Undergraduate-Research

CWRC Summer Research Housing Grant Recipients

The following Valparaiso University students were awarded Summer Research Housing Grants from the Creative Work and Research Committee for Summer 2021.

Additional information about CWRC Housing Grants can be found by clicking on the Funding Opportunities link to the left.

Student NameFaculty SponsorResearch Topic
William BakkeBruce HrivnakEvolution of Stars
Maggie BlieseShirvel Stanislaus, Adam Gibson-EvenSTAR Experiment at Brookhaven National Lab
Brook BurbridgeShirvel Stanislaus, Adam Gibson-EvenSTAR Experiment at Brookhaven National Lab
Chase ColerShahin NudehiManufacturing and Testing of Mechatronics Stations for New Mechatronics Laboratory
Derrick CombsPaul SmithNew Rechargeable Battery Materials
Josh CorrHaiying HeComputational Study of the Formation of Glycine
Sean EganBruce HrivnakEvolution of Stars
Marcus EngstromShirvel Stanislaus, Adam Gibson-EvenSTAR Experiment at Brookhaven National Lab
Taylor GaskillThomas GoyneDeveloping a Cost-Effective Synthesis of a Fluorescent Amino Acid
Riquail GibsonPatrice BouyerDetermining Environmental Factors on the Change in Morphology in Two Fungal Species
Nick GillesShirvel Stanislaus, Adam Gibson-EvenSTAR Experiment at Brookhaven National Lab
Peyton GrimmBruce HrivnakEvolution of Stars
Alex KagayLuke VenstromDeveloping a New Experimental Station in the Solar Energy Research Facility to Enable the Study of Materials that Could Support Long-Duration Thermochemical Storage of Solar Energy
Jackson KingPaul SmithTesting a New Reactor for Iron Oxides Produced by Solar Furnace
Kyle KohlmeyerKevin JantziSynthesis of Novel Ring Compounds
Brad KozlowskiScott DuncanManufacturing and Testing of Mechatronics Stations for New Mechatronics Laboratory
Olivia KrugmanTodd HillwigObservational Astronomy Research on Proto-Planetary Nebulae and Planetary Nebula Central Stars
Georgia MartinElizabeth GingerichSpecial Issue of the Journal of Values-Based Leadership
Ana Flavia MicheliniRobert ClarkMechanistic Studies Investigating How the CooA Protein Serves as a Carbon Monoxide Sensor
Megan MorettiMichael WattersTesting Irradiated Plastics for Fungal Biodegradation
Emily PavasarsStan ZygmuntComputational Study of Chemical Reactions Leading to the Formation of Acetaldehyde
Andrew PaxsonBruce HrivnakAstronomical Observations at the Campus Observatory
Jessica VillegasJeffrey PruetDesign and Synthesis of Compounds Which Could Service as Anti-Fungal Drugs