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2021 Research and Creative Activity Days

The recording of the is now available!

Explore the posters and presentations:

College of Engineering and Mines (CEM)


Presenter	Title	Poster	Pre-recorded presentation*
Louis BASTILLE Joshua MACEACHERN Zion ALIOTO	Fully Automated Aerial Systems Tether
Grace BOLT (Honorable Mention)	Matching Excess Renewable Energy Generation with Heat Loads on Microgrids
Nicholas GOUGH	Manageable Vertical Windmill Power Generation Using Existing City Infrastructure
Joshua MACEACHERN (Dean Choice Award)	Open-Source Multichannel Microfluidics Pump
Gerald MONTUYA	Radiative Sky Cooling
Mirin MORRIS-WARD Gregory REYNOLDS Ethan MAHONEY	Automated Malaise Trap Collection System
Matt PERRY Logan VANCLIFFORD Brayden BAHNKE Millard ARNOLD	Building an Autonomous Lunar Mining Robot for NASA
Peyton PRESLER (Honorable Mention)	Determining Relative Age of Landslides Using LiDAR-derived Surface Roughness and Field Observations
Jordan SONDEGAARD	Wireless Energy Transfer

(Honorable Mention)

College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS)


Presenter	Title	Poster	Pre-recorded presentation*
Talia DAVIS (Honorable Mention)	Ocean water and blue mussel (Mytilus edulis; yaak*) samples create baseline for climate change and pollution indicators and strengthen data sovereignty for the Tlingit community of Kake, Alaska
Feyne ELMORE	Effects of Salinity and Minerals on Zooplankton Abundance and Structure in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
Amanda FRANTZ	The influence of acclimation temperatures on the mRNA expression driving thermotolerance in Broad Whitefish Coregonus nasus
Hanna HELLEN	Differences in stable isotope signatures between Chukchi Sea and Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears		*Google Slide, must be downloaded to play.
Thomas HOUSE	Differences in Isotopic Signatures Among Arctic Grayling in the Yukon River Watershed
Molly PISCOYA Roger MALDONADO	Histological analyses of male lingcod reproductive tissues in Prince William Sound
William SAMUEL (Dean Choice Award)	Analysis of the Cripple Creek Restoration Project: Assessing the Effects of Fish Passage Improvements and Habitat Enhancement on Fishes in a Chena River Tributary.
Emily WILLIAMSON	Phytoplankton Diversity and Abundance Along a Glacial Gradient in Kachemak Bay, Alaska

College of Liberal Arts (CLA)


Presenter	Title	Poster	Pre-recorded presentation*
Madeline ANDRIESEN Jenna DREYDOPEL Taylor HENDRICKS Lindsay MOISAN Ellie MARTINSON Jonathan LANGER Ariana LOPEZ (Dean Choice Award)	Vocal Performance and Music Education
Kayli BREUNINGER (Honorable Mention)	Exploring Well-Being During Winter Across Latitudes
Lucille FARRELL	How do people interpret smileys?
Naomi GREEN Sarah GRIFFEN-LOTZ	Continuing With Massive Collaborative Animation
Michael HEVEZI	Fire and Morchella: Foraging and Learning in the Alaska Burn
Kyleigh HUNTSMAN	Two Roads
Jane M. REILLY	A Dance of Music & Madness: the interplay of opera and mental illness from 1600 to 1920

College of Natural Science and Mathematics (CNSM)


Presenter	Title	Poster	Pre-recorded presentation*
Rya BERRIGAN	ARcTic Fest - Annual Alaska Art-Science Climate Change Festival
Grace BURRELL (Honorable Mention)	Climate-driven changes in hibernacula temperature and hibernation physiology of arctic ground squirrels (Urocitellus parryii) in northern Alaska
Hannah DEULING	Identification of a novel SARS-CoV-2 strain with trucated mutation in ORF8 gene by next generation sequencing
Skye HART	Using Ground Penetrating Radar to Investigate the Subsurface of a Dry Lake on Kodiak Island, AK
Aidan HUNTER Brian ZHANG	Determining the Auditory Capability of Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) Using Classical Conditioning
Olivia HOBGOOD	Mining With Plants: Growing a More Sustainable Future
Sean MARBLE	Does the Denali Fault Control Pluton Growth?
Michelle REAUME (Honorable Mention)	Denali Fault - How do we understand the age, magma source, and growth rate of each pluton?
Amber SMOLNIK	Organic and Inorganic Fertilizer Applications with Mycorrhizae for Lettuce Growth and Development
Reed THOMAS	Code Black: A revised look at the ASIP gene in the Hoary marmot.
Lahra WEBER (Dean Choice Award)	Developing a Method for Quantification of HMS in Ion Chromatography
Eric ZUCKER	Study Methods, Strategies and Recent Changes in Delivery of Foundation Courses in Veterinary and Medical Schools

College of Rural and Community Development (CRCD)


Presenter	Title	Poster	Pre-recorded presentation*
Alyssa BOULING	Investigation of association between academic achievement and cognitive performance among the undergraduate students of 51��.
Maria BURKE (Dean Choice Award)	Investigating earthworms in westerns Alaska		*Google Slide, must be downloaded to play.

College of Business and Security Management (CBSM)


Presenter	Title	Poster	Pre-recorded presentation*
Craig KYLE CHYTHLOOK (Dean Choice Award)	Water Services Impact on Subsistence