On February 27, the Graduate Student Union and Office for Postdoctoral Scholars hosted their annual Graduate Student Union and Office for Postdoctoral Scholars Research Symposium
The symposium provides a scholarly but informal environment for graduate students and postdocs to present their research to the larger campus community.
The winners in each category:
Postdoctoral Scholars
Science
1st place: Aaron Sheppard, Biological Sciences: Light-regulated blood-feeding behavior and a light phase responsive curve for the Anopheles gambiae malaria mosquito
2nd place: Erin K. Grey, Environmental Change Initiative: Forecasting Ship-born Invasive Species
Engineering
1st place: Jessica Meixner, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences: Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Spectral Wave/Circulation Modeling
2nd place: Haitao Wang, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences: Wet chemical preparation of catalysts layers for growth vertical aligned carbon nanotube arrays
Graduate Students
Engineering
1st place: Brian Yoo, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering: Lipid membrane in ionic liquids
2nd place: SM Islam, Electrical Engineering: Towards Efficient 220-270nm Deep-UV Light-Emitting Diodes: Use in Portable Biosensing and Sterlization Units
Humanities
1st place: Sarah Martin, MFA Visual Communication Design: Bad Things Happen
2nd place: Maria Cecilia Pluta, History: “Speak to them in that Language which they Use”: Slave Catechesis in the Eighteenth-century Spanish Caribbean
Science
1st place: Xu Han, Physics: Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet as a New Tool for Medical Application
2nd place: Matthew Leming: Biological Sciences: Increased light sensitivity under low-light conditions associated with extensive Aaop1 redistribution in Aedes aegypti
Social Sciences
1st place: Tihtina Zenebe Gebre, Economics: Effects of Mother Tongue Education on Schooling and Adult Outcomes: Evidence from Ethiopia
2nd place: Jonathan Schwartz, Sociology: Timmy is Smart & Funny; Sarah is Hardworking & Caring: Reification of Gender Roles in Teacher Recommendations for Selective College Admissions