Agricultural Economics
Michael Castle
Analysis of Precision Technology and Data Usage in Nebraska Agriculture
Faculty sponsor: Brad Lubben
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Katie Harner
Melanie Kieffer
Environmental Performance of Local versus Conventional Food Systems With a Focus on Fresh Vegetables Sold in the City of Lincoln
Faculty sponsor: Azzeddine Azzam
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Agricultural Leadership, Education, & Communication
Ann Skradski
A Phenomenological Study of the Experiences of Undergraduate Teaching Assistants for an Engineering Leadership Course
Faculty sponsor: Carmen Zafft
Hannah Brenden
Claire Hawkins
Tori Wheeler
Impact of Active Leadership Transfer on Community Outcomes
Faculty sponsor: Lindsay Hastings
Kathryn Brock
The Current State of Youth Leadership Development Programs in Nebraska and the Impact Young Leaders Have in Their Communities
Faculty sponsor: Larry McElravy
Agronomy & Horticulture
Kevin Hanna
Cassidy Wiese
Elucidating Sub1A-Mediated Submergence Tolerance using Transgenic Approaches
Faculty sponsor: Harkamal Walia
Oliver Simic
Researching the trehalose pathway in Setaria viridis
Faculty sponsor: Mark Lagrimini
Shiyi Feng
Trehalose Metabolic Pathway in Setaria viridis Impacting Productivity and Stress Tolerance
Faculty sponsor: Mark Lagrimini
Amy Hauver
Reducing the Potential for Acrylamide Formation in Wheat Products
Faculty sponsor: Peter Baenziger
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Melissa Allen
Rural Ethiopia: Soil Quality Indicators and Education
Faculty sponsor: Martha Mamo
Yuzhi Chen
Screening Arabidopsis accessions for alkaline stress tolerance
Faculty sponsor: Brian Waters
Animal Science
Gavin Harsh
Digestibility and Nutrients of Whole Corn Plant
Faculty sponsor: Terry Klopfenstein
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Katelyn Griger
The Effects of Androgens on Bovine and Human Granulosa Cells
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Hannah Riley
Impact of Stress Hormones and IUGR Fetal Conditions on Myoblast Function
Faculty sponsor: Dustin Yates
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Makala Muller
How Microbial Communities Differ in Ruminants on a Glycerin vs Common Diet
Faculty sponsor: Samodha Fernando
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Maci Lienemann
Identifying genomic variants under selection across breeds of beef cattle
Faculty sponsor: Jessica Petersen
Chris Lindeman
Examining Maternal Obestity Effects on Oogenesis, Follicular Development, and Embryonic Myogenesis
Faculty sponsor: Jennifer Wood
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Talia Everding
The Effects of Egg Yolk on Piglet Growth, Health, and Gut Microbial Populations
Faculty sponsor: Thomas Burkey
Anthropology
Lauren Vagts
Examining Gender Through Medieval Ceramics: A Case Study from Nemea, Greece
Faculty sponsor: Effie Athanassopoulos
Maia Behrendt
Lexus Wellman
USDA-UNL Artifacts Roadshows: The Development of a 2D Archive of Great Plains Projectile Points
Faculty sponsor: LuAnn Wandsnider
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Architectural Engineering
Marissa Gigantelli
Cody Largent
Compressed Stabilized Earth Block Masonry for Resilient, Energy-efficient, Healthy, and Affordable Buildings
Faculty sponsor: Ece Erdogmus
Erin Hathhorn
Improving Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Soundscapes
Faculty sponsor: Erica Ryherd
Architecture
Mariah Tobin
Architecture In the Humanities: A Biography of Architect James Hoban, Eileen Gray, Scott Tallon Walker Architects
Faculty sponsor: Rumiko Handa
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Charles Weak
Daniel Liebskind's Three Lessons in Architecture
Faculty sponsor: Peter Olshavsky
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Dana McIntyre
From Medieval to Modern: The Relationship Between Gothic and Modern Design in English Architecture
Faculty sponsor: Peter Olshavsky
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Sarah Schlegelmilch
Probing London's Gothic and Renaissance Architectural Virtues
Faculty sponsor: Peter Olshavsky
Ruth Barankevich
The Evolution of Display Space within the American Middle Class Home
Faculty sponsor: Peter Olshavsky
Mallory Lane
The Political, Religious, and Economic Routes of Rome
Faculty sponsor: Peter Olshavsky
Art & Art History
Shalbey Workman
Best Business and Art practices in the field of Photography
Faculty sponsor: Charles Pickering
Jeffrey Oliver
Victoria Norton
Mitchell Hilzer
Ceramic Apprenticeship
Faculty sponsor: Eddie Dominguez
Juan Velasco
Internship Liaison Program
Faculty sponsor: Colleen Syron
Hannah Demma
Learning to Produce Three-Dimensional Sculptures and Developing a Studio Practice
Faculty sponsor: Santiago Cal
Anika Zempleni
Study of Northern Renaissance artist Sebald Beham through his printed works
Faculty sponsor: Alison Stewart
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Biochemistry
Jennifer Wies
Analysis of Histone Deacetylase involvement in P. syringae-triggered Chromatin changes
Faculty sponsor: Karin van Dijk
Madison Jurgens
AtDJ1C Interacting Proteins in Chloroplast Biogenesis
Faculty sponsor: Julie Stone
Audrey Crowther
Computational Modeling Intervention: Using Dynamical Models to Teach Complex Biological Processes
Faculty sponsor: Tomas Helikar
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Danelle Topil
Cross-talk Between Mitochondrial Quality Control Proteases and Conserved Signaling Pathways
Faculty sponsor: Oleh Khalimonchuk
Sierra Hansen
Identifying DJ-1 Interactors Using Engineered Non-Dissociable DJ-1
Faculty sponsor: Mark Wilson
Victoria Shum
Investigation of Pseudomonas syringae effectors' mechanism to deacetylation of H3K9 in Arabidopsis
Faculty sponsor: Karin van Dijk
Jacob Wilkinson
Mutant Study of Sinorhizobium meliloti Proline Utilization A (PutA)
Faculty sponsor: Donald Becker
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Emma Blank
Andrew Egger
Brianna Kellar
Stabilin-Mediated Cellular Internalization of Phosphorothioate-Modified Antisense Oligonucleotides (ASOs)
Faculty sponsor: Edward Harris
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Elizabeth Hoffman
Structural Properties of Human Glutamate Cysteine Ligase
Faculty sponsor: Joseph Barycki
Andrew Schacht
Structure and Significance of the WhiB3 Protein with regards to Subsistence in a Hypoxic Environment
Faculty sponsor: Limei Zhang
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Abi Paudel
The use of X-ray Crystallography to determine the binding of Computationally Designed Inhibitors of HIV Viral Fusion to the Viral Protein gp41.
Faculty sponsor: Mark Wilson
Megan Smith
Understanding Syntrophy between Two Human Symbionts, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron and Methanobrevibacter smithii
Faculty sponsor: Nicole Buan
Biological Sciences
Erica North
Epigenetics in Archaea
Faculty sponsor: Paul Blum
Biological Systems Engineering
Ellie Ahlquist
Creating a Cardiopulmonary Bypass Machine Pump Model to Simulate Blood Flow During Cardiac Surgery for the Quantification and Measurement of Emboli
Faculty sponsor: Greg Bashford
Jaideep Sahni
Effects of Seeding Density of Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Osteogenic Differentiation
Faculty sponsor: Shadi Othman
Conner Beyersdorf
Circle of Willis Model for Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound Training
Faculty sponsor: Greg Bashford
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Jeremy Blackford
Evaluation of Power Sources for a Mobile Agricultural Robot
Faculty sponsor: Santosh Pitla
Mitch Maguire
Exploring Large-scale Irrigation in the Northern High Plains
Faculty sponsor: Francisco Munoz-Arriola
Jordan Verplank
Patterned Alginate Hydrogels to Induce Chondrocyte Alignment
Faculty sponsor: Angela Pannier
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Allison Porter
Analysis of Breath-Holding Index as an Assessment of Cerebrovascular Reactivity
Faculty sponsor: Greg Bashford
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Ling Qiu
Main Modes of Spatial Distribution and Temporal Variability of Precipitation in the Missouri River Basin
Faculty sponsor: Francisco Munoz-Arriola
Madison Burger
Cerebrovascular Reactivity Change with Increased Inracranial Pressure
Faculty sponsor: Greg Bashford
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Marissa Nitz
Stability of Transcranial Doppler Headsets During Movement
Faculty sponsor: Greg Bashford
Katie Meiergerd
Teacher Engineering Outreach Education
Faculty sponsor: Jennifer Melander
Megan White
Ultrasound Elastography for Musculoskeletal Structure Assessment
Faculty sponsor: Greg Bashford
Christopher Davidson
Zein Films on Different Surfaces for Substrate-Mediated Gene Delivery
Faculty sponsor: Angela Pannier
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Matthew Sis
Localized, Surface Mediated Gene and Drug Delivery, With Applications in Stent Angioplasty
Faculty sponsor: Srivatsan Kidambi
Michael Moeller
Effects of Neuron-Astrocyte Patterned Co-Culture on Neuron Growth and Function
Faculty sponsor: Srivatsan Kidambi
Chemical Engineering
Hannah Christian
Application of Stem Cells and Biomaterials for New Neural Growth in Treatment in Central Nervous System Diseases
Faculty sponsor: Yuguo Lei
Erin Eickman
Brain Tumor in a Dish: Glioma/Astrocyte Co-Cultures as a Model for In Vitro Studies
Faculty sponsor: Srivatsan Kidambi
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Zully Perez Sierra
Investigation of a Nanoparticle Delivery System for Micronutrients in Corn
Faculty sponsor: Hendrik Viljoen
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Eric Berglund
The Effects of Changing Substrate Stiffness on the Phenotype of Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells
Faculty sponsor: Srivatsan Kidambi
Chemistry
Austin Lowe
The NMR Solution Structure and Function of RPA3313: A Hypothetical Protein from R. palustris
Faculty sponsor: Robert Powers
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Dominic Nguyen
Optimizing Chemical and Rheological Properties of Rejuvenated Bitumen
Faculty sponsor: Yong-Rak Kim
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Jared Thomsen
De Novo Biosynthesis of 1,2-Propanediol Using Lactobacillus buchneri Bacteria
Faculty sponsor: Wei Niu
Olivia Thomas
Development of Organic Radical Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cancer
Faculty sponsor: Andrzej Rajca
Alicia Curti
A new ligation system for protein conjugation
Faculty sponsor: Patrick Dussault
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Carly Faller
Genetically Incorporated Vinyl Sulfide for Various Bioorthogonal Reactions
Faculty sponsor: Jiantao Guo
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Brenna Petersen
Porphyrinic metal organic frameworks: synthesis, photophysical properties, and photocatalytic applications
Faculty sponsor: Jian Zhang
Molly Undersander
Probing Question Order Effect in Chemistry Concept Inventories
Faculty sponsor: Marilyne Stains
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Megan Woods
Structural Analysis of Glycated HSA through Boronate Affinity Chromatography and Multidimensional Mass Spectrometry
Faculty sponsor: David Hage
Jacob Reis
A "Click-based" Approach to Synthesis of Surface-Based Sensors and Catalysts
Faculty sponsor: Patrick Dussault
Michael Callahan
Understanding the Self-Assembly of a Naturally Occurring Multi-Enzyme Complex, Cellulosome
Faculty sponsor: Jiantao Guo
Xin Gao
Wetting of Surface of Hollow Nano-carbon Arrays: A Molecular Dynamics Study
Faculty sponsor: Xiao Cheng Zeng
Nam Nguyen
Porphyrinic metal organic frameworks: synthesis, photophysical properties, and photocatalytic applications
Faculty sponsor: Jian Zhang
Center for Child, Youth, & Family Studies
Halle Miller
Supporting Early Childhood Teacher's Use of Parent Engagement Strategies: What is the Process and Content of Coaching Sessions During the Getting Ready Intervention?
Faculty sponsor: Lisa Knoche
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Sarah Houston
WearTec Students’ Preferences and Perceptions of Formal vs. Informal Education
Faculty sponsor: Gwen Nugent
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Qinwei Zhang
Chinese Students' Perceptions of Level of Stress
Faculty sponsor: Yan Xia
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Ann Essay
Family Style Dining: Teaching Children about Portion Sizes. Program Development and Evaluation
Faculty sponsor: Dipti Dev
Pollyanna Carlson
Heart-rate variability patterns as indicators of stress and welfare in female white leghorn chickens: A comparative housing system study
Faculty sponsor: Allison Reisbig
Alexis Noeldner
Utilizing Pinterest to Promote The Learning Child Curriculum
Faculty sponsor: Dipti Dev
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Reina Sebastian
Parent/teacher relationship with Hispanic children participating in a Head Start program and Hispanic parent’s engagement in their child’s school
Faculty sponsor: Helen Raikes
Rachel Timm
Effects of Parent Child Interaction and Language Stimulation on Children's Language Development
Faculty sponsor: Helen Raikes
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Ericka Murray
Preschool Children and Engineering
Faculty sponsor: Soo-Young Hong
Kelsey Doerr
Using Rewards Effectively: Promoting Healthy Eating in Preschool Settings Through Web-Based Curriculum
Faculty sponsor: Dipti Dev
Civil Engineering
Allyson Pietrok
Analysis of Temporal Changes in Microbial Diversity of Fecal Bacteria in the Environment as Measured by Microbial Source Tracking Techniques
Faculty sponsor: Bruce Dvorak
Arthur Nguyen
PC-Based Electronic Weather Station and Data Logging System to Facilitate Automated Data Gathering for Conductive Concrete Deicing Experiments
Faculty sponsor: Christopher Tuan
Jeremiah Dixon
Garrett Martindale
Dean Whitfield
Structural Evaluations of Bridges with Smartphones
Faculty sponsor: Joshua Steelman
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Computer Science & Engineering
Austin Schmidt
Decreasing Resource Contention with Data Relocation in Flash Systems
Faculty sponsor: Hong Jiang
Davis Rempe
Alignment for Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography (GCxGC) with Global, Low-Order Polynomial Transformations
Faculty sponsor: Stephen Scott
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Rebecca Horzewski
Flying by Fire: Making Controlled Burns Safer for Humans and UAVs
Faculty sponsor: Carrick Detweiler
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Dylan Laible
Benjamin Peda
VITA-MathDay
Faculty sponsor: Berthe Choueiry
Durham School of Architectural Engineering & Construction
David Engelhaupt
Recognizing Construction Equipment Activity Using a Smartphone as a Multi-Sensor Hub
Faculty sponsor: Changbum Ahn
Brenna Boyd
Testing Acoustic Protocols within a Building Information Modeling Framework
Faculty sponsor: Lily Wang
Nicholas Garaycochea
Correlation between Student Academic Performance and Lighting Design in Public School Classrooms
Faculty sponsor: Clarence Waters
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Lubna Al-Azri
Iron Mobility in Desert Sandstone Aquifers: The Possible Role of Siderite.
Faculty sponsor: David Loope
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Johnathon Knobbe
Morphological Size Changes in Oligocene Calcareous Nannofossils
Faculty sponsor: David Watkins
Adrienne Ricker
Regression Analysis of Turtle Biodiversity and Climate Variables and Its Application to Miocene Great Plains Turtle Fauna
Faculty sponsor: Jason Head
Claire Schirle
Utility and Applicability of the VegDRI Drought Index in the Western United States
Faculty sponsor: Deborah Bathke
Anthony Kohtz
Iron Concretions in the Cretaceous Dakota Formation
Faculty sponsor: Richard Kettler
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Emily Paltz
Polarimetric Radar Signatures of Supercell Thunderstorms in Tropical Cyclones
Faculty sponsor: Matthew Van Den Broeke
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Stephen Shield
Analysis of Drought Mitigation in Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning
Faculty sponsor: Deborah Bathke
Economics
Christopher Ames
Educational Background and the Success of College Students Enrolled in Principle Economics Classes
Faculty sponsor: Laurie Miller
José Lemus
The Effect of Education Attainment Inequality in the Long-Term Economic Growth in Six Different American Cities.
Faculty sponsor: Hendrik Van Den Berg
Educational Psychology
Alejandra Ayotitla
Michelle Huesca
Health Problems Among Children of Minority Group and Low Socioeconomic Status
Faculty sponsor: Brandy Clarke
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Andrew He
Decoupling Controller Design for a Multiport DC-DC Converter
Faculty sponsor: Wei Qiao
Matthew Hilfiker
Growth of WS2 Thin Photovoltaic Films
Faculty sponsor: Natale Ianno
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Daniel Rico
Optimal Trading Strategies of Nebraska’s Wind Energy in the Integrated Market of the Southwest Power Pool (SPP)
Faculty sponsor: Liyan Qu
English
Brittany Bell
Defining Taboo: A Study of the Life and Work of the Brontë Sisters
Faculty sponsor: Beverley Rilett
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Landon Sadler
Murder, Abuse, and Feminism: Contextualizing Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers"
Faculty sponsor: Melissa Homestead
Katherine Cooley
Musical Echoes of Modernism and Traditionalism in Joyce's Ulysses
Faculty sponsor: Roland Vegso
Amzie Dunekacke
Victorian Counter-Worlds and the Uncanny: The Fantasy Illustrations of Walter Crane and Arthur Rackham
Faculty sponsor: Laura White
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Jessica Vazquez
The Revolutionary Moment of 1968 and its Aftermath
Faculty sponsor: Marco Abel
Sara Duke
Digital Archives: Electronic Publishing in the 21st Century
Faculty sponsor: Kenneth Price
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Entomology
Helen Erickson
Ashley Fejfar
Lianna Walker
The Role of Host Genotypes in the Susceptibility to Porcine Circovirus Associated Diseases
Faculty sponsor: Ashley Hall
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Food Science & Technology
Nathaniel Korth
Gluten Transfer to Gluten-Free Foods in a Restaurant Setting
Faculty sponsor: Melanie Downs
Forensic Science
Jaclyn Humrich
Hair Analysis in Motor Vehicles
Faculty sponsor: Larry Barksdale
History
Caleb Hoesing
Olivia Thiel
Nebraska's Legal History
Faculty sponsor: Katrina Jagodinsky
Grace Solem-Pfeifer
Syntactic Idiosyncrasies in Demosthenic Oration
Faculty sponsor: Vanessa Gorman
Audrey Ackerman
Violence in Word and Deed: An Analysis of Decolonization and its Influence on Literature and Modern Geopolitics
Faculty sponsor: James Le Sueur
Journalism
Mara Klecker
Global Eyewitness Research Project
Faculty sponsor: Bruce Thorson
Becca Mann
The Effects of Twitter in Major Political Elections
Faculty sponsor: Ming (Bryan) Wang
Landscape Architecture
Kenneth Brandl
Cory Galen
Spatial History of Government Acts in the Great Plains
Faculty sponsor: Sarah Thomas
Management Department
Hui Ren Tan
The Distribution of Subunit Power: Periphery, Overlapping, and Group Affiliation Termination
Faculty sponsor: Jifeng Yu
Mathematics
Cashous Bortner
The History and Applications of Fibonacci Numbers
Faculty sponsor: Allan Peterson
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Aaron Calderon
Conjugacy Geodesics in Coxeter Groups
Faculty sponsor: Susan Hermiller
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Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Charles Lee
Amperage-Based Haptic Feedback for Robotic Surgery Systems
Faculty sponsor: Shane Farritor
Mason Spilinek
Bio-Inspired Intestinal Adhesion
Faculty sponsor: Benjamin Terry
John Casias
Development of a Robust Setup for the Study of Wetting Characteristics of Low Melting Point Metals
Faculty sponsor: Sidy Ndao
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Than Nguyen
Developing a microfluidic cell compression device, and solving the shrinkage-induced polydimethylsiloxane
Faculty sponsor: Sangjin Ryu
Thomas Fryklind
Effects of Differing Polymer Solutions on the Mechanical Properties of Electrospun Nanofibers
Faculty sponsor: Yuris Dzenis
Brittney Bridger-Burton
Modeling of Methane Tank Depressurization in Cold Weather
Faculty sponsor: Kevin Cole
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Tanner Buresh
Molecular Combing of DNA Nanofibers and Comparison to Electrospinning
Faculty sponsor: Yuris Dzenis
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Nicholas Bohlim
The Role of Rice Leaf Surface Properties in the Appressorium Formation of Magnaporthe oryzae
Faculty sponsor: Sangjin Ryu
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Joseph Sheehan
Investigation of Critical Heat Flux and Heat Transfer Coefficients of metallic surfaces with micro/nanostructures produced through femtosecond laser surface processing
Faculty sponsor: George Gogos
Derek Wallin
Drag Reduction Using Femtosecond Laser Surface Processing: Experimental Setup
Faculty sponsor: Sidy Ndao
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Adam Aldana
Patterned Morphology and Properties of Semicrystalline Polymers Through Local Temperature Control
Faculty sponsor: Lucia Fernandez-Ballester
Jack Hurt
Qualitatively Defining Vorticella Convallaria Colonization and Attachment processes
Faculty sponsor: Sangjin Ryu
Tian Yong Foong
Stretching Apparatus for Better Characterizing Artery Properties under Atomic Force Microscope
Faculty sponsor: Linxia Gu
Zachary Bram
The use of Temperature Sensors in the Remote Monitoring of the GI Tract
Faculty sponsor: Benjamin Terry
Christopher Volle
Trained Automation of Plant Phenotyping
Faculty sponsor: Jeff Shield
Modern Languages & Literatures
Adoni Faxas
Katharine Mendell
Family Letters: an Analysis of the Personal Correspondence of a Mexican American Family in Western Colorado and Eastern Nebraska in the First Half of the 20th Century
Faculty sponsor: Isabel Velázquez
Joy McCown
The History of Czech Women in Nebraska
Faculty sponsor: Hana Waisserova
Benjamin Stoltenberg
Perception and Production of Phonetic Stress in Spanish: An Investigation of Native Speakers and Non-native Learners
Faculty sponsor: Elizabeth Enkin
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Riley Good
The Significance of Czech Music in Nebraska
Faculty sponsor: Hana Waisserova
Music
Collin Erickson
Quantifying String Players' Breathing Through Biosignal Analysis
Faculty sponsor: Clark Potter
Nebraska Athletic Performance Lab
Corbin Rasmussen
Identification of Kinematic and Kinetic Injury Risk Predictors in Division I Football Athletes
Faculty sponsor: Shinya Takahashi
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Nebraska Athletics & Madonna's Research Institute
Emilyne Nichols
Rehabilitation Device for Children (Pedi-ICARE 3)
Faculty sponsor: Judith Burnfield
Nebraska Center for Virology
Alicia Rogers
Understanding the Role of Antibodies on Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus in Recently Infected Zambian children
Faculty sponsor: Charles Wood
Nursing
Morgan Mallisee
Searching for the Strategies Standard Care Heart Failure Patients Utilize to Adhere to Exercise over the Long Term: A Mixed Methods Study
Faculty sponsor: Kathy Duncan
Nutrition & Health Sciences
Noel Bruner
Role of Acetyl-CoA Synthetase 2 and Acetyl-CoA Precursors, Acetate and Ethanol, on Hepatocyte Gene Expression
Faculty sponsor: Regis Moreau
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Lauren Pope
Developing the Basic Food Preparation Skills of College Students
Faculty sponsor: Georgia Jones
Brianna McKay
Noelle Yeo
Exertional rhabdomyolysis in a 21-year-old healthy female after performing three sets of the biceps curl exercise to failure with 30% 1RM: A case report
Faculty sponsor: Joel Cramer
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Rachel Lechtenberger
Effect of Breathing Apparatus on the Patterns of Response for Physiological Variables during an Incremental Test to Exhaustion
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Briley Moates
The Impact of Depleting Dietary microRNA in a High-Fat Diet
Faculty sponsor: Janos Zempleni
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Hana Jaber
The Impact of Nutrition and Physical Activity Education on the Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior of Muslim’s Youth from Various Ethnic Backgrounds
Faculty sponsor: Zainab Rida
Christopher Nguyen
The Use of Milk Derived Exosomes for Drug Delivery
Faculty sponsor: Janos Zempleni
Philosophy
Jordan Sturtz
Does Philosophy Need the A Priori?
Faculty sponsor: Albert Casullo
Physics & Astronomy
Zachary Smith
Characterizing CROP Photomultiplier Tube Behavior at 1000 Volts
Faculty sponsor: Greg Snow
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Jordan ONeal
Austin Schulte
Laser Wakefield Accelerated Mildly Relativistic Electron Beams for Ultrafast Electron Diffraction
Faculty sponsor: Matthias Fuchs
Peter Kosch
Fabrication and Characterization of Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Faculty sponsor: Xia Hong
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Plant Pathology
Sean Cody
Evaluation of Chlorella Gene Lineages to Determine Host Range Potential
Faculty sponsor: James Van Etten
Pierce Bower
Aaron Knapp
Stella Uiterwaal
Induction and suppression of antiviral RNA silencing by Tomato spotted wilt virus
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Shelby Holaday
Anaylsis of Morphology and Secretion Mutants in Aspergillus nidulands
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Huan Zhang
The function of Putative SUMO E2 enzyme in plant immunity
Faculty sponsor: Lirong Zeng
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Heaven Hulshizer
The measure of nematode diversity in response to varying management practices and features in restored and remnant prairie ecosystems.
Faculty sponsor: Thomas Powers
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Harriet Appeah
Understanding the Pathogenicity Magnaporthe oryzae Through Gene Manipulation
Faculty sponsor: Richard Wilson
Political Science
Alexandria Curttright
Differences Between Actors and Leaders in Terrorism
Faculty sponsor: Kevin Smith
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Psychology
Amanda Dale
Andreas Miles-Novelo
Affirmative Consent and Perceptions of Sexual Assault on College Campuses
Faculty sponsor: Sarah Gervais
Joanne Lin
Aripiprazole sensitization from adolescence to adulthood and its potential molecular basis.
Faculty sponsor: Ming Li
Carmen Ochoa
Association Between FKBP5 rs1360780 and Social Phobia
Faculty sponsor: Scott Stoltenberg
Andrew McGrath
Mediators of the relationship between depression and alcohol-related harm: The role of alexithymia, impulsivity and negative reinforcement outcome expectancies.
Faculty sponsor: Dennis McChargue
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KayLee Flower
Cultural Risk, Coping, and Vulnerability in Sexual Assault Victims
Faculty sponsor: Dennis McChargue
Maxwell Lydiatt
Does Order of Substitution Ligand Alter Extinction of a Nicotine Stimulus?
Faculty sponsor: Rick Bevins
Kristina Zvolanek
Early Intervention to Mitigate Dyslexia in Infants at Risk
Faculty sponsor: Dennis Molfese
Mikki Schantell
Effects of Clinical Lysergic Acid Diethylamide Use During Pregnancy on the Development of the Fetal Brain
Faculty sponsor: Ming Li
Anna Rodriguez
Effects of Mesotocin on Social Bonds in Pinyon Jays
Faculty sponsor: Jeffrey Stevens
Tyler Stading
Nature as a buffer: The physiological effects of exposure to nature on stress
Faculty sponsor: Jeffrey Stevens
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Kevin Real
How Microgravity and Sleep Deprivation Affects Brain Physiology
Faculty sponsor: Dennis Molfese
Isabella Catalano
Neurotensin and Substance P in Nicotine Addiction
Faculty sponsor: Rick Bevins
Abigail Ashby
Sexual Intimate Partner Violence Among College Couples: The Roles of Alcohol Use and Posttraumatic Stress Symptomology
Faculty sponsor: David DiLillo
Jordan Marshall
Mallory Richert
Inferring task based on eye movements: The living classifier
Faculty sponsor: Michael Dodd
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Sarah Moody
The Influence of Emotional and Situated Social Cognition Factors on Consents to Search
Faculty sponsor: Eve Brank
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Emily Franzen
Erica Ness
James Thomas
The Relationship Between Executive Attention and Spatial Working Memory in Adults
Faculty sponsor: Anne Schutte
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Biological Sciences
Allen Overholtzer
Assessing the Importance of Static versus Dynamic Traits in Mate Choice in Two Species of Wolf Spiders
Faculty sponsor: Eileen Hebets
Will Gronewold
Can a Digital Simulation of Seed Dispersal provide an Engaging and Active Tool to Enhance Undergraduates Conceptual Knowledge of Diffusion?
Faculty sponsor: Brian Couch
Car Reen Kok
Crystallization of Highland Peromyscus maniculatus (Deer Mouse) Hemoglobin
Faculty sponsor: Hideaki Moriyama
Megan Yank
Determining the Effect of Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus on the Toll-Like Receptors of Multiple Human Cells
Faculty sponsor: Luwen Zhang
Calin Kachek
Enzyme Activity Studies of Recombinant dCTP Deaminase of Dictyostelium discoideum
Faculty sponsor: Catherine Chia
Michelle McQuinn
Factors Affecting the Immune System of the Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata)
Faculty sponsor: Gwendolyn Bachman
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Patrick Opperman
Genetic Factors Affecting Hybrid Male Sterility Leading to Speciation
Faculty sponsor: Colin Meiklejohn
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Zachary Kwapnoski
Improving Upon the Preparation of Pluripotent Stem Cells through Stimulus-Triggered Methods
Faculty sponsor: Luwen Zhang
Macy Potts
Assessing Student Comprehension in Introductory Biology: A Comparison of Free-Response and Multiple- True/False Exam Formats
Faculty sponsor: Brian Couch
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Mackenzie Strehle
Is a Mitochondrial Plasmid Really a Virus?
Faculty sponsor: Alan Christensen
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Naznaz Majid
What Are the Genes That Cause Male Sterility in Hybrid Offspring Between Drosophila mauritiana and Drosophila simulans?
Faculty sponsor: Colin Meiklejohn
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Vicki Liu
Molecular Mechanisms of MAC3A and MAC3B in Small RNA Biogenesis
Faculty sponsor: Bin Yu
Lesly Garcia
SSY5 mRNA Degradation by the Nonsense-mediated mRNA Decay Pathway
Faculty sponsor: Audrey Atkin
Mitchell Matis
Structured growth model to show how fluctuating temperatures will alter Spirodela population growth in the presence of Aphid predation
Faculty sponsor: Chad Brassil
McKayla Wieczorek
Study of Autoxidation in Hemoglobin in the Presence of Alcohol
Faculty sponsor: Hideaki Moriyama
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Cassandra Treu
AMP Expression in Energetic Hybrid D. melanogaster Infected With P. rettgeri
Faculty sponsor: Kristi Montooth
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Kayleigh Lewandowski
Ubiquinone Uptake in S. Cerevisiae
Faculty sponsor: Kenneth Nickerson
Kristine Zimmerman
Use of the Earth's Magnetic Field for Predation and Navigation in Wolf Spiders
Faculty sponsor: John DeLong
School of Natural Resources
Sinan Akkoseoglu
Jai Mediratta
Establishing Students' Abilities to Reason with Relationships in the Context of Cellular Respiration
Faculty sponsor: Joe Dauer
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Allison Hough
Cognitive Abilities of Aquatic Turtles
Faculty sponsor: Dennis Ferraro
Carissa Raymond
Determining the Age of a Stabilized Dune Field
Faculty sponsor: Paul Hanson
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Lisa Keys
Effect of Nutrition on Female Leopard Geckos
Faculty sponsor: Dennis Ferraro
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Aaron Devine
Effect of Soil pH on the Integument of Western Tiger Salamanders
Faculty sponsor: Dennis Ferraro
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Amy Burgin
Ellen Dolph
How Nebraska's Eastern Saline Wetland Native Plant Species Grow in Response to Restoration Methods: Application of Different Salinity Level Groundwater
Faculty sponsor: Keunyea Song
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Paige Krupa
Impacts of Herbicide Usage Upon Tadpole Growth and Survivorship at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Faculty sponsor: Dennis Ferraro
Colin Chatterton
Modeling the Movement of Solutes Through the Subsurface: Application to Groundwater Remediation with Oxidant Candles
Faculty sponsor: Steven Comfort
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Rachel Neisius
Shallow Water Habitats Effects on the the Platte River.
Faculty sponsor: Mark Pegg
Olivia Straka
Science-Informed Arguments in Undergraduates' Opinions About Biofuels
Faculty sponsor: Jenny Dauer
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Reece Allen
The Relationship Between Toxins in the Soil and the Decline of the Western Tiger Salamander in Nebraska
Faculty sponsor: Dennis Ferraro
School of Verterinary & Biomedical Sciences
Sridevi Narayanan
Role of D-alanine ligase and L-alanine dehydrogenase in mycobacterial physiology and characterization of novel enzyme inhibitors.
Faculty sponsor: Raul Barletta
Philion Hoff
Non-Essentiality of air and murl Genes in Mycobacteria
Faculty sponsor: Raul Barletta
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Reilly Grealish
Brain Injury and Neurodegeneration
Faculty sponsor: Rodrigo Franco Cruz
Jiahui Li
Dopaminergic Cell Death Induced by Gene-environment Interactions.
Faculty sponsor: Rodrigo Franco Cruz
Hong Yen Pham
Preparation of a Live-Attenuated Vaccine Against Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus
Faculty sponsor: Hiep Vu
Alleah Bouley
Alexander Johnson
Bethany Stoutamire
Population Neuroscience Approaches to Minority Discrimination and Health
Faculty sponsor: Jacob Cheadle
Anjali Renukunta
Relationship Between Stress Exposure (Discrimination) and Physical Health Outcomes Through Human Physiologic Stress Response
Faculty sponsor: Bridget Goosby
Special Education & Communication Disorders
Brett Whorley
Exploring Oculomotor Trends in Collegiate Athletes
Faculty sponsor: Julie Honaker
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Emma Fleisher
Kristine Leutzinger
Maggie Steinhauser
Predicting Communication Impairments in Infants Between 2-12 Using the Infant Social and Communication Behavior Scales
Faculty sponsor: Cynthia Cress
Jennifer Nawrocki
Psychophysical Scaling of Saltatory Cutaneous Stimulation in Adult Stroke
Faculty sponsor: Steven Barlow
Ivy Diehl
TAC-Cell Psychophysics
Faculty sponsor: Steven Barlow
Statistics & Center for Biological Chemistry
Avi Knecht
ChIPathlon: A competitive assessment for gene regulation tools
Faculty sponsor: Istvan Ladunga
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Teaching, Learning, & Teacher Education
Shannon Feagin
Preservice Teachers' Knowledge of Learning Technologies
Faculty sponsor: Krista Adams
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Emily Manning
Rural Return: Considering How College Graduates Might Revitalize Their Rural Hometowns
Faculty sponsor: Ted Hamann
University Libraries
Samantha Greenfield
Scholarly Editing of Willa Cather's Letters
Faculty sponsor: Andrew Jewell