The 2021 NDSU EXPLORE Virtual Showcase of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity was held April 19-23. At the end of the week, awards were given to the top poster and oral presenters and to the top presenters in each of seven disciplinary categories.
ORAL PRESENTATION WINNERS
• First place
Annie Schiro, biochemistry and molecular biology
“Chemistry students' understanding of dissolving and associated phenomena: The case for sodium chloride”
Faculty mentor: James Nyachwaya
• Second place
Alaina Driscoll, physical education
“Home Fun in Physical Education”
Faculty mentor: Jenny Linker
• Third place
Jake Jenson, animal sciences
“Relative expression and location of the neonatal Fc receptor [FcRn] in the equine gastrointestinal system”
Faculty mentor: Carolyn Hammer
• Honorable mention
Troy Timmerman, computer science
“Automating protein structure modeling to predict beta sheet content”
Faculty mentor: Bakhtiyor Rasulev
POSTER SESSION WINNERS
• First place
Rachel Voigt, animal sciences
“Visualization and Measures of Intensity of the Neonatal Fc Receptor in Major Body Systems of the Horse”
Faculty mentor: Carolyn Hammer
• Second place
Gabe Dusek, biological sciences
“Evaluation of Fungicide Timing for Fusarium Head Blight in Two-row Barley”
Faculty mentor: Andrew Friskop
• Third place (tie)
Dani Douri, biochemistry and molecular biology
“Gender Specific Differences in Expression of DNA-Methylation Associated Markers in the Lungs of Allergic Mice”
Faculty mentor: Sathish Venkatachalem
Rebecca Tomann, chemistry
“Holey Graphene with Embedded Au13-Cluster for H2S Gas Sensing Applications”
Faculty mentor: Svetlana Kilina
• Honorable mentions
Huan Ho, computer science
“Handwritten Text Recognition using Convolutional Neural Networks in Deep Learning”
Faculty mentor: Simone Ludwig
Helen Wax, anthropology
“The Cost of Death in the Upper Midwest - An Ethnographic Analysis of the American Funeral Industry”
Faculty mentor: Ellen Rubinstein
TOP PRESENTATIONS BY CATEGORY
AGRICULTURE
Jake Jenson, animal sciences
Rachel Voigt, animal sciences
Max Salzer, agricultural and biosystems engineering
ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Garrett Bryan, philosophy
Makayla Scherrer, music
BIOLOGICAL, HEALTH SCIENCES AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Troy Timmerman, computer science
Ryan Anderson, civil engineering
Anna Marie Schornack, Anna Rudie and Abby Voigt, electrical engineering
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Joshua Gisi, computer engineering
Tiffany Meeks, civil engineering
Mohammed Mohammed, civil engineering
INTERDISCIPLINARY
Macy Rennpferd, biological sciences, and Madeline Schroeder, Biological sciences education
PHYSICAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS
Annie Schiro, biochemistry and molecular biology
Rebecca Tomann, chemistry
Sarah Montplaisir, English
SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, EDUCATION AND BUSINESS
Alaina Driscoll, physical education
Kate Best, economics
Helen Wax, anthropology
Nicolas Rohrich, electrical engineering, and Kyle Berger, finance
Halle Lipetzky, apparel, retail merchandising and design
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