PhysCon Poster Awards
Spring
2013
Special Feature
PhysCon Awards & Accolades
PhysCon Poster Awards
Two of the most energetic and dynamic sessions during the 2012 Quadrennial Physics Congress were the joint poster and art sessions. Over 200 student presenters engaged with peers, science faculty, and practicing physicists, while discussing research, outreach, and service projects in more than two dozen categories. Concurrently, twenty pieces of art were displayed in five categories for the art contest (see the winning pieces on pages 24-25). A small army of volunteer judges did a superb job critiquing and ranking those who participated in the poster and art competition, and several sponsors contributed cash awards and other prizes for the most outstanding presenters.
Congratulations to All the Winners:
Outstanding Student Poster Awards![](/sites/default/files/resize/images/publications/Radiations/2013/Spring/contributors-osa-foundation-logo-153x59.jpg)
sponsored by the OSA Foundation
Outstanding Posters
Adam Simpson, Abilene Christian University, Using phonon
imaging to determine the thermal contact between AlN and Si
Michael Alemayehu, Morehouse College (Andrew Peterson is pictured
accepting award on his behalf), Synthetic Creation of a Chemotactic
System via Utilization of Magnetically Actuated Microrobotic Walkers
Kelsey Schafer, Ohio State University, What would it take
to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease? A predictive study using
pharmacokinetic modeling of PET imaging agents
Morgan Smathers, Rhodes College, Optimizing an ultrasonic
backscatter technique for measuring bone density
Christopher Trennepohl, Davidson College, Time dependent
upconversion in Er-Yb doped sol-gel silicate glass
Honorable Mention
Adeyemo Adetogun, North Carolina Central University, Growth of
Semiconductor Nanowires using the Vapor-Liquid-Solid Approach at NCCU
Valerie Jacobson, Colorado State University, Effectively Using
Electroluminescence in Photovoltaic Analysis
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Outstanding Student Poster Awards![](/sites/default/files/images/publications/Radiations/2013/Spring/contributors-aas-logo.png)
sponsored by the American Astronomical Society
First Prize
Mary McDaniel, University of North Alabama, A Spectroscopic Investigation of Delta Scorpius with its Companion
Second Prize
Rachel Smullen, University of Wyoming, Imaging the Spatial Density Within Starburst Galaxies
Third Prize
Jennifer Kadowaki, University of California, Los Angeles, Analysis of Multiband Photometry of Violently Variable Gamma-Ray Sources
Honorable Mention
Andrew Miller, Abilene Christian University, PYCBC: A toolkit for Advanced-Detector Era Gravitational-Wave Data Analysis
Macarena Sagredo, Florida International University, Angle Dependency on INTEGRAL: A study of the Satellite through Cygnus X-1 and GRS 1915+105
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Outstanding Student Poster Awards![](/sites/default/files/resize/images/publications/Radiations/2013/Spring/contributors-aps-logo-87x76.png)
sponsored by the American Physical Society Forum on Physics & Society
First Prize
Allen Scheie, Grove City College, The Science Committee: Science Policy on Capitol Hill
Second Prize
Kofi Christie, Morehouse College,
Terahertz Time Domain Spectroscopy of Gold Nanorods
Matthew Goszewski, Grove City College,
PhysicsQuest: Bringing Super Powers to life
Honorable Mention
Jeremy Johnson, Angelo State University, Peer Pressure at Angelo State University
Yulu Liu, Southeast University, China, Controlled Growth of Graphene by CVD
More Information
To see titles and abstracts for all posters and art, visit the PhysCon website at: www.spscongress.org/physconprogram