Lawrence Reporter

Sivani Badrivenkata, junior, Lawrence, “Biologics vs. E. coli: Testing Lactoferrin’s Viability as a Preventative Therapeutic for Neonatal Sepsis in Pregnant Patients,” Michael Hageman, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Braedyn Mcbroom, senior, Park City, “Comparing Nighttime Cooling rates for Different Land Use Cover Types in Dallas, Texas,” David Rahn, Department of Geography & Atmospheric Science

Cecilia Paranjothi, sophomore, Lawrence, “Development of Tributyl Phosphate as a Quantitative Probe of Lewis Acidity,” James Blakemore, chemistry

Jenna Barnes, sophomore, Olathe, “Impact of PTPN22 Alternative Allele on Dendritic Cell Type-I Interferon Production,” Robin Orozco, molecular biosciences

Kaitlyn Savoy, junior, Olathe, “Understanding Environmental Drivers of Extremophile Microbes for Use in Space,” Benjamin Sikes, ecology & evolutionary biology

Lilly Cleveland, senior, Denver, Colorado, “Tumor Necrosis Factor and Interferon Gamma Expression After High Intensity Exercise,” Philip Gallagher, exercise science

Megan Hamersky, senior, Lecompton, “The Recovery from Fires in the Amazon Rainforest,” Nathaniel Brunsell, Department of Geography & Atmospheric Science

Morgan Cassidy, senior, Columbus, “Early Universe Dynamics in the Laboratory and Beyond,” Ian Lewis, physics & astronomy

Richard Moser, junior, Perry, “Computer Modelling of Novel Radar Based Neutrino Detection and Tracking,” Dave Besson, physics & astronomy

Samantha Richter, senior, Lawrence, “The Effects of Blood Flow Restrictive Exercise on Metabolic Gene Expression,” Philip Gallagher, Department of Health, Sport & Exercise Sciences

Wesley Sportsman, senior, Marceline, Missouri, “Code Development to Study Low Mass Galactic Quenching,” Greg Rudnick, physics & astronomy

Engineering

Aabhash Khadka, junior, Kathmandu, Nepal, “Overcoming Barriers to Advanced Proteomic Analysis: Elucidating Soil Properties Impacting Active Enzyme Extraction,” Justin Hutchison, civil, environmental & architectural engineering

Avery Mohn, senior, Olathe, “Microplastics in Stormwater: Quantifying Abundance and Characterizing Sources in Johnson County Streams,” Admin Husic, civil engineering

Curtis Nelson, senior, Lawrence, “Forensic Study on Damage to Laboratory Model Truss Bridge,” Jian Li, Department of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering

Junyi Zhao, senior, Lawrence, “RelayAttack: Fooling Image-to-Text and Speech-to-Text Translation Systems,” Bo Luo, electrical engineering & computer science

Madelynn Hilgenbrink, senior, Lawrence, “Theory Based Approach for Chiral Metamaterial Discovery for Infrastructure Application,” Anil Misra, civil & architectural engineering

William Powers, junior, McPherson, “BackTrader V2,” Hossein Saiedian, electrical engineering & computer science

Social Sciences

Abeer Iqbal, senior, Urbandale, Iowa, “Impacts of Cognition and Goal Setting on Daily Physical Activity Levels Within a Digital Intervention,” Christopher Cushing, departments of Applied Behavioral Science and Psychology

Alysia Martinez, junior, Lenexa, “Network Science as an Approach for Studying the Phonology of Kaqchikel Maya,” Michael Vitevitch, psychology

Amy Qiang, senior, Lenexa, “The Impact of Western Fast Food in China,” Brian Lagotte, global & international studies

Axel Breier, junior, Mission Hills, “Effect of Urbanization on Indigenous Cultural Expression,” Bart Dean, anthropology

Aylar Atadurdyyeva, senior, Bothell, Washington, “Farewell Privet, Hello Salem: Decolonization and Language Reform in Kazakhstan,” Brian Lagotte, global & international studies

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