The Summer Community of Scholars poster session was held in the Student Services Building.
Michael Mercier | UAH
Seven student research posters were selected for top Deans Award honors at the end-of-program Summer Community of Scholars (SCS) poster session on Sept. 15 in the Student Services Building at 草榴社区 (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System.
The quality and depth of the research this year is phenomenal,
says Dave Cook, director of undergraduate research.
The students' work is impressive, and we are extremely grateful for the mentorship provided by our faculty and research staff on these projects. Their willingness to work with undergraduates over the summer leads to some really exciting possibilities for everyone involved.
Participant posters and video presentations are available through the UAH Salmon Library research repository and at the
If you didn鈥檛 get a chance to come to the poster session, these online resources are extremely useful, especially if you want to see some examples of projects and learn about getting involved in undergraduate research through the summer program.
There were 37 SCS undergraduates who spent the summer working with faculty and research staff on cutting-edge projects from astrophysics to history, and everything in between, he says.
SCS is composed of the Research or Creative Experience for Undergraduates and the Honors Capstone Research Summer Program. Its purpose is to support research or creative experiences for undergraduate participants in all fields of study.
The overall vision of the program is to sustain a vibrant culture of research and creative activities for undergraduates at UAH. Participants undertake activities within a project of research or creative works.
Possible activities include laboratory experiments, musical compositions, field studies, clinical projects, engineering experiments and projects, theoretical work, human behavior studies, writing projects and visual art projects. The activities are supplemented with professional development workshops throughout the summer.
Poster Winners
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Best of College: Brendan Lang, "The Rhetorical Landscape of Public Memory in Alabama"
Mentor: Dr. John Saunders
College of Engineering
Best of College: Sam Blackwell, "Simulation of a Trailing Edge Flap Using a Compliant Mechanism"
Mentor: Dr. Konstantino Kanistras
Honorable Mention: Savannah Flaherty, 鈥淒ielectrophoretic Control of Macroscopic Media for In-Space Applications鈥�
Mentor: Dr. Jason Cassibry
College of Science
Best of College: Katelyn Giltner, 鈥淓nvironmental DNA Analysis of a Critically Endangered Cavefish鈥�
Mentor: Dr. Matthew Niemiller
Honorable Mention: Michael Yurovchak, 鈥淯sing a Low-cost Spectrometer to Analyze the Optical Depth of Atmospheric Aerosols鈥�
Mentor: Dr. Udaysankar Nair
Honors College
Best of College: Daniel Duke, 鈥淏rownian Dynamics of Interacting Anisotropic Magnetic Nanoparticles鈥�
Mentor: Dr. Isaac Torres-Diaz
Honorable Mention: Justin Province, 鈥淧article Identification of Pyro-Convection from Wildfires鈥�
Mentor: Dr. Lawrence Carey
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