Three students presented four research presentations at Penn State Schuylkill's spring Undergraduate Research and Creative Accomplishments Symposium, held on campus on Wednesday, April 27.
Left: Amanda Charowsky presented "Sabers and Shortguns: The Continental Cavalry in the Philadelphia and Saratoga Campaigns." Faculty adviser: Harold Aurand Jr.
Center: Carol Rayos presented "Analysis of Government Laws and Ethics in Celebrity Cases of Whistleblowing from 1971-2021," with faculty adviser Juyoung Song. Rayos also presented "It is Time to raise the JLWOP Bar to 21 and Up," with faculty adviser Ronald Kelly.
Right: Bethany Haag presented "The Development of Peer Academic Coaching: A New Trend in Academia." Faculty adviser: Darlene Young.
Jessica Petko, associate professor of biology and science at Penn State York, delivers her guest speaker presentation about the arachnid research she conducts.
Penn State Schuylkill students Aloura Gavalis, left, and Caitlyn Goggin take a break from the symposium to pose for a photo. Both students' projects were guided by faculty adviser Sarah Princiotta, with Gavalis' "Relations between Phytoplankton and Toxins in Pocono Region Lakes" earning her first place in the Biological and Health Sciences cateogry.
Delilah Jabbour, right, of Penn State Lehigh Valley, presents her project "Invasive Species: The Importance of Scientific Illustrations," posing next to friend and classmate Mikayla Wilkins. This project earned Jabbour second place standing in the Arts and Humanities category. Faculty advisers: Elizabeth R. Flaherty and Karen Kackley-Dutt.
Phuong Ho, Penn State Abington, presents her research "Aerodynamics of Airborne Droplets behind the Social Distancing Rules for COVID-19." Faculty adviser: Andrei Blinkouski.
Tobey Field, Fouad Awwad and Ethan Davies, Penn State Lehigh Valley, present "Investigation of Support Options Not Included in Transverse Beam Loading Simulation." Faculty adviser: Tracey Ann Carbonetto.
Rory Rafferty and Ali Naqvi, Penn State Lehigh Valley, present "Heparin’s Potential to Reduce Inflammation in Aortic Endothelial Cells." Faculty adviser: Jacqueline McLaughlin.
Awards were given to the top two research posters in each of four disciplines, with students from Penn State Brandywine, Hazleton, Lehigh Valley, Schuylkill and York taking home first- and second-place wins.
