Student Award Winners

The following students earned various awards for undergraduate research projects where Dr. Guertin served as the research mentor for one or multiple projects.  The awards are at the campus, state, and national level.

2016 – Three students were recognized for their Earth science research and contributions.

  • Breath Hand (Penn State Brandywine, Psychology Major/Environmental Inquiry Minor) 2016 EURECA (campus undergraduate research symposium) winner in STEM category
  • Stamatina Mattie Mylonas (Penn State Brandywine, Communications Major), 2016 Penn State Brandywine Undergraduate Student Research Award
  • Judith Smith (Penn State Brandywine/Penn State University Park, Geography Major), 2015 GeoCUR Award for Excellence in Student Research, from the Council on Undergraduate Research – Geoscience Division (Washington DC)

2015 – Kimmie Bowen (Penn State Brandywine/Penn State University Park, Journalism Major), 2015 GeoCUR Award for Excellence in Student Research, from the Council on Undergraduate Research – Geoscience Division (Washington DC)

Kimmie Bowen, holding the 2015 AGU Postcards from the Field calendar, where her research was featured

Kimmie Bowen, holding the 2015 AGU Postcards from the Field calendar, where her research was featured

2014 – Jonathan Fridman (Penn State Brandywine/Penn State University Park, PNGE Major), 2014 GeoCUR Award for Excellence in Student Research, from the Council on Undergraduate Research – Geoscience Division (Washington DC)

Jonathan Fridman, measuring tree bands for independent research, April 2014

Jonathan Fridman, measuring tree bands for independent research, April 2014

2013 – Abbey Dufoe (Penn State Brandywine/Penn State University Park, ENVI Minor), Penn State Brandywine Undergraduate Student Research Award, AND Award of Honorable Mention from the Council on Undergraduate Research for being high-quality research among the top 10% of the undergraduate submissions from across the country and across all disciplines to CUR’s Posters on the Hill

Abbey Dufoe, presenting her iBook project at AGU, December 2012

Abbey Dufoe, presenting her iBook project at AGU, December 2012

2012 – Eileen Fresta (Penn State Brandywine), Pennsylvania Historical Association Outstanding Student Poster Award

Fresta, E., Guertin, L. (2012). Charting the Health History of Middletown Township, Pennsylvania through a Study of the Cumberland Cemetery Internment Records. Pennsylvania Historical Association, Harrisburg, PA, November 1-3, 2012.

Eileen Fresta examining tombstones in Cumberland Cemetery

Eileen Fresta examining tombstones in Cumberland Cemetery

2010 – Sara Neville (Penn State Brandywine, ENVI Minor), Penn State Brandywine Undergraduate Student Research Award, AND selected to present at Council on Undergraduate Research’s Posters on the Hill (Washington DC)

Sara Neville in Washington DC on the day of her presentation at CUR's Posters on the Hill

Sara Neville in Washington DC on the day of her presentation at CUR’s Posters on the Hill

2009 – Lindley Jones (Penn State Brandywine, honors in Science, Technology & Society, advised by Dr. Guertin), Penn State Brandywine Undergraduate Student Research Award (inaugural award winner)

Lindley Jones, displaying her own jewelry line titled International Charm, as part of her honors thesis in STS

Lindley Jones, displaying her own jewelry line titled International Charm, as part of her honors thesis in STS