MAILED: May 10, 2001
EAU CLAIRE—The University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, with support
from the UW-Eau Claire Foundation Inc., has announced student award winners from
the ninth annual Student Research Day.
Graduate student Shu-Jung Yin, Taiwan,
with
faculty mentor Dr. Larry Solberg, associate professor of communications
disorders, placed first in the graduate studies category for “Voice Range
Profiles of Speakers of Native Taiwanese-Mandarin and American-English.”
Senior Kristine Mac Callum, Eau Claire, with
faculty mentor Michael Christopherson, professor of art, placed first in the
arts and humanities category, for “Approaches to Mold-Making and Casting.”
Senior Elina Camane, Riga, Latvia, and junior Tua
Lor, Wausau, with faculty mentor Dr. Wayne Carroll, professor of
economics, received first place in the behavioral and social sciences category
for their project “The Status of the Hmong and Other Asian Minorities in
1990.”
Senior Lauri Doepke, Schofield, with faculty
mentor Dr. Allen Keniston, professor of psychology, earned second place in the
behavioral and social studies category. The project was titled “Working Memory
Capacity: An Analysis of High and Low Spans with Respect to Semantic
Processing.”
Seniors Desiree Nohner, Stacey, Minn., and Bethany
Raiff, Milwaukee, with faculty mentor Dr. Gregory Madden, assistant
professor of psychology, placed third in the behavioral and social sciences
category for their project “Human Matching in Positive Versus Negative
Reinforcement.”
Senior Darci Underwood, Highland, with faculty
mentor Dr. Rosemary Jadack, assistant professor of nursing, received first in
the business and professional studies category for her project “Personal
Social Networks and Patterns of Disclosure Among HIV+ Persons with a History of
Injection Drug Use.”
Senior Lee Albrecht, Athens, with faculty mentor
Dr. Robert Nelson, professor of allied health professions, placed second in the
business and professional studies category for “Cost Efficient Water Pump:
Design, Development, and Implementation in Costa Rica.”
Junior Sarah Gordee, Eau Claire, and Senior Carter
Dettloff, Arcadia, with faculty mentor Dr. Bradford Burton, assistant
professor of geology, placed first in the natural and physical sciences
category. Their project was titled “Geologic and Geochemical Comparison of
Late Eocene and Oligocene Volcanic and Intrusive Rocks, Carlin-Range and Central
Ruby Mountains, Elko County, Nevada.”
Freshman Sarah Prindiville, West Allis, with
faculty mentor Dr. J. Brian Mahoney, associate professor of geology, placed
second in the natural and physical sciences category for “Provenance Signature
of Glaciofluvial Sediments, Puget Lowland, Washington.”
Senior Heidi Wallman, Janesville, with faculty
mentor Dr. Joseph Rohrer, professor of biology, placed third in the natural and
physical sciences category for her project “Temperature and Hypoxia Tolerance
of Selected Fishes from a Hyperthermal Rockpool in the Dry Tortugas.”
Junior Jack Kollwitz, Eau Claire, with faculty
mentor Dr. Kim Pierson, associate professor of physics and astronomy, placed
fourth in the natural and physical sciences category, with his project
“Structure of Nanometer Topography Developed on the Surface of Ag/Cu Alloys
Due to Argon Ion Bombardments Using X-ray Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy and
Transmission Electron Microscopy.”
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RM/NW
[Administrative Offices]
[News Bureau]
Janice B. Wisner
UW-Eau Claire News Bureau
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Updated: May 10, 2001
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