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Samuel Anderson
Major: Environmental Science
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Matthew Waters
Mentor’s Department: Crop Soil and Environmental Sciences
Zara Baltzell
Major: Environmental Science
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Katelyn Lawson
Mentor’s Department: Crop Soil and Environmental Sciences
Allison Belviy
Major: Genetics
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Leonardo De La Fuente
Mentor’s Department: Plant Pathology
Sydney Burge
Major: Environmental Science
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Matthew Waters
Mentor’s Department: Crop Soil and Environmental Sciences
Isaac Cardwell
Major: Horticulture (Fruit and Vegetable)
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Bisho Lawaju
Mentor’s Department: Entomology and Plant Pathology
Lillian Dye
Major: Microbial Biology
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Shabarinath Srikumar
Mentor’s Department: Poultry Science
Alyssa Dyer
Major: Animal Science Pre-Veterinary
Project Title: What primary factors contribute to keel bone injuries in broiler-breeder hens?
Mentor: Bethany Baker
Mentor’s Department: Poultry Science
Abigail Holcombe
Major: Crop and Soil Science
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Yucheng Feng
Mentor’s Department: Crop Soil and Environmental Sciences
Reese Houck
Major: Applied Biotechnology
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Nannan Liu
Mentor’s Department: Entomology and Plant Pathology
Lillee Lombardo
Major: Agricultural Science
Project Title: Evaluating Postharvest Quality of New Strawberry Cultivars in Alabama
Mentor: Marlee Trandel
Mentor’s Department: Horticulture
Jonas McAbee
Major: Animal Sciences Pre-Vet
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Marko Rudar
Mentor’s Department: Department of Animal Sciences
Malia Neville
Major: Animal Science Pre-Vet
Project Title: Design & Testing Genetic Markers in us Scrofa Embryos Treated with Clomiphene citrate to Determine Treatment’s Effect on Embryo Maturation, Communication, and Inflammation
Mentor: Paul Dyce
Mentor’s Department: Department of Animal Sciences
Tatum Osmon
Major: Marine Biology; Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: James Stoeckel
Mentor’s Department: FAA Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures
Mason Pearce
Major: Genetics
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Neha Potnis
Mentor’s Department: Entomology and Plant Pathology
Gavin Southern
Major: Fisheries Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Timothy Bruce
Mentor’s Department: School of Fisheries Aquat Science
Savannah Webb
Major: Biosystems Engineering
Project Title: Accuracy of Water Meters Used to Monitor Water Consumption in Commercial Poultry and Livestock Systems
Mentor: Jeremiah Davis
Mentor’s Department: Biosystems Engineering
Sally Wingard
Major: Biosystems Engineering
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: David Blersch
Mentor’s Department: Biosystems Engineering
College of Architecture, Design, and Construction
Ashley Deliberto
Major: Landscape Architecture
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Sarah Coleman
Mentor’s Department: School of Architecture Plan and Landscape Architecture
Abigail Garner
Major: Landscape Architecture
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Emily Knox
Mentor’s Department: School of Architecture Plan and Landscape Architecture
Emily Griffin
Major: Environmental Design
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Robert Sproull
Mentor’s Department: School of Architecture Plan and Landscape Architecture
Christopher Henderson
Major: Environmental Design
Project Title: Phygital Wear & Tear: An Interactive Documentation of Deterioration
Mentor: Eilis Finnegan
Mentor’s Department: School of Architecture Plan and Landscape Architecture
India Joiner
Major: Environmental Design
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Robert Sproull
Mentor’s Department: School of Architecture Plan and Landscape Architecture
Kathryn McEniry
Major: Pre-Building Science
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Eric Wetzel
Mentor’s Department: Building Science
Annie Neill
Major: Environmental Design
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Robert Sproull
Mentor’s Department: School of Architecture Plan and Landscape Architecture
Christine Pham
Major: Environmental Design, Studio Art: Photography
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Kelly Homan
Mentor’s Department: School of Architecture Plan and Landscape Architecture
College of Education
Ifeloju Ayileka
Major: Biomedical Sciences- Pre Med
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Danielle Wadsworth
Mentor’s Department: School of Kinesiology
Anna Black
Major: Exercise Science
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Wendi Weimar
Mentor’s Department: School of Kinesiology
Marigrace Crossett
Major: Rehabilitation and Disability Services
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Christopher Wilburn
Mentor’s Department: School of Kinesiology
Grace Greer
Major: Exercise Science
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Jamie Roper
Mentor’s Department: School of Kinesiology
Michaela Stanik
Major: Psychology
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Brian McCabe
Mentor’s Department: Special Ed, Counseling Psychology and School of Psychology
Mary Walker
Major: Exercise Science
Project Title: What does it mean to matter in sports?
Mentor: Rachel Maloney
Mentor’s Department: School of Kinesiology
Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
LeeAnn Bailey
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Alex Brown
Major: Electrical Engineering
Project Title: A Polarization-Structured-Light Three-Dimensional Imaging System
Mentor: Zihe Gao
Mentor’s Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
2024 Early Start Research Fellow
Alison Brown
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project Title: Enhancing Contractile Function of Engineered Cardiac Tissues through Enriched Fatty Acid Media Cultivation
Mentor: Elizabeth Lipke
Mentor’s Department: Chemical Engineering
Charlotte Brown
Major: Physics
Project Title: Application of Quantum Computational Techniques to Velocity Map Imaging
Mentor: Richard Chapman
Mentor’s Department: Computer Science and Software Engineering
Matthews UR Fellow
Carson Bulgin
Major: Computer Science
Project Title:
Mentor: Sathyanarayanan Aakur
Mentor’s Department: Computer Science and Software Engineering
Sean Clark
Major: Pre-mechanical engineering
Project Title: Developing UV-LED photocrosslinking system for scalable 3-D tissue production
Mentor: Elizabeth Lipke
Mentor’s Department: Chemical Engineering
Jordan Clemmons
Major: Chemical engineering
Project Title: Use of self-assembling small molecule to template cellulose hydrogels
Mentor: Symone Alexander
Mentor’s Department: Chemical Engineering
Cameron Cohen
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Project Title: Mechanical Properties of Self-Folding Polymer Miura Ori
Mentor: Russell Mailen
Mentor’s Department: Aerospace Engineering
Greydon Franck
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project Title: Effect of MDBS on Material Properties of PE/PP Blends
Mentor: Symone Alexander
Mentor’s Department: Chemical Engineering
Robert Gleason
Major: Graphic Design
Project Title: The Role of Visual Communication in Intuitive Design
Mentor: Davide Guzzetti
Mentor’s Department: Aerospace Engineering
Benjamin Gunasekaran
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project Title:
Mentor: Elizabeth Lipke
Mentor’s Department: Chemical Engineering
Jonah Henry
Masters of Mechanical Engineering
Project Title: An Electrostatic Dehydration method for Celulose Fiber
Mentor: Lorenzo Cremaschi
Mentor’s Department: Mechanical Engineering
2024 Early Start Research Fellow
Kassandra Hileman
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Project Title: Paratrooper Injury Analysis of the Ankle and Foot
Mentor: Michael Zabala
Mentor’s Department: Mechanical Engineering
Robert Hudson
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Project Title: High throughput stochastic rare event buckling analysis of lattice structures
Mentor: Wen Luo
Mentor’s Department: Aerospace Engineering
Morgan Johnson
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Project Title: Effects of Porous Surfaces on Oblique Impinging Shock Wave Boundary Layer Interaction Unsteadiness
Mentor: Brian Thurow
Mentor’s Department: Aerospace Engineering
Seohyeong Kim
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project Title: An Automated Approach for Analyzing Differentiated Cardiomyocytes.
Mentor: Elizabeth Lipke
Mentor’s Department: Chemical Engineering
Chandler Livingston
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Project Title: Self-Folding Shape Memory Polymer Origami Activated by Joule Heating of Embedded Conductive Filaments
Mentor: Russell Mailen
Mentor’s Department: Aerospace Engineering
Camylle Lollar
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project Title: Extraction of Cellulose from Pecan Shells
Mentor: Symone Alexander
Mentor’s Department: Chemical Engineering
Matthews UR Fellow
Mason Mathias
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Project Title: Cost Improvements and SEA Implementation to the Blue Gripper for Education
Mentor: Chad Rose
Mentor’s Department: Mechanical Engineering
Parker Megginson
Major: Computer Engineering
Project Title: SAR ADC IC Design for data-converter Applications
Mentor: Fa Dai
Mentor’s Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Max Miller
Major: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Project Title: Development of new exoskeleton controller that supports trust and ease of use to enhance gait capabilities
Mentor: Yadrianna Acosta Sojo
Mentor’s Department: Industrial and Systems Engineering
William Stapleton
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Project Title: Investigating the Effect of Discrete Hydrostatic Pressure Gradients on Cancer Cell Migration
Mentor: Panagiotis Mistriotis
Mentor’s Department: Chemical Engineering
Jerin Thomas
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project Title:
Mentor: Symone Alexander
Mentor’s Department: Chemical Engineering
Matthews UR Fellow
Ross Tolbert
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project Title:
Mentor: Symone Alexander
Mentor’s Department: Chemical Engineering
Nana Kwasi Nkansa Tweneboah
Major: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Project Title: Search for Layered 3D Compounds Suitable for Producing Novel 2D Materials Through Selective Etching
Mentor: Konstantin Klyukin
Mentor’s Department: Materials Engineering
Matthews UR Fellow
Samuel Yount
Major: Electrical Engineering
Project Title: Enabling Virtual Reality Augmented Hybrid Exoskeletons
Mentor: Brendon Allen
Mentor’s Department: Mechanical Engineering
College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Environment
LeeAnn Bailey
Major: Wildlife Ecology and Management
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Janna Willoughby
Mentor’s Department: Forestry and Wildlife Services
Anna Digges
Major: Wildlife Ecology and Management
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Jean Fantle-Lepczyk
Mentor’s Department: Forestry and Wildlife Services
John Edwards
Major: Sustainable biomaterials and packaging
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Yucheng Peng
Mentor’s Department: Administration Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Evan Farry
Major: Geospatial and Environmental Informatics
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Latif Kalin
Mentor’s Department: Forestry and Wildlife Services
Benjamin Harrell
Major: Wildlife Ecology and Management
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Christopher Lepczyk
Mentor’s Department: Forestry and Wildlife Services
Mary Hinely
Major: Environmental Conservation and Management
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Thorsten Knappenberger
Mentor’s Department: College of Agriculture
Aidan Kay
Major: Wildlife Ecology and Management
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Jonathon Valente
Mentor’s Department: ALA COOP Fish and Wildlife Unit
William Latimer
Major: Forestry
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Chen Ding
Mentor’s Department: Forestry and Wildlife Services
Thomas Lynch
Major: Environmental Conservation and Management
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Christopher Anderson
Mentor’s Department: Administration Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
John Pechon
Major: Wildlife Ecology and Management
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Christopher Lepczyk
Mentor’s Department: Forestry and Wildlife Services
Grace Southerland
Major: Wildlife Ecology and Management
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Kelsey McCune
Mentor’s Department: Forestry and Wildlife Services
Ryan Tyson
Major: Wildlife Ecology and Management
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: William Gulsby
Mentor’s Department: Forestry and Wildlife Services
Luke Watters
Major: Wildlife Ecology and Management
Project Title: Quantifying Salmonella enterica and Escherichia coli persistence in backyard
environments
Mentor: Kelsey McCune
Mentor’s Department: Forestry and Wildlife Services
College of Human Sciences
Katherine Day
Major: Biomedical Science
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Joshua Novak
Mentor’s Department: Human Development and Family Studies
Rosa (Kate) Deloney
Major: Nutrition Dietetics
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Vikas Mishra
Mentor’s Department: Human Sciences Administration
Madison Gaillard
Major: Biomedical Science pre- med
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Cynthia Frosch
Mentor’s Department: Human Development and Family Studies
Maci Higgins
Major: Crops and Soils Production
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Vikas Mishra
Mentor’s Department: Human Sciences Administration
Briana Johnson
Major: Dietetics
Project Title: A Social Marketing Campaign to Improve Awareness of Food-Aid
Access
Mentor: Onikia Brown
Mentor’s Department: Department of Nutritional Sciences
Christopher Issa Khalaf
Major: Public and One Health
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Sara Gonzalez
Mentor’s Department: Human Sciences Administration
Sydney Rookes
Major: Public and One Health
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Sara Gonzalez
Mentor’s Department: Human Sciences Administration
Honors College
Clara Ragan
Major: Philosophy
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Regan Moss
Mentor’s Department: Honors College
College of Liberal Arts
Blakely Berryhill
Major: Psychology
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Jennifer Somers
Mentor’s Department: Psychological Sciences
Connor Copeland
Major: Philosophy; English (Literature)
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: James Shelley
Mentor’s Department: Philosophy
Kathryn Duffield
Major: Communications
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Virginia Sanchez
Mentor’s Department: Communication and Journalism
Avery Hillman
Major: Political Science
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Margaret Brown
Mentor’s Department: Department of Political Sciences and Public Administration
Victoria Holcomb
Major: Neuroscience
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Susan Earp
Mentor’s Department: Psychological Sciences
Eleanor Lombardi
Major: Public Relations and Political Science
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: James Ryan
Mentor’s Department: English
Alma Sorek
Major: German, French
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Bettina Christner
Mentor’s Department: Foreign Language
David (Riggs) Walker
Major: Political Science
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Matthew Clary
Mentor’s Department: Political Science
Mia Williams
Major: Art
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Kristen Tordella-Williams
Mentor’s Department: Art
Maxton Yeast
Major: Aviation Management, Finance
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Daniel Siao
Mentor’s Department: School of Aviation
College of Nursing
Michael Kelly
Major: Nursing
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Linda Gibson Young
Mentor’s Department: Nursing
Ainsley Keyes
Major: Nursing
Project Title: Evaluating Intellectual and Developmental Disability Training for Healthcare
Professionals
Mentor: Beverly Yordy
Mentor’s Department: Nursing
Allie Story
Major: Nursing
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Sarah Watts
Mentor’s Department: Nursing
Lauren Trombino
Major: Nursing
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Kendall Henderson
Mentor’s Department: Nursing
Kate Winkelman
Major: Nursing
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Hae Sagong
Mentor’s Department: Nursing
Abigail Wistner
Major: Nursing
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Amy Curtis
Mentor’s Department: Nursing
James Harrison College of Pharmacy
Sydney Hamilton
Major: Genetics, Pre-Med
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Robert Arnold
Mentor’s Department: Drug Discovery and Development
Yeongjae (Brian) Kim
Major: Biomedical Sciences, Pre-Medical
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Rajesh Amin
Mentor’s Department: Drug Discovery and Development
Haidyn O’Neal
Major: Biomedical Sciences, Pre-Dental (DBMS)
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Amit Mitra
Mentor’s Department: Drug Discovery and Development
Markelle Scott
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: David Riese
Mentor’s Department: Drug Discovery and Development
Alexander Shipp
Major: Biomedical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences & Secondary Science Education
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Angela Calderon
Mentor’s Department: Drug Discovery and Development
Elizabeth Warford
Major: Chemistry
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Alexei Kisselev
Mentor’s Department: Drug Discovery and Development
College of Sciences and Mathematics
Adrienne Blume-Babcock
Major: Organismal Biology Ecology/Evolution/Behavior
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Haruka Wada
Mentor’s Department: Biological Sciences
Brody Church
Major: Biomedical Sciences (Pre-Medicine)
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Katherine Rush
Mentor’s Department: Chemistry & Biochemistry
Jada Conner
Major: Chemistry
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Douglas Goodwin
Mentor’s Department: Chemistry & Biochemistry
Lane Dominy
Major: Organismal Biology: Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
Project Title: Understanding the Effects of Acclimation Temperature on the Swimming
Performance of the Pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides)
Mentor: Moises Antonio Bernal de Leon
Mentor’s Department: Biological Sciences
Carter Freeman
Major: Biosystems Engineering
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Brian Counterman
Mentor’s Department: Biological Sciences
Matthew Kuehr
Major: Applied Mathematics
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Junshan Lin
Mentor’s Department: Mathematics
Annaleisa Matzirakis
Major: Applied Biotechnology
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Mohtadin Hashemi
Mentor’s Department: Physics
Pierce Meinert
Major: Microbial, Cellular, & Molecular Biology
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Michelle Gibbs
Mentor’s Department: Biological Sciences
Carlos Nazareno
Major: Genetics
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Adriana Avila Flores
Mentor’s Department: Biological Sciences
Callum Newberry
Major: Biomedical Sciences (Pre-Med)
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Jennifer Fenner
Mentor’s Department: Biological Sciences
Abigail Simmons
Major: Microbial, Cellular, and Molecular Biology
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Rodney Tollerson
Mentor’s Department: Biology
Sydney Spindler
Major: Microbial Biology MCCM
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Jason Upton
Mentor’s Department: Biological Sciences
Benjamin Tzou
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Jianjun Dong
Mentor’s Department: Physics
Jacob Welch
Major: Organismal Biology/ Geology
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Thomas Cullen
Mentor’s Department: Department of Geosciences
Jackson Wells
Major: Biomedical Sciences, Premed
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Katherine Buckley
Mentor’s Department: Biological Sciences
Jaycee Wisdom
Major: Conservation Biology
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Daniel Warner
Mentor’s Department: Biological Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
Jillian Henderson
Major: Biomedical Sciences, Pre-Dental
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Maninder Sandey
Mentor’s Department: Pathobiology
Carly Parker
Major: Cell and Molecular Biology
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Rachel West
Mentor’s Department: Anatomy Physiology and Pharm
Margaret Schuler
Major: Biomedical Sciences, Pre-Med
Project Title: TBD
Mentor: Amie Johnson
Mentor’s Department: Scott Ritchey Research Center
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