2024 Undergraduate Research Week Poster Competition
April 16, 2024
STEM Category
1st Place
Hamza Patwa
A Study of Measurement Using Open Quantum Systems
1st Place
Nisabella Karais
The Inhibiting Affects of Medicinal Honey on Biofilm Formation
2nd Place
Athena Santi
Stimulation of Neurons Through a Chemomagnetic Approach
Using the Neurotransmitter Capsaicin
3rd Place
Adyasha Aruk
Assessing the Pathogenic Role of Alzheimer’s Disease Genetic Risk Factor
APOE4 in 3D Cortical Organoids
3rd Place
Kimberly Garcia
Exploring the Role of General Amino Acid Permeases in Mediating Candida albicans Sensitivity to the Calcineurin Inhibitor Drug FK506
Honorable Mention
Temiyemi Adewumi
Protecting Beef Meat From Lipid Oxidation using the Power of Texas Honeys
Non-STEM Category
1st Place
Erik Skogsberg-De La O
Trait Anxiety and Hierarchical Perception: A SystemsFactorial Technology Approach
2nd Place
Michelle Nguyen
The Role of Cultural Identities with Colorblind and Racist Attitudes
2nd Place
Stacy Carrizales
Cultivating Research Culture: Identifying Marketing Strategies to promote Undergraduate Research Programs at Hispanic Serving Institutions
3rd Place
Ricky Pagnozzi II
Associations Between Family Processes and College Students’ Well-Being and Academic Success
3rd Place
Arianna Morales-Garza
Empowering Youth: Unveiling the Impact of School-based Sexual Health Education on Student Wellness
Honorable Mention
John P. Bucu, Aliyyah Busari, Efrain Garza Michael Kressback
Office Space and Shift Optimization:
An Integer Programming Approach to Hybrid Work Allocation
2024 Undergraduate Research Week People’s Choice
Poster Award Winner
April 16, 2024
Diego Valdes Cavazos
Hetero-Nanostructured Composites and Their Photocatalytic Degradation of Dyes
2024 Undergraduate Research Week Oral Competition – April 17, 2024
1st Place
Alec Solis
Assay Optimization to Characterize C. difficile Biofilms
1st Place
Ryan Dennett
Synthesis and Modification of Charged Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) to Enhance Surface Protein Interactions
2nd Place
Gabriela Mariano, Yen-Wen Gaines, Nolan Villa, Andrew Estrada, Chris Winans
Maximizing Workspace Efficiency:
Innovations for Peak Productivity and Performance Enhancement
3rd Place
Elizabeth Corrin Salesky
Addicted to Hell - Diphenhydramine Abuse
2024 Undergraduate Research Week 2-Min Creative Video Competition –
April 17, 2024
Best in Show:
Integrative Biology CURE Microbial Diversity and Antibiotic Discovery by Lisa Yang, Angel Thomas, Belize Garcia, Donna Degen
2024 Undergraduate Research Week 3-Minute Competition – April 18, 2024
1st Place
North Awad
Recording the Neurons of Drug Infused Crickets
2nd Place
Elizabeth Corrin Salesky
Addicted to Hell - Diphenhydramine Abuse
2nd Place
North Awad
Antidepressant Induced Sexual Dysfunction: The detrimental impact on quality of life
3rd Place
Emily Perez
The Great Canadian Migration
2024 Undergraduate Research Week Faculty Mentor Award – April 19, 2024
Donna Degen
College of Science – Integrative Biology
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