2018 Award Winners
Most Outstanding Interdisciplinary Project Award
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Kerri Rodriguez, a graduate student in Comparative Pathobiology, was awarded the Most Outstanding Interdisciplinary Project Award for her poster project entitled: “The Effect of Psychiatric Service Dogs on Salivary Cortisol in a Population of Military Veterans with PTSD." |
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Lakshya Mittal, a graduate student in Engineering Technology, was awarded an Honorable Mention for his poster project entitled: “Electro-curcumin-therapy for Triple Negative Breast Cancers." |
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Raymond Red Corn, a graduate student in Ecological Sciences and Engineering, was awarded an Honorable Mention for his poster project entitled: “StemNode: Let's Communicate our Knowledge in Systems." |
2018 Certificate of Excellence Awards
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Interdisciplinary Graduate Program
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Certificate of Excellence Winner
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Project/ Presentation Title
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Anthropology
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Alison Kirkham |
"That's Disgusting": Perceptions of Arthropods and the Categorization of Insects |
| Biochemistry |
Xiangying Mao |
Investigating the interaction between MED5 and CDK8 in Arabidopsis |
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Biomedical Science
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Jana Vincent |
Novel Stretchable and Flexible Radiofrequency Coil Design for Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
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Chemical Engineering
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Claire Kilmer | Chondrogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Collagen Blend Hydrogels |
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Computational Science & Engineering
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Chenxi Yuan | Mapping Underground Utilities With Complex Spatial Configurations Using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) |
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College of Liberal Arts Inspired, Mentored, and Empowered (CLAIM)
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Priscilla Obu-Darko | Images of the Detroit Vernacular |
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Ecological Sciences & Engineering
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Joshua Minai | Renewal of Archival Legacy Soil Data: A Case Study of Busia Area, Kenya |
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Food Science
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Breanna McArthur | Relationship between particle size and lipid bioaccessiblity in nuts |
| Industrial Engineering | Aniket Pal | Smart Bandages for Chronic Wound Monitoring |
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Information Security
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Megan Nyre-Yu | Determining System Requirements for Human-Machine Integration in Computer Security Incident Response |
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Ingestive Behavior
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Kelly Higgins | Twelve Week Consumption Effects of Five Sweeteners on Body Weight, Energy Intake, and Energy Expenditure |
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Ingestive Behavior
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Stephanie Hunter | Effect of phenolic acids and resistant starch in potato products on post-prandial glycemia and appetite |
| Life Sciences | Dan Cholger | Engineering and Application of Fluorescent Protein Biosensors to Visualize Purinergic Gliotransmission |
| Life Sciences | Veronica Heintz | Interactions among Filovirus matrix protein VP40 and human proteins |
| Life Sciences | Paola Montenegro | Effects of the A53E substitution on alpha synuclein aggregation and neurotoxicity in Parkinson's disease models |
| Life Sciences | Ravi Yadav | Structural insight into Neisseria meningitidis lactoferrin binding protein B's interaction with human lactoferrin |
| Linguistics | Neda Taherkhani | Linguistics For Everybody: An Easy-to-Follow Representation of Motion Predicates in Tati |
| Nutrition | Krittikan Chanpaisaeng | Gene-by-Diet Interaction Affecting Peak Bone Mass and Microarchitecture of the Fifth Lumbar Vertebra in Growing Mice. |
Purdue Interdisciplinary Audience Choice Award
Rooney Kim Lazcano, a graduate student in the Ecological Sciences & Engineering program, was awarded the Audience Choice Award for her presentation entitled "Plant Uptake of Trace Organic Contaminants from Commercially Available Biosolids-based Fertilizer."
