A Successful 2023 UAlbany Showcase
Thank you to all who participated and attended!
Thank you to all who participated and attended!
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The University at Albany held its inaugural Showcase Day on Thursday, April 27, 2023.
Students shared their research, academic work, experiential learning and creative activities through poster fairs, performances, discussions, demonstrations and exhibitions. The rest of the campus community was invited to watch, learn from and interact with the presenters.
The day-long event highlighted and celebrated student excellence by offering students a chance to share their work with their peers, as well as faculty, staff, prospective students, donors, sponsors, legislators, community leaders, school groups, institutional partners and other visitors from around the Capital Region.
More than 1,500 students participated in over 900 presentations spread across UAlbany's Uptown Campus — demonstrating the many ways UAlbany students Unleash Greatness.
Check back soon for more award announcements!
The Gordon Karp Award honors the Department of Economics' most outstanding graduating seniors. The 2023 winners are:
Anna Brozycki
Jason Chen
Kuhyun Kwon
Kate Murphy
Michael Toro
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering announced the following Showcase Day presentation winners:
Award |
Team Members |
Presentation Title |
---|---|---|
Winner for Best Senior Capstone Design |
Mazin Charter, Youssef Jalwaj-Soubai, Abdulla Qureshi |
Automated Paper Ream Opener |
Runner-up for Best Senior Capstone Design Project |
Logan Mead, Alex Reyes, Brian Sorrentino, Zhen Xu |
Wireless Configuration for LED Light Fixtures |
People’s Choice Award for Best Senior Capstone Design Project |
Bailey McElhinney, Hiroaki Nakahara, Jason Wong, Liuhuan Zhang |
Wearable Motion Tracking System to Reduce Back Injury |
Winner for Best Junior Engineering Design Project |
Brayden Box, Owen Kelly, David Sikander |
Instrumentation System to Measure Polymer Tensile Strength |
Runner-up for Best Junior Engineering Design Project |
Daniel Brown, Jacob Bruno, Michael Jacques |
Instrument to Measure the Tensile Strength of Common Polymers |
People’s Choice Award for Best Junior Engineering Design Project |
Amanda Berryman, Kristjan Bruno, Muhammed Shuaib |
Low-Cost Implementation of a Polymer Tensile Strength Measurement System |
The Department of English announced the following awards on Showcase Day:
The Jeffrey Berman Award: Gretchen Graf
Awarded to recognize academic achievement, with a focus on grief and mental health.
The Arlene Steinberg Scholarship: Logan Carey
Awarded to an outstanding junior or senior English major in the field of twentieth-century fiction, poetry, or theater.
The Vivian Hopkins Scholarship: Auger Copps
Awarded for outstanding scholastic ability and character in the Department of English.
The Eleanor Bazzoni 1906 Fellowship: Zoe Barclay
Awarded for outstanding achievement in English, French or German.
The Leah Lovenheim Award: Sebastian Stone for “Jude”
Awarded annually for best student short story.
Honorable Mentions: Robert Vivas for “King;” Mena Brazinski for “Lucy in the Sky;” and Troy Ashcroft for “Oklahoma”
The Shields McIlwaine Award: Kaitlyn Kessinger for “we are all made of sun”
Awarded annually for best student poem.
Honorable Mentions: Emma Dickinson for “Mother’s Milk;” Victoria Zickas for “The Burden of Humans”
Showcase Day attendees voted to select the winners of the People's Choice Awards.
STEM: Afraa Kolaib, “Sustainability And Partnership for Impact”
Arts: Kaitlyn Dembowski’s photography project, “The Stories Behind the Rainbows”
Social Sciences: Mauricio Rodriguez, Proposal to Examine the Relationships of Eating Disorders with College Major, Immigration Status, and Class Year”
Business: Daniel Finne, UASBIG Pitch
Humanities: Katerina Bucek, “Translation Theory as Applied to Korean Sijo Poetry”
Online: Maxam Daniels, “Unessay Cómo hacer té para gente perezosa”
STEM: Omkar Kulkarni, “GARGI: Selecting an aesthtically pleasing Gaze-Aware Representative Group Image in Live Photos”
Arts: Robin Du Plessis’s work at the MFA Exhibition
Social Sciences: Ehasuyi Gomes, “The role of doulas and Black Women’s Maternal Health”
Business: Isaiah Olavarria, “Advancing Entrepreneurship in the Capital Region: MBA Students and the Small Enterprise Economic Development (SEED) Program”
Education: Gillian Bausch, Wuri Kusumastuti, Tom Underwood, “Designing for integrated learning trajectories - ETAP DocS as a case study for bringing a distant and diverse learning community together in new ways”
Humanities: Nyssa Knarvik, “Development of lexical complexity in Spanish learners”
Posters: Shivam Barot, Lorrain Bernard, Scott Berntsen, Ajsia Cabrera, Michael Castellano, Andrew Frauenberg, Faith Froehlich, Talya Grant, Taryn Hodge, Sherene Josephs, Isabella LaForte, Danielle Long, Emily Ludden, JaNai McAdoo, Jacklyn McCarthy, Selena Mohammed, Angely Montero, Robert-Joseph Robichaud, Joseph Rosi, Nicole Supliguicha, Rachell Tinoco, Emily Wilson and Eunice Yuen, “First-Generation College Student Status and Academic Success at UAlbany”
Presentations: Samantha Mayers, Ari Wyner, Jason Moon and Dominick Foti, “Computer and IoT Hacking Demonstration”
Performances: Alexandra Clougher, Ali Lancia, Breanna Phillips, Caroline Tyburski, Elana Bynoe, Ellie Sarratori, Emma Dworetsky, Gabby Samson, Grace Firman, Grace Mancuso, Kiah Carr, Madison Galarneau, Savannah Silva, Sophie Giles and Sophie Koutsoftas, UAlbany Dance Council Performance, “Ellie Hip Hop”
Online: Ariana Ball, Yoaliz Bonilla, Tyra Echevarria and Aaliyah Hussain, “La salud mental (Mental Health)”
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2022-2023 Presidential Award for Undergraduate Research:
Liam Monahan, Department of Anthropology
Emily Lucy, Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Science
Alexandra O'Keefe, Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Science
Emma Saidenberg, Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Science
Lia Prager, Department of Biological Sciences
Arlin Rodriguez, Department of Biological Sciences
Hannah Talbot, Department of Biological Sciences
Charles Cinquemani, Department of Business Administration
Klaudia Rogala, Department of Business Administration
Michael Spoto, Department of Business Administration
Joshua Cho, Department of Computer Science
Loc Huynh, Department of Educational Psychology and Methodology
Natasha Edwards, Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
Ethan Fowler, Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
Logan Carey, Department of English
Gretchen Graf, Department of English
Morgan Sherlock, Department of English
Kai Stingone, Department of English
Brianna Collora, Department of History
Kylie Cooper, Department of Political Science
Razan Elsir, Department of Political Science
Luke Morello, Department of Political Science
Amanda Scarlata, Department of Psychology
Jessica Abriel, School of Social Welfare
The Program in Writing and Critical Inquiry (WCI) presented awards at two ceremonies held during UAlbany Showcase. The first ceremony honored oral presentations and poster session presenters. The second ceremony honored winners of the WCI Writing Contest.
Maliyka Aziz
Caroline Bittle
Evan Block
James Cuddy
Serigne Diouf
Daniela Escamilla
Mattie Fitzpatrick
Kira Gruber
Skylar Hollingsworth
Kaila Johnson
Jasleen Kaur
Brianna Langston
Maggie LaPine
Sophia LoRe
Leeza Milman
Millee Modasra
Kellianne Parrett
Leah Punnoose
Ana Radojevic
Julie Repanti
Tishan Roye
Maddison Smith
Vinishasree Thumilan
Kyle Wolff
Rachel Wolk
Jordene Wynter
Kate Bucek
Kelsey Classen
Julie Hong
Allison Quaranto
Sharie Rhea
Emma Rumney
A total of 78 students presented research during the School of Public Health Student Poster Day at Albany Showcase.
Excellence in Scholarship winners ($250 award) and Honorable Mention winners ($150 award) were selected for each academic subject area.
Monetary awards for the 16 winners, totaling $3,000, were sponsored by Health Research, Inc. (HRI).
Fifteen students presented research posters in this academic subject area. The award winners are:
Excellence in Scholarship: Ryan Schneider ($250 award)
Honorable Mentions:
Kathleen McCarthy ($150 award)
Rachel Fay ($150 award)
Thirteen Environmental Health Sciences students presented research posters. The award winners are:
Excellence in Scholarship: Najm Alsadat Madani ($250 award)
Honorable Mentions:
Cindy Arthur ($150 award)
Kimberly Mergen ($150 award)
Twelve students presented research posters in this academic subject area. The award winners are:
Excellence in Scholarship: Charlotte (Bishan) Huang ($250 award)
Honorable Mentions:
Isa Brackett ($150 award)
Alexandra Frary ($150 award)
Sixteen students presented research posters in this academic subject area. The award winners are:
Excellence in Scholarship: Maeve McCulloch ($250 award)
Honorable Mentions:
Rebecca Pendergrass ($150 award)
Yodit Berhan ($150 award)
Twenty-two students presented research posters in this academic subject area. The award winners are:
Excellence in Scholarship:
Jamie Reedy ($250 award)
Danielle Pellino ($250 award)
Honorable Mention:
Allison Nolan ($150 award)
Ashley Shayya ($150 award)