College of Agriculture
Elizabeth Brown
Major: Animal Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Calving season and rumen-protected methionine on epigenetic control of beef production
Mentor: Dr. Sonia Mosia
Anna Gierow
Major: Animal Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Comparative Transcriptomics Between Porcine and Cattle Oocytes.
Mentor: Dr. Fernando Biase
Olivia Reid
Major: Animal Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: NICD over-expression in the Notch signaling pathway affects the organization of the adrenal gland
Mentor: Dr. Jeff Huang
Andrew Keel
Major: Animal Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Effect of dietary protein source and litter condition on broiler chicken growth performance and interstinal stem cell activity
Mentor: Dr. Jessica Starkey
College of Architecture Design and Construction
Kara Boyer
Major: Building Science
Sponsor(s): College of Architecture Design and Construction
Project Title: Creating a tiny home building code to positively effect long-term sustainability
Mentor: Dr. April Simons
Kyra Stark
Major: Architecture
Sponsor(s): College of Architecture Design and Construction
Project Title: Incorporating passive design into the beginning design process
Mentor: Dr. Justin Miller
College of Education
Abigail Brittain
Major: Exercise Science
Sponsor(s): College of Education
Project Title: Sport specialization and teaching patterns in youth athletes
Mentor: Dr. Gretchen Oliver
Katherine Corona
Major: Exercise Science
Sponsor(s): College of Education
Project Title: An uphill battle: understanding gait alterations in patients with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
Mentor: Dr. Jaimie Roper
Arlene Maheu
Major: Exercise Science
Sponsor(s): College of Education
Project Title: The cognitive effects of ‘green exercise’ on adolescents diagnosed with ADHD
Mentor: Dr. Ford Dyke
Carley Wilson
Major: Physical Activity and Health
Sponsor(s): College of Education
Project Title: The Influence of Physical Activity on Sleep Quality in Children and Young Adults
Mentor: Dr. Melissa Pangelinan
Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
Reid Adams
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Elucidating structure-activity relationships of metal oxide and metal carbide catalysts via a novel raman-spectrokinetic approach
Mentor: Dr. Carlos Carrero
Luke Anderson
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Engineering in vitro three-dimensional colorectal cancer tissue models from patient-derived xenografts for application in personalized medicine
Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Lipke
Ashely Baerlocher
Major: Materials Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Mechanical Properties of Solid-State Electrolytes
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Fergus
Erin Batcho
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Canine Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) at 7T MRI
Mentor: Dr. Thomas Denney
Jacob Bensinger
Major: Civil Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Assessment of porosity-permeability relationships for 3D pore network models undergoing pore-scale dissolution and precipitation
Mentor: Dr. Lauren Beckingham
Kelly Burnham
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: The Non-Isentropic Solution to the Taylor-Culick Profile for Cylindrical and Slab Rocket Motors
Mentor: Dr. Joseph Majdalani
Tyler Compher
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Lumped Parameter Modeling Cerebrovascular and Cardiovascular Blood Flow
Mentor: Dr. Vrishank Raghav
Kareem El-Kattan
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Synthesizing Peptide Sequences to Target Prostate Cancer Cells
Mentor: Dr. Allan David
Danielle Elmore
Major: Microbial, Cellular, and Molecular Biology
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Tissue clearing techniques to improve hemodynamic testing of heart valves
Mentor: Dr. Vrishank Raghav
Caroline George
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Development of a functional ex-vivo porcine heart to test and improve mitral valve repairing techniques
Mentor: Dr. Vrishank Raghav
Bryana Harris
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Examining the Effects of Tissue Geometry on Cardiomyocyte Maturation in 3D Developing Human Engineered Cardiac Tissues
Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Lipke
Bryan Holmes
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Modeling of Photosynthetic Aeration for Energy Efficient Wastewater Treatment Processes
Mentor: Dr. Brendan Higgins
Rachel Howell
Major: Ecological Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Development of a bench-scale flume reactor for benthic filamentous algae colonization studies
Mentor: Dr. David Blersch
Mengyang (Claudia) Hu
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Using post polymerization click-chemistry approaches to incorporate magnetic properties within polymer structures to prepare polymeric T1, T2 or T1 and T2 MRI contrast agents
Mentor: Dr. Bryan Beckingham
Katelyn Jenkins
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: The Biomechanical Effect of Body-Borne Loads on Airborne Soldiers
Mentor: Dr. Michael Zabala
LeeAnn Johnston
Major: Ecological Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Exploring the Removal of Excess Nutrients and Heavy Metals From Polluted Water Bodies Through the Use of Macrophytes and Microorganisms
Mentor: Dr. Alan Wilson
Keith Krause
Major: Electrical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Investigation of the performance and energy consumption of superconducting adiabatic computing circuits
Mentor: Dr. Michael Hamilton
Hudson Land
Major: Biosystems Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: The Assessment of Protein Feedstock Value of Cultivated Algal Biomass for Aquaponics Waste Nutrient Recycling
Mentor: Dr. David Blersch
Ryan Long
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Self-Folding Origami
Mentor: Dr. Russell Mailen
Noah Miller
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Harnessing Solar Energy to Perform Self-Folding Origami
Mentor: Dr. Russell Mailen
Rebecca Mulholland
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Impact Dynamics of a 3D printed Piano Hammer
Mentor: Dr. Edmon Perkins
Mina Narayanan
Major: Software Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Adversarial Authorship: Exploring Features for Author Identification
Mentor: Dr. Gerry Dozier
Isabel Perry
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Impact Dynamics of Strings with Vibration Controls
Mentor: Dr. Edmon Perkins
Elizabeth Prior
Major: Civil Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Effectiveness of Measuring the Turbidity of Waterways with Near Infrared Imaging Obtained by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Mentor: Dr. Frances O’Donnell
Joshita Suresh
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Engineering in vitro prostate cancer tumor tissue to test the efficacy of anticancer therapeutics
Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Lipke
David Teitge
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Design and Construction of a Phase Change Flight Experiment for the International Space Station using micro-structured surfaces
Mentor: Dr. Sushil Bhavnani
Tyler Toner
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Model predictive controller sensitivity to errored parameters for a cruise controlled heavy truck convoy in simulation
Mentor: Dr. David Bevly
Kelly Turner
Major: Civil Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Modeling the Influence of Ground Surface Roughness and Building Attributes on the Physical Vulnerability of Low-Rise Buildings to Hurricane Winds
Mentor: Dr. David Roueche
Anna Vescio
Major: Materials Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Controlled release from topical ointments modified with halloysite nanotubes
Mentor: Dr. Edward Davis
Eric Wietstruk
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Study of the Aerodynamic Response of Birds to Turbulent Weather Conditions
Mentor: Dr. Vrishank Raghav
Liam Wood
Major: Materials Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Halloysite based Antibacterial Paints
Mentor: Dr. Edward Davis
School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Cullen Anderson
Major: Wildlife Ecology and Management
Sponsor(s): Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Project Title: Spatial and Temporal Effects of Rural Mennonite Communities on Jaguar (Panthera onca) Populations in Belize
Mentor: Dr. Todd Steury
Arielle Fay
Major: Wildlife Ecology and Management
Sponsor(s): Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Project Title: Impacts of Wild Pigs on Acorn Availability
Mentor: Dr. Mark Smith
Kayla Krigger
Major: Wildlife Sciences
Sponsor(s): Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Project Title: The effects of temperature, air pressure, humidity, and habitat on the preferred bloodmeal of Aedes albopictus
Mentor: Dr. Sarah Zohdy
Alex Merchinsky
Major: Wildlife Sciences
Sponsor(s): Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Project Title: Ant Foraging Behavior Under Artificially Manipulated Temperatures
Mentor: Dr. Robert Gritzen & Dr. Christopher Lepczyk
James Shortnacy
Major: Wildlife Ecology Management
Sponsor(s): Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Project Title: Estimating the Proportion of White-tailed Deer Illegally Harvested over Bait in Eastern Alabama
Mentor: Dr. William Gulsby
College of Human Sciences
Emily Parra
Major: Nutrition Science
Sponsor(s): College of Human Sciences
Project Title: Lifestyle Determinants of Childhood Obesity in Elementary School Children
Mentor: Dr. Geetha Thangiah
Savannah Rundquist
Major: Nutrition-Dietetics
Sponsor(s): College of Human Sciences
Project Title: Exploring the effects of a high chlorophyll dietary intervention to reduce colon cancer risk in adults: The Meat and Three Greens (M3G) Feasibility Trial
Mentor: Dr. Andrew Fruge
College of Liberal Arts
Lauren Allison
Major: Communication Disorders
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Quantification of upper airway thermoregulation and vocal dose in indoor cycling fitness instructors with and without amplification: implications for vocal health
Mentor: Dr. Mary J. Sandage
Pate Brunner
Major: Music Performance and Economics
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: A Musical and Historical Analysis of Jazz Trombone Performance and its Technical Adaptation in the Bebop Era and Beyond
Mentor: Dr. Michael Pendowski
Emma Goodwin
Major: English Literature
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: A More Virtuous Vice: An Intersection Between Games and Religion in Eleventh-Century Cambrai
Mentor: Dr. Kate Craig
Barbara Laughlin
Major: Psychology
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Perception of Situations Through Word Connotation: Impact on Anxiety
Mentor: Dr. Alejandro Lazarte
Taylor Mackowski
Major: Spanish
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: L2 Spanish Learners’ Auditory Perception of Gender and Number and its Role in Relative Clause Attachment Resolution
Mentor: Dr. Daniel Vergara
Stevan Marcus
Major: Economics
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Water Contamination and Infant Health in West Alabama
Mentor: Dr. Duha Altindag and Aditi Segupta
Katie Martin
Major: English
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: The Impact of Document Design on Alcohol-Harm Awareness
Mentor: Dr. Helen Eldson
Haley Maul
Major: Psychology
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Workplace Decision Making and Risk Taking
Mentor: Dr. Ana Franco-Watkins
Jordan Wade
Major: Art History
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Defining and Discussing Afrofuturist Appropriations
Mentor: Dr. Kathryn Floyd
Sarah Webb
Major: Art History
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Exploring the relationships between the arts of the Kuba Kingdom and the Congo missionary outreach of the American Presbyterian church
Mentor: Dr. Kathryn Floyd
Harrison School of Pharmacy
Ayaka Fujihashi
Major: Biochemistry
Sponsor(s): Harrison School of Pharmacy
Project Title: Assessment of the Neurotoxic Effects of Prenatal Nicotine and Alcohol Exposure on Hippocampus and Cortex of Rodents
Mentor: Dr. Muralikrishnan Dhanasekaran
Ivy Hall
Major: Biochemistry
Sponsor(s): Harrison School of Pharmacy
Project Title: Understanding How to Best Track Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) Infections in a Murine Model by Use of Fluorescence or Photo-acoustic Imaging
Mentor: Dr. Peter Panizzi
Ellery Jones
Major: Biochemistry
Sponsor(s): Harrison School of Pharmacy
Project Title: Autotaxin and glutamatergic dysregulation in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Mentor: Dr. Vishnu Suppiramaniam
Tyler Lynd
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): Harrison School of Pharmacy
Project Title: Honokiol Rescues Mitochondrial Functioning in a Parkinson’s Model
Mentor: Dr. Muralikrishnan Dhanasekaran
Shannon Maguire
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): Harrison School of Pharmacy
Project Title: The development of novel SIRT3 agonist for mitigating nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Mentor: Dr. Rajesh Amin
Madison Patrick
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): Harrison School of Pharmacy
Project Title: Correlation of MtSK Inhibitory Activity with Chemical Constituents in Alpinia galanga Identified by High Resolution Mass Spectrometry: A Biochemometrics Study Case
Mentor: Dr. Angela Calderon
Shivani Rangari
Major: Biomedical Sciences/Premed
Sponsor(s): Harrison School of Pharmacy
Project Title: Improved Topical Delivery of Acyclovir on a Nanogel Formulation for Herpes Labialis.
Mentor: Dr. Jay Ramapuram
Jack Schwartz
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology
Sponsor(s): Harrison School of Pharmacy
Project Title: Use of Ketone Bodies as a Therapeutic for Alzheimer’s Disease
Mentor: Dr. Miranda Reed
Elena Skarupa
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): Harrison School of Pharmacy
Project Title: Treatment mediated differences in gene expression in multicellular 3D models of human breast cancer
Mentor: Dr. Robert Arnold
College of Sciences and Mathematics
Daniel Akwa
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: The Roles of the Mitochondrial Carrier Family in Metal Homeostasis
Mentor: Paul Cobine
Carson Blankenship
Major: Molecular Biology
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: “Shock and Kill” Strategy against Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus: Defining Target Specificity and Potency of a Novel Antiviral Compound
Mentor: Dr. Joanna Sztuba-Solinska
William Bowers
Major: Physics
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Electronic Surface Reconstruction and Defect Characterization in Complex Oxide Thin Films
Mentor: Ryan Comes
Sabrina Cline
Major: Microbial, Cellular, and Molecular Biology
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Understanding PAN’s Labyrinth: Tracking the subcellular localization of the oncogenic PAN RNA using in situ fluorescence microscopy techniques
Mentor: Dr. Joanna Sztuba-Solinska
Milica Courtenay
Major: Integrative Biology
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Testing whether sex-specific senescence in the lizard, Anolis sagrei, translates to the cellular level
Mentor: Dr. Tonia Schwartz
Sarah Dolinger
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: The relationship between mental health, stress, and social supports in health profiles for high school athletes.
Mentor: Dr. Melissa Pangelinan
Kacie Florus
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Changes in Endothelial Cell Density in Sections of Cerebrum from PEA15 Mutant and Non-Mutant Cats.
Mentor: Dr. Emily Graff
Katherine Hunter
Major: Biochemistry
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Exploring fundamental uranium and thorium chemistry using redox-active Schiff base ligands
Mentor: Dr. Anne Gorden
Peyton Kuhlers
Major: Biochemistry
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Development of an in vitro model to evaluate novel genes regulating inflammation and fibrosis
Mentor: Dr. Michael Green
Sam Lubor
Major: Cell/Molecular Biology
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Measuring and Comparing Oxidative Damage and Mitochondrial Function in Mammalian and Avian Species
Mentor: Dr. Wendy Hood
Amanda Mish
Major: Pre-Veterinary Medicine of Wildlife Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Testing the functional role of carotenoid coloration on survival from UV stress in the marine copepod, Tigriopus californicus
Mentor: Dr. Geoffrey Hill
Jacob Mayhugh
Major: Chemistry
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Synthesis and characterization of zinc (II) bis(pyrrole)phenylenediamine complexes
Mentor: Dr. Anne Gordon
Amanda Myles
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Characterizing the Role of Periplasmic Nitrate Reductase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Physiology
Mentor: Dr. Sang-Jin Suh
Alisa Mobley
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Synthesis and characterization of block-copolymers towards smart gating insulin release membranes
Mentor: Dr. Bryan Beckingham
Morgan Sisk
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Investigation of antibacterial properties of adhesives used in the Europa Lander Mission
Mentor: Dr. Mark Liles
Abigail Putz
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Self-Efficacy of Mainstream Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers for English Language Learners
Mentor: Dr. Jamie Harrison
Phillip Wang
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Investing the role of diet and coloration on survival and vitality outcomes in the marine copepod, Tigriopus californicus
Mentor: Dr. Geoffrey Hill
Morgan Tatum
Major: Physics
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Development of a COLTRIMS spectrometer for observing laser-atom interactions
Mentor: Dr. Marc Guillaume
Matthew Dylan Wilson
Major: Microbial Biology
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: The role of PEA15 on cell proliferation and apoptosis in feline fibroblasts
Mentor: Dr. Emily Graff
Matthew Westerfield
Major: Chemistry
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: A Measure of Potency of Novel Protein Synthesis Inhibitors Using In vitro Translation Assay
Mentor: Dr. Alexey Petrov
Emma Yonan
Major: Biology
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Physiological responses of invasive cane toad (Rhinella marina) from Florida: how stress affects immune response and locomotor performance
Mentor: Dr. Mary Mendonca
University College/Aviation
Shelby Potter
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Effects of Severe Weather Phenomena on Commercial Aviation Accidents and Incidents
Mentor: Dr. James Birdsong