The following graduate students presented their research via oral presentations at the 2018 Drexel Emerging Graduate Scholars Conference on Thursday, April 19, 2018. One student was selected for the Provost's Awards for Best Oral Research Presentation at the Awards and Networking Reception. There was also be a second place winner. See the 2018 Award Recipients.

Session 1A: Food and Water

Benoit Bechade

PhD, Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Roles of Bacteria in Ant Larvae

Katherine Fiocca

PhD, Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Nutrition: a path to Queendom in Paper Wasps

Brendan Hayes-Oberst

PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Materials with Layers vs Tunnels for Water Desalination

Amanda Marconi

MS, Design Research, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Recovery Efforts in Disaster Relief

Session 1B: New Technologies

Mallory Clites

PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Novel Electrode Materials for Beyond Li-ion Batteries

David Sulon

PhD, Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
Analysis for Periodic Traveling Interfacial Hydroelastic Waves

Hamideh Talafian

PhD, Educational Leadership and Learning Technologies, School of Education
Teachers’ Views toward Integrating Simulations

Simge Uzun

PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
MXene Cotton Yarns for Wearable Supercapacitor Applications

Session 1C: Policy

Thanh Nguyen

MS, Design Research, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Addressing Housing-Related Health Disparities in Philadelphia

Alice Thornewill

JD, Law, Kline School of Law and PhD, Clinical Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Invisible Confinement: The Impact of Mass Probation

Dana Venditti

PhD, Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Understanding and Combating a Central African Bushmeat Market

Caroline Voyles

DrPH, Community Health and Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health
Identifying Shortcomings in National SGM Health Research

Session 2A: Teaching and Learning

Kelley Commeford

PhD, Physics, College of Arts and Sciences
Characterizing Active Learning Environments in Physics

Jonan Donaldson

PhD, Educational Leadership and Learning Technologies, School of Education
Design for Critical Conceptual Change

Mark Petrovich Jr.

PhD, Education, School of Education
Augmented Reality: Reviewing the Claims for Transformative Experiences

Sarah Rable

MS, Design Research, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Biophilia in Early Childhood Development

Session 2B: Millennials

Bryan Byles

PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering

Nicole Feller-Johnson

MS, Design Research and MS, Fashion Design, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design

Victoria Pietruszka

JD, Law, Kline School of Law and PhD, Clinical Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences

Mher Vartanian

MS, Quantitative Behavioral Finance, Lebow College of Business

Session 2C: Health

Karolina Bryl

PHD, Creative Arts in Therapy, College of Nursing & Health Professions

Sarah Gleeson

PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering

Erica Smith

PhD, Epidemiology, Dornsife School of Public Health

Dienye Tolofari

PhD, Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering

Opportunistic Pathogen Growth in Building Plumbing Systems