The fifth annual Ivan Allen College Career, Research, and Innovation Development Conference (CRIDC), held January 27, 2017, at the Stephen C. Hall Building, featured paper presentations from 24 graduate students on a variety of topics ranging from intellectual property to science policy and regulation.

The winners of the paper competition were announced on February 9, 2017, at the campus-wide CRIDC event. They are as follows: 

First Place (tie) 
Kera Allen, Ph.D. student, School of History and Sociology
“Still Some Nagging Parts: An Intersectional Study of the Computing and IT Workforce”

Seok Beom Kwon, Ph.D. student, School of Public Policy
“Strategic Patent Acquisition of Patent Assertion Entities and Defensive Patent Aggregators”

Second Place  
Sen Yan, Ph.D. student, School of Economics
“Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation, and Exports”

Third Place 
Garrett Bunyak, Ph.D. student, School of History and Sociology
“The Diffusion of the Microwave in U.S. Society in Social Context”