2018
Antonio Alvarez Valdivia
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jaime Juarez, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Project: Portable Imaging Viscometry for Quantative Complex Fluid Measurements
Estefany Argueta Herrera
Major: Animal Ecology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Fred Janzen, Department of Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
Research Project: Nest Depth and Thermal Variation during Incubation for Subterranean Reptile Nests
Taea Bonner
Major: Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Matt Delisi, Department of Sociology
Research Project: Chaotic Homes, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Serious Delinquency: Differential Effects by Race and Ethnicity
Jose Carranza
Major: Animal Ecology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stephen Dinsmore, Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management
Research Project: Factors Affecting White-Tailed Deer Fecundity in Iowa
Iliana Castillo-Machuca
Major: Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Nick Peters, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Research Project: The best media for Microbacterium Foliorum growth and bacteriophage infection
Eric Diaz
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tejas Dhadphale, Department of Industrial Design
Research Project: Empathy in design: How does diversity of personas affect creativity?
Kayla Elmore
Major: Animal Science
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lance Baumgard, Department of Animal Science
Research Project: Effects of Hind-Gut Acidosis Induced by Abomasal Corn Starch Infusion in Lactating Dairy Cattle
Luis Gonzalez-Diaz
Major: Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Dr.Gloria Jones Johnson, Department of Sociology
Research Project: Microaggression on LGBT+ Undergraduate Students at a Large Midwestern University
Lucas Goodman
Major: Animal Ecology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Thomas Isenhart, Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management
Research Project: Balancing conservation and economics to improve water quality in an agricultural landscape
Jonathan Landeros-Cisneros
Major: Anthropology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andrew Somerville, Department of World Languages and Cultures
Research Project: Testing the Feasibility of Portable X-ray Fluorescence for Archaeological and Paleoecological Research
Carlos Santos-Rivera
Major: Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Cristina Poleacovschi, Department of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering
Research Project: Housing Recovery through Social Capital: Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria
Ashley Steen
Major: Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Madon, Department of Psychology
Research Project: Does Contextual Information Improve the Detection of Deceptive Behavioral Cues?
Andres Vargas
Major: Animal Ecology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dean Adams, Department of Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
Research Project: Do Macroevolutionary Patterns of Jumping Performance Differ Between Male and Female Frogs?
Jennifer Villa
Major: Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kevin Blankenship, Department of Psychology
Research Project: Multiple Value Effects in Persuasion
Andrew Whitehead
Major: Computer Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Chinmay Hegde, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Project: Impact of Student Demographics on Academic Performance: A Data-Driven Study