College of Agriculture
Wayne Carroll
Major: Agronomy and Soils Science
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Effects of winter cover crops on mycorrhizal colonization of cotton roots
Mentor: Dr. Yucheng Feng
Trevor Cofer
Major: Agronomy and Soils Science
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Effect of potassium sources and rates on tomato growth and development, potassium uptake, yield, and fruit quality
Mentor: Dr. Julie Howe
Madison Gohlke
Major: Animal Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Impact of mitochondrial nuclear exchange on adiposity and metabolic markers in lean and obese pigs
Mentor: Dr. Terry Brandebourg
Courtney Kloske
Major: Cellular and Molecular Biology
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture and College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Functional studies of genes transcriptionally regulated by calcium in Xylella Fastidosa
Mentor: Dr. Leonardo De La Fuente
Anna Robinson
Major: Animal Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture and College of Veterinary Medicine
Project Title: An evaluation of mistletoe extract in conjunction with mebendazole in an in vitro canine glioblastoma model
Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Koehler
Evelyn Smith
Major: Agronomy and Soils & Horticulture
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Effects of plant density and substrate type on cucumber production in a modified aquaponic system
Mentor: Dr. Daniel Wells
Gabrielle Willhelm
Major: Animal Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Improving embryo transfer in Bos Taurus through Granulosa Cell Connexin/Pannexin analysis
Mentor: Dr. Paul Dyce
Griffin Wright
Major: Animal Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Agriculture
Project Title: Unveiling the dynamics of genome activation in early developing embryos
Mentor: Dr. Fernando Biase
College of Education
Kathryn Clardy
Major: Fitness Conditioning and Performance
Sponsor(s): College of Education
Project Title: Comparison of the kinematics and kinetics of overhand baseball pitching to football passing
Mentor: Dr. Gretchen Oliver
Sarah Gordon
Major: Exercise Science
Sponsor(s): College of Education
Project Title: The effect of whole body vibration on stress fracture
Mentor: Dr. JoEllen Sefton
Natalie Stephens
Major: Chemistry Education
Sponsor(s): College of Education
Project Title: Teaching spatial visualization in chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Christine Schnittka
Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
Meredith Ayers
Major: Civil Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Mineralogy determination via three-dimensional image analysis
Mentor: Dr. Lauren Beckingham
Elizabeth Bankston
Major: Biosystems Ecological Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Following the mass flow of nitrogen throughout an aquaponics system
Mentor: Dr. David Blersch
Holland Bankston
Major: Polymer & Fiber Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Ultrafast microwave nano-manufacturing of fullerene-like metal chalcogenides
Mentor: Dr. Xinyu Zhang
William Brannon
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Rapid prototyping of electronics cooling nozzle arrays
Mentor: Dr. Roy Wright
Elizabeth Byers
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Nanoparticle targeted testosterone degradation for the treatment of androgen-dependent prostate cancer
Mentor: Dr. Allan David
John Cook
Major: Computer Science
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Naturalistic pen-based data visualization
Mentor: Dr. Hari Narayanan and Dr. Jeff Overbey
Sahm Deravi
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Investigation of photocatalytic behavior of two-dimensional titanium oxycarbide nanosheets
Mentor: Dr. James Radich
Gabrielle Gilmer
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering and College of Education
Project Title: Effects of pain history on throwing mechanics
Mentor: Dr. Gretchen Oliver
Nidhi Goel
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Drug testing and metastisis studies on three-dimensional breast cancer models
Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Lipke
Craig Granger
Major: Biosystems Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: How stream restoration affects in-stream ecological metabolic activity
Mentor: Dr. David Blersch
Sara Head
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Engineering functional cardiac tissues through encapsulation of pluripotent stem cells in methacrylated gelatin hydrogels
Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Lipke
Hethan Hofer
Major: Materials Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Controlling ion distribution in electroactive polymers for enhanced actuation response
Mentor: Dr. Zhongyang Cheng
Benjamin King
Major: Biosystems Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Comparing the floodplain hydrology of a recently restored stream bank to a natural, undisturbed, floodplain
Mentor: Dr. Thorsten Knappenberger
Kaylee McCormack
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering and College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Novel 1-thia-3,4-diazolidine-2,5-dione (TDAD) based polymers
Mentor: Dr. Michael Squillacote
Kyle Paul
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Examining effects of PEG length and silica nanoparticle size on cell viability
Mentor: Dr. Allan David
James Smith
Major: Electrical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Multi-arm antenna optimization by genetic algorithms
Mentor: Dr. Michael Baginski
Daniel Stubbs
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Airfoil analysis using smoothed particle hydrodynamics
Mentor: Dr. Dudley Nichols
Zoe Tucker
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor(s): College of Engineering
Project Title: Exploration of transparent colloidal nanoparticle additives for lubricants
Mentor: Dr. Robert Jackson
School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Tyler Baxter
Major: Forestry
Sponsor(s): School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Project Title: Evaluating the effectiveness of prescribed fire to restore longleaf pine ecosystems in the Southeastern coastal plain
Mentor: Dr. Zhaofei Fan
Jordan Broadhead
Major: Wildlife Sciences
Sponsor(s): School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Project Title: Effects of snakes on rodent vectors of disease in eastern Madagascar
Mentor: Dr. Sarah Zohdy
Marie Kallenburg
Major: Wildlife Sciences
Sponsor(s): School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Project Title: Fat transport levels during lactation in rats
Mentor: Dr. Wendy Hood
Shannon Lambert
Major: Wildlife Ecology & Management
Sponsor(s): School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Project Title: Estimating detection probability and the use of scents in wild pig trapping
Mentor: Dr. Mark Smith
Seth Rankins
Major: Wildlife Ecology & Management
Sponsor(s): School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Project Title: Factors influencing white-tailed deer susceptibility to ehrlichiosis
Mentor: Dr. Stephen Ditchkoff
College of Human Sciences
Nicole Forchielli
Major: Nutrition Dietetics
Sponsor(s): College of Human Sciences
Project Title: Assessing meal quality and satisfaction of meals on wheels (MOW) program in Lee County, Alabama
Mentor: Dr. Yee Ming Lee
Elise Mann
Major: Biomedical Sciences and Nutrition Science
Sponsor(s): College of Human Sciences
Project Title: The role of DPP-IV in muscle soreness
Mentor: Dr. Heidi Kluess
College of Liberal Arts
Paige Goldschmidt
Major: History
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Defining the role of women in the Latter-day Saint Church during their residency in Kirtland, Ohio, from 1830-1838
Mentor: Dr. Adam Jortner
Amanda Guthrie
Major: Sociology
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: How the modern day hobo copes with a stigmatized identity
Mentor: Dr. Natalia Ruiz-Junco and Dr. Greg Weaver
William Kelner
Major: Psychology and Sociology
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Perceptions of mental illness among college students
Mentor: Dr. Apryl Alexander
Zach McKinnell
Major: Psychology
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Common neural networks between addictions and psychological disorders
Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Robinson
Cassidy Roby
Major: Health Administration
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Examining risky business practices in the health care industry
Mentor: Dr. Rene McEldowney
Kelsie Shipley
Major: English Literature and History
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Material aspects of reading in late 19th century Britain
Mentor: Dr. Emily Friedman
Allison Travis
Major: Health Psychology
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: The effect of drawing on information consolidation and stress reduction
Mentor: Dr. Barbara Bondy
Erin Walker
Major: Psychology
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: Perceptions of violence victimization in transgender versus cisgender persons: The role of prejudicial belief, personal background, and mindfulness
Mentor: Dr. Apryl Alexander
Carson Williford
Major: English and Philosophy
Sponsor(s): College of Liberal Arts
Project Title: The value of sustainable agricultural practices for Alabama’s small-scale farmers
Mentor: Dr. Helen Eidson
Harrison School of Pharmacy
Ryan Heslin
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): Harrison School of Pharmacy
Project Title: Effects of a peripherally restricted viral challenge on the hippocampus
Mentor: Dr. Miranda Reed
DaSol Jung
Major: Biochemistry
Sponsor(s): Harrison School of Pharmacy
Project Title: Identification of phase I & II metabolites in Maca extracts
Mentor: Dr. Angela Calderón
Stuart McFarland
Major: Chemical Engineering
Sponsor(s): Harrison School of Pharmacy
Project Title: Increasing non-seasonal vaccination activities in Alabama community pharmacies
Mentor: Dr. Salisa Westrick
Mallory Meagher
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): Harrison School of Pharmacy
Project Title: Insulin induces increased beat amyloid formation in APPe mutant neuronal cells
Mentor: Dr. Rajesh Amin
Kasey Shepp
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): Harrison School of Pharmacy
Project Title: The effect of rare variants of hydroxy-carboxylic acid receptors on hereditary breast cancer
Mentor: Dr. Nancy Merner
Alec Ryan Wesolowski
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): Harrison School of Pharmacy
Project Title: Non-invasive method of tracking infections in-vivo with the multispectral optoacoustic tomography imaging system
Mentor: Dr. Peter Panizzi
College of Sciences and Mathematics
Morgan Barkley
Major: Geology
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Geological investigations of a suspected fragment of faulted oceanic crust within the Caledonian Mountains on Engløya, Arctic Norway
Mentor: Dr. Mark Steltenpohl
Abigail Bartlett
Major: Geology
Sponsor(s): Biochemistry and Cellular & Molecular Biology
Project Title: Evaluating oxidative stress response in the alkanosulfate monoxygenase complex
Mentor: Dr. Holly Ellis
Robert Boothe
Major: Biochemistry
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Nickel(II) complexes as ParaCEST sensors for reactive oxygen species
Mentor: Dr. Christian Goldsmith
Matthew Brown
Major: Biochemistry
Sponsor(s): Biochemistry and Cellular & Molecular Biology
Project Title:Elucidation of Heme d1 biosynthetic pathway
Mentor: Dr. Steven Mansoorabadi
Jiyeong Choi
Major: Microbiology
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Nickel concentrations of the high-Ni insect Melanotrichus boydi, a specialist on the Ni hyperaccumulator plant Streptanthus polygaloides (Brassicaceae)
Mentor: Dr. Robert Boyd
Addison Cimino
Major: Biochemistry
Sponsor(s): Biomedical Sciences
Project Title: Toward the synthesis of functionalized cycloparaphenylenes
Mentor: Dr. Bradley Merner
Brock Hidle
Major: Physics
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Development of Frequency Resolved Optical Gating (FROG) Technique for Characterization of Femtosecond Pulses
Mentor: Dr. Guillaume Laurent
Austin Hulbert
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title:
Mentor:
Ayden Kish
Major: Physics and Philosophy
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Experiments and simulations of rotating dusty plasmas
Mentor: Dr. Edward Thomas, Jr.
Caleb Marshall
Major: Mathematics
Sponsor(s): Biomedical Sciences
Project Title: Matrix multiplication, tensors, and tableaux
Mentor: Dr. Luke Oeding
Elizabeth Schloss Physics and Philosophy
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Finding formulas for the number of pieces resulting from k cuts on a unit ball in Euclidean n-space
Mentor: Dr. Michel Smith
Martin Wang
Major: Physics and Electrical Engineering
Sponsor(s): Biomedical Sciences
Project Title: Computational study of electrostatically tunable band offsets in MoS2 multilayers
Mentor: Dr. Marcelo Kuroda
Phillip Wang
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Sponsor(s): College of Sciences and Mathematics
Project Title: Investigating the antioxidant effects of carotenoids in living systems
Mentor: Dr. Geoffrey Hill