2018 LU Undergraduate Research Grant Recipients
The Office of Undergraduate Research hosted a reception to celebrate undergraduate research grant recipients for the 2018-2019 academic year. Of 47 proposals submitted, 31 were selected with a total of 32 students participating in the research. Of those 31 proposals, 18 are STEM-related, and 13 are non-STEM.
President Evans addressed grant recipients stating “each of you represents the most innovative and motivated undergraduates that LU has to offer and you should be very proud of your achievements so far. By participating in undergraduate research, each of you is given a unique opportunity to grow not only academically, but personally. Through exploring your interests through this research, you will gain valuable one-on-one experience with leading members of your field of study.”
This is the sixth year of the program with a total of $430,000 awarded. The students represent all five colleges and 16 departments on campus. 33 faculty mentors will be involved in the projects to be presented in April 2019.
Grant recipients are as follows:
Name: |
Major: |
Title: |
Mentor: |
Abshier, Nathan |
Chemical Eng. |
Hyperconjugation-Assisted Ring Opening of Substituted Acyl Cyclopropanone S |
Dr. C. Martin |
Breaux, Kelli |
Social Work |
Embracing and coming out as LGBTQ. |
Ms. Loiodice |
Brooks, Kimberly |
Nursing |
Expressive Art and Stress Levels in Nursing Students: A Mixed Methods Study |
Dr. Pipkins |
Cernik, Marina |
Chemical Eng. |
"SCALABLE, ECONOMICAL OXIDATION OF GLUCOSE |
Dr. Canlas |
Davis, Arthur |
Psychology |
Shoot, Don’t Shoot: An Attempt to Investigate Bias Though Shifting Group Boundaries Behavioral Sciences |
Dr. Jeremy Shelton |
Demel, Madison |
Chemistry & Bio-Chemistry |
Computational Study of the Effect of Substituents on the [2+2] Cycloaddition of Alkylated 3(2H)-furanones |
Dr. C. Martin |
Eakin, Caitlin |
Speech & Hearing |
Voice Characteristics during face-to-face vs Telephone Conversation |
Dr. Nandhu Radhakrishnan |
Essoh, Amanda |
Chemistry & Bio-Chemistry |
Mutational Analysis of the Bacterial Protein Hfq |
Dr. Maxim Soukhodolets |
Granados, Alexis |
Finance & Economics |
Effect of Statutory and Regulatory Protection in Investment Decision in Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Venezuela |
Dr. Gevorg Sargsyan |
Haidusek, Julianne |
History |
History and Legacy of Herbicide Use during the US-Vietnam War |
Dr. R. Boone |
Hamza, Omar & Locke, Alexus |
Chemistry & Mechanical Eng. |
Development of Novel Techniques for Tissue Engineering Applications |
Dr. Ian Lian, Dr. He |
Hardin, Hope |
Speech & Hearing |
Vocal Fry: Extent of Pathology and Tolerance Among Listeners |
Dr. Nandhu Radhakrishnan |
Hill, Lillian |
English |
Biased Judges in Southeast Texas Courtrooms: Absolute Truths and Possibilities for the Future |
Dr. Jerry Bradley |
Hutson, Alek |
Physics |
The Search for Baryon Resonances – the Excited State of Protons |
Dr. Cole |
Ingram, Emily |
Chemistry & Chem Eng. |
Studying the Effects of Catalysts on Ammonia Borane-Polyethylene Oxide Composites for Hydrogen Fuel Cells |
Dr. Ozge-Sen |
Johnson, Cade |
Biology |
Culture of Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Effects of Varying Cell Culture Conditions in SKNO-1 Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Cells |
Dr. Ian Lian |
Kane, Baron |
Deaf Studies & Deaf Education |
Student Career Preparation: Interactions with the Deaf Community |
Dr. Laura Maddux |
Lovett, Zoe |
Social Work |
The Risk-Need-Responsivity Model and its Effectiveness with At-Risk Youth |
Ms. Wright |
Martin, Tyler |
Mechanical Eng. |
Structural and Mechanical Characterization of High Entropy Alloy Coatings Fabricated by Reactive RF Magnetron Sputtering |
Dr. Davami |
Mundodi, Vishal |
TALH (Liberal Arts) |
Does diversity on college campus influence student success and retention among college students? |
Dr. Pannu |
Nguyen, Nguyen |
Mechanical Eng. |
"Fabrication and Characterization of Metal-Coated Mechanical Metamaterials" |
Dr. Davami |
Nolan-Vaughns, Shadye |
Social Work |
How Children Perceive Violence |
Dr. Gummelt |
Ochoa, Emily |
Chemical Eng. |
"N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE COMPLEXES OF |
Dr. Gino Canlas |
Ooi, Zhen Wei |
Chemical Eng. |
Preparation & characterization of electrospun algal biopolymer and synthetic polymer blend nanofibers |
Dr. Clayton Jeffryes |
Petri, Burgandy |
Civil Eng. |
Energy and Nutrient Recovery from Rice husks and Bagasse |
Dr. Selvaratnam |
Quispe, Daniel |
Mechanical Eng. |
Effects of Weather Conditions on the Efficiency of Solar Cells |
Dr. C. Bahrim |
Rentas, Odalys |
Hospitality Administration |
Perceptions of Caribbean Cuisine in Texas |
Dr. Eunjin Kwon |
Rohrs, Chae |
Mechanical Eng. |
A Finite Volume Method for Modeling the Cassie-Wenzel Transition of a Droplet on a Textured Substrate |
Dr. Ping He |
Towers, Stacy |
Mechanical Eng. |
Superhydrophobic and Wear-Resistant Coating on Aluminum Substrates Using Nanoparticles |
Dr. Chun-Wei Yao |
Warwick, Paityn |
Biology |
Associations between periodontal pathogens and Alzheimer’s disease |
Dr. Vasefi |
Williams, Quintin |
Mechanical Eng. |
Mechanical Characterization of Graphene-Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanocomposites |
Dr. Davami |