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2021-22

Wentz Research Scholars


Myriam Achour

Biochemistry || Molecular Biology

Ferguson College of Agriculture

Faculty Mentor: Marianna Patrauchan

“Calcium Signaling Effect on Quorum Sensing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa”

 

Paetyn Armstrong

Food Science

Ferguson College of Agriculture

Faculty Mentor: Ranijith Ramanathan

“The Effect of Antioxidants on Meat Color”

 

Alex Arreola

Microbiology and Cell & Molecular Biology

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Mostafa Elshahed

“Discovery and characterization of novel fungal biodiversity in the equine alimentary tract”

 

Blake Bartlett

Chemical Engineering

College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology

Faculty Mentor: Yu Feng

“Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Aerosol Particle Transport through Lung Mucosa”

 

Jacinda Berokff

Zoology

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Michael Reichert

“A technique for non-invasive identification of wild frogs using photographs”

 

Keaton Carter

Industrial Engineering || Management

College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology

Faculty Mentor: Shu Yan

“The Efficient Frontier: COVID-19 pandemic edition.”

 

Daniel Caughlin

Finance || Economics

Spears School of Business

Faculty Mentor: Gregory Eaton

“Effects of Earnings Per Share Surprise Percentage on Intraday Volatility of Publicly Traded Companies that Report Earnings Before Market-Open”

 

Kaitlyn Cotton

Microbiology and Cell & Molecular Biology

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Karen Wozniak

“Effects of Organoantimony Compounds on Fungal Pathogens Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida albicans”

 

Cody Cummins

Nutritional Sciences

College of Education and Human Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Jill Joyce

“Cooking with Cadets: Pilot program to improve food literacy and self-efficacy of OSU ROTC Cadets”

 

Chaz Daggett

Mechanical Engineering || Aerospace Engineering   

College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology         

Kurt Rouser   

“A Regeneratively Heated Fuel System Enabling More Efficient Small Turbojet Engines”

 

Chandler Dean           

Microbiology 

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Avishek Mitra         

“Effect of the Removal of the rpoN Gene on the Stress Response of EHEC”

 

Cooper Degner          

Mechanical Engineering || Aerospace Engineering   

College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology         

Faculty Mentor: He Bai

“Exploring Autonomous Technologies in a City-Like Environment”

 

John Dorlon   

Microbiology and Molecular Genetics || Plant Biology        

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Robert Burnap        

“Analysis of the CO2 Uptake Mechanism of Cyanobacteria Using Site-Directed Mutants and Physiological Growth Assays”

 

Georgia Eastham       

Plant and Soil Sciences         

Ferguson College of Agriculture       

Faculty Mentor: Brett Carver

“Nutritional, functional, and agronomic expectations in selection for purple brancoat in bread wheat”

 

Mary Erdmann           

Microbiology and Molecular Genetics          

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Matthew Cabeen     

“Characterization of 04030 Lipase Activity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa”

 

Kassandra Gaona       

Psychology || Spanish

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Kara Moore 

“Who Performs Better at Searching for and Identifying Missing Children: Children or Adults?”

 

Ashley Gin     

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Ferguson College of Agriculture       

Faculty Mentor: Glenn Zhang

“Epigenetic Modulation of Host Innate Immune Response”

 

Mary Green    

Nutritional Sciences  

College of Education and Human Sciences  

Faculty Mentor: McKale Montgomery         

“Role of Nicotine in Cancer Development”

 

Chloe Guthrie

Zoology         

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Scott McMurry       

“How Hunting Methods and Morphological Traits Influence Spider Predation on Frogs”

 

Taggert Harris

Biochemistry || Microbiology and Cell & Molecular Biology       

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Joshua Butcher       

“Does a Stronger Muscle make a Stronger Bone?”

 

Bethany Hatter           

Nutritional Sciences  

College of Education and Human Sciences  

Faculty Mentor: Brenda Smith

“Investigation of how short chain fatty acids affect T cell differentiation through the use of in vitro and in vivo models”

 

Samantha Holguin     

Art History     

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Mary Larson        

“Sight and Sound: The Kinetic Sculpture of Dale McKinney and the Use of Audio”

 

Faith Howe    

Animal Science         

Ferguson College of Agriculture       

Faculty Mentor: Darren Hagen         

“The Effect of Long Non-coding RNA on the Cell Cycle: A Potential Novel Cancer Therapy”

 

Tatum Johnson          

Design, Housing, and Fashion Merchandising          

College of Education and Human Sciences  

Faculty Mentor: Hyejune Park          

“The ‘drop’ model in the fashion industry: Examining retail strategy and long-term sustainability effects”

 

Elizabeth Kent

Zoology         

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Matthew Cabeen

“Utilizing Novel Nanospring Patterns to Retard Growth of Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria and Limit Antibiotic Administration”

 

Crest Koemel 

Integrative Biology    

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Jimmie Weaver       

“Production of Quaternary Carbons; Reduction of Waste and Increase in Yield”

 

Kate Kouplen 

Biology          

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: McKale Montgomery         

“Enzymatic Assessment of Cells with Distinct p53 Mutation Types”

 

Sloane Loges 

Political Science || Sociology

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Holley Hansen        

“Effects of UN Peacekeeping at the Subnational Level”

 

Amber Main   

Physiology     

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Joshua Butcher       

“Does an Exercise Mimetic Improve Brain Function?”

 

Brannon Maravich     

Biology || Physiology

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Matthew Cabeen     

“Significance of specific amino acid residues in the Bacillus subtilis stressosome in relation to environmental stress sensing at the native locus in comparison with the amyE site”

 

Liesl Melnick 

Communication Sciences and Disorders       

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Sarah Kucker

“Measuring Language Acquisition: The Influence of Individual Differences”

 

Mason Miller 

Zoology         

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Michael Reichert    

“Exploring the Winner-Loser Effect on Emotion in Crickets”

 

Kayli Nail      

Biology          

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Erika Lutter 

“Bacterial Two Hybrid Analysis of Chlamydia trachomatis Proteins”

 

Margaret New

Biology          

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth McCullagh          

“Characterizing Differences in the Auditory Processing of Wild Rodents”

 

Alyssa Oates  

Interior Design           

College of Education and Human Sciences  

Faculty Mentor: Aditya Jayadas        

“Redesign of Classrooms using Biophilic Design in Virtual Reality to Decrease Stress and Increase Information Retention”

 

Robert Owens

Electrical Engineering || Computer Engineering       

College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology         

Faculty Mentor: Thanh Thieu

“Empirical Analysis and Machine Ranking of Monolingual Rewriting”

 

Isabelle Posey

Nutritional Sciences  

College of Education and Human Sciences  

Faculty Mentor: Deana Hildebrand   

“Intervention approaches to improve awareness of food security resources available to university students”

 

C. Tanner Price

Aerospace Engineering || Mechanical Engineering   

College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology         

Faculty Mentor: Ryan Paul    

“Aerodynamic Performance of a Low Aspect Ratio Active Rear Wing Package Designed for Formula SAE”

 

Riley Pritzlaff

Political Science        

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Rebekah Herrick

“Still a “no-woman’s land?” An analysis of women’s policy effectiveness in the Oklahoma State Legislature”

 

Danielle Ramirez       

History           

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Sarah Foss

“Appropriation and Interpretation of the Aztec Sun Stone”

 

Blake Randall

Chemical Engineering

College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology         

Faculty Mentor: Sundararajan Madihally

“Exploring the Use of Enzymes to Dissolve Coronary Artery Plaque”

 

Daniel Reed   

Biochemistry || Microbiology and Cell & Molecular Biology       

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Erika Lutter 

“Antibacterial Properties of Novel SADA/NADA Compounds”

 

Kennedy Roberts       

Animal Science || Wildlife Biology

Ferguson College of Agriculture       

Faculty Mentor: Adel Pezeshki

“The Effect of Supplementation Dietary Tryptophan on Fat and Glucose Metabolism in Low-Birth-Weight Piglets”

 

Ethan Shaw    

Entomology   

Ferguson College of Agriculture       

Faculty Mentor: W. Wyatt Hoback   

“Determining Activity Patterns of Oklahoma Dung Beetles and Their Response to Prescribed Fire”

 

Harrison Smith          

Finance          

Spears School of Business     

Faculty Mentor: David Carter

“Lessons Learned from State Transparency Laws: What Were the Goals and Were They Achieved?”

 

Collin Thornton         

Computer Engineering || Electrical Engineering       

College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology         

Faculty Mentor: He Bai

“Decentralized Network for Autonomous Multi-Agent Systems”

 

Alexis Vance 

Chemical Engineering || Mechanical Engineering || Aerospace Engineering

College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology         

Faculty Mentor:  Jamey Jacob

“The Application Of Biodegradable Materials for Environmental Data Collection and Weather Forecasting”

 

Gabriel Webb

Aerospace Engineering || Mechanical Engineering   

College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology         

Faculty Mentor: Arvind Santhanakrishnan   

“Comparative study of mechanical swimming performance of rowing and flapping”

 

Karenna Young          

Biology          

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Rachael Cullick      

“A Latin Study of the Medical and Religious Imagery Surrounding the Plague and its Parallels to Pandemic Perceptions”

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