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Summer 2020
Presentations
Summer Symposium Booklet
Category Winners
Winner: Storied Research: Alternative Writing Styles for Scientific Research. Gwendolyn Nurkiewicz and Renee Nicholson. (Gwendolyn, an Immunology and Medical Microbiology major at West Virginia University from Morgantown, WV, is a participant in the Honors EXCEL program.)
Science & Technology Category (8 oral presentations)
Winner: Functional and Genetic Analysis of an Esterase Gene Involved in Synthesis of Ergot Alkaloids . Kelcie N. Britton, Chey R. Steen, Jessi K. Sampson, and Daniel G. Panaccione. (Kelcie, an Immunology and Medical Microbiology major at WVU from Morgantown, WV, is a 2020 Beckman Scholar.)
Biological Sciences Category (8 poster presentations)
Winner: Studying the Structure-Function Relationship of the Platelet-Activating Factor Receptor Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Nicholas Walker and Blake Mertz. (Nicholas, a Biology major at WVU from Charleston, WV, was a participant in the WVU SURE program.)
Engineering Category (8 poster presentations)
Winner: Capturing Images of Fingerprints Using Smartphone Cameras. Markel Umphrey and Jeremy Dawson. (Markel, a Biometric Systems Engineering major at WVU from Wilmington, DE, was a participant in the SURE program and was funded via an NSF LSAMP STEM Pathways and Research Alliance Phase III grant.)
Health Sciences Category (5 poster presentations)
Winner: Aberrant Cortical Networks for Multi-Sensory Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Michelle M. Coleman, Paula J. Webster and James W. Lewis. (Michelle, and Exercise Physiology and Psychology double major at WVU from Symrna, DE, was a participant in the WVU SURE program.)
Math & Physical Sciences Category (7 poster presentations)
Winner: Equations on the Effects of Anti-CTLA-4 Antibodies on Tumor Growth. Heidi Reichert and Qing Wang. (Heidi, a Mathematics major from Shepherd University, was supported in research by the West Virginia IDeA Network for Biomedical Research Excellence.)
Social & Behavioral Sciences Category (7 poster presentations)
Winner: Adolescent Girls’ Political Efficacy: Changes Across Time. Melanie R. Quick and Aaron Metzger. (Melanie, a Psychology major at WVU from Flemington, NJ, was a participant in the WVU SURE program.)
Welcome from Honors Dean
About the 2020 Summer Symposium
Organizing Committees
WVU SURE
Michelle Richards-Babb, Director/Educ. Coord.
Rita Rio, Co-Director
Kacee Caster, Graduate Teaching Assistant
Michelle Richards-Babb, Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research
Cinthia Pacheco, Assistant Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research
Kevin Walden, Program Coordinator of the Office of Undergraduate Research
Paige Zalman, Program Coordinator of RAP and Office of Undergraduate Research
Sponsors
WVU SURE (PI: Michelle Richards-Babb; Co-PI: Rita Rio)
Sponsored in part by (i) the West Virginia Research Challenge Fund through
a grant from the Division of Science and Research, HEPC, (ii) WVU Office of
the Provost, and (iii) the Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer
Sciences, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, the Statler College of Engineering
and Mineral Resources, the College of Business and Economics, the Health Sciences
Center, the Colleges of Creative Arts and Education and Human Services, and
the Departments of Chemistry and Biology.
Louis Stokes STEM Pathways and Research Alliance: KY-WV LSAMP (WV PI: David Miller) Stipends and tuition for five SURE participants were funded through the NSF Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) STEM Pathways and Research Alliance Phase III (LSAMP-1826763).
