Home News Congratulations to the Winners of the Undergraduate Summer Research Poster Session! Congratulations to the Winners of the Undergraduate Summer Research Poster Session!

The poster session, featuring the work of undergraduate summer research assistants in the Department of Physics, was held on August 17.

The quality of each poster and the associated research at this second annual event continued to impress all those in attendance. The unenviable task of choosing amongst the competitors fell to the judging team of graduate students Kyle Leach, John Russell and Corey Kelly, who selected the top three.

First prize was awarded to Evelyn Lake for her poster entitled Studies of Membrane Protein Folding by NMR. Her work utilized 3D solid-state NMR in the characterization of proteorhodopsin folding and protein-lipid interactions.

Second prize was awarded to Lukas Stille for his poster entitled Effect of Temperature on the Association of Thellungiella salsuginea Dehydrin Proteins with Mixed Phospholipid and Sterol Monolayers. His work focused on dehydrin proteins and their role in enhancing the stability and integrity of cellular membranes.

Third prize was shared by Tim Lambert and Scott Van Bommel for their poster entitled Improving the Accessibility of MER Data and Investigating Various Models Via GNUPlot and/or MATLAB Spectra Fitting. Their work involved making improvements in both extraction and modelling of data from the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer on the Mars Exploration Rovers.

The Department of Physics is extremely proud of all of the participants!