2011 Research, Innovation and Creativity Forum
School of Business Winners and Participants
Undergraduate Research Recognition
The School of Business undergraduate’s activity participated in this year Annual Citizens Board 2011 Research, Creativity and Innovation Forum. The senior class winners were named after the university-wide competition on March 29, 2011. Sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Research and Community Outreach and The Graduate School, the Forum is designed to motivate students to engage in peer reviewed research. The School of Business Research Recognition Luncheon was held on April 15, 2011. Top winners were awarded plaques and all participants received certificates of participation. The research posters were on display for all students to admire.
The competition is open to University of Miami students from all disciplines and school years who have completed or are currently exploring topics of interest. Students are required to create an abstract and a presentation poster detailing their studies. Forty nine School of Business students participated individually or with a group. Students were required to give a 10-minute presentation to a group of judges and answer questions about their research. Students were evaluated based on presentation style, significance, originality, methodology, and presentation quality. The School of Business students were judged by Linda Neider, vice dean for Undergraduate Business Programs, Patricia Abril, assistant professor of business law, Sheryl Alonso, lecturer in Management, Vaidy Jayaraman, professor of management, Trae Williamson, lecturer in Management and Mary Young, director of the Ziff Center. Critiques from the judges offered students both insight on how to improve and inspiration to continue conducting research.
Elisah Lewis, director of research and student support services who organized the program said “this was an extremely worthwhile program in that students not only learned how to present a research study to their peers and faculty judges but also learned from seeing the posters of their fellow students. Seniors through freshmen interacted and were proud to share information about their posters. The upper-class students were a wonderful inspiration to the freshman and encouraged them to be excited about conducting research in the future.”
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Photo on the left: School of Business Seniors RCF winners at the University recognition reception, Bank United Center on March 29, 2011(left to right): Elisah Lewis, Stephanie Green, Sebastian the Ibis, and Shawn Forbes. (Not pictured: Carlos Antonorsi)
Photo on the right: These students also earned Departmental Honors for their research studies: (left to right): Carlos Antonorsi (economics), Stephanie Green (marketing) and Shawn Forbes (management science).
Seniors |
Senior First place (Class Project Research):
John Coleman
Valuation of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
(Mentor - Dr. Andrea Heuson, Finance Department)
Senior First place (Faculty Mentored Research) Departmental Honors:
Carlos Antonorsi – First Place Research
The Effect of Pork-Barrel Spending on Incumbent Reelection Rates
(Mentor - Dr. Oscar Mitnik, Economics Department)
Stephanie Greene – First Place Creativity
I'll Take Your Word for It: The Effect of Gender and Self-Concept Orientation
on the Perception of Online Consumer Product Reviews
(Mentor - Dr. Michael Tsiros, Marketing Department)
Shaun Forbes – First Place Innovation
Florida Lions Eye Bank Operations Research Process Project
(Mentor - Dr. Edward Baker, Management Science Department)
Senior Honorable Distinction:
Josh Bergman
Where is the Line Between the Public's Right to Know and a Celebrity's Right to be Left Alone: A Case Study of Tiger Woods
(Mentor Dr. Patricia Abril, Business Law Department)
Jennifer Dowd
Career Development International: A Review for a Thompson - ISI Rating
(Mentor: Dean Terri Scandura, Management Department)
Sara Michalski
Marketing Research on Package Design
(Mentor: Dean Barbara Kahn, Marketing Department)
Lucian van Schlun
Relation between the Golden Mean and the Halo Effect regarding product design
(Mentor - Dr. Michael Tsiros, Marketing Department)
Juniors |
First Place Juniors:
Andrew Fernandez – First Place Research
Errors in Reporting Earnings per Share
(Mentor - Dr. Sundaresh Ramnath, Accounting Department)
Katherine Schueller – First Place Creativity
Frequent Flyer Programs: A one-sided commitment?
(Mentor - Dr. Ana Olazabal, Business Law Department)
Robert Till – First Place Innovation
Multivariate Optimization in Green Building Design
(Dr. Edward Baker, Management Science Department)
Junior Honorable Distinction:
Andrew Grizzle
Determinants of Success in Venture Capital Investment in Latin America
(Mentor – Dr. Marc Junkunc, Management Department)
Isabela Ferraz
Democracy in the World Trade Organization
(Mentor: Hasmet Uluorta, International Studies Department)
Sophomores |
First Place Sophomore (Faculty Mentored Research):
Gilad Ashpis – First Place Research
An Autoregressive Forecast of Annual U.S. Births
(Mentor - Dr. Edward Baker, Management Science Department)
Tyler Gill – First Place Creativity
Ecuadoran Rose Exports
(Mentor - Dr. John Daniels, Management Department)
Brett Abess – First Place Innovation
The Edible School Bus
(Mentors - Dr. Teresa Hood, Environmental Science Department and
Dr. Elisah Lewis, School of Business Office of Undergraduate Programs)
Sophomore First Place (Class Project Research):
Nicole Chessin - Creativity
Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas
(Mentor: Jeffrey Weinstock, Marketing Department)
Elena Kasparis - Innovation
The Next Frontier of of Warfare: Implications for Cyber Security and Cyber Warfare
Since Russia's Alleged 2007 Cyber-Attack on Estonia
(Mentor: Dr. Ruth Reitan, International Studies Department)
Sophomore Honorable Distinction:
Scott Bergman
Where is the Line Between the Public's Right to Know and a Celebrity's Right to Be Left Alone: A Case Study of Tiger Woods
(Mentor Dr. Patricia Abril, Business Law Department)
Caitlyn Scherr
Physicians' Perceptions of Power
(Mentor- Dr. Sheryl Alonso, Management Department)
Christopher Seifel
The Renegotiation of Professional Athlete Contracts
(Mentor – Dr. Martin Segal, Business Law Department)
Freshmen |
Freshmen First Place (Faculty Mentored Research):
Joe Babitz –First Place Research
Blurred Boundaries: Privacy and the 21st Century Workplace
(Mentor - Dr. Patricia Abril, Business Law Department)
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Max Wexler, Chris Kelm, Chris Morgan, and Alicia Barroso – First Place Creativity
U-Invest, Profit Maximization through Portfolio Diversification
(Mentor - Ms. Mary Young, MGT 100 project)
Daniel Furman – First Place Innovation
Blue Earth, LLC
(Mentor - Mr. Bill Heffner, Entrepreneurship project)
Freshmen First Place (Class Project Research):
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Max Seraita, Lawrence Wong and Eric Nabrzeski – First Place Research
Project for DripDrip Corp
(Mentor - Dr. Sheryl Alonso, MGT 100 project)
Aporajita Ali – First Place Creativity
"Feel" the Lowe
(Mentor - Assistant Dean Ellen McPhillip, MGT 100 project)
(Stephanie Feit) Aili Swan, Emilee Lau, Catherine Huang, Lilia Hoberman
First Place Innovation
Bolsa- more than just a bag
(Mentor - Dr. Elisah Lewis, UMX 112 project)
Freshmen Honorable Distinction:
Jesse RothenbergNeat Stuff Inc.: Marketing Plan
(Mentor - Mr. Robert Hogner, MGT 100 project)
Robert Maiello and Abraham Rivera
Neat Stuff Inc. Project
(Mentor - Mr. Robert Hogner, MGT 100 project)
Aaron Midden and Andrew Jakubowski
Marketing and Promoting Autism Awareness
(Mentor - Ms. Mary Young, MGT 100 project)
Jenna Young and Nick Fischer
American Friends of Jamaica Marketing Plan
(Mentor - Assistant Dean Ellen McPhillip, MGT 100 project)
(Isidor Stein) Daniel Furman, Sebastian Lema, Max Keil, Ryan Stacy, Brett Schwartz
Late Night Pizza
(Mentor - Dr. Elisah Lewis, UMX 112 project)
