Penn State Lehigh Valley students presented their research to a panel of judges and the campus community during the annual Penn State Lehigh Valley Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 9. This provides students the chance to showcase their academic research projects. The judges awarded first, second, and third place honors to the top projects in both the STEM and Arts and Humanities categories. The winning projects are:
STEM
First placeStrengthening Connections: Intuitive Interfaces for Life Story Work in Elder CareName: Mahdi Chaker, Michael CimerolaFaculty Mentor: Marietta Scanlon
Second placeChronotropic Effects of Elevated Doses of Ractopamine on the Developing Chicken HeartName: Mit Patel, Munija Ramin, Manuel ColònFaculty Mentor: Jacqueline S. McLaughlin
Third placeTitanium Anodizing Using Pulse Width Modulation (PWM)Name: David MartnickFaculty Mentor: Harold Scholz
Arts and Humanities
First placeMany Children Left Behind, is Science for the Privileged Only? A Statistical Analysis of Science Program Participation by Demographic VariablesName: Samely GonzalezFaculty Mentor: Jennifer Parker
Second placeCross-Cultural Analysis of Self-ControlName: Brandon C. FisherFaculty Mentor: P. J. Behrens
Third placeMeasure of Self-Control for PSU StudentsName: Ashley FardellaFaculty Mentor: P.J. Behrens
The next step for some of these winners, as well as other participating projects, is to present their work at the fifth annual Penn State Regional Undergraduate Research Symposium, which will be held at Penn State Schuylkill this year on April 16.