2020 Winners
Applies Sciences
1st – Jordan Krenkevich, Faculty of Science
Project - Using machine learning to suppress the skin response in breast microwave sensing
Supervisor: Stephen Pistorius
2nd – Mateus Braga, Price Faculty of Engineering
Project - Auto-link UAV to CAD: Software to bridge the gap between UAV design optimization and CAD
Supervisor: Philip Ferguson 3rd – Anh Thi Dang, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Project - Effects of pre-treatment on phenolic compounds in yellow and black Mustard
Supervisor: Usha Thiyam-Hollander
Creative Works
1st – Max Sandred, Faculty of Architecture
Project – Theatres of architectural imagination
Supervisor: Lisa Landrum
2nd – Mathew Glowacki, Faculty of Architecture
Project – The effects of different urban scenarios on urban wildlife
Supervisor: Kamni Gill
3rd – Lindsay Mamchur, Faculty of Architecture
Project – Atget and I: A comparative photographic reading
Supervisor: Susan Close
Health Sciences
1st – Katrina Leong, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Project – Building on patient experience to develop an approach to transitional care in heart failure management
Supervisor: Gayle Halas
2nd – Amy Fernando, Faculty of Science
Project – Preventing mitochondrial dysfunction and cell death in the lipid exposed cardiomyocyte
Supervisor: Joseph Gordon
3rd – Tooba Razi, Faculty of Science
Project – Exploring FBXO7 as a candidate chromosome instability gene in colorectal cancer
Supervisor: Kirk J. McManus
Natural Sciences
1st – Andrea Sutherland, Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Project – A case study on greenwashing by Manitoba Hydro
Supervisor: Stephane McLachlan
2nd – Guneet Uppal, Faculty of Science
Project – Structure elucidation of a platinum complex by x-ray crystallography
Supervisor: David Herbert
3rd – Danielle Fowke, Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Project – The effects of oil drilling noise on reproductive success of chestnut-collared longspur (Calcarius ornatus) in Western Canada
Supervisor: Nicola Koper
Social Sciences & Humanities
1st – Lily Pankratz, Faculty of Arts
Project – Trends in mental health service utilization according to perinatal status: Results from a nationally representative sample
Supervisor: Kristin Reynolds
2nd – Hannah Derksen, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Project – Exploring challenges faced by the charitable food sector in Manitoba during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
Supervisor: Natalie Riediger
3rd – Bronwon Grocot, Faculty of Arts
Project – Associations between pain characteristics & suicidality Across chronic pain conditions
Supervisor: René El-Gabalawy
2020 Entries
Applied Sciences
| Name | Title of poster | Poster PDF | Link to video presentation |
|
Anh Thi Dang |
Effects of Pre-treatment on Phenolic Compounds in Yellow and Black Mustard | View poster | https://youtu.be/SppnTxKecJc |
| Jordan Krenkevich Faculty of Science Supervisor: Stephen Pistorius |
Using Machine Learning to Suppress the Skin Response in Breast Microwave Sensing | View poster | https://youtu.be/1VmDzOwBNEI |
| Mateus Braga Price Faculty of Engineering Supervisor: Philip Ferguson |
Auto-link UAV to CAD: Software to Bridge the Gap Between UAV Design Optimization and CAD | View poster | https://youtu.be/Nny8HubhZq4 |
Creative Works
| Name | Title of poster | Poster PDF | Link to video presentation |
| Lindsay Mamchur Faculty of Architecture Supervisor: Susan Close |
Atget and I: a Comparative Photographic Reading | View poster | https://youtu.be/d2g8vRE4nfg |
| Matthew Glowacki Faculty of Architecture Supervisor: Kamni Gill |
The Effects of Different Urban Scenarios on Urban Wildlife | View poster | https://youtu.be/d-5Oqge2AAU |
| Max Sandred Faculty of Architecture Supervisor: Lisa Landrum |
Theatres of Architectural Imagination | View poster | https://youtu.be/p7eM09h-SeY |
Health Sciences
| Name | Title of poster | Poster PDF | Link to video presentation |
| Andrei Caymo Faculty of Science Supervisor: Joseph Gordon |
The Effects of Palmitate and Milrinone of Cardiomyocytes | View poster | https://youtu.be/Oh_vIyAobB8 |
| Kyra Cebula Faculty of Science Supervisor: Ji Hyun Ko |
Brain Imaging-Based Biomarker for Alzheimer's Disease | View poster | https://youtu.be/qUMqEgoIC0M |
| Maureen Cooper Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences Supervisor: Natalie Riediger |
Dietetic and nutrition researchers in Canada: who are they and what are they researching? | View poster | https://youtu.be/ghIlGz3W1T8 |
| Ally Farrell Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Supervisor: Kirk McManus |
Identifying the Molecular Origins of High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer | View poster | https://youtu.be/0mOZwR8tyIE |
| Amy Fernando Faculty of Science Supervisor: Joseph Gordon |
Preventing Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Cell Death in the Lipid Exposed Cardiomyocyte | View poster | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1MXVqkhda8 |
| Max Fidel Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Supervisor: Lucy Marzban |
Evaluating the Use of a Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Agonist as a Means of Increasing Pancreatic Islet Viability | View poster | https://youtu.be/qqpvz-vQZew |
| Derek Fisk Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Supervisor: Sam Kung |
Dendritic Cells: A Missing Puzzle Piece in Our Understanding of the Immune Response in COVID-19 Patients | View poster | https://youtu.be/FtHGyZtJYqE |
| Juanita Garcia Max Rady College of Medicine Supervisor: Kristine Cowley |
Can We Use Current to Treat Orthostatic Hypotension After Spinal Cord Injury? | View poster | https://youtu.be/fSLsshY3Psw |
| Abhimanyu Gupta Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Supervisor: Lucy Marzban |
Reducing amyloid-associated beta-cell death during islet culture in diabetic conditions by targeting GLP-1 receptor | View poster | https://youtu.be/OL7CDvscjDw |
| Maryana Kutuzova Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Supervisor: Christine Doucette |
Kidney Glomerular Hypertrophy in HNF-1αG319S in Mice | View poster | https://youtu.be/Eymc4NgnHzo |
| Katrina Leong Max Rady College of Medicine Supervisor: Gayle Halas |
Building on patient experience to develop an approach to transitional care in heart failure management | View poster | https://youtu.be/tpsa7Xl3Djw |
| Huy Luu Faculty of Science Supervisor: Sabine Kuss |
Electrochemical Characterization of Carboplatin at Unmodified Platinum Electrodes and Its Application to Drug Consumption Studies in Ovarian Cancer Cells | View poster | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gENgjjCIr8c |
| Divleen Mangat Faculty of Science Supervisor: Andrew Halayko |
Oxidized Phosphatidylcholine Causes Airway Narrowing: Novel Indication for Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Asthma | View poster | https://youtu.be/pxO0rq1FbVM |
| Sydney McLaughlin Faculty of Science Supervisor: Ayush Kumar |
Assessing Virulence Based on Colony Morphology of Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates | View poster | https://youtu.be/16bgCa9VY7U |
| Paula Pidsadny Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Supervisor: Monika Kowatsch |
Optimizing a panel for flow cytometry to determine ASAs mechanism of inhibition on the mTOR pathway. | View poster | https://youtu.be/t88ZeSxw8HI |
| Dinu Rajapakse Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Supervisor: Ji Hyun Ko |
Determining Brain Imaging Biomarkers for Parkinson's Disease Diagnosis and Prognosis | View poster | https://youtu.be/9gXsjwdZ4Qw |
| Samritha Ramansivakumar Faculty of Science Supervisor: Christopher Pascoe |
Impact of Hyperglycemia on Fibroblast Phenoype: COPD vs non-COPD | View poster | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1mTSQ-K6Fk |
| Tooba Razi Faculty of Science Supervisor: Kirk J. McManus |
Exploring FBXO7 as a Candidate Chromosome Instability Gene in Colorectal Cancer | View poster | https://youtu.be/5lTomrrl018 |
| Ina Siwach Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Supervisor: Kathryn Sibley |
Understanding Balance Challenge across Canada through Fall Prevention Exercise Programs for Older Adults: A Further Analysis from a Cross-sectional Self-Report Surve | View poster | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSoMbPQvnno&ab_channel=InaSiwach |
| Julia Sulymka Faculty of Arts Supervisor: Leslie E. Roos |
An Examination of Treating Substance Use in Mothers with Young Children: A Scoping Review of the Literature | View poster | https://youtu.be/ZMdDTitkhJg |
| Gerald Trojillo Faculty of Science Supervisor: Kaarina Kowalec |
Validation of a Genome-Wide Polygenic Score for Cognitive Ability in Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Disease | View poster | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULbiypquW5o |
| Mitchell Wilson Faculty of Science Supervisor: Christopher Pascoe |
Maternal Diabetes and Smoking-The Impact on Asthma Development | View poster | https://youtu.be/c7jNz6skJjA |
Natural Sciences
| Name | Title of poster | Poster PDF | Link to video presentation |
| Trang Bui Faculty of Science Supervisor: Wouter Deconinck |
Simulations of Protons in Beam Lifetime 3 experiment | View poster | https://youtu.be/BI44J1bcpI0 |
| Michael Byun Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences Supervisor: Carla Taylor |
Does ginsenoside treatment in endothelial cells mimic the vasodilatory response induced by G protein-coupled estrogen receptor agonist G-1? | View poster | https://youtu.be/8VUhxg6zP-s |
| Madison Chapel Faculty of Science Supervisor: Aleeza Gerstein |
Evolution of Candida albicans posaconazole tolerance | View poster | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t-5PUIBE5k |
| Grace Fedirchuk Faculty of Science Supervisor: Nicola Koper |
The impacts of COVID-19 on birds and mammals | View poster | https://youtu.be/h3MmAZFSdTI |
| Danielle Fowke Faculty of Science Supervisor: Nicola Koper |
The Effects of Oil Drilling Noise on Reproductive Success of Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus) in Western Canada | View poster | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKFI030_B7U |
| Daryl Fung Lerh Xing Faculty of Science Supervisor: PingZhao Hu, Carson Kai-Sang Leung |
Precisely Determining Lung Infected Regions on COVID-19 CT Images Through Artificial Intelligence | View poster | https://youtu.be/6i9jLX2QJn4 |
| Alon Golubchik Faculty of Science Supervisor: Sabine Kuss |
Pharma-molecule Transport Across Cell Membranes – Detection and Quantification Approaches by Electrochemistry and Other Methods | View poster | https://youtu.be/nESu8ltGkHg |
| Iroshini Gunasekera Faculty of Science Supervisor: Debbie M. Kelly |
Sex Differences in Reorientation Strategies | View poster | https://youtu.be/0MOtMjzDFtk |
| Omar Hassan Faculty of Science Supervisor: Wouter Deconinck |
Initial Studies about the new Polarimeter at the Upgraded SuperKEKB Particle Collider | View poster | https://youtu.be/1QtN5h-g9Bo |
| Stephanie Kehler Faculty of Science Supervisor: Jane Waterman |
Hepatozoon infections in African squirrels: is a sex-bias present and does it matter? | View poster | https://youtu.be/X3zfZPBIS1E |
| Nathalie Nash Faculty of Science Supervisor: Dirk Weihrauch |
Climate change and human waste in freshwater environments: How Daphnia magna responds to high environmental ammonia, high temperature and the combination | View poster | https://youtu.be/kDslq5De6EA |
| Marvin Routley Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Enviroment, Earth, and Resources Supervisor: Mark Hanson |
Glyphosate in aquatic systems: global exposure distributions and probabilistic risk assessment | View poster | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6GspPfolfY&feature=youtu.be |
| Andrea Sutherland Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources Supervisor: Stephane McLachlan |
A Case Study on Greenwashing by Manitoba Hydro | View poster | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgMyvmaU0Y8&t=2s |
| Guneet Uppal Faculty of Science Supervisor: David Herbert |
Structure Elucidation of a Platinum Complex by X-Ray Crystallography | View poster | https://youtu.be/oX9XAsRlJXY |
| Ben Van Bastelaere Faculty of Science Supervisor: Gregg Tomy |
Why Scale Matters in Freshwater Studies: From Laboratory Bottles to Entire Lakes | View poster | https://youtu.be/XxJNrGlIhos |
Social Sciences and Humanities
| Name | Title of poster | Poster PDF | Link to video presentation |
| Lydia Chu Faculty of Science Supervisor: Lorna Jakobson and Dr. Pauline Pearson |
Factors Impacting the Social Evaluation of Facial Expressions | View poster | https://youtu.be/QF_FDWXJj8E |
| Chantal Delaquis Faculty of Arts Supervisor: Leslie E. Roos |
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Common Mental Health Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | View poster | https://youtu.be/d_LLrp9K8V0 |
| Hannah Derksen Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences Supervisor: Natalie Riediger |
Exploring Challenges Faced by the Charitable Food Sector in Manitoba During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic | View poster | https://youtu.be/itrt7fleYEI |
| Yutaka Dirks Faculty of Arts Supervisor: Real Carriere |
On Whose Authority: The United Nations declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Land Use in Canada | View poster | https://youtu.be/b4fkPe6hxXg |
| Ariane Freynet-Gagne Faculty of Arts Supervisor: Danielle Gaucher |
At first glance, how do students view academic instructors? | View poster | https://youtu.be/qXFcyKGIUG8 |
| Bronwen Grocott Faculty of Arts Supervisor: Renae El-Gabalawy |
Associations Between Pain Characteristics & Suicidality Across Chronic Pain Conditions | View poster | https://youtu.be/PAIkBremrug |
| Andreas Kastellanos Faculty of Arts Tina Chen |
How Culture was Connected with the Economy during the Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution | View poster | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia1oYgK7fcI |
| Sasha Kullman Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management Supervisor: Shaelyn Strachan |
Role and Group Identity and Adjustment to Running Group Disbandment | View poster | https://youtu.be/an22BT1OnPM |
| Kayley Leurquin Faculty of Arts Supervisor: Jessica Cameron |
Contemporary Perspectives of Gender Roles in First Date Scripts | View poster | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMdhuFiR6pA&ab_channel=KayleyLeurquin |
| Sydney Levasseur-Puhach Faculty of Arts Supervisor: Leslie E. Roos |
Indigenous Child Wellness | View poster | https://youtu.be/-1ZLKqiFG2g |
| Zlata Odribets Faculty of Arts Supervisor: Will Oxford |
Algonquian languages are not ergative | View poster | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3E5prr1OtE&feature=youtu.be |
| Lily Pankratz Faculty of Arts Supervisor: Kristin Reynolds |
Trends in Mental Health Service Utilization According to Perinatal Status: Results from a Nationally Representative Sample | View poster | https://youtu.be/TKqIgVTu1yA |
| Samantha Pierce Faculty of Science Supervisor: Richard Kruk |
Modified Receptive Field & Crowding: Possible early indicators of orthographic knowledge and reading ability? | View poster | https://youtu.be/_gFd_btlsPY |
|
Allen Quach |
Thrill of the game: Fan motives and reactions to the suspension of the National Basketball Association due to COVID-19 | View poster | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwGCkfRAcnQ |
| Victoria Tess Faculty of Arts Supervisor: Dr. Richard S. Kruk |
Magnocellular Deficiency: A Possible Explanation for Inefficient Attention Resolution | View poster | https://youtu.be/bUmcHmZobNQ |
| Nicole Tongol Faculty of Arts Supervisor: Jessica Cameron |
Why Do People Hide Low Self-Esteem? | View poster | https://youtu.be/zNuIw1VQJAg |
| Nikol Veisman Faculty of Arts Supervisor: Lori Wilkinson |
Vaccine intentions among Canadian Immigrants in COVID-19: Why does it matter? | View poster | https://youtu.be/YPlujs6VyQQ |
| Alexa Watson Faculty of Arts Supervisor: Erin Keating |
Aphra Behn: Queer Sexuality, Gender, and Writing Fancy | View poster | https://youtu.be/k_-DEgTKVDI |
|
Kyle Wilfer |
Amending the Canada Health Act to Improve Canada’s Rapidly Changing Long-Term Care Sector | View poster | https://youtu.be/Jc-zBcow5jc |
| Trevyna William Faculty of Arts Supervisor: Leslie E. Roos |
Potential Psychosocial Impact of COVID-19 on Children: a Scoping Review of Pandemics and Epidemics | View poster | https://youtu.be/B_FoUjAfyTk |