STEM Poster Symposium Program

Mathematics

1. Lillian Dowling — Dynamical Systems of a Population
2. Blake Gouvion — The Circle of Life: Predator and Prey Dynamics in an Ecosystem
3. Finn Murphy-Blanchard — The Euler-Lagrange Equation
4. Anthony Rima — How Wind Turbines Stay in Control: Using Differential Equations to Regulate Power Output
5. Sriram Srini — Dynamics of a Differential Drive Robot

Environmental Science

6. Ryan Reinert — Biodiversity in a Residential Area
7. Mohammed Manjang — Flying Squirrels in Johnson County Findings

Chemistry

8. Brendon Blanco — Lost in Translation: Finding Function in a Pool of Proteins
9. Dina Duran — Discovering the Function of an Unknown Protein Using Bioinformatics Tools
10. Nick Lumbard — Discovering the Function of an Unknown Protein Using Bioinformatics Tools
11. Brookelin Pierce — Reducing Oxidation Levels in Beer Using Gallic Acid
12. Riggs Kuhn and Sam Evans — Method Validity in Post Basin Drain Water Contamination Test
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14. Juan Pineda and Tess Schutz — Water Cure
15. Ivy Stoltz and Lauren Burke — Mineral Content of Drinking Water
16. Grace Sockness — Isolation and Testing of the Antibiotic Compounds Produced by Bacteria “AB24D”
17. Vivian Torres and Dafne Ore — What Chemical Components are Present in Freshly Peeled Apples vs Freeze-Dried Peeled Apples?

Biology

18. Natalie Birech — Investigating Antibiotics from Within the Earth
19. Jessica Brown — An Investigation of Soil Microbes and Their Potential Role in Combating Antibiotic Resistance
20. Kaylee Deckard — Combating the ESKAPE Threat: The Urgent Need for Innovation Against Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens
21. Jacky Diaz — Tiny Microbes, Big Discoveries!
22. Richard Fu — Tiny Earth, Big Impact: Investigating a Soil Bacterium’s Potential to Combat Antibiotic Resistance
23. Lindsay Lahr — Antibiotic Screening
24. Sydney McFee — Tiny Earth
25. Elizabeth Oberheide — Finding Antibiotics in the Backyard
26. Debanhi Romero — Beneath Our Feet: Soil Bacteria as a Solution to Antibiotic Resistance
27. Paloma Solorio — Antibiotic Producing Organisms
28. Emery Stevenson — Tiny Earth
29. Walker Thomas — Finding the Next Generation of Antibiotics
30. Janya Bagsby — From Backyard to Breakthrough: Finding Antibiotic-Producing Microbes in Residential Soil
31. Aidee Barron Mendez — Chanel
32. Joshua Bengel — Isolation and Characterization of a Soil Bacterium with Potential Antibiotic Activity Against ESKAPE Relatives and Mycobacteria
33. Cendy Cardenas — The Search for Antimicrobials in Soil
34. Josslyn Fuller — In Search for Antibiotics in Soil
35. Arianna Sanchez Flores — The Hunt for Antibiotics
36. Lily Weiss — Hey Jude, Take a Sad Antibiotic and Make It Better
37. Harliv Chakkal — Isolation and Identification of Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria from Garden Soil
38. Marcell Meljanac — What Lives in My Backyard?
39. Emily Jimenez — Dilution Revolution
40. Summer Masri — Searching for Antimicrobials
41. Kayla Davis and Addison Metcalf — Group 4 Estimated Skeleton Stature
42. Keigan Gonzales and Denisse Rivas — Estimating Stature from Unknown Human Skeleton #2
43. Majestye Ivory and Moon Coulter — Skeletal Stature of Unknown 6
44. Samuel Mungai and Nicholas Cross — Skeleton Stature Estimation
45. Maria Roman and Jordyn Younger — Estimated Stature of Unknown Specimen #3
46. Scarlett Shade and Linda Langat — Biological Profile for the Stature Estimation of Unknown Skeleton Number 5

Astronomy

1. Ricardo Fernandez, Alyssa Roland, and Ashlyn Guinn — Cataclysmic Variable: CY Ursa Major
2. Nura Ghasempour, DonPariiauna Minor, and Junxian Xie — Analysis of Variable Star U Leo
3. Collin Rhodes and Steven Cunningham — Photometric Analysis of XX Tour
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5. David Torres, Drew Swiecicki, and Michael Sobczyk — Photometric Analysis of SS Aurigue
6. Kit Warford-Grow, Katherine Beaman, and Aidan Simmons — The SS Aur

Mathematics

7. Lyle Alderson — Modeling RC Circuits with Differential Equations
8. Fernando Perez — Dynamical System for Prediction on Stock Market Behavior
9. Sydney Stuart — Earth’s Equations: Understanding Environmental Shifts with Dynamical Systems

Environmental Science

10. Delilah Erickson, Madison Orth, Dannielle Proctor, and Ellis Kniggendorf — Road Treatments
11. Zaire Holman, Daygo Her, and Collin Schmidt — Impact of Aeration on Algae
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13. Noah Jones, Maria Caputo, Brandon Dillin, and Emily Goodwin — Effects of Microplastic on Algae Growth
14. Grace Hoskins, Orion Brindle, Autumn Carrin, and Josh Bengfort — Increase of Germination for Asclepias Tuberosa using Chemical and Non-Chemical Scarification
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16. Ricky Kelley, Michael Hernandez, D'Aysia Cunningham, and Matteo Prado — Milkweed Seed: The Different Germinations
17. Kami Kilgore, Alyssa Orphanopoulos, and Kiera Lovette — Butterfly Milkweed Vernalization
18. Landon Tripp, Shaylee Oster, Brian K. Wilson, and Luke Gordon — Milkweed Growth: Soil, Sand, Mix.
19. Chris Jefferson and Laulii Bonner — Flying Squirrel
20. Simon Shillito — Southern Flying Squirrel Project

Chemistry

21. Beiqing Wu, Garrison Stamatis, Tracy Magare, and Lexi Schimpa — Why Do We Need to Treat Water Before Utilization?
22. Keagan Cheatum, Gus Steiner, Maren Tims, and Wendi Dunavan — Impact of Transition Metal Reduction on Beer Oxidation
23. Reyhaneh Karami, Anne Deister, Kiera McDonald, and Marissa Seago — The Impact of Wort Composition, pH, Iron, and Chelators on Beer Taste Over Time
24. Anya Patel and Alondra Mire Uribe-Wright — Reducing Oxidation Levels in Beer Using Gallic Acid
25. Isabel Reyes, Shaylanna Royal, Anthony Giron, and Jackson Huettenmueller — The Role of Chelators and Metal Ions in Beverage Composition
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27. Jesse Shaneyfelt, Landen Newton, Yusuf Kahya, and Jesus Contreras — Investigating Reducing Agents to Minimize Beer Oxidation
28. Isabella Sullivan — Discovering the Function of an Unknown Protein Using Bioinformatics Tools
29. Samantha Hughes and Aine Conner — JCCC Clean Water Analysis: Water Hardness
30. Sophie Kaiser, Iris Doering, and James Allega — Are Parking Lots Contaminating our Water
31. Gabrielle Riley and Margo Lindsley — Industrial Imprint: Metal lon Differences Between Storm Basin and Warehouse Runoff Water
32. Joshua Bengel and Hannah Lewis — Synthesis and Characterization of a Short Antimicrobial Peptide for Potential Antibiotic Applications
33. Arianna Sanchez Flores, Inah Yang, and Aidee Barron Mendez — Peptide Perfection
34. Makenzie Gibson, Ali Jones, and Mohammad Daifallah — What is Apple? GCMS Analysis
35. Evonna Phelps and Hurelle Nkoua — Apple Chemistry

Biology

36. Sana Ayesh — A Microbial Goldmine: A Search for New Antibiotics
37. Blake Renyer — Soil to Solution: Investigating Soil-Derived Bacteria for Antibiotic Resistance Breakthroughs
38. Janiel Balino — Antibiotic Breakthrough: Finding Bacterial Candidates in Soil
39. Sindhura Marella — Helia Saladin: A Possible Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic
40. Bailey Martin — Mining Eloise for Medicine
41. Marah Lutz — Isolation of Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria from Soil in Garnett, KS to Combat Resistant Pathogens
42. Samantha Hall — The Hidden Power of Microbes
43. Alison Lamont — Finding Microbes Throughout a Soil Sample
44. Hannah Smith — Finding Antimicrobials Through Isolation Techniques
45. Jessi Williams — Finding the Future Antibiotics Within Soil Bacteria
46. Getasew Akalu — Antibiotic Discovery from Soil

Honors

1. Lea Sulthana Syed, Charlotte Poulter, and Michael C. Goode — Assessing Water Quality in KC Metro Area: Lead and Contaminants
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Geosciences

3. Kellen Doyle, Abigail Hinrichsen, David Palacios, and Treverton Tilton — Treehouse Island Potential Geological Hazards and Mitigation Improvement
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5. Darren Howe, Hugo Moya, and Hank Murphy — Hazards in Lincoln County (WY) Neighborhood Development?

Environmental Science

6. Graham Beer, Cole Carder, and Joshua Hunter — Monitoring Species Diversity in Three Rural Counties
7. Owen Durney — Monitoring Diverse Species in Lawrence, KS
8. Luciana Reyes Sanchez, Devin Black, and Meredith Herrell — Songbird Recruitment and Diversity Surveillance
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10. Meredith Rothe, Brianna Rothe, Jenna Shultz, and Summer Darpinian — Aeration and Algae
11. Andrei Zolotor, Justin Cahow, and Ellie Sinsel — Algae Bloom Growth
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13. Laura Dunn, Mia Rollins, Emerson Esser, and Mia Foster — Wet and Cold Dry Sand Germination
14. Tybalt Teague, Gabby Readore, and Jeffrey Ogeawuchi — Milkweed Vernalization
15. Ella Watson, Aliyah Pompa, and Jesse Vering — Differences of Milkweed Germination Based off of Soil, Sand and Paper Towel Substrate

Chemistry

16. James Kor — Discovering the Function of an Unknown Protein Using Bioinformatics Tools
17. Christopher Flores and Chris Menke — JCCC Post Basin Water Quality
18. Ethan Knust and Tyler Mccurley — Water Analysis Lab
19. Amin Mohamed and Peyton Haubrich — Post Storm Water Basin Analysis
20. Dany Tariq and Oscar Reel — Water Analysis for Lead
21. Aly Heggemann and Natalie Kopp — Polypeptide Synthesis Project: Tryptophan
22. Gabby Sander and Danielle Martinez — Synthesis and Testing of Antibacterial Peptides
23. Gabriella Whitman and Blake Warner — Lysine's the Limit - A Peptide Synthesis Project
24. Gina Acevedo — Isolation of the Antibiotic of “Johnny”
25. Niki Ahmadian — Comparing the Total Organic Carbon Stored in Restored Prairie Soils in Johnson County
26. Bailey Lowe — Exploring Antibiotic Potential in a Bacteria Named “Betty”
27. Julia Balino and Isabella Strom — Chemical Analysis of Fresh vs. Freeze-Dried Gala Apple

Biology

28. Kenean Assefa — Isolation of Antibiotics from Soil Bacteria
29. Juan Corado — Finding an Antibiotic Producing Bacteria
30. Sirat Gill — Fighting Antibiotic Resistance with Soil Microbes
31. Makayla Morgan-Thurman — My Soil Collection from my Front Yard
32. Ruben Haro Villa — Snakes of Kansas: Comparison Between Historic Collections from the Early 1900's vs Recent Collections from the Early 2000's
33. Hailey Gant — Candidate Screening
34. Matthew Baker — The Discovery of Antimicrobials
35. Hannah Clem — Soil Microbes
36. Marko Cochangco — Resistance
37. Cooper Coleman — Quest for Antibiotics from Soil Cooties
38. Kylie Driver — The Search for Inhibition
39. Zuleima Frese-Cruz — My Contribution to the Future of Medicine
40. Lexi Lons — The Search for Antimicrobials within Soil
41. Edith Guadalupe Marquez Flores — Isolation and Screening of Soil Bacteria for Novel Antibiotic Production
42. Judith Marquez Flores — Finding Antibiotics in Soil
43. Garrett Speers — The Great Hunt: Finding a New Cure in the Microscopic World
44. Shania Villarauz — The Discovery of Antimicrobials
45. Arianna Wilds — The World of Antibiotics
46. Fernando Dourado Vasconcelos — Winter Analysis of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in Three Local Lakes Using qPCR Techniques

STEM Scholars

1. Abigail Alarcon — CRISPR CAs Systems Potential Method for Diagnosing Autoimmune Diseases
2. Rukhsar Aman — Excessive Use of Energy Drinks
3. Victoria Earnheart — Could Kansas City Switch to Using Self-Healing Asphalt?
4. Joseph Flanagan — Piezoelectronics: Supplementary Renewable Energy
5. Nasim Hamidi — Analyzing Water Flow
6. Ali Hassini — How the Security of Social Security Numbers can be Improved using Cryptography Techniques (case: Hashing Algorithms)
7. Elijah Jay — Using Online Tools to Determine an Ideal Enzyme to Fix Hemophilia B Mutations
8. Tyler McDowell — Can Supercapacitors and Solar Power Replace Car Batteries?
9. Rashidi Simba — Mitigating Road Salt Pollution: Protecting Wetland Biodiversity Through Sustainable Deicing Methods
10. Eliana Smith — Linking Diminished Contrast Sensitivity and Inferior Ganglion Cell Complex Thickness to ADHD
11. Kylie Thomas — A Comparison of White-Nose Syndrome Treatment Methods for North American Bat Conservation

Mathematics

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13. Connor Jennings — Coupled Piano String Vibrations (Coupled Oscillators)
14. Remington X Wolf — What Stability Augmentation Systems Do for Aircraft
15. Lyle Alderson — How do Study Habits Differ Between STEM and Liberal Arts Students?
16. Charlie Bethay — Number of Credit Hours Taken by Honors vs. Non-Honors JCCC Students

Geosciences

17. Biridiana Acuna, Timothy Breuer, Michael Caro, and Alex Crenshaw — Natural Hazards in Iron, Utah.
18. Garrett Fenoglio, Sean Mcdonald, Hunter Moser, and Israel Stevanovic — Geo-Hazards Found In San Bernardino County
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Engineering

20. Lillian Dowling — Sheet Metal Lamp Project
21. Mason Ortmeyer — Lamp Project

Chemistry

22. Ashley Herrman — Utilizing Bioinformatics Tools to Determine the Function of an Unknown Protein
23. Marijah (Ray) Miller and Michael Price — Investigating the Role of Metal Ions and Chelators in Beer Oxidation

Biology

24. Amelie Becker — Antibiotic Candidates from Soil
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26. Bailey Lowe — Investigating Soil Microbes for Antibiotic Discovery
27. Alyssa McGowan — The Effect of Soil Bacteria Against ESKAPE Pathogens
28. George Peters — Tiny Earth
29. Fatima Rojo-Vences — Searching for Antibiotic Bacteria in Soil
30. Kelsey Stroud — Kelsey’s Tiny Earth Project
31. Ellen White — Combating Antibiotic Resistance
32. Bella Born — The Search for a New Antibiotic
33. Shaniquia Gleason — Soil of Survival
34. Ranli Liu — Finding a Potential New Antibiotic in a Sample from My Front Yard
35. Yousef Alsaleh — Exploring Soil as a Source of Antimicrobial Agents
36. Charlotte Poulter — Celiac Disease: More Than a Gluten-Free Diet
37. Sarah Kehr — Exploring Antibiotic Production of Soil Bacteria
38. Ellison Bonge, Raven Bridges, and Nicholas Ferkenhoff — Hypersocial Behavior in Dogs: Link Between Phenotype and Genotype
39. Vuong Cao — Exploring Soil Bacteria: What They Do and Why They Matter
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42. John Mai, Jared Matejicka & Cody Henley — Dog Friendliness: Phenotype determines Genotype?
43. Kelly Moreno — Discovering Antimicrobials
44. Belemy Ramirez and Holden Whitman — Cade & Reed: Do They have the Dog "Friendliness" Gene Insert?
45. Dulce Rodriguez, Michelle Torres & Allyson Sanchez — Dog Friendliness of Daisy and Ronnie
46. Legacy Taylor — Antimicrobials

Mathematics

1. Steven Melicher — Public Transportation and Study-Hours
2. Kya Prestwood — Comparing Engagement in Extracurricular Activities Between Honors and Non Honors JCCC Students
3. Finn Murphy-Blanchard — The Discrete Fourier Transform and Signal Processing

Environmental Science

4. Dominic Gilbert — How the Temperature on Campus Impacts Wildlife
5. Chloe Husbands, Heaven Smith, Brianna Gist, Savannah Jerman, and Alaa Abourkis — HAB PROJECT
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7. Ben Taylor, Liam Dalley, Jonika Jenkins, Analise Reeder — Roadside Salts and Harmful Algae Blooms
8. Joey Isenberg, Gabriel Hall, and Micheala Sinks — The Impacts on the Amount of Moisture in Showy Milkweed Stratification
9. Matt Cress — Nests4Rent.Net
10. Julia Jones and Yalena Forshay — Park Findings

Engineering

11. Matthew Clardy — Sheet Metal Lamp Project

Chemistry

12. Ezra Johnson, Kenneth Vokac, and Jackson Reiss — Are High Levels of Lead in Basin Water a Sign that the Basin's Engineering is Failing?
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14. Daniel Larson, Randy Nguyen, Cooper Carley, and Shawn Raasch — Stormwater Management Project Efficacy Testing
15. Vivian White, Diana Villeda, and Kymberley Soto — JCCC Basin Water Quality
16. Madison Shirley — Unveiling the Role of an Unknown Protein Through Bioinformatics Analysis
17. Lilly Stowell and Krisha Patel — Exploring the Impact of Post-Water Basins on Water Quality
18. Ethan Buss — Antibiotic Extraction from the Johnny-5 Sample of Pseudomonas
19. Andrew Hoyt and Nathan Mahloch — The Positives of Freeze-Drying Apples
20. Madison Perry-Salpas and Estephania Chang-Jimenez — What Makes Your Apples Out of This World
21. Sydney Puetz, Emma Pope, and Fridah Chelanga — What's in Your Apple?
22. Madalen Saunders and Niyya Negatu — Freeze Dried Analysis of Extracted Cosmic Apple

Biology

23. Lauren Kekahbah — Seeing Red: A Colorful Overview of Serratia Marcescens
24. Ashley Abouabdellah — Buried Potential: Soil Microbes as a Source of Next-Generation Antibiotics
25. Jalen Generally — Tiny Earth
26. Isabella Jeffress — The Resistance
27. Emily Joswick — Growing Effects of Antibiotic Resistance
28. Kissa Mwaisella — Tiny Earth Project
29. Farzana Nawid — Exploring Soil Bacteria as a Source of Natural Antibiotics to Combat Antibiotic Resistance
30. Jenna O’Bryan — Digging for Cures: Uncovering Antibiotic Potential in Soil Microbes
31. Jinan Salem — Tiny Earth Research
32. Grace Biggs — The Antibiotic Zone
33. Cory Do-Tran — Testing Clinton Lake Soil for Antibacterial Microbes
34. Joshua Fernandez — Uncovering Potential Antibiotics within Soils
35. Lexy Francis — The Hunt for Hope
36. Macy Hyatt — Lenexa Soil
37. Gillian Knaebel — Grandma’s Garden Grows New Antibiotics
38. Jenna Knight — Exploring Soil-Derived Bacteria in Hopes for New Antibiotics
39. Ermithe Pierre Louis — Finding Antibiotic in Unexpected Places
40. Melissa Stark — Screening Microbes for Future Generations
41. Piper Warren — KCMO Soil- Antibiotics
42. Kaela Amundson — Discovery of John
43. Taylor Owens — Hunting Pathogen Inhibiting Bacteria: The Story of Peanut
44. Lauren Carrillo — Antibiotics and the Lack Thereof
45. Emily Martinez — Discovery of Rosaceous Contrabate
46. Diksha Pokharel — Soil Bacteria That Can Help Stop Strong Germs
47. Thu Dao — Exploring Bacteria for Antibiotic Resistance

Mathematics

1. Alissah Barolette — Stress Levels Among Full-Time vs. Part-Time Student Workers at JCCC

Honors

2. Aya Danley, George Newham, and Fernando Dourado Vasconcelos — Assessing Water Quality: Measuring Contaminants in KC, MO & Overland Park, KS
3. Olivia Mukanjiri, Erin Azcona-Beam, and Desirai Bledsoe — From River to Tap: The Truth about Johnson County's Water

Environmental Science

4. Ariana Martinez, Hayden Placey, Cody Meek, and Lauren King — Comparative Analysis of Nutrient Absorption in Various Plant Species
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6. Steve Millett, Braden Cooper, Braulio Sierra, Raven Ollar, and Zachary Wash — Impact of Microplastics on Harmful Algal Blooms
7. Victor Susunaga, Mia Schnorr, Rylie Slavens, and Amelie Vinueza — Influence of Wasteater Treatment on Algae Growth
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9. Mackenzie Simpson, Jacob Swinford, Jake Jackson, and Silas Guernsey — Substrate Impacts on Prairie Milkweed (Asclepias Sullivantii) Germination: A Monarch Butterfly Conservation Project

Engineering

10. Chris Flores — Sheet Metal Project

Chemistry

11. Noah Kochan, Mya Her, McKenna Daugherty, and Emma Coiner — The Effectiveness of JCCC's Wetland in Clearing Toxins and Heavy Metals
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13. Kaitlynn Miller, Emily Medrano, Kylie Thomas, and Drake Day — Beneath the Surface: A Deep Dive into Water Quality
14. Marisa Sanders, Solei Kramper, Jalen Generally, Tyler Weekes, and Elliot Voogt — Testing for Lead in Basin Water
15. Braya SIlkey, Kason LaMont, Jeff Brazzle, and Shehab Alshwbaki — Water Quality on JCCC Campus
16. Clover Tyler, Adya Burdick, Rayah Foltz, and Makenzie Barker — What's In Your Water?
17. Samuel Curnow, Danielle Fahlgren, and Nancy Khadambi — Investigating the Role of Metal Ions and Chelators in Beer Oxidation
18. Maria Giboo — Discovering the Function of an Unknown Protein Using Bioinformatics Tools
19. Samantha Gillespie, Jorge Espinoza, Aubryana Hewett, and Noah Garcia-Hockett — Optimizing Beer Stability with Salicylic Acid Chelation
20. Ethan Kuba — Functional Analysis of an Unknown Protein Through the Utilization of Bioinformatics
21. Bradley Hale and Cole Prentes — Synthesis of Polypeptides for Antibacterial Activity
22. Laurel Kramm and Fatima Daifallah — Evaluating the Stereochemical Influence of L-Alanine and D-Alanine on Antimicrobial Efficacy
23. Tanner McCoy and Sobia Ansari — Peptide Sythesis
24. Jaden Fox and Anna Bledsoe — From Fat to Fit: The Honeycrisp Apple’s Freeze-Drying Journey
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26. Harper Lowe and Joshua Fernandez — Does Freeze Drying Change the Chemical Composition of Apples?
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28. Kathleen Nguyen, Matthew Fabrizius, and Micayla Doherty — GC-MS Analysis of Apple Compounds Pre- and Post-Dehydration
29. Jacque Randall and Asher Caulfield — Fresh to Freeze-Dried: A Comparative GCMS Study of Apples

Biology

30. Noah Bergh — Searching for and Identifying Antibiotic Producing Bacteria from Soil
31. Audrey Danielson — Antibiotic Presence Within Soil
32. Abby Keltner — From Soil to Hospital: Discovering New Antibiotics Through the Tiny Earth Program
33. Juyoung Lee — Cultivation of Soil Microbes and Their Resistance to Antibiotics
34. Addison Metcalf — Tiny Earth Lab Experiment
35. Ethan Smith — Tiny Earth Candidate #8
36. Delaney Wieland — Discovery of Soil-Derived Antibiotic Producers Against Safe ESKAPE Pathogens
37. Brooke Yang — The Search of Antibiotics in Soil
38. Zoe Moody — Candidate for A New Antibiotic
39. Maddie Cochran — A Study on Lucas the Microbe
40. Giovana Habiger — Searching for Antibiotics in the Soil
41. Harri Perkins — Antibiotics Could Live in Your Back Yard
42. Jasmine Ramirez — The Cast of Snoopy Against ESKAPE Relatives
43. Quincy Stanford — D.W. from the Ground, not Arthur
44. Shaed Cloke — Discovering New Antibiotics
45. Hlib Prochukhan — Antibiotics Under Our Feet
46. Jasmine Tucker — Antibiotic Discovery in Soil

Honors

1. Patricia Oppong, Erick Jaquez-Perez, and Haley Sellmeyer — Water Testing Accross Different Areas of Kansas

Geosciences

2. Rylee Lindsey, Carter McPheeters, David Munzell Johnson, and Isaac Palmer — The Possible Disasters Within OKC

Engineering

3. Mauricio Chio — Sheet Metal Lamp Project
4. Edgar Gomez — Sheet Metal Manufacturing
5. Donovn Moody — Sheet Metal Lamp
6. Jasmine Rattanathongxay — AVANTE Desk Lamp

Chemistry

7. Manal Akhtar — Discovering the Function of an Unknown Protein Using Bioinformatics Tools
8. Henry Amis, Tynetta Wright, Ryan Hornberger, and Mashal Yaseen — Evaluating Chelators for Oxidation Prevention in Beer: A Study on Manganese Removal with Glycine
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10. Jaedyn Cabuay, Trenice Johnson, Lesli Martinez, and Makena Martinez — The Influence of Metal Ions and Chelators on Oxidation and Beer Stability
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17. Muhammad Chatta, Erick Guzman, and Christopher Lopez — Controlling Beer Oxidation: The Impact of Metal Ions and Tannic Acid
18. Isra Daifallah, Maha Gohaish, and Annaliese Goldwasser — Enhancing Beer Consumability Through Chemical Modification
19. Eli Ismert, Daniel A. Miller, Angelina Willoughby, and Christopher LaSeur — Optimizing Beer Preservation Using Chelators
20. Victoria Matti, Lauren Strider-Birkeness, Aleena Shahid, and Tyler J Kirkpatrick — Mitigating Oxidation in Beer Through Metal Chelation
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22. Lauren Vanlerberg, Hailey Stegenga, Kendall Nester, and Jasmin Mejia — Impact of Transition Metals on Beer Oxidation Rate
23. Ashraf Musleh and Jordan Nguyen — Amino Acid Coupling and Antimicrobial Potential of Tripeptides
24. Rebecca Rivas-D'Amico, Jenna O’Bryan, and Nicklas Uran — Tripeptide Synthesis and Antimicrobial Evaluation
25. Sydney Stuart and James Kor — Assessing Tripeptide Efficacy as Antibiotic Agents
26. Leah Holt — Extraction and Evaluation of Antibiotic Compounds from Burkholderia Bacteria
27. Nancy Khadambi — Antibiotics Produced by a Bacteria named “Sophia”
28. Joshua Benford — To Peel or Not to Peel
29. Charles Lampe and Ty Hedrick — Analysis of Freeze-Dried Apple Using GC-MS

Biology

30. Clarice Banovich — Fighting Antibiotic Resistance with Soil Microbes
31. Andrea Gomez — Antibiotic Screening with JCCC Soil
32. Sarah Clark — Antimicrobial Resistance against ESKAPE Strains
33. Ellie Gibson — Tiny Earth Project
34. Hamayl Hamid — Digging for Treasure: A Search for New Antibiotics
35. John Hung — Exploring Soil Bacteria: Nature's Antibiotic Producers
36. Delfina Ordaz — Fighting Antibiotic Resistance with the Discovery of Antibiotic-Producing Soil Microbes in an Abandoned Garden Bed
37. Sabrina Reed — Soil Bacteria as a Source of New Antibiotics: Inhibiting Safe ESKAPE Relatives
38. Mia Abadie — From Soil to Sentinel
39. Victor Villagrana — 5ive's Journey
40. Roselyn Arreola — The Importance of Aseptic Technique & Potential Antibiotic Discovery
41. Jackson Craven — The Cultivation of Bacteria for Antibacterial use from Shawnee, KS
42. Paige Ferguson — Procedures of Finding Bacteria that Inhibit Growth as a Way to find Antibiotic Resistance
43. Jolie McWhirt — Screening Soil Bacteria from Eudora Kansas for Inhibition of Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens
44. Mason Price — They're Doing What with the Soil?!
45. Milka Zagada — Exploring the Hidden World: Soil microbes and the Rise of Antibiotic Resistance
46. Peyton Ziegler — Antibodies in Soil

Mathematics

1. Krishiv Kothari — Neuroscience Through the Lens of Dynamical Systems
2. Gerry Mwikila — Application of Differential Equations in Engineering Physics
3. Matthew Schmaderer — Dynamic Fish
4. Benjamin Seitz — Basic Dynamical Modeling of Weather Phenomena

Healthcare Information Systems

5. Sainishitha Gudla — A Scoping Review of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice and Cultural Competency in Entry-Level Healthcare Programs

Engineering

6. Audrey Kowalewich — Lamp Project

Chemistry

7. David Cole — Discovering the Function of an Unknown Protein Using Bioinformatics Tools
8. Lauren Strider-Birkeness — Discovering the Function of an Unknown Protein Using Bioinformatics Tools
9. Carson Gray and Elijah Jay — Antibiotic Peptide Synthesis and Analysis of Bactericidal Activity
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17. Delaney Lounce, Jade Egnoske, and William Schulte — Polypeptide Synthesis for Antimicrobial Activity
18. Dack Punke and Luke Bechard — Peptide Synthesis
19. Leah Ressom and Kandace Reasoner — Peptide Synthesis from D-Alanine
20. Christian Stewart and Dylan Allender — Polypeptide Synthesis and Esterification using Enzyme Driven Amino Protection via Esterification
21. Manal Akhtar — Isolation of Antibiotic Compounds Produced by a Novel Bacterial Strain

Biology

22. Kerrigan Baker — The Human Microbiome
23. Madison Gangel — Discovering Antibiotic Resistance
24. Bailey Holland — From Soil to Prescriptions
25. Meagan Hoskins — Life of Microbes
26. Patience Ogunbase — Worlds Under the Microscope: Antibiotic Potential Found in Loam
27. Ouerdia Sehaki — Isolation and Identification of Bacteria from Soil Samples
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30. Jessica Watson — Microbes
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32. Emmaline Heimann — Combatting Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
33. Jackeline Juarez — In Search of Antimicrobials in Staphylococcus aureus
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38. Andrea Hensley — Let's Talk Dirt
39. Sydnee Solberg — What's in Our Soil
40. Bridget Murphy — Finding Antimicrobials in Soil
41. Mariya Slipych — A Peachy Soil Samle Discovery
42. Sadiya Abdulkareem — Finding Antibiotics
43. Mauwa Abwe — Discovery Antibiotic sample from soil
44. Gabi Copeland — Antibiotic Soil Experiment!
45. Brian Fischer — Antibiotic Screening from Kansas Soil

Environmental Science

46. Connor Johnson — Interactions between Wild Animals and Pet Toys on a Rural Farm in Lawrence, KS