2016 Grants Awarded Spring
2016 Student Research & Creative Activity Winners
Brittany Marie Lewno
Title: Characteristics as Predictors of Academic Achievement
Program: School Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Daniel Hajvosky
Byron Thomas Pillow
Title: Expanding the Records of Holton Trombone Production: Primary Research with Holton Factory Personnel
Program: Music
Advisor: Dr. Deborah Reeves
Klaire Pearson
Title: Feminine Agency through Art and Performance
Program: Art
Advisor: Andrew Leventis
Lauren Henning
Title: Effect of an invasive plant across ecosystems: from land to water and back
Program: Biology
Advisor: Dr. Jeff Wesner
Madhubabu.Alaparthi
Title: A New Detection Mechanism involving Keto-Enol Tautomerization: Selective Fluorescence Detection of Al(III) by Dehydration of Secondary Alcohols in Mixed DMSO/Aqueous Media
Program: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Sykes
Sunav Shrestha
Title: Photocatalytic Degradation of Rhodamine B over TiO2-Al2O3 aerogel materials.
Program: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Ranjit Koodali
Sem Raj Tamang
Title: sp2 C-H activation and C-C coupling catalyzed by Cu(I) complex with the ambiphilic ligand 8 -quinolyldimesitylborane
Program: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. James D. Hoefelmeyer
Elise Hocking
Title: The Role of Negative Urgency in the Relationship between Borderline Traits and Alcohol Problems
Program: Psychology.
Advisor: Dr. Raluca Simons
Russell Shaffer
Title: Treehouse Soldiers
Program: English
Advisor: Dr. Natanya Ann Pulley
Kayla Nalan-Sheffield
Title: Narrative Identity and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Program: Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Sara Lowmaster
Briana Nelson Kraayenbrink
Title: Aesthetics and Usability
Program: Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Doug Peterson
Annie Peasley
Title: Effects of a visual schedule with embedded video models in a specialized app for children with probable autism spectrum disorder (ASD) during medical appointments.
Program: Speech Language Pathology
Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Hanson
Sandarage Pasan Chinthana Fernando
Title: Investigating the genetic basis of evolutionary transitions using an integrative bioinformatics approach
Program: Biology
Advisor: Dr. Erliang Zeng
Lisa N. Baer
Title: Say What? Say When? Examining the Perceived Impact of Various Types of Positive Reinforcement in Romantic Relationships
Program: Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Randal Quevillon
Siyu Mao
Title: Effects of Fluorinated Monolayer Surface Modification on Conducting Substrates: Electron Transfer Kinetics & Implication on Improving Organic Electronics Performance
Program: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Haoran Sun
Aaron C Packard
Title: Palladium and the Analog Experience
Program: Art
Advisor: John Banasiak
Jordan Kramer
Title: Design and synthesis of two-dimensional Schiff base perfluoroalkylated aromatic polymers with potential organic electronic applications
Program: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Haoran Sun
Layani Makwinja
Title: Contextual Predictor's of Children's Subjective Well-being in Botswana
Program: Counseling and Psychology in Education
Advisor: Dr. Lisa Newland
Jeremy Fajman
Title: Woodrow Wilson's Western Tour: A Failure to Communicate
Program: History
Advisor: Dr. Steven Bucklin
Brandon Jay Karels
Title: Applications of Nanomaterials for Biomimetic Remineralization of Teeth
Program: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Grigoriy Sereda
Jillian Farkas
Title: Investigating the effects of contaminated prey consumption on genotoxicity and behavior of fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas)
Program: Biology
Advisor: Dr. Jacob Kerby