2018
2018 Grad Slam Champion
Mengya Tao
Environmental Science & Management
A Safer World with Fewer Regrettable Chemicals
2018 Grad Slam Runners-up
Neil Dolinski
Materials
3D Printing with Color: One Solution, Multiple Materials
Lauren Menzer
Environmental Science & Management
An Assessment of Apparel Toxins' Impact on Mother and Newborn Endocrine-System Health
2018 Grad Slam Finalists
Rebecca Baker
English
Cognitive Cyborgs: Minds, Machines, and (Re)Mediated Techno-Cultural Identities in the Post-Millennium
Neil Dolinski
Materials
3D Printing with Color: One Solution, Multiple Materials
May ElSherif
Computer Science
#NotOkay: Understanding Gender-based Violence in Social Media
Andrea Figueroa-Caballero
Communication
Examining the Effects of News Coverage Linking Undocumented Immigrants with Criminality: Extending Beyond the Voting Booth to the Jury Box
Katie Harrison
Communication
Communicating Resilience During Acute and Chronic Stress
Veronica Laos
Chemistry
Understanding Neurodegenerative Disorders: One Protein at a Time
Lauren Menzer
Environmental Science & Management
An Assessment of Apparel Toxins' Impact on Mother and Newborn Endocrine-System Health
Mengya Tao
Environmental Science & Management
A Safer World with Fewer Regrettable Chemicals
Erin Winslow
Environmental Science & Management
Coral Community Dynamics: A Mystery in Moorea, French Polynesia
2018 Grad Slam Semifinalists
Audrey Abeyta
Communication
Where You At?: The Role of Geospatial Concordance in Assessments of Online Credibility
Amy Anderson
Anthropology
Holes in the Head: The Skeletal Biology of Anemia
Osvaldo Assuncao
Managing Systemic Risk with a Random Networks
Rebecca Baker
English
Cognitive Cyborgs: Minds, Machines, and (Re)Mediated Techno-Cultural Identities in the Post-Millennium
Neil Dolinski
Materials
3D Printing with Color: One Solution, Multiple Materials
May ElSherif
Computer Science
#NotOkay: Understanding Gender-based Violence in Social Media
Andrea Figueroa-Caballero
Communication
Examining the Effects of News Coverage Linking Undocumented Immigrants with Criminality: Extending Beyond the Voting Booth to the Jury Box
Gregory Gate
Chemistry
Evolution of Life in the Light
David Grimsman
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Synergy with Strategy in Submodular Maximization
Katie Harrison
Communication
Communicating Resilience During Acute and Chronic Stress
Tatum Katz
Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology
Spatial Epidemiology for Salamanders: Insights on the Invasive Amphibian Pathogen Batrachochytrium Salamandrivorans
Jacob Kirksey
Education
Schools as Sanctuaries: Is ICE Raiding the American Dream from Schoolgoing Immigrant-Origin Youth?
Annie Lamontagne
Earth Science
Seismicity and Severe Weather: Generation of Seismic Waves by a Tornado
Veronica Laos
Chemistry
Understanding Neurodegenerative Disorders: One Protein at a Time
Evan Layher
Seriously!!! Stop Relying on Your Terrible Memory When Better Decision Strategies Are Available
Jasmine McBeath
Education
Community-Oriented Making: Engineering Change
Lauren Menzer
Environmental Science & Management
An Assessment of Apparel Toxins' Impact on Mother and Newborn Endocrine-System Health
Ali Rahman
Comparative Literature
Digital Rhetoric and Gatekeepers of Knowledge: Islamic Authority in America
Mengya Tao
Environmental Science & Management
A Safer World with Fewer Regrettable Chemicals
Rachel Torres
Environmental Science & Management
The Role of Urban Trees in a Water-Limited Environment
Jennifer Walker
Mechanical Engineering
The uHammer: Mimicking Traumatic Brain Injury One Cell at a Time
Stephenson Brooks Whitestone
Communication
Authenticity in Eternity: Transgender Identity After Death
Erin Winslow
Environmental Science & Management
Coral Community Dynamics: A Mystery in Moorea, French Polynesia
Zhiwei Zhang
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Bring Touch to Virtual Reality
2018 Grad Slam Presenters
Audrey Abeyta
Communication
Where You At?: The Role of Geospatial Concordance in Assessments of Online Credibility
Adam Adam
Global Studies
Psychosis
Brett Aho
Global Studies
Slow Violence and Regulation of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
Sami Alsalloom
Education
Measuring Musical Emotions
Amy Anderson
Anthropology
Holes in the Head: The Skeletal Biology of Anemia
Osvaldo Assuncao
Managing Systemic Risk with a Random Networks
Shashank Aswathanarayana
Media Arts & Technology
Musical preferences in 3D
Allan Avila
Mechanical Engineering
Analysis and Forecasting of Highway Traffic
Aaron Bagnell
Geography
Turning the Tides for Big Ocean Data
Rebecca Baker
English
Cognitive Cyborgs: Minds, Machines, and (Re)Mediated Techno-Cultural Identities in the Post-Millennium
David Cao
Chemistry
Poop to Power
Courtney Cochran
Environmental Science & Management
Far from Basic: Managing Ocean Acidification in Marine Protected Areas
Devin Cornell
Sociology
Social Construction of Austerity in the UK
Neil Dolinski
Materials
3D Printing with Color: One Solution, Multiple Materials
May ElSherif
Computer Science
#NotOkay: Understanding Gender-based Violence in Social Media
Mario Espinoza
Sociology
The Care Advocacy Paradox: How Social Movement Organizers Strategize in Support of People Living with HIV/AIDS
Andrea Figueroa-Caballero
Communication
Examining the Effects of News Coverage Linking Undocumented Immigrants with Criminality: Extending Beyond the Voting Booth to the Jury Box
Jacob Fisher
Communication
Look Harder! Digital Devices, Attention, and Cognitive Control
Charles Forman
Materials
Blue Lasers: The Future of Illumination and Display Technology
Gregory Gate
Chemistry
Evolution of Life in the Light
Josh Graybiel
Environmental Science & Management
Taking the guessing out of water quality management
Jim Gribble
Education
Children Learning to Code in Virtual Reality
David Grimsman
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Synergy with Strategy in Submodular Maximization
Ishani Gupta
Computer Science
LocBorg: Hide Your Location Without Hiding Yourself
Elizabeth Hambleton
Music
Analyzing mu(sic)ltimedia
Katie Harrison
Communication
Communicating Resilience During Acute and Chronic Stress
Camille Herrera
Environmental Science & Management
Solar Panels: Planning For Their Post-Rooftop Future
Emily Honn
Environmental Science & Management
Incentivizing Groundwater Recharge in the Teton Valley, Idaho
Robert Huerta
Art
The Imposter Syndrome
Tatum Katz
Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology
Spatial Epidemiology for Salamanders: Insights on the Invasive Amphibian Pathogen Batrachochytrium Salamandrivorans
Colette King
Technology Management
Big Data: How it is Received by a Traditional Industry
Jacob Kirksey
Education
Schools as Sanctuaries: Is ICE Raiding the American Dream from Schoolgoing Immigrant-Origin Youth?
Annie Lamontagne
Earth Science
Seismicity and Severe Weather: Generation of Seismic Waves by a Tornado
Veronica Laos
Chemistry
Understanding Neurodegenerative Disorders: One Protein at a Time
Evan Layher
Seriously!!! Stop Relying on Your Terrible Memory When Better Decision Strategies Are Available
Jasmine McBeath
Education
Community-Oriented Making: Engineering Change
Monica Mendoza
Education
Student Conceptions of Three-Dimensional Solids
Lauren Menzer
Environmental Science & Management
An Assessment of Apparel Toxins' Impact on Mother and Newborn Endocrine-System Health
Gokul Prasath Nallasami
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Hardware Acceleration: Are We There Yet?
Dan Ovando
Environmental Science & Management
Counting Fish from Space: Using Fishermen Behavior to Predict Fish Abundance
Nicol Parker
Environmental Science & Management
OrganoFate: A Rapid, Spatially-Explicit Risk Assessment Tool
Natasha Picciani
Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology
A Spineless Tale of Jellyfish Eye Origins
Ali Rahman
Comparative Literature
Digital Rhetoric and Gatekeepers of Knowledge: Islamic Authority in America
Jaime Ramirez Cuellar
Economics
Domestic Violence and Civil Conflict
Yanira Rivas Pineda
Political Science
Crime-Ridden and Heavily Policed: Political Involvement in two Los Angeles Public Housing Facilities
Sanjana Sahayaraj
Computer Science
NLP Techniques for Extracting Crucial Information From Medical Text
Molly Schwarz
Economics
Domestic Violence from an Economist's Perspective
Odelia Simon
Education
Math and Science Identity Equivalence
Pratik Soni
Computer Science
Improving Children's Fraction Understanding through the Use of Number Line
Kimberly Soriano
Feminist Studies
Escaping the Buff: Tagging as Liminal World Making
Erik Spickard
Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology
Transorganogenesis: What a Worm Can Tell You About Rebuilding an Organ
David Stamps
Communication
The Problem with Protests: Emotional Driven Effects of Race Related News Media Images
Mengya Tao
Environmental Science & Management
A Safer World with Fewer Regrettable Chemicals
Rae Taylor-Burns
Environmental Science & Management
The Other CO2 problem: Data Gaps and Hotspots in Ocean Acidification
Courtney Thomas
Environmental Science & Management
Love Your Data: Building a Robust Monitoring Network for Ocean Acidification on the West Coast
Rachel Torres
Environmental Science & Management
The Role of Urban Trees in a Water-Limited Environment
Justin Tran
Earth Science
The Other 93%
Steve Trettel
The Shape of Geometry
Laura Urbisci
Environmental Science & Management
Untangling Uncertainty in Food Web Models
Jennifer Walker
Mechanical Engineering
The uHammer: Mimicking Traumatic Brain Injury One Cell at a Time
Stephenson Brooks Whitestone
Communication
Authenticity in Eternity: Transgender Identity After Death
Erin Winslow
Environmental Science & Management
Coral Community Dynamics: A Mystery in Moorea, French Polynesia
Zhiwei Zhang
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Bring Touch to Virtual Reality