2025 Research Showcase awardees
Research Showcase is 91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø’s annual celebration of student research and creative activity. Thank you to everyone who participated as an event planner, judge or patron of the work. The 2025 award winners are:
Undergraduate Student Posters
1st Place:
Dominick Rose, Biology
Co-presenters: Jacob Swanson, Sara Lane
"Monarch Caterpillars Across Multiple Microhabitats: Potential Effects of Temperature"
$300
2nd Place:
James Lesperance, DTC
"Programming a Data Visualization Methodology for Documenting NetprovArt"
$250
3rd Place:
Lux Johnson, Chemistry
"The Search for a Non-Toxic, Non-Fading Magenta Pigment"
$200
Graduate Student Posters
1st Place:
Eric Prileson, Biology
"Do Insecticide Resistance and Gene Flow Alter the Evolution of Plasticity at Low Temperatures?"
$300
2nd Place:
Nahian Masud, Mechanical Engineering
"Clean Energy Generation with Oscillating Hydrofoil"
$250
3rd Place:
Susie Masecar, Biology
"Point-of-care Blood Gas Analysis in Amphibians: Advancing Clinical Techniques While Investigating a Lethal Fungal Disease"
$200
Art Exhibits
1st Place:
Gisselle Ruiz, Biology & Samantha Garcia, Art
"SciArt- Glowing Insights: Jellyfish-Inspired Medical Imaging"
$300
2nd Place:
Sergiy Voznyy, Biology & Shannon Guo, DTC
"The Gecko Effect Unseen Forces"
$250
3rd Place:
Graci Vandervort, DTC
"Historical, Material, and Cross-Cultural Significance of Still Life Art"
$200