Awards

2019 Winners

Research

Katlynn Bugda Gwilt: Novel Therapeutic Receptor Target in the Leaky Gut

COE Solution Awards

1^st Place – Undergraduate – Kestral Johnston: Tidal Flow Constructed Wetland for Water Reuse
1^st Place – Graduate – Kunind Sharma: Modeling Thermal Comfort Behavior
2^nd Place – Graduate – Basma Bargal: Modeling Caregiver Burnout

DATA Award

Anirudh Kamath: How Much is Your Outfit Worth?

Graduate Innovator Award

Kaustubh Shivdikar: Pi-Tiles

Grand Impact Award

Zahra Amiji: Folic Acid and the Hispanic Population

SAIL Award

Alexa Soares: Oxidative Effects of Maternal Separation

Sharing Economy Award

Forrest Perkins: Architects Empowering Community

Computer and Information Sciences

Undergraduate: Sam Carmola: Optimality Conditions for Intraday Equity Trades
Graduate: Richard Huff: A National Job Market Analytics Platform

Engineering and Technology

Undergraduate: Aberdeen Dinius: Calculating Chemical Reaction Rates for Biofuels
Graduate: Kunind Sharma: Modeling Thermal Comfort Behavior

Health Sciences

Undergraduate: Daniel Kent: Reducing Total Anesthetic Load In Vivo
Graduate: Katlynn Bugda Gwilt: Novel Therapeutic Receptor Target in the Leaky Gut

Humanities and Arts

Undergraduate: Alya Abourezk: You Are on Indigenous Land
Graduate: Nina Shabalina: Deconstructing Materiality

Interdisciplinary Topics, Centers and Institutes

Undergraduate: Christopher Scianna: Healing Soles
Graduate: Qifan Zhai: Characterization of Increases in Infection Rates

Physical and Life Sciences

Undergraduate: Daem Celestin: nPLEX for High Throughput Protein Analysis
Graduate: Maria Paz: Automated Monitoring System for Larva Behavior

Social Sciences, Business and Law

Undergraduate: Caroline Hyun Sue Kim: IPV Screening Efficacy: Realist Review
Graduate: Emily E. Dahlgaard Thor: Intuitive Language Across Science Communications

The Awards

RISE Awards will be presented to those showing excellence in:

Research – $1,000 awarded for methodological and procedural excellence in exploration and study
Innovation – $1,000 awarded for the discovery of novel and revolutionary inventions or processes
Scholarship – $1,000 awarded for an academic breakthrough in a particular field
Entrepreneurship – $1,000 awarded for research with the greatest entrepreneurial potential
People’s Choice – $1,500 awarded to the presentation receiving the most votes from RISE attendees

Awards are given in the following categories to one undergraduate and one graduate:

Computer and Information Sciences
Engineering and Technology
Health Sciences
Humanities and Arts

Interdisciplinary Topics, Centers and Institutes
Physical and Life Sciences
Social Sciences, Business and Law

Focus Awards

Best Video Pitch Award – $1,000 awarded to presenter submitting the best RISE Video Suite. Sponsored by RISE
COE Solution Awards – $2000 in total awards recognizing COE students demonstrating remarkable innovation by identifying novel solutions to problems within scientific, social, and/or entrepreneurial spheres. Sponsored by the College of Engineering
DATA Award – $1,500 awarded to the presentation demonstrating the most inventive and promising approach to creating value with data-driven and technology-enabled analytics and automation. Sponsored by DATA Initiative
Grand Impact Award – $1,500 awarded to the presentation displaying the most judicious means for advancing social, civic, and/or environmental equity. Sponsored by RISE
SAIL Award – $1,000 awarded to the participant whose Reflection statement best applies the SAIL framework and language to describe a notable experience related to RISE participation. Sponsored by SAIL
Sharing Economy Award – $1,500 awarded to the presentation demonstrating the most creative and promising approach to using technologies and algorithms for optimizing design, incentives, operations and security of sharing economy systems as well as enabling socially desirable outcomes, such as sustainable growth, social equity and improved resilience. Sponsored by SHARE
Graduate Innovator Award – Recognizes a graduate peer who demonstrates remarkable innovation by identifying new approaches to problem solving for maximal social impact. Sponsored by Graduate Student Government