Written by: UAH March 23, 2021 Twenty-five projects, and the students who conducted the work, were recognized for excellence in research at the Research Horizons Virtual Poster Session held this month. Due to safety measures against the spread of COVID-19, the traditional face-to-face poster session was held virtually this year on Canvas. Judges were able to interact with undergraduate and graduate presenters via message boards and carried on with the competition by judging the posters in the virtual format. "Giving student researchers a chance to share their research and creative projects is an important part of inquiry-based learning, and it鈥檚 the reason that Research Horizons was launched seven years ago,鈥� says David Cook, director of Undergraduate Research at UAH. 鈥淭his year, unfortunately, we weren鈥檛 unable to give students the opportunity to present in person, so we experimented with Canvas as a platform for presenters, judges and the UAH community to interact safely,鈥� Cook says. 鈥淚 really appreciate everyone鈥檚 flexibility in giving the virtual poster session a chance and making it a great success.鈥� This year鈥檚 winners: College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Undergraduate First Place Russell Pope (History) 鈥淒edicatory Propaganda: 1 Kings 8 from Solomon to Hezekiah鈥� Mentor: Dr. Molly Johnson (History) Second Place Brenda Hernandez (Sociology) 鈥淚nadequate Social Spending in the U.S.: An Attitudinal Study of the Hispanic Perspective鈥� Mentor: Dr. Kyle Knight (Sociology) Third Place Rosemary Cortelli (Psychology) 鈥淧sychological Attributes in Future Spaceport Concepts鈥� Mentor: Dr. Kristin Weger (Psychology) Graduate First Place Sheri Leder (Industrial Organizational Psychology) 鈥淭he Benefits of Team Reflexivity in Diverse Remote Teams鈥� Mentor: Dr. Kristin Weger (Psychology) College of Business Undergraduate First Place (tie) Tiffany Guess (Information Systems) 鈥淏uilding an App: Nutrition To Go鈥� Mentor: Dr. Atiya Avery (Information Systems) First Place (tie) Nicholas Knighten (Economics & Computational Analysis / Finance) 鈥淗ealthy Diet Affordability in North Alabama During COVID-19鈥� Mentor: Dr. Brinda Mahalingam (Economics) Second Place Sebastian Rohrbach (Finance and Economics) 鈥淪urvey Formats: A study of item by item vs. matrix formats鈥� Mentor: Dr. Brinda Mahalingam (Economics) Third Place Tran Luu (Economics) 鈥淐orruption and Economic Development: The Case of Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and The Philippines鈥� Mentor: Dr. Brinda Mahalingam (Economics) College of Education Undergraduate First Place Kathryn Rodebaugh (Kinesiology); co-authors: Ryan Conners, Paul Whitehead, Madison Quick, Piotr Urbanski 鈥淓ffect of Walking Speed on Magnitude and Distribution of Plantar Ground Reaction Forces鈥� Mentor: Dr. Ryan Conner (Kinesiology) Second Place Caleb Brock (Kinesiology); co-authors: Taylor West, Isabella Huddleston 鈥淟imiting Radioulnar Deviation and Its Effects on Free Throw Shooting in Novice Athletes鈥� Mentor: Dr. Paul Whitehead (Kinesiology) College of Engineering Undergraduate First Place Anna Shipman (Industrial and Systems Engineering); co-authors: Rosemary Cortelli, Alana Flint, Hailey Simon, Harleigh Bass, Elizabeth Berhow, Andrew Atchley, Madison Travis 鈥淚nterdisciplinary Undergraduate Experience (INCLUDE): Conceptualizing a Space Ecosystem鈥� Mentors: Dr. Bryan Mesmer (ISEEM), Dr. Nicholas Loyd (ISEEM), Dr. Kristin Weger (Psychology), Vincent Argentina (Animation and Game Design), Dr. Nicholaos Jones (Philosophy-Political Science), Dr. Liwu Hsu (Marketing) Second Place Austin Gabhart (Aerospace Engineering); co-authors: Phillip Wilkerson, Areeb Mohammed, Megan Jordan, Todd McKinney, Hunter Jett 鈥淎n Approach to the Development of a High Endurance Solar Electric Motorglider鈥� Mentor: Dr. Richard Tantaris (MAE) Third Place Alana Flint (Industrial and Systems Engineering) 鈥淯se of Model-Based Systems Engineering in Ground Station development鈥� Mentor: Dr. Dale Thomas (ISEEM) Graduate First Place Nicholas Morris (Aerospace Engineering) 鈥淧assive Zero Boil Off Storage Of Liquid Hydrogen Applied To The Mars Transfer Vehicle鈥� Mentor: Dr. Dale Thomas (ISEEM) Second Place Jarvee Liles (Aerospace Engineering) 鈥淐ovid-19 Response Using 3D Printing: Door Converter鈥� Mentor: Dr. Lori Lioce (CON) Third Place Casey Eaton (Systems Engineering); co-authors: Robert McGukin, Lauren Gearhardt, Bryan Mesmer 鈥淯sing a Failure Classification Scheme to Better Understand NASA Case Studies鈥� Mentor: Dr. Bryan Mesmer (ISEEM) College of Nursing Graduate First Place Stefanie Wortham (Nursing) 鈥淢easuring the effectiveness of, and adaptation to, maternal non-pharmacologic interventions in the Eat, Sleep, Console approach for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome鈥� Mentor: Dr. Ann Bianchi (Nursing) College of Professional and Continuing Studies Undergraduate First Place Jarrett Powell (Engineering Technology) 鈥淚nspiring the Next Generation of Engineers and Innovators鈥� Mentor: Dr. Alisa Henrie (Professional Studies) Second Place Amanda Banks (Professional Studies) 鈥淓ducating Everyone: A Community-Based Approach to High-Mastery Learning鈥� Mentor: Dr. Melissa Morphew (Professional Studies) College of Science Undergraduate First Place Todd McKinney (Atmospheric Science) 鈥淎pplication of Super Pressure Balloons for Global High-Altitude Analysis鈥� Mentor: Dr. Mike Newchurch (ESS) Second Place Jennifer Petrillo (Computer Science and Math) 鈥淎pplication of Software Architecture Strategies to Comprehensive Architecture Strategy (CAS) System鈥� Mentor: Dr. Bryan Mesmer (ISEEM) Third Place Sean Pagani (Computer Science) 鈥淎pplications of Deep Learning: Pan Sharpening and Radar Fusion鈥� Mentor: Dr. Sara Graves (Computer Science) Graduate First Place Caily Schwartz (Earth System Science); co-authors: Walter L. Ellenburg, Vikalp Mishra, Timothy Mayer, Robert Griffin, Faisal Qamer, Mir Matin, Tsegaye Tadesse 鈥淭owards Developing a Customized Composite Drought Index for Pakistan using Earth Observations鈥� Mentor: Dr. Robert Griffin (Atmospheric and Earth System Science) Second Place Christine Evans (Earth System Science); co-author: Vanesa Martin 鈥淓valuating Effects of Land Use and Climate Change on Water Quality in Belize鈥� Mentor: Dr. Robert Griffin (Atmospheric and Earth System Science) Third Place Raina Ghanshyam Bangani (Computer Science); co-authors: Vineetha Menon, Emil Jovanov 鈥淧ersonalized stress Monitoring AI System for Healthcare Workers鈥� Mentor: Dr. Vineetha Menon (Computer Science) Learn More UAH Undergraduate Research UAH Academic Affairs Contact David Cook 256.824.5705 david.cook@uah.edu