2008 Woodie Awards
Poster showcase presents senior projects
Courtney Perlee
Issue date: 5/1/08 Section: News
From hockey players to horseshoe crabs, the University Commons was filled with students presenting the topics of their research projects last Friday afternoon.
More than 70 Sacred Heart University students presented 28 research posters from an assortment of disciplines at the Undergraduate Research Poster and Showcase Session on Friday, April 25, showing the fruits of their labor from the entire year, or in some cases, two years.
"It's a relief," said senior Lindsey Jensen about her poster on a senior case study about a hockey player with a hyper-extended elbow. "It's exciting to see the final outcome; to see the case study out on the poster-board is really very rewarding."
Jensen had been working on her case study since September. After being a student athletic trainer for the men's ice hockey team as a junior, Jensen remembered working with this particular athlete and chose his unique condition to study.
Senior exercise science major Allison Peters was presenting her and two other students' poster: "University Based Risk Factor Intervention for Fire Fighters." Peters worked with Professor Wendy Bjerke on the ongoing study as a junior, and continued participating this year as an independent study student.
She tailored workouts for local firefighters with the two other students in an effort to reduce the number of risk factors for firefighters. According to statistics, the top cause of on-duty death in firefighters is a myocardial infarction (heart attack) experienced after the firefighter has maximally exerted him or herself during an emergency.
This was the first year that Athletic Training and Exercise Science majors presented posters at the poster session. The other departments represented were Computer Science and Information Technology, Biology, Chemistry, English, Mathematics, Psychology, and Media Studies.
"It's been the biggest turnout yet," said professor Keri Matthews, not only about the attendance, but about the number of participants as well. Matthews and Professor Nina Tarner co-chaired the poster session for the College of Arts and Sciences.
More than 70 Sacred Heart University students presented 28 research posters from an assortment of disciplines at the Undergraduate Research Poster and Showcase Session on Friday, April 25, showing the fruits of their labor from the entire year, or in some cases, two years.
"It's a relief," said senior Lindsey Jensen about her poster on a senior case study about a hockey player with a hyper-extended elbow. "It's exciting to see the final outcome; to see the case study out on the poster-board is really very rewarding."
Jensen had been working on her case study since September. After being a student athletic trainer for the men's ice hockey team as a junior, Jensen remembered working with this particular athlete and chose his unique condition to study.
Senior exercise science major Allison Peters was presenting her and two other students' poster: "University Based Risk Factor Intervention for Fire Fighters." Peters worked with Professor Wendy Bjerke on the ongoing study as a junior, and continued participating this year as an independent study student.
She tailored workouts for local firefighters with the two other students in an effort to reduce the number of risk factors for firefighters. According to statistics, the top cause of on-duty death in firefighters is a myocardial infarction (heart attack) experienced after the firefighter has maximally exerted him or herself during an emergency.
This was the first year that Athletic Training and Exercise Science majors presented posters at the poster session. The other departments represented were Computer Science and Information Technology, Biology, Chemistry, English, Mathematics, Psychology, and Media Studies.
"It's been the biggest turnout yet," said professor Keri Matthews, not only about the attendance, but about the number of participants as well. Matthews and Professor Nina Tarner co-chaired the poster session for the College of Arts and Sciences.
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