Discovery Day 2017 Overall Winners

Award Winners

Poster Competition – Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts

Placement Student Major Mentor Presentation Title
1st Catherine M. Pinas Communication Disorders Nelia J. Donovan, Ph.D. Does Individualized Music Reduce Agitation and Increase Quality of Language in Dementia Respite Center Clients?
2nd Zach McLain Architecture Jeff Carney Building for the Waterlsu 
3rd Eileen DeLeo Political Science Belinda Davis, Ph.D. Unintended Consequences for TANF: An Incubator for Domestic Violence

 

Poster Competition – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

Placement Student Major Mentor Presentation Title
1st Amanda Fontenot Coastal Environmental Science John White, Ph.D. Eroding Wetland Soils in Coastal Louisiana’s Barataria Bay Could Impact Future Climate and Sea Level Rise
2nd Samantha Lanjewar Animal, Dairy & Poultry Sciences Kenneth Bondioli, Ph.D. Mimicry of the Human Alzheimer’s Mutation in Pigs Using CRISPR/Cas9 Editing of the Porcine APP Gene
3rd Grant Landwehr Chemical Engineering Adam Melvin, Ph.D. Quantification of the Effects of High Fluid Shear Stresses on Single Circulating Tumor Cells Using a Microfluidic Device

 

Juried Art Show

Placement Student Major Mentor Presentation Title
1st Vernell Dunams Studio Art Johanna Warwick  If You Please
2nd Mariel Gates Studio Art Leslie Koptcho Goddess of Anarchy, Child of Capitalism

 

Oral Presentation – Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts

Placement Student Major Mentor Presentation Title
1st Bonnie Dupre Communication Disorders Neila J. Donovan, Ph.D. Music and Memory: Effects on Language Quantity and Agitation in People with Dementia
2nd Camille Boechler Liberal Arts Chris Barrett, Ph.D. The Potential Worlds of 2001: Imagining a Queer Physicality in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey

 

Oral Presentation – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

Placement Student Major Mentor Presentation Title
1st Shannon Matzke Coastal Environmental Science Tracy Quirk, Ph.D. Effects of Nutrient Enrichment and Sediment Addition on Productivity of Spartina patens
2nd McKenzie Brandon & Madelyn McFarland Natural Resource Ecology & Management Kevin Ringelman, Ph.D. Effects of Timber Harvest on Avian Abundance and Diversity

 

Tiger's Choice Winners (Visitor Favorites)

Katherine Burley
Amelia Schexnayder & Lauren Nickles
Sarah Ramaraj
Jacques Petit
Amanda Fontenot
Jackson Mierl
Kirsten Collins
Joan Lyons
Madelyn Smith & Trent Andrus