Past Award Recipients
ACADEMIC UNIT AWARDS - RESEARCH TALKS
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
1st Place: Examining how Mitochondrial Content Differences in Twin Plant Sperm Cells Impact Double Fertilization by Keila Jellings
Mentor: Leonor Boavida
2nd Place: The Role of Conductive Cooling and Moringa oleifera Supplementation of Heat Stressed Sows on the Cheek Lipidome of Neonatal Piglets by Evy Tobolski
Mentors: Theresa Casey; Leriana Garcia Reis; Linda Beckett; Allan Schinckel; Christina Ferreira
3rd Place: Livestock Predation Patterns by Lions, Leopards, and Spotted Hyenas in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania by Shayden Jones
Mentors: Ingela Jansson; Bernard Kissui; Emmanuel Charles
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
1st Place: Impact of Freedom School At Purdue For Students K-5 by Teagan Drumm; Lauren Spedale
Mentors: Breanya Hogue; Youli Mantzicopoulos
2nd Place: Family Engagement: Reflecting on the Importance of Building Positive Relationships by Riley Tague
Mentors: Jennifer Smith; David Ray Miranda; Jasmine Begeske
3rd Place: A Metanalysis over Autism Spectrum Disorder and Math Word Problem Intervention by Nicholas Cline
Mentor: Yan Ping Xin
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
1st Place: Engineered Collagen Polymeric Materials Maintain Tissue Volume and Support Regenerative Remodeling after Volumetric Muscle Loss by Joshua Sexton
Mentors: Sherry Harbin; Stacey Halum; Lujuan Zhang; Rachel Morrison
2nd Place: Placing Electric Vehicle Charging Stations: An Optimization Problem and Unsupervised Machine Learning Solution by Bharath Anand
Mentor: Ananth Grama
2nd Place: An in vivo assessment of cardiac remodeling during chronic hypertension in pregnancy by Sarah Grev
Mentors: Craig Goergen; Elnaz Ghajar-Rahimi; Adalyn Meeks; Kyoko Yoshida; Molly Kaissar
2nd Place: Real-Time Volatile Chemical Screening of Environmental Media to Support Disaster Response by Grayson Wittbrod
Mentors: Brandon Boor; Nusrat Jung; Jianglin Jiang; Xiaosu Ding
COLLEGE OF HEALTH & HUMAN SCIENCES
1st Place: Angelman and Fragile X Syndromes – Early Sleep Patterns by Maelyn Fulton
Mentors: A.J. Schwichtenberg; Amy Janis; Moon West
2nd Place: Implementing Campus-Wide Vaccine Clinics Through Interdisciplinary and Community Partnerships by Samantha Ky; Nicole Stepp; Evan Coblentz
Mentors: Monica Kasting; Andrea DeMaria; Trexie Rudd; Kaitlyn Koch
3rd Place: Does Consuming Mushrooms with a Healthy Mediterranean-style Dietary Pattern Affect Indexes of Brain Health in Adults? by Nok In Chan
Mentors: Wayne Campbell; Dan Foti
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
1st Place: The Making of the BGA: Black Games Archive by Joanna Senff
Mentor: Samantha Blackmon
2nd Place: Intersectional Inequalities in Hiring: The Effects of Gender and a Criminal Record by John Targett
Mentor: Trent Mize
3rd Place: The Effectiveness of Protest Strategies: An ACT UP Analysis by Kris Sass
Mentor: Kathryn Brownell
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
1st Place: Systematic Development and Optimization of Helix Stabilized Stapled Peptides for Inhibitory Use Against the Viral Oncoprotein, HPV-E6 by Elizabeth Andersen
Mentors: Jo Davisson; Vallabh Suresh; Dino Petrov
2nd Place: Examining Neuron Density in human-derived Cortical Organoids Carrying Epilepsy-Related SCN2A Mutation L1342P by Hope Harlow
Mentors: Yang Yang; Maria Olivero-Acosta
3rd Place: Development and evaluation of a ferritin-Izumo1 protein vaccine for immunocontraception of wildlife by Gangmin Kim
Mentors: Harm HogenEsch; Ahmed AbdelKhalek; Raluca Ostafe
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
1st Place: Rapid Inference and Theoretically Driven Forecasting of Supernovae using Amortized Posterior Inference by Braden Garretson
Mentor: Danny Milisavljevic
2nd Place: ARTEMIS: AI-driven Robotic Triage Labeling and Emergency Medical Information System by Revanth Krishna Senthilkumaran; Mridu Prashanth
Mentors: Aniket Bera; Kshitij Tiwari; Hrishikesh Viswanath
3rd Place: Tool for Runtime Analysis and Complexity Evaluator (TRACE) by Shubhaang Agarwal; Benson Tsai; Tzung-Ying Hsieh; Aanya Jha; Jiarui Xie; Nilisha Bhandari
Mentor: Andres Bejarano
JOHN MARTINSON HONORS COLLEGE
1st Place: Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Sex Trafficking & Domestic Violence Training Program for Licensed Salon Professionals in Indiana by Juliana St. Denis; Abhinaya Nagalla; Ashton Allen; Jordan Cooley; Alexandria Bedard
Mentors: Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar; Andrea DeMaria; Alexandra Hughes-Wegner
2nd Place: Exploring Innovative Methods for Teaching Semiconductors to young children by Salam Zaid Alkilani
Mentor: Rosa Diaz
3rd Place: Engineering Faculty Perceptions of Participating in a SoTL Professional Development Intervention by Rhea Dutta
Mentor: Lisa Bosman
PURDUE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
1st Place: Digitalized Manufacturing of Fiber-reinforced Composite Patching for Steel Bridge Girder Repair by Clayton Cobb; Jeremy Rashkin; Chloe Graham
Mentors: Garam Kim; Sung Jun Choi; Timothy Ropp; Kyubyung Kang
2nd Place: Modeling Energy Flow in Social-Ecological Systems by Lilian Zhao
Mentor: David Whittinghill
3rd Place: Teaching Applied Ethics in the context of Artificial Intelligence to Facilitate Peer Discourse by Parth Joshi
Mentors: Alejandra Magana; Lucas Wiese
Academic unit awards are selected by the units listed. Only presenting authors are included. For a list of mentors and additional authors, see the abstract booklet.
ACADEMIC UNIT AWARDS - POSTERS
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
1st Place: Histidine Triad Protein Homologs: Linking Human Tumor Suppression and Novel Bacteriophage by Brandon Mar; Morgan Gyger
Mentor: Kari Clase
2nd Place: Dune Harbor Park: Reclaiming a Natural Oasis for Our Community by Rachael Herring
Mentors: Aaron Thompson; Patrick Lydon
3rd Place: Epigenetic Modification of Genes Involved in the Phenylpropanoid Pathway to Alter Metabolic Outputs in Petunia Flowers by Kayla Grennes
Mentors: Ying Li; Ryan Patrick
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
1st Place: Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceived Relevance of Scenarios Reflecting Motivational Challenges during Field-Based Experiences by Anshi Shastry
Mentors: Toni Rogat; Hyeree Cho
2nd Place: How Can Science of Reading Be Culturally Responsive? by Braiden Doane; Rachel Durham
Mentor: Inna Abramova
3rd Place: Elementary Teachers’ Mathematics Curricular Reasoning: Connecting Instructional Decisions to Curricular Knowledge, Vision, and Trust by Bronwyn Rigsby
Mentors: Jill Newton; Doris Fulwider; Bima Sapkota
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
1st Place: Behavior and Performance of Concrete Anchors under Tension Loading by Van Tha Bik Lian
Mentors: Akanshu Sharma; Deepak Suthar
2nd Place: Investigation of high energy radiation effects on electronic memory devices by Isabella Levine
Mentors: Peter Bermel; Sayan Roy; Stylianos Chatzidakis; Allen Garner
3rd Place: Innovative Solutions for Cleaner Air Travel: Ammonia as an Alternative Jet Fuel by Parker Smith
Mentors: Venkat Athmanathan; Terry Meyer; Chintan Rank
3rd Place: New Materials for Accelerated and Eco-Friendly Photonic Integrated Circuits by Kevin Yu
Mentors: Peter Bermel; Jie Zhu; Ruihan Chen
3rd Place: Effect of Nano-silica Admixtures on Air Void Content of Concrete Used for Bridges by Ali Kalmagambetov
Mentors: Maria Miria Velay-Lizancos; Alberto Castillo; Jan Olek
COLLEGE OF HEALTH & HUMAN SCIENCES
1st Place: Alcohol exposure during aging: Effects on recognition memory and compulsive-like behaviors by Tori Burke
Mentors: Julia Chester; Soyol Enkh-Amgalan
2nd Place: Contribution of the choroid plexus on Alzheimer’s disease and neurodegenerative diseases by Vivian Hurn
Mentor: Wei Zheng
3rd Place: FAM210A Mediates Skeletal Muscle Regeneration After Injury and Promotes Myogenic Differentiation by Erik Sillaste
Mentors: Shihuan Kuang; Jingjuan Chen
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
1st Place: The Black College Experience at Purdue University by Kyala Augustin
Mentor: Michael Johnson
2nd Place: Unraveling the Impact of Generative AI in the Classroom and Education Research by Vidhi Patel
Mentor: Lisa Bosman
3rd Place: Antimicrobial Resistance: Navigating Ongoing Challenges and Future Implications by Ben Roberts
Mentor: Sidney Ducleroir
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
1st Place: Investigating the Effects of Chemogenetic Manipulation of the Lateral Habenula (LHb) on Social Behavior in Scn2a-Deficient Mice by Akila Abeyaratna
Mentors: Yang Yang; Brody Deming
2nd Place: Evaluation of doxycycline-controlled exogenous expression of human Kv1.1 to recover social deficits in transgenic mice with severe Nav1.2 deficiency by Kathryn Lund
Mentors: Yang Yang; Jingliang Zhang; Brody Deming
3rd Place: Investigating Glutamate and ATP Dysregulation in cortical neurons carrying the SCN2A epilepsy-associated variant L1242P: Implications for Neuronal Hyperexcitability by Seoyeon Hong
Mentor: Maria Olivero-Acosta
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
1st Place: Artificial Intelligence in Music - Evaluator by Gurtej Bagga; Shrinand Perumal; Anthony Wang; Brian Qi
Mentors: Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun; Yung-Hsiang Lu; Benjamin Shiue-Hal Chou
2nd Place: Comparing the reconstruction methods of the top quark in hadron collisions by Wyatt Montgomery
Mentors: Andreas Jung; Yao Yao; Ethan Colbert
3rd Place: Microplastics in precipitation in the Greater Lafayette area by Sydney Brown
Mentors: Alexandria Johnson; Gouri Prabhakar
JOHN MARTINSON HONORS COLLEGE
1st Place: Utilizing Wheat-Bran Derived Phenolics to Optimize Human Gut Microbiome by Youssef Errihani
Mentors: Steve Lindemann; Miguel Gonzales
2nd Place: Modeling Avian Color Vision: Spectral Discrimination in Ultraviolet Sensitive and Violet Sensitive Birds by Jordan Reynolds
Mentors: Esteban Fernandez-Juricic; Carlay Latour Teed
3rd Place: Water Stagnation in Buildings: Biofilm Growth and Best Management Practices for Periodically Empty Buildings by Daniel Ceglio
Mentor: Caitlin Proctor
3rd Place: How does proximity to moving water impact biodiversity of a Central Indiana habitat, using AI and geo-informational technology? by Sierra Hunnicutt
Mentor: Kristen Bellisario
MITCHELL E. DANIELS, JR. SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
1st Place: Autonomous Vehicles and their impact on the economy by Joe Basti; Mario Arenas; Grant Capps; Eric Wang; Rushil Khandelwal
Mentor: Shreya Ghosh
2nd Place: Integrating AI in Higher Education: Opportunities and Challenges by Vihaan Mercchant
Mentor: Michael Johnson
3rd Place: An analysis of batteries and their functionality and practicality within the field of autonomous motorsports in application to the
competitive Autonomous Karting Series by Alexander Collins; Adrian Romo-Loomis; Doren Cohen; Jackson Thompson; Prahlad Shelvapille
Mentor: Shreya Ghosh
PURDUE LIBRARIES & SCHOOL OF INFORMATION STUDIES
1st Place: "Mapping Research Impact: Insights from Bibliometric Analysis of Academic Libraries' Publishing Trends" by Greenley Goedde
Mentors: Pete Pascuzzi; Jason B. Reed
2nd Place: Student Perceptions of the Relationship Between Social Media Algorithms and Democratic Participation by Nancy Dooley; Grace Vavra; Quinn Loughran
Mentors: Clarence Maybee; Rachel Fundator; Secret Permenter
PURDUE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
1st Place: CATT: Understanding the Online Behavior of Child Sex Offenders by Reeya Ramasamy
Mentors: Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar; Tatiana Ringenberg
2nd Place: Demonstration of a fabrication method of carbon-fiber-reinforced composite honeycomb core and investigation of its properties by Jingyu Chen
Mentors: Garam Kim; Waterloo Tsutsui
3rd Place: The Hardy Strong Foundation Mobile Application by Luke Matheny
Mentor: Tianyi Li
Academic unit awards are selected by the units listed. Only presenting authors are included. For a list of mentors and additional authors, see the abstract booklet.
LITERATURE, LINGUISTICS, LANGUAGES, AND CULTURE (LLLC) COLLOQUIUM AWARDS
1st Place: LOL or MDR: The Importance of Slang When Teaching a Second Language by Emma Niecikowski
Mentor: Jessica Sturm
2nd Place: The Language of Thought: How Language Affects Thought in Dystopian Literature by Tessa Stahly
Mentor: Elena Coda
3rd Place: Anton Chekov’s Observation of Suffering on the Island of Sakhalin by Emily Gervais
Mentor: Olga Lyanda-Geller
3rd Place: Metamorphoses I.294: Context and Implications in Roman Literature by Sophia Cross
Mentor: Marianne Blickenstaff
3rd Place: Analyzing Social and Cultural Determinants of Cancer Outcomes in Latinx Communities by David Arteaga
Mentor: Cara Kinnally
LLLC awards are selected by the College of Liberal Arts. Only presenting authors are included. For a list of mentors and additional authors, see the abstract booklet.
INTERDISCIPLINARY PRESENTATION AWARDS
RESEARCH TALK
1st Place: Orange Corn-based diet improves total antioxidant capacity in layer pullets compared to traditional yellow corn diets by Serena Wesley
Mentors: Greg Fraley; Sara Cloft; Darrin Karcher; Torbert Rocheford; Evan Rocheford
POSTERS
1st Place: Leveraging Cancer-Associated Mutations to Identify Synthetic Lethal Therapeutic Strategies in Endometriosis by Asmi Mukherjee
Mentor: Douglas Brubaker
2nd Place: Assessing the Resilience of the Semiconductor Supply Chain by Zachary Ramirez
Mentor: Tho Le
3rd Place: Impact of serum advanced glycation end-products and RAGE inhibitor administration on patellar tendon healing in a mouse model by Rebecca Lewis
Mentors: Chad Carroll; Harrison Cottingham; Camila Reyes; Nathan Campbell
Interdisciplinary awards are selected by the Purdue Libraries & School of Information Studies. Only presenting authors are included. For a list of mentors and additional authors, see the abstract booklet.
ARCHIVAL PRESENTATION AWARDS
RESEARCH TALKS
1st Place: The Effectiveness of Protest Strategies: An ACT UP Analysis by Kris Sass
Mentor: Kathryn Brownell
2nd Place: The International Congress of Women and Transnational Advocacy Networks by Annelise May
Mentor: Melissa Will
3rd Place: Exploring Black Heritage in Greater Lafayette through Cultural Places, Spaces, and Landscapes by Johnny Dong
Mentor: Ashima Krishna
POSTERS
1st Place: Profiles In Lafayette’s Underground Railroad: Martin L. Pierce by Nah'Shon Williams
Mentor: Ashima Krishna
2nd Place: Phrenology and Slavery: 19th Century Pseudoscience in the Antebellum South by Arianna Dejoie
Mentors: Yvonne Pitts; Scotty Secrist
Archival awards are selected by the Purdue Archives & Special Collections. Only presenting authors are included. For a list of mentors and additional authors, see the abstract booklet.
DIGITAL HUMANITIES PRESENTATION AWARDS
RESEARCH TALK
1st Place: The Making of the BGA: Black Games Archive by Joanna Senff
Mentor: Samantha Blackmon
POSTERS
1st Place: Artificial Intelligence in Music - Evaluator by Gurtej Bagga; Shrinand Perumal; Anthony Wang; Brian Qi
Mentors: Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun; Yung-Hsiang Lu; Benjamin Shiue-Hal Chou
2nd Place: Evaluating Big Tech’s “Commitment” to Human Rights by Madeleine Yang; Enice Zhu; Maggie Collins
Mentors: Swati Srivastava; Alexander Wilhelm
3rd Place: United States Court of Claims Court History by Lucy Bolles; Emma Johnson
Mentor: Logan Strother
Digital humanities awards are selected by the Purdue Libraries & School of Information Studies. Only presenting authors are included. For a list of mentors and additional authors, see the abstract booklet.
TOP STEM PRESENTATION AWARDS
RESEARCH TALK
Systematic Development and Optimization of Helix Stabilized Stapled Peptides for Inhibitory Use Against the Viral Oncoprotein, HPV-E6 by Elizabeth Andersen
Mentors: Jo Davisson; Vallabh Suresh; Dino Petrov
POSTER
Analyzing bacteriophage protein structural motifs utilizing a variety of novel software by Zachery Heppner, Drake Strait, Hudson Schneider, Michael Perrin, Derek Temple
Mentors: Adam Quinn; Harry Ashbaugh; AJ Gin; Daphne Fauber; Kari Clase
Top STEM awards are selected by the Purdue chapter of the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society. Only presenting authors are included. For a list of mentors and additional authors, see the abstract booklet.
ABSTRACT CATEGORY WINNERS
Physical Sciences
Comparison of craters in different regions of the Moon and implications for volcanic infilling by Kyle Morin
Social Sciences/Humanities/Education
Children's Distress During COVID-19 and its Relation with Vocabulary Development at 18 Months by Kathleen Cory and Vivian Lee
Innovative Technology/Entrepreneurship/Design
Assessment of Vehicular Vision Obstruction Due to Driver’s Side B-Pillar and Remediation with Blind Spot Eliminator by Dilara Baysal
Fine Arts
Engagement and Outreach Through On-Demand Video by Wesley Dynlacht
Life Sciences
Evaluating the efficacy of IPM strategies against insect pests of collards by Elliott Masterson
Mathematical and Computational Sciences (tie)
Creating Robust Artificial Intelligence Models for Medical Imaging by Aditi Anand
& Analysis of 4D Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) Images to Identify Strain Parameters for Early Mortality in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) by Tarun Nandamudi
Abstract category winners are selected prior to the Conference and are selected by the Purdue Libraries & School of Information Studies. Only presenting authors are included. For a list of mentors and additional authors, see the abstract booklet.
ACADEMIC UNIT AWARDS - RESEARCH TALKS
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
1st Place: Evaluating the efficacy of IPM strategies against insect pests of collards by Elliott Masterson
2nd Place: The Plant Data Service: Developing An Ontologically-Consistent Approach to Sharing Functional Data by Autumn Denny
3rd Place: Impact of Interest on Student Performance by Taylor Moore
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
1st Place: Cultural border crossing in rural communities: A narrative exploration in teaching middle school science by Reagan Howard
2nd Place: Elementary Students' Definitions of Failure: A Developmental Approach by Alicia Drewes and Jordan Fulk
3rd Place: Fathers of Children with Autism: Perceptions of Provider Supports by Andrew Geguzys
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
1st Place: Humidity: A Critical Factor That Impacts the Recycled Textile Fibers’ Effect on the Mechanical and Thermal Performance of Cementitious Composites by Aniya Edwards
2nd Place: Creating Robust Artificial Intelligence Models for Medical Imaging by Aditi Anand
3rd Place: Tape Peel Adhesion on Soft Substrates by Rebeca Jennings
COLLEGE OF HEALTH & HUMAN SCIENCES
1st Place: Active Herbicide ingredients in Roundup Ready Xtend products, glyphosate and dicamba, results in hypoactivity in zebrafish larvae when exposed during development by Ryker Bond
2nd Place: Chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-oxon exposures lead to the dysregulation of basal glutamate release in human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived glutamatergic neuron by Adam Barmash Rubinchik
3rd Place: Improving Overall Quality of Life for Uterine Fibroid Patients Living in Indiana by Sophie Shank and Grace Khamis
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
In-Person Presentations
1st Place: American Foreign Policy and Public Opinion of the Crimean War (1853-1856) by Anurag Shah
2nd Place: Machine Learning in Motion by Aiden Goen, Seojeong Park, Tri Than, Bhavya Patel, Arunima Chowdhury, and Herbert Alexander De Bruyn
3rd Place: Women in the Early UN by Amelia Simpson
Virtual Presentations
1st Place: NeuroArt: Presenting a Visual Tool for Self-Regulation by Emma Niecikowski
2nd Place: Women of Nowadays: Gender, Modernity, and Symbolic Boundaries in a Generalized AIDS Epidemic by Shaulay Ward
3rd Place: Vehicle Repossession: The Effects of Social Isolation in a Car-Centric Society by Abigail Taylor
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
1st Place: Health Equity Language within Residency Training Promotional Content by Sarah Vas
2nd Place: siRNA delivery capability and cellular uptake mechanism of Dopamine nanoparticle, Nanosac by Aksana Doss
3rd Place: Exploring the Electrophysiological Properties of Cortical Spheroids Carrying an Epilepsy-Linked SCN2A Mutation by Muhan Wang
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
1st Place: Determining the oncogenic potential of PP2A-B56a in PDAC by Sydney J. Clifford
2nd Place: Fluo-4 Calcium Imaging of human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cortical neurons carrying a Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Nav1.2-L1342P Genetic Variant by C. Max Otterbacher
3rd Place: Comparing the Freezing Properties of Different Lunar Simulant Particles of the Ancient Moon by Mariana Aguilar
JOHN MARTINSON HONORS COLLEGE
1st Place: Monon Neighborhood Livability Study by Abby Dimmick
2nd Place: The Intersection of Horror and Romance: How Dracula Became A Romantic Icon by Caitlin Blanchard
3rd Place: Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: A Case Study of Purdue University Liberal Arts Professors by Jack Blair, Jing Gao, and Kian Kishimoto
MITCHELL E. DANIELS, JR. SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
1st Place: Standard improvements to policy for maintaining a high leasing rate on commercial properties by Scott Morical
2nd Place: Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operational Excellence for Business Models by Sitong Chen, Chelsea Lu, and Jiayi Zou
3rd Place: Business Employer Perspectives on New Hires' Information Literacy Needs in the Workplace by Jiahong Wang
PURDUE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
1st Place: Enhancing Structural Performance of Recycled Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastic Composite Part Using Recycled Composite Laminate Cutouts by FNU Archie
2nd Place: Influence of Waterjet Cut Quality for Fabrication of Test Specimen on Mechanical Testing Results by Jacob Montrose
3rd Place: Maximizing Efficiency in Biowall Design: watering system by Siqi He
Academic unit awards are selected by the units listed. Only presenting authors are included. For a list of mentors and additional authors, see the abstract booklet.
ACADEMIC UNIT AWARDS - POSTERS
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
1st Place: What’s in a quack? Effects of Pekin duck vocalizations on conspecific physiology by Serena Wesley, Collette Plue, and Isabella Taylor
2nd Place: An inducible in vitro system to reprogram somatic cells into a gamete fate by Keila Jellings
3rd Place: The Effect of Cinnamon and D-Limonene Nanoemulsions on the Growth of Arabidopsis thaliana against Abiotic Stress Conditions by Lucas Johnson
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
1st Place: Elementary Students' Reengagement After Failure: A Developmental Approach by Kourtney Otte and Bronwyn Rigsby
2nd Place: Girls Excelling in Math and Science (GEMS) Clubs: Stories of the Original GEMS Girls by Meredith Chasse
3rd Place: Racial Diversity in Children's Books by Emma Jacobs
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
1st Place: Development of an experimental apparatus for permeability testing of porcine and human brain tissue under compressed and uncompressed conditions by Victoria Sinfield
2nd Place: Implementation and Verification of an Embedded Multicore Processor by Robert Murphy, Jimmy Jin, and Pranav Jagada
3rd Place: Mapping Heavy-Ion Ionization in Microelectronics Using Pulsed Bessel Beams by Mathias Pretet
COLLEGE OF HEALTH & HUMAN SCIENCES
1st Place: Analysis of metals in welding electrode, fumes, and respirator filter by Nicholas Pecoraro and Shane Limas
2nd Place (tie): Formulation of Preservation Solutions for Model Generation with In Vivo Tissue Morphology by Holly Pickett
& The influence of sentence production training on speech fluency in aphasia by Nadia Seye
3rd Place (tie): Families Experiencing Homelessness or Housing Insecurity: A Literature Review of Family Resilience by Kelly Haddow
& Glycogen Utilization of Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells in Extracellular Matrix Detachment by Caitlin Truffer
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
1st Place: Approaches & Challenges of Dance Pedagogy by Sheridan Vik
2nd Place: Freedom, Chaos, Invisible Cages, or Self-Discipline: Financial Dependence and Schedule Control Among Gig Workers on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk Platform by Daniel Pinzon Quintero
3rd Place: Advancing the Accessibility of the Fort Ouiatenon Archaeological Collection by Jarren Haggard and Mikayla Klemp
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
1st Place: Comparison of a bispecific adaptor binding affinity between murine FAP and human FAP by Tushar Sardesai
2nd Place: Exploring Neurite Complexity in Cortical Neurons Carrying an Epilepsy-Linked SCN2A Mutation: A Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Study by Hope Harlow
3rd Place: In silico Screening and Design of a SMARCC2 Ligand by Sam King
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
1st Place: Using Digital Imagery and Computer Simulations to Improve Student Glassware Readings in Lab by Valerie Minnick
2nd Place: Undergraduate Student Understanding of Data Variability by Kayla Huter and Anna McCoy
3rd Place: Visual exploratory behavior when solving a novel foraging task in European starlings and House sparrows by Nathaniel Lindsay
JOHN MARTINSON HONORS COLLEGE
1st Place: Designing a High-Affinity MiniBinder Protein Inhibitor for SARS-CoV-2 Using Foldit by Jackson Moss
2nd Place: A Novel Protein Designed for SARS-CoV-2 Deactivation Using FoldIt by Emily Morales Liddiard
3rd Place: Design of a SARS-CoV-2 Protein Inhibitor by Diana Marie Sarrico
MITCHELL E. DANIELS, JR. SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
1st Place: UPLeft: Pick Up Leftovers, Uplift Those in Need by Veronica Galles
PURDUE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
1st Place: Understanding How NASA Flight Controllers Achieve Resilience for the International Space Station (ISS) by Jackson Murray
2nd Place: Enhancing Structural Performance of Recycled Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastic Composite Part Using 3D Printed Continuous Fiber Reinforced Composite Preform by Minjing Zhao
3rd Place: Semiconductors Supply Chain: the Current Status, Challenges, and Suggestions for Promoting Semiconductor Manufacturing in the US by Nemisa Samanthapudi
LITERATURE, LINGUISTICS, LANGUAGES, AND CULTURE (LLLC) COLLOQUIUM
RESEARCH TALKS
1st Place: I am a Specialist in Black Magic: A Comparision of Four Russian Fausts by Juan Nicolas Galindo Mantilla
2nd Place: Cultural Comparison: US vs France basketball marketing by Sophia Hoffmann
3rd Place: Kafka's Intentional Vagueness, and the Challenge of Translation by Steven Bass
POSTERS
1st Place: Changes in Russian Media Language in Turbulent Times by Evan Landau
2nd Place: Motion Vectors in Akan by Shamiso Marondera and Brynne Mills
3rd Place: Fiction Editorial Internship by Nathaniel DeChambeau
LLLC awards are selected by the College of Liberal Arts. Only presenting authors are included. For a list of mentors and additional authors, see the abstract booklet.
INTERDISCIPLINARY PRESENTATION AWARDS
RESEARCH TALKS
1st Place: NeuroArt: Presenting a Visual Tool for Self-Regulation by Emma Niecikowski
2nd Place: Chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-oxon exposures lead to the dysregulation of basal glutamate release in human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived glutamatergic neuron by Adam Barmash Rubinchik
3rd Place: Improving Overall Quality of Life for Uterine Fibroid Patients Living in Indiana by Sophie Shank and Grace Khamis
POSTERS
1st Place: Outreach and Communication of Sociogenomics Research: Patterns of item nonresponse behavior to survey questionnaires are systematic and have a genetic basis by Kathryn Malerbi
2nd Place: Effects of dietary protein quantity and source on cardiometabolic disease risk factors in postmenopausal women performing resistance training by Chloe Garrett
3rd Place: Understanding the Menstruation Health Needs of People Experiencing Homelessness during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Lafayette, Indiana by Emily Otten
Interdisciplinary awards are selected by the Purdue Libraries & School of Information Studies. Only presenting authors are included. For a list of mentors and additional authors, see the abstract booklet.
ARCHIVAL PRESENTATION AWARDS
RESEARCH TALKS
1st Place: American Foreign Policy and Public Opinion of the Crimean War (1853-1856) by Anurag Shah
2nd Place: Undergraduate Researchers in the Purdue War Effort, 1942-1946 by Mikayla Klemp
3rd Place: Women in the Early UN by Amelia Simpson
POSTERS
1st Place: How Long Does it Take to Digitize Archaeological Legacy Data by Isabelle Adnson
2nd Place: Advancing the Accessibility of the Fort Ouiatenon Archaeological Collection by Jarren Haggard and Mikayla Klemp
3rd Place: Investigating Explainability of ML Model Decisions for Injury Surveillance by Anusha Sarraf
Archival awards are selected by the Purdue Archives & Special Collections. Only presenting authors are included. For a list of mentors and additional authors, see the abstract booklet.
TOP STEM PRESENTATION AWARDS
RESEARCH TALK
Creating Robust Artificial Intelligence Models for Medical Imaging by Aditi Anand
POSTER
What’s in a quack? Effects of Pekin duck vocalizations on conspecific physiology by Serena Wesley, Collette Plue, and Isabella Taylor
Top STEM awards are selected by the Purdue chapter of the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society. Only presenting authors are included. For a list of mentors and additional authors, see the abstract booklet.
ABSTRACT CATEGORY WINNERS
Physical Sciences
Experimental Investigation of the Rheological Characteristics of Printable Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastics by Pattiya Pibulchinda
Social Sciences/Humanities/Education
Using Satellite Imagery to Monitor Heritage Sites in Conflict Areas by Grace Bowling
Innovative Technology/Entrepreneurship/Design
Towards the development of implantable biosensors with biocompatible adhesives by Carl Russell III and Pei-Lun Chen
Life Sciences
Assessing the Effect of Bd Reservoir Species on the Geographic Range and Climatic Niche of Robber Frogs in Costa Rica by Jasmina Davis
Mathematical and Computational Sciences (tie)
Algorithm to Detect Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction from Vocal Fold Vibrations by Noah Mehringer
& Automated Data Processing: Making Community Indicators Possible for Lafayette, IN by Jace Newell, Eli Coltin, and Eric Flaningam
& Predicting Short-term Cryptocurrency Volatility Using Twitter Data by Jacob Roach
Abstract category winners are selected prior to the Conference and are selected by the Purdue Libraries & School of Information Studies.
ACADEMIC UNIT AWARDS - RESEARCH TALKS
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
1st Place: Coupling Metabolic Source Isotopic Pair Labeling and Genome-Wide Association for Metabolite and Gene Annotation in Plants by Abigail Sipes
2nd Place: Toxicity of a “Forever Chemical” in an estuarine fish: does salinity mediate the toxicity of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)? by Lucy Burcham
3rd Place: Effects of Novel Tumbling Application and Postmortem Aging on Cull Cow Beef Loin Tenderness by Madison Romanyk
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
1st Place: The Search for Mechanistic Explanations: Characterizing Biology Students’ and Instructors’ Connections Between Fundamental Biology Concepts by Kal Holder
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
1st Place: Light Curve Inversion for Robust Shape Reconstruction of Man-Made Space Objects by Liam Robinson
2nd Place: Probabilistic Computing for Graph Coloring Problem by Haddy Alchaer
3rd Place: Optimization of Lipid Analysis for Anaerobic Digestion Feedstocks and Samples by Kyra Keenan
COLLEGE OF HEALTH & HUMAN SCIENCES
1st Place: Chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-oxon exposure leads to the dysregulation of basal glutamate release in human induced pluripotent stem cell derived glutamatergic neurons by Adam Barmash Rubinchik
2nd Place: The influence of a developmental lead (Pb) exposure on genetic risk factors of Alzheimer's Disease: a focus on Sortilin-related Receptor 1 (SORL1) by Jenny Chen
3rd Place: Developmental exposure to active herbicide ingredients in Roundup Ready Xtend products, glyphosate and dicamba, results in hypoactivity in the zebrafish by Ryker Bond
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
In-Person
1st Place: Gender, Perceived Promotion Opportunities, and the Life Course: Patterns and Consequences by Anna Szolwinski
2nd Place: Cardboard as an Artistic Material: Its Uses and Complications by Nicolas Dowling
3rd Place: The Frog Giggers of Corydon: Exploration and Storytelling of Multispecies Relatedness between Humans and Frogs by Saish Solankar
Virtual
1st Place: The Role of Women in the Early UN by Madilin Goodwin
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
1st Place: Modeling and Restoring Neurotypical Function in Scn2a Deficient Mice by Jacob Paulaskas
2nd Place: The effect of Fatty Acid Synthase (FASN) depletion in pulmonary metastatic formation in breast cancer murine models by Zilin Xianyu
3rd Place: The reversibility of social deficits in adult SCN2A gene-trap mice by Chau Phan
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
1st Place: Genomic Diversity of SARS-CoV-2 on Purdue University Campus: Spring 2021 by Jack Dorman and Nicole Perry
2nd Place: Natural Language Processing for Discourse Analysis of Tweets About the COVID-19 Vaccine by David Udo-Imeh
3rd Place: Methylation-based Regulation of the Small GTPase, Ras, via Isoprenylcysteine carboxyl methyltransferase (ICMT) by MaryClaire Cooke
HONORS COLLEGE
1st Place: Automated Data Processing: Making Community Indicators Possible for Lafayette, Indiana by Jace Newell, Eli Coltin, and Eric Flaningam
2nd Place: Monon Neighborhood Livability Study by Abigail Dimmick, Ryan Walter, and Harris Collins
KRANNERT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
Combined talks and posters
1st Place: Understanding Academic Integrity Through the lens of Purdue Faculty by Kenneth Kanwischer *Is a poster
2nd Place: A Natural Language-Based Phishing Detection and Risk Prevention System by Elena Shen, Christine Zhou, and Ya-Fei Lin *Is a poster
3rd Place: Data-driven Workload Prediction and Resource Planning for COVID-19 Preparedness by Hang Wang
PURDUE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
Combined talks and posters
1st Place: Fully Automated Microbrewery by Jami Pryde and Carson Rhodes
2nd Place: Recycling Fiber Reinforced Composite Pre-impregnated Leftover using Water-Soluble PVA Backing Film by Joseph Bignotti and Kamryn Arnold *Is a poster
3rd Place: Stretchable Fiber-Reinforced Elastomer Composite Using Wavy patterned Fiber Reinforcement by Drake Tackett and Roy Su *Is a poster
ACADEMIC UNIT AWARDS - POSTERS
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
In-Person
1st Place: Sensitivity of Total Phenolic Compounds of Potato Peels Under Various Conditions by Heather Milliron
2nd Place: Picture this: Reimagining Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore’s Front County by Abigail Fisher
3rd Place: Aux/IAAs Role in Stomatal Development by Kelly Sammons
Virtual
1st Place: Characterization and Analysis of Phage Phabuloso, Gene 48 Through Protein, Mutation, and Phylogenetic Analysis by Taylor Wolt, Iman Mevaa, and Bailey Czerkiewicz
2nd Place: The role of R-loop homeostasis in aging and neurodegeneration by Alyssa Easton
3rd Place: A Tri-Pronged Analysis of Phage Maby2021 for Identification of Novel Mechanisms for Anti-Cancer Therapies by Sara York, Hunter Smith, and Ari Atlas
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
1st Place: Exploring Purdue Teacher Education Program: Focus on Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice by Julia Pirrello
2nd Place: Invite Me: Developing Positive Practices Through Relationships with Students’ Families by Zoe Johnson and Nadia Crace
3rd Place (tie): Textbook Use of Connections to Children to Support Prospective Elementary Teachers' Geometric Understanding by Sydney Kohn
& Mobile Assistive Technology in a Non-Traditional High School Setting: A Case Study by Maya Steinhart
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
In-Person
1st Place: Dashboard Implementation Design and Visualization for Home Health Nursing Administrators by Mitchell Witt, Miranda Chai, Aidan Anastario, Hanna Ertel, Jack Knox, Jay Kee, and Kaushik Karthik
2nd Place: Soluble Precursors for Chalcogenide Semiconductors Containing Alkaline Earth Metals by Isabel Panicker
3rd Place: Experimental Investigation of the Rheological Characteristics of Printable Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastics by Pattiya Pibulchinda
Virtual
1st Place: Managing Humidity in Electronics Using Water Vapor-Selective Membranes by Songhao Wu and Allison Mou
2nd Place: Analyzing the Function of a Gene in a Phage Genome: Using mutation analysis, protein structure, and phylogenetic information to draw conclusions by Caitlin Birthright, Alyssa Klipsch, and Halle Von Ah
3rd Place: Real-Time Mental Workload Assessment in Robotic-Assisted Surgery: Predicting Model Accuracy by Iris Layadi
COLLEGE OF HEALTH & HUMAN SCIENCES
1st Place (tie): Exploring Middle-Schoolers' Perspectives Related to Community, Community Challenges, and Barriers to Civic Engagement by Elizabeth Lenart
& Variability of the Pallidal Index as a Marker of Brain Manganese Levels by Lauren Stucky and Grace Francis
& Hunting(ton) for the Correct Differentiation: The Validation of a Striatal GABAergic Differentiation Protocol by David Yi and Lunden Friberg
2nd Place (tie): The Relationship Between Adult input and Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis in Children with Neurogenetic Syndromes by Kelly Mathis, Faith Anthony, and Allison Eisenhut
& Martinsville Well Water Sampling by Jackson Pechin
& Neurobehavioral Assessment of Purdue-Martinsville PCE Study by Brandon Tso
3rd Place (tie): Inhalation Toxicology in Male and Female Mice Following Cured-in-Place Pipe-Related Emissions Exposure by Katelyn Biggs
& Blessing or Burden? The Impact of PTSD Service Dogs on Military Families by Elise Miller
& Parent-Adolescent Communication about Sex: Narratives from Youth from Latinx Farmworker Families by Madeline Prospero
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
In-Person
1st Place: A Deep Dive Into Bookplates by Chevelle Tallman
2nd Place: Taking a Bite of History: Simulating Animal Bites in a Laboratory Setting by Erika Denker and Hunter Velasquez
3rd Place (tie): Assessing Global Governance Responses to Big Tech by Amanda Shie and Rachel Young
& Global Governance Agenda Setting on Big Tech by Rachel Young and Amanda Shie
Virtual
1st Place: Elucidating modern medical conditions (osteoarthritis) through paleopathology by Sarah Coon
2nd Place: The Role of Printer’s Marks in Early Modern European Print by Erin Walker
3rd Place: Integrating Chimpanzee Research With Wildlife Conservation and Management at Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal by Diana Quintero Bisono and Isabelle Adnson
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
1st Place: The impact of tau isoforms on pathological tau aggregation formation by Raul Castro
2nd Place (tie): Chromatin Remodeling Complexes in the Neuroendocrine Differentiation of Prostate Cancer by Sam King
& The Effects of N-terminal Methylation on Substrate Localization in Yeast Cells by James Rooney
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
1st Place: Granzyme A is a Critical Regulator of Small Intestine Antimicrobial Production by Navjot Kaur
2nd Place: Bounds on Quantum Chromatic Numbers for Lexicographic Products of Graphs by A. Meenakshi McNamara
3rd Place: Assessing the Effect of Bd Reservoir Species on the Geographic Range and Climatic Niche of Robber Frogs in Costa Rica by Jasmina Davis
HONORS COLLEGE
1st Place: Enzymatic Degradation of Collagen Hydrogels by Leonard Cahya
2nd Place: Abbreviated Fatigue Spectrum Analysis by Jacob Nylen
3rd Place: Neutralizing the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein with a Mini-Binder Protein by Rhenn Holliday
KRANNERT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
Combined talks and posters
1st Place: Understanding Academic Integrity Through the lens of Purdue Faculty by Kenneth Kanwischer
2nd Place: A Natural Language-Based Phishing Detection and Risk Prevention System by Elena Shen, Christine Zhou, and Ya-Fei Lin
3rd Place: Data-driven Workload Prediction and Resource Planning for COVID-19 Preparedness by Hang Wang *Is a research talk
PURDUE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
Combined talks and posters
1st Place: Fully Automated Microbrewery by Jami Pryde and Carson Rhodes *Is a research talk
2nd Place: Recycling Fiber Reinforced Composite Pre-impregnated Leftover using Water-Soluble PVA Backing Film by Joseph Bignotti and Kamryn Arnold
3rd Place: Stretchable Fiber-Reinforced Elastomer Composite Using Wavy patterned Fiber Reinforcement by Drake Tackett and Roy Su
INTERDISCIPLINARY PRESENTATION AWARDS
RESEARCH TALKS
1st Place: Light Curve Inversion for Robust Shape Reconstruction of Man-Made Space Objects by Liam Robinson
2nd Place: Airport Catchment Analysis Using Mobile Location Data by Sitong Chen
3rd Place (tie): SWARMS: Multi-Agent Control Simulation Platform by Younggil Chang, Avi Dube, Konrad Kawnatra, Sully Cisco, Arjith Jegannathan, Jason Park, Jack Roy, Shashank Sridhar, and Harrison Wongsonegoro
& A GUI for Measuring Cognitive Workload Stimulus in Human Robot Interaction by Revanth Krishna Senthilkumaran
POSTERS
In-Person
1st Place: Modeling Energy Efficiency of Solar Thermal Powered Batch Reverse Osmosis by Lahiri Chitturi
2nd Place: Blessing or Burden? The Impact of PTSD Service Dogs on Military Families by Elise Miller
3rd Place: Taking a Bite of History: Simulating Animal Bites in a Laboratory Setting by Erika Denker and Hunter Velasquez
Virtual
1st Place: Understanding the Bond: The Current State of Human-Animal Interaction Research by Marjorie Leblanc
2nd Place: An Integrated Conceptual Definition of Cultural Awareness by Asher Denny
3rd Place: Neurotoxic effects of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances exposure on cognitive function in humans and neurotransmitter dysfunction in C. elegans by Mia Utayde
Interdisciplinary awards are selected by the Purdue Libraries & School of Information Studies.
ARCHIVAL PRESENTATION AWARDS
RESEARCH TALK
Metallographic and Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis of Copper-based Metals from Fort Ouiatenon by Samuel Bakeis
POSTER
The Female Experience and its Evolution at Purdue University 1912-1924 by Allison Sussman
Archival awards are selected by the Purdue Archives & Special Collections.
TOP STEM PRESENTATION AWARDS
RESEARCH TALK
Light Curve Inversion for Robust Shape Reconstruction of Man-Made Space Objects by Liam Robinson
POSTER
Granzyme A is a Critical Regulator of Small Intestine Antimicrobial Production by Navjot Kaur
Top STEM awards are selected by the Purdue chapter of the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society.
ABSTRACT CATEGORY WINNERS
Life Sciences
“I was working out daily prior to COVID”: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Physical Health of Purdue Graduate Students by Lauren Heniff
Physical Sciences
Examining the Geologic History of Mercury’s Caloris Basin using Mapped Faulting Patterns within Superposed Volcanic Flows by Evan King and Aubrey Bennett
Mathematical/Computation Sciences
Food Classification by Robert Sego, Cole Stecyk, Aryan Tyagi, Prekshaa Veeraragavan, Alexander Vives, Tiffany Yu, and Alex Dufour
Social Sciences/Humanities/Education
Abandoned Sentinels: An Analysis of the Past, Present, and Future of Former Armed Forces Institutions by Jacob Slater
Innovative Technology/Entrepreneurship/Design
Development and Optimization of a Thermal Transfer System for Simulating Lunar Temperatures and Possible Scenarios by Nathan Stonitsch
& PanCan Diagnosed (a miRNA Approach): Using Feature Selection, Ensemble Algorithms, and Interpretability for the Early Diagnosis and Personalized Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer by Siya Goel
Abstract category winners are selected prior to the Conference and are selected by the Purdue Libraries & School of Information Studies.
OVERALL RESEARCH TALK AWARDS
1st Place: Evaluating the Particle Collection Efficiency of Dried and Reused Breathing System Filters by Kaushal Arvind Prasad
2nd Place: Interface Engineering to Kinetically Trap the Photovoltaic Crystal Phase of Formamidinium Lead Iodide Perovskite by Yiyuan (Melody) Zhang
3rd Place: Geographical Analysis of Indicators of Resident Retention by Eli Coltin
Overall research talk awards are selected by the Honors College.
ACADEMIC UNIT AWARDS - RESEARCH TALKS
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
1st Place: Low-cost User-friendly Biosensors for Bovine Respiratory Disease Based on Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) by Ana Pascual-Garrigos
2nd Place: R-loops and DNA Damage in Aging Photoreceptor Neurons by Alyssa Easton
3rd Place: Investigation into the Structural and Functional Effects on Phage Proteins based on Cross-Genome Differences/Mutations by William Hadjis, Autumn Denny, and Julia Mollenhauer
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
1st Place: Investigating the Frequency and Nature of Social Justice References in the Teacher Education Program Curriculum at Purdue University by Julia Pirrello
2nd Place: Telehealth Parent Coaching in Naturalistic Communication Intervention by Alana Lorts and Brianna Coster
3rd Place: Investigating Identity Development in Informal STEM Learning Spaces: A Case Study of Girls Excelling in Mathematics and Science (GEMS) Clubs by Michaela Rice
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
1st Place: Interface Engineering to Kinetically Trap the Photovoltaic Crystal Phase of Formamidinium Lead Iodide Perovskite by Yiyuan (Melody) Zhang
2nd Place: SCALE Radiation Hardened Technologies by Ricardo Xie
3rd Place: Pandemic Altering Perceptions of College Experience by Bridget McCole
COLLEGE OF HEALTH & HUMAN SCIENCES
1st Place: Evaluating the Particle Collection Efficiency of Dried and Reused Breathing System Filters by Kaushal Arvind Prasad
2nd Place: Is there an association between attentional disengagement and language abilities in children with autism spectrum disorder? by Debanjana Das
3rd Place: Role Implications for Social Support Network Structure in Depression among Adjudicated Adolescents by Sanjana Murthy
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
1st Place: Beauty Products: Chemicals Disproportionately Endanger Women of Color by Samantha Lu
2nd Place: The Saga of the People of Laxardal and Bolli Bollason’s Tale: Women within Viking Sagas by Alicia Geoffray
3rd Place: White Saviorism Through Religion by Gabriel Ako
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
1st Place (tie): Clinically-viable DMSO-free Cryopreservation of Human Natural Killer Cells by Zachary Leung and Emmett Niemeyer
& Designing a Protein Drug with the Computer Program FoldIt by Ma. Emmanuelle Domingo
2nd Place: Analyzing Excipient Variability by Jack Moen
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
1st Place: Examining the Geologic History of Mercury’s Caloris Basin using Mapped Faulting Patterns within Superposed Volcanic Flows by Evan King and Aubrey Bennett
2nd Place: Development of Continuous Flow Sonogashira Coupling of Lead Anti-Cancer Small Molecule Inhibitors for Potential Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Yuta Moriuchi
3rd Place: Key Genetic Contributors to Myasthenia Gravis and Other Autoimmune Disorders by Alyssa Flint
HONORS COLLEGE
1st Place: Geographical Analysis of Indicators of Resident Retention by Eli Coltin
KRANNERT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
1st Place: Prolonged Standing in the Operating Room by Mengzhou Chen
2nd Place: Contact Tracing and Civil Liberties during the Covid-19 Pandemic by Rachel Hauser
3rd Place: Projected Student Enrollment during the Covid-19 Pandemic for Fall 2020 at Purdue University by Maxim Bebekoski
PURDUE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
1st Place: Development of an Open-source Mobile Robot Platform for Multi-robot Systems by Jaeeun Kim
2nd Place: Early Childhood Education, Animation, and YouTube by Kayla Cole, Lauren Krieger, and Em Miller
3rd Place: A Woman's Path to the Aviation Industry by Katelyn Graver
ACADEMIC UNIT AWARDS - POSTERS
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
1st Place: Accessing Indiana Communities: Regional Trail Networks as a Guide for Community Development by Sydney King
2nd Place: Assessing Bias in Odor Communication Studies by Stephanie Dijak
3rd Place: Effects of Soil Thaw on Nitrous Oxide Emission Rate by Erika Maneke
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
1st Place: Breaking Bread, Breaking Bread: Developing Positive Relationships with Elementary-Aged Students with Disabilities by Zoe Johnson and Nadia Crace
2nd Place: Spatial Analysis: Priming of Shapes in Tangram Puzzles by Alexandra Foster
3rd Place: Differentiation in an Inclusion Classroom by Helen Zoss
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
1st Place: Optimization of the Enhanced Centrifuge Method to Quantify the Effect of Particle and Surface Properties Towards van der Waals Particle Adhesion by Tyler Roberts
2nd Place: The Role of Worker Cognitive Biases in Electrical Safety Performance: an fNIRS Study in a Mixed-Reality Environment by Makayla Simpson and Kaylee Dillard
3rd Place: Annotation and Functional Analysis of Mycobacteriophage Izajani Genome by Julia Simler, Garret Manquen, Lauren Jozwiak, and Emma Lietzke
COLLEGE OF HEALTH & HUMAN SCIENCES
1st Place: Building Semantic Networks through Play by Candance Jarzombek, Caitlin Jelenski, and Salsabila Lane
2nd Place (tie): Investigating Age Differences in Temporal Swallowing Measures in Adults: A Secondary Data Analysis by Caroline Sarbieski
& Investigating Eating Efficiency in Normal Development by Mackenzie Zorn
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
1st Place: Conspiracy and Cooperation: A Cross-Country Study of Globalism in Coronavirus Cartoons by Claire Stites
2nd Place: The Effect of Climate Change and Human Predation on the Niche Space of North American Proboscideans by Alejandra May
3rd Place (tie): Anatomy of the Kôkôjagoti Media Center by Diana Quintero
& The Impacts of COVID-19 on College Students’ Mental Health and Accessibility of Mental Health Resource by Yifan Zhang
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
1st Place: Incorporating Cultural Considerations to Care during an Interprofessional Simulation Activity by Jennifer Garson
2nd Place: Perceived Impact of a Counseling Practice Session on Pharmacy Student Comfort Level and Ability in Counseling on Sexual Health Products by Margaret Tharp
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
1st Place: Geochemistry at Springs in Furnace Creek and Ash Meadows: Implications for Regional Interbasin Flow by Sneha Nachimuthu
2nd Place: Nonblind Analysis of XENON1T Data Using Double Photoelectron Emission Signals by Yinchen Zhou, Moses Hamm, Robin Carpenter, and Xieyuan Guo
3rd Place (tie): Structural Analysis of BamA, a Therapeutic Target for Bacterial Infections of F. nucleatum by Lindsey Wilson
& Protein Encapsulation to Improve Sample Quality for Cryo-Electron Microscopy by Hannah Pletcher
HONORS COLLEGE
1st Place: Abandoned Sentinels: An Analysis of the Past, Present, and Future of Former Armed Forces Installations by Jacob Slater
KRANNERT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
1st Place: Economic Effectiveness of COVID-19 Government Relief in Indiana by John Lawicki
2nd Place: A Novel Approach to Align Forecasts to Competing Operational Business Outcomes by Jiacen Liu and Hui Zeng
3rd Place: Purdue Basketball Turnover and Dribble Data Analysis by Zac Matheny
PURDUE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
1st Place: Abandoned Sentinels: An analysis of the past, present, and future of former armed forces installations by Jacob Slater
2nd Place: Safety Culture in the Purdue Flight Program: Cirrus SR-20 vs. Piper Archer by Elliot Knapp
3rd Place: Digital Portal for the Data Visualization Process by Nicole Dwenger
INTERDISCIPLINARY AWARDS
RESEARCH TALKS
1st Place: Beauty Products: Chemicals Disproportionately Endanger Women of Color by Samantha Lu
2nd Place: Early Childhood Education, Animation, and YouTube by Kayla Cole, Lauren Krieger, and Em Miller
3rd Place: Optimization of Heart Rate Calculation Algorithm for Real-Time Use by Akio Fujita
POSTERS
1st Place: Drink Environment Modeling by Gabriel Leonard and Alex Peterson
2nd Place: Using Synchrotron X-ray Fluorescence to Analyze Metal Distribution in Human Teeth by Sai Dwibhashyam
3rd Place: Creating a Prototype Visualization Tool for Analyzing Pre-pubescent Lupus Data by Nathan Kanter
Interdisciplinary awards are selected by Purdue Libraries & School of Information Studies.
ARCHIVAL PRESENTATION AWARDS
RESEARCH TALKS
1st Place: White Feminist Icons: An Intersectional Case Study on Amelia Earhart by Rachel Small
2nd Place: Gary Gateways by Miles Romans
POSTERS
1st Place: Abandoned Sentinels: An Analysis of the Past, Present, and Future of Former Armed Forces Installations by Jacob Slater
2nd Place: Fort Ouiatenon Archival Management and Digitization by Samuel Bakeis, Mary Phelan, Jennylee Torres, & Quincy Chanda
3rd Place: Facebook and U.S. Elections by Matthew Heagerty
Archival presentation awards are selected by Purdue Archives and Special Collections.
OVERALL TOP ABSTRACTS
Life Sciences (tie): Elizabeth Frazier & Josie Asher
Social Sciences/Humanities/Education: Morgan Boncyk
Physical Sciences: Kylie Smith, Carissa Gettelfinger
Mathematics/Computational Sciences: Nathan Kanter
Innovative Technology/Entrepreneurship/Design: Jennine Bryan
POSTERS
College of Ag
1st Place: Doria Gilberg
2nd Place: Emily Musenbrock
3rd Place (tie): Kristen Cleaver, Larissa Shirley, Tyler Field, Brooklyn Bitting, & Kouassi Kpodo; Margaret Pritchett
College of Education
1st Place: Nikita Gerard, Antonio Dominguez Palomar
2nd Place: Andrew Santos
3rd Place: Helen Park
College of Engineering
1st Place: Bridget Fitzgerald, Jackson Fields, Jocelyn Powell, Stephanie Clark
2nd Place: Alberto Castillo, Vito Francioso, Carlos Moro
3rd Place: Justin Senyk
College of Liberal Arts
1st Place (tie): Diana Quintero, Kamryn Dehn & Echo Yan
2nd Place: Rachel Small
3rd Place (tie): Meaghan Tracy & Swanna (Lu) Yu
College of Pharmacy
1st Place: Ana Pascual-Garrigos
2nd Place: Devin Bingham
3rd Place: Isaac Corum
College of Science
1st Place: Vignesh Nathan
2nd Place: Truc Kha
3rd Place: George Economou, Tara Harmon, Hetvi Desai, Alex Huynh
Krannert School of Management
1st Place: Megan Pinkley, Anna Satek
2nd Place: Brian Cain, Nikolai Saporoschetz, Theo Ginting
3rd Place: Xin Leong
Purdue Polytechnic Institute
1st Place: Nicole Dwenger
2nd Place: Qingyuan Hu, Yi Zhang
3rd Place: Sarah Wolfe
Interdisciplinary Projects - Selected by the Purdue University Libraries & School of Information Studies
1st Place: Natalie Murdock
2nd Place: Kaushal Arvind Prasad, Mishael Theis
3rd Place: Megha Reddy
Archival Projects - Selected by the Purdue University Archives & Special Collections
1st Place: Meaghan Tracy
2nd Place: Elizabeth Kriebel
3rd Place: Rachel Small
ORAL PRESENTATIONS/RESEARCH TALKS
Overall Top Oral Presentations - Selected by the Honors College
1st Place: Rina Sabatello, Cole Davis
2nd Place: Alex Small
3rd Place: Noah Alderton
College of Agriculture
1st Place: Wenyi Ran
2nd Place: Kate Watkins
3rd Place: Anna Wagner
College of Education
1st Place: Quinn Cataldi
2nd Place: Edward Zawatski
College of Engineering
1st Place: Rina Sabatello, Cole Davis
2nd Place: Aayush Mathur
3rd Place: Alex Hale
College of Liberal Arts
1st Place: Noah Alderton
2nd Place: Alicia Geoffray
3rd Place: Warisha Aslam
College of Pharmacy
1st Place: Michaela Todd
2nd Place: Angel Lin
College of Science
1st Place: Rachel Stucky
2nd Place: Chinyere Maat Kemet
3rd Place: Amr Kais
Krannert School of Management
1st Place: Ryan Myers
2nd Place: Asa Cutler, Peter Xu, Sabriya Alam
3rd Place: Juliet Aygun, Alaina Bartfeld, Sahana Rayan
Purdue Polytechnic Institute
1st Place: Alex Small
2nd Place: Abagail Westbrook
Interdisciplinary Projects - Selected by the Purdue University Libraries & School of Information Studies
1st Place: Alex Small
2nd Place: Amr Kais
3rd Place: Alex Hale
Archival Projects - Selected by the Purdue University Archives & Special Collections
1st Place: Alex Small
2nd Place: Hetvi Desai
3rd Place: Andrew Occhipinti
2019 Award Recipients
Top Oral Presentations (Chosen by the Honors College) |
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1st Place – Amanda Warnock |
2nd Place – Emily White |
3rd Place – Amanda Graboski |
Abstract Categories (Chosen by Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies) |
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Physical Sciences – Jacob Brejcha |
Innovative Technology/Entrepreneurship/Design – Yuta Hoashi |
Life Sciences – Kevin Fitzgerald |
Social Sciences/Humanities – Frankie Tao and Bri Meyer |
Mathematical/Computational Sciences – Jacob Harmon, Li Yon Tan, Jack Hyslop, and Isha Ghodgaonkar |
Agriculture |
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1st Place – Erin Will |
2nd Place – Megan Brown |
3rd Place – Danielle Klawitter |
Engineering |
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1st Place – Rohit Chatterjee |
2nd Place – Kacie Bradfish |
3rd Place – Kaylee Ecker and Albert Lee, Sidharth Krishnamoorthi, and Rachel Susler (tie) |
Health and Human Sciences |
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1st Place – Rachel Yuska |
2nd Place – Alyssa Pierotti, Jacob Herr, and Sarah Cook, Lucas Turner, and Frank Yanko and Chloe Rivers (tie) |
3rd Place – Morgan Braden |
Liberal Arts |
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1st Place – L. Nikolai and Scott Straight and Khalil Williams (tie) |
2nd Place – Matthew Ball |
3rd Place – Emily Jones and Isabelle Ortt (tie) |
Science |
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1st Place – Marin Bray |
2nd Place – Rodrigo Ferreira and Halie Szilagyi (tie) |
3rd Place – Ashlyn Heniff, Brody Connor, and Hannah Smith (tie) |
Purdue Polytechnic Institute |
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1st Place – Aaron Teo and Vanessa Santana (tie) |
2nd Place – William Hubbard |
3rd Place – Renee Keilman/td> |
Krannert School of Management |
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1st Place – Aaron Rush |
2nd Place – Schuyler Frashier |
3rd Place – Lindsey Prommer |
Pharmacy |
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1st Place – olivia Walker |
2nd Place – Julia Czarnik |
3rd Place – Shannon Zhou |
Education |
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1st Place – Maya Cameron, Costa James, and Laura Duke |
2nd Place – Daniel Krause |
3rd Place – Cayla Yannuzzi and Kailey Cerefin |
Interdisciplinary (Chosen by Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies) |
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1st Place – Akshay Rao |
2nd Place – Houston Meminger and Jadebrelle Bennesh |
3rd Place – Rachel Susler |
Archival Work (Chosen by Purdue University Archives & Special Collections) |
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1st Place – Scott Straight and Khalil Williams |
2nd Place – Claire Jackson |
3rd Place – Manuel Arauz |
Apollo in the Archives Oral Presentations (Chosen by Purdue University Archives & Special Collections) |
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1st Place – Celine Chang |
2nd Place – Jaehyeok Kim |
3rd Place – Sam Conkle, Alex Crick, and Tyler Mahlmann (tie) |
2018 Award Recipients
Top Oral Presentations (Chosen by the Honors College) |
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1st Place – Allison Chau |
2nd Place – Elizabeth Reinhart |
3rd Place – Kendall Mores |
Abstract Categories (Chosen by Purdue Libraries) |
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Physical Sciences – Alexander Lai |
Innovative Technology/Entrepreneurship/Design – Jackalyn Dodson |
Life Sciences – Gaotian Zhu |
Social Sciences/Humanities – Madison Brewer, Amber Swint, and Ziyuan Zhang |
Mathematical/Computational Sciences – Adam Darr |
Agriculture |
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1st Place – Gabrielle Williams |
2nd Place – Ashley Ring |
3rd Place – Charles Peacock; Megan Riley; and Andrew Pietraniec and Mikayla Small (tie) |
Engineering |
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1st Place – Javieradrian Ruiz |
2nd Place – Cara Koepele |
3rd Place – Lina Trigg |
Health and Human Sciences |
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1st Place – Lucas Turner and Leeah Reidenbach |
2nd Place – Tessa Garwood and Samantha Howell |
3rd Place – Chace Henning |
Liberal Arts |
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1st Place – Sunny Asaf |
2nd Place – Katelyn Graham and Drew Dienhart |
3rd Place – Addie Walters |
Science |
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1st Place – Hannah Smith |
2nd Place – Taylor Hornung |
3rd Place – Evan Shank and Adrian Ortiz Velez |
Purdue Polytechnic Institute |
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1st Place – Kanishka Misra |
2nd Place – Megan Shaffer, Juliana Baluh, Nicholas Steffen, and Joseph Sawicki |
3rd Place – Quihan Zhang |
Krannert School of Management |
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1st Place – Katarina McGuckin, Josh Chan, Norah Alwalan, Andrew Moolenaar, and Daniel Yang |
2nd Place – Jessica Bennett |
3rd Place – Madison McDonough, Lawrence Baryoh, Danielle Bresich, and Elizabeth Gonzales |
Pharmacy |
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1st Place – Stephen Purdy |
2nd Place – Amanda Graboski |
3rd Place – Martasia Carter and Julia Czarnik (tie) |
Education |
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1st Place – Maya Cameron |
Interdisciplinary (Chosen by Purdue Libraries) |
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1st Place – Erica Wyss |
2nd Place – Natalie Young |
3rd Place – Arren Liu and Isabelle Ortt (tie) |
Archival Work (Chosen by Purdue Archives & Special Collections) |
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1st Place – Lillian Bishop |
2nd Place – Erica Wyss |
3rd Place – Xinyi Zhou |
2017 Award Recipients
Abstract Categories (Chosen by Purdue Libraries) |
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1st Place – Barbara McAnulty, Kathryn Atherton, Sarah McGinness, and Madalyn Alm |
Innovative Technology/entrepreneurship/Design - Tianlong Sun and NamAnh Nguyen |
Life Sciences - Helena Lysandrou |
Social Sciences/Humanities - Anoop Javalagi |
Mathematical/Computational Sciences - Neal Patel |
Agriculture |
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1st Place – Barbara McAnulty, Kathryn Atherton, Sarah McGinness, and Madalyn Alm |
2nd Place – Krizia Lepiz Conejo |
3rd Place – Rebecca Smith, Beenah Shokouhzadeh, Abigail Sommer, Alyssa West, and Caitlinn Lineback |
Engineering |
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1st Place – Cole Davis |
2nd Place – Larkin Cooper, Caleigh Roleck, Dan Hoban, and Travis Lantz |
3rd Place – Brenden Hamilton |
Health and Human Sciences |
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1st Place - Joseph Amaro |
2nd Place – Whitney Diep |
3rd Place – Makenzie Norris and Eliza Greiner |
Liberal Arts |
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1st Place – Kathryn Math |
2nd Place – Erin Straka |
3rd Place – Michelle Zhang |
Science |
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1st Place – Ellie Reinhart |
2nd Place – Kendra Wang |
3rd Place – Sahej Bains, Kenny Nguyen, and Rebecca Steele |
Purdue Polytechnic Institute |
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1st Place – Jee Hwan Park |
2nd Place – Scott Massey |
3rd Place – Drake Long |
Krannert School of Management |
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1st Place – Leeane Chen |
2nd Place – Brianna Gieseler |
3rd Place – Oswin Chackochan |
People’s Choice Awards (Sponsored by the Honors College, popular vote among Symposium attendees) |
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1st Place – Sydney Rivera and Gabrielle Wise |
2nd Place – Abby Oliver |
3rd Place – Mackenize McGrath |
2016 Award Recipients
Abstract Categories (Chosen by Purdue Libraries) |
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Innovative Technology/entrepreneurship/Design - Xiaohong Tan |
Physical Sciences - Devin Zuck |
Life Sciences - Devang Thanki |
Social Sciences/Humanities - Anoop Javalagi |
Mathematical/Computational Sciences - Nicholas Termini |
Agriculture |
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1st Place – Brittany Lotter |
2nd Place – Yazmin Rendon Munoz |
3rd Place (tie) – Katie Rosswurm, Derico Setyabrata, Yichen Que |
Engineering |
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1st Place – Tianran Liu |
2nd Place – Javieradria Ruiz |
3rd Place – Nicholas Sherck |
Health and Human Sciences |
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1st Place - Jessica Gundlach |
2nd Place – Amy Barton |
3rd Place – Stasa Tumpa and Ayat Abourashed |
Liberal Arts |
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1st Place – Lily Anderson |
2nd Place – Grant Owen |
3rd Place – Yexin Huang |
Science |
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1st Place – Kenny Nguyen |
2nd Place – Jessica Cleveland |
3rd Place – Bryan Rainey |
Purdue Polytechnic Institute |
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1st Place – Sangjun Eom |
2nd Place – Austin Partin |
Krannert School of Management |
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1st Place – Christine Rasquinha |
People’s Choice Awards (Sponsored by the Honors College, popular vote among Symposium attendees) |
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1st Place – Jade Keane |
2nd Place - Giulia Oliveri, Colleen Falk, Shristi Jag |
3rd Place – YiYi Gan |
2015 Award Recipients
Best Abstract (Chosen by Purdue Libraries) |
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Eric Acosta |
Jess Bunchek |
Jacob Haury |
Sarah Mace |
Rachel Shea |
Agriculture |
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1st Place – Brittany Lotter |
2nd Place (tie): Rebecca Busse, Matthew Hill and Varun Subramanyam |
Engineering |
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1st Place: Maggie Del Ponte and Carter Chain |
2nd Place: John Hemmerling |
3rd Place: Joseph Lorenzetti |
Health and Human Sciences |
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1st Place: Seth Herr |
2nd Place: Alice Ahn |
3rd Place: Kendal Weger |
Liberal Arts |
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1st Place: Lauren Haslem |
2nd Place: Mary Adkins |
3rd Place (tie): Lily Anderson, Hannah Bays, Eric Stocking |
Science |
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1st Place: Shovik Bandyopadhyay |
2nd Place: Linjia Liu |
3rd Place: Jonathan Stelzleni |
Technology |
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1st Place: Olivia Brino, Doug Demorotski, Tim Sayre, and Jared Schroering |
2nd Place: Heather Newcomer, Bobby White, and Art Williamson |
3rd Place: Derek Matthew Northrup |
Krannert School of Management |
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1st Place: Jyotika Tuhan, Abisoye Adebayo, and Melanie Lewi |
2nd Place: Shiqi Liu, Constanza March, Uplie Mandiwa, Anna Triscari, Xinyu Zhang, Yefei Wang |
People’s Choice Awards (Sponsored by the Honors College, popular vote among Symposium attendees) |
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1st Place: Wei Siang Goh |
2nd Place: Katie Martin |
3rd Place: Karen Ma |
2014 Award Recipients
Overall (chosen by the Honors College) |
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1st Place: Alyssa Strumpf |
2nd Place: Jaycey Hardenstein & Alisha Tungare |
3rd Place: Carlos Blanco |
Agriculture |
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1st Place: Alyssa Strumpf |
2nd Place: Megan Raderstorf |
3rd Place: Ashley Ochs |
Engineering |
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1st Place: Jaycey Hardenstein & Alisha Tungare |
2nd Place: Haefa Mansour |
3rd Place: Christopher Barney |
Health and Human Sciences |
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1st Place: Geoffrey Ryan |
2nd Place: Michelle Devilbiss & Claire Tighe |
3rd Place: Thomas Freije |
Liberal Arts |
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1st Place: Melissa Gokmogol |
2nd Place: Bradley Pierson |
3rd Place: Michael Lockman |
Science |
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1st Place: Carlos Blanco |
2nd Place: Caitlin Specht |
3rd Place: Jennifer Franks |
Technology |
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1st Place: James Moore, Bradley Ziegler, & Tristan P Case |
2nd Place: Andrew Evans |
3rd Place: Derek Yam, Adam Hargett, & Max Karbin |
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