4th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair
April 11, 2006
Community Arts Center
Presentations and Winners
Engineering
Poster #1 CDMA Wireless Security
Students: Greg Corbin, Joseph Bellew, Matt Milko, Troy Miller
Adviser: Jungwoo Ryoo
Poster #2 Wireless Hotspots: A Study on Wi-Fi Hotspot Networks
Students: Matthew Holt, Matthew Martin, Michael Selia
Adviser: Jungwoo Ryoo
Health and Life Sciences
Poster #3 The effect of predator presence on the geotactic response in the freshwater snail
Student: Monique DeLisser
Adviser: Ed Levri
Poster #4 An examination of the interaction between an invasive snail and native mollusk biodiversity in Lake Ontario
Student: Ashley A. Kelley, Shane Lunnen (Graduate of Penn State) Second Place
Adviser: Ed Levri
Poster #5 The effect of the number of flowers per inflorescence and number of inflorescences per plant on the pollination success of Kalmia latifolia
Student: Tara Mayhew
Adviser: Ed Levri
Poster #6 Functional Adaptation of the Proximal Femur to Mechanical Loading
Students: Christa J. Riscigno, Monica Garcia First Place
Adviser: Jeffrey H. Plochocki
Poster #7 The Effects of Mechanical Loading on Diaphyseal Bone Growth in Small Cursorial Mammals with Tapered Limbs
Students: Cathleen Zhang, Janelyn P. Rivera, Sahbina Ebba Third Place
Adviser: Jeffrey H. Plochocki
Poster #8 Variability of human femoral head curvature
Students: Cathleen Zhang, Janelyn P. Rivera
Adviser: Jeffrey H. Plochocki
Physical Sciences
Poster #9 Crown Ether and Gramicidin-Based Photonic Crystal Sensors
Students: David Condon, Sara Gould (student Altoona Area High School) Third Place
Adviser: Marta Maurer
Poster #10 Improvement of Dampener Systems and Human Prosthetics: A Study of Particle Shape-Dependence of Magnetorheological Fluids
Students: Josh Karli, Patrick J. Doughtery First Place
Adviser: Richard Bell
Poster #11 Complex Permittivity of Powder Metal Compacts by Cavity Perturbation Technique
Student: Christopher Lynch Second Place
Adviser: Darin Zimmerman
Poster #12 Microwave Heating and Pre-sintering of Copper Powder Metal Compacts in Separated Electric and Magnetic Fields
Student: Kelly Martin
Adviser: Darin Zimmerman
Poster #13 Group XVII: The Salt Formers
Students: Ryan Shay Rychak, Jamie Wagner
Adviser: Marta Mauer
Poster #14 Characteristic of Group 14 Elements
Students: Holly Taylor, Stephanie Shishido
Adviser: Marta Mauer
Social Sciences
Poster #15 Avenues for Business Financing
Student: Michael T. Rethage Second Place
Adviser: Tulay Girard
Judges
A special thanks to our judges:
- Lori Bechtel
- Andrea Boito
- Roselyn Costantino
- Mary De Jong
- Tulay Girard
- Doug Hoover
- Peter Hopsicker
- Mary Kananen
- Dan Lago
- Lucas
- Brad Pinter
- Tadd Reutenik
- Brittany Richards
- Jungwoo Ryoo
- Stan Snyder
- LA Wilson