Author: Annabel Brooks | Major: Political Science & Psychology | Semester: Fall 2023 I’m a senior in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences majoring in political science and psychology. I am conducting research in the department of political science under Dr....
Methanogens on Mars
Author: Allyson Edwards | Major: Biochemistry | Semester: Fall 2023 Life on other planetary bodies is a topic that’s been of interest to the scientific community and public for years now. The potential of life on Mars is something I’ve been researching under my...
Stressed Out: My Current Thoughts on My Project and Its Connection to My Future Work
Author: Wesley Vaught | Major: Biochemistry and Biology | Semester: Fall 2023 Arkansas continues to have a higher prevalence of citizens with frequent mental distress than any state in the U.S., likely due to a disproportionate number of stressors such as financial...
Nanocellulose Synthesis and Creation of Biodegradable Nanocomposites
Author: Zane Mebruer | Major: Mechanical Engineering | Semester: Fall 2023 Beginning in the Fall 2023 semester, I worked with Dr. Wan Shou of the Mechanical Engineering department on a materials science project that concerned the creation of biodegradable composites...
Assessment and Impact of a Clinical Observations and Needs Finding Service-learning Course on Biomedical Engineering Outcomes
Author: Jacquelynn Horsey | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Fall 2023 Jacquelynn Horsey is a senior biomedical engineering student, pursuing research in the field of engineering education, under Dr. Mostafa Elsaadany of the Department of Biomedical...
Walking Academic Advising Meetings
Author: Maci Angles | Major: Exercise Science | Semester: Fall 2023 My name is Maci Angles, and I am part of the College of Education and Health Professions (COEHP) as an exercise science major. My mentor for this project is Dr. Erin Kaye Howie Hickey, whose...
Preparation: The Key to Successful Research
Author: Thomas McGehee | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Fall 2023 At the end of the Spring 2023 semester, I reached out to Dr. Mostafa Elsaadany after completing his biomedical engineering course, biomechanical engineering, with an interest in pursuing...
Developing collinear and noncollinear autocorrelators for the analysis of ultrashort light pulses
Author: William Carroll | Major: Physics | Semester: Fall 2023 During the fall of 2023, I worked with my research professor Dr. Hiro Nakamura to develop collinear and noncollinear autocorrelators for the analysis of ultrashort light pulses. Ultrashort light pulses are...
Reimagining the Narrative of the Buffalo National River
Author: Thomas Medford | Major: History | Semester: Fall 2023 As the eminent scholar of Ozarks history Brooks Blevins wrote recently, “part of what historians do is tell the stories of the dispossessed, of those who didn’t or can’t tell the stories themselves.” This...
CiGNN: A Community-induced Graph Neural Network
Author: Shi Yin Hong | Major: Computer Engineering and Computer Science | Semester: Fall 2023 I am Shi Yin Hong (Computer Engineering & Computer Science -- College of Engineering). This semester, I have been working on my Graph Neural Network (GNN) project under...