Sample Past Student Presentations

Gordon-Brett Burrowes
Institution: Morehouse College
Faculty Mentor: Wei Lu, Mechanical Engineering
Presentation Title: Parallel Computing for Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles
Michelle Hartzog
Institution: California State University-Northridge
Faculty Mentor: David Harding, Sociology
Presentation Title: Do Female Parolees Have the Advantage? Characteristics of Michigan Parolee’s and Community Reentry
Charity Haynes
Institution: Delaware State University
Faculty Mentor: Nils G. Walter, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Presentation Title: Single Molecule Detection of Biomedically Relevant Non-Coding RNAs
Brittany Jackson
Institution: University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Faculty Mentor: Laura Kohn-Wood, Psychology
Presentation Title: Religious Coping Strategies, Depressive Symptoms and Race
Derek Mendez
Institution: University of Texas-San Antonio
Faculty Mentor: Heather Carlson, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry
Presentation Title: Backbone Flexibility in Protein-Ligand Complexes
Ulochi Nwagwu
Institution: University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign
Faculty Mentor: Betsy Lozoff, Center for Human Growth and Development
Presentation Title: Iron Deficiency Anemia and Infant and Maternal Feeding Behavior
Nayra Rodriguez-Soto
Institution: University of Puerto Rico-Rio Pedras
Faculty Mentor: Patricia Gurin, Psychology
Presentation Title: Multi-University Evaluation of the Educational Benefits of Intergroup Dialogue
Felicia Tawah
Institution: Grambling State University
Faculty Mentor: Matthew Wishart, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Presentation Title: Roles for STYX in MAPK Signaling and Nuclear Transport during Germ Cell Maturation