April 26, 2021

EXPLORE Awards presented

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The 2021 NDSU EXPLORE Virtual Showcase of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity was held April 19-23. At the end of the week, awards were given to the top poster and oral presenters and to the top presenters in each of seven disciplinary categories.

ORAL PRESENTATION WINNERS

• First place

Annie Schiro, biochemistry and molecular biology

“Chemistry students' understanding of dissolving and associated phenomena: The case for sodium chloride”

Faculty mentor: James Nyachwaya

• Second place

Alaina Driscoll, physical education

“Home Fun in Physical Education”

Faculty mentor: Jenny Linker

• Third place

Jake Jenson, animal sciences

“Relative expression and location of the neonatal Fc receptor [FcRn] in the equine gastrointestinal system”

Faculty mentor: Carolyn Hammer

• Honorable mention

Troy Timmerman, computer science

“Automating protein structure modeling to predict beta sheet content”

Faculty mentor: Bakhtiyor Rasulev

POSTER SESSION WINNERS

• First place

Rachel Voigt, animal sciences

“Visualization and Measures of Intensity of the Neonatal Fc Receptor in Major Body Systems of the Horse”

Faculty mentor: Carolyn Hammer

• Second place

Gabe Dusek, biological sciences

“Evaluation of Fungicide Timing for Fusarium Head Blight in Two-row Barley”

Faculty mentor: Andrew Friskop

• Third place (tie)

Dani Douri, biochemistry and molecular biology

“Gender Specific Differences in Expression of DNA-Methylation Associated Markers in the Lungs of Allergic Mice”

Faculty mentor: Sathish Venkatachalem

Rebecca Tomann, chemistry

“Holey Graphene with Embedded Au13-Cluster for H2S Gas Sensing Applications”

Faculty mentor: Svetlana Kilina

• Honorable mentions

Huan Ho, computer science

“Handwritten Text Recognition using Convolutional Neural Networks in Deep Learning”

Faculty mentor: Simone Ludwig

 

Helen Wax, anthropology

“The Cost of Death in the Upper Midwest - An Ethnographic Analysis of the American Funeral Industry”

Faculty mentor: Ellen Rubinstein

TOP PRESENTATIONS BY CATEGORY

AGRICULTURE

Jake Jenson, animal sciences

Rachel Voigt, animal sciences

Max Salzer, agricultural and biosystems engineering

ARTS AND HUMANITIES

Garrett Bryan, philosophy

Makayla Scherrer, music

BIOLOGICAL, HEALTH SCIENCES AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Troy Timmerman, computer science

Ryan Anderson, civil engineering

Anna Marie Schornack, Anna Rudie and Abby Voigt, electrical engineering

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Joshua Gisi, computer engineering

Tiffany Meeks, civil engineering

Mohammed Mohammed, civil engineering

INTERDISCIPLINARY

Macy Rennpferd, biological sciences, and Madeline Schroeder, Biological sciences education

PHYSICAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS

Annie Schiro, biochemistry and molecular biology

Rebecca Tomann, chemistry

Sarah Montplaisir, English

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, EDUCATION AND BUSINESS

Alaina Driscoll, physical education

Kate Best, economics

Helen Wax, anthropology

Nicolas Rohrich, electrical engineering, and Kyle Berger, finance

Halle Lipetzky, apparel, retail merchandising and design

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