2022-2023 Undergraduate Research Scholars

 • Zachery Adema (Boon-Chai Ng, Engineering), Surgical Video Recording System. Spring 2023

Aiko Ayala Rios (Marianne Kordas, James White Library), Women Composers in Bolivia’s Academic Music Literature: recompilation, analysis, and solutions for a better representation. Fall 2022, Spring 2023

Elizabeth Borton (Kari Friestad, Art), A Journey of Faith: Iconography as an expression of personal spirituality. Spring 2022, Summer 2022

Alaina Burghardt (Pedro Navia, International Languages), Documentary Film: “Berrien Spring: A New Stranger in Town”. Fall 2022, Spring 2023

Lily Burke (Oystein LaBianca, Behavioral Sciences), Developing an Informational Booklet for Visitors to Tall Hisban, biblical Heshbon, in Jordan. Spring 2023

Wesley Chan (Padma Tadi Uppala, Population Health, Nutrition & Wellness), A new weight loss treatment through browning-induced-thermogenesis. Fall 2022, Spring 2023

Sam Clough (Brendan Cross, Physics), Conductivity of MEPA-MOCVD grown InN and other group-III Nitrides. Fall 2022

Irina Gagiu (Kristen Witzel, Behavioral Sciences), Racial Equity in the Berrien County Criminal Legal System: An Examination of Justice. Summer 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023

Devin Garcia (Yun Myung Oh, Mathematics), Some characterizations of Involute and evolute curve of rectifying curves in Euclidean and Minkowski 3-space. Fall 2022

Alexander Hess (Vanessa Corredera, English), “If we’re gonna heal, let it be glorious”: Racism, Patriarchy, and Heteronormativity in Beyoncé’s Lemonade album. Spring 2023

Colton Hodges (Oystein LaBianca, Behavioral Sciences), Madaba Plains Project Data Lake. Summer 2022

Shelby Huse (Gretchen Krivak, Population Health, Nutrition & Wellness), Improving the Mental Health and Emotional Well-being of College Students through a Lifestyle Medicine Approach. Summer 2022

Anthony Isensee (Bill Wolfer, Computing), Developing Data-Driven Software to Aid Individuals in Identifying, Creating, and Achieving Meaningful Goals. Spring 2023

Anthony Kang (Tom Goodwin, Biology), Simulating the acid corrosion of tooth enamel caused by different animal predators, using different acidic solutions and observing the effects using scanning electron microscopy. Spring 2022, Spring 2023

Ashley Kim (Marlene Murray, Biology), Determine the Effect of Valproyl Caffeine Acylals on Myo-Inositol and its biosynthetic genes in bipolar disorder cells lines. Spring 2022, Fall 2022

Rael Kim (Desmond Murray, Chemistry), Synthesis of Hybrid Temozolomide (TMZ) as Potential Anti-glioblastoma Agent: Synthesis of TMZ Imides via T3P Reagent. Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023

Isabella Koh (Monique Pittman, English), Redefining Representation: Interrogating Race in Dominic Cooke’s The Hollow Crown: Richard III. Fall 2022

Noelle Koliadko (Joon Kang, Mathematics), Proper growth conditions for survivals of cooperating multiple species of animals. Fall 2022, Spring 2023

Samuel Namkung (Duane McBride, Behavioral Sciences), Trends in initiation of Substance Use among Andrews Students. Spring 2023

Gloria Oh (Daniel Gonzalez, Biology), Utilizing Citizen Science to improve our knowledge of marine mammals in the Bay Islands, Honduras. Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023

Jheanna Rattray (Stacie Hatfield, Behavioral Sciences), Ideological tensions: LGBTQ student experiences and institutional policy on Christian college campuses. Spring 2023

Jamie Shepard (Anthony Bosman, Mathematics), Mathematical Properties of the Snake Cube Puzzle. Spring 2023

Zoe Shiu (Karl Bailey, Behavioral Sciences), Perfectionism and Self-Compassion on Burnout in Music Majors. Fall 2022, Spring 2023

Amelia Stefanescu (Sonia Badenas, International Languages), Maleficent (2014), the Glorification of Evil in Modern Portrayals of Fairytales. Spring 2023

Grant Steinweg (Max Keller, Music), Invitation: A Creative Project in Composition and Performance. Fall 2022

Christina Stowell (Duane McBride, Behavioral Sciences), Because it’s who I am: A network analysis of persistence and personality. Fall 2022, Spring 2023

Jordan Syto (Tom Goodwin, Biology), Paleoecology and taphonomy of Ictidomys meadensis from the early Pleistocene of Kansas: evidence from tooth wear and corrosion. Spring 2023

Enlai Wang (Marlene Murray, Biology), Determine the Effects of Valproyl Purine Amides on Bipolar Disorder Cell Lines. Spring 2022, Spring 2023

William Yoong (Hyun Kwon, Engineering), Machine learning application in State of Health estimation of Lithium ion battery / Fermentation data analysis for soft sensor development. Summer 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023

Robert Zhang (Melissa Ponce-Rodas, Behavioral Sciences), Exploring the Relationship between Religiosity and Domestic Violence Awareness. Spring 2023

Konstantin Zubkov (Peter Lyons, Biology), The effect of folate hydrolase inhibitors on the activity of carboxypeptidase O. Spring 2023