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Previous Fairs - 2006

4th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair

April 11, 2006
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Presentations and Winners

Engineering

Poster #1 CDMA Wireless Security
Students: Greg Corbin, Joseph Bellew, Matt Milko, Troy Miller
Adviser: Jungwoo Ryoo

Poster #2 Wireless Hotspots: A Study on Wi-Fi Hotspot Networks
Students: Matthew Holt, Matthew Martin, Michael Selia
Adviser: Jungwoo Ryoo

Health and Life Sciences

Poster #3 The effect of predator presence on the geotactic response in the freshwater snail
Student: Monique DeLisser
Adviser: Ed Levri

Poster #4 An examination of the interaction between an invasive snail and native mollusk biodiversity in Lake Ontario
Student: Ashley A. Kelley, Shane Lunnen (Graduate of Penn State) Second Place
Adviser: Ed Levri

Poster #5 The effect of the number of flowers per inflorescence and number of inflorescences per plant on the pollination success of Kalmia latifolia
Student: Tara Mayhew
Adviser: Ed Levri

Poster #6 Functional Adaptation of the Proximal Femur to Mechanical Loading
Students: Christa J. Riscigno, Monica Garcia First Place
Adviser: Jeffrey H. Plochocki

Poster #7 The Effects of Mechanical Loading on Diaphyseal Bone Growth in Small Cursorial Mammals with Tapered Limbs
Students: Cathleen Zhang, Janelyn P. Rivera, Sahbina Ebba Third Place
Adviser: Jeffrey H. Plochocki

Poster #8 Variability of human femoral head curvature
Students: Cathleen Zhang, Janelyn P. Rivera
Adviser: Jeffrey H. Plochocki

Physical Sciences

Poster #9 Crown Ether and Gramicidin-Based Photonic Crystal Sensors
Students: David Condon, Sara Gould (student Altoona Area High School) Third Place
Adviser: Marta Maurer

Poster #10 Improvement of Dampener Systems and Human Prosthetics: A Study of Particle Shape-Dependence of Magnetorheological Fluids
Students: Josh Karli, Patrick J. Doughtery First Place
Adviser: Richard Bell

Poster #11 Complex Permittivity of Powder Metal Compacts by Cavity Perturbation Technique
Student: Christopher Lynch Second Place
Adviser: Darin Zimmerman

Poster #12 Microwave Heating and Pre-sintering of Copper Powder Metal Compacts in Separated Electric and Magnetic Fields
Student: Kelly Martin
Adviser: Darin Zimmerman

Poster #13 Group XVII: The Salt Formers
Students: Ryan Shay Rychak, Jamie Wagner
Adviser: Marta Mauer

Poster #14 Characteristic of Group 14 Elements
Students: Holly Taylor, Stephanie Shishido
Adviser: Marta Mauer

Social Sciences

Poster #15 Avenues for Business Financing
Student: Michael T. Rethage Second Place
Adviser: Tulay Girard

Judges

A special thanks to our judges:

  • Lori Bechtel
  • Andrea Boito
  • Roselyn Costantino
  • Mary De Jong
  • Tulay Girard
  • Doug Hoover
  • Peter Hopsicker
  • Mary Kananen
  • Dan Lago
  • Lucas
  • Brad Pinter
  • Tadd Reutenik
  • Brittany Richards
  • Jungwoo Ryoo
  • Stan Snyder
  • LA Wilson

Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Fair

  • Posters
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  • Previous Fairs
    • Previous Fairs - 2022
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    • Previous Fairs - 2003

See Also

  • Library Guide for Succeeding at the Fair
  • Honors Program
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