7th Annual Student Showcase
Thank you to the student presenters, faculty mentors, session facilitators, volunteer judges and others who contributed to the success of the 2016 Student Showcase.
During the afternoon of April 29, 2016, over 550 CMU and WCCC students presented 236 projects, which included scholarly and/or creative activities ranging from artistic exhibits, paper presentations, posters, readings, demonstrations, and performances.
Read the project abstracts in the Proceedings booklet below:
Showcase Proceedings
Congratulations to the winning presenters in each of the 2016 Showcase tracks!
The winning presentation in each track are:
MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE, Track 1A
MODERN WEB APPLICATION FOR RESERVATION AND INVENTORY TRACKING
Presenter(s): Drew Collins, Luke Schaefer, Michael Sweeney
Faculty Mentor: Warren MacEvoy
MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE, Track 1B
TABLE TRACKR: A RESTAURANT TABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Presenter(s): Charles Bisbee, Zachary Brown, Carter Hough
Faculty Mentor: Lori Payne
MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE, Track 1C
DIGITAL SIGNATURES
Presenter(s): Jesse Battles
Faculty Mentor: Markus Reitenbach
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, Track 2A
DRUG DISCOVERY: METHODS FOR USING DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM MOTILITY TO CLASSIFY BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS
Presenter(s): Jessah Skalla
Faculty Mentor: Kyle McQuade
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, Track 2B
USING BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS TO ESTIMATE POST-MORTEM INTERVAL
Presenter(s): Sophia Reck
Faculty Mentor: Eriek Hansen
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, Track 2C
AN UPDATE ON MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF CONIATUS SP. FOUND IN THE U.S.
Presenter(s): Kelsi Arrieta, Ashly Pennington
Faculty Mentor: Zeynep Ozsoy
PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, Track 3A
THE SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL GOLD(IIII) COMPLEXES TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF CATALYSTS FOR THE FUNCTIONALIZATION OF C-H BONDS
Presenter(s): Josh Thompson
Faculty Mentor: David Weinberg
PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, Track 3B
BEER BREWING KINETICS: RATES OF THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF ISO-ALPHA ACIDS
Presenter(s): Kelly Bryant
Faculty Mentor: Tim D'Andrea
PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, Track 3C
STUDY OF CURRENT SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS AND LOADINGS IN MESA COUNTY ON THE GUNNISON AND COLORADO RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES
Presenter(s): Brenna Hjelle, Anna Rich,Victoria Sauer, Jessica Wolf
Faculty Mentor: Deborah Kennar
PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, Track 3D
THE EROSIONAL HISTORY OF THE GRAND MESA BASED ON APATITE-HELIUM THERMOCHRONOLOGY: IMPLICATIONS FOR COLORADO RIVER EVOLUTION AND GRAND CANYON FORMATION
Presenter(s): Jaron Ragsdale
Faculty Mentor: Andres Aslan
PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, Track 3E
DETERMINING THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE WINGATE SANDSTONE WITH THE ANCESTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS USING SUPER BOUNDING SURFACES
Presenter(s): Nolan McDonald
Faculty Mentor: Larry Jones
BUSINESS, Track 4A
SLIGHTLY ELEVATED HOSTEL
Presenter(s): Duncan Alger, Rain Felkl, Courtney McGinnis, Spencer Weinberg
Faculty Mentor: Britt Mathwich
BUSINESS, Track 4B
INFINITE INKPresenter(s): John Fowler, Zachary Kennison, MaKayla Kovac, Hayden Murphy, William Ramsey, Ashley Weber, Shauna Wilson
Faculty Mentor: Georgann Jouflas
BUSINESS, Track 4C
THE TRENDY TRILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY
Presenter(s): Juanita Davidson, Enrique Escobar, Carissa Loper, Anna McGinnis, Jorge Pantoja (pictured)
Faculty Mentor: Morgan Bridge
HEALTH SCIENCES, Track 5A
FECAL MATTERSPresenter(s): Stacy Clark, Emilia Ludwig, R Jeremy Weiner, Tatti West
Faculty Mentor: Sue Mathews
HEALTH SCIENCES, Track 5B
UMBILICAL CORD CARE BEST PRACTICE
Presenter(s): Kayla Boria, Kyra Carr, Alivia Wolfe
Faculty Mentor: Sue Mathews
HEALTH SCIENCES, Track 5C
ALTERNATIVE THERAPY: ESSENTIAL OILS
Presenter(s): Anel Gomez, Katlynn McGee, Destiny Mullen, Nicolle Thatcher
Faculty Mentor: Genell Stites
HEALTH SCIENCES, Track 5D
H2WHOA!
Presenter(s): Brittany Goss, Cynthia Hennessey, Matthew McDonald, Morgan Zillmann
Faculty Mentor: Genell Stites
HEALTH SCIENCES, Track 5E
IMPORTANCE OF RADIOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE IN CHILD ABUSE CASES
Presenter(s): Danielle Graf, Angela Kastrup, Ellie Piffer
Faculty Mentor: Olga Grisak
KINESIOLOGY, Track 6
TRAUMATIC BROKEN MANDIBLE OF A WOMEN'S LACROSSE PLAYER
Presenter(s): Coryann Ledford
Faculty Mentor: Jeremy Hawkins
TEACHER EDUCATION, Track 7A
INCLUSIVE EDUCATION AND PURSUING PASSIONS
Presenter(s): Kelsey Olson
Faculty Mentor: Ann Gillies
TEACHER EDUCATION, Track 7B
STUDENT ASSESSMENT ANALYSIS
Presenter(s): Elisa Galvan
Faculty Mentor: Cynthia Chovich
TEACHER EDUCATION, Track 7C
ANALYZING STUDENT LITERACY ASSESSMENTS
Presenter(s): Casey Utemei
Faculty Mentor: Cynthia Chovich
LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE, Track 8A
THE HUMAN/NONHUMAN BINARY IN FRANK HERBERT'S DUNE UNIVERSE
Presenter(s): Lauren Lipski
Faculty Mentor: Barry Laga
LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE, Track 8B
UNTIL YOU FIND A HOME
Presenter(s): Samantha Sams
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Hancock
LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE, Track 8C
SELLING YOUR SOUL TO THE DEVIL - EXPLORING MAN'S STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE DESIRE FOR WORDLY POSSESSIONS AND THE DESIRE FOR SPIRITUALITY IN "UN PACTO CON EL DIABLO" BY JUAN JOSÉ ARREOLA
Presenter(s): Audrey Maddox
Faculty Mentor: Mayela Vallejos-Ramirez
LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE, Track 8D
OBESITY IN AMERICA
Presenter(s): Courtney Snyder
Faculty Mentor: Christine Hein
SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, Track 9A
WELL-BEING: HAVE ONLINE INTERACTIONS OVERPOWERED FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTIONS?
Presenter(s): Katherine Richards, Michelle Robertson, Eric Vandenheuvel
Faculty Mentor: Jacob Jones
SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, Track 9B
POLITICAL MANIPULATION: RACE, RELIGION, THE NATION, AND THE NAZIS
Presenter(s): Brandon Stanfield
Faculty Mentor: Adam Rosenbaum
SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, Track 9C
WOMEN, CHRISTIANITY,AND THE LAW IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Presenter(s): Courtney Johnston
Faculty Mentor: Douglas O'Roark
FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS, Track 10A
POETRY BROADSIDES AND JAPANESE STAB BOOKBINDING
Presenter(s): Alaina Bittner, Layna Brown, Danielle Carver, Kristina Dooley, Seirrha Key, Kaitlynn King, Nellie Knutson-Steck, Martha McCoy, Isah Mckenzie, Barbara Meeker, Mindy Rice, Kira Rogowski, Linda Skinner, Samuel Speir, Cameron Williams, Colin Williams
Faculty Mentors: Josh Butler and Jennifer Hancock
FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS, Track 10B
LIVESTREAMING: THE DIGITAL FUTURE OF LIVE THEATREPresenter(s): Jessica Meier
Faculty Mentor: Jeremy Franklin
FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS, Track 10C
SURRENDERED
Presenter(s): Kacee Montgomery
Faculty Mentor: Megan Glynn
FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS, Track 10D
STRUGGLE BUS
Presenter(s): Hans Snell
Faculty Mentor: Darin Kamstra
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, Track 11
CUSTOM FABRICATED LIGHTSABERS
Presenter(s): Shane Christensen, John Palmer, Rylan Piper
Faculty Mentor: Bill McCracken
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING-SENIOR DESIGN, Track 12A
METHANE FLUX CHAMBER
Presenter(s): Sean Kennedy, Isaac Koch (pictured), Aaron Troxel
Faculty Mentor: Francisco Castro
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING-OPEN DESIGN, Track 12B
AUTONOMOUS TRACKED ROVER
Presenter(s): Ryan Benson, Carlos Ibarra
Faculty Mentor: Scott Bevill
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING-FIRST YEAR DESIGN EXPO, Track 12C
KINETIC ENERGY CONVERTER
Presenter(s): Mitchel Chavez (not pictured), IvAnn Garcia Dickerson, Nathaniel Glennon, Steve Tomlinson
Faculty Mentor: Andy Affrunti
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING-FIRST YEAR DESIGN EXPO, Track 12D
VACUUM CHAMBER WITH ELECTRONIC MOTION SENSORS
Presenter(s): Aric Harper, Stormy Ramsay, Tyler Shehorn(pictured), Luis Terrazas (pictured)
Faculty Mentor: Brian Hosterman
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING-FIRST YEAR DESIGN EXPO, Track 12E
DIGITAL WATER CURTAIN
Presenter(s): Edgar Carrasco, Trey Lambrecht, Jacob Pacheco (pictured), Carolina Yamada
Faculty Mentor: Marc Fischer
2016 Student Showcase Planning Committee
Andres Aslan, Physical and Environmental Sciences
Jessie Barnett, Academic Affairs
Scott Bevill, Mechanical Engineering
Blake Bickham, Teacher Education
Carol Futhey, Academic Affairs
Suzie Garner, Art
Phil Gustafson, Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics
Kurt Haas, Academic Affairs; Languages, Literature and Mass Communication
Jennifer Hancock, Languages, Literature and Mass Communication
Kristin Heumann, Kinesiology
Darin Kamstra, Music
Peggy Link, Health Sciences
Cindy Lueb, Sponsored Programs
Bill McCracken, Manufacturing Technology, Western Colorado Community College
Deborah Parman, Business
Brian Parry, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Timothy Pinnow, Theatre Arts
Steve Werman, Academic Affairs; Biological Science