People’s Choice Award: Sara Fast
Masters Thesis
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Thesis Title: Photocatalytic Removal of EDCs and PPCPs from Wastewater
Advisor: Dr. Veera Gnaneswar Gude
Grand Champion Runner-up: Alyssa Barrett
Masters Thesis
School of Human Sciences
Thesis Title: Investigating Knowledge and Behavior Intention among Ghanaian Smallholder Farmers
Advisor: Dr. Laura Lemons
Grand Champion: Mukti Patel
Doctoral Dissertation
Mechanical Engineering
Thesis Title: Designing Third Generation Steel for Future Ground Vehicles
Advisor: Dr. Haitham El Kadiri
Kentse Radebe, MS
College of Arts and Sciences, Sociology
Thesis Title: The Quiet Revolution; Mobile Banking Regulations in Africa
Advisor: Dr. Lindsey Peterson
Chelsie Darnell, MS
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology
Thesis Title: Insecticide Resistance of Tobacco Thrips in Cotton
Advisor: Dr. Angus Catchot
T.J. Bradford, PhD
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, School of Human Sciences
Thesis Title: Assessing Agricultural Knowledge Via Experiential Learning
Advisor: Dr. Gaea Hock
Jonathan Belanich, MS
College of Arts and Sciences, Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures
Thesis Title: The Analysis of Oral Mirobiome Composition
Advisor: Dr. Molly Zuckerman
Edith Martinez Guerra, PhD People’s Choice Award
James Worth Bagley College of Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Thesis Title: Pulse Sonication for Biodiesel Production
Advisor: Dr. Veera G. Gude
Abbey Wilson, MS Grand Champion Runner Up
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Thesis Title: Giant Panda Chemical Commination
Advisor: Dr. Darrell Sparks
Dafne Alves Oliveira, PhD – Grand Champion Runner up
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology
Thesis Title: Characterization of the Protein products of Genes to Defeat Aflatoxin in Corn
Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Willeford