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Previous Fairs - 2010

8th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair

Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Slep Student Center

Presentations and Winners

Engineering

Poster #1 (First prize)
Student: Jeremy Koeck and Nathaniel Conlin
Title: Effect of a high-voltage electric field on burning rate of solid fuels
Project Adviser: Grant Risha

Poster #2 (First prize)
Student: Amber Miller
Title: Characterization of combustion and propulsion performance
Project Adviser: Grant Risha

Poster #3 (Second prize)
Student: Russell Glass
Title: Regression rate characterization of hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene-based solid fuels containing high nitrogen materials
Project Adviser: Grant Risha

Physical Sciences

Poster #4 (Second prize)
Student: Andrea Knab
Title: Essential oil composition and biological activities of Coleus Ambionicus
Project Adviser: Marta Maurer

Poster #5
Student: Rachel Bilka
Title: Homemade Van de Graaff Generator (Physics 251 Honors Project)
Project Adviser: Frances Mateycik

Poster #6 (Third prize)
Student: Brian Glunt
Title: Anodization of aluminum to create porous aluminum oxide template for nanowire production
Project Adviser: Richard Bell

Poster #7 (Third prize)
Student: Louis Gan
Title: Magnetorheological joystick
Project Adviser: Richard Bell

Poster #8
Student: Jeremy Walsh
Title: S3H: Seasonal storage for solar heating
Project Adviser: Richard Flarend

Health & Life Sciences

Poster #9
Student: Carol Opiela
Title: An examination of the influence of shell armature in the photokinetic behavior of a freshwater snail
Project Adviser: Edward Levri

Poster #10 (Second prize)
Student: Rachel Bilka
Title: Is the invasive New Zealand mud snail in Lake St. Clair?
Project Adviser: Edward Levri

Poster #11 (First prize)
Student: Kelly Brossman
Title: Effect of Salinity on green frog tadpole (Rana Clamitans) body size
Project Adviser: Matthew Weeg

Poster #12
Student: Bryan Koronowski
Title: Rational design of a biological sensor for ATP
Project Adviser: Amy Diegelman-Parente

Poster #13
Student: Andrew Catherine
Title: The use of HT-ITC and HT-DSC to investigate the effects of ligand binding on DNA aptamers.
Project Adviser: Amy Diegelman-Parente

Humanities and Social Sciences

Poster #14 (Second prize)
Students: Christina Seymour and Mark Singer
Title: Godlessness in American Newspapers: Patterned discourses of non-religiousity, 1999-2009.
Project Adviser: Nicholas Rowland

Poster #15 (Third prize)
Student: Michelle Pope
Title: A Logo selection method
Project Adviser: Tulay Girard

Poster #16
Student: Cassie Brelsford
Title: Femicide in Guatemala
Project Adviser: Roselyn Costantino

Poster #17 (Third prize)
Student: Megan Tichonevicz
Title: Human Trafficking in our Backyard
Project Adviser: Roselyn Costantino

Poster #18 (First prize)
Student: Christopher Baker
Title: Is the Wii to blame? No! Moderating factors of control style on aggression
Project Adviser: Eric Charles

Information Technology and Computing

Poster #19
Student: Todd Bodnar
Title: Project GENESIS (Gene, Environment, Nutrition, Evolution, Sporogenesis, and Impregnation Simulation)
Project Adviser: Tim Leso

Poster #20 (Third prize)
Student: Kyung Ae Lim and Hyun Dong Kim
Title: The impact of IT: pedagogical perspectives in the university education setting
Project Adviser: Yeonsun Ellie Ro

Poster #21
Student: Cassandra Baumgardner
Title: Emerging online game services: countries connected through online gaming
Project Adviser: Jungwoo Ryoo

Poster #22 (Third prize)
Student: Adam Capatch
Title: Broadband connectivity: wired and wireless internet technologies in South Korea and the United States
Project Adviser: Jungwoo Ryoo

Poster #23
Student: Rashard Murdock
Title: A comparative analysis of competitive gaming in the U.S. and Korea
Project Adviser: Charlotte McConn


Judges

Many thanks to our judges for 2010

  • Eric Charles (social sciences)
  • Nicholas Rowland (social sciences)
  • Yeonsun Ellie Ro (social sciences)
  • Tulay Girard (social sciences)
  • Marc Orlitzky (social sciences)
  • Charlotte McConn (social sciences)
  • Lucinda Hatton (criminal justice)
  • Brad Pinter (psychology)
  • Roselyn Costantino (humanities)
  • Mark McNicholas (humanities)
  • Mary DeJong (humanities)
  • Andrea Boito (mathematics)
  • Wojciech Dorabiala (mathematics)
  • Mihai Comanescu (engineering)
  • Jungwoo Ryoo (engineering)
  • Richard Bell (physical science)
  • Tim Hooper (physical science)
  • Fran Mateycik (physical science)
  • Richard Bell (physical science)
  • Lisa Emili (geoscience)
  • Carolyn Mahan (biology)
  • Esther Siegfried (biology)
  • Matt Weeg (biology)
  • Mary Kananen (biology)
  • Tracey Elkin (kinesiology)

Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Fair

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  • Previous Fairs
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    • Previous Fairs - 2010
    • Previous Fairs - 2009
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    • Previous Fairs - 2005
    • Previous Fairs - 2004
    • Previous Fairs - 2003

See Also

  • Library Guide for Succeeding at the Fair
  • Honors Program
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