Sean Dermott
Project: Considerations of Southern Interiority Mentor: Morna O’Neill, Art
Amanda Davis
Project: Not Just Child’s Play: An Analysis of Parent-Child Interactions on Playgrounds Mentor: Deborah Best, Psychology
Benjamin Cobb
Project: Hypergraph Partitioning Mentor: Grey Ballard, Computer Science
Raymond Clark
Project: Black Hole Evaporation in (3+1)D: Numerical computation of the Bogolubov coefficients for a scalar field Mentor: Paul Anderson, Physics
Brooke Christensen
Project: Determining adolescent vulnerability in nicotine use using a self-administration rodent model Mentor: Mark Ferris, Physiology and Pharmacology, WFU School of Medicine
Boyu (Joseph) Chen
Project: Deep Neural Network Based Automatic Object Recognition in Aerial-view Forest Image Dataset Mentors: V. Paul Pauca, Computer Science and Miles Silman, Biology
Robert Bradford
Project: Molecular Rectifiers in Self-Assembled Monolayers: Diodes on the Nano-scale Mentor: Oana Jurchescu, Physics and Zachary Lamport, Physics Graduate Student
Chloe Borden
Project: lntergenotypic Diversity in Rotavirus Viral Structural Proteins Mentor: Sarah McDonald, Biology
Katherine Beshears
Project: Synthesis of Isothioureas as New Proves for Protein Oxidation Mentor: S. Bruce King, Chemistry
Robyn Adelkopf
Project: Self-Efficacy and Adherence to Exercise in Older Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis Mentor: Shannon Mihalko, Health and Exercise Science
Justin Absher
Project: Aberrant Usage of the AUA Codon in Bacteria and Archaea Mentor: James Pease, Biology
Josiah Low
Project: Pursue research at the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC) by investigating the role that a particular protein known as amyloid precursor protein (APP) plays in regulation of cancer development, looking at how APP interacts both with the intrinsic mechanisms of cancer cells […]
Shicheng “Mervin” Xiong
Project: Investigate 1) how Rio has been developed into its current layout, and 2) even though Cariocas (i.e. natives of Rio de Janeiro) have different ways of living in different parts of the city, is it possible that they share commons? (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) […]
Joyce Wei
Project: Investigate which types of bike paths, categorized by degree of separation from motor traffic, get higher rates of female use in London and Amsterdam. Mentor: Gary Miller, Health & Exercise Science
Abby Trombley
Project: Compare two case studies of small towns that requested Syrian refugees to be settled there – Rutland, Vermont and Altena, Germany. Mentor: Sarah Lischer, Politics and International Affairs
Katherine Super
Project: Conduct a comparative study of the mining sectors in Chile and Peru, with a focus on labor and environmental conflicts that arise in response to formal and informal mining projects. (Chile and Peru) Mentor: Hassan Akram, Southern Cone Program – Chile
Wubetu Shimelash
Project: Create a documentary film that will explore why coffee and the coffee ceremony is so important for Ethiopians from an economic and cultural standpoint and the impact the coffee ceremony has on the social interactions of the community. (“THE POWER OF ETHIOPIAN COFFEE”) (Ethiopia_ […]
Tyler Sar
Project: Learn about and experience traditional Cambodian music first-hand. (Phnom Penh, Cambodia) Mentor Elizabeth Clendinning, Music
Asia Parker
Project: Study how Aboriginal artwork is portrayed as an expression of social values, concerns, modernization and Australian national identity through museological studies and historical research. (Melbourne, Australia) Mentor: Andrew Gurstelle, Anthropology
Thomas Nash
Project: Examine the economic impacts and effectiveness of recent efforts to integrate traditional Maori medical practices into the Westernized healthcare system of New Zealand. (Auckland, New Zealand) Mentor: Christina Dalton, Economics