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2012
The Ninth Annual Research Town Meeting and Fair was Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at the SIUC Student Center. The town meeting started with the winner of the 2011 Scholar Excellence Award, Dr. Michael Neumeister, entitled "Bedside to Bench: Do I Have That Backwards?"
2012 Patent Awardees
- Congratulations to Gary Kinsel, who received a patent award for his recently granted patent "Method of fractionating peptides and other compounds."
2012 Poster Award Winners
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Award | Department | Poster Title | Authors |
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Education 1st Place | Health Education and Recreation | Current Trends in the Use of Social Media for Health Education and Health Promotion | Bethay Kies; Amber Burtis |
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Education 2nd Place | Rehabilitation InstituteEvaluation and Development Center | Falling Through the Cracks: A Screenign Assessment for Student Verterans with Educational Barriers | Matthew E. Sprong; Charles Hillesheim; Dr. Thomas Upton; Jack R. Musgrave |
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Arts and Humanities 1st Place | Health Education | Using Bayesian Networks to Analyze Occupational Stress Caused by Work Demands: Preventing Stress Through Social Support | Dale O. Ritzel; Susana Garcia Herrero; Miguel Angel Mariscal Saldna |
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Arts and Humanities 2nd Place | Criminology and Criminal Justice | Media Viewership and Opinions of Torture | Emily Berglin |
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Biological Sciences 1st Place | Zoology | Predicting Ecological Responses to Reconnection of the Cache River | E.A. Scholl; H.M Rantala; A.K. Kennington; M.R. Whiles; G.V.Wilkerson |
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Biological Sciences 2nd Place | Plant, Soil Science and Agricultural Systems | Fertility Mangement for Tomato Production on an Extensive Green Roof | Nick A. Wangelin; S. Alan Walters; Karen S. Midden; Brian Klubek |
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Physical Sciences 1st Place | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Atomistic Modeling of Degradation Mechanisms in Nanoscale HEMT Devices | Vamsi Gaddipati; Sasi Sundaresan; Krishna Yalavarthi; Shaikh Ahmed |
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Physical Sciences 2nd Place | Physics | Quantum Device Engineering for Electrnoics, Energy and Environmental Applications at Nanoscale: High Performance Computer Simulations of Nanotechnology at SIUC-PHYSICS | Thushari Jayasekera |
2011
The 8th Annual Research Town Meeting and Fair took place on Tuesday, April 12, 2011, at the Student Center Ballrooms on the Southern Illinois University Carbondale Campus. The Research Town Meeting and Fair celebrates research, scholarship, and creative activity at SIUC. |
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This year's event featured poster presentations by 235 participants, as well as the 2010 Outstanding Scholar Lecture by Dale Vitt. It also featured three awards for poster presentations and two awards for patents issued to faculty inventors so far in fiscal year 2011.
2011 Poster Award Winners
1st place
- Phillip Chu, Matthew Lane, Taylor Chance, Shanglei Li, Anish Poudel, Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes
2nd place
- Pradeep Ramiah Rajasekara, Chemistry and Biochemistry
3rd place
- Shaikh Ahmed, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2011 Patent Awardees
- Dr. Paul Chugh, Department of Mining and Mineral Resources Engineering, College of Engineering: U.S. Patent Number 7,841,805 issued, November 30, 2010: Novel Engineered Composite Wooden Cribs for Use as Mine Support
- Dr. David Lightfoot and Dr. Khalid Meksem, Department of Plant, Soil Science and Agricultural Systems, College of Agricultural Sciences: U.S. Patent Number 7,902,337, issued March 8, 2011: Isolated soybean cyst nematode and soybean sudden death syndrome polypeptides
Other 2011 Highlights
- Research Expo, showcasing hundreds of student and faculty research projects
- Visual Arts Forum
- "Balancing Environmental Protection and Economic Growth: A Case Study of the Panama Canal Watershed" presentation by NSF IGERT recipient students
- Video presentations of SIUC inventions that have resulted from SIUC research
- Wine and cheese reception, with Awards Ceremony.
- NEW this year: 3 awards for participants, as well as recognition for faculty for recent patents issued.
2011 News Headlines
2011 Related Events
- Undergraduate Research Forum - April 11; letter of intent to participate is due March 9, but space is still open
- Seminar: Export Control Laws, Technical Data, and Academic Research: U.S. vs. Dr. J. Reece Roth et al. - April 11
2010
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