Research Symposia Awards
Research symposia provide a professional forum for accomplished graduate students to present their research finding. Symposia are held by the Graduate Student Assembly, the College of Engineering, the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, the School of Biomedical Engineering and Science and the National Capital Region campus of Virginia Tech.

21st Graduate Research Symposium and Exhibition Awards
The Graduate Student Assembly holds this annual symposium with sponsorship from the Provost’s office, colleges and the Graduate School. This year a panel of faculty judges evaluated 75 research projects.

Agricultural and Animal Sciences
First Place: Amanda Stiles, Ph.D., Plant Pathology & Weed Science
Second Place: Leslie Blischak , Ph.D., Horticulture
Third Place: Zhenquan Jia, Ph.D., Veterinary Science

Arts and Architecture
First Place: Li-wen Sung, Ph.D., Environmental Design & Planning
Second Place: Amy Gilley, Ph.D., Environmental Design & Planning
Third Place: Myung-Hee Chae, Ph.D. Apparel, Housing & Resource Management

Natural and Biological Sciences
First Place: Shireen Hafez, Ph.D., Veterinary Science
Second Place: Xisheng Wang, Ph.D., Veterinary Science
Third Place: Jory Ruscio, Ph.D., Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computation Biology

Social Sciences and Humanities
First Place: Jiyun Wu, Ph.D., Business Management
Second Place: Chiquita D. Howard, Ph.D., Sociology
Third Place: Melih Madanoglu, Ph.D., Hospitality and Tourism
Management

Physical Sciences and Engineering
First Place: Navin Manjooran, Ph.D., Materials Science Engineering
Second Place: Suolong Ni, Ph.D., Chemistry
Third Place: Anbumani Subramanian, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering

Special Categories
Diversity: Julia Best, Ph.D., Education Curriculum and Instruction
Innovation: Anbumani Subramanian, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering
Technology: Navin Manjooran, Ph.D., Materials Science Engineering
Aesthetics: Myung-Hee Chae, Ph.D., Apparel, Housing & Resource Management

16th Veterinary Medicine Research Symposium
Basic Science:: Fang-Fang Huang, Ph.D. Veterinary Medicine
Clinical Science: Priti Karnik, MS, Veterinary Medicine
Clinical Science: Kathleen Sennello, MS, Veterinary Medicine
Basic Science: Melinda Pomeroy-Black, Ph.D., Veterinary Science
Basic Science: Mohamed Seleem, Ph.D., Veterinary Science

Paul E. Torgersen Graduate Research Excellence Award
This award, named after Virginia Tech’s 14th president, was established in 1990 to recognize and reward distinguished research in graduate engineering studies.

MS Oral Presenters
First Place: Nicholas Cardwell, Mechanical Engineering
Second Place: Benjamin Grisso, Mechanical Engineering
Third Place: Krista Rule, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Ph.D. Oral Presenters
First Place: Eric Ruggiero, Mechanical Engineering
Second Place: Olga Pierrakos, Biomedical Engineering
Third Place: Mischa Kim, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering

MS Poster Presenters
First Place: Sarah Manoogian, Mechanical Engineering
Second Place: Ashwini Gautam, Mechanical Engineering
Third Place: John Charonko, Engineering Science and Mechanics

Ph.D. Poster Presenters
First Place: Ali Etebarri, Mechanical Engineering
Second Place: Will Colban, Mechanical Engineering
Third Place: Aaron Caba, Engineering Science and Mechanics

National Capital Region 2nd Graduate Research Symposium
Sponsored by the Northern Virginia Graduate Student Assembly this symposium provides the Northern Virginia community with an opportunity to view high-tech research in architecture and urban studies, business administration, computer science, engineering, human resources and education, information technology, natural resources, and science and technology studies

Winner of Best overall Presentation: Shannon Pederson, College of Natural Resources, "Preparing Residents in the Greater Washington Metropolitan Area for Urban Coyotes"

Winner of Global Reach: Monica Mallini-Rourke & Manisa Pipattanasomporn, College OF Engineering, "One-Button ICT Applications Package for Global Access"

Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering & Science
3rd Annual Graduate Research Symposium
This symposium offers a unique opportunity to promote research collaboration between Virginia Tech and Wake Forest University. It fosters collaborations between the two universities as well as graduate student presentation skills in areas of biomechanics, tissue and cell engineering, bioimaging and signal analyses and other medical-engineering interfaces.

Ph.D. Presentation : F. Scott Gayzik, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering
Ph.D. Presentation: Eric Kennedy, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering
Ph.D. Poster: Ali Etebari, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering
Ph.D. Poster: Michelle Kreke, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering
MS Presentation: Bradley Davidson, MS, Engineering Mechanics
MS Presentation: Sarah Manoogian, MS, Mechanical Engineering
MS Poster: Julian Davis, MS, Mechanical Engineering

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