Title: Influence of Ionizing Radiation on the Inheritance of Developmental Abnormalities
Student: Hannah Aycock, Marine Science
Mentor: Dr. Timothy Mousseau

Title: Investigation of Target Genes Associated with Key Developmental Regulator AIL6
Student: Alexis Bantle, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Beth Krizek

Title: Comorbidities and Early Indicators of Autism
Student: Margaret Besse, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Jane Roberts

Title: Disinfection By-Products in Bottled Water: Is it Really Safer than Tap Water?
Student: Gretchen Bollar, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Susan Richardson

Title: Interferon-Specific Regulation of Expression of the IRFQ Gene by the p53 Tumor
Student: Rina Raye Bongalonta, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. David Reisman

Title: Analyzing the role of gdf6a in dorso-ventral patterning of the retina during development Student: Bradley Brodie, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Fabienne Poulain

Title: Social Interaction Style Subtype in Autism and Fragile X Syndrome
Student: Alyssa Campanelli, BARSC-MD
Mentor: Dr. Jessica Klusek

Title: Utilizing Microparticles to Treat Disuse Muscle Atrophy
Student: Alexander Caughman, Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Michael Gower

Title: Ionizing Radiation and Human Disturbance Effects on the Mammalian Abundance and Species Richness in Chernobyl, Fukushima, and Fort Jackson
Student: Christopher Chaplin, BARSC-MD
Mentor: Dr. Timothy Mousseau

Title: Persistent Micelle Templated Nano-powders for Alternative Energy Devices
Student: Pei-Hua Chiang, Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Morgan Stefik

Title: Nicotiana Molecular Defensive Responses to Stress Caused by Herbivores
Student: Anne Marie Coble, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Johannes Stratmann

Title: Relationship Between Early Childhood Behavior and Later ADHD in Children with FXS
Student: Ramsey Coyle, Biology
Mentor: Dr. Jane Roberts

Title: Reconstruction of the Columbamide Biosynthetic Pathway
Student: Gabriel D'Agostino, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Thomas Makris

Title: Reconstructing Ocean Acidification using Fossil Planktonic Foraminifera Shells in the Cariaco Basin
Student: Ashley Davis, Marine Science and Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Robert Thunell

Title: Tumor Cell Separation and Enrichment Using Dielectrophoresis in Microfluidics
Student: Tara DeSpirito, Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Guiren Wang

Title: CA125 Provides a Biomarker of Mortality in Non-Neutropenic Candidemia patient
Student: Travis Dias, Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Anindya Chanda

Title: Changes in Localization of PDE11A with an Inactivating Mutation
Student: Alvina Emran, BARSC-MD / Performance Certificate
Mentor: Dr. Michy Kelly

Title: The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Executive Function in Breast Cancer Survivors: a Pilot Randomized Trial
Student: Carly Fassler, Public Health
Mentor: Dr. Diane Ehlers

Title: Characterizing the Transcriptional Repressor Fep1 in Fission Yeast
Student: Kylie Fletcher, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Caryn Outten

Title: Palliative Care: Knowledge and Perceptions of Undergraduate Nursing Students
Student: Lauren Fryer, Nursing
Mentor: Dr. Ronit Elk

Title: Sensitization and Activation of Mast Cells and Their Function in Allergic Responses and Asthma
Student: Marco Garcia, Biochemistry / BARSC-MD
Mentor: Dr. Gregorio Gomez

Title: Role of AMPK-Activated Protein Kinase in Exercise-Induced Adipocyte Metabolism
Student: Alec Giakas, BARSC-MD
Mentor: Dr. Ho-Jin Koh

Title: Materials Discovery and Characterization of Reduced Oxides by Flux Crystal Growth
Student: Grayson Gimblet, Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Hans-Conrad zur Loye

Title: Improving Bounds on the Entropy of Odd Cycle Graphs
Student: Noemi Glaeser, Mathematics and Computer Science
Mentor: Dr. Joshua Cooper

Title: Metamodern Book
Student: Patrick Haugh, English
Mentor: Dr. Susan Vanderborg

Title: Association of Prenatal and Postpartum Physical Activity with Vascular Health after Delivery in Racially and Ethnically Diverse Women
Student: Abby Heinichen, Exercise Science
Mentor: Dr. Abbi Lane-Cordoba

Title: Regulation of Autophagy in Chemotherapy Induced Heart Failure
Student: Meghan Herilla, Public Health
Mentor: Dr. Ashley Smuder

Title: The Genetic Identification and Characterization of Caulobacter Crescentus and Bacteriophage Competitors
Student: Michael Hils, Biology
Mentor: Dr. Bert Ely

Title: Improving In-Flight Auscultation for Emergency Transport Teams
Student: Emma Houser, Nursing
Mentor: Dr. Robin Estrada

Title: Analyzing Youth and Family Engagement in Mental Health Treatment
Student: Anna Hukill, Experimental Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Kimberly Becker

Title: Structural Studies of House Dust Mite Allergen Der p 2.0103
Student: Noah Hyduke, Biochemistry / BARSC-MD
Mentor: Dr. Maksmilian Chruszcz

Title: Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Species Abundance and Richness in Chernobyl, Fukushima, and Fort Jackson
Student: Ryan Hynes, Marine Science
Mentor: Dr. Timothy Mousseau

Title: Analysis of TGFβ ligand function in Calcific Aortic Valve Disease
Student: Saad Iftikhar, Biology
Mentor: Dr. Mohamad Azhar

Title: Cryopreservation of Mouse Ovarian Follicles for Testing Chemicals' Female Reproductive Toxicity
Student: Sarah Johnson, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Shuo Xiao

Title: The Effects of Exercise on Skeletal Muscle Anabolic Fluctuation
Student: Megan Jones, Biology
Mentor: Dr. James Carson

Title: A Neighborhood Transformed: Urban Renewal and University Expansion in Wheeler Hill
Student: Sophie Kahler, History
Mentor: Dr. Conor Harrison

Title: Voltage Effects on Nafion Electrodes in Detecting Seratonin
Student: Deanna Keen, Chemistry and Chinese Studies
Mentor: Dr. Parastoo Hashemi

Title: The Role of Sonication in Switchable Micelle persistence
Student: Adeline King, Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Morgan Stefik

Title: Virtual Commissioning of Automated Robotic Manufacturing Plant
Student: Anil Kircaliali, Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Ramy Harik

Title: Use of Natural Compounds for Wound Healing
Student: Heather Kobilnyk, Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Ehsan Jabbarzadeh

Title: Characterizing the Optic Lobe of the Florida Fighting Conch via Ethyl Gallate Staining
Student: Lauren Kunselman, Marine Science
Mentor: Dr. Dan Speiser

Title: Developing a Telemedicine Program for Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback among Health Care Providers
Student: Meghan Lancaster, Public Health
Mentor: Dr. Jim Burch

Title: The Effects of Affective Stimuli on Semantic and Perceptual Processing
Student: Melissa LaPierre, Experimental Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Svetlana Shinkareva

Title: Quantitative Telomere Length Assessment in the HIV-1 Transgenic Rats
Student: Almeera Lateef, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Rosemarie Booze

Title: Heart Activity and Antisaccade Performance in Women with the Broad Autism Phenotype
Student: Azalfa Lateef , Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Jessica Klusek

Title: Biomimetic Environments for Cancer Metastasis Research
Student: Jesse Lauber, Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Ehsan Jabbarzadeh

Title: Tumor Cell Separation and Enrichment Using Dielectrophoresis in Microfluidics
Student: Victor Madormo, Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Guiren Wang

Title: Implementation of an Economically and Environmentally Beneficial Recycling Program in Southern Iraq
Student: Samantha McClain, Biochemistry and Environmental Science
Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Pournelle

Title: Hippocampal Volume and Reported Speech Episodes in Women with the FMR1 Premutation
Student: Veronica McLean, Psychology and English
Mentor: Dr. Jessica Klusek

Title: The Effect of TGFB1 and Activin on Sox2 Expression
Student: Shubham Mehta, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Mythreye Karthikeyan

Title: Evaluation of a Comprehensive Clinical Examination for Concussive Injuries
Student: Chandler Melton, Exercise Science
Mentor: Dr. Robert Davis Moore

Title: Electrochemical Synthesis of Benzylic Hydrocarbons for Pharmaceutical Development
Student: Alexander Melville, Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Aaron Vannucci

Title: Mechanism of Spheroid Formulation through Analysis of p63 and Keratin 14 in Human Keratinocyte Tissue
Student: Emily Milz, BARSC-MD
Mentor: Dr. Kim Creek

Title: Sedimentary Record of Lamaride Uplift in the Cañon City Embayment, CO, US
Student: Nicholas Mitchell, Geological Sciences and Global Studies
Dr. David Barbeau

Title: Characterization of the SufR protein from Mycobacterium regarding regulation of Fe-S metabolism
Student: Ashish Nicodemus, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Wayne Outten

Title: Association of Prenatal and Postpartum Physical Activity with Vascular Health after Delivery in Racially and Ethnically Diverse Women
Student: Catherine O'Byrne, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Abbi Lane-Cordova

Title: Language and Literacy Outcomes in School Aged Kids Focusing on Dyslexia and Fatigue Student: Tegan Osborne, Public Health
Mentor: Dr. Krystal Werfel

Title: Assessing Oral Health Care Practices Among Pregnant Women
Student: Maura Pezzulla, Public Health
Mentor: Dr. Anwar Merchant

Title: Using the C. Elegans Model ot Study the Genetics and Neurobiology of Huntington's Disease
Student: Jacqueline Phillips, Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Miroslav Cuturic

Title: Targeting RAGE Expression in Alzheimer's Disease with a Peptoid Therapeutic
Student: Lauren Phillips, Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Melissa Moss

Title: Production of Scintillating Nanoparticles
Student: Tessa Posey, Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Hanno Zur Loye

Title: The Role of Mesodermal-Produced TGFBeta2 in Congenital Heart Defect
Student: Ipsita Pradhan, Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Mohamad Azhar

Title: Engineering Intermolecular Interactions for Control of Assembled Structures
Student: Julia Raffetto, Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Linda Shimizu

Title: Mitochondrial Anti-Oxidant Factors and Redox Control
Student: Josh Ranta, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Caryn Outten

Title: Structural Studies of the Cancer-Related Protein Ly6K
Student: Jakub Ratkowski, Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Maksmilian Chruszcz

Title: Waste Not, Want Not: Best Practices Guide for Incorporating Existing Food Recovery Programs into Food Policy Committee Initiatives
Student: Olivia Reszczynski, Biochemistry and Economics
Mentor: Dr. David Simmons

Title: Characterization of Grx / Aft Interaction in Iron Metabolism
Student: William Rivers, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Caryn Outten

Title: Effect of ECM on Immune Repressor Microenvironment
Student: Harsirjan Roopra, Public Health
Mentor: Dr. Hexin Chen

Title: Surface Characterization of Compost Material
Student: Megan Ryan, Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Ramy Harik

Title: Examining Non-Offending Adult Caregiver Vigilance for Child Sexual Abuse
Student: Rebecca Ryman, Nursing and Experimental Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Katherine K. Chappell

Title: Impact of Methodological and Cognitive Influences in Visual-Motor Testing
Student: Iris Sakamoto, Experimental Psychology
Dr. Scott Decker

Title: Social and Legal Status of Torture Survivors after Receiving Services through a Torture Treatment Program
Student: Abby Sauls, International Studies and Global Studies
Mentor: Dr. Breanne Grace

Title: Biomineralization of Chiton Radulas with Magnetite
Student: Alexander Siegfried, Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Daniel Speiser

Title: Spelling Across Linguistic Contexts: Developing an Appropriate Assessment
Student: Meghan Smith, Public Health
Mentor: Dr. Krystal Werfel

Title: Effects of HDL Function and Exercise on Cardiovascular Health
Student: Brice Smoker, BARSC-MD (Biochemistry)
Mentor: Dr. Mark Sarzynski

Title: Manipulation of Physiochemical Properties of PLG particles to control Adiponectin Secretion
Student: Madeline Spetz, Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Michael Gower

Title: Molecular Mechanisms of PACT Mutations and the Effects on Dystonia
Student: Joelle Strom, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Rekha Patel

Title: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Cognitive Function and Physical Activity in African American and Caucasian Breast Cancer Survivors
Student: Alexis Sunderlage, Exercise Science
Mentor: Dr. Diane Ehlers

Title: The Perception of Brutality in Terrorism and its Effect on Policy
Student: Jacob Swanstrom, Political Science and Spanish
Mentor: Dr. Tobias Heinrich

Title: Mathematical Modeling of Pituitary Organogenesis
Student: John William Tierney, Biomedical Engineering and Mathematics
Mentor: Dr. Paula Vasquez

Title: Ubiquitination of the RAD51D Protein
Student: Isabel Totten, BARSC-MD
Mentor: Dr. Doug Pittman

Title: Subcellular Trafficking of GSH
Student: Ceylin Ucok, Chemistry and Anthropology
Mentor: Dr. Outten

Title: Molecular Mechanisms of Neuromuscular Movement Disorder DYT16
Student: Andrea Vargas, Biology
Mentor: Dr. Rekha Patel

Title: Examining Pre-indicators of Autism in Infants
Student: Alexis Vetack, BARSC-MD
Mentor: Dr. Jane Roberts

Title: Stimulating Hearing Loss and Amplification in Younger Adults
Student: Hannah Blythe Vickery, Middle Level Education
Mentor: Dr. Daniel Fogerty

Title: The Implementation and Evaluation of the Faith, Activity, and Nutrition Program
Student: Mackenzie Walker, Exercise Science
Mentor: Dr. Sara Wilcox

Title: Purification and Characterization of Co-Regulatory Iron-Responsive Transcription Factors Student: Sara Wallam, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Caryn Outten

Title: The effects of radiation on wildlife surrounding Chernobyl and Fukushima
Student: Matthew Waller, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Timothy Mousseau

Title: Understanding Capillary Shear Stress using Microparticles and Dielectrophoresis
Student: Sydney Weaver, Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Guiren Wang

Title: Exploring Relationships Between Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Student: Malorie Webb, Public Health
Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Will and Dr. Jane Roberts

Title: The in vivo Role of Ferritin Iron Storage Proteins in E. coli
Student: Richard Zhao , Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. F. Wayne Outten

Title: Neural Stimulation of Verb-Argument Structure
Student: Michael Zhu, Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Dirk den Ouden

Title: Clodronate's Effect on Stress Disorders
Student: Lee Augenblick, Biology
Mentor: Dr. Susan Wood

Title: Regulation of Food Intake and Neuronal Activation Following Intranasal Leptin Administration
Student: Donzelle Benton, Experimental Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Claudia Grillo

Title: Depression and YouTube: An Analysis of How Information is Found Through Online Platforms
Student: Tavashia Berry, Information Science
Mentor: Dr. Evan Meaney

Title: Glycosylation Patterns in Prostate Cancer Patients Relating to Dietary Intake
Student: Sabah Bhamani, Public Health
Mentor: Dr. Susan Steck

Title: Global Ethnolinguistic Conflict Study
Student: Jill Boggs, History & Political Science
Mentor: Dr. Stanley Dubinsky

Title: Flame Synthesis of Metal Oxynitrides
Student: Jonathan Bradford Robson, Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Erdem Sasmaz

Title: Language Conflicts and Language Rights
Student: Madison Bradley, International Business and Finance
Mentor: Dr. Stanley Dubinski

Title: Simulations of Tidal Forcing in an Antarctic Ice-Shelf Cavity
Student: Casey Brayton, Marine Science & Mathematics
Mentor: Dr. Alexander Yankovsky

Title: Exercise and Adipose Tissue Metabolism
Student: Arlind Bytyqi , Exercise Science
Mentor: Dr. Ho-Jin Koh

Title: Analyzing Female Rodent Response to Stress
Student: Brittney Calatayud, Public Health
Mentor: Dr. Susan Wood

Title: BMI and BP Patterns with Mode of Delivery
Student: Chloe Caudell, Public Health
Mentor: Dr. Abi Lane-Cordova

Title: Study of the Promoter of Human and Mouse Chemokine CCL8
Student: Nina Daneshvar, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Hippokratis Kiaris

Title: The Effects of Climate Change and Mutation Accumulation on Life History Traits of Daphnia
Student: Libby Davenport, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Jeff Dudycha

Title: Zip Code Media: Institutional Racism through the Lens of Local Media Histories
Student: Jane Donahue, Political Science
Mentor: Dr. Susan Courtney

Title: Global Ethnolinguistic Conflict: An Internet Encyclopedia Project
Student: Kieran Farrell, International Business and Finance
Mentor: Dr. Stanley Dubinski

Title: Evaluating Iron, Copper, and Silica Catalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation to Light Olefin
Student: Muhammad Fayyaz, Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Erdem Sasmaz

Title: The Use of Photocatalytic Sulfur Dioxide Oxidation to Reduce Voltage in the Hybrid Sulfur Process
Student: Varsha Gopal, Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. John Weidner

Title: Design of Strain Responsive Amphiphilic Polymer Co-Networks for Localized Drug Delivery
Student: Rachel Haupt, Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Mark Uline

Title: Analyzing the roles of Histamine and its Metabolites in Mood Disorders
Student: Fariha Islam, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Parastoo Hashemi

Title: Encyclopedia of Global Ethnolinguistic Conflict
Student: Benjamin Tyler Jackson, International Business
Mentor: Dr. Stanley Dubinski

Title: The Effect of Early Antibiotic Exposure on the Tumor Microenvironment
Student: Andrew James, Biology
Mentor: Dr. Marj Pena

Title: Global Ethnolinguistic Conflict: An Internet Encyclopedia Project
Student: Nancy Jones, International Business and Economics
Mentor: Dr. Stanley Dubinski

Title: Purification of Type III Effectors for Enzymatic Activity Study
Student: Alexandra Koberlein , Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Zhengqing Fu

Title: Exploring Molecular Mechanisms that Cause Structural Instabilities in Myelin Sheaths
Student: Mary Kramer , Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Mark Uline

Title: Piloting a Dancer Wellness Project at USC
Student: Joelie Lepp, Exercise Science
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Milling

Title: CBR1 as a Growth-Promoting Factor for Arabidopsis Plants
Student: Jana Liese, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Bert Ely

Title: Statistical Modeling of Dyed Fibers for Forensic Analysis
Student: Kristen Livingston, Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Stephen L. Morgan

Title: Neural Repair Mechanisms and Localized Translation in the Peripheral Nervous System
Student: Jane Marryat, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Twiss

Title: Global Ethnolinguistic Conflict
Student: Stella Masucci, Anthropology
Mentor: Dr. Stanley Dubinsky

Title: Larval Distribution of Mussels and their Effect on Population Dynamic
Student: Claudia Moncada, Marine Science
Mentor: Dr. Jerry Hilbish

Title: The Role of Microglia in the Locus Coeruleus in the Cardiovascular and Behavioral Sensitivity to Stress
Student: Christopher Grant Morgan, Biology
Mentor: Dr. Susan K. Wood

Title: Encyclopedia of Ethnolinguistic Conflict
Student: Bette Needle, Public Relations
Mentor: Dr. Stanley Dubinsky

Title: Cobalt-Chloride Induced Hypoxia and Cell Migration Characteristics
Student: Teebro Rahman, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Mythreye Karthikeyan

Title: Interaction effects between Cognitive Factors and Percieved Stress Levels on BMI outcomes
Student: Mason Richardson, Public Health
Mentor: Dr. Dawn Wilson

Title: Methodologies for integrated control and data acquisition of a structural test bed
Student: Bianca Riello, Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Austin Downey

Title: Flame Synthesis of Metal Oxynitrides
Student: Jonathan Robson, Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Erdem Sasmaz

Title: Computational Design of Polymer Coated Nanoparticles for Enhanced Drug Delivery Student: Hallie Roerden, Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Mark Uline

Title: Two-Phase Flows in the Gas Diffusion Layer of an Operating Fuel Cell
Student: Niklas Siebert, Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. John W. Weidner

Title: Role of Hypoxia on Inhibin Induced Angiogenesis in Ovarian Cancer
Student: Michael Southard, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Mythreye Karthikeyan

Title: Flux Synthesis of Rare Earth Containing Oxyflourides as New Scintillator Materials
Student: Nicholas Spagnuolo, Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Hans zur Loye

Title: Global Ethnolinguistic Conflict: An Internet Encyclopedia Project
Student: Will Stallings, Political Science
Mentor: Dr. Stanley Dubinsky

Title: The Effect of a Folate-Free Diet on Tumor Burden and Response to Chemotherapy
Student: Kendall Stalls, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Marj Pena

Title: Nature Inspired Reinforcement Learning Algorithms with Eventual Biomedical Engineering Application
Student: Nathan Stofik, Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Pooyan Jamshidi

Title: Global Ethnolinguistic Conflict: An Internet Encyclopedia Project
Student: Brianna Surratt, English
Mentor: Dr. Stanley Dubinsky

Title: Afferent Projections to Amygdala
Student: Yash Verma, Psychology
Mentor: Dr. David Mott

Title: Social Media and Big Data: Analyzing LGBT Health Through Twitter
Student: Frank Webb, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Amir Karami

Title: Global Ethnolinguistic Conflict: An Internet Encyclopedia Project
Student: Catherine White, International Studies
Mentor: Dr. Stanley Dubinsky

Title: The Encyclopedia of Global Ethnolinguistic Conflict
Student: Isabella Williams, Global Studies and Economics
Mentor: Dr. Stanley Dubinsky

Title: Global Ethnolinguistic Conflict: An Internet Encyclopedia Project
Student: Maddox Greene, Journalism and Global Studies
Mentor: Dr. Stanley Dubinsky

Title: Virtual Commissioning of Robotic Manufacturing Plant
Student: Anil Kircaliali, Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Ramy Harik

Title: AnalyzingUSC Campus Climate Surveys to Improve Campus Inclusion and Policies 

Student: Zola Aplin, Public Health
Mentor: Dr. Kathryn Luchok

Title: The "Rhineland Bastards": The Fate of Afro-German and Mixed- Race Children under the Nazis
Student: Catharine Aretakis, History and English
Mentor: Dr. Saskia Snyder

Title: Histological Analysis of Brain Tissue Following Neurochemical Analysis
Student: Ian Bain, Chemistry and Math
Mentor: Dr. Parastoo Hashemi

Title: Determining Methods to Alter Amyloid B-Protein Aggregation
Student: Taylor Bauman, Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Melissa Moss

Title: Analyzing Long-Term Changes in Zooplankton in Response to Climate Change
Student: Christiana Bishop, Biological Sciences, Marine Science
Mentor: Dr. Joshua Stone

Title: Sustainable Hydrogen Production via the Hybrid-Sulfur Process
Student: Hailey Boyer, Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. John Weidner

Title: Continuing to Analyze Female Rodent Response to Stress
Student: Brittney Calatayud, Public Health
Mentor: Dr. Susan Wood

Title: Investigating Underlying Mechanisms of Social Anxiety in Fragile X Syndrome
Student: Matthew Caputo, Statistics
Mentor: Dr. Abigail Hogan-Brown

Title: Wordification: A Spelling Game Based on Word Morphology
Student: Samyuktha Comandu, Computer Science and Statistics
Mentor: Dr. Stanley Dubinsky

Title: Marketing Strategies for Animal Nonprofits Featuring Pawmetto Lifeline
Student: Megan Connelly, Visual Communication
Mentor: Dr. Lisa Sisk

Title: Synthesis of Organic Compounds for Targeting Ly6K in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells Student: Justin Cox, Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Linda Shimizu

Title: Spatial Distribtuion of Larval Settletment in Marine Ecosystems
Student: Lauren Cuppy, Biology, Anthropology
Mentor: Dr. Jerry Hilbish

Title: Hierarchical State Estimation of an Underwater Robot in a Feature Sparse Environment Student: Hunter Dameron, Computer Science and Mathematics
Mentor: Dr. Ioannis Rekleitis

Title: Dielectrophoretic separation of Cancer Cells from Macrophages
Student: Tara DeSpirito, Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Guiren Wang

Title: The Effects of Kynurenine Treatment of Sleep and Cognition
Student: Audrey Ditty, Psychology 
Mentor: Dr. Ana Pocivavsek

Title: Gesture Detection and Contextual Activity Analysis with Off the Shelf Smart Watch Hardware
Student: Blake Edwards, Computer Science
Mentor: Dr. Homayoun Valafar

Title: Exercise Therapy and Neurorehabilitation in Parkinson's Patients
Student: Madison Estridge, Dance
Mentor: Dr. Troy Herter

Title: Researching Cognitive Transfer Effects of Diet on Physical Activity in Participants Randomly Assigned to Plant-Based on Omnivorous Diets
Student: Sarah Eustis, BARSC
Mentor: Dr. Gabrielle Turner-McGrievy

Title: How small can a data recorder be made for effectively monitoring civil infrastructure? Student: Michael Gallagher, Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Austin Downey

Title: The Changing Political Economy of Electricity in the United States
Student: Ben Garris, Environmental Studies and Political Science
Mentor: Dr. Conor Harrison

Title: Language Impairments in Stroke
Student: Emma Garrison, Psychology and Physics
Mentor: Dr. Rutvik Desai

Title: Factors Associated with Foot Lesions in Older Persons: Hogar Carlos Maria Ulloa, Costa Rica
Student: Alec Giakas, BARSC-MD
Mentor: Dr. Myriam Torres

Title: Examining Millennial Scale Climatic Variations in Southern Iraq and their Implications to Sustainable Hydrology
Student: Daniel Harrington, Geological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Pournelle

Title: Association of Prenatal and Postpartum Physical Activity with Cascular Health after Delivery in Racially and Ethnically Diverse Women
Student: Abby Heinichen, Exercise Science
Mentor: Dr. Abbi Lane-Cordova

Title: A Non-Invasive Geophysical Technique in a Wetland Environment Displaying Fe-Plague Student: Gabrielle Herrin, Geophysics
Mentor: Dr. Duke Brantley

Title: The Effects of Aerobic and Anaerobic Exercise on Acute Cognition
Student: Alyssa Hill, Political Science and Russian
Mentor: Dr. Malanie Palomares

Title: Proximal Mutants of Alkene-Generating Enzyme OleT
Student: Alexis Holwerda, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Thomas Makris

Title: Neural Processing of Visual Stimuli in Chitons
Student: Tyler Horan, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Daniel Speiser

Title: Effects of Larval Dispersal on Recruitment into Adult Populations and Population Connectivity
Student: Cameron Iaccarino, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Jerry Hilbish

Title: An Investigation o Iron-Responsive Transcription Factor Aft1 from Candida Glabrator
Student: Jade Ikahihifo-Bender, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Caryn Outten

Title: Cryopreservation of Mouse Ovarian Follicles for Testing Chemicals' Female Reproductive Toxicity
Student: Sarah Johnson, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Shuo Xiao

Title: Preventing Drop-out of Mental Health Counseling by Increasing Engagement of Youth and Families
Student: Cary Johnstone, Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Kimberly Becker

Title: Role of the Gut Microbiome in the Tumor Development and Response to 5-Fluorouracil in Ape Min/+ Mice
Student: Megan Jones, Exercise Science
Mentor: Dr. Marj Pena

Title: Determining Methods to Alter Amyloid B-Protein Aggregation
Student: Joakim Kennedy, Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Melissa Moss

Title: Gender as a factor in Foreign Aid Allocation
Student: Riley Lankes, International Studies
Mentor: Dr. Tobias Heinrich

Title: The Effects of Affective Stimuli on Semantic Processing
Student: Melissa LaPierre, Experimental Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Svetlana Shinkareva

Title: Individual Differences in HIV-1 Rats
Student: Jeremy LaPointe, Experimental Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Rosemarie Booze

Title: Statistical Modeling of Dyed Fibers for Forensic Analysis
Student: Kristen Livingston, Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Stephen Morgan

Title: Women's Role in the History of the University of South Carolina
Student: Hannah Magraw, Middle Level Education and Spanish
Mentor: Dr. Lana Burgess

Title: Development and Evaluation of Resource Center for Nurse-Family Partnership
Student: Mae McKenna, Nursing
Mentor: Dr. Robin Dawson

Title: Determining how social and non-social stimuli has an overall difference in heart defined sustained attention on 6-month-old high and low risk autistic infants in association with motor development
Student: Pranathi Meda, Public Health
Mentor: Dr. Jessica Bradshaw

Title: Research on Effective Psychosocial Intervention for Children and Adolescent
Student: Murphy Miller, Experimental Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Kimberly Becker

Title: Evaluating Electronic Cigarette Use Amongst College Students to promote current and future health
Student: Victoria Moy , Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Sue Heiney

Title: Association of Prenatal and Postpartum Physical Activity with Vascular Health after Delivery in Racially and Ethnically Diverse Women
Student: Catherine O'Byrne, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Abbi Lane-Cordova

Title: Histological Analysis of Intestinal Mucus Layers in ITCH-deficient Mice
Student: Madura Pande, Biological Sciences and Spanish
Mentor: Dr. Lydia Matesic

Title: Global Ethnolinguistic Conflict: An Internet Encyclopedia Project
Student: Amelia Parkes, Russian and French
Mentor: Dr. Stanley Dubinsky

Title: Engaging Youth and Families in Mental Health Services
Student: Ajay Patel, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Kimberly Becker

Title: Behavioral Mechanisms of ADHD in Preschoolers with Fragile X Syndrome
Student: Hannah Pressler, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Jane Roberts

Title: Attentional Mechanisms in Infants with Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Student: Isabelle Robinson, Biology
Mentor: Dr. Jane Roberts

Title: Structure Calculation from RDCs and Eulerean Rotations
Student: Jeffrey Russell, Mathematics and Computer Science
Mentor: Dr. Homayoun Valafar

Title: Investigating the Role of Sensory Modality in Attential Processes
Student: Lauren Seidl, Mathematics and Computer Science
Mentor: Dr. Jessica Green

Title: Developing an Herbicidal Solution to Degrading Saxitoxins Produced by Lyngbya Wollei Blooms in Lake Wateree, SC
Student: Emily Sellers, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. John Ferry

Title: Rideability Quantification and Spatial Defect Mapping using Crowdsourced Data
Student: Ishrat Singh, Computer Science
Mentor: Dr. Austin Downey

Title: Mental Health and Substance Abuse in USC Students: Understanding co-occurrence and designing an intervention
Student: David Smith, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Rhea Merck

Title: Using Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cels to Measure the Anti-Inflammatory Property of HDL
Student: Brice Smoker, BARSC-MD
Mentor: Dr. Mark Sarzynski

Title: Sensor Circuit Design and Implementation for DC Microgrid Simulation
Student: Caroline Stehr, Electrical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Andrea Benigni

Title: An Exploration of Finite Fields
Student: Joseph Steneman, Mathematics and Statistics
Mentor: Dr. George McNulty

Title: Global Ethnolinguistic Conflict: An Internet Encyclopedia Project
Student: Louis Tedeschi, History and English
Mentor: Dr. Stanley Dubinsky

Title: Improving Youth and Family Engagement in Mental Health Services
Student: Julia Thoppil, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Kimberly Becker

Title: Factors Determining How Context Affects Choice
Student: Mansi Verma, Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Douglas Wedell

Title: Encyclopedia of Global Ethnolinguistic Conflict
Student: Kathryn Watson, Russian
Mentor: Dr. Stanley Dubinsky

Title: Cold War Carolina
Student: Emma White , History, International Studies
Mentor: Dr. Kent Germany

Title: Long Term Biochemical Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Elevated Kynurenic Acid: Diurnal Rhythms in Kynurenine Pathway Metabolism in Adolescent Rats
Student: Courtney Wright, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Ana Pocivavsek

Title: Brain Stimulation to Stabilize Vowel Production in Speakers with Apraxia
Student: Kristine Ytem, Experimental Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Dirk-Bart den Ouden

Title: Reaching Families Study-improving mental health services for youth and their families Student: Amy Abraham, Public Health Bachelor of Science
Mentor: Dr. Kimberly Becker

Title: Localizing individual genes in peripheral nervous system cells to understand cell regeneration in central nervous system cells
Student: Savannah Allen, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Deanna Smith

Title: Fluorescence Anisotropy of Quantum Dots
Student: Hannah Altpeter, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Andrew Greytak

Title: Effects of Alcohol on Transgenic Mutants of Caenorhabditis Elegans
Student: Laura Askins, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Miroslav Cuturic

Title: Clodronate's Affect on Proinflamatory Cytokines in the Brain
Student: Lee Augenblick, Public Health
Mentor: Dr. Susan Wood

Title: Defense Systems Against Adversarial Attacks for Neural Networks
Student: Stelphen Baione, Computer Science
Mentor: Dr. Pooyan Jamshidi

Title: How Higher Education Impacts Creativity
Student: Michelle Ballman, Visual Communications
Mentor: Dr. Sabrina Habib

Title: New Digital Media Law Textbook to be Used in Courses
Student: Annalise Bennett, Journalism
Mentor: Dr. Eric Robinson

Title: Determining the Prevalence of Defects in CYP2D6 in an FQAD Population
Student: Andrew Bennett, Biology
Mentor: Dr. Carolyn Banister

Title: Regulation of food intake and neuronal activation following intranasal leptin administration
Student: Donzelle Benton, Experimental Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Claudia Grillo

Title: The Influence of Radiation on Population Dynamics of Chernobyl Mammals
Student: Victoria Bosch, Public Health, Pre Dental
Mentor: Dr. Timothy Mousseau

Title: The Encyclopedia of Global Ethnolinguistic Conflict
Student: Jacquline Burnett, Global Studies
Mentor: Dr. Stanley Dubinsky

Title: How Higher Education Impacts Creativity
Student: Ashley Bushman, Visual Communications
Mentor: Dr. Sabrina Habib

Title: The Effect of Obesity on The Regulation of Expression of Serotonin Transporters in the Hippocampus
Student: Maria Bykalo, Exercise Science
Mentor: Dr. Lawrence Reagan

Title: Wing's Autism Subtypes and Language Ability in Males with Fragile X Syndrome
Student: Alyssa Campanelli, BARSC-MD
Mentor: Dr. Jessica Klusek

Title: Deciphering the Ancestry of the Stray Dogs of Chernobyl via Genotypic Analysis
Student: Jordan Chertok, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Timothy Mousseau

Title: A case control study of the prevalence of MRSA in air samples and employees at wastewater treatment plant facilities and drinking water facilities
Student: Sarah Coleman, Public Health, B.S.
Mentor: Dr. Sean Norman

Title: Straight-Party Voting and its Effects on Down Ballot Participation
Student: Garrison Davis, Computer Science
Mentor: Dr. Duncan Buell

Title: Coordinated Knowledge Systems: Connecting Evidence to Action to Engage Students in School Mental Health
Student: Abigail Davol, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Kimberly Becker

Title: Computer Vision Application in Ecology Field Camera Research
Student: Matthew Duggan, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Timothy Mousseau

Title: Health-related Quality of Life Among Uninsured/Underinsured Patients in South Carolina Student: Taylor Duncan, Biological Science
Mentor: Dr. Guillermo Wippold

Title: Environmental and health disparity according to ethnicity among South Carolina youth Student: Madison Ednefield, Public Health
Mentor: Dr. Andrew Kaczynski

Title: Testing Inhibitors for the Oncology Target PLK1
Student: Cade Fallaw, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Michael Wyatt

Title: The Gullah Project
Student: Aaron Falls, Visual Communications
Mentor: Dr. Denise McGill

Title: Pathogenesis of Port Wine Stain and Sturge-Weber Syndrome
Student: Andrew Hensing, Biology and Philosophy
Mentor: Dr. Wenbin Tan

Title: Ethnolinguistic Conflict Project; Data Team
Student: Julia Herlong , International Business; Supply Chain and Operations Management
Mentor: Dr. Michael Gavin

Title: The Effects of Radiation on Mammals Distributions and Abundance in Chernobyl, Ukraine and Fukushima, Japan
Student: Michael Hoehn, Biology
Mentor: Dr. Timothy Mousseau

Title: Engagement Risks In Mental Health Services
Student: Anna Hukill, Experimental Psychology, B.S.
Mentor: Dr. Kimberly Becker

Title: Uncovering Pelagic Food Webs via DNA Barcoding of Unidentified Prey
Student: Benjamin Hurley, Marine Science, Spanish
Mentor: Dr. Joseph Quattro

Title: Encyclopedia of Ethnolinguistic Conflicts
Student: Benjamin Jackson, International Studies and Chinese Studies
Mentor: Dr. Stanley Dubinsky

Title: Utility of Magnetic Particle Imaging at Nanoscale
Student: Jonathan Kappel, Physics
Mentor: Dr. Thomas Crawford

Title: Analysis of Vocal Quality Among Fragile X Premutation Carriers
Student: Meagan Lauber, Experimental Psychology, Global Studies
Mentor: Dr. Jessica Klusek

Title: Piloting a Dancer Wellness Project
Student: Joelie Lepp, Exercise Science
Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Deckert

Title: The Effect of RK-33 and D16 on DEAD-Box RNA Helicase 3 and Stress Granule Morphology
Student: Gabrielle Levon, Pre-pharmacy
Mentor: Dr. Michael Shtutman

Title: Early Language and Literacy Acquisition in Children with Hearing Loss who use Spoken Language Study (ELLA Study)
Student: Geetha Lingechetty, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Krystal Werfel

Title: Effect of Pramlintide in Breast Cancer
Student: Courtney Lubaczewski, Exercise science
Mentor: Dr. Hexin Chen

Title: Encyclopedia of Global Ethnolinguistic Conflict
Student: Stella Masucci, Global Studies
Mentor: Dr. Stanley Dubinsky

Title: Role of kynurenic acid (KYNA) in cognition
Student: Sarisha Menon, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Ana Pocivavsek

Title: Targeting Radicalized Terror Cells: A Case Study of Terrorist Networks in Rural Areas
Student: Jamie Milliff, Experimental Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Cory Schnell

Title: Language Conflict Project
Student: Natalie Monzavifar, Mathematics and Computer Science
Mentor: Dr. Michael Gavin

Title: Effects of wins and losses on official social medias of college football teams
Student: James Murrell
Mentor: Dr. Kevin Hull

Title: Exploration of PKR Effects on Zebrafish Motor Neuron Development
Student: Leila Nguyen, Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Fabienne Poulain

Title: Characterization of the Grx4 protein
Student: Ashish Nicodemus, Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Wayne Outten

Title: Language and Literacy Outcomes for School-Aged Children with Minimal Hearing Loss Student: Teagan Osborne, Public Health
Mentor: Dr. Krystal Werfel

Title: Wordification
Student: Dhruv Pai, Computer Science
Mentor: Dr. Stanley Dubinsky

Title: Examining internal and external mechanisms underlying axon growth and regeneration
Student: Sarayu Parise, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Jeff Twiss

Title: C. sowerbii and the influence of feeding frequency on growth and reproduction
Student: Mary Pelton, Marine Science
Mentor: Dr. Joshua Stone

Title: Nuclear Data Analysis with the Majorana Demonstrator
Student: Benjamin Ranson, Physics
Mentor: Dr. David Tedeschi

Title: Piezoelectric PVDF Films and Their Optical Qualities
Student: Alan Rowland, Physics
Mentor: Dr. Yanwen Wu

Title: Impact of Seawater on Drinking Water
Student: Samantha Rush, Chemistry, ACS
Mentor: Dr. Susan Richardson

Title: Awareness and Knowledge of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among Health Professional Students in South Carolina
Student: Daniel Schreiber, Pharmaceutical Science
Mentor: Dr. Sayward Harrison

Title: Polymerization and Synthesis of Abietic Acid Derivatives for Antimicrobial Application Student: Matthew Seraydarian, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Chuanbing Tang

Title: Enigma in the Antarctic: Investigating the Trophic Strategy Diversity in a Cold-Water Cryptophyte
Student: Savannah Simon, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Jeff Dudycha

Title: The Encyclopedia of Global Ethnolinguistic Conflict
Student: William Stallings, Political Science, English
Mentor: Dr. Stanley Dubinsky

Title: The Effect of Gestational Exposure to Low Dose Penicillin on Tumor Burden and Gut Microbiome Composition
Student: Kendall Stalls, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Marj Pena

Title: Collective Identity in a Nation-State: Kurds in Turkey
Student: Clare Steiner, Political Science
Mentor: Dr. Josef Olmert

Title: Analyzing Various Factors in the Fabrication of Microparticles for Drug Delivery
Student: Alexandra Stevens, Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. R. Michael Gower

Title: Investigating the Relationship between Chronic Lower Back Pain and Cognitive Behavior
Student: Kerrigan Sunday, Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Sheri Silfies

Title: Determining the plant-growth-promoting mechanism of Caulobacter crescentus NA1000
Student: Rishi Suresh, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Berten Ely

Title: CDC-funded South Carolina Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network
Student: Catherine Troy, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Daniela Friedman

Title: Examination of Cardiovascular Risk in Women Post-Partum
Student: William Tucker, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Abbi Lane-Cordova

Title: OleT and UndA Effectiveness in Biofuel Applications
Student: Sydney Wheeler, Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Thomas Makris

Title: Working with laboratory animals to facilitate future research models
Student: Sydney Womack, Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Shayne Barlow

Title: The Long-Term Relationship Between Infant Behavioral Inhibition and RSA Activity and Parent/Caregiver Anxiety
Student: Vincent Ylagan, Experimental Psychology, B.S.
Mentor: Dr. Jessica Bradshaw

Title: A Link Between LIS1 and Autism
Student: Kylee Yturralde, BARSC-MD
Mentor: Dr. Deanna Smith

Title: Where the Wild Things Are
Student: Dabriel Zimmerman, Experimental Psychology and Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Amit Almor