Poster Presentations
A research poster is a visual representation that showcases a student’s scholarly research and/or other creative endeavors. A poster presentation allows students to present their work in a form that the audience can easily view and to stimulate an exchange of ideas related to the research and its findings.
Both in-person and virtual posters are displayed below; in-person presenters will be showcasing their work at the Ramsey Center (Concourse Level) from 6pm to 7:30pm. Poster presentations will be judged by a faculty panel and cash awards will be presented to the top two presenters during the virtual Graduate Research Symposium Awards Ceremony on Thursday, March 24 at 4pm in the UC Grand Room.
2022 Poster Judges:
Elizabeth Wall-Bassett
Chris Cooper
Alleyne Broomell
Lori Unruh
Mahmoud Aldeni
Colleges and Graduate Programs Featuring Poster Presentations
College of Arts & Sciences
Biology – M.S.
Extraction Efficiency Testing of Degraded Bone and Tooth Samples: Comparing Four Extraction Methods for Use in Downstream Massively Parallel Sequencing Applications
Graduate Student: Emily Deem
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Frankie West, Dr. Maureen Hickman, and Dr. Katie Zejdlik
Analyzing the effects of secondary mutations on CFTR-N1303K
Graduate Student: Dakota Taylor
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Robert Youker and Dr. Jonathan Zirkel
Resource Partitioning of Sympatric Carnivores in Western North Carolina
Graduate Student: Maya Feller
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Aimee Rockhill, Dr. Beverly Collins, and Dr. Liz Hillard
Characterization of a Trehalose Biosynthetic Pathway from Salmonella typhimurium
Graduate Student: Connor Larmore
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Amanda Storm
College of Education and Allied Professions
The Impact of Mentoring Student Success
Graduate Student: Lucas Beal
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. April Perry
Students’ Perceptions of Barriers to Sustained Engagement
Graduate Student: Zachary Mellon
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. April Perry
Stigma Towards LGBTQ+ Individuals at Western Carolina University
Graduate Student: Collin Williams and Sloan White
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. David Solomon
Clinical Psychology – M.A.
Incorporating Evidence-Based Practice Characteristics in Treatment Foster Care for Autistic Children: An Evaluation of the Together Facing the Challenge Curriculum
Graduate Student: Brandy Burns
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jon Campbell
Psychology (Health Service) – Psy.D.
Sociodemographic Correlates of Rural Mental Health Symptoms and Treatment Engagement
Graduate Student: Brittany Lindsay
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Jonathan Campbell and Dr. Alleyne Broomell
Is Crawling at 9 Months Predictive of Later Development?
Graduate Student: Nicole Dennis
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Alleyne Broomell
College of Engineering and Technology
Engineering Technology – M.S.
Effect of Scan pattern and Preheating temperature on Residual stress and Grain Structure of Parts built with Direct Metal Sintering Process.
Graduate Student: Md Saidur Rahman Roney
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Nazmul Ahsan
Modeling process parameters and part attributes relationship in Additive Manufacturing Process using machine learning techniques
Graduate Student: Jayanta Deb
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Nazmul Ahsan
Analysis of Stationary VS. Dual-Axis Tracking Using Perturb and Observe Algorithm
Graduate Student: Lucas Lombard
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Nelson Granda-Marulanda
College of Health and Human Sciences
Doctor of Nursing Practice – D.N.P.
Organizational Readiness for the Integration of a Web-based Referral Platform to Improve Community Resource Connection and Health Outcomes in a Rural Health Department: A Practice Transformation
Graduate Student: Candice Laney
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Amy Putnam and Dr. Elizabeth Sexton
Nurse Educator – M.S
Diabetic Education for the Primary Care Nurse: A Teaching Module
Graduate Student; Nicolle Bulow
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Amy Putnam
Using Patient Simulation as a Teaching Strategy in Undergraduate Nursing Programs: An Integrative Literature Review
Graduate Student: Marisa Beatty
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Amy Putnam
Perioperative Goal-Directed Fluid Management: Does One Size Fit All?
Graduate Student: Robert Dickinson
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Amy Putnam
Nurse Leadership – M.S.
Effects of Mindfulness on Nursing Professionals: An Integrative Literature Review
Graduate Student: Joy Canup
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Ramona Whichello