College of Agriculture
Ellie Amerson
Major: Animal Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Assessing the use of biometric ear tags as herd health monitoring devices in swine.
Mentor: Terry Brandebourg
Elijah Carroll
Major: Organismal Biology-Conservation
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Potential hazard to beneficial insects from imidacloprid exposure in the honeydew of crape myrtle bark scale Eriococcus lagerstroemiae (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae)
Mentor: David Held
Daniel Carter
Major: Crop, Soils, and Environmental Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Exploring relationships between diet and other risk factors for colon cancer with novel circulating biomarkers in humans
Mentor: Drew Frugé
Madison Dees
Major: Poultry Science
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Do cyanobacterial toxins bioaccumulate in aquaculture-produced fish?
Mentor: Alan Wilson
Emily Ennis
Major: Poultry Science
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Will replacement of reproductive hormone genes with the alligator cathelicidin gene result in disease resistant, sterile catfish exhibiting normal growth?
Mentor: Rex Dunham
Ivy Graves
Major: Animal Science
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Discovery and curation of communication modalities surrounding animal welfare practices
Mentor: Donald Mulvaney
Rachel Hollingsworth
Major: Animal Science
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Investigating the role that inflammation plays in unexplained heifer infertility
Mentor: Paul Dyce
Seth Ingram
Major: Agricultural Business and Economics
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Impact of the China-US trade war on the Alabama soybean industry
Mentor: Ruiqing Miao
Megan Justice
Major: Wildlife Enterprise Management
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Genetic and phenotypic characterization of a cryptic Largemouth Bass form
Mentor: Eric Peatman
Parker King
Major: Horticulture: Nursery and Greenhouse Science
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Exploring the role of type VI secretion system of pathogen in mediating interactions with the plant cell
Mentor: Neha Potnis
Rachel Osbourne
Major: Poultry Science
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Analyzing samples of raw poultry processing plant wastewater to determine the chemical makeup and microbial load present before treatment
Mentor: Dianna Bourassa
Mackenzie Pennington
Major: Environmental Science
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Effects of sodium bicarbonate on water alkalinity in a hydroponic system
Mentor: Daniel Wells
Roshell Rosales Aguilar
Major: Agricultural Business and Economics
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Understanding the causes and exploring remedies for food waste and food loss
Mentor: Ruiqing Miao
Harbert College of Business
Carley Robinson
Major: Management and Finance
Sponsor(s): Harbert College of Business
Project Title: The effects of abusive supervision on insubordination
Mentor: Jeremy Mackey
College of Education
Molly Cassidy
Major: Kinesiology
Sponsor(s): College of Education
Project Title: Electromyographic analysis of shoulder rotation strength testing positions
Mentor: Gretchen Oliver
Abigail Cramer
Major: Exercise Science
Sponsor(s): College of Education
Project Title: The effects of previously playing an overhead throwing sport in shoulder range of motion, strength, and humeral retroversion
Mentor: Gretchen Oliver
Daisy Hansana
Major: Exercise Science
Sponsor(s): College of Education
Project Title: Investigating preparatory movement about the ankle
Mentor: Wendi Weimar
Alice Northcutt
Major: Exercise Science
Sponsor(s): College of Education
Project Title: The efficacy of adaptive aerobic exercise on sleep in adults with disabilities
Mentor: Melissa Pangelinan
Derrick Stephen
Major: Kinesiology
Sponsor(s): College of Education
Project Title: SuperHERoes of today: A biomechanical analysis of the anatomical adaptations during pregnancy
Mentor: Christopher Wilburn
Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
Peter Abraham
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: RNA-sequencing analysis to identify links between the consensus molecular subtypes of colorectal cancer and obesity
Mentor: Elizabeth Lipke
Peden Arnold
Major: Bio-Process Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Biofuels value of biomass of algal turf scrubber treating aquaponics wastewater
Mentor: David Blersch
Mary Baird
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Polyether-based ion exchange membranes for heavy metal harvesting
Mentor: Bryan Beckingham
Brett Cranston
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Inertial measurement and surface electromyography in advanced arm prosthetics
Mentor: Chad Rose
Megan Davies
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Engineered cancer tissues for application in disease modeling and personalized drug testing
Mentor: Elizabeth Lipke
Matthew Do
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Developing machine learning models to predict protein solubility through frequency of amino acids
Mentor: Chris Kieslich
Calvin Dulaney
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: 3D Printer accessory that prints two polymers while being able to manipulate their concentration
Mentor: Edward Davis
Evan Ellison
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Development of MATLAB algorithms for determination and analysis of kinematic data from a split-belt treadmill
Mentor: Jaime Roper
Sierra Eady
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: A physics-based gasoline particulate filter temperature model for feedback oriented vehicle applications
Mentor: Mark Hoffman
Grace Gray
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Human impact study, testing the efficacy of customized 3D printed guards
Mentor: Michael Zabala
Audrey Hall
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Investigation of the antibacterial activity against foodborne pathogens and chemical composition of extracts and partitions of Psidium guajava
Mentor: Angela Calderon
Theresa Hardin
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Developing a tension driven telescoping arm
Mentor: Michael Zabala
Grace Hester
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Engineered 3D in vitro colorectal cancer models to investigate the link between obesity and cancer
Mentor: Elizabeth Lipke
Jett Kik
Major: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Engineering controls for hazardous noise: Researching and aggregating effective noise abatement solutions and creating media to disseminate the results of said research.
Mentor: Richard Sesek
Yevhenii “Jack” Kovryzhenko
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: System developing, path planning and trajectory optimization for autonomous areal vehicles
Mentor: Ehsan Taheri
Jin Kwon
Major: Electrical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Additive manufacturing of batteries using MXene-based inks
Mentor: Majid Beidaghi
Andrew McGehee
Major: Software Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Computational modeling of protein 3D structures with optimization and machine learning
Mentor: Debswapna Bhattacharya
Elizabeth Melby
Major: Biosystems Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Neutral lipid accumulation in algae induced by oxidative stress due to poultry wastewater antimicrobials
Mentor: Brendan Higgins
Javier Nishikawa
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Polymer-coated sugar nanoparticles for encapsulation of biomolecules
Mentor: Allan David
Ernest “Steven” Porterfield
Major: Materials Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Optimization of biodegradable resins for additive manufacturing
Mentor: Edward Davis
William Rud
Major: Biosystems Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Identifying laboratory light conditions that are viable for use in an algae turf scrubber raceway with filamentous algae
Mentor: David Blersch
Mollie Sabo
Major: Civil Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Pore network modelling of reactive permeability evolution
Mentor: Lauren Beckingham
Shelby Wales
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Fabrication of reactive rocks with 3D printing
Mentor: Lauren Beckingham
Duncan Wisniewski
Major: Wireless Engineering/Psychology
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Virtual muscle movement through EEG for motor learning
Mentor: Mark Adams
School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Jamie Andersen
Major: Wildlife Ecology and Management
Sponsor(s): College of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Project Title: Determining the spatial and temporal patterns of fiddler crab use of tidal freshwater forested wetlands along two rivers of the Apalachicola River.
Mentor: Christopher Anderson
Virginia Betbeze
Major: Wildlife Ecology and Management
Sponsor(s): College of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Project Title: The effect that culling of invasive species has on native bird populations in Kauai, Hawaii
Mentor: Christopher Lepczyk
Sarah Cain
Major: Wildlife Ecology and Management
Sponsor(s): College of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Project Title: Analyzing the accuracy of pellet count surveys to estimate density of White-tailed Deer (odocoileus virginianus)
Mentor: Stephen Ditchkoff
Allison Foster
Major: Wildlife Ecology and Management
Sponsor(s): College of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Project Title: Assessing the economic cost of managing invasive species across the United States
Mentor: Christopher Lepczyk
Philip McMichael
Major: Substainable Biomaterials and Packaging
Sponsor(s): College of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Project Title: Bio-based coagulation and flocculation systems to treat contaminants in concrete washwater
Mentor:Maria Soledad Peresin
College of Human Sciences
Erin Casolaro
Major: Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies/Accounting
Sponsor(s): College of Human Sciences
Project Title: Financial implications of personal gardening among elderly in rural Alabama
Mentor: Alicia Powers
Anna Fouty
Major: Nutrition Science and Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Human Sciences
Project Title: Telomere length and childhood obesity
Mentor: Geetha Thangiah
Molly Grubb
Major: Global Studies
Sponsor(s): College of Human Sciences
Project Title: Measuring the impact of humanitarian aid
Mentor: Alicia Powers
Tucker Kilgo
Major: Nutrition Science
Sponsor(s): College of Human Sciences
Project Title: Basic needs coalition food security prevalence study
Mentor: Onikia Brown
Megan Schaberg
Major: Nutrititon Science
Sponsor(s): College of Human Sciences
Project Title: Determining the effects of health beliefs on dietary intervention adherence and change in inflammatory biomarkers
Mentor: Drew Frugé
Kristyn Waldron
Major: Human Development and Family Studies
Sponsor(s): College of Human Sciences
Project Title: Community-based youth programs: Examining utilization and perceived benefits to military families
Mentor: Mallory Lucier-Greer
College of Liberal Arts
Avery Agostinelli
Major: Art History and Political Science
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Perpetual patriotism and polarizing politics: The multifaceted implications of Childe Hassam’s Avenue in The Rain
Mentor: Emily Burns
Brannon Anthony
Major: Political Science
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Human trafficking for the purpose of forced marriage in The People’s Republic of China
Mentor: Michael Brown
Hannah Evans
Major: Psychology
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Sexual development of adolescents adjudicated for illegal sexual behavior and adolescents adjudicated for general delinquent behavior
Mentor: Kelli Thompson
Samantha Guajardo
Major: Psychology
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: The effects of pre-adjudicatory factors on therapeutic alliance and the existence of racial disparities within adolescents who have been adjudicated for sexual offending behaviors
Mentor: Kelli Thompson
Nathan Holden
Major: English/Applied Math
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Employing Christianity: The role of religion in nineteenth-century American literature
Mentor: James Ryan
Carleigh Morrow
Major: Neuroscience
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Developmental olanzapine exposure on impulsive choice and behavioral flexibility
Mentor: Christopher Newland
Megan Ondrizek
Major: Communication Disorders
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Allostasis and homeostasis in the NICU infant: Implications for use of NMES for habilitation of swallowing function
Mentor: Mary Sandage
Cassidy Powell
Major: Psychology and Music Performance
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: How neurosyphilis affected four 19th century musical composers and their works
Mentor: Michael Pendowski
Allyson Pullen
Major: Neuroscience
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Social media use, health, and risk behavior among young women
Mentor: Sara Blaine
Kylie Seaton
Major: Psychology and Sociology
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: The influence on children’s ADHD symptoms by the interplay of various parenting behaviors and rates of child physical activity
Mentor: Joshua Novak
Jessica Sullivan
Major: History
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Wray v. Wray: Public perceptions of women’s health in the antebellum courtroom
Mentor: Kelly Kennington
Nursing
Emily Clair Herring
Major: Nursing
Sponsor(s): School of Nursing
Project Title: Examination of barriers to health and chronic disease management in a rural population
Mentor: Linda Gibson-Young
Rebecca McDuffie
Major: Nursing
Sponsor(s): School of Nursing
Project Title: Correlation between number of activities provided in nursing homes and the quality of life of the individuals living there
Mentor: Kathy Jo Ellison
Jada Norford
Major: Nursing and Philosophy
Sponsor(s): School of Nursing
Project Title: Implications of interprofessional collaboration: Increasing potential for care efficacy among nursing and social work students
Mentor: Sarah Watts
Caroline Richey
Major: Nursing
Sponsor(s): School of Nursing
Project Title: Doggone diabetes: Healthy human, healthy dog, healthy nursing student volunteer
Mentor: Morgan Yordy
College of Sciences and Mathematics
Nicole Anthony
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Characterizing the Structure-to-Function Relationship of an Antisense Long Non-coding RNA Associated with the β-myosin Heavy Chain Gene of Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle for Potential Drug-targeting
Mentor: Joanna Sztuba-Solinska
Caroline Condon
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Evaluating the Perceptions of Healthfulness within Low-income Communities using the Behavior Environment Perceptions Survey
Mentor: Onikia Brown
Stella Cox
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Identification of Pesticide Isomers in Crops using Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry
Mentor: Ahmed Hamid
Laura Downey
Major: Biomedical Sciences, Pre-Medical
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Determination of Clinical Effectiveness of Novel Liposomal Formulation of Proteasome Inhibitors in Tumors.
Mentor: Alexei Kisselev
Meredith Forrester
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Using Computational Biophysics to Investigate the Effects of Mechanical Forces on Proteins
Mentor: Rafael Bernardi
Bethany Foust
Major: Geospatial and Environmental Informatics
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Glacial Archaeological Modeling of the Northwest Territories using Remote Sensing and GIS
Mentor: Stephanie Rogers
Rachel Fulda
Major: Physics
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title:
Mentor: Guillaume Laurent
Corinne Gautreaux
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: A Cross Sectional Study of Temporal Diet Quality in US Adults
Mentor: Andrew Fruge
Emma Henderson
Major: Geology
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Continuous Monitoring of the Effects of a Storm’s First Flush on Nutrient Cycling and the Microbial Assemblage in Parkerson Mill Creek
Mentor: Ann Ojeda
Railey Herren
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Addressing the Genetic Basis of Cytoskeletal Development and how Microtubules are involved in Scale Development using the Butterfly Vanessa Cardui
Mentor: Brian Counterman
Auburn Jordan
Major: Chemistry
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: A Fe(II) Complex Capable of Detecting H2O2 in Association with Oxidative Stress
Mentor: Chris Goldsmith
Emily Kable
Major: Chemistry Education and Chemistry
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Chord Diagrams as a Visual Tool in Chemistry Education Research
Mentor: Jordan Harshman
Taylor McKibben
Major: Microbial, Cellular, Molecular Biology
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Acquisition and Development of the Gastrointestinal Tract Microbiome in Lizards
Mentor: Tonia Schwartz
Emma Peacock
Major: Microbial Biology (Cellular/Molecular)
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Understanding Natural Product Biosynthesis in Blueberry
Mentor: Courtney Leisner
Avery Rajan
Major: Biochemistry
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Drugs from Dirt: Development and Characterization of Novel Antimicrobial Compounds
Mentor: Mark Liles
Tiffany Ramsey
Major: Medical Laboratory Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: The Effectivity of Duckweed as a Source of Biomanipulation to Develop a Sustainable Method for Controlling Toxic Levels of Ammonia in Commercial Catfish Ponds
Mentor: Alan Wilson
Alicia Taylor
Major: Biochemistry
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Antimicrobial Plastics: The Development of Novel, Rechargeable N-Halamine Polymer blends for use in Healthcare, Food Processing, and 3D Printing Industries
Mentor: Shelby Worley
Brandon Waldo
Major: Marine Biology
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Genetic Divergence of Gulf Killifish Across Salinity Gradients in the Gulf of Mexico
Mentor: Moises Bernal
Samuel Warren
Major: Geology
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Petrographic Characterization of Skarn Deposits in Puerto Rico
Mentor: Laura Bilenker
School of Pharmacy
Laura Downey
Major: Biomedical Sciences, Pre-Medical
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Determination of Clinical Effectiveness of Novel Liposomal Formulation of Proteasome Inhibitors in Tumors.
Mentor: Alexei Kisselev
Madeline Kunze
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Integration of Bioactivity – Global Natural Product Social Molecular Network (GNPS): Proof of Concept
Mentor: Angela Calderon
Lucy Seay
Major: Computer Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics
Project Title: Investigating Mechanisms of Memory Deficits and Altered Neurotransmission in Prenatal Cannabinoid Exposed Rodents
Mentor: Subhrajit Bhattacharya