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Fall Expo 2017

The 2017 Fall Expo showcased the research and service learning work produced by UAB undergraduates and other students in UAB fall research programs, fall REU programs, and other fall opportunities. It was held on November 30.

Winners

Oral Presentations

  • First Place: Angela Chieh, Yang Liu
  • Second Place: Trung Huynh, Dan Nguyen

 

Poster Presentations

  • Arts and Humanities

    First Place: Dawson Miles, Anna Horn, Hannah Kindervater, Hannah Goymer, Sujitha Peramsetty

    Second Place: Kameryn Thigpen

  • Biological and Life Sciences

    First Place: Joanne Jacob and Bobby Ijeoma

    Second Place: Janica L. Harris

  • Business

    First Place: Kristal Mayfield

    Second Place: Rachel White, Riley McCown, Lloyd Hicks, Adam Kidd, Eric Henderson

  • Education

    First Place: Aldenero De' James Dixon

  • Engineering

    First Place: Elizabeth Adams, Randall Walden, Jerry Smith, Daulton Smithson, Waleed Ali Alshehri, Shijun Xia

  • Health Sciences

    First Place: Morgan Epps, Mary Katherine Grondin, Juan Gordillo, Leah Holtham, Maddie Looney

    Second Place (tie): Arianna Siler; Miles E. Erbe

  • Physical and Applied Sciences

    First Place: First Place: Retta El Sayed, Adriana Massicano, Suzanne Lapi

  • Service Learning

    First Place: Jonathan Warner, Joe Carter, Jake Massingill, Tim Holder

    Second Place: Danay Clark, Courtney Schill

    Third Place: Ansbea Brock, Kodi Cooper, Madison Hollingsworth, Gretchen Schnader

  • Social and Behavioral Sciences

    First Place: Lillian Chien, Steven Edge, Ben Haraway, Matthew Spearman

    Second Place (tie): Angela Chieh and Yang Liu; Elizabeth S. Davis, Adam M. Goodman, Tyler R. Orem, Muriah D. Wheelock, Nathaniel G. Harnett, Sylvie Mrug, and David C. Knight

  • Works in Progress

    First Place (tie): Saikrishna Sriraman, Julia Homola and Paras Ahuja; Payton Lambertson, Abbi Long, and Tabitha Wallace

    Second Place: Chris Burton, Isabella Mazzei, Hayley Nichols, Gregory Williams, Jamie Shatz

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Anthony C. Hood

Dr. Anthony C. Hood, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Management in the Collat School of Business at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He received his Ph.D. in Management (with concentrations in Entrepreneurship and Strategy) from the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa).

Dr. Hood’s research, teaching and consulting center on the social, cognitive and behavioral correlates of innovation and strategy in interdisciplinary teams. His research has been published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Production and Operations Management, and the Journal of Business and Psychology among others. Prior to academia, Dr. Hood enjoyed a 10-year career with BellSouth and AT&T in roles such as network engineer, systems designer and sales consultant.

Dr. Hood and his wife Robin, co-founded NHabitBham, a social venture aimed at reducing blight and stimulating investment in underserved and underresourced communities. Their work has received a number of recognitions including a UAB Community Health Innovation Award and a Game Changer Award from the Vulcans Community Awards.

Recognized for his unwavering commitment to innovation and entrepreneurship that is inclusive, socially responsible, and community-engaged, Dr. Hood has been trusted to serve on the boards of a number of community and economic development organizations at the local, state, and national levels including:

  • Innovate Birmingham, Community Engagement Work Group
  • Alabama Special Care Facilities Financing Authority
  • Industrial Development Board, City of Birmingham
  • Alabama 200 Bicentennial Planning Committee, City of Birmingham
  • Historic Civil Rights District Task Force
  • Birmingham Change Fund
  • Community Investment Network
  • Birmingham Education Foundation
  • Woodlawn Foundation
  • Green Resource Center for Alabama
  • UAB One Great Community Council

Committed to life-long learning and continuous improvement, Dr. Hood continues to seek professional development beyond his doctorate as evidenced by being an alum of programs such as:

  • Leadership Birmingham
  • Stanford University’s Teaching and Learning Studio for Design Thinking
  • Community Health Leadership Program at the Morehouse School of Medicine
  • AACSB Aspiring Leaders Program
  • The Phd Project
  • UAB Minority Health and Health Disparities Training Program
  • UAB Clinical and Translational Science Training Program

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