The Stokes Award for Outstanding Service to the IINSPIRE Alliance was presented to The IINSPIRE VSEER Team, Lori Adams, Saba Ali, Halin Chung, Mary Darrow, LeAnn Faidley, Angela McKinney, Sunday Tim, Lisa Volk, Arnold Woods, Nancy Woods for service at an exemplary level, in pursuit, of the alliance’s primary goal to increase the participation of URM students in STEM fields.

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Outstanding IINSPIRE LSAMP Alumni Award

Erik Zorrilla, University of Iowa, Upper Iowa University alumni 

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Excellence in Mentoring Awards

Outstanding Mentor Award for Faculty or Staff

Shree Banjara, Des Moines Area Community College
Rachel Duncan, Des Moines Area Community College
Chandana Karunatilaka, Des Moines Area Community College
Nancy Woods, Des Moines Area Community College
Derrick Rollins, Iowa State University

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Student Presentation Session

Students with the top three posters in two categories, Research and Experiential, were awarded cash prizes. In addition, students with the top three oral presentations were awarded a cash prize. The top prize in each category received $300.00, second place received $200.00, and third place $100.00. Faculty and students attending the event also voted for their favorite poster. The winner of the People’s Choice Award for posters received a cash prize of $250.00. The winners of each category are as follows:

Oral Presentations

1st Place
Aracely Miron-Ocampo, University of Iowa

Poster Title: Searching for Novel Antifungal Treatments and Regulatory Pathways

2nd Place
David Nyugen, Des Moines Area Community College

Poster Title: Applying Machine Learning Models to Predict Economic Status

Experiential Oral Presentations

1st Place
Alba Bon, Des Moines Area Community College

2nd Place
Kristian Twyman, Hawkeye Community College

Poster Presentations

1st Place
Zoe Gonzalez, Grinnell College

Poster Title: Insulin Stimulation Affects OPA-1 Mediated Mercs in Human and Murine Skeletal Muscle Cells

2nd Place
Ana Sofia Peraza Munuzuri, University of Iowa

3rd Place
Daniel Carson, University of Iowa

People’s Choice Award

Winfred Afeaneku, University of Northern Iowa

Poster Title: SocioApp: Detecting Your Sociability Status with Your Smartphone