Awards highlight student research accomplishments
May 13, 2011
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The 2011 Campus Research Day took place on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus on May 5. UAF students from diverse fields of study participated in poster sessions and an undergraduate research symposium. Winners follow:
Undergraduate poster awards:
• First place: Tyler Payment, “Underground Salt Cavern Sonar Logging Tool.” Mentor: Rorik Peterson.
• Second place: Patrick Millard and Rijo Simon, “Mobile Device Application and Media Transmission Technology for Alaska’s Digitally Integrated Guide.” Mentor: Greg Newby.
• Third place: Shaina Bhojwani “Tissue Distribution of Mercury in Alaskan Sculpin Species.” Mentor: Todd O’Hara.
Graduate poster awards:
• First place: Jill Shipman, “Rapid Modal Analysis and Whole-Rock Geochemistry of the 1956-Present Eruptive Products of Bezymianny Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia.” Mentor: Pavel Izbekov.
• Second place: Jean Talbot, “Effect of Pacific Decadal Oscillation on the Long Term Dynamics of Arctic Climate Time Series.” Mentor: Uma Bhatt.
• Third place: Tania Spurkland, “Salinity and Irradiance Effects on Growth and Maximum Quantum Yield of Photosynthesis of Sub-Arctic Kelp (Saccharina latissima).” Mentor: Katrin Iken.
Undergraduate research symposium
• First place: Kayla Harrison, “A High-Resolution WRF Simulation of a Post-frontal Topographically Enhanced Wind Shear Event at Juneau International Airport.” Mentor: Don Morton.
• Second place: Kathleen Gerdes, “A Serosurvey of Avian Influenza in Passerine Birds.” Mentor: Jon Runstadler.
• Third place: Mindona Krzykowski, “Identifying and Characterizing VXB Events on the Lunar Surface from the Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment (SIDE) That Was Part of Apollo 14 Mission.” Mentor: Channon Price.
• Fourth place: Sara Day Evridge, “Childhood in Gold Rush Alaska: Children’s Influence on Alaskan Settlement.” Mentor: John Heaton.
• Fifth place: Ali Amhaz-Strickland, “Hizbullah: A State-Within-A-State.” Mentor: Pia Kohler.
Honorable mentions:
• Rachel DeWilde, “Analyzing Dallia pectoralis Population Genetics Using Microsatellites.” Mentor: Matthew Campbell.
• Courtney Nichols, “Contrasting Patterns of Molecular Evolution in Euteleost Fishes.” Mentor: Andres Lopez.
• Jonathan Nolin, “Hybrid Photovoltaic’s and Improving Efficiency.” Mentor: Shiva Hullavarad.
• Kyoko Okano, “Effects of Warming and Neighboring Interactions on Establishment and Growth of White Spruce glauca (Moench) Voss.” Mentor: Sydonia Bret-Harte.
• Susan M. Smith, “History of the Mental Health Peer Support Movement in Alaska.” Mentor: Cynthia Hardy.
ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Marmian Grimes, UAF public information officer, at 907-474-7902 or via e-mail at marmian.grimes@alaska.edu.
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