The judges for this year's Undergraduate Research Fair and Exhbition had their work cut out for them, as they had to judge 78 poster presentations, six oral presentations, six creative works and 12 visual arts projects and select the top projects in each category.
First-place winners in the Technology and Engineering category Alexandra Trinovitch, Timothy Nelson and Michael Border receive their awards for their project: "3D-printed Spring-like Novel Bar Mechanism for Simplifying the Design of Robotic Grippers”.
Nursing major Megan Lucey receives her first place award in the Nursing: Prenatal and Pediatrics category from UGR fair coordinator Meg Van Etten for her project, “Copper or Hormonal Intrauterine Device: Which Has Fewer Side Effect”.
UGR Fair Coordinator Meg Van Etten presents Kayla Kozlowski with her first place award in Nursing: Injury and Disease for her project, Efficacy of Needle Exchange Programs”.
Olivia Maikranz receives her first place award in the Nursing: Health and Aging category for her project, "The Effectiveness of Music-Based Interventions in Addition to Pharmacological Interventions To Manage Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia”.
UGR Fair coordinator Meg Van Etten presents Sarah Sherpinskas her first place award in science for her project: “Using Brassica rapa mutants to measure the long-term effects of pollinator declines: First steps”.
Marie LaRosa accepts her first place award in Oral Presentations from fair coordinator Meg Van Etten, for “Relationship”.
Elizabeth Trojan accepts her first place award in social science from fair coordinator Meg Van Etten for her project, "Violence/Risk Assessments and Incarcerated Offenders: Examining the Reliability and Validity of the PCL-R”.
Corporate Communication major Maria Veniamin, who in addition to presenting at this year's fair was also an opening speaker for the event, garnered first place in the Visual Arts category, for her project "Making Purple”. In her remarks, Veniamin shared her personal experience and the satisfaction she felt after completing a research project for a class report last semester that resulted in faculty at Penn State Scranton adopting her solution to student exhaustion. (see sidebar story)
Angelo Corradino accepts his second place award for his oral presentation, "How Ace Attorney Uses Elements of the Graphic Novel” from Meg Van Etten, Undergraduate Research Fair coordinator.
Marston Jamieson and Alexandria DeWolfe receive their first place University Libraries' Undergraduate Research Award for Excellence in Information Literacy for their project, "Plant Interactions Perceived as Stress Relieving During COVID-19 Pandemic".
Kaylah Simmons receives her second place award in social science from Fair Coordinator Meg Van Etten for her project, “The Psychological Influences Behind the Fear of Phone Detachment Among Teens Using the Nomophobia Questionnaire”.
Johannah Carr receives her second place award for her Nursing: Prenatal and Pediatrics project, “The Impact of Breastfeeding on Infants Experiencing Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)”.
Marston Jamieson and Alexandria DeWolfe receive their second place award in science award from UGR fair coordinator Meg Van Etten for their project, “Plant Interactions Perceived as Stress Relieving During COVID-19 Pandemic”.
Elizabeth Trojan also won a University LIbraries' Award for Excellence in Information Literacy for her project and is presented it here by Head Librarian Jennie Knies.
Marie LaRosa's project "Relationship" also took a runner-up award in the University Libraries Undergraduate Reseaarch Award for Excellence in Information Literacy.
Librarian Jennie Knies presents Claire Taylor with her runner-up award for the Univesity Libraries' Undergraduate Research Award for Excellence in Information Literacy for her project, Claire Taylor -- “Food During Labor”.
Penn State Scranton Head Librarian Jennie Knies presents Aless Jellan Agojo her certificate for earning a runner-up spot in the University Libraries' Undergraduate Research Award for Excellence in Information Literacy for her project: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Prevention in Older Adults.”
Undergraduate Research Fair coordinator Meg Van Etten poses for a photo with winners from this year's research fair.