5th annual Oktoberfest celebrates CAS research
[11.14.2011]
TAMPA, Fla. -- More than 300 people attended the University of South Florida’s College of Arts and Sciences Fifth Annual Oktoberfest. The event took place on Friday, Oct. 21 and highlighted some of the research and scholarship projects by faculty and students.
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Each of the three schools within the College of Arts and Sciences--School of Humanities, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and School of Social Sciences--were represented at the event. Seventeen of the 23 departments were represented in posters and scholarly displays. The College of Arts and Sciences annual Oktoberfest event plays a key role in building upon existing interdisciplinary synergies in areas of research such as renewable energy, nanotechnology, hydrology and water resources, conservation biology, drug discovery, materials science, and applied anthropology.
Partnering with the USF Club, Oktoberfest was able to showcase more than 60 posters and scholarly displays from the Florida Institute of Government, Humanities Institute, and USF departments like Anthropology and Communication. Events like these show why the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classifies USF in the top tier of research universities, a distinction attained by only 2.2 percent of all universities.
The College of Arts and Sciences is the largest and most diverse college at USF. CAS is home to more than 100 funded research faculty with more than $61 million in active contracts and grants. Boasting a 30 percent rate for F&A recovery, CAS grants generate about $2 million a year in overhead rebate dollars. Research and scholarly excellence in natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities address a wide array of relevant topics that face our state, the nation and the world.
With the success of this year, the College of Arts and Sciences is looking forward to next year’s event. The College of Arts and Sciences would like to thank the following sponsors: USF Undergraduate Studies, Museum of Science and Industry, Reeves Import Motorcars and USF Athletics.
Participant Name |
Participant Mentor / Lab |
Department / Research Area |
Adriana Uruena |
Dr. Cheryl Kirstein |
Cognitive and Neural Sciences, Department of Psychology |
Aleksandra Karolak |
Arjan van der Vaart |
Chemistry |
Alexander Barrett |
Gary Daughdrill |
Cell, Microbiology and Molecular Biology |
Angela Crist |
CAS |
Florida Institute of Government (FIOG) |
Anne T Powell |
Gary Daughdrill |
Cell, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology |
Ashley Humphries & Meredith Tise |
Erin Kimmerle |
USF Department of Anthropology |
Benjamin Petrak |
Andreas Muller |
Physics |
Bogdan P. Onac |
Karst Research Group |
Geology |
Bradley Lanning |
Dr. Erin Kimmerle |
Anthropology |
Chandan Barhate |
Dr. Bill Baker |
Chemistry |
Charles Paxton |
Dr. Jennifer Collins |
Geography, Environment and Planning |
Christi L. Whittington |
Dr. Randy W. Larsen, Dr. H. Lee Woodcock |
Department of Chemistry |
Christine Bergmann |
Dr. Robert Tykot |
Anthropology
|
Christine M. Probes |
Early Modern Research Team |
World Languages |
Chrystal A.S. Smith |
Kathryn Borman |
Anthropology |
Cristina Montana Puscas |
Bogdan P. Onac |
Geology |
Daria Karpenko |
Natasha Jonoska |
Mathematics |
David Merkler |
The Almight/Merkler laboratory |
Chemistry |
Dhan Khadka |
Donald T. Haynie |
Physics |
Dhan Khadka |
Donald T. Haynie |
Physics |
Doug Gobeille |
Doug Gobeille |
Physics |
Dr. Jacqueline C. Hargis |
Professor H. Lee Woodcock |
Chemistry |
Dustin D. Belyea |
Casey W. Miller |
Department of Physics, Center for Integrated Functional Materials |
Egor Dolzhenko |
Natasha Jonoska |
Mathematics and Statistics |
Egor Dolzhenko |
Natasha Jonoska |
Mathematics and Statistics |
Erica Elizabeth Coates |
Dr. Vicky Phares |
Psychology |
Eunae Cho |
Dr. Tammy Allen |
Psychology |
Geoffrey Gray |
Dr. Arjan van der Vaart |
Chemistry |
Gyan Singh Shekhawat |
Professor Donald T. Haynie |
Department of Physics
|
Hasan Ashkanani |
Robert H. Tykot |
Anthropology |
Jeremy Bauer |
Paul Spector |
Psychology |
Jeremy Beau |
Bill Baker |
Chemistry |
Jonathan Burns |
Natasha Jonoska |
Mathematics |
Joseph Fogarty |
Sagar Pandit/CSMLab |
Physics |
Jun Cheng |
Coastal Research Lab |
Geology |
Jun Cheng |
Dr. Ping Wang /Coastal Research Lab |
Geology |
Justin Spiriti |
Arjan van der Vaart |
Department of Chemistry |
Katie Mishall |
Daughdrill |
Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology |
Ken Cissna |
NA |
Communication |
Kristin Saboe |
Tammy Allen, PhD |
Department of Psychology, Industrial/Organizational |
Laurent Calcul |
Dr. Bill J. Baker |
Chemistry |
Lillian Doerfler |
Dr. Kristina Schmidt |
Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology (CMMB) |
Liotta Noche-Dowdy |
Erin H. Kimmerle, (PhD) |
Department of Anthropology |
Manh-Huong Phan |
Pritish Mukherjee |
Physics |
Manh-Huong Phan |
Pritish Mukherjee |
Physics |
Matthew Chrzanowski |
Dr. Shengqian Ma |
Chemistry |
Melissa Niesen |
Dr. Don Haynie |
Physics |
Michael C. Cross |
Donald T. Haynie |
Applied Physics |
My Lien Dao |
Faculty |
Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology |
Olivia F. Macdonald |
Dr. Judith B. Bryant |
Psychology |
Paige Lampen |
Hari Srikanth/Functional Materials Lab |
Physics |
Pauline Wanjug |
Valerie Harwood |
Integrative Biology |
Pradeep Waduge |
Donald T.Haynie |
Physics |
Prajit Pillai |
Mildred Acevedo-Duncan |
Chemistry |
Ramakanth Ananthoji |
Dr. Julie P. Harmon |
Chemistry |
Robert H. Tykot |
Laboratory for Archaeological Science |
Anthropology |
Sai Lakshmana Vankayala |
H. Lee Woodcock |
Department of Chemistry |
Shraddha Desai |
Mildred Acevedo-Duncan, PhD |
Chemistry |
Tatiana Miti |
Martin Muschol |
Physics |
Wade M Borcherds |
Gary Daugdrill |
CMMB |
William A Maza |
Randy W Larsen |
Chemistry |
xue xu |
Dr. Zhang |
Department of Chemistry |
Yuri Pevzner |
Dr. Woodcock |
Chemistry |
Zhiqing Zhou |
Paul E. Spector |
Department of Psychology |
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