Undergraduate-Research

Brown Bag Research Presentations

Every Wednesday from June 17th – July 22nd there is an opportunity to hear the students who are conducting research present their topics.

Pack a lunch and come and listen! All are welcome to attend these events held in via Zoom! There will be 3-4 topics covered each week. The sessions are from Noon-1 p.m. (although a few weeks we may run a little longer).

The tentative Summer 2020 schedule is as follows:

June 1712:00Prof. Michael WattersROS Control Mutants and Added Antioxidants Induce Hypobranching in Neurospora crassa
12:15Prof. Paul SmithFive Pieces of Advice from Dr. Smith on Presenting to Laypeople
12:30Natalie Michaels, Alyssa Jarabek, Cassi NiemeyerSynthesis of an unnatural fluoroscent amino acid
12:45
June 2412:00John ShenFirst-Principles Calculations of Electronic and Transport Properties of Nanowires
12:15Carter McCulloughHaptic Robots for Engineering Education
12:30Arthur GoyneFabrication of pressure sensor diaphragm from graphene oxide
12:45
July 112:00Nathan RandleEstimating the Average Boston Marathon Runner’s Time from the Winner’s Time
12:15Alexander BrunoEstimation of the Population Mean with the Sample Maximum
12:30Oscar Benbow, Matt Klemm, Thomas Panek, Daniel PiccoliMACs over Chats: simulating medium access protocols
12:45Samantha ScletzExtratropical Transition of Tropical Cyclones in the Southwest Indian Ocean: A Climatology
July 812:00Maggie Bliese and Laura FloydModeling Close Binary Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae
12:15Wenxuan Meng and Krystal PenaUpdating the Data Acquisition System for the Diesel Engine Test Cell
12:30Allen Huff and Julie Pohlman-ZordanBattery Application of Silver Molybdate Structures
12:45Trupti Patel, Abigail GarzaUnderstanding the role of Rbfox RNA-binding proteins in brain development, neuronal function, and behavior
July 1512:00Brian SchmitMeasuring Concentrated Solar Radiation with a Solar Calorimeter
12:15Seah Egan and Peyton GrimmStudying the Light Variability in Evolved Stars
12:30Noah Moriarty and Jessica VillegasDesign and Synthesis of Potential Anti-fungal Drugs
12:45Nick EvansComputational modeling of biological scaffold materials
July 2212:00Anand Agrawal, William Bakke, Michael Bukowski,The STAR Experiment and the Forward Upgrade (one talk in two parts)
12:15Claire Kovarik, and JD Snaidauf
12:30Paige Camp, Kirsten Treptow and Hailey GoodwinEnvironmental cues and fungi morphology
12:45Elaina BakerStudying the development of vertebrate animals under conditions present in outer space