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Rensselaer Undergraduate Research Showcased at Event
At the annual Undergraduate Research Forum and Awards, 37
projects were judged in one of two categories — applied design
research or theoretical research. To participate, individual
students and teams created a poster display of the research
project and gave explanations to a panel of faculty judges.
Students also explained their projects to interested faculty
and students during the exhibition. Sam Wait, acting dean of
the School of Science , and Richard Smith, associate dean of
the School of Engineering , presented cash awards to the top
three projects in each category, as determined by the judging
panel.
The School of Science swept the theoretical research
category:
First Place: Caitlin Piette
Junior: Biology, Bioinformatics & Molecular Biology
Project: Determination of the Role of MMP1 in Embryonic
Tracheal Development in Drosophila Melanogaster
Second Place: Matthew Pelliccione
Senior: Physics
Project: Mound Formation in Surface Growth Under Shadowing
Third Place: Kristina Kapinas
Senior: Biology, Biochemistry & Biophysics
Project: A Mechanism of Early, Preinvasive Metastasis Mediated
by Chemoattraction Using a Novel Segmented Co-Culture
Microenvironment
The applied design research category had no winners from the
School of Science . You can view the complete list of winners
here.
Published
May 5,
2006
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