Science, Engineering, and Technology Category

First Place: Salvadore Gerace – A Meshless Method Approach for Solving Coupled Thermoelasticity Problems
Directed by Alain Kassab, Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering

Runner-up: Erica Stone – Development of a Novel Membrane Process for the Immediate Production of Drinking Water From Varying Quality Aqueous Sources
Directed by James Taylor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Category

First Place: Kerri Milita – Testing the Significance of Background in the Decline of Congressional Comity: An Analysis of Implicated Member, 1970-2005
Directed by Scot Schraufnagel, Political Science

Runner-up: Heidi Unruh – Exploring Attitudes and Possible Solutions to Aliteracy Through Focus Groups and Interviews of Fifth Grade Students
Directed by Sherron Roberts, Teaching and Learning Principle

 2005

Science, Engineering, and Technology Category

First Place: Venkata “Sri” Cherukumilli –  Expression of Human Interferon in Transgenic Tobacco Chloroplasts
Directed by Henry Daniell, Molecular Biology and Microbiology

Runner-up: April Pope – Near Infrared Raman Spectroscopy of Chalcogenide Waveguides and Application to Evanescent Wave Spectroscopy of Bio-Assembles
Directed by Alfons Schulte, Department of Physics

Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Category

First Place: Robert Grassel – Between Modernism and Postmodernism: Examining Epochal Markers
Directed by Kristin Congdon, Department of Philosophy

Runner-up: Bonnie Taylor – Supporting Children’s Multiple Intelligences While Teaching Florida’s Sunshine State Standards in the Early Childhood Classroom:  Making the Connection Using Ml-Based Strategies
Directed by Lynn Hartle, Department of Child, Family, and Community Sciences

2004

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First Place: Elayne Reiss – Comparative Rankings: Ascertaining Pre- and Post-test Differences in a Survey Instrument
Directed by Lorrie Hoffman, Statistics

Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Category

First Place: Teresa Jackson – Designing a Standards-based, Eclectic, Elaborated, and Synergistic Year-long Theme Cycle
Directed by Cynthia Hutchinson, Educational Studies

Runner-up: Dirk Pohlers – Participatory versus Authoritative Management in Times of Transformation--Where does East Germany Fit In?
Directed by Donald Neubaum, Management

2003

Science, Engineering, and Technology Category

First Place: Viet Trinh – Using VoiceXML to Provide Real-Time Traffic Information
Directed by Avelino Gonzalez, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Category

First Place: Corey Maggiano – Ancient Antibiotics: Tetracycline in Human and Animal Bone from the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt
Directed by Tosha Dupras, Sociology and Anthropology

Runner-up: Amber Beaverson – Symbolic Messages and the Constitution: Random Drug-Testing of Public School Students, Veronia v. Action (1995) and the Fourth Amendment
Directed by Drew Lanier, Political Science

2002

First Place: Jose Enrique Solomon – Study of a High Performance Micropump: Numerical Analysis of Flow and Structural Elements
Directed by Jay Kapat, Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering

Second Place: Clara Rivero – Structural Characteristics of Arsenic/Sulfur/Selenium Glasses for Waveguide Applications Using Near-Infrared Raman Spectroscopy
Directed by Alfons Schulte, Physics

Third Place: Jennifer White – Western Blot Analysis of the Reactivity of Bahia Proteins to Monoclonal Antibodies Made to Timothy Grass Group Allergens
Directed by Saleh Naser, Molecular Biology and Microbiology

2001

First Place (a tie): Ingrid Dunn-Stanley – The Neurofibromatosis Type 2 Gene Product, Merlin, Binds Directly to the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor, ErbB2
Directed by Cristina Fernandez-Valle, Molecular Biology and Microbiology

William McDowell – Comparison of Handoff Preferential Reservation Schemes for Wireless ATM and IP Networks
Directed by Wasfy Mikhael, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Second Place: Nadine Hosni – Mediation Framing and its Affects on Two-Party Negotiation Outcomes
Directed by Cameron Ford, Management

2000

First Place: Brian Fuehrlein – Measured and Predicted Energy Consumption in Entry Level Homes
Directed by Subrato Chandra, Florida Solar Energy Center and Industrial Engineering and Management Systems

Second Place: Michelle Eddleman –Democracy and Capitalism in Russia: A Step Backward for Women?
Directed by Kerstin Hamann, Political Science

Third Place: Christina Renee Kapp –Gypsy Lessons
Directed by Jocelyn Bartkevicius, English

1999

First Place: Anthony Teves Gallagher – Detecting Clustered and Occluded Oranges in a Color Image of an Orange
Directed by Arthur Weeks, Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering

Second Place: Roy Coleman Manning, Jr. –Affirmative Action: The Continuing Controversial Debate
Directed by Frank Ravitch, Criminal Justice and Legal Studies

Third Place: Said Jardaneh –Obstacles and Ramifications of Building a Stable Independent Palestinian State
Directed by Houman Sadri, Political Science