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”