Albany State hosts 12th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium

The Albany Herald, Ga.
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ALBANY — Albany State University recently hosted its 12th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. Sixty students presented scholarly research projects that aligned with the theme “Academic Excellence through Undergraduate Research.” The symposium featured keynote speaker Andrea Town-Byrd, lead chemist for the United States Department of Agriculture.

In the Research I category, the winners were:

Oral presentations

• First place: Selamawit Geddes — Identity and Self-Actualization: A Mixed-Method Study of Albany State University, Georgia

• Second place: Shamar Swift, Anthony Strachan and Stephan Parker — Crater Detection on Mars

• Third place: Savanna Gipson ­— The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic Quarantine on College Students

Poster presentations

• First Place: Collin Phillips — Synergistic Effects of Mild Heat and Elevated Hydrostatic Pressure for Inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes in Pasteurized Milk

• Second place: Bailey Gray ­— Mathematical Models for Predicting the Freezing Point of Alkanes: Application of Chemical Graph Theory

• Third place: Selamawit Geddes — Identity and Self Actualization: A Mixed-Method Study of Albany State University, Georgia

Special poster presentations — University grants

• First place: Laila Dowdy, Aniele Forrest, Madison Robinson, and Aniya Love — The Impact of pH Level on a Super Absorbent Polymer

• Second place: Kareena Karin-Manning, Moriah Fleming, Aryona Harts, and Sarah Holley — Organic vs Non-Organic: Which Has the Most Vitamin C?

• Third place: Aryanna Rivera, Leah Cowen and Christopher Carter — Antacid Efficacy Unveiled: Exploring Ingredients, Dosages, and Reaction Dynamics in Acid Neutralization