2009-2010 Session Winners

Oral Session Winners

• Fatemesadat Emami - Peptide Binding Mechanism to Silica on the Molecular Scale (Polymer Engineering)
• Ben Hartman- The Relationship between Dietary Cholesterol and Lean Mass in Resistance Trainers: A Proposal (Nutrition)
• Catherine Hewitt- Making Stones Speak (Baldwin Wallace)
• Lisa Davis- Feminist Rhetorical Criticism: Where Does its Future Lie? (Communication)
• Cristina Gonzalez- The KIND Way: Preparing Kindergarten Students for the Classroom Setting (Public Administration)
• Ryan Fletcher- If it Prosper, Thou Shalt See My Brain: Staging Damville’s Death in the Atheist’s Tragedy
• Denise Davis- Instituting a Feeding Protocol for Infants with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (Nursing)
• Kristin Hungerford- The Male White House of Hollywood: A Feminist Critique of What It Means to be Presidential (Communication)
• Steven Kawczak- A Proper End and Hopeful Future: Death and Dying in Late Seventeenth Century England (History)
• Prashant Kulkarni- Separation of Water from Liquid Fuels using Hydrophilic/ hydrophobic Fiber Media (Chemical Engineering)
• Marissa Lora- Problem Drinking Among Hispanic Generations: Examining the Spread of Alcohol Abuse with an SIR Model (Applied Mathematics)
• Alan McCausland- Numerical simulations of High-Reynolds Number Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulent Impinging Jets (Computational Fluid Dynamics)
• Andrew Michelson- Intralake Variability in Ostracode Assemblages for use in Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction: A Case Study from San Salvador Island, Bahamas (Integrated Bioscience/ Geology/ Ecology)
• Joshua Miller- Oh, that nasty!: Exploring the Rabelaisian Carnival in Seth MacFarlane's 'Family Guy' (English)
• Gladys Montenegro-Galindo- Synthesis of Polycaprolactone for Controlled Drug Delivery Using 2,6-ditert- butylpyridine as Proton Trap (Polymer Science)
• Vivek Narayan- Fractal Model of Innovation (Innovation)
• Michelle Ondrick- After-School Programs: Their Value and Ways to Make Educationally Stimulating Programs (Education)
• Chris Opoku-Agyeman- Religion and Civic Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Ghana (Public and Social Policy)
• Laura Pierce- Rural Colorectal Cancer Screening with Fecal Occult Blood Test & Educational Tool (Nursing)
• Eric Rosso- Textual Reading of Pornography in Magazines (Communication)
• Jennifer Snyder- Does Increased Social Activity Improve Mood in Depressed, Elderly Patients Who Reside in Nursing Homes? (Nursing)
• Alexander Speight- Sediment Magnetism in the Tuscarawas River from Canal Fulton to Navarre, Ohio and Its Relationship to River Pollution (Environmental Science)
• Andrew Stine- A Continuum Model of Biofilm Growth in the Cystic Fibrosis Lung (Mathematical Biology)
• William Storms- Utilizing 2-Halo-3- hydroxypropionic Acid for the Functionalization of Biodegradable Polyesters (Polymer Science)
• Nicholas Sturm- “I look about Wildly”: Ecological Borders and Responsibilities in James Wright's The Branch Will Not Break (Literature/Poetry)
• Maurice Wadley- Ultraviolet/Ozone Generated Silica Patterns of Poly (dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) Containing Block Copolymers Synthesized by Reversible Addition Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) Polymerization (Polymer Engineering)

Poster Session Winners

• Narendra Poondla- A Study Aimed at Evaluating, Understanding and Rationalizing the Strength, Endurance and Performance of Structures Made from Titanium (Structural Engineering)
• Andrew McFarland and Blossom Frank- The Ups and Downs of an Eocene Lake Ostracode Faunal Response to Lake Level Fluctuations in Fossil Basin, Green River Formation, Wyoming (USA) (Paleontology)
• Matthew R. Augustin- Surface Activity of Solvent Cast Polymer (Polymer Engineering)
• Richard Bodey- Price-Earnings Changes During US Presidential Election Cycles: An Investigation of Determinants (Finance)
• Louis Britton- Microwave-assisted Synthesis and Functionalization of CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots and Their Applications Applications in Bioimaging (Chemistry/Nanomaterials)
• Rebecca Chase and Zhenxin Zhong- Superhydrophobic Nanofibers (Polymer Science)
• Osama Elbuluk- Degradable Nanoparticles as a Non-Viral Gene Vector for Achieving Virus-like Efficacy (Engineering)
• Anna Ganios- Peptide-mediated Synthesis of Gold Nanpoparticles for Bioimaging (Polymer Science)
• Julie Goulandris- Diabetes, Distress, and Depression (Nursing)
• Sean Kelly and Kimberly Lorentz- Prey Impact and Energy Absorption in Spider Orb Webs (Biology)
• Tara Kinsley- Factors Associated with Breastfeeding Exclusivity: A Secondary Analysis (Nursing)
• Angela Kiser- Eating Disorders and Your Child: What Every Parent Should Know (Nursing)
• Bimala Lama- Characterization of Conjugated Polymer-Semiconductor Nanoparticles (Chemistry)
• Saandeep Mani- In-vitro Biomechanical Characterization of Tibio-femoral Kinematics Following Distal Bony Realignment (Biomechanics)
• John-Michael Williford- The Microenvironment Regulation of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Stemness (Biomedical Engineering)
• Tanya Miracle- Super-Hydrophobic Surface Creation on Stainless Steel using Fluorocarbon Based Organosilane Coatings for Corrosion Prevention (Chemical Engineering)
• Anna Pischera, Supat Moolsin, Sujeewani Ekanayake, Matthew Panzner, Nadzrina Ahmad Nazir and Thomas Sutter- Fuel Cell Membranes: Solid-State NMR Characterization (Chemistry)
• Alison Rearick & John Highman
• John Reho- Hypertension Induced by Episodic Reductions in Uteroplacental Blood Flow in the Gravid Rat (Biology)
• Emily Rosenthal-Novel Method for the Preparation of Disulfide Polymers and Gels (Polymer Science)
• Ryan Schmidt- Mapping Magnetic Flux Lines with Iron Oxide Nanoparticles using Fossilized Liquid Assembly (Polymer Engineering)
• Matthew Swango, Ashley Malik, Chareasa Pitts and Isaac Brown- Adjustment in College Students with ADHD Symptoms (Psychology)
• Michelle Walker & Jenessa Thirion- Care Safety (Nursing)
• Kathryn Wheller and Amy McHenry- Vitamin D: What Every Pediatric Health Care Provider Should Know (Nursing)