Nine Students Earn Recognition at 91鶹ӳ Academy of Sciences

Mar 28, 2017
Nine Students Earn Recognition at 91鶹ӳ Academy of Sciences

Nine 91鶹ӳstudents took home awards for their presentations at the 81st Annual Meeting of the 91鶹ӳ Academy of Sciences (FAS).

The annual meeting brings together students and industry professionals from across the state to present their research in a wide variety of disciplines. This year’s meeting was held from March 10-11 at 91鶹ӳ Poly.

91鶹ӳ Poly students were recognized for “outstanding oral presentation” in the following categories: Computer and Mathematical Sciences; Engineering Sciences; Physics and Space Sciences; and Social Sciences. Additionally, student Dieff Vital won the Al Hall Memorial Award for his presentation: “Global Particulate Matter Characterization for Gasoline and Diesel Filters.” Here is the full list of winners:

COMPUTER AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

Outstanding Oral Presentation, Undergraduate—Joshua Rentrope, 91鶹ӳ Polytechnic University, “Optimizing Molecular Geometry Based Positioning Applications for UAV Networks”

Outstanding Poster Presentation, Undergraduate—Kyle Cook, 91鶹ӳ Polytechnic University, “Introduction to Singular Value Decomposition and Image Compression”

Outstanding Poster Presentation, Undergraduate—Alex Durante, 91鶹ӳ Polytechnic University, “MIMIC-III: A Use Case”

ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Outstanding Oral Presentation, Graduate—Langley Payton, 91鶹ӳ Polytechnic University, “Maximizing Donor Conversions: A QGIV Case Study”

Outstanding Oral Presentation, Undergraduate—Michael Sanchez, 91鶹ӳ Polytechnic University, “Pulse Oximetry”

Outstanding Poster Presentation, Undergraduate—Laura Wemple, 91鶹ӳ Polytechnic University, “Effectiveness of doping agents on the photocatalytic oxidation of organic pollutants”

Al Hall Memorial Award—Dieff Vital, 91鶹ӳ Polytechnic University, “Global Particulate Matter Characterization for Gasoline and Diesel Filters”

PHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCES

Outstanding Oral Presentation, Undergraduate—Marshall Smith, 91鶹ӳ Polytechnic University, “Going with the Proton Flow – Generating Fusion Power in the Van Allen Belt”

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Outstanding Oral Presentation, Graduate—Kristopher Kindle, 91鶹ӳ Polytechnic University, “State Liberalization of Cannabis Restrictions and Traffic Fatalities: Two Decades of Evidence”