2025

Hannah Greene
Film and Performing Arts
Mentor: Carrie Baker

2020 University Resident Theatre Association Auditions
(Chicago, Illinois)

Hannah Greene headshot photo in front of a blank wall

 

 

Coming soon

2024

Samuel Alexander
Alaska Native Language Center

Recording lab for student-led revitalization of Alaska Native languages


Tate Barhaug
Makerspace

CNC Milling and Large Scale 3D Printing: The Future of the 51风流官网 Makerspace

Leah Brown
Secondary Education

Meeting OWL 3 conference camera for equitable instruction in hybrid classes


Tammy Buonasera
Anthropology

 Equipment for Proteomic Research and Student Training: Applications to Human Skeletal Remains and Archaeological Materials


Patricia Carlson
Art

Do you see what I see? Magnifying Jewelry Instruction


Bryant Chow
Geophysical Institute

Upgrading a high-precision gravimeter for improved hands-on lab experience in an undergraduate geophysics course

Shannon Doherty
Oceanography 

iPad for Interactive Oceanography Lectures


Alex Gagne-Hawes
Theatre and Film

Speaker for the House


Matthew Gilbert
Biology and Wildlife

Personal electrocardiogram (EKG) monitors to enhance undergraduate education in physiology


Scott Hansen
Music

McGown Room Classroom AV


Cecile Lardon
Psychology

Testing an ePortfolio approach to outcomes assessment


J. Jason Lazarus
Art

New Photography, Videography & Graphic Arts Computers for ART's Shared Lab Space


Quetzal Luebke-Laroque
Electrical Engineering

Upgrading a Vacuum Chamber with a Residual Gas Analyzer

Charles Mason
Science and Environmental Journalism

Digital Video Cameras for SEJ Students


Michael Roddewig
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Acquiring a State-of-the-Art Development Platform to Modernize the Undergraduate Digital Signal Processing Learning Experience


Bree Smith
Biological Sciences
Mentor: Todd Brinkman

Identifying the Presence of Little Brown Bats on 51风流官网 North Campus and Trail System


Joseph Storm
Physics

Physics Lab Computers


Diane Wagner
Biology and Wildlife

Mini-temperature loggers for undergraduate inquiry


Eli Wilson
Alaska Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit

HOBO TidbiT MX Temperature and Water Presence Loggers

 

 

Static Flow Group
(L-R): Dakota Peterson-Thompson, Margaret McCormick, Connor Sosebee
Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Rorik Peterson

 

Venus Vibe Check Group
(L-R): Robert Herrick, Derek Dayan, Janet Felix, Evan Wells, Il-Sang Ahn
Mechanical Engineering
Mentors: Il-Sang Ahn and Robert Herrick

Vivian Palmer
Physics
Mentor: Peter Delamere

Conference of Undergraduate Women in Physics 
Stanford, California

Native Alaskan Business Leaders (NABL) Club
(L-R): Marcelo Ketzler-Lopez (Accounting), Shaina Atcherian (Applied Business), Elise Wood (One Health), Aiyana Fragoso (not pictured, Business Administration)
Mentor: Jillian Bjornstad

American Indigenous Business Leaders Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada

Isabelle Nicolier
Biological Sciences
Mentor: Jessica Glass

50th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society- Alaska Chapter
Seward, Alaska

Group Award
Students: Paradise Porter, Daniel Kahle, Gavin Brennan, Gavi Ximenez, Chel Boue, Julia Lockwood, Noah Morgan


Mentors: Chisato Murakami and David Henry

19th Annual Alaska Association of Teachers of Japanese Alaska Speech Contest
Anchorage, Alaska

Group award photo

Madelyn Brennan
Chemistry
Mentor: Sarah Rice

International Hibernation Symposium
Mont-Tremblant, Qu茅bec, Canada

Cole Osowski
Political Science
Mentor: Brandon Boylan

Student Conference on U.S. Affairs
West Point Military Academy, Orange County, New York

Cole Osowski award photo headshot

Group Award
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting
(Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Mentor: Patrick Druckenmiller

Daniela Barrera Guevara 
Geoscience

A new juvenile bonebed of chasmosaurine ceratopsids from the Upper Campanian Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Coahuila, Mexico: affiliation to the Pentaceratops-lineage of southern Laramidial

Xochitl Mu帽oz
Geoscience

A comparatively large-bodied, high-latitude therian from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Prince Creek Formation of northern Alaska (USA)

Xochitl and Daniela on a rock outcrop with a view.

Tane Timling
Digital Journalism
Mentor: Erin Trochim

American Geophysical Union- 2024 Annual Meeting
(Washington, D.C. )

 

Miles Cowles
Shark Program Intern
Go Dive Mossel Bay
Mossel Bay, South Africa

Spring 2024

Miles Cowles

Paul Menke
Ted Stevens Legislative Internship
Juneau, Alaska

Spring 2024

Paul Menke is a 2024 Spring Internship Awardee

Shelby Thompson
Intern, California Killer Whale Project
Monterey Bay, California

Spring 2024

Shelby Thompson

Hannah Miller
Cruise Volunteer
University of California, San Diego & Scripps Institution of Oceanography, CalCOFI Group
San Diego, California

Spring 2024

Hannah Miller Award Photo

Cori Patchkofsky
Doctor Assistant & Intern
Hartford Healthcare
Hartford, Connecticut

Summer 2024

Cori Patchkofsky

Jackson Nelson
Summer Project Development Intern
Torchgrab Africa
Denver, Colorado

Summer 2024

Jackson Nelson Award Photo

Dorothy Sherer
Refuge Management Intern
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service- Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge
Evansville, Indiana

Summer 2024

Dorothy Sherer award photo

Zachary Macintyre
Disaster Services Intern
American Red Cross of Alaska
Fairbanks, Alaska

Summer 2024

Zachary Macintyre award photo

Iva Thomason
Intern
Advanced Materials Research Institute- University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana

Summer 2024

Iva Thomason award photo

Tatianna Krueger
General Animal Care Intern
Topeka Zoo and Conservation Center
Topeka, Kansas

Summer 2024

Tatianna Krueger is an Internship Awardee.
 
 

 

2023

Sasha Bitzer
Assistant Professor of Printmaking & Painting
Student: Reily Dixion

Cognitive Cryogenics Highlight

Jaunelle Celaire
Professor of Voice & Music Department Chair
(L-R): Dario Martin, Olivia Buzby, Grace Farrell, Alexia Devine,
Steven Anderson, Jaunelle Celaire, Mari Ana Beks, Ellie Martinson, Lucil McWilliams,

Florian Hofmann
Research Assistant Professor,
Geophysical Institute
Students: Cori Patchkofsky (L), Ada Causey (R)

Claudia Ihl
Professor of Biology, NW Campus

Kristin O'Brien
Professor of Biology and Wildlife
Student: Jessica Gimarc

Sarah Rice
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Institute of Arctic Biology
Student: Mars Brennan

Garrett Savory
Biology and Wildlife, Graduate Student
Student: Molly Cook

Deanna Strohm
Project Biologist/ Laboratory Manager,
Institute of Arctic Biology
Student: Paul Lecheung

Naoki Takebayashi
Associate Professor of Biology
(L-R): Diana Wolf, Denali Crawford, Naoki Takebayashi, Steffi Ickert-Bond, James Phillips, Gaku Amada

Lauren Wilson
Geoscience, Graduate Student
Student: Xochitl Munoz


Sydney Almgren
Fisheries

E-Gel Power Snap for Essential Gel Electrophoresis Analysis


Abhijit Dandekar
Petroleum Engineering

Electronic Drilling Simulator


J. Jason Lazarus
Communications and Journalism

Revitalizing COJO's Student Use Lab


Jamie Smith
Art 

Drawing Studio Projector Upgrade

Leah Berman
Mathematics and Statistics

iPads for Mathematics & Statistics Teaching and Tutoring


Elaine Drew
Anthropology

Improving Equity and Inclusion in Research Methods Training in Medical Anthropology


Brendan Graham
Institute of Arctic Biology

The impact of wildfires on the vocal output of boreal bird communities


Anna Medina
Fisheries

Leica K3C Camera & Measurement Software for Image Analysis


 Christian Stettler
Social Work

The Critical Social Worker

 

 

Carolyn Comiskey
Art

Ergonomic Lab Stools


Virginia Golsan
Early Childhood Education, CTC

Increasing Student Learning Through Guided Reflection


Sarah Ellen Johnston
Chemistry and Biochemistry

A simple water quality probe for undergraduate research and education


Da-ka-xeen Mehner
Art

Digital Imaging of Artwork Project


Yin Zhang
Petroleum Engineering 

CYDAR software to help undergraduate students learn fluids flow in porous medium

Group Project

Sam Dempster
Biological Sciences
Mentor: Jessie Young-Robertson

American Geophysical Union,
Chicago, Illinois

Sam Dempster Headshot

Olivia Buzby
Music Education
Mentor: Jaunelle Celaire

InterHarmony Music Festival,
Piedmont, Italy

Olivia Buzby headshot.

Ariana Lopez
Music Education
Mentor: Jaunelle Celaire

InterHarmony Music Festival,
Piedmont, Italy

Ariana Lopez headshot.

Group Award
Mentor: David Henry

18th Alaska State Japanese Speech Competition,
Anchorage, Alaska 

Group Photo of students in from of a map.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 (L to R: Robin Parker, Bethany Cohen, Mikkel Chynoweth, Owen Bradley, Ko Roberts)

Group Award
Mentor: Michael Hatfield

AIAA Design-Build-Fly Competition,
Tucson, Arizona

AIAA Design Build Fly Group.

 

Seth Thomas, Ethan Hoover, Casey Lambries, Micah Vanderhart, Jasmin Holst, Kathryn Finley, Wyatt Richards

Meredith McMahon
Mentor: Robin Shoaps

12th International Gender and Language Conference
Brisbane, Australia

Meredith is an URSA Travel Awardee

T. Womack
Mentor: Carrie Baker

Valdez Theater Conference,
Valdez, Alaska

T. Womack is a Travel Awardee

Aaron Marlow
Mentor: Yelena Matusevich

Laval University French Language Intensive and Workshop,
Quebec City, Canada

Aaron Marlow is a student travel award recipient.

Vadim Bledsoe
Mentor: Yelena Matusevich

Montpellier French Language School Summer Intensive Program,
Montpellier, France

Vadim Bledsoe is a 2023 Travel Award Recipient

Zoe Schneider
Mentor: Yelena Matusevich

Laval University French Language Intensive Program, Quebec City, Canada

Zoe Schneider is an URSA Travel Awardee

Audrey Eikenberry
Mentor: Phylicia Cicilio

North American Power Symposium,
Asheville, North Carolina

Audrey Eikenberry headshot photo

Xochitl Munoz
Mentor: Patrick Druckenmiller

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio

Xochitl Munoz photo

Giovanna Wilde
Mentor: Eve Ryan

鈥淓xploring Equity and Methodological Advancements to Transform Academic Discourse Teaching and
Research" Conference
Los Angeles, California

Giovanna Wilde is a Fall 2023 Travel Awardee.

Jessie Skalisky
Mentor: Katie Spellman

Alaska Invasive Species Workshop
Sitka, Alaska


Jessie Skalisky is a Fall 2023 Travel Awardee.

 

Kristal Bozeman
Fairbanks Veterans Court
Summer 2023

Kristal Bozeman

Ethan Stone
Alaska Zoo
Summer 2023

Ethan Stone

Jillian McCarley
Fairbanks Community Restorative Justice Initiative
Summer 2023

Jillian McCarley

Jung Woo Maeng
Fairbanks Community Restorative Justice Initiative
Summer 2023

Jung Woo Maeng

Grace Hopkins
American Red Cross
Summer 2023

Grace Hopkins is a 2023 Internship Award Recipient

Alexander Long
Seed Media
Summer 2023

Alex Long is a summer 2023 Internship Awardee.

Jennie Reynolds
Fairbanks Community Restorative Justice Initiative
Fall 2023

Jennie Reynolds headshot

 

 

 

2022

Jonah Bacon
Graduate Student, Fisheries

 



Student: Linnaea Doerner

Linaea Doerner is an undergraduate student.

Ben Barst
Research Assistant Professor, Water and Environmental Research Center (WERC)

 

Students (L- R): Jenni Klebesadel, Apryle Collison, Heather McKenzie

 

Three undergraduate student researchers.

Todd Brinkman
Associate Professor, Biology and Wildlife

 

Student: Jackson Magie

Chandler Kemp
Assistant Professor, Sustainable Energy (Bristol Bay Campus)

 

 

Student: Max Johnson

Undergraduate Researcher Max Johnson.

Derek Sikes
Professor, Biology and Wildlife and Curator of Insects, University of Alaska Museum of the North


 

Students: Luke Lawson, Lucy White, Razan Yousif

Courtney Skaggs
Graduate Student, Creative Writing

Student: Ayden Harris

 

 

GROUP PROJECT

Maher Al-Badri
Electric and Computer Engineering

Laboratory Supplies for Teaching and Research


Nathan Belz
Civil, Geological, and Environmental Engineering

51风流官网 Concrete Canoe


Cheng-Fu Chen
Mechanical Engineering

Dissipative Coating for Electrostatic Discharge Management and Dust Mitigation -- Protocol Development and Characterization


Brian Hemphill
Anthropology

Stabilization of Dental Casts


 

Joseph Holt
English

Ice Box Literary Journal


Lara Hortsmann
Marine Biology

Bowhead Whale Ovarian Analysis


William Howard
Chemistry and Biology

New Platinum-Based Chemotherapy Drugs


Mary-Beth Leigh
Institute of Arctic biology

Characterizing the immune response of aspen to a fungal pathogen using low-input RNA sequencing


 Andr茅s L贸pez
Fisheries

Barcoding Alaska's freshwater fishes in support of environmental DNA research

Jingqiu Mao
Chemistry

Advancing undergraduate research and workforce development through survey grade GPS technology and field-based learning


Rorik Peterson
Mechanical Engineering

Carbon Fiber Filament for new 3D Printer


Alexei Rybkin
Mathematics and Statistics

Fast numerical solver to evaluate tsunami wave run-up.


Sarah Stanley
English

InsideOut StoryLab


Dianan Wolf
Biology and Wildlife

DNA sequencing to identify ingredients of herbal supplements

Matthew Balazs and Reyce Bogardus 
Arctic Coastal Geoscience Lab

Bolstering education, research, and outreach using Immersive Virtual Reality


Patricia Carlson
Jewelry Art 

Handmade Jewelry Made Easier


Phylicia Cicilio
ACEP

PowerFactory Student Licenses


Morag Clinton
Veterinary Medicine 

NIS Elements Software for Histology Analysis


Alex Cornwell
Veterinary Medicine 

Countess 3


Justin Cramb
Anthropology

Zooarchaeology Teaching Collection: Continued Improvements

 

Margaret Darrow
Civil, Geological, and Environmental Engineering

Modernizing the field mapping experience with GeoPads - Year 2


Arghya Kusum Das
Computer Science

High-Performance Computing Server to Improve the Learning and Research Experience of Computer Science Students


Rob Duke
Justice

UAS 鈥淒rone鈥 Research in Public Safety Practice


Scott Hansen
Music

Fine Arts Complex Networked Audio Upgrade


 Darcy Harrod
Student Support Services

Student Support Services Technology Loan Program Expansion

 

 

Charles Mason
Communication and Journalism

Epson Printers for Photography Program


Kimberly McGinnis
Business Administration

Capital IQ market research


Rorik Peterson
Mechanical Engineering

Carbon Fiber 3D Printer for Design Lab


Sean Regan
Geosciences

3D visualization and analysis of microCT data for the geosciences


Aaron Salzman
English 

Opportunity for Career Advancement Through Content Creation


Diana Wolf
Biology and Wildlife

Students prepare DNA for sequencing at home

GROUP PROJECTS

 

2021

Jonah Bacon
Graduate Student, Fisheries

 

STUDENT

Bateman

Bryce Bateman

 

Devin Drown
Associate Professor, Biology and Wildlife



STUDENTS

Brown

Jeremiah Brown

pemberton

Evan Pemberton

White

Owen White

wrenn

Danielle Wrenn

Brian Hemphill
Associate Professor, Anthropology



STUDENT

Fisher

Brooke Fisher

 

Sunwoo Kim
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering


STUDENTS

Hong

Anyd Hong

Underwood

Taylor Underwood

Nicole Misarti
Associate Professor, Water and Environmental Research Center


STUDENTS

Bignell

Gabriel Bignell

Mattson

Kyle Mattson

Hannah Myers
Ph.D. Student, Marine Biology


STUDENT

Whitney

Amy Whitney

 

Jen Peterson
Assistant Professor, Psychology


STUDENTS

Lloyd

Miranda Lloyd

keene

Zoey Keene

Kiosse

Danai Kiosse

Kraska

Olivia Kraska

McCraken

Bethany McCraken

Leslie

Leslie Siegfried

Jennifer Questel
Assistant Professor, Oceanography


STUDENT

Williams

Kimberley Williams

 

 

Srijan Aggarwal
Water and Environmental Research Center 

Epifluorescence microscope for microplastics detection in Alaska


Maher Al-Badri
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Electromagnetic Simulation Software for Undergraduate/Graduate Teaching and Research in Power Engineering


Patricia Carlson
Art Department

Jewelry Techniques Up Close 


Jaunelle Celaire
Music department 

Davis Hall telecommunication upgrade


Justin Cramb
Anthropology

Zooarchaeology Teaching Collection Improvement and Database Integration

 

 

Margaret Darrow
Civil, Geological, and Environmental Engineering

Modernizing the field mapping experience with GeoPads.


Janice Dawe
One Tree Alaska

Generation OneTree: Each Tree Tells a Story


Scott Goddard
Mathematical Sciences

Portable on-screen mathematical notating hardware


Thomas Green
Chemistry & Biochemistry

Software for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy


Carolyn Hamman
College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences

The purchase of continual environmental data recording units for use in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska

 

 

Ute Kaden
School of Education

Pre-service teacher video supervision and instructional support


Jochen Mezger
Geosciences

Digital geologic mapping with mobile devices 


Robert Prince
Journalism

HoloLens 2


Derek Sikes
Museum of the North

Computer upgrade for Entomology High Resolution Focus Stacking Imaging System


Sarah Stanley
English 

Short Story Cube Dispenser for 51风流官网 Student Engagement in Literacy Research

GROUP PROJECTS

 

 

2020

 

 

 

 

Alex Ashford
Biology
Mentor - Claudia Ihl
With this project, I am  seeking to sample and analyze muskoxen forage samples from disturbed feeding areas in and around Nome, Alaska for differential nutrient and mineral composition on mine tailings in comparison to naturally disturbed gravel bars. This may help explain why muskoxen are present and foraging in the city of Nome.

Abby Amick
Chemistry
Mentor - Jennifer Guerard
This project will use nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to analyze pore water samples from permafrost and non-permafrost lakes in the Fairbanks area. By analyzing the composition of organic matter at different depths in the lake beds, we hope to better understand how climate change affects thawing permafrost lakes.

Madeline Andriesen, Jenna Dreydoppel, Taylor Hendricks, Jonathan Lange, Lindsay Moisan, and Phoenix Williams
Music Education and Vocal Performance
Mentor -  Jaunelle Celaire
This outreach will include opera workshop performances by the 51风流官网 voice students at various Anchorage middle and high schools. The program will be sung in the original languages.

Zachary Barnes, Zion Alioto and Hannah Fontecchio
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Michael Hatfield
The 51风流官网 Aeronautics Club is competing in the 2020 AIAA Design-Build-Fly competition. The team will be designing, building, and flying a remote-controlled aircraft that fulfills the design requirements and rules of the international competition.

Rowan Biessel
Geoscience
Mentor - Franz Meyer
Vertical movement of the ground over volcanoes can potentially be a sign of future activity. This can be measured using remote sensing, but the signal can be distorted in the atmosphere. So that we can automatically monitor volcano deformation, I want to see how different volcanoes are affected by atmospheric errors.

Katelynn Bushnell
Economics
The inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) can have several sorts of effects on the environment in developing countries. My research seeks to contribute to the debate by asking: What is the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on China鈥檚 environment, for a given level of economic growth?   

Emily Cohen and Aidan Earnest
Political Science
Mentor - Alex Hirsch
Alaska currently faces a sexual violence epidemic, with sexual assault rates three times the national average. Our project will comparatively analyze states鈥 statutory consent laws and the significant impact of these laws on sexual crime rates, ultimately producing a definition of consent to be implemented into Alaska Statute.

Jalen Cox
Geoscience
Mentor - Jeff Benowitz
We aim to test if about 20,000 years ago a glacial outburst megaflood drained through the Matanuska Valley sourced from Glacial Lake Atna which covered much of the Copper River Basin at this time. Our tests will determine if 鈥渕egaflood鈥 sediment samples from the Matanuska Valley, are from Lake Atna.

Nick Hasson
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Mentor  - Jennifer Guerard
Inside of the U.S. Army Permafrost Tunnel near Fairbanks, Alaska (CREEL), we will determine the significance of Magnetotactic bacteria and single-domain magnetite in hemipelagic loess sediments, which have important implications for astrobiology and climate. The unrepresented in-situ tunnel access and loess magnetic susceptibility record is important terrestrial proxy for Mars analogs.  

Alexandra Keller
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Mentor - Tom Green
Using capillary electrophoresis with laser induced fluorescence to separate the stereoisomers of sphingosine and sphingosine-1-phosphate. Sphingosine kinase will be used to phosphorylate sphingosine and enzymatic kinetics will be determined by capillary electrophoresis. Competitive inhibition of sphingosine kinase is expected by the unnatural stereoisomers compared to natural extracted sphingosine.

Lauren Livers
Geoscience
Mentor - Elisabeth Nadin
I intend to get ages and compositions of two igneous rock bodies that cut across basin sediments in southern Alaska. This data will test if these rocks belong with a widespread family of similar-looking igneous rocks in the area, and also document when stress in the basin was extensional.

DeAnna Lowden
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Mentor - Kelly Drew
This project uses the knowledge gathered from hibernating arctic ground squirrels and their mechanism for saving energy during the cold months. We are mimicking this response with the use of developmental drugs to potentially treat people who suffer from cardiac arrest to improve their survival rates.  

Kellie Lynch
Interdisciplinary Studies
Mentor - Sveta Yamin-Pasternak
This project will apply participatory action methodologies to explore cross cultural comparative music by introducing Gamelan music, an Indonesian music that is played on metallophones and gongs. We will also teach Athabascan fiddling; a transmitted culture from western influence melded with traditional dance that has been integrated into yearly Athabascan gatherings.

Gabriel Madore
Natural Resource Management
Mentor  - Chris Maio
My research project will be an attempt to identify the many different pollutants and their concentrations within the Chena River, both upriver and downriver of Fairbanks. Heavy metals, perfluorooctanoic acid, fecal matter and nitrate being the pollutants that will specifically be sought out and tested for.

Rodney Tracht
Psychology
Mentor - Jennifer Peterson
This study aims to confirm the relationship between social media use and the amount of loneliness experienced by adults 60 or older. This study will attempt to show a correlation between increased social media use and a lessening of the feelings of loneliness among this group of people. 

Sierra vonHafften
Natural Resource Management
Mentor - Christina Buffington
I will research the relationship between air quality and the potential effects that it may have on the water quality in the Fairbanks area through the absorption of said pollution by precipitation. Testing conducted will include PM2.5 levels, pH and the concentrations of nitrogen, sulfur, and ammonia.

Phillip Wilson
Geoscience
Mentor - Dan Mann
Little is known about the prehistoric surges of the Black Rapids Glacier despite the threats these surges pose to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and Richardson Highway. My goal is to reconstruct the history of glacier surges and outburst floods from lakes dammed when this glacier advanced across the Delta River valley.

Anthony Zizza, Kyle Jones, Joseph Becker and Ron Hansen
Mentor - Chengfu-Chen
Our senior project group is currently working on a redesign of Dr. Chen's current stress-corrosion cracking (SCC) equipment. This will provide the university a safe, fast and compact setup to perform the testing of a specimen under a tensile load within a corrosive environment.

Nicole Baird
Education
Updating 51风流官网 Clinic to Support Telehealth and SecureVideo

Leah Berman
Math
Increase Web Conferencing Capacity for Mathematics and Statistics 

William Burt
Fisheries
Bringing student-led data collection into Oceanography classrooms using a Radon Detector

Emily Dreher
Student Support Services
Technology Loan Program Expansion

Elaine Drew
Anthropology
Training students in medical anthropology research 

Rob Duke
Justice
Technology Support for Restorative Justice Outreach and Research
Automation Controls learning alternatives for working Process Technology students

Brian Ellingson
Process Technology
Automation Controls learning alternatives for working with Process Technology students

Alexis Will 
Biological Sciences
Are St. Lawrence Island seabirds in trouble?

 

Kayli Brueniger, Leslie Seigfried, Rodney Tracht, Sarah Levy, and Maren Dodson
Psychology
Western Psychological Association  Convention (WPA)
San Francisco, California
Shedding Light: Factors Related to Well-Being During Winter Across Latitudes 

Mary Conlin
Film and Performing Arts
New York City, New York
University Resident Theatre Association 2020 National Unified Auditions

Kyle Callegari, Asia Sampson and Michael Apperson
Biological Sciences
Annual Meeting of The Alaska Entomological Society
Anchorage, Alaska
Asia: A preliminary forensic entomological study in interior Alaska, USA;  Kyle: Arthropod Diversity Indoors at High-Latitude;  Michael: Interior Alaska: Stable biomass of Culicidae spanning a decade Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) biomass in interior Alaska

Joseph Egbejimba
Mechanical Engineering
Effective Altruism Global: San Francisco 2020
Microbial Food Production 

Brian Holst, Michael Radotich, and Vitaly Kulakevich

Mechanical Engineering
2020 Region VI Student Conference
Portland, Oregon
Vertical Take Off and Landing Conversion

Jason McKee, Jesse Nix, Caitlynn Hanna, Wenshi Fraser, Monroe Morris, Jenni Kelbesadel, Josh Klina, and Jordan Zelhuber
Civil and Environmental Engineering
ASCE National Concrete Canoe Competition, Pacific Northwest Region, Seattle, Washington
Umiaq 2020, The 51风流官网鈥 Concrete Canoe

 

2019

Tibor Dorsaz
Fisheries
9th Naval Academy Science and Engineering Conference
Annapolis, Maryland
Clam predation patterns as a way of understanding community impacts from sea star wasting disease

Autumn Fournier
Geoscience
9th Naval Academy Science and Engineering Conference
Annapolis, Maryland
Paleo-storm Records from Cape Espenberg, Alaska: Past, Present, and Future

Nick Hasson
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Harbin Forum for Polar Environment and Ecosystem, Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China
Trace metal requirements for microbial enzymes involved in the production and consumption of methane in thermokarst lakes of interior Alaska

Eleanor Lynch, Katherine Leinberger, and Lucie Anderson
English
Conference on Community Writing
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Strategies And Tactics In Learning Network Design For Writers Inside And Out Of Carceral Spaces

Sarah Manriquez
Art
International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, Alaska
Finding Home, solo exhibition

Kendrick McCabe
Anthropology
Human Research and Review Board 2019 Bi-Annual Research Conference
Window Rock, Arizona
Reclaiming Traditional Names to Promote Dine (Navajo) Language and Culture

Conner Truskowski
Geoscience
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
San Francisco, California
Virtual Reality Modelling of the CRREL Permafrost Tunnel Outside Fox, Alaska

Phillip Wilson
Geoscience
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
San Francisco, California
Prehistoric Surges of the Black Rapids Glacier, Alaska: Using the Past to Assess Future Hazards

Jamie Clark
Anthropology
Engaging undergraduates in zooarchaelogical research at the Croxton Site (Tukuto Lake, Northern Alaska)
Clark, Taylor Vollman and other undergraduates will research materials from a site that is believed to have served as a focal point for hunting/processing during seasonal caribou migration through the Brooks Range. Students will be involved in basic data collection and more specialized analyses; with the goal of creating a series of publications.

Carie Green
Education
Children鈥檚 environmental identity development in an Alaskan rural and non-rural context
Green and her undergraduate students will conduct a participatory longitudinal project utilizes multiple methods (parent surveys, children鈥檚 drawings and descriptions, child-led nature tours using wearable cameras, and educational approaches) to investigate the emotional and behavioral processes of children鈥檚 environmental identity development in an Alaskan non-rural and rural village context.

Tracie Haan and Taylor Seitz
Biology and Wildlife
Antibiotic Exploration in Sub-Arctic Soils
Haan and Seitz will host a multi-day workshop unearthing antibiotics from Fairbanks soils. Undergraduates will have the opportunity to learn methods and techniques needed to produce cutting edge microbiological research, from the formulation of a research question to bacterial culturing, antibiotic production assays, and whole genome sequencing of antibiotic producing bacteria.  By the end of the workshop, undergraduates will have the skills and abilities to confidently pursue further research opportunities, especially in the field of microbiology.

Joseph Holt
English
Ice Box Literary Journal
Holt will work with six undergraduate editors (Annie Wenstrup, Emma Charlton, Hunter Young, Stanley Rogers, Shelby Anderson and Abby Bravo) and 15-20 undergraduate writers to create and print the Ice Box Literary Journal for this academic year.

Jen Peterson

Psychology
The Cat鈥檚 Meow: Does pet ownership contribute to healthy aging?
Peterson and her undergraduates (Travis Burrows, Rodney Tracht, Gabrielle Camp, Leslie Siegfried) will investigate the effects of pet ownership on healthy aging by examining the positive influences and challenges faced by elders in our community. 

 Megan Perra
Biology and Wildlife
Soundscape Monitoring: Weather and Windscreens
Perra and her  undergraduates will be testing out different windscreen solutions on acoustic monitoring equipment used to look at the potential impacts of industry noise on wildlife, with a particular focus on caribou in developed and undeveloped areas.

Patricia Carlson
College of Liberal Arts
Art
Engraving equipment for metalsmithing 

Brian Hemphill
College of Liberal Arts
Anthropology
Enhancement of Comparative Primate and Fossil Hominin Cast Collection

Joshua Lupinek
Business
Tobii Pro virtual reality (VR) eye tracking equipment

Justin Priest
Fisheries
Environmental Data Recording Units for use in the Arctic

Diana Wolf
Biology and Wildlife
Equipment to create an online wet lab in Genetics

Ryan Fitzpatrick
 
This project will bring a number of Girl Scout troops together for informative talks from Music Education students on becoming a musician, life as a professional musician and teacher, and culminate in an Instrumental "Petting Zoo," in which the troops can interact with instruments from the various instrumental families.
 
Justin Bevis and Burgenne Illingworth
Biology
Mentor - Don Larson
Our group will be researching how various temperature changes affect the shedding rates of the cercariae of Trichobilharzia alaskensis. This research allows us to examine how climate change affects the arctic ecosystems by comparing how varying temperatures affect the shedding rates of parasites.

Autumn Fournier
Geoscience
Mentor  - Chris Maio
This project will focus on reconstructing prehistoric storm records for Cape Espenberg, Alaska. The purpose of this is to see how extratropical storm patterns have evolved over time, not only showing us what life was like for the ancient I帽upiaq Eskimos, but what it may be like in the future too.

Chenyi Ling
Computer Science
Mentor - SunWoo Kim
This project will develop a mobile app for the rural Alaska community to access real-time air quality data and forecast for the next three days. The app will provide visualization on air quality by utilizing Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence algorithms to analyze the PurpleAir sensor and the 51风流官网Smoke data.

Hannah Pothast
Psychology
Mentor - Jennifer Peterson
This study aims to understand how individuals living in arctic environments are affected by the rapidly changing levels of light during equinox seasons. This study will examine how mood and behavior are affected during these transitional seasons.

Monroe Morris
Fisheries
Mentor - Peter Westley
This project will quantify the presence and extent of local adaptation, this project will examine the difference in major development characteristics expressed between two temporally isolated Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) populations using a common laboratory rearing experiment. Differences in the survival of local groups will be taken as evidence of local adaptation.
 

Myha Cortez
Business
Mentor - Margaret Keiper
The purpose of the research is to see if there is a relationship between emotional intelligence and ethical decision making of big game hunters in Alaska. The goal of the research findings will be published to further educated people about the impact of emotional intelligence on ethical behavior.

Nick Hasson
Chemistry
Mentor - Jennifer Guerard
I will be observing and analyzing five Goldstream valley thermokarst lakes in summer months for changes in thermodynamics, metal(s) reducing conditions, and lake sediment core retrievals for multivariable modeling - which continues our preliminary time sequence observations and analysis from October through May - thereby completing a full seasonal model of Goldstream lakes.

Lacey Higham
Natural Resource Management
Mentor - Susan Todd
This project will repurpose glass into landscape glass to use as garden mulch to compliment flowerbeds at the Georgeson Botanical Garden. There objectives are to determine the cost of making landscape glass in a cement mixer and test the heat retention/weed suppression properties glass when used as garden mulch.



Kyleigh Huntsman

Film Studies
Mentor - Maya Salganek
I will produce an original short dramatic film from script to screen that explores the foster care system and the search for stability and trust in a family unit.

Burgenne Illingworth
Biology and Wildlife
Mentor - Don Larson

I will be researching how seasonality affects the shedding rates of cercariae of Trichobilharzia alaskensis. I will specifically be looking at how warmer weather can increase the shedding prevalence from snails. This research will take place in Interior Alaska over the warm summer months.

Kellie Lynch
Interdisciplinary Studies
Mentor - Sveta Yamin-Pasternak
This project applies the principles of participatory action research to study the social influences of Gamelan ensembles and their impact on communities. Gamelan music is a traditional music in Indonesia that is played collectively on metallophones and gongs.

Sarah Manrirquez
Art
Mentor - Alex Hirsch
I am producing a documentary film, and curating an accompanying photography exhibition, about the life of Felicia Cavanaugh, a homeless woman who lives at the Fairbanks Rescue Mission. Through film and photography, this project aims to dispel common myths about the causes of homelessness by tracing her journey.

Tristan O'Donohue
Biology
Mentor - Andrej Podlutsky
The goal of this project is creating a publicly accessible database with a uniform analysis of cancerous cell line DNA repair. To do this, cells will be cultured in uniform sterile conditions then artificially damaged with UV-C and X-Ray radiation. Analysis of damage and repair is done through comet assay.

Reed Thomas
Biology
Mentor - Link Olson
I will investigate variation in the agouti signaling protein (ASIP) genes of the hoary marmot (Marmota caligata) and the Vancouver Island marmot (M. vancouverensis). ASIP is one of two genes that has a significant influence on coat color in mammals and birds (Gunderson et al., 2008).

Phillip Wilson
Geoscience
Mentor - Dan Mann
Little is known about the prehistoric surges of the Black Rapids Glacier, despite the hazards this surging glacier poses to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and Richardson Highway. My goal is to reconstruct the history of the Black Rapids Glacier by dating moraines and abandoned glacial spillways left during past surge events.

 
College of Engineering and Mines

Travis Oen
Preliminary study investigating benefits of applying artificial intelligence to avalanche rescue

Tristan Sayre
Quantifying Unlawful Use of Off-Highway Vehicle Use on Public Facilities in Alaska

Jim Samson
A novel 3D-Printed Rodent Treadmill

Ryan Fitzpatrick
Music
National Association for Music Education All-Northwest Conference

 

College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences

Kelsie Maslen
Isotopic analysis of trophic feeding levels of male Capelin (Mallotus villosus)

 



 

College of Liberal Arts

Buck Barbieri and Naomi Hutchens
Collaborative Animation Production from Students' Perspective: Creating short 3D CG films through international team-work.

Micheal Lorain
Wood Selection for Archaeological Fish Trap Stakes in Southeast Alaska

Kendrick McCabe
Reclaiming Traditional Names to Promote Din茅 (Navajo) Language and Culture

 

College of Natural Science and Mathematics

Carl Burnside
Using stable isotopes to infer migration routes of crested auklets

Michael Kaden-Hoffman
Effects of Solvent Dielectric Constant and Boiling Point on Electrospun Nanofiber Diameter

Faith Long, Shayne Matson, Ana Strachan
Elucidating the Antigen Process for Vaccine Development

 

School of Education

Katie Hasbrouck, Ava Parrish and Logan Lockwood
Martin the Robot The Next Generation of Therapy for Children with Autism

 

School of Natural Resources and Extension

Trevor Schoening
Analyzing the Distribution of Vegetable Production in Alaska

 

College of Business and Security Management

Jillian Bjornstad, Jordan Kashatok, Maynard Maglaya, Roquel Mills-Bain, Judy Obat

Caribou Tracks "Tuttu Tumi:" A Forest School

Emily Alvey
Justice
Alaska Evaluation Network 2019 Conference
Anchorage, Alaska
Exploring the Impact of Local Option Laws in Rural Alaska

Elsbeth Cheyne
Theatre
University/Resident Theatre Association 2019 National Unified Auditions
New York, New York

Alyx Hoover
Fisheries
American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter Meeting 2019
Anchorage, Alaska
Using Gill Pore Papillae to Distinguish Arctic and Alaskan brook Lamprey

William Horn
Computer Science
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Washington DC 
Hybrid Pluggable Processing Pipeline (HyP3): Personalized Cloud-Based Processing of SAR Data


Cassidy Kelly
Psychology
Western Psychological Association Conference
Pasadena, California
Doggie Duties: A survey on the feelings toward and functions of domestic dogs in central Alaska

Michael Lorain
Anthropology
Northwest Anthropological Conference
Kennewick, Washington
Wood Selection for Fish Trap Stakes in Southeast Alaska

Samuel Nicholes
Rural Development
ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting 2018
Ottowa, Canada
Observations and Indigenous Knowledge: The Value of Multiple Evidence Based Approach to Arctic Science Production

David Park
Mechanical Engineering
American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada
Unidirectional Heat Transfer Wall

Emily Ross
Theatre
University/Resident Theatre Association 2019 National Unified Auditions
New York, New York

Robert Weeden
Computer Science
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Washington DC
Hybrid Pluggable Processing Pipeline (HyP3): Personalized Cloud-Based Processing of SAR Data

Jillian Bjorstad, Maynard Maglaya, Roquel Mills-Bain, Judy Obat and Jordan Kashatok
Homeland Security and Emergency Management
American Indian Business Leaders: Business Plan Competition
Portland, Oregon

Elijah Simmons, Arsh Chauhan, Louis Bastille, Conall Birkholz, Addeline Mitchell, Ivan Rhodehamel, and Jacob Cates
Computer Science
The NASA Robotic Mining Competition
Titusville, Florida

Grace Beckman
Biology
I will be using Arctic Ground Squirrel (AGS) cells to study DNA repair after cell damage is inflicted.  AGS are a model organism for molecular mechanisms of DNA repair, as during hibernation, they deploy measures against DNA damage or of improving post-damage repair.

Katelynn Bushnell
Accounting
I will analyze financial data for a sample of faculty unions for the past 3 fiscal years. The sample will be a cross section of union organizations from public and private, small and large US universities. I will calculate mean, median and decile amounts for these organizations鈥 key activities.

Trevor Fiscus, Ryan Kramer, & Nicolay Donets
Mechanical Engineering
Our project will design and construct an assembly system that allows for positioning individual solar cells in various, re-configurable three-dimensional arrangements. The structure will be modular, allowing adjustment of geometry for research purposes. Three-dimensional structures can result in higher power density than conventional, flat-panel configurations.

Audrey Freeman
Civil Engineering
I will develop a two-dimensional thermal model to explore the temperature-dependent phenomena of internal movement within frozen debris lobes. This model will help predict when these slow-moving permafrost-landslide features will become geohazards to the Dalton Highway and Trans Alaska Pipeline System.

 

Peter Gardella
Wildlife Biology and Conservation
Arctic ground squirrels (AGS) are known for their ability to preserve muscle during hibernation. The mechanism of which is not fully understood. We aim to quantify the expression of proteins related to skeletal muscle regulation throughout hibernation in AGS to better characterize the underlying mechanisms of muscle preservation.

Stefan Johnson
History
This project will be an analysis of how the Dutch arms trade in the Great Lakes Region impacted the culture, population, and structure of Fort Orange and Beverwyck. This investigation will span from the Mahican-Mohawk War in 1624 to the British seizure of the colony in 1664.

Dillon McIntire and Delaney Reece
Anthropology
This mixed-methods research project examines the relationship between gender and space within a university student recreation center. Through direct observations, surveys and interviews, we will identify how patrons constitute and negotiate different spaces as gendered spaces during their physical activity routines.

Tate Miles
Biological Science
To better predict outcomes of climate change in the Arctic on parasite prevalence and intensity, I will determine the effect of temperature on Trichobilharzia alaskensis, a causative agent for swimmer鈥檚 itch, in snails. I will collect snails from Tanana Lakes and determine the minimum temperature for reproduction and shedding.

 

Michael Radotich and Duncan Fisher
Mechanical Engineering
The 51风流官网 Aeronautics Club is competing in the 2019 AIAA Design/Build/Fly competition. The team will be designing, building, and flying a remote controlled aircraft that fulfills the design requirements and rules of the competition to  travel and compete in the national competition in April.

Emily Reast
Biology
This project analyzes the effects that varying levels of soil nutrients have on growing Siberian alder plants and their ability to fix nitrogen. Soils will vary in acidity, presence of frankia (nitrogen-fixing bacteria), and organic material amount in order to observe any differences in nodulation and physical plant measurements.

Natalie Wagner
Geology
This project aims to use seismometers to translate ice/water movement into seismic "wiggles" we can use to better understand glacier dynamics as whole. A better understanding of glaciers here on Earth, can help to better understand ice/water dynamics on other bodies in our solar system.

David Woo, Tad Nelson and Joshua Klina
Mechanical Engineering
The purpose of this project is to design and build a modular conex greenhouse that is partially or fully powered by renewable energy for use in rural Alaskan communities.

 

2018

Ryan Fitzpatrick
Music
Fairbanks Cello Festival
While there are many musicians who converge at 51风流官网's music department, there is rarely an opportunity for players who all play the same instrument to develop instrumental skills and camaraderie as a community. School students of the FNSBSD are leaving music because of a lack of appropriate funding - as such, 51风流官网 recruitment becomes more difficult. Adults in the community rarely have the opportunity to play in a large group and meet other like-minded musicians. The implementation of the Fairbanks Cello Festival would aim to bring as many community cellists to 51风流官网 as possible, with a series of master classes by two guest artists from Indiana University at 51风流官网's campus, followed by a cello concert which would feature as many cellists from the community, local grade and high schools, after school programs, and 51风流官网 students, as possible in a single large cello ensemble. 51风流官网 is a hub for musical activity in the region, and a cello celebration such as this will bring people together who all share the same passion for music.

Sarah Manriquez
Art
My Home in My Hands
I am directing and producing a documentary film, and curating an accompanying photography exhibit, about the life of Felicia Cavanaugh, a homeless woman who lives at the Fairbanks Rescue Mission. Homelessness may not be a new issue but homelessness in the Arctic is an often misunderstood, complex and growing problem that deserves to be explored in depth. In particular, through the power of film and photography, my project aims to dispel popular myths about the causes of homelessness by tracing Ms. Cavanaugh鈥檚 daily journey of recovery from addiction.

 

Cole Berner
Business Administration
The Pareto Principle in NBA Analytics: How Production Distribution Affects Team Success
2019 Global Sport Business Association Conference
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Ariana Horner
Music Education
From Alaska to South Africa 鈥 Connecting through Music - Lowveld Chamber Music Association
Johannesburg, South Africa

 

Sine Anahita
Sociology
Ruth A. M. Schmidt Public Sociology Podcast Project

Margaret Darrow
Mining & Geological Engineering
Change Detection of Arctic Permafrost Slopes using LiDAR-derived Digital Elevation Models

Ryan Fitzpatrick
Music
National Association for Music Education All-Northwest Conference

Jennifer Guerard
Chemistry
Undergraduate Analytical and Organic Research Opportunities for Permafrost and Thermokarst Sediment Characterization

Joanne Healy
Education
Researching how a humanoid robot, Martin, can affect social and language skills in individuals who experience Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Claudia Ihl
Northwest Campus
Investigating urban muskoxen in Nome 

Brenda Konar
Fisheries
Coastal Margins Sampling

Chisato Murakami
Japanese
Participation of Alaska State Japanese Speech Contest

Scott Oliver
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Creation of a rodent treadmill to test exercise training during extreme cold exposure

Kirsten Ressel
Fisheries
Distribution, life history, and reproductive biology of Capelin Mallotus villosus in Norton Sound and putative local population differentiation in Alaska

Alexis Will
Biological Sciences
Are St. Lawrence Island seabirds in trouble?

 

Craig Chythlook and Kevin Huo
Political Science
Model Arctic Council
The Model Arctic Council (MAC) is an academic program in which students from universities throughout the circumpolar north and beyond actively participate in a collaborative, experiential learning exercise to expand their knowledge of salient challenges and concerns in the Arctic.  Rovaniemi, Finland

 

 

 

 

Tibor Dorsaz
Fisheries
Mentor  - Brenda Konar
I will collect clam shells in Kachemak Bay, bring them back to a laboratory and analyze if they were preyed upon by sea stars or sea otters. This data will then be compared to the data collected in 2014 by CFOS Ph.D. student Sarah Traiger.

Alyx Hoover
Fisheries
Arctic lamprey Lenthenteron camtschaticum and Alaskan Brook lamprey Lenthenteron alaskense are identifiable as adults, but not as larvae. Previous research indicates that gill pore papillae are a taxonomic indicator for distinguishing lamprey species. However, this has not been examined for these species and may allow for species identification of larvae.

Kendrick McCabe
Anthropology
While Din茅 language revitalization efforts are underway, this study seeks to identify whether the reclamation of traditional naming practices could serve as a complementary strategy to promote Din茅 language and culture. This study will clarify traditional naming practices, examine current trends, and ascertain the feasibility of restoring traditional naming practices.

David Park
Mechanical Engineering
This research project involves the design of a unidirectional heat transfer wall for space missions鈥攁 device that regulates the flow of heat for extreme temperature conditions. The research project will consist of academic literature review, modeling, and experimentation, which will result in the publication of a journal paper.

Taylor Seitz
Biological Sciences
The purpose of this project is to characterize microbial communities within thawing Fairbanks permafrost. Following characterization, I will identify the antimicrobial resistance genes within the communities.

Jeremy Thomas
Physics
Some neurological disorders are associated with transitions between behavior patterns in the brain although the underlying mechanisms are relatively unknown. Computer simulations of coupled neuron networks explore transitions between ordered and disordered activity patterns. Analysis of these simulations will determine the types of pattern switching, associated time scales, and sensitivity.

Buck Barbieri and Naomi Hutchens
Art
Collaborative Animation Production from Students' Perspective: Creating short 3D CG films through international team-work.
SIGGRAPH 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia

Casey Winkleman
Music Performance - Voice
Utah Vocal Arts Academy Summer Opera Festival Principle Artist Program

Cole Berner
Business Administration
I will conduct secondary data analysis research using the Pareto Principle to examine whether an NBA team鈥檚 top 20% of players in terms of salary, usage percentage, and simple game score, produce 80% of the team鈥檚 production, as well as if approaching the 80/20 rule correlates with regular season win percentage.

John Brickley
English
This project advances current research at the intersection of English literature and computer science by designing and implementing a novel algorithm for identifying selected English texts' source materials.  Sources are identified using searches for rare words and patterns of words ("strings").  Searches are broadened using linguistically sound permutations of strings.

James Campbell
Chemistry
Iron and copper aerosols are of great interest because they pose serious health risks. Using air samples collected every hour throughout the summer, the concentrations will be analyzed for trends and will be compared to other data already collected during the winter.

Liam Cassell
Electrical Engineering
The project objective is to study the lifecycle of spinach as a function of the quality of light in a controlled environment greenhouse. The project will develop new technology to automate the control process and the collection of vital data (LAI: Leaf Area Index) to perform the study.

Shila Cotton
Geosciences
I will determine the age of a major fault in order to assess whether there was enough time for slip on the fault to transport rocks all the way from central California to southern Alaska. I will date damaged fault minerals by the 40Ar/39Ar method, using 51风流官网鈥檚 Geochronology Lab.

Emily Dreher
Linguistics
This project uses critical discourse analysis to compare representations of two sporting events in which human and animal athletes compete together: dog-mushing and horse racing. Social and mass media coverage of significant horse and sled dog races will be examined to see how sport enthusiasts and critics constitute animals-as-athletes                                                                       

Jonathan Gates
Geoscience
The proposed study will test a hypothesis that the catastrophic 1912 eruption at Katmai was preceded by a slow extrusion of rhyolite magma. This early magma is possibly represented by recently found dense, bread-crusted rhyolite clasts. To test this, we will identify and document their source and study their composition.

Nicole Lindsay

Psychology
The proposed study aims to understand how individuals living in interior Alaska emotionally respond to natural threatening situations. This study is a replication with an extension of the 鈥淔ear versus fascination: An exploration of emotional responses to natural threats鈥 conducted by van den Berg and ter Heijne in 2005.

Michael Lorain
Anthropology
This project will sample wood stakes from prehistoric fish weirs in southeast Alaska to perform species and radiocarbon analysis. The project aims to understand potential preferences for tree species and begins to ask questions about behavioral reasoning. Samples will be taken from two traps at the archaeological site PET-00748.

Daniel Manley
Linguistics
This is a language learning research project comparing learning a language online to learning it in person. In this language learning study I intend to reflect on my language learning processes, and explore the role of motivation and what social interaction looks like in the two contexts.

 

 

 

Jonathan Napier
Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
By conducting daily net monitoring surveys and collecting samples for analyses, I will assess the impacts of oil and gas exploration and development on the health of fish stocks in coastal areas of the Beaufort Sea around the industrialized Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.

Travis Oen
Electrical Engineering
This research project will explore the potential benefits of applying artificial intelligence (AI) to avalanche rescue. My research will involve two timed computer-generated avalanche rescue simulations. The first simulation will utilize traditional rescue methods and the second simulation will be led by an AI rescue device.

Jeremy Thomas
Physics
Spontaneous switching between differently ordered activity patterns is observed in coupled neuron networks. Transient activity at the network and system level has underlying mechanisms that are relatively unknown. Numerical simulations and statistical methods will determine the types of pattern switching, the associated time scales, sensitivity, and dependence on network coupling.

Patricia Wenstrup
English
A Map Shaped Like a Poem is a summer long writing project that interrogates the relationship between geographic place, history and image. This project will be bracketed by craft writing workshops that will inform my writing process.

Phillip Wilson
Geoscience
Little is known about the prehistoric surges of the Black Rapids Glacier, despite the hazard this surging glacier poses to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and Richardson Highway. My goal is to reconstruct the history of the Black Rapids Glacier by dating moraines and abandoned glacial spillways left during past surge events.

 

Leah Berman
Math
iPads for Distance Math Teaching

Jamie Clark
Anthropology
3D Printer for Anthropology Teaching/Research

Elaine Drew
Anthropology
Computer equipment for training students in medical anthropology research


Denise Kind
Biological Sciences
Motion-triggered cameras for field work

Scott Oliver
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Computational chemistry software and equipment

Charles Mason
COJO
Photo/Video Editing Software and Studio Equipment

Rorik Peterson
Mechanical Engineering
Computer-aided Manufacturing Equipment Upgrade
 
Victoria Avery
Student Support Services
Loaner laptops
 
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Music
Equipment for music education students
 

Didar Baumgartner
Psychology
Western Psychological Association 2018 Convention
Portland, Oregon

Arsh Chahan, Addeline Mitchell, Elijah Simmons,
Louis Bastille, Ivan Rhodehamer
Computer Science
NASA Robotic Mining Competition
Orlando, Florida

Austin Dabbs
Mechanical Engineering
5th European Conference on Permafrost
Chamonix Mont-Blanc, France

Duncan Fisher, Levi Purdy, Michael Radotich
Mechanical Engineering
AIAA Design, Build Fly Competition
Witchata, Kansas

Alex Hoover and Deidra Neely
Fisheries
Western Division American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting 2018
Anchorage, Alaska

 

 

Cassidy Kelly
Psychology
The Western Psychological Association Convention 2018
Portland, Oregon

Noah Khalsa
Fisheries
American Fisheries Society Western Division Annual Meeting
Anchorage, Alaska

Lutfi Lena
Business Administration
Quinnipiac鈥檚 Global Asset Management Education Forum
New York, New York

Nicole Lindsay
Psychology
The Western Psychological Association Convention 2018
Portland, Oregon

 

 

Betsy Lokken
Biological Sciences
Experimental Biology Conference
San Diego, California

Colleen Mertes
Anthropology
25th Annual Lavender Linguistics Conference
Providence, Rhode Island

Edward Paxson
History
2018 Phi Alpha Theta Northwest Regional Conference
Spokane, Washington

Phillip Wilson
Geoscience
48th International Arctic Workshop
Boulder, Colorado

 

 

 

Brittany Bowling
Wildlife Biology & Conservation
This project will examine the relationship between Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis) and hoary marmot (M. caligata) melanism. We will look at the evolutionary function of melanism and how it is produced in both species. This will lead to a recommendation on M. caligata ability to genetically rescue M. vancouverensis.

Evan Denty, Ross Boling, Bong Chon and Ryan Goldfuss
Mechanical Engineering
This project will research the design of a novel aircraft passenger-seat ventilation system that uses an innovative air curtain to aid in isolating breathing air between passengers to significantly reduce the potential spread of airborne pathogens and thereby reducing the potential for a pandemic.

Kimberly Diamond
Natural Resource Management
This project will recruit volunteers who drive and bicycle to campus. These volunteers will be asked to monitor environmental, economic, and social costs of their daily commute. This data will be used to conduct a cost-benefit analysis to compare the commuting methods and inform community member decision-making.

Daniel Eagan
Mechanical Engineering
Development of the FOSS load cell will culminate in a device suitable for testing the thrust and torque output of aviation-grade electric motors used in NASA research, while avoiding issues with electromagnetic interference.

Olena Ellis
Art
I will be working with internationally acclaimed Gallerist Leslie Ferrin and Sculptor Artist Sergei Isupov in Massachusetts, covering technical aspects of sculpture and also New Mexico artist, Mary Shaffer, who was integral in the American Studio Glass Movement.

Pagie Gieck
Nursing Science
Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy has been associated with mutations in nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) 伪4 and 尾2 subunits. Using two-electrode voltage clamp electrophysiology, we will study the effects of the incorporating an accessory 伪5 subunit into nAChRs both with and without NFLE-associated mutations in their 伪4 subunits.

 

 

 

Trevor Grams
Geography
An Unmanned Aerial System will be used to develop a 3-D model of snow depth variability across micro-terrain features after snow and wind events in Thompson Pass, AK. The model will be displayed in EPSCoR鈥檚 virtual reality and assist with avalanche education efforts by the Eastern Alaska Range Avalanche Center.

Rebekah Green

Biological Science
To better predict outcomes of climate change in the Arctic on parasite prevalence and intensity, I will determine the effect of temperature on Trichobilharzia alaskensis, a causative agent for swimmer鈥檚 itch, in snails. I will collect snails from Tanana Lakes and determine the minimum temperature for reproduction and shedding.

Kimber Harnar
Mining and Geological Engineering
The project will use Tempe cells, pressure plates, and a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) system to measure the soil freezing and wetting curves of five treatments of one heterogeneous soil- one untreated, and four cation treatments (Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, K+)- to find their relationship to the Clausius-Clapeyron equation.

Douglas Keller
Mechanical Engineering
This project is to design a load cell based around fiber optic strain gauges for NASA鈥檚 electric propulsion research.

Patrick Knavel
Biology and Wildlife
This exploratory analysis into the differences between the gut microbiomes of Northern Pike in their native waters versus their invasive waters will facilitate further research into the gut microbiomes of invasive fishes. We will use next generation sequencing and established bioinformatics pipelines to analyze compositional differences between eighty samples.

Betsy Lokken
Biological Sciences
My research will examine the brain mechanisms regulating the onset of hibernation in Arctic Ground Squirrels. To do this I will compare the levels of histamine and orexin neuron activation in Arctic Ground Squirrels鈥 brains in the summer and in the winter.

 

James McKay
Biological Science
This project will seek to determine how nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (NFLE) is affected by the subunit composition of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). I will examine disease-relevant nAChR subtypes containing a NFLE-associated point mutation using two-electrode voltage clamp electrophysiology.

Colleen Mertes
Anthropology
This project analyzes rugby songs. The songs, notable for bawdy lyrics, are sung at 鈥渟ocials.鈥 I aim to understand how women rugby players negotiate singing phallocentric and misogynistic lyrics. I draw from linguistic anthropology research on swearing; stereotypes about gendered speech and linguistic meaning in communities of practice.

Kiana Mitchell
Chemistry
The overarching goal of this project is to simulate leaching of boiler slag and fly ash (CCPs) in sub-Arctic environmental media in order to determine the leaching behavior and the effects of CCPs metal(loid)-DOM interactions. To achieve this, I will perform leaching experiments for CCPs in dissolved organic matter (DOM).

Trevor Schoening
Natural Resource Management
This project seeks to examine the geographic distribution of food production in Alaska through the creation of spatial maps. Farmers' markets throughout Alaska, and subsequently the producers selling at them, will be contacted to obtain data regarding this production, and GIS will then be used to create representative maps.

Tristan Van Cise, Collin Lasley and Ryan Stonebreaker
Computer Science
Calamine is a platform centered on motion-based programming using virtual reality. Traditionally, programming adopts a static nature; one sits in a chair and types. With Calamine, the goal is to remedy this inherent lack of physical activity and usher in a new development medium for those interested in learning code.

Natalie Wagner
Geoscience
I am studying the rocks from one of the many fault zones in southern Alaska to understand the pressure and temperature conditions and slip sense during their deformation. Understanding the slip conditions of faults in southern Alaska will help to determine how this area was formed and deformed over time.

Kellie Bernstein
Theatre and Film
University Resident Theatre Association Auditions
New York, New York

Owen Fulton
Political Science
Model United Nations
New York, New York

Carie Navio
Electrical Engineering
AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition
Kissamee, Florida

Renee Nowicki
Biology
Alaska Entomological Society
Anchorage, Alaska

 

Chaya Pike
Political Science
Model United Nations
New York, New York

 

 

 

2017

 

Maureen Biermann and Sine Anahita
Sociology
Understanding LGBTQ Experiences in a Changing Climate

Elaine Drew
Anthropology
Promoting Veteran Health, Reintegration, and Quality of Life in Alaska

 
 
 
 
 

Brandon Boylan
Political Science
51风流官网 Participation in National Model United Nations Conference

Abel Bult-Ito
Biology and Wildlife
Acute and chronic effects of dFBr on compulsive-like behaviors of females in a non-induced compulsive-like mouse model

Elaine Drew
Anthropology
Prenatal Care Perspectives among Alaskan Women

Andrea Gastaldi
Fisheries
Using next-generation sequencing to resolve polychaete taxonomy and systematics

Duncan Green
Fisheries
Design and fabrication of a flow-through respirometer for measuring metabolic rates of fishes

Daisy Huang
Mechanical Engineering
Friction testing of different sled runner materials

Claudia Ihl
Northwest Campus
Investigating urban muskoxen in Nome

Lawrence Itela
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Rates of photolysis of antiviral drugs detected in surface waters under atmospheric conditions

Sunwoo Kim
Mechanical Engineering
Development of Phase-Changing Heat Transfer Devices for Sustainable Energy Systems in Alaska

Andres Lopez
Fisheries
First genomic-scale survey of genetic diversity of Lake Trout in Alaska

Kendall Mills
Biology and Wildlife
Genetic Rescue of the Endangered Vancouver Island Marmot (Marmota vancouverensis)

Elisabeth Nadin
Geosciences
Building deformation sandboxes for classroom use and developing research potential for Alaska-related geological problems

 

Scott Oliver
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Investigating skeletal muscle contractile function during hypothermia

Jen Petersen
Psychology
Healthy Aging in the Far North: Perspectives and Prescriptions

Dani Sheppard
Psychology
Journey to Western Psychological Association

Renate Wackerbauer
Physics
Undergraduate Research in Complex Systems

Erin Whitney
ACEP/INE
Performance Monitoring and Analysis of Bifacial Solar Photovoltaic Test Installation

Sveta Yamin-Pasternak
Anthropology
Food Arts of the Bering Strait, a Multimedia Exhibit

Junqing Zhang
Institute of Northern Engineering
Development of a new coating for corrosion protection on magnesium alloys

 

 

Kate Clancy
Geological Engineering
Alaska Miner's Association Meeting
Anchorage, Alaska

Melissa Delgado
Communications
The National Communication Association鈥檚 103rd Convention
Dallas, Texas

Jonathan Gates
Geological Engineering
Alaska Miner's Association Meeting
Anchorage, Alaska

Mackenzie Jenkins
Chemistry
World Sleep Congress
Prague, Czech Republic

Sarah Manriquez-Trujillo
Art
Photo Expo Plus 2017 Portfolio Review
New York, New York 

Jessica Obermiller
Anthropology
National American Anthropology
Association鈥檚 National Conference
Washington DC

Karissa Paschall
English
Community and Writing Conference
Boulder, Colorado

Riley Troyer
Physics
2017 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union
New Orleans, Louisiana

 

Tristan Craddick
Computer Science
An evaluation of the effectiveness of visual cues versus audio cues for the purposes of directing user attention in a virtual reality environment.

Tibor Dorsaz
Fisheries
I will conduct this research in collaboration with a CFOS graduate student and a faculty member, we will rear juvenile Broad Whitefish under multiple temperatures and quantify physiological parameters such as length or metabolic rate, to predict growth responses of this crucial subsistence fish in the face of climate change.

Kathryn Herrod
Psychology
The purpose of this proposed study is to use semi-structured interviews with photo prompts to better understand 51风流官网 students鈥 experiences with depression, as well as identify specific facilitators and barriers to dealing with depression on the 51风流官网 campus.

 

Mackenzie Jenkins
Chemistry
My research is finding which areas in the brain are activated when hibernation is induced, specifically the Solitary Tract Nucleus (NTS), the site of action of adenosine (a sleep promoting molecule) and the Raphe, which maintains and adjusts body temperature during hibernation via brown adipose tissue (BAT) thermogenesis.

Tate Miles
Biological Sciences
Under the guidance of Dr. Diana Wolf, I will be replicating and sequencing ancient mammal DNA extracted from samples taken within a permafrost tunnel in Fox, Alaska. Once the samples are sequenced, I will be able to identify the mammal species living in the permafrost.

Brynne Myers
Psychology
Classroom environments, specifically windows and lighting, significantly impact student performance. This project will study the effect of classroom environments through varied window conditions on student attentiveness and cognition, specifically cognitive flexibility and learning retention. Through this study, efficiency of learning and use of windows in classrooms will be improved.


Jared Roberts
Geography
With the intensity of hurricanes potentially increasing due to recent climate change, my project is designed to understand and unravel the sedimentary signatures of ancient hurricanes using geological proxies. The goal is to provide data that helps better predict extreme storm events and coastal communities prepare for these events.

Shaylee Shocklee
Justice
This program is the result of 5 years of work on the part of the 51风流官网 justice department as well as a number of members of the Fairbanks justice department. When implemented in Fairbanks that uses restorative justice to replace our current punitive system of justice.

Krystina Stobinski
Psychology
This project is designed to qualitatively explore the relationship between students with math anxiety, their professors, and university math programs. Outcomes of the projected project will include betterment of University math programs as well as increased student confidence and academic success.

 

 

Hannah Gerrish
Biological Science
This project will provide field support and community outreach for ongoing NASA-ABoVE research efforts in Gates of the Arctic National Park examining vegetative dynamics and obtaining baseline data for Dall sheep management.

Jacob Harris
Anthropology
A comparative study of animal bones from Mughr el-Hamamah in Jordan and Sefunim Cave in Israel. The sites date to 45,000-21,000 years ago. The analysis will focus on the degree of fragmentation, weathering, and burning, which can tell us about human behavior and site formation processes.

Maria Jacobson Panozo
Rural Development
This project investigates human-animal relationships among the indigenous herders around La Paz, Bolivia. I will complete a field school that engages government institutions, NGOs, consumers, and the indigenous communities dealing with drought.

Noah Khalsa
Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
This project will help map the distribution of juvenile Chinook salmon in the Tanana Flats. Water samples taken from the flats will be tested for traces of Chinook salmon DNA to identify locations where Chinook salmon overwinter in the flats.

Kelly McCartney
Chemistry
Technologically Critical Elements (TCEs) are central to modern society and renewable energy production. By analyzing a modern gold extraction process we will identify if TCEs, such as tellurium used in solar panels, can be economically extracted. This will be accomplished by coupling mass balance calculations with mineralogical characterization.

Sean Merriman
Chemistry
This project aims to elucidate the effect of botanicals derived from Alaska wild berries on the master redox regulator Nrf2 and the interaction with its inhibitor Keap1, and its implication on inflammatory and oxidative stress in the aging or diseased nervous system.

Cynthia Nelson

Fisheries
Northern Pike is an invasive species south of the Alaska Range, and has severely impacted some salmon populations. This project will assess the behavior of juvenile salmon to test the hypothesis that anti-predator responses are exhibited by individuals from populations that have had more interaction time with Northern Pike.

Roger Ridenour
Secondary Education/History
Food security is a major concern to many peoples living remotely in the circumpolar north. I intend to complete my design of the ABC, a food production system, housed in a shipping container, that would provide fresh garden produce, sustainably produced power, and plants for use in local individual gardens.

David Rhodes
Natural Resource Management
This project will establish a guided tour along North Campus trails to highlight historic and ongoing research conducted in the 51风流官网 Boreal Arboretum, Exotic Tree Plantation, and T-field. Signage in plots dating back to the 1970鈥檚 will engage new generations in the work of 51风流官网 as a land grant institution.

Catherine Stallings
Biological Sciences
Evaluation of the effectiveness of sertraline, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder, in treating compulsive-like, anxiety-like, and depression-like behaviors in non-induced compulsive-like mice. 

Rose Crelli
Music
Marrowstone Music Festival
Bellingham, Washington

Elise Stacy
Biological sciences
New Mexico National Wildlife Society Meeting
Albuquerque, New Mexico


 


 

 

 

 

Dean's Choice Awards

College of Engineering and Mines
Group project - Sage Tixier, Jonah Jeffries, Taylor Tompkins, Michael Fehrenbach, Kenley Scarlett, Kyle Scarlett, Paul Palombi, Jr.
A design project to build a 10 Watt wind turbine


College of Liberal Arts
Aleksandra Milanovich
Examining roles of boredom proneness, self-determination, intrinsic motivation, gender on persons鈥 experience of boredom

College of Natural Science and Mathematics
Amir Raz
Tsunami Waves in Asymmetric Narrow Bays


School of Education
Jordan Wilson
Parent Involvement with Low Socioeconomic and Minority Families

School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
Stephanie Jump
Bottom trawling for Chinook Salmon smolts in the Tanana River

School of Natural Resources and Extension
Jessica Herzog
Trophic niche partitioning between male and female golden eagles in western Alaska
 

College of Community and Rural Development
Loni Weggel
Analysis of Factors that influences Talkativeness among adults

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall Awards

First Place
Jessica Herzog
Trophic niche partitioning between male and female golden eagles in western Alaska

Second Place
Amir Raz
Tsunami Waves in Asymmetric Narrow Bays

Third Place

Stephanie Jump
Bottom trawling for Chinook Salmon smolts in the Tanana River

Devin Drown
Biology and Wildlife
Equipment purchase to support a web based portal for genomic and bioinformatic analysis

Jason Lazarus
Communications & Journalism
Equipment to support advanced video and photographic editing bays

Chris Maio
Geoscience
Precision GPS equipment

Jochen Mezger
Geoscience
Geology field camp mapping, navigation and safety equipment

Kristian Nattinger
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Equipment for measuring water quality parameters

Jen Peterson
Psychology
Equipment to study the effects of extended daylight on the mood and well-being of residents in interior Alaska

Maya Salganek
Theatre & Film
Equipment to support developing Unmanned Aircraft System cinematography and VR education at 51风流官网

Jason Slats
Mechanical Engineering
Software purchase and viscometer repair
 
John Smelter
Academic Advising Center
Software and printer
 
Michele Stalder
Community and Technical College
Software and equipment for Process Technology
 

Seth Blohm
Music
Alaska Chamber Chorale Tour
Italy

Leslie Bielski Petre

Civil Engineering
Alaska Water Wastewater Management Association Conference
Anchorage, Alaska

Katrina Dowell
Biological Sciences
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference
Chicago, Illinois

Trisha Levasseur
Natural Resources Management
National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium
Annapolis, Maryland

Zoe Marshall
Natural Resource Management
Exploring sustainable agriculture
Delta Junction, Alaska

Aleksandra Milanovich
Psychology
Association for Psychological Science Conference
Boston, Massachusetts

 

 

Kyle Scarlett
Mechanical Engineering
Collegiate Wind Competition
Boulder, Colorado

Jacob Sterle
Chemistry
American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting
San Francisco, California

 

 

 

 

Reyce Bogardus
Physical Geography
Assessing Tsunami Vulnerability in Larsen Bay, Alaska via Structure from Motion Derived Elevation Data

Kate Clancy
Mining and Geological Engineering
Study the interaction of Water Tracks with Soil Piping to Prevent Future Subsidence in Alaskan Soils

Kimberly Diamond
Natural Resources Management
Factors Impacting Dormancy and Viability of Prunus Padus Seeds

Sara Ewers
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Does Natural Organic Matter Redox Potential and Reactivity in Pore Water Vary Between Open and Closed Taliks?

Jonathan Gates

Mining and Geological Engineering
Development of an Accurate Method to Map Water Tracks using Remote Sensing and Soil Hydraulic and Geophysical Properties

Harrison Hartle
Physics
Vortex Dynamics in Quasi-Two Dimensional Turbulence

Connor Ito
Biology
Barcoding of Ancient Nematode DNA to Infer Climate Change Between 10,000-60,000 Years Ago

Alexandra Keller
Biology
Testing the Effects of the Changing pH from Alaskan Microbiome on Subsistence Berries

Jacob Klaameyer
Mechanical Engineering
High Lumen LED Flashlight

Renee Nowicki
Biology
Alaskan Ant Biodiversity:  Identification  Key, Maps, and DNA Barcoding

Alisha O'Brien
Chemistry
Application of Green Chemistry to Metals in Medicine. Building novel organometallic platinum compounds to reduce toxicity and overcome resistance in cancer treatment

Angelina Rotermund
Foreign Languages and Literatures
Assisting environmental mercury research at 51风流官网 through Spanish-English translation and interpretation

 

Kelly Schmitz
Natural Resource Management
Nutritional Effect of Willow on Reindeer Calf Growth

Elise Stacy
Wildlife Biology
Furthering population study of marten in Interior Alaska

Sage Tixier
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Spring 2017 Collegiate Wind Competition

David Warner
Chemistry
Environmental Impacts of Heavy Metal Leaching from Coal-Fly Ash

Phillip Wilson
Geoscience
Surges of the Black Rapids Glacier: Dating a Prehistoric Hazard

 

 

2016

Zeinab Barati
Institute of Arctic Biology
Workshop on Essentials of Statistics with SPSS

Frank Boldt
Justice
Fairbanks Community Restorative Justice Initiative

Jan Dawe
Natural Resource Management
OneTree Alaska: K-20 boreal forest education, research and community engagement

Maryanne Evans
Institute of Arctic Biology
Climate change, biomass production and the Alaskan soil microbiome

Kristin Gagne
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Does Dissolved Organic Matter Redox Potential and Reactivity in Pore Water Vary Between Open and Closed Taliks?

Daisy Huang
Mechanical Engineering
Collegiate Wind Competition

Amy May
Communication and Journalism
Testing the effectiveness of Virtual Reality (VR) as a strategy to reduce speech anxiety

Mark Melham
Natural Resource Management
Dall Sheep Research in Gates of the Arctic


 

Joy Morrison
Faculty Development
Mentoring Workshop

Trent Sutton
College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
Laboratory-based evaluation of structures used for aging freshwater fishes

Mike Whalen
Geoscience
Exploring the aftermath of the Chicxulub impact: Ancient oceanography and ecology in the crater

 


 

 

Diana Berry
Art
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Conference
Salt Lake City, Utah October, 2016

Amanda Casterline
Theatre
University Resident Theatre Association Seminar
Chicago, Illinois January 2017

William Czyzewski
Petroleum Engineering
American Indian Science and Engineering Society National Conference  
Minneapolis, Minnesota November 2016

Harrison Hartle
Physics
PhysCon
San Fransisco, California, November 2016

Jessica Herzog
Natural Resource Management
Alaska Bird Conference
Cordova, Alaska  December 2016

Lindsay Klueber
Biology and Art
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Monterey,  California March 2017

Katherine Aikens
Mechanical Engineering
Design Build Fly Aeronautics Competition

Ashley Blake
Psychology
Understanding the factors that impact 51风流官网 student veterans' academic and social success

Tim Bouta
Chemistry
Project DIMAC: Detecting iodine monoxide in the Arctic Circle

Ana Carrasco
Biology
Using Next Generation sequencing technology for the detection of hepatitis C infection in Alaska

Esul Chafin
Business Administration
The 80/20 Experience: An analysis of NHL salaries and performance success

Jenny Dale
Anthropology
Intimacy and Devotion:  A Secular Inquiry into the Literacy Strategies of a Jews for Jesus Bible Study Group

Monica Mikes
Biology
Validating Hibernation Model via Metabolic and fecal Comparisons of Free Range to Laboratory Arctic Ground Squirrels

Aleksandra Milanovich
Psychology
Bored out of this world: Factors impacting the experience of boredom

Katherine Aikens
Mechanical Engineering
Society of Women Engineers 2016 Conference
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 2016

Anastasia Butler
Biological Sciences
Genetic Diversity of Vicia cracca
Interior Alaska, September 2016

Sean Counihan
Physics
PhysCon
San Fransisco, California, November 2016

Jessica Obermiller
Linguistics
Association of Humanistic Sociology's Annual Conference
Denver, Colorado, November 2016
Victoria Leque
Japanese
United States - Japanese Council Conference
Santa Clara, California, November 2016

Alisha O'Brien
Chemistry
American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 2016

Esul Chafin
Business Administration
Application of 80/20 rule on Ice: Comparative analysis of NHL salaries and performance success

Teylana Gordon
Geoscience
How continental crust grows: a field study of the Talkeetna Arc, southern Alaska

Stephanie Jump
Fisheries
Bottom trawling for Chinook salmon smolts in the Tanana River

Zoe Marshall
Natural Resource Management
Vegetative propagation of four berry species for sustainable fruit production in Alaska

Erica Moeller
Biology
Functional morphology of the marmot skeleton

Alisha O'Brien
Chemistry
Synthesis and characterization of the anti-tumor compound Cisplatin: advances with novel analogs

David Reynolds
Fisheries
Stock characteristics of capelin in the Northern and Southern Bering Sea

Luke Rogers
Wildlife Biology
The effect of social class on space use and behavior in captive Wood Bison: a comparative study

Lauren Whitt
Biological Sciences
Identifying plant families in ancient environmental DNA from permafrost using DNA barcoding

Alexander Wynne-Ballard
Biology
Does permafrost thaw alter methane via a shift in the microbial community composition?

Giulia Zedda
Biological Sciences
Species delimitation in a small Madagascar mammal, the mouse-eared tenrec (Geogale aurita)

  Overall Awards

First Place
Zachary Goeden
Differential effects of Sea Star Wasting Syndrome across species

Second Place
Kirsten Williams
Hydroelectricity in Alaska: Current and Potential Developments

Third Place

Elizabeth Smith
Sharing with Robots

Dean's Choice Awards

College of Engineering and Mines - Aven Bross and Max Hesser-Knoll
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) on RobotMoose Robotics Infrastructure

College of Liberal Arts
Jessica Obermiller
The Headscarf Project: Exposing myself by covering up

College of Natural Science and Mathematics
Patrick Terhune
Topographic development and upper plate deformational response to multiple Cenozoic flat slab subduction events: Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska

School of Education
Elizabeth Smith
Sharing with Robots

School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
Zachary Goeden
Differential effects of Sea Star Wasting Syndrome across species

School of Natural Resources and ExtensionKirsten Williams
Hydroelectricity in Alaska: Current and Potential Developments

College of Community and Rural Development
Ashley Johnson, Darling Anderson, Vernae Angnaboogok, Nicole Arevalo, Roberta Cecil, William Craske, Diloola Erickson, Casey Ferguson, Shaelene Holstrom, Naomi Jones, Maria Lake, Jolene Nanouk, Martha Perry, Eric Petersen, Selina Sam, Julia Taylor, Adrienne Titus
Indigenous and Tribal Community Development: What constitutes success? 

Annie Duffy
Art
Classroom Projector Replacement Project

Jennifer Guerard
Chemistry and Biochemistry
HPLC Fluorescence Detection and Degasser Expansion

Jason Lazarus
Journalism and Broadcasting
Software licenses and camera equipment

Maya Salganek
Theater and Film
Software licenses

Karen Spaleta
Advanced Instrumentation Lab
Fusion instrument in support of sample preparation for XRF and ICP-MS

Alexander Thornton
School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
Classroom response systems (CRS) and training

Amy Vinlove
School of Education
Software licenses

Diana Berry
Art
W.D. Berry Research 鈥 Art History Practicum
Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, March 2016

Nathan Feemster
Linguistics
International Gender and Language Association Conference
Hong Kong, May 2016

Jessica Garvin
Mechanical Engineering
2016 Collegiate Wind Competition/Arctic Winds
New Orleans, Louisiana, May 2016

Nora Gyswyt
Geological Engineering
International Conference on Permafrost 2016
Potsdam, Germany, June 2016

Elizabeth Jepsen
Secondary Education and English
Computers and Writing Conference
Rochester, New York, June 2016

Jacob Sterle
Chemistry
American Chemical Society Northwest Regional Meeting
Anchorage, Alaska, June 2016

Forrest Campnell
Biochemistry
Concentration of total mercury and methylmercury in commercial cigarettes: Examining routes of human exposure

Amanda Casterline
Theater
Theater Thesis: Costume Design

Jackson Drew
Biological Science
Testing the Effects of the Alaskan Microbiome on a Model Organism: Arabidopsis thaliana

Montana Goss
Biology and Anthropology
Who Are The Shenks Ferry People?

Jessica Herzog
Natural Resource Management
Bees of Alaska's Seward Peninsula and Plant Height

Kira Leonard
Biological Sciences
The Influence of the SkiKu Program on Physical Activity and Sleep Quality in Alaska Native Children
McKenzie Mucha
Biochemistry
Fluoxetine-induced behavioral outcomes in lactation mediated alterations in brain and peripheral serotonin in a non-induced mouse model of OCD

Joshua Pharris
Linguistics
Shared Subsistence Terminology between Alutiiq and Neighboring Languages

Viktorija Podlutskya
Biological Sciences
DNA Repair Process in Virally Infected Cells

Zoe Rodes
Biological Sciences
Effect of Alaskan botanical extracts on neurotoxin-induced degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in C. elegans Parkinson's model


Elizabeth Smith

Education
Sharing With Robots: Collaboration and Joint Effort with NAO 

Elise Stacy
Biology and Wildlife
Population Structure of American Marten in Interior Alaska

Jacob Sterle
Chemistry
Dissolved Organic Matter Interaction with Fly Ash Metal(loid)s

Farimang Touray Jr.
Biological Sciences
Effects of the Combination of Blueberry and Cranberry Extract on Caenorhaditis elegans Lifespan and Sarcopenia


Kirsten Williams
Natural Resources Management
Hydroelectric Technology in Alaska: Current and Proposed Developments

Aaron Yeaton
Natural Resources Management
The Impacts of Media Advertisement on the Denali Wilderness Experience

 

2015

Rebecca Cheek
Biological Sciences
Bird Research in Peru
December 2015 - January 2016

Amanda Grimes
Biological Sciences
21st Biennial Conference Society of Marine Mammals
San Francisco, California, December 2015

Kyle Milke
Chemistry
Geological Society of America National Meeting
Baltimore, Maryland, November 2015

Jessica Obermiller
Anthropology
Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association
Denver, Colorado, November 2015

Katherine Opp
Fisheries and Marine Science
21st Biennial Conference Society of Marine Mammals
San Francisco, California, December 2015

Ruth Osborne
Chemistry
American Indian Science and Engineering Society National Conference
Phoenix, Arizona November 2015

Diana Berry
Art
Art History Practicum: The W.D. Berry Collection in Rasmuson Library

Forrest Campnell
Biochemistry
Concentration of Total Mercury in Cigarettes and Fish Muscle Tissue Purchased in La Paz, Mexico

Gabriel Cartegena
Psychology
Living With HIV/AIDS - Understanding Survivorship Through Photovoice

Patrick Graham
Geoscience
Integrating Multiplatform Remote Sensing and Field Data to Estimate Surface Energy Fluxes in Arctic Ecosystems

Raymond Hoffmann
Geography
Development of a GIS for Mapping McCarty Glacier

Candace Kruger
Anthropology
Historic and Contemporary Deg Hit鈥檃n Basketry

Tiffany Lamken
Biological Sciences
Toxoplasma Gondii Prevalence in Fairbanks, Alaska

Landis Mathis-Booker
Biological Sciences
Chemically Synthesizing Hemp Biodiesel
Ronin Ruerup
Chemistry
Monitoring the Effects of Methylmercury

Carl Sage
Theater
Antigone: Dramaturgy, Design, and Performance

Elizabeth Smith
Education
Sharing With Robots: Using NAO to Measure Joint Attention

 

Jeremy Boynton
Biological Sciences
Genotoxicity and DNA Repair Dynamics of Iqmik

Alta East
Anthropology
Foraging Practices of Military Families in Alaska

Logan Graves
Electrical Engineering
Summer internship with US Naval Research Lab

Annyssa Interrante
Biology
Diet analysis of Arctic lampreys in the Bering Sea using Next Generation sequencing

Dallon Knight
Chemistry
Metal Quantification and Bioaccessibility in Fairbanks, Alaska Road Dust

McKenzie Mucha
Biology
Chronic Effect of Desformylflustrabromine in Compulsive-Like Mice

Ruth Osborne
Chemistry
The Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter Composition and Photoreactivity from a Boreal Forest Surface Water

Ronin Ruerup
Chemistry
Monitoring the effects of Methylmercury

Ashley Swedberg
Social Work
Measuring the Level of Preparedness for Assisting Human Trafficking Victims in Alaska



Julia Taylor
Journalism and Broadcasting
Hartman Justice Project

Scott Taylor
Biological Sciences
Photographic Preservation of the Philips Arctic Lepidoptera Collection

Vanessa Santana Miranda
Biology
Latitudinal Variation in the Hibernation Timing of Hoary Marmots

Robert Williams
Biology
Astaxanthin contribution to increased efficiency of DNA repair and lowering of chronic inflammation

OVERALL AWARDS

1st Place

Leah Hill

2nd Place
Angela Peterson and Krysta Yancey

3rd Place
Genevieve Johnson

DEAN'S CHOICE AWARDS

College of Engineering and Mines:

Robert Colles and James Colles
Dynamic Vehicle Lights

College of Liberal Arts
Leah Hill

Performance of Gender & Identity: Using the Early Photographic Works of Claude Cahun and Cindy Sherman to Demonstrate the Performance Nature of Gender and Identity

College of Natural Science and Mathematics
Angela Peterson and Krysta Yancey
Hibernation and DNA Repair: The Arctic Ground Squirrel's Perspective,
School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
Genevieve Johnson

Monitoring Harmful Algae Blooms in Southeast Alaska

School of Natural Resources and Extension
Nicole Warner

Alaska Watershed Survey: Socio-Ecological Interactions in an Urbanizing Area

School of Education
Jennifer Paniati

Engineering Education Professional Development

Ilsang Ahn
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Support for student learning of seismic hazards in Alaska

Sine Anahita
Sociology
Digital Man Cave Data Analysis Project

Margaret Darrow
Mining and Geological Engineering
Completing the Process: Disseminating the Results of Research (student travel to Germany)

Devin Drown
Biology & Wildlife
Using Nanopore Sequencing to Explore Genomics

Ginny Eckert
Fisheries
Support for students investigating harmful algal blooms and human health consequences through shellfish toxicity

 

Carie Green
Education
Phase II - Young Children's Experiences of Their Forest

Jennifer Guerard
Chemistry
Determination of Flame Retardants and Current Use Pesticide Interactions in Natural Arctic and Sub-Arctic Surface Waters

Sarah Hayes
Chemistry
Enhancing Environmental Chemistry Instrumentation for Undergraduate Courses and Research

Evangelene Hensell
Education
Identity, Liminality and Contemporary Approaches to Technology in the Classroom

Jenifer McBeath
School of Natural Resources and Extension
Support for the 2016 Food Security Competition

 

Debusmita Misra
Geological Engineering
Support for students in hydrology courses

Elisabeth Nadin
Geology
Support for students in field-based geology courses

Alexei Rybkin
Math
student support for NSF REU supplement

Sarah Stanley
English
Travel to the Second Annual Post-Secondary Access and Completion Conference in Anchorage, AK

 

 

Ilsang Ahn
Civil Engineering
Mathcad software for undergraduate teaching and research

Sine Anahita
Sociology
Computers and software for qualitative research corner for undergraduate students

Rich Carr
English
iPads to improve instruction at high-traffic student service area

Kara Dillard
Sociology
Clicker technology to help students moderate and report on public deliberative forums

Lawrence Duffy
Chemistry
Resilience and Adaptation Program Ethnobotanical field box

Carie Green
Education
Innovative technology for engaging children as active researchers

Tamara Harms
Biology and Wildlife
CO2 analyzer for undergraduate research and coursework in ecology

Martin Harrild
Geophysics
Remote sensing equipment to perform stereo/3D imagining in the visible, near and thermal infrared
Christopher Maio
Geosciences
3D topographic mapping using differential GPS

Ken Severin
Advanced Instrumentation Laboratory
Sample preparation system coater for electron microscope

Teisha Simmons
Interior-Aleutians Campus - wildland fire topography emulation system 

Ana Fochessato
Model United Nations Conference
Berkeley, California, February 2015

Nora Gyswyt
2015 Cordilleran Section Meeting
Anchorage, Alaska, May 2015

Uyanga Mendbayar
2015 Student Water Conference
Stillwater, Oklahoma, March 2015

Jennifer Paniati
National Science Teachers Association National Conference
Chicago, Illinois, March 2015

Cassidy Phillips
Society for American Archaeology Annual Conference
San Francisco, California, April 2015

Jamie Rose
Alaska Chapter of the Wildlife Society Annual Meeting
Juneau, Alaska April 2015
Tyler Walker
Pacific Rim English Conference
Anchorage, Alaska March 2015

Matthew Vanagel
Brain 2015 Conference
Vancouver, Canada, June 2015 

Claudia Cease
The Taboo of Mourning: Germany 1939 - 1955

Dakota Emery
Geographic Variability of Active Ingredients in Spice Within Alaska as an Indicator of Distribution Mechanisms

Stormy Fields
A 12,000 Year Record of Ecological Change at Blair Lake, Interior Alaska

McKenzie Mucha
The Role of dFBr, a Positive Allosteric Modulator of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors, on Compulsive-like and Anxiety-Like Behaviors in Non-induced Compulsive-like Mice

Katherine Opp
Chemical Feeding Ecology of Mercury in Hawaiian Monk Seals

Ruth Osborne
The Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter Composition and Photoreactivity from an Arctic Surface Water
Megan Rourke
The Nature of Controversies Surrounding Title IX

Mahaut Sorlin
Species Limits in Hoary Marmots and the Threatened Olympic Marmot

Brian Stillie
Characterizing Erosion and Sediment Loading in a Placer-Mined Watershed Using Water Quality, GIS and Remote Sensing Data

 

2014

Sine Anahita
Sociology
Purchase of three types of qualitative analysis software

Jim Brashear
Art
Purchase of art supplies and materials for outdoor kilns

Cheng-fu Chen
Mechanical Engineering
Stimulate undergraduate student interest in biomedical engineering

Carie Green
Education
Support of undergraduate students working on project titled Exploring Methodologies for Engaging Young Children as Active Researchers

Sarah Hayes

Chemistry
Pairing undergraduate students in CHEM 288 with graduate students in CHEM 686

Brock Huntsman
Institute of Arctic Biology
Training and support of undergraduate students in Chinook salmon project

Jeremy Kasper and Andrew Seitz
Fisheries
Purchase of Echoview software for processing research data

Christopher Maio
Geosciences
Purchase of a ground penetrating radar

Andrej Podlutsky

Biology
Support for undergraduate student support on project titled, "Hibernation and DNA Repair."

Sarah Stanley
English
2014 Dartmouth Summer Seminar for Composition Research
Hanover, New Hampshire
Peter Westley
Fisheries
Support for project titled Exposing 51风流官网 students to Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tag technology in the classroom and beyond

Sarah Stanley
English
Online resource on the Write Alaska website

Todd Radenbaugh and Rose Meir
Kuskokwim Campus Science
Travel support for undergraduate students to attend Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference in Bethel, Alaska

Alexei Rybkin
Math
Support of undergraduate student research

Tiffany Green
Geology
2014 West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide Ice Core Meeting (San Diego, California September) Fall 2014

Amanda Grimes
Biology
Alaska Marine Science Symposium
Anchorage, Alaska January 2015

David Harris
Linguistics
Society for Study of Indigenous Languages of the Americas Annual Meeting
Portland, Oregon January 2015

Genevieve Johnson
Fisheries
Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting
(Tacoma, Washington)
Fall 2014

Uyanga Mendbayar
Geological Engineering
Annual Meeting of the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geology
Scottsdale, Arizona September 2014

Katherine Opp
Fisheries

Alaska Marine Science Symposium
Anchorage, Alaska January 2015

 

Kristen Scholten
Biology
American Society of Mammalogists Annual Meeting
(Jacksonville, Florida)
Summer 2015

Patrick Terhune
Geology
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
Vancouver, British Columbia October 2014

 

JR Ancheta
Journalism and Broadcasting
Fairbanksans: Portraits from the Golden Heart City

Dakota Emery
Chemistry
Geographic Variability of Active Ingredients in Spice Within Alaska as an Indicator of Distribution Mechanisms

Lachlan Gillespie
Political Science
Perceived Sources of Social Marginalization of Gender Non-conforming Individuals

Dallon Knight
Chemistry
Metal Quantification and Bioaccessibility in Fairbanks, Alaska road dust

Daniel Leahy
Political Science
Currency and Conflict in Bolivarian Venezuela

Jeanne Lewis
Rural Science
Investigation of Associations Between Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference and Consumption of Subsistence Diet Among the Residents of Northwest Arctic Borough of Alaska

Uyanga Mendbayar
Geological Engineering
Investigation and Quantification of Water Track Networks in Boreal Regions Using Remote Sending and Geophysical Data

Russell Mitchell
Biology
Integration of a Fungus and Microbial Mat into a Symbiotic Culture for the Bioremediation of Oil Spills

Hanna Schempf
Cyclic Allele Dynamics in Self-Incompatible Systems

Camden Taylor
Chemistry
Educational iPad App for Ion Channel Current Simulation

Sophia Tidler
Environmental Engineering
Use of Gel Encapsulated Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles for Water Treatment

Michael Willis
Biology
Comparison of Microbial Communities in Groundwater and Subsurface Soil Sediment in a Sulfolane-contaminated Aquifer

Shae Bowman
Biology & Wildlife
Mentor: Michael Harris

Preferentially nestling feeding in White-Crowned Sparrows and Lapland Longspurs

 
 

Lakeidra Chavis
Journalism
Mentor: Lynne Lott

Beyond the Single Story: Life in Rural Jamaica

Brittany Corbin
Biology & Wildlife
Mentor: Diane O'Brien

A Pilot Serologic Survey of Biomarkers for Traditional Marine Diet and Vitamin D Levels in YK Delta Childbearing-aged Women

Kailyn Davis
Geology & Geophysics
Mentor: Jeff Benowitz

Tectonic-Magmatic History of the Wrangell Volcanic Field

Shannan Hoyos
Biology & Wildlife
Mentor: Jack Chen

Genotyping Analysis of Hepatitis C in Alaska

Genevieve Johnson
Fisheries
Mentor: Ginny Eckert

Environmental Factors Involved in Alexandrium Blooms in Southeast Alaska and the Impact on Shellfish Toxicity

Ross MacDougall
Center for Alaska Native Health Research
Mentor: Robert Coker

The Influence of the NANANordic Ski Program on Physical Activity and Sleep Quality in Alaska Native Children

Cassidy Phillips
Anthropology
Mentor: Jamie Clark

Using GIS to Identify Activity Areas at the Middle Stone Age Site of Sibudu Cave

Kristen Scholten
UAMN
Mentor: Laura Prugh

Seasonal Changes in Overlapping Prey Selection of Vulpes vulpes and Canis latrans

Matthew Vanagel
Electrical Engineering
Mentor: Brian Rasley

Optimization of the CLARITY Technique for Implementation in 51风流官网 Research

Logan Walker Graves
Electrical Engineering
Mentor: Naval Research Laboratories

Summer Internship with Naval Research Labs

 

Grace Amundsen, Matthew Carrick,
Mamie Davis & Ana Fochesatto
Political Science
Mentor: Brandon Boylan
 
Model United Nations New York Simulation
Spring 2014
Isaac Bailey
Chemistry
Mentor: Kelly Drew
 
Annual Experimental Biology Symposium (San Diego, California)
Spring 2014

Arsh Chuahan

Computer Engineering
Mentor: Orion Lawlor
 
5th Annual NASA Robotic Mining Competition (Kennedy Space Center, Orlando, Florida)
Spring 2014
Mallory Jones
Biological Sciences
Mentor: Link Olson
 
94th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
Spring 2014
Thomas Polasek
Petroleum Engineering
Mentor: Shirish Patil
 
University Student Project Poster and Presentation Contest at the American Association of Drilling Engineers Annual Technical Conference (Houston, Texas)
Spring 2014
Kavelina Torres
Film
Mentor: Maya Salganek
 
Fieldwork: Bethel, Alaska
Spring 2014

 

Kristen Welchel
Social Work
Mentor: LaVerne Demientieff
 
Study Abroad: Melbourne, Australia
Spring 2014
Sam Herried
Geophysics
Mentor: Anthony Arendt
 
 

Sarah DeWitt
Biological Sciences
Mentor: Sydonia Bret-Harte

Effects of Plant Hormones

Julia Duncan
BioChemistry
Mentor: Fenton Bersamin


Preparation and Characterization of a Frequency Doubling Coordination Complex

Nicole Dunham
Natural Resource Management

Investigating Opportunities and Barriers for Garden-Based Learning in Early Chid Care Settings

Jason Howe
Psychology
Mentor: Timothy Lower

Utilizing video games to determine human motivation

Justina Lipscomb
Biological Sciences
Mentor: Barbara Taylor

Effect of Alaskan Lowbush Cranberry on Aging in C. elegens

Crystal Lor
Psychology
Mentor: Ellen Lopez

Assessing the impact of an Athabascan Beading Project with an Alaska Native cancer support group

Joseph Miller
Biological Sciences
Mentor: Mary Beth Leigh


Characterizing sulfolane-degrading bacteria from contaminated groundwater

Alexander Morgan
Biological Sciences
Mentor: Jiguo Chen

Real time PCR and Western blotting of PEL cell lines for comparison

Nikki Navio
Natural Resource Management
Mentor: Susan Todd


Alaska Wilderness Stories: Chile

Rafael Rodriguez
Natural Resource Management
Mentor: David Verbyla


Does mean summer temperature influence fire return intervals in Alaskan Boreal forests?

Patrick Terhune
Geological Sciences
Mentor: Jeff Benowitz


Topographic Development History of the White Mountains: Proxy for the Slip History of the Tintina Fault, Interior Alaska

Riley Witte
Chemistry
Mentor: Sarah Hayes


Evaluating the Potential for Recovery of Tellurium as a Byproduct of Gold Mining

 

 

2013

Daisy Huang
Institute of Northern Engineering (INE)

To determine how much free time, effort, and money it would take to keep an array of 240 kW solar panels free of snow.

Kara Hoover
Anthropology

To create an undergraduate lab training program that will generate a skilled pool of students seeking research lab experience that can be exploited by lab-based faculty in need of trained staff.

Jaclyn Bergamino
English

To helo undergraduate students realize their potential as scholars and creators of knowledge through a new student publication.

Brian Edmonds
Chemistry & Biochemistry

To clarify the role of nicotinic systems in schizophrenia, and facilitate the development of better (less toxic) drug therapies for treatment-refractory schizophrenia.

Karsten Hueffer
Veterinary Medicine

To support the publication of a manuscript that resulted from the combined work of three undergraduate students and a RAHI summer student over the last two years.

Anshul Pandya & Todd Radenbaugh
Chukchi Campus

To support student travel to fieldwork locations in western Alaska and to present at the Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference in Kotzebue, Alaska.

Diana Wolf
Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB)

To mentor a student through lab research on the evolution of plant self-incompatibility genes using several Alaskan and European poppy species.

Robin Shoaps
Anthropology

Travel funds to accompany a student presenting at the International Gender and Language Association Conference in Vancouver, BC.

Kara Hoover
Anthropology

To mentor a student in hands-on research.

Karen Barnard
Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB)
Mentor: Karsten Hueffer

mRNA sequencing of rabies binding regions on nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha subunit in seven host species

Anne Bartholomew
Journalism
Mentor: Charles Mason

A Soul Community

Pascale Clerc
Engineering
Mentor: Richard Weis

Temperature versus efficiency study of a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell trike

Ira Hardy
Journalism
Mentor: Charles Mason

Subsistence Whaling and Development

Mallory Jones
UAMN
Link Olson

A molecular approach to identifying cryptic species of Alaskan bats, Myotis lucifugus and M. yumanensis

Sarah Marschall
Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB)
Mentor: Karsten Hueffer

The role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in rabies virus infection

Jessica McLaughlin
Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB)
Mentor: D. Anger

Nikki Navio
Natural Resources
Mentor: Susan Todd

Alaska Wilderness Stories

Jonathan Quinones
Political Science
Mentor: Alexander Hirsch

PTSD combat veterans and the requirements for eligibility of the Purple Heart

John Scott
Fisheries
Mentor: Andrew Seitz

Pacific Halibut Depth Data Analysis

Katie Shink
Fisheries
Mentor: Andres Lopez

Using microsatellite DNA loci to determine genetic differentiation among Arctic Lamprey populations in Alaska

Mackenzie Stamey
Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB)
Mentor: Stefanie Ickert-Bond

The origin and diversity of the octoploid Turkish parsley fern (Cryptogramma bithynica)

Matthew Vanagel
Chemistry
Mentor: Fenton Heirtzler

Synthesis, Purification and Molecular Recognition with helical molecules

Teagan White-Nesbitt
College of Liberal Arts
Mentor: Derick Burleson

Translation of Contemporary German Poetry

 

JR Ancheta
Journalism
Mentor: Charles Mason

Fairbanksans: Portraits from the Golden Heart City

Caroline Aubry-Wake
Glaciology
Mentor: Regine Hock

Future glacier runoff changes in the Susitna drainage basin

Michael Courtney
Fisheries
Mentor: Andrew Seitz

Dispersal patters and summer oceanic distribution of adult Dolly Varden from the Wulik River, Alaska, evaluated using satellite telemetry

Christina Howard
Fisheries
Mentor: Ginny Eckert

Larval transport and settlement timing in juvenile red king crab

Evan Mathers
Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Patricia Holloway

The Optimal Picking Time of Peonies Based on Density and Pressure

Jonathan McMahon
Physics
Mentor: Brian Edmonds

Mechanism of Clozapine's Action on Neuronal Nicotinic Receptors

Jonathan Nations
Biological Sciences
Mentor: Link Olson

Arboreality in the Northern Red-Backed Vole (Myodes rutilus): a Field and Laboratory Investigative Approach

Catherine Olson
Veterinary Science
Mentor: Barbara Taylor

GPS Methodology in Researching Marine Canines

Adam Taylor
Environmental Science
Mentor: Anthony Arendt

Mass balance measurements of the Juneau Icefield and photo/video documentary of the Juneau Icefield Research Program

Daniela Wilner
Biology & Wildlife
Mentor: Kevin McCracken

Adaptation and Phenotypic Plasticity in the white-capped dipper (Cinclus leucocephalus): is the Acclimatization Response to Hypobaric Hypoxia Dampened?

 

Alexander Bertram, Blake Bogart, Mindona Kryzkowski, Alexander Legrismith & Simon Ortega
Engineering
Mentor: Raujive Ganguli

International SME Mine Design Competition: Phase II (Denver, Colorado). 
Spring 2013

Jacqueline Eisenberg, Helen Shepard, Jenny York & Brittany Von Sickle
Social Work
Mentor: Heidi Brocious

Social Work Conference (LaCrosse, Wisconsin).
Spring 2013

Samantha Enters & Adrienne Smyth
English
Mentor: Michael Edson

18th Annual Pacific Rim Conference on Literature and Rhetoric (Anchorage, Alaska).
Spring 2013

Bryant Hopkins
Mathematics
Mentor: John Rhodes

Western Regional Honors Council Conference (Flagstaff, Arizona). 
Spring 2013

Skyler Hunter
Biological Sciences
Mentor: Elena Vayndorf

19th International C. elegans Meeting (Los Angeles, California).
Spring 2013

Ann Lewis
English
Mentor: Sarah Stanley

18th Annual Pacific Rim Conference on Literature and Rhetoric (Anchorage, Alaska).
Spring 2013

Jon Nations
Biological Sciences
Mentor: Link Olson

American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
Spring 2013

Daniela Wilner
Biology & Wildlife
Mentor: Kevin McCracken

Western Regional Honors Council Conference (Flagstaff, Arizona).
Spring 2013

Karen Barnard
Biology
Mentor: Karsten Hueffer

Fieldwork: Trent University (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada).
Fall 2013

Kristine de Leon
Anthropology
Mentor: Michele Hebert

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Conference (Nashville, Tennessee). 
Fall 2013

 Emily Garrett
Natural Resource Management
Mentor: Gregory Finstad

Fieldwork: Murphy Dome
Fall 2013

Sam Herried
Geology
Mentor: Gregory Finstad

American Geophysical Union (AGU) (San Francisco, California).
Fall 2013

Christina Howard
Fisheries
Mentor: Ginny Eckert

Western Society of Naturalists (WSN) Annual Meeting (Oxnard, California).
Fall 2013

Azara Mohammadi
Anthropology
Mentor: David Fazzino

American Anthropological Association (AAA) 112th Annual Conference (Chicago, Illinois).
Fall 2013

Ethan Sinsabaugh
Anthropology
Mentor: David Fazzino

American Anthropological Association (AAA) 112th Annual Conference (Chicago, Illinois).
Fall 2013

Lauren Bailey
Fisheries
Mentor: Andres Lopez

Genetic Diversity of Intertidal Fishes

Anne Bartholomew
Journalism
Mentor: Rob Prince

Applications of Multimedia Reporting Within the Fairbanks Winter Sports Community

Pascale Clerc
Electrical Engineering
Mentor: Gregory Walker

Cold-Weather Batteries

Heather Currey
Biological Sciences
Mentor: Barbara Taylor

RNA Interference of Insulin-like Signaling Pathway Actors in Huntington's Caenorhabditis elegans Model

Kailyn Davis
Geology & Geophysics
Mentor: Jeff Benowitz

A Topographic Development History of the Alaska Range

Christy Howard
Fisheries
Mentor: Ginny Eckert

Habitat and Growth in Juvenile Red King Crab in Two Locations in Southeast Alaska

John Scott
Biological Sciences
Mentor: Andrew Seitz

Pacific Halibut Depth Data Analysis

Ashley Strauch
Psychology
Mentor: Monica Skewes

Perceptions of Problem Drinking Among Alaskan College Students

Ariadne Wattum
Theater
Mentor: Bethany Marx

Costume Design Thesis Project

Bennet Chen Wong
Wildlife Biology & Conservation
Mentor: Kevin Winker

Wintering Assemblage of Arctic Warblers in the Philippines

Ian Wilkinson
Art
Mentor: Todd Paris

Spheres of Influence

 

 

2012

Jeff Benowitz
Geophysical Institute (GI)

To fund rock thermochronology analysis for a student research project

Gary Laursen
Honors College

To train student in the art of digitizing slides

Andres Lopez
Fisheries

To develop molecular biology tools and design/implement a study of juvenile fish.

Elena Vayndorf
Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB)

To fund travel to the International C. elegans Conference

Claudia Ihl
Northwest Campus

To support student travel to the Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference and Forum (Nome, Alaska)

Alexei Rybkin
Mathematics

To support graduate students serving as mentors of undergraduate students

Matthew Balazs
Geophysical Institute (GI)

To support the awardee in mentorship of undergraduate students

 

 

Ian Wilkinson
Art
Mentor: James Brashear

Spheres of Influence

Nicole Torre
Natural Resource Management &
Wildlife Biology
Mentor: Elena Sparrow

Daniela Wilner
Biology & Wildlife
Mentor: Kevin McCracken

Breanne Gilbert
IAB
Mentor: Julie Hagelin

Thomas Edwards
Quantum Information
Mentor: Channon Price

Mark Evans
Fisheries
Mentor: Andrew Seitz

Sean Gueco
Justice
Mentor: Jeffrey May

Max Hessner-Knoll
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Mentor: Brian Edmonds

Adrina Knutson
UAMN
Mentor: Leonard Kamerling

Zachary Krehlik
Electrical Engineering
Mentor: Julie Hagelin

Jonathan Nations
UAMN
Mentor: Link Olson

Ashley Strauch
Psychology
Mentor: Ellen Lopez

Charles Allison
History
Mentor: Terrence Cole

Pacific Northwest Phi Alpha Theta Conference (Spokane, Washington).
Spring 2012

Lyle Axelarris
Civil Engineering
Mentor: Keith Whitaker

Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference and Forum (Dillingham, Alaska).
Spring 2012

Jessica Eicher
Geology & Geophysics
Mentor: Elisabeth Nadin

Fieldwork: Nelchina Glacier (Chugach Mountains, Alaska).
Spring 2012

Andrew Paxson
Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Denise Thorsen

National NASA University Student Launch Initiative (Huntsville, Alabama). 
Spring 2012

Jessica Pugh
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Mentor: Thomas Kuhn

Experimental Biology Conference (San Diego, California).
Spring 2012

Mariah Ver Hoef
Anthropology
Mentor: Patrick Plattet

Fieldwork: Ute Native American Culture in the State of Colorado.
Spring 2012