Class of 2017 Research Outcomes
Publications
Ahmed, T. (2018). Genome sequences of subcluster K5 mycobacteriophages AlleyCat, Edugator, and Guillsminger. American Society for Microbiology, 5, 45. Doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01122-17.
Mentor: Dr. Rodney King, Dr. Claire Rinehart, and Ms. Naomi Rowland, WKU Biology
Alexander, K. (2018). Genome sequences of subcluster K5 mycobacteriophages AlleyCat, Edugator, and Guillsminger. American Society for Microbiology, 5, 45. Doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01122-17.
Mentor: Dr. Rodney King, Dr. Claire Rinehart, and Ms. Naomi Rowland, WKU Biology
Biddle, M. (2018). Genome sequences of subcluster K5 mycobacteriophages AlleyCat, Edugator, and Guillsminger. American Society for Microbiology, 5, 45. Doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01122-17.
Mentor: Dr. Rodney King, Dr. Claire Rinehart, and Ms. Naomi Rowland, WKU Biology
Bosh, R. (2017). Instrumentation for the Citizen CATE Experiment: Faroe Islands and Indonesia. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 129:015005.
Mentor: Dr. Richard Gelderman, WKU Physics and Astronomy
Daniels, M. (2018). Genome sequences of subcluster K5 mycobacteriophages AlleyCat, Edugator, and Guillsminger. American Society for Microbiology, 5, 45. Doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01122-17.
Mentor: Dr. Rodney King, Dr. Claire Rinehart, and Ms. Naomi Rowland, WKU Biology
Hare, H. (2017). Instrumentation for the Citizen CATE Experiment: Faroe Islands and Indonesia. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 129:015005.
Mentor: Dr. Richard Gelderman, WKU Physics and Astronomy
Hughes, R. (2018). The kinematics of envenomation by the yellow stingray, Urobatis jamaicensis. Zoomorphology. Doi: 10.1007/s00435-018-0404-0
Mentor: Dr. Steve Huskey, WKU Biology
Kinnard, J. (2017). Aging and visual 3-D shape recognition from motion. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics. Doi: 10.3758/s13414-017-1392-8
Mentor: Dr. Farley Norman, WKU Psychological Sciences
Kinnard, J. (2017). The visual perception of distance ratios outdoors. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 79, 1195-1203. Doi: 10.3758/s13414-017-1294-9
Mentor: Dr. Farley Norman, WKU Psychological Sciences
Kinnard, J. (2019). The recognition of solid object shape: The importance of inhomogeneity. i-Perception, 10(4), 1-14. doi: 10.1177/2041669519870553
Mentor: Dr. Farley Norman, WKU Psychological Sciences
Rowlett, J. (2018). Genome sequences of subcluster K5 mycobacteriophages AlleyCat, Edugator, and Guillsminger. American Society for Microbiology, 5, 45. Doi:10.1128/genomeA.01122-17.
Mentor: Dr. Rodney King, Dr. Claire Rinehart, and Ms. Naomi Rowland, WKU Biology
Senay, T. (2018). Genome sequences of subcluster K5 mycobacteriophages AlleyCat, Edugator, and Guillsminger. American Society for Microbiology, 5, 45. Doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01122-17.
Mentor: Dr. Rodney King, Dr. Claire Rinehart, and Ms. Naomi Rowland, WKU Biology
Thompson, T. (2017). Instrumentation for the Citizen CATE Experiment: Faroe Islands and Indonesia. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 129:015005.
Mentor: Dr. Richard Gelderman, WKU Physics and Astronomy
Presentations
Ahmed, T. (2016). Analysis of DNA data using Mathematica. Presented at WKU 36th Annual Mathematics Symposium, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Claire Rinehart, WKU Biology
Ahmed, T. (2016, April). Comparison of bacteriophages Nearlyheadless and Hemsworth. Presented at the WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Rodney King and Claire Rinehart, WKU Biology
Alexander, K. (2016, April). Discovery and comparison of novel mycobacteriophages Schadenfreude and Widewale. Presented at the WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Rodney King and Claire Rinehart, WKU Biology
Ashley, K. (2017). Resilience: The road to maximum recovery following brain injury. Presented at 47th Annual WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Jean Neils-Strunjas, WKU Communication Sciences and Disorders
Banaszak, A. (2016). Molecular sensitivity and selectivity of metal nanoparticles decorated graphene as ‘smart’ surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) platforms. Presented at Kentucky Academy of Sciences, Louisville, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Sanju Gupta, WKU Physics
Banaszak, A. (2017). Molecular sensitivity and selectivity of metal nanoparticles decorated graphene as ‘smart’ surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) platforms. Presented at 47th Annual WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Sanju Gupta, WKU Physics
Banaszak, A. (2017). Molecular sensitivity and selectivity of metal nanoparticles decorated graphene as ‘smart’ surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) platforms. Presented at Posters at the Capitol, Frankfort, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Sanju Gupta, WKU Physics
Biddle, M. (2016). Efficacy of mycorrhizae fungi in perennial plants. Presented at Kentucky Academy of Sciences, Louisville, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Martin Stone, WKU Agriculture
Biddle, M. (2016, April). Isolation, characterization, and comparison of two novel bacteriophages. Presented at the WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Rodney King and Claire Rinehart, WKU Biology
Biddle, M. (2017). The effect of gravity level variation on the growth rate, behavior, and nutrient uptake within a crop of sample plants. Presented at 47th Annual WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Martin Stone, WKU Agriculture
Boone, C. (2016). MyMathematicaLab. Presented at WKU 36th Annual Mathematics Symposium, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Claus Ernst, WKU Mathematics and Dr. Huanjing Wang, WKU Computer Science
Bosh, R. (2017). Initial assembly of telescopes. Presented at Citizen CATE Kentucky Tennessee Workshop, Cookeville, TN.
Mentor, Dr. Richard Gelderman, WKU Physics and Astronomy
Bosh, R. (2017). Multi-site observations of the March 2016 total solar eclipse: Calibration of images to simulate continuous monitoring. Presented at 229th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Grapevine, TX.
Mentor, Dr. Richard Gelderman, WKU Physics and Astronomy
Boyareddygari, K. (2017). Can we use student research in mathematics to heal all wounds? Presented at WKU 36th Annual Mathematics Symposium, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Richard Schugart, WKU Mathematics
Boyareddygari, K. (2017). Parameter sensitivity analysis of a partial differential equation wound neovascularization model. Presented at 47th Annual WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Richard Schugart, WKU Mathematics
Boyareddygari, K. (2017). Sampling techniques for parameter estimation of chronic wound healing, parameter distribution comparison, and parameter sensitivity analysis. Presented at Joint Mathematics Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Mentor: Dr. Richard Schugart, WKU Mathematics
Boyareddygari, K. (2017). Using Latin hypercube sampling and partial rank correlation coefficients to assess sensitivity in mathematical models. Presented at Midwest Undergraduate Mathematics Symposium, Des Moines, IA.
Mentor: Dr. Richard Schugart, WKU Mathematics
Boyareddygari, K. (2017). Using parameter estimation techniques to analyze a mathematical model in wound healing. Presented at Posters at the Capitol, Frankfort, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Richard Schugart, WKU Mathematics
Brickeen, X. (2016, April). Isolation and characterization of novel mycobacteriophages Baehexic and Ruin. Presented at the WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Rodney King and Claire Rinehart, WKU Biology
Brown, K. (2016, April). Investigating en echelon fault systems on the surface of Mars to understand past strike-slip tectonics. Presented at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Asheville, NC.
Mentor: Dr. Nahid Gani, WKU Geography and Geology
Brown, K. (2016). Understanding tectonic processes from the distribution pattern and interaction of strike-slip faults and en echelon: A new study from the Solis Planum and Lunae Planum regions of the Valles Marineris on Mars. Presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Mentor: Dr. Nahid Gani, WKU Geology
Brown, K. (2017). Understanding tectonic processes from the distribution pattern and interaction of strike-slip faults and en echelon: A new study from the Solis Planum and Lunae Planum regions of the Valles Marineris on Mars. Presented at Kentucky Academy of Sciences, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Nahid Gani, WKU Geology
Brown, K. (2016, April). Tectonic activities on Mars: An analysis of faults in the Valles Marineris graben system. Presented at the WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Nahid Gani, WKU Geography and Geology
Carrender, M. (2017). Synthesis of heteropolyoxoniobate using a water-soluble nickel-substituted decaniobate ions. Presented at 47th Annual WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Bangbo Yan, WKU Chemistry
Carrender, M. (2016). Synthesis, structures, and luminescent properties of Lanthanide Niobates. Presented at Kentucky Academy of Sciences, Louisville, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Bangbo Yan, WKU Chemistry
Carroll, A. (2016). Identifying essential viral genes through genomic engineering. Presented at Kentucky Academy of Sciences. Louisville, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Rodney King, WKU Biology
Carroll, A. (2016, April). Isolation and characterization of novel mycobacteriophages Baehexic and Ruin. Presented at the WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Rodney King and Claire Rinehart, WKU Biology
Daniels, M. (2016). Analysis of DNA data using Mathematica. Presented at WKU 36th Annual Mathematics Symposium, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Claire Rinehart, WKU Biology
Daniels, M. (2016, April). Comparison of bacteriophages Nearlyheadless and Hemsworth. Presented at the WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Rodney King and Claire Rinehart, WKU Biology
Daniels, M. (2016, June). The isolation of mycobacteriophage Hemsworth. Presented at the National Consortium of Secondary STEM Schools Student Research Conference, Hoboken, NJ.
Mentor: Dr. Rodney King and Claire Rinehart, WKU Biology
Daugherty, D. (2016, April). The benefits of a right-to-work state. Presented at the WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Brian Strow, WKU Economics
Daugherty, D. (2017). The effect of financial literacy on preventative healthcare usage. Presented at Academy of Economics and Finance Conference, Charleston, SC.
Mentor: Dr. Johnny Chan, WKU Finance
Daugherty, D. (2017). The effect of financial literacy on preventative healthcare usage. Presented at 47th Annual WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Johnny Chan, WKU Finance
Forgey, C. (2016, June). Associations between parent employment, parenting, and infant temperament. Presented at the National Consortium of Secondary STEM Schools Student Research Conference, Hoboken, NJ.
Mentor: Dr. Diane Lickenbrock, WKU Psychological Sciences
Graff, P. (2017). Photodeactivation of pathogenic bacteria using photosensitizers and graphene quantum dots. Presented at Posters at the Capitol, Frankfort, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Ali Er, WKU Physics and Astronomy
Hare, H. (2016). CATE 2016 Indonesia: Image calibration, intensity calibration, and drift scan. Presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Mentor: Dr. Richard Gelderman, WKU Physics and Astronomy and Dr. Matt Penn, National Solar Observatory
Hare, H. (2016). Imaging the March 9th, 2016 total solar eclipse. Presented at Kentucky Academy of Sciences, Louisville, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Richard Gelderman, WKU Physics and Astronomy and Dr. Matt Penn, National Solar Observatory
Hare, H. (2017). Review of Indonesia eclipse and laptops, camera operation and image capture. Presented at Citizen CATE Kentucky Tennessee Workshop, Cookeville, TN.
Mentor: Dr. Richard Gelderman, WKU Physics and Astronomy
Henshaw, P. (2017). Resilience: The road to maximum recovery following brain injury. Presented at 47th Annual WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Jean Neils-Strunjas, WKU Communication Sciences and Disorders
Hughes, R. (2017). The kinematics of envenomation by Urobatis Jamaicensis. Presented at 47th Annual WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Steve Huskey, WKU Biology
Johnson, J. (2017). The effects of a high fat diet on gene expression in lean and obese women. Presented at 47th Annual WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Jill Maples, WKU Exercise Science
Johnson, J. (2017). The effects of a high-fat meal on PBMC gene expression in lean and obese women. Presented at 5th Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Chapter of the American Physiological Society, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Jill Maples, WKU Exercise Science
Johnson, V. (2017). Colocalization of Phk γ-181 and Na-14 In Sh-sy5y cells. Presented at WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Nancy Rice, WKU Biology
Khan, S. (2016, April). Isolation, characterization, and comparison of two novel bacteriophages. Presented at the WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Rodney King and Claire Rinehart, WKU Biology
Khan, S. (2016, June). The isolation, characterization, and comparison of the annotated genomic layout of two A2 bacteriophages, Flare16 and Baehexic. Presented at the National Consortium of Secondary STEM Schools Student Research Conference, Hoboken, NJ.
Mentor: Drs. Rodney King and Claire Rinehart, WKU Biology
Khan, S. (2017). The x-ray crystallography analyses of an anti-thyroid compound: 1-methyl,2-mercaptoimidazol (MMI). Presented at Posters at the Capitol, Frankfort, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Edwin Stevens, WKU Chemistry
Khan, S. (2017). X-ray crystallography analyses of an anti-thyroid compound: 1-methyl-2-mercaptoimidazole. Presented at 47th Annual WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Edwin Stevens, WKU Chemistry
Kinnard, J. (2016, April). Security analysis of the Mqtt protocol for the internet of things. Presented at the WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Stacy Wilson, WKU Engineering
Kirtland, A. (2016, June). Geometric methods for reducing the number of hypothesis boxes in pedestrian detection. Presented at the National Consortium of Secondary STEM Schools Student Research Conference, Hoboken, NJ.
Mentor: Dr. Qi Li, WKU Computer Science
Kirtland, A. (2016, April). Geometry methods for reducing the number of hypothesis boxes in the context of pedestrian detection. Presented at the WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Qi Li, WKU Computer Science
Kirtland, A. (2016). The particulars of Pac-Man. Presented at WKU 36th Annual Mathematics Symposium, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Claus Ernst, WKU Mathematics and Dr. Huanjing Wang, WKU Computer Science
Parker, L. (2017). The visible-light responsive TiO2/graphene heterojunction materials. Presented at Posters at the Capitol, Frankfort, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Yan Cao, WKU Chemistry
Prasad, A. (2016, April). A mathematical model for the interactions of matrix metalloproteinase and their inhibitors in a wound. Presented at the WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Richard Schugart, WKU Mathematics
Prasad, A. (2016, June). A mathematical model for the interactions of matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in a wound. Presented at the National Consortium of Secondary STEM Schools Student Research Conference, Hoboken, NJ.
Mentor: Dr. Richard Schugart, WKU Mathematics
Prasad, A. (2016). Can we use student research in mathematics to heal all wounds?. Presented at WKU 36th Annual Mathematics Symposium, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Richard Schugart, WKU Mathematics
Prasad, A. (2017). Constructing an optimal design method in a mathematical model for the interactions of Matrix Metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in a wound. Presented at Midwest Undergraduate Mathematics Symposium, Des Moines, IA.
Mentor: Dr. Richard Schugart, WKU Mathematics
Prasad, A. (2015, November). Presented at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics, Knoxville, TN.
Mentor: Dr. Richard Schugart, WKU Mathematics
Prasad, A. (2016). Using individual patient data to quantify a mathematical model for the interactions of Matrix Metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in a wound. Presented at NIMBioS, Knoxville, TN.
Mentor: Dr. Richard Schugart, WKU Mathematics
Prasad, A. (2016). Using individual patient data to quantify a mathematical model for the interactions of Matrix Metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in a wound. Presented at WKU 36th Annual Mathematics Symposium, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Richard Schugart, WKU Mathematics
Prasad, A. (2017). Using individual patient data to quantify a mathematical model for the interactions of Matrix Metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in a wound. Presented at Joint Mathematics Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Mentor: Dr. Richard Schugart, WKU Mathematics
Prasad, A. (2017). Using parameter estimation techniques to analyze a mathematical model in wound healing. Presented at Posters at the Capitol, Frankfort, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Richard Schugart, WKU Mathematics
Senay, T. (2016, April). Spontaneous mutations in a viral population increase genetic diversity. Presented at the WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Drs. Rodney King and Claire Rinehart, WKU Biology
Smith, T. (2016). Graphene quantum dots electrochemistry and development of sensitive electrochemical biosensor. Presented at Kentucky Academy of Sciences, Louisville, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Sanju Gupta, WKU Physics
Smith, T. (2017). Graphene quantum dots electrochemistry and development of sensitive electrochemical biosensor. Presented at 47th Annual WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Sanju Gupta, WKU Physics
Smith, T. (2017). Graphene quantum dots electrochemistry and development of sensitive electrochemical biosensor. Presented at Posters at the Capitol, Frankfort, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Sanju Gupta, WKU Physics
Stickney, C. (2017). Pathways for environmental sulfuric acid contamination from disturbance of geologic materials. Presented at Posters at the Capitol, Frankfort, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Chris Groves, WKU Geography and Geology
Stickney, C. (2016). The particulars of Pac-Man. Presented at WKU 36th Annual Mathematics Symposium, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Claus Ernst, WKU Mathematics and Dr. Huanjing Wang, WKU Computer Science
Thompson, T. (2016). A compilation of hydrogen α structure of planetary nebulae. Presented at Kentucky Academy of Sciences, Louisville, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Ting-Hui Lee, WKU Physics and Astronomy
Thompson, P. (2016, April). An overview of the Citizen CATE project for continental scale data collection during the 21 August 2017 total eclipse of the Sun. Presented at the WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Richard Gelderman, WKU Physics and Astronomy
Thompson, T. (2016). MyMathematicaLab. Presented at WKU 36th Annual Mathematics Symposium, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Claus Ernst, WKU Mathematics and Dr. Huanjing Wang, WKU Computer Science
Urso, O. (2016, April). Discovery and comparison of novel mycobacteriophages Schadenfreude and Widewale. Presented at the WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Rodney King and Claire Rinehart, WKU Biology
Urso, O. (2016). Identifying essential viral genes through genomic engineering. Presented at Kentucky Academy of Sciences. Louisville, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Rodney King, WKU Biology
Urso, O. (2016). Identifying essential viral genes through genomic engineering. Presented at 47th Annual WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Rodney King, WKU Biology
Weaver, M. (2016). Break the ice. Presented at WKU 36th Annual Mathematics Symposium, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Claus Ernst, WKU Mathematics and Dr. Huanjing Wang, WKU Computer Science
Weaver, M. (2016, June). Coordinating Observations of the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse. Presented at the National Consortium of Secondary STEM Schools Student Research Conference, Hoboken, NJ.
Mentor: Dr. Richard Gelderman, WKU Physics and Astronomy
Williams, J. (2016). Break the ice. Presented at WKU 36th Annual Mathematics Symposium, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Claus Ernst, WKU Mathematics and Dr. Huanjing Wang, WKU Computer Science
Williams, J. (2016, April). The Sun's magnetic field and its impact on the solar corona. Presented at the WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Richard Gelderman, WKU Physics and Astronomy
Young, T. (2016). Synthesis of copper vanadate as battery material. Presented at Kentucky Academy of Sciences, Louisville, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Bangbo Yan, WKU Chemistry
Young, T. (2017). Synthesis of copper vanadate as a battery electrode material. Presented at 47th Annual WKU Student Research Conference, Bowling Green, KY.
Mentor: Dr. Bangbo Yan, WKU Chemistry
Zahn, A. (2017). Preparation and reactivity of platinum(II) complexes with dipropylenetriamine ligands. Presented at 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, San Francisco, CA.
Mentor: Dr. Kevin Williams, WKU Chemistry
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