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Previous Fairs - 2018

16th Annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Fair

Saturday, April 7, 2018
Misciagna Family Center, Hawthorn Building, and Eve Chapel

Presentations and Results

Performances and Exhibitions

  • 1st place: Kelly Gajewski, “15901” - adviser Rebecca Strzelec
  • 2nd place: Maddie Quinn, “Welcome Home” - adviser Rebecca Strzelec
  • 3rd place: Justin Biddle, “Intersectionality: More Than Meets the Eye” - adviser Kelly Munly

Oral Presentations - Hawthorn Building

Engineering, Security Risk Analysis, and Computing and Information Technology

  • 1st place: Matthew Cowan, “Electronic Freight Car Inspection Recording and Application of Internet-of-Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Frameworks” - adviser Bryan Schlake
  • 2nd place: Andrew Kurtz and Joseph Pfeffer, “Securing the Internet of Things (IoT): A Security Taxonomy and Matrix” - adviser Syed Rizvi
  • 3rd place: Sean Harrity and Dayton Blackwood, “Centralizing Virtual Machine Management through OpenStack” - adviser Dave Barnes

Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences

  • 1st place: Zachary Bloom, “Godzilla: An Asian Comparison” - adviser Mark McNicholas
  • 2nd place: Matthew Adams, “Ambulatory Asylum: Investigating new forms of protection provided by information and communications technology in the context of 21st century migrations” - adviser Jutta Gsoels-Lorensen
  • Sarah Mohammed, “Brown Boxes: Exploring Cultural Identity in Different Global Contexts” - adviser Kelly Munly

Posters

Engineering

  • 1st place: Austin Murray, Tyler Smith, and Eric Pittman, “Development and Experimentation of a Lab-Scale Pulse Detonation Engine” - adviser Grant Risha and Jeffrey Moore
  • 2nd place: Dimitris Kiaoulias, “Evaluation of Injector Orifice Inlet Geometries through Cold-Flow Experiments” - adviser Grant Risha and Jeffrey Moore
  • 3rd place: Ivan Zvorsky, Nicholas Meyers, Justin Bhalla, and Sarah Ismail, “Evaluation of Liquid Propulsion System Design on Priming Event Pressure Levels” - adviser Jeffrey Moore

Math, Security Risk Analysis, and Computing and Information Technology

  • 1st place: Chenzhang Zhou, “A numerical method for solving scalar ordinary differential equations based on adaptive quadratic Taylor approximations” - adviser Thomas Krainer
  • 2nd place: Sean Harrity, Mason Sosnoski, Nick Belfonti, and Brennan McKendree, “Maintaining Secure Cloud Computed Data with Minimal Performance Impacts” - adviser Syed Rizvi
  • 3rd place: Ryan Pipetti, Nicholas McIntyre, and Jonathan Todd, “An Analysis of IoT Framework: Security Threats and Challenges” - adviser Syed Rizvi

Health, Life, and Physical Sciences

  • 1st place: Michelle Smithbauer, “The effect of floral height on pollinator visitation in Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia)” - adviser Ed Levri
  • Rachel Mills and Krista Silvis, “The effect of habitat type on the growth and reproduction of the invasive New Zealand snail” - adviser Ed Levri
  • April Pancoast and Michelle Smithbauer, “Collection of Water Quality Data Along Mill Run, Spring Run, and Brush Run, in Blair County, Pennsylvania” - adviser Lisa Emili

Art and Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences

  • 1st place: Malaysia Dorsett and Meghan Smyers, “Preschool Classroom Child Care Environments and Their Association to Teacher Stress” - adviser Jessica Degol
  • 2nd place: Alexandra Kuma and Ally Lenz, “Forgetting Rate and Cognitive Abilities” - adviser Lindsey Lilenthal
  • 3rd place: Jacquelyn Tew, “The Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Arrest” - adviser Amir Marvasti

Nursing

  • 1st place: Stephanie Knaub, “Cardiovascular Health Disparities Among Women” - adviser Cynthia Bowman
  • 2nd place: Abby Stedding, “Breastfeeding or Bottle-Feeding in Regards to Immunity Development” - adviser Julie Decker
  • 3rd place: Stephanie Knaub, Maddie Duty, Rachael Kuntz, and Alyson Eck, “Antidepressant Use in the Elderly” - adviser Cathy Dillon

Internships

  • 1st place: Natasha Gibbons, Evolution Counseling Inc. - adviser Lauren Jacobsen
  • 2nd place: Allison Morgan, Family Services, Inc. - adviser Mike Arter
  • 3rd place: Hei Tan Tracy Yu, Altoona Family Physicians - adviser Mary Kananen

The University Libraries Award for Information Literacy

  • Alexander Diehm, “Using Photoconductive Decay (PCD) to Measure Minority Carrier Lifetime In Semiconductors” - adviser Patrick Drummond

Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Fair

  • Posters
    • Undergraduate Poster Sample Entry Form
    • Poster Exhibition Judging Form
    • Internship Poster Presentation Judging Form
  • Oral Presentations
    • Oral Presentation Sample Entry Form
    • Oral Presentation Judging Form
  • Exhibitions and Performances
    • Performance and Exhibition Sample Entry Form
    • Exhibition and Performance Judging Form
  • SARI/CITI
  • Previous Fairs
    • Previous Fairs - 2022
    • Previous Fairs - 2019
    • Previous Fairs - 2018
    • Previous Fairs - 2017
    • Previous Fairs - 2016
    • Previous Fairs - 2015
    • Previous Fairs - 2014
    • Previous Fairs - 2013
    • Previous Fairs - 2012
    • Previous Fairs - 2011
    • Previous Fairs - 2010
    • Previous Fairs - 2009
    • Previous Fairs - 2008
    • Previous Fairs - 2007
    • Previous Fairs - 2006
    • Previous Fairs - 2005
    • Previous Fairs - 2004
    • Previous Fairs - 2003

See Also

  • Library Guide for Succeeding at the Fair
  • Honors Program
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