2024 President’s Academic Showcase of Undergraduate Research

Tier One

1st Place: Vanessa Royal

• Evaluating the Effect of Equine Conformation on Core Muscle Activation for Use in Hippotherapy

2nd Place: Reagan Wagner

• The Effect of Horse Characteristics on Kinematics of Gait Pattern at the Walk

3rd Place: Oliver Di Martino

• Exploratory Cross-Sectional Analysis of Lifestyle, Psychometric factors, Fitness and Function in Parkinson's Disease patients

Honorable Mention: Gina Bertaina

• Abiding with Jesus: The Significance of Abiding (Meno) in John's Gospel

Honorable Mention: Andy Kapoor

• Investigation of Computational Modeling Accuracy in Malate Dehydrogenase Structure Predictions and Interactions

Poster Winner: Kayla Petersen

• The Strange and Surprising Role of Religion in Donna Tartt's Writing

Tier Two

1st Place: Grace Leininger

• Gospel Themes in Shakespeare’s The Tempest

2nd Place: Camille Beeson

• Theatre: A Path to Empathetic Evangelism

3rd Place: Andrew Reeder

• From Rebellion to Remembrance: Unveiling Historical Memory through Star Wars

Poster Winner: Sophie Lourenco

• Comparative Analysis of Manuka, Honeydew, and Buckwheat Honeys Against Escherichia coli: A Study on Antimicrobial Activity