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Past Learning & Research Fair Winners

The Lougheed Center for Applied Learning celebrates the achievements of independent student research and creative projects. For our past award winners, see below.

Frederick B. Kilmer Research Awards

  • 1st Place
    Lacie Castile Berea
    College and African American Educational Development (1855-1912)
    Faculty Mentor(s): Thomas Baker
     
  • 2nd Place (tie)
    Zamani Ackie-Davis
    Using Dinosaur Fossil Deposits to Predict Eustatic Sea Level Change
    Faculty Mentor(s): Jessica Rogers 
     
  • 2nd Place (tie)
    Rebecca Gomez
    How has the Removal of Nixtamalization Impacted Mesoamerican Cuisine and Culture?
    Faculty Mentor(s): Timothy Messner

Ram L. Chugh North Country Research & Public Service Awards

  • 1st Place
    Yaricuyay Moran
    Adirondack Inventory and Monitoring Camera Trapping at SUNY Potsdam
    Faculty Mentor(s): Katherine Cleary
     
  • 2nd Place
    Mckensey Biggie
    What's for Dinner? Beetle Herbivory as a Biological Control for Purple Loosestrife
    Faculty Mentor(s): Jessica Rogers

Provost’s Award for Excellence in Student Research

Dr. Robert Hinckley’s Kilmer Survey Research Lab
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Polarizes American Public Opinion
Faculty Mentor(s): Robert Hinckley 
Students: Justin Brandon Berrios, Ayisha Khalid, Robert Patterson, Jessica Perez, Jack Rice, Slade Wright

Outstanding Faculty Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Katherine Cleary

Frederick B. Kilmer Research Awards

  • 1st Place
    Emily Vierno
    Development of Photogrammetry Techniques to Investigate Musicians' Posture
    Faculty Mentor(s): Tracy Lipke-Perry
     
  • 2nd Place
    Lucas Scalcione
    Thermostability of Heteropolymer Ferritin with Different H to L subunit Ratios Studied by Differential Scanning Calorimetry
    Faculty Mentor(s): Fadi Bou-Abdallah, Ayush Srivastava
     
  • 2nd Place
    Aisha Laguda
    Is the Proteasome Involved in Elc1 Mediated Degradation of Polyadenylations Factors?
    Faculty Mentor(s): Fathima Nazeer

Ram L. Chugh North Country Research & Public Service Awards

  • 1st Place
    Samuel Rosenberg
    Archaeology of the Jewish Communities of St. Lawrence County 1855-1945
    Faculty Mentor(s): Hadley Kruczek-Aaron
     
  • 2nd Place
    Madison Shammas
    Exploring Campus Recruitment Methods: A Dive into Social Media
    Faculty Mentor(s): Raymond Bowdish      

Provost’s Award for Excellence in Student Research

Cassandra Spillane
Use of Red Ochre in Burial: Reason to Ritual?
Faculty Mentor(s): Timothy Messner

Outstanding Faculty Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Timothy Messner

Frederick B. Kilmer Research Awards

Ram L. Chugh North Country Research & Public Service Awards

Provost’s Award for Excellence in Student Research

Outstanding Faculty Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

  • Claire J. Starrs for exemplary support of students doing undergraduate research in the lab

Provost’s Award for Excellence in Student Research 
John Christantiello, Electroencephalography: Machine Assembly & Diagnostic Testing

Outstanding Faculty Mentorship of Undergraduate Research
Dr. Glenn Johnsonfor exemplary support of students doing undergraduate research in the classroom, the lab, and the field.

Frederick B. Kilmer Research Award

Ram L. Chugh North Country Research & Public Service Award

2020 Learning and Research Fair Website

Frederick Kilmer Student Research Award - Sciences First Place (Tie)

Monica Mack
Large-scale Purification of a Protein Complex Involved in Protein Degradation from Yeast
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Fathima Nazeer
$200

Alex Hofler
Effect of a Protein Degradation Factor Mutant on mRNA Processing Factors
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Fathima Nazeer
$200

Frederick Kilmer Student Research Award - Sciences Third Place

Nicholas Flint
Probing the Interactions Between the Nuclear Receptor Coactivator-4 and Ferritin
Faculty Mentor: Probing the Interactions Between the Nuclear Receptor Coactivator-4 and Ferritin
$50

Frederick Kilmer Student Research Award - Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences First Place

Zaine Roberts
Spirituality and Coping with Distress in Indigenous Students
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Claire Starrs
$200

Ram Chugh North Country Service & Research Award - First Place

Elizabeth Norkevich
Profiling Human Skulls from a Taxidermy Shop in St. Lawrence County, New York
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Nasser Malit
$250

Ram Chugh North Country Service & Research Award - Second Place (Tie)

Lauryn Czyzewski
Understanding the Champlain Canal in the Mid-to-Late 19th Century
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Hadley Kruczek-Aaron & Dr. Jessica Rogers
$150

Madison Cleveland
Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) Populations and Movement Patterns Within St. Lawrence County
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Glenn Johnson
$150

Graduate Student Award

Lindsay Dingman, Ciera Jock, Brytney Laird, Allison McConlogue
Frankenreads: A Public Humanities Event Celebrating Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lisa Wilson
$200

Provost's Award for Excellence in Student Research

Shannon Mattice
Maria van Rensselaer and the Power of Dutch Widowhood
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sheila McIntyre
$500

Othman Ladan
The Difference in Perception of Breast Cancer Among Muslim Women in Ghana
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Christopher Torres
$500

Outstanding Faculty Mentorship of Undergraduate Research

Dr. Fathima Nazeer
$500