The Office of Undergraduate Research is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF). The following students will receive a $2000 personal stiped and $1000 in research support to fund their summer research or creative activity project from June 1st to August 9th. The awardees and their respective projects are listed below:
Egbewale, Oluwatomisin
Major: Computer Science
Mentor(s): Dr. Sujing Wang and Dr. Xingya Liu
Project: “Security evaluation of a cloud-based biometric authentication system"
Noak, Callan
Major: Computer Science
Mentor(s): Dr. Sujing Wang
Project: “Designing Regression Models for COVID-19 Risk Prediction"
Sciarrilla, Nyah
Major: Biology and Speech and Hearing Sciences
Mentor(s): Dr. Matt Hoch
Project: “The Effect of Starch Copper Oxide Nanoparticles on Differential Growth of Microbial Populations in Aquatic Environments"
Slaughter, Carissa
Major: Biology
Mentor(s): Dr. Ashwini Kucknoor
Project: "Trichomonas vaginalis induced Toll-like Receptor Gene Expression in Cervical Epithelial"
Soileau, Danielle
Major: Biology
Mentor(s): Dr. Ashwini Kucknoor
Project: “Characterization of a Novel Cell Surface Protein Coding Gene, TfAD1 in Tritrichomonas foetus, a Cattle Pathogen"
Denova, Viviana
Major: Finances and Business Management
Mentor(s): Dr. Gevorg Sargsyan
Project: “The Financial Impact of COVID-19 on Businesses in Dining and Hospitality in Southeast Texas"
Thrash, Damaris
Major: Exercise Science
Mentor(s): Dr. Shannon Jordan
Project: “Effects of Motivational Music on Post-Exercise Recovery"
Baker, Kalen
Major: Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics
Mentor(s): Dr. Ping He
Project: "Theoretical Research on Sintering of Metals based on Results of Molecular Simulations"
Bahrim, Alexander
Major: Electrical Engineering
Mentor(s): Dr. Gleb Tscheslavski and Dr. Cristian Bahrim
Project: “Development and assessment of hardware model for studying the mechanism of Regenerative Braking System (RBS)"
Houston, Cymone
Major: Civil Engineering
Mentor(s): Dr. Thinesh Selvaratnam
Project: "Biological Treatment of Produced Water"
Tan, Melissa
Major: Civil Engineering
Mentor(s): Dr. Thinesh Selvaratnam
Project: “Studying the Extracellular Polymeric Substances of Galdieria sulphuraria As Flocculation Aid for Improving Agal Harvesting Efficiency"
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Mentor(s): Dr. Sushil Doranga and Dr. Jenny Zhou
Project: "Vibration Response Prediction of Printed Circuit Boards used in the Transportation Industry"
Major: English and Modern Languages
Mentor(s): Prof. Andres Favors and Prof. O'Brien Stanley
Project: “Cultural Identity and Digital Citizenship: How Do Social Media Consumers and Creators Reconcile their Identities in the Digital World"
Fondren, Madison, and Buesing, Kinlee
Major: Speech and Hearing Sciences
Mentor(s): Dr. Jamie Azios
Project: “Where are my friends? A Narrative Inquiry of Friendship Maintenance and Dissolution in the Early Period of Post-stroke Aphasia"
Smith, Chloe
Major: Speech and Hearing Sciences
Mentor(s): Dr. Monica Harn
Project: “A Cross-sectional Study of the Portrayal of Childhood Speech Sound Disorder Interventions in YouTube Videos"