Undergraduate students have been recognized and awarded for their outstanding research projects
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The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) recently announced the award recipients and their faculty mentors. The awards are given to student researchers to fund their proposals for research projects alongside a faculty supervisor. The OUR works with students who aim to solve problems, make discoveries, and interact with research faculty outside the classroom.
Spring recipients are:
Joshua Bernardin – Chemistry and Biochemistry
Supervisor: Shuowei Cai
Title: Inhibition Effects of Blueberries on Monoamine Oxidase A
Veronica Bock – Bioengineering
Supervisor: Tracie Ferreira
Title: Generating a Zebrafish with GFP Expression in the Heart
Josiah Cassidy – Mechanical Engineering
Supervisor: Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh
Title: Fluid-Structure Interaction of Flexible Thin Sheet
Mary Goodrow – Bioengineering
Supervisor: Tracie Ferreira
Title: Examining the Effect of Vitamin D on Melanoma
Erica Leventhal – Nursing
Supervisor: MaryElizabeth Vieira
Title: Physical Activity Interventions in Middle-Aged Sedentary Women and Cardiovascular Disease
Chelsea E. Martinez – Nursing
Supervisor: Kristin Sethares
Title: Perceived Barriers to Medication Adherence in Latinos with Hypertension Using the World Health Organization Multidimensional Adherence Model
Brent Mello – Biology
Supervisor: Michael Sheriff
Title: Invasive Species and Their Effect on Relative Abundance of Native Species in the Wild
Mehul Puri – Bioengineering
Supervisor: Milana Vasudev
Title: Suicide Vectors for allelic exchange in Cellulophaga Lytica
Faith Unwin – Sociology
Supervisor: Lisa Maya Knauer
Title: The Impacts Green Spaces Have on Mental and Physical Health: Buttonwood Park and Riverside Park