Listed below are the undergraduate and graduate award winners for Oral and Poster Presentations at the 2018 Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM.
Undergraduate Awards
Biological Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Sheevah Amen, Virgina State University
Samuel Lum, Rochester Institute of Technology
Second Place
Mariby Cruz, California State University, Chico
KiAundra Kilpatrick, Florida A&M State University
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Petros Bokretsion, Fisk University
Erin Cassin, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Torhera Durand, University of the Virgin Islands
Francisco Fernandez, California State University, San Marcos
Marie Mazzeo, City University of New York/Hunter College
Celia Ochoa, Indiana University-Purdue University
Sarea Phillips, Pennsylvania State University
Sarah Wong, University of Southern California
Second Place
Lensa Ali, University of Minnesota
Madison Bashford, California State University
Secolia Bishop, North Carolina Central University
Raveen Martin, Alabama A&M State University
Xavia Taylor, Fort Valley State University
Linda Yarfi, Kean University
Third Place
Qia Chang Wu, Colorado College
Chemistry and Chemical Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Rickey Terrell, University of Cincinnati
Second Place
Katherine Knox, California Institute of Technology
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Genique Nicholas, University of the Virgin Islands
Second Place
Sarah Rodriguez, California State University, San Bernadino
Third Place
Sidrat Rahman, Onondaga Community College
Computer Sciences and Information Management
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Willie McClinton, University of South Florida
Sebastian Cousins, Winston Salem State University
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Tracy Edwards, Hampton University
Second Place
Miasia Jones, Benedict College
Third Place
Jahdiel Couchman, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Ecology, Environmental and Earth Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Kim Ashley, University of California, Davis
Mayla Ayers, Harris-Stowe State University
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Angel Franco-Arzate, California State University, Bakersfield
Second Place
Ashley King, University of Connecticut
Third Place
Demetrius Calloway, Fort Valley State University
Kimberly Patterson-Little, Benedict College
Mathematics and Statistics
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Gabriel Lopez, California State University, San Bernadino
Hilary Marrero-Garcia, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
Second Place
Jiehao Huang, New York City College of Technology
Nanoscience
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Robert Turner, Tennessee State University
Nanoscience & Physics
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Quianah Joyce, University of the Virgin Islands
Louis Paul Romero, Hartnell College
Anna Schoonen, University of Delaware
Nanoscience, Physics, & Technology
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Malcolm Nicholas, North Carolina Central University
Kristi Pepa, City College of New York (CUNY)
Xuebin Zhou, New York City College of Technology
Second Place
Daniel Angel, University of Texas at San Antonio
DeJohn Louder, Tuskegee University
Physics
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Danial Najafabadi, Bunker Hill Community College
Science and Mathematics Education|Social and Behavioral Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Gabrielle Johnson, Bethune-Cookman University
Social and Behavioral Sciences
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Wynton Smith, Virginia State University
Kelis Tullock, Florida A&M State University
Technology and Engineering
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Vivian Zhou, Case Western University
Nettie Brown, University of Georgia
Jaime Ross, University of the District of Columbia
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Nicole Doughramaji, Kansas State University
Joshua Gaston, Tuskegee University
Technology and Engineering/Nanoscience
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Rasidan Ali, Texas Southern University
Eden Berga, University of Washington
Parris Debrow, Tuskegee University
Graduate Awards
Biological Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Simone Douglas, Georgia Tech/Emory
Noelle James, University of Illinois
Terrell Hilliard, Alabama State University
Chemistry and Chemical Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Katarena Ford, Auburn University
Computer Sciences and Information Management
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Ryan Reed, New Mexico State University
Ecology, Environmental and Earth Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Amanda Wilson, University of Arizona
Second Place
Kelsey Bicknell, University of New Mexico
Nanoscience
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Juan Arango, Universidad Del Turabo
Physics
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Ross Siegal, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Dongwi Handiipondola Dongwi, Hampton University
Science and Mathematics Education|Social and Behavioral Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Isabel Solis, University of New Mexico
Technology and Engineering
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Mustafa Daloglu, University of California, Los Angeles
Julien Niyogushima, Norfolk State University
Second Place
Faheem Muhammed, Florida A&M State University
Third Place
Calvin Brown, University of California, Los Angeles