spring undergraduate research forum
poster presentation awards 2007



Arts and Humanities

Distinguished Poster Presentation:
Patrick Weeg - The biblical god and animal suffering
Mentor - Jay Holstein, Religious Studies

Outstanding Poster Presentation:
Shannon Thomas - Undesired relationships and social theories
Mentor - Steve Duck, Communication Studies

Mathematics and Engineering

Distinguished Poster Presentation:
Samantha Lake - Link Computations
Mentor - Dennis Roseman, Mathematics

Outstanding Poster Presentation:
Michael Schaeffer - Oxidation of Fe(II) by Mn-oxides: Characterization of Fe(III) reaction products
Mentor – Michelle Scherer, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Natural Sciences

Distinguished Poster Presentation:
Namhoon Lee - Non-viral drug delivery system
Mentor - Sarah Larsen, Biochemistry

Outstanding Poster Presentation:
Kelsey Clubb - An HI absorption survey of the central 250 pc of the galactic
center: Distance constraints and understanding the complex ISM
Mentor - Cornelia Lang, Physics and Astronomy

Social Sciences

Distinguished Poster Presentation:
Benjamin Eichner - The legacy of lynching: Concealed weapons legislation's effects on homicide rates within the Southern United States
Mentor - Robert Baller, Sociology

Outstanding Poster Presentation:
Cheryl Ough - Constitutionality and ethics of military funeral protests
Mentor - Lyombe Eko, Journalism