2015 First Place
Sanjai Bashyam
Electrical engineering junior
“The Innovation Station: A 3D printing vending machine”
Sanjai’s project is centered on the Innovation Station, a 3D printing vending machine that provides free access to 3D printing to all students and faculty at the University of Texas at Austin.
2015 Second Place
Ashley C. Rivera
Sociology senior and Media, Culture & Identities BDP student
“Discovering meaning: Drumming and Garifuna identity”
Ashley’s project is an ethnographic investigation of the role of drumming and music in the revitalization process of Garifuna culture on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua.
Tarale Murry
Accounting senior, McNair Scholar, Intellectual Entrepreneurship (IE) pre-grad intern, and IE Kuhn Scholar
“The relationship between basketball, Christianity, and hip-hop on the influence of black male adolescent identity development”
Tarale created a “movie trailer” that introduces the key relationships studied in his research project.
2015 Third Place
Julia Chernis
Biochemistry senior and Digital Arts & Media BDP student
“MRI: How it works and why it is safe”
Julia created a short educational animation that explains the scientific principles of magnetic resonance imaging and demonstrates why it is a completely safe procedure.
Nicole Gloris
Nursing junior, Intellectual Entrepreneurship (IE) pre-grad intern, and IE Kuhn Scholar
“How does the nutritional behavior of Texans with multiple sclerosis relate to their quality of life and secondary disabilities?”
Nicole’s project assesses how nutritional behaviors of those with multiple sclerosis relate to their quality of life and secondary disabilities.
2015 Final Round Honorable Mention
Ryan Ladd
Advertising junior
“Deconstructing the origin and modern meaning of the slogan ‘Keep Austin Weird’ and its effect on organizational identity in Austin, Texas”
Ryan’s project analyzes the city of Austin by diving into the stories of local citizens and picking apart what gives Austin its character.
2015 Round One Honorable Mentions
Chelsea N. Jones
Social work senior, Intellectual Entrepreneurship (IE) pre-grad intern, and McNair Scholar
Video: The emergence of community-based literature as a result of police misconduct in African-American communities
Chelsea’s research project is a qualitative analysis of community efforts to track police shootings of unarmed citizens.
Erica Halpern
Design and computer science senior
Video: Elastic Box
Erica Halpern created Elastic Box, a system for both teachers and students that brings creative problem solving into traditional education.