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The winners of the 2016 Student Research and Creative Works Expo at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock were announced during an awards ceremony April 18 in the Student Services Center. Students presented their work April 11 in the Donaghey Student Center. Student projects were judged on the novelty and clarity of their research, the soundness of their methodology, the potential application of their findings, and the student鈥檚 ability to explain their project to an expert and lay audience. More than 90 unique entries were submitted to the expo, an increase over last year that Dr. Jeremy Ecke, chair of the expo committee, attributes to a rise in interest in research on campus. 鈥淚t was more vibrant this year. There were times on the floor when there was a roar in activity,鈥� Ecke said. The expo is a great opportunity for students to learn how to conduct themselves in a professional manner. 聽 鈥淚t is definitely a moment of professionalism for students. This is a time for students to learn to present themselves and their work to their peers and judges,鈥� he said. 鈥淎nd it鈥檚 also important for other students to see this expo. Students often don鈥檛 realize that there are opportunities to conduct and present research and creative works on campus.鈥� A complete list of winners and their projects include:

Undergraduate Winners

Art: Jana Miller, 鈥淲ar Through Goya’s Gaze鈥� Humanities: Ryan Gleason, 鈥淎mericanum Maleficarum: Witchcraft in the Eastern United States鈥� Technology: Connor Young, 鈥淓ye Tracking Using Simple Techniques for Improved Speed鈥� Engineering/Technology First Place: Jeffrey Jones, 鈥淓xperimental simulation and optimization of a small-scale solar updraft power plant鈥� Second Place: Amanda Axelson, Bret Ward, Ben Morin, and Silas Duke, 鈥淒eployable Rooftop Cargo Management System鈥� Third Place: Cassidy McMahon, Seth Hawkins, Adrian Wethington, Ali Al Faraj, and Tony Peterman, 鈥淢edical Breath Analyzer鈥� Life/Physical Science First Place: Maryevalyn Wren, 鈥淐hasing The Plume: Environmental Impact of the Gold King Mine Spill鈥� Second Place: Andersen Lafont, 鈥淚dentifying Conditions for Growth of Nanostructures on Graphene Decorated with Metal Nanoparticles鈥� Third Place: Anna Lee Clark, 鈥淚dentification of Chemical Lead Series for the Inhibition of ERCC1/XPA Complex鈥� Honorable Mention: Zachary Hicks, 鈥淣ovel Phosphorus and Nitrogen Co-Doped Carbons for Utilization in Supercapacitors鈥� Honorable Mention: Kevin Gardner, 鈥淧etrographic Examination of the Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine鈥� Social Sciences First Place: Laura Fuentes, 鈥淯sing 3D mapping technology to interpret and define the landscape of the Al Baleed archaeological site鈥� Second Place: Jennifer Bean, Trevor Dye, Michel Godfrey, Matthew Hutson, Jeffery Morris, and Leandro Tafoya, 鈥淗omeless Disparities Between Whites and Non-Whites鈥�

Graduate Winners

Education First Place: Kayla Sapkota, 鈥淪ocial Media Acceptance and Usage by Business Communications Faculty鈥� Honorable Mention: Nathalie Massanelli, 鈥淭eaching Elementary Students Wisdom Through Scaffolding in Collaborative Reasoning Groups鈥� Engineering/Technology First Place: Muntaha Yousef, 鈥淭hermal Decomposition Study and Thermodynamic Model of HTPB in the Presence of Energetic Material鈥� Second Place: Syed Akailvi, 鈥淧hotochromic Thermochromic Nanocomposite鈥� Third Place: Doga Demirel, 鈥淰irtual Airway Skills Trainer (VAST) Simulator鈥� Honorable Mention: Wei Dai, 鈥淒ata Profiling Technology of Data Governance Regarding Big Data: Review and Rethinking鈥� Health Sciences First Place: Tia McDonald, 鈥淎mplitude Modulation Detection With and Without Concurrent Frequency Modulation鈥� Second Place: Yan Wang, 鈥淢ixed Model Testing, Association of Age at Menarche with Composition and Diversity of Gut Microbiomes of Women in UK鈥� Humanities Winner: Alecia Walls-Barton, 鈥淪treet Art: For Your Consideration鈥� Life/Physical Science First Place: Mahbuba Begum, 鈥淪AD-GLAD Pt-Ni @Ni nanorods as Highly Active Oxygen Reduction Reaction Electrocatalysts鈥� Second Place: Brendon Tucker, 鈥淭he Nature of Rare Earth Elements in Weathered Coal Combustion Products鈥� Third Place: Fatma Yurtsever, Mahbuba Begum, and Mesut Yurukcu, 鈥淪tacked Core-Shell Nanorod Array Electrocatalyst by a HIPS-GLAD method for Enhanced ORR in PEMFCs鈥� Honorable Mention: Andrew Cornell, 鈥淚ntegration of a Spectral Viewer for Data Stored in an Open Source Electronic Laboratory Notebook鈥� Honorable Mention: Betul Bogrek, 鈥淪uperconvergence of a Modified Weak Galerkin Approximation鈥� Professional Studies First Place: Rocio Roles and Hyounggon Kwak, 鈥淭he Relationship Between Low Self-control, Risky Lifestyles, and Victimization: An Analysis of South Korean Youth鈥� Second Place: Kristen Sobba and Brenda Branham, 鈥淢aternal Incarceration Penalty: An Examination of the Effect of Maternal Conviction and Incarceration on Childhood Delinquency鈥� Social Sciences First Place: Erin Pavioni, 鈥淚dentity Crisis: An Analysis of Conflict Management Among Prison Inmates Using Face Negotiation Theory鈥� First Place: Heather Pullam and Aaron Fletcher, 鈥淭he Relationships Between Clergy, the Big 5 Personality Factors, Job Satisfaction, and Burnout鈥� The graduate student winners of the 2016 聽Student Research and Creative Works Expo were honored at an awards ceremony April 18 in the Student Services Center. In the upper right photo, the graduate student winners of the 2016 Student Research and Creative Works Expo were honored at an awards ceremony April 18 in the Student Services Center.聽