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2017 Grad Slam Champion

Leah Foltz

Biomolecular Science & Engineering

Personalized Medicine: How to Cure Blindness with Your Own Cells

2017 Grad Slam Runners-up

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Eric Jorgensen

Theater & Dance

Reacquired: I, Thou and the American AIDS Play
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Max Nowak

Chemical Engineering

Breaching the Blood-Brain Barrier

2017 Grad Slam Finalists

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Leah Foltz

Biomolecular Science & Engineering

Personalized Medicine: How to Cure Blindness with Your Own Cells
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Dominique Houston

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

DID I PAUSE? DIAPAUSE: A Story of Suspended Animation
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Kelly Ibsen

Chemical Engineering

No More Needles: The Promise of Non-Invasive Drug Delivery via Ionic Liquids
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Eric Jorgensen

Theater & Dance

Reacquired: I, Thou and the American AIDS Play
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Amanda Kaczmarek

Tylenol and Advil Effects on Mental Rotation
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David Miller

Geography

Plants, Cities, and Satellites: High Resolution Mapping of Carbon Uptake by Urban Vegetation
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Jim Mondo

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

Pulling Together: Cells Talking Through Tension
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Max Nowak

Chemical Engineering

Breaching the Blood-Brain Barrier
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Daniel Phillips

Geography

Defining the Community of Interest as a Cognitive Region

2017 Grad Slam Semifinalists

Anirudha Banerjee

Chemical Engineering

"Tractor Beams" that Steer Colloidal Particles Over Millimeter Distances

Jacob Barrett

Chemistry

Chemicals from ?Biomass: We Wood if We Could

Becca Best

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

Unraveling an Unexpected Effect of Tau at Microtubule Ends

Andrew Cawley

Environmental Science & Management

Climate Change, Costs, and Caribou

Douglas Fabini

Materials

Toward Ubiquitous Solar Energy: Materials for Low Cost Conversion of Sunlight to Electricity

Leah Foltz

Biomolecular Science & Engineering

Personalized Medicine: How to Cure Blindness with Your Own Cells

James Giammona

Physics

Building Early Embryos in the Computer

Aranya Goswami

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Tunnel Transistors: Going through Walls to Save Energy

Tiffany Halvorsen

Biomolecular Science & Engineering

Shortcuts for a Planar Algebra

Kathryn Harrison

Communication

The (Un)Importance of a Gut Feeling: Information Seeking Strategies in Online Dating

Dominique Houston

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

DID I PAUSE? DIAPAUSE: A Story of Suspended Animation

Kelly Ibsen

Chemical Engineering

No More Needles: The Promise of Non-Invasive Drug Delivery via Ionic Liquids

Brandon Isaac

Materials

Light Circuits for Mobile Communication

Eric Jorgensen

Theater & Dance

Reacquired: I, Thou and the American AIDS Play

Amanda Kaczmarek

Tylenol and Advil Effects on Mental Rotation

Sara Lafia

Geography

Spatial Discovery: Linking Geographic Footprints to Topic Spaces

Evan Layher

Your Terrible Memory Leads to Poor Decisions... "Thanks" Brain

David Miller

Geography

Plants, Cities, and Satellites: High Resolution Mapping of Carbon Uptake by Urban Vegetation

Jim Mondo

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

Pulling Together: Cells Talking Through Tension

Max Nowak

Chemical Engineering

Breaching the Blood-Brain Barrier

Michael Paull

Chemical Engineering

A Brief History of Your Immune System

Daniel Phillips

Geography

Defining the Community of Interest as a Cognitive Region

Anusha Pusuluri

Chemical Engineering

Bioengineered Molecular Missiles - The Next Gen of Precision Medicine

Melissa Rapp

Education

Getting Teachers to the Highest Grade: Gendered Responses to Evaluations

Laura Reynolds

Earth Science

Pollution and Pollen: Evidence of Human Influence in California Sediments

Adrianna Simone

Chicana & Chicano Studies

It Was NEVER Fiction: The Decolonized Voice of Michele Serros

Pedro Sosa

Computer Science

Post-Quantum Cryptography: Preparing for the Cryptopocalypse

Elisabeth Steel

Earth Science

Rivers Under the Ocean: How Turbidity Currents Shape our Seafloor

Jason Wien

Physics

What's Really Inside a Black Hole?

2017 Grad Slam Presenters

Shashank Aswathanarayana

Media Arts & Technology

Effect of a Known Environment on the Estimation of Sound Source Distance

Anirudha Banerjee

Chemical Engineering

"Tractor Beams" that Steer Colloidal Particles Over Millimeter Distances

Jacob Barrett

Chemistry

Chemicals from ?Biomass: We Wood if We Could

Becca Best

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

Unraveling an Unexpected Effect of Tau at Microtubule Ends

Kristen Bryant

Sociology

Not Just Child's Play

Andrew Cawley

Environmental Science & Management

Climate Change, Costs, and Caribou

Alesha Claveria

Theater & Dance

Sexual Performance Depictions of Native North Americans (NA, AI, 1st N, I)

Owen Colegrove

Physics

?Illuminating Dark Forces

Jessica Couture

Environmental Science & Management

Comparing Salmon Feeds Using Life Cycle Assessments

Amanda Curtis

Shortcuts for a Planar Algebra

Jonathan Downey

Education

Visual Feedback: An Easier Way to Improve Pronunciation

Carina Edelman

Earth Science

Unlocking Earth's Time Capsules

May ElSherif

Computer Science

The Urban Characteristics of Street Harassment: A First Look

Kimin Eom

We Believe, Therefore we Act? Social Class Difference in the Link Between Belief in Climate Change and Proenvironmental Action

Kathy Espino-Perez

One of Us?: Biracial Targets, Perceptions of Prototypicality, and Resource Threat

Douglas Fabini

Materials

Toward Ubiquitous Solar Energy: Materials for Low Cost Conversion of Sunlight to Electricity

Jesilyn Faust

Global Studies

Islamic Feminism and the Way Forward: Learning from the Women's Movements in Morocco

Leah Foltz

Biomolecular Science & Engineering

Personalized Medicine: How to Cure Blindness with Your Own Cells

Alexa Fredston-Hermann

Environmental Science & Management

How Far Can Marine Species Shift their Ranges in Response to Climate Change?

Carl Gabrielson

Encountering Allies: U.S. Bases in Japan

James Giammona

Physics

Building Early Embryos in the Computer

Joshua Goodman

Counseling, Clinical & School Psychology

The Development of a Resource to Increase Parent Support for Sexual Minority Youth

Aranya Goswami

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Tunnel Transistors: Going through Walls to Save Energy

Jim Gribble

Education

Impact of Computer Coding on Communication of Children with Autism

Ben Gross

Why Do the Shapes of Cells Matter?

Tiffany Halvorsen

Biomolecular Science & Engineering

Shortcuts for a Planar Algebra

Jeremy Hanes

Religious Studies

What Goddesses Can Tell Us About Epidemics and How We Respond to Them

Kathryn Harrison

Communication

The (Un)Importance of a Gut Feeling: Information Seeking Strategies in Online Dating

Laura Hooton

A Border Triangle: Los Angeles, Ensenada, and Oklahoma

Dominique Houston

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

DID I PAUSE? DIAPAUSE: A Story of Suspended Animation

Kelly Ibsen

Chemical Engineering

No More Needles: The Promise of Non-Invasive Drug Delivery via Ionic Liquids

Jeff Inglis

Do My Actions Matter?: The Role of Contingency in Learning

Brandon Isaac

Materials

Light Circuits for Mobile Communication

Eric Jorgensen

Theater & Dance

Reacquired: I, Thou and the American AIDS Play

Amanda Kaczmarek

Tylenol and Advil Effects on Mental Rotation

Miles Krumpak

Global Studies

Cuba: Change, Development, and Farmers Markets

Sara Lafia

Geography

Spatial Discovery: Linking Geographic Footprints to Topic Spaces

Evan Layher

Your Terrible Memory Leads to Poor Decisions... "Thanks" Brain

David Miller

Geography

Plants, Cities, and Satellites: High Resolution Mapping of Carbon Uptake by Urban Vegetation

Karly Marie Miller

Marine Science

Why Tourism Matters for Fisheries Management

Alexandra Miller

Physics

Measuring the Topology of Spacetime in Quantum Gravity

Jim Mondo

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

Pulling Together: Cells Talking Through Tension

Max Nowak

Chemical Engineering

Breaching the Blood-Brain Barrier

Lauren Ortosky

Choosing Chaos

Michael Paull

Chemical Engineering

A Brief History of Your Immune System

Daniel Phillips

Geography

Defining the Community of Interest as a Cognitive Region

Abe Pressman

Chemical Engineering

Controlling Molecular Evolution: the Next Generation of Next Generations

Anusha Pusuluri

Chemical Engineering

Bioengineered Molecular Missiles - The Next Gen of Precision Medicine

Melissa Rapp

Education

Getting Teachers to the Highest Grade: Gendered Responses to Evaluations

Elisabeth Rareshide

Anthropology

Outside of the Reach of the Mission Bell: Chinigchinich Ritual Practice among the Tongva during the Mission Period in Alta California (AD 1769-1834)

Laura Reynolds

Earth Science

Pollution and Pollen: Evidence of Human Influence in California Sediments

Luke Rosedahl

Monsters in the Closet: Shining Light on Object Misclassification

Burhan Saifaddin

Materials

Disinfecting LEDs

Katja Siepmann

Global Studies

Banned Woman's Art During National Socialism

Adrianna Simone

Chicana & Chicano Studies

It Was NEVER Fiction: The Decolonized Voice of Michele Serros

Pratik Soni

Computer Science

Thwarting ?Man-in-the-Middle Attacks -- So That You Don't Get Fired!

Pedro Sosa

Computer Science

Post-Quantum Cryptography: Preparing for the Cryptopocalypse

David Stamps

Communication

Boys Won't Be Boys: Exploring Masculinity and its Influence on Social Support

Elisabeth Steel

Earth Science

Rivers Under the Ocean: How Turbidity Currents Shape our Seafloor

Jason Wien

Physics

What's Really Inside a Black Hole?

Sam Zahn

The Battle of the Self Against the Functional Infinity of the Internet

Leila Zonouzi

Global Studies

The Imagined Reality of Displaced Iranians