Research Day began in the morning with Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) Research Day. The keynote "The Importance of Search in Research", was given by Mr. Duane Greenly '72. He spoke on the importance of curiosity in research and that your academic experience is more than just classroom knowledge. The day continued with a poster session in Andruss library where 58 students presented their research and were judged by a panel of alumni and faculty. The following is a list of winners.
2019 COST Research Day - Graduate
Students Winners
Top Prize in Graduate Clinical Practice or
Lab-Based Research:
From Biology and Allied Health
Sciences: Ian Whiteside – “Investigating
the Effects of BORIS Expression on Telomere Regulation and Stability”. Advisor:
Dr. Kate Beishline
Top Prize in Graduate Field-Based
Research:
From
Instructional Technology: Maurice
Robinson, Jacob Hare, and David
Moerman,– “Geisinger-Advanced ID Module Development”. Advisor:
Dr. R. Lynn Hummel
Graduate
Student First
Prize (highest two graduate scores
outside of Category Top Prizes)
From Communication Sciences
and Disorders: Taylor Chestnut and Kylie
Connell – “Assessing Test Specific Diagnostic and Management Value of the
Audiological Test Battery” – Advisor Dr. Mohsin Shaikh
From Exercise Science: Luke Strong – “Influence of Testing
Sequence on an Adult’s Ability to Achieve Maximal Aerobic and Anaerobic Power”
– Advisor Dr. Luke Haile
Graduate Student Honorable Mentions (highest four
graduate scores outside of Category Top Prizes and First Prizes)
From Biology and Allied Health Sciences: Kyle Flannery - “Assessment of Language Development Milestone in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder”. Advisor: Dr. Abby Hare-Harris
From Exercise Science: Tatum Mack - “Gender Comparisons of Rate of
Neuromuscular Fatigue and Performance across Handle Types during Seated Row
Exercise”. Advisor: Kyle Beyer
From Exercise Science: Meghan Magee - “Effects
of a Single Dose Multi-Ingredient Pre-Workout Supplement on Aerobic and
Anaerobic Performance in Men”. Advisor: Kyle Beyer
From Exercise Science: Shawn Reese – “Relative Fatigue, But
Not Muscle Swelling, is Affected by Maturity Status in Youth Male
Athletes”: Advisor: Kyle Beyer
2019 COST Research Day - Undergraduate
Student Winners
Top prize in Undergraduate Clinical
Practice-Based Research:
From Nursing: Lauren
Varner and Kate Jones – "Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit Setting: the
use of Client-Centered Diaries".
Advisor: Dr. Lori Metzger
Top Prize in Undergraduate Field-Based
Research:
From Physics: Jarret Willis – “Investigation of
Potential Sources of Release of Fission Products in the Environment in the
Absence of Nuclear Incidents”. Advisor: Dr. Naz Fallahian
Top
Prize in Undergraduate Lab-Based Research:
From Physics: Ian Birdwell – “Cosmic Ray Activity at
the Dusk of the 24th Solar Cycle”.
Advisor: Dr. Nathaniel Greene
Top prize in Undergraduate Literature
Review-Based Research:
From Instructional Technology:
Christopher Haefner – “Technical
Leadership Analysis: Process Improvements Within Automated Manufacturing”. Advisors: Drs. Julie Ambrose & Helmut
Doll)
Top Prize in Undergraduate Mathematics or
Digital Sciences-Based Research:
From Digital Forensics: Zachary Prebosnyak – “Smart Devices and
Dumb Criminals”. Advisor Dr. Scott Inch)
Undergraduate Student First Prize (highest six
undergraduate scores outside of Category Top Prizes):
From Biology and Allied
Health Sciences: Amanda Aulenbach –
“Algal Community Composition in a Natural vs. Artificial Wetland”. Advisor: Dr. Lauri Green
From Environmental
,Geographical, and Geological Sciences: Lauren
Barrett – “Initial Geochemical Assessment of Shanerburg Run Near Worlds End
State Park, Sullivan County, PA”. Drs.
Cynthia Venn and Christopher Hallen
From Biology and Allied
Health Sciences: Mikayla Ulicny –
“Evaluating the Neurological Phenotype of 15q13.3 Deletions”. Advisor: Dr. Abby Hare-Harris
From Communication Sciences
and Disorders: Amanda Rowe – “Effect
of Speech and Language Difficulties on Pre-Literacy Skills”. Advior: Dr.
Shelley Scarpino
From Biology and Allied Health
Sciences: Rachael Ryver –
“Investigating the Presence of Synapsin Proteins in Hamster Sperm”. Advisors: Drs. William Coleman and Jennifer
Venditti
From Biology and Allied Health
Sciences: Julia Smith – “The Effect
of Anandamide on Zebrafish Activity”.
Advisor: Dr. Candice Klingerman
Undergraduate
Student Honorable
Mentions (highest nine undergraduate scores outside of Category Top Prizes and
First Prizes):
From Communication Sciences
and Disorders: Monica Amarante –
“Survey of Diagnostic Tinnitus Services Provided by Pennsylvania Audiologists”. Advisor: Dr. Thomas Zalewski
From Environmental
,Geographical, and Geological Sciences: Martina Irinka Bennick – “Determining
the Origin of Intracameral Deposits in Orthoceras” Drs. Cynthia Venn, Adrian
VanRythoven, and Alan Gishlick
From Biology and Allied
Health Sciences: Andrew Cross –
“Assessing Oxidative Stress in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) After Exposure to
Neonicotinoid Insecticides”.
Advisors: Drs. John Hranitz and
Cynthia Surmacz
From Biology and Allied
Health Sciences: Morgan Ilgenfritz –
“Investigating the Functional Role of GABAergic Signaling at the Lumbricus
Terrestris Neuromuscular Junction Using Synaptogreen C4 Dye and Confocal
Microscopy”. Advisor: Dr. William
Coleman
From Exercise Science: Allison McCracken –“Effect of Postural
Influence on the Assessment of Body Composition When Using Multi-Frequency
Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis”. Advisor: Dr. Joseph Andreacci
From Biology and Allied
Health Sciences: Jessica Paoletti –
“Feeding Competition between Avian Insectivores in Manmade Wetlands”. Advisor: Dr.
Lauri Green
From Physics: Katelynne Pursel – “Delta Scuti/Gamma
Doradus Hybrids”. Advisor: Dr. Peter
Stine
From Communication
Sciences and Disorders: Peter Rigel –
“Development of a New Measure of Phonological Complexity in Bilingual Children”. Advisor Dr. Shelley Scarpino
From Chemistry and
Biochemistry: Daniel Staros –
“Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Human Salivary Amylase Inhibition by
Sucralose and Potential Effects on Sugar Metabolism”. Advisor: Dr. Kristen Lewis
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