Lindsey Cobb
Chemical & Biological Engineering
Mentor: Dr. David Nikles
“New Polymers for a Magnetically Triggered Drug Delivery System for Cancer Therapy”
Molly Cook
Marine Science/Biology
Mentor: Dr. Ryan Earley
“Alarm Pheromones Located in Specialized Cells Within Fish Skin”
Elizabeth Haley
Nursing
Mentor: Dr. Yonghyun Kim
“Role of Fibroblast Growth Factor in Glioblastoma Stem Cell Expansion”
Ronneshia Jackson
Chemistry with a Biology minor
Mentor: Dr. Julie Olson
“Do Invasive Lionfish Bring their Own Arsenal of Anti-Bacterial Metabolite-Producing Bacteria to their New Homes?”
Nicole Kernahan
Marine Science/Biology
Mentor: Dr. Ryan Earley
“Does Vibrant Coloring Elicit Aggression in Female Convict Cichlids?”
Tom Ludwig
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Heath Turner
“Molecular Simulation of Ionic Liquid-Bismuth Telluride Interfaces”
Joshua Moon
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Chris Brazel and Dr. Jason Bara
“Mathematical Modeling of Nanoscale Heat Generation for Magnetic Hyperthermia”
Michael Raddatz
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Yonghyun Kim
“Cell Surface Proteomics of Fluid Shear-resistant Leukemia Stem Cells”
Meredith Rickard
Chemistry – ACS track
Mentor: Dr. David Dixon
“From Waste to Fuels and Feedstocks: Reduction of CO₂ Using Main-Group Catalysts”
Robert Rosati
Physics/Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Pieter Visscher
“Hierarchical recursive method for parallel simulation of magnets of arbitrary shape”
Abigail Shelton
Biology
Mentor: Dr. Ryan Earley
“Can Temperature Determine Gender? Environmental Triggers for ‘Maleness’ in the Mangrove rivulus Fish”
Samantha Tilson
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Yonghyun Kim
“The Use of Apoptosis Inhibitor Y-27632 for Effective Glioblastoma Stem Cell Expansion”
Morgan Whitaker
Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. David Nikles
“Magnetite Nanoparticles with Poly(caprolactone-b-ethylene glycol) Polymer Brushes for a Magnetically Triggered Drug Delivery System”
Leighton Wilson
Mathematics
Mentor: Dr. Shan Zhao
“An Exploration of Various Operator Splitting Schemes for Solving the Nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann Equation”
Shuwen Yue
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. David Dixon
“Computational Studies of Catalytic Processes for Conversion of Biofuels and Organic Reactions”