An outreach event focusing on paleontology for K-3 level students was held to establish interest in local geology and fossils and foster engagement and curiosity.
Abigail Evans
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C02 -Long-Term Dynamics of Larval Bluwgill Abundance and Size in a Eutrophic Reservoir
Shifts in environmental conditions can impact fish distributions, phenology, community composition, and population abundance.
Anna Maki
C03 - Making Ourselves, Making Westwood: An Urban Neighborhood Revitalization & Community Project
In historically-disinvested communities where neighborhoods are most often in need of revitalization, understanding communal trauma and social isolation are crucial to the health of a CBNR project ...
Abijah Bing
C04 - Tuning Mechanical and Self-Healing Properties Using Multivalent Crosslinking
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Alexis Smith
C05 - Lip Sensory Neurons Activate Swallowing and Pause Chewing in the Crab Cancer borealis
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Amber Colegrove
It is well known that physical inactivity has a negative effect on health, partcularly that of the muscles.
Amritesh Bali
Based on qualitative interviews, this study posed the question of how adoption stories affect adoptees’ perception of identity.
Ann Bixel
C08 - Meta-Beliefs and Emotion Regulation: Exploring Beliefs About Effectiveness, Effort, and Health
Everyone utilizes emotion regulation techniques, both consciously and subconsciously.
Lindsay Lehman • Carla Ramos • Anna Sekeres
Antibiotic resistance is an urgent global public health crisis, projected to cause about 50 million annual fatalities by 2050.
Anna Wolf
C10 - Protein Transport in Cyanobacteria
Cyanobacteria are model organisms to study protein sorting and transport because of the presence of both the thylakoid and plasma membranes.
Mike Majovsky • Anya Baumann • Maya Nair
C11 - Evaluating Redox YouTube Videos Through Representation and Multimedia Theory
YouTube has become an increasingly common learning resource for students studying chemistry. Research shows that approximately 75% of students use YouTube to learn chemistry (Cherif, Siuda, Movahed...
Arden Fry
Birds in North America have been facing a decline in their populations (Rosenburg et al., 2019).
Ava Matas
C13 - Associations Between Nest Characteristics and Avian Blood Parasite Prevalence and Diversity
Avian malaria, caused by genera such as Plasmodium, Haemoproteus, and Leucocytozoon, is an important contributor to bird population declines alongside other environmental stressors.
Ben Wudke
C14 - Telling the Tale-a of Phages NyleyClemson and Phaila
A bacteriophage (or phage, for short) is a virus that infects and kills bacteria.
Garrett Roese • Nathan Dover • Luke Lombard • Addie Danner • Jenna Rountree • Marissa Walker • Rogue Carruthers • Sophie Renda • Morgan Britton • Katie Cameron • Taylor Porter • Olivia Willcoxon • Charlotte DeLong • Hayden Gillig • Taryn Midtibo • Kai Ironstack • Katelyn Mould • Jin Hudson
C15 - Polyphylla Genus of North America
In this study, samples of Polyphylla decemlineata, Polyphylla hamadai, and Polyphylla diffracta were collected and analyzed to evaluate their phylogenetic relationships using genetic data.
Max Meisner • Kelly Cooley • John Dugan • Connor Friday
C16 - Modeling Fabry Disease in C. elegans
Modeling Fabry in C. elegans is important in furthering the current understanding of lysosomal dysfunction, as well as Fabry disease itself.
Daniel Fisher
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Danish Malik
C18 - Do Mothers and Fathers of Autistic Children Differ in Their Play Strategies?
Children with autism have difficulty engaging in episodes of joint attention and social interactions, which are essential for language development.
Mary Mangan • Cara Hadland • Scarlett Studebaker • Shannon Whitlock • Dasha Sekulich
The availability and relative abundance of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in lake ecosystems can have a high degree of seasonal variability, which can influence the nutrient limitation dynamics of...
Eden Waters-Carpenter
C20 - Investigating the neural circuitry of learned safety expression in rats
The prevalence of clinical conditions rooted in anxiety and trauma, such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), underscores the need for better understanding of the neural mechanisms involved wit...
Elayna Foor
Approximately 30% of adults worldwide do not meet recommended physical activity (PA) guidelines.
Elizabeth Hudak
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Elizabeth Voorhees
Lead has been utilized for thousands of years for various uses, ranging from increasing the durability of paint to allowing gasoline to reduce exhaust valve wear and strain in cars. Although this v...
Taylor Goorhouse • Luke McMillen • Emilia Citoler • Grace Koenig
C24 - Interactions Between Plant Systems, AMF, and Pathogens
This study is intended to evaluate how different AMF isolates and different pathogenic fungi affect plant growth and biomass.
Emily Massar • Mackenzie Pottmeyer
C25 - Studying The Role of Yolk Proteins in Generational Signaling
This project investigates non-genetic inheritance by altering various parameters associated with C.
Eric Dahl
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Elizabeth Voorhees • Lilly McClelland • Kaira Walsh • Ethan Belak • Gabe Purdin • Andrew Moore • Britain Kandel • Geneva Uhlenbrock • Areti Tiglianidis • Sean Steele • Ethan Krekeler
C28 - Genomic insights of diploidization in a Hawaiian silversword
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Francesca Westendorf
C29 - Investigating Innate Immune Response: The Effect of Charges on the Peptide-Binding of Grp94
This study explores the effect of charged residues around the N-terminal domain on the peptide-binding activity of Grp94.
Gabriela Panizo
C30 - Amines to Atmosphere: Enzymatic Drivers of Methane Production
Methanogenesis contributes to greenhouse gas production.
Hailey Hodulik
C31 - Photosynthetic Stress Response in Antarctic Algae Chlamydomonas priscuii
Here, we are interested in how these organisms alter gene expression to support survivability of the cell and keep their photosynthetic mechanisms running over a time continuum of stress. Analyzing...
Halie Seifert
C32 - Improving Methods of Photography for Bird Banding Research and Education
Banding is the process in which birds are humanely caught in mist nets and given an aluminum or stainless steel band with a unique identification number.
Hannah Brazus • Liv Weintraut
C33 - Observation of Spin-Orbit Coupling in NaK Molecules and Spectroscopic Measurements
NaK (sodium-potassium mixture) molecules absorb energy (resonant frequency) from a pulsed laser and electrons are excited from the ground state to the excited state. When they decay back to the rov...
Hannah Stevens
C34 - Variability of anther timing and dehiscence in Physalis: Implications for reproductive success
When plants face stress, they must choose whether to allocate their energy to reproduction, defense, or growth, and this may be influenced by multiple stressors (e.g. herbivory and drought).
Krisalyn Blevins • Henlie Krause • Ashlynn Conley
C35 - Are We Aware of Dogs’ Awareness? A review Of Canine Self-Awareness Research
Self-awareness can be defined as the cognitive ability to discriminate the self from other conspecifics (Horowitz, 2017).
Isaura Souza
C36 - Perceived mental healthcare barriers in the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a high-income country in Eastern Europe with a history of communist influence, where a majority of residents struggling with mental health do not utilize services (Kagstrom et...
Jada Kramer
Women’s health is a severely understudied and misunderstood area within research and clinical settings.
Jade Dunaway
C38 - Assembling a Global Lagerstatten dataset: Applications for
Lagerstätten deposits are vital sources of insight into past ecosystem functions and environments.
Jayden Schretter
C39 - Targeted Epigenetic Modification of SLC9C1 Gene
Sodium Hydrogen Exchangers (NHEs) are a family of proteins that utilize the electrochemical gradient of Na+ influx to export intracellular H+ ions1.
Joey Cuppini
C40 - Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate Partner Emotional Abuse (IPEA) is a form of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), and is more prevalent than physical or sexual IPV (Sullivan et al., 2012).
Jordan VandeVenter
C41 - Emotional Abuse’s Effects on Adolescence Manifesting Depression
This study examines the relationship between emotional abuse and depression in adolescents, with a focus on identifying the mechanisms that explain how emotional abuse contributes to depressive sym...
Kaden Steed
C42 - Comparison of Iconography Method and Theory in Archaeology
Iconography is the art historical and archaeological study of visual imagery, particularly complex imagery communicating significant amounts of information.
Kathleen Perkins
C43 - Police Training Impacts on Bias and Stereotypes
This study is about the impacts of police training on bias and discrimination in law enforcement.
Kaya Mitchell
C44 - Mental Health Professionals’ Perspectives On Neurodiversity in Luxembourg
This study aimed to investigate the general attitudes of mental health professionals in Luxembourg toward neurodiversity, utilizing the Neurodiversity Attitudes Questionnaire (NDAQ) developed by Sc...
Kristina Lynnes
C45 - Persistent Impacts of Social Isolation on Affective Behaviors in Adult Male and Female Rats
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Leanne Beane • Reese Horstman
C46 - Consequences of Anticipated Rejection in Single Men
Successful modern relationships require more emotional vulnerability, time, and effort (Finkel et al., 2015).
Lia Crawley • Anna Newman
C47 - Morphology on the Menu: Word Formation in Fast-Food Advertising
Snack and fast-food advertisements rely heavily on visuals, from product photography to personifications of food.
Lila Tangorre
C48 - The Impact of Celtic Paganism and Celtic Christianity on Power Balances in 5th Century Ireland
The research conducted in this study focuses on the concepts of society, social classes, and religion in ancient Ireland, specifically the 5th century.
Lillian Guillermin
This project explores the social and economic impacts of capitalist culture as a result of the United States’ push for commitment to the status quo.
Lucy Spelman
Adjuvants are compounds supplemented into vaccinations to enhance their immunogenicity (i.e., ability to stimulate the immune response).
Makahla Schnarre
Opioids such as morphine and methadone have been actively prescribed for years to treat chronic pain; however, the overprescribing of synthetic opioids in the last two decades has led to what is no...
Malia Wittwer • Catherine Kasicki-Rodriguez
C52 - Conductivity of Streams in Southwestern Ohio
Conductivity shows how well a body of water can conduct an electrical current.
Mallorie Tharp
Maternal diet and infection can have lasting effects on offspring physiology and behavior. Host responses to infection, such as the severity and longevity of symptoms can also be modulated by diet.
Marianne Morgan
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Marlo Baker
C56 - How Highways Contributed to Racial Segregation in American Cities
The purpose of this research project is to explore the history of highways and their implementation as a new avenue for segregation, beginning with its primary origins in the Federal-Aid Highway Ac...
Matthew Evans
We narrowed down on regional water quality and referred to GWC presentation and lab reports provided by GWC (dated 2024, 2022) to build the relevant context and to determine the gaps in studies tha...
Kaiya Bensing • Mary Catherine Kelly • Maura Hart • Tatum Schwall • Marlo Baker
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Maya Stonestreet • Mike Majovsky • Anya Baumann
C59 - Gut Microbiome Composition May Influence the Development of Type 1 Diabetes
Abstract Coming SoonType 1 diabetes (T1D) is a genetic autoimmune disease in which the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys insulin-producing pancreatic β-cells.
McKenzie Paul
C60 - Newton’s Third Law Going Against Common Sense
Thinking for future science teachers, why are students so intimidated to take a physics course? Is it because physics concepts go against students’ common sense?
McKenzie Sorce
C61 - Impact of Early Life Stress on Safety Learning in Adulthood
This study analyzes the effects of aELS in safety learning in adulthood and cell activity in the proposed circuit.
Michaela Salas
C62 - Streamside Salamanders Egg Chemical Makeup
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Nadia Rodriguez • Logan Loesche
C63 - Is It Worth Our Salt?: Winter Roadways and Freshwater Algae Photochemistry
About 25 million metric tons of road salt are applied to icy roadways in the United States every year.
Natalie Kiepert
In this study, four COMTs originating from diverse biological sources – LwOMT10 (Lophophora williamsii), AtOMT (Arabidopsis thaliana), sCOMT (Homo sapiens), and MtbOMT (Mycobacterium tubercul...
Niya Fried
People who are blind or have low vision (BLV) face daily challenges navigating unfamiliar or complex environments safely and independently.
Demetrius Scott Hullum • Joey Sanuk • Ryan Hardek • Noah Emmert
C66 - Growth Responses of Nitrosomonas Eutropha to Elevated Ammonia Concentrations
Ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) play a critical role in the global nitrogen cycle through the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite.
Olivia Pohl
Cave sediment offers insight into the nature of past soil processes and can contain a record of human and biological activity.
Phoebe Bathje
C68 - Sensory Integration Therapy in Pediatric Autism and Trauma Care
This project examines the role of sensory integration therapy (SIT) in supporting children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and trauma-related conditions.
Phoenix Lewis
C69 - Effects of Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training on Coping Responses in Young Adults
This study analyzed the effect of an 8-week virtually delivered Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training (DBT-ST) program on coping responses in young adults with mild to moderate anxiety and/o...
Quintin Moore
C70 - Effects of Invasive Honeysuckle on Phenology of Spring Wildflowers
Lonicera maackii (Amur Honeysuckle) is an invasive shrub in much of the Midwest.
Jacob DeMong • Mia DeCapite • Ashtone Pampush • Ripley Brenner
C71 - Optimization of 3D Printed Prosthetic Hands
Globally, thousands of individuals lose limbs and struggle to access affordable, effective, and reliable prosthetics.
Dru Frazier • Eva Goorskey • Timothy Archibald • Sharron Kagan • Ruby Davis
C72 - Dynamical Stability of the Solar System Under Hyperbolic Neutron Star Flybys
This study bridges laboratory spectroscopy and astrophysical modeling by providing molecular potential energy curves that improve predictions of molecular spectra in astronomical environments.
Ryan Renganeschi
C73 - Co-infection of Trichomonas and Avian Malaria in Ohio Raptors
Trichomonas gallinae is a parasite that infects birds. In raptors it causes thick, cheesy plaques inside the mouth.
Savannah Higley
C74 - Factors influencing Haemosporidian prevalence in birds of Southwestern Ohio
Haemosporidians are vector-born blood parasites that infect various vertebrates via the feeding of insects like mosquitos, biting midges, and black flies.
Saydee Walton
C75 - Investigation of Titania-Based Photocatalysts for the Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide
The purpose of this project is to investigate the role of Pt loading and Pt oxidation state on Pt/TiO2 photocatalysts for the photocatalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide (CO).
Sean Elliott • Josiah Warrington
C77 - Redox on YouTube: Representations, Content Features, and Chemistry Learning Potential
Video sharing sites including YouTube used by 90% of 18-24 year olds.
Gabrielle Peoples • Shea Vaquera
C78 - Impact of Dissolved Organic Matter Additions on Lake Microbial Communities
Terrestrial runoff into aquatic environments is contributing largely to the growth of harmful algal bacteria and reshaping the microbial communities found in those environments.
Sophia Panasci
Craniofacial anomalies account for nearly one-third of congenital birth defects worldwide, yet the developmental mechanisms underlying these disorders remain poorly understood.
Sylvie Earlwine
C80 - Inhibiting Biofilm Formation in B. subtilis to Combat Antibiotic Resistance
This study will provide vital information on the potential use of sodium selenite to inhibit biofilm growth, which will assist in the ongoing fight to tackle antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bac...
Ta-Niyah Darden
C81 - Bacterial Community Adaption to Nutrient Regime Changes in a Midwestern Reservoir
Currently, there is a major issue in reservoirs and lakes everywhere with the frequency of algal blooms.
Taryn Willrath • Natalie Heim
C82 - Analysis of Drinking Water Quality for Households on Private Wells in Camden, OH
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Morgan Le • Blake Puckett • Ady Pabst • Michael Breen • Anna Roderick • Tatum Schwall
Wetlands are important ecosystems that can capture the hydrology of a region.
Trey Smith
C84 - Early Indicators of Anxiety Risk: Identifying Dysregulated Fear in Infancy
Temperament represents early-appearing, biologically-based, individual differences in emotion behaviors (Goldsmith et al., 1987).
Vivian Conran
C85 - Studying the interactions between monoubiquitinated CHIP with Hsp70
Protein quality control is essential for maintaining cellular function by regulating protein folding, activity, and degradation. Disruptions in this system can lead to the accumulation of misfolded...
Ben Bayler • Vivian Vukcevich • Cora Hartranft
PFAS (per/polyfluoroalkyl substances) encompass a group of roughly 12,000 man-made chemicals that are so stable that they have been tokened with the title “forever chemicals.” Because o...
Caroline Martin • Xander Graman
C87 - Molecular Analysis of the Zebrafish Embryo
Congenital heart defects (CHD) occur in 1 in every 100 babies born daily in the United States of America. Although CHD can be surgically repaired, it has been shown to complicate heart health with ...
Zoe Zwick
C88 - Investigating Sex Differences in Vapor-Induced Escalation of Alcohol Consumption
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a chronic condition that affects 27.9 million Americans ages 12 and older.
Lindsey O'Lalde
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