2022 Virtual Poster Competition

Awards

College Students

1st Place:  Cassandra Barber (TMCC)

2nd Place:  Megan Mellor (TMCC) and Collin Willis (TMCC)

3rd Place:  Krysty Gaytan (CSN) and Anna Vu (CSN)

Undergraduate Students

1st Place: Cheyenne Brokaw (UNLV)

2nd Place: Faaris Khilji (UNLV) 

 3rd Place: Nader Nabeh and Ferdos Fessahaye (UNLV)

Graduate Students

1st Place:  Kellen Mitchell (UNR)

2nd Place: Anne Heggli (UNR) and Hamed Heidari (UNLV)

3rd Place:  Jonathan Covington (UNLV) and Shams Rothee (UNLV

*All other participants received “Honorable Mentions”.

Undergraduate Students

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Low-Cost Wireless self-healing sensor network (LoWSHAN)

Hassan Adam; University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Microbial life in deep subsurface environments: The role of high pressure in biogeochemical cycles

Cheyenne Brokaw; University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Cooperative Autonomous Robot Exploration

Faaris Khilji; University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Use of Biochar in Emerging Contaminant Removal

Nader Nabeh and Ferdos Fessahaye; University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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College Students

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Local Environmental Impacts of Deicers in the Sagebrush Ecosystem

Cassandra Barber, Truckee Meadows Community College

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Analysis of Renewable Capabilities in California

Hunter Berke; College of Southern Nevada

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Optimizing DNA Concentrations using minipreps for sequencing and enzyme activity assays of BglB mutants

Angelo Fuentecilla; Truckee Meadows Community College

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3-Dimensional Printing for an Innovating World

Krysty Gaytan; College of Southern Nevada

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Analysis of Yeast TIMP-3 Library

Raymond Ibarra, Truckee Meadows Community College

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Genetic Diversity in Bobcat (Lynx Rufus) Populations in Northwest Nevada

Megan Mellor, Truckee Meadows Community College

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Remodeling of human oral flora upon close contact to oral flora of Canis lupus familiaris

Evandy Murphy; Great Basin College

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A low-cost alternative for diagnosing scoliosis using computerized technologies

Samantha Thompson; Truckee Meadows Community College

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Annotation of Bacteriophage Blocker 23 and Discovery of A Novel Actinobateriophage

Anna Vu; College of Southern Nevada

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Live Trapping of Lynx rufus in Suburban West Reno

Colin Willis; Truckee Meadows Community College

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Graduate Students

Aerosol-Cloud Interactions during Extreme Weather

Cheng-Hsiang Chang; University of Nevada, Reno

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Characterization of a Novel beta-Glucanase From the Hyperthermophile Fervidibacter sacchari, the Sole Isolate of an Ancient Bacterial Class

Jonathan K. Covington; University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Life in the Lava Tubes: Bacterial, Archaeal and Eukaryotic Communities in a Mars Analog Environment

Molly Devlin; Desert Research Institute

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Fe-rich Amorphous Material Formation and Persistence in Ultramafic Soils Consistent With Cold and Wet Conditions on Early Mars

Anthony Feldman; University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Towards Snowpack Runoff Decision Support

Anne Heggli; University of Nevada, Reno

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COSMO-RS Prediction of Silicon Extraction from Lunar Regolith by Deep Eutectic Solvents

Hamed Heidari; University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Analyzing the Effect of Nanoparticles on Lattice Thermal Transport for Improved Thermoelectric Performance

Theodore Maranets; University of Nevada, Reno

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Extrusion Printhead for the Fabrication of Helical Shape Memory Polymer Artificial Muscles for Spaceflight

Kellen Mitchell; University of Nevada, Reno

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Two-temperature time-fractional model for electron-phonon coupled interfacial thermal transport

Milad Mozafarifard; University of Nevada, Reno

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Hybrid Extrusion 3D Printing of Self-Deployable Smart Solar Panel Hinges

Lily Raymond; University of Nevada, Reno

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Polar Alignment and Vortices in Circumbinary Disks

Ian Rabago; University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Biomimicry of the Growth of a Desert Plant as an Approach for Extractions of Phosphorus & Minerals from Martian Regolith

Shams Rothee; University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Expansion of Motivation Models for Engineering Doctoral Student Populations

Derrick J. Satterfield; University of Nevada, Reno

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Resistance of Klebsiella strains from the International Space Station to quaternary ammonium compound disinfectants

Natasha S. Sushenko; University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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