Undergraduate

1st place: Tie

Manual Arafat, Senior – Zoology Major
Faculty Advisor: Kurt Galbreath
Title: Craniometric Variation in Canis lupus from Alaska to the Great Lakes

Rachel Marlatt, Senior – Biology Major
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Patrick Brown
Title: Are Human Development and Corruption in a Country Correlated with the Effectiveness of Conservation Policies on Wild Cats?

2nd place:

Kelsey Huisman, Senior – Double Major: Biology and Spanish
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joshua Neely
Title: An Ecological Review of Lepanthes Sw. Orchids and Why it is Important

3rd place:

Nathan Martineau, Freshman – Biology
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alec Lindsay
Title: Creating Scientific Value for a Collection of Eggs from Unknown Species

Team

1st place

Nicole Shoup, Senior – Biology
Kaylagh Hollen, Graduate Student – Biology
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Josh Sharp
Rapid Identification of Staphylococcus by Immunomagnetic Capture and Laser Light Scattering

2nd place

Jaclyn Johnston, Senior – Biology/Ecology
Rochelle Schuch, Sophmore - Biology
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alan Rebertus
Hidden Symbiosis: Rotifer Population Dynamics in Plant Container Habitats

3rd place

Rebecca Dangremond, Graduate Student – Biology
Amanda Taisto, Graduate Student – Biology
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Erich Ottem
Assessing the Role of Skeletal Muscle-Synthesized BDNF in the Maintenance of Gastrocnemius Fibers, Neuromuscular Juction Morphology, and Retrograde Transport Along Gastrocnemius-Associated Motorneuron Axons.

Graduate

1st place

Theresa Durley, Graduate – Doctor of Nursing Practice
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Kristi Robinia and Dr. Maggy Moore
An Overview of Necrotizing Fasciitis

2nd place

Lacey Crabb, Graduate – Doctor of Nursing Practice
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Kristi Robinia and Dr. Maggy Moore
Campylobacter: A Food Borne Illness Case Study

3rd place - Tie

Jake Aday, Graduate – Psychology
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Josh Carlson
Neuroplasticity in an Extended Amygdala Network as the Mechanism Underlying Attention Bias Modification Training: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Pilot Study

Amanda Wigand, Graduate – Biology
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Robert Belton
Analysis of Tumor Specific Protein Expression in Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBMs) Tumors-Through Immunohistochemistry

Technology Innovation

Page Lamb and Molly Smith, School of Education, Leadership and Public Service; First Technology Challenge Girls' Robotics Team

Amy Peterson, School of Art and Design; Augmented Reality Applications