The 2021 Graduate Student Showcase award winners were presented at the Graduate College Awards Ceremony on April 22, 2021. The list of award recipients and the awards ceremony presentation are featured below.
Biomedical Engineering, Ph.D.
Project Title: Graphene as a Bioscaffold for Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering
Music, Performance, M.A.
Performance Title: Cappricio for Solo Clarinet in A by Heinrich Sutermeister
Geophysics, M.S.
Project Title: Assessing Controls on Ice Dynamics at Crane Glacier, Antarctic Peninsula Using a Numerical Ice Flow Model
Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, Ph.D.
Project Title: Variance in Root Morphology May Explain Differences in Soil Carbon Storage between Biofuel Species
Geophysics, Ph.D.
Project Title: Tracking marine glacier length change in Greenland with satellite images
Biomedical Engineering, Ph.D.
Project Title: Multi-factorial modeling of osteoarthritis initiation and progression
Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D.
Project Title: 3D Printed Ti-6Al-4V: Influence of post-processing on microstructure and corrosion performance
Executive Educational Leadership, Ed.S.
Project Title: Implementing New Practices: How Teacher Attitudes and Beliefs Impact Classroom Instruction
Biomedical Engineering, Ph.D.
Project Title: Damage Modeling of Human Meniscus with Digital Image Correlation
Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D.
Project Title: Tensile-strained InGaAs Quantum Dots on InAs(111)A
Educational Technology, Ed.D.
Project Title: Students’ Perceptions of Virtual Simulation
Biomolecular Sciences, Ph.D.
Project Title: A Novel Therapeutic Inhibits Breast Cancer Cell Signaling
Biology, M.S.
Project Title: Amending post-fire soils with native microbial communities and biochar to improve big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis) performance
Economics, M.S.
Project Title: COVID-19 Policies and State Park Visitation
Economics, M.S.
Project Title: Estimating the Change in Total Social Security Filers
Counseling, M.A.
Project Title: Barriers to Effective Telehealth Interventions for Substance Use Disorders
Special Education, M.I.T.
Project Title: An Online Paragraph-Writing Intervention for Students with Dyslexia: A Single Case Design Study
Biomedical Engineering, Ph.D.
Project Title: How Do Babies Roll? Understanding How Babies 3-7 Months Achieve a Roll
Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D.
Project Title: Inkjet Printing of Bismuth Telluride Nanoflakes for Flexible Thermoelectric Generators
Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
Project Title: Improving the Nurse Patient Assignment Process on a Medical Surgical Unit
Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
Project Title: CATCH My Breath Project Increases Youth Awareness of Vaping Risks
Public Administration, M.P.A.
Project Title: The Peace Project