Graduate Research Symposium Past Winners

2023 Graduate Research Symposium

The following students were the 2023 Graduate Research Symposium winners and are pictured below with AS&E Dean of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs, Nick Vamivakas.

Engineering and Mathematics
Tre DiPassio, Electrical Engineering PhD student, Interacting with Smart Audio Devices using Induced Structural Vibrations

Humanities
Renee Jin, Visual and Cultural Studies PhD student, The Reproductive Future: "Space Babies" in Chinese Propaganda Posters 1962–1989

Social Sciences
Qingzhi Ruby Zeng, Brain and Cognitive Sciences PhD student, Adapting a Language Transformer Model to Capture Subjective Human Judgements of Narrative Creativity

Natural Sciences
Juan David Villada Morales, Chemistry PhD student, Asymmetric Synthesis of cyclopropyl pyruvate pattern toward ring expansion reaction

2022 Graduate Research Symposium

The following students were the 2022 Graduate Research Symposium winners and are pictured below with AS&E Dean of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs, Nick Vamivakas.

Humanities
Claire Becker, History PhD student, "Estas Cuentas Estuvieró en el Cielo": Franciscan Nuns, Miraculous Relics, and Experiential Knowledge in the Early Modern World

Natural Sciences
Maria Castaño, Biology PhD student, Is Evolution Predictable? A Comparison Between Parallel Hybrid Zones of the Same Subspecies Pair and Its Implications for Reproductive Isolation (Flame-rumped Tanager; Colombia)

Social Sciences
Karen Gilbert, Social-Personality Psychology PhD student, Feeling Poor or Feeling Poorer: Comparing Subjective Measures of Economic Status in Predicting Health and Well-Being

Engineering and Mathematics
Brandon Ruszala, Biomedical Engineering PhD student, Injecting Arbitrary Instructions into Anterior Parietal Cortex with Low-Amplitude Intracortical Microstimulation