remotely Piloted Aircraft System-Based Structure from Motion Photogrammetry for Reconstructing Digital Elevation Models on Agricultural Fields"
Second place
- Vaibhav Pal. Eberly College of Science / Chemistry. "Development of an Air-Assisted Co-Axial Device for Mass Production of Versatile Microgels for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Applications"
Social & Behavioral Sciences
First place
- Madisen Plunkert. Agricultural Sciences / Education, Development, and Community Engagement. "Principals’ Perceptions of and Perceived Barriers to Implementing Agricultural Literacy in Pennsylvania Grades K-8"
- Arun Regmi. Agricultural Sciences / Forest Resources. "Spatial variation in forest owners' perspective of prescribed fire use in the Mid-Atlantic USA"
- Gabriela Rivera Magallanes. Smeal College of Business / Business Administration - M.S., Ph.D.. "A Qualitative Investigation of Unethical Leadership: Toward a Model of Antecedents and Outcomes"
Second place
- Sana Ahrar. Arts and Architecture / Architecture. "ASSESSING EMERGING METHODS FOR POST-PANDEMIC COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH"
- Carson Letot. Agricultural Sciences / Agricultural and Extension Education. "Exploring Preservice Secondary Agricultural Educator Perceptions of Global Issues Integration into Instruction"
- Israa Samarin. Education / Workforce Education and Development. "Unlocking the Potential of Personal Agility: An Analytical and Visual Approach to Employee Experience"
- Rinanda Shaleha. Health and Human Development / Human Development and Family Studies. Copresented by Vani Gupta and Kathleen Meeks "“Does it really matter?”: Adverse Childhood Experiences, Self-Esteem, and Anhedonia Cause Learning Differences on a Probabilistic Reward Reversal Learning Task"
Third place
- Michael Burnham. The Liberal Arts / Political Science. "Semantic Scaling"
- Sian Lee. Information Sciences and Technology / Informatics. "Effects of Evidence-Based Communication of COVID-19 Vaccine on Vaccination Intention"
- Xue Xiao. Smeal College of Business / Business Administration - M.S., Ph.D.. "Climate Transition Risk and Commercial Real Estate"
Design Option
First place
- Zandra Siple. Arts and Architecture / Theatre. "Designing for Marginalized Groups: A Dramaturgical Exploration into the Costume Design for “Emilia”"
Second place
- Andre Brandao de Castro. Arts and Architecture / Theatre. "Designing Resistance and Intolerance - A Scenic Design for the Musical “CABARET”"
- Mia Irwin. Arts and Architecture / Theatre. "Metamorphoses: Storytelling and Scenic Design as Odes to Change"
Third place
- Arjun Kizhakkemarakkattil Janardhana. Arts and Architecture / Architecture. "'Library 25': City as a generator for the type"
Performance Option
First place
- Daniel Spearman. Arts and Architecture / Performance. "Can String Quartets Dance?"
Second place
- Katherine Brown. Arts and Architecture / Performance. Copresented by Andrea Alvarado Troncoso, Samuel Rothermel and Taylor Shea "Sea Foam"
Third place
- Ruth Stokes. Arts and Architecture / Performance. Copresented by Bryan Jones, Allison Smith and Zephyr Wills "The Kalmia Piano Quartet"
Video Option
First place
- Ryan Naylor. Health and Human Development / Recreation, Park and Tourism Management. "Scale vs authenticity in tourism development: Preliminary results from three communities in Southeast Alaska"
Second place
- Gustavo Herrera Díaz. The Liberal Arts / Spanish. "Reformulating Cubanness: Dionysian mysteries and Afro-Cuban ceremonies in the work of Fernando Ortiz"
- Connor Huxman. Engineering / Mechanical Engineering. "Leveraging Mechanical Flexibility to Improve Bone Healing"
- Nikhil Komalla. Earth and Mineral Sciences / Energy and Mineral Engineering. "Computer-Accelerated Research: Unlocking the Potential of Green Hydrogen for a Sustainable Energy Future"
Third place
- Stephen Anderson. The Liberal Arts / Psychology. "Examining the Moral Significance of Secondhand Sources of Empathy"
- Daniel Davis. Health and Human Development / Kinesiology. "Task dependent function of the foot's arch and its relation to ankle joint function"
- Yashaswini Rajendra Bhat. Health and Human Development / Nutritional Sciences. "Eating in the Absence of Hunger (EAH) remains stable in middle childhood (7–9-year-olds)"
- Sydney Reichin. The Liberal Arts / Psychology. "A Test of the Integrative Typology Model for Aggression"
- Eden Binega Yemesegen. Engineering / Architectural Engineering. "Exploring 3D Printing Technology for Sustainable "HempCobcrete" Structures: Material Science and Design Analysis"
Visual Arts Option
First place
- Casey Burton. Arts and Architecture / Art. "I sleep alone"
- Parisa Farjamfar. Arts and Architecture / Art. "GODS vs. DEMONS Playing Cards"
Second place
- Tannaz Hajimirzaamin. Arts and Architecture / Art. "It was war"
- Danielle Schwesinger. Arts and Architecture / Art. "Disjointed"
Third place
- Michaela Holt. Arts and Architecture / Art. "desktop playground"
- Jordan Wolf. Arts and Architecture / Art. "The Importance of Play"