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NOT CURRENT: See current event here.
July 26, 2023, 10:30AM-4:30PM
Elaine Langone Center, Second Floor
Bucknell University

About the Symposium

Welcome to the 12th Susquehanna Valley Undergraduate Research Symposium, a venue open to all researchers in the region. It’s a valuable opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students in central Pennsylvania to showcase their research activities, learn about other methods and disciplines, and present at a professional conference. It takes place on Wednesday July 26, 2023, 10:30AM-4:30PM at the Elaine Langone Center on the Bucknell University campus. This year’s symposium is sponsored by Bucknell University, Geisinger, Commonwealth University, and Susquehanna University.

Location
Elaine Langone Center, Second Floor
Bucknell University
701 Moore Ave, Lewisburg, PA

Parking
The Elaine Langone Center is located at the corner of 7th and Moore Ave in Lewisburg, on the campus of Bucknell University. Extensive parking is available along Moore Avenue. Additional faculty/staff permit parking in the area will not be enforced on the day of the symposium. Still, if you are more comfortable having permit proof, you may print a free visitors permit here.

Registration and Poster Guidelines

Registration for the symposium is open to the public, beginning in May and closing on July 17.
We’re excited to host you! Please click the button immediately below:

Key Dates

  • July 17, 2023: Registration closes
  • July 19, 2023: *OPTIONAL* Poster pdfs and Voiceovers due
  • July 26, 2023: Symposium, beginning 10:30

Poster Guidelines

As a poster author, you are expected to be available for discussion during your assigned poster session on the day of the event. Please print your poster and bring it with you on the day of the event. Posters should measure 48″ wide at most. Your poster session and poster number will be shared with you upon arrival at the symposium.

UPDATE: Some mentors have expressed concerns over publicly hosting online poster pdfs and voiceovers containing as-yet unpublished (in peer-reviewed venues) materials. With that in mind:
– Definitely bring your printed poster the day of.
– *IF* you and your mentor would like your work hosted online for posterity, please send your poster pdf and voiceover mp4 to svurs@bucknell.edu.
The below “Voiceovers” and “Submissions Process” instructions are for those who wish to have their materials hosted publicly.


FAQ:
1) Are students expected to pay to have their own posters printed, or is this covered through our research programs?
SVURS is meant to provide a venue for presentations, and lunch, for free. I’m afraid we did not allocate funds for expenses related to poster printing or other ancillary costs. Note also: you and your mentor should agree that you are permitted to present this work; with that in mind, please seek your mentor’s advice on poster printing. For Bucknell, such a service is https://www.bucknell.edu/azdirectory/communications/publications-print-mail.  The College of Engineering has a poster printer for engineering-associated projects.

2) When are posters due? We saw the July 19th date on the SVURS website, but I interpreted that to be just for students who are submitting voiceovers along with their posters.
Voiceover mp4 and poster pdfs have been made optional due to the concerns of some mentors regarding publicly posting still-in-progress results. The registration only asks for a title, and we only ask you show up with your printed poster on the day of. *IF* you and your mentor would like your work hosted online for posterity, please send your poster pdf and voiceover mp4 to svurs@bucknell.edu.
Given this change in symposium format, we intend to email all presenting registrants on July 19 that their *OPTIONAL* pdf and mp4 materials should be submitted (if desired) as soon as possible.

3) A couple students mentioned there is an option to sign up for snap talks for the symposium, but we could not find any information with parameters (length of talk, whether they present from their poster or can have other slides) for the snap talks.
The snap talk question (e.g., 1 minute elevator pitch) was to gauge interest for some part of the 11-12 hour (beyond logistics, perhaps keynote, any other housekeeping). A select few of those who express interest may be contacted and scheduled for some of this hour, though there may not be time. If it happens, this will not involve any additional slides.

4) Can students present more than one poster? Will the presentation time be in blocks so that they can rotate from being a presenter to viewing other posters?
These two questions do go together. First, any one student should present only one poster. (Otherwise, as noted, who would be doing the viewing?). Second, we do intend to have at least two poster sessions during the scheduled 1:30-4:30 time. This will be to allow participants to (as noted) rotate from being a presenter to viewing other posters. Your poster number and the modulus operation determining your poster session will be available when you check in the morning of July 26. 



Voiceovers
– mp4-formatted voiceovers are required for optional online hosting, for the sake of posterity and evidence on presenters’ resumes. All voiceovers will be stored at the Symposium’s YouTube Channel.
– Voiceover recordings should be no longer than 3 minutes in length. If this limit is exceeded, you will be asked to resubmit.
– To record your voiceover on your poster, you can use any platform you’d like. We have found Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides work well. Several sites can help guide you through the process, including here and here.

Submission Process
– All posters and voiceovers should be submitted in advance of the conference.
– Submitted posters must be formatted as PDFs, and voiceovers must be formatted as mp4s.
– The properly formatted documents should be emailed to svurs@bucknell.edu by Wednesday, July 19. Please mark your calendar now.
– Reminder: Submitted abstracts will not be required for this year’s symposium. Once you register, you may begin working on your poster and voiceover.
– You should receive an email confirmation that your poster and voiceover have been received within 24 hours of sending (Monday through Friday). If you don’t receive this email, please reach out to svurs@bucknell.edu.
– After submission, the interactive voiceover guide will be created, the poster PDFs will be compiled into a packet, and the voiceovers will be placed on our YouTube channel. Again, this is for those participants who wish to have their materials publicly hosted online.

Schedule at a Glance

Wednesday July 26, 2023, Second Floor of the Elaine Langone Center, Bucknell University

PhaseTimeLocation
Registration/Setup10:30 AMTerrace Room
Welcome and Keynote11:00 AM – 12:00 PMForum
Lunch12:00 PM – 1:30 PM241AB, Walls, Center
Large-Scale Poster Session1:30 PM – 4:30 PMTerrace Room
Closing Remarks & Awards4:30 PMTerrace Room

Poster Judges

We are indebted to the mentors, doctors, and professors who generously donate their time to judge the posters presented. In 2023 our judges are:

Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences:
Susan Dauria, Bloomsburg University
Janet VanLone, Bucknell University
David Heineman, Bloomsburg

Engineering and Computer Science:
Keegan Kang, Bucknell
David DeVallance, Commonwealth University
Iris Hu, Geisinger
Jennifer Carter, Susquehanna University

Natural and Life Sciences:
Marie Pizzorno, Bucknell
Alex Berry, Geisinger
Michael Parra, Susquehanna

Studies of Health and Wellness Across Disciplines:
Doreen Jowi, Commonwealth
Eric Wright, Geisinger
Joshua Stough, Bucknell

Poster Award Winners

Thank you so much for everyone’s efforts at the 2023 SVURS. Every poster judge, mentor, and student was highly impressed with the quality and breadth of work presented, as well as the polish and maturity it was presented with. Hopefully presenters made connections and even learned a thing or two.
Among the approximately 100 posters, including many standout efforts, the poster judges have selected the following for awards:

Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (Dauria, Heineman, VanLone):
Libby Hoffman, Bucknell: The culture of coffee in Lewisburg, PA
Kara Heunink, Bucknell: Who shapes Americans’ opinions about China
Katherine Schadler, Bucknell: Reclaiming Repositories of Trauma in Black Feminist Literature
Breanna Koslowski, Bloomsburg: Perceived Meditation Barriers in People With and Without ADHD Symptoms

Engineering and Computing (Kang, DeVallance, Hu, Carter):
Hung Pham, Bucknell: Trustworthiness of EEG-based emotion recognition
John Seibert, Bloomsburg: Developing a function demonstrating Kolmogorov Complexity in Python
Arjun Anand, Bucknell: Measuring the Magnetic Fields of Exoplanets
Nicholas Shopis, Bucknell: Vehicle alignment measured and adjusted by wheel forces on a steer-by-wire system

Natural and Life Sciences (Berry, Parra, Pizzorno):
Samit Barua Chowdhury, Susquehanna: H2A.Z is critical for temporal activation of GTR1 and GAP1 in response to rapamycin in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Grace Ginder, Bucknell: The protective effects of a chronic infection on a secondary infection in Drosophila melanogaster
Carol Zheng, Bucknell: Chemical communication in fireflies

Studies of Health and Wellness Across Disciplines (Jowi, Wright, Stough):
Jyoti Alaparthi, Geisinger: Characteristics of Krames On FHIR Use at Geisinger
Joy Zhang, Geisinger: Extreme heat and cardiovascular health outcomes in the context of the climate crisis: A systematic literature review
Alyssa Hoffman, Geisinger: Genetic and Clinical Traits Associated with Liver Fat Measured from CT Images
Nick Johnston, Bucknell: Palsy vision app

Acknowledgement: Many have contributed to making this conference a success. We would like to specifically acknowledge the work of our colleagues at Geisinger, who organized the prior 2022 symposium and from whom we have borrowed liberally in format and language.