The 2023 Student Research & Community Engagement Symposium awards ceremony will take place at University Crossing on Monday, April 24, 2023!
Final details to be announced soon.
In the meantime, check out the competition winners from last year below.
2022 Winners
College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Undergraduate Winner
- Emily Sayler, Economics
- Faculty Advisor: Jenifer Whitten-Woodring
- Project Title: Global Academic Freedom
- Video: Global Academic Freedom
Graduate Winner
- Gloria Fanning Tacoaman, Applied Behavior Analysis and Autism Studies
- Faculty Advisor: Rocio Rosales
- Project Title: An Evaluation of Video Modeling with Embedded and Voice Over Instructions to Teach Pairing Procedures
- Video: An Evaluation of Video Modeling with Embedded and Voice Over Instructions to Teach Pairing Procedures
Fan Favorite
- Mahima Patel, Psychology
- Faculty Advisor: Larissa Gaias
- Project Title: Does First-Generation Status Impact Frequency of Communication with Professors?
- Video: Does First-Generation Status Impact Frequency of Communication with Professors?
Francis College of Engineering
Undergraduate Winner
- William Zouzas, Biomedical Engineering
- Faculty Advisor: Sumudu Lewis and Walfre Franco
- Project Title: Light in Medicine - Only Photons Can Do That: A Project-Based Learning Approach for Teaching Engineering Principles in a High School Engineering Classroom
- Video: Light in Medicine - Only Photons Can Do That: A Project-Based Learning Approach for Teaching Engineering Principles in a High School Engineering Classroom
Graduate Winners:
- Akanksha Patel, Plastics Engineering
- Faculty Advisor: Margaret Sobkowicz-Kline
- Project Title: Improving Enzymatic Deconstruction of Post-Consumer PET via Pretreatment Methods
- Video: Improving Enzymatic Deconstruction of Post-Consumer PET via Pretreatment Methods
- Tymon Nieduzak, Mechanical Engineering
- Faculty Advisor: Alessandro Sabato and Christopher Niezrecki
- Project Title: Wind Turbine Foundation Monitoring Using Optical Motion Amplification
- Video: Wind Turbine Foundation Monitoring Using Optical Motion Amplification
Fan Favorite
- Akanksha Patel, Plastics Engineering
- Faculty Advisor: Margaret Sobkowicz-Kline
- Project Title: Improving Enzymatic Deconstruction of Post-Consumer PET via Pretreatment Methods
- Video: Improving Enzymatic Deconstruction of Post-Consumer PET via Pretreatment Methods
- Edidiong Etim, Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology
- Faculty Advisor: Walfre Franco
- Project Title: Optical, thermal, and flow analysis of a phototherapy extracorporeal membrane oxygenator for treating carbon monoxide poisoning
- Video: Optical, thermal, and flow analysis of a phototherapy extracorporeal membrane oxygenator for treating carbon monoxide poisoning
Kennedy College of Sciences
Undergraduate Winners:
- Mateo Rull Garza, Biology
- Faculty Advisor: Nicolai Konow
- Project Title: Hydroid-mandibular ligament stress is associated with tongue movements during feeding in the Axolotl
- Video: Hydroid-mandibular ligament stress is associated with tongue movements during feeding in the Axolotl
- Albert Farah, Physics and Mathematics
- Faculty Advisor: David Willis
- Project Title: A Mobile Reinforcement Learning-based Cyber-Physical Fluid Dynamic Flapping Wing Platform
- Video: A Mobile Reinforcement Learning-based Cyber-Physical Fluid Dynamic Flapping Wing Platform
Graduate Winner
- Sarah Souders, Biological Science, Biotechnology Option
- Faculty Advisor: Frédéric Chain
- Project Title: Huntingtin Relationship to Regulation of Iron in Dictyostelium discoideum
- Video: Huntingtin Relationship to Regulation of Iron in Dictyostelium discoideum
- Thomas Wolfe, Applied Biology
- Faculty Advisor: Frédéric Chain
- Project Title: The Role of Epigenetics in Duplicate Gene Evolution
- Video: The Role of Epigenetics in Duplicate Gene Evolution
Fan Favorite
- Hatim Abulola, Chemistry
- Faculty Advisor: Matthew Gage
- Project Title: The Behavior of Calcium Transients in Skeletal Muscle Fibers
- Video: The Behavior of Calcium Transients in Skeletal Muscle Fibers
Manning School of Business
Undergraduate Winner
- Eisha Haroon, Business Administration (Management Information Systems and Marketing)
- Faculty Advisor: Jill Hendrickson Lohmeier
- Project Title: Advancement of Mentoring Practice Program (AMPP)
- Video: Advancement of Mentoring Practice Program (AMPP)
Graduate Winners:
- Team: Yiping Li, Marketing; Tyson Jackson, Business Administration (Marketing)
- Faculty Advisor: Ann Konrod
- Project Title: The Signaling Effect of Color Saturation in Pro-Social Communication
- Video: The Signaling Effect of Color Saturation in Pro-Social Communication
Fan Favorite
- Team: Adrundhati Prasanth, Accounting; Anjali Rana, Operation Analytics; Drashti Soni, Management Information Systems
- Faculty Advisor: Azil Oztekin
- Project Title: Why Factors That Affect The Likes on Instagram Post Succeeds
- Video: Why Factors That Affect The Likes on Instagram Post Succeeds
Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences
Undergraduate Winners:
- Olivia Wilson, Nursing
- Faculty Advisors: Sandra Mote and Brenna Morse
- Project Title: Interventions for School Nurses on Providing Education to Students and Families Who are Vaccine Hesitant
- Video: Interventions for School Nurses on Providing Education to Students and Families Who are Vaccine Hesitant
Graduate Winners
- Michaela Smith, Public Health
- Faculty Advisors: David Cornell and Sabrina Noel
- Project Title: Preliminary Finding on Quality and Conditions of Parks and Greenspace: An Age Friendly Project in the City of Lowell
- Video: Preliminary Finding on Quality and Conditions of Parks and Greenspace: An Age Friendly Project in the City of Lowell
Fan Favorite
- Vanessa Tansah Asonyu Epse Ayafor, Public Health
- Faculty Advisor: Serena Rajabiun
- Project Title: Use of Evidence-Informed Bundled Interventions to Improve Care and Health Outcomes among Black Women Living with HIV in the USA
- Video: Use of Evidence-Informed Bundled Interventions to Improve Care and Health Outcomes among Black Women Living with HIV in the USA