Penn State Wilkes-Barre held the Celebration of Scholarship, an annual research fair at the campus.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre recently held the Celebration of Scholarship, an annual research fair at the campus. The event allows faculty and students to present their current research, scholarship and artistic endeavors.
Students and faculty in all disciplines, ranging from biology to surveying engineering, business, communication and more, can share their research with the campus community and the public by preparing a poster for display during the annual research fair. Participants also attend the event to discuss their research. Presentations are judged by randomly assigned faculty and staff judges, who score participants’ posters as well as oral presentations.
Celebration of Scholarship winners were honored at an awards ceremony held in the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Nesbitt Library. This year’s winners were:
University Libraries Undergraduate Research Award
First place:
- Cassie Dierolf and Anna Ferraris, “Crohn’s Disease ICF Model”
Runners-up:
- Alyssa Pritchard, Richard Cronin and Olivia Kochan, “What Impacts Gas Mileage?”
- Anna Ferraris and Cassie Dierolf, “A Comprehensive Overview of Autism Spectrum Disorder”
- Kenneth Betrand, Emily Hiott, Patience Jacobsen and Conner Uter, “Observing Bobcats (Lynx Rufus) in a Wildland-Urban Interface Habitat: Assessing the Effectiveness of Hair Snares and Trail Cameras for Detection”
- Anna Ferraris, “ICF Model: Ehlers Danlos Syndrome”
Campus Research Award
First place:
- Kenneth Betrand, Emily Hiott, Patience Jacobsen and Conner Uter, “Observing Bobcats (Lynx Rufus) in a Wildland-Urban Interface Habitat: Assessing the Effectiveness of Hair Snares and Trail Cameras for Detection”
- Paige David, “Preparing for the Job Field”
Runners-up:
- Cassie Dierolf and Anna Ferraris, “Crohn’s Disease ICF Model”
- Kaleah Moran, Ciara Marinangeli, Ryan Van Ness, Colin Tasco and Jackoy Gayle, “Existence of Drag in Water”
- Alyssa Pritchard, Richard Cronin and Olivia Kochan, “What Impacts Gas Mileage?”
- Charlie Li, “Programmable Function Generator”
Campus Sustainability Award
- Edward Kupstas, “Attention Whole Food Shoppers.”
Several of the winners from this year's Celebration of Scholarship research fair.
Anna Ferraris and Cassie Dierolf, first-place winners of the University Libraries Undergraduate Research Award.
Paige David, one of two first-place winners of the Campus Research Award, poses with Dr. Christyne Berzsenyi, professor of English and program coordinator of Multidisciplinary Studies.
Student winners Conner Uter, Kenneth Betrand and Emily Hiott pose with their research poster alongside Luciana Caporaletti, lecturer, biology.
