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IU Undergraduate Research Conference

Each year, the Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference (IUURC) brings together student researchers from across IU's campuses. The 29th IUURC will be hosted by IU Southeast on Friday, December 8, 2023. All IU students are invited to present their research through a poster or talk.

Three panel image of IU Undergraduate Research Conference Participants with a red filter.

Presentation Schedules
Friday, December 8, 2023

Oral Presentation Session 1

Session 1A
University Center, Room 120
Time Name Title of Presentation Campus Major Faculty / Staff Sponsor
10:15 Reilly Anderson Adding Up to Excellence: A Journey Through Two-Digit Addition Southeast Elementary Education Jacquelyn Singleton
10:30 Bailey Warner, Emily Muncy, Jilly Clan, Allison Hamrick, Cassi Fink Communication Consequences of Quiet Quitting Southeast Communication Studies Rebecca Carlton
10:45 Christopher Ballew Activation of Carbonyl Compounds in the Formation of Acetals and Ketals: A New and Highly Efficient Method Inspired by Hafnium Southeast Chemistry Enoch Mensah
11:00 Kyra Beier Addition Within 20 for First Grade Southeast Elementary Education Jacquelyn Singleton
Session 1B
University Center, Room 121
Time Name Title of Presentation Campus Major Faculty / Staff Sponsor
10:15 Bailey Black Mitigating Industrial Pollution in the Ohio River: A Case Study in Sustainable Practices Southeast Environmental Sustainability and Regeneration James Hollenbeck
10:30 Ellie Boehnlein What Impact Does a Five-Day Intervention, Focused on Multiplication, Have on Fourth Grade Students? Southeast Elementary Education Jacquelyn Singleton
10:45 Emily Bruce Forest Bathing Effectiveness and Environmental Surroundings Southeast Biology Rebekah Dement
11:00 Sydney Brothers How Does a Five-Day Intervention Plan on Creating and Identifying Numbers to 20, Affect Kindergarten Students? Southeast Elementry Education Jacquelyn Singleton
Session 1C
University Center, Room 122
Time Name Title of Presentation Campus Major Faculty / Staff Sponsor
10:30 Steven Burrell Exploring the Principles and Challenges of Self-Driving Cars: A Hands-on Project on Autonomous Vehicle Technology. Southeast Informatics Sridhar Ramachandran
10:45 Bethany Buskirk Tens and Ones with 1st Grade Southeast Education Jacquelyn Singleton
11:00 Yiliang Lu Open-Source and Democratization of Building Automation Southeast Computer Science John Doyle
Session 1D
University Center, Room 126
Time Name Title of Presentation Campus Major Faculty / Staff Sponsor
10:15 Rilie Conard Molecular Docking of Quinoline-Based Ligands to Plasmepsin IV Dimer Southeast Biology Victor Waingeh
10:30 Kristopher Cooper Thermal Hacking: A Security Threat for Air-Gapped Systems Southeast Informatics Sridhar Ramachandran
10:45 Gracie Crulo-Rood What Effect Does a Five-Day Intervention Have on Kindergartens Creating and Identifying Numbers up to 20? Southeast Elementary Education Jacquelyn Singleton
11:00 Niyah Dennison Engaging Learners in Life Skills Involving Money Southeast Elementary Education Molly Riddle
Session 1E
University Center, Room 128
Time Name Title of Presentation Campus Major Faculty / Staff Sponsor
10:15 Garett Ervin Wireless Robotic Arm Control Using Xbox Controller and ESP32 Southeast Informatics Sridhar Ramachandran
10:30 Luke Facer HEAL Initiative: Versify's Vision to Reduce Teenage Suicide in South Africa Southeast Finance Steve Bowman
10:45 Henry Woodburn, Prerona Kaushik, Diego Quiles Decomposition of Trainees’ Actions for Non-Invasive Behavioral Feedback in Construction Safety Setting Indianapolis Construction Management Kwonsik Song
11:00 Wren Garcia Pseudouridine Synthase DKC1 is a Proviral Host Factor in Mammalian Cells Bloomington Microbiology Rich Hardy
Session 1F
Knobview Hall, Room 001
Time Name Title of Presentation Campus Major Faculty / Staff Sponsor
10:15 Hannah Beaven Fluorescent Tracking of Intranasally Delivered Nanoemulsion in the Rat Nasal Cavity Indianapolis Biomedical Engineering Michael Veronesi
10:30 Natalie Hodge Use of Citizen Science to Study Demographics of Spinner Dolphins in Egyptian Red Sea Southeast Marine Biology Omar Attum
10:45 Jaden Hogan The Journey Back to the New Normal in STEM Education Southeast Secondary Education: Life Sciences (BSED) James Hollenbeck
11:00 Harmony Hornback Real Music or Sample Music: The History of Sampling Music from Original Recordings Southeast Music BA Vocal Performance Rebekah Dement
Session 1G
Knobview Hall, Room 003
Time Name Title of Presentation Campus Major Faculty / Staff Sponsor
10:15 Keziah Jones Montezuma Red: A Brief History of Lipstick as a Symbol of Patriotism Southeast Nursing (BSN degree) Rebekah Dement
10:30 Siddhant Jain Opioid Destruction and Its Economic Effects in the United States. Columbus N/A Ryan Brewer
10:45 Avery Jordan Machine Learning on the Road: A Project for Classifying Traffic Signs Southeast Informatics Sridhar Ramachandran
11:00 Courtney Kessinger The Hidden Costs of Cash Bail Southeast Multimedia Journalism Sara Walsh
Session 1H
Knobview Hall, Room 007
Time Name Title of Presentation Campus Major Faculty / Staff Sponsor
10:15 Sophie Barrett This Literature is Not Pushing Any Beliefs on Anyone:  Pre-service Teachers Lean on ‘Knowledge’ as a Contributing Factor for Including LGBTQ+ Children’s Literature in K-6 Classrooms Columbus General Studies A'ame Joslin
10:30 Logan Carter Emotion and Memory Southeast Psychology Meghan
10:45 Kayla Cauble Adding Decimals In Fifth Grade Math Intervention Southeast Elementary Education Jacquelyn Singleton
11:00 Jayla Logsdon Helping 4th Graders Decode Multisyllabic Words Southeast Elementary and Special Education Sarah Sehlinger
Session 1I
Knobview Hall, Room 009
Time Name Title of Presentation Campus Major Faculty / Staff Sponsor
10:15 Elijah Shiflet Method Development for the Extraction of Insensitive Munitions from Water Indianapolis Forensic and Investigative Science Tonya Shelton
10:30 Janasia Ricketts Impact Project Southeast Elementary Education Cathy Johnson
10:45 Joanna Roy What Effect Does a Five-Day Intervention Plan Focused on Adding and Subtracting with Base 10, Have on a Group of Struggling Second-Graders? Southeast Elementary Education Jacquelyn Singleton
11:00 Eric Whitehouse Effects of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation Southeast Psychology Robert Lipinski