In a virtual platform, 270 students showcased 131 research and creative works at the 2020 UMaine Student Symposium held on October 2.<\/p>\n
The fifth annual symposium provided an opportunity for the public to view student research and scholarly work \u2013 all online due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n
The free public event was organized by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, the Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR), Student Government, and the Graduate Student Government as part of Maine Impact Week.<\/p>\n
Nearly 85 volunteer judges scored projects in 10 categories encompassing all fields of study at UMaine. The top students were awarded at the close of the virtual ceremony.<\/p>\n
Dr. Susan J. Hunter Presidential Research Impact Award:<\/strong> Daniel P. Regan (graduate), \u201cOptimizing Liquid-Gated Membranes for Bioaerosol Capture and Release,\u201d advised by Caitlin Howell; Teagan LaPiere (undergraduate), \u201cUnderstanding Veteran Suicides: Differences in Combat Deployed and non-Combat Deployed Risk of Suicide,\u201d advised by Mollie Ruben<\/p>\n Allied health:<\/strong> Rachel Coleman, \u201cVolunteer Participation of Older Adults: A Comparison Between Volunteers in the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program and American Time Use Survey,\u201d advised by Jennifer Crittenden Allied Health:<\/strong> Sophia Palangas, \u201cAssessing Health Related Quality of Life, Language Impairment, and Psychosocial Factors in Post-stroke Aphasia,\u201d advised by Christopher GrindrodGraduate winners<\/h3>\n
\nArts:<\/strong> Rachel Church, \u201cWhen I live at Home Again: Changing Domesticity,\u201d advised by Susan Smith
\nBiomedical Sciences:<\/strong> Ashley Soucy, \u201cRab27a in Exosome Function in Perivascular Adipose Tissue,\u201d advised by Lucy Liaw
\nBiomedical Sciences:<\/strong> Avery Bond, \u201cJC Polyomavirus Infectivity is Reduced by Inhibition of Calcium Signaling Pathways,\u201d advised by Melissa Maginnis
\nEngineering and Information Sciences:<\/strong> Daniel P Regan, \u201cOptimizing Liquid-Gated Membranes for Bioaerosol Capture and Release,\u201d advised by Caitlin Howell
\nInterdisciplinary Research:<\/strong> Meredith Lewis, \u201cMethodology for the Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Colonial Waterbird Population Studies,\u201d advised by Cynthia Loftin
\nNatural Sciences:<\/strong> Nicole Ramberg-Pihl, \u201cNorthern Crayfish Have a Larger Impact on Macroinvertebrate Community Composition and Basal Resources than Endangered Juvenile Atlantic salmon,\u201d advised by Hamish Greig and Steve Coghlan
\nPhysical Sciences:<\/strong> Elnaz Jamalzade, \u201cCatalytic Carbon-Carbon Bond Coupling for Producing Bio Jet Fuel from Mixed Organic Acids,\u201d advised by Thomas J. Schwartz
\nSocial Sciences:<\/strong> Angelica Boeve, \u201cDoes Sleep Contribute to Dual-Task Gait Disturbances Beyond Executive Attention in Older Adults?,\u201d advised by Rebecca MacAulay<\/p>\nUndergraduate winners<\/h3>\n
\nArts:<\/strong> Olivia Bradstreet, \u201cPaper, Pulp, and Practice: Investigating Connections Through Process Art,\u201d advised by Ronald Nadeau
\nBiomedical Sciences:<\/strong> Remi Geohegan, \u201cImpacts of ERK Activation on JC polyomavirus Infection,\u201d advised by Melissa Maginnis
\nBusiness:<\/strong> Samuel Varga, \u201cOn the Accuracy of IPO Underpricing in Different Sectors of the Stock Market,\u201d advised by Grant Miles
\nEducation and Human Development:<\/strong> Emmaline Richardson, \u201cThe Co-Parent Co-Op,\u201d advised by Daniel Puhlman
\nEngineering and Information Sciences: <\/strong>Basel White, “The Applications of Edge Detection to the Tissue Segmentation of Greyscale\u00a0Mammograms,” advised by Andre Khalil
\nInterdisciplinary Research:<\/strong> David Plouff, \u201cThermal Expansion and Residual Strain Effects in AIN Thin Film Sensor Materials,\u201d advised by Robert Lad
\nNatural Sciences:<\/strong> Claudia Desjardins, \u201cRetroviral Strain Diversity and Spatial Distribution in Wild Turkeys to Assess Agricultural Spillover,\u201d advised by Pauline Kamath
\nPhysical Sciences:<\/strong> Abram Karam, \u201cSecond-Order Derivatives of Nonsmooth Functions with Applications in Engineering,\u201d advised by Peter Stechlinski
\nSocial Sciences:<\/strong> Teagan LaPiere, \u201cUnderstanding Veteran Suicides: Difference in Combat Deployed and non-Combat Deployed Risk of Suicide,\u201d advised by Mollie Ruben<\/p>\n