Congratulations to the winners (and their faculty advisors) of the 2021 Student Research Poster Competition. This year’s competition drew 76 poster submissions and eight senior design project submissions representing all departments in the college. Ninety-one judges from across industry volunteered as judges.
Graduate
First Place: Soudeh Mostaghimi; faculty advisor, Mahsa Ranji
Second Place: Syeda Mahmuda Noor; faculty advisor, Qian Liao
Third Place: Abdel Rahman Salem; faculty advisor, Ryo Amano
Undergraduate
First Place: Hannah Ullberg, faculty advisor, Pradeep Rohatgi
Second Place: Marina Slawinski, faculty advisor, Ionel Popa
Third Place (tie): Morgan Connaughton; faculty advisor, Mahsa Dabagh. Corey Huffman; faculty advisor, Mohammad Rahman
Senior Design Project
First Place: Evan Karsten, Kaitlyn Jankowski, Jarod Schneider & Riley Smeaton (West Drexel Avenue Redesign); Faculty advisor: Randolph Videkovich
Second Place: Zachary Breider, Ismael Coello, Davan Siegfried & Hannah Ullberg (Time is Money: Reducing the Heat-Treatment Time for Lamellar Pearlite Steel). Faculty advisor: Ben Church.
Third Place: Reed Blake, Abdulrahman Dunquwah, Ryan Harris, Anna Schenk & Noah Streich (I94 Offramp Improvement at Miller Park at General Mitchell Boulevard). Faculty advisor: Randolph Videkovich
Mike Krauski Memorial Award
Soudeh Mostaghimi; faculty advisor, Mahsa Ranji
The work of every student who entered in the 2021 competition is worthy of acknowledgment. Their research addresses many of society’s pressing challenges and illustrates the curiosity, passion and abilities of students who attend one of the nation’s top research universities. Congratulations to every student who entered this year’s competition and to all of the faculty advisors who supported and inspired these students in their research efforts.
Finally, thank you to the judges (from Wisconsin and beyond) and the many sponsors who helped make this event possible.
Click here to view a full list of student poster entries and to view the two-minute research overview given by each winner.
Click here to enjoy a video of the awards ceremony.