Student Poster Contest
Thank you for voting for your favorite student posters.
The People's Choice Award was presented to:
Elisabeth Currit, Tessa Cantrell, Shannon Lambson, Alex Long, Jansen Nipko, Heather Phipps, and Nathan Thompson of Brigham Young University (BYU) for their poster Recreation or Regression: Assessing the Effect of Human Activities on Desert Carbon Sequestration in Bears Ears National Monument.
The Student Poster Contest was a part of the Eco Expo, where our community met with emerging leaders, and explored the next generation of sustainability professional's research, projects and programs.
Thank you to GSBS Architects for sponsoring the Student Poster Contest!
Participants
Sustainability Research (Undergraduate)
Category Winner:
Katelyn Tenney, Weber State University
The Willingness-to-Pay for a Carbon Tax in Utah
Erica Lee, Weber State University
Rapid Growth and Tourism Impacts in Moab, Utah
Tyler Rich, Utah State University
The State of US Transit Electrification and Associated Public Policy: A Quantitative Analysis
Katelyn Oyler, Camelia Becerril, Hannah Kilcrease; Weber State University
Does Environmental Messaging Work?
Tyler M. Hacking, Clayton Rawson, Jonathan Cook, Michael T. Stevens, Erin Riggs; Utah Valley University
Mysteries of the Morchella: Biogeochemical, Environmental, and Ecological Associations
Haylee Nelson, Tyler Jefferies, Paul Walker, Logan Reichow; Weber State University
Investigating the Role of an Environmental Message on the Perceptions of Sustainability in the Winter Sports Industry
Abigail Tadlock, Collin Gustafson, Jack Fernald; Mount Holyoke College, Arizona State University, Weber State University
2022 NSF REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Sustainable Energy (U-RISE)
Jackson Rose, Perry Martin; Utah Valley University
Advanced Alkaline Amine Fuel Cell
Hunter Riccardelli, Weber State University
Does Air Pollution Negatively Affect Wage?
Curtis Soderborg, Weber State University
Mapping Threats to Solitude: The Impacts of Crowding on the Wilderness Character of the Mount Timpanogos Wilderness Area
Zoey Krumroy, Weber State University
Perceptions of Water Use at Weber State
Sustainability in Creative Arts & Humanities
Category Winner:
Dallas J. Herndon, University of Utah
Valley: Three Corners of Our Room; An Interdisciplinary Work for Chamber Choir, Solo Instruments, and Electronics
Maggie Scholle, University of Utah
Extremely Low Comfort: A Photostory
Sustainability Research (Graduate)
Category Winner:
Sterling Kerr, Jordan Maxwell, Sam St. Clair; Brigham Young University
Fire and Mechanical Treatments Differentially Affect Aspen Recruitment Under High Herbivory Pressure
Pheej Lauj, University of Utah
Journey to Transdisciplinary Socio-Environmental Success: Lessons from COAST Card
Madelyn Purnell, University of Utah
Adapting to Change: Evolutionary History of Extremophile Nematodes in the Great Salt Lake
Reuben Attah, Kamaljeet Kaur, Kerry Kelly; University of Utah
Effects of Photochemical Aging and Interactions with Secondary Organic Aerosols on Cellular Toxicity of Combustion Particles.
Sustainability in Action
Category Winner:
Sofia Wombacher, Utah State University
Sustainability Advocacy through Education: Fostering University Curricula Towards a Sustainable Future
Pheej Lauj, University of Utah
Using Community Listening Sessions to Co-Design the Potomac Watershed COAST Card
Emily Aase, Jens Ammon, Amy Guenther; Utah State University
Flood Prevention Through Stream Restoration
Elisabeth Currit, Tessa Cantrell, Shannon Lambson, Alex Long, Jansen Nipko, Heather Phipps, Nathan Thompson; Brigham Young University
Recreation or Regression: Assessing the Effect of Human Activities on Desert Carbon Sequestration in Bears Ears National Monument
Shannon Lambson, Brigham Young University
Lack of Proportional Representation of Women in Environmental Health Studies
Sustainability Education
Category Winner:
Lilian Taft, Utah State University
Green Stormwater Infrastructure: Educational Communication Using Interpretive Signage
Shaelynn Wood and Emelia Church, Weber State University
Improving Air Quality Through Alternative Forms of Transportation
Olivia Thomas, Angeline Tuyisabe, Emelia Church, Amy Patterson, Kedric Capron, Colton Desmond, Nicholas Sedgwick, Carson Hunt; Weber State University
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Station Area Plans