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2014 Grad Slam Champion

James Allen

Marine Science

Measuring Cells from Space: Remote Sensing of Phytoplankton Size Distribution

2014 Grad Slam Runners-up

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Deborah Barany

The Brain in Action
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Damien Kudela

Chemistry

A Safe and Effective Nanotherapeutic to Control the Coagulation Cascade During Trauma

2014 Grad Slam Finalists

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Aubrie Adams

Communication

Student Perceptions of Teacher :) Emoticon Usage
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James Allen

Marine Science

Measuring Cells from Space: Remote Sensing of Phytoplankton Size Distribution
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Deborah Barany

The Brain in Action
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Matt Cieslak

Searching the Brain for Missing Parts
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Don Daniels

Reconstructing Proto-Sogeram
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Damien Kudela

Chemistry

A Safe and Effective Nanotherapeutic to Control the Coagulation Cascade During Trauma
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Leah Kuritzky

Materials

Focused, Efficient, and Bright: The Promise of Laser Lighting
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Dibella L. Wdzenczny

Documenting the Endangered Languages of Siberia
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Michelle Oyewole

Geography

Effects of Compost Application Rate on Area- and Yield-Scaled Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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Michael Zakrewsky

Chemical Engineering

New Arsenal of Materials for Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacterial Infections

2014 Grad Slam Semifinalists

Aubrie Adams

Communication

Student Perceptions of Teacher :) Emoticon Usage

James Allen

Marine Science

Measuring Cells from Space: Remote Sensing of Phytoplankton Size Distribution

Deborah Barany

The Brain in Action

Matt Cieslak

Searching the Brain for Missing Parts

Don Daniels

Reconstructing Proto-Sogeram

Samantha Davis

Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology

Coral Reef Recovery...or Not?

Philip Deslippe

Religious Studies

How Pizza Explains Yoga

Nate Emery

Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology

I Have the Foggiest Idea

Logan Fiorella

Is Teaching Really the Best Way to Learn?

Audrey Harkness

Counseling, Clinical & School Psychology

Having "The Talk": The Importance of Parent-Child Communication about Sexual Orientation in the Development of Youth Sexual Orientation Attitudes and Behaviors

Dayton Horvath

Chemistry

Don't Stop the Solar Fuels Party

David Jacobson

Physics

Genetic Regulation: What the Human Genome Project Didn't Tell Us

Haddy Kreie

Theater & Dance

Celebrating Mourning: Memorializations of Vodun and Slavery in West Africa

Damien Kudela

Chemistry

A Safe and Effective Nanotherapeutic to Control the Coagulation Cascade During Trauma

Leah Kuritzky

Materials

Focused, Efficient, and Bright: The Promise of Laser Lighting

Dibella L. Wdzenczny

Documenting the Endangered Languages of Siberia

Michelle Oyewole

Geography

Effects of Compost Application Rate on Area- and Yield-Scaled Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Mira Rai Waits

Art History

Mapping the Finger: The Colonial History of Biometrics

Carly Thomsen

Feminist Studies

Rethinking Gay Rights Strategies: Perspectives from LGBTQ Women in the Rural Midwest

Michael Zakrewsky

Chemical Engineering

New Arsenal of Materials for Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacterial Infections

2014 Grad Slam Presenters

Christopher A. Walker

English

Untimely Ecologies

Aubrie Adams

Communication

Student Perceptions of Teacher :) Emoticon Usage

James Allen

Marine Science

Measuring Cells from Space: Remote Sensing of Phytoplankton Size Distribution

Marla Andrea Ramirez

Chicana & Chicano Studies

Alien Citizens: The Mexican Repatriation Program, 1920s-1940s

Barney B. Johnson

Music

The Fear of Art, and How to Eliminate It

Deborah Barany

The Brain in Action

Thomas Bell

Marine Science

Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Giant Kelp

Matt Cieslak

Searching the Brain for Missing Parts

Don Daniels

Reconstructing Proto-Sogeram

Samantha Davis

Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology

Coral Reef Recovery...or Not?

Philip Deslippe

Religious Studies

How Pizza Explains Yoga

Arturo Deza

What Makes Grumpy Cat More Popular Than the Higgs Boson?

Yassine Dhane

Chemical Engineering

Complex Fluids Being Even More Complex

Ryan Dippre

Education

Brutal Silence: Words that Don't Matter, Writing that Doesn't Exist

Eric Edwards

Environmental Science & Management

Economic Incentives in Collective Groundwater Management

Emily Ellis

Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology

The Evolution of the Flashy Male Display in Ostracoda

Nate Emery

Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology

I Have the Foggiest Idea

Daniel Ervin

Geography

Cheeseburgers, Central Americans, and Carbon 12: One New Technique for Two Old Problems

Logan Fiorella

Is Teaching Really the Best Way to Learn?

Brian Griffith

Bringing Bacchus to the People: Viti-Viniculture, Autarky, and Mass Spectacle in Fascist Italy, 1922 - 1945

Gary Haddow

Education

Beyond War: Rebuilding Liberia's Ethnic and National Identities

Audrey Harkness

Counseling, Clinical & School Psychology

Having "The Talk": The Importance of Parent-Child Communication about Sexual Orientation in the Development of Youth Sexual Orientation Attitudes and Behaviors

Mehran Hoonejani

Mechanical Engineering

"Cell"ection Using Light and Flow: Detect It before It Is Cancer!

Shay Hopkins

English

I Know How You Feel: Literature and the Experience of Empathy

Dayton Horvath

Chemistry

Don't Stop the Solar Fuels Party

Richard Huskey

Communication

This is Your Brain on Flow: Observing the Brain During Optimal Experiences

David Jacobson

Physics

Genetic Regulation: What the Human Genome Project Didn't Tell Us

Jenna Joo

Education

Understanding Second Language Acquisition from a Sociocognitive Perspective

Hannah Kallewaard

Chemistry

Electrochemical Sensors for Rapid and Inexpensive Pathogen Detection

Haddy Kreie

Theater & Dance

Celebrating Mourning: Memorializations of Vodun and Slavery in West Africa

Damien Kudela

Chemistry

A Safe and Effective Nanotherapeutic to Control the Coagulation Cascade During Trauma

Leah Kuritzky

Materials

Focused, Efficient, and Bright: The Promise of Laser Lighting

Dibella L. Wdzenczny

Documenting the Endangered Languages of Siberia

Nicole Leung

Biomolecular Science & Engineering

The Origin of Ostracod Bioluminescence

Elizabeth Mainz

Education

Teachers' Beliefs about Language: Gaining Positive Perspectives

Lisa McAllister

Anthropology

Family Planning in the Amazon Basin

Sungmin Moon

Education

TIMSS, the Past, the Present, and the Future

Michelle Oyewole

Geography

Effects of Compost Application Rate on Area- and Yield-Scaled Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Lindsey Peavey

Environmental Science & Management

Sea Turtle Hunger Games

Kyle Ploense

Cocaine in the Brain

Christopher Proctor

Materials

Method to Our Madness: Towards a Better Understanding of the Public's Role in Policy

Mira Rai Waits

Art History

Mapping the Finger: The Colonial History of Biometrics

Caitlin Rathe

Let Them Eat Ketchup

Laura Reynolds

Earth Science

Tsunami Hazard Along the Santa Barbara Coast: Lessons from Japan

Matthew Roy

Music

Hansel and Gretel at the Piano: Children's Music and Socialization

Shari Sanders

Comparative Literature

Because Neglect Isn't Cute: Tuxedo Stan's Campaign for a Humane World

Saiph Savage

Computer Science

Understanding Online Audiences

Travis Seifman

Performing Ryukyu: Early Modern Street Processions as Political Acts

Anna Simon

Biomolecular Science & Engineering

Mimicking Nature to Engineer Ultrasensitive Molecular Machines

Esther Taxon

Biomolecular Science & Engineering

HIV: Gene Therapy Stealth Attack

Eric Terry

Biomolecular Science & Engineering

Uncovering Mechanisms of Developmental Robustness Using Microfluids

Carly Thomsen

Feminist Studies

Rethinking Gay Rights Strategies: Perspectives from LGBTQ Women in the Rural Midwest

John Vanderhoef

Film & Media Studies

Everyday Developers: The Production and Cultures of Indie Games

Eduardo Viana da Silva

The Devil in the Brazilian Backlands

Faye Walker

Chemistry

On-site Healthcare by Sleight of Hand

Michael Zakrewsky

Chemical Engineering

New Arsenal of Materials for Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacterial Infections

Michele Zugnoni

Education

Levels of Alienation: Assessing the Effects of a Creative Writing Program on a Population of Incarcerated Adolescent Boys