Top creative works at the day-long showcase included a camera/robot-arm/conveyor-belt device that can sort boxes by color and shape.
Among the honored graduate presentations was an assessment of disability-inclusion training gleaned from first-year students’ attitudes.
Below are the winners in each category, selected from among 445 student presenters.
UNDERGRADUATE ORAL COMPETITION
1st Place
Angela Mundis
“Squaw” in the American Landscape: The Place-Politics of Pejorative Toponymy
Faculty Sponsor: Gareth John, Geography and Planning, School of Public Affairs
2nd Place
Gene Studniski and Heather VanSlyke
SAE Clean Snowmobile Project
Faculty Sponsor: Kenneth Miller, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, College of Science and Engineering/School of Computing, Engineering & Environment
3rd Place
Shaela Rabbitt
“Inordinate Appetites & Ingenious Schemes”: Alcohol Use and Availability in the United States Army Infantry, 1861 – 1865
Faculty Sponsor: Mary Wingerd, History, College of Liberal Arts
GRADUATE ORAL COMPETITION
1st Place
Molly Tast
Exploring First-Year College Students Attitudes Toward Disability: Assessment of Disability Inclusion Training
Faculty Sponsor: Seth Christman, Community Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy, School of Health and Human Services
2nd Place
Shana Rogan
The effect of Garcinia kola extract (GKE) on the T-cell composition and function in experimental type 1 diabetes (T1D)
Faculty Sponsor: Marina Cetkovic-Cvrlje, Biology, College of Science and Engineering
3rd Place
Eryn Ebinger
Study of Garcinia kola extracts antidiabetic properties in a mouse model for type 1 diabetes
Faculty Sponsor: Marina Cetkovic-Cvrlje, Biology, College of Science and Engineering
UNDERGRADUATE PAPER COMPETITION
1st Place
Aman Das, Saklan Karim and Jose Tabora
Harvesting Energy Box (HEB)
Faculty Sponsor: Aiping Yao, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Science and Engineering/School of Computing, Engineering & Environment
2nd Place
Niki Anderson
Reconfiguring the Disjointed Geography of Weather Warning Systems in Minnesota
Faculty Sponsor: Gareth John, Geography and Planning, School of Public Affairs
3rd Place
Emily Donahue, Chryssa King, Kaitlyn Mailhot, Jacob Walling and Hayley Zappa
The Effects of Garcinia Kola Extract on Blood Glucose Levels in a Mouse Model of Type 1 Diabetes
Faculty Sponsor: Marina Cetkovic-Cvrlje, Biology, College of Science and Engineering
GRADUATE POSTER COMPETITION
1st Place
Anthony Kunkel
Light from Freezing Quarks
Faculty Sponsor: Kevin Haglin, Physics and Astronomy, College of Science and Engineering
2nd Place
Michel Tchang
Biodistance analysis between Classic Neanderthal populations using non-metric features of the dentition
Faculty Sponsor: Matthew Tornow, Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
3rd Place
Wesley Davis
Mosquitoes: A Threat to Minnesota Public Health
Faculty Sponsor: Ryan Fink, Biology, College of Science and Engineering
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE/CREATIVE WORK
Winner
Alexandria Koning
Operation: Performing the Anxious Performatives
Faculty Sponsor: Tami Spry, Communication Studies, College of Liberal Arts
The Student Research Colloquium is managed annually by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.
