Congratulations to all of the over 250 student presenters at this year’s UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium. The following student presenters were awarded Outstanding Presentation Awards at the event:
Bo Malames, Mentor: Krista Lisdahl, Psychology. “Neighborhood Threat on Academic Achievement in Adolescents.”
Jillian Cervantes, Mentor: Pamela Harris, Mathematical Sciences. “On the Domination Number for a Family of Semiregular Tiling Graphs.”
Florin Saitis, Mentor: Blake Hill, Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center. “Inhibition of Mitochondrial Fission and Its Effect on Pancreatic Cancer.”
Jaskirat Sidhu & Kryssi Morales, Mentor: Jing Yang, Communication Sciences & Disorders. “Spoken Vowel Productions in Children with Cochlear Implants and Normal Hearing.”
Gabrielle Hildebrand, Mentor: Raymond Fleming, Psychology. “Effects of Residual Arousal on Cognitive Appraisal and Psychophysiological Reactivity to Stress.”
Sage DeLong, Mentor: Rafael Rodriguez Sevilla, Biological Sciences. “How Do Vibrational Signals Differ When Red Milkweed Beetles Interact during Contests and Copulation?”
Jessica Kania, Mentor: Caitlin Bowman, Psychology. “Does Previewing Overlapping Information Aid the Formation of Indirect Associations?”
Dhivyashree Senthil Murugan, Mentor: Xiaohua Peng, Chemistry & Biochemistry. “The Effect of Indomethacin on the Cytotoxicity of Phenylboronic Acid Nitrogen Mustards in Triple Negative Breast Cancer.”
Alexia Castillo, Mentor: Huizi Chen, Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center. “The Crucial Role of Arginase 2: Unveiling its Functional Impact on SCLC Tumor Cells.”
Sean Gibbs, Mentor: Laodong Guo, Freshwater Sciences. “Photochemical Degradation of Disposable Face Masks and Polypropylene in Aquatic Environments.”
Alex Nelson, Mentor: Joshua Gwon, Nursing. “Perspectives on E-Cigarette Cessation among Young Adults Residing in Rural Areas.”
Rachel Stewart, Mentor: Shannon Freire, Anthropology. “After Excavation: Public Access & Data Management at the Milwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery.”
Jenna Van Hoogstraten, Mentor: Pradeep Rohatgi, Materials Engineering. “The Effect of Cooling Rate on the Microstructure and Physical Properties of Hypereutectic Al-Ce Alloys.”
Tannis Thompson-Catlett, Mentor: Arijit Sen, Architecture. “Creating a Scope for Focus for an Exploration of Food Justice.”
Kaitlyn Rhyner, Mentor: Erica Young, Biological Sciences. “Influence of Host Nectar in Sarracenia purpurea on its Microbiome.”
Anna Sniadach, Mentor: Charles Paradis, Geosciences. “Assessing Methods for Analyzing Total Dissolved Solids: Looking into Water Samples from the Root River in Racine County, WI.”
Seth Krebs, Mentor: Woo Jin Chang, Mechanical Engineering. “Detection and Removal of Lead from Water Using Nanocomposite Film Electrode”.
Madeline Cawkins, Mentor: Joseph Mougel, Art & Design. ““Paleosolotype: Imaging Soil through Chromatography.”
Rachel Kuehn, Mentor: Karyn Frick, Psychology. ““Effects of Inhibiting Proteasome Activity on the Memory-Enhancing Effects of 17𝛽-Estradiol in Ovariectomized Female Mice.”
Abdullah Rauf, Mentor: David Frick, Chemistry & Biochemistry. “A New Assay to Monitor the Ability of a Tuberculosis Enzyme to Convert a Stress Signal to Energy.”
Fridarose Hamad, Mentor: Linnea Laestadius. ““Lessons from the Midwest Youth Wellness Initiative on Technology.”
Angel Xavier, Mentor: Benjamin Trager, Education Policy & Community Studies. “Bridge Parsons’s Role in Community-University Partnerships and Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR).”
Naomi Raicu, Mentor: Ionel Popa, Physics. “Constructing a Fluorescence-Based Technique to Model Protein Unfolding.”