Randy Arnold
Interdisciplinary Studies
Mentor: Dr. Catherine Roach
“Iconography of the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex: Tracing the Mono-myth of the Heroic Twins”
Amanda Bennett
English
Mentor: Dr. Trudier Harris
“Through the Eyes of Another: Representation of African American Women in Native Son and Invisible Man”
Yuliya Birman
Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Patrick Frantom
“Investigation of Charged Residues in the Active Site of Isopropylmalate Synthase in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis”
Michael Carton
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Subhadra Gupta
“Optimization of Magnetic Tunnel Junctions and Growth of Heusler Alloys”
Magdalena Chavez
Early Childhood Education
Mentor: Dr. Sherwood Burns-Nader
“iPad: A Tool For Distraction for Children Receiving an Immunization”
Grant Fairchild
Biology and Philosophy
Mentor: Dr. Guy Caldwell
“Identification of miRNAs that modify α-synuclein-induced neurodegeneration”
Kyle Glisson
Biology
Mentor: Dr. Marco Bonizzoni
“Calorimetric investigation of the interaction of hyperbranched polyelectrolytes with small organic molecules in water”
Elizabeth Haley
Nursing
Mentor: Dr. Yonghyun (John) Kim
“Importance of acidic pH and basic fibroblast growth factor for glioblastoma stem cell media optimization”
Alexander Jenkins
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Jason Bara
“Design and Simulation of 3-D Printed Devices for Gas-Liquid Contacting”
Daniel Klein
Computer Science
Mentor: Dr. Joseph Smith
“A Web-Based Tool For Exploring Supreme Court Opinions”
Jonathan Laufe
Political Science
Mentor: Dr. Diana Dolliver
“Evaluating Criminal Opportunities on the Tor Network”
Annemarie Lisko
English
Mentor: Dr. Lauren Cardon
“Citizens of the South”
Thomas Ludwig
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Heath Turner
“Mechanism of Bismuth Telluride Exfoliation in an Ionic Liquid Solvent”
Justin Magrath
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Yonghyun (John) Kim
“Effect of Salinamycin on Glioblastoma Cancer Stem Cells”
Sarah McFann
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Margaret Liu
“Metabolic Flux Model to Optimize Butanol Production in Clostridium tyrobutyricum”
Sean Miller
ACS Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. David Dixon
“Gas-Phase Acidities of Phosphorylated Amino Acids and Their Corresponding Amides”
Mark Ortiz
Interdisciplinary Studies
Mentor: Dr. Ellen Spears
“”What Dreams May Come: Toward a Radical Politics of Becoming in the Anthropocene Era””
Walker Philips
Management Information Systems
Mentor: Dr. Diana Dolliver
“Evaluating Criminal Opportunities on the Tor Network”
Andrew Raddatz
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Yonghyun (John) Kim
“Optimization of Glioblastoma Cancer Stem Cell Culture”
Michael Raddatz
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Yonghyun (John) Kim
“Glioblastoma Cellular Membrane Proteomic Analyses Reveals the Subtype-specific Expression of Vimentin and CD44”
Courtney Rentas
Biology and Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Kim A. Caldwell
“Two different research efforts: (1) Bacterial products cause cell stress and neurotoxicity and (2) Discovery of a novel RNA splicing protein that is protective in a Parkinson’s animal model”
Courtney Ricciardi
Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Caroline Boxmeyer
“Study 1: Children’s Involvement in Meal Planning: Effects on Physical Health, Food Choices, and School Engagement; Study 2: Teacher and Principal Perspectives on the DCGP School Garden Curriculum”
Meredith Rickard
ACS Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. David Dixon
“From Waste to Fuels and Feedstocks: Reduction of CO2 Using Main-Group Catalysts”
John David Roveda
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Jason Bara
“New Ionic Polymers for Advanced Material Applications”
Grace Silverstein
Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Alexey Volkov
“Numerical Modeling of Laser Plasma Plume Expansion”
Samantha Tilson
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Yonghyun (John) Kim
“The Effects of Y-27632 on the Propagation of Glioblastoma Stem Cells”
Cooper Vajner
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Hung-Ta Wang
“Seebeck Coefficients and Electrical Conductivities of PEDOT:PSS/Te Nanowire Organic/Inorganic Composites”
David Wallace
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Jason Bara
“Tethered Imidazole-Amines for CO2 Capture and Polymer Building Blocks”
Robert David Ward
Biology
Mentor: Dr. Juan Lopez-Bautista
“Molecular evolution and ecology of algae”
Erin Nicole West
Biology
Mentor: Dr. Patrick Frantom
“Characterization of active site variants of isopropylmalate synthase”
Shuwen Yue
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. David Dixon
“Computational Studies of Catalytic Processes for Conversion of Biofuels and Controlling Organic Reactivity”
