2019
Antonio Ball
Major: Sociology
Faculty Mentor: David Schweingruber, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
Research Project: The Myth of Universal Sisterhood: An Examination of The Complexities of Gender, Race and Class
Sasha Celada
Major: Microbiology
Faculty Mentor: Melha Mellata, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Research Project: Using Virtual Reality to Increase Resistance to E. coli Infection in Chickens
Celeste Chadwick
Major: Food Science and Human Nutrition
Faculty Mentor: Nuria Acevedo, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Research Project: Examining the Thermal Stability of Rice Bran Wax-Gelatin Bigels Using Differential Scanning Calorimetry
Laurice Chewouo
Major: Chemistry
Faculty Mentor: Angela Shaw, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Research Project: Hand Hygeine Knowledge and Practices of College Students Before and During Covid-19 Pandemic
Claudia Deleon
Major: Animal Science
Faculty Mentor: Dawn Koltes, Department of Animal Science
Research Project: Egg Mortality in Broiler Breeders
Liliana Delgado
Major: Mathematics
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Newman, Department of Mathematics
Research Project: Assisting Forensic Image Comparison Experts by Developing a Computer Algorithm to Help Verification of Object Matching
Jesse Gallegos
Major: Chemical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Luke Roling, Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Project: Reaction Energetics of 1,2,3-Propanetriol Bonding on Metal Catalyst Surfaces
Aridania Gerardo
Major: Anthropology
Faculty Mentor: Andrew Somerville, Department of World Languages and Cultures
Research Project: Oral Health, Diet, and Gender at the Archaeological Site of Cerro Del Teul, Zacatecas, Mexico
Donielle McGruder
Major: Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Alyssa Emery, School of Education
Research Project: What is the Better Motivator?
Jennifer Ortiz
Major: Biology
Faculty Mentor: Jeanne Serb, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
Research Project: Does the Invaginated Eye of the Disco Clam Use Opsin-Based Phototransduction to Detect Light
Toni Sleugh
Major: Biology
Faculty Mentor: Kevin Roe, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
Research Project: Restoration of the Three-Ridge Mussel, Amblema Plicata, to the Cedar River
Brandon Turner
Major: Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Nathaniel Wade, Department of Psychology
Research Project: Offended and Needing Resolution: College Student Help-Seeking for Past Hurts