2024 Research Showcase awardees
Research Showcase is WSU Vancouver’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 2024 award winners are:
Undergraduate poster
1st Place: Amir Gabidulin, Biology (“Machine Learning Data Acquisition for Assessing Population Phenotypes”)
2nd Place: Mahlia Bump, Neuroscience (“Eyes on the Future: Exploring Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Potential Treatments”)
3rd Place: Katrina Bilic, Biology (“Beyond the Campus: Impact of a Service-Learning Project on Students in a Microbiology Course”)
Graduate poster
1st Place: Mafe Chase, Nursing (“A Quality Improvement Project: Reducing Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries in Patients with Darker Pigmented Skin”)
2nd Place: Md Miraz Hossain, Mechanical Engineering (“Preferential Concentration Due to Turbulence in a Particle-laden Jet Flow”)
3rd Place: Susie Masecar, Biology (“Susceptibility of Pet Amphibians to the Fungal Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis”)
Graduate podium
1st Place: Dmitri Kalashnikov, Environmental Science (“How Dry is "dry" Lightning? Quantifying Precipitation Amounts Associated with Lightning-caused Wildfire Ignition Across the Western U.S.”)
2nd Place: Katie Clare, Biology (“Nature vs Nurture: An Evolutionary Tug of War”)
3rd Place: Tara Heikila, Math and Science Education (“Say Cheese, Stay Please: Tales of Tenacious Teachers”)