Agricultural & Environmental Sciences Category (10 posters)
Winner: Synthetic methionine use in organic meat-type chickens improves production not health. Katy L. Sines, Angela E. Lamp and Joseph S. Moritz (Katy, an Animal and Nutritional Sciences major at WVU from Morgantown, WV, was a participant in the SURE program.*)
Biological Sciences Category (17 posters)
Winner: Generating bioluminescent Gram-negative bacteria to improve visualization of bacterial pathogenesis. Annalisa B. Huckaby, Emel Sen-Kilic, Kelly Weaver, Catherine Blackwood, F. Heath Damron and Mariette Barbier (Annalisa, a Chemistry major and Honors student at WVU from Morgantown, WV, was a participant in the SURE program and was funded via an NSF LSAMP KY-WV Mid-Level Alliance Phase II grant.)
Runner Up: Consumption of Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) sarcoplasmic protein on bone health. Kathryn Taylor, Derek Warren, Chris Skinner, Kristen Matak and Janet C. Tou (Kathryn, a Biochemistry major at WVU from Cross Lanes, WV, was a participant in the SURE program.*)
Engineering Category (18 posters)
Winner: Fabrication of Kirigami based structures for flexible electronics applications.
Muriithi-David Githui Kem, Sierros Konstantinos A and Derrick Banerjee (David, a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering major at WVU from Kennesaw, GA, was a participant in the SURE program and was funded via an NSF LSAMP KY-WV Mid-Level Alliance Phase II grant.)
Runner Up: Simulation and economic optimization of an autorefrigerated alkylation process.
Ronald Alexander, Rebecca Kim and Fernando V. Lima (Ronald, a Chemical Engineering major at WVU from Cumberland, RI, was a participant in the SURE program.*)
Health Sciences Category (17 posters)
Winner: HNSCC invasive potential in cortactin-null cells. Joshua L. Taylor, River A. Hames, Benen W. Papenberg, Jessica L. Allen, Robert E. Hickey, Steven M. Markwell and Scott A. Weed (Joshua, a Biology major and Honors student at WVU from Kearnysville, WV, was a participant in the SURE program.*)
Runner Up: Myeloid-derived suppressor cells effector gene expression in murine model of neonatal sepsis. Jordan Vance, Travis Rawson and Cory Robinson (Jordan, an Immunology and Medical Microbiology major and Honors student at WVU from South Charleston, WV, was a participant in the SURE program and was funded by the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology.)
Human Engagement Category (9 posters)
Winner: The role of intergroup anxiety and intergroup contact in prejudice.
Eva M. MacFarland and Natalie J. Shook (Eva, a Psychology & Biology double major and Honors student at WVU from Bridgeport, WV, was a participant in the SURE program.*)
Nanoscience Category (12 posters)
Winner: Effect of additives on capillary nonogel electrophoresis. Courtney Kristoff, Cassandra L. Crihfield and Lisa A. Holland (Courtney, a Chemistry major from Waynesburg College, was a participant in the NSF-Funded Nano REU program.)
Runner Up: Characterization and exposure assessment of silver nanoparticles in sanitizer spray product. Sarah O’Boyle, Alycia Knepp, Lauren Bowers and Aleksandr B. Stefaniak. (Sarah, a Chemistry major from Messiah College, was a participant in the NSF-funded Nano REU program.)
Neuroscience Category (8 posters)
Winner: Examining dopaminergic neuron differentiation in the hypothalamus of genomic screen homeobox-1 mutant zebrafish. R. Madison Riffe, Zoë A. Dobler, Regina L. Patrick, Rebecca A. Robich and Sadie A. Bergeron (Madison, a Biology major and Honors student at WVU from Charleston, WV, was a participant in the SURE program.*)
Physical Sciences Category (18 posters)
Winner: Influence of second coordination sphere boranes on rhodium(I) oxidative addition of aldehydes. Maxwell S. Reese, Brian R. Nichols, Novruz G. Akhmedov, Jeffrey L Petersen and Brian V. Popp (Maxwell, a Chemistry major and Honors student at WVU from Bethel Park, PA, was a participant in the SURE program.*)
Runner Up: Kinetic investigations of the gas phase reaction between the CH radical and cyclopentadiene. Zachery N. Donnellan, Kacee L. Caster, Talitha Selby and Fabien Goulay (Zachery, a Chemistry major and Honors student at WVU from Chapmanville, WV, was a participant in the SURE program.*)
*Funding for the 2018 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program, which administers the symposium, was provided in part by (i) the West Virginia Research Challenge Fund through a grant from the Division of Science and Research, Higher Education Policy Commission, (ii) the WVU Office of the Provost, and (iii) the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design; the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences; the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources; the Honors College; the Health Sciences Center; the Colleges of Business and Economics, Creative Arts, and Physical Activity and Sports Sciences; the Departments of Biology and Chemistry; and the Office of Undergraduate Research.
