2013 Award Winners & Honorable Mentions

Remarks: */** Indicates tied scores within that medium and based on their scores all the names listed here are in a descending order

Poster Presentations

Best Score Award ($550)

Ehsan Rashedi* ISE Human Behavior and Interaction Effects of Using an Assistive Device for Overhead Work
Mari Lehtimaki* DASC Biological Sciences Staphylococcus aureus antigens activate bovine lymphocytes to produce Granzyme B
Alireza Samimi ECE Modeling and Simulations Analytical and experimental study of Stimulated Electromagnetic Emission excited during second electron gyro-harmonic heating
Michael Torrens-Spence BCHM Biological Sciences Biochemical evaluation of the decarboxylation and decarboxylation-deamination activities of plant aromatic amino acid decarbo
Anne Brown** BCHM Biological Sciences Solution Conditions and Oxidation State of Methionine-35 Affect the Aggregation Properties of Amyloid β-peptide (1-40)
Fatemeh Sadat Hashemi** ISE Modeling and Simulations Optimal Sampling Strategies within Simulation Optimization Problems and Applications in Signal Processing


Honorable Mention - POSTERS (certificates ONLY)

Rong Chen ME Engineering of Machines and Structure Incidence and Risk of Direct Steering Wheel Impact in Vehicles Equipped with Advanced Airbags
Bin He* BIOL Biological Sciences Chromosomes mis-segregated into micronuclei trigger chromosomal instability by further mis-segregating at subsequent mitoses
Caitlin O'Shea* VM Biological Sciences Comparison of platelet counting technologies in equine platelet concentrates
Thomas Gorman* ME Modeling and Simulations Prospects for the Collision-Free Car: The Effectiveness of Five Competing Collision Avoidance Systems
Benjamin Webb BIOL Biological Sciences Methyl accepting Chemotaxis Protein U of Sinorhizobium meliloti Binds the Seed Exudate Component, Proline


Talk Presentations

Best Score Award ($550)

Ana M. Jaramillo* ARCH Architecture Design and Urban Planning The link between HVAC and student achievement
Jared Mcginley* PSYC Biological Sciences, Physical and Mental Wellness Using a Hammer to Thread a Needle: Assessing Autonomic Asymmetry with Cold Pressor Tasks
Amanda Watson PSYC Human Behavior and Interaction Individual Differences in Inhibitory Control Skills at Three Years of Age
Maryam Kamali** ENT Biological Sciences Chromosomal and Molecular Phylogeny Elucidate the Evolutionary History of An. gambiae Complex
Yeashfi Hasan** ECE Computing and Electrical Engineering Interference Analysis for Cellular FH-CDMA Advanced Metering Networks


Honorable Mention - TALKS (certificates ONLY)

Danya Hakky* AAEC Architecture Design and Urban Planning Design for Sustainable Behavior in Interior Settings
Rachel Kajfez* ENGE Education Graduate Teaching Assistant Motivation and Identity: A Combined Theoretical Model
Abhinav Gupta CEE Earth Science and Engineering Characterization and treatment of thermal hydrolysis pretreated anaerobic digestion centrate
Anne Jones ENT Biological Sciences Fluorescing Insects: Predatory Beetles Ingest Antifeedents in Hemlock Woolly Adelgid


Video Conferencing

Best Score Award ($400)

Eleftheria Kontou CEE Modeling and Simulations Simulation modeling for evaluating operational performance and environmental impacts of Mini-Roundabout’s intersection design


Honorable Mention - VIDEO CONFERENCING (certificates ONLY)

Mohammad S. Jalali ISE Modeling and Simulations, Human Behavior and Interaction Modeling the effects of social influence on individual estimates over simple estimation tasks


Advanced Undergraduate Poster Presentation

Best Score Award ($400)

Britannia Vondrasek AOE Advanced Undergraduate Fabrication and Characterization of Carbon Nanotube Sensor Thread Composites


Honorable Mention - ADV. UNDERGRAD (certificates ONLY)

Lydia Krott Math Advanced Undergraduate The Mathematics of Multi-Input Sound Field Recording