Listed below are the undergraduate and graduate award winners for Oral and Poster Presentations at the 2016 Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM.
Undergraduate Awards
Biological Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Christopher Wellman, University of the District of Columbia
Second Place
Sayed Hussain Ather, Indiana University, Bloomington
LaTaijah Crawford, Delaware State University
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Andrew Blake, Delaware State University
Waynesha Blaylock, Tougaloo College
Robert Emeh, Alabama State University
Marlene Macias, California State University, Los Angeles
Sirai Ramierz, William Paterson University
Monica Saha, University of Kansas
Second Place
Kathlyn Hornburger, Milwaukee School of Engineering
Keira Williams, Spelman College
Third Place
Lydia Gorfu, Spelman College
Chemistry and Chemical Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
C’Asia James, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Second Place
Robert Dunleavy, Lehigh University
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Juan Lozano, University of Turabo
Second Place
Sheela Lewis, California State University, Bakersfield
Third Place
Cyrianne Keutcha, Georgia State University
Computer Sciences and Information Management
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Olatide Omojaro, Georgia Institute of Technology
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
William Brown, Hampton University
Cody Butler, Norfolk State University
Ecology, Environmental and Earth Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Ishara Emerson, Spelman College
Spencer Weinstein, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Brittany Brown, Georgia Institute of Technology
Mary Swadener, University of Washington
Sonni Tadlock, Northwest Indian College
Second Place
Hanna Dornhofer, Reed College
Yuliana Rowe, Humboldt State University
Third Place
Francois Mertil, New York City College of Technology
Mathematics and Statistics
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Sieu Tran, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Second Place
Dominic Gray, Norfolk State University
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Isaac Wright, Savannah State University
Second Place
DeWein Pelle, University of the Virgin Islands
Nanoscience and Physics
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Ashley Owen, Alabama A&M University
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Taliya Gunawansa, Norfolk State University
Khyana Price, Alabama A&M University
Second Place
Aaleyah Joe, Mary Baldwin College
Third Place
Ashley Blackwell, Dillard University
James Carroll, Middlesex Community College
Science and Mathematics Education/Social and Behavioral Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Bethany Fronhofer, Wentworth Institute of Technology
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Aliyah Glover, University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff
Second Place
Emily Wong, University of Washington
Technology and Engineering
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Margaret Carolan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Second Place
Maritza Sanchez, California State University, Los Angeles
Third Place
Ruth Holden, Norfolk State University
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Brandon Harrington, Virginia State University
Sheriff Sadiqbatcha, California State University, Bakersfield
Kindle Williams, University of Alabama
Second Place
Jamie Nunez, University of Washington
Shunafrica White, Elizabeth City State University
Third Place
Michelle Marrero-Garcia, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
Graduate Awards
Biological Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Zahra Campbell, Alabama State University
Sydney Gibson, Rice University
Second Place
Nilse Lene Dos Santos, University of Connecticut Health
Chemistry and Chemical Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Jasmine Burrell, Jackson State University
Computer Sciences and Information Systems and Computer Engineering
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Paul McNeil, Tennessee State University
Ecology, Environmental and Earth Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Melisa Stewart, Prairie View A&M University
Mathematics and Statistics
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Tyson Loudon, University of Minnesota
Nanoscience and Physics
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Monique Farrell, Norfolk State University
Science and Mathematics Education/Social and Behavioral Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Cornelia Santos, University of Colorado, Denver
Technology and Engineering
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Kenneth Gutierrez, University of California, Los Angeles
Second Place
Chemar Huntley, Tuskegee University