2020 Virtual Gatton Research Showcase
Research Presentations
Each year, the Gatton Research Showcase takes place in Florence Schneider Hall as our program pauses for an evening to celebrate student research with peers, families, WKU faculty, the community, and our staff. The Spring 2020 event was tracking to be our biggest event to-date until COVID-19 sent us all home to finish our spring semester. Many of our students persisted in video recording their research presentations for the WKU Student Research Conference, and we have assembled them here for our Virtual Gatton Research Showcase.
Shreeya Arora
Louisville, KY
Cloud VR Therapy For PTSD Treatment
Mentor: Michael Galloway, WKU School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Ahmad Ateyeh
Frankfort, KY
A Novel Approach to Simulating Electrohydraulic Forming
Mentor: Morteza Nurcheshmeh, WKU School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Chloe Banaszak
Crestwood, KY
Is Eyewitness Description Accuracy of Suspects Related to Eyewitness Identification Accuracy of Suspects in Lineups?
Mentor: Melissa Baker, WKU Psychology
Josiah Baumer and Jackson Summers
Paducah, KY and Madisonville, KY
Comparative Analysis of Microbacteriophages Jahseh and Makinzy
Mentor: Rodney King, WKU Biology
Sai Boyareddygari
Bowling Green, KY
Synthesis and Structure of a New Metal-organic Coordination Polymer [fe(hbpc)2(h2o)2]·2.5h2o
Mentor: Bangbo Yan, WKU Chemistry
Sofia Farmer
Danville, KY
Queer Issues in Education: What Might Teachers Need to Know?
Mentor: Lisa Duffin, WKU Psychology
Sarah Hartman
Scottsville, KY
Atrazine Concentrations in Raw & Finished Water Supplies in Three Kentucky Counties
Mentors: Ritchie Taylor and Jacqueline Basham, WKU Public Health
Lars Hebenstiel
Union, KY
Experimental Study of Stochastic Resonance in Bistable Systems
Mentor: Ivan Novikov, WKU Physics and Astronomy
Krupa Hegde
Union, KY
The Role of Sleep Apnea in APOE-Alzheimer's Disease Pathway
Mentor: Xiuhua Ding, WKU Public Health
Licia Henneberg
Morehead, KY
Does Competition Change the Relative Importance of Absolute and Relative Standing Feedback from Standardized Testing?
Mentor: Qin Zhao, WKU Psychology
Gloria Huang
Bowling Green, KY
Modeling the Healing Response of Diabetic Foot Ulcers with Three-dimensional Geometry
Mentor: Richard Schugart, WKU Mathematics
Cody Humphrey
Mt. Eden, KY
Equation of State for a Quark Star Pressure Gradient Phase Transition Layer
Mentor: Keith Andrew, WKU Physics and Astronomy
Chloe-Lin Jaiswal
Butler, KY
Analysis of Water Models through Molecular Dynamics
Mentor: Matthew Nee, WKU Chemistry
Matthew Johnson
Smithfield, KY
Maternal Mood During Pregnancy May Influence Cortisol Levels in Cord Blood
Mentor: Rachel Tinius, WKU School of Kinesiology, Recreation and Sport
Hannah Leibman
Prospect, KY
Evaluating the Toxicity of Titanium Nanomaterial Application Using a Worm Model
Mentor: Nilesh Sharma, WKU Biology
Gabriella Lynn
Hopkinsville, KY
Evaluation of Hoof Pressure, Contact Area, and Force Using Fujifilm in Booted and Shod Horses
Mentor: Jennifer Gill, WKU Agriculture and Food Sciences
Lorenzo Mahoney
Prospect, KY
Analysis of Circadian Rhythms of Phototaxis and Growth Patterns in a Green Alga Using Separate Media and Temperatures
Mentor: Sigrid Jacobshagen, WKU Biology
Jocelyn Martin
Russell, KY
Age-Related Differences in the Granularity of Activation of Emotion Concepts
Mentor: Andrew Mienaltowski, WKU Psychological Sciences
Ashwin Menon
Independence, KY
The Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles in Different Mediums Though Laser Ablation for Use in Photodynamic Therapy
Mentor: Ali Er, WKU Physics and Astronomy
Elizabeth Morgan
Crestwood, KY
Does Lysogeny with Bacteriophage HK022 Affect Host Cell Physiology?
Mentor: Rodney King, WKU Biology
Sanjana Nasta
Prospect, KY
WKU Students' Perceptions About the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
Mentor: Grace Lartey, WKU Public Health
Patrick O'Boyle
Elizabethtown, KY
Parking Solution for WKU: Car Counting With OpenCV
Mentor: Michael Galloway, WKU School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Aarini Panzade
Louisville, KY
The Effect of TIMP-1, MMP-1 Levels, and Their Ratios on Healing Times and the Wound Surface Area
Mentor: Richard Schugart, WKU Mathematics
Dalton Richardson and Elijah Whittle
Lexington, KY and Bowling Green, KY
Exploring Dots and Boxes Endgame Strategies Through Monte Carlo Tree Search
Mentor: Uta Ziegler, WKU School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Caeden Whitaker and Mina Ryumae
Williamsburg, KY and Union, KY
Orientation and Backpropagation Techniques for Dots and Boxes Monte Carlo Tree Search
Mentor: Uta Ziegler, WKU School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Diksha Satish
Frankfort, KY
Discovery and Analysis of a Novel Microbacteriophage
Mentor: Rodney King, WKU Biology
David Suarez
Somerset, KY
Quark Stars, Modified L-J Potentials and the Equation of State
Mentor: Keith Andrew, WKU Physics and Astronomy
Darby Tassell
Bowling Green, KY
Effects of Nicotine on Activity Rhythms of Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia Guttata)
Mentor: Noah Ashley, WKU Biology
Sierra Wyllie and Bruce Zheng
Lexington, KY and Grayson, KY
Network Intrusion Detection in Drones Using Machine Learning
Mentor: Ismail Abumuhfouz, WKU School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Jason Zhang
Bowling Green, KY
Photocatalytic Facile Access to Cationic Enol Radical from Ynamide and Pyridine N-Oxide: Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds.
Mentor: Yongming Deng, WKU Chemistry
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