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Undergraduate Research Journal 2021


Volume 21

Welcome to the 2021 issue of the University of Utah’s Undergraduate Research Journal. Congratulations to the students who have published their important work here—the Undergraduate Research Journal collects and celebrates the contributions our undergraduate students from all over campus make to scholarship in their fields.

This journal would not be possible without the dedication of Cindy Greaves, who, along with Office of Undergraduate Research team members Shiver and Megan Shannahan works to make the Undergraduate Research Journal the high-quality publication that you are reading today.

I would, as always, like to acknowledge the dedication and support of the faculty mentors who are committed to providing high-quality research experiences for undergraduate students at the University of Utah. The work published here represents countless hours of mentoring on the part of my colleagues all over campus—thank you for all that you do.

Happy reading, all!

Sincerely,

Rachel Hayes-Harb
Director, Office of Undergraduate Research
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies
Professor, Department of Linguistics

Business

Mentors

  • Steve Alder
  • Elena Asparouhova
  • Abbie Griffin
  • Joseph Horton
  • Matthew Ringgenberg
  • Scott Schaefer

Cultural & Social Transformation

Mentors

  • Kim Hackford-Peer

Dentistry

Mentor

  • Melodie Weller

Education

Mentors

  • Amy Bergerson
  • Erin Castro
  • Aaron Fischer
  • Monika Lohani
  • Seung-Hee Claire Son
  • Kehaulani Vaughn

Engineering

Mentors

  • Robby Bowles
  • Brittany Coats
  • Raymond Cutler
  • Tara Deans
  • Ben Ellis
  • Bruce Gale
  • Jacob George
  • Thomas Henderson
  • Kerry Kelly
  • Hanseup Kim
  • Marina Kogan
  • Alan Kuntz
  • Amy Lenz
  • Frank Sachse
  • Yan-Ting Shiu
  • Jamesina Simpson
  • Eric Stone
  • Blair Sullivan
  • Wenda Tan
  • Jacobus Van der Merwe
  • Roseanne Warren
  • Jennifer Weidhaas
  • Michael Yu
  • Cem Yuksel
  • Thomas Zangle
  • Xuan Zhu

Fine Arts

Mentors

  • Natalie Desch
  • Emelie Mahdavian
  • Jaclyn Wright

Health

Mentors

  • Micah Drummond
  • Peter Fino
  • Nick Galli
  • Rajeshwary Ghosh
  • Samantha Gustafson
  • Skyler Jennings
  • Jessica King
  • Keith Lohse
  • Stacy Manwaring
  • Anandh Babu Pon Velayutham
  • J. David Symons

Honors

Mentor

  • Monisha Pasupathi

Humanities

Mentor

  • Matthew Basso
  • Alexis Christensen
  • Disa Gambera
  • Rachel Mason Dentinger
  • Paul Reeve
  • Chapman Waters

Medicine

Mentors

  • Amanda Bakian
  • Kelly Baron
  • Maria Bettini
  • Anne Blaschke
  • Owen Chan
  • Elizabeth Carron
  • Melissa Cortez
  • Edward DiBella
  • Richard Dorsky
  • Stavros Drakos
  • Gregory Ducker
  • Bruce Edgar
  • Karen Eilbeck
  • Nels Elde
  • Candace Floyd
  • Ram Gouripeddi
  • Man Hung
  • Bryan Jones
  • Kensaku Kawamoto
  • Amy Lenz
  • Catherine Loc-Carrillo
  • Charles Murtaugh
  • Dennis Parker
  • Kate Reinhart
  • Russell Richardson
  • Aylin Rodan
  • Jessica Sanders
  • Jill Shea
  • Yan-Ting Shiu
  • Martin Tristani-Firouzi
  • Matt Wachowiak
  • Robert C. Welsh
  • Moriel Zelikowsky

Mines & Earth Sciences

Mentor

  • Krista Carlson
  • Daniel Mendoza

Office of the President

Mentor

  • Mike Martineau
  • Laura Snow
  • Ruth Watkins

Mentors

  • Marco Bortolato
  • Hamid Ghandehari
  • Shawn Owen

Science

Mentors

  • William Anderegg
  • William Brazelton
  • Sophie Caron
  • Martin Horvath
  • Erik Jorgensen
  • Matthew Kieber-Emmons
  • Shelley Minteer
  • Michael Morse
  • Jon Rainier
  • Anil Seth
  • Anurag Singh

Social & Behavioral Science

Mentors

  • Steve Bannister
  • Kelly Baron
  • Katherine Baucom
  • Tabitha Benney
  • Andrea Brunelle
  • Craig Bryan
  • BrianvCodding
  • Tim Collins
  • Michael Dichio
  • Marissa Diener
  • Matthew Euler
  • Jennifer Follstad Shah
  • Sara Grineski
  • Akiko Kamimura
  • Shane Macfarlan
  • Thomas Maloney
  • Daniel Mendoza
  • Casey Mullen
  • Becky Neufeld
  • Monisha Pasupathi
  • Brennan Payne
  • Mitchell Power
  • Lee Raby
  • Jack Silcox
  • Jessica Stafford
  • Brent Steele
  • Jeanine Stefanucci
  • David Strayer
  • Rebecca Utz
  • Ming Wen
  • Guangzhen Wu