Professor Matthew Siderhurst speaks with students, including Ethan Matthews (left ) and Nidhi Vinod (center). during a poster session at EMU's ACE Festival. All STEM posters were evaluated by judges in four divisions. (Photo by Jon Styer)

2019 ACE Festival Poster Session Awards

In last week’s ACE Festival, the biology, chemistry, and mathematical sciences posters were evaluated by a panel of faculty from those departments. These STEM departments are proud to announce the following “STEM Celebration” poster awards:

Class DivisionÌý

1st place – Elliot Bowen and Alexander Navari: Measuring the impact from various concentrations of Cu, Zn, and Fe on the germination and photosynthetic efficiency of two species in petri dishes: hybrid sweet (Zea mays) corn and mustard (Brassica juncea)

2nd place – Anna Jemi-Alade and Sukriti Silwal:ÌýAn investigation of the reversion of Enterobacter aerogenes tetracycline-resistant bacteria to a tetracycline-sensitive stateÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

3rd place – Graciella Odelia and Andrea Troyer:ÌýThe effects of different copper sulfate concentration on Typha sp. of wetland ecosystems

Independent Research Division

1st place – Sylvia Mast and Jonah Short-Miller: Raspberry ketone trifluoroacetate as a lure for Bactrocera tryoni

2nd place – Leah Lapp and HannahÌýWalker:ÌýTesting coffee quality with an electronic nose

3rd place – Anastasia Dronov:ÌýFrom decorations to meaningful narratives: What can organic chemistry students do with EFP?

Project Division

1st place – Benjamin Zook:ÌýEngineering design of a solar panel kiosk

Local Impact Award

Jonas Beachy, Jacob Horsley, Laura Troyer, Tessa Waidelich, Jason Wong and Andrew Schunn: “Beauty and the Beast” Set Design