Arts & Humanities
1st Place: Amelia Mackarey
Representation and Imagination of the Holocaust in Young Adult LIterature
Mentor: Dr. James Campbell (Department of English)
Second Place : Matthew Patsis
The Legacy of African Veterans of World War II and Their Role in Independence Movements of the Late Twentieth Century
Mentor:Dr. Ezekiel Walker (Department of History)
Honorable Mention: Irina Pidberejna
The Impact of Culture on Students’ Motivation in Acquiring a Second Language
Mentor:Dr. Alla Kourova (Department of Modern Languages and Literatures)
Engineering and Computer Science
1st Place: Kappy Krueger
Flow focusing microfluidic device for production of monodisperse droplets
Mentor: Dr. Weiwei Deng (Department of Engineering Technology)
2nd Place: Angela Rodriguez
Laboratory-Scale Ozone Oxidation of a Volcanic Surface Water Supply to Reduce Disinfection By-Product Formation Potential
Mentor: Dr. Steven Duranceau (Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering)
Honorable Mention: Pascal Fouquet
Co-Presenters: Frank Ramirez, Stephen Sofronsky
In-situ Synchrotron Analysis of Thermal Barrier Coatings under Thermal Gradients and Mechanical Loads
Mentor: Dr. Seetha Raghavan (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
Honorable Mention: Kevin Gleason
Microdroplet Evaporation with a Forced Pinned Contact Line
Mentor: Dr. Shawn Putnam (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
Health Sciences
1st Place: Shekinah Fashaw
The Use of Physical Restraints among Nursing Home Residents: Do Disparities Exist?
Mentor: Dr. Latarsha Chisholm (Department of Health Management and Infomatics)
2nd Place: Geraldine Martinez
Factors that Influence Pain Management Strategies in the NICU
Mentor: Dr. Kelly Allred (Department of Nursing)
Honorable Mention: Hector Ortiz Cintron
Use of Complementary and Alternative Medications in Older Adults with Chronic Pain: A Pilot Hospice Nursing Survey
Mentor: Dr. Kelly Allred (College of Nursing)
Honorable Mention: Kyle Perkins
The Risks and Benefits of Running Barefoot or in Minimalist Shoes: A Systematic Review
Mentor: Dr. Carey Rothschild (Department of Health Professions)
Life Sciences I
1st Place: Hollis Dahn
Absence Makes The Gap Grow Stronger: Evolutionary Divergence In Allopatric Snake Populations
Mentor: Dr. Christopher Parkinson (Department of Biology)
2nd Place: Vikramjit Dhillon
Evolution of Functionally Conserved Regions In Orthologous Species
Mentor: Dr. Xiaoman Li (Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences)
Honorable Mention: Jonathan Carr
Co-Presenter: Benjamin Zand
Avant Garden: An Ecologically Based Model for Urban Agriculture Design
Mentor: Dr. William Safranek (Department of Molecular and Microbiology)
Honorable Mention: Caitlyn Herndon
Understanding the role of a hemerythrin-like protein in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using fluorescent reporters and reverse genetics
Mentor: Dr. Kyle Rohde (Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences)
Life Sciences II
1st Place: Nicole Parada
Development of a Deoxyribozyme-Based Sensor for the Detection of the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex
Mentor: Dr. Dmitry Kolpashchikov (Department of Chemistry)
2nd Place: Laura Herndon
Identification of the Domain(s) in Protein Disulfide Isomerase That Is Required for Binding and Disassembly of the Cholera Holotoxin
Mentor: Dr. Ken Teter (Department of Molecular and Microbiology)
Honorable Mention: Sydney Jimenez
Bioremediation of Copper by Submerged and Emergent Aquatic Vegetation
Mentor: Ms. Jennifer Elliott (Department of Biology)
Honorable Mention: Mikaela Morolla
Determining the best method to facilitate shoreline stabilization using different greenhouse rearing times and planting densities of Spartina alterniflora
Mentor: Dr. Linda Walters (Department of Biology)
Life Sciences III
1st Place: Jeremy Tran
Using a Cell-Based Assay for Discovering Epigenetic Cancer Therapy Drugs
Mentor: Dr. Mark Muller (Department of Molecular and Microbiology)
2nd Place: Aaron Pollock
Mycobacterium tuberculosis regulation of efflux pump Tap by transcriptional activator WhiB7
Mentor: Dr. Kyle Rohde (Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences)
Honorable Mention: Pascale Nelson
Nitrated Hsp90-induced PC12 cell apoptosis requires p38 and JNK MAP kinase activation
Mentor: Dr. Alvaro Estevez (Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences)
Honorable Mention: Hayley O’Brien
Determination of the Quantity and Quality of Human DNA in Household Dust (Dust Bunnies) to Identify Occupants of a Room
Mentor: Dr. Jack Ballantyne (Department of Chemistry)
Physical Science
1st Place: Michelle Rich
Improving Ion-Selective Electrodes for Applications in Multiplex Analysis
Mentor: Dr. Karin Chumbimuni-Torres (Department of Chemistry)
2nd Place: Allison Bratcher
Analysis of Bending Waves in Saturn’s Rings with Cassini UVIS Stellar Occultations
Mentor: Dr. Joshua Colwell (Department of Physics)
Honorable Mention: Maury Knudsen
Brightness and Orbital Characteristics of Short vs Long Period Comets
Mentor: Dr. Yanga Fernandez (Department of Physics)
Honorable Mention: Gerald Richardson
Anisotropic Fluorescent Dyes for Efficient Luminescent Solar Concentrators
Mentor: Dr. Stephen Kuebler (Department of Chemistry)
Social Sciences I
1st Place: Jessy Guler
Co-Presenters: Mira Atia, Jimmy Joseph, Daniela De Abreu Rodriguez
Exposure to War and Conflict, Acculturation, and Identity Formation among Adolescent Refugees
Mentor: Dr. Steven Berman (Department of Psychology)
2nd Place: Michelle Craske
Music’s Normalization Influences on College Students Health Compromising Behaviors
Mentor: Dr. Chrysalis Wright (Department of Psychology)
Honorable Mention: Brittany Bogeajis
An exploratory study of gays and lesbian customers’ discriminatory service experiences in the hospitality industry
Mentor: Dr. Heejung Ro (Department of Hospitality Services)
Honorable Mention: Michelle Esposito
Co-Presenters: Jennifer Wilson, John Doyle, Vincent Iula, Rachael Wells, Laura Weinberger,
Looking into an Open Mind: The Relationship between Creativity and Figurative Language Use
Mentor: Dr. Shannon Whitten (Department of Psychology)
Social Sciences II
1st Place: Alexandra McConnell
The C.S.I. Effect: Exploration of its Influence on Perception of Criminal Behavior
Mentor: Mentor: Dr. Karen Mottarella (Department of Psychology)
2nd Place: Julio Montanez
Social Policy Positions of Undergraduate Students at a Large University in the Southeastern United States
Mentor: Dr. Terri Fine (Department of Political Science)
Honorable Mention: Nicholas James
Qualitative Aspects of Social Interactions in Social Anxiety Disorder
Mentor: Dr. Deborah Beidel (Department of Psychology)
Honorable Mention: Cory King
Behavior of Vegetarian, Vegan, and Pescetarian Consumers and Their Participation in the Green Movement
Mentors: Dr. Carolyn Massiah (Department of Marketing)
Social Sciences III
1st Place: Kelcey Sablon
The Effect of Service Provider Skin Tone on Customer Perceptions of Service Quality
Mentor: Dr. Carolyn Massiah (Department of Psychology)
2nd Place: Hanady Nabut
Women’s Economic Empowerment in MENA: A Path to Stability and Growth
Mentor: Dr. Houman Sadri (Department of Political Science)
Honorable Mention: Courtney Roy
Peer Presentation: Can It Influence An English Language Learner’s Relationship With Peers?
Mentor: Dr. Dan Ezell (Department of Child, Family, and Community Sciences)
Honorable Mention: Sarah Thomas
Research Apprenticeship: An Effective Way to Increase Interest and Socialization at the Undergraduate Level
Mentors: Dr. Anne Norris (School of Nursing)
Social Sciences IV
1st Place: Tayler Truhan
Parentification rates in military families
Mentor: Dr. Sandra Neer (Department of Psychology)
2nd Place: Amber Szalanski
The relationship between hydraulic fracturing disclosure regulations and the revenue generated by state in the United States
Mentor: Dr. Peter Jacques (Department of Political Science)
Honorable Mention: Jennifer Vogel
Effectiveness of Integrating Serious Video Games for Knowledge Acquisition in Youth Health Education
Mentor: Dr. Euripides Montagne (Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
Honorable Mention: Brianna Williams
Individual Distress, Family Adjustment, and Parenting Alliance for Fathers in a Relationship Education Program
Mentors: Dr. Andrew Daire (Department of Child, Family and Community Science)
Peer Choice
Peer Choice: Daphne Kopel
Spatial Schema Transfers to Similar Place: A Case of Disney Theme Parks
Mentor: Dr. Valerie Sims (Department of Psychology)
Peer Choice: Brynne Heatley
Co-Presenters: Cierra Simmons, Blake McKinniss, Jonathan Gravato, Katelyn Smalley, Bryan solon
Science After Hours: Reconnecting Adults with Science
Mentor: Ms. Eileen Smith (School of Visual Arts and Design)
Peer Choice: Jacquelyn Weaver
Co-Presenters: Anna Jenkins, Alexandra Consuegra, Antonio Ulivella, Gregory Norris, Heather Xiong
Wading Birds and Oyster Reefs in Mosquito Lagoon: Searching for Signs of Successful Restoration
Mentor: Dr. Linda Walters (Department of Biology)