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STEM Poster Symposium Program

April 30, 2026

Time Session Opening Remarks
8:15-9:20 a.m. 1 Opening Remarks by Mark Hollett, Director of Quality & Solutions Center Technical Laboratory, Ash Grove Cement
9:30-10:35 a.m. 2 Opening Remarks by Dr. Tony Miksa, President / CEO, JCCC
10:45-11:50 a.m. 3 Opening Remarks by Dr. Mickey McCloud, Executive Vice President / Provost, JCCC
12-1:05 p.m. 4 Opening Remarks by Chris Davis, Vice President, PGAV Architects
1:15-2:20 p.m. 5 Opening Remarks by Dr. Mary Wisgirda, Dean of Mathematics and Science, JCCC
2:30-3:35 p.m. 6 Opening Remarks by Dr. Gurbhushan Singh, Vice President of Academic Affairs and CAO, JCCC
3:45-4:50 p.m. 7 Opening Remarks by Dr. Melanie Harvey, Professor, Chemistry, JCCC
5:30-6:35 p.m. 8 Opening Remarks by Trustee Valerie Jennings, Board of Trustees, JCCC
6:45-7:50 p.m. 9 Opening Remarks by Dr. Lori Slavin and Brenda Edmonds, co-organizers, STEM Poster Symposium, JCCC

Geosciences

  1. Alexis Bond, Dane Bakarich, Jazmyn Marmon, Anna Persaud — Evaluating Potential Hazards in Shellrock, Iowa.

Mathematics

  1. Victor Aguirre, Ollie Baumann — Part-time and Full-time JCCC Students’ Opinions About AI and Learning.

Engineering

  1. Matthew Gray — Sheet Metal Lamp Design.
  2. Maxwell Ruben — Exploring Sheet Metal Fabrication.

Biology

  1. Zachary Vasser — Algae is Greater than Plastic.
  2. Alison Park — Exploration of Antimicrobial Candidates from Leawood Park Soil.
  3. Anne Deister — Potential New Antibiotics.
  4. Austin Bowie — Antimicrobial Activity in Park Soil.
  5. Bailey Whoolery — Combating Resistance from the Ground Up.
  6. Devin Peirano — Combating Antibiotic Resistance.
  7. Emma Hinds — The Type of Bacteria in Your Yards.
  8. Joydan Alexander — Beneath the Surface: An Exploration of Soil Microbial Diversity and Their Potential for Antibiotic Development.
  9. Keli March — Inhibiting Safe Relatives of ESKAPE Pathogens.
  10. Leilani Roelse — Antibiotic Discovery in Soil.
  11. Mikayla Ezala — Antimicrobials in the Front Yard!
  12. Myria Katt — From Dirt to Drugs: Exploring Antimicrobial Potential in Soil.
  13. Rachel Gibson — Fighting Antibiotic Resistance.
  14. Addison Comstock — Hunting for Antibiotics.
  15. Alaryce Millard — Hidden in the Dirt: Discovering Bacteria That Fight Infection.
  16. Jayla Green — From Soil to Solution: Discovering Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria Against Resistant Pathogens.
  17. Kayanna Cranmer — Uncovering Antimicrobial Producers in Local Soil.
  18. Mariela Douglas — Lawrence, KS Soil: A Source for Novel Antibiotic Discovery.
  19. Quinten Vasser — Growing the Next Antibiotic.
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  21. Chelsea Trolle — The Search for New Antibiotics.
  22. Demelash Bonise — Studying WTH - E Bacteria.
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  24. Marisa Gallion — Micro Adventures of a Tiny Life.
  25. Salome Wainoga — Earth Operative: Unearthing Natural Microbial Defenses.
  26. Adya Burdick — The Dirt on Antibiotics: The Search for a Potential Novel Antibiotic.
  27. Gina Acevedo — Antibiotics.
  28. Colin Fiscus, Sammie Magee — Dog Friendliness in Millie, Stella, Jacobi, and Brennan.

Chemistry

  1. Abbey Temple, Oliver Stapp — Is the Basin Still Working After 15 Years?
  2. Bailey Dougan, Lucas Altenburg — Effectiveness of the JCCC Storm Water Basin and the Filtration System.
  3. Isaac Michelena Juarez, Leo Hovey — Does the Basin Save Money?
  4. Maddie Myers, Sarena Pietro — Do we need the Basin?
  5. Malcolm Russell, Haruki Hallier — JCCC’s Filtering Basin: High-Stress Test.
  6. Nathan Reiter, Maxwell Kuzmich, Gabriel Garcia — Water Quality.
  7. Anay Carrasco Ordaz, Annabelle Meloy, Erum Syed — Using EDTA to Remove Iron from Brewed Beverages.
  8. Keira Cole, Rory Robertson, Keely Winters, Cil Hoch — Using Salicylic Acid to Remove Manganese.
  9. Tanner Yeisley, Noah J. Greer, Max Sanderson, Lukas Wilson — Removing Iron from Beer using Tauric Acid.
  10. Brandon Garcia — What's the Dill with GCMS?

Note: Poster numbers intentionally skip 24 and 27 in this session.

Astronomy

  1. Antonio Lopez, Mariah Connor — IM TAU - Analysis.
  2. Long Dang, Phuoc Hua, Nick Welch — Analysis of IM Aur Core Functions.
  3. Rosalie Beebe, Vaughn Tiffany, Hans Foulk — Analysis of the Star CO Aur.

Engineering

  1. Brandon Wellington — Lamp Project.
  2. Nathan Reiter — Lamp Poster Project.

Biology

  1. Brayden Giesler — Genetically Engineered Algae to Degrade Plastic and Improve Ecosystems.
  2. Cali Vantuyl — Development of Plastic Degrading Algae.
  3. Isabella Hart — Plastic Eating Algae Project.
  4. Ashlyn Carlson — Dig Deeper: Continuing the Hunt for Antimicrobials in Soil.
  5. Jenyce Spence — Backyard Microbes.
  6. Journie Wilson — Identification of Soil Bacteria Exhibiting Antimicrobial Activity.
  7. Sophia Suarez — What’s Growing in Our Soil? The Search for New Antibiotics.
  8. Alison Livingston — Tiny Earth Poster.
  9. Ava Ward — Soil Bacteria in Antibiotic Research.
  10. Zachary Vasser — When Life Gives You Mud.
  11. Aubrey Mullet — Bacteria in Soil: A Potential Remedy to a Global Health Threat.
  12. Elisabeth Bethea — Finding New Antibiotics in Local Soil.
  13. Grace Bartlett — Papa Smurf Beats All.
  14. Haley McKeehan — The Marvelous World of Antibiotics.
  15. Hannah Lovell — Hidden in the Dirt: Discovering Antibiotic-Producing Microbes in Soil.
  16. Heidi Sorensen — Soil Bacteria Against Pathogens.
  17. Lauren Stoskopf — Exploring Soil Bacteria for Novel Antibiotic Production.
  18. Michael West — Backyard Antibiotic Search.
  19. Gabrielle Lindsey — Dog Research Project.
  20. Lidia Mojica, Bailey Toburen, Carmen Ratliff, Maddie Myers — Hyper Sociability in Dogs.
  21. Melanie Lower, Rafael liska, Angela Daffer — Nature vs Nurture.
  22. Quincy Kastens, Cayden Dittmer, Zach Swanstrom — Hyper-Sociality in Dogs.

Chemistry

  1. Jasmine Cardenas, Conner Flory — CURE Water Project.
  2. Madelynn Ollar, Jasper Langton — Water Quality in The Basin.
  3. Sylvia Grimsley, Justin Weaver — JCCC Stormwater Basin Effect.
  4. Mackenzie Beaven, Sofia Reyes-Barojas, Miranda Kuntz, Venicio Eduardo Mendez — The Lab Lager.
  5. Anna Lisa Herr, Rowann Sobaiti — Water Quality Assessment at JCCC.
  6. Audrey Drury, Auden Hardy — A Basin in Balance: Examining the Impact of Stormwater Basins on Water Quality.
  7. Darby Howard, Macy Sarro — Analysis of Post-Drain Water Hardness in the JCCC Basin.
  8. Gina Fustini, Nina Hussaini — West Basin: Clean Water Analysis.
  9. Aryana Booth, Isabella Phillips — Flying Squirrel Observations.
  10. Addison Blackmore — Johnson County Flying Squirrels.
  11. Jaiden Smith, Tanner Yankovich, Larissa Briscoe — Investigating Flying Squirrel Activity in Johnson County.
  12. Graham Welter — Southern Flying Squirrels Population in Local Johnson County Parks.
  13. Lylah Wells — Testing Cold Stratification Germination Methods for Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) and Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias verticillata).
  14. Nour Aldeni, Landon Bragg — Effects of Substrate Type and Environmental Conditions on Germination and Early Growth of Common and Butterfly Milkweed.
  15. Yamal Abousaid — Urban Wildlife: Monitoring Coyote Nocturnal Activity in Lenexa, Kansas.

Astronomy

  1. Madison Blaine, Jaylon Didde — Variable Star Research Project.

Environmental Science

  1. Abigail Troilo, Baylee Countryman, Mahaya Strahle, Olivia Angles — Birds, Migration and More.
  2. Ibraheem Aql — Wildlife in Overland Park, Kansas.

Biology

  1. Alyssa Lee Jones — Plastic Pollution Degradation Experiment.
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  3. Emma Ryan — Engineering Plastic Degrading Algae.
  4. Xavier Seurer, Isaac Duckworth — Genetically Engineered Algae to Degrade Plastic.
  5. Gabriella Gonzales — Candidate #1: Soil Derived Antibiotic Activity Against ESKAPE Relatives.
  6. Kadence Price — Finding New Antibiotic Producing Bacteria.
  7. Kason LaMont — Getting Dirty.
  8. Marion Letting — From Soil to Science: ML2 and ML9 as Potential Antibiotic Producers.
  9. Shelby Adcock — Isolating Soil Microbes to Heal the World.
  10. Zayda McCoy — Antimicrobial Resistance Found in my Backyard.
  11. Alby Tollison — Peace in the Petri Dish: A Search for New Antibacterial Activity.
  12. Caden Chieu — Screening Microorganisms in Soil for Antibiotics.
  13. Eunice Gesami — Bacterial Diversity in Soil.
  14. Hannah Fleming — Evolution of Bacteria: Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance.
  15. Sarah Watney — There’s No Place Like Home: Discovering New Antibiotics in Kansas Soil.
  16. Elaine Yeh — Bioprospecting Soil Microbes for Novel Antibiotic Activity.
  17. Annaliese Goldwasser — Tiny Earth: Using Soil Microbes to ESKAPE Antibiotic Resistance.
  18. Eryn Perkins — What's in Your Soil.
  19. Ashlynn Steinman — The Power of Soil.

Chemistry

  1. Isaiah Bonyo — Using Protein Analysis to Determine the Function of a Protein: 1i6n.
  2. Keyuna LeDoux — Analyzing Protein 1P1M.
  3. Jocelyn West, Madalen Everett — Stormwater Runoff Quality: Testing Pollutants Before Filtration.
  4. Kiera Lovette, Bijaya Kami, Osman Asalati, Shree Ale — What’s in the Water After Rain? A Chemical Analysis of Post-Storm Drain and Runoff Water at JCCC.
  5. Feyikemi Akinniyi, Benjamin Tjiang — Using Citric Acid to Improve Beer.
  6. Jonathan Schmidt, Jonathan Sisay, Nick Angelou Amahaya, Keni Sandoval — Using Metal Chelators to Improve Beer Quality.
  7. Jillian Staver, Rin Mahoney — JCCC Post Drain Water Quality Study.
  8. JJ Dice, Seth Leiby — Suburban Water Pollution.
  9. John Campbell, George Hansen — Keeping Our Local Water Sources Clean.
  10. Noah Lamont, Ava Esser — Water Quality Analysis of a JCCC Stormwater Basin.
  11. Aisha Patel, Soha Qaisar, Nancy Khadambi — A Dipeptide-Based Approach Against Rising Antibiotic Resistance.
  12. Gabriella Gluhovsky, Aidee Barron — Peptide Synthesis Project.
  13. James Payne, Max Howr — Peptide Synthesis.
  14. Niki Ahmadian, Lexi Schimpa, Sireen Fraitekh — Peptide Synthesis.
  15. Quinten Vasser, Zachary Vasser — Building Peptides.
  16. Ryan Flood, Ezra Johnson — Dipeptide Synthesis.
  17. Sean Mallonee, Priviledge Mudzembwe — Peptide Synthesis as a Strategy to Combat Microbial Resistance.
  18. Rory Occhipinto, Gabrielle Riley — How Does Freeze-Drying Affect the Flavor of Dill.
  19. Jaydn Morris, Andrew George, Dominic Schierbaum — Geology Research Project.
  20. Zachary Carlson, Matthew Sutton, Tim Schimpfoessl, Samuel Tompkins — Gravel, Grass, and Good Ol Montana.

Note: Poster numbers intentionally skip 5 in this session.

STEM Scholars

  1. Jazmyn Marmon — Treatments and Effects of Emerald Ash Borers.
  2. Joseph Flanagan — Piezoelectronics as Supplementary Energy.
  3. Ociel Hernandez-Gonzalez — Effectiveness of Base Isolation Systems in Reducing Earthquake Damage in Mid-Rise Buildings.
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Engineering

  1. Ethan Masden — Sheet Metal Lamp.
  2. Grant Magott — The Functions of Sheet Metal.

Biology

  1. Aubrey Jennings — Enhancing the Plastic-Degrading Capabilities of Chlorella Vulgaris via Genetic Engineering.
  2. Cooper Parnell — Plastic Eating Alage!
  3. Elisabeth Bethea — Engineered Algae for Plastic Degradation.
  4. Jade Land — Algae Plastic Degradation.
  5. Riggs Kuhn — Algae vs. Plastic: A Biotech Breakthrough for a Cleaner Planet.
  6. Alicia Jaimez-Padilla, Zaria Smith — Plastic Eaters: The Power of Algae.
  7. Ava Poelling, Gloria Burt — Algae Plastic Degradation.
  8. Roy Muchori — Soils Solution.
  9. Samuel Burkitt — Microbe-Minute.
  10. Vanessa Gutierrez — Finding Antibiotic Producing Bacteria in Soil.
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  12. Alanah Garcia — Antibiotic Resistance of JCCC's Compost Soil.
  13. Ashley Chaput — Isolation and Screening of Soil Bacteria for Antimicrobial Activity Against ESKAPE Pathogens: Identification of Candidate Alfred.
  14. Carson Sloan — From Sample to Solution: The Smash Study.
  15. Cooper Knight — Research on Antibiotic Resistance.
  16. Gage Witzke — Battling Antibiotic Resistance.
  17. Katie Gordon — Antimicrobial Research.
  18. Rodrigo Mares — Discovering Antibiotics from Soil.
  19. Rory Occhipinto — Antibiotics from Soil.
  20. Samantha Pond — The Underground Cure.
  21. Sydney Callahan — Hidden Resistance at Our Homes.
  22. Brandon Lozano — The Dirt on Antibiotics.
  23. Brook Bechelmayr — Search for Antibiotics in Soil.
  24. Jillian Thimmesch — The Search for Antibiotics in Backyard Soil.
  25. Shreya Bhakta — The Bacteria in Our Gardens: The Search for Novel Antibiotics in Soil.

Chemistry

  1. London Fraser — Symmetry and Spectroscopy.
  2. Claire Anderson, Yolande Vottero — Reciprocal Relationship Between Calcium Ions and PH Level in JCCC Stormwater Basin.
  3. Isabella Hart, Marin Janes — Water Basin Research Project.
  4. Alana Brewster, Adalyn Hemphill — JCCC Creek Water Analysis: Water Hardness.
  5. Ethan Newport, Konnor Sargent — Creek Water Contamination.
  6. Jose Cuevas — Water Hardness Assessment of Post-Drain Filtered Basin Water.
  7. Ethan Knust, Iris Doering — Cooling it Down: A Look at Freeze-Dried Jalapeño's through GC-MS.
  8. Tran Nguyen Tien, Taylor McNeal — Tired of Crying Over Onion.
  9. Arshia Yeganeh, Celso Ruiz — Amino acid.
  10. Simone Kuo, Jordan Nguyen — BOC Protection and Coupling of L-Phenylalanine for Antimicrobial Testing.

Note: Poster numbers intentionally skip 4, 5, and 18 in this session.

Geosciences

  1. Emilio De La Torre, Austin Casey, Jared Quiroz — Evaluating Potential Geological Hazards & How to Mitigate Them in Ruth, Nevada.

Horticulture

  1. Sofia Kelley — Evaluating Drought Resilience and Root Architecture of Canna spp. in "Charged" Biochar Wood vs. Peat Substrates.

Mathematics

  1. Alexis Kafoure, Sam Evans — Clarifying Expectations for Student Work Hours Based on Enrollment Status.

Engineering

  1. Benjamin Foust — Sheet Metal Fabrication.
  2. Christopher LaSeur — Sheet Metal Lamp Layout Optimization.
  3. William Hink — TMESML (The Most Efficient Sheet Metal Layout).

Chemistry

  1. Benjamin Allen — Computational Analysis of 4DCI.
  2. Bradley Hale — Finding that Protein 1s12 is Used as a Ribosomal Processing Protease with Bioinformation Tools.
  3. Heather O'Neill — Using Bioinformatic Tools to Uncover that Protein 2fr2 May Function in Detoxification of Reactive Nitrogenous Molecules.
  4. Jillian Crow — Using Bioinformation Tools to Determine that Protein 4dci is Involved in Transferring of Acyl Groups.
  5. Kevin Boswell — Identifying the Function of Protein 1I6N Through Bioinformatics Analysis.
  6. Madalen Saunders — Using Bioinformation Tools to Determine that Protein 1i6n is Involved in Metabolism.
  7. Amelia Uribe, Isaac Duckworth — How Metal Concentrations Change as Water Moves through the JCCC Stormwater Basin.
  8. Bethanya Mekruia, Deacon Rech — Water Quality - Deacon and Bethanya.
  9. Annaliese Goldwasser, Henry Amis — Cilantro-Licous: An Analysis of Volatile Molecules using GCMS.
  10. Isaac Garcia, James Allega — Cilantro: Freeze Dried vs. Fresh Extraction.
  11. Neha Thakur, Kaitlynn Miller — Exploring Chemical Composition of Garlic.

Biology

  1. Greysi Medina, Wren Nonthaveth, Valeria Acosta — Chromosome 6 and Friendliness in Dogs.
  2. Lorelai Burch — Finding New Antimicrobials.
  3. Aliyah Jones — The Safe Relative Enterococcus Faecalis.
  4. Grace Johnson — Antibiotic Resistance in Soil.
  5. Katelyn Bingesser — Discovery of an Antibiotic-Producing Bacterium from Soil Samples.
  6. Megan Young — From Soil to Solution: Discovery of a Staphylococcus-Inhibiting Bacterium.
  7. Monica Hamilton — Home Grown Antibiotics.
  8. Tanya Pamire — Soil to Solution. Small Microbes Big Impact.
  9. Taylor Neeck — Researching the Antibiotic Properties found in Bacteria from Kansas Soil.
  10. Melissa Lewis — Excavating Antibiotics.
  11. Zulaikha Banu Masthan — Backyard Bioresistome: Exploring the Antimicrobial Potential of Backyard Soil Microbes Against ESKAPE Relatives.
  12. Eyerusalem Tessega — Dirty Discoveries.
  13. Landon Delgado — Making a Solution Out of a Molehill.
  14. Rachel Fenner — Finding a Gem in the Soil - Antibiotic Production by "Bejeweled 3".
  15. Edward Hernandez Rodriguez — Plastic Degrading Algae.
  16. Yesseli Quinonez, Lasia Gordon — Age Estimation of Skeleton 6.
  17. Gona Kimaya, Duncan Chege — Age Estimation of Unknown Skeleton 3.
  18. Hadley Besheer, Khushali Patel, Haley Hutchison — Age Estimation of Unknown #1.
  19. Juliana Spaniol, Sarah Joy Eichman ‒ Age Estimation of Skeleton 4.
  20. Delaney Capps — Age Estimation of Unknown Skeleton.
  21. Ryan Greenwood — Age Estimation of Unknown Skeleton 5.
  22. Britany Pacheco — Flying Squirrel Acoustic Monitoring.
  23. Alana Hansen, Archana Smerdon, Meena Taher, Jack Doyle — Comparing Milkweed Germination Rates in Different Substrates.
  24. Ella Brigandi, Issiaka Sissoko, Marcel Mena, Courtney Kloiber — Milkweed Seed Germination: Top vs. Bottom Cutting.
  25. Gavin Lindsay, Avery Nissen, Sophia Baker, Finn McBath — The Effects of Seed Scarification on Milkweed Germination.

STEM Scholars

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  2. Maryam Alshorafaa — Smart Glasses for Barcode Reading and Data Display.
  3. Zoe Roberts — AI Enhanced Prosthetics.

Engineering

  1. Angel Rivera — Lamp Fabrication.
  2. David Ghilino — Sheet Metal Lamp Fabrication.
  3. Gerardo Coreas-Ayala — Lamp Manufacturing Process using Sheet Metal.

Biology

  1. Andrew Thomas — Enhancing the Efficiency of Chlorella for Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Degradation.
  2. Lillia Kleinow — Plastic-degradation Properties of Genetically Modified Algae.
  3. Alexis Balaun — From Dirt to Drugs.
  4. Andrew Koller — The Antibiotic Resistance Investigation.
  5. Brenna McGrath — Title: Analysis of Bacterial Growth Using Serial Dilution Techniques.
  6. Deante Gray — Nine Tried, Three Times, Only One Survived.
  7. Isabella Barone — Cultivation of Soil Microorganisms in Overland Park, KS.
  8. Maleah Stratman — Tiny Earth Project: The Search for Antibiotic Producers in Soil.
  9. Olivia Bryson — Isolation and Screening of Soil Bacteria for Antibiotic Production.
  10. Olivia Schaffer — Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Environmental Soil.
  11. Sam Evans — Identification of Soil Bacteria that Inhibits Staphylococcus Epidermidis.
  12. Cassandra Rayala — Isolating Novel Soil Bacteria as a Source of New Antibiotics Against Resistant Infections.
  13. Odalis Aburto — Screening Soil Microorganisms in Search for a New Antibiotic.
  14. Fatima Daifallah — Examining Soil Microbes: Microbial Art, Isolation, and Antibiotic Screening.
  15. Kenneth Arteaga-Lopez — Digging for Drugs: Discovering Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria in Soil.
  16. Joss Quick — Dilution and Observation of My Backyard Soil.
  17. Alexander Anderson — Finding and Identifying Antibiotic Candidates to Combat ESKAPE Pathogens within the Kansas Soil.
  18. Brianna Gates — Effectiveness of Antibiotics Against Bacteria Growth.
  19. Erika Merino — Antibiotics: Is the Solution Closer to Us Than We Think?
  20. Heather O'Neill — Unearthing Novel Antibiotics in Our Backyards.
  21. Madison Smith — Antibiotics from Your Backyard.
  22. Brooke Post — What's Under There? Antibiotics Beneath Our Feet.
  23. Nate Stockman — Antibiotic Production from Local Bacteria.

Chemistry

  1. Hope Brumitt — Does Freeze Drying Onions Preserve the Flavor to Save for Years Down the Road.
  2. Ahcene Talah, Jacob Manepalli — Ahcene's and Jacob's CURE PROJECT.
  3. Charlie Hauber, Logan Mellema — Filtering the Flow.
  4. Milka Zagada, Anahi Haro, Sophia Clough — Deep Roots Clean Water.
  5. Shrivali Bhagane, Jessi Williams, Hunter McCoy — Why Checking Your Water Quality Matters.
  6. Dero Fairchild, Ava Duby, Joy Muchiri — Using Citric Acid to Remove Iron from Beer.

Environmental Science

  1. Joseph Rhoads — Flying Squirrels.
  2. Kaylee Hawkinson, Bianca De la Torre, Julia Fallone — Milkweed Germination.
  3. Mark Hague, Emmett Hoffman, Bex Sanmartin — Common and Butterfly Milkweed Seed Germination Using Cold Stratification.
  4. Nathan Schweiger, Chase Wiltse, David Esquivel — Testing Germination of Common Milkweed and Butterfly Milkweed When Watered with Concentrations of Carbonated Water and Caffeine.
  5. Savannah Tucker, Sydney Caldwell, Franchesca Lundine, Claudia Nobel — Scarification of Prairie vs Common Milkweed Seeds.
  6. Staysha Ellinger, Mackenzie Hurley, Mae Madl, Alexia Westerterp — Testing Successful Germination Rates of Showy Milkweed (Asclepias Speciosa) and Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) Seeds from Varying Preliminary Moisture Inducing Methods.

Geosciences

  1. Matt Magette, Ian Gaynes, Eddie Balleza, Cooper Wiley, Joe Rice — A Deep Dive Into Geological Hazards in Woodland, Washington, and Development Potential.

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STEM Club

  1. Edward Brooks, Gehritt Peterson, Robert Hayes-Givhan, Sam Curnow — Smart Cane.

Mathematics

  1. Siobhan Ginn, Joy Fru — Balancing Work and School Schedules at JCCC.
  2. Ambreen Ali, Zach Darby — Interest in Studying Abroad – Domestic vs International Students.

Environmental Science

  1. Cecilia Lorino, Paityn Tyner, Alannis Davis — The Effect of Varying Moisture Levels During Cold Stratification on the Germination Success of Asclepias Speciosa and Asclepias Syriaca.
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Biology

  1. Adrian Alejandro Abarca Vilchis — Biotechnology.
  2. Adrian Calderon — Plastic and Algae.
  3. Ash Hayton — Chlorella Cavaliers.
  4. Drew Neumann — Algae vs Plastic.
  5. Jack Thornton — Plastic Degrading Algae.
  6. Jamera Smith — Using Algae to Break Down Plastic.
  7. Khalid Al-Hamdani, Jose Cuevas — Utilizing Chlorella Vulgaris for Microplastic Degradation.
  8. Michael Goswell — Engineering Microalgae for Plastic Degradation.
  9. Roselyn Sanchez Luna — Chlorella Cavaliers.
  10. Suresh Raj — Engineered Chlorella Vulgaris Algae’s Degradation of Type 1 Plastic.
  11. DaCosta Boakye — The Last Resort for a Hopeful Future.
  12. Isabel Carbajal Lopez — Antibiotic Revolution.
  13. Lily Burke — Isolation of Bacteria Capable of Antimicrobial Activity.
  14. Makenzie Barker — Microbes Beneath Our Feet.
  15. Nuraght Hamzat — From Soil to Solution: Isolation of a Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial Bacterium Using Safe-Relative Screening for Antibiotic Discovery.
  16. Sebastian Munoz — Microbiology: The Isolation of Antibiotic Producing Bacteria.
  17. Alayna Lau — Screening Bacteria from Soil for Resistance Against ESKAPE Pathogens.
  18. Carson Hobby — "The Cure" from Overland Park.
  19. Cathey Belcher — Riverfront Resistance: Screening Soil Microbes for Antimicrobial Activity.
  20. Jaymee Montgomery — From Microbes to Medicine.
  21. Leah Busch — Soil Dilution to Find Antibiotics.
  22. Maria Gamino — Creating Antibiotics to Fight Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria.
  23. Andrew LaSalle — Mission: Inhibition.
  24. Amber Benton — Antibiotic Effects on Bacterial Growth.
  25. Caley Bradley — Backyard Bacteria: Antibiotics at Home.
  26. Owen Bienz — Antibiotic Resistance: A Solution to Healthcare's "Smallest" Issue.
  27. Emily Medrano — Isolation of Soil Microbe BIO26K Shows Antimicrobial Activity Against Enterococcus Faecalis.
  28. Lillian Novak — Unearthing Antibiotics.

Chemistry

  1. Makena Martinez — Separation and Isolation of Antimicrobial Compounds Produced by a Bacteria Isolated from Soil.
  2. Jacob DSouza, Wren Spelts, Megan Kinyae — Changes in Chemical Composition of Parking Lot Runoff Through a Stormwater Basin System.
  3. Kylee Mayer — Protein 1s12 Similar to Ribosomal Processing Cysteine Protease Prp Determined by Using Bioinformatic Tools.
  4. Taylor Spies, Lillia Kleinow — Peptide Synthesis.
  5. Ngan Nguyen, Anya Patel — Green Onions at the Molecular Level.
  6. Vanessa De Luna, Evan Kropf — CURE.

Note: Poster numbers intentionally skip 5 and 6 in this session.

Biology

  1. Hafsa Shahzad — The Plague that is Plastic Pollution.
  2. Mohammad Shahzad — Plastic-Eating Algae.
  3. Sireen Fraitekh — Poster Symposium Project.
  4. Ashly Ochoa — Isolation and Screening of Soil Bacteria for Antimicrobial Activity.
  5. Ellery Vaughn — Searching for Antibiotics.
  6. Jasmin Fellows — Antibiotic Discovery.
  7. Kelsey Chalmers — Characterization of a Soil-Derived Bacterium in the Search for Novel Antibiotics to Combat Antibiotic Resistance.
  8. Brittany Stanwix — Soil Sample.
  9. Elizabeth Baker — Isolation and Identification of Potential Antibiotic-Producing Soil Bacterium.
  10. Humphrey Mfonfu — Screening Soil Bacteria for Antibiotic Activity.
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  15. Nisha Bisht — Bacillus.
  16. Shariar Sattarin — Screening Soil Bacteria for Antibiotic Activity.
  17. Yahya Ahmed — Microbiology Pathogen.
  18. Ashley Ault — From Front Yard Soil to the Lab: Potential Antibiotic.
  19. Brionna Winfield — The Saving of Healthcare.
  20. Rithy Yeager — Antimicrobial Activity of Soil Isolate JC26C.

Chemistry

  1. Benjamin Foust, Annabelle Roberts — The JCCC Basin Project: Evaluating Water Quality Changes.
  2. Peyton Edmonds, Lejah Hylton, Nayef Sobat — CURE Water Project.
  3. Niki Ahmadian — Isolation and Characterization of Antimicrobial Compounds Produced by Pseudomonas.
  4. Priviledge Mudzembwe — Isolation, Testing, and Identification of the Antimicrobial Compounds Produced by Bacteria Isolated from a Soil Sample.
  5. Drew Bliss, Silas Guernsey, Blake Agre, Joseph Flanagan — Using EDTA to Remove Iron from Beer.
  6. Harlie Dougherty, Alicia Everett, Gillian Avila, Sarah Watts — Using Salicylic Acid to Remove Iron from Beer.
  7. Delaney Zimmermann, Huy Tran, Allysa Lin, Gerardo Coreas-Ayala — Using Chelators to Remove Metals from Beer.
  8. Sophie Kadavy — Using Bioinformation Tools to Determine that Protein 1p1m is Involved in Metabolism.
  9. Brooke Frith, Natalie Mohr — Chelation to Remove Metals from Beer.
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  13. Beiqing Wu — Identification of Unknown Protein 1p1m and Its Biological Function in Metabolism Using Bioinformation Tools.
  14. Alessia Serra, Victoria Smith — Evaluating the Retention of Bioactive Compounds in Common Ginger (Zingiber officinale) Following Steam Distillation and Freeze Drying.
  15. Cathey Belcher, Elliot White — Peak Pungency: GC-MS Analysis of Garlic Before and After Freeze-Drying.
  16. Anna Graves, Adam Ruff — Efficacy of Dipeptide Formation.
  17. Christopher Hoog, Makena Martinez — Peptide Synthesis.
  18. Josh Benford, Tran Nguyen Tien — Synthesis of Antimicrobial Peptide and Evaluation of its Activity.
  19. Samuel Curnow, Maryam Khalid — Impact of Freeze Drying on Fennel Volatile Compounds via GCMS and the Analytical Consequences of Glassware Contamination.

Note: Poster numbers intentionally skip 11-14 and 30-32 in this session.

Geosciences

  1. TK Thomas, Caden Hunt, Malique Morris-Ramirez, Charles Morris — Geologic Hazards in Jasper Ar, Mitigating Damages and Risk.

Data Analytics

  1. Chloe McPherson — Volcano Studies Data Pipeline.

Engineering

  1. Avery Bowers — Sheet Metal Lamp.

Biology

  1. Livianna Kirkpatrick, Kayden Summerour, Alexis Wegner — Dog Friendliness in Millie, Stella, Jacobi, and Brennan.
  2. Elise Grosscup — Serial Dilution.
  3. Julia Mannino — A Global Search: Antibiotic Resistance.
  4. Arielle Wilson — A Promising Antibiotic Discovery Cut Short by Contamination.
  5. Heather Chavez — A New Era of Discovery to Combat Antibiotic Resistance.
  6. Juliana Alves De Oliveira — The Secret Life of Soil Bacteria.
  7. Michelle Williams — Antibiotic Search.
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  12. Samantha Brewer — From Dirt to Discovery.
  13. Allison Grant — The Race for Innovation in Antibiotics.
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  21. Cecilia Batz — The Search for Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria.

Chemistry

  1. Ava Edwards, Aiden Strouhal, Carolyn Alspaugh — Wishy Washy: Do You Trust What’s in Your Water?
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  3. Makena Martinez — Decoding the Function of Protein 1i36 Through Sequence and Structural Analysis.
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  13. Viviana Turner — Protein 3af5 is Involved in RNA Processing.
  14. Caitlin Bergmann, Sarmila Venkoba Sah — A Green Onion Nuisance: Inefficient Allium Fistulosum Steam Distillation Leading to a Qualitative Analysis of Glass Contamination.
  15. Mercury Wu, Ashtin Barnes — Innovative Dipeptide with Potential Antimicrobial Activity.

Note: Poster numbers intentionally skip 11-14, 17-23, 26, and 28-36 in this session.