At the Intersections: SOURCE Symposium and Poster Session April 19, 17 students were honored for their oral and poster presentations.
Those awarded were:
Humanities Oral Presentations
1st: Anthony Castellaneta, “Philosophy of Mathematics in Ancient Indian Philosophies.” Faculty mentor: Deepak Sarma, religious studies.
Natural Sciences Oral Presentations
1st: Ryan Puccia, “Improving the Potency of a Transcription Factor Controlling Sex Development.” Faculty mentor: Michael Weiss, biochemistry.
Engineering Oral Presentations
1st: John Edelbrock, “Controlled release of genetically engineered epidermal growth factor from poly(ethylene glycol methacrylate) hydrogels in response to matrix metalloproteinases.” Faculty mentor: Jonathan Pokorski, macromolecular science and engineering.
2nd: Elena Stachew, “Development and Evaluation of Accelerated PV Wire Testing.” Faculty mentor: Roger French, material sciences and engineering.
Management Oral Presentations
1st: Morgan Bulger, “The Business of Food: Towards a More Sustainable Food Supply Network.” Faculty mentor: Bonnie Richley, organizational behavior.
Natural Sciences Poster Presentations
1st: Anouva Kalra-Lall, “Design of an Ultra-Long Acting Insulin: Structural Design Principles Applied to Protein Therapeutics.” Faculty mentor: Michael Weiss, biochemistry.
(Tie) 2nd: Grace Eder, “Azadipyrromenthene Copolymers for Applications in Organic Photovoltaic Cells.” Faculty mentor: Genevieve Sauve, chemistry.
(Tie) 2nd: Divya Indrakanti, David Jones and Ronald Leibach, “Turning movements associated with stalk and attack of the praying mantis.” Faculty mentor: Roy Ritzmann, biology.
Social Sciences Poster Presentations
1st: Andrea Fidler, “The Relationship Between Family Expressiveness, Ethnicity, and Psychological Help Seeking Attitudes.” Faculty mentor: Amy Przeworski, psychological sciences.
2nd: Jared Friedman, “Are you sure you don’t believe in God? Divergent relationships between dogmatism and moral concern in the religious and non-religious.” Faculty mentor: Anthony Jack, cognitive science.
Engineering Poster Presentations
1st: Alaina Strickler, “Arresting Dendritic Growth During Electrodeposition Using Additives.” Faculty mentor: Uziel Landau, chemical engineering.
(Tie) 2nd: Aaron Mayer, “Development and Analysis of Novel Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy and Imaging.” Faculty mentor: Efstathios Karathanasis, biomedical engineering.
(Tie) 2nd: Ian Kidd, “Object Dependent Properties of Mirrors for PV Applications Studied Under Accelerated Weathering Protocols.” Faculty mentor: Roger French, materials science and engineering.
Nursing Poster Presentations
1st: Kathryn D’Angelo, “The Voices of Gratitude.” Faculty mentor: Maryjo Prince-Paul, nursing.
2nd: Grant Pignatiello, “Assessing Patient Exposure to Transport.” Faculty mentor: Andrew Reimer, nursing.