Written by: Russ Nelson October 24, 2023 The UAH Summer Community of Scholars (SCS), made up of the Research and Creative Experience for Undergraduates (RCEU) and Honors Capstone Research (HCR) Summer Program, held their poster session display at Charger Union. Deans presented their awards to each of their college’s student winners. Michael Mercier | UAH Fifteen student research posters were selected for top Dean’s and Alabama Space Grant Award honors at the end-of-program Summer Community of Scholars (SCS) poster session at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System. “The 41 undergraduates who participated in this summer’s program did excellent work, and it really shows in the quality and depth of their poster presentations,” says Dave Cook, director of undergraduate research. “The students' work is impressive, and we are extremely grateful for the mentorship provided by our faculty and research staff on these projects. Their willingness to work with undergraduates over the summer leads to some really exciting possibilities for everyone involved.” The SCS is composed of the Research or Creative Experience for Undergraduates and the Honors Capstone Research Summer Program. Its purpose is to support research or creative experiences for undergraduate participants in all fields of study. The overall vision of the program is to sustain a vibrant culture of research and creative activities for undergraduates at UAH. Participants undertake activities within a project of research and creative scholarship. A non-exclusive list of possible activities for the participants includes laboratory experiments, musical compositions, field studies, clinical projects, engineering experiments and projects, theoretical work, human behavior studies, writing projects and visual art projects. The activities are under the direct supervision of a UAH full-time faculty member or researcher. Dean's and Director's Awards: College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences First Place Merritt Fisk, HY: Merchants and Mill Workers: Harrison Brothers and Huntsville Commerce, 1897-1903 Mentors: Drew Adan, Charlie Gibbons, Christine Sears Second Place Cole Rosenthal, BFA: Real Life or Just Fantasy: Live Performance to Animation Mentor: Vinny Argentina College of Education First Place MaryAnn Wiethop, KIN: Validation of the Kinematic Knee Sleeve for Measuring Joint Angle Changes in Active Young Adults Mentor: Ryan Conners College of Engineering First Place Joshua Corbin, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE): Development of Mechanical Characterization Techniques and Analysis of Flexible Electronic Materials Mentor: Nicholas Ginga Second Place McClellan Buckhalter, MAE: Calibrated Thrust Measurement for Rotating Detonation Engines Mentor: John Bennewitz College of Nursing First Place Emily Bolton, Nursing: Diet-Mediated Heart Disease Risk via the Gut Microbiome Mentor: Jennifer Bail Second Place (tie) Dawson Hammons, Nursing: Civility as a Nursing Concept in the Clinical Setting Mentor: Rachel Seady John David McGovern, Nursing: Civility as a Nursing Concept in the Classroom Setting Mentor: Tamela Shults College of Science First Place Jared Schlosser, Chemistry: Functionalizing Titanium with Fluorosilane can make it Water-Repellent Mentor: Jeffrey Weimer Second Place Kieffer Haehnlein, Biological Sciences: Describing the effects of antibiotic-resistance ribosomes on gene expression in bacteria Mentor: Luis R. Cruz-Vera Honors College First Place Celeste Davis, Art Studio: Short Film Adaptation of Soseki Natsume’s Ten Nights’ Dreams Mentor: Vinny Argentina Second Place Kaitlin Bryce, Biology: MAPK Activation in Pancreatic Ductal Cells Expressing Wild-type CFTR Mentor: Ahmed Lawan Alabama Space Grant First Place Emma Koontz, Atmospheric and Earth Science: Weather Radar Characteristics of Thick Cloud Layers over the Eastern Range Associated with a Triggered Lightning Risk Mentor: Lawrence Carey Second Place (tie) Kokoro Hosogi, Physics: Studying feedback from super-massive black holes at the center of giant elliptical galaxies Mentor: Ming Sun Maddie Liz Golembeck, Chemistry: The Perspective Use of FTIR and Surface Tension in Measuring Concentrations Mentor: Jeffrey Weimer Summer Community of Scholars Poster Session Learn More UAH Honors College Summer Community of Scholars Research and Creative Experience for Undergraduates (RCEU) Honors Capstone Research (HCR) Summer Program Alabama Space Grant Consortium Contact Kristina Hendrix 256-824-6341 kristina.hendrix@uah.edu Elizabeth Gibisch 256-824-6926 elizabeth.gibisch@uah.edu
