Listed below are the undergraduate and graduate award winners for Oral and Poster Presentations at the 2015 Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM.
Undergraduate Awards
Biological Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Ruka Aderogba, Hunter College (CUNY)
Andra Bates, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Emmanuel Fordjour, University of Texas at Arlington
Naomi Nkinski, University of Washington
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Waynesha Blaylock, Tougaloo College
Rojelio Elias Alvarado, University of Texas
Cristina Torres Caban, University of Puerto Rico, Aguadilla
India Chaney, Huntington College
Luis Gonzalez, University of California, Los Angeles
Amanda Halawani, University of Arizona
Melanie Keliipuleole, Kapiolani Community College
Le’Andrea P. Mitchell, Tougaloo College
Alexis Pena, Syracuse University
Adonis Rivie, William Patterson University
Anael Rizzo, University of California, San Diego
Jason Rodriguez, California State University, Monterey Bay
Madison Stahr, Clarion University
Sheena Vasquez, Georgia Perimeter College
William Willis, Tuskegee University
Second Place
Sowda Ahmed, University of Minnesota
Emmanuel Abebrese, Washington and Lee University
Ashley Cainion, Tuskegee University
Pingdewinde Sam, San Francisco State University
Third Place
Thaiesha Wright, Spelman College
Chemistry and Chemical Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Adewola Osunsade, University of the District of Columbia
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Svetlana Gelpi, Universidad del Turabo
Brenna Kirk, New College of Florida
David Velazquez, Cal Poly Pomona
Second Place
Danille Berry, SUNY College
Computer Sciences and Information Management
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Rafael Aguayo, University of California, San Diego
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Daquille Campbell, North Carolina Central University
Ayzha Ward, Texas Southern University
Second Place
Martin Torres, California State University, Stanislaus
Third Place
Jennifer-Lynn Phipps, Johnson C. Smith University
Ecology, Environmental and Earth Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Brandon Beaty, Fort Valley State University
Deidre Carter, Delaware State University
Megan Ruffley, Miami University
Ecology, Environmental and Earth Sciences
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Kai Farje-Van Vlack, City College of New York
Theresa Oehmke, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jonathan Yee, University of Washington
Second Place
Frank Ivey, Fort Valley State University
Keith Parker, Humboldt State University
Nancy Carolina Urbano, St. Mary’s University
Third Place
Isabel D. Colon-Bernal, University of Puerto Rico
Jared Dimson, Humboldt State University
Sederra Ross, Clark Atlanta University
Kasondra Rubalcava, Humboldt State University
Mathematics and Statistics
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Matthew Buhr, University of South Dakota
Vanda Johnson, Savannah State University
Mathematics and Statistics
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Dominic Gray, Norfolk State University
Nanoscience and Physics
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Dante Iozzo, University at Buffalo
Donald Serna-Grey, University of Washington
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Lafayette T. DeRamus, III, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
Carmen Gil, University of Florida
Luiz Jauregui, California State University, San Bernardino
Jamar K. Liburd, University of the Virgin Islands
Angelie Rivera Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
Science and Mathematics Education/Social and Behavioral Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Oliver Greene, Morehouse College
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Adrianna De La Torre, University of California, Los Angeles
Jahannie Torres-Rodrigues, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
Second Place
Simran Shikh, Le Moyne College
Technology and Engineering
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Chloe Rento, University of Virginia
Nancy Ronquillo, University of California, San Diego
Second Place
Michael Flot, University of New Orleans
Third Place
Christine McGinn, Swarthmore College
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Rafael Almonte, University of Virgin Islands
Kathy Ammari, City College of the City University of New York
Hector Colon, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
Jeffrey Jones, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
Bryson Racoma, Kapiolani Community College
Second Place
Taliya Gunawansa, Norfolk State University
Crystal Mena, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Esdras Murrillo, Iowa State University
Graduate Awards
Biological Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Ivan Flores, University of California, Los Angeles
Second Place
Nkem Azu, Texas Southern University
Chemistry and Chemical Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Christopher Copeland, Jackson State University
Second Place
Alexandria Aloia, University of Southern California
Shenna Shearin, North Carolina A&T State University
Computer Sciences and Information Systems and Computer Engineering
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Wai Yan Elsa Tai, University of Texas, El Paso
Ecology, Environmental and Earth Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Jessica A. Fuller, Claflin University
Jasper Hobbs, Kansas State University
Nanoscience and Physics
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Janet Cowins, Clark Atlanta University
Second Place
Jasmine Olivers, University of South Florida
Science and Mathematics Education/Social and Behavioral Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Annette Tavernese, Rochester Institute of Technology
Julia Wester, University of Miami
Technology and Engineering
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Mustafa Daloglu, University of California, Los Angeles
Shatori Meadows, Tuskegee University