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UROP Awardees

Fall 2024

COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE + PLANNING

Rachel Walker (Mentor: Milad Mozari) - Bridging the Gap Immersive Environments for Resettlement

SCHOOL FOR CULTURAL & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

Marylinda Gonzalez (Mentor: Ed Munoz) - Traditional Dance and the Development of Latinx Identity (Latinidad) in Utah
Charlie Smith (Mentor: Kim Hackford-Peer) - Forging Representation in the Wake of Censorship: A “Trans” Analysis of Spider-Man’s Canon
Mia Strunk (Mentor: Kim Hackford-Peer) - The Need for Oral History Regarding Queer Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY

Wes Hall (Mentor: Melodie Weller) - Optimizing the Sequencing Process for Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV)
Collin Santoro (Mentor: Melodie Weller) - Pathogenesis of Sjogren’s Disease (SjD) by Environmental Pathogens

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Bryson Anderson (Mentor: Lars Laurentius) - Optimization of Smart Hydrogel Structures for Improved Glucose Response
Igor Antonio Andrade Silva (Mentor: Tom Zangle) - Development of a reproducible protocol for the synthesis of polyacrylamide hydrogel with matched refractive index designed for quantitative phase imaging of cells
Prachi Aswani (Mentor: Marina Kogan) - Understanding Public Responses to COVID-19 Crisis Communication
Catherine Bao (Mentor: Vivek Srikumar) - Ensuring Equity and Safety in AI: Analyzing Existing Laws to Develop a Comprehensive Regulatory Framework
Samuel Becker (Mentor: Edoardo Battaglia) - Optimization of Marker Positions in Hand Pose Reconstruction Using Data Glove
Chad Berghoff (Mentor: Laura Hallock) - Surface Electromyography Sensor Use Cases in Stroke Rehabilitation
Sydney Biddix (Mentor: Robby Bowles) - CRISPR-upregulation of Aggrecan in the Goat Genome
Juana Borbolla (Mentor: Jeff Bates) - Ocular drug delivery based on intraocular pressure
Miles Bovero (Mentor: Luis Garcia) - Private and Performant On-device Deep Learning Inferencing Using Partially Homomorphic Encryption
Carson Brashear (Mentor: Agastya Balantrapu) - Design and Characterization of a Multiple Inlet Flow Facility using Computer Fans
Connor Browning (Mentor: Rob MacLeod) - Exploring The Spatiotemporal Evolution of Myocardial Ischemia Using Experimental Models
Brynne Byars (Mentor: Robby Bowles) - Exploring the Effects of Downregulation of ZNF-865 in Rat NP Cells
Alex Cantrell (Mentor: Robert Parker) - Development of a High-Fidelity Simulation Software for Bearing and Gear Contact Analysis in Power Transmission Systems
John Chen (Mentor: Pai Wang) - Optimizing Variational Quantum Algorithm for Solid Mechanics Problems
Seong Gyu Choi (Mentor: Tao Gao) - Catholyte molecular design for non-aqueous Mg-organic hybrid redox flow batteries
Daniel Coimbra Salomao (Mentor: Blair Sullivan) - Optimizing Robotic Inspection Planning through Advanced Graph Algorithms Techniques
Kiley Cole (Mentor: Monika Buczak) - EMG Collar Device for Feedback Control
Mason Coleman (Mentor: Connor Olsen) - Development of a Wearable Wrist Device for Real-Time Monitoring of Bioelectrical Signals and Hand Gesture Prediction Using EMG and FMG
Aspen Dalby (Mentor: Jennifer Weidhaas) - Quantifying Microplastics in Biosolids
Burke Dambly (Mentor: Luis Garcia) - Mapping Perceived Confidence: Correlating Sensor Data with Brain Activity During Decision Making
Catherine Davey (Mentor: Edoardo Battaglia) - Investigating the impact of different haptic and sensory effects in fidget toys on attention
Carson Davis (Mentor: Erika Pliner) - Effectiveness of Level Tools and Instruction on Optimal Ladder Setup
Leila Decampos (Mentor: Douglas Christensen) - Non-Linear Acoustic Modeling for Therapeutic Ultrasound
Landon Deroche (Mentor: Rob MacLeod) - Comparing Rule-based to Experimental Coronary Arteries
Becca Divine (Mentor: Ashley Spear) - Predicting ductility in 3D polycrystalline materials using machine learning
Jack Doughty (Mentor: Rajesh Menon) - Comparing the Performances of Multilevel Diffractive Lenses (MDL) and Fresnel Zone Plates (FZP) of High Numerical Aperture
Alicia Du (Mentor: Jay Kim) - Development of a Rapid Paper-Based Microfluidic Device for Multi-Metal Colorimetric Detection in Whole Blood Samples
Thomas Fenno (Mentor: Daniel Brown) - Intelligent Chess Tutoring: Real-Time Skill Assessment and Adaptive Strategy Generation
Hannah Frost (Mentor: Tao Gao) - Improving Lithium-Ion Battery Extreme Fast Charging and Low temperature Performance through SEI and Charge Transfer Resistance Reduction
Ethan Gilmore (Mentor: Daniel Brown) - Vulnerability of Imitation Learning Agents to Dataset Poisoning Attacks
Alex Gilsoul (Mentor: Alex Novoselov) - Couple Multi-Physics Simulation of CMC Damage Evolution in Hypersonic Flows with Uintah
Richard Gonzalez (Mentor: Tao Gao) - Studying example carboxylate ester electrolyte for low-temperature sodium-ion batteries.
Cam Tu Hoang (Mentor: Pierre-Emmanuel Gaillardon) - Accelerating Edge Deployed ML with RISC-V Enhanced eFPGA-SoCs
Ashley Howell (Mentor: Haohan Zhang) - Improve the Usability of a Cable-Driven Neck Exosuit for Individuals with Dropped Head Syndrome
Sky Jalili (Mentor: Robby Bowles) - CRISPR upregulation of Collagen II in the Goat Genome
Kayden Jenkins (Mentor: Alex Novoselov) - Flame-front Instabilities in Hydrogen-Oxygen Flames and Their Influence on Deflagration to Detonation Transition
James Karr (Mentor: Eric Pardyjak) - Relating Vorticity to the Reynolds Stresses for Turbulence Closure Problems
Alec Kim (Mentor: Shahrzad Roshankhah) - Hydraulic Fracture Behavior in Naturally Fractured Rocks Using 2D Digital Image Correlation: An Approach to Enhance Efficiency and Reduce Environmental Impact
Young Lee (Mentor: Rajesh Menon) - Single-exposure Volumetric Holographic Additive Manufacturing
Owen Leishman (Mentor: Pierre-Emmanuel Gaillardon) - Integrated Charge Pump Design for Neural Stimulation
Jaidan Malloy (Mentor: Heayoung Yoon) - Fabrication of Transparent Microhole Solar Cells
Grace Mead (Mentor: Jeff Bates) - Advancing Cystic Fibrosis Diagnostics: A Novel Electrochemical Approach
Brooklyn Mears (Mentor: Yunshan Wang) - Detecting The Intrinsic Fluorescence of Neurochemicals on UV Plasmonic Substrates in Microfluidic Channels
Toshi Mowery (Mentor: Pratik Soni) - A Cryptographic Approach to Fighting Misinformation
Lily Nygard (Mentor: Jake George) - Transcutaneous Stimulation as a Method of Upper-Limb Spasticity Management in Stroke Patients
Betul Oguz (Mentor: Rob MacLeod) - Spatial Relationship of Ischemic Regions and Coronary Vasculature
Juliana Ortiz Castillo (Mentor: Tao Gao) - Continuous and batch sustainable iron making Production from iron oxides ores in acidic electrolytes.
Jessica  Owsley  (Mentor: Lars Laurentius) - Investigating Degradation Mechanisms in Glucose-Sensitive Hydrogels for Diabetes Monitoring
Sylvia Pack (Mentor: Jeff Weiss) - Investigating the Effects of Strain on Early Lung Tumor Proliferation
Simon Padgen (Mentor: Alan Kuntz) - Developing Methods for External Control of Magnetic Screw Robots With Applications in Brain Surgery
Lawrence Ponce (Mentor: Luis Garcia) - Towards Semantic Mappings of Industrial Control Systems for Cross-Domain Threat Inference
Yoan Rossy (Mentor: Pania Newell) - Compressive Strength of 3D Printed Clay-Based Materials at Elevated Temperatures
Nathan Sudbury (Mentor: Amir Arzani) - Identifying Qualitative and Quantitative Biomarkers of Embolic Stroke Using Patient-specific Computational Fluid Dynamics
Mira Terry (Mentor: Ashley Spear) - The Role of Void and Surface Defect Interaction on Fatigue Behavior of Additively Manufactured Metals
Zachary Wallace (Mentor: Alan Kuntz) - The Application of Mixed Reality in Internal Trauma Diagnosis
Thomas Webb (Mentor: Tao Gao) - Direct Iron Reduction in an Acidic System
Yang Yang (Mentor: Samira Shiri) - Heat Transfer of Droplets Split on Spoked Superhydrophobic Surfaces
Tanya Yu (Mentor: Vivek Srikumar) - Auditing AI: Applying an Ethical Framework for Responsible Implementation

COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS

Courtney Buss (Mentor: Beth Krensky) - Art for Critical Consciousness: Museums, Community, and Art Education for Social Transformation
Brandi Chase (Mentor: Meekyung MacMurdie) - Before and After the Potter’s Wheel: Women’s Participation in Ceramic Production in Ancient Mesopotamia and Beyond
Allie Marsh (Mentor: Seth Keeton) - Operatic Traditions Database
Noah Reese (Mentor: Jorge Contreras) - Film and IP Law
Annie Wang (Mentor: Maureen O'Hara Ure) - Exploring Identity Through Mixed Media Experimentation

COLLEGE OF HEALTH

Katelyn Ballard (Mentor: Christopher Depner) - Effects of Circadian-Based Intervention on Cardiometabolic Health in Adults with Habitual Short Sleep Duration
Aidan Harshany (Mentor: William Holland) - Exploring Neuronal Ceramides: Implications for Behavior in an Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Mouse Model
Maddie Hopkins (Mentor: Jesse Christensen) - Exploring the Relationship Between Muscle Strength and Knee Joint Biomechanics in Veterans with Knee Osteoarthritis
Elijah Liu (Mentor: Sihem Boudina) - Elucidating the Role of BMPER in White and Brown Adipocyte Development and Expansion
Francisca Moreira (Mentor: Peter Fino) - A comparison between perceived and actual ability in injured athletes
Oliver Rhodes (Mentor: Peter Fino) - Safer Hospital Environments: Understanding How Hospital Room Design Affects Fall Risk Through Motion Capture and Participant Feedback
Margeaux Rice (Mentor: Jeff Rose) -
Seth Roberts (Mentor: Amandine Chaix) - Effect of Weight loss on Breast Cancer Growth in Obese Female Mice
Amishi Rohaj (Mentor: Jesse Christensen) - Does preoperative mental health influence postoperative physical function in medically complex adults following total knee arthroplasty?
Kate Walker (Mentor: Tanya Halliday) - Factors Influencing Weight Regain Following Planned Weight Loss: An Analysis
Zosia Weglarz (Mentor: Peter Fino) - Evaluating the Effect of Single vs Dual Task Condition on Postural Stability During Tandem Gait in Individuals with a Concussion
Lydia White (Mentor: Skyler Jennings) - Contralateral noise suppresses the cochlear microphonic for frequency-swept tones: Evidence for the Middle Ear Muscle Reflex
Jack Wilson (Mentor: John Symons) - The effects of DES1 inhibition on outcomes of Acute Ischemic Stroke.
Ximena Zendejas-Portugal (Mentor: Will Holland) - Role of FOXN3 in Hepatic Glucose Metabolism

COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES

Nayra Green (Mentor: Maile Arvin) - Investigating Settler Colonialism and Child Incarceration in Hawai'i
Lucas Gunyan (Mentor: Margaret Toscano) - The Role of Women in the Greco-Roman Worship of the Mysteries of Isis and Osiris
Zabrina Le (Mentor: Rachel Bryson) - Cultivating empathy in the age of AI: Technical editing pedagogy and the ethics of care
Ezra Moser (Mentor: Maureen Mathison) - Trends in Technical Communication: A Bibliometric Analysis of a Top Journal in Writing
Polly Redd (Mentor: Elizabeth Clement) - The Utah AIDS Foundation Food Bank: AIDS and LDS Identity-based Charity in Utah
Hannah Salas (Mentor: Maeera Shreiber) - From Historical Fact to Fictional Musical: The Holocaust in Contemporary American Memory and Education through "Cabaret"

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Shannon Anderson (Mentor: Kajsa Vlasic) - Evaluating facilitators and barriers of specialized pediatric burn care access at a tertiary healthcare facility in Northern Tanzania: A qualitative study
Deevya Baral (Mentor: Martin McMahon) - Characterizing the interactome of BRAF Kinase to Understand its Oncogenic Mechanisms in the Development and Progression of Melanomas
Tyler Beeston (Mentor: Kristina Suorsa-Johnson) - Proposal to Study the Implementation of a Peer Support Program Embedded into a Differences of Sex Development Clinic
Emma Breen (Mentor: Yan-Ting Shiu) - The Effect of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 Knockout on Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation in a Mouse Model
Kelsie Call (Mentor: Tammy Stump) - EUREKA Mobile Health Intervention Pilot Study
Eeshan Chowdhary (Mentor: Joseph Palatinus) - Exploring Internally Translated Isoforms of the GJA5 gene as a treatment for Atrial Fibrillation
Sarah Dallas (Mentor: Melissa Watt) - Exploring the viability of a mobile health tool to improve antibiotic stewardship in Bangladesh, Mali, and Utah
Amanda Dryer (Mentor: Moriel Zelikowsky) - Behavior Analysis of Female Mice in Chronic Exposure to Partner Stress
Chelsea Gallardo (Mentor: Jeremy Alpenglow) - Cardiovascular responses to hypovolemia induced by lower body negative pressure in patients with PTSD
Diya Garg (Mentor: Neeraj Agarwal) - Impact of Homologous Recombination Repair Mutations (HRRm) on Survival Outcomes of Patients With Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer
Isabella Goh (Mentor: Natalia Harasymowicz) - Evaluation of the Role of CCR2 in Progression of Obesity-Induced Osteoarthritis
Reece Goh (Mentor: Alex Shcheglovitov) - Cell analysis of glioblastoma spheroids, organoid-glioblastoma chimeras, and control organoids through immunohistochemistry and imaging
James Harris (Mentor: Kimberley Evason) - Identifying Drugs to Target Lipid Metabolism in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Mira Hua (Mentor: Donna Cross) - The Development of a Long-Circulating Targeted Paclitaxel Nanoconjugate for Enhanced Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Nikola Jaworska (Mentor: Natalia Harasymowicz) - Optimization of Synovial Embryonically-Derived Macrophage Cell Culture Conditions
Aparna Jayakumar (Mentor: Alessandra Angelucci) - Connectivity of Parvalbumin Inhibitory Neurons in Marmoset Primary Visual Cortex
Jenna Junge (Mentor: Reena Tam) - Perspective of Pediatric Emergency Department Providers: A Qualitative Study
Hakan Kariparduc (Mentor: Katie Basham) - Investigating the pro-tumor role of the aged microenvironment and senescence in Adrenocortical Carcinoma (ACC)
Cameron Kato (Mentor: Dimitri Traenkner) - Automated Discovery of Exon Candidates and Splice Isoforms in Human and Non-Human Genetic Code
Michael Krijanovski (Mentor: Peng Zhang) - Damage Sensing by the Drosophila Midgut Epithelium
Malia Mason (Mentor: Eric Tuday) - The Effect of Simulated Microgravity and Cosmic Radiation on Large Artery Stiffness in Mice
Tiffany Nguyen (Mentor: Rebecca Delaney) - Exploring self-advocacy and decision-making skills for adolescents and young adults living with congenital heart disease
Kevin Pan (Mentor: Yan-Ting Shiu) - The Impact of Nitric Oxide Therapeutic Gel on Venous Adaptation Following Arteriovenous Fistula Creation in a Porcine Model
Alex Puccio (Mentor: Ankur Shah) - Testing Cardiac Pacing Pseudo-Leads on Septum Tissue Using an In Vitro Setup
Varshitha Reddy Puchalapalli (Mentor: Mandy Bunsawat) - Arterial Stiffness and Central Blood Pressure in Cardiorenal Syndrome
Elena Rubsam (Mentor: Jill Shea) - Manufacturing and Characterization of a Fluorapatite Bone Scaffold
Divya Sundar (Mentor: Niru Ramkumar) - Role of the Soluble (Pro)Renin Receptor in Chronic Kidney Disease
Caitlin Tweed (Mentor: Jordan Grammer) - Evaluating the Necessity of BNST to NAc Projections in the Social Anxiety Neural Pathway Through Optogenetics
Daniel Wray (Mentor: Lisa Joss-Moore) - Molecular and Lipid Drivers of Lung Development

COLLEGE OF MINES & EARTH SCIENCES

Margaret Call (Mentor: Pete Lippert) - What can magnetic biomarkers tell us about the Eocene-Oligocene Transition in the North Atlantic?
Sarah Kelley (Mentor: Kris Pankow) - The Relationship Between Seismicity and Gopherus Tortoise behavior
Lily Maddox (Mentor: Mark Loewen) - Pathologic and taphonomic history of an exquisitely preserved specimen of Allosaurus jimmadseni from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming
Constance Sauve (Mentor: Sarah Lambart) - Fate of Recycled Material in the Mantle During Decompression Melting
Alex Straley (Mentor: Mark Loewen) - Postcranial atlas of the most complete specimen of Torosaurus from the  Latest Cretaceous Ojo Alamo Formation of New Mexico

COLLEGE OF NURSING

Stephanie Quist (Mentor: Lisa Taylor-Swanson) - ACUAWARE
Joshua Seabury (Mentor: Rebekah Perkins) - Promoting Age Inclusivity to Enhance Educational Excellence within the University of Utah College of Nursing (PAI-CON)

COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

Lademi Adepoju (Mentor: Kuby Balagurunathan) - Expression, Purification & Characterization of Recombinant Heparan Sulfate Glucuronyl Epimerase
Kish Jay (Mentor: Karen Wilcox) - Seizure Dynamotype Identification and Classification (Wilcox ADD Lab)
Caitlin Nguyen (Mentor: Chris Reilly) - Great Salt Lake Dust Toxicity and TRP Channel Activation
Isabella White (Mentor: Yue Lu) - Extracellular Vesicle Analysis of Ulcerative Colitis
Zhenyu Yang (Mentor: Katharine Diehl) - Identifying the readers of histone lacylation
Andy Yu (Mentor: Hamid Ghandehari) - Development of a mimic of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Circuit for high throughput drug screening

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

Sahana Balaji (Mentor: Jack Jurmu) -  How Does the Gut Microbiome Mitigate Toxin Tolerance in Herbivorous Mammals?
Abigail Bruzual (Mentor: Chan Yul Yoo) - Improving thermotolerance in tomato by genetic engineering of chloroplast function
Ashlyn Christensen (Mentor: Sophie Caron) - Genetic Basis of Olfactory Attraction to 2-phenylethanol in D. melanogaster
Sophia Dahlen (Mentor: Erik Jorgensen) - Establishing a Protocol for Nano-Resolution Fluorescence and Electron Microscopy (nano-fEM)
Wilder Dalton (Mentor: Andrew Roberts) - A build, cyclize, contract strategy to prepare bioactive polycyclic natural product santiagonamine
Natalia Danilla (Mentor: Andrew Roberts) - Development of on-Resin Cyclization and Modification of Arylomycin for Targeted Gram-Negative Bacteria Recognition Through Structured Side Chain Orientations
Jessica Dickinson (Mentor: Qilei Zhu) - Development of a Green Electrochemical Method to Synthesize Thioether Bonds
Caston Draper (Mentor: Talia Karasov) - Validating and Characterizing the Ability of Pseudomonas syringae Knock-out Mutants to Infect the Leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana in Varying Levels of Drought.
Megan Duval (Mentor: Jack Longino) - Exploring species boundaries in Labidus, a widespread army ant genus
Alexis Enright (Mentor: Michael Werner) - Testing the Role of Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) in Developmental Plasticity
Gavin Farley (Mentor: shanti deemyad) - Measurement of Superconductivity of 6LI Under Pressure Using a Four-Probe Technique
Divya Forbis (Mentor: Ofer Rog) - Utilizing Circular Chromosomes to Study Break Repair During Sexual Reproduction
David Fowles (Mentor: Ragadeepika Pucha) -  A New Method to Identify Black Holes in Dwarf Galaxies
Cooper Gangi (Mentor: Ayako Yamaguchi) - Quantification and Analysis of Perineuronal Nets in Response to Testosterone in Vocal Pathways of Female African Clawed Frogs
Andre Gohier (Mentor: Andrew Roberts) - Late-stage modification strategy for accessing substituted-urazole peptides and application to on-resin cyclization
Isaac Graham (Mentor: Ilya Zharov) - Effect of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle Pore Size on Silver Nanoparticle Nucleation and Growth
Lydia Hall (Mentor: Colleen Farmer) - The Ontogeny of an Ancient Lung: The Updated Proposal
Nathan Jackson (Mentor: Connor Bischak) - Exploring Electrolyte-Dependent Effects in Electron-Transporting Organic Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductors (OMIECs)
Sylvia Lee (Mentor: Rodolfo Probst) - Unraveling the Identities of Associated Insects in Ant-Plant Symbioses with Nanopore DNA Sequencing
Ruby Linnell (Mentor: Dale Clayton) - Does Grooming Behavior Respond to Morphological Changes?
Kaylee Meyers (Mentor: Andrew Roberts) - Utilizing electrochemical techniques to prepare polycyclic aromatic and heteroaromatic products
Samantha Morris (Mentor: Aaron Puri) - Isolation of a Potential Antibiotic from Methylocystis Species Strain SC2
Jett Nemelka (Mentor: Andrew Roberts) - Chemical Synthesis of Biorthogonal L-Biotin
Vincent Ngo (Mentor: Qilei Zhu) - New Methods to Sustainably Halogenate Alcohols using Electrochemistry
Ainsley Nystrom (Mentor: William Anderegg) - Comparing Laboratory and Field Smoke Treatment Results of Tree Physiological Traits
Jessica Parsons (Mentor: Kasey Cole) - 3D-Printing Bones: Using Innovating Technologies to Create Accessible and Engaging Learning Experiences  Renewal Application
Dave Partey (Mentor: Kelly Hughes) - Development of genetic tools for the characterization of mechanisms associated with the secretion of proteins through the injectisome system
Will Pearce (Mentor: Rodolfo Probst) - DNA Barcoding to Solve Species Boundaries: Discovering Endemic Ocotea (Lauraceae) in Costa Rica
Alexander Rich (Mentor: Rodolfo Probst) - Decoding Spider Diversity: Venom RNA and Protein Peptide Analysis
Hunter Rose (Mentor: Heejin Yoo) - Comparative Analysis of Salicylic Acid Regulatory Mechanisms in Brassica and Solanaceae Species
Fátima  Serratos Chavarría  (Mentor: Bryn Dentinger) - Chemical Investigation of the Phenomenon of “Wood Lover’s Paralysis” in the Magic Mushroom Genus Psilocybe.
Richie Sheng (Mentor: Tim Tribone) - Matrix Factorizations of Polynomials
Lindsey Tamlin (Mentor: Erik Jorgensen) - The Role of RAB-37b in Synaptic Autophagy
Annie Thompson (Mentor: Andrew Roberts) - Deaminative Ring Contractions for the Synthesis of aza-[7]helicenes
Sam Tomek (Mentor: Michael Wermer) - Phylogeny of Monhysteridae Nematodes in Alpine Lakes and Rivers and their Relationship to Nematodes in the Great Salt Lake.
Gianna Toscano (Mentor: Sophie Caron) - Identifying Methods to Measure Innate Odor Attraction in Drosophila melanogaster
Tony Zhang (Mentor: Fred Adler) - Investigating the cell-cell interaction between Melanoma Cells: A Mathematical Biology Approach

COLLEGE OF SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE

Pam Amornnimit (Mentor: Akiko Kamimura) - Assessing Patients’ Healthcare Experiences to Improve Care and Services for the Underserved Community Utilizing Free Clinics.
Madison Barnett (Mentor: Brett Clark) -  Study of the Early Pioneers of Environmental Justice and Industrial Medicine
Sylvan Carey (Mentor: Larry Coats) - Climate Change Impacts on Desert Ecosystems: Paleoecological Lessons from the Late Pleistocene in the Great Basin, Nevada
Karina Cedeno Hernandez (Mentor: Kara Moore) - Virtual reality study on the impact of age on the relationship between eyewitness confidence and accuracy.
Izabelle Chick (Mentor: Juliet Carlisle) - Understanding the Interplay of Emotions, Risk Perception, and Climate Change: Towards Political Action and Policy Support
Jessica Cisneros-Macias (Mentor: Katie Baucom) - Family-based lifestyle intervention to prevent diabetes in Hispanic/Latino communities in Utah (ADIOS T2)
Isabella Dinardo (Mentor: Akiko Kamimura) - Factors Influencing the Pursuit of Careers in Genomics and STEM Fields Among Underserved Populations: Assessing the Impact of the Genomic Summer Research for Minorities (Magnificents) (GSRM) Internship Program
Hanna Farra (Mentor: Sarah Small) - Time Poverty Rates in the United States by Race and Gender
Hudson Guttman (Mentor: Jeanine Stefanucci) - Within-Groups Experiment on Working Memory and Embodied Perception of 3D Radiology Images
Aubrey Hampton (Mentor: Akiko Kamimura) - Examining the Interplay of Dental Health and Mental Well-being in the Homeless Population
Sarah Herring (Mentor: Rob Lubeznik-Warner) - Examining Program Quality and Developmental Outcomes among Youth from Low-Income Backgrounds Participating in a School-based Camp Program
Naomi Hill (Mentor: Heather Melton) -  Improving Law Enforcement’s Response Towards Victims of Sexual Violence: The Impact of Traumatic Memory
Petr Horgos (Mentor: Jared Branch) - Validation of the Autobiographical Counterfactual Thinking Scale
Annia Hungerford (Mentor: Rebecca Owen) - Specialty Courts: Resources, Outcomes and Success of Family Recovery Court
Sangho Kim (Mentor: Marissa Diener) - Exploring the Link Between Parents’ Emotion Regulation and Emotional Socialization Efforts
Colleen Lasko (Mentor: Amy McDonnell) - Impact of Cell Phone Use on Stress Recovery and Attention Restoration in Nature
Hannah Lawrence (Mentor: Kara Moore) - Virtual reality study of the effect of duration and age on the confidence / accuracy relationship
Amanda Lucas (Mentor: Kim Korinek) - The impact of overrepresentation of migrant essential work on women, their mental-wellbeing, and their families.
Carter Munn (Mentor: Jared Branch) - The Effect of Music Type on Perceived Task Difficulty and Cognition
Jenny Nguyen (Mentor: Patricia Kerig) - Meaning-Making As A Moderator Linking Potentially Morally Injurious Events To Adult Quality Of Life
Grace Piskadlo (Mentor: Larry Coats) - Reconstructing the Late Ice Age Paleoecology of the Great Basin Region
Mckenzie Price (Mentor: Jack Silcox) - Analysis of Alpha Power During High-Level Language Processing to Support Evidence of Increased Listening Effort
Giancarlo Reinoso (Mentor: Michael Himle) - Primary Outcomes of TicHelper
Zoha Riaz (Mentor: Akiko Kamimura) - Oral Health in the Homeless Population Due to Drug Use
Kaitlyn Ricks (Mentor: Adrienne Cachelin) - Rationales, Reactions, and Reflections of Public Service Employees During the Abatement Process in Salt Lake City
Casey Westring (Mentor: Jared Branch) - Proposal to Study the Effect of The Big Five Personality Traits, Obsessive-Compulsive Traits, and Optimism on Counterfactual Thinking
Zack Wilson (Mentor: Cory Inman) - Individual Differences and Stimulation Parameters in Amygdala-Mediated Memory Modulation
Zoe Wu (Mentor: Lee Raby) - Do Pregnant Women’s Electrodermal Responses to An Infant Cry Video Predict Toddlers’ Socioemotional Outcomes at 18 Months
Thea Wulff (Mentor: Lee Raby) - Intergenerational Associations Between Maternal Emotion Dysregulation and Child Outcomes, with Maternal Sensitivity as a Potential Mediator
Moth Zhang (Mentor: Jared Branch) - Correlations between memory deficits and level of schizotypy in generally healthy populations
Eric Zhuo (Mentor: Sarah Creem-Regehr) - The Influence of IPD Mismatch in a Near-Space Blind Reaching Task within Virtual Reality
Ellie Ziemer (Mentor: Larry Coats) - Reconstructing Past Environments

UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

Elisa Diaz (Mentor: CoCo James) - Edible Campus Gardens Impact and Engagement Study