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2019 Graduate Student Research Symposium winners announced at 黑料社

2019 Graduate Student Research Symposium winners announced at 黑料社

Contact: Sasha Steinberg

STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥敽诹仙 is renowned for providing students with opportunities to conduct innovative and meaningful research alongside world-class faculty.

The university鈥檚 Graduate School and Graduate Student Association gave 80 master鈥檚 and doctoral students a forum to showcase work from the spring 2018 and fall聽2019 semesters during the recent Graduate Student Research Symposium.

Twenty-nine of those students received cash prizes for having the top oral presentations and poster projects assigned to one of four categories鈥攁rts and humanities; life and biomedical sciences and engineering; physics, mathematics, computer science and engineering; and social and behavioral sciences.

A team of 20 campus faculty members representing a cross-section of academic disciplines served as judges.

This year鈥檚 winners include (by project type, category and classification):

POSTERS

ARTS AND HUMANITIES聽DOCTORAL STUDENTS

FIRST鈥擬orteza Nagahi, an industrial and systems engineering and business administration/management double-major from Iran, for 鈥淧ersonality Types and Level of Systems Thinking Skills.鈥

SECOND鈥擠ustin Finch, an applied psychology/cognitive science major from Fort Wayne, Indiana, for 鈥淲hat Is That Smell?鈥 He also is pursuing an 黑料社 master鈥檚 degree in psychology.

THIRD鈥擟ourtney K. Mason, an applied psychology/clinical psychology major from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for 鈥淎ffective Dysregulation and Behavior Dysregulation Are Mediated by Anger Rumination.鈥 She also is pursuing an 黑料社 master鈥檚 degree in psychology.

ARTS AND HUMANITIES聽MASTER鈥橲 STUDENTS

FIRST鈥擬alavika Ramamurthy Jinka, an applied anthropology major from India, for 鈥淒evelopment: Is It the Same for Both Internally Displaced People and the Government?鈥

FIRST鈥擩ulianne M. Paige, an applied anthropology major from Glenden Beach, Oregon, and Kara M. Larson, an applied anthropology major from Delton, Michigan, for 鈥淔easting with the Dead: Preliminary Analysis of Faunal Remains at the Put Dragulina Roman Cemetery.鈥 Put Dragulina, a Roman cemetery site dating between 1st century AD to approximately 7th century AD, was excavated as part of rescue projects during 2011 and 2017 in Trogir, Croatia.

SECOND鈥擲abhyata Lamichhane, a forestry major from Nepal, for 鈥淭rends and Drivers of Conservation Easements in The United States.鈥

LIFE AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING聽DOCTORAL STUDENTS

FIRST鈥擲achini K. Arachchige, a kinesiology/exercise science major from Sri Lanka, for 鈥淚mpact of Occupational Footwear and Workload on Postural Stability in Work Safety.鈥 She also holds an 黑料社 master鈥檚 degree in kinesiology/exercise physiology.

SECOND鈥擱ebecca Bracken, a forest resources/wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture major from Austin, Texas, for 鈥淓ffects of a Closing Canopy on Avian Abundances in a Private, Working Forest.鈥

THIRD鈥擰ingyu Sheng, a life sciences/animal physiology major from China, for 鈥淣ear Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy as a Non-Invasive Tool for In-Situ Gender Discrimination of Giant Panda Feces.鈥

LIFE AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING聽MASTER鈥橲 STUDENTS

FIRST鈥擟aitlyn A. Cowick, an agricultural life sciences/biochemistry major from Gulfport, 聽for 鈥淏ovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) Pathogens Affect Each Other During Co-Infection.鈥 She also holds 黑料社 bachelor鈥檚 degrees in biological sciences and microbiology.

SECOND鈥擶illiam O. 鈥淲ill鈥 Kruckeberg, a forestry major from Bastrop, Texas, for 鈥淚mpacts of Prescribed Fire on Soil Erosion Potential in Northern Mississippi.鈥

SECOND鈥擝rian D. Tow, a biological sciences major from Byhalia, for 鈥淧harmacological Modulation of Mitochondria Ca2+ Exerts Divergent Effects on Arrhythmogenic Calcium Waves in Ca2+-dependent and Metabolic Cardiac Disease.鈥 He also is an 黑料社 summa cum laude bachelor鈥檚 graduate in biomedical engineering.

PHYSICS, MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING聽DOCTORAL STUDENTS

FIRST鈥擜nh Nguyen, an earth and atmospheric sciences major from Vietnam, for 鈥淎ssessment of Uranium (VI) Entrapment in Calcite at Hydrothermal Conditions. She also holds an 黑料社 master鈥檚 degree in geosciences/geology.

FIRST鈥擜chala S. Liyanage, a chemistry major from Sri Lanka, for 鈥淪urface Modified Ground Rubber Tire (GRT) as Heavy Metal Adsorbents.鈥

PHYSICS, MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING聽MASTER鈥橲 STUDENTS

FIRST鈥擝rent Burch, a mechanical engineering major from Dyersburg, Tennessee, for 鈥淎ccelerated Aging Humidity Chamber for Nuclear Grade HEPA Filter Media.鈥

SECOND鈥擳in N. Le, a chemical engineering major from Olive Branch, for 鈥淰iability of Ag Incorporated into UiO-66 for Carbon Capture.鈥

THIRD鈥擜mali Herath, a chemistry major from Sri Lanka, for 鈥淓fficient removal of rhodamine B from aqueous media by potassium hydroxide treated biochar.鈥

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

ARTS AND HUMANITIES EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES聽DOCTORAL STUDENTS

FIRST鈥擜nusha Shreshta, a forest resources/forestry major from Nepal, for 鈥淲illingness to Pay for Prescribed Burning by Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners.鈥

SECOND鈥擲arah K.C. Dygert, an applied psychology/cognitive science major from Madison, for 鈥淩e-Solving Ambiguities in Language and Problem Solving.鈥 She also holds 黑料社 bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degree in psychology.

THIRD鈥擱obert B. Kolbila, a sociology major from Ghana, for 鈥淯sing Fish4Zambia Preliminary Results to Explore Household-Level Hunger Among Fishing Value Chain Actors in Zambia鈥檚 Lake Banweulu Region.鈥

ARTS AND HUMANITIES EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES聽MASTER鈥橲 STUDENTS

FIRST鈥擡lizabeth M. 鈥淏etty鈥 Thomas, an agriculture/ag economics major from Lenexa, Kansas, for 鈥淐onsumer Purchasing Response to Genetically Engineered Labeling in Vermont.鈥 She also is an 黑料社 summa cum laude bachelor鈥檚 graduate in agribusiness/policy and law.

SECOND鈥擜ndrea M. Sakleh, an applied anthropology major from Plainfield, Illinois, for 鈥淧erspectives on Shame among Palestinian Women.鈥

LIFE AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING聽DOCTORAL STUDENTS

FIRST鈥擲aman Fatemi, an agricultural science/poultry science major from Iran, for 鈥淚mprovement in the Inflammatory Reaction and Small Intestine Morphology of Ross 708 Broilers in Response to the in-ovo Injection of Various Sources of Vitamin D3 When Subjected to a Coccidiosis Challenge.鈥

FIRST鈥擲hannon M. Westlake, a forest resources/wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture major from Cayuta, New York, for 鈥淎ttributes Affecting Adoption of Pollinator Conservation Practices.鈥

SECOND鈥擟ori J. Speights, a biological sciences major from Mexia, Texas, for 鈥淓cological Impacts of Asymmetric Warming.鈥

LIFE AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING聽MASTER鈥橲 STUDENTS

FIRST鈥擟layton W. Hale, a forestry major from Nolensville, Tennessee, for 鈥淎 14-Year Post-Hurricane Katrina Reevaluation of an Atlantic White Cedar Stand in Mississippi.鈥

PHYSICS, MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING聽DOCTORAL STUDENTS

FIRST鈥擟hartese D. Jones, a mathematical sciences major from Belzoni, for 鈥淓dge Enhancing Accelerated Diffusion Denoising Method for Medical Images.鈥 He also holds an 黑料社 master鈥檚 degree in mathematics.

SECOND鈥擲iavash Fadaeerayeni, an engineering/chemical engineering major from Iran, for 鈥淏imetallic Ni/Ga/ZSM-5 Catalyst for the Ethane Conversion to Aromatics.鈥

THIRD鈥擳hu Ya Kyaw, a forest resources/forestry major from Myanmar, for 鈥淒etermining Which Spectral Bands are Highly Correlated with Photosynthetic Capacity of a Poplar Plantation.鈥

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