Honors College Winter 2025 Undergraduate Research Showcase

Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025 5-6:15 p.m. (PT) on Zoom

The Honors College Winter 2025 Undergraduate Research Showcase on Thursday, February 27 at 5:00 p.m. PT.  At this event, current Honors College students will present their research in a series of lightning talks and answer questions. Recording of Winter 2025 Undergraduate Research Showcase. See below for presentation titles and slides.

Presenters and Slides

Flora Snowden

• Overgrown: A Poetry Collection

• Major: English, Creative Writing

Dakota Mason

• Chitosan as an alternative coagulant in membrane ultrafiltration of harmful algal blooms

• Major: Chemical Engineering

Annabella Eisner

• Fill Me With Now: An Ethnographic Journey Through the Soundscapes of Thailand and Cambodia where Deep Listening, Language, and Meditation Intersect

• Major: Spanish language and culture, Contemporary Music Industry

Grace Proudfoot

• Time-Loss and Non-Time-Loss, Acute and Overuse Patterns in Soft Tissue Knee Injuries in Division 1 Athletes Participating in Basketball, Volleyball, Track and Field, and Cross Country

• Major: BioHealth Sciences, Pre-PA

Emily Georges

• Ashwagandha and Ayurveda: A melding of science-based investigation and historical inquiry

• Major: Biology

Kian Shayegh

• Exploring the Potential of Stranger Dinners to Foster Connections Between Students

• Major: Business Information Systems and International Business

Denise Hendrick

• Flights of Fancy: The Rich Diversity of 18th-century Passementerie

• Major: French

Sophia Stavrianeas 

• Automating Artemis: The Development of A Low-Cost Ocean Profiler

• Major: Mechanical Engineering

Steven Sheehy

• The Impact of Combat on Veteran’s Romantic Relationships

• Major: Psychology

Jill Wissing

• Decline in population and tusk length of African elephants (Loxodonta africana)

• Major: Biology