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鈥淭he Graduate Research Symposium is the one event a year where students from over 70 different masters and doctoral programs can gather to present, showcase, and discuss work which helps to culminate into their final degree,鈥� said Tracy Collum, associate dean, 天美传媒 Graduate School. 鈥溙烀来� has very innovated and talented graduate students and we love providing the opportunity for these students to share their work with the community.鈥�

The symposium took place over two days on March 9-10 and showcased more than 100 students鈥� abstracts in a variety of categories, including: Posters, Creative Work, Oral Presentations, and the new Three-minute Thesis category.

For more information about this year鈥檚 Graduate Research Symposium, including photos and videos of the Three-minute Thesis, visit /graduatesymposium.

Below is the complete list of winners.

Three-Minute Thesis

• First Place in Three Minute Thesis Competition, An Empirical Examination of Stigma Toward Mental Health Problems and Treatment Use in Veterans, Jonathan Goode (Clinical Psychology, PhD) and Joshua Swift
• Second Place in Three Minute Thesis Competition, Fast dynamics analysis and active control of spike type stall inception in a one stage axial compressor system. Nirmeet Adhvaryu (Measurements & Controls Engineering, MS) and Marco Schoen
• Second Place in Three Minute Thesis Competition, Role of central [H+] and CO2 in early rhythmic neural activity and breathing rhythms in the developing zebra finch brainstem, Jessica Whitaker-Fornek (Biology, PhD), Casetin Lybbert and Jason Pilarski 

Oral Presentations

• Top Oral Presentation in Biological and Natural Sciences, Nutrient Dynamics in Constructed Stormwater Wetlands in Semiarid Climates, Carolyn Macek (Biology, MS)

• Top Oral Presentation in Business, Economics and Public Administration, Technology-Based Public Policy Interventions to Enhance Access to Health Care Support: A Study in the Context of Rural Bangladesh, Hassan Afzal (Business Administration, MBA) & Larry Cravens
• Top Oral Presentation in Education, Learning & Training, What Makes An Effective Subculture on a Community College Campus?, Jonathan Lord (Educational Leadership, EdD)

• Top Oral Presentation in Engineering, Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Investigating hypokalemic periodic paralysis mutations in hNaV1.4: a mathematical approach Landon Bayless-Edwards (Biology, PhD), James Groome, Frank Lehmann-Horn, Vern Winston & Karin Jurkat-Rott
• Top Oral Presentation in Humanities, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Bigger On the Inside: Codifying the Chronotope of the Labyrinth, Paul Williams (English, MA)

Poster Presentations

• Top Poster in Biological & Natural Sciences, Characterizing the role of hydrologic fluctuation on suspended sediment and particulate organic carbon export in a semi-arid catchment, Reynolds Creek, Idaho, Kayla Glossner (Biology, MS)
• Top Poster in Education, Learning & Training, International Student-Athletes in the Intermountain West: Motivations, Decisions, and Opportunities, Leila Riley (Athletic Administration, MPE), Natalee Fauple & Brooke Blair

• Top Poster in Engineering, Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Finite Element Modeling of an Alternative Bridge Deck Connection Method in Accelerated Bridge Construction, Utsa Rashique (Civil Engineering, MS), Arya Ebrahimpour & Mustafa Mashal
• Top Poster in Health, Nutrition & Clinical Sciences, The Feasibility of Script Based Audio-Visual Speech Entrainment for the Treatment of Nonfluent Aphasia, Jeanna Ritter (Speech Language Pathology, MS)

• Top Poster in Humanities, Behavioral & Social Sciences, Personality Judgment Accuracy and the Role of Psychological Well-Being and Cognitive Functioning, Sheherezade Krzyzaniak (Experimental Psychology, PhD), Chloe Pedersen, Jacob Gibson, Taeg Barclay & Tera Letzring
• People鈥檚 Choice Poster, Fast dynamics analysis and active control of spike type stall inception in a one stage axial compressor system, Nirmeet Adhvaryu (Measurements & Controls Engineering, MS) & Marco Schoen