Research Day

Natural and Physical Sciences Poster Awards
1st Place:
Karissa Finke
Department: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Allen Thomas
Title: Substituted Amino Acids as LAT-1 Substrates For Use in Drug Delivery

2nd Place:
Becca Best
Department: Biology
Advisor: Dr. Kim Carlson
Title:  Pathogenicity of Nora virus in germ-free Drosophila melanogaster

3rd Place:
Jocelyn Dolphin, Primary Presenter
Matt Moore and April Maschmann, Co-Presenters
Department: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Kristy Kounovsky-Shafer
Title:  Development of 3D Printed Devices to Extract DNA Molecules

Behavioral and Social Sciences
1st Place:
Andrew Fields
Department: Political Science
Advisor: Dr. Satoshi Machida
Title:  The Effects of the Modern Indian Caste System on Christian Evangelism

2nd Place:
Shelby Study
Department: Psychology
Advisor: Dr.  Megan Strain
Title:  More than Purity: Exploring Feminine Honor as a Complex Construct

3rd Place:
Fletcher Sheridan
Department: Geography & Earth Science
Advisor: Dr.  Paul Burger
Title:  If You Build it Will They Come: Using a GIScience Gravity Model to Estimate Retirement Community Demand in Salt Lake City, Utah

Fine Arts & Humanities
1st Place:
So-Young Chun
Department: Music & Performing Arts
Advisor: Dr.  Sharon Campbell
Title:  Cinderella: The Madang Nori

2nd Place:
Amanda Slater
Department: English
Advisor: Dr. Marguerite A. Tassi
Title: Love, Otto Frank: Understanding a Father’s Editorial Judgments

Professional & Applied Studies
1st Place:
Alexa Kasl
Department: Kinesiology & Sports Sciences
Advisor: Dr.  Kazuma Akehi
Title:  Thigh muscular architecture changes during season-long college soccer participation

2nd Place:
Meghan Rockefeller
Department: Family Studies & Interior Design
Advisor: Dr.  Mickey Langlais
Title:  How SnapChat Behaviors Influence Relational Conflict

3rd Place:
Brian Szekely
Department: Kinesiology & Sports Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Gregory Brown
Title:  The Effects of Creatine, Sodium Bicarbonate, and Caffeine on Blood Lactate Concentrations During a Wingate Bicycle Test

Graduate Research Posters
1st Place:
Marissa Bongers
Department: Kinesiology & Sports Sciences
Advisor: Gregory Brown
Title: Dietary Habits and Nutrition Knowledge in Female Collegiate Distance Runners

2nd Place:
Tabitha Rasmussen
Department: Counseling & School Psychology
Advisor: Carmelo Callueng
Title: Family Involvement, Life Satisfaction, and Academic Achievement of Children

3rd Place:
Haley Strobel
Department: Counseling & School Psychology
Advisor: Tammi Ohmstede
Title: Using High-Stakes Assessment to Evaluate System-Wide Improvement Plan of A Rural Midwestern School District

Undergraduate Oral Presentation
1st Place:
Anna Wagemann
Department: English
Advisor: Dr.  Michelle Beissel Heath
Title:  The Monstrous, The Mysterious, and The Mystic: Reanimating Childhood Classics through The Feared City

2nd Place: 
Anthony Donovan
Department: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Annette Moser
Title:  Measuring Binding Interactions Between HSA And Deisopropylatrazine Using High Performance Affinity Chromatography

Graduate Oral Presentation
1st Place:
Kaley Hodgen
Department: Management
Advisor: Dr. Srivatsa Seshadri
Title:  Organizational Audit: Honors Program at the University of Nebraska at Kearney

Behavioral and Social Sciences
1st Place:
Samanthat Baumert, Primary Author
Caitlyn Graf, Co-Author
Advisor: Krista Fritson
Title: The Effects of Mindful Meditation via Mobile App on Graduate Students

2nd Place: 
Lacey Johnson
Advisor: William Wozniak
Title: Effects of Types of Distractor on Performance in a Driving Course

3rd Place: 
Connor Gosnell
Advisor: Paul Burger
Title: Locating a Community Garden Using GIScience in Omaha's Food Dessert

Natural and Physical Sciences
1st Place:
Megan Hunke, Primary Author
Wuilian Martinez, Co-Author
Advisors: Surabhi Chandra & Mahesh Pattabiraman
Title: Antineoplastic Properties of Cinnamic Acid Dimers and Cinnamic Acid Dimer Derivatives in Breast Cancer Cells

2nd Place: 
Evan Folk
Advisor: Jeremy Armstrong
Title: Harmonic Oscillator's Utility in Predicting Vibrational Spectroscopy 

3rd Place: 
Drew Thompson, Primary Author
Joshua Lallman, Co-Author
Advisor: Kristy Kounovsky-Shafer
Title: Determination of Electroosmotic and Electrophoretic Mobility of Dyes in Kelcogel F for a Dynamic Range of Ionic Strength Solutions

Professional/Applied Sciences
1st Place:
Callen Maupin
Advisor: Scott Unruh
Title: Outcome Measure for Post-Surgical Shoulder Rehabilitation 

2nd Place:
Stephanie Paulson, Primary Author
Dakota Waddell, Co-Author
Advisor: Gregory Brown
Title: Comparing the Effects of Coffee to a Pre-Workout Drink on Resting Metabolic Rate

3rd Place:
Danielle Tilley
Advisor: Megan Adkins
Title: The Evaluation of Home School Physical Education Participant Perceived Versus Actual Level of Physical Activity

Fine Arts and Humanities
1st Place:
Emily Hemmer
Advisor: Marguerite Tassi
Title: Religion in Game of Thrones and Shakespeare's First Tetralogy

2nd Place:
Tiffany Vavricek
Advisor: Susan Honeyman
Title: The Adventurous Monster

Graduate Studies and Research
1st Place:
Ava Coughlin
Advisors: Todd Bartee, Kate Heelan & Paul Burger
Title: Analysis of Cancer Survivor's Accessibility to Exclusively Tailored Exercise Programs in Nebraska

Undergraduate Oral Presentation
1st Place:
Tatiana Moore
Advisor: Jeff Wells
Title: One Man, the Media, and Morale: S.Sgt. Hugh Benson and the Kearney Army Air Field 

2nd Place: 
Caleb Capellen, Primary Author
Jose Ortega & Jane Morwitzer, Co-Authors
Advisors: Surabhi Chandra, Matthew Dunworth & Robert A. Casero Jr.
Title: Polyamine Pathway as a Player in Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation in Diabetic Conditions 

Calvin T. Ryan Research Award
Shelby Hinrichs 
Advisor: Whitney Schneider-Cline
Title: Screening Speech, Language, and Reading Abilities of Home-Schooled Children

Diversity Award
Graduate Student:
John Rech
Advisor: Megan Adkins
Title: Motivated to Move: An Application of Older Adults and Motivation to be Physically Active

Undergraduate Student:
Miranda Ketteler
Advisor: Christina Sogar
Title: Faculty and Student Views of Accommodation Policies

Behavioral & Social Sciences

1^st Place:
Karla Carrillo, Primary Author
Kendra Hoffert, Co-Author
Advisor: Julie Lanz
Title: The Effects of Mindful Meditation Using a Mobile App
 
2^nd Place:
Braydon Conell
Advisor: Satoshi Machida
Title: Media Slant in Immigrant-related News Stories
 
3^rd Place:
Rene Ingersoll
Advisor: John Bauer
Title: The Spacial Arrangement of Shinto Shrines
 

Natural & Physical Sciences

1^st Place:
Emma Raders
Advisor: Bryan Drew
Title: Hybridization of Turkish Salvia
 
2^nd Place:
Hannah Schmitz
Advisor: Haishi Cao
Title: Hydrogen Sulfide Detection Using 1,8-naphthalimide Based Fluorescence Sensors
 
3^rd Place:
Kaitlyn Schultis
Advisor: Nick Hobbs
Title: Effect of Dietary Protein Content on the Response to Over-Marks and Androgen Receptor Expression in Mice
 

Professional & Applied Studies

1^st Place:
Jennifer Nolda
Advisor: Bryce Abbey
Title: Collegiate Supplement Use, Knowledge & Motivation
 
2^nd Place:
Kylie Johnson
Advisor: Michelle Fleig-Palmer
Title: An In-Depth Analysis of Adult Vaccination Rates in the Two Rivers Public Health District
 
3^rd Place:
Justine Bauer
Advisor: Sharon Obasi
Title: Volunteering: A Catalyst for Change
 

Fine Arts & Humanities

1^st Place:
Tierney Casper
Advisor: Sharon Campbell
Title: Swimming Lessons, Autism, and the Benefits of Music
 
2^nd Place:
Theodore Degner
Advisor: Rebecca Umland
Title: Luderature: And Emerging Medium’s Ascension to Artform
 

Undergraduate Oral Presentations

1^st Place:
Parker Witthuhn
Advisor: Jeff Wells
Title: World War I: The Soldiers of Kearney State Normal School
 
2^nd Place:
Cannon Marchand
Advisor: Mark Ellis
Title: Students in Service
 

Graduate Studies

Poster Presentation:
Elaina Eddy
Advisor: Philip Lai
Title: Speech and Gesture Differences in Individuals Based on Levels of Task Difficulty
 
Oral Presentation:
David Blakely
Advisor: Douglas Biggs
Title: Mormon Church Participation in the Great War Effort: The Coming of Age of a Nineteenth Century Religion
 

Diversity Awards

Undergraduate Student:
Laura Fisher
Advisor: Julie Lanz
Title: Applicant Reactions to Social Media Screening: Individual Differences and LGBT Views of Affecting Organizational Attractiveness
 
Graduate Student:
Jacob Sandman
Advisor: Douglas Tillman
Title: Global Partnerships: Bringing the Worlds to Your University