Congratulations to the 2011 GradExpo Winners

The 2011 GradExpo was a success!  One hundred and twenty-eight graduate students participated as entrants: 66 in the poster division, 41 in the oral presentation division, 12 in the Intermedia/Fine Arts division and 9 in PechaKucha. There were over 50 faculty members who participated as judges and an estimated 400 faculty, staff and graduate students attended over the two day period. At the opening night reception there were over 250 guests.

The Graduate Student Government (GSG) awarded nearly $3,800 in prizes.  While the GSG supports the GradExpo, they would like to thank the following sponsors, for without their generous support, this wonderful event would not have been possible:

  • Dr. Robert Kennedy, President
  • Dr. Susan Hunter, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
  • Janet Waldron, Vice President for Administration and Finance
  • Dr. Daniel Sandweiss, Dean and Associate Provost for Graduate Studies
  • Dr. Carol Kim and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • VWR
  • Lonza
  • Pierce
  • KPL
  • Thermo

All entrants as well as the winners represented the broad spectrum of research and innovation here at the University. The winners were:

In the Intermedia division

  • Third place is: Richard Corey (Intermedia) - for his piece “The Gorsedd”
  • Second place is: Carolyn Spies (Intermedia) - for her piece “Duck and Cover”
  • First place is: Pieter Tryzelaar (Intermedia) - for his piece “Monsanti’Os”


In the oral presentation division:

  • Third place is: Megan Patterson (Ecology and  Environmental Science) - for her presentation Negative Effect of Phostrol on Colorado Potato Beetles
  • Second place is: Rebecca White (History) - for her presentation Comparative Materialism: Mother’s Pensions in Maine and New Brunswick 1910 - 1945
  • First place is: Emma Schultz (Forest Resources) - for her presentation Analyzing Growth Dynamics of Eastern Pine Advance Regeneration


In the PechaKucha  division:

  • Third place is: Patrick Spinney (Electrical Engineering)- for his presentation Next Generation DNA Sequencing
  • Second place is: Megan Wibberly (Resource Economics and Policy) - Mainer’s Power Up: Tradeoff’s Between Wind and Water
  • First place: Ann Speers (Resource Economics and Policy) - for her presentation Is Knowledge Linked With Action? Evidence From Household Conservation Behavior


In the Poster presentation division:

  • Third place is: Yosef Manik (Forest Resources) – for his poster Attribution Life Cycle Assessment of Palm Bio-Diesel
  • Second place is: Jeffrey Earles (Forest Resources) – for his poster Assessing the Environmental Performance of Ethanol, Acetic Acid and Wood Panels Co-Produced in a Forest Biorefinery
  • First place is: Monoj Raja (Spatial Engineering) - for his poster Indoor Navigation for Low Vision and Blind Users