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2023
Speedway Motors Inbound Shipping Management, Nicole Serpico, Liam Seper, Dylan Chapin, and Emma Mirnics
From Concept to Reality: Designing Muco- The Silverback Edition, A Party Game that Promotes Wildlife Conservation, Yahya Shema
Deciduous Teeth: A Poetry Collection, Madison Sides
Clinician Staffing Dashboard, Zachary Streich, Nathan Gentry, Garrett Parker, Khoa Tran, and Elizabeth Weber
CXCR1 and Its Role in Cancer Stem Cell-Like Characteristics in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Elizabeth Thomas
A Comprehensive Review of the Relationship between Nitrate Contamination, Nitrate Consumption, and Adverse Health Outcomes, Ornella Uwayo Keza
Building Confidence in the STEM Field for Young Minds, Allison Vana
The Effects of Underwater Decomposition and Importance of the Postmortem Submerged Interval, Shelby Van Holland
Interpersonal Relationships at the State Level: A review of the 107th Nebraska Legislature, Zach Wendling
Autonomous Drone for Infrastructure Inspection, Maci Wilson, Paul Owens, Gabriel Clark, Rhoderick Beery, and Samuel DeZube
Distress Signal: Graphic Novel, Beau Yoesel
2022
The Analysis of Coffee Farmgate Prices in African Developing Countries: An Econometric Analysis., Aline Abayo and Lia Nogueira Dr.
Synthesis of Novel Spirocyclohexyl Nitroxide for Use as Organic Radical Contrast Agent (ORCA) in MRI, Elise Ackerman
Selfish Genes: Meiotic Drivers and Suppressors in Drosophila, Peyton Alder
Expression of Glycolysis, Oxidative Phosphorylation, and the Hippo Signaling Pathway in Preeclampsia, Noha Algahimi
Characterizing Chlorovirus Glycosyltransferase A111/114R and Its Role in Major Capsid Protein Glycosylation, Fatima Al-Sammak
Building Efficiency Platform Phase II, Tate Anderson, Benjamin Lohrman, Tommy Braccia, Gracyn Green, and Austin Collins
Methods of Consumer Power Arbitrage, Carlyn Bretey
The Confluence Model of Sexual Aggression: A Modern Application in College Aged Men, Sadie Brewer
Nelnet & Native 360 Consulting, Michael Buehre Stackpole
Molecular, Environmental DNA and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Endangered Species of Nebraska (Salt Creek Tiger Beetle) Ellipsoptera nevadica lincolniana, Innocent Byiringiro
Pacific Seafood Strategic Audit, Colby Camelin
"Rush: The Wallet of the Future" Nelnet Business Venture Pitch, Ethan Carlson, Molly Olander, Megan Grote, Maria Boman, and Madeleine Jacobitz
F.E.E.T: A New Tool in Hockey Analytics, Alexander Cathcart
Building a Narrative: Production Art from Popular Culture, Lizbeth Daniela Chavez
Helminths from Rodents in the Galapagos, Emma Chesley
Kiewit Drone Progress Tracking Application, Laura Derowitsch, Rachel Nordgren, Kally Karkazis, Damien Niyonshuti, Savan Patel, Sam Schneider, and Chaitra Pirisingula
The Freeman Preparatory Program: Software Design and Development of a Medical Application, Salman Djingueinabaye
Mutual of Omaha Mortgage: First Time Homebuyers, Jackson Eickhoff, Antonio Linhart, Bryce Yong, Emily Dalton, and Vivian Jacobitz
Comparison of Ghost Imaging to Regular Imaging Techniques, Anjaneshwar Ganesan
Using Proximity Induced Approaches to Label Membrane Proteins, Makayla Gill
Union Bank and Trust: Retail Data Findings, Hunter Godina, Noah McCashland, Cole Johnson, Landon Borges, and Peter Dunbar
Strategic Audit of FedEx, Luke Gomez
Management 475L Strategic Recommendation Project, Gavin Grabill, John Kubert, and Ryan Roberts
A New Species of Mathevotaenia (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) from Ctenomys Opimus (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) in Bolivia., Bennett Grappone
The Effect of Medical and Biochemical Contextualization of First Semester Organic Chemistry Topics on Longitudinal Learning, Gunther Grinde
Machine Learning Improves Customer Satisfaction, Jessie Guo, Caitlin McCarthy, Alexis Delos Reyes, Taylor Bernt, and Megan Chaffey
On Demand Programming of Liquid Metal-Composite Microstructures through Direct Ink Write 3D Printing, Aaron Haake, Ravi Tutika, Gwyneth M. Schloer, Michael D. Bartlett, and Eric J. Markvicka
Investigating Immune Profiles in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer by Multiplex Immunofluorescence, Kemal Hajric
Pet Boarding Business Plan, Paige Hansen
Analysis of Bone Lesion Occurrence and Activity Measurement in Relation to Gilt Retention within Breeding Systems, Kathlyn Hauxwell
Nebraska Transportation Information Portal Phase #4, Uri Herszbaum-Harding and Erica Mays
MNGT 475L Nelnet Consulting Project, Chloe Higgins, Taylor Jarvis, Tiana Le, Samantha Markus, and Ashley Zugay
“If I could have spoke with him, he probably wouldn’t be going to jail:” an Analysis of the Effect of Language Barriers on Fourth Amendment Protections, Caroline Hilgert
A Case Analysis of “Reawakening the Magic: Bob Iger and the Walt Disney Company”, Taylor Hogan
Speedway Motors: Multi-Channel Product Information Management, Anna Holmquist, Tim Roty, Parul Aggarwal, Kieran McWilliams, Sifat Syed, and Victoria Chin
Demonic, Brianna Hoyt
Understanding the Role of CCoAOMT Gene in Sorghum Defense Against Sugarcane Aphids, Edith Ikuze, Sajjan Grover, Heena Puri, Scott Sattler, and Joe Louis
Malate Dehydrogenase and Citrate Synthase Multi-enzyme Complex Interaction Affects Metabolism and Growth of Living Yeast Cell, Randa Ismail
Serve It Up: An Analysis of Tennis Attendance at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln, Mathew Jackson
Organic Synthesis of Tyrosine Derivatives for Analysis of Intracellular Phosphorylation, Kailynn Jensen
Refugee Literature: A Course to Reflect Lincoln, Laura Jensen
A Look at Diversity within the NCAA and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Athletic Department: An Applied Journalism Project, Kaitlynn Johnson
Consulting Project for Nelnet, Kennedy Johnston, Sam Stott, Ellie Hellman, Abe Stutzman, Emily Kist, and Tom Hermanek
Sex Differences in Lateral Hypothalamic Extracellular Glucose Concentrations During Cumulative Dosing of Methamphetamine in Rats, Joshua Jolton
"New Directions" in Teenage Sexuality Representation: Teenage Pregnancy in Fox's Glee, Clare Frances Kennedy
Nelnet: Potential Entrance to an Emerging Market, Marcus Kennedy, Landon Kennedy, Alex Botkin, Gage Randall, and Ben Samway
Management Strategic Recommendations, Ben King
Semitas Magazine, Rose Kottwitz
College of Business Honors Academy Nelnet Consulting Project, Natalia Koval, Grayson Wegener, Katelyn Hill, Heidi Petersen, and Kaylee Arndt
Predicting Taxonomic Placement of Mutated Species through Phylogenetic Analysis, Nick Kozisek and Nick Kozisek
Venous Drainage Patterns in the Head and Neck; Associated Variations and Health Implications, Rachael Krinke and Shayla Yoachim
Farm Credit Services of America Design Studio Project, Kyle J. Krueger, Erik U. Skoog, Justin Ho, Sophia R. Hellebusch, and Emily R. Kraai
Connection Point Pantry Website, GABIN KUNDWA
Taxonomy Revolution, Katrina Leger, Benjamin Hanson, Ciara Baumert, Ritvik Handa, and Bertrand Sibomana
Nelnet Design Studio Project: Event Ticket Management, Ariel Levi, Zach Kerkman, Jacob Mann, Leah Olson, and John Ang
Diagnostics of Drought and Infectious Disease as Compounded Events in Socio-Environmental Systems, Nora Lucas
Impact of a VR/AR Module on First-Year Students’ Understanding of Architectural Engineering: A Comparison Across Demographics, Morgan McArthur and Heidi Diefes-Dux
Use of Lanthanum in Slow-Release Composite to Treat Eutrophic Ponds does not Accumulate in Fish Tissue, Callie McCright, Jenna McCoy, Natalie Robbins, and Steve Comfort
Adapting Mammalian Hibernation Physiology to Rat Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury, Ashley McMurchie
Going Under: A Short Story Collection, Kaylen Michaelis
SeaWorld Strategic Audit, Jacob Mir
NMR Structural Studies of RBM7 Protein and Insights into 7SK RNA-RBM7 Interactions, Involved in DNA Damage Response, Amr Mohamed
Pocket Galleri, Tanner Nash, Brian Reynolds, Bryce Janke, and Nathan Kolbas
Usability Analysis of a Learning Assistant Program Management Application, Dan Navarro
Ameritas: Fraud Identification and Notification, Quan Hoang Minh Nguyen
Urban Tree Species Classification Using Multitemporal Airborne Hysperspectral Imagery, Aime Nishimwe, Ran Wang, Brian Wardlow, and John A. Gamon
Role of Microfold (M) Cell Pathways in Taste System, Pascaline Niyonshuti, Sunil Sukumaran, and Salin Raj Palayyan
Bridges to Hope: Creating a Cloud-Based Data Management Platform, Ryan Olsen, Ray Huck, Nathan Gentry, Ryan Hruby, and Isabelle Schmidt
Enabling Proactive Support of Dynamics 365 Finance, Karthik Reddy Pagilla and Thomas Hermanek
Parlons du Street Art de Grenoble, Claire Peterson
The Positive Effect of Mechanical Stretch on pAKT and GLUT4 Expression in Adipocytes with Relation to Obesity and Diabetes, Samantha Pierce
The Effects of Biocontrol and Dispersal on the Dynamics of a Two-Stage Pest Population, Ana E. Podariu and Yu Jin
Using Quantitative Imaging for Personalized Medicine in Pancreatic Cancer: A Review of Radiomics and Deep Learning Applications, Kiersten Preuss, Nate Thach, Xiaoying Liang, Michael Baine, Justin Chen, Chi Zhang, Huijing Du, Hongfeng Yu, Chi Lin, Michael A. Hollingsworth, and Dandan Zheng
The Search for Viruses in the Ctenophore, Bolinopsis Infundibulum, Ethan P. Ramsey
Theoretical Studies of Solute-Binding Agent Interactions in Ultrafast Affinity Extraction, Madeleine Rauhauser, Sazia Iftekhar, and David S. Hage
Female Ties: A Case Study on Family Planning Options and Their Implications with a Focus on Their Effect in the Female Body, Jennifer Rolfe
Mitochondrial-Nuclear Coevolution in the Oxidative Phosphorylation Proteins of Mammals, Carlie Saline
Improving DNA Loading and Transfection Outcomes of Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles Using Calcium Chloride, Madison Seefeld
Nelnet V2X Payment Processing, John Slagle, Abby Von Seggern, Alex Von Seggern, and Josh Thiele
THIS BODY IS AN ABSTRACTION: A Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary Puerto Rican Poetry, Alyssa Soppe