2019 | Grad Slam

2019 Grad Slam Champion

George Degen

Chemical Engineering

H?ealing Muscles with Mussels

2019 Grad Slam Finalists

Rebecca Baker

English

Uncanny Alter(n)ity: Science Fiction and the Power of Possible Worlds

George Degen

Chemical Engineering

H?ealing Muscles with Mussels

Camille Endacott

Communication

When Artificial Intelligence Makes Your Day

Melissa Gordon Wolf

Education

Survey Item Validation

Ana Sofia Guerra

Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology

Cloudy with a Chance of Bird Poop: A tale of Seabirds and Nutrients

Taylor Heisley-Cook

Environmental Science & Management

Waste to Wear: Fabric from Cannabis Waste

Phoebe Racine

Environmental Science & Management

Big Mussel: Will They Eat Us Out of the Water?

Zachary Reitz

Chemistry

Chained by Iron: The Tug-of-War Between Bacteria and our Body

Vinnie Wu

Motivation Matters: Are Positive Intergroup Interactions Positive for Everyone?

2019 Grad Slam Semifinalists

Geneva Alok

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

It Started out with Mitosis. How Did it End up Like This?

Shashank Aswathanarayana

Media Arts & Technology

I Hear Bangalore3D

Rebecca Baker

English

Uncanny Alter(n)ity: Science Fiction and the Power of Possible Worlds

Tom Costigan

The Gettier Problem

George Degen

Chemical Engineering

H?ealing Muscles with Mussels

Yvonne Diaz

Chemistry

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish? Dead Fish! : Combating Food Spoilage with Color

Camille Endacott

Communication

When Artificial Intelligence Makes Your Day

Melissa Gordon Wolf

Education

Survey Item Validation

Ana Sofia Guerra

Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology

Cloudy with a Chance of Bird Poop: A tale of Seabirds and Nutrients

Chung-Ta Han

Chemical Engineering

A Generalized Approach to Studying Protein's Function Through its Structural Movement

Kathryn Harrison

Communication

Sharing a (Cyber)Space: Fostering Relationship Maintenance and a Sense of Community in an Assisted Living Community Through Virtual Reality

Taylor Heisley-Cook

Environmental Science & Management

Waste to Wear: Fabric from Cannabis Waste

Lauren Kaapcke

Environmental Science & Management

Encouraging Investment in Coral Reefs

Avi McClelland-Cohen

Communication

From #MeToo to #WeToo: Constituting Movement Identity in a Digitally Networked Context

Samantha McCuskey

Chemical Engineering

How Could Bacteria Power the World?

Daniel Means

Computer Science

Detecting Disasters through Social Media

Bharat Monga

Mechanical Engineering

Cure for Parkinson's: A Dream Come True

David Mun

Environmental Science & Management

The Apparel Industry: Reducing Environmental and Social Impact through Materials Innovation

Khanh Nguyen

Chemistry

When Proteins Hold Hands and Dance

Phoebe Racine

Environmental Science & Management

Big Mussel: Will They Eat Us Out of the Water?

Zachary Reitz

Chemistry

Chained by Iron: The Tug-of-War Between Bacteria and our Body

Luke Rosedahl

How Did I Know That: Category Learning and the Human Brain

Andrew Rowberg

Materials

Engineering High-Performance Materials for the Hydrogen Economy

Margaret Schimmel

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

Designing the Cure for Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Novel Immunotherapy

Andrew Steinkruger

Environmental Science & Management

Conservation Opportunities in Commercial Aquaculture: The Case for Farming Totoaba

Fernando Temprano-Coleto

Mechanical Engineering

From Drag Reduction to Maze Solving: The Physics of Surfactants

Naveen Venkatesan

Materials

"Magic Paint" - Using Hybrid Perovskites for Efficient Solar Cells

Vinnie Wu

Motivation Matters: Are Positive Intergroup Interactions Positive for Everyone?

Nicole Zamanzadeh

Communication

Media Multitasking and Teen Stress: Developmental And Parental Risk Factors

Jiajia Zheng

Environmental Science & Management

Reducing the Global Carbon Footprint of Plastics

Katelyn Zigner

Geography

Fired Up: How Advancements in Wildfire Modeling Will Help Society

2019 Grad Slam Presenters

Austin Abrams

Chemistry

A Versatile Tool for Biosensing and Unfolding Chemical Reactions in Real Time

Caroline Ackley

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

Defying Gravity: A Worm Story

Geneva Alok

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

It Started out with Mitosis. How Did it End up Like This?

Shashank Aswathanarayana

Media Arts & Technology

I Hear Bangalore3D

Katie Bainbridge

Can Video Games Make You Smarter?

Rebecca Baker

English

Uncanny Alter(n)ity: Science Fiction and the Power of Possible Worlds

Tayyebeh Bakhshi

Chemistry

Catalytic Generation of Chlorine Dioxide

Tom Costigan

The Gettier Problem

George Degen

Chemical Engineering

H?ealing Muscles with Mussels

Violaine Desgens-Martin

Environmental Science & Management

Going Full Circle: Is Treated Wastewater the Future of Drinking Water in Drought-Stricken Areas?

Yvonne Diaz

Chemistry

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish? Dead Fish! : Combating Food Spoilage with Color

Camille Endacott

Communication

When Artificial Intelligence Makes Your Day

Rae Fuhrman

Environmental Science & Management

Cultivating Seaweed to Feed and Fuel our World

Sean Gilleran

"We Have Your Mechanical Brain": An Internet History of Malcolm X Hall

Melissa Gordon Wolf

Education

Survey Item Validation

Ana Sofia Guerra

Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology

Cloudy with a Chance of Bird Poop: A tale of Seabirds and Nutrients

Michael Haggmark

Chemistry

Uncovering the Mechanisms of Indigo Dye's Lasting Color

Chung-Ta Han

Chemical Engineering

A Generalized Approach to Studying Protein's Function Through its Structural Movement

Kathryn Harrison

Communication

Sharing a (Cyber)Space: Fostering Relationship Maintenance and a Sense of Community in an Assisted Living Community Through Virtual Reality

Taylor Heisley-Cook

Environmental Science & Management

Waste to Wear: Fabric from Cannabis Waste

Eric Jones

Physics

You Are What You Eat: Linking the Gut Microbiome to Host Behavior

Lauren Kaapcke

Environmental Science & Management

Encouraging Investment in Coral Reefs

You-Jin Kim

Media Arts & Technology

Journey to a Physical World through Computational Media

Athith Krishna

Electrical & Computer Engineering

GaN You See the Future? Gallium Nitride Electronics: Pathway for the Next Computing Revolution

Matthew Limb

Art History

Ceramics and the Environmental in the American West

Caitlin Martin

Environmental Science & Management

Increasing Customer Use of Plant-Based, Toxin-Free Personal Care Products

Avi McClelland-Cohen

Communication

From #MeToo to #WeToo: Constituting Movement Identity in a Digitally Networked Context

Samantha McCuskey

Chemical Engineering

How Could Bacteria Power the World?

Daniel Means

Computer Science

Detecting Disasters through Social Media

Mariah Miller

Global Studies

Capitalism and Social Enterprise

Bharat Monga

Mechanical Engineering

Cure for Parkinson's: A Dream Come True

David Mun

Environmental Science & Management

The Apparel Industry: Reducing Environmental and Social Impact through Materials Innovation

Khanh Nguyen

Chemistry

When Proteins Hold Hands and Dance

James O'Hara

Physics

Riding the Wave Function of Gallium Arsenide

Jesus Olguin

Linguistic Typology as a Window into Human Cognition

Nicol Parker

Environmental Science & Management

We All Need Somebody to Lean On

Phoebe Racine

Environmental Science & Management

Big Mussel: Will They Eat Us Out of the Water?

Colin (preferred) Raymond

Art History

Formulations of a Medium: The Rise of Video in Japanese Art 1965-1989

Zachary Reitz

Chemistry

Chained by Iron: The Tug-of-War Between Bacteria and our Body

Luke Rosedahl

How Did I Know That: Category Learning and the Human Brain

Andrew Rowberg

Materials

Engineering High-Performance Materials for the Hydrogen Economy

Imani Russell

Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology

Widespread Fungal Infection Across Frogs in the Peruvian Amazon Suggests Critical Role for Low Elevation in Pathogen Spread and Persistence

Christopher Salem

Education

Availability of Dental Services at School-Based Health Centers in California

Margaret Schimmel

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

Designing the Cure for Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Novel Immunotherapy

Marshall Sharpe

Art

Breaking the Silence

Andrew Steinkruger

Environmental Science & Management

Conservation Opportunities in Commercial Aquaculture: The Case for Farming Totoaba

Fernando Temprano-Coleto

Mechanical Engineering

From Drag Reduction to Maze Solving: The Physics of Surfactants

Jordan Tudisco

Comparative Literature

Neither Here nor There: Non-Binary Existence and the Right to be Represented by Language

Naveen Venkatesan

Materials

"Magic Paint" - Using Hybrid Perovskites for Efficient Solar Cells

Juliette Verstaen

Environmental Science & Management

Pros in Procrastination? Estimating the Consequences of Delaying Marine Management