Current & Past MSU Undergraduate Scholars & Mentors

29 undergraduate research scholars funded for spring 24

 Fain College of Fine Arts

• Hunter Doughty, Marcus Morris, and Cecil Witherspoon, “Wichita Falls: A Digital City Symphony,” mentor: Jonathon Quam, mass communication
• Blake Guldjord, “Motion-capture character design for live performance,” mentor:  Jason Bly, art
• Sunny Scabora, “Pedagogy between Authority and Creativity: The Theatrics and Philosophy of Student Learning Community,” mentor: Tyler Williams, theatrical performance/philosophy       

Dillard College of Business Administration

• Romario Hughes, “The impact of financial literacy programs and incentives on consumer debt and health behaviors: An exploration of psychological factors and behavioral change strategies," mentor: Qian Li, finance
• Brittany Jackson  “The Challenges and Potential of Business Development in Downtown Wichita Falls,” mentor: Scott Manley, management and marketing

 Gunn College of Health Science and Human Services

• Sydney Cooper, “Appropriateness of Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning in Detecting Anterior Ligament Tears,” mentor: Rodney Fisher, radiologic technology
• Myia Davis and Jessica Walla, “An analysis of Compton scatter intensities under different clinical conditions,” mentor: Rodney Fisher, radiologic technology

 McCoy College of Science, Mathematics, and Engineering           

• Zaniya Medlin, “Genetic typing of E. coli strains from local waterfowl to determine the presence of virulence factors,” mentor: James Masuoka, biology
• Luis Tamez, “Reversion of antibiotic-resistance to antibiotic susceptibility: genetic effects,” mentor: James Masuoka, biology
• Abigail Guinan, “Using membrane protein chaperone to disrupt the alpha-synuclein protein aggregation: A potential treatment for Parkinson’s Disease,” mentor: Fu-Cheng Liang, chemistry              
• Kelton Brown and Gerrit Nemec, “The effectiveness of a surfactant/alkaline on enhanced oil recovery (EOR) on a mature reservoir,” mentor: Mahmoud Elsharafi, engineering
• Calvin Walmer, “Investigating the nonlinear effect of temperature on a constrained flat plate,” mentor: Salim Azzouz, engineering
• Sharome Burton, “Controls architecture for autonomy-ready battery electric passenger vehicle,” mentor: Yu Guo, mechanical engineering
• Zantia King, “Better estimation of above-ground biomass for MSU Texas tree species with parameter optimization and model validation,” mentors: Kashif Mahmud and graduate student Elizabeth Elkins, environmental science
• Jordan Swearingen, “Alteration of granite-captured rhyolite, Wichita Mountains, Oklahoma,” mentor: Jonathan Price, geosciences

 Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities and Social Sciences

• Zetta Cannedy and Brandon Goins, “True Crime: A Bridge to Activism Within the U.S. Justice System,” mentor Linda Veazey, global studies/political science
• Andres Revis, “The Lao perspective in the bombing of Laos during the Cold War,” mentors: Mike Rattanasengchanh and Eric Lynch, political science
• Federica Manno and Jackson Redding, “Multi-level drivers of climate change perceptions and actions: A cross-country analysis,” mentor: Juheon Lee, political science
• Ramon Morquecho Hernandez, “From Rivals to Comradery: The Journey of Baseball from the USA to Japan in the Post-WWII Era,” mentor: Leland Turner, history

 West College of Education

• Raychel Anderle, "Exploring Forms of Communication within Professional Organizations: Member Preferences for Receiving Information,” mentor: Suzanne Lindt, child/adolescent studies
• Christene Bokutu and Brisa Jimenez-Soriano, “Work Smarter, Not Harder: Utilizing AI to Enhance Elementary School Lesson Plans,” mentors: Kelly Medellin and Stephanie Zamora Robles, EC-6 education
• Cali Barton, “ Strategies to Increase Connections and Belongingness in Undergraduate and Graduate Courses,” mentor: Dittika Gupta, secondary science education

Fain College of Fine Arts

• Ma Iris Thea Gison, “Motion-capture character design for live performance,” mentor: Jason Bly, art         

Dillard College of Business Administration

• Romario Hughes, “The impact of financial literacy programs and incentives on consumer debt and health behaviors: An exploration of psychological factors and behavioral change strategies," mentor: Qian Li, finance
• Anne Akpabio, “The impact of mergers, acquisitions, and corporate restructuring on the stock market and real estate industry,” mentor: Lin Wang, accounting and finance

Gunn College of Health Science and Human Services

• Myia Davis and Jessica Walla, “An analysis of Compton scatter intensities under different clinical conditions,” mentor: Rodney Fisher, radiologic technology

McCoy College of Science, Mathematics, and Engineering           

• Zantia King, “Better estimation of above-ground biomass for MSU Texas tree species with parameter optimization and model validation,” mentors: Kashif Mahmud and graduate student Elizabeth Elkins, environmental science
• Jordan Swearingen, “Characterizing granite-captured rhyolite, Wichita Mountains, Oklahoma,”, mentor: Jonathan Price, geosciences
• Luis Tamez, “Reversion of antibiotic-resistance to antibiotic susceptibility: genetic effects,” mentor: James Masuoka, biology
• Zaniya Medlin, “Genetic typing of coli strains from local waterfowl to determine the presence of virulence factors,” mentor: James Masuoka, biology
• Francine Pascal, “Effect of indole, tryptophan and serotonin on germination of Candida albicans,” mentor: James Masuoka, biology
• Nasiha Khan, “Effect of wall protein glycosylation on Candida albicans cell surface properties,” mentor: James Masuoka, biology
• Abigail Guinan, “Using membrane protein chaperone to disrupt the alpha-synuclein protein aggregation: A potential treatment for Parkinson’s Disease,” mentor: Fu-Cheng Liang, chemistry 
• Sharome Burton, “Controls architecture for autonomy-ready battery electric passenger vehicle,” mentor: Yu Guo, mechanical engineering

Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities and Social Sciences

• Andres Revis, “The Lao perspective in the bombing of Laos during the Cold War,” mentors: Mike Rattanasengchanh and Eric Lynch, political science, 
• Federica Manno and Jackson Redding, “Multi-level drivers of climate change perceptions and actions: A cross-country analysis,” mentor: Juheon Lee, political science

Fain College of Fine Arts

• Emily Beaman, “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” mentor: Jonathon Quam, mass communication
• Colin Stevenson, Jaylei Lamb. “Polaroid and Porcelain,” mentor: William McKinney, ceramics/art and mass communication

Gunn College of Health Sciences and Human Services

• Heriberto Torres, “Exploring the Language Barrier in Healthcare for Individuals of Latino Heritage,” mentor: Michael Olson, exercise physiology
• Jack Murdock, “Safe Medication Administration: The Case to Prevent Medication Administration Errors via Embedded Alerts,” mentor: Stephanie Baker, nursing

Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities and Social Sciences

• Zetta Cannedy, Andres Revis, “Natural Disasters and Political Efficacy in the United States, 1964 – 2018,” mentor: Juheon Lee, political science

McCoy College of Science Mathematics and Engineering

• Nasiha Khan, “Effect of Wall Protein Glycosylationon Candida Albicans Cell Surface Properties,” mentor: James Masuoka, biology
• Ryan Azzouz, “Reversion of Antibiotic-resistance to Antibiotic-susceptibility: Genetic Effects,” mentor: James Masuoka, biology
• Abigail Guinan, “Using Membrane Protein Chaperone to Prevent and Disrupt the Alpha-Synuclein Protein Aggregation in Parkinson Disease,” mentor: Fu-Cheng Liang, chemistry/biology
• Zaniya Medlin, “Genetic Typing of Antibiotic-resistant coli Strains from Local Waterfowl,” mentor: James Masuoka, biology
• Francine Pascal, “Effect of Indole, Tryptophan, and Serotonin on Germination of Candida albicans,” mentor: James Masuoka, biology
• Abigail Matthew, “Using Membrane Protein Chaperone to Prevent Familial Mutant of Alpha-Synuclein Protein Aggregation in Parkinson’s Disease,” mentor: Fu-Cheng Liang, chemistry
• Sharome Burton, “Autonomous Collaborative Drones – Air- and Ground-based Network,” mentors: Yu Guo and Eduardo Colmenares-Diaz, engineering and computer science
• Miguel Bethel, “Using Magnets as Stabilizers,” mentors: Jeff Hood, Yu Guo, mathematics and engineering
• Miguel Bethel, Nedabiah Warner, “A Fixed Wing UAV with Vertical Takeoff and Landing,” mentor: Yu Guo, engineering
• McClain White and Nevil Vora, “Membrane Distillation for Clean Water Production,” mentor: Mahmoud Elsharafi, engineering
• Elizabeth Elkins, “Terrestrial Remote Sensing Technology for Improved Forest Biomass Monitoring,” mentor: Kashif Mahmud, geoscience

Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities and Social Sciences

• Ty Criss, “The Statistics Behind the Educational and Diversification Benefits for Students who Study Abroad,” mentor: Mahmoud Elsharafi, study abroad/world culture
• Brandon Goins "Queer Lit on PAR: A Positive Assimilation Rubric for Queer YA Literature,” mentor: Peter Fields, English/humanities,
• Zetta Cannedy and Cristin Martin, “Legal Consciousness and Community: A Survey of Legal Understanding and Legal Approval in Wichita County, Texas,” mentor: Linda Veazey, political science/global studies.

 West College of Education

• Madeline Stanford “PSTs Using Culturally Relevant Science and Math Tasks: Framework to Critique Learning,” mentor: Dittika Gupta

• Shainell Joseph, “I shouldn’t have helped you! A qualitative study of resentment of peer helping outside of the classroom and its consequences,” Mentors: Niyati Kataria and Shih Yung Chou, business management
• Gabriella Pettijohn and Austin Strode, The impact of party affiliation on Texas counties balance of payments with the federal government,” Mentors: John Martinez and Robert Forrester, economics and finance

• Shelby Ochs, “The fallacy of the Shakespearean heroine: Re-imagining William Shakespeare's Othello,” Mentor: Morgan Mallory, theatre performance

• Louis Adam “Safe medication administration: The case to prevent medication errors via embedded EHR alerts,” Mentors: Ekundayo Oloworibi (graduate student), and Stephanie Baker, nursing
• Morgan Holcomb, “Promoting self-care among undergraduate nursing students through the use of a behavior change project,” Mentor: Robin Lockhart, nursing
• Nicholas Hubbert “Impact of mindful activity through smartphone application,” Mentor: Tracie Fulton, nursing
• Ebany Hanna, “Utility of diagnostic X-rays versus computed tomography for imaging skull fractures,” Mentor: Jessyca Wagner, radiologic sciences

• Ryan Azzouz, “Reversion of antibiotic-resistance to antibiotic-susceptibility: genetic effects,” Mentor: James Masuoka, biology
• Zaniya Medlin, “Genetic typing of antibiotic-resistant coli strains from local waterfowl,” Mentor: James Masuoka, biology
• Kaylee Twilligear, “Phosphate-linked glycans and Candida albicans cell wall properties,” Mentor: James Masuoka, biology
• Abigail Matthew, “Using membrane protein chaperone to prevent familial mutant of alpha-synuclein protein aggregation in Parkinson’s disease,” Mentor: Fu-Cheng Liang, chemistry
• Victor Marchesi, “Sentiment analysis of COVID-19 vaccines on social media over time,” Mentor: Mika Morgan, computer science
• Sharome Burton, “Autonomous collaborative drones – air- and ground-based network,” Mentors: Yu Guo and Eduardo Colmenares-Diaz, engineering and computer science
• McClain White and Nevil Vora, “Membrane distillation for clean water production,” Mentor: Mahmoud Elsharafi, engineering

• Zetta Cannedy and Cristin Martin, “Legal consciousness and community: A survey of legal understanding and legal approval in Wichita County, Texas,” Mentor: Linda Veazey, political science and global studies.

 West College of Education

• Beatrice Perucchini, “Mindfulness intervention for sports performance,” Mentors: Suzanne Lindt and Tara Fox, psychology, undergraduate education, and counseling

 Dillard College of Business Administration

•  Amira Johnson, “Determining Basic Accommodations that can Increase Employment Success for IIDD Within a Bakery Context” Mentor: Dr. Andrea Bennett, management and marketing

Fain College of Fine Arts

•  Emily Copeland, “Who’s Included? Examining Diversity in Teaching Literary Journalism” Mentor: Dr. Mitzi Lewis, mass communication
•  Marissa Salinas and Miranda Salinas, “The Color Hidden from View” Mentor: Jonathon Quam, mass communication

 McCoy College of Science Mathematics and Engineering

•  Cykelle Semper and Ernuel Tonge, “Investigation of Dual Vortex Stabilizing Obstacle with Built-in Vertical Wind Turbines, Mentors: Dr. Salim Azzouz and Dr. Pranaya Pokharel, engineering
•   Kendra Jean Jacques, “Quantum Electro Dynamics Process involving muon-muon pair in the Muon g-2 Experiment” Mentor: Dr. Preet Sharma, physics
•  Sharome Burton and Shanae Edwards, “Autonomous Collaborative Drones – Air and Ground-based Network” Mentor: Dr. Yu Guo, engineering

 Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities and Social Sciences

• Stephanie Robledo, “Latinx and Gendered Expectation” Mentor: Dr. Hillary Coenen, English
•  Rachel Patterson, “Lao Voice in U.S.-Lao Relations during the Cold War” Mentors: Dr. Mike Rattanasengchanh and Dr. Eric Lynch, history and world languages

 West College of Education

•  Molly Melloan (MSU Texas Flower Mound), “Enhancing Culturally Relevant Math Tasks with Multicultural Literature” Mentor: Dr. Dittika Gupta, math education

Interdisciplinary: WCOE & MCOSME

•  Brittney Clarke and Micah-Lyn Scotland, “The Design and Development of an Effective Digital Mathematics Game” Mentors: Dr. Dittika Gupta, math education, and Dr. Catherine Stringfellow, computer science

•  Galesha Henry and Nickisha Richard, “COVID-19 Pandemic and Tone Manipulation in Financial Reporting,” Mentor: Dr. Lin Wang, managerial accounting

• Grace Palmer, and Mikaela Inderman “Untreated Wastewater as a Source of Virus to Treat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria,” Mentor: Dr. James Masuoka, biology
• Annahita Razavi, Aryian Razavi, and Andrea Repici, “On More Environmentally Friendly Refrigerants,” Mentors: Dr. Randal Hallford and Dr. Sheldon Wang, chemistry/engineering.
• Edvin Benjamin, “Design of Lower-limb Exoskeleton Using Servo Motors,” Mentors: Dr. Pranaya Pokharel and Dr. Tina Johnson, engineering/computer science.
• Miguel Bethel and Nedabiah Warner, “Energy Efficient Vertical Take Off and Landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle,” Mentor: Dr. Yu Guo, engineering
• Sharome Burton, “Unmanned Arial Vehicle for Search and Rescue Applications,” Mentor: Dr. Yu Guo, engineering
• Samuel Campbell, and Dylan Peterson, “Autonomous Control Systems for High Power Rocketry,” Mentor: Dr. Yu Guo, engineering
• Ernuel Tonge, “Desalination Concept using Kelvin Dropper Apparatus,” Mentor Dr. Salim Azzouz, engineering
• Kuwin Wyke, “Robotic Soccer Using Artificial Intelligence,” Mentor: Dr. Yu Guo, engineering
• Sherilene Morancie, “Does Coral Skeletal Growth and Density Decrease over Time in Response to Increase Stress?”, Mentor: Dr. Anna Weiss, geosciences
• Shimron St. Clair, “How Does the Use of Sediment Analysis Document Reef Conditions?”, Mentor: Dr. Anna Weiss, geosciences

• Isabella Black, “False Consciousness, Racial Prejudice and Group Threat in the Immediate Post-Trump Era,” Mentor: Dr. Isaac Christiansen, sociology
• Siedah Charles, "Testing if the Constant Dominance Parenting Style Correlates with Depression and Academic Effort in a Cross-Cultural Sample,” Mentor: Dr. David Carlston, psychology
• Kelsey Davis, “Vikings in Russia,” Mentor: Dr. Tiffany Zeigler, history

• Brittney Clarke, and Shaddel Lewis, “Promoting Positive Attitudes Toward Disabilities: Developing an Inclusive Literature Curriculum,” Mentor: Dr. Emily Smith, education/special education
• Julie Green, “Exploring Embedded Course Research and Creative Activities at Midwestern State University,” Mentors: Dr. Stacia Miller and Dr. Leann Curry, kinesiology and education

West College of Education 

• Brittney Clarke, Pre-service Teachers' Knowledge of Tourette's Syndrome, mentor: Emily Rutherford, special education                 
•  Braelyn Ringwald, Making Big Moves: A Transition Fair for Students with Disabilities, mentor, Emily Rutherford, special education

 Prothro-Yeager College Humanities and Social Sciences

• Siedah Charles, Grit, Conscientiousness, and Success at School and Work, mentor: Scott Frankowski, psychology         
•  Craig Gregg,  Of Druids, Eco-Shamans, and Witches: Earth Based Spirituality in America, mentor,  Todd Giles,  philosophy/world cultures       

Dillard Colleg of Business Administration 

• Yohann Isaac, Are Managers Telling the Truth about Future Earnings During Conference Calls? A Textual Analysis, mentor:  Lin Wang, business, finance

   McCoy College of Science, Mathematics, and Engineering

• Micah-Lyn, Scotland, Semeion Stafford,  Sentiment Analysis of Momentous Issues of 2020,    Dr. Terry Griffin,  computer science
•  Christopher Sun,  Applying Membrane Protein Chaperone as Therapeutics to Prevent Amyloid Beta Aggregation  mentor, George Liang,  chemistry          
• Shanae' Edwards,   Photogrammetry-Based 3D Printing for Applications in Engineering and Beyond, mentor,  Zeki Ilhan, engineering
•  Bryan  Heilman, Sharome Burton Unmanned Arial Vehicle for Search & Rescue Applications  n, Dr. Yu Guo, computer science/engineering          
•  Kuwin Wyke,  Robotic Soccer using Artificial Intelligence,Yu Guo, computer science/engineering
•  Samuel Campbell, Henry Steele  Autonomous Control Systems in High Power Rocketry, mentor, Yu Guo, engineering        
• Trevon Antoine, Christopher Alexis Multiphase Flow in Pipelines mentor,  Dr. Mahmoud Elsharafi, engineering                 
• Sean Aleman, Salt Ion from a Brine Solution, mentor Salim Azzouz, engineering  

• MeganWidner, Commercialization Development in Low-Earth Orbit: What are the Keys to Sustainability? Mentor: Dr. Jeff Stambaugh, Business
• Fynne Forde, Breidy Encarnacion, The Impact of Poverty and Race on Access to Quality Hospitals. Mentor: Dr. Sarah Quintanar Economics

West College of Education

• Brittney Clarke, Pre-service Teachers' Knowledge of Tourette's Syndrome, Mentor: Dr. Emily Rutherford, special education,
• Krystan Springette University Students Suspected of Having ADD: Examining Self-Awareness and Diagnostic Instruments Mentor: Dr. Emily Rutherford, Special Education,
• Rayna Turnbo, Exploring Digital Math Games Mentor: Dr. Dittika Gupta, curriculum & learning
• Baylie Bradshaw, Engaging Learners in the Social Studies Classroom through Assessment Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Lindt, curriculum and learning

 Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities and Social Sciences

• Siedah Charles, Grit, Conscientiousness, and Success at School and Work. Mentor: Dr. Scott Frankowski, Psychology

 McCoy College of Science Mathematics and Engineering

• Mi’kaila Billinger, Exploring Potential Roles of Bacterial Endophytes in Plants during Environmental Stress, Mentor Dr. Magaly Rincón-Zachary, plant biology
• Dianna Daniel, Ryan Smith, Utilize Membrane Protein Chaperone as a Treatment to Ameliorate Tau Protein Aggregation. Mentor: Dr. Fu-Cheng Liang, chemistry
• Christopher Sun, Applying Membrane Protein Chaperone as Therapeutics to Prevent Amyloid Beta Aggregation, Mentor: Dr. Fu-Cheng Liang, chemistry
• Bryan Heilman, Sharome Burton, Unmanned Arial Vehicle for Search & Rescue Applications, Mentor: Dr. Yu Guo. engineering
• Kuwin Wyke, Abegail Henderson, Robotic Soccer using AI Mentor: Dr. Yu Guo. Engineering
• Samuel Campbell, Henry Steele, Autonomous Control Systems in High Power Rocketry Mentor: Dr. Yu Guo. engineering
• Germiamah Junkere, Chad Simeon, Salt Ion Removal from a Brine Solution, Mentor Dr. Salim Azzouz, engineering 
• Christopher Alexis, Trevon Antoine, Multiphase Flow in Pipelines, Mentor: Dr. Mahmoud Elsharafi, engineering

Fain College of Fine Arts

Madison Davis, Alexis Rucker “Darkness on the Edge of Town: Documenting Human Trafficking in Wichita Falls” mass communication, mentor Jonathan Quam                                                 

Dillard College of Business Administration

Kaushik Shah, Zihao Wu, “The effect of South Africa trade on OECD foreign direct investment in Southern Africa” accounting/finance, mentor: Pablo Garcia-Fuentes

Megan Widner, “Commercialization development in low-Earth orbit: What are the keys to sustainability?” mentor: Jeff Stambaugh, management and marketing.    

Gunn College of Health Science and Human Services

Rylie Simmons, “Effective methods to improve the preceptor and nursing student relationship” nursing, mentors: Stephanie Baker, Terri Farabee

McCoy College of Science, Mathematics & Engineering

Justiz Baker, “Design and Implementation of Linear and Nonlinear Controllers to Stabilizer on Experimental Test Setup,’ mentor: Zeki Ilhan, engineering

Mi'Kaila Billinger, “Exploring potential roles of bacterial endophytes in plants during environmental stress,” mentors:  Magaly Rincón-Zachary, James Masuoka, plant biology

Sharome Burton, Brian Heilman, “Unmanned aerial vehicle for search and rescue applications” mentor; Yu Guo    computer science/engineering                 

Shady Boukhary, “A smart early threat detection system,” mentor: Eduardo Colmenares-Diaz, computer science                                

Tyler Cadette, Don Wijesinghe, “FPAA-based implementation of nonlinear oscillatory circuits,” mentor: Yu Guo, engineering

Samuel Campbell, Henry Steele, “Autonomous control systems in high power rocketry”                mentor: Yu Guo, engineering                       

Dianna  Daniel, Ryan Smith, “Utilize membrane protein chaperone as a treatment to Ameliorate Tau protein aggregation” mentor: George Liang, chemistry/pre-radiology     

Germiamah Junkere, Chad Simeon, “Salt ion removal from a brine solution” mentor: Salim Azzouz, engineering

Natalie Ragland, Andrew Wolf, “Targeting genes in Xenopus laevis (African clawed frog) using CRISPR”   mentor: Jon Scales, biology/genetics      

Theo Rolle, “Darcy and Non-Darcy flow through packing particles”, mentor: Mahmoud Elsharafi 

Dirgha Vora, Porscha Weaver, “Using membrane protein chaperone to rescue the phenotype in a fly model of Parkinson's Disease” biology/chemistry, mentors: George Liang, Jon Scales

Kuwin Wyke, “Robotic soccer using AI: A study in vision processing,” mentor: Yu Guo, computer science/engineering                

Yujin Yoshimura, “A novel prime number finding algorithm” mentor: Eduardo Colmenares, computer science                     

Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Mallory LeDoux, “Implicit prejudiced Attitudes Towards Disability: Visible and Invisible”  mentor, Scott Frankowski, psychology  

Nathan Conard “The question of evil and its logic: Confucianism and Christianity,” mentor, Donovan Irven, philosophy.                

West College of Education

Kelly Carpenter “Developing cognitive conflict in pre-service teachers”, mentors: Sarah Cobb, Dittika Gupta, mathematics/education

Krystan Springette, “University students suspected of having ADD: Examining self-awareness and diagnostic instruments,” mentor: Emily Rutherford, special education                                                                                          

Dillard College of Business Administration

• Kaushik Shah and Zihao Wu, “The effect of South Africa Trade on OECD Foreign Direct Investment in Southern Africa”, Mentor: Dr. Pablo Garcia-Fuentes,  finance/economics

Fain College of Fine Arts

• Lauren Compean “Using the Ancient Art of Encaustic to Illustrate Cultural Heritage” Mentor: Dr. Morgan Page, art

Gunn College of Health Sciences and Human Services

• Rylie Simmons, “Effective methods to improve the preceptor and nursing student relationship” Mentors:  Drs. Stephanie Baker and Terri Farabee, nursing
• Kaelen Vazquez, “Exploration of the Nurse’s Perceptions of Inter-professional Communication in Emergency Trauma Care” Mentor: Dr. Robin Lockhart, nursing

McCoy College of Science, Mathematics, and Engineering

• Abigail De Lizio, “The Effect of Serotonin and Indole on the Attachment of the Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans”. Mentor: Dr. James Masuoka, biology
• Natalie Ragland and Andrew Wolf, “Targeting Genes in Xenopus laevis (African clawed frog) using CRISPR”  Mentor: Dr. Jon Scales, biology 
• Prisca Mbonu, “Directed Evolution of Membrane Protein Chaperone to Ameliorate Protein Aggregation-Associated Diseases” Mentor: Dr. George Liang, chemistry 
• Dianna Daniel, “Utilize Membrane Protein Chaperone as a Treatment to Ameliorate Tau Protein Aggregation” Mentor: Dr. George Liang, chemistry 
• Nathaniel Shawver, “Genetic Variability caused by Environmental Conditions in Silverleaf-Nightshade” Mentor: Dr. Bill Cook, biology 
• Mi'Kaila Billinger, “Exploring Potential Roles of Bacterial Endophytes in Plants During Environmental Stress” Mentor: Dr. Magaly Rincón-Zachary, plant biology
• Mai Trinh and Sarah Beaver, “Evaluating the Correlations of Pure-tone Hearing Test and Speech Recognition Test to Provide a Universal Measure for The Cochlear Implant Industry” Mentor: Dr. Patrick Mitchell, computer science
• Phelecia Scotland and Jonathan Granger, “Salt Ion Removal from a Brine Solution” Dr. Salim Azzouz
• Marcus Baptiste and Shaloy Chapman, “Darcy and Non-Darcy Flow Through Packing Particles” Mentor: Dr. Mahmoud Elsharafi, engineering
• Carson Conrady and Garrett Syrus, “Robot Soccer Using Artificial Intelligence” Mentors: Dr. Yu Guo and Dr. JT Ok, engineering 
• Samuel Campbell Henry Steele, “Autonomous Control Systems in High Power Rocketry” Mentor Dr. Yu Guo, engineering
• Tyler Cadette,  “FPAA-Based Implementation of Nonlinear Oscillatory Circuits” Mentor: Dr. Yu Guo, engineering
• William Loveland “Design of an Experimental Setup for PID Control Tuning” Mentor: Dr. Zeki Ilhan, engineering

Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Nathan Endo “Black Diamonds in the Eye of Texas: Organized Labor and Management Tactics in the Newcastle Coalfield” Mentor: Dr. Leland Turner, history 

Amy Ward, “Testing a Norms-Based and Social Hierarchal Intervention for Sexual Misconduct Attitudes” Mentor: Dr. Scott Frankowski, sociology

West College of Education

Donovon Grier, “Assessment with Technology” Mentors:  Drs. Suzann Lindt and Stacia Miller, undergraduate education

Krystan Springette, “University Students Suspected of having ADD: Examining Self-Awareness and Diagnostic Instruments” Mentor: Dr. Emily Rutherford, special education

Dillard College of Business Administration

Simon Ospina, “Economic impact of the SBDC at MSU on regional economic growth,” mentors: Drs. Scott Manley and Geoffrey Clegg, Entrepreneurship and Economics.

Kaushik Shah, “Hyperledger/Blockchain and Fraud: The good, the bad and the ugly,” mentor: Dr. Paul San Miguel, Accounting and Finance.

Fain College of Fine Arts       

Samuel Mitchell and Tyler Manning, “Choices-enhancing student marketability in media production,” mentor: Dr. Jonathon Quam, Mass Communication.

Gunn College of Health Sciences and Human Services       

Kaelen Vazquez, “Exploration of the nurse's perceptions of inter-professional communication in emergency trauma care,” mentor: Dr. Robin Lockhart, Nursing.

McCoy College of Science, Mathematics & Engineering

Abigail DeLizio, “The effect of the human hormone serotonin and derivatives on the growth of the fungal pathogen Candida albicans,” mentor: Dr. James Masuoka, Biology

Sarah Kennedy, “Enhancing lake water quality with the use of floating wetland islands,” mentor: Dr. Michael Shipley, Biology/Geoscience.

Anahi Palacios and Natalie Ragland “Targeting the mdtE gene of E. coli via Cas9/CRISPR to investigate its role in erythromycin resistance,” mentor, Dr. Jon Scales, Biology.

Prisca Mbuno, “Directed evolution of membrane protein chaperone to ameliorate protein aggregation-associated diseases,”  mentor, Dr. Fu-Cheng Liang, Chemistry.

Shady Boukhary, “Study, analysis and acceleration of a N-body simulation under many-core environments,” mentor: Dr. Eduardo Colmenares-Diaz, Computer Science.

Jenom Pyeng, “Dynamic filtration test to investigate the effect of preformed gels on un-swept, low-permeable zones/Areas,” mentor: Dr. Mahmoud Elsharafi, Engineering.

Kelton Vidal, “Energy from salt water,” mentor: Dr. Mahmoud Elsharafi, Engineering

Ernuel Tonge, and Cykelle Semper “Data collection and analysis from a wind turbine and a photovoltaic solar panel,” mentor: Dr. Salim Azzouz, Engineering.

Jonathan Granger and Phelicia Scotland, “Salt ions removal from a brine solution,” mentor: Dr. Salim Azzouz, Engineering.

Tyler Cadette and Abigail Reyes, “Implementation of nonlinear oscillatory circuits using FPAA,” mentor: Dr. Yu Guo, Engineering.

Joshua Washington and Carson Conrady, “Robot soccer using artificial intelligence,” mentors: Drs. Yu Go and Jeong Te Ok, Engineering.

Luuk Teurlinx, “Adaptive control design for a gravity compensation mechanism for human lower-limb rehabilitation,” mentor: Dr. Zeki Ilhan, Engineering.

 Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Frida Arredondo, “How to best learn foreign-language vocabulary: Comparing published research and student surveys,” mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Oxford, World Languages and Cultures/Spanish.

Jessica Odom, “Annotated translation of Andreyev’s The Red Laugh with scholarly apparatus,” mentor: Dr. Kirsten Lodge, English/Humanities.

Ryan Lee, “Using a Longitudinal Design to Test the Validity of a Sexual Misconduct Educational Training Program,” mentor: Dr. Scott Frankowski, Psychology.

Kayla Redder, “Difference between musicians and non-musicians on a test of automatic racial biases,” mentor: Dr. Scott Frankowski, Psychology.

Dillard College of Business Administration

Simon Ospina, “Economic Impacts of the SBDC at MSU on Regional Economic Growth”   Mentors: Drs. Agim Kukeli and James Owen

Shayne Matambanadzo, “A Comparative Study of the Cashless Societies Progress and its Efficiency” Mentor: Dr. Qian Li                            

Hanna Gebel, Luka Gebel, “A simultaneous equation estimation of the effect of remittances on income, education, and health inequality in developing countries” Mentor:  Dr. Pablo Garcia-Fuentes             

 Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Kerdell Cuffy, “Africa and Her Contributions to Civilization” Mentor: Dr. Whitney Snow. Note: Kerdell Cuffy is a Finance major

Lane Riggs, “Annotated Translation of Zamyatin’s We with Scholarly Apparatus” Kirsten Lodge                    

Frida Arredondo, “How Best to Learn Spanish Vocabulary: Comparing Published Research and Student Surveys” Mentor: Jeffery Oxford

Emma Labedis, “Midwestern's O-Wa-Ki-Ya and the Feminist Rhetorical Perspective” Mentor: Dr. Melissa Nivens        

Gunn College of Health Sciences and Human Services

Stephanie Lindsay, “Empowering Patients to Reduce Lumbar Puncture Associated Spinal Headaches” Mentors: Drs.  Stephanie Baker and Robin Lockhart       

 McCoy College of Science, Mathematics, and Engineering

Natalie Ragland, Anahi Palacios, “Targeting the mdtE gene of E. coli via Cas9/CRISPR to investigate its role in Erythromycin resistance” Mentor: Dr. Jon Scales               

Tarrah Miller, Shanice Toussaint, “Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Antibiotic-Resistant Escherichia coli from Migratory Seagulls and Resident Waterfowl” Mentor:  Dr. James Masuoka

Melissa Rose: “Analysis of the Effect of Yeast Extract Content on Cell Surface Hydrophobicity of Candida albicans” Mentor:  Dr. James Masuoka     

Bethany Russell: “Using Sub-inhibitory Pressure of Antibiotics to Reduce Antibiotic Resistance in Escherichia coli QH020816-1.1” Mentors: Drs. James Masuoka and Jon Scales

Alaska Carrillo-Bell, “Exploring Possible Roles for Bacterial Endophytes in Seeds and Seedlings” Mentors: Drs. Magaly Rincon-Zachary and James Masuoka

Alexandra Nelson, “Quantitative Analysis of the middle Holliday Creek sub-watershed” Mentor:  Dr. Margaret Brown-Marsden

Constance Anih, Melanie Ronoh, “Data Collection and Analysis from a Wind Turbine and Photovoltaic Solar Panel” Mentor: Dr. Salim Azzouz                            

Calvert Aaron, “Comparison of several different hydraulic rapid traverse/feed circuits”  Mentor: Dr. Jan Brink    

Jenom Pyeng, “Dynamic Filtration Test to Investigate the Effect of Preformed Gels on Unswept, Low-Permeable Zones/Areas” Mentor: Dr. Mahmoud Elsharafi   

Kelton Vidal, “Energy from Salt Water” Mentor: Dr. Mahmoud Elsharafi

Joshua Washington, Carson Conrady, “Robot Soccer using Artificial Intelligence” Mentors: Drs. Yu Guo and Jeong Ok

Michael Sweeting, “UAV-based Autonomous Payload delivery using Computer Vision” Mentor: Dr. Yu Guo       

 West College of Education

Jennifer Cope, “Middle school students today: Are they different from us?” Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Lindt

Gabrielle Browning, “Movement in the Classroom- Impact on Reading Fluency” Mentor: Dr. Emily Rutherford    

Connie Ginnings, Amanda Latham, “Pre-Service Teachers’ Noticing of Struggling Students’ Mathematical Thinking” Mentors: Drs. Emily Rutherford and Dittika Gupta            

Mackenzie Barnard, “Classroom Management: Engaging Today’s Students in the Elementary Classroom” Mentor:  Dr. Jeffrey Blacklock              

Dillard College of Business Administration

Dareem Antoine, “Real Options meets Game Theory: An Evaluation of Graduate School Timing Decisions” Mentors: Drs. Agim Kukeli and Marcos Lopez (COSM-Math)

Hanna Gebel and Luka Gebel, “An Assessment of the Effect of Remittances on Income, Education and Health Inequality” Mentor: Dr. Pablo Garcia-Fuentes

Shayne Matambanadzo, “Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Saving for College Students” Mentor: Dr. Qian Li

Yenifher Valenzuela “Linking Executive Compensation to Firm Performance” Mentor: Dr. Paul San Miguel

Kaushik Shah, “Forecasting Regional Output Level: Case of Wichita Falls, Texas” Mentor: Dr. Agim Kukeli 

Fain College of Fine Arts

Taylor Morrison and Jenna Horn, “Visual Rhythm: Creating a Unique Live Media and Musical Experience” Mentor: Dr. Jonathon Quam

Gunn College of Health Sciences and Human Services

Camille Khan “Detection of Child Abusing in Medical Imaging” Mentor: Dr. Robert Comello

Yujin Yoshimura, “Application of Artificial Intelligence in Criminal Court” Mentors: Drs. Attapol Kuanliang and Bingyang Wei (COSM-CS)

College of Science and Mathematics

Melissa Rose, “Effect of Growth Medium pH on Cell Surface Hydrophobicity of Candida albicans” Mentor: Dr. James Masuoka

Bethany Russell, “Mechanisms of Reversion to Erythromycin-Susceptibility by Erythromycin-Resistant Bacteria” Mentor: Dr. James Masuoka

Carson Barnard, “Identification of Antibiotic Activity from Fungal Symbionts of Native Texas Plants” Mentor: Dr. James Masuoka

Paytan Stubbs, “Antibacterial and Antifungal Activity Produced by Symbiotic Bacteria from Grass-feeding Termites” Mentor: Dr. James Masuoka

AlaskaCarrillo-Bell “Bacterial Endophytes in Seeds with Varying Melatonin Content: Verification and Exploring Possible Roles for Bacterial Endophytes in Seeds” Mentor: Drs. Magaly Rincon-Zachary and James Masuoka

Natalie Ragland and Anahi Palacios, “Antibiotic Resistance due to Gene Mutation in Drug Target” Mentor: Dr. Jon Scales

Calvert Aaron and Denzel Kinyua, “Running and Braking of a Hydraulic Motor with varying loads” Mentors: Drs. Jan Brink and Yu Guo

Constance Anih and Melanie Ronoh “Data Collection and Analysis from a Wind Turbine and Photovoltaic Solar Panel” Mentor: Dr. Salim Azzouz

Gayal Hewakuruppu and Vongai Nyikayaramba, “Using Fourth-Order Runge Kutta Method to Determine the Dynamic Response of a Free Vibrating Laminated Composite Shallow Shell Panel” Mentor: Dr. Salim Azzouz

Jedeshkeran Chandrasegaran, “An Attempt to Understand the Thermodynamics of Cancer Cells” Mentor: Dr. Preet Sharma

Crege La Ronde and Shanley Paul, “Dynamic Filtration Test to Investigate the Effect of Preformed Gels on Unswept, Low-Permeable Zones/Areas” Mentor: Dr. Mahmoud Elsharafi

Chiedza Tokonya, “Energy from Salt Water” Mentors: Drs. Mahmoud Elsharafi and Jeong Tae Ok

Rumelia Thomas and Kelton Vidal, “Dynamic Contact Angle Measurements” Mentor: Dr. Mahmoud Elsharafi

Rojitha Goonesekere and Don Wijesinghe, “UAV-based Remote terrain Search & Rescue missions with Payload delivery using object-based image analysis” Mentor: Dr. Yu Guo

Ali Khalid and Anthony Enem, “Parallel DNA Sequencing with BOOSTMPI and Efficient Memory Cache” Mentor: Dr. Eduardo Colmenares-Diaz

Zeltzin Reyes and Abigail Reyes, “Experimental Study of the Nonlinear Dynamics in a 2 Degree of Freedom Duffing Oscillatory Circuit” Mentor: Dr. Yu Guo

Mpathi Nzima and Joshua Washington, “Robot Soccer using Artificial Intelligence” Mentor: Drs. Yu Guo and Bingyang Wei

Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Herbert McCullough and Natalia Zamora-Garcia, “Displacement and Gender Violence: Assessing the Transit State Security Gaps for Women and Girls in the Northern Triangle and Syrian Refugee Crises” Mentor: Dr. Linda Veazey

Kerdell Cuffy, “A People without the Knowledge of Their Past History, Origin, and Culture is Like a Tree without Roots” Mentor: Dr. Whitney Snow

Garrison Horton “Decadence across Cultures: England, France, Russia, and Central Europe” Mentor: Dr. Kirsten Lodge

Lane Riggs, “Annotated Translation of Zamyatin’s We with Scholarly Apparatus” Mentor: Dr. Kirsten Lodge

West College of Education

Brianna Manning, “Identifying Impactful Practices in Learning Communities” Mentor: Dr. Kym Acuña

Frida Arredondo and Montserrath Garay, “From Margin to Center: Multicultural Picture books for Math, Science, and Social Studies” Mentors: Dr. Dittika Gupta and Kelly Medellin

Sheri Speegle, “Rapping Up Math Fluency: A Multi-Sensory Approach to Improving Math Fact Fluency” Mentor: Dr. Emily Rutherford

The Measurement of Violence Against Women: A Case Study Analysis of Policy Scales
Andrea Mendoza , Julia Brady, Alexis Gay and Madeline Parker
Mentors: Drs. Steve Garrison and Linda Veazey

Bridging the Gap: The Anglo-Saxon Connection between the English and German Languages
Lisa Dianne Moore
Mentors: Drs. Yvonne Franke, Peter Fields and Tom Galbraith

Developing New Newsletter for Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology
Catherine Stepniak and Careisha Whyte
Mentors: Mr. Newman Wong and Dr. Bradley Wilson

Fort Hood Free Grazers: Central Texas Cattle Ranchers and the Role of Federal Government in the Economic Development of the Post-War American West
Kristen Johnson
Mentor: Dr. Leland Turner

Bacterial Endophytes in Seeds with High Melatonin Content: Survival Implications
Meaghan Rose and Shamberia Thomas
Mentors: Drs. Magaly Rincon-Zachary and James Masuoka

Identification of the ap56f genetic lesion in Drosophila melanogaster
Hunter Wolfe and Jordan Susac
Mentor: Dr. Jon Scales

Prevalence of Pathogenic Isolates in Migratory Birds and Transfer to Local Populations
Qianying He and Yaning Liu
Mentor: Dr. James Masuoka

Potential capacity of rainwater harvesting systems on MSU campus
Alex Nelson
Mentor: Dr. Rebecca Dodge

Further Definition of Granite Intrusions through Subsurface Samples
Challena Pinckney
Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Price

Exploring granite intrusions in the subsurface
Magen Brown
Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Price

Large Deflection Non-linear Coefficients of a Free Vibrating Shallow Shell Panel
Nanette Philip and Jn Claude Gustave
Mentor: Dr. Salim Azzouz

An Application of the Lotka-Volterra Model to Business Competition
Kizelle Williams and Dareem Antoine
Mentors: Dr. Dale McDonald, Dr. John Martinez and Dr. Robert Forrester

Sodium and Chlorine Ions Concentration Mapping in Saltwater
Chanuka Perera and Suman Bhandari
Mentor: Dr. Salim Azzouz

Viscosity Measurements for Various Fluids Used in Oil Industry
Denzel Kinyua and Kentzie Rhodes
Mentors: Drs. Mahmoud Elsharafi and Jeong Tae Ok

MSU Smart Parking System
Enaho Atamenwan, Paul Yacho, Indeesha Wickramarachchi, Abdullah Albakhurji and Rojitha Goonesekere
Mentor: Dr. Yu Guo

Vision Based Feedback Control of a Multi-DOF Robot via Bluetooth
Xitong Li, Danny Chen, and Mpathi Nzima
Mentor: Dr. Yu Guo

Computational Study of Film boiling Droplet Motion on Micro- and Nanoscale Ratchets
Daniel Goodey and Kiran Chapagain
Mentors: Drs. Jeong Tae Ok, Yu Guo, Sheldon Wang and Mahmoud Elsharafi

Evaluate the Effect of pH on the Mixed Brine and Chemical Solutions
Cody Chancellor, Connor Kirby and Jenom Pyeng
Mentor: Dr. Mahmoud Elsharafi

Beam Column Buckling Issues and Material or Structural Failures
Latham Moody Tomas Grejtak
Mentor: Dr. Sheldon Wang

Aquaponics: The Future of Farming
William Statham
Mentor: Dr. Sheldon Wang

Modeling and Simulation of a Novel Stirling Engine
Seth Witherspoon
Mentor: Dr. Martin Melhus

Investigating the Nature of Dwarf Spiral Galaxies
Sachithra Weerasooriya
Mentor: Dr. Jacqueline Dunn

Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Student Collaboration to Promote Health Eating and Active Living Among Elementary School Children
Britney Beasley and Jordan Spurlock
Mentors: Dr. Julia Knauff and Ms. Catherine Pankonien 

Oil Price Shocks: Estimating GDP, Local Income and Employment Effects on the North Texas Regional Economy
Curtis Knobloch
Mentors: Drs. John Martinez and Dr. Robert Forrester

U.S. Foreign Direct Investment, De Jure and De Facto Exchange Rate Regimes in Emerging Economies
Luca Lalor
Mentor: Dr. Pablo García-Fuentes

Remittances Effect on Poverty in Developing Countries: The Human Capital Impact
William R. Ash
Mentor: Dr. Pablo García-Fuentes

On the effect of Remittances and Human capital on Financial Development in Developing Countries
Kevin Thompson
Mentor: Dr. Pablo García-Fuentes

Turning up the Heat on Volunteer Motivation: A Study Examining What Makes America’s Most Famous Triple Digit Weather Bike Race so Attractive for Its’ Volunteers
Adam Leikness, Aubrey Kass and Wadzanai Dzvurumi
Mentor: Dr. Niyati Kataria

Integrating Children’s Literature in Elementary Math Methods: Fostering Understandings and Connections
Nikki Bussue and Melissa Whitwood
Mentor: Dr. Dittika Gupta

Understanding the Influence of Instructor Strategies to Self-Regulation and Engagement of the Millennial College Student
Jarred Garcia
Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Lindt

Establishing Literary Journalism in the Curriculum
Robin Reid
Mentor: Dr. Mitzi Lewis

Constructing an Online Studio Art Class: Transitioning from a Conventionally Taught
Drawing Course to an Online Class Using iPads
Emma Griffiths
Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth A. Yarosz-Ash

• Aaron Matthew, Soft Contact Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Granular Flow with CUDA,  Mentor: Dr. Martin Melhus, Computer Science, 
• Andrew Skinner, The Effects of River Salinity on Aquatic Insect Biodiversity 
  Mentor: Dr. Roy Vogtsberger, Biology,
• Jeff Snowden Meter Scale Cycles in the Bromide Formation of Oklahoma: Implications for Interpreting Ancient Sea Level Change,  Mentor: Dr. Jesse Carlucci 
• Cody Clarke Increasing Production of Biofuel using Yeast, mentor:

• Daniel Goodey Computational study of film boiling droplet motion on Micro- and Nanoscale ratchets, Mentor: Dr. Jeong Tae Ok, Dr. Yu Guo, and Dr. Sheldon Wang
• Cody Lane Chancellor and Chavindra HatharasingheOilfield Waters shut-off Treatment in mature reservoir by using Superabsorbent Polymer and Various Brine Concentrations, Mentor: Dr. Mahmoud Elsharafi and Dr. Jeong Tae Ok
• Qianying He and Yaning Liu. Prevalence of Pathogenic Isolates in Migratory Birds and Transfer to Local Populations, Mentor: Dr. James Masuoka
• Michael Arthur Olaya, Precision Agriculture via NDVI and NRG Aerial Imaging Technology  Mentor: Dr. Yu Guo
• Seth Witherspoon and Moody Latham,  Beam-Column Buckling Issues and Material or Structural Failures, Mentor: Dr. Sheldon Wang
• Xitong Li and Danny Chen, Recognition of Shapes in a Prototype Robot Vision System 
  Mentor: Dr. Yu Guo

West College of Education

• Kayla Fells, Using Gaming Technology to Teach Math Facts to Elementary Students with Disabilities: An Exploratory Study, Mentor: Dr. Edward Schultz
• Mario Giamporcaro and Laura Cason, Movement Integration Textbook for Classroom Teachers (Math Chapter of the Book), Mentor: Dr. Dittika Gupta and Dr. Tommye Hutson

Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities and Social Sciences

• Alicia Ward and Jonathan Henderson, Death of Ivan Illych 
  Mentor: Dr. Kirsten Lodge
• John Tucker, The Hermeneutics and Phenomenology of Dostoevsky’s Notes from the Underground.  Mentor: Dr. Kirsten Lodge
  
  
  
  

Two Worlds, One Big Pasture: Quanah Parker and Burk Burnett – the Social, Economic, and Cultural Implications of Anglo/Indian Associations in the Oklahoma and Texas Borderlands
Christopher Freeman
Mentor: Graduate Mentor- John Hensley, Faculty Mentor – Dr. Leland Turner

Adapting Communication Curriculum to Meet the New Texas Core: tracking Trends, 2013-2015.
Danielle Schwertner and Kelly Calame
Mentors: Dr. Sally Henschel & Dr. Mitzi Lewis

Texture and Shape Recognition Using 2-D Robot Vision
Xitong Li and Huiluo Chen
Mentor: Dr. Yu Guo

Effects of Melatonin on Germination of Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) Seeds. 
Bridget Alaniz
Mentor: Dr. Magaly Rincon-Zachary

Movement Integration Textbook for Classroom Teachers – (Introduction Social Studies, and Language Arts Chapters) Mary Brady, Jacob Hardin and Krysta Woods
Mentors: Dr. Miller, Dr. Lindt, Dr. McIntyre, Dr. Whitehouse and Dr. Lynskey

Meter Scale Cycles in the Bromide Formation of Oklahoma: Implications for Interpreting Ancient Sea Level Change
Jeff Snowden Jr
Mentor: Dr. Carlucci

Compression Device for Medical Imaging.
Rachel Whatley and Ryian Williams
Mentors: Dr. James Johnston and Dr. Dale McDonald

Geometric Morphometric Ontogeny Of The Trilobite Calyptaulax: Shape Change During The Mersapid-Holaspid Transition.
Jennifer McDaniel
Mentor: Dr. Jesse Carlucci

Film-Boiling Liquid Drop Motion on Asymmetric Ratchets: influence of Ratchet Material and Aspect Ratio.
Ayesha Dewalagawa Madamawatta and Eurydice Kanimba
Mentor: Dr. Jeong Ok

Student Engagement at Midwestern State University.
Christopher Freeman and Sabina Marroquin
Mentors: Dr. Suzanne Lindt and Dr. Stacia Miller

Investigation of Sodium Potassium Pump Isoform 4 in Non-Mammalian Vertebrates.
Anik Jarvis
Mentor: Dr. Raymond Willis

Designing a Greener Wichita Falls. 
Royce Brock and Melody Campos
Mentor: Prof. Jennifer Yucus

Adapting Communication Curriculum to Meet the New Texas Core: Tracking Trends 2014-2015. 
Danielle Schwertner and Kelly Calame
Mentors: Dr. Sally Henschel and Dr. Mitzi Lewis

The Legacy of Hippolyte Havel. 
Jonathan Henderson
Mentor: Dr. Nathan Jun

Texture and Shape Recognition Using 2D Vision Robot. 
Huiluo Chen and Xitong Li
Mentor: Dr. Yu Guo

Geologic Reconnaissance of the Dalquest Research Site.
Lance Auguste
Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Price

Ishmael Reed’s Mumbo Jumbo: A Creation of a Time Pendulum. 
Sarah Muschiol
Mentor: Dr. Todd Giles

Understanding the Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted Students: Self-Concept Identification in Elementary Students
Heather Wagner
Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Lindt

Accepting the Chaotic: A Search for Identity in Don DeLillo’s White Noise. 
Ginger Bartush
Mentor: Dr. Todd Giles

The Young Person’s Guide” to Moonrise Kingdom: Wes Anderson’s Theme and Variations on a Theme and Variations of Benjamin Britten. 
Cody Parish
Mentor: Dr. Todd Giles

Tying the Knot of Student Engagement. 
Sabina Marroquin
Mentors: Dr. Suzanee Lindt and Dr. Stacia Miller

An Introduction to the Background of Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground. 
John Tucker
Mentor: Dr. Kirsten Lodge

Designing a Greener Wichita Falls. 
Royce Brock and Melody Gregory
Mentor: Prof. Jennifer Yucus

Heart Rate Variability with Fitness Status During Increased Work. 
Megan Moats, Ashaunta Williams and Carpenter Wyatt
Mentor: Dr. Frank Wyatt

A Multidimensional Scaling Study of Gender Differences in Perceptions of Male and Female Bodies. 
Laura Bloodworth
Mentor: Dr. George Diekhoff

Investigation of Sodium Potassium Pump Isoform 4 in Non-Mammalian Vertebrates.
Anik Jarvis
Mentor: Dr. Raymond Willis

A Reconnaissance of Trace Element Signatures from West Texas Gypsum Deposits.
Kari Bickhard and Shelby Willeby
Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Price

Abdominal Compression Device for Medical Imaging. 
Ryian Williams and Rachel Whatley
Mentors: Dr. Johnston and Dr. McDonald.