2025 Undergraduate Research Competition Program

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Coastal Carolina University

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Office of Undergraduate Research

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Date

4-21-2025

Description

16th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition, April 15-16, 2025.

The 2025 CCU Undergraduate Research Symposium included 168 oral and poster presentations (51 oral presentations and 117 poster presentations) and an additional 20 team pitch presentations composed of 57 students who participated in the inaugural year of the Wall College’s Chant’s Tank Pitch Competition.

Presentations at the Undergraduate Research Symposium were judged by over 80 faculty and staff, and prizes are awarded in three categories: Best Oral Presentation, Best Poster Presentation, and Best Chant’s Tank Pitch Presentation. Here are the following award winners in their respective categories:

Best Oral Presentation:

• 1st Place: Mike Szklarzewski, Computer Science. Faculty Mentor: William Jones, Computing Sciences, and Nathan DeBardeleben (Los Alamos National Laboratory). “Scaling Machine Learning Models Across GPUs and Nodes: A Performance Analysis Using Megatron on a Weather Prediction Surrogate Model”
• 2nd Place: Samantha Oliver, Psychology. Faculty Mentor: Melissa Baker, Psychology. “The Effects of Perpetrator Emotional State and Treatment History on Mock Jurors’ Punishment Decisions in Gun Violence Cases”
• 3rd Place: Cassidy Knill, Marine Science. Faculty Mentor: Angelos Hannides, Marine Science. “Impacts of Point and Non-Point Sources on Two Urbanized Tidal Creek Systems”

Best Poster Presentation:

• 1st Place: Savannah Piziak, Exercise and Sport Science. Faculty Mentor: Justin Guilkey, Kinesiology. “Exploring the Role of Muscle Oxygenation in Determining Optimal Inter-set Rest Duration and Its Impact on Performance”
• 2nd Place: Juliana Calderone, Marine Science. Faculty Mentor: Angelos Hannides, Marine Science. “Diel patterns of biogeochemical indicators in coastal tidally-dominated creeks”
• 3rd Place: Cassidy Cullen, Biology, Shanari Buckner, Biology, Gabriella Pepin, Biology, and Amy Starchville, Biology. Faculty Mentor: Megan Cevasco, Biology. “Investigation of Vibrio from Huntington Beach State Park and Pawleys Island waters”

Best Chant’s Tank Pitch Presentation:

• 1st Place: Jackson Shapiro, Recreation and Sport Management, Joe Montesanto, Accounting, and Thomas Gavin, Marketing. Pitch: JJT SmartWash
• 2nd Place: Ben Doleshal, Business Management & Commercial and Investment Real Estate, and Hans Seibold, Finance. Pitch: CyberGuard Solutions
• 3rd Place: Ashley Wood, Marketing, Casey Mangan, Accounting, and Olivia Tenaglia, Finance and Marketing. Pitch: Dorm Dash

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Coastal Carolina University--History;Undergraduates--Research;Conference papers and proceedings

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Recommended Citation

Coastal Carolina University, "2025 Undergraduate Research Competition Program" (2025). Undergraduate Research Symposium Programs. 16.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/ugrc-programs/16