Business, Social and Behavioral Sciences:

1st:  Pamela Hughes, Anterior Cruciate Ligament, Lateral Collateral Ligament and Biceps Femoris Rupture of a Collegiate Football Player: A Case Study, Faculty Advisors:  Professors Beverly Justice and Michael Blackburn 
2nd:  Thanh-Nha Nguyen, How About Dessert First? The Relationship Between Taste and Judgments of Others, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Nicholas Freeman
Honorable Mention:
Joseph Cherry, The Upper Big Branch Mining Disaster:  Lessons Learned, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rick Crandall
Christopher Green, Why we play: Online gaming motivations and personality, Faculty Advisors: Drs. Kelly Charlton and Shilpa Regan

Humanities and Mass Communications:

1st:   Amelia Philbrook, "The Sin Eaters" and "The Shawl" as test cases for Apocalyptic Holocaust Literature, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michele Fazio
2nd:  Jeremy Salzer, The Warrior’s Legacy: Millennial Japan’s Image of the Samurai in Rurouni Kenshin: Ishin e Shishi no requiem (1997), Faculty Advisor: Dr. Annika Culver
 Honorable Mention:
Myranda Locklear, Jennifer Dorman, and Brittany Dorman, Recuperating Native Womanhood through Story Power, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jane Haladay                                          
Kimberlee Stepp, Queen's A Night at the Opera, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ryan Anderson
Patricia S. Taylor and Kaitlyn West, The Effect of Intensive Standard English Grammar Instruction on Reading and Writing Skills, Faculty Advisor: Ms. Sara Oswald

Sciences:

1st:   Austin Griffin and Nathan Riddell, Size Distribution and Bandgap Energy Calculations of Quantum Dots Based on Fluorescence and Transmission Electron Microscopy, Faculty Advisor: Dr. William Brandon
2nd:  Anna Sanford and Darryl Mott, Sedimentological and Pedogenic Characterization of Rim Sands associated with the Jones Lake Carolina Bay, Bladen County, North Carolina,         Faculty Advisors: Drs. Lee Phillips and Eric Wright (CCU)
Honorable Mention:
Sarah Arcara and Ashley Leviner, Animal Kidney Stone Analysis, Faculty Advisors: Mrs. Shanna Harrelson, Drs. Siva Mandjiny and Lee Phillips
 Trey Archer and Rebecca F. Panter,  TMAH-catalyzed Biodiesel Production for Greater Energy Independence, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rachel Smith
Jasmine Rowlett,  Aquatic & terrestrial activity in an anuran community, Faculty Advisor: Dr. John H. Roe

Oral Presenations:

1st:  Tank Steiner, Rethinking ESL Tutoring Strategies: Lessons from Germany, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Teagan Decker
                                               
2nd: Jacob Nicholas, Joint Replacement and its Associate Costs, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lydia Gan

Honorable Mention:
Daniel Bougt, A Comparison of Three Health Care Systems, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lydia Gan

This year’s judges included: Ryan Anderson, Robert Arndt, Terence Dollard, Shanna Harrelson, Len Holmes, Judy Jones, David Marquard, Rami Maysami, Emily Neff-Sharum, Melinda Rosenberg, Jeremy Sellers, Melanie Wood

Updated: Tuesday, April 24, 2012

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