2026 Undergraduate Research Showcase
Submissions from 2026
The Burden of a Hidden Illness, Alexa Abel
Trends in Diabetes Related Hospital Visits During and After Covid-19 Pandemic, Hollie Abele, Reagan Wiedenfeld, Alyssa Price, Ian Perfit, and Kirk Ketelsen
The Influence of Positive Social Networks on Postoperative Recovery Outcomes, Jacob Adams and Nichole Lasich
Canning, Quilting, and Ligature Strangulation: Women's Work in "Trifles", Rocky Adamson and Kim Carter-Cram
"Barely Intelligible": Contextualizing Melville's Short Fiction, Rocky Adamson and Tara Penry
Behavioral Analysis and Validation of a Morphine Dependence Mouse Model, Natalia Allen and Lauren Faget
Sensory Supports in K–12 Classrooms: Practical Strategies and Recommendations, Kendra Allison, Aaron Mowery, Skylar Rudorf, Ariel Schatz, and Isabella Gomez
Hopes of Emerging Adult College Students: Planning for the Future, Grayson Anderson and April Masarik
Equine Movement as Medicine, Hailey Anderson, Aidan Merrill, and Nichole Lasich
Formation of Thiolate-Bridged Dinuclear Palladium Complexes and Sulfide-Bridged Trinuclear Palladium Complexes, Juliette Andreani and Eric Brown
It's Fine When I Do It?: Competitive Forensics Performances and Hidden Language Ideologies, Ari Ashby
CRISPR/Cas9 Techniques to Assess Mechanoregulation of Cisplatin-DNA Adducts, Emily Baclayon, Bailey Conner, Gunes Uzer, and Anamaria Zavala
Sustainable and Environmentally Friendly Buildings: Earthships, Tyler Baker, Sondra Miller, Jazmin Bettancourt, Braeden Davis, Itzel Hernandez, Isaac Levi, Michael Deur, Alex Anta, and Miranda Nelson
Brain-on-a-Dish Model Reveals Early Axonal Dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease Using Human iPSC-Derived Dopaminergic Organoids, Joshua Baldridge, Shehbeel Arif, Masihhur Laskar, Xinzhu Pu, Luke Woodbury, Julie Oxford, and Nilufar Ali
Design Adaptation for Earthships in Idaho, Deanna Baldwin, Derek Chiaramonte, Fernando Luna Anaya, Hector Ramirez, Miguel De Anda Hernandez, Michael Deur, Alex Anta, and Miranda Nelson
Emotional Impacts of the Bryan Kohberger Homicides on Boise State Students, Maddie Balster, Linsey Belisle, and Bailey Lynch
Improving Quantification and Analysis for Biomechanics of Bedsharing Study, Laina Beasley, Yafa Benavidez, Kryan P. Quinlan, Gina Lowell, and Erin Mannen
Methane Sensors For Use in Soil: Fabrication Methods and Limits of Commercial Sensors, Grady Bell and Carol Baumbauer
Evaluating the Inhibitory Potential of Kratom Alkaloids on Cytrochrome P450, Fashion Bennett, Owen McDougal, Anna Shuey, and Elliot Johnson
The Hidden World of Microelectronics: An Atomic Force Microscopy Study, Walter Bennett, Corey Efaw, Hanna Clark, Suemy Batista, Tanaka Bungo, Takafumi Fukushima, Allyssa Bateman, Amy Moll, and Paul Davis
RGA Leak Detection in an ALD Vacuum System, Brandon Beraun, Steven Hues, Abbegail Bowers, and Elton Graugnard
The Cost of Caring, Kenzie Bissett, Nichole Lasich, and Makenna Kimmel
Skincare Through a Legal Lens, Hayden Blake, Nichole Lasich, and Megan Devine
Governmental Website Accessibility in Idaho, Sofia Blenkinsop and Kelly Arispe
Electrochemical Exfoliation of Two Dimensional MoS2 and hBN Nanosheets for Advanced Manufacturing, Haydee Boudwin, David Estrada, and Tony Valayil Varghese
Optical Motion Capture as a Noninvasive Alternative to Indirect Calorimetry for Ventilatory Assessment, Brooke Brody, Tyler Brown, and Calvin Doerr
Cooling the Fourth State of Matter, Dylan Brown, Jim Browning, Coleman Boyd, Marcus Pearlman, Daniel Titus, and Robert Hay
Paradise and the American Frontier’s Illusion of Unity, Ethan Brown and Tara Penry
Self-Healing Polymer Systems for Biomedical Applications, Lucy Brown, Sondra Miller, Abigail Healey, Nick Meda, Nahum Dass, Jordan Reyes, Caleb Witaker, Michael Deur, Alex Anta, and Miranda Nelson
Synthesis and Electrochemical Characterization of Layered Transition Metal Oxide Cathodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries, Lucy Brown, Claire Xiong, and Eric Gabriel
The Stepping Stone Office: Attorneys General and State Political Career Pathways, K'Lee Burbank and Jaclyn Kettler
Anxiety and Depression Among Nursing Students, Baylee Calbert and Kruti Chaliawala
The Woman Who Cried Pain, Baylee Calbert, Nichole Lasich, and Brooke Dyer
Promoting Understanding of Neurodivergency in Children, Elizabeth Cardoza and Jaime Sand
Characterizing the Effect of Viscosupplements on Meniscal Fraying, Angelica Carhuas, Trevor Lujan, Katherine Fors, Vanessa Bowman, and Cindy Keller-Peck
AI in Media Content, Kaitlyn Carmack, Shikhar Sarin, Madelyn Black, Karyna Meinert, Madelyne Cluckey, Nick Wiersma, and Robert Flood
OLEDs, from TVs to Cancer: Applications Beyond the Screen, Giovanni Cascio, Sondra Miller, Kevin Carrillo, Katelyn Roest, Taylor Bell, Kenny Nguyen, Michael Deur, Alex Anta, and Miranda Nelson
Aisles of Avoided Damage, Devon Casper and Kelly Chen
Accessibility and Quality of Public Transportation, Sarah Castro, Nichole Lasich, and Brian Wainwright
Mental Health and Sexual Victimization Among Incarcerated Populations, Brianna Cerda and Laura King
Space Agriculture in Microgravity Environments, Julisa Cervantes, Sondra Miller, Adriana Valdez Sarmiento, Hope Cuthberson, Daniel Philpott, Lena Price, Michael Deur, Alex Anta, and Miranda Nelson
What the Bug?: Analysis of Arthropods in American Goshawk Nests, Jake Chase, Heidi Carlisle, Jessy Wilson, and Robert Miller
The Impact of Impact, Hanna Christensen, Jacoba Rock, Lisa Murphy, Luke Rodriguez, and Emily Schumann
INSECTA: Native Idaho Bugs, Kaleb Churchwell and Mahshad Faridfar
How Habitat Structure Influences Ground Squirrel Activity Patterns, Kaylee Conner, Stephen Gentile, Amanda Lasorsa, Madison Merritt, Phaedra Roby, Mason Semmler, Mila Waters, Amy Ulappa, Zoe Bonerbo, and Jennyffer Cruz
Nuclear Energy Developments at the Idaho National Laboratory, Julian Contreras, Sondra Miller, Brianna Brown, Angelica Carhuas, Aiden Gill, Allan Kindarara, Hyrum Spencer, Michael Deur, Alex Anta, and Miranda Nelson
Farnesol's Effect on Tight Junction Gene Expression in a Model of Gastrointestinal Inflammation, Katelin Crutcher, Javier Ochoa-Repáraz, Sean Schumacher, Megan Gates, Jake Doyle, and Natalie Sofaly
Let’s Go! Teaching Bus Riding Skills to Young Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Dalialah Cruz, Monique Pinczynski, Kathryn DeLeon, Elisa Gonzalez, Skylar Rudorf, and Lucy Orozco-Urena
What the Brain Reveals About Violence: MRI Findings from Adolescents to Adults, Yolani Cruz-Plemons and Kruti Chaliawala
Perceptions of AI Amongst Young Adults, Ryan Cruz, Bridget Sharp, Chandler Johnson, Roger Pelkey, Nick Kavanagh, Nick Lippman, Shikhar Sarin, and Maddie Charter