Author: Erika Shirer | Major: Animal Science | Semester: Spring 2025 In January of 2023, I began an undergraduate research project in the Animal Science Department under Dr. Charles Maxwell and Dr. Tsungcheng Tsai. Our overall goal was to examine whether dietary fiber...
Author: Gaven Smart | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Fall 2024 Over the course of the Fall 2024 semester, I’ve had the pleasure of working with Dr. Muldoon on my honors thesis project funded by a Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) grant. The...
Author: Caroline Stewart | Major: Communication Sciences and Disorders | Semester: Fall 2024 As a SURF grant recipient and an honors student in the Communication Disorders program, I had the incredible opportunity to research language skills of children who are Deaf...
Author: Kailee Aston | Major: Public Helath | Semester: Fall 2024 Lumbopelvic posture and coordination during walking between those who do and do not develop prolonged standing induced low back pain My name is Kailee Aston, and I am in the College of Education and...
Author: Sterling Thomas | Major: Public Health | Semester: Spring 2024 I am incredibly thankful for the opportunity to introduce myself as the recipient of the Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship SURF grant. My name is Sterling Thomas, and I am an Incoming...
Author: Rachel Baltz | Major: Biology | Semester: Spring 2024 My name is Rachel Baltz and I am a graduate of the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. I have an Honors Biology degree in the Pre-Optometry track, as well as being awarded Magna Cum Laude. My...
Author: Abbie Brien | Majors: Psychology, Biology | Semester: Spring 2024 My name is Abbie Brien, and I am a junior Psychology and Biology Major. I joined Dr. Makhanova’s lab as a research assistant in Spring of 2023. I study the social psychology behind hormonal...
Author: Melih Karabacak | Major: Biology | Semester: Spring 2024 My name is Melih Karabacak and I am in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. I am currently a Biology major with a Chemistry minor, and I am conducting research under my mentor Dr. Jeannine Durdik...
Author: Macy James | Major: Music Performance | Semester: Spring 2024 I have been studying horn performance with Dr. Katelyn J. Halbert in the music department since the beginning of my Freshman year, and since that time, both through her past research and my lived...
Author: Emma Paulus | Major: Mechanical Engineering | Semester: Spring 2024 During the spring 2024 grant term, I worked alongside my mentor, David Paulus, to investigate how expectation can influence the perception of pain. Our primary goal was to determine if verbal...