2025 Expo Winners

Project # First Name Last Name Session Type Project Title Place
A01
Abdul Hakeem Al Bulushi Biological and Life Sciences G1 Individual Investigating the role of the Basic module in synthetic Extensin glycoprotein 2nd
A08
Lasantha Sendanayake Biological and Life Sciences G1 Individual Surveying helix 12 dynamics within constitutively active estrogen receptors using bipartite tetracysteine display 1st
A12
Nosheen Bashir Biological and Life Sciences G2 Individual Apolipoprotein A4 attenuate Age-induce obesity 1st
A17
Jacob Morgan Biological and Life Sciences G2 Individual Overwinter Habitat Use, Survival, and Movement Ecology of Sparrows in Southeastern Ohio 2nd
A22
Badra Bashir Biological and Life Sciences G3 Individual Impact of modified GH action on Immunosenescence 1st
B04
Julia Tennant Biological and Life Sciences G3 Individual Regulation of Virulence Factors by small RNA Teg41 in Staphylococcus aureus 2nd
A10
Carolina Portero Biological and Life Sciences G4 Individual Engineered probiotic bacteria for tumor delivery of an anti-cancer lasso peptide 1st
B13
Gavin Wallace Biological and Life Sciences G4 Individual Assessing the Productivity of a Midwestern Green Roof with a Diverse Population of Native Prairie Species 2nd
B16
Katrina Bell Biological and Life Sciences UG1 Individual PTPRQ Binds with Nherf2 at Base of Stereocilia. 1st
B20
Elyse Hensley Biological and Life Sciences UG1 Individual Understanding Gravitropism Through Protocol Development and Phenotyping 2nd
C05
Andrew Osborne Biological and Life Sciences UG2 Individual Investigating Cytoskeletal Properties of RBPJ-deficient Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells 2nd
C09
Lauren Wise Biological and Life Sciences UG2 Individual Dermal White Adipose Tissue Investigation 1st
C15
Tom Martino Biological and Life Sciences UG3 Individual Impact of Sirt5 Deficiency on Post-traumatic OA Induced by Non-Invasive ACL Rupture in Obese Mice 1st
C17
Ben Stiadle Biological and Life Sciences UG3 Individual Examining the Therapeutic Potential of Somatostatin: A Paracrine Potentiator of Islet Calcium Pulsatility 2nd
C20
Hanna Mielcarek Biological and Life Sciences UG4 Group Window Pain: A Survey of Avian Window Collisions on Ohio University’s Athens Campus 2nd
C20
Elizabeth Savitski Biological and Life Sciences UG4 Group Window Pain: A Survey of Avian Window Collisions on Ohio University’s Athens Campus 2nd
D02
Emma Sielski Biological and Life Sciences UG4 Individual Effects of Type 2 Diabetes Medications on Human and Mouse Ovarian Cancer Cells 1st
D06
Gabrielle Bradley Business and Economics 1 Individual Opportunities and Barriers of Community-Engaged Courses 1st
D07
Kevin Diaz Business and Economics 1 Individual AI Healthcare Transparency 2nd
D13
Chloe Christen Business and Economics 2 Individual The Effects of Highly Processed Foods on the BMI of Americans 2nd
D14
Emily Grande Business and Economics 2 Individual Understanding the Impacts of Parasocial Relationships in Influencer Marketing 1st
D19
Sa-adatu Abdullai Chemistry and Environmental Sciences G1 Individual Synthesis of new δ-Lactone derivatives 2nd
E02
Kudirat Abidemi Obisesan Olawuni Chemistry and Environmental Sciences G1 Individual In-Situ Detection of Commercial Pesticides on Cabbage Using Infrared Spectroscopy Coupled with Chemometrics 1st
E14
Zeinab Fayyaz Chemistry and Environmental Sciences G2 Individual Elucidating the Role of Prohibitin-1 and Erlins in Lipid Metabolism and Cancer Progression Following UV Irradiation 1st
E13
Simeon Sunday Chemistry and Environmental Sciences G2 Individual Probing the Multi-Step Surface Reactions for 𝑹𝒉 𝑰𝑰𝑰 Bodipy Polypyridyl Complex Attachment on Si (100) Using SFG Spectroscopy 2nd
E17
Chyenne Brammer Chemistry and Environmental Sciences G3 Individual Structural Insight into Impact Trajectory through Mapping the Geology of the Kentland Impact Structure 1st
E19
Maryam Muzaffar Chemistry and Environmental Sciences G3 Individual Functional Characterization of Cell Wall-Associated miRNAs in Arabidopsis Using CRISPR-Cas9 2nd
F06
Allan Kenneth Regunton Chemistry and Environmental Sciences G4 Individual Expression of Synthetic Extensin Genes for Self Assembly Studies 2nd
F08
Fitrat Ullah Chemistry and Environmental Sciences G4 Individual Functional Characterization of Five Novel rice Transcription Factors candidate for Plant Cell Wall Biosynthesis and Remodeling 1st
F09
Landen Davis Chemistry and Environmental Sciences UG1 Individual Organic synthesis of cyclic amide derivatives for type 1 diabetes 1st
F11
Allie Krieger Chemistry and Environmental Sciences UG1 Individual 'Microplastic's Effect on Midge Populations (Chironomus riparius): Decrease in Body Length Over 3 Generations' 2nd
F22
Samuel Fujii Chemistry and Environmental Sciences UG2 Individual The Geography and Politics of the Silicon Heartland: (Re)Building Ohio Towards High-Tech 1st
G01
Gavin Ware Chemistry and Environmental Sciences UG2 Individual Solid-state mechanochemistry to access distinctive and functionalizable porous materials 2nd
G06
Campbell Hauschild Chemistry and Environmental Sciences UG3 Individual Reproductive Trade-offs and Environmental Constraints: The Cost of Staminodes in Mentzelia (Loasaceae) Flowers 2nd
G10
Grace Vance Chemistry and Environmental Sciences UG3 Individual Under pressure: anatomical clues suggesting physiological adaptation to the hydrostatic pressures of deep diving in phocid seals 1st
TR05
Anthony Acheampong Communications and Media 1 Individual The Silent Classroom 2nd
TR76
Prince Cobb Communications and Media 1 Individual HCOM Immersive 360 Virtual App 1st
TR08
Jorge Castillo Communications and Media 2 Individual Large-Scale Immersive Pollinator Sculpture and Exhibit: Reconnecting youth with nature in Native Appalachian Forests 1st
G21
Olivia Raney Communications and Media 2 Individual Finding Freire: A collaborative documentary of 9 ComDev-ers’ journey to Brazil to discover the late Paulo Freire through the work and people he inspired 2nd
TR17
Dylan O'Donnell Communications and Media 3 Individual Wizards Wanna Kill Each Other 2nd
G23
Taylor Schneider Communications and Media 3 Individual Stigma and Identity Reformation Among the Wrongfully Convicted 1st
TR19
Mo Jeffries Communications and Media 4 Individual Chiúnas 1st
H03
Jacob Walther Communications and Media 4 Individual Not so Guilty: Why Queer Representation in Reality Television and Digital Media Matters 2nd
H07
Tabitha Asiedu-Gyamfi Creative Arts & Design 1 Individual The Visual Analysis of an Inside Joke: Storytelling through design, woodworking, and poetry 2nd
TR28
Najmeh Pirahmadian Creative Arts & Design 1 Individual Interactive Art Elevating Kids Experiences 1st
H12
Sarah Braun Creative Arts & Design 2 Individual Reimagining the Role of Love in The Triumph of Venus 1st
H08
Eliza Russo Creative Arts & Design 2 Individual In the Negative Space: Immersive Storytelling without Actors in Theater 2nd
H20
Ali Sangay Ruiz Creative Arts & Design 3 Individual South American Entrepreneurship 1st
H21
Michael Thiel Creative Arts & Design 3 Individual Pathway Project 2nd
i01
Quinn Hanna Creative Arts & Design 4 Individual Pulling Threads 1st
TR34
Zelda Thayer-Hansen Creative Arts & Design 4 Individual Frock Logic 2nd
TR35
Evan Beers Creative Arts & Design 5 Group Band Brawlers Joint 1st
TR35
Zach Brill Creative Arts & Design 5 Group Band Brawlers Joint 1st
TR35
Grace Cobb Creative Arts & Design 5 Group Band Brawlers Joint 1st
TR35
Jack Sherlock Creative Arts & Design 5 Group Band Brawlers Joint 1st
i10
Kira Wakulchik Creative Arts & Design 5 Individual Finding Home Joint 1st
i16
Ihsan Thaheem Education, Social Work, and Public Health 1 Individual Assessing Financial Burdens on In-Service Teachers: Insights for Post-Service Education Reform in Sindh Pakistan 2nd
J03
Fatiha Bazouche Education, Social Work, and Public Health 3 Individual Applying instructional design methods to develop professional development workshops for enhancing critical thinking skills in hybrid learning 2nd
J14
Nayomi Gunasekara Field Education, Social Work, and Public Health 4 Individual Collaborative Global Competence: Teacher Candidates, International Students, and a Global Education Fair 2nd
J15
Ljeoma Idika-Chima Education, Social Work, and Public Health 4 Individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Intervention addressing Anxiety Levels among College Students in a Mid-Western University in the United States: An Effectiveness Study 1st
J19
Zoya Bessler Education, Social Work, and Public Health 5 Individual Assessing Comfort Levels Regarding AI Usage in Clinical Healthcare 2nd
J22
Jayna Kinkade Education, Social Work, and Public Health 5 Individual Parent-identified intrinsic and extrinsic factors that influence performance across developmental domains and participation in their communities 1st
i20
Aymen Khazaal Education, Social Work, and Publlic Health 1 Individual Using ChatGPT for Self-Training and Teaching Preparedness 1st
i17
Qusai Tweissi Education, Social Work, and Publlic Health 1 Individual Enhancing Self-Regulated Learning: Exploring Student Use of Dual-Monitor Setups in Academic Environments 1st
K04
Lydia Belinski Engineering and Technology G1 Group Mechanistic insights into SARS-CoV-2 spike protein induction of the chemokine CXCL10 2nd
K04
Mikey Hogrell Engineering and Technology G1 Group Mechanistic insights into SARS-CoV-2 spike protein induction of the chemokine CXCL10 2nd
K05
David Odei Engineering and Technology G1 Individual A Performance Evaluation of Advanced Driver Assistance Devices in Rural and Urban Environment: A Connected Vehicle Perspective 1st
K10
Grace Baranack Engineering and Technology G2 Individual Natural Carbon-Enhanced Polymer Composite Materials for Sustainable Additive Manufacturing Applications 2nd
K11
Ashleigh Clabaugh Engineering and Technology G2 Individual Coal-Derived Soft Carbon Anodes with Silicon Nanoparticles for Lithium-Ion Batteries 1st
K17
Abed alhameed A.Habashneh Engineering and Technology G3 Group Additive Manufacturing of a Topology-Optimized Concrete Beam 1st
K19
Richard Nana Arthur Engineering and Technology G3 Individual Comparative Assessment of Environmental and Economic Impacts of Electricity-Driven Struvite and Conventional Phosphorus Fertilizers. 2nd
K17
Shawkat Matar Engineering and Technology G3 Group Additive Manufacturing of a Topology-Optimized Concrete Beam 1st
K17
Aayush Poudel Engineering and Technology G3 Group Additive Manufacturing of a Topology-Optimized Concrete Beam 1st
TR54
Nicholas Adkins Engineering and Technology UG1 Group DDAS 2nd
TR54
Llias Baktybek Engineering and Technology UG1 Group DDAS 2nd
TR54
Blain Brennan Engineering and Technology UG1 Group DDAS 2nd
TR51
Brevin Bucher Engineering and Technology UG1 Group Bird Monitor Team 1 1st
TR51
Aidan Cable Engineering and Technology UG1 Group Bird Monitor Team 1 1st
TR51
Keith Pawlowski Engineering and Technology UG1 Group Bird Monitor Team 1 1st
TR51
Aaron Reynolds Engineering and Technology UG1 Group Bird Monitor Team 1 1st
TR54
Jacob Willis Engineering and Technology UG1 Group DDAS 2nd
TR60
Christian Kuhlwein Engineering and Technology UG2 Group Software Tools 2nd
TR60
Jon Nagel Engineering and Technology UG2 Group Software Tools 2nd
TR60
Pete Newman Engineering and Technology UG2 Group Software Tools 2nd
TR61
Brady Phelps Engineering and Technology UG2 Individual An Overview of the Immersive Quantum Outreach Program 1st
TR60
Isaac Weber Engineering and Technology UG2 Group Software Tools 2nd
TR66
Lucas Huffman Engineering and Technology UG3 Group Wireless Power Reception Project 2nd
L08
Jake McCarthy Engineering and Technology UG3 Individual Effect of Time of Scour Hole Development 1st
TR66
Thomas Musick Engineering and Technology UG3 Group Wireless Power Reception Project 2nd
TR66
Blake Shreyer Engineering and Technology UG3 Group Wireless Power Reception Project 2nd
TR66
Zachary Taylor Engineering and Technology UG3 Group Wireless Power Reception Project 2nd
TR62
Nathan Hoffman Engineering and Technology UG4 Group Fall Detection Joint 1st
TR62
Kaleb Keichel Engineering and Technology UG4 Group Fall Detection Joint 1st
TR62
Caden Kerr Engineering and Technology UG4 Group Fall Detection Joint 1st
L09
Julia Krauth Engineering and Technology UG4 Individual OSUMC Tool Sterilization Predictive Modeling Joint 1st
TR62
Kaden Papdatos Engineering and Technology UG4 Group Fall Detection Joint 1st
L12
Sara Abdelrahman Global Humanities and Cultural Studies 1 Individual Remixing Cultural Narratives: Integrating International Ghost Stories in First-Year Composition 2nd
L13
Lydia Asiedu Global Humanities and Cultural Studies 1 Individual Unequal integration of child soldiers 1st
L20
FNU Rida Global Humanities and Cultural Studies 2 Individual Exploring Gendered Impacts of Development Programs in Post-Taliban Afghanistan: Challenges and Opportunities Joint 1st
L23
Carly Wisner Global Humanities and Cultural Studies 2 Individual Investigating Ecomorphology of Cervidae Astragli using Geometric Morphometrics Joint 1st
M01
Delaney Cunningham Global Humanities and Cultural Studies 3 Individual Detecting the “Flickerings of that Innermost Flame”: A Narrative Psychology Approach to the Artist-Novels of Virginia Woolf and James Joyc 1st
M04
Rachel Krause Global Humanities and Cultural Studies 3 Individual Empowering Appalachian Students: Tailoring Education to Provide Sustainable Solutions and Equal Opportunities for Appalachian Students 2nd
M10
Zachary Donaldson Global Humanities and Cultural Studies 4 Individual Collective and Cultural Memory in Transitions to Justice: A Case Study of Cambodia and South Africa 2nd
M12
Reagan Farmer Global Humanities and Cultural Studies 4 Individual The Irrational Voter: The Rationality of the Electorate When Confronted with Emotional Appeals in Political Campaign Advertisements 1st
M16
Jolie Boros Health Sciences and Medicine G1 Group Analysis of Audiological Testing Observed in Long-Standing Video Game Consumers 1st
M17
Sophie Carleton Health Sciences and Medicine G1 Group Evaluation of Two Automatic Algorithms in Detecting Human Frequency-Following Responses 2nd
M17
Katlin Hill Health Sciences and Medicine G1 Group Evaluation of Two Automatic Algorithms in Detecting Human Frequency-Following Responses 2nd
M16
Nicole Manzardo Health Sciences and Medicine G1 Group Analysis of Audiological Testing Observed in Long-Standing Video Game Consumers 1st
M16
Morgan Mayer Health Sciences and Medicine G1 Group Analysis of Audiological Testing Observed in Long-Standing Video Game Consumers 1st
N01
Ariel Lee Health Sciences and Medicine G2 Group College Perspectives on Care: Unveiling the Good, Bad, and Ugly of Healthcare 2nd
N09
Molly Taylor Health Sciences and Medicine G2 Individual Understanding Infant Dysphagia Using Temporal Measurements 1st
N15
Alexandria Montavon Health Sciences and Medicine G3 Individual Optimizing Bacterial Small-Molecule Delivery System by Employing Dual Regulator System 1st
N16
Shadi Moradi Health Sciences and Medicine G3 Individual Determine the role of ACC1 mediated fatty acid (FA) biosynthesis in obesity associated OA development 2nd
N22
Mohammed Awal Multidisciplinary Studies G1 Individual Hepatitis B Prevalence in Ghana: Investigating the Impact of Socio-Economic and Healthcare Barriers 2nd
N19
Liliana Kijek Multidisciplinary Studies G1 Individual Microplastic Occurrence in the Appalachian Buckeye Hills Regional Council: Geographical and Socio-Economic Influences on Drinking Water 1st
O06
Rose Moremoholo Multidisciplinary Studies G2 Individual How Perinatal Mothers Seek Social Support and Health Information Using Social Media 1st
O05
Brooke Ripley Multidisciplinary Studies G2 Individual Flora Forward: Cultivating Reciprocity with Native Plants 2nd
O13
Erica Adzimah Multidisciplinary Studies G3 Group Disrupting the Narrative: Understanding Food Insecurity Among International Students 2nd
O13
Francis Ametepey Multidisciplinary Studies G3 Group Disrupting the Narrative: Understanding Food Insecurity Among International Students 2nd
TR74
Temir Kalbaev Multidisciplinary Studies G3 Individual Creative Communication Interventions in Growing Authoritarianism:   A Case Study of Civic and Folklore Activism in Kyrgyzstan 1st
O22
Ellie Faber Multidisciplinary Studies UG1 Individual Taxonomy and biogeography of two cryptic woodland salamanders 1st
O21
Blake Madden Multidisciplinary Studies UG1 Individual An Analysis of the Cleveland Avenue Bus Rapid Transit and The Link Us Initiative in Columbs, Ohio: Can Bus Rapid Transit be a Catalyst Toward Green Gentrification 2nd
P07
Eva Miller Multidisciplinary Studies UG2 Individual Resilience Rooted in Community: Athens Citizen Science-Based Pilot Tree Inventory 1st
P10
Ava Wood Multidisciplinary Studies UG2 Individual Sustainable Sisterhood: A Study on Sorority Waste Management at Ohio University 2nd
P15
Ellie Faber Multidisciplinary Studies UG3 Individual Tick burdens on native and non-native lizards in a hyperendemic Lyme disease region of the United States 1st
P16
Josh Lundgren Multidisciplinary Studies UG3 Individual A Recipe for Returning Trail Crew Staff: Examining Work Need Satisfactions and Place Attachment as Predictors of Intention to Return 2nd
P19
Daniel Cartwright Physics and Mathematics G1 Individual Image Segmentation Methods for Automated Morphological Analysis of Organoids 2nd
P20
Debalina Chakraborty Physics and Mathematics G1 Individual Investigating Cellular Deformability and Blebbing in Breast Cancer Cells via Microfluidics 1st
Q05
Austin Rambo Physics and Mathematics G2 Individual Experimentally Constrained Nuclear Level Density for Doubly Magic 56Ni in the rp-Process 2nd
Q06
Alexandra Semposki Physics and Mathematics G2 Individual A Bayesian model mixing approach to the dense matter equation of state 1st
Q08
Collin Collins Physics and Mathematics UG1 Individual Characterizing Dynamical Heterogeneity in a Supercooled Glass-Forming Diatomic Liquid 1st
Q12
Joey Hilliard Physics and Mathematics UG1 Individual Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis and Inversion 2nd
Q18
Delaney Cunningham Social Sciences and Psychology 1 Individual Ordering Chaos: an Exploration of Student Behavior and Teacher Practices during Classroom Transitions in Elementary Schools    1st
Q19
Micheala Evans Social Sciences and Psychology 1 Individual Does the Contingency Naming Test detect malingering in Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder? 2nd
R02
Tessa Botkin Social Sciences and Psychology 2 Individual Ecological Momentary Assessment of Positive and Negative Parenting Behaviors: Relations with Children's Disruptive Behaviors 1st
Q24
Cara Finnegan Social Sciences and Psychology 2 Individual Parenting in the Digital Age 2nd
R09
Kylee Bernel Social Sciences and Psychology 3 Individual The Effect of Low and Below Average Hypothetical Test Results on Perceived Need for Accommodations 1st
R08
David Green Social Sciences and Psychology 3 Individual Can the Auditory Verbal Learning Test detect malingered attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder? 2nd
R11
Cora Farra Social Sciences and Psychology 4 Group Predictors of Breast Cancer Screening Behaviors among Appalachian Women 1st
R11
Zoe Foerster Social Sciences and Psychology 4 Group Predictors of Breast Cancer Screening Behaviors among Appalachian Women 1st
R11
Madison Johnson Social Sciences and Psychology 4 Group Predictors of Breast Cancer Screening Behaviors among Appalachian Women 1st
R11
Kylan Stone Social Sciences and Psychology 4 Group Predictors of Breast Cancer Screening Behaviors among Appalachian Women 1st
R15
Trenton Straight Social Sciences and Psychology 4 Individual The symbolic annihilation of Appalachia: Exploring West Virginia residents' perceptions of national media representation 2nd
Special Session
Taylor Payne Ohio University Libraries Student Employee Group Out and Proud: The Origin and Evolution of Ohio University's Pride Movement 1st
Special Session
Olivia Ondrik Ohio University Libraries Student Employee Group Out and Proud: The Origin and Evolution of Ohio University's Pride Movement 1st
Special Session
Mimi Calhoun Ohio University Libraries Student Employee Individual Finding “身份” (Shēnfèn/Identity): Exploring the Effects of China’s One-Child Policy on Adopted Asian American Women. 2nd
Special Session
Catherine Galla Ohio University Libraries Undergraduate Individual From Waste to Resource: Analyzing Compost in Soil Revitalization in Northeast Ohio  1st
Special Session
Cayla Otto Ohio University Libraries Undergraduate Individual Persistence: Sustaining the History of the Athens Insane Asylum with Land-conscious Artwork 2nd
Special Session
Ellie Becklund Ohio University Libraries Graduate Individual Never Overwatered: How Aquatic Legumes Evolved and Reached Pantropical Distributions 1st
Special Session
Ljeoma Idika-Chima Ohio University Libraries Graduate Individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Intervention Addressing Anxiety Levels among College Students in a Midwestern University in the United States: An Effectiveness Study 2nd
Special Session
Brooke Ripley U.S. EPA Climate Literacy Award Graduate Individual Flora Forward: Cultivating Reciprocity with Native Plants 1st
Special Session
Srijana Katuwal U.S. EPA Climate Literacy Award Graduate Individual Exploring the Efficacy of Storytelling in Education about Climate Change 2nd
Special Session
Catherine Galla U.S. EPA Climate Literacy Award Undergraduate Individual From Waste to Resource: Analyzing Compost in Soil Revitalization in Northeast Ohio 1st
Special Session
Eva Miller U.S. EPA Climate Literacy Award Undergraduate Individual Rooted in Community: A Public Tree Tour and Citizen Science Initiative for Athens 2nd
Special Session
Ariel Lee ADVANCE Undergraduate Individual College Perspectives on Care: Unveiling the Good, Bad, and Ugly of Healthcare 1st
Special Session
Ryan Humeniuk ADVANCE Undergraduate Individual 2nd
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