2010 Student Research Day winners

Arts and Humanities
1st	Buckley Cloud with faculty mentor Scott Lowe, “Scientific and Unscientific Aspects of Buddhism.”
2nd	Lucas Knowles with faculty mentor James Oberly, “Beloit, Wisconsin and the Great Migration."
3rd	Johnathan Turba and Stephanie Schmidt with faculty mentor Nicholas Phillips, “Exploring the Piano Music of Roy Harris.”
Behavioral and Social Sciences - Psychology
1st	Eric Fuerstenberg and Maria Vander Wyst with faculty mentor April Bleske-Rechek, “Scientific Literacy and its Correlates: Knowledge of Evolution, Genetics, and the Physical Sciences in UW-Eau Claire Freshmen.”
2nd	Heather Harris, Kelly Denkinger, and Leah Erickson with faculty mentor April Bleske-Rechek, “Women's Appearance and Body Shape across the Menstrual Cycle: Heightened Attractiveness at Ovulation?”
3rd	Dustin Greelis-Vanlaningham, Leah Erickson, and Jennifer Becker with faculty mentor Jeffrey Goodman, “Stigma Acknowledgment: Why and When is it an Effective Social Strategy.”
4th	Jaime Barth, Holly Perszyk, Jeffrey Miller, Katie Wiskow, Tory Miller, Samantha Liggett, and Brianne Foiles with faculty mentor Daniel Holt, “Evaluation of Three Leash Training Approaches with Canines.”
Behavioral and Social Sciences
1st	Paige Hehl with faculty mentor David Schaffer, “Wage Penalties in Majority-Female Occupations.”
2nd	Bryan Reinhold, Amber Jamelske, Elizabeth Reinke, and Kevin Reinhold with faculty mentors Eric Jamelske and Lori Bica, “Evaluating the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program in Wisconsin Elementary Schools: Comparing Program Effects after Two Months and Six Months of Program Implementation.”
3rd	Katherine Northey, Meghan Rohe, Samantha Howard, Lindsey Smith, and Anna Riedel with faculty mentor Martha Fay, “The Silencing Effect of Uncertainty: Communication Apprehension and Organizational Change.”
4th 5th	David Melsness with faculty mentor Ryan Weichelt, “Geographical Crime Displacement: The Robert Taylor Homes and Englewood.” Laurelyn Wieseman, April Ross, Samuel Block, and Drew Christensen with faculty mentor Eric Jamelske, “The Chippewa Valley Center for Economic Research and Development Cash for Clunkers Project: An Overview of the Guidelines and Goals of the Program and an Assessment of the Program’s Success.”
Business and Professional Studies
1st	Eric Becker with faculty mentor Kristina Bourne, “Becoming a Global Leader: Examining the Barriers for Chippewa Valley Businesses.”
2nd	Hannah Stoelzle, Kristi Finco, Sadie Foss, Jenna Snyder, and Katie Edwards with faculty mentor Marquell Johnson, “Accessibility of Fitness and Wellness Facilities in Western Wisconsin for Individuals with Disabilities.”
3rd	Spencer Rohlinger with faculty mentors Ruth Cronje, Kelly Murray, and Todd Wellnitz, “Promoting Students' Scientific Understanding with the Science Writing Heuristic.”
4th	Katie Humbert with faculty mentor Vicki Samelson, “Strategies First Graders with Low Oral Language Skills Use to Solve Math Word Problems.”
Biological and Chemical Sciences
1st	Benjamin Krentz with faculty mentor Warren Gallagher, “The Structure of a New Methanobactin Hints at the Existence of a Whole New Class of Peptide-derived Metal-binding Molecules.”
2nd	Kate Pischke, Jessica Soine, Sarah Ames, Nicholas Schoenfuss, Zachary Snobl, and Joshua Pletzer with faculty mentors Todd Wellnitz and Eric Merten, “How Many Lichen? How Many Trees? Island Biogeography in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.”
3rd	Brandon Blaisdell with faculty mentor Derek Gingerich, “Phenotypic Characterization of lrb Mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana.”
4th	Kurt Flesch with faculty mentor Christine Morales, “Computational Study of Structure and Stability in Supramolecular Liquid Crystals.”
5th	Danae Fitzmaurice with faculty mentor Winnifred Bryant, “Environmental Estrogens and Regulation the Prolactin Promoter in Pituitary Cells.”
Physical, Mathematical and Earth Sciences
1st	Giselle Conde with faculty mentors Phillip Ihinger and Ellery Frahm, “Geochemistry of Anatolian Obsidian: Implications for Sourcing and Dating of Artifacts.”
2nd	Mark Bauer and Hong Yang with faculty mentor Simei Tong, “Optimizing the Evacuation of Hospitals Phase II.”
3rd	Crystal Nickel, Shane Peterson, and Taylor Crist with faculty mentor Katherine Grote, “Three Dimensional Vadose Zone Characterization of a Wisconsin Orchard Using Electromagnetic Techniques.”
4th	James Bomber and Nicholas Brewer with faculty mentor Thomas Lockhart, “Bouncing Liquid Jets: The Role of the Air Film.”
5th	Jessica Meyers and Bryan Hardel with faculty mentor Geoffrey Pignotta, “Geochemical characterization of the Paleozoic Mt. Attree volcanic complex, Terrace, British Colombia.”
Graduate Entries
1st	Britny Gabert with faculty mentor Michael Axelrod, “Spectrum Disorders and Specific Learning Disabilities: Parental Perspectives of Special Education Services.”
Kell Container Corporation Scholarship
Mark Bauer was awarded the Kell Container Corporation Scholarship. His project is titled "Optimizing Emergency Evacuation of a Major Shopping Mall," and his faculty mentor is Simei Tong.

2010 Student Research Day winners

Arts and Humanities

Behavioral and Social Sciences - Psychology

Behavioral and Social Sciences

Business and Professional Studies

Biological and Chemical Sciences

Physical, Mathematical and Earth Sciences

Graduate Entries

Kell Container Corporation Scholarship