Volume 2018 (2018)
Winners
1st Place - Empirical Undergraduate
Effects of nitrogen fertilizer on drought-affected corn (Zea mays)
Nathan E.G. Smith
3rd Place - Empirical Undergraduate
Electronic Properties of a New Photosensitizer-Dye Derived from a Cadmium Selenide Mediated Retinoid/Carotenoid-Based Complexes of Rhenium (I)
Fred M. Schertz II, Runfan Yang, and Amelia Richter
1st Place - Empirical Graduate
Influence of light intensity on germination, vegetative development, and reproduction of three species of Asteraceae native to Kansas
Aline Rodrigues de Queiroz
3rd Place - Empirical Graduate
Tolerance among college students: Attitudes towards juveniles with mental illness
Ashley Lockwood, Brooke Mann, and April Terry
1st Place - Empirical Faculty/Staff
Adjunct & Faculty Survey: Perceptions of Quality & Rigor
Gary G. Andersen and Nicole M. Frank
1st Place - Non-empirical Undergraduate
Effectiveness of Bed Alarms on Falls
Maegan Karlin and Jennifer Schoenecker
2nd Place - Non-empirical Undergraduate
Testing Anxiety in Nursing Students
Abbie Maxwell and Marley Palmer
2nd Place - Non-empirical Graduate
Designing a Measure of Effectiveness for Exhibits Communicating Evolutionary Theory at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History
Trevor Williams
3rd Place - Non-empirical Faculty/Staff
Integrating Evidence-Based Reading into Middle-School Instruction: Exploring Sustainability
Brooke Moore
1st Place - Empirical Graduate
RNA Interference of the Unfolded Protein Response in Acyrthosiphon pisum
Jared Ridder and James R. Balthazor
1st Place - Non-empirical Faculty/Staff
Seabirds as Ecological Indicators in Late Cretaceous Marine Environments
Laura Wilson
1st Place - Non-empirical Graduate
Removing Barriers to Promote Parent Partnerships
Lyndie Glidewell, Annette Fieger, Bryon Sturm, and Andrew Weese
2nd Place - Empirical Faculty/Staff
Prebiotic and Probiotic Influence on Beef Calves Immunity
Robert Keener, Yasuhiro Kobayashi, Mike Stoppel, Mariah Beikman, Shaylee Flax, and Brittany Starkey
2nd Place - Empirical Graduate
Education at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History: Developing an Adult Program through Exploration of Successful Educational Models
Katharine Rivers
2nd Place - Empirical Undergraduate
Is a Country’s Aggregate Income Related to Its Level of Happiness?
Alexis Crispin and Sam Schreyer
2nd Place - Non-empirical Faculty/Staff
The Gamification of Pharmacology
Michelle VanDerWege and Shauna Keil
2nd Place - Non-empirical Graduate
Academic Electronic Health Record Implementation Proposal
Jordan Petz
2nd Place - Non-empirical Undergraduate
Curbing the Appetite on Emotional Eating
Emily Schumacher
3rd Place - Empirical Faculty/Staff
Sweep it under the rug: The stronghold of surname in the response to sexual assault in frontierland
April Terry
3rd Place - Non-empirical Graduate
Plant-Soil Microbiome Feedback Impacts on Native and Non-native Grasses Throughout Kansas
Scout Harrison and Mitchell J. Greer
3rd Place - Non-empirical Undergraduate
Is the Use of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy Effective in Decreasing Pain and Improving Function of Patients with Plantar Fasciitis?
Cody Moon