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KALAMAZOO—Twenty-three É«É«À² Michigan University graduate students were recognized for outstanding poster demonstrations of their research earlier in the month.

The seventh annual É«É«À² Research and Creative Activities Poster Day showcased scholarly work from a total of 60 graduate student projects.

Winning poster demonstrations

• Amy Morrison Gyorkos, biological sciences, "GDNF's Expression in Slow- and Fast-twitch Muscle Fibers are Dependent on Exercise Intensity"
• Abdul Wahed Mohammed and Rusthi Mohamed Ibralebbe, civil and construction engineering, "Greening Cement-based Products with Waste Powder Paints"
• Nathan Christensen and Marilyn Glass, industrial and manufacturing engineering, "Landfill Audits"
• Ting Chen; paper engineering, chemical engineering and imaging; "Can Coating Composition Influence Inflection in Quickset Ink Setting Profiles to Improve Sheet-fed Print Quality and Efficiency"
• Caitlin Callahan, Mallinson Institute for Science Education, "From Map to Mind: Using Video Logs to Explore the Process of Geologic Mapping"
• Katie Strong, speech pathology and audiology, "Supporting Identity in Aphasia: A Survey of Speech-language Pathologists"
• S. Bedoor, J.C. Lighthall and S.T. Marley; physics; "Study of 14B (d.p.) Using Reaction in Inverse Kinematics"
• Lamees Mohamed and Abotalib Zaki, geosciences, "Toward a Better Understanding of Modern and Paleo-hydrologic Settings in Arid Lands"
• Thomas Ratkos and Sean Field, psychology, "Effects of Varied Response Methods on Student Performance and Preference"
• Dini Ghuzini, economics, "Bank Leverage and Asset Positions: Cross Country Evidence"
• Robert McCowen, interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation, "An Evaluation of the Overall Quality Assurance and Transparency of Evaluation at the Swiss National Science Foundation"
• Kristin A. Hobson, interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation, "Meta-analysis as a Method of Multi-site Evaluation of International Development Projects and Programs"
• James P. O'Donnell, David P. Maison, Teresa J. Clark and Ryan L. Wessendorf; biological sciences; "Functions of a Thylakoid Zinc-finger Protein, TZFP2, in Thylakoid Biogenesis"
• Mohamed Rusthi, civil and construction engineering, "Remote Monitoring of Fatigue Sensitive Details on Steel Bridges"

The April 5 event was sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research, Research Policy Council, the Graduate Student Advisory Committee and a variety of colleges and University offices.