Spring Break
UMKC undergrads show off research
Jheel Mehta
Issue date: 4/28/08 Section: News
"In the past there was a point-scale judging guide; considering the different academics, we abandoned the point-scale judging," Murowchick said. "The practitioners make up the criteria of judging depending on each presentation."
A total of 20 judges, 17 from UMKC and three from various architecture firms, judged the student research displays. The judges then went over the presentations they saw in each department and chose the winners.
"Keep doing what you do, every one of you is going to go very far," said Dr. Lora Lacey-Haun, Dean and professor of UMKC School of Nursing. Lacey-Haun was the guest speaker for the event and distributed the certificates and $100 cash prizes to the winners.
In the department of Architecture, Urban Planning and Design, Spencer Yaw, junior in urban planning, won first place for his presentation "Pavilion for a Geoscientist." John Michael, sophomore in architectural studies, won second place for his presentation "Garden Project."
In the department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, James Townsend, senior psychology major, won first place for his presentation "Gender, Gender Self Concept and Needs for Affiliation." Taryn Hodison won second place for her presentation "A Stroll Down Memory Lane: Does Rumination Bias Your Memory?"
In the department of Biological and Health Sciences, Maria Iliakova, a junior majoring in biology, chemistry and Spanish, won first place for her presentation "Bipedalism: A Comparative Study of the Corpus Callosum - Spinal Cord Angle." Tiffanie Fowlkes, junior biology major, won second place for her presentation "Tough Actin Dynactin: Effect of G59S Mutation on Microtubule-binding of Dynein-Dynactin Complex."
In the department of Humanities, Ryan Sullivan, senior music education major, won first place for his presentation "Two Case Studies of Leading Musicians' Patronage in the Franco-Flemish Renaissance." A group project entitled "Main Street Vision 2030" won second place.
In the department of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Whitney Berard, senior computer sciences major, won first place for her presentation "Graphs Based on Vector Spaces over Finite Fields." Amy Ameis, junior geology major, won second place for her presentation "Paleotempestology of the Lacustrine and Backbeach Environments of San Salvador."
jmehta@umkc.edu
A total of 20 judges, 17 from UMKC and three from various architecture firms, judged the student research displays. The judges then went over the presentations they saw in each department and chose the winners.
"Keep doing what you do, every one of you is going to go very far," said Dr. Lora Lacey-Haun, Dean and professor of UMKC School of Nursing. Lacey-Haun was the guest speaker for the event and distributed the certificates and $100 cash prizes to the winners.
In the department of Architecture, Urban Planning and Design, Spencer Yaw, junior in urban planning, won first place for his presentation "Pavilion for a Geoscientist." John Michael, sophomore in architectural studies, won second place for his presentation "Garden Project."
In the department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, James Townsend, senior psychology major, won first place for his presentation "Gender, Gender Self Concept and Needs for Affiliation." Taryn Hodison won second place for her presentation "A Stroll Down Memory Lane: Does Rumination Bias Your Memory?"
In the department of Biological and Health Sciences, Maria Iliakova, a junior majoring in biology, chemistry and Spanish, won first place for her presentation "Bipedalism: A Comparative Study of the Corpus Callosum - Spinal Cord Angle." Tiffanie Fowlkes, junior biology major, won second place for her presentation "Tough Actin Dynactin: Effect of G59S Mutation on Microtubule-binding of Dynein-Dynactin Complex."
In the department of Humanities, Ryan Sullivan, senior music education major, won first place for his presentation "Two Case Studies of Leading Musicians' Patronage in the Franco-Flemish Renaissance." A group project entitled "Main Street Vision 2030" won second place.
In the department of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Whitney Berard, senior computer sciences major, won first place for her presentation "Graphs Based on Vector Spaces over Finite Fields." Amy Ameis, junior geology major, won second place for her presentation "Paleotempestology of the Lacustrine and Backbeach Environments of San Salvador."
jmehta@umkc.edu
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