The 2019 Spring Expo included both undergraduate research and service learning presentations. It celebrated excellence in research, service learning, creative activity, and scholarship by showcasing the endeavors of undergraduate students. It was held on April 18-19.
For service learning, the Expo is an exposition of student and community engagement collaborations from students engaged in service-learning courses. Service learning students have the opportunity to gain presentation experience and to celebrate the projects and collaborations between community partners, UAB, and our greater community.
Winners
Oral Presentations
- First Place: Juhee Agrawal
- Second Place: Elizabeth A. Bradley
- Third Place: Monima Anam
Poster Presentations
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Arts and Humanities
First Place: David Turner
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Biological and Life Sciences
First Place (tie):
- Johanna Popp
- Jillian Tinglin
- Rose Albert, Mia Bradley, Areebah Nur, Seth Maynor
Second Place: Molly Strickland
Third Place: Harrison R. Jordan, Kayla A. Lewis, Trygve O. Tollefsbol
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Business
First Place: Ryan King
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Education
First Place: Rebekah Kim
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Engineering
First Place: Hannah Lacy, Nikhil Mardhekar, Joshua Moore, Joseph Willis
Second Place:
- Matthew Joyner, Jing Khoo, Abhay Thottassery
- Jessica M. Miller, Allaire F. Doussan, Ali A. El-Husari, Jacob A. Garcia, René Myers, Timothy King, Alan Eberhardt
Third Place: Natasha Wright, Kishan Patel, Jiongsi Zhong, Jonathan Hill
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Health Sciences
First Place: Deepa Gadde
Second Place: Hanleigh James and Ndeye Silla
Third Place (tie):
- Mary Kopp and Gordon Fisher, FACSM
- Seebree De Preter
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Physical and Applied Sciences
First Place: Jose Blanco, Josette Runge, Ryan Requijo, J. R. Blanco, C. S. Loveless, S.E. Lapi
Second Place:Jakayla Robinson, Emma Latham, Daniel Cotton, Emily Johnson, Cailet Hardtmann-Huckabee, David Hong, Kyle Landers, Justin Rice
Third Place: Hannah Blansett, Anna Grace Dulaney, Tharon Holdsworth, Noah Matthews, and Alexis Tilley; J. R. Blanco
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Service Learning
First Place: Drew Davis, Amanda Boggan, Raven King, and Sophia Ngo
Second Place: Katy Snoddy, Georgia Haggard, Nia Peterson, Sarah Nealy, Sophie Wasilevich, Lindsey Ferraro, Mindy Foster, and Patrick Orman
Third Place: Katelyn Argo, Kyleigh Baker, Lauren Hill, Sandi Minor, Lourdes Otero, and Jiwon Yoon
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Social and Behavioral Sciences
First Place: Tasha G. Curiel, Heather E. Dark, Juliann Purcell, Sylvie Mrug, and David C. Knight
Second Place: Sharan Kaur
Third Place: Caroline Kehrer
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Works in Progress
First Place: Karly Casey, Hrithik Praveen, and Kierra Smith
Second Place: Percy Gresham, and Zachary Johnson
Third Place: Michael Ho, Caleb Rowe, and Claire Thomas
Video Research Awards
First Place: Monima Aman, "Virtual Walking for Neuropathic Pain in Spinal Cord Injury"
Second Place: Molly Strickland, "Klotho and PSD-95--a science song"
Third Place: Karly Casey: "Research with lasers is really cool!!"
Video by Kellan Hyde: "Business in China"
Keynote Speaker: Tina Kempin Reuter, Ph.D.
Dr. Tina Kempin Reuter is the Director of the Institute for Human Rights and Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration and the Department of Anthropology, specializing in human rights, peace studies, and international politics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
Her research focuses on human rights with a particular emphasis on the struggle of vulnerable and marginalized populations, including minorities, persons with disabilities, refugees and migrants, women, children, the LGBTQ community, and people dealing with the consequences of poverty. She is also an expert on ethnic conflict and peace making with a geographical focus on Europe and the Middle East.