16th Annual Graduate Student Research Poster Competition

Friday, March 24th, the Texas Tech Graduate School held the 16th Annual Graduate Student Research Poster Competition in the Helen DeVitt Jones Sculpture Court at the Museum of Texas Tech University. This competition is a chance for students to present their research to fellow students, faculty, staff, and Lubbock community members. The competition is a professional development opportunity for graduate students to build their communication skills before they represent Texas Tech at both national and international research conferences. The students presented research in many diverse fields including: Education, Engineering, Human and Agricultural Sciences as well as various other disciplines.

There were a record number of poster entries this year with 150 being selected for judging. From the selected posters, the Poster Competition Award Recipients were announced on Thursday, March 30th, at the Graduate Student Award Ceremony in the Helen DeVitt Jones Sculpture Court at the Museum of Texas Tech University. We kindly thank everyone who participated and made the event a wonderful success!

Specifically, we would like to express our appreciation to the Museum of Texas Tech for hosting this year's poster session and Awards Ceremony. We also would like to thank the Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development Center, as well as the Communication Training Center, for hosting the poster tutorials.

2017 Winners by Category:

Agricultural Science I	Place
Lindsay Kennedy	First Place
Agricultural Science II	Place
Joseph Burke	First Place
Agricultural Science III	Place
Samuel Andres Discua Duarte	First Place
Niwanthi Dissanayake Ralalage	Second Place
Arts and Sciences	Place
Elizabeth Niedbala	First Place
Dmitrii Paniukov	Second Place
Distance	Place
David Vialard	First Place
Education	Place
Okan Arslan, Hyunchang Moon, Yusuf Murat Ozdemir, & Selin Deniz Uzunosmanoglu	First Place
Serife Turan & Sevket Ceyhun Cetin	Second Place
Engineering I	Place
Tharanga Kumara Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage	Tied for First Place
Suranga Gunerathne	Tied for First Place
Suraj Khadka	Second Place
Engineering II	Place
Annasi Wattege Chandika Dimantha Annasiwatta	First Place
Yingbin Hu	Second Place
Engineering III	Place
Sraddhanjali Acharya & Sonali Sen Baidya	First Place
Upama Nakarmi	Second Place
Engineering IV	Place
Malini Ghosal	First Place
Engineering V	Place
Md Jasim Uddin	First Place
Fathi Elltaif Saad Elldakli	Second Place
Environment	Place
Tatiana Maria Blanco-Alvarez	First Place
Human Science I	Place
Jennifer Chapman	First Place
Moshen Fouladi	Tied for Second Place
Shima Hassan Zadeh	Tied for Second Place
Human Science II	Place
Maryam Hosseinioun	First Place
Saman Jamshidi	Second Place
Human Science III	Place
Huili Wang	First Place
Apoorva Rane	Second Place
Human Science IV	Place
London Allen	First Place
Seth Klobodu	Second Place
Human Science V	Place
Maliha Tabassum Munir	First Place
Shasika Harshani Jayarathne Udahawatte Gedara	Second Place
Interdisciplinary	Place
John Moretti	First Place
Shannon Carr & Ivana Montegro	Second Place
Mathematics and Physics	Place
Pushpi Paranamana	First Place
Michael Holcomb	Second Place
Natural Science I	Place
Ilan Alexander Arvelo Yagua	First Place
Keelyn Hanlon	Second Place
Natural Science II	Place
Alejandra Ramirez-Hernandez	First Place
Glenna Pirner	Second Place
Science I	Place
Moamen Mahmoud Mohammed Elmassry	First Place
Meijun Dong	Second Place
Science II	Place
Bilkis Mitu	First Place
Social Science	Place
Azmal Hossan	First Place
April Ortegon	Second Place