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The 2018 Summer Expo showcased the research and service learning work produced by UAB undergraduates and other students in UAB summer research programs, summer REU programs, and other summer opportunities. It was held on July 26.

Winners

Oral Presentations

  • First Place (tie): Sara Abigail Franks and Kathryn Hargett
  • Second Place: Sydnee Goyer
  • Third Place: Sari Terrazas


Poster Presentations

  • Arts & Humanities

    First Place: Jackson Brunner

  • Biological and Life Sciences

    First Place: Viangkaeo Lee and Meryl C. Nath

    Second Place (tie): Brielle J. Tobin and Jeffrey O. Aceves

    Third Place (tie): Stephen Aldous, Stanley Feng and Gunnar N. Eastep

  • Health Sciences

    First Place: Darian Bester and Kystin Loman

    Second Place: Corey B. Lofton

    Third Place: Baylee Gilchrist and Sydney Surrett

  • Education

    First Place: Laura Caroline McKellar

  • Engineering

    First Place: Jacob A. Garcia

    Second Place: Pradipika N. Vasudevan

    Third Place: Toria Chukwuemeka

  • Physical and Applied Sciences

    First Place: Jenna Gearhardt

    Second Place (tie): Tristian Carlson and Victoria Colvin

    Third Place: Madelynn A. Lytle

  • Service Learning

    First Place: Stephanie Diei

  • Social and Behavioral Sciences

    First Place: Julia Cole

    Second Place: Rachel Gehman

    Third Place: Kerri Tang

  • Works in Progress

    First Place: Jessie Stillwell

    Second Place: Yiming Zhang

    Third Place: Sarah Bouslog, Karis A. Ederer, Jimiece Thomas, Liliian Okumu, Maria De Luca, and Patricia Jumbo-Lucioni

Keynote Speaker: Max Polec

""Max Polec recently moved to Birmingham from Philadelphia through the Venture For America Fellowship. Max fell in love with entrepreneurship when he started his first business at age 15 to pay for his undergraduate education at the University of Pittsburgh.

Max currently serves as the Director of the UAB Commercialization Accelerator where he works to provide the support and infrastructure needed for all UAB Students, Faculty and Staff who are or want to be innovators and entrepreneurs.

 

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