{"id":79763,"date":"2018-05-14T15:32:03","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T01:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=79763"},"modified":"2019-03-22T15:35:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T01:35:35","slug":"manoa-undergraduate-research-honored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/14\/manoa-undergraduate-research-honored\/","title":{"rendered":"Best in M\u0101noa undergraduate research honored"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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From left, Vernadette Gonzales, Undergraduate Showcase chair and Honors director, with oral presentations winners Margo Steines, Cindy Vuong, Matsu Thornton, Matthew Siegel, Aaron Katzeman, Lauren Kirkwood and Kathleen Corpuz.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 2018 Undergraduate Showcase of Research and Creative Work<\/a>, which highlights the independent academic work of University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a> undergraduate students from all academic disciplines, was held May 4.<\/p>\n

The event, sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Education<\/a>, is open to undergraduates conducting faculty-supervised academic work<\/p>\n

Students who received top honors<\/h2>\n

Oral Presentations<\/h3>\n

Arts and Humanities<\/a>, Research First Place: Aaron Katzeman<\/strong>, “Site as System: Local to Global Ecologies”<\/p>\n

Arts and Humanities, Creative First Place: Margo Steines<\/strong>, “Brutalities”<\/p>\n

Engineering and Computer Sciences<\/a>, First Place: Matthew Siegel<\/strong>, Matsu Thornton<\/strong>, “Developing Residential Direct Load Control for Residential Water Heater Demand Response”<\/p>\n

Natural Sciences<\/a>, First Place: Cindy Vuong<\/strong>, “Zika Virus Detection in Urine and Saliva of Pregnant Guinea Pigs”<\/p>\n

Social Sciences<\/a>, First Place: Kathleen Corpuz<\/strong>, “Assessing Current Tobacco, Electronic Smoking Devices and Vape Use Among Filipinos in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>”<\/p>\n

Poster Presentations<\/h3>\n

Overall First Place: Jessica W.T. Chen<\/strong>, “Characterization of Luciferase and Opsin Genes in the Bioluminescent Copepod genus, Pleuromamma”<\/p>\n

Comments from attendees and participants<\/h3>\n

“It’s always inspiring to see the research the students are conducting.”<\/p>\n

“The judges and audience questions were great. Also the responsiveness to emails\/concerns was way above expectations. Thanks so much.”<\/p>\n

“The presentations that I judged were all very well done. The students really put a lot of time and effort into their research and showcasing it.”<\/p>\n

“It was good getting to practice public speaking and getting feedback on our work. It gave me valuable insight into how I might be able to further improve my project and research practices moving forward.”<\/p>\n

See the Undergraduate Showcase of Research and Creative Work website<\/a> for more information on winners, including their majors and faculty mentors, and honorable mention winners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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