Lila Alvarado
Geology, '27
&
Elizabeth Feldkamp
Urban Planning + Design, '28
“Advancing Baroque-Era Earthquake-Resistant Building Research in Antigua, Guatemala: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Archaeoseismology”
Mentor: Dr. Tina Niemi

Sonja Bleier
Geology, ’27
&
Maria VanBockern
Environmental Science, Mathematics & Statistics, and Biology, ’26
“Characterization of Magma Composition and Exploration of Extreme Magma-Sediment Mixing at Guffey Butte, Idaho Basalt Maar Complex”
Mentor: Dr. Alison Graettinger

Nico Bradshaw
Chemistry and Biology, ’27
“Synthesis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Applications in Electronic Devices”
Mentor: Dr. Kathleen Kilway

Gillian Calder
String Bass Performance and Physics, ’29
“Developing Pedagogical Material for Double Bass Tuned in Fifths”
Mentor: Dr. Kája Lill

Natalie Castilleja
Geology, ’27
“A Morphologic Study of Magmatic and Phreato-magmatic Features of Veiðivötn, Iceland for Risk Mitigation”
Mentor: Dr. Alison Graettinger

Riley Cole
Psychology and Health Sciences, ’26
“Centering Indigenous Perspectives in Sexual Violence Screening Research”
Mentor: Dr. RaeAnn Anderson

Taylor Cook
Media, Art & Design, ’27
“Reduction Ecologies: Printing the Vanishing Tallgrass”
Mentor: Prof. Zach Frazier

Jordan Dilley
Chemistry, ‘27
“Using Positrons to Initiate Reactions in Flow Chemistry”
Mentor: Dr. David Van Horn

Danny Faust
Political Science and Mathematics & Statistics, ‘26
“Money Builds Money: Using Preferential Attachment to Model Campaign Contributions”
Mentor: Dr. Greg Vonnahme

Sienna Ficken
Biology, ‘26
“Cloning of Luciferase Reporters to quantitatively measure transgene expression and Bru1 Dosage Dependency”
Mentor: Dr. Maria Spletter

Ryan Gilliland
Biology and Chemistry, ‘26
“LRP6 Wnt Signaling Hair Cell Regeneration on Zebrafish Lateral Line”
Mentor: Dr. Hillary McGraw

McKenna Hood
Biomedical Engineering, ‘28
“ACL Injury Risk and Morphological parameters of the Knee Joint”
Mentor: Dr. Antonis Stylianou

Clement Horlander
Biomedical Engineering, ‘28
“Conductive Supramolecular Hydrogel Created by Electrostatic Interactions and Hydrogen Bonding”
Mentor: Dr. Nicolas Muzzio

Chelsea Knie
Nursing, ‘29
“KC Streetcar Transportation and Bikeshare Trends”
Mentor: Dr. Amanda Grimes

Perry Liang
Electrical & Computer Engineering, ‘28
“Performance Characterization of a Multidimensional Strain Elastography Framework under Handheld Acquisition Conditions”
Mentor: Dr. Md “Ashik” Ashikuzzaman

Liam Neidig
Mechanical Engineering, ‘27
“Integrating an Infrared Telemetry Communication and Expandable Input/Output Infrastructure onto an Unmanned Aircraft System”
Mentor: Dr. Travis Fields

Kenna Ryals
Chemistry, ‘27
“Electrochemical Study of Ni-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation”
Mentor: Dr. Mohammad Rafiee

Emily Shoemake
History, ’27
“Shoemake Family Oral History Project:  The Memories That Transform Identity”
Mentor: Dr. Sandra Enríquez

Alexander Stoll
Biology, ’27
“Sexual Dimorphism in Neuronal Hemilineages of the Fruit Fly”
Mentor: Dr. Haluk Lacin

Maisie VanSlander
English, ’26
“Davina Anne Gabriel and Oral Histories of Kansas City’s Transgender Rights Movement in the 1990s”
Mentor: Stuart Hinds, Curator of UMKC Special Collections & Archives