2022-2023 Fellows

College of Agriculture

Gracen Bridges

Major: Agriculture

Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture

Project Title: A Study of Climate Change Impact on Major Alabama Crops

Mentor: Ruiqing Miao

Harrison Estes 

Major: Applied Biotechnology

Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture

Project Title: Comparing the Virulence of Clinical and Environmental Isolates of Members of the Fusarium solani species complex

Mentor: Jeffrey Coleman

Josiah Gullatte 

Major: Wildlife Ecology and Management

Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture

Project Title: Prescribed Fire Effects on Stream Dwelling Crayfish (Order: Decapoda)

Mentor: Jim Stoeckel

Charis Harrison 

Major: Microbiology

Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture

Project Title: Investigating Gene Clusters and Secondary Metabolites of Chromobacterium and Relation to Globisporangium ultimum Inhibition

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Mentor: Zachary Noel

Susan Iott

Major: Environmental Science

Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture

Project Title: An Assessment of Dredging as a Lake Management Practice in Banana Lake

Mentor: Matt Waters

Lucinda McEachin

Major: Agriculture

Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture

Project Title:  Monitoring TSWV in Alabama Peanut Fields

Mentor: Alana Jacobson

Bailee Price

Major: Biomedical Sciences

Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture

Project Title: Characterization of a Viral Suppressor of RNA Silencing Encoded by CLRDV-AL

Mentor: Sung Hwan Kang

Diva Rigney

Major: Agriculture

Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture

Project Title: Effort of Preservation Method of Nutritive Value of Kudzu Forage

Mentor: William Smith

John Rogers

Major: Animal Sciences

Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture

Project Title: Effect of Early-Stage Incubation Thermal Manipulation on Broiler Chicken Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cell Population Heterogeneity

Mentor: Jessica Starkey


College of Architecture, Design, and Construction

Ana Marie Hanger

Major: Environmental Design

Sponsor(s): College of Architecture, Design, and Construction

Project Title: Designing a Higher Impact Curriculum for Environmental Design Students

Mentor: C. Farrow

Aubrey Sanders

Major: Environmental Design

Sponsor(s): College of Architecture, Design, and Construction

Project Title: Urban Economics and Environmental Design in Montgomery’s Peacock Tract

Mentor: Robert Sproull


Raymond J. Harbert College of Business

Reagan Giles

Major: Finance

Sponsor(s): College of Business

Project Title: Criminal Justice Information Systems

Mentor: Atiya Avery

Audrey Osborne

Major: Finance

Sponsor(s): College of Business

Project Title: Accounting Information Systems: Small Business Digitization Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mentor: Atiya Avery


Samuel Ginn College of Engineering

Janset Aksoy

Major: Neuroscience and Chemical Engineering

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: Development of Hydrogels for In-Vitro Evaluation of Ocular Drug Permeability

Mentor: Allan David

Colin Bamford

Major: Aerospace Engineering

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: Mitigation of Vertical Gusts by a Red-Tailed Hawk

Mentor: Vrishank Raghav

John Bentley

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: Expanding RDE Aggressiveness Analysis to a Larger Data Set

Mentor: Mark Hoffman

Jordan Clemmons

Major: Chemical Engineering

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: Making Sorbents for Chronic Kidney Disease

Mentor: Symone Alexander

Elise Collins

Major: Chemical Engineering

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: The Functionalization of Cellulose Nanocrystals for Agricultural Applications

Mentor: Virginia Davis

Joseph Crapet

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: The Effect of Using Hybrid Exoskeletons in Rehabilitation

Mentor: Brendon Allen

Martin Flores

Major: Chemistry

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: Sustainable and Controllable Production of Cellulose Nanofibers and Their Functional Nanocomposites for Energy Storage

Mentor: Xinyu Zhang

Saksham Goel

Major: Computer Science

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: Partial Order Alignment Optimization

Mentor: William Heaton

Joshua Kacmarzyk

Major: Aerospace Engineering

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: An investigation of the sweep effect on corrugated wings at low Reynolds numbers

Mentor: Anwar Ahmed

Katherine Griffin 

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: Additive Manufacturing of Braided Structures for Composite Reinforcement

Mentor: Sabit Adanur

Marisa Kelley

Major: Materials Engineering

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: The Effects of Jointing Mechanisms within Bistable Structures on the Overall Fixity and Bistability

Mentor: Russell Mailen

William Keith

Major: Chemical Engineering

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: Exploring the Effects of Reactive Oxygen Species on Confined Cell Motility

Emily Kimbrell 

Major: Software Engineering

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: Sat-Tycoon Event Pipeline

Mentor: Daniel Tauritz

Ayden Kemp

Major: Aerospace Engineering and Biosystems Engineering 

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: Fast Pyrolysis of Waste Plastic and Biomass Blends to Produce Transportation Fuels

Mentor: Sushil Adhikari

Cyrus Lloyd

Major:  Engineering

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: Design and Construction of a Low-Cost Diamond Turning Lathe and Workflow for Precision Optics Manufacturing

Mentor: Jordan Roberts

Ethan Koenig

Major:  Engineering 

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: Safety Control and Development for Exoskeletons

Mentor: Michael Zabala

Gregory McCallum 

Major: Aerospace Engineering

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title:  The Effects of Jointing Mechanisms within Bistable Structures on the Overall Fixity and Bistability

Mentor: Russell Mailen

Wesley Lowman

Major: Computer Science 

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: Control and Path-Planning for an Unmanned Ground Vehicle Using CAD, Gazebo, and ROS

Mentor: Vahid Azimi

Dylan Pollard

Major:  Chemical Engineering 

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: Elucidating Catalytic Processes for Sustainable Technologies with Multiscale Modeling Approaches

Mentor: Andrew Adamaczyk

Ravikiran Nataraj

Major: Chemical Engineering 

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: Adaptation of a Microfluidic System for Scalable Cell Encapsulation

Mentor: Elizabeth Lipke

Ansley Scott

Major: Biosystems Engineering 

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: Investigating the Sustainability of an Aquaponics System to Reduce Food Insecurity

Mentor: David Blersch

Ryan Pollard

Major: Mechanical Engineering 

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: Lower Limb Joint Movement/ Power Prediction via Machine Learning

Mentor: Michael Zabala

Jacob Thornton

Major: Chemical Engineering 

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: Python Developed GUI with Robotic Navigation

Robert Spieler

Major: Mechanical Engineering 

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: The Effect of using Hybrid Exoskeletons in Rehabilitation

Mentor: Brendon Allen

Ryan Wozniak

Major: Chemical Engineering 

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: Impact of different comonomers (PEGMA,PEGMEA, and PEGMEMA) on solute co-transport in PEGDA and PEGMA-AMPS membranes

Mentor: Bryan Beckingham

Robin Weaver

Major: Aerospace Engineering 

Sponsor(s): College of Engineering

Project Title: The Effects of Jointing Mechanisms Within Bistable Structures on the Overall Fixity and Bistability

Mentor: Russell Mailen


School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences

Florrie Adams

Major: Sustainable Biomaterials and Packaging 

Sponsor(s): School of Forestry and Wildlife

Project Title: Cellulose dissolving pulp and nanocellulose regeneration comparison

Mentor: Maria Peresin

Payton Brewer

Major: Wildlife Ecology and Management

Sponsor(s): School of Forestry and Wildlife

Project Title: Interaction of Burn and Unburned and Vegetation Composition with Early Seed Establishment of Four Southeastern Pine Species

Ally Cobern

Major: Science

Sponsor(s): School of Forestry and Wildlife

Project Title: A Global Analysis of the Impacts of Free-Ranging Dogs on Native Wildlife

Ellen Mayson

Major: Sustainable Biomaterials and Packaging

Sponsor(s): School of Forestry and Wildlife

Project Title: Cellulose dissolving pulp and nanocellulose regeneration comparison

Mentor: Maria Peresin

Evelyn Pearson

Major: Sustainable Biomaterials and Packaging

Sponsor(s): School of Forestry and Wildlife

Project Title: Cellulose dissolving pulp and nanocellulose regeneration comparison

Mentor: Maria Peresin

Caroline Ward

Major: Business

Sponsor(s): School of Forestry and Wildlife

Project Title: How Do Stakeholder Views on Wildlife Management Differ in Eswatini?

Mentor: Kelly Dunning

Kate Norrid

Major: Wildlife

Sponsor(s): School of Forestry and Wildlife

Project Title: The Influence of Urbanization on Stream Quality and Fish Health

Mentor: Bruce Lockaby


College of Human Sciences

Kalandra Blake

Major: Human Development and Family Science

Sponsor(s): College of Human Sciences

Project Title: Virtual Tour of Auburn University’s African American History

Mentor: Robert Bubb

Elena Gagliano

Major: Human Development and Family Science

Sponsor(s): College of Human Sciences

Project Title: Internalizing Problems and Declines in Academic Achievement: Mechanisms and Protective Factors

Mae Howell

Major: Nutrition

Sponsor(s): College of Human Sciences

Project Title: 2-Year Student Food Security Module Cognitive Interviews

Mentor: Onikia Brown

Kendall McCallum

Major: Nutrition Science

Sponsor(s): College of Human Sciences

Project Title: Nourish Wellness

Mentor: Alicia Powers

Claire Sisson

Major: Interior Design

Sponsor(s): College of Human Sciences

Project Title: The Impact of the Built Environment on Health and Wellness

Courtney Weeks

Major: Human Sciences

Sponsor(s): College of Human Sciences

Project Title: Virtual Tour of Auburn University’s African American History

Mentor: Robert Bubb

Jenna Wettstein

Major: Psychology

Sponsor(s): College of Human Sciences

Project Title: Positive Approaches to Trauma Healing (PATH) for Foster Parents

Mentor: Silvia Vilches


College of Liberal Arts

Jordan Branchman

Major: Political Science

Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts

Project Title: Montgomery, Alabama Food Deserts: The Migration of People and Grocery Retailers

Mentor: Rebecca Retzlaff

Dorothy Dreelin 

Major: Psychology

Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts

Project Title: Traumatic Stress Risk Factors and Daily Symptoms (TRIADS)

Mentor: Brian Albanese

Walton Ferguson

Major: Psychology

Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts

Project Title: Examining Interception as a Mediator Between Sleep Disturbances and Suicidality in a Military Population

Mentor: April Smith

Cameron Hearon

Major: Psychology

Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts

Project Title: 

Madysen Maggio

Major: Psychology

Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts

Project Title: Comorbidity Between Higher Rates of Trauma, Depression, and Anxiety and ADHD Diagnosis

Mentor: Kelli Thompson

Kelly Moore 

Major:Health Service Administration

Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts

Project Title: Single Shift Quality Among Nurses

Mentor: Haneen Ali

Olivia Price

Major: Theatre Design and Technology, English

Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts

Project Title: Investigating Invisible Labor Practices in TTRPG Actual Play

Mentor: Emily Friedman

Sophia Rosene

Major: Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts

Project Title: Effects of Accented Speech in Normal and Degraded Backgrounds on Listening Effort and Speech Intelligibility in American College Students

Katie Smith

Major: Anthropology

Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts

Project Title: Linear Enamel Hypoplasia in African Enslaved Individuals from Newton’s Plantation, Barbados

Mentor: Kristina Shuler

Cameron Tice

Major: Biomedical Sciences

Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts

Project Title: Treatment and Recidivism of Adolescents with Illegal Sexual Behavior

Mentor: Kelli Thompson


College of Education

Trent Agee

Major: Nutrition

Sponsor(s): College of Education

Project Title: Is there a Correlation between Jump Performance and Male Youth Hitting Performance?

Mentor: Gretchen Oliver

Maia Engelkes

Major: Biomedical Sciences

Sponsor(s): College of Education

Project Title: Is there a correlation between jump performance and male youth hitting performance?

Mentor: Gretchen Oliver

Anna Wood

Major: Exercise Science

Sponsor(s): College of Education

Project Title: Kinesiophobia

Mentor: Jaimie Roper


College of Sciences and Mathematics

Janset Aksoy

Major: Neuroscience and Chemical Engineering

Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics

Project Title: Spontaneous Presynaptic Vesicle Release in P301L Mouse Hippocampal Neurons

Mentor: Michael Gramlich

Brandon Dye

Major: Biomedical Sciences

Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics

Project Title: Elucidating Catalytic Processes for Sustainable Technologies with Multiscale Modeling Approaches

Mentor: Byron Farnum

Nicholas Edmonds

Major: Genetics

Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics

Project Title: How Does Climate Change Affect Seasonal Adaption in Drosophila robusta

Mentor: Laurie Stevison

Charlotte Jannach

Major: Biomedical Sciences

Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics

Project Title: Water Quality Perceptions of Auburn University Students

Mentor: Ann Ojeda

Auburn Jordan

Major: Chemistry

Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics

Project Title: 

Nathan Landers

Major: Physics

Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics

Project Title: 

Mentor: Michael Gramlich

Sean O’Hare

Major: Biochemisty 

Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics

Project Title: Investigating the Mechanism of Luciferase Catalyzed Bioluminescence in the Dinoflagellate Species Noctiluca scintillans 

Toby Sizemore

Major: Chemistry

Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics

Project Title: Investigating Mechanical Properties of Dystrophin and Utrophin by in Silico Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy

Mentor: Rafael Bernardi

Alexis Toney

Major: Science

Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics

Project Title: Characterization of Unsaturated Lipids Using Ambient Ionization Techniques (Paper Spray Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry (PS-IM-MS))

Mentor: Ahmed Hamid

David Walker

Major: Math, Computer Science, and Data Science

Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics

Project Title: Predicting Freshmen Recruitment Decisions for Auburn Football Using Machine Learning

Mentor: Jingyi Zheng

Rachel Youngblood

Major: Exercise Science

Sponsor(s): College of Science and Mathematics

Project Title: The Impact of Diversifying and Humanizing Science Role Models on Student Attitudes and Interest in Science Careers

Mentor: Cissy Ballen


School of Nursing

Abigail Cox

Major: Nursing

Sponsor(s): School of Nursing

Project Title: Anxiety, Depression, and Stress: A Survey of College Students Mental Well-Being

Melissa Schrinel

Major: Nursing

Sponsor(s): School of Nursing

Project Title: The Vital Link: Nursing’s Role in the Early Detection of Patient Deterioration

Mentor: Pao-Feng Tsai


Harrison College of Pharmacy

Melissa Gathman

Major: Genetics

Sponsor(s): School of Pharmacy

Project Title: Functional Genetic Analysis of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Drug Metabolism Genes

Mentor: Amit Mitra

Zalaya Haynes

Major: Biomedical Sciences

Sponsor(s): School of Pharmacy

Project Title: Dissolution of Acai Capsules

Mentor: Angela Calderon

Jessica Heard

Major: Biochemistry

Sponsor(s): School of Pharmacy

Project Title: Sustained Release of Capsaicin via 3D Printed Biodegradable Implants to Combat Obesity

Katie Marlow

Major: Genetics

Sponsor(s): School of Pharmacy

Project Title: Functional Genetic Analysis of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Drug Metabolism Genes

Mentor: Amit Mitra


College of Veterinary Medicine

Alyssa Berry 

Major: Biomedical Sciences

Sponsor(s): College of Veterinary Medicine

Project Title: The Role of DHCR24 in the Adrenal Gland

Mentor: Jeff Huang

Kacey Meyering

Major: Animal Sciences

Sponsor(s): College of Veterinary Medicine

Project Title: The Role of DHCR24 in the Adrenal Gland

Mentor: Jeff Huang