2018 Best Poster Award Winners

Congratulations to all of the participants in the 2018 Student Research Showcase. What an incredible day!

All of the university's seven faculties were represented across the 53 posters in the showcase. The undergraduate students' research projects were impressive, well-researched, and demonstrated the wide range of research areas at the university. Thank you to everyone who contributed; it is because of you that the event was such a success!

View the list of Best Poster Award winners and honourable mention recipients in the tables below. Many of the posters are available to be viewed or downloaded by selecting the poster title.

2018 Abstract Book

 

Best Poster Award winners

Faculty	Student name	Poster title	Supervisor
Business and Information Technology	Samantha Stahlke and Atiya Nova	Investigating the use of AI in game user experience evaluation	Pejman Mirza-Babaei, PhD
Education	Michelle Hoskins	An Investigative Look at Plans for Implementation of Canadian Teacher Codes of Conduct and Ethics	Shirley van Nuland, PhD
Energy Systems and Nuclear Science	Michael Rolph	Investigating the Role of Small Modular Reactors in Remote Mining Applications	Jennifer McKellar, PhD
Engineering and Applied Science	Brayden T. York	Maintaining a Temperature Gradient in Stirling Engine Regenerators	Brendan D. MacDonald, PhD
Health Sciences	Victoria Berkers	The Effect of Changing Neck Sensory Input on Neural Plasticity and Sensorimotor Integration Following Motor Skill Acquisition Task	Bernadette Murphy, PhD
Science	Nicole Krysa	Effects of galactooligosaccharide and fructooligosaccharide supplementation during infancy on immune activity in Wistar Rats	Julia Green-Johnson, PhD
Social Science and Humanities	Gabrielle Caron	Public Perceptions of Financial Compensation for Wrongfully Convicted Individuals	Kimberley Clow, PhD

 

Honourable mentions

Faculty	Student name	Poster title	Supervisor
Business and Information Technology	Joss Moo-Young	Development of USEIT – A New Epidural Simulator	Bill Kapralos, PhD
	Jackson Rushing	Photogrammetry for Low Budget Game Development	Andrew Hogue, PhD
Education	Keisha Deoraj	Tale of a Two-Year Initial Teacher Education Program: Investigating Self-Efficacy Development of Teacher Candidates	Diana Petrarca, PhD
Energy Systems and Nuclear Science	Kaitlyn Brown	Development and Verification of Americium-Beryllium Neutron Source Facility Model Using MCNP	Sharman Perera, PhD
Engineering and Applied Science	Amanjot Gulshi	Development of Robotic System for Rehabilitation of Musculoskeletal Disorders	Carlos Rossa, PhD
Health Sciences	Margaret Grylls	Medicinal Cannabis: A Growing Health Care Landscape	Manon Lemonde, PhD
Science	Leanna Calla	MOO-che out!	Sean Bohun, PhD
	Mona Almaghrabi	Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Alkynylation of Benzhydrol	Yuri Bolshan, PhD