Over 130 graduate students presented their research or creative activity at Student Research Days. As part of the event, students could compete in a poster competition. The competition involved over 40 faculty and postdoc reviewers who rated student presentations on the basis of their research scholarship and presentation skills. They will receive a $400 award/travel grant to present their research at a regional or national conference or to support other research costs.
Award Winners:
Sahar Beigzadeh (Mechanical and Materials Engineering), "Quantification of the microstructure of additively manufactured parts utilizing local orientation image analysis"
Renca Dunn (Communication Studies), "Deaf or Death: The Impact of the Pandemic and Communication Barriers"
Molly Goldberg (Child, Youth and Family Studies), "A Validation Study of the Assessing Classroom Sociocultural Equity Scale (ACSES) in Pre-Kindergarten to Third Grade Classrooms"
Madelina Homberger Cordia (History), "“Drama, Hysteria, Crying”: Contested Media Representations of Mexican Futboleras Surrounding the Unofficial 1970 and 1971 Women’s World Cups"
Scott Hootman-Ng (Mathematics) "Neumann Boundary Conditions for Nonlocal Models"
Janella Kang (Human Sciences), “Sex Trafficking Awareness and Perspectives Among High School Students in the Midwest”
Trevor Kauer and Cassidy Taladay (Communication Studies), "Frontline Healthcare Worker COVID Stories: Assessing Psychosocial Well-being via Narrative Methods"
Jesse Kuebler (Mechanical and Materials Engineering), "Role of Processing and Molecular Characteristics on Crystallization of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)"
Brandi Pessman (Biological Sciences), "Urbanization Affects Web Aggregation and Placement of a Funnel Weaver, Agelenopsis pennsylvanica"
Erika Petro Turnquist (Biological Sciences), "Adenoviral-Vectored Epigraph Vaccine Induces Robust, Durable, and Protective Immunity Against H3 Influenza A Virus in Swine"
Arjun Subedi (Physics and Astronomy), "A model for electronic phase transition of CoFe2O4 and NiCo2O4 thin film surfaces: Temperature dependent X-ray photoemission studies of CoFe2O4 and NiCo2O4 thin films"
Sebastian Toalson (Architecture), "Transportation And The Workplace: How Do They Intersect?"
Congratulations to all the winners!
More details at: https://research.unl.edu/springresearchdays/