A90 - A View Backstage: The Debut of JimmyPG and the Mystery Phage
A bacteriophage (or phage, for short) is a virus that infects and kills bacteria.
Isabelle Reitz • Charlotte DeLong • Michelle Arevalo Mira • Nishka Avunoori • Allie Day • Emily Ganz
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B02 - Buffering Effects of Social Support Networks on Asexual Individuals’ Well-Being
Hypothesis: Having more close relationships with individuals who are aware and validating of the asexual individual's identity will increase well-being.
Lauren Combs
B03 - Impact of Parental Bonding and Perceived Childhood Stress on Common Cold Susceptibility
How do childhood stress and parental bonding impact common cold susceptibility as an adult?
Lillian Shelley
B04 - How adoption stories affect perceptions of their identity
Based on qualitative interviews, this study posed the question of how adoption stories affect adoptees’ perception of identity. For the purposes of this study, the adoption story is defined a...
Ann Bixel
B05 - The political, social, and economic impacts of Jangmadangs in Modern North Korean
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Christine Emanuelli
B06 - Exploration of Tryptophan Modifying Enzymes: An Expansion of Nonnatural Psilocybin Derivatives
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Felicia Guagliardo
B07 - Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 Envelope Protein Structure and Insights into Therapeutic Potential
The envelope protein from SARS-CoV-2 (E) is a single pass transmembrane protein which accumulates in the endoplasmic reticulum golgi intermediate compartment in host cells, where it acts as a virop...
Luke Wardrip
B08 - Investigation of Methyltransferase Mutants for Baeocystin Production
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Alexa Wiwi
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Niya Fried
B10 - Impact of Heavy Metals on Ammonia Oxidizing Bacterial Growth
Ammonia oxidizer refers to any organism that is able to use ammonia as their energy source. There are 3 different groups of ammonia oxidizers: ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) ammonia oxidizing arc...
Jack Guion
Nitrification, a critical process in the nitrogen cycle, involves the microbial conversion of ammonia to nitrate, primarily carried out by ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA), ammonia- oxidizing bacter...
Ty Spelta • Matt E. Weaver Jr. • Sabita Ghimire-Kafle • Anai Johnson
Many bird populations are in decline, and one contributing factor is climate change. Shifts in climate can affect the timing of bird migration and breeding, as well as the nest temperatures experie...
Allison Helferich
B13 - The Cost of Hunger: The Intersection of Poverty, Nutrition, and Policy
Food insecurity in the United States is a growing crisis impacting over 47 million individuals annually—more than 1 in 7 households.
Nathan Rush
B14A - Crisis in Emergency Care: Intersection of Latino Health Disparities and Overcrowding
Emergency department (ED) overcrowding has emerged as a significant global health concern, placing immense strain on healthcare systems, increasing patient wait times, and reducing the overall qual...
William Teeters
B14B - Game-Based Learning in Global Health: Bridging Knowledge Gaps through Play
Gamification enhances learner engagement and motivation by integrating game mechanics such as rewards, challenges, and immediate feedback into educational content.
Isabel Duaso • William Teeters • Aodan Kirk
B15 - Structural Dynamics of Thylakoid TAT Component Hcf106
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Emily Hollingsworth
B16 - Dynamic Polymer Networks: Carbodiimide Fuel Chemistry for Tunable Material Properties
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Sophia Costantino
B17 - Cloud Point Extraction for the Determination of Manganese by Cathodic Stripping Voltammetry
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Kendra Cassiday
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John Moore
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Brody Morris
Addressing the inaccessibility of and spatial, temporal, and taxonomic biases within georeferenced biodiversity records by building a framework for a user-friendly interactive application that aggr...
Lauren Lagemann
B21 - What lies beneath? Hyporheic invertebrate community structure in southwestern Ohio streams
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Sarah McKillop
B22 - Plant plasticity in reproductive allocation in response to mate and herbivore environment
Plants must allocate a limited amount of resources among growth, reproduction, and defense.
Emily Dudaitis
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Chloe Fielder
B26 - Decoding YouTube: Evaluating Adherence to Multimedia Principles in Redox Chemistry Videos
YouTube videos are used by chemistry students as learning tools; however, little is known about how design features can constrain or promote learning.
Hannah Prater
B27 - Development of Audio Haptic Interfaces for Realistic Virtual Reality Experiences
In recent years, virtual reality (VR) has become increasingly prominent in fields such as gaming, education, healthcare, and entertainment.
Joshua Koo
B28 - From Victorian Britain to Modern America: Eugenics, Marriage Laws, and Women’s Rights Compared
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Briana Collins
B29 - Major Decisions - What Drives Your Choice?
Is it outdated to have students pick their college major before attending college?
Audrey Bird
While both the anthropological link between witchcraft and gender, and the historical significance of witchcraft in the early modern period in Europe have been studied extensively, little research ...
Josie Cruzan
This study examines how within-community weight discrimination contributes to disordered eating among higher-weight LGB individuals, finding that symptoms of depression and anxiety partially mediat...
Emily Martin
B33 - The Effects of Atrazine on Zebrafish development
Atrazine is one of the most commonly used herbicides in the United States and is frequently found in freshwater ecosystems due to agricultural runoff.
Hailey Thompson
B34 - Optimization of 3D Printed Prosthetic Hands
Globally, thousands of individuals lose limbs and struggle to access affordable, effective, and reliable prosthetics.
Timothy Archibald
Throughout history, humans have used music to tell stories, commemorate events, and preserve cultural memory.
Mackenzie Randol
Antibiotic resistance is one of the most urgent public health crises worldwide. As bacterial pathogens develop resistance to existing antibiotics, fewer treatment options remain available for curin...
Anna Wolf
B37 - Retina Regeneration in the Spanish Newt
This research aims to answer: How long does it take for the retina to fully regenerate? At what points in the regeneration process are cells proliferating and reprograming?
Bridgett Kelly
B39 - Hunting Down Forever Chemicals: CRISPR-Cas12a for Enhanced PFAS Detection
Developing a low-cost, field-deployable sensor for detecting hazardous PFAS in water using programmable DNA aptamer sensors and CRISPR-Cas12a.
Brynley Platt
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Elizabeth Noonan
B42 - Stylish Suffrage - the Complicated, Fashionable, and Sometimes Misunderstood WSPU
The Women's Social and Political Union was one of the spearheads of the Women's Suffrage Movement and harnessed their power through fashion and accessories, as well as the media.
Hunter Schisler
Cyanobacteria overgrowth can lead to cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs), which are expected to increase in frequency and intensity in midwest reservoirs on account of the worsening eff...
Katy Rusche
How do cyanobacteria recruitment rates vary spatially and temporally from the sediments of a hypereutrophic reservoir?
Preston Lawson
Both macroplastics and microplastics are widely recognized problems in marine environments globally. The volume of plastics in marine ecosystems is a growing number and issue.
Marlo Baker
B46 - Exploring Genetic Mutations Leading to Myopia Development in Zebrafish Models
This project aims to create a myopic zebrafish model.
Patience Moss
B47 - Women, Fantasy, and Wish Fulfillment in Media
Western genies are distinct from the Middle-Eastern jinn they originated from, and can be characterized by three key traits: they are magical beings bound to objects who grant wishes (Peterson 2003).
Percy Robb
B49 - The Impact of Psilocybin on Vitreous Induced Inflammation in Lens Epithelial Explants
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Jeffery Fletcher
B50 - RCAS-FOXE3 Injections in Chicken Eye at Stage 10 Embryo
This project explores the role of FOXE3 in eye development, focusing on its potential influence on cell fate decisions.
Maura Newhouse
B51 - Are Body Temperature and Circadian Rhythms Maintained in Wintering Mammals?
Our lab is establishing cold-exposure as a model system for studying cardiac hypertrophy and it is necessary to investigate how well mice maintain body temperatures when exposed to ecologically rel...
Jess Guilfoyle
Macrophages, immune cells derived from white blood cells, are essential for combating disease.
Aaron Honabarger
B53 -Sex or Clones? How Lesser Celandine Spreads the Love
The Question: How does lesser celandine portion resources between sexual/asexual reproduction?
Emma Jeffers
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Zachary Green
B55 - Efficacy of BAIT-628 in MDR Prostate Cancer Cell in-vivo
The Mancini Research Lab is focused on synthesizing immunotherapeutic glycoconjugates, polymers and determining the in vitro and in-vivo efficacy of these drugs.
Isabelle Ubelhart
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Noah Emmert
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the three species that were originally delimited based on morphological differences are supported using molecular data.
Madison Rath
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Valentina Santiago
B61 - Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Digital Marketing Strategy Report
This senior capstone project presents a comprehensive case study of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s (CSO) digital marketing initiatives, with a focus on evaluating and enhancing their str...
Grace Mattina
B63 - Exploring the Impact of Generative AI on Learning to Code in a US College
Generative AI is increasingly integrated into programming education, providing real-time feedback and personalized guidance for novice programmers.
Liam McGuckin
What can the species abundances and ages of the freshwater mussel shells tell us about the mussel population in the Ohio River through time?
Lillian Champagne
B65 - Decoding Dissosteira: Genetic and Morphological Analysis of Species Boundaries
We hypothesized that D. carolina, D. longipennis, D. pictipennis, and D. spurcata exhibit significant genetic divergence in the COII mitochondrial gene and morphological characteristics that suppor...
Emma Fischels
B66 - Remote Sensing Defined Stratigraphic Thicknesses: San Rafael Swell, Utah
Determining the thickness of sedimentary strata has traditionally been accomplished by stratigraphic section measuring in the field. With the widespread availability of satellite imagery and LiDAR-...
Charlie Johnstone
B67 - The Lack of Effect a High Protein Diet has on Pholcus phalangioides Web Mass
Spider webs allow for optimal foraging, Protein increases the quality of silk, Pholcus phalangioides relies on web for food, Predator performance of spiders improves with high-protein diet. Hypothe...
Kailee Conradi Sally Jones
B68 - The Effect of Gender Stereotypes on Student Leadership Specific to Miami University
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Princess Bonsu • Layla Cato • Yakira Wolin
B69 - Sensor-Based Parameters for Cup Flow from Robotic Studies
The goal of developing the transitional cup is to assist populations who experience dysphagia, or difficulty swallowing, while drinking liquids.
Jillian Flinta • Charlotte Cutright • Audrey Wendtland • Ava Kahlig
Proportion of students who seemed to use heuristics when providing largely incorrect reasons for their answers: Over half
Maya Stonestreet
B71 - Population Dynamics for Trophic Biomass Pyramid
Invasive species that do not rely on ecosystem gaps are poorly understood, yet they pose serious threats to ecosystem health.
Selini Ranatunga • Jania Jackson
B73 - Rhizobia and Mycellium: Under the Soil
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Maddie Miner • Laura Flight • Cole Ginocchio
B74 - Comparing Spectral Phasor Analysis and Spectral Deconvolution in Autofluorescence Spectroscopy
Spectral phasor analysis and steady state and lifetime decay of spectral deconvolution, two different mathematical approaches for analyzing autofluorescence detections in many biological pathways a...
Miah King
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Haley Boyer • Emma DaHinden • Giana Camrata
B76 - Land use impacts of microbial communities in coastal West Viginia Lake
Microorganisms impact nutrient cycling, organic matter decomposition, and water quality.
Tanaya Bhatkar
B77 - Bacterial Detection with Patterned-based DNAzyme Biosensors
Can a fluorescence-based DNAzyme array differentiate bacterial species based on distinct pattern-based responses to bacterial lysates?
Theodora Stefan
B78 - Upregulation of Obesity-Related Genes in Cellular Reprogrammed BAT-like Cells
Over one-half of the global population is expected to be obese by 2030 [1]. Obesity is a physically and psychologically debilitating cycle that is positively correlated with depression symptoms and...
Aiden Atkinson • Micah Schuster
B79 - Is the Level of Vitamin D in Children, Aged 6-17, Proportional to Their Frequency of Exercise?
Although much of the current literature has provided many links to vitamin D deficiency in children, like having a dark complexion, living at a higher latitude, and being lactose intolerant, it has...
Emily Davis • Ella Boate
B80 - Genetic Susceptibility of Lyme Disease in White-Footed Mice in Northern Michigan
Are there genetic markers that make mice more susceptible to Lyme disease?
Allie Mangan • Ally Gitler
B81 - Tracking the Progression of Lyme Disease in Lower Michigan
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Ibrahim Barakat
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