Finalists
Below are the finalists in each category, arranged alphabetically. There are two finalists in Arts and Humanities as these were the number of entries. There are six finalists in Health and Biological Sciences as well as Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering due to ties.
Arts and Humanities
| Name | Title | Advisor |
|---|---|---|
| Bonnie Cross | The Closest Shave: Sweeney Todd's Passing Through Class as Victorian Terror | Sarah Alexander |
| Jacqueline Metzger | Puppetry of the Mind | Dennis Mahoney |
Food Sciences and Environment
| Name | Title | Advisor |
|---|---|---|
| Terence Bradshaw | The OrganicA Project: Assessing the Feasibility of Organic Apple Production in the Northeast | Josef Gorres |
| Liz Brownlee | A River Conservationist's Guide to Agriculture | Jurij Homziak |
| Katherine Goodall, Katlyn S. Morris, Meryl Olson, Marcela Pino, Sebastián Castro Tanzi | Interdisciplinary Approaches to Coffee Agroecosystem Research | Victor Mendez |
| Tharshani Nishanthan | Ecology of Natural Suppression of Soybean cyst Nematode: A Holistic Approach | Deborah Neher |
| Ethan Thompson | Economic feasibility of converting cow manure to electricity | Qingbin Wang |
Health and Biological Sciences
| Name | Title | Advisor |
|---|---|---|
| Kovi Bessoff | Treasure in the Attic: Drug Repurposing for Cryptosporidium Using High Throughput Techniques | Christopher Huston |
| Whitney Creed | How Well Does Spirometry Detect COPD Diagnosed by CT Scan? | David Kaminsky |
| Tera Fazzino | The Bi-directional Relationship between Craving and Alcohol Consumption as Measured via Interactive Voice Response | Gail Rose |
| Ryan Hendrix | Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Depression in African Americans with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus | Richard Wasserman |
| Thomas Hilzinger | The Effect of a Wedge Residue on the DNA Scanning Behavior of MutY using Single Molecule Analysis | Susan Wallace |
| Shrey Kanjiya | Cortical Network Dynamics In Relation to Functional Deficit and Recovery During Acute Ischemic Stroke | Marie Berg |
Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering
| Name | Title | Advisor |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine Bliss | Twitter Reciprocal Reply Networks Exhibit Assortativity with Respect to Happiness | Christopher Danforth |
| Morgan Frank | Happiness and Movement on Twitter | Christopher Danforth & Peter Dodds |
| Goodarz Ghanavati | Monitoring Power System Stability Using Time Synchronized Measurements | Paul Hines |
| Max Graves | Path Integral Monte Carlo Study of Proximity Effects in Confined Helium-4 | Adrian Del Maestro |
| William Greenwood | Applying Biological Soil Remediation for Erosion Prevention | Mandar Dewoolkar |
| Anbu Venkatachalam | Development of a New High Speed Dual-Channel Impulse Ground Penetrating Radar for Transportation Infrastructure Safety Inspection | Tian Xia |
Social Sciences, Education and Business
| Name | Title | Advisor |
|---|---|---|
| Emma Gardner | Linking elders to nutritious local food | Fiona Patterson |
| Meagan Pharis | Evaluation of a School-based Garden Education Program | Jane Kolodinsky |
| Dirk Jonathan Rodricks | Whose "classroom" is it anyway? An exploratory study of performing identity to transform pedagogy | Shametrice Davis |
| Leslie Turner | The State of Food Systems Planning, Governance, and Network Connectivity in North America | Christopher Koliba |
| Laurel Valchuis | Consumer preferences and willingness to pay for locally sourced renewable energies: A case study comparing WTP for electricity from solar panels, windmills and cow manure in Vermont | Qingbin Wang |