Trent Beatty
Chemical and Biogical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Christopher Brazel
“Differential Scanning Calorimetry Investigation of the Effect of Drug and Additives on Melting Transitions and Crystallinity in Drug Delivery Formulations”

Jonathan Belanich
Biology/Anthropology
Mentor: Dr. Stephen Secor
“Postprandial Metabolic Response and Specific Dynamic Action of Arachnids”

Thomas Bertalan
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Ryan Earley
“Simulating the Dynamics of Dominance Hierarchy Formation”

Akeem Borom
Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Kim Caldwell
“Identification of a Conserved Molecular Link Between Aging and Parkinson’s Disease in Worms, Flies, and Mice”

Alejandro Carrasquilla
Chemical and Biogical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Guy Caldwell
“Identification of Drugs as Prospective Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics”

JT Davis
Business Marketing
Mentor: Dr. David Dixon
“Computational Studies of Gas-Phase Peptide Acidities and Decomposition Mechanisms”

Jessica Duke
Chemistry/Mathematics
Mentor: Dr. David Dixon
“Computational Geochemistry: Predicting Metal pKa’s and Reactions of H20 in Models of Supercritical CO2 for the Geological Sequestration of CO2”

Ryan Flamerich
Chemical Engineering/Political Science
Mentor: Dr. David Dixon
“Structures and Hydrolysis Reactions of Actinide Oxide (AcO2)n Clusters in the Ground and Excited State”

Bryan Herren
Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Kim Caldwell
“A Link Between Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease Mechanisms at the Cellular Level”

Daniel Hershman
Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Ajay Agrawal
“Partial Oxidation of Liquid Fuels in a Novel Thermal Reactor for Fuel-Flexible, High-Efficiency Automotive Engines”

Jill Hershman
Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Kevin Chou
“Thermal and Mechanical Studies of Diamond-Coated Cutting Tools During Machining Processes”

Matthew Hicks
Chemical and Biogical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Guy Caldwell
“Characterizing the Role of Dopamine Signaling Pathways Associated with Parkinson’s Disease Pathology”

Sean Hudson
Social Work
Mentor: Dr. Debra Nelson-Gardell
“Beating the Odds: Support Systems’ Influence on the Retention of the Undergraduate Current and Former Foster Youth”

Lauren Huffman
Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Lisa Hooper
“The Assessment of Culturally Tailored Mental Health Treatment and Services”

Jessica Jones
Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Kevin Shaughnessy
“Synthesus and Application of New Palladium Catalysts Based on Neophyl-Substituted Phosphines”

Matthew Kelley
Chemistry/Mathematics
Mentor: Dr. David Dixon
“Computational Catalysis: Single Site Heterogenous Catalysts and Potential Energy Surfaces for Oxidative Dehydrogenation on Group VI Transition Metal Oxides”

Aeriel Murphy
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Subhadra Gupta
“Nanopatterned Advanced Media”

Matthew Outlaw
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. David Dixon
“Hydrolysis of Group IVB Metal Oxide Nanoclusters – Solar Energy Conversion to Fuels”

Jake Powers
Biology
Mentor: Dr. Ryan Earley
“1. Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination in a Self-Fertilizing Hermaphroditic Vertebrate (AND) 2. A Novel Method for Quantifying the Costs of Animal Combat”

Dan Preston
Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Shane Sharpe
“Pediatric In-Shoe Physical Activity Dynamometer”

Katherine Rainey
Biology/Spanish
Mentor: Dr. Ryan Earley
“Temperature-dependent sex determination in a self-fertilizing hermaphroditic vertebrate”

Pierce Robinson
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. David Dixon
“Potential Energy Surfaces of the Reactions of the Hydrazine with Models of Spent Fuel from Ammonia Borane Dehydrogenation”

Erica Schwalm
Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Patrick Franton
“Studies on the Rate-Limiting Step of α-Isopropylmalate Synthase from
Mycobacterium tuberculosis”

Stephen Walker
Chemistry/Biology
Mentor: Dr. David Dixon
“Computational Studies of Metal Ion Reactions in Aqueous Solution”