2013 President’s Academic Showcase of Undergraduate Research

1st Place: Grace Chong - faculty mentor Dr. John Kenney

• Solar Energy Storage II: Photoactivity of Earth-Abundant Transition Metal Oxides Using the Solar Energy Activity Lab (SEAL) with Dry Electrode Contacts

“It was really challenging and rewarding at the same time. I loved the unique opportunity to work one-to-one with my mentor.”
-Grace Chong

2nd Place: Miseker Abate - faculty mentor Dr. Young and Dr. Kane-Barnese

• Shedding New Light on Acne: The Effects of Photodynamic Therapy on Propionibacterium acnes

3rd Place: Joseph Laughon - faculty mentor Dr. Jeff Mallinson

• From Geneva to Yorktown: Did Calvinist Resistance Theory Influence the American Revolution?

Honorable Mention: Rebecca Rierson Lott - faculty mentor Dr. Daniel van Voorhis

• Stranger in a Strange Land: The Story of John a Lasco, the Forgotten Reformer

Honorable Mention: Megan Greidanus and Kirstin Tuccinardi - faculty mentor Dr. John Lu

• Motivations for the Pursuit of an Undergraduate Education: A Comparison Between Students and Faculty

1st Place: Roberto Flores de Apodaca - faculty mentor Dr. Melinda Schulteis

• Reforming the Electoral College

"It was totally fun. I got to know a lot of people, and helped me to grow as a person, and as a student."
- Roberto Flores de Apodaca

2nd Place: Karen Gurske - faculty mentor Prof. Sherilyn Schneekluth

• Turning the Page on Ineffective Reading Instruction: Look and Say Versus Phonics

3rd Place: Allistair Galindo - faculty mentor Susan Bachman

• Shakespeare’s Anthony and Cleopatra: Unlocking Literature through Logic

Paige Finley - faculty mentor Dr. Lindsay Kane-Barnese

• Insights to the Activation of CCS Dependent Sod1: Determining if Over Expressing CCS wt, C231S, C229S, and C229-231S Rescues Sod1 Growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.