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2024
1st Place
Ashli Wright
Biology, PhD
College of Arts, Sciences & Education
Title: Professors’ Motivation to Read and Teach with Primary Scientific Literature
Description: Primary scientific literature (PSL) is the main way scientists communicate their research and is an efficient tool for teaching science skills. Undergraduate professors want students to know how to read PSL, but they aren’t motivated to teach them how to do it. Our research has implications for how science is taught in undergraduate courses and how science is communicated to broader audiences.
PhD Advisor: Dr. Melissa McCartney
2nd Place
Eduardo De La Vega Taboada
Psychology, PhD
College of Arts, Sciences & Education
Title: Using Citizen Sciences to Empower Adolescents by Co-transforming their Environments
Description: Adolescents in vulnerable communities around the world and principally in the Caribbean region are exposed to adverse environments which negatively impact their developmental pathways. Therefore, giving them the agency to transform their environments is the most efficient way to support them physically and psychologically.
PhD Advisor: Dr. Dionne Stephens
People’s Choice
Md Khadimul Islam
Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD
College of Engineering
Title: Disruptive Direct Satellite to Cell Phone Connection
Description: My research will address the challenges in direct satellite-to-phone communication and provide resilient phone connectivity from space to the users residing anywhere on the earth. Artificial intelligence-assisted RF technology and dual band phased array will make that happen and contribute to enhancing the human experience and saving lives.
PhD Advisor: Dr. Elias Alwan
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