2021 Research and Creative Activity Days

The recording of the 2021 RCA Days Awards Ceremony is now available! 

Explore the posters and presentations:

Presenter Title Poster Pre-recorded presentation*
Louis
BASTILLE
Joshua 
MACEACHERN
Zion
ALIOTO

 

Fully Automated Aerial Systems Tether

Poster

 Video Presentation Link

Grace
BOLT (Honorable Mention)
Matching Excess Renewable Energy Generation with Heat Loads on Microgrids Poster Video Presentation Link
Nicholas
GOUGH
 
Manageable Vertical Windmill Power Generation Using Existing City Infrastructure  Poster Video Presentation Link
Joshua
MACEACHERN (Dean Choice Award)
Open-Source Multichannel Microfluidics Pump  Poster Video Presentation Link

Gerald
MONTUYA

Radiative Sky Cooling Poster Video Presentation Link

Mirin
MORRIS-WARD

Gregory REYNOLDS

Ethan
MAHONEY

 Automated Malaise Trap Collection System Poster  Video Presentation Link

Matt
PERRY

Logan VANCLIFFORD

Brayden
BAHNKE

Millard
ARNOLD

 Building an Autonomous Lunar Mining Robot for NASA Poster Video Presentation Link

Peyton
PRESLER (Honorable Mention)

Determining Relative Age of Landslides Using LiDAR-derived Surface Roughness and Field Observations Poster Video Presentation Link
Jordan
SONDEGAARD
 Wireless Energy Transfer Poster Video Presentation Link

(Honorable Mention)

Presenter Title Poster Pre-recorded presentation*
Talia
DAVIS (Honorable Mention)
Ocean water and blue mussel (Mytilus edulis; yaak*) samples create baseline for climate change and pollution indicators and strengthen data sovereignty for the Tlingit community of Kake, Alaska Poster Video Presentation Link

Feyne
ELMORE

Effects of Salinity and Minerals on Zooplankton Abundance and Structure in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska Poster Video Presentation Link
Amanda
FRANTZ
The influence of acclimation temperatures on the mRNA expression driving thermotolerance in Broad Whitefish Coregonus nasus Poster Video Presentation Link
Hanna
HELLEN
Differences in stable isotope signatures between Chukchi Sea and Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears Poster

Video Presentation Link

*Google Slide, must be downloaded to play.

Thomas
HOUSE

Differences in Isotopic Signatures Among Arctic Grayling in the Yukon River Watershed Poster Video Presentation Link

Molly
PISCOYA

Roger MALDONADO

 Histological analyses of male lingcod reproductive tissues in Prince William Sound Poster Video Presentation Link

William
SAMUEL (Dean Choice Award)

Analysis of the Cripple Creek Restoration Project: Assessing the Effects of Fish Passage Improvements and Habitat Enhancement on Fishes in a Chena River Tributary. Poster Video Presentation Link
Emily
WILLIAMSON
Phytoplankton Diversity and Abundance Along a Glacial Gradient in Kachemak Bay, Alaska Poster Video Presentation Link

 

Presenter Title Poster Pre-recorded presentation*

Madeline
ANDRIESEN

Jenna
DREYDOPEL

Taylor
HENDRICKS

Lindsay
MOISAN

Ellie
MARTINSON

Jonathan
LANGER

Ariana
LOPEZ (Dean Choice Award)

Vocal Performance and Music Education  Poster Video Presentation
Kayli
BREUNINGER (Honorable Mention)
Exploring Well-Being During Winter Across Latitudes Poster Video Presentation
Lucille
FARRELL
How do people interpret smileys? Poster Video Presentation

Naomi
GREEN

Sarah
GRIFFEN-LOTZ

Continuing With Massive Collaborative Animation Poster Video Presentation

Michael
HEVEZI

Fire and Morchella: Foraging and Learning in the Alaska Burn Poster  Video Presentation

Kyleigh
HUNTSMAN

Two Roads Poster Film Trailer
Jane M.
REILLY 
A Dance of Music & Madness: the interplay of opera and mental illness from 1600 to 1920 Poster Video Presentation

 

 
Presenter Title Poster Pre-recorded presentation*
Rya
BERRIGAN
ARcTic Fest - Annual Alaska Art-Science Climate Change Festival Poster Video Presentation

Grace
BURRELL (Honorable Mention)

Climate-driven changes in hibernacula temperature and hibernation physiology of arctic ground squirrels (Urocitellus parryii) in northern Alaska Poster Video Presentation
Hannah
DEULING
Identification of a novel SARS-CoV-2 strain with trucated mutation in ORF8 gene by next generation sequencing Poster Video Presentation

Skye
HART

Using Ground Penetrating Radar to Investigate the Subsurface of a Dry Lake on Kodiak Island, AK Poster Video Presentation

Aidan
HUNTER

Brian
ZHANG

Determining the Auditory Capability of Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) Using Classical Conditioning Poster Video Presentation

Olivia
HOBGOOD

Mining With Plants: Growing a More Sustainable Future Poster Video Presentation
Sean
MARBLE
Does the Denali Fault Control Pluton Growth? Poster Video Presentation
Michelle
REAUME (Honorable Mention)
Denali Fault - How do we understand the age, magma source, and growth rate of each pluton?   Poster Video Presentation
Amber
SMOLNIK
Organic and Inorganic Fertilizer Applications with Mycorrhizae for Lettuce Growth and Development Poster Video Presentation
Reed
THOMAS
Code Black: A revised look at the ASIP gene in the Hoary marmot. Poster

Video Presentation

Lahra
WEBER (Dean Choice Award)
Developing a Method for Quantification of HMS in Ion Chromatography Poster Video Presentation

Eric
ZUCKER

Study Methods, Strategies and Recent Changes in Delivery of Foundation Courses in Veterinary and Medical Schools Poster Video Presentation
 
Presenter Title Poster Pre-recorded presentation*
 Alyssa 
BOULING
Investigation of association between academic achievement and cognitive performance among the undergraduate students of UAF. Poster Video Presentation
Maria
BURKE (Dean Choice Award)
Investigating earthworms in westerns Alaska Poster

Video Presentation

*Google Slide, must be downloaded to play.

Presenter Title Poster Pre-recorded presentation*
Craig KYLE
CHYTHLOOK  (Dean Choice Award)
 Water Services Impact on Subsistence Poster Video Presentation