4-H Youth Development
Renae Sieck
A Randomized Controlled Study of Using 3D Models and Virtual Reality (VR) to Foster Learning of Carcass Anatomy
Faculty sponsor: Ashu Guru
Dipal Bhandari
Use of models for solving complex problems – an adoption study
Faculty sponsor: Ashu Guru
Agricultural Economics
Regan Gilmore
Statistical Analysis of the Adoption of Conservation Practices in Conventional Midwest and Great Plains Agriculture and Associated Trends in Yield
Faculty sponsor: Karina Schoengold
Agronomy and Horticulture
Holly Podliska
Genetic Changes in Grasses due to Cold Stress
Faculty sponsor: James Schnable
Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication
Stephen Enke
Morgan Heimes
Elizabeth O'Doherty
Comparing Generativity and Socially Responsible Leadership Amongst Collegiate Student Leaders who Mentor
Faculty sponsor: Lindsay Hastings
Saleh Husseini
Riley Nichols
An Observational Study of Undergraduate Teaching in CASNR
Faculty sponsor: Jamie Loizzo
Animal Science
Alison Bartenslager
Alternative Antibiotics
Faculty sponsor: Samodha Fernando
Kylee Sutton
Detection of SLA II Variants Associated with Disease Susceptibility in Swine
Faculty sponsor: Daniel Ciobanu
Jessica Schmidt
Subjective Evaluation of Temperament in Beef Cattle: Does Training Improve the Reliability of the Assessment?
Faculty sponsor: Ronald Lewis
Heidi Miller
Increased oxidative stress on embryo development leads to interference in embryo development to the blastocyst stage
Faculty sponsor: Jennifer Wood
Miranda Wordekemper
Pathways Impacting Fetal Development Associated with Parental Obesity
Faculty sponsor: Jennifer Wood
Anthropology
Catherine Elliott
Campus Archaeology: Lincoln Pottery Works
Faculty sponsor: Effie Athanassopoulos
Chase Horn
Deciduous tooth growth and resorption in Pan troglodytes and Pan paniscus
Faculty sponsor: Emily Hammerl
Brianna Haberyan
Salmon Pueblo Archaeological Research Collection
Faculty sponsor: Carolyn Heitman
Elizabeth Koenen
Analysis of the Placement of Maya Hieroglyphs at Copan
Faculty sponsor: Heather Richards-Rissetto
Anthropology and Educational Psychology
Emily Jensen
Indigenous Peoples, Subsistence Hunting, and Human Rights in Botswana and Namibia
Faculty sponsor: Wayne Babchuk
Architectural Engineering
Stephanie Ahrens
Improving Hospital Engineered Environments to Improve Occupant Health
Faculty sponsor: Erica Ryherd
Nathan German
Edward McNamara
Colin Miller
Modeling and Analysis of Masonry Arch Behavior
Faculty sponsor: Ece Erdogmus
Architecture
Megan Peterson
Architecture as Performance
Faculty sponsor: Peter Olshavsky
Ashley Glesinger
Architecture in the Humanities
Faculty sponsor: Rumiko Handa
Yan Chen
Shayla Dick
Danny Ortega
FACT_book
Faculty sponsor: Jeffrey Day
Rachel McCown
Megan Waldron
Material Absence
Faculty sponsor: David Karle
Rachel Jensen
Overarching Themes of Daniel Libeskind's Three Machines
Faculty sponsor: Peter Olshavsky
Art & Sciences, CCFL
Claire Patnode
Family Treatment Drug Court Track
Faculty sponsor: Kelli Hauptman
Art, Art History & Design
Natali Harrison
Developing a Comprehensive Responsive Approach to Communication with University and Community Partners of the Minority Health Disparities Initiative
Faculty sponsor: Colleen Syron
Emily Gauger
Haley Collins
School of Art, Art History & Design Information Portal
Faculty sponsor: Colleen Syron
Anika Zempleni
Analysis of Bible Illustrations of Artist and Printmaker Sebald Beham
Faculty sponsor: Alison Stewart
Davita Dick
Derek Nosbisch
Integrating Design Practice/Pedagogy into Scientific Research Practices
Faculty sponsor: Aaron Sutherlen
Yoojeong Lee
Professional Research for Printmaking at Constellation Studio
Faculty sponsor: Karen Kunc
Phuc Tran
The Aliens: Illustrated Narratives of Immigrant Experiences Bridging Eastern and Western Cultures
Faculty sponsor: Sandra Williams
Biocehmistry
Nina Bui
Characterization of Coenzyme F420 and F420 Dehydrogenase
Faculty sponsor: Nicole Buan
Sonoor Majid
Assessing the Levels of DHA in Pregnant Women in Zambia, in Relation to Fetal Brain Development
Faculty sponsor: Concetta DiRusso
Justin Sleep
Computational Modeling Intervention
Faculty sponsor: Tomas Helikar
David Nguyen
Effects of lipid activating chemical compounds on the growth and production of fatty acids in green algae.
Faculty sponsor: Concetta DiRusso
Anthony Lang
Emily Mosley
Histone Deacetylase in P. syringae-Triggered Chromatin Alterations
Faculty sponsor: Karin van Dijk
Shannyn Bird
Stress Induced Variation in Behavioral and Biochemical Benchmarks Profile in Poultry Breeds
Faculty sponsor: Madhavan Soundararajan
Daisy Guiza Beltran
Structural and Mechanical Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis WhiB7 in Stress Response and Antibiotic Resistance.
Faculty sponsor: Limei Zhang
Jocelyn Daubendiek
Andrew Egger
Blake Hass
Brianna Kellar
To determine the function of DBA-Stab2 in an atherosclerosis model
Faculty sponsor: Edward Harris
Abigail Hecker
Virtual Immune System: Using Dynamic Models and Simulations to Explore and Teach Immunology
Faculty sponsor: Tomas Helikar
Bailee Lichter
Web Pipeline for Ordinary Differential Equation Models
Faculty sponsor: Tomas Helikar
Biological Systems Engineering
Conner Beyersdorf
3D Printed Circle of Willis Model For Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound Training
Faculty sponsor: Greg Bashford
Lauren Hunt
Logan Piening
Creation of an injectable ECM for tissue engineering of the intervertebral disc
Faculty sponsor: Rebecca Wachs
Michaela Horn
John Wagner
Targeted Management of Weeds in Corn Production Using Intelligent Robotic Gantry System (iRGS)
Faculty sponsor: Santosh Pitla
Erin Stevens
Dynamic Leaf Temperature Analysis of Basil (Ocimum) Greenhouse Plants for Moisture Stress
Faculty sponsor: George Meyer
Shadid De la Rosa
Furfural Production from Agricultural Biomass Residues
Faculty sponsor: Sibel Irmak
Janelle Adams
Alexandra Favazza
Measurement of Nitric Oxide in Melanoma Tumors through the delivery of Carbon Nanotube Sensors within Hydrogels
Faculty sponsor: Nicole Iverson
Connor Gee
Alison Manske
Nanoparticle Treatment to Improve Motor Function after Traumatic Brain Injury
Faculty sponsor: Forrest Kievit
Jonah Blase
Synthetization of Theranostic Nanoparticles for Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injuries
Faculty sponsor: Forrest Kievit
Galen Kreifels
Unmanned Aircraft for Measuring Lake Turbidity
Faculty sponsor: Wayne Woldt
Emilie Johnson
Use of Chondroitin Sulfate Hydrogels to Prevent Innervation of Degenerating Intervertebral Discs
Faculty sponsor: Rebecca Wachs
Alexa Davis
Testing the removal of nitrate through wetland plant species
Faculty sponsor: Tiffany Messer
Autumn Dunn
Using wetland plant species to control the causes and consequences of eutrophication
Faculty sponsor: Tiffany Messer
Connor States
Bailey Eddy
Influencing Cell Behavior with Sculptured Thin Films
Faculty sponsor: Angie Pannier
Matthew Boren
Synthesize and Characterize Modified Chitosan/DNA Nanoparticles (CS/DNA NP) for use in the Oral Delivery of DNA Vaccines
Faculty sponsor: Angela Pannier
Center for Brain, Biology, and Behavior
Emily Johnson
A Comparison of Two Computerized Systems
Faculty sponsor: Kathy Chiou
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Shardhat Daggumati
Constructing and Analyzing a Two-Member Microbial Community of Methylobacter and Methylomonas
Faculty sponsor: Rajib Saha
Tony Le
Constructing and Analyzing a Two-Member Microbial Community of Methylobacter and Methylomonas
Faculty sponsor: Rajib Saha
Conner Lunn
E. Dermatitidis as an In Vitro Model for Human Melanin Production
Faculty sponsor: Rajib Saha
Tyler Johnson
Nanoscale Understanding of Polymers for Sustainable Energy Applications
Faculty sponsor: Shudipto Dishari
Fatma Al-Sharji
Nitrate Removal from Wastewater by using a Hybrid Ion-Exchange Membrane-based Separation
Faculty sponsor: Siamak Nejati
Chemical Engineering
Phu Nguyen
Creating a Hydrogel Platform with a Stiffness Gradient to Grow Cardiac Cells to Compare to Cardiac Fibrosis
Faculty sponsor: Srivatsan Kidambi
Chemistry
Alexis Kelly
Analysis of Metal Ions in Late 19th Century Medicine Bottles Excavated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Faculty sponsor: Rebecca Lai
Camden Bilyeu
Application of a Split-Nanoluciferase as a Kinase Reporter
Faculty sponsor: Cliff Stains
Lauren Witte
Biochemical Study of Protein Tyrosine O-sulfation
Faculty sponsor: Jiantao Guo
Kaleb Jones
Comprehensive Proteomic Analysis of DJ-1 homologs in Sz. Pombe
Faculty sponsor: Robert Powers
Linyi Zhang
Genetic Code Engineering and Unnatural Amino Acids
Faculty sponsor: Jiantao Guo
Thi Nguyen
Organic Radical Contrasts Agents for MRI
Faculty sponsor: Andrzej Rajca
Aubree Ford
Photoactivatable Fatty Acids: Tools for Illuminating and Influencing Biochemical Pathways
Faculty sponsor: Patrick Dussault
John Oppegard
Protein Structure of VcR45
Faculty sponsor: Robert Powers
Lauren Lesiak
Synthesis and Evaluation of Nebraska Red Derivatives for Protein Labeling Studies
Faculty sponsor: Cliff Stains
Amanda Miller
The Application of the Predatory Behavior of Lysobacter Can Provide a Useful Method to Combat Algae Blooms
Faculty sponsor: Liangcheng Du
Erik Schulz
UNL Campus Archaeology
Faculty sponsor: Mark Griep
Child, Youth and Family Studies
Lam Le
Examining the Experiences and Beliefs of Asian Parents in Nebraska
Faculty sponsor: Maria De Guzman
Araceli Velasco
To what Extent are Foster Parents Aware of the Attachment Injury, Attachment Behaviors and how Culture Influences those Behaviors
Faculty sponsor: Cody Hollist
Emily Amen
Toddler social-emotional problems and competencies as predictors of parental feeding practices
Faculty sponsor: Natalie Williams
Chloe Reeble
Superintendents Early Childhood Plan Evaluation – Birth to Three
Faculty sponsor: Lisa Knoche
Civil Engineering
Ernesto Bravo
Characterization of Bitumen Rejuvenation Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Faculty sponsor: Yong-Rak Kim
Murtaza Nalwala
Explosive and blast effects on Ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWP) retrofitted structures.
Faculty sponsor: Joshua Steelman
College of Dentistry Oral Biology
Lauren McNeil
Defining the Role of DHHC5 in Epithelial Cell Adhesion
Faculty sponsor: James Wahl
Jonathan Vidlak
Measuring Tension Across Epithelial Cell Monolayers
Faculty sponsor: James Wahl
College of Nursing
Claire Bredthauer
Bryanna Goldsmith
Adherence to Lifestyle Behaviors and Health Care Outcomes in Patients with Heart Failure
Faculty sponsor: Myra Schmaderer
Computer Science and Engineering
Cale Harms
Ad Hoc Team Formation
Faculty sponsor: Leen-Kiat Soh
Ayush Manish Agrawal
Trieu Hung Tran
Building Large-scale Robot Communities Capable of Self-Coordination
Faculty sponsor: Hasan Mohammad
Alisha Bevins
Cultural Effects on Robotic Acceptance in the Classroom
Faculty sponsor: Brittany Duncan
Ian Howell
How Computers Solve Sudoku
Faculty sponsor: Berthe Choueiry
Zecheng Li
Machine Learning Based Multimedia Security Methods
Faculty sponsor: Sheng Wei
Zakary Keck
Measurable Program Analysis
Faculty sponsor: Matthew Dwyer
Colton Harper
Measuring Information Exchange in Engineered Molecular Communications Between Biological Cells.
Faculty sponsor: Massimiliano Pierobon
Kaustubh Gupta
Mobile Payment System Security
Faculty sponsor: Qibn Yan
Jeevan Rajagopal
Neonatal Ultrasound Analysis via Deep Machine Learning
Faculty sponsor: Stephen Scott
Tyler Barker
New Models for Biological Neural Networks
Faculty sponsor: Massimiliano Pierobon
Adam Fitzgibbon
Recommendation Engine for HPC Submissions
Faculty sponsor: David Swanson
Demetrius Sigowa
Vehicle-to-Barrier Communications: Effects of Roadside Barriers, Encroachment, and Vehicle Braking
Faculty sponsor: Mehmet Vuran
Timothy McCaslin
Volunteer Intelligent Task Allocation-Math Day
Faculty sponsor: Berthe Choueiry
Classics and Religious Studies
Brooke Mott
Homerathon
Faculty sponsor: Michael Lippman
Ethan Ostdiek
Didaskalia journal
Faculty sponsor: Michael Lippman
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Patrick Beaty
Accuracy in Forecasting Mid-latitude Winter Cyclones
Faculty sponsor: Mark Anderson
Amber Fertig
Comparison of Geochemical Paleoclimate Indicators Using Fossil Coccoliths to Investigate Late Cretaceous Global Climate Change
Faculty sponsor: David Watkins
Claire Richardson
Determining the Continental Status of Zealandia Using Geophysical and Tectonic Modeling
Faculty sponsor: Caroline Burberry
Dylan Steinkruger
Developing a Winter Severity Index to Improve Road Mobility
Faculty sponsor: Mark Anderson
Lucy Melcher
Evolution of Dual Polarimetric Features in Tropical Cyclone Tornadic Supercells
Faculty sponsor: Matthew Van Den Broeke
Rachel Phinney
Impact of Climate Change on IDF Curves in the Great Plains Region of the United States
Faculty sponsor: Clinton Rowe
Emilee Lachenmeier
Impacts of Causal Mechanisms on Spring Flooding in North Dakota
Faculty sponsor: Clint Rowe
Regan Kerkman
Liquid Water Content Measurements to Diagnose Characteristics of Drop Size Distributions
Faculty sponsor: Matthew Van Den Broeke
Nicole Smith
Penetrative Strain Above a Ductile Decollement With Varying Overburden Thickness
Faculty sponsor: Caroline Burberry
Nathan Rick
Tornadic Environments in Eastern Colorado
Faculty sponsor: Adam Houston
Emily Fletcher
Trends in Record-Breaking Temperatures for Germany
Faculty sponsor: Clinton Rowe
Alexander Rau
Updating and Analysis of the Sea Ice Melt Onset Time Series from Remotely Sensed Satellite Data
Faculty sponsor: Mark Anderson
Madeline Diedrichsen
Verification of Supercell Thunderstorm Hotspot found in Northeast Colorado
Faculty sponsor: Adam Houston
Camille Hoover
Weather Impacts on Autonomous Vehicles
Faculty sponsor: Mark Anderson
Economics
Michaela Mapes
Big Data's Connections and Effects on the Socio-Economic and Political Environment
Faculty sponsor: Gregory Hayden
Kathleen Ellis
Economic Modeling of U.S. Household Consumption for Forensic Efficiency
Faculty sponsor: David Rosenbaum
Kurtis Cronican
Effects of Economic Shocks on the Spacial Distribution of Unemployment
Faculty sponsor: Christopher Mann
Andrew Arend
Exploring Foreign Direct Investment as a Mediator between National Culture and Economic Growth
Faculty sponsor: Professor Jarrett
Keeleigh Thayn
Exploring Foreign Direct Investment as a Mediator between National Culture and Economic Growth
Faculty sponsor: Uche Jarrett
Orhun Aygun
Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A Tale of Twins
Faculty sponsor: Laurie Miller
Quincey Bernard
Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A Tale of Twins
Faculty sponsor: Laurie Miller
Lawrence Seminario-Romero
Measuring Productivity Growth in the Health Care Sector across Different Treatments and Determining the Impact from Change in Demographics
Faculty sponsor: Christopher Mann
Educational Psychology
Mackenzie Callen
Examining The Links Between Young Children’s Physiological Regulation and Their Readiness for School
Faculty sponsor: Carrie Clark
Electrical and Computer Engineering
David Burkitt
Folded Cascode Current Source Research Project
Faculty sponsor: Lim Nguyen
English
Sara Duke
Rachel Gordon
Bailea Kerr
The George Eliot Digital Archive Project
Faculty sponsor: Beverley Rilett
Entomology
Braden Wojahn
Discovery of Sorghum Resistance and Physiological Responses to Greenbugs (Schizaphis graminum)
Faculty sponsor: Joe Louis
Finance
Shu Ying Teoh
Pension Funding and Buyout Options and Their Application in Pension Risk Management
Faculty sponsor: Yijia Lin
Meghan Matt
Joseph Osbron
Religiosity and Entrepreneurship Worldwide
Faculty sponsor: Rob Stein
Olivia Beier
Securitization, Trade Credit and the Nature of Goods
Faculty sponsor: Donna Dudney
Glenn Korff School of Music
Krista Benesch
Cataloging the Works of Robert Owens
Faculty sponsor: Jamie Reimer
Taylor Mead
Compositions and Arrangements for the Husker Horn Choir
Faculty sponsor: Alan Mattingly
History
Natalie Lucas
Madeline Neuhaus
Victoria Villota
Habeas Corpus and Women’s Legal Histories in the North American West
Faculty sponsor: Katrina Jagodinsky
Kendall Dawson
Nicholas Niendorf
To Enter Africa from America: U.S. Empire, Race, and the African Question, 1847-1919
Faculty sponsor: Jeannette Jones
History and Ethnic Studies
Jessica Carter
Curating the Movement: Working with Roz Payne's Digital Sixties Archive
Faculty sponsor: Patrick Jones
Connor Mullin
Private Detectives and Crime in Los Angeles, 1910-1930
Faculty sponsor: James Garza
History; Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Rhianna Giron
Women in the Renaissance from a Global Perspective
Faculty sponsor: Carole Levin
Johnny Carson School of Theatre & Film
Patrick Melland
Virtual Reality modeling of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment
Faculty sponsor: Steve Koble
Interior Design
Savannah Scoville
An Evaluation of the Design Innovations in the Newly Renovated Adele Learning Commons
Faculty sponsor: Miyoung Hong
Journalism
Gabriella Parsons
Creating a Substance-free Community through Music and Art
Faculty sponsor: Luis Peon-Casanova
Landscape Architecture
Katelyn Nimic
Collecting and Determining Landscape Lifecycle Case Studies
Faculty sponsor: Catherine De Almeida
Rachel Reynolds
The Role of Placemaking in Rural Community Prosperity
Faculty sponsor: Kim Wilson
Libraries
Emma Himes
Textual Analysis of Willa Cather’s Letters in the Programming Language R
Faculty sponsor: Andrew Jewell
Lori Nevole
The Willa Cather Archive: Calendar of Letters
Faculty sponsor: Andrew Jewell
Management
Peter Nahm
Competing to Innovate: How Businesses Make Competitive Moves to Foster Innovation
Faculty sponsor: Christina Carnes
Wei Kenn Chong
Dynamic Capabilities for Organizational Adaptation: Strategy Coordination and Reconfiguration
Faculty sponsor: JiFeng Yu
Risha Gandhi
Curtis Nelson
Effects of Resonant Relationships in Leading a Purpose-Driven Life
Faculty sponsor: Elina Ibrayeva
Katlyn LaCroix
Impact of Gender Inequality on Entrepreneurship
Faculty sponsor: John Osiri
Christina Osiri
Impact of Gender Inequality on Entrepreneurship
Faculty sponsor: Uche Jarrett
Mathematics
Claire Henrichsen
Analysis of Linear Population Models for Invasive Species
Faculty sponsor: Richard Rebarber
Collin Victor
Continuous Data Assimilation: Boundary Layers and 3D Turbulence
Faculty sponsor: Adam Larios
Jordan Burgener
Effect of Spring Temperatures on Division I Baseball Team Performance
Faculty sponsor: Glenn Ledder
Rebecca Sorsen
Finding the Formula for the Jones Polynomial of Complex Knots
Faculty sponsor: Alexander Zupan
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Cole Dempsey
Analysis of a Mobile Support Device for Late-Stage Rehabilitation
Faculty sponsor: Carl Nelson
Nathan Mann
Development of a Magnetic Tweezer for Cell Mechanics Research
Faculty sponsor: Sangjin Ryu
Ethan Brush
Development of a Positively-Engaged Mechanism to Approximate a Continuously Variable Transmission
Faculty sponsor: Carl Nelson
Zvonimir Pusnik
Gentle Droplet Deposition by a Femtosecond Laser Processed Nozzle
Faculty sponsor: George Gogos
Asiegbu Kanu-Asiegbu
Improvement of Research Archive Visibility through Internet Traffic Analysis
Faculty sponsor: Kevin Cole
Hannah Fox
Investigation of Living Cell Growth in Microfabricated 3D Scaffolds
Faculty sponsor: Ruiguo Yang
Iakov Golman
Nanofabrication and Testing of Advanced Continuous Nanofibers and Nanocomposites
Faculty sponsor: Yuris Dzenis
Benjamin Plambeck
Nesprin Control in Stretch Inhibition of Stem Cell Adipogenesis
Faculty sponsor: Jung Lim
Andrew Myers
Quantifying the Mechanics of Plant Cell Growth
Faculty sponsor: Joseph Turner
Stephen Brooks
The development of paper-based fluidic devices to detect metabolic biomarkers for cervical cancer detection.
Faculty sponsor: Sangjin Ryu
Nicholas Bohlim
The Role of Rice Leaf Surface Properties in the Appressorium Formation of Magnaporthe oryzae
Faculty sponsor: Sangjin Ryu
Modern Languages and Ethnic Studies
Zachary Larson-Wurl
The Relationship of Literature and the Movements Originating from Puerto Rico in the Early Twentieth Century
Faculty sponsor: Luis Rosa Rodríguez
Modern Languages and Literatures
Briseyda Ceballos Cornejo
Baraeera Iqbal
Lindsey LaBrie
Common Threads, Common Stories, Common Dreams: Documenting Nebraska Stories of Immigrant Success
Faculty sponsor: Abla Hasan
Lindsey LaBrie
Common Threads, Common Stories, Common Dreams: Documenting Nebraska Stories of Immigrant Success
Faculty sponsor: Christina Brantner
Nebraska Center for Virology
Mika Caplan
Identifying Nuclear Abnormalities in Pap Smears
Faculty sponsor: Peter Angeletti
Nutrition and Health Sciences
Nicholas Bohannon
Alegra Mendez
Assessment of Physical Activity Levels in Lincoln Youth
Faculty sponsor: Joel Cramer
Alice Ngu
Identification of Biomarkers for the Dietary Intake of Cow's Milk Exosomes
Faculty sponsor: Janos Zempleni
Elly Glazier
The Effect of Increased Dietary Protein on Body Protein Breakdown and Anabolic Sensitivity of Bone and Skeletal Muscle During Calorie Restricted Weight Loss
Faculty sponsor: Karsten Koehler
Zach Lanham
The Effects of Eccentric Exercise on Optimal Angle of Force Production and Muscle Activation.
Faculty sponsor: Terry Housh
Brian Smith
Will Beef Make your Child a Better Athlete? Exploring the Associations among Beef Intake, Iron Status, and Athletic Performance in Nebraska Youth Athletes
Faculty sponsor: Karsten Koehler
Philosophy
Henry Bauer
The Mystery of Language: Using the Philosophy of Language to Interpret Current Ideas in Theoretical Linguistics
Faculty sponsor: Edward Becker
Physics and Astronomy
Andrew Fanning
Comparison of Computational Models of Ferroelectric Crystal Structures through Piezoelectric and Electro-Optical Measurements
Faculty sponsor: Stephen Ducharme
Vida-Michelle Nixon
Nathan Ray
Manipulation and Characterization of Beams of Relativistic Electrons
Faculty sponsor: Matthias Fuchs
Jesse Kruse
Measurement of Anthropogenic Radio Noise for the Askaryan Radio Array Experiment
Faculty sponsor: Ilya Kravchenko
Ben Sukup
Measuring Temperature- and Frequency-Dependent Polarization of the Ferroelectric Material Diisopropylamine-Iodine
Faculty sponsor: Stephen Ducharme
Alex Clough
Neutrino Detection and Analysis
Faculty sponsor: Ilya Kravchenko
Jenica Lesser
Satellite Wakes in the Encke Gap
Faculty sponsor: Rebecca Harbison
Aashish Subedi
Study of the Magnetoelectric Interactions between an Organic Ferroelctric and a Transitional Metal Ferromagnet
Faculty sponsor: Shireen Adenwalla
Al-moatasem Al-hinaai
Tunneling electroresistance in ferroelectrics
Faculty sponsor: Alexei Grouverman
Roshan Bengali
Ultrafast Imaging with Electron Diffraction
Faculty sponsor: Martin Centurion
Haopeng Zhang
Use Atomic Force Microscope to Examine the Surface Morphology of Organic Film
Faculty sponsor: Xiaoshan Xu
Plant Pathology
Elena Wickstrom
Harriet Appeah
Haleigh Griffith
Characterizing Genes Mediating Magnaporthe oryzae Infection: Emphasis on Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism
Faculty sponsor: Richard Wilson
Rajan Mediratta
Response pathways of sphingolipid transgenic plants to Pseudomonas syringe DC3000 infection
Faculty sponsor: Jim Alfano
Political Science
Justice Forte
Is the Devil in the Details?
Faculty sponsor: Ingrid Haas
Grace Evans
Nationalism's Role in European Democracies' Compliance with International Women's Rights Recommendations
Faculty sponsor: Courtney Hillebrecht
Bailey Snow
Understanding the Rise of Nonpartisanship in an Emerging Democracy
Faculty sponsor: Sergio Wals
Psychology
Rachel Bruns
Gabriela Perez
Assessment of Child Advocacy Center-based Mental Health Services for Sexually Abused Youth and their Nonoffending Family Members
Faculty sponsor: David Hansen
Summer Nielsen
Shelby Wachal
Changes in the Parental Relationship Across the Transition into Parenthood
Faculty sponsor: Rebecca Brock
Zachary Martin
Cognitive Factors Predicting Hazard Perception in Driving
Faculty sponsor: Matthew Johnson
Naomi Samuel
Elizabeth Alexander
Abbie Sanders
Does Social Support Buffer the Effect of Maternal PTSD on Child Behavioral Outcomes?
Faculty sponsor: David DiLillo
Madeline Epp
Presley McGarry
Jessica Van Buskirk
Effect of Proximity to Possibly Incriminating Possessions in Reguards to Consent to Search
Faculty sponsor: Eve Brank
Tyler Cully
Effects of representation on similarity judgments and intertemporal choice
Faculty sponsor: Jeffrey Stevens
Trenton Buhr
Effects of Risk-Management Presentation Style on Adolescent Decision Making
Faculty sponsor: Eve Brank
Maggie Rempe
Effects of Sleep on Valence Bias
Faculty sponsor: Maital Neta
Alexandria Pytlik Zillig
Effects of Tipping Nudges
Faculty sponsor: Jeffrey Stevens
Tina Javidi
Exploring the Relationship Between Working Memory Performance and Valence-Specific Emotion Regulation
Faculty sponsor: Maital Neta
Mikki Schantell
Influence of Sex and Age on Depressive Symptomology and Cognitive Functioning After Traumatic Brain Injury
Faculty sponsor: Kathy Chiou
Lizeth Fraire
Male Objectification in the Workplace
Faculty sponsor: Richard Wiener
Amera Becirovic
Perception and Response to Sexual Harassment by Individuals and the Legal System
Faculty sponsor: Richard Wiener
Myrianna Bakou
Alexius Hartman
Cody Meyer
Predictors of Objectifying Behaviors Using the Social Model of Objectification
Faculty sponsor: Sarah Gervais
Brendalis Pichardo
Protective and Risk Factors for Substance Use in Latino Youth
Faculty sponsor: Lisa Crockett
Isabella Catalano
Sex Differences in Treating Nicotine Craving
Faculty sponsor: Rick Bevins
Alexis Gunning
Suicide Risk Assessment and Aggression Among Forensic Inpatients
Faculty sponsor: Mario Scalora
Emily Birkel
Sean Dageforde
Task-Switching and Visual Behavior
Faculty sponsor: Michael Dodd
Sarah Hughes Berheim
Christine Tack
The Effects of Sexual Objectification on Negative Feelings Toward Body Evaluation and Emotion Regulation
Faculty sponsor: Scott Stoltenberg
Jaime Stephenson
The Impact of Respect and Control within Intimate Relationships during Pregnancy
Faculty sponsor: Rebecca Brock
Kyly Baxter
The Relationship between Expectancies for Success and Perceived Cultural Barriers for Rural Latinos
Faculty sponsor: Debra Hope
Bailey Barnes
Trust in the Jury System as a Predictor of Juror/Jury Decisions
Faculty sponsor: Brian Bornstein
Taylor Lofdahl
Jada Loro
Understanding the Educational Journeys of Learning Community Scholars
Faculty sponsor: Manda Williamson
Psychology and Ethnic Studies
Trevor Obermueller
Jada Loro
Stereotypes and Jury Decision Making in Gay Date Rape Cases Judgements
Faculty sponsor: Cynthia Willis-Esqueda
School of Biological Sciences
Samantha Moran
Characterization of Ad-vectored Ebola Zaire Vaccines
Faculty sponsor: Eric Weaver
Hamilton Hasty
Willem Roper
Comparative Analysis of Microbial Communities Associated with the Roots of 20 Nebraskan Grass Species
Faculty sponsor: Sabrina Russo
Daniel Schoenberg
Comparing sperm transfer mechanisms and efficacy in two local fishing spiders
Faculty sponsor: Eileen Hebets
Maham Javaid
Determine the function HESO1 in maintaining miRNA activity in Maize
Faculty sponsor: Bin Yu
Paden Derr
Determining the Territorial Relationship Between Two Closely Related Songbird Species Living in Sympatry
Faculty sponsor: Daizaburo Shizuka
Colton Hageman
Sean MacBride
Development of a Novel Assessment to Gauge Student Understanding of Core Concepts and Competencies in Introductory Molecular Biology
Faculty sponsor: Brian Couch
Caleb Lanik
Development of Protein-Domain Classification Methods
Faculty sponsor: Etsuko Moriyama
Robin Sarik
Effect of a Smaller Gene on the Location of dUTPase within a Dictyostelium Cell
Faculty sponsor: Catherine Chia
Mikaela Cooper
Effects of Chitosan Encapsulated DNA Vaccinations on T and B Cell Immune Response
Faculty sponsor: Deborah Brown
Bridget Bickner
Exploring the Benefits of Sexual Cannibalism Avoidance for Male Pisaurina mira spiders
Faculty sponsor: Eileen Hebets
Virginia Barragan-Lopez
Identifying the relationship between inflammatory cytokines and KSHV lytic replication
Faculty sponsor: Luwen Zhang
Emily Bremers
Jameson DeFreece
Incidence and Effect of High Value Scientific Teaching Practices
Faculty sponsor: Brian Couch
Calan Koch
Influences of Student Perceptions of Responsibility of Learning on Class Activity
Faculty sponsor: Brian Couch
Katherine Moneymaker
Involvement of APLP2 in ZIKV Pathogenesis in Human Cells
Faculty sponsor: Luwen Zhang
Sarah Tjards
The Effects of Antibiotics on the Microbiota through a Cross-Generational Study of D. Magna
Faculty sponsor: Clayton Cressler
Monica Angeletti
The Role of Epstein-Barr Virus in Multiple Sclerosis
Faculty sponsor: Luwen Zhang
McKayla Wieczorek
The Role of the M2 Protein in the Influenza Virus
Faculty sponsor: Hideaki Moriyama
Tran Phung
The role of the Y chromosome in gene regulation in the Drosophila male germline
Faculty sponsor: Colin Meiklejohn
School of Natural Resources
Mackenzie Zwiener
Age and Growth structure of Flathead Catfish in the Missouri River.
Faculty sponsor: Mark Pegg
Jena Wilson
Civic Engagement in Socioscientific Issues
Faculty sponsor: Jenny Dauer
Emily Paltz
Impact of Past Experiences with Tornadoes on Future Decisions in Nebraska
Faculty sponsor: Michael Hayes
Allison Carothers
Is Live Prey the Best Method for Conservation Efforts in Rat Snakes (Pantherophis spp)
Faculty sponsor: Dennis Ferraro
Taylor Uhlir
Understanding Student Knowledge in Genetics with Conceptual Modeling
Faculty sponsor: Joe Dauer
Laura LeCuyer
Using Aluminum and Lanthanum Compounds for Sequestering Phosphorus to Prevent Eutrophication in Freshwater Lakes
Faculty sponsor: Steve Comfort
Lexy Polivanov
Holly White
An Observational Study of Undergraduate Teaching in CASNR
Faculty sponsor: Cory Forbes
School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Nate Heimann
BCG based HIV Antigen Design
Faculty sponsor: Shi-hua Xiang
Reilly Grealish
Glucose Metabolism and Arsenic Toxicity
Faculty sponsor: Rodrigo Franco
Philion Hoff
Role of D-alanine and D-glutamate Biosynthesis in Mycobacterial Physiology
Faculty sponsor: Raul Barletta
Michael TRUE
Species Richness, Relative Abundance, and Disease Exposure in Small Mammals Across an Urban-Rural Gradient in Eastern Nebraska
Faculty sponsor: Elizabeth VanWormer
Sociology
Lauren Falconer
A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of HIV & HCV Among Native Americans and Alaska Natives
Faculty sponsor: Kirk Dombrowski
Grace Stallworth
An Analysis of LGB and Heterosexual Individuals' Mental Health Disparities as a Function of Identity
Faculty sponsor: Christina Falci
Connor Meza
Assessing Social Experiences & Sleep Quality Using EEG in the Home
Faculty sponsor: Jacob Cheadle
Craig Thor
Evangelical Campus Ministries and the Sex/Gender/Sexuality System
Faculty sponsor: Kelsy Burke
Frank Owusu-Ansah
Learning New Software and Statistical Tools for Understanding Electrodermal Activity Lateralization in Response to Social Stimuli
Faculty sponsor: Jacob Cheadle
Ryan Salvatori
Risk Taking Behavior among People Who Inject Drugs: How Sexual and Injection Behavior Inform Injection Decisions and Social Network Structure
Faculty sponsor: Kirk Dombrowski
Mackenzie Griffith
Stigmatization in the Workplace: A Comparison of Civilians and Veterans
Faculty sponsor: Regina Werum
Jayden Barth
The Effects of Prior Education on Success of Inmate Education Programs
Faculty sponsor: Lisa Kort-Butler
Cindi Izaguirre-Perez
The Impact of Access to Services on Refugee Health and Well-Being: A Comparative Analysis
Faculty sponsor: Regina Werum
Grecia Macias
Using Heart Rate Variability to Assess Physiological Reactions Caused by Racial Discrimination
Faculty sponsor: Bridget Goosby
Brady Wilkerson
Learning in Multi-Layer Perceptrons
Faculty sponsor: Bilal Khan
Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies
Emma Finken
The Impact of New Parenthood on Ambivalent Family Relationships
Faculty sponsor: Emily Kazyak
Special Education and Communication Disorders
Kiley Gilbert
Decisions concerning Latino Defendants in the Face of Extra Legal Information
Faculty sponsor: Cynthia Willis-Esqueda
Laura Munn
Nicole Walters
Ellie Watkins
Brain connectivity changes in children with and without a familial risk for dyslexia during reading development
Faculty sponsor: Yingying Wang
Lauren Brandeen
Determining the Effects of Taste Strips and the Intensity and Palatability on Individuals in Order to Improve Dysphagia Therapy Techniques
Faculty sponsor: Angela Dietsch
Kelsey Young
Expiratory Muscle Strength Training: Devices and Outcomes
Faculty sponsor: Angela Dietsch
Christina Hamling
Improving the Inter-Professional Relationship between Nurses and Speech-Language Pathologists: Expansion of a Project
Faculty sponsor: Kristy Weissling
Madison Kenney
Taylor Johnson
Lauryl Schumacher
Predicting communication impairments in infants between 2-12 using the Communication in Infants and Social Screener
Faculty sponsor: Cynthia Cress
Sarah Gervais
Project WE-ELL: Writing Education for English Language Learners
Faculty sponsor: Marc Goodrich
Rebekah Hutchinson
Emma Loberg
The Getting Ready 0-3 Intervention for Young Children attending Early Head Start Center Programs
Faculty sponsor: Christine Marvin
Teaching, Learning, & Teacher Education
Isabel Safarik
Effects of a Rural Background on Mathematics and Mathematics Education Majors
Faculty sponsor: Amanda Thomas
Jesse Rood
Examine and Compare the Methods of Education between Firefighters and Teachers in the state of Nebraska.
Faculty sponsor: Edmund Hamann
Carlie Bauer
Language without Borders
Faculty sponsor: Loukia Sarroub
Auston Viotto
Research Superpositioning with High Power Lasers for Mid-Air Image Formation
Faculty sponsor: Derrick Nero
Elizabeth Naveja
The Diversification and Development of Future Teachers: The Impact of Career Academy, Community College, and Four-Year Colleges and How Learners of Color Get Through Them
Faculty sponsor: Amanda Morales
Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design
Riley Naughton
Use of Body Scanning Technology to Analyze the Effects of Movement in Costuming for Color Guard Performers
Faculty sponsor: Sandra Starkey
Alison Cloet
Utilizing Body Scanning Technology to Analyze Armscye Placement in Women’s Blazers
Faculty sponsor: Sandra Starkey