2024-2025 Undergraduate Research Scholars

Nathaniel Allyn (Boon-Chai Ng, Engineering), Evaluation of 3-D printed tensile test specimens with added filters. Summer 2024, Fall 2024

Aiko Ayala Rios (Karin Thompson, Music), Moritz Moszkowski’s Piano Concerto Op. 59 – New Program Notes: Modern Perspectives on an Undervalued Classical Piece. Fall 2024, Spring 2025

Annie Cao (Desmond Murray, Chemistry), Lime Juice – Baking Soda Catalyzed Synthesis of Rare Azooxime Dyes. Summer 2024

Eunseo Cho (Rob Zdor, Biology), Effect of Mustard Seed Meal (MSM) & Corn Gluten Meal (CGM) on Culturable Populations of Bacteria in Field Soil. Fall 2024, Spring 2025

Francine Drysdale-Brown (Hyun Kwon, Engineering), VAE data generation for ethanol batch fermentation. Summer 2024

Melani Dubon (Oysten Labianca, Social & Behavioral Sciences), Digitization of Hisban Ethnography Records. Spring 2025

Alexandria Dunham (Kristen Witzel, Social & Behavioral Sciences), Campus accessibility and ways in which this area of campus life can be improved. Fall 2024, Spring 2025

Millie Erazo (Stacie Hatfield, Social & Behavioral Sciences), Stigma towards therapy as an effective tool for traumatic healing among Hispanics. Spring 2025

Jonathan Gomide (Davide Sciarabba, Religion), God with Them: The Active Godhead in the Theologies of Hut, Denck and Schlaffer. Fall 2024, Spring 2025

Daena Holbrook (Noon-Chai Ng, Engineering), Studies of a water jet cutter surface texture and flatness versus rate of cutting speed. Fall 2024

George Isaac (Daniel Gonzalez-Sololoske, Biology), Non-native Freshwater Turtles in Puerto Rico. Fall 2024, Spring 2025

Anders Jeronimo (Peter Lyons, Biology), Rethinking Protein Folding Mechanisms: Prodomain Independence in the Metallocarboxypeptidase Family. Spring 2025

Jacob Kim (Tom Goodwin, Biology), Corrosion of fossil squirrel teeth from a fossil locality in southwest Kansas. Spring 2025
Yoel Kim (Sable Canales, Physics), Revamping Physics 107 content by starting with Newtonian Physics. Spring 2025
Audrey Lim (Monique Pittman, English), South Korean Cultural Exports as a Soft Power Tool: Influencing Fiske’s Warmth-Competence Perceptions Among Diaspora Immigrants. Spring 2025
Kelvin Lim (Brendan Cross, Physics). Developing Open Source Tools for simple analysis of fMRI time-series data. Spring 2025
Carlos Lugo (Marianne Kordas, Music), Towards a theological understanding of Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier. Summer 2023, Spring 2024, Summer 2024
Guichard Manigat (Ackley Will, Computing), Detecting and Classifying Brain tumors Using Deep Learning. Spring 2025
Reagan McCain (Sonia Badenas, International Languages), Memory of the Malvinas War: Comparing Political Rhetoric of the Recent Argentinian Presidential Administrations. Fall 2024, Spring 2025
Nathaniel Miller (Monique Pittman, English), Hegemonic Masculinity and Coolness in 10 Things I Hate About You. Spring 2025
Chris Ngugi (Stacie Hatfield, Social & Behavioral Sciences), How queer identity shapes relationships with one’s God. Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025
Alex Nwanganga (Ackley Will, Computing), The effects of Valproyl on inositol level in Bipolar Disorder Cell lines. Spring 2025
Katherine Pierre (Marlene Murray, Biology), The effects of omega-3-fatty acids on intracellular inositol levels in bipolar disorder cell lines. Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
Anna Rybachek (Tom Goodwin, Biology), History and Paleobiology of the Prillwitz Mammoth. Summer 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025
Jamie Shepard (Anthony Bosman, Mathematics), Mathematical Properties of the Snake Cube Puzzle. Spring 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Summer 2024
Davielle Smith (Max Keller, Music), The Uniform Triadic Transformation and Bela Bartok’s Nine Little Piano Pieces. Spring 2024, Summer 2024
Davielle Smith (Glynnis Bradfield, Education), Researching the retention and persistence of non-traditional students completing undergraduate degrees through Andrews University. Fall 2024
Amelia Stefanescu (Sonia Badenas, International Languages), The Sacred and the Supernatural: Christianity and Pagan Folklore in the Grimms’ Briar Rose. Fall 2024, Spring 2025
Jordan Syto (Tom Goodwin, Biology), Paleoecology and taphonomy of fossil ground squirrels from the early Pleistocene of Kansas: evidence from tooth wear and corrosion. Fall 2024
Salanah Vaughan (Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske), Characterization of mating behavior in wild Tucuxi’s (Sotalia fluviatilis). Spring 2025
Shania Watts (Marianne Kordas, Music), Avenues of Influence: The Significance of Women’s Music Clubs in the Careers of Florence Price and Blythe Owen. Summer 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Summer 2024
Jaden Wee (Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske), Behavioral analyses of the freshwater dolphin Tucuxi’s (Sotalia fluviatilis) reproductive mannerisms. Fall 2024, Spring 2025
Hailey Wilson (Melissa Ponce-Rodas, Social & Behavioral Sciences), Academic Support and Performance in Athletes. Spring 2025
Yeyoun Yu (Marlene Murray, Biology), The effects of cortisol on intracellular myo-inositol in Lymphoblasts. Fall 2024, Spring 2025