The seven finalists, from left to right: Adrian Brown (Social Sciences), Rachel Goulet (Arts), Amit Scheer (Science), Iman Sattar (Social Sciences), Yannick Galipeau (Science), Camille Péloquin (Droit civil) et Garrick Ho (Engineering).
More than three hundreds of students gathered in the university centre to present their undergraduate research projects on Thursday, March 22. Congratulations to all who participated and to the four winners of the symposium:
| Winner | Professor / Faculty sponsor | Faculty | Research project | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iman Sattar | Christopher Cooper | Social Sciences | Budget-Maximizing Bureaucrats? Testing Public Choice Theory |
| 2 | Amit Scheer | Michele Ardolino | Science | Role of checkpoint receptor expression on tumor cells in inhibition of NK cell responses to cancer |
| 3 | Garrick Ho | Martin Noel | Engineering | Analysis of Crack Propagation in Concrete Containing Recycled Concrete Aggregates |
| 4 | Yannick Galipeau | Martin Pelchat | Science | Modification de l'expression des protéines du complexe passager des chromosomes en présence du virus de l'hépatite delta |
The winners, from left to right: Yannick Galipeau (fourth place), Garrick Ho (third place), Amit Scheer (second place) and ImanSattar (first place).
8e Symposium PIRPC | 8th UROP Symposium