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2018 Grad Slam Champion

Mengya Tao

Environmental Science & Management

A Safer World with Fewer Regrettable Chemicals

2018 Grad Slam Runners-up

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Neil Dolinski

Materials

3D Printing with Color: One Solution, Multiple Materials
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Lauren Menzer

Environmental Science & Management

An Assessment of Apparel Toxins' Impact on Mother and Newborn Endocrine-System Health

2018 Grad Slam Finalists

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Rebecca Baker

English

Cognitive Cyborgs: Minds, Machines, and (Re)Mediated Techno-Cultural Identities in the Post-Millennium
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Neil Dolinski

Materials

3D Printing with Color: One Solution, Multiple Materials
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May ElSherif

Computer Science

#NotOkay: Understanding Gender-based Violence in Social Media
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Andrea Figueroa-Caballero

Communication

Examining the Effects of News Coverage Linking Undocumented Immigrants with Criminality: Extending Beyond the Voting Booth to the Jury Box
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Katie Harrison

Communication

Communicating Resilience During Acute and Chronic Stress
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Veronica Laos

Chemistry

Understanding Neurodegenerative Disorders: One Protein at a Time
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Lauren Menzer

Environmental Science & Management

An Assessment of Apparel Toxins' Impact on Mother and Newborn Endocrine-System Health
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Mengya Tao

Environmental Science & Management

A Safer World with Fewer Regrettable Chemicals
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Erin Winslow

Environmental Science & Management

Coral Community Dynamics: A Mystery in Moorea, French Polynesia

2018 Grad Slam Semifinalists

Audrey Abeyta

Communication

Where You At?: The Role of Geospatial Concordance in Assessments of Online Credibility

Amy Anderson

Anthropology

Holes in the Head: The Skeletal Biology of Anemia

Osvaldo Assuncao

Managing Systemic Risk with a Random Networks

Rebecca Baker

English

Cognitive Cyborgs: Minds, Machines, and (Re)Mediated Techno-Cultural Identities in the Post-Millennium

Neil Dolinski

Materials

3D Printing with Color: One Solution, Multiple Materials

May ElSherif

Computer Science

#NotOkay: Understanding Gender-based Violence in Social Media

Andrea Figueroa-Caballero

Communication

Examining the Effects of News Coverage Linking Undocumented Immigrants with Criminality: Extending Beyond the Voting Booth to the Jury Box

Gregory Gate

Chemistry

Evolution of Life in the Light

David Grimsman

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Synergy with Strategy in Submodular Maximization

Katie Harrison

Communication

Communicating Resilience During Acute and Chronic Stress

Tatum Katz

Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology

Spatial Epidemiology for Salamanders: Insights on the Invasive Amphibian Pathogen Batrachochytrium Salamandrivorans

Jacob Kirksey

Education

Schools as Sanctuaries: Is ICE Raiding the American Dream from Schoolgoing Immigrant-Origin Youth?

Annie Lamontagne

Earth Science

Seismicity and Severe Weather: Generation of Seismic Waves by a Tornado

Veronica Laos

Chemistry

Understanding Neurodegenerative Disorders: One Protein at a Time

Evan Layher

Seriously!!! Stop Relying on Your Terrible Memory When Better Decision Strategies Are Available

Jasmine McBeath

Education

Community-Oriented Making: Engineering Change

Lauren Menzer

Environmental Science & Management

An Assessment of Apparel Toxins' Impact on Mother and Newborn Endocrine-System Health

Ali Rahman

Comparative Literature

Digital Rhetoric and Gatekeepers of Knowledge: Islamic Authority in America

Mengya Tao

Environmental Science & Management

A Safer World with Fewer Regrettable Chemicals

Rachel Torres

Environmental Science & Management

The Role of Urban Trees in a Water-Limited Environment

Jennifer Walker

Mechanical Engineering

The uHammer: Mimicking Traumatic Brain Injury One Cell at a Time

Stephenson Brooks Whitestone

Communication

Authenticity in Eternity: Transgender Identity After Death

Erin Winslow

Environmental Science & Management

Coral Community Dynamics: A Mystery in Moorea, French Polynesia

Zhiwei Zhang

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Bring Touch to Virtual Reality

2018 Grad Slam Presenters

Audrey Abeyta

Communication

Where You At?: The Role of Geospatial Concordance in Assessments of Online Credibility

Adam Adam

Global Studies

Psychosis

Brett Aho

Global Studies

Slow Violence and Regulation of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

Sami Alsalloom

Education

Measuring Musical Emotions

Amy Anderson

Anthropology

Holes in the Head: The Skeletal Biology of Anemia

Osvaldo Assuncao

Managing Systemic Risk with a Random Networks

Shashank Aswathanarayana

Media Arts & Technology

Musical preferences in 3D

Allan Avila

Mechanical Engineering

Analysis and Forecasting of Highway Traffic

Aaron Bagnell

Geography

Turning the Tides for Big Ocean Data

Rebecca Baker

English

Cognitive Cyborgs: Minds, Machines, and (Re)Mediated Techno-Cultural Identities in the Post-Millennium

David Cao

Chemistry

Poop to Power

Courtney Cochran

Environmental Science & Management

Far from Basic: Managing Ocean Acidification in Marine Protected Areas

Devin Cornell

Sociology

Social Construction of Austerity in the UK

Neil Dolinski

Materials

3D Printing with Color: One Solution, Multiple Materials

May ElSherif

Computer Science

#NotOkay: Understanding Gender-based Violence in Social Media

Mario Espinoza

Sociology

The Care Advocacy Paradox: How Social Movement Organizers Strategize in Support of People Living with HIV/AIDS

Andrea Figueroa-Caballero

Communication

Examining the Effects of News Coverage Linking Undocumented Immigrants with Criminality: Extending Beyond the Voting Booth to the Jury Box

Jacob Fisher

Communication

Look Harder! Digital Devices, Attention, and Cognitive Control

Charles Forman

Materials

Blue Lasers: The Future of Illumination and Display Technology

Gregory Gate

Chemistry

Evolution of Life in the Light

Josh Graybiel

Environmental Science & Management

Taking the guessing out of water quality management

Jim Gribble

Education

Children Learning to Code in Virtual Reality

David Grimsman

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Synergy with Strategy in Submodular Maximization

Ishani Gupta

Computer Science

LocBorg: Hide Your Location Without Hiding Yourself

Elizabeth Hambleton

Music

Analyzing mu(sic)ltimedia

Katie Harrison

Communication

Communicating Resilience During Acute and Chronic Stress

Camille Herrera

Environmental Science & Management

Solar Panels: Planning For Their Post-Rooftop Future

Emily Honn

Environmental Science & Management

Incentivizing Groundwater Recharge in the Teton Valley, Idaho

Robert Huerta

Art

The Imposter Syndrome

Tatum Katz

Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology

Spatial Epidemiology for Salamanders: Insights on the Invasive Amphibian Pathogen Batrachochytrium Salamandrivorans

Colette King

Technology Management

Big Data: How it is Received by a Traditional Industry

Jacob Kirksey

Education

Schools as Sanctuaries: Is ICE Raiding the American Dream from Schoolgoing Immigrant-Origin Youth?

Annie Lamontagne

Earth Science

Seismicity and Severe Weather: Generation of Seismic Waves by a Tornado

Veronica Laos

Chemistry

Understanding Neurodegenerative Disorders: One Protein at a Time

Evan Layher

Seriously!!! Stop Relying on Your Terrible Memory When Better Decision Strategies Are Available

Jasmine McBeath

Education

Community-Oriented Making: Engineering Change

Monica Mendoza

Education

Student Conceptions of Three-Dimensional Solids

Lauren Menzer

Environmental Science & Management

An Assessment of Apparel Toxins' Impact on Mother and Newborn Endocrine-System Health

Gokul Prasath Nallasami

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Hardware Acceleration: Are We There Yet?

Dan Ovando

Environmental Science & Management

Counting Fish from Space: Using Fishermen Behavior to Predict Fish Abundance

Nicol Parker

Environmental Science & Management

OrganoFate: A Rapid, Spatially-Explicit Risk Assessment Tool

Natasha Picciani

Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology

A Spineless Tale of Jellyfish Eye Origins

Ali Rahman

Comparative Literature

Digital Rhetoric and Gatekeepers of Knowledge: Islamic Authority in America

Jaime Ramirez Cuellar

Economics

Domestic Violence and Civil Conflict

Yanira Rivas Pineda

Political Science

Crime-Ridden and Heavily Policed: Political Involvement in two Los Angeles Public Housing Facilities

Sanjana Sahayaraj

Computer Science

NLP Techniques for Extracting Crucial Information From Medical Text

Molly Schwarz

Economics

Domestic Violence from an Economist's Perspective

Odelia Simon

Education

Math and Science Identity Equivalence

Pratik Soni

Computer Science

Improving Children's Fraction Understanding through the Use of Number Line

Kimberly Soriano

Feminist Studies

Escaping the Buff: Tagging as Liminal World Making

Erik Spickard

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

Transorganogenesis: What a Worm Can Tell You About Rebuilding an Organ

David Stamps

Communication

The Problem with Protests: Emotional Driven Effects of Race Related News Media Images

Mengya Tao

Environmental Science & Management

A Safer World with Fewer Regrettable Chemicals

Rae Taylor-Burns

Environmental Science & Management

The Other CO2 problem: Data Gaps and Hotspots in Ocean Acidification

Courtney Thomas

Environmental Science & Management

Love Your Data: Building a Robust Monitoring Network for Ocean Acidification on the West Coast

Rachel Torres

Environmental Science & Management

The Role of Urban Trees in a Water-Limited Environment

Justin Tran

Earth Science

The Other 93%

Steve Trettel

The Shape of Geometry

Laura Urbisci

Environmental Science & Management

Untangling Uncertainty in Food Web Models

Jennifer Walker

Mechanical Engineering

The uHammer: Mimicking Traumatic Brain Injury One Cell at a Time

Stephenson Brooks Whitestone

Communication

Authenticity in Eternity: Transgender Identity After Death

Erin Winslow

Environmental Science & Management

Coral Community Dynamics: A Mystery in Moorea, French Polynesia

Zhiwei Zhang

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Bring Touch to Virtual Reality