Celebration of Scholarship | Award Winners

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2025 Award Winners

President's 17th Annual Art SHOW


 AWARD WINNERS

  1. Annabelle Makselan
    Electric Madonna
    Oil on Canvas

  2. Franchesca Ornelas
    Dissonance
    Acrylic Paint and Colored Pencil

  3. Katie Melzer
    Bear Hug
    Oil on Canvas


BR. JOEL DAMIAN BUSINESS PITCH COMPETITION


 AWARD WINNERS

Grand Prize Winner – $6,000

Ayesha Fatima (Masters – Data Science)
Tahar

Undergraduate Winner – $4,000

Daniel Baumhart (Business Administration, Junior)
Zip

Dean’s Choice Winner – $3,000

Srikanth Pathakamudi (Masters – Business Analytics)
Bamboo Salt Company

Social Impact Winner – $2,500

Diego Hernandez (Business Administration)
Empowerment Through Employment

Crowd Favorite Winner – $2,500

Hajira Sultana (Graduate – Cybersecurity)
GlowAI – Personalized Skin Analysis and Care




DR. STEPHANY SCHLACHTER COMPETITION


 DR. STEPHANY SCHLACHTER EXCELLENCE IN UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNER ($1,500)

Emma Teo
Muon-to-Electron (Mu2e) Conversion Experiment: Pixel Cooling Project
Mentor: Dr. Ryan Hooper


 DR. STEPHANY SCHLACHTER EXCELLENCE IN UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP HONORABLE MENTIONS ($250)

Tanny Do
“Seeing” Music Using Lasers to Measure Vibrational String Frequencies
Mentor: Dr. Phillip Chumbley

Katie Melzer
The Simplification of Everything
Mentor: Leslie Colonna


 DR. STEPHANY SCHLACHTER EXCELLENCE IN UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD FINALISTS

Zachary Campbell
Mathematically Modeling Recurrent C. difficile Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities
Mentor: Dr. Cara Sulyok

Nathan Hajek
Investigation of Polymer-MOF Hybrid Composite Materials for Electrochemical Capacitors
Mentor: Dr. Daniel Kissel



thREE MINUTE THESIS (3MT)


 3MT AWARDS

  1. Norman Paz-Ramirez
    Enhancing Chloroperoxidase’s Catalytic Efficiency on a Solid Surface for Stability and Reusability in Dye Degradation
  2. (Tie) Katey Sheets
    Understanding the Interfacial Dynamics of a Two-Layer Responsive Hydrogel System for Wound Healing Applications

    (Tie) Tom Harless
    Neutronics Simulations for Energy Extraction of a Direct Fusion Drive
  3. Hayley O’Leary
    An Exploratory Investigation of Community Outreach by Law Enforcement in the Development of Firearm Education for Children

Three Minute Thesis (3MT) People’s Choice Award

Piper Smith
Analyzing the Influence of Megasonic Parameters on the Effectiveness of Chemical Additives in the Optimization of Post-Chemical Mechanical Planarization Cleaning Processes for Silicon Carbide Substrates



STEM/HASS


 STEM/HASS SLAM AWARDS

  1. Emma Teo
    Muon-to-Electron (Mu2e) Conversion Experiment: Pixel Cooling Project
  2. (Tie) Sara “Sei” Barbour
    The Toll it Takes and Excerpt from “Advocate”

    (Tie) Jadyn Dominguez
    Project W.A.T.C.H (Water Antigen Tracking with Cellulose Hydrogels): A Biopolymeric Scaffold for Advanced Sensing Applications
  3. (Tie) Andrew Murphy
    Enhancing Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) Performance Through Catalytic Surface Oxidation of Wide Band Gap (WBG) Substrates

    (Tie) Angelina Martinez
    Adsorptive and Electrochemical Methods for Water Reclamation in Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) Processes

STEM/HASS Slam People’s Choice Award

Emma Tao
Muon-to-Electron (Mu2e) Conversion Experiment: Pixel Cooling Project



CONCURRENT SESSIONS


 OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Humanities, Health & Social Science

  1. (100) Raven Robinson
    Navigating Service Provision and Community Perceptions in a Suburban Environment: A Study of Homeless Service Nonprofits
  1. (130) Hannah Herr, Danielle Gorman, & Anabelle Makselan
    Cognitive Calm: The Power of Prayer, Affirmations, and Mindfulness on Cognitive Stress and Attention as Measured by EEG

Math & Science

  1. (40) Maciej Zalinski, Ashley Miller, Ethan Brooks, & Shaylin Roark
    Investigation of Antimicrobial Molecules in Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera) Extracts
  1. (123) Johan Gonzalez
    Investigation of Optoelectronic and Thermal Properties of PANI/MOF Composite Materials

 OUTSTANDING GRADUATE CONCURRENT SESSIONS

  1. (111) Salavuddin Shaik
    InterviewEdge: A Smart Technical Interview Simulator
  1. (31) Blanca Hipolito
    A Critical Examination of the Implementation of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support and the Impact of Race through the Lens of Critical Race Theory
  1. (13) Kelsey Calasanz
    Lost in Translation: Differentiating Language Disorders from Emergent Language in Bilingual Students


POSTER SESSIONS


 OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE POSTER SESSIONS

Humanities, Health & Social Science

  1. (90C) Fatima Sohail Warraich
    Evaluating Potential Target for Metallo-beta-lactamases Antibiotics Using Substitution Mutations
  1. (39C) Janelle Williams
    Provocation within Education

Math & Science

  1. (41B) Sydney Tremblay
    Assessment of the Stability and Reactivity of Reactive Oxygen Species in Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP) Processes
  1. (71B) Leonardo Ramos
    Fabrication and Analytical Characterization of Nd:YAG Laser System
  1. (47B) Audrey Ang
    Characterizing the G189D Mutation in Metallo-β-Lactamase: Implications for Antibiotic Resistance
  1. (86B) Aaron Allred
    Investigating the Non-Canonical Role of Cyclin D3 in Gene Regulation Using a Neutrophil Model
  1. (65B) Andrew Murphy, Amanda Warfield, Kiersten Smith
    Enhancing Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) Performance Through Catalytic Surface Oxidation of Wide Band Gap (WBG) Substrates

 OUTSTANDING GRADUATE POSTER SESSION

  1. (70A) Samuel Robles
    Characterization and Synthesis of Cu-TiO2 Nanoparticles via Photochemical Methods for Enhanced Antimicrobial Efficacy
  1. (103A) Tyler Ranieri
    Study of NO2 Emission from Remote Sensing with Spatial Mapping
  1. (114C) Laura Rios, Mari Ilano
    Understanding Postoperative Feeding Difficulties in Children with Cleft Lip and Palate: Insights from a Scoping Review


Student's Choice Awards


 CREATIVE WORKS

(Tie) Gabe Seaman
Godspell 2012 Lighting Design

(Tie) Morgan Vergo
Lifecycle


 CONCURRENT SESSION

Hajira Sultana & Aaileen Sarwar Syed
Real-Time Phishing Detection and Preventive Education System


 POSTER SESSION

(Tie) Kenadee Pitchford, Sarah Newberry, & Meghan Bandy
Mind Over Matter: Investigating the Relationship Between Self-Talk and Athletic Performance

(Tie) Victoria Gronski, Elizabeth Hajnos, Emma Bertotto, & Reese Capion
Analysis of Edaravone as a Free Radical Scavenger

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