On March 26-27, 2024, the Office of Graduate Studies, the Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, as well as the Office of Research and Economic Development held the 2024 Student Research Days Poster Sessions and Creative Exhibitions.
More than 120 graduate students in addition to a week-long celebration of student research and creative activity. Graduate students who were awarded competitive prizes for their scholarship and presentation skills and received $400 toward travel grants to present their research regionally or nationally as well as support other research costs.
Over 40 faculty and postdoc volunteer judges met with students during sessions and evaluated their presentations. Thanks to all the judges for their time and expertise!
Graduate awards
Rafael Amorim Bertacini (Brazil; studying Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design) “Interweaving Cross-Disciplinary Narratives in Fashion: Exploring the Integration of Fashion, Industrial Design, Identity, and Art Through Handbags”, adviser: Michael Burton
Matthew Boeding (Papillion, Nebraska; studying Computer Engineering) “A Novel Framework for OT Protocol Vulnerability Discovery leveraging insights from Formal Modeling, Network Simulation and On-Device Testing”, adviser: Hamid Sharif
Emily Chapman (York, Nebraska; studying Music Education) “Preparing the Next Generation of Music Educators: Illuminating Motivations of Mentor Teachers”, adviser: Rhonda Fuelberth
Brianna DeValk (Elk River, Minnesota; studying History) “Citizenship Taken: Recovering Married Women’s U.S. Citizenship on the Northern Great Plains, 1907-1957”, adviser: Kenneth Winkle
Nosakhare Idiaghe (Nigeria; studying Engineering Education) “Exploring the Impact of Professor and Peer Relationship on Mental Health of Undergraduate Engineering Students”, adviser: Jessica Deters
Allison Johnson (Rockford, Illinois, studying Educational Studies (Science Education)) “Preservice Elementary Teachers' Voices: Challenges to Implementing Integrated STEM Teaching and Learning ”, adviser: Deepika Menon
Isabel Kuebler (Brookings, South Dakota; studying Psychology) “Alcohol drinking in rats is differently modulated by the type of sugar added: regulation by melanin-concentrating hormone”, adviser: Ken Wakabayashi
Tanessa Morris (Canada, studying Natural Resources Sciences) “Effect of Biomass Water Dynamics in Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensor Observations: A Long-Term Analysis of Maize-Soybean Rotation in Nebraska”, adviser: Trenton Franz
Sadia Sharmeen (Bangladesh; studying Chemistry) “Multisite Interactions of Thiazolidinedione Drugs with Human Serum Albumin Studied by using High-performance Affinity Microcolumns”, adviser: David Hage
Sanket Shinde (Lincoln, Nebraska; studying Entomology) “Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) oral secretions modulate defense responses in sorghum”, adviser: Joe Louis
Bibek Tiwari (Nepal; studying Physics and Astronomy) “Spherulite-enhanced Macroscopic Polarization in Molecular Ferroelectric Films from Vacuum Deposition”, adviser: Xiaoshan Xu
Kashish Verma (studying Entomology) “Altering lignin biosynthetic pathway modulates sorghum defense against sugarcane aphids”, adviser: Joe Louis
Sethe Zachman (Lincoln, Nebraska; studying Sociology) “American Perspectives on the Legitimacy of Transgender Identities”, adviser: Kelsy Burke