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FY2018 Graduate Research and Creative Scholarship Grant
Spring Award Winners
Alexis Tuttle
Title: Feminist as Folk: Peggy Seeger’s Twist on Tradition
Program: Music History
Advisor: Dr. David Moskowitz
Amy West
Title: Stopover Biology of Grassland Migrant Birds at a Restored Tallgrass Prairie
Program: Biology
Advisor: Dr. David Swanson
Anna Kase
Title: Effects of Dams on Endemic Freshwater Turtle Assemblages and Habitat Suitability in the Missouri River in South Dakota, USA
Program: Biology
Advisor: Dr. Jacob Kerby
Austin Hahn
Title: Cognitive Bias Modification for Risky Sex and Alcohol Use
Program: Clinical Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Raluca Simons
Brianna Henry
Title: Effects of Uranium on Metamorphosis in Mayflies
Program: Biology
Advisor: Dr. Jeff Wesner
Catherine Beall
Title: Woody Vegetation Composition within a Novel Reservoir Delta on the Missouri River, USA.
Program: Biology
Advisor: Dr. Mark Dixon
Chandra Karki
Title: Synthesis, characterization, and catalytic activity of hollow Mn3O4 nanoparticles for cyclohexene oxidation.
Program: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. James D. Hoefelmeyer
Christopher Lucido
Title: Defining the contribution of tumor innervation to treatment resistance
Program: Physician Scientist
Advisor: Dr. Paola Vermeer
Emily Storm
Title: Cardiogenic genome acetylation: potential regulatory roles for nucleoporin proteins in cardiac development and disease
Program: Physician Scientist
Advisor: Dr. Randolph Faustino
Eric Sandhurst
Title: Incorporation of IGF-1 into hydroxyapatite-modified microspheres for local and controlled delivery to improve tissue healing and repair.
Program: Biomedical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Hongli Sun
Holly Richard
Title: South Dakota Women’s History: Experiences along the Big Sioux and Missouri Rivers
Program: English
Advisor: Dr. John Dudley
Kaitlyn Campbell
Title: The effects of chemical stressors across an environmental gradient on host susceptibility and prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd)
Program: Biology
Advisor: Dr. Jacob Kerby
Keith BraveHeart
Title: Creating Community & Art: A Workshop in Sharing Voices and Screen Printing
Program: Art
Advisor: Amber Hansen
Logan Welker
Title: Grandiose and Vulnerable Narcissism: Associations with Sexual Assault Tactics, Rape Myth Acceptance and Alcohol Use
Program: Clinical Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Raluca Simons
Nathan Saunders
Title: Sensitivity improvement of scintillation light detectors by introducing novel light sensors and crystal cooling
Program: Physics
Advisor: Dr. Jing Liu
Prerana Sharma
Title: Cell traction force generated by macrophages is affected by polarization status, surface ligands, and polyacrylamide gel stiffness.
Program: Biomedical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Dan Engebretson, Dr. Erin Harmon, Dr. Juliet Lee, Dr. Kristi Egland, Dr. Etienne Gnimpieba
Rebecca Sistad
Title: Adaptive metacognition and alcohol consequences: The moderating role of maladaptive metacognition
Program: Clinical Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Raluca Simons
Shahaboddin Saeedi
Title: Antimicrobial surface treatment of dentins, titanium dental implants, and dental floss against streptococcus mutans bacteria
Program: Materials Chemistry
Advisor: Grigoriy Sereda
Yangxi Liu
Title: Fabrication of a novel 3D scaffold for bone tissue engineering
Program: Biomedical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Hongli Sun
Yifeng Huo
Title: Colloidal surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for high-sensitive detection of pesticides
Program: Materials Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Chaoyang Jiang