Undergraduate Research Conference 2024
Honors College
| Award Category | Award Winners | Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts & Humanities | Katelyn Kerr | A Revolution Begins In A Million Pink Bedrooms:’ Riot Grrrl and Feminism in the 1990s | Dr. Jill Massino |
| Interdisciplinary | Jordan Rierson | Effective Interventions for Students with Emotional Behavioral Disorders in Elementary Classrooms: A Systematic Review | Dr. Kelly Anderson |
| STEM | Mary-Kate Key | Cytosolic Nucleic Acid Receptor-Mediated Detection of Staphylococcus aureus Contributes to Protective Interferon Responses in Primary Murine Osteoblasts | Dr. M. Brittany Johnson |
Disciplinary Theme Winners
| Award Category | Award Winners | Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multidisciplinary Presentation Award | Audrey King | Understanding How Diverse Demographics Influence the Communication Consultant Experience and Desired Areas for More Support | Dr. Heather Bastian |
| Multidisciplinary Presentation Award | Sydney Carmer | Histories of New Media: The Contemporary Discourse of Digital Arts | Dr. Jae Emerling |
| Applied Sciences Presentation Award | Ian Gao | Communication-aware Multi-Robot Coordination | Dr. Wenhao Luo |
| Applied Sciences Presentation Award | Justin Logan | Improvement of Machine Learning-Based Predictive Models for Wastewater Treatment Processes Using Time-Series | Dr. Michael Smith |
| Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences Presentation Award | Tashawna Wilkins | Arts Participation and Future Outlook Among Youth of Color | Dr. Vaughn Schmutz |
| Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences Presentation Award | Rae Hallow Gordon | A Continued Assessment of Mecklenburg County’s Food System | Dr. Nicole Peterson |
| Sciences Presentation Award | Danielle Waters | The Obesity Epidemic and its Effects on Muscle Repair and Notch Signaling | Dr. Susan Arthur |
Sigma Xi Honor Society STEM Research Award
| Award Category | Award Winners | Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Award | Claire Moneghan | Biosynthetic Production of Campylobacter jejuni Sugars in Escherichia coli for Library Generation | Dr. Jerry Troutman |
| Poster Award | Sarah Nipper | Creating the Model Cell Line for Studying Seckel Syndrome | Dr. Junya Tomida |
Community Engaged Research Award
| Award Category | Award Winners | Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Award | Maya Dove | Addressing Mental Health in Older Adult Minorities | Dr. Meredith Troutman-Jordan |
| Poster Award | Sofia Hererra Acosta | Examining Charlotte’s Latina Mothers Employment Status and Related Barriers | Dr. Stephanie Potochnick |
Sustainability Award
| Award Winners | Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|
| Alicia Ramirez | Examining How to Live Sustainably in the Peruvian Amazon | Dr. Erik Byker |
| Grayson Barcinas | Regeneration of Desiccant Packets: A Sustainable Approach to Moisture Control | Dr. Michael Benjamin |
Mu Chapter Phi Beta Delta Honor Society Global Focused Research Award
| Award Winners | Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|
| Elisabeth Becker | Exploring Cesarean Section Practices: A Comparative Literature Review of South America and the United States | Dr. Melinda Adnot |
| Cornelia Nirean | Investigating and Comparing Sustainable Development Goal #4 in Germany and the United States | Dr. Erik Byker |
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Award
| Award Winners | Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Eberwein | Photocatalytic Applications and Characterization of Perylenequinone Dyes | Dr. Michael Walter |
| Dhairya Desai | Characterization of poly(vbTMAC) through Extinction Coefficient and Size at Various Lengths and Solutions | Dr. Jordan Poler |
Biological Sciences Award
| Award Category | Award Winner | Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Presentation- 1st Place | Krishna Majithia | RIG-I promotes protective type I interferon production by human glial cells during bacterial meningitis | Dr. M. Brittany Johnson |
| Oral Presentation- Honorable Mention | Elizabeth Abedi | Understanding the Role of Hsp70 Phosphorylation on Cell Integrity Signaling in Yeast | Dr. Andrew Truman |
| Poster Presentation- 1st Place | Shreya Patel | Selective targeting of Ribonucleotide reductase large subunit by Hsp70 Phosphorylation | Dr. Andrew Truman |
| Poster Presentation- Honorable Mention | Shely Acosta | NLRP3 Inflammasomes Reduce Macrophage Phagocytosis in Breast Cancer | Dr. Didier Dréau |
