Agricultural Economics
Regan Gilmore
Faculty sponsor: Azzeddine Azzam
Agronomy and Horticulture
Lexis Funk
Evaluating Mechanisms of RNA Editing in Plants
Faculty sponsor: Jeffrey Mower
Amy Hauver
Reducing the Potential for Acrylamide Formation in Wheat Products
Faculty sponsor: Peter Stephen Baenziger
Agronomy and Horticulture
Nicolas Herrera
The Mechanism by which Marbling Affects Beef Tenderness
Faculty sponsor: Chris Calkins
Anthropology
Megan Campbell
Rachel Dickerson
MayaCityBuilder: Refining a Ceramic Chronology in Copan, Honduras
Faculty sponsor: Heather Richards-Rissetto
Sydney Tillotson
Salmon Pueblo Archaeological Research Collection and the Greater Chaco Landscape
Faculty sponsor: Carrie Heitman
Architecture
Madeline Lambert
Design for Decline
Faculty sponsor: David Karle
Arts and Sciences
Hannah Hesson
Shelby Wachal
Evaluation of Douglas County Juvenile Court Initial Pre-hearing Conferences
Faculty Sponsor: Kelli Hauptman
Biochemistry
Blake Hass
Brianna Kellar
The Role of O-fucosylation in the expression and function of Stabilin-2
Faculty Sponsor: Edward N Harris
Andrew Schacht
Characterization of Iron-Sulfur Clusters in WhiB-like Proteins present in Mycobacterium Species
Faculty Sponsor: Limei Zhang
Jennifer Wies
Analysis of Histone Deacetylase involvement in P. syringae-triggered Chromatin changes
Faculty Sponsor: Karin van Dijk
Alex Ciurej
Effects of Novel Cytokine Concentrations and Combinations on CD4+ T Cell Differentation
Faculty Sponsor: Tomas Helikar
Biological Sciences
Kaitlyn Stava
Effect of Diet and Bacteria on the Microbiome and Infection Susceptibility in D. Magna
Faculty Sponsor: Clayton Cressler
Biological Systems Engineering
Janelle Adams
Victoria Bart
Hydrogel Platform for Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Sensors for In Vitro and In Vivo Nitric Oxide Detection
Faculty Sponsor: Nicole Iverson
Biology
Erin Oeltjen
Cren8 Protein Characterization
Faculty Sponsor: Paul Blum
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Joshua Mueller
Brynne Schwabauer
UNL International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) Team
Faculty Sponsor: Wei Niu
Matthew Sis
Delivery of Antioxidant Vitamin E to Neural Stem Cells to Increase Transplant Efficiency
Faculty Sponsor: Srivatsan Kidambi
Chemical Engineering
Catelyn Evans
Developing cerebral organoids to model human and mice brain development
Faculty Sponsor: Yuguo Lei
Braden Harm
Proposed Study of Methods Designed to Increase Yield of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell (hPSC) Cultures for Scientific and Clinical Use
Faculty Sponsor: Yuguo Lei
Chemistry
Madison Bierman
Daniel Dooling
UNL International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) Team
Faculty Sponsor: Jiantao Guo
Classics and Religious Studies
Mitchell Groninger
Political Impacts on Athenian/Theban Material Culture
Faculty Sponsor: Sarah Murray
Brian Niedert
Assessing the Impact of Digital Data Capture and Management Systems on the Processing and Publication of Archaeological Survey Data
Faculty Sponsor: Sarah C. Murray
Abhirup Shome
The Effects of Political and Cultural Boundaries on the Spread of Religion in Archaic and Classical Greece
Faculty Sponsor: Sarah Murray
College of Nursing
Julia Keown
Joseph McTygue
Morgan Pfeiffer
Emily Marcuson
Amber Soden
Development and Evaluation of an Electronic Application for use on Crash Carts for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Efforts
Faculty Sponsors: Janet Nieveen and Jana Pressler
Lauren Hays
Amber Martinez
Enhancing Teamwork Between Nursing and Dental Students via a Blended Interprofessional Education Program
Faculty Sponsor: Chao Zhang
Computer Science and Engineering
Phuong Ninh
Colton Harper
UNL International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) Team
Faculty Sponsor: Myra Cohen
Jeevan Rajagopal
VITA-Math Day
Faculty Sponsor: Mohammad Rashedul Hasan
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
James Lowe
Sedimentologic and Stratigraphic Investigation of the Heath Formation, central Montana: Implications for mid-Carboniferous Climate Change
Faculty Sponsor: Christopher R. Fielding
Haylie Mikulak
Variations in the Extents of Sea Ice and Snow Cover of the Arctic
Faculty Sponsor: Mark Anderson
Anthony Skaleski
Interpretations of Unconformities within the Phosphoria Rock Complex and their Implications towards Climate Change: Bighorn Basin Wyoming
Faculty Sponsor: Tracy Frank
Economics
Gean Xin Kok
Schedule Flexibility, Family Friendly Policies, and Absence
Faculty Sponsor: Laurie Miller
Electrical Engineering
Timothy Carlson
Effects of Acidic, Neutral, and Basic gases on Nanostructured Materials
Faculty Sponsor: Eva Schubert
English
Amzie Dunekacke
The Manuscripts of David Livingstone: Shaping and Reshaping Victorian Britain's Ideas about African, Araba, and Indian Populations
Faculty Sponsor: Adrian Wisnicki
Rosamond Thalken
Collaborative Digital Literary Archive Development: The George Eliot-George Henry Lewes Review Digitalization Project
Faculty Sponsor: Beverley Rilett
Journalism
Matthew Hanson
READiscover: Creating a Reading Platform for the Digital Age
Faculty Sponsor: Matthew Waite
Libraries
Emily Freeman
Performance Practices of the World's Most Famous Oratorio - Handel's Messiah
Faculty Sponsor: Anita Breckbill
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Hamood Al Rahbi
Matthew Bock
Fluid Mechanics of Soap Bubble Blowing
Faculty Sponsor: Sangjin Ryu
Walker Dimon
Engineering Research Study Abroad at University of Roeun, France
Faculty Sponsor: Mehrdad Negahban
Nebraska Center for Research on CYFS
Elvira Marciano
Parent-Child Interactions during Preschool: What Factors Contribute to Parent Behavior?
Faculty Sponsor: Lisa Knoche
Nutrition and Health Sciences
Hannah Seyller
Effects of a MicroRNA-Deficient Diet on Cognitive Function and Muscular Efficiency in Mice
Faculty Sponsor: Janos Zempleni
Brianna McKay
The Effect of Youth Performance Training Camp on Football Specific Sport Performance Measurements
Faculty Sponsor: Joel Cramer
Taylor Bruett
Role of Placental Cell Derived Exosomes in 3-hydroxy-Fatty Acid-Induced Hepatocyte Lipoapoptosis
Faculty Sponsor: Sathish Natarajan
Hana Jaber
Faculty Sponsor: Zainab Rida
Mikayla Locke
Faculty Sponsor: Karsten Koehler
Amanda Sughroue
The Consequences of Welfare Bans on Drug Felony Convictions on Crime
Faculty Sponsor: Christian King
Physics and Astronomy
John Chrostek
Nathan Ray
Simulating and Analyzing the Propagation and Generation of Relativistic Electrons
Faculty Sponsor: Matthias Fuchs
Ethiyal Raj Wilson
Effects of Cross Linked Nitrogenous Compounds on Boron Carbide Neutron Voltaics
Faculty Sponsor: Peter Dowben
Ankit Pant
Effect of Temperature and Pressure Exposure on the Resistance of NiC2O4 (NCO)
Faculty Sponsor: Xiaoshan Xu
Psychology
KayLee Flower
The Effects of Substance Use and PTSD Symptoms on Perceptions of Risk in Sexual Assault Victims
Faculty Sponsor: Dennis McChargue
Kailee Groshans
Critical Facets in A Couple's Sexual Relationship and the Impact of Each on Global Relationship Satisfaction
Faculty Sponsor: Rebecca Brock
Aaron Halvorsen
Infant Language Skill Assessment Predicting Later Mathematical Disabilities
Faculty Sponsor: Dennis Molfese
Jordan Knapp
Possible Dyslexia Markers May Exist in Adolescents and Their Biological Parents
Faculty Sponsor: Dennis Molfese
School of Biological Sciences
Bridget Bickner
Exploring the Effect of Octopamine on Male and Female Mating Behaviors in the Nursery Web Spider, Pisaurina mira
Faculty Sponsor: Eileen Hebets
Chris Elofson
Change in Cell Abundance During Nitrate-Mediated Oxidation of Reduced Uranium(IV)
Faculty Sponsor: Karrie Weber
Tanner Hawkins
Effects on Gopher Disturbance on Plant Succession
Faculty Sponsor: Johannes Knops
Samantha Moran
Characterization of Seven Human Adenovirus Candidates for an Ebola Zaire Vaccine
Faculty Sponsor: Eric Weaver
Erica North
Modification of AD45 Genome for Vaccination and Oncolytic Activites
Faculty Sponsor: Eric A Weaver
Garrett Wahl
Assessing the Role of IRF3 in the T Cell Mediated Immune Response
Faculty Sponsor: Deborah Brown
School of Natural Resources
Grace Bullington
Determining Population Occupancy of the Western Barred Tiger Salamander in Southeastern Nebraska Habitats
Faculty Sponsor: Dennis Ferraro
Alexandra Hruby
Faculty Sponsor: Jesse Korus
Matthew Russell
Validation of the Cosmic-ray Neutron Method for Estimating Soil Moisture
Faculty Sponsor: Trenton Franz
Josiah Johnson
Mapping Groundwater and Surface Water Interaction in Western Nebraska
Faculty Sponsor: Troy Gilmore
SECD
Rachel Denniston
Anastasiya Ivanchuk
Carlie Kay
The Structures Module 3 Effectiveness Study: A Single-Subject Design
Faculty Sponsor: Michael Hebert
Sociology
Ee Shin Hum
Gender Differences in Mental Health Outcomes: The Role of Social Support and Self-Salience in Externalizing and Internalizing Symptoms
Faculty Sponsor: Christina Falci
Alexander Johnson
An Analysis of Electrodermal Activity with Regards to Minority Health
Faculty Sponsor: Jacob Cheadle
Grecia Macias
Developing Measures for the Evaluation of Colorism in the Latino Population on Campus
Faculty Sponsor: Bridget Goosby
Special Education and Communication Disorders
Megan Asselin
Effects of Taste Stimuli on Swallowing Function in Persons with Traumatic Injuries
Faculty Sponsor: Angela Dietsch
Megan Rovang
Neural Control of Tongue Movements Across Effort Levels
Faculty Sponsor: Angela Dietsch
University Honors Program
Isaac Coleman
Steelarm: An Independently-Produced Videogame About Privilege and Player Choice
Faculty Sponsor: Tamy Burnett
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Angela Mercurio
The Role of BAF in Antiviral Response to Poxviruses
Faculty Sponsor: Matthew Wiebe