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2018 Winners

Congratulations to all of the presenters during the 2018 Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol Poster Conference!

The winners of the conference were announced at the end of the event. Special recognition goes to the winners in the Arts and Humanities and the STEM categories.

Arts and Humanities

1st Place

Westminster College, Alicia Clark-Williams
PREDICTORS OF ATTITUDES TOWARD POLICE IN “STEELTON”

2nd Place (tie)

Valley Forge Military College, James Craig, Thomas Gerot and Yazen Mahasneh
THE STUDY OF RADICALIZATION AND ISLAMISM IN THE MODERN WORLD THROUGH THE HEZBOLLAH ORGANIZATION

Pennsylvania State University Behrend, Amanda Green, Elysa Marie Guerrero and Jenessa Islas-Parker
GENDER EFFECTS ON ‘BLAMING THE VICTIM’ PHENOMENA

3rd Place

Muhlenberg College, Crystian Massengill
AMERICA’S ISLAM: TRACING THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN IMAGINED COMMUNITY

STEM

1st Place


Villanova University, Architha Sudhakar
THE SALMONELLA ENTERICA GENES STM1265 AND STM1266 ACT TOGETHER FOR BIOFILM FORMATION AND REVEAL NEW TARGETS FOR ANALYSIS

2nd Place


Misericordia University, Brandon Dean and Tristan Snyder
GAIT AND REACTION TIME IN INDIVIDUALS WITH AND WITHOUT PARKINSON’S DISEASE

3rd Place (tie)


Indiana University, Aaron David Seidel
APPLICATION OF GROUND PENETRATING RADAR AND THE COMPLEX REFRACTIVE INDEX MODEL TO ESTIMATE METHANE DYNAMICS OF SEMI-NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS


Saint Joseph’s University, Lauren Hall
BRINGING MATHEMATICS TO LIFE IN VOLLEYBALL