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
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Arts & Humanities
First Place: Jackson Brunner
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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
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Health Sciences
First Place: Darian Bester and Kystin Loman
Second Place: Corey B. Lofton
Third Place: Baylee Gilchrist and Sydney Surrett
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Education
First Place: Laura Caroline McKellar
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Engineering
First Place: Jacob A. Garcia
Second Place: Pradipika N. Vasudevan
Third Place: Toria Chukwuemeka
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Physical and Applied Sciences
First Place: Jenna Gearhardt
Second Place (tie): Tristian Carlson and Victoria Colvin
Third Place: Madelynn A. Lytle
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Service Learning
First Place: Stephanie Diei
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Social and Behavioral Sciences
First Place: Julia Cole
Second Place: Rachel Gehman
Third Place: Kerri Tang
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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.