Undergraduate Researchers Receive Research and Creativity Awards
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 9, 2019) — The University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research recently recognized and awarded 19 students with the Oswald Research and Creativity awards.
The Oswald Research and Creativity Competition was established in 1964 by then President John Oswald as part of the university’s Centennial Celebration. The program is intended to promote creativity in all fields of study and provides annual awards in seven categories. The competition accepts reports, of all forms of creativity, and scholarship by undergraduate students.
Categories include Biological Sciences; Design, including architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design; Fine Arts, including film, music, photography, painting, and sculpture; Humanities, from creative and critical-research approaches; Physical and Engineering Sciences; and Social Sciences. All submissions are sent anonymously to faculty reviewers in related fields and are judged based on a rubric.
Awards in each category are: First Place: $350; Second Place: $200; and Honorable Mention, if applicable. Entries are judged on originality, clarity of expression, scholarly or artistic contribution, and the validity, scope and depth of the project or investigation.
This year's Oswald student award winners are:
Biological Sciences
Claire Scott, First Place
Mentor: Jeremiah Smith
Effects of SUV39H1 and SUV420H1/H2 on Programmed Genome Rearrangement in Petromyzon marinus
Lydia Pack, Second Place
Mentor: Emily Croteau
A Not-So Beautiful Mind: A Review of the Genetics of Schizophrenia
Design
Emily Andreasson, First Place
Mentor: Lindsey Fay
Remembering Wonder
Grace Butler, Second Place
Mentor: Brent Sturlaugson
WonderEdge
Fine Arts
Hannah Johnston, First Place
Mentor: Julie Hobbs
Translation in Color, Tone, and Form
Katelyn Cox, Second Place
Mentor: Susie Thiel
"Differentiate": Using Dance to Explore Analogies Between the Life Sciences and Philosophy
Meredith Coffey, Honorable Mention
Mentor: Crystal Gregory
Microfibers Are Not Delicious
Humanities: Creative
Alexis Hogsten, First Place
Mentor: Julia Johnson
I Hide My Skin For Society's Purpose
Lindsey Smart, Second Place
Mentor: Julia Johnson
In our two orbits
Lauren Myfelt, Honorable Mention
Mentor: Julia Johnson
Salmon Run
Humanities: Critical Research
Hannah Thomas, First Place
Mentor: Rebecca Yarrison
Who’s Running (in) the Show? : Exploring the Ethics of Transgender Athletics
Sydney Mullins, Second Place
Mentor: Miriam Kienle
A Portrait of Myself: Gaze Through the Eyes of Florine Stettheimer
Daniela Gamez Salgado, Honorable Mention
Mentor: Ruth Brown
The History of Latino Students at the University of Kentucky, 1865-2019
Physical & Engineering Sciences
Binit Singh, First Place
Mentor: Nelson Akafuah
Spatial Positioning and Operating Parameters of a Rotary Bell Sprayer: 3D Mapping of Droplet Size Distributions
Tom Shelton, Second Place
Mentor: Chris Crawford
Simulating particle interaction in silicon detectors for the Nab experiment
Rosemary Alden, Honorable Mention
Mentor: Dan Ionel
Smart Plug and Circuit Breaker Technologies for Residencies
Social Sciences
Daniela Gamez Salgado, First Place
Mentor: Ruth Brown
The History of Latino Students at the University of Kentucky, 1865-2019
Jenna Jodts, Second Place
Mentor: Elizabeth Lorch
Comprehension Self-efficacy and Understanding of Goal Structure in Children with ADHD Following a Narrative Structure Intervention
Hannah Thomas, Honorable Mention
Mentor: Katherine Rogers-Carpenter
The Social Determinants of Health: A Path to Better Care in the Emergency Department
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