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College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Undergraduate 1st Place
J. Hayes, Erin Rowland-Schaefer, Rahmi Aini, Travis Ray, and Casey Epting

鈥淓xploring Christian undergraduate biology students as potential boundary spanners about climate change鈥

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Liz Barnes

Undergraduate 2nd Place 
Mera Ishak, Neelofar Rasuli

鈥淚nvestigating how General Chemistry and General Biology students define a science person and a scientist.鈥

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Katy Hosbein

Undergraduate 3rd Place 
Brittney Williams, Christopher Clark

鈥淚nterrogating Novel Tubulin Inhibitors on the A375 Melanoma Cancer Cell Line鈥

Faculty Mentor: Dr. April Weissmiller

Graduate 1st Place 

Savea Zimmerman-Cameron

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alyssa Logan

鈥淣erve Blocking in Horses – A Pilot Study鈥

Graduate 2nd Place 
Lilly Schmidt

鈥淧redicting Tiebreak Outcomes in Tennis鈥

Dr. Joshua Phillips

Graduate 3rd Place 
Qiya Wang

鈥淐redit default data analysis鈥

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Donglin Wang

College of Media and Entertainment

Undergraduate 1st Place 

Kevin Phipps, Camron Stevens
鈥淐oach Kevin Pool School鈥

Faculty Mentor: Todd O’Neill

Undergraduate 2nd Place
Aaron Rosson’

鈥淐onvos with Aaron鈥

Faculty Mentor: Todd O’Neill

Undergraduate 3rd Place 

Seth Savage,Elizabeth Baxter, Cooper Rodgers, Stacey Joan Mary Teves

鈥淎ll One – Animated Short – Music Live Performance Project鈥

Faculty Mentor: Rodrigo Gomez

Graduate 1st Place 
Josh Narrell

鈥渒amala IS brat:鈥 How Exposure to Online Campaign Content Impacts Young Adults鈥 POPR and Participation

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jun Zhang

Graduate 2nd Place 

Aaron Walden, Clay Skiles

Bill Crabtree

鈥淪yphonspace: A New Era of Progressive Metal Music鈥

Graduate 3rd Place 
Joseph Infantino

鈥淗ollyhock – Live Looping Evolved An Endeavor in Human/Computer Performance with Ableton Live鈥

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joseph Akins

College of Liberal Arts

Undergraduate 1st Place 

Elauna Hicks
鈥淎ssessment of MorphoPASSE Software for Undergraduate Forensic Anthropology Education: Integrating Sex Estimation Technology into the Classroom鈥

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Shannon Hodge

Undergraduate 2nd Place 

Hannah Antrican

鈥淓co-anxiety and pro-environmental behaviors in college students鈥

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Angela Mertig

Undergraduate 3rd Place 

Serena Easley
鈥淲e All Have Our Story鈥

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Leah Lyons

Graduate 1st Place 

Maria Angelica Trujillo

鈥淔aith, Politics, and Song: How Music Preserves the Legacy of Monsignor 脫scar Romero and Latin American Resistance鈥

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joseph Morgan

Graduate 2nd Place

Adriana Duarte

鈥淏razil and Argentina鈥

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jonathan DiCicco

College of Education

Undergraduate 1st Place 

Melanie Thomas
鈥淚mplementing SEL Strategies into the Literature Curriculum: Its Benefits for Literacy鈥

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ron Kates

Graduate 1st Place 

Sydney Banda

鈥淐ulturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching: Research to Practice Strategies for Teachers鈥

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Katie Schrodt

Graduate 2nd Place

Suzanne Hicks

鈥淧erceptions and Implementation of Program Assessment in STEM Areas: A Case Study鈥

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jim Rost

Graduate 3rd Place

Debs Pingitore

鈥淎 Meta-Analysis of Science Vocabulary Interventions with Adolescent Students鈥

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Amy Elleman

College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Undergraduate 1st Place 
Neeley Emore, Emma Grace Garrison

鈥淓ffectiveness of Professional Development in Undergraduate Students鈥

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kathryn Blankenship

Undergraduate 2nd Place 

Hanan Baba,Valeria Calzada Mendez, Keisha Kelly-Travis

鈥淔ood Insecurity among Older Adults in Urban and Rural Areas of Middle TN鈥

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kathryn Blankenship

Undergraduate 3rd Place 

Hailey Short, Emma Marrs, Vicki Nguyen

鈥淭een Talk: Parent Edition – A Prospective Family Life Education Program for Parents of Adolescents鈥

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rebecca Oldham

Graduate 1st Place 

Katy Stone

鈥淯sing a National Survey to Examine Predictors of Influenza Vaccine Uptake in U.S. Adults鈥

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Angie Bowman

Graduate 2nd Place

Lisa Shepherd
鈥淔ood Literacy Education in U.S. Universities: Current practices, future plans鈥

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Kaplan

Graduate 3rd Place 

Augustine Afriyie


鈥淓xploring The Relationship Between Substance Use and Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Adolescents in the United States.鈥

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Angie Bowman

Jones College of Business

Undergraduate 1st Place 

Kayla Welker, Kalistah Lawrence

鈥淔rom Gaze to Belief: The Role of Eye-Tracking in Understanding Climate Messaging鈥

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gaia Rancati

Undergraduate 2nd Place 

Mayowa Isiolaotan

鈥淓xploring Generation Z’s Interaction with Voice Assistants in Online Shopping: A Multi-Method Approach鈥

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gaia Rancati

Graduate 1st Place 

Ella Cobb

鈥淪ailing the Divide: Unpacking Gendered Trends in Cruise Travel鈥

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lucy Matthews


College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Undergraduate 1st Place
Meriola Endraws, Cole Huddleson 
Biological Evaluation of Novel Tubulin Inhibitors
Faculty Mentor: Dr. April Weissmiller 

Undergraduate 2nd Place 
Amy Brown, Prateek Rai, Christopher Clark, Joshua Thammathong 
Molecular Modeling Guided Design and Synthesis of Novel Autotaxin Inhibitors to Enhance the Antitumor Effect of Paclitaxel in Breast Cancer Model
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Souvik Banerjee 

Undergraduate 3rd Place 
Rand Hasan 
Synthesis and Evaluation of Polyaspartate Peptoid Polymers
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kevin Bicker 

Graduate 1st Place 
Rahmi Anini 
Going Beyond Correct Answers: Evaluating Metacognitive Monitoring in Evolution Understanding
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Barnes 

Graduate 2nd Place 
Manikanta Sai Venkata Siddhardha Chedlla 
Amazon Textract for Data Extraction and Comparision with Google Vision AI
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joshua Phillips 

Graduate 3rd Place 
Ahmeed Yinusa 
Effect of Behavioral Risk Factors on YPLL Health Disparities Across Racial and Ethnic Groups in the USFaculty Mentor: Dr. Misagh Faezipour 

College of Media and Entertainment

Undergraduate 1st Place 
Jacob Moore, Josiah Parkhurst, Emily Duff
Coffee for Cthulhu
Faculty Mentor: Ms. Carla Fox

Undergraduate 2nd Place
Cynthia Lowe 
The 乐播传媒入口 Earthquakes
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sanjay Asthana 

Undergraduate 3rd Place 
Francisco Galvan, David Nelson 
Campus Collab 
Faculty Mentor: Ms. Carla Fox 

Graduate 1st Place 
Connor Chase 
The Audio Limitations of the Vinyl Record: A Recording and Mixing Project Comparing Traditional Mixing Techniques to Vinyl-Specific Mixing Techniques
Faculty Mentor: Ms. Cosette Collier 

Graduate 2nd Place 
Ines Lopez 
Documenting the Creative Process of a Country Artist
Faculty Mentor: Ms. Cosette Collier 

Graduate 3rd Place 
Elijah Matlock 
History And Topology Of Popular Effects Circuits
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Trevor de Clercq 

College of Liberal Arts

Undergraduate 1st Place 
Eli Ward 
Communicated Commemorabilia: A Creative Project Exploring Christian Recovery
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rebekka King 

Undergraduate 2nd Place 
Birttany Eidemiller, Sara Sandefur, Karsen Gray, Brynlee Wolfe
Editing Elizabeth Meeke’s The Abbey of Clugny (1795)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bridget Donnelly 

Undergraduate 3rd Place 
Rada Ryan 
Destroying Creativity: Effects of AI
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carter Smith 

Graduate 1st Place 
Tamara Costello
Empowering Young Learners: Nutrition Label Analysis with the HealthNUTZ App
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Amy Sayward 

Graduate 2nd Place
Amanda Floyd 
Redefining an African American Cultural Landscape: The Relocation, Preservation, and Restoration of the Lee-Buckner Rosenwald School
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carroll Van West 

College of Education

Undergraduate 1st Place 
Kera Reynolds 
A Look at Student Engagement and Connection Among At-Risk First Year Students Residing in Housing and Residential Life at Middle 乐播传媒入口 State Universit
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Amy Korstange 

Graduate 1st Place 
Kendra Miller 
The Role of Recall, Spacing and Interleaving in Lowering Cognitive Load During Inquiry Based Lessons
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Terry Goodin 

Graduate 2nd Place
Lori Klukowski, Fonya Scott 
A Conceptual Framework of Integrated STEM to Explore Student Sensemaking
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Seth Jones 

College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Undergraduate 1st Place 
Letisha Bates, Logan Dowd 
From PCOS Perspectives to Evidence-Based Nutrition Information: Bridging the Dairy Divide
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Smith 

Undergraduate 2nd Place 
Justin Yule 
Rats’ Preferences for Familiar and Unfamiliar Social Olfactory Stimuli
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Annie Galizio 

Undergraduate 3rd Place 
Maria Lira 
The Relationship Between Parental Neglect and Abuse of Prescription Pain Medication Among High School Students in 乐播传媒入口
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andrew Owusu 

Graduate 1st Place 
Ryah Al-Amin 
Invisible Labor Engagement
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Judith Van Hein 

Graduate 2nd Place
Taiya Mitchell, Sara Rodriguez Molina 
Examining the Effect of Physical Dating Violence on the Mental Health of High School Students in 乐播传媒入口
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Angela Bowman 

Graduate 3rd Place 
Marialuisa Zirilli 
An Exploration of Community in a Collegiate Tennis Program
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rudy Dunlap 

Jones College of Business

Undergraduate 1st Place 
Anna Collins 
The Impact of Accessibility and Connectivity on Farmer鈥檚 Intention to Leave Their Land
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sam Zaza 

Undergraduate 2nd Place 
Emma Ankar, Ashley Landaverde
Multifaceted Customer Experience Analysis in Fashion Retail: A Case Study of Buckle
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gaia Rancati 

Undergraduate 3rd Place 
Priscilla Hammermeister 
Financial Success Based on Maslow鈥檚 Hierarchy of Needs
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Tom Brinthaput, Dr. Murat Arik 

Graduate 1st Place 

Lohitha Mamidi, Jennifer Nanmejo 
Social Media Use to Bridge Social Inclusion of the Second-Generation Immigrants
Faculty Mentors: Ms. Yaping Zhu, Dr. Sam Zaza 

Graduate 2nd Place 
Maria Grefberg 
Living at the Crossroads of Cultural Worlds: The Impact of Social Media Use on Culture Identity of the Second-Generation Immigrants
Faculty Mentors: Ms. Yaping Zhu, Dr. Sam Zaza 

College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Undergraduate 1st Place
Ross Sibley
Synthesis and Biological Characterization of Cyclic Peptoids Against  Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida albicans 
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kevin Bicker

Undergraduate 2nd Place 

Victoria Bascou
Should There Be a Reform of the Coroner and Medical Examiner Systems?
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carter Smith

Undergraduate 3rd Place
Mina Abdulkareem
Characterization of Melamine-Oxalate Crystals Using Thermogravimetric Analysis and Spectroscopy
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Beng Ooi

Graduate 1st Place
Chance Perkins
The Effect of Microplastics on Biogas Production in Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste.
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mina Mohebbi

Graduate 2nd Place
Carter Ayers, Erin McClelland, Matt Nalley
Examining MHC-specific Adaptation of Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans using Genomic and Transcriptomics Approaches
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rebecca Seipelt-Thiemann

Graduate 3rd Place
Anna Arnold, Shayla Sullivan, Sydney Lively, Summer Miller, Dr. Seockmo Ku
Application of Multiple Parallel Fermentation Using Sorghum in Far East Asian Alcoholic Beverage Production
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Seocko Ku

College of Media and Entertainment

Graduate 1st Place
Ross McCafferty
Inside/Out: A Compilation of Spatial Audio
Faculty Mentor: Michael Fleming

Graduate 2nd Place
Frank Dremel
Re-recording The Beatles鈥 Abbey Road for Dolby Atmos
Faculty Mentor: Bill Crabtree

Graduate 3rd Place (Tie)
Carson Bruce
The Creation of a Digital Upright Piano Sample Library
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joseph Akins

3rd Place Graduate (Tie)
Sadika Anderson
Electronic Music and Controllerism Performance
Faculty Mentor: Misty Jones

College of Liberal Arts

1st Place Undergraduate
Angela Benninghoff
“I Am Helen: A Feminist Retelling of the Woman Who Launched a Thousand Ships”
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Phillip Phillips

2nd Place Undergraduate 
Greta Muller
Art Exhibit
Faculty Mentor: Houston Fryer

3rd Place Undergr
Dogmatism, Negotiation, and Wittgensteinian Therapy
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mary Magada-Ward

1st Place Graduate
Will Childress
Folk Songs to Wind Band: A Study Using James Barnes Chance’s _Variations on a Korean Folk Song_
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mei Han

College of Education

1st Place Undergraduate
Emma Beard
Literacy in Latin America
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Katie Schrodt

1st Place Graduate
Lisa Schrader
Focusing on the Positive: The Impacts of Flourishing Mental Health on Student Academic Performance
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kevin Krahenbuhl

College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

1st Place Undergraduate
Elizabeth Skelton
“Healthy for Life Initiative”
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sandra Poirier

2nd Place Undergraduate 
Elizabeth Kowalczyk
Understanding the Discrepancy in Perceptions Between Forensic Experts and Lay Individuals and their Consequence
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carter Smith 

3rd Place Undergraduate (Tie)
Devyn Blackmore, BreAnna O’Neal, LaShauna Collier, Autumn Merritt, Kehinde Adeyemi
Adolescent 5: A Prospective Family Life Education Program for Adolescents with Terminally-Ill Parents
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rebecca Oldham

3rd Place Undergraduate (Tie)
Mahala Owen, Luka Arnautovic
Made by Mother
Faculty Mentor: Carrie Pavel

1st Place Graduate
Kyle Thatcher
Effects of Priming Information on Evaluations of a Virtual Job Candidate
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jessica Gaby

2nd Place Graduate|
Carolynn Hobbs
The Experience of Gender Construction in Male Competitive Cheerleaders
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Angela Bowman

3rd Place Graduate 
Heather Piergies
Physical Activity and Health-Related Quality of Life in Adolescents: Relationship Outcomes and Protective Factors
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Angela Bowman

Jones College of Business

1st Place Undergraduate
Damaujah Weaver-Atwater, Kate Matthews
Superbowl Commercials’ Effectiveness in Creating a Diverse and Inclusive Brand Image: A Neuromarketing Approach
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gaia Rancati

2nd Place Undergraduate 
Emma Ankar, Ashley Landaverde
A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Customer Experience in Coffee Stores
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gaia Rancati

3rd Place Undergraduate
Emilie Conners
The Effects of The Body Positivity Movement on College Women鈥檚 Body Image and Health
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lucy Matthews

1st Place Graduate
Mayowa Isiolaoton
Gender Stereotyping and Cognitive Biases in Digital Voice Assistant Shopping
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gaiai Rancati

College of Basic & Applied Sciences

Undergraduate 1st Place
Emaa Elrayah
Placental Metabolism of FDA-Approved Drugs Repurposed for Novel Tocolytic Use
Mentor: Jennifer Herington

Undergraduate 2nd Place
Madeline Aadnes
Undergraduate Students鈥 Climate Change Communication Experiences and Training
Mentor: Elizabeth Barnes

Undergraduate 3rd Place
Sarah Kerr
Diet effects biomass, egg laying, and stable isotope signatures in the bioindicator spider Tetragnathidae: Use of a novel laboratory technique
Mentor: Ryan Otter

Graduate 1st Place
Shruthi Perna
A Comparative Study of Weathering Profiles of Ignitable liquids by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry and Direct Analysis in Real-Time Mass Spectrometry
Mentor: Mengliang Zhang

Graduate 2nd Place
Cody Haviland
Simulation of QTAR Using the Smooth Random Walk Mobility Model
Mentor: Joshua Phillips

Graduate 3rd Place
Rahmi Aini
Patterns for managing conflict between religion and evolution among Muslim undergraduate biology students
Mentor: Elizabeth Barnes

College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Undergraduate 1st Place
Merry Young
Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors: When Do People Feel Sex Guilt Versus Regret?
Mentor: Rebecca Oldham

Undergraduate 2nd Place
Adam Dockery
Exploring the Equivalency of Online vs In-Person Administration of a Standardized Reading Battery
Mentors: Emily Farris

Undergraduate 3rd Place
Lillian Miller
What are clients’ perceptions and attitudes regarding the effectiveness and attainability of patient-centered goals created during a consultation with a registered dietitian?
Mentor: Elizabeth Smith

Graduate 1st Place
Sherry Jernigan
Disease Management, Health Literacy, Cultural Competence in Type 2 Diabetes
Mentor: Chandra Story

Graduate 2nd Place
Jennifer Sanchez
An examination of health behaviors related to adherence to U.S. Centers for Disease Control COVID-19 guidelines
Mentor: Angie Bowman

Graduate 3rd Place
Gabrielle Chesak
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Postpartum Psychiatric Outcomes
Mentor: Angela Bowman

College of Education

Graduate 1st Place
Pamela Shewalter
Specialized and altered fonts for dyslexia: A meta-analysis
Mentor: Tim Odegard

Graduate 2nd Place
Alexis Crouch
Effects of Invented Spelling on Literacy and Mindset
Mentor: Katie Schrodt

Graduate 3rd Place
Bryanna Licciardi
鈥淪UPPORTIVE OR CORROSIVE鈥: DEVELOPING A TITLE IX WEBSITE MEASUREMENT OF STUDENT-CENTRIC DESIGN TO GAUGE ITS IMPACT ON STUDENT REPORTING OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
Mentor: Kevin Krahenbuhl

College of Liberal Arts

Undergraduate 1st Place
Jessikah Riley
(dis)Connected: A Podcast Series on Society and Spirituality in the Modern World
Mentor: Rebekka King

Undergraduate 2nd Place
Saman Kittani
Communication-induced Resilience and Its Effects on Stress
Mentor: Xiaowei Shi

Undergraduate 3rd Place
Cassidy Woodall
Play Space
Mentor: Kate Goodwin

Graduate 1st Place
Md Rahaman
Satyanarayan: a forgotten hero and the Bridge-maker in Noakhali, Bangladesh
Mentor: Mark Doyle

College of Media and Entertainment

Graduate 1st Place
Madeleine Luchsinger
Little Lies: A Look at Misinformation in Recording Industry Public Relations
Mentor: Sally Ann Cruikshank

Graduate 2nd Place
Elena Cawley
Preventing Child Sexual Abuse by Encouraging Parents to Teach Children the Correct Terms for Private Body Parts
Mentor: Jun Zhang

Graduate 3rd Place
Cole Arn
Focus on the Source: Creative Engineering for High-Quality Recordings
Mentor: Bill Crabtree

College of Basic & Applied Sciences

Undergraduate 1st Place
Mariana De Araujo Bryan, Thipphaphone Niravong, Laine Matthews
Exploring Undergraduate Biology Students鈥 Attitudes and Science Communication about COVID19 and COVID19 Vaccines 
Mentor: Maryann Elizabeth Barnes, Biology

Undergraduate 2nd Place
Emily Stafford
Influence of varying kudzu leaf meal particle sizes added to a broiler diet
Mentor: Kevin Downs, Agriculture

Undergraduate 3rd Place
Cameron Maddux
Synthesis of functionalized peptoids designed to coordinate to quantum dots for use in biomedical applications
Mentor: Kevin Bicker, Chemistry

Graduate 1st Place
Kaylee Layton
Outside the Classroom: An Evaluation of Equine Internships
Mentor: Holly Spooner, Equine Health

Graduate 2nd Place
Fady Tawfik
An Advanced Convolutional Neural Network for Detecting Chest X-ray Abnormalities
Mentor: Xin Yang, Computer Science

Graduate 3rd Place
Juan Garcia
Toward Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management: Biogas Generation in Middle 乐播传媒入口 Landfills.
Mentor: Mina Mohebbi, Engineering Technology

College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Undergraduate 1st Place
Lauren Hunsicker
Examining the Impact of Past Educational Experiences on Current Reading Ability and Psychological Functioning
Mentor:  Emily Farris, Dyslexia Services

Undergraduate 2nd Place
Esmeralda Ramirez
A Review of the Comorbidity of ADHD and Dyslexia
Mentors: Emily Farris, Dyslexia Services and Tim Odegard, Education

Undergraduate 3rd Place
Amanda Washington
Why They Died: An expanded analytical examination of details surrounding a sample of officer-involved shooting deaths in 2019 in the United States
Mentor: Ben Stickle, Criminal Justice Adm

Graduate 1st Place
Justice Cundiff, Myra Pennington
Gender Differences in Perceptions of Personal Growth After Dating Violence
Mentor: Mary Ellen Fromuth, Psychology

Graduate 2nd Place
Alex Adams
Perceptions of Physical Education Majors Response to Emergency Remote Teaching During COVID-19
Mentor: Brandon Wallace, Sociology and Anthropology

Graduate 3rd Place
Rebecca Claypool
Development of the Sexual Abuse Assessment Tool [SAAT] for exercise professionals who interact with women survivors of sexual abuse
Mentor: Angie Bowman, Health and Human Performance

College of Business

Undergraduate 1st Place
Katelyn Gardner 
Beauty During a Pandemic: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Cosmetic Industry
Mentor: Diane Edmondson, Marketing

Undergraduate 2nd Place
Javier Hernandez
MTSU Daniels Center Video Project
Mentor: Hilary Miller, Veterans & Military Family Center

Graduate 1st Place
Hannah Makarczyk
Differentiating Sales Education through the Addition of an International Element             
Mentor: Diane Edmondson, Marketing

Graduate 2nd Place
Atia Ferdousee
Impact of Electric Vehicle Adoption on Electricity Consumption and Generation: Evidence from California
Mentor: Michael Roach, Economics and Finance

College of Education

Graduate 1st Place
Nicole Crouch, Eric Oslund, Amy Elleman
The Effect of a Knowledge-Based Curriculum Using Science Read-Alouds on Vocabulary and Listening Comprehension Outcomes with Preschoolers     
Mentor: Dr. Eric Oslund, Elementary and Special Education

Graduate 2nd Place
Pamela Shewalter
Dyslexia Specific Font: A Promised Solution but is it Effective?
Mentor: Tim Odegard, Education

Graduate 3rd Place
Alex Adams
Physical Education Teachers Technology Self-Efficacy and Integration
Mentor: Donald Belcher, Health and Human Performance

College of Liberal Arts

Undergraduate 1st Place
Valarie Risk
Perceptions of Race Among Members of the Egyptian Diaspora in the United States 
Mentor: Meredith Dye, Sociology and Anthropology

Undergraduate 2nd Place
Miura Rempis
Group Rights According to Constitutional Law: An expansion on 鈥淪hould There Be Group Rights? According to the Supreme Court and the United States Constitution, Yes.鈥 
Mentor: John Maynor, Political Science Intl Relations

Undergraduate 3rd Place
Kayleigh Payne
Understanding leadership styles and the prevention and management of nursing burnout in the hospital setting
Mentor: Betsy Dalton, Communication Studies

College of Media and Entertainment

Graduate 1st Place
Andrew Bainton
Simple Signal Processing: Designing a User-Experience-Oriented Digital Equalizer
Mentor: John Merchant, Recording Industry

Graduate 2nd Place
Dustin Painter
Binaural Audio with End User Control: A Binaural, Virtual Reality Nature Walk for Oculus Quest 2 with User Controllable Equalization
Mentor: John Merchant, Recording Industry

Graduate 3rd Place
Michael Ryan
Music and Emotion: A Concept Album Employing Emotion and Tragedy as Central Themes
Mentor: Bill Crabtree, Recording Industry

University College

Graduate 1st Place
Tingting Sun
Will your TSA claim be approved? – A predictive modeling approach
Mentor: Lu Xiong, Mathematical Sciences

College of Liberal Arts

Undergraduate 1st Place
Holly Aslinger
Dental Enamel Hypoplasia at Black Cat Cave, Site 40RD299
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Shannon Chappell Hodge, Sociology and Anthropology

Undergraduate 2nd Place
Mark D. Blackmon
Non-Christian and Immigrant Christian Communities and the Programs Available to their Youth in Middle 乐播传媒入口
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rebekka King, Philosophy and Religious Studies

Undergraduate 3rd Place
Beatriz Marie R. Dedicatoria

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Poushali Bhadury, English

Graduate 1st Place
Aubrie McDaniel
Rural Realities: 乐播传媒入口 Rural Women鈥檚 Concerns and Involvements During the Suffrage Era
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lisa Pruitt, History

Graduate 2nd Place
Lawrence Dahl
Pillaged Skulls and Looted Gear U.S. Trophy Hunting during the Second World War
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lisa Pruitt, History

Graduate 3rd Place
Gloria Brooke Massey
The Rhetoric of Sound: Listening to Frederick Douglass鈥檚 1845 Narrative
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Laura Dubek, English

College of Basic & Applied Sciences

Undergraduate 1st Place
Neroosh Mossa
Co-Author: Sundus Sharhan
Effects of Caffeine on the Stress-Regulated Gene, HSF-1, in Caenorhabditis elegans
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rebecca Seipelt-Thiemann, Biology

Undergraduate 2nd Place
Gabriella Morin
Co-Authors: Jiwoo Park, Wesley Riley
Determining How the PINK1:Parkin Mitophagy Pathway Responds to Transient Mitochondrial Stress and How This is Affected By Disease Associated Mutations in Parkin
Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Nelson, Biology

Undergraduate 3rd Place
John Adkins
Co-Authors: J. P. Gulizia, S. Cui 
In Situ Rumen Degradability of Late Season Kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata) in Ruminally Fistulated Steers (Bos taurus)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kevin Downs, Agriculture

Graduate 1st Place
Karuna Gujar
Comparative Study of Distinguishing Sets in Graphs
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Suk Keo, Computer Science

Graduate 2nd Place
Daniela Taylor
Co-Authors: Lena Tran, Beng Guat Ooi
Evaluating the Safety of Color Powders via Chromatographic, Spectroscopic, and Microscopic Analysis of Their Dye Constituents
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ngee Sing Chong, Chemistry

Graduate 3rd Place
James Scruggs
Comparison and Evaluation of C# Implemented Convolutional Neural Network
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Suk Seo, Computer Science

Doctoral 1st Place
Scott Morton
Co-Authors:  Miroslawa Bilska, David C. Montefiori, Bette M. Korber
pH Modulated Binding Characteristics of HIV Broadly Neutralizing Anti-Bodies
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joshua Phillips, Computer Science

Doctoral 2nd Place
Keshav Paudel
Alkylation of Nitriles with Alcohols Catalyzed by a Well-Defined Cobalt Complex Supported by a Tripodal N, P Mixed-Donor Ligand
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Keying Ding, Chemistry

Doctoral 3rd Place
Shuzhe Xu
Co-Authors: Salvador E. Barbosa
BERT Feature Based Model for Predicting the Helpfulness Scores of Online Customers Reviews
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Don Hong, Mathematical Sciences

College of Education

1st Place
Bingshi Zhang
The Relationship Between Starting-Point and Rate of Changes in Reading and Mathematics
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jwa K. Kim, Psychology

Posters are presented in alphabetical order by title.

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Dirhat Mahdi Mohammed (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Grant E. Gardner, Department of Biology

Department of Computer Science, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Yousaf Abdul Khaliq (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Suk Jai Seo, Department of Computer Science

Department of Geosciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Mark Abolins (PhD)
Albert Ogden (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Mark Abolins, Department of Geosciences

Department of Engineering Technology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Christian Lawrence (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Misa Faezipour, Department of Engineering Technology

Department of Engineering Technology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Richa Phulwani (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Mina Mohebbi, Department of Engineering Technology

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Haley Parks (Undergraduate)
Hope Brown (Undergraduate)
Kylie Curtis (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Carol Freund, Department of Biology

2nd Place Winner!

Department of Chemistry, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Keshav Paudel (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Keying Ding, Department of Chemistry

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Scarlett M Benitez (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Rebecca L. Seipelt-Thiemann, Department of Biology

Department of Recording Industry, College of Media and Entertainment

Author(s):
Andrew Fiddler (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Dan Pfeifer, Department of Recording Industry


Department of Computer Science, University College

Author(s):
Sneha Gurram (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Yi Gu, Department of Computer Science

Department of Recording Industry, College of Media and Entertainment

Author(s):
John Alderson (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
John Merchant, Department of Recording Industry


Department of Chemistry, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Arjun Kafle (PhD)
Shrijana Bhattarai (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Scott T. Handy, Department of Chemistry

Department of Engineering Technology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Juan J. Garcia Mendez (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Mina Mohebbi, Department of Engineering Technology

Department of Chemistry, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Kayley Stallings (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Paul Kline, Department of Chemistry

School of Agriculture, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Gina Bishara (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Ying Gao, School of Agriculture

Department of Psychology, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Author(s):
Kaitlyn Berry (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Timothy Odegard, Department of Elementary and Special Education

Department of Computer Science, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Alec Frey (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Sal Barbosa, Department of Computer Science

Department of English, College of Liberal Arts

Author(s):
Brandon Black (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Laura Dubek, Department of English

3rd Place Winner!

Department of Computer Science, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Shuzhe Xu (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Don Hong, Department of Mathematical Sciences

Department of Computer Science, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Isaac Geoffrey Callison (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Suk Seo, Department of Computer Science

Department of Human Sciences, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Author(s):
Autumn Levina Trail (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Rick Cottle & Mary Beth Asbury, Department of Human Sciences

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Helana Yacoub (Undergraduate)
Rezhin Ahmad (Undergraduate)
zachary Grimes (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Rebecca Seipelt-Thiemann, Department of Biology

Department of Computer Science, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Edward DeMesa (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Suk Seo, Department of Computer Science

Department of Computer Science, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Michael Scott Bull (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Suk Seo, Department of Computer Science

Department of Computer Science, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Nibraas Khan (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Joshua Phillips, Department of Computer Science

1st Place Winner!

Department of Computer Science, University College

Author(s):
Karuna Gujar (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Suk Seo, Department of Computer Science

3rd Place Winner!

Department of Computer Science, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
James Scruggs (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Suk Seo, Department of Computer Science

Department of Computer Science, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Ruj Haan (Undergraduate)
George Boktor (Undergraduate)
Nibraas Khan (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Sal Barbosa , Department of Computer Science

Department of Health and Human Performance, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Author(s):
Lillian Beck (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Kathryn Blankenship, Department of Health and Human Performance

University Studies, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Thomas K Torku (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Abdul Q. M. Khaliq, Department of Mathematical Sciences

Department of Mathematical Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Jie Long (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Abdul Khaliq, Department of Mathematical Sciences

1st Place Winner!

Department of Sociology and Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts

Author(s):
Holly Aslinger (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Shannon Chappell Hodge, Department of Sociology and Anthropology

2nd Place Winner!

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Gabriella S. Morin (Undergraduate)
Jiwoo E. Park (Undergraduate)
Wesley A. Riley (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
David E. Nelson, Department of Biology

Department of Mathematical Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Magen Williams (Undergraduate)
Hannah Belcher (Undergraduate)
Emma Bowmer (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Jennifer Lovett, Department of Mathematical Sciences

Department of Womack Educational Leadership, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Hellen S Valencia Lemos (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Ryan Seth Jones, Department of Womack Educational Leadership

Department of Chemistry, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Johnathan D. Chisam (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Norma Dunlap, Department of Chemistry

Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Aric Moilanen (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Hanna Terletska, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Department of Computer Science, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
David William Ludwig II (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Joshua Phillips, Department of Computer Science

Department of Computer Science, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Lucas Remedios (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Joshua L. Phillips , Department of Computer Science

Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Jasmin Laurel (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Daniel Erenso, Department of Physics and Astronomy

School of Agriculture, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Dillon Arnold (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Maegan Hollis , School of Agriculture

School of Agriculture, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Kayley Stallings (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Keely O’Brien, School of Agriculture

1st Place Winner!

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Neroosh Mossa (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Rebecca Seipelt-Thiemann, Department of Biology

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Marina Elkommos-Zakhary (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Rebecca Seipelt-Thiemann, Ashlin Powell Harris, Department of Biology

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Aisha A Nour (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Cole Easson, Department of Biology

Department of Nursing, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Author(s):
Zachary Andrew Sanchez (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Shelley Moore, Department of Nursing

2nd Place Winner!

Department of Chemistry, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Daniela Taylor (Masters)
Lena Tran (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Ngee SIng Chong, Department of Chemistry

School of Agriculture, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Britney Brown (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Jessica Carter, School of Agriculture

Department of Chemistry, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Nosakhare Igie (Masters)
Ngee Sing Chong (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Beng Guat Ooi, Department of Chemistry

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Alaa Mohammed (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Seipelt-Thiemann, Department of Biology

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Daviesha Carter (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Rebecca Seipelt-Thiemann, Department of Biology

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Damon Stinson (Undergraduate)
Micah Chapman (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Cole G. Easson , Department of Biology

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Prianca Griggs (Undergraduate)
Aarthi Subramani (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
David Nelson, Department of Biology

Department of Health and Human Performance, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Author(s):
Nickie Detomasi (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Angela Bowman , Department of Health and Human Performance

Department of Chemistry, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Koda Hengstenberg (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Scott Handy, Department of Chemistry

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Faith Rumpp (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Rebecca Seipelt-Thiemann, Department of Biology

Department of Computer Science, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Robert Walters (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Joshua Phillips, Department of Computer Science

Department of Human Sciences, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Author(s):
Erin C Lancaster (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Elizabeth A Smith, Department of Human Sciences

Department of Psychology, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Author(s):
Autumn Martin (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Tom Brinthaupt, Department of Psychology

Department of Recording Industry, College of Media and Entertainment

Author(s):
Peter Tissot (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Michael Fleming, Department of Recording Industry

Department of Human Sciences, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Author(s):
Emma Nelson (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Tiffany Harrison MS, RD, CSSD, LDN, Department of Human Sciences

School of Agriculture, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Emily Richards (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Jessica Carter, School of Agriculture

Department of Geosciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Lily R. Medley (Undergraduate)
Brannon C. Cox (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Warner Cribb, Department of Geosciences

Department of English, College of Liberal Arts

Author(s):
Theresa McWilliams-Wessels (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Laura Dubek, Department of English

Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Liberal Arts

Author(s):
Laura Pickard (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Claudia Barnett, Department of English

Department of Psychology, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Author(s):
Robyn Sessler (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Cameron Gordon, Department of Psychology

Department of Psychology, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Author(s):
Robyn Sessler (Undergraduate)
Kaitlyn Berry (Undergraduate)
Kellie Payne (Undergraduate)
Sarah Pope (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Tim Odegard, Department of Psychology

Department of Biology, Honors College

Author(s):
Anika Chowdhury (Undergraduate)
Marzea Akter (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Rebecca Seipelt, Department of Biology

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Chase Burton (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Rebecca Seipelt-Thiemann, Department of Biology

Department of Computer Science, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
James Matthew Phillips (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Suk Seo, Department of Computer Science

3rd Place Winner!

School of Agriculture, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
John Adkins (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Kevin Downs, School of Agriculture

Department of Recording Industry, College of Media and Entertainment

Author(s):
Phoebe H Seston (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Misty Jones, Department of Recording Industry


Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Zhigang Jia (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Grant E. Gardner, Department of Biology

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Jewel Larkins (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Stephen Wright, Department of Biology

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Niah Frantzen (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Rebecca Seipelt-Thiemann, Department of Biology

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Daiche Fatima Issa (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Rebecca Seipelt-Theimann, Department of Biology

Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Steven Rhodes (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Suman Neupane, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Department of English, College of Liberal Arts

Author(s):
Christy Lynch (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Laura Dubek, Department of English

University Studies, College of Education

Author(s):
Ifeoluwa Ayokunmi Popoola (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Mohammed Albakry , Department of English

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Brock Couch (PhD)
Jennifer Seat (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Jennifer Kaplan , Department of Mathematical Sciences

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University College

Author(s):
Lin Feng (Masters)
Harold A. Lay, Jr (PhD)
Ziren Chen (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Abdul Khaliq, Department of Mathematical Sciences

Department of English, College of Liberal Arts

Author(s):
Lois Bennett (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Laura Dubek, Department of English

Interdisciplinary Programs, College of Education

Author(s):
Pamela Shewalter (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Mohammed A. Albakry, Department of English

Department of English, College of Liberal Arts

Author(s):
Laney Jolley Smith (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Laura Dubek, Department of English

Department of Psychology, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Author(s):
Ashley Nichole Hewitt (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Stuart Bernstein , Department of Psychology

Department of Health and Human Performance, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Author(s):
Gabrielle Chesak (Undergraduate)
Nickie Detomasi (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Kahler Stone, Department of Health and Human Performance

Department of Computer Science, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Jackson Lee Goble (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Joshua Phillips, Department of Computer Science

Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Jaron Hengstenberg (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Hanna Terletska, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Department of Chemistry, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Raja Ram Pandey (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Charles C. Chusuei, Department of Chemistry

Department of Psychology, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Author(s):
Garrett Baber (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Stuart E. Bernstein, Department of Psychology

Department of Engineering Technology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Brandon Stahl (Undergraduate)
Kris Schwiebert (Undergraduate)
Sam Fassnacht (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Saeed Foroudastan, Department of Engineering Technology

Department of Chemistry, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Darshit Bipinbhai Patel (Undergraduate)
Gabriel T Gwirtsman (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Andrienne Friedli, Department of Chemistry

2nd Place Winner!

Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Author(s):
Mark D. Blackmon (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Rebekka King, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies

Department of Chemistry, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Miquellie Bonner (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Mengliang Zhang, Department of Chemistry

1st Place Winner!

Department of Computer Science, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Scott P. Morton (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Joshua L. Phillips, Department of Computer Science

2nd Place Winner!

Department of History, College of Liberal Arts

Author(s):
Lawrence Dahl (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Lisa Pruitt, Department of History

Department of Political Science and International Relations, College of Liberal Arts

Author(s):
Priya Patel (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
David Carleton, Department of Political Science and International Relations

Department of English, College of Liberal Arts

Author(s):
Steph Bottum (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Claudia Barnett, Department of English

Department of Human Sciences, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Author(s):
Aleen Alnimri (Undergraduate)
Michaela Mizell (Undergraduate)
Mark Boron (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Lisa Sheehan-Smith, Department of Human Sciences

Department of Mathematical Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Demet Yalman Ozen (PhD)
Samuel Reed (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Jennifer Lovett, Department of Mathematical Sciences

Department of Psychology, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Author(s):
Jordan Yancey (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Stuart Bernstein, Department of Psychology

Department of Criminal Justice Administration, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Author(s):
Johnna D. Isenberg (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Paul Fantuzzi, Department of Criminal Justice Administration

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Savannah Lawwell (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. John DuBois, Department of Biology

Department of Psychology, College of Education

Author(s):
Gene Cowart (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Jwa Kim, Department of Psychology

Department of Geosciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Randall Jones (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Henrique Momm, Department of Geosciences

Department of Aerospace, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Nakanya Rodruepid (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Tyler Babb, Department of Aerospace

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University College

Author(s):
Ziren Chen (Masters)
Lin Feng (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Qiang Wu, Department of Mathematical Sciences

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Rija Asim (Undergraduate)

Fa 1ff8 culty Mentor:
Rebecca L. Seipelt-Thiemann, Department of Biology

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Pratima Chapagain (PhD)
Ali Ali (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Mary Farone, Department of Biology

1st Place Winner!

Department of History, College of Liberal Arts

Author(s):
Aubrie McDaniel (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Lisa Pruitt, Department of History

Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Author(s):
Timothy Eugene Bodey Jr. (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Jenna Gray-Hildenbrand, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies

Department of Computer Science, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Adwin Singh (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Sal Barbosa, Department of Computer Science

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Morgan Hill (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Rebecca Seipelt-Thiemann, Department of Biology

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Department of Engineering Technology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Lucas Hamilton (Masters)
Ahmeed Yinusa (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Emmanuel Rowe, Department of Engineering Technology

3rd Place Winner!

Department of English, Honors College

Author(s):
Beatriz Marie R. Dedicatoria (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Poushali Bhadury, Department of English


Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Curtis Milligan (Undergraduate)
George Boktor (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Suman Neupane, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Anna Yuhas (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Rebecca L. Seipelt-Thiemann, Department of Biology

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Madonna Ghobrial (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Rebecca Seipelt-Thiemann, Department of Biology

Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Frank Zoladz (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Suman Neupane, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Department of Mathematical Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Gracy R Lanier (Undergraduate)
Ciera K Dobbins (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Jennifer N Lovett, Department of Mathematical Sciences

Department of Chemistry, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Marina Elkommos-Zakhary (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
P. Gregory Van Patten, Department of Chemistry

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Radina Porashka (Undergraduate)
Mary Parsley (Undergraduate)
Sauleen Shamdeen (Undergraduate)
Nathan Smith (Undergraduate)
Emerniece Cooper (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Anthony Farone, Department of Biology

Department of Recording Industry, College of Media and Entertainment

Author(s):
Brayden Mathews (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
John Merchant, Department of Recording Industry


Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Marissa Turner (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Kahler Stone, Department of Health and Human Performance

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Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Sarah Soliman (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Rebecca Seipelt, Department of Biology

Department of Elementary and Special Education, College of Education

Author(s):
Nicole Crouch (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Eric Oslund, Department of Elementary and Special Education

Department of Health and Human Performance, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Author(s):
Naiya V Drayton (Undergraduate)
Nickie Detomasi (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Bethany Wrye, Department of Health and Human Performance

Department of Psychology, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Author(s):
Brooke Busbee (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Ryan Korstange, Department of English

Department of Psychology, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Author(s):
Mattigan Jordan (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
James Houston, Department of Psychology

Department of Psychology, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Author(s):
Hannah Johnson (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Timothy Odegard, Interdisciplinary Programs

Department of Mathematical Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Zeyu Ren (Undergraduate)
Chuanlong Zhang (Masters)
Tingting Sun (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Lu Xiong, Department of Mathematical Sciences

Department of History, College of Liberal Arts

Author(s):
Md Pervejur Rahaman (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Mark Doyle, Department of History

Department of Psychology, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Author(s):
Morgan Cramer (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Glenn Littlepage, Department of Psychology

Department of Health and Human Performance, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Author(s):
Gabrielle Chesak (Undergraduate)
Cedeidra Ammons (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Andrew Owusu, Department of Health and Human Performance

1st Place Winner!

Department of Elementary and Special Education, College of Education

Author(s):
Bingshi Zhang (PhD)
Jwa K. Kim (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
Jwa K. Kim, Department of Psychology

Department of Psychology, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Author(s):
Kristen Huddleston (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Cyrille 1ff8 Magne, Department of Psychology

Department of Communication Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Author(s):
Carlee C. Cowan (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Patrick G. Richey, Department of Communication Studies

3rd Place Winner!

Department of English, College of Liberal Arts

Author(s):
Gloria Brooke Massey (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Laura Dubek, Department of English

Department of Engineering Technology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Parisa Nasrzadeh (Masters)

Faculty Mentor:
Misa Faezipour, Department of Engineering Technology

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Mathysyn Fields (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Rebecca Seipelt-Theimann, Department of Biology

Department of Mathematical Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Tingting Sun (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Lu Xiong, Department of Mathematical Sciences

Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Graham West (PhD)
Mathew Ogden (PhD)

Faculty Mentor:
John Wallin, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Department of English, College of Media and Entertainment

Author(s):
Mackenna O’Sullivan (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Toni Thibodeaux, Department of English

Department of Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Author(s):
Deng Aguto (Undergraduate)
Omar Aly (Undergraduate)

Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Rebecca L. Seipelt-Thiemann, Department of Biology

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