This year marks the 12th year of the Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium
from the
Office of Undergraduate Research, and Honors is proud to have 15 students presenting
this year.
Check out all of the presentations at the Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium here. Presentations became open to the public on Thursday, July 23 beginning at 11 a.m. Presentation judging was from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Want to engage with the presenters? Synchronous commenting (where you can ask your questions) will occur from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Honors College participants are:
- Abednego Abdi**- mechanical & aerospace engineering major, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, "Investigating the Grain Boundaries of a Doped Ceria Solution from a Model," poster presentation here.
- Jackie Arnold* - chemical engineering major, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, "Enzyme Immobilization within a Hyaluronic Acid Matrix for Synthetic Applications," oral presentation here.
- Marryn Bennett** - biology major, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, "Characterizing the Post-Synaptic Partners of Ascending Histaminergic Neurons in Drosophila melanogaster," oral presentation here.
- Kelcie Britton** - immunology and medical microbiology major, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, "Functional and Genetic Analysis of an Esterase Gene Involved in Synthesis of Ergot Alkaloids," oral presentation here.
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Isabella Camerlin** - psychology major, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, "Parental Distress Tolerance and Adolescent Anxiety: The Mediating Effect of Adolescent Distress Tolerance," poster presentation here.
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Abigail Clasgens* - wildlife & fisheries major, Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, "Urban Development Impacts on Aquatic Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community in a Mixed-Land-Use Watershed," poster presentation here.
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Adam Craig** - international studies and business majors, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, "Food Cooperatives in the Development of the West Virginia Food System," oral presentation here.
- Seth Fields* - agroecology major, Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, "Assessing Soil Health Differences Between Organic Production Systems," poster presentation here.
- Michael Howley** - mechanical & aerospace engineering major, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, "Optimal Placement of Vicon Motion Capture Markers to Maximize Asymmetry on Three-Dimensional Bodies," poster presentation here.
- Alia King* - anthropology and women's and gender studies majors, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, "Assessing Risk Factors of Sexual Assault Victimization on College Campuses by Race and Ethnicity," poster presentation here.
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Melina McCabe* - biomedical engineering major, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, "Differences in Stepping Characteristics When Walking with Additional Task and Cognitive Demands," poster presentation here.
- Griffin Nordstrom** - sculpture and art history majors, College of Creative Arts, "West Virginia Folk Art and History Reimagined from a Contemporary Standpoint," oral presentation here.
- Melanie Quick**^ - psychology major, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, "Adolescent Girls’ Political Efficacy: Changes Across Time," poster presentation here.
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Tristan Sanders^ - biochemistry major, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, "Narrow Bandwidths of Light alter a Plant’s Secondary Metabolism," oral presentation here.
- Karsyn Wagner** - international studies major, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, "Trump, Twitter, and Trade: Does Language Choice Reflect Trump’s Hegemonic Masculinity?" poster presentation here.
*Currently in the Honors Foundations Program
**Completed the Honors Foundations Program
^Currently in the Honors EXCEL Program