On March 7, the Office of Undergraduate Research announced the winners of the eighth annual Texas Student Research Showdown at an award ceremony.
Students participating in this research communication competition created two-minute videos to explain their research and creative activity to a general audience. A panel of faculty and staff judges scored the videos on their ability to capture an audience’s attention, tell a narrative, convey rigorous scholarship, and target a general audience. Current undergraduates also voted for an audience award winner.
This year’s event featured 36 videos from 59 students competing in two categories (science, technology, and engineering; arts, humanities, and social sciences). The submitters of the winning videos received awards generously funded by a gift from Kimberly and Scott Martin.
STEM Category
First Place ($1500)
Mandy Tran
Second Place ($500)
Bennett Xu and David Park
Honorable Mention
Fu-Yao Jefferson Yu
Shreyas Satewar, Shravan Ravi, Gary Want
Brian Matibag
Valeria Calucho
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Category
First Place ($1500)
Vidhyasai Annem, Breigh Plat, Zia Kinzy
- Watch: Transitions
Second Place ($500)
Mckenzie Bentley
- Watch: Ancestors in Agony
Honorable Mention
Ember Beeler
- Watch: The Newburgh Project
Ruth Befekadu
Ingrid Piña
- Watch: Stranded by the United States: Venezuelan Migrants Fill the Gaps in Migratory Policy Communication
Angelique Noel Trotter, Abigail Romeo, Kennedy Zapalac
- Watch: Finding Focus
Audience Award ($1000)
Mckenzie Bentley
- Watch: Ancestors in Agony