May 22, 2023 |
The Graduate College in April announced the winners of the 2023 Research Live! competition.
Now in its eighth year, Research Live! is a fun, fast-paced competition that celebrates graduate student research at the University of Illinois. Twelve finalists shared their passions in three minutes or less at the Knight Auditorium at the Spurlock Museum on April 6.
The winners are:
The Visionary Award: $200
Yaman Yu, Information Science, “How do Internet Users from Bangladesh and India Deal with Targeted Ads on Social Media?”
The Storyteller Award: $200
Joe Mirabelli, Educational Psychology, “How Ecological Perspectives Can Help Address Graduate Student Stress”
The Impact Award: $200
Ricky Price, Special Education, “Why Work Matters”
The Design Award: $200
Erick Hernandez Alvarez, Materials Science and Engineering, “How much is a color worth? Quantum dots can tell you!”
The People’s Choice Award: $200
Abdulgafar Sulaiman, Civil Engineering, “Be Asphalt, My Friend!”
The Grand Prize: $500
Charles Nudelman, Speech and Hearing Science, “Preventing Vocal Injuries in Teachers Using Voice Acoustic Biomarkers and Immersive Virtual Reality”
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