Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic the 2020 Undergraduate Research Showcase has gone virtual. This online event includes live-streamed lightening talk and poster presentations, and is scheduled to take place April 17th and 24th.
Please see the following link for more information: https://www.boisestate.edu/undergraduate-research/showcase/
Students please contact us at scholarworks@boisestate.edu for more information about submitting your posters alongside your abstracts here in ScholarWorks.
Submissions from 2020
Magneto-Structural Interactions of Magnetic Shape Memory Alloy Ni-Mn-Ga, Claire L. Adams, Medha Veligatla, and Peter Müllner
Experiential Learning During Early Childhood Play: Free Play, Problem Solving, and Executive Function, Jessica Aebischer and Iryna Babik
Boise State University Maker Lab Usage and Demographics Student Survey, Simon Aleksander, Amy Vecchione, Ellie Dworak, Nathan Staley, and Marisa Hadley
Abductive Reasoning as an Evolved Cognitive Capability, Samuel D. Anderson, John Ziker, Karl Mertens, Annemarie Hasnain, Ann Wozniak, Michel Sousa, and Grace Kohler
Faculty Perspectives on the Impact of Virtual Office Hours in Engineering Courses, Brooke-Lynn Andrade, Krishna Pakala, Diana Bairaktarova, Harish Subbaraman, and Doug Hagemeier
The Influence of Social Networking Site (SNS) Usage on Conflict in Intimate Relationships, Cody G. Andrus, Ellie Begin, Mariem Laaraj, and Mary Pritchard
Creating an Inclusive Learning Environment in Electrical Engineering Circuits Undergraduate Laboratories: A LabView Interface for Laboratory Test Equipment for the Visually Impaired, Randall A. Bassine and Kris Campbell
Use of Contact Shielding and Modern Technology Provides Negligible Benefit, Aline Bates, Natalie Mourant, Michael Johnson, Chelsea Clower, Madison Wirth, and Madison Koster
Shared Stories Lab: How We Got Here, Kacey May Bates, Paris Boddie, Sam Heidelberg, Amy Mallory, Clare Tester, Jill Heney, and Tiffany Hitesman
Body Image and Disorder Eating within College Student Using Social Media, Ellie Begin, Cody Andrus, Mariem Laaraj, and Mary Pritchard
Inhibitory Control as a Possible Mediator in the Relation Between Pretend Play and Math Skills During Early Childhood, Andrew C. Belarski and Iryna Babik
The Association Between Sex Ratio and Intimate Partner Violence in New York State and California, Zoey Bevington and Kristin Snopkowski
Parental Behavior of California Condors in Wild and Captive Populations, Jenna A. Bishop, Leah Dunn, Carolina Granthon, and Chris McClure
Exploring Loss of Parental Attachment at a Young Age and Its Impact on Adult Health, Sarah Bofukya Bope and Robin Allen
ESS Multiple Comparison Methods for Long Memory Processes: Application to US Stock Volatilities, Holly E. Bossart and Jaechoul Lee
The Hexaemeron in Peter Comestor’s Historia Scholastica, Joseph A. Bradshaw, Emma A. Halverson, and Karen Wadley
Boise State’s Path to Carbon Neutrality: A Climate Action Plan, Morgan Brummund, John Gardner, and Jen Pierce
Impact of Outdoor Recreation on Undergraduate Health Students’ Overall Health, Andrew C. Burnett and Andy Hyer
Increasing Citizen Participation: A Toolkit for the City of Boise to Engage Young Adults, Michael Byrd, Doug Exton, Seth Hayes-Fugal, Ryan Hurlburt, Hanna Veal, Katie Wright, Jillian Moroney, and Ashley Orme Nichols
Sports Participation and Illicit Prescription Drug Use, Sidney K. Carscallen, Lauren Williams, Jeremy Knapp, Justin Hauge, and Megan Smith
The Effect of Bilingualism on the Development of Executive Functions and Mathematical Skills, Maria Castillo and Iryna Babik
EPRICC: Exploring Peer Relationships in an Inclusive College Classroom, Nicole Cherry, Julia Gorman, and Lisa Beymer
Trend Symmetry of Dominant Limb During Prolonged Load Carriage, Fred W. Christensen, Micah Drew, Samantha Krammer, and Tyler N. Brown
Factors That Affect Dose to the Eyes of the Operator of a C-arm Guided Procedure, Rachel Christensen, Abby Dunton, Darby Lyon, Paige Tilden, and Natalie Mourant
The Effects of a Divorce of Parents on a Child's Mental Health, Harrison M. Cleveland, Peyton Perry, Michelle Chavez, and Megan Smith
Korean Honorific Expressions: Immediate Indication of One’s Social Relationship with Others, Annie Coleman, Sam K. Navas, Megan Ostermann, Kyleigh Pollock, Qurnain Rao, Adam Thompson, Kailee Walker, Anne Wylie, and Yookyung Lee
Vulnerabilities of the Artificial Pancreas System and Proposed Cryptographic Solutions, D. J. Cooke, Kristen Garcia, Andres Guzman, Lindsey Kim, Brooklyn Mesia, Jacob Palmer, Shawn Shields, Milan Zanussi, Liljana Babinkostova, Marion Scheepers, Jay Radcliffe, and Robert Erbes
Recreation and Wildlife Activity in the Wood River Valley, Sarah E. Coose, Edward Trout, Neil Carter, Kelly Hopping, Kris Thoreson, and Greg Hill
Mowat-Wilson Syndrome, Nicholas Cordell, Jordan Council, Crislyn Rausch, Stephen Schott, and Julia Oxford
Baller-Gerold Syndrome: Description of Pathology, Grace H. Coughlin, Darren J. Lighter, K. Sanchez, I. Anaya Carmona, and Julia Oxford
Determining Recharge Through Small-Scale Geochemical Analysis on Samaria Mountain Springs, Elizabeth M. Crowther, James McNamara, and Pamella A. Cedillo
Visual-Spatial Advantage in Problem Solving Among Bilingual Children, Quentin Cruz-Boyer and Iryna Babik
Cloning and Purification of the ArtB Binding Subunit From a Novel Toxin in Salmonella enterica Typhimurium, Leyla Cufurovic, Adriana Rodriguez, Omid Mohammad Mousa, and Juliette Tinker
Modeling Shielding Designs for the Safe Operation of Neutron Generators, Samuel Cutler, Brian J. Jaques, Allyssa Bateman, Brenden Heidrich, R. A. Borrelli, and James Simpson
A Bench Study Evaluation of the Amount of Auto-PEEP When Ventilating an Electronic Lung Model Simulated to Represent Normal, ARDS and COPD Lung Conditions, Kathleen A. Davis, Heather P. Peterson, Alex R. Sanders, and Lonny Ashworth
Combating “The Flesh-Eating Disease,” Increasing Our Understanding of How Two Toxins Destroy Our Cells, Christopher S. Dayton, Sarah Hobdey, Eric McIndoo, Dennis Stevens, and Amy Bryant
Skilled Labor Shortages May Lead to Wage Inflation, Nathaniel R. de Boer, Samia Islam, Champe Kotara, Casey Robbins, Jessica Lincoln, and Cole Franklin
Assistive Transportation Project, Jeremy J. DeLisle, Johnny Gonzalez, Brayan Vazquez, Logan Cole, Amy Moll, Paul Robertson, Noah Salzman, and Vicki Stieha
The Direction of Future Energy Source, Cynthia Evon Dent, John Bernardo, and Jared Romero
Adaptive Mesh Refinement in Non-Hydrostatic Unified Model of the Ocean (NUMO), Chithkala Dhulipati and Michal Kopera
Evaluating the Utility of Cost-Effective, Consumer-Grade, Wearable Air Monitoring Devices Under Mock Occupational Conditions: Wildfire Smoke and Impact Testing, Allison Dockery, Sara Fortunati, Todd Messick, Joseph Hendry, and Luke Montrose
Industrial Assessment Center at Boise State University Serving the Region's Manufacturing Industry, Andrea Eborn, Ryan Montrose, Mateo Rios, Jason Talford, Robert Cotner, Matthew Walsh, Elias Dotterer, Krishna Pakala, and John Gardner
Oculocutaneous Albinism in Embryonic Development, Shadee K.R. Edralin, Madison Edwards, Dana A. Small, Ryan Williams, Ian Tornello, and Julia Oxford
Idaho Power: Snake River White Sturgeon Conservation Plan, Shadee K.R. Edralin and Jared Romero
Cardiovascular Response to ApoE4 Fragmentation, Wesley Ercanbrack, Madyson Preston, Julia Oxford, and Troy Rohn
Nautical Research Platform for Water-Bound Experiments, Dillon J. Eyer, Monica Leibowitz, Amanda White, Zachariah Vandeventer, Heather Dyer, Andrew Byrd, Dustin Nguyen, Terek Zimmerman, Hugh Sheldon, Morgan Hill, Jeremy Bouchard, Jessica M. Mueller, Adam Torek, Kalynn Cotton, Jose Escobosa, Tyler Johnson, Nathan Sundquist, Zuly Lapa, Ryan Olson, Carolyn Murrey, David Maldonado, Aidan McConnehey, Keaton Poe, Libbie Luevanos, Andrew Handzel, Steve Swanson, Gus Engstrom, Megan Gambs, and Gunes Uzer
One Health: Sustainable Farming and Agriculture, Kyle G. Felix and Jared Romero
Foster Care and Academic Achievement: The Effects of Foster Care on Adolescents and Their Academic Achievement, Alex Firkins and Megan L. Smith
Understanding the Molecular Links Between Exercise and Brain Health Using Pyrosequencing Technology, Miranda Fischer, Brandi Sweet, Stephanie Hall, and Luke Montrose
Synthesis of Small Molecule Inhibitors to Obstruct Inflammatory Cytokine Activity, Kyle Fisch, Joey Day, Joseph Tuccinardi, Riley Olsen, and Don L. Warner
Idaho Beaver Outreach Plan, Lillianne French, Rosio Ojeda, Melissa Symmes, and Emily Wakild
An Illustrative Review of Protective Factors That Foster Resilience Among Refugee Populations, Hailey Fritz and April S. Masarik
Becoming Teacher Researchers: Using 3D Printing to Create Individualized Assistive Technology for High School Students with Disabilities, Joseph T. Fritz, Maggie Dillon, Kierstyn Heilbrun, and Lisa Beymer
Using Keystone Species for Restoration, Mike Fulton and Jared Romero
A Clean and Green Future for the Boise School District, Benjamin A. Gage, Janet Kaufman, Chris Taylor, Eric Willadsen, and Jen Pierce
Invasive Plant Species Succession in Riparian Areas Post Installation of Beaver Dam Analogues on Streams in Southern Idaho, Benjamin A. Gage, Haley E. Neill, Marlisa Sass, Amy Whittingon, and Emily Wakild
Can Citizen Science Help With Determining Beaver Dam Analogues Placement for Beaver Restoration in Idaho for Riparian Habitat Rehabilitation, Lee Gahley and Emily Wakild
Coaching Feedback's Influence on Passion and Satisfaction in Sport in Division I Athletes, Nolan Garabo and Eric Martin
Scoliosis Positioning and Breast Exposure, Shaylynn R. Giroir, Lauren Mattaini, Diana Stelmakh, Kendal Sweet, and Natalie Mourant
Designing and Creating a Myoelectric Transhumeral Prosthetic Arm, Hayden Golay, Amy Vecchione, Zane McCarty, and Mason Francsak
MC3T3 Gene Expression in Response to Ascorbic Acid Treatment, Abigail M. Gonzalez, Dana A. Small, Nick Cordell, Julia Oxford, Stephanie Tuft, and Akina Fujimoto
Archaeological Predictive Model: Orchard Combat Training Center, Julio Gonzalez Tepetla, Pei-Lin Yu, Mark Plew, James Eschenbrenner, and Jake Fruhlinger
Metastatic Breast Cancer and the Road to Drug Discovery, Briana R. Grantham, Lisa Warner, Luke Woodbury, and Olga Mass
Biomedical Applications of Near-Infrared Thermography, Noah Guidara, James Lamb, Marcus Pearlman, Attila Rektor, and Nirmala Kandadai
The Effects of an Explicit Instruction Intervention in a Special Education Classroom, Gabby Halaby and Gena Nelson
Cell Model System for Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis, Fabio Halla, Emmie Jennings, Julia Oxford, Stephanie Tuft, and Akina Fujimoto
A New Translation of Canestrelli's A Kootenai Grammar, Emma A. Halverson and Tim Thornes
X-ray Penetration Through Barriers, Carey Hammer, Jenna Draper, T. J. Rhodes, Susan Pett, and Natalie Mourant
Towards a (Truly) Anti-Racist Writing Center, Amanda Nicole Hawks and Whitney Douglas
The New Cartel Strategy: Hiding in Plain Sight, Robert C. Herold II and Isaac Castellano
Potential Integrin Switch in NIH/3T3 Cells in Response to High Concentrations of Ascorbic Acid, Nichole M. Hoffman, Brandi Sweet, Julie Wagner, Akina Fujimoto, Stephanie Tuft, and Julia T. Oxford
2019 Sustainability Report: College of Business and Economics, College of Health Sciences and School of Public Service, Margaret Hofmann, Kodi Romero, Erik Gonring, Vasudha Bhandare, Kelsey Hausman, Philine Fleck, Bella Pratt, Rebecca Bouley, and Sydney Nickel
One Health: Harmful Algal Blooms, Katelyn Hopkins and Jared Romero
Restoration of Idaho’s Lands: Why Beaver History is Important to the Wellbeing of Idaho, Nick M. Hougaard, Katelyn M. Thom, and Emily Wakild
How Differing Diagnoses Impact Patients' Views on Eating Disorder Recovery, Jane K. Hula, Carly Smart, and Mary Pritchard
Faster Liposome Preparation Using Electrodialysis, Zoe E. Hutchinson, Gamid Abatchev, Andrew Bogard, Jason Ward, and Daniel Fologea
Corrosion Testing of Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V with Different Print Parameters, Brielle Ibe, Hunter Good, Jake Benzing, and Michael Hurley
Zoobiquity: The Intersection of Human and Animal Health, Lindsey E. Johnson and Jared Romero
Cholesteatoma, Kayla Jonas, Cameron J. Skaggs, Elizabeth Catalano, Lexi Bray, Erik Barfuss, and Julia Oxford
Living High in the Sky: Modelling Prehistoric High Altitude Camps in the Great Basin, Julie Julison and Pei-Lin Yu
The Influence of the Multilingual Student Alliance on Sense of Belonging and Educational Success Among Refugee Background Students, Shukuru Kamulete, Georgette Bisoka, and April S. Masarik
Rescue of Lipid-Induced Autophagy Inhibition by Torin1 Treatment, Koby W. Kimball, Alex Soto, Lexi Bray, Eric Ortland, and Brad Morrison
VARScent, Dakota Kimble, Sierra Sandison, Andrew Armstrong, Forrest Burt, John Bieter, and Peter Müllner
Segmentation-Free Korean Handwriting Recognition Using Neural Network Training, Steven Kim, Elisa H. Barney Smith, and Nishatul Majid
A Pilot Study Concept to Evaluate If Exercise and Diet Can Increase Resilience in Firefighters, Hailey P. Kiser, Luke Montrose, and Shawn Simonson
The Effectiveness of Youth-Centered Suicide Prevention Programs: The Case of a Longstanding Peer-Led Program in Alaska, Sierra A. Kistler and Sandina Begic
Assistive Technology: Robot Arm, Trevor M. Klabo, Tyler Valdez, Trevin Whitehead, Nicholas Petitmermet, Callum Young, Amy Moll, Noah Salzman, Vicki Stieha, Shane Panter, and Susan Latta
The Role of Parent Child Relationships and Further Child Rearing Decisions, Rachel N. Koch, Kristin Snopkowski, and Shelly Volsche
Enhancing SCADA System Security Via Spiking Neural Network, Kyle D. Kramer, Robert Ivans, Nathaniel Fisher, and Kurtis Cantley
Investigating Recycled 3D Printing Filament Infrastructure: A Cost-Benefit Analysis, Emily E. Kuehl, Luke Favillo, Nate Buslach, and Amy Moll
Construction Market Boom?: How Has Boise’s Growth Affected the Industry & Economy, Emily E. Kuehl, Chase Silvestre, Brooke Ross, Avery Williams, Alex Henri, and Samia Islam
Effect of Surface Treatment on the Switching Field of Ni-Mn-Ga, Jiheon Kwon and Peter Müllner
Relationships Between Jealousy in Intimate Partnerships the Use of Snapchat, Mariem Laaraj, Cody Andrus, Ellie Begin, and Mary Pritchard
Soil Recovery After Fire and Invasion: Implications for Sagebrush Reestablishment, Ashley J. Leavell, Marie-Anne de Graaff, and Sabrina Schuler
An Analysis on Medical Device Recalls and Cybersecurity Implications on Patient Safety, Rachel N. Leone, Liljana Babinkostova, Marion Scheepers, Kristen Garcia, Sulema Jimenez, and Tabarak Alomar
6th Graders in STEM: Development of an International Climate Team and Weather Station at Washington Elementary, Rachel Anne Lindsey, Pamella A. Cedillo, Jen Pierce, Cheryl Finley, Hannah Courtright, and Chris Taylor
Identifying Accreting X-Ray Binaries in the Small Magellanic Cloud, Kirk A. Long and Daryl J. Macomb
iSTEM 2.0, Allyson L. Loomis, Julianne A. Wenner, Sara Hagenah, and Chris Taylor
Impacts of Violent Crime on Age and Gender, Samantha R. Lovelady and Kristin Snopkowski
Developing New Elementary Climate Science Curriculum Strategies for K-12 Students at the Boise Watershed, Dustin Lukehart, Jen Pierce, Cindy Busche, Augusto Gabrielli, and Tristan Harris