2019 Graduate and Undergraduate Expo Award Winners
On March 26, 2019, 79 research posters were presented by graduate and undergraduate students from all academic units in the College of Agricultural Sciences at the 24th Annual Gamma Sigma Delta Research Expo. Awards totaling $4,000 were determined by 24 judges and presented at the College of Agricultural Sciences and Gamma Sigma Delta Celebration of Excellence Ceremony on Thursday, March 28th in Room 112 of the Forest Resources Building.
The Penn State Chapter, along with generous support from The Gerald T. Gentry Endowment for Graduate Education, The Evans Family Endowment and the College of Agricultural Sciences Graduate and Undergraduate Educational Offices, would like to recognize the following award winners:
Undergraduate Human-Related Sciences
1st Place: Ashley Weaver, Cassidy Prince and Anjali Sapre, Food Science; Advisor Dr. Jasna Kovac
Undergraduate Animal-Related Sciences
1st Place: Lily Robinson, Veterinary and Biomedical Science; Advisor Dr. Adam Glick
2nd Place: Rachel Wittmer, Food Science; Advisor Dr. Josephine Wee (photo)
3rd Place: Benjamin Kline, Ecosystem Science and Management; Advisor Dr. Tyler Wagner
Undergraduate Plant- and Environmental-Related Sciences
1st Place: Cullen Dixon, Plant Science; Advisor Dr. Surinder Chopra (photo)
2nd Place: Andrew May, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology; Advisor Dr. Kevin L. Hocket
3rd Place: Xiauxuan Shi, Food Science; Advisor Dr. Jasna Kovac
4th Place: Powen Pai, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology; Advisor Dr. Cristina Rosa
Graduate Agricultural Education and International Agriculture
1st Place: Rashmit Arora, Ag. Economics, Sociology, and Education; Advisor Dr. Ted Jaenicke (photo)
2nd Place: Alejandro Gil, Ag. Economics, Sociology, and Education; Advisor Dr. Mark Brennan
Graduate Biological Sciences
1st Place: Mengyuan Jia, Plant Science; Advisor Dr. Majid Foolad (photo)
1st Place: Xiaoquing Tan, Food Science; Advisor Drs. Jasna Kovac and Luke LaBorde
2nd Place: Pedro Carvalho, Animal Science; Advisor Dr. Tara Felix
Graduate Environmental and Natural Resources Sciences
1st Place: Talia Leventhal, Agriculture and Biological Engineering; Advisor Dr. Heather Gall (photo)
2nd Place: Faith Kibuye, Agriculture and Biological Engineering; Advisor Dr. Heather Gall
Graduate Physical and Engineering Sciences
1st Place: Beining Ouyang, Agriculture and Biological Engineering; Advisor Dr. Ali Demirci
Graduate Social Sciences
1st Place: Brad Olson, Ag. Economics, Sociology, and Education; Advisor Dr. Mark Brennan
