04/28/2022
By Julie Chen and Julie Nash
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 Student Research and Community Engagement Symposium.
This year, we had a wonderful turnout with more that 150 student participants from across all colleges, 22,000 views for the video presentations and more than 4,000 votes from viewers. We would like to thank all of the judges for both rounds of the competition which included industry partners, alumni, and university leadership and staff who took the time to offer valuable feedback and encouragement to our students.
We are always impressed by the hard work, creativity and talent of our students, and we are so proud of all the students who shared their research, creative works and other academic endeavors. Thank you again to all those who joined us, and we hope to see everyone at the Student Symposium next year!
To watch videos of the student presentations visit the 2022 Student Research and Community Engagement Symposium web page.
College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Undergraduate Winner
Emily Sayler, Economics
Faculty Advisor: Jenifer Whitten-Woodring
Project Title: Global Academic Freedom
Graduate Winner
Gloria Fanning Tacoaman, Applied Behavior Analysis and Autism Studies
Faculty Advisor: Rocio Rosales
Project Title: An Evaluation of Video Modeling with Embedded and Voice Over Instructions to Teach Pairing Procedures
Fan Favorite
Mahima Patel, Psychology
Faculty Advisor: Larissa Gaias
Project Title: Does First-Generation Status Impact Frequency of Communication with Professors?
Francis College of Engineering
Undergraduate Winner
William Zouzas, Biomedical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Sumudu Lewis and Walfre Franco
Project Title: Light in Medicine - Only Photons Can Do That: A Project-Based Learning Approach for Teaching Engineering Principles in a High School Engineering Classroom
Graduate Winners
Akanksha Patel, Plastics Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Margaret Sobkowicz-Kline
Project Title: Improving Enzymatic Deconstruction of Post-Consumer PET via Pretreatment Methods
Tymon Nieduzak, Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Alessandro Sabato and Christopher Niezrecki
Project Title: Wind Turbine Foundation Monitoring Using Optical Motion Amplification
Fan Favorites
Akanksha Patel, Plastics Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Margaret Sobkowicz-Kline
Project Title: Improving Enzymatic Deconstruction of Post-Consumer PET via Pretreatment Methods
Edidiong Etim, Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology
Faculty Advisor: Walfre Franco
Project Title: Optical, thermal, and flow analysis of a phototherapy extracorporeal membrane oxygenator for treating carbon monoxide poisoning
Kennedy College of Sciences
Undergraduate Winners
Mateo Rull Garza, Biology
Faculty Advisor: Nicolai Konow
Project Title: Hydroid-mandibular ligament stress is associated with tongue movements during feeding in the Axolotl
Albert Farah, Physics and Mathematics
Faculty Advisor: David Willis
Project Title: A Mobile Reinforcement Learning-based Cyber-Physical Fluid Dynamic Flapping Wing Platform
Graduate Winners
Sarah Souders, Biological Science, Biotechnology Option
Faculty Advisor: Frédéric Chain
Project Title: Huntingtin Relationship to Regulation of Iron in Dictyostelium discoideum
Thomas Wolfe, Applied Biology
Faculty Advisor: Frédéric Chain
Project Title: The Role of Epigenetics in Duplicate Gene Evolution
Fan Favorite
Hatim Abulola, Chemistry
Faculty Advisor: Matthew Gage
Project Title: The Behavior of Calcium Transients in Skeletal Muscle Fibers
Manning School of Business
Undergraduate Winner
Eisha Haroon, Business Administration (Management Information Systems and Marketing)
Faculty Advisor: Jill Hendrickson Lohmeier
Project Title: Advancement of Mentoring Practice Program (AMPP)
Graduate Winner
Team: Yiping Li, Marketing; Tyson Jackson, Business Administration (Marketing)
Faculty Advisor: Ann Konrod
Project Title: The Signaling Effect of Color Saturation in Pro-Social Communication
Fan Favorite
Team: Adrundhati Prasanth, Accounting; Anjali Rana, Operation Analytics; Drashti Soni, Management Information Systems
Faculty Advisor: Azil Oztekin
Project Title: Why Factors That Affect The Likes on Instagram Post Succeeds
Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences
Undergraduate Winner
Olivia Wilson, Nursing
Faculty Advisors: Sandra Mote and Brenna Morse
Project Title: Interventions for School Nurses on Providing Education to Students and Families Who are Vaccine Hesitant
Graduate Winners
Michaela Smith, Public Health
Faculty Advisors: David Cornell and Sabrina Noel
Project Title: Preliminary Finding on Quality and Conditions of Parks and Greenspace: An Age Friendly Project in the City of Lowell
Fan Favorite
Vanessa Tansah Asonyu Epse Ayafor, Public Health
Faculty Advisor: Serena Rajabiun
Project Title: Use of Evidence-Informed Bundled Interventions to Improve Care and Health Outcomes among Black Women Living with HIV in the USA