College of Agriculture
Andrew Bradford
Major: Fisheries
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Quantifying the Effects of Different Environmental Conditions on Sperm Form and Function for Aquatic Species of Importance in Alabama
Mentor: Ian Butts
Brooke Johnson
Major: Environmental Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Inventory and Characterization of Gulf Coast Salt Marsh Soil Resources
Mentor: Joey Shaw
Meagan Reeves
Major: Animal Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Mitochondrial-Nuclear Interaction Between Breeds of Lean and Obese Pigs
Mentor: Terry Brandebourg
Ian Schlosser
Major: Biosystems Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Reclaiming AU Campus Sewage Through an Integrated Wastewater Treatment Process
Mentor: Yi Wang
Lauren Shortnacy
Major: Animal Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Effect of the Wooden Breast Myopathy on Broiler Chicken Collagen and Myogenic Regulatory Factor Protein Expression
Mentor: Jessica Starkey
Evan Webster
Major: Fisheries
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Assessment of Vendor Preferences and Perceived Quality in the Half-shell Oyster Market
Mentor: William Walton
College of Architecture Design and Construction
Dongnyeok Han
Major: Building Science
Sponsor(s): College of Architecture, Design, and Construction
Project Title: Strategies and Lessons Learned for Creating Virtual Reality Immersive Games for Construction Safety Training
Mentor: Salman Azhar
College of Education
Katie 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: Jaimie Roper
Caroline Kirkham
Major: Exercise Science
Sponsor(s): College of Education
Project Title: Influence of Lower Extremity in Softball Pitching
Mentor: Gretchen Oliver
Robert McLaughlin
Major: Exercise Science
Sponsor(s): College of Education
Project Title: Development of a More Convenient and Affordable Method of Measuring the Arch Height Index
Mentor: Christopher Wilburn
Ryleigh Randall
Major: Laboratory Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Education
Project Title: The Impact of Lactation on Autophagy and Mitochondrial fission and fusion in the Liver and Skeletal Muscle
Mentor: Andreas Kavazis
Kathryn Riis
Major: Exercise Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Education
Project Title: Get a Grip: Investigation of Non-Slip Socks on Locomotive Parameters in High-Risk Population for Falls
Mentor: Christopher Willburn
Alanis Smith
Major: Integrative Biology
Sponsor(s): College of Education
Project Title: Inhibitory Control in Musicians vs. Non-musicians
Mentor: Kristina Neely
Carley Wilson
Major: Exercise Science
Sponsor(s): College of Education
Project Title: Changes in Sleep Efficiency in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder during an Adapted Tennis Intervention
Mentor: Melissa Pangelinan
Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
Ryan Anthony
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Optimization Study of the Synthesis Process for the Mo²C MXene
Mentor: Majid Beidaghi
Cameron Baker
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Analysis of Airborne Soldier Load Carriage Gait
Mentor: Michael Zabala
Noah Blackwood
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Exploring Superparamagnetic Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles as Alternative MRI-T1 Contrast Agents
Mentor: Allan David
Justin Box
Major: Bioprocess Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Analyzing the Effect of Antimicrobial Processing Aids in Poultry Processing Wastewater and Investigating the Use of Eukaryotic Algae in Collaboration with Bacteria to Treat Poultry Processing Waste Water
Mentor: Brendan Higgins
Michaela Bush
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Developing MATLAB Code for Analysis of Heterogeneous Engineered Cardiac Tissue during Contraction
Mentor: Elizabeth Ann Lipke
David Carpenter
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Analyzing the Frequencies that Influence Soft Tissue Artifact
Mentor: Michael Zabala
Watson Copeland
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: The Acoustics of a Carbon Fiber Guitar
Mentor: Edmon Perkins
Max Garton
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Damping Effects of a Particle Damper on a Torsional Pendulum
Mentor: Edmon Perkins
Lily Gong
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Click Chemistry Towards Allyl-polymer MRI contrast agents: solubility, kinetics, and magnetic responses
Mentor: Bryan Beckingham
Levi Gosdin
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Quantifying the Unsteady Aerodynamics of Raptors
Mentor: Vrishank Raghav
Tina Huang
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Improving Polymer-Modified Asphalt by Changing the Characteristics of Block Copolymers Using Click Chemistry
Mentor: Bryan Beckingham
Sierra Jacobs
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Do Biomechanical Measures Change During a Drop-jump Landing with a Cognitive Task?
Mentor: Jaimie Roper
Seth Johnston
Major: Biosystems Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Studying the Relevance of Stomatal Characteristics on Drought Tolerance in Peanut
Mentor: Alvaro Sanz Saez
Tarun Kore
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Computational Fluid Dynamics Study of Expiratory Flows in the Human Trachea
Mentor: Vrishank Raghav
Christy Manning
Major: Civil Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: The Effects of Impregnation on Catalyst Pellets
Mentor: Marta Miletic
Catherine McConatha
Major: Materials Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Corrosion of Additively Manufactured 316L Stainless Steel Bio-implants in Simulated Human Body Fluid
Mentor: Xiaoyuan Lou
Andrew Moore
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: In Vitro 3D Colorectal Cancer Model Using PEG-fibrinogen Hydrogels
Mentor: Elizabeth Ann Lipke
Zane Oligee
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Chemical Abrasive Flow Polishing of Micro-Channels for use in Additively Manufactured Inconel 718 Heat Exchangers
Mentor: Scott Thompson
Hayden Patteson
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Temperature Control/Sensor for In-situ Sea Turtle Nests
Mentor: Edmon Perkins
Johann Phan
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: The Effects of Arm’s Length on Batted Ball Speed and Distance
Mentor: Gretchen Oliver
Elizabeth Prior
Major: Civil Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Effectiveness of Measuring the Turbidity of Waterways with Multispectral Imaging Obtained by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Mentor: Frances O’Donnell
Aura Reyna
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Shape Memory Polymer Programming Techniques
Mentor: Russel Mailen
Jonathan Schuler
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Engineering Lignin Transformation Mechanisms to Create Value-added Products using Atomistic Modeling
Mentor: Andrew Adamczyk
Anna Catherine Smith
Major: Industrial Systems Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Utilizing the Tools of Visual Media to Aid STEM Practitioners in Reporting their Findings Simply and Effectively
Mentor: Edmon Perkins
Philip Snitzer
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: How Waste Heat from a Process Can Be Repurposed and/or Stored to Make Other Areas of the Process More Efficient and Reduce Waste Heat Being Released to the Atmosphere
Mentor: Jay Khondadadi
Helen Steeve
Major: Materials Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Optimizing Stereolithography 3D Printing for use with Biodegradable Resins
Mentor: Edward Davis
Jacob Stotser
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Development of MATLAB Trip/Slip Algorithms to Investigate the Effectiveness of Treadmill-based Perturbation Training
Mentor: Jaimie Roper
Zachary Wadzinski
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: A Method of Containing Near-Source Undegraded Floating Plastic
Mentor: Mark Dougherty
Christopher Weathers
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: MRI-Based Quantification of Tibiofemoral Alignment of Female Athletes
Mentor: Michael Zabala
Madison Wichmann
Major: Biosystems Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: The Assessment of Stream Bank Stability vs. Time and of the Relationship Between Plant Roots and Soil Aggregation
Mentor: Thorsten Knappenberger
School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Eian Davis
Major: Geospatial and Environmental Informatics
Sponsor(s): College of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Project Title: Streamflow Trend Analysis in the State of Georgia to Determine Changes in Water Availability
Mentor: Sanjiv Kumar
Allison Gary
Major: Wildlife Sciences/Pre-Veterinary Medicine
Sponsor(s): College of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Project Title: Creating a Social Survey to Analyze Differential Veterinary Care Cost for Indoor Versus Outdoor House Cat (Felis Catus) in the South Eastern Region
Mentor: Christopher Lepczyk
Abby Hagelskamp
Major: Wildlife Sciences/Pre-Veterinary Medicine
Sponsor(s): College of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Project Title: Creating a Social Survey to Analyze Differential Veterinary Care Cost for Indoor Versus Outdoor House Cat (Felis Catus) in the South Eastern Region
Mentor: Christopher Lepczyk
Jace McCauley
Major: Forestry
Sponsor(s): College of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Project Title: How Change in Temperature Patterns Affect Pine Sawflies in the South Eastern United States
Mentor: Lori Eckhardt
Abigail Morgan
Major: Wildlife Sciences/Pre-Veterinary Medicine
Sponsor(s): College of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Project Title: Cat and Island Ecosystems: Zoonotic Pathogens in Feral Cats in Hawaii, Madagascar, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Mentor: Sarah Zohdy
Gabrielle Ripa
Major: Wildlife Ecology and Management
Sponsor(s): College of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Project Title: The Effect of Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense), an Invasive Shrub, On Herpetofaunal Communities
Mentor: Christopher Anderson
College of Human Sciences
Beatriz Carmona
Major: Nutrition Science
Sponsor(s): College of Human Sciences
Project Title: The Effects of Obesity and Metabolic Dysfunction on the Rhythmicity of Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide
Mentor: Michael Greene
Anna Fouty
Major: Nutrition Science
Sponsor(s): College of Human Sciences
Project Title: Salivary Amylase Gene Copy Number and Childhood Obesity
Mentor: Geetha Thangiah
Aaron Riviere
Major: Nutrition: Dietetics
Sponsor(s): College of Human Sciences
Project Title: Zonulin levels decline in serum and fecal samples after the addition of green leafy vegetables to a high red meat diet in obese individuals with high risk for colorectal cancer.
Mentor: Andrew Frugé
College of Liberal Arts
Abigail Bennett
Major: Communication Disorders
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Using an Interactive Phonetics Learning Management System and User-Centered Design to Inform Phonetics Education Methods
Mentor: Marisha Speights
Brianna Burks
Major: Communication Disorders
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Event Boundary Effects on Speech in Physical and Virtual Reality Environments
Mentor: Dallin Bailey
Jorge Castro Lebron
Major: Neuroscience/ Musical Performance-Voice
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Allophone and Syllable Stress Perception in Spanish as a Second Language
Mentor: Gilda Socarras
Natalie Conboy
Major: Psychology/ Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Development of a Comprehensive Measure for the Cognitive Attentional Syndrome
Mentor: Joseph Bardeen
Kaitlyn Connor
Major: Neuroscience
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Psychophysiological Correlates of Pain in Cannabis Users and Non-Users
Mentor: Jennifer Robinson
Sarah Etherton
Major: Neuroscience
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Finding the Neurofunctional Topography of the Human Hippocampus using fMRI
Mentor: Jennifer Robinson
Lily Fess
Major: Art History
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: The Repatriation of Art Objects Taken from the Kingdom of Benin During Late Nineteenth-Century British Colonialism
Mentor: Emily Burns
Taylor Mitchell
Major: Psychology
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Anxiety Levels in Adolescents Adjudicated for Illegal Sexual Behavior
Mentor: Kelli Thompson
Elizabeth Murphy
Major: Communication Disorders
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Auditory Brainstem Responses to Altered Orchestral Music
Mentor: Sridhar Krishnamurti
Leslie Schuneman
Major: Art History
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: The Ideas of Materiality and Unfinished Quality: A Closer Look at Auguste Rodin’s Sculptures
Mentor: Emily Burns
Adam Sienkiewicz
Major: Health Services Administration
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Asking the Right Questions: The Demanding Task of Developing an Interactive Survey Instrument for Hospitalized Pediatric Patients
Mentor: Haneen Ali
Mary Grace Vinson
Major: English Literature
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Plas Newydd: Mapping the Networks of the Ladies of Llangollen
Mentor: Emily Clair Friedman
William West
Major: History
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Slavery and Politics in Antebellum Auburn
Mentor: Kelly Kennington
Victoria Zona
Major: Neuroscience
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Determining How Images of Different Exercise Contexts are Spontaneously Registered in the Brains of Non-exercisers Via Electroencephalography (EEG)
Mentor: Matthew Miller
Harrison School of Pharmacy
Alison Beverly
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): Harrison School of Pharmacy
Project Title: Cytokine Recepto CXCR3 Blockade Enhances Hyperexcitability and Synaptic Transmission Changes That Occur Following a Peripheral Viral Infection
Mentor: Miranda Reed
Kavon Diggs
Major: Biomedical Sciences/Pre-Pharmacy
Sponsor(s): Harrison School of Pharmacy
Project Title: Factors Influencing Medicare Beneficiary’s Decisions Regarding Medicare Plan Selection
Mentor: Salisa Westrick
Marissa Dogan
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): Harrison School of Pharmacy
Project Title: Investigating the Role of the Lateral Entorhinal Cortex in Alzheimer’s Disease
Mentor: Miranda Reed
Connor Jones
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): Harrison School of Pharmacy
Project Title: Tofacitinib Analogs as Agents for MPO Inhibition
Mentor: Forrest Smith
Shivani Rangari
Major: Biomedical Sciences/Pre-Medicine
Sponsor(s): Harrison School of Pharmacy
Project Title: Formulation of Acyclovir and Lidocaine Topical Gels for Herpes Simplex Virus Infection
Mentor: Jayachandra Ramapuram
College of Sciences and Mathematics
Angela Burns
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Evaluation of the Influence of Work and Heat Exposure on Physiological Measures in Firefighters
Mentor: JoEllen Sefton
Abigail Campbell
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Evaluation of the Effects of Work and Heat Exposure on Cognitive Function in Firefighters
Mentor: JoEllen Sefton
Andrew Caskey
Major: Chemistry
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: A New Synthetic Approach to the Paracyclophane Core of the Anti-cancer Alkaloid Hauamine A
Mentor: Bradley Memer
Brett Clark
Major: Physics and Mathematics
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Effectiveness of Identifying Liquefaction Deposits from Large-Scale Earthquakes using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Mentor: Lorraine Wolf
Sarah Beth Dolinger
Major: Biomedical Sciences/Pre-Physical Therapy
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Studying the Effects of a Wellness Fair Program on High School Students’ Mental and Physical Health
Mentor: Melissa Pangelinan
Michael Erwin
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Can Inhibitory Control be Trained?
Mentor: Kristina Neely
Noah Gibson
Major: Chemistry
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Synthetic Exploration of Metal Catalyzed Cu²O Formation Using a Hot Injection Methodology
Mentor: Kristina Neely
John Grundhoefer
Major: Biochemistry
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: The Investigation of Emissive Properties of Imine and Hydroxyl-Coordinated Luminescent Lanthanide Complexes
Mentor: Anne Elizabeth Gordon
Leann Kopp
Major: Mathematics
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Improving 3D Reconstruction Algorithms Using Computational and Numerical Algebraic Geometry
Mentor: Luke Oeding
Regan Moss
Major: Microbiology/Pre-Medicine/Neuroscience
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Heterogeneity in Trauma Exposure and Biopsychosocial Health of Male Sex Trafficking Survivors
Mentor: Lauren Ruhlmann
Kyle Oswalt
Major: Integrative Biology
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Investigating Ganglia Importance in Discontinuous Gas Flow Patterns of Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches (Gromphadorhina Partentosa).
Mentor: Arthur Appel
Holden Paz
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: The Role of p62 Ubiquitination in Viral Infection
Mentor: Jason Upton
Jacob Sinopoli
Major: Biochemistry
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Design and Optimization of Microfluidic Droplet Traps Using High Resolution, 3D-printed Templates
Mentor: Christopher Easley
Xavier Streety
Major: Biochemistry
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Investigating Late-stage Polypeptide Diversification Via Formation of Twisted Amides
Mentor: Monika Raj
Brady Unzicker
Major: Physics
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Exact Characterization of Attosecond Pulses Using Atomic Hydrogen Wavefunctions
Mentor: Guillaume Laurent
Ansley Welham
Major: Organismal Biology
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Isolation and Cultivation of Human and Plant Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria from the Snouts of Locally Sources Sus Scrofa in South Alabama
Mentor: Lori Eckhardt
Natalie Williams
Major: Microbiology
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Antibacterial Properties of Europa Lander Solid Rocket Motor Adhesive, EA9394, Against Sporulating Gram-positive Bacteria
Mentor: Mark Liles
Nursing
Trae Anderson
Major: Nursing
Sponsor(s): College of Nursing
Project Title: Recruitment of Underrepresented Populations Into Health Outcomes Research: Review of the Literature and Strategies for Recruitment
Mentor: Caralise Hunt