Overview

The purpose of this festival is to highlight research being done by current SF students. Students may submit posters highlighting their research.

The will take place in the Fine Arts Hall Lobby on April 22, 5 - 7 p.m.

Posters will be judged in one of two categories:

• Empirical Research - Empirical research comprises those projects which primarily require data gathering by experiments, surveys, etc. conducted by the same students. Data gathering is guided by a clearly identified research question or hypothesis. Generally speaking, the work in this category is meant to cover projects employing the scientific method. Projects for this category can originate in any department or field of inquiry.
• Analytical Research - Analytical research comprised those projects which primarily require students to analyze concepts, interpret texts, and form arguments, etc. Generally speaking, the work in this category includes analyses in support of theses or explanations of difficult concepts, not merely summarization or recitation of known positions. Projects for this category can originate in any department or field of inquiry.

Entries will consist of a poster showcasing research and may include multimedia elements (audio clips, animation, videos)

Suggestions for multimedia:

• PowerPoints with voice overs ()
• PowerPoints using the recorded feature ()
• Google Slides with audio/video ()

Suggestions for posters using the same research elements:

• PowerPoint
• Canva
• Adobe

Creative Project and Oral Presentations

Due to a low number of submissions in the past, there will not be a Creative Project or Oral Presentation category this year. Students are welcome to present a creative item along with their poster if desired.

For more information, please see the FAQ for students.

If you are an instructor interested in judging, please email Ramona Miller at ramona.miller@sfcollege.edu.

2024 Festival

Empirical Research

• 1st Place: James Zuniga, Sunny Zaffuto and Megan Gram –
• 2nd Place: Lelia El khargui – An Examination of the Peninsula Effect: Florida's Freshwater Turtle Species
• 3rd Place: Abbie VonBargen –

Analytical Research

• 1st Place: Alexandra Wooten, Ericka Javillonar, Kaylin Madonia, Sherrie Blackwelder and Daniela Androuin –
• 2nd Place: Elizabeth Wutzke and Stella Budkoski –
• 3rd Place: Olivia LaPlante –

2023 Festival

The 2023 Festival was held in R-01 on April 24, 5-7 pm

Analytical Research

1st Place - Bence Beres, " (¹ó±ð³óé°ù±ôó´Ú¾±²¹) " Faculty Mentor - Nik Bajorek

2nd Place - Raymond Gage, "" Faculty Mentor - Alejandra Maruniak

3rd Place - Amber Waters, "" Faculty Mentor – Claire Orenduff

Empirical Research

1st Place - Hammes, Emma, Camila Aristizabal, Ethan Zhu, Gabriela Cordovi, and Kahlil Rivera Ortiz" " Faculty Mentor – Christopher Raye

2nd Place - Muegge, Dillon, "" Faculty Mentor – Jerry Johnston & Cody Godwin

3rd Place - Arigue, Suhayla, Dillon Muegge, Jake Miller & Jocelyn Bessette "" Faculty Mentor – Jerry Johnston & Cody Godwin

2022 Festival

The 2022 Festival was held in the Jackson N. Sasser Fine Arts Hall on April 18, 5 - 7pm

Empirical Research

• 1st Place - Matthew Ten Eyck - ""
• 2nd Place - Elliot Hirko - ""
• 3rd Place - Brian Bonilla - ""

Analytical Research

• 1st Place - Thomas Child - ""
• 2nd Place - Emiliyan Aslanyan - ""
• 3rd Place - Sage Ridenour - ""

International Awards Category

• 1st Place - Yszryl Jackson - ""
• 2nd Place - Alanis Gonzalez Maldonado - ""
• 3rd Place - Isaiah Ralda - ""

Sustainability Awards Category

• 1st Place - Iris Prifti - "

Thank you to all of our judges: Janna Moretti, Ale Mariunak, Aaron Hirko, Katherin Garland, Breanne Hooks, Audrey Holt, Heather Hall, Sean Bolton, Chris Raye, Eugenio Zaldivar, Diana Matthews, Bill Stephenson, Jason McCombs, Elizabeth Ziffer, Allison Carr, Diana Matthews.

All Posters

• Bonilla, Bryan - "Enhancement of Sweet Basil Downy Mildew Resistance by CRISPR/Cas9"
• Child, Thomas - "Making Microscopy More Beautiful"
• England, Linda - "Life and Death in Ancient Egypt"
• Kirk, Ryan - "Is Digital Communication Detrimental to Adolescent Mental Health?"
• Lazzaro, Courtlyn - "CRISPR's Potential in T-Cell Based Cancer Therapy"
• Lilley, Daniel - "Testing effects of different 3D Printing Methods on Ability to Resist Strain With a Turbine Blade."
• Meier, Nikhita - "Modeling Peanut Leaf Spot Disease"
• Owens, Tyler - "Bioluminescent Plants"

2021 Festival - Past Festivals

These are the posters and projects from the 2021 RUE Festival on April 19 - 21. This festival was held virtually.

International Prizes

• 1st Place - Brandon Teta -
• 2nd Place - Terrion Thirsty -
• 3rd Place - Chloe Louidor -

Speech

Top Speech

• Issac Vela -
• Jai Malik -
• Ethan Vela -

Monday, April 19 - Empirical Posters

Top Posters

• 1st Place - Louis Labaki -
• 2nd Place - Zoe Llovet -
• 3rd Place - Alexander Pomar -

• Emiliyan Aslanyan -
• Kevin Guirola -
• Yilin He -
• Elianny Cristina Martinez -
• Andrew Rhee -
• Jessica Zambrano Vaca -

Tuesday, April 20 - Analytical Posters

Top Posters:

• 1st Place - Brandon Teta -
• 2nd Place - Alanis Gonzalez-Maldonado -
• 3rd Place - Terrion Thirsty -

• Valyn Andorfer -
• Ariadna Fernandez -
• Jayda Gordon -
• Tyler Hudelson -
• Trent Logan-Carter -
• Chloe Louidor -
• Raina Standberry -
• Halle White -

Wednesday, April 30 - Creative Projects

• Claudia Garcia -
• Sim Haug -
• Britany Person -
• Alyssa Potter -
• Genises Ralda -

Thank you to all of our judges!

Alora Haynes, Chris Raye, Anne Thebaut, Ale Maruniak, Katherin Garland, Sean Bolton, Claire Orenduff-Bartos, Rebecca Johnston, Melissa Flanagan, Eugene Zaldivar, James Nichols, Diana Matthews, Heidi Lannon, Kate Murray, Russell Schultz, Ron Claypool, Bill Stephenson, Helda Montero, Stacey Breheney, Jim Thompson, Jason Frank and Leslie Rios

2020 Festival - Past Festivals

Social Sciences, Humanities & English

Winners:

• 1st Place - Mayuri Patel, ""
• 2nd Place - Zachary Anderson, ""
• 3rd Place - Allie Montiague, ""

Other Entries:

• Michael Granto, ""
• Amanda Romero, ""
• Ava Standbridge, ""
• Isabella Trejo, ""

STEM

Winners:

• 1st Place - Perry, Samantha, ""
• 2nd Place - Rey Petrela, ""
• 3rd Place - Elise Alford, ""

Other Entries:

• Amal Al-Rajhi, Garrett Bowman and Joseph Thompson, ""
• Zachary Anderson, ""
• Monica Bermudez, ""
• Jake Dyhrberg, Dilimulati Diliyaer, nd Yair Temkin, ""
  
• Yilong Lin, Erin Stuckey and Ryan Averitt ,""
• Tyanne Liu, ""
• Lopez, Pedro, ""
  
• Manuel Vera, ""

Creative Projects

• Ashley Cain, ""
• Leon Cayetano, ""
• Gabriel Mosri, ""
• Ashley Schmidt, "" ()

2019 Festival - Past Festivals

2019 Research & Creative Scholarly Projects Festival

The 2019 Research & Creative Scholarly Projects Festival was held Tuesday, April 16, 4:30-6:30 pm in R-001.

The winners were:

Analytical Research Posters

• 1st Place - Delia Denoff - 
• 2nd Place - Cassia Raina Barnard- Royer - 
• 3rd Pace - Fariha Rahman - 

Empirical Research Posters

• 1st Place - Siyah Yongue & Anatasia Petrovskaya - 
• 2nd Place - Christopher Montoya - 
• 3rd Place - Marissa Molloy, Rona Reyes and Arielle Barnard - 

Oral Presentations

• 1st Place - Alaric Loftus - The Potable Water Crisis of Plachimada 
• 2nd Place - Issac Vela - The Importance of Developing Public Speaking Skills.

Faculty Support

Judges - Audrey Holt, Rebecca Johnson, Bill Stephenson, Stacy Breheny, Natalie Hadad, Lee Delaino, Anne Thebaut, Elaine Dale, Lisa Charney, Bobby Hom, Sean Bolton, Greg Mead, Adam Christopherson, Manisha Ranade, Shelly Russell, Alejandra Maruniak, Jim Thompson, Katherin Garland, Richard Dickson and Janna Morretti

Sponsorship

Thank you to Student Life for sponsoring this event!

2018 Festival - Past Festivals

The 2018 Research & Creative Scholarly Projects Festival was held Tuesday, April 17 4:30pm - 6:30pm

The winners were:

STEM

• 1st Place - Raquel Stucchio & Heather Blackwell - Biological Sciences Faculty Mentor: Richard Jenkins
• 2nd Place - Igor Oliveira - " Biological Sciences
• 3rd Place - Mark Lovett - "" Humanities & Social Sciences
• 1st Place - Kristyn Busch "Cultural Immersion: Health in Balance" Social & Behavioral Sciences Faculty Mentor : Heather Hall
• 2nd Place - Madison Francis "" English Faculty Mentor: Richard Dickson
• 3rd Place - Gabby Frazier "" Social & Behavioral Sciences Faculty Mentor: Heather Hall

Creative Project

• Karissa Hobbs "Sacred Masks in Hinduism and Buddhism" Humanities Faculty Mentor: Heather Hall

Judges: Adam Christopherson, Audrey Holt, Bill Stephenson, Rebecca Johnston, Dawn Graziani, Jay O'Leary, Richard Dickson, Aahron Dagan, Vince Locascio, Eugenio Zaldivar, Christopher Raye, Ale Maruniak, Katie Arnold, Greag Mead, Katherin Garland, Anne Thebaut, Celso Marino and Lorisha Riley.