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Previous Fairs - 2023

21st Annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Fair

Saturday, April 15, 2023
Adler Athletic Complex

Presentations and Results

Arts & Humanities

  • First place: Amy Norris—“50 Shades of Orange”
  • Second place: Meghann Mignogna—“State of Mine”
  • Third place: Abraham Onkst—“Abraham Onkst Artist Talk”

Behavioral and Social Sciences I

  • First place: Rebecca Reeder & Hailey Burchfield—“Examining Associations Between Fathers’ Investment and Adult Sons’ Attitudes and Behaviors”
  • Second place: Olivia Smith—“Characterizing Dietary Intake in Relation to Body Weight and Body Weight Perceptions in Division III Student Athletes”
  • Third place: Pamela Lantz & Olivia Ronan—“Parents’ Expected Reactions to Sexual Orientation Disclosures”

Behavioral and Social Sciences II

  • First place: Makaylah Bangura, Deyana Dye, Yursa Haroon, Woodnie Andre, & Marianna Di Balsamo—“Examining the Effects of Procedural Justice and Utilitarian Assessments of Police on Racial Differences in Legitimacy Assessments”
  • Second place: Eemonie Moore
  • Third place: Nicholas Glunt, Lam Tung Vo, Lacee Barnhart, & Brooke Colledge—“Guns and Gun Accessories: An Assessment of Gun Owners' Acquisition and Use of Firearm Accessories”

Engineering & Physical Sciences

  • First place: Dillan, Dantos, Kyle Rennell, Emily Dale, Ben Love—“Spectroscopic Investigations of Deep Eutectic Solvents”
  • Second place: Mallorie Keith—“Pinacolborane Reduction of Carbonyl Compounds”
  • Third place: Angela Bunk—“Comparison of Steady-State and Dynamic Burning Rates of AP Composite Propellants”

Health & Life Sciences

  • First place: Nicole Bailey—“Yearly variation in the population density and reproduction of an aquatic invader, Potamopyrgus antipodarum”
  • Second place: Gavin Suter—“A Test of the Enemy Release Hypothesis Using the Invasive New Zealand Mud Snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum”
  • Third place: Cortney McMath—“Improving Focus in ADHD: Non-pharmacological vs. Pharmacological Management Techniques”

Internships/Programmatic Oral Presentations

  • First place: Alyson Cover—“Fostering Good Health and Wellbeing Through Blended Case Management”
  • Second place: Haven Feathers—“Supporting Students Needs and Successes: My Time as a School Counseling Intern”
  • Third place: Jenna Cumming—“Power to the Students: Creating Awareness for Diversity on Campus”

Internships/Programmatic Poster Presentations

  • First place: Dawson Luzier, William Ferry, & Nicholas Martino—“PSU Altoona Women in Engineering Project 2023”
  • Second place: Amelia Paterno—“Getting Comfortable with the Uncomfortable: Creating a Dialogue Facilitation Program”
  • Third place: Katanna Yohn—“Athletic/Personal Training”

Mathematics, Computing, & Information Technologies

  • First place: Emma Hoover—“On Compositions & Polygon Dissections”
  • Second place: Ian Eckenrode—“Software for Visualization and Analysis of Lattice Paths with Obstructions”
  • Third place: Joshua Krish, Sarah Kidd, Kaitlyn Estright, Kyle Glass, & Alexander Lieb—“Auditing Framework for IoT Devices & Networks”

Sustainability Award

  • First place: Makaylah Bangura, Deyana Dye, Yursa Haroon, Woodnie Andre, & Marianna Di Balsamo—“Examining the Effects of Procedural Justice and Utilitarian Assessments of Police on Racial Differences in Legitimacy Assessments”
  • Second place: Mallorie Keith—“Pinacolborane Reduction of Carbonyl Compounds”
  • Third place: Sabiha Sultana—“Efficient Synthesis of Lignin Model Compounds”

Library Award

  • First place: Cortney McMath—"Improving Focus in ADHD: Non- pharmacological vs. Pharmacological management techniques"
  • Tie for second place: Rachel Sleeth & Connor Oakes—“Air Temperature and Diet are not Associated with Oxygen Consumption Rate in Banded Crickets, Gryllodes sigillatus” and Ian Eckenrode—" Software for Visualization and analysis of lattice paths with obstructions"

Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Fair

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  • Previous Fairs
    • Previous Fairs - 2023
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See Also

  • Library Guide for Succeeding at the Fair
  • Honors Program
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