2015 Huskey Research Exhibition
MARCH 23, 2015, NEWCOMB HALL
The 15th annual huskey Graduate RESEARCH exhibition is a forum for graduate students to showcase research to uva students and faculty. Graduate students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Architecture are invited to present. exceptional presenters will be awarded cash prizes.
Thanks to presenters, audience members, judges, and volunteers for making the 2015 Huskey Graduate Research Exhibition a success!
Congratulations to the 2015 award recipients:
ORAL PRESENTATIONS – Morning Sessions
Session AM: Bugs and Biotech
1st Place: Sowmya Narayanan, Biomedical Sciences
2nd Place: Cheng Yang, Chemistry
3rd Place: Philip Tan, Biomedical Engineering
Session BM: War and Justice from Caesar to Nixon
1st Place: Ross Mittiga, Politics
2nd Place: Isaac May, Religious Studies
Session CM: House of Cards: Political Systems and Incentives
1st Place: Thomas Gray, Politics
2nd Place: Michael Poznansky, Politics and Sam Plapinger
3rd Place: Elizabeth Kaknes, Politics
Session DM: Physical Sciences and Math
1st Place: Trey Wenger, Astronomy
2nd Place: Lauren Bittle, Astronomy
Session EM: Physical Sciences and Math
1st Place: Shahin Iqbal, Physics
2nd Place: Alexander Morgan, Environmental Sciences
Session FM: Social and Behavioral Sciences
1st Place: Kelly Hoffman, Psychology
2nd Place: Brandon Ng, Psychology
3rd Place: David Dobolyi, Psychology
ORAL PRESENTATIONS – Afternoon Sessions
Session AA: Biological and Biomedical Sciences
1st Place: Jessica Harakal, Biomedical Sciences
2nd Place: Lindsey Brinton, Biomedical Sciences
3rd Place: Crystal Richardson, Biomedical Sciences
Session BA: Biological and Biomedical Sciences
1st Place: Charles Askew, Neuroscience
2nd Place: Tyler Santander, Psychology
3rd Place: Taylor Welsh, Biology
Session CA: Arts and Humanities
1st Place: Jill Martiniuk, Slavic Languages & Literatures
2nd Place: Alyssa Wang, East Asian Studies
Session DA: Arts and Humanities
1st Place: Gretchen York, English
2nd Place: Megan Bowen, Classics
3rd Place: Peter Moench, Classics
Session DA: Digital Humanities
1st Place: Brandon Walsh, English
Session EA: Physical Sciences and Math
1st Place: Monica McEntee, Chemistry
2nd Place: Loreto Barcos-Munoz, Astronomy
Session FA: Social and Behavioral Sciences
1st Place: Thomas Talhlem, Psychology
2nd Place: Calvin Lai, Psychology
POSTER PRESENTATIONS – Morning Sessions
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
1st Place: Laua Woo, Biomedical Engineering
2nd Place: Shehzad Thomas, Biomedical Sciences
3rd Place: Xin Yuan, Biology
Physical Sciences and Math
1st Place: Marissa Kieber, Chemistry / Kristen Jones, Astronomy
Social and Behavioral Sciences
1st Place: Audrey Wittrup, Psychology
POSTER PRESENTATIONS – Afternoon Sessions
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
1st Place: Jason Kuhn, Chemistry
2nd Place: Matthew Biggs, Biomedical Engineering
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 2
1st Place: Olga Askinazi, Biology / Jeff Atkins, Environmental Sciences
2nd Place: Thushani Nilaweera, Chemistry / Angie Morris, Biology Department / Paisley Trantham, Chemistry
Physical Sciences and Math
1st Place: Benjamin Vaughan, Chemistry / Jeffery Myers, Chemistry / Scott Ugrin, Chemistry
Social and Behavioral Sciences
1st Place: Alison Nagel, Psychology
2nd Place: Marissa Drell, Psychology
School of Architecture Poster Session
1st Place: Zhifei Cheng
2nd Place: Chunyao Xu
3rd Place: Jenna Harris and Mary McCall
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Information for guests and presenters:
A sample evaluation form for judges can be found here.
Please note: Prize winners from previous years' exhibitions may not present research which is the same as or derivative of their previous winning presentations. Please submit only one application per person. The Huskey Exhibition is solely for research performed while a graduate student at UVa.
Questions? Concerns? Please send an email to the address: huskey.presenters@gmail.com.
Return to the main Huskey page for this year’s exhibition and other past exhibitions.