Announcing RISE Winners
April 9 was a day of discovery. A day of success. Over 350 RISE Presenters shared their projects virtually with RISE Judges and viewers from across the globe — a tremendous display of resilience during times of widespread turbulence!
Now it’s time to celebrate this magnificent exhibition of creative activity and research by recognizing the awards winners.
RISE Awards
Research
Anastasia Leopold, Invasive Infrastructure
Co-authors: Alexander Bondi, Kalpana Bhandari
Innovation
Amanda Collison, Using Polysomnographic Airflow Phenotype to Predict Sleep Apnea Response to Oral Appliance Therapy
Scholarship
Ciara Selders, Mitophagy as a Therapeutic for Parkinson’s Disease
Entrepreneurship
Focus Awards
COE Solution Awards
1st Place (tie) – Undergraduate – Amanda Dee, Non-Invasive, In Situ Monitoring of Root Growth
Co-author: Krystyna Farrell
1st Place (tie) – Undergraduate – Suha Yacoob, Novel Route to Develop Neuropathic Pain Inhibitors
Co-author: Alan Cherney
1st Place – Graduate – Nathan Adeyemi, Queue Theory-Based Inpatient Arrival Rate Approximation
CPS Resiliency and Sustainability Awards
Undergraduate – Mark Turner, Fixed-Wing Drone Autonomous Re-Flight Platform
Graduate – Mruga Salunke, Building Cultural Resilience and Agility
DATA Award
Graduate – Freida Parsons, Multi-Level Sentiment Analysis of Stress
Co-authors: Wangzi Zhao, Lucia Alessi
Data and Digital Storytelling Awards
Undergraduate – Zack Bennett-Engler, Curious Boston
Co-authors: Kiley Choi, Jillian Arkin-Burns, Rucha Khanolkar
Graduate – Jordan Clark, Human Perception AI in the Classroom
Design Awards
Undergraduate – Vidhan Bhaiya, Dr. Brinsley: Chic + Functional Diabetic Footwear
Graduate – Estuardo Villatoro Castaneda, Women: Head and Heart of the Haitian Economy
Ethically Informed Research Awards
1st Place – Undergraduate – Matthew Greer-Gentis, Deported Veterans and Criminogenic Risk Factors
Co-author: Linda Manziaris
2nd Place – Undergraduate – Adriell Louis, Stroke Knowledge and Prevention: Tokyo and Bangkok
Co-authors: Elizabeth Trauger, Daem Celestin
Grand Impact Award
Graduate – Mariangela Cardoso Miguel Carmona, Give It Here!: An App-Based Solution for Charity Donations
Co-authors: Joyce Liu, Anu Ajaya Kumar, Yasha Barthia, Chia Hsiang Shih, Yingtao Dai
Health Communication Awards
Undergraduate – Maria Paz, LGBTQ+ Healthcare Competency Intervention Study
Undergraduate – Sarah Rathje, Theoretical Analysis of Opioid Campaign
Illuminating Complex Problems Awards
Undergraduate – Debby Nguyen, Immigrant Health and Wellbeing in Sanctuary Spaces
Co-authors: Emily Alves, Ashley Houston, Alisa Lincoln
Graduate – Mruga Salunke, Building Cultural Resilience and Agility
SAIL Award
Undergraduate – Matthew Greer-Gentis, Deported Veterans and Criminogenic Risk Factors
Co-author: Linda Manziaris
Sharing Economy Award
Graduate – Jinyuan Chen, Use ML Method to Predict Store Performance
Graduate Innovator Award
Graduate – Kirin Gada, The Role of GIRK Channels in Atrial Fibrillation
Outstanding Research Awards
Computer and Information Sciences
Undergraduate – Tejas Sathyamurthi, Predicting Forest Fires Using Machine Learning
Graduate – Jinyuan Chen, Use ML Method to Predict Store Performance
Engineering and Technology
Undergraduate – Adam Alper, Magnetic “Tweezers”: A Micro-magnetism Tool
Graduate – Nicholas Briggs, Structural Resilience by Innovation in Diaphragms
Health Sciences
Undergraduate – Anusha Purakayastha, Reel2Real
Co-authors: Jenna Campagna, Rachel Berry
Graduate – Tessa Brighton, Checkpoint Inhibitors and Cancer Cell Killing
Humanities and Arts
Undergraduate – John Edwards, Social Choice and Voting Systems
Co-authors: Mike Nelson, Kamran Parsa, Kathryn Petka, Alyssa Pascoe, Emily Minor, Alissa Plotkin, Filip Musial, Erik Mead, Anthony Wiryaman, Shalese Jordan, Rafi Nizam, Ameya Bhat
Graduate – Elizabeth Farrell, An Everyday Utopia: Water, Energy, Waste in Haiti
Interdisciplinary Topics, Centers and Institutes
Undergraduate – Vidhan Bhaiya, Dr. Brinsley: Chic + Functional Diabetic Footwear
Graduate – George Hajjar, Disaster Relief Planning Organization
Co-authors: Justin Chiovitti, Qianlin Xu (Lin), Fangzhou Yu (Noah), Natalie Clark
Physical and Life Sciences
Undergraduate – Joie Sun, Using POOL to Understand the Genomics Behind MAPKs
Graduate – Max Winkelman, Neurovascular Niche-on-a-Chip
Social Sciences, Business and Law
Undergraduate – Alexandra Medina, Boston Underwater
Graduate – Mika Morikawa, Cultural Awareness in the Social Work World
Information regarding award finalists can be found here.
Many thanks to RISE Presenters, Judges, Northeastern staff and leadership, and sponsors for your support, collaboration, and generosity. See you at RISE:2021!
