Days of Discovery 2021

Thank you to everyone who attended the Office of Research and the Faculty Research Board’s fifth annual Days of Discovery!

This two-day event included keynote speakers and live, pre-recorded and poster presentations from PNW’s faculty and students. Through the Days of Discovery, we strive to:

• Increase awareness of PNW research, innovation and economic development impacts
• Foster collaboration among students, faculty and the research and innovation community
• Recognize our faculty and students who participate in research and scholarship

Congratulations to the Student Awardees!

Graduate Students

First Place: Saiber Shaikh; Experiences of Mental Health Stigma among Counselors-in-Training: A Phenomenological Inquiry; Mentor(s): Injung Lee, School of Education and Counseling.

Second Place: Saswot Thap; Design of Solidification-stress Model for Continuous Casting of Steel; Mentor(s): Chenn Zhou, Mechanical Engineering. 

Third Place: Tzu-Chi Liang, Alexia Kingzette, Nicholas Triplett, Lauren Slivinski; Ethical Considerations for Marriage and Family Therapists as Mental Health Influencers on Social Media; Mentor(s): Megan Murphy, Behavioral Sciences.

Undergraduate Students

First Place: Kristine Koch; Bioinformatic Exploration of Antimicrobial Resistance in the Serratia marcescens Proteome; Mentor(s): Scott Bates, Lindsay Gielda, Biology.

Second Place: John Rosser, Nathaniel Doan, Emily Higley; Design of Oxygen Enriched Combustion in a Reheating Furnace; Mentor(s): Chenn Zhou, CIVS, Armin Silaen, CIVS.

Third Place: Tyler Stoeger, Farida Akhmadullina, Taylor Kroon, Jake Dyrkacz, Herminio Serguei; A Comprehensive Analysis of Current and Proposed Budget Models at Purdue University Northwest; Mentor(s): Amlan Mitra, Paul McGrath, Economics.

Julia Yanes Barrera, Aidan Dunleavy; A Statistical Analysis of COVID-19 Demographic Data in Indiana Using Time Series Data and Marascuilo Procedure; Mentor(s): Gokarna Aryal, Mathematics.

2021 Keynote Speakers