UCARE: Undergraduate Creative Activities & Research Experiences
UCARE Research Products
2023
Gregarine Parasites in Zygoptera of Keith County, NE, Anisha Kadubandi, B. Gage Kircher II, and Scott L. Gardner
Sustainability in Selleck Food Court at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Maya M. Tanikawa-Brown and Chloe E. Hoover
2022
Antibody Dependent Enhancement of Infectious Bronchitis Virus in Poultry, Zachary Hamilton; Barry Simpson Dr.; and Donald L. Reynolds, DVM, Dr.
Sew Zambia! Home Economics in Primary & Secondary Schools of the Eastern & Southern Provinces, Clare Schinzel
2021
INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL ANALYSIS OVER BATHYMETRISTS SEAMOUNTS AND THE SIERRA LEONE RISE, Alexa Fernandez
2020
Effects of Gender and Ethnicity on STEM Self-Competencies in Classroom Interactions, Baudelio Abrica
An Investigation of the Operational and Design Characteristics of Circadian Lighting Systems, Aaron Adams and Iason Konstantzos
An Investigation of the Operational and Design Characteristics of Circadian Lighting Systems - Report, Aaron Adams and Iason Konstantzos
Spider Prey of Mud-Dauber Wasps in Southeastern Nebraska, Earl Agpawa, Tyler Corey, and Eileen Hebets
Sorghum Tolerance of Phloem-Feeding Aphids, Earl Agpawa, Sajjan Grover, and Joe Louis
“GoBabyGo!” – Rehab Engineering to Make Children Mobile, Connor Albin and Chase M Pfeifer
Perturbed Stress Field of the Human Lens Capsule After Cataract Surgery, Kurt Ameku, Caleb Berggren, and Ryan M. Pedrigi
Conservation of bta-miR-29b and its effect on human gene expression, Anna Barent, Katie Meinders, Daniel Gutzmann, and Audrey L. Atkin
EEG reinvestigations of visual statistical learning for faces, scenes, and objects, Mei Grace Behrendt, P. Cheng Lim, Aaron T. Halvorsen, Karl Kuntzelman, and Matthew R. Johnson
USING HYDROGEOPHYSICS & XRF TO PRODUCE A HIGH-RESOLUTION 3-DIMENSIONAL SOIL CADMIUM MAP FOR EVALUATING HYBRID WHEAT TRIALS, Thierry Bienvenu; Trenton Franz, Associate professor of Hydrogeophysics; Nuwan Wijewardane, Post Doc research associate; and Yufeng Ge, Associate professor
Barriers to Sexual Assault Bystander Intervention: Predicting Bystander Behavior, Attitudes, and Efficacy Across Sex, Kyle Bizal, Lytle Bailey, Taylor Brumbaugh, Haley Hansmeier, Hannah Carlson, Elizabeth Otto, Shaina Kumar, Sarah Gervais, and David DiLillo
Scientific Testimony in a Civil Trial: An Examination of Juror Gender and Expert Witness Credibility Factors, Erika Boohar, Kaela Meyer, Halleigh Kelchen, Trina Uwineza, Laurel Westerman, Morgan Hurtz, Sarah Eagan, and Sarah Gervais
Symptom Presentation of Sexually Abused Youth at a Child Advocacy Center: An Examination of Parental Factors, Erika Boohar, Chelsey Wisehart, Kelsey McCoy, and David J. Hansen
UNL Archives Indigenous History, Jake Borgmann
Hypergender Ideology and Social Norms Influence Attitudes Towards Bystander Intervention, Taylor Brumbaugh, Haley Hansmeier, Kyle Bizal, Bailey Lytle, Anna Bartholet, Mia Lambertsen, Shaina Kumar, David DiLillo, and Sarah Gervais
Interactive effect of maternal activation and DISC-1 knockout on pup preference of postpartum rats, Barbara Bueno
The George Eliot Archive: Current Reception & Comparison of DH Projects 2020, Mackenzie Burch and Beverley Rilett
Impacts of human recreation on nutrient availability and periphyton abundance on the Niobrara River, Matthew Chen, Jessica Corman, Sydney Kimnach, and Kayla Vondracek
Do Lactic Acid Bacteria in fermented foods persist in the gastrointestinal tract: an in vitro investigation, Chloe M. Christensen, Car Reen Kok, and Robert W. Hutkins
Lincoln: A Hidden Refugee Hotspot in the United States, Rhiannon Cobb
POOL BOILING INVERSION ON FEMTOSECOND LASER SURFACE PROCESSED 304 STAINLESS STEEL AND ITS IMPACT ON STEADY-STATE TIME CONSTANTS, Justin Costa-Greger, Alfred Tsubaki, Josh Gerdes, Mark Anderson, Craig Zuhlke, Dennis Alexander, Jeff Shield, and George Gogos
Rural Drug Addiction Research Center, Paige DeBrie
Edible films made of Corn Zein protein and cellulose derivatives, Gloria Dukuzeyesu, Changmou Xu, and Zhang Yue
Phosphorus NMR and its application to metabolomics, Paula Evans, Fatema Bhinderwala, Robert Powers, Martha Morton, and Thomas Smith
Study of Native Colombian Tribes' Art as a Mean of Inspiration, Sofia Fernandez
Optimizing Athletic Throwing Power For Increased Training Efficiency, Ian Ghanavati and Curtis Tomasevicz
Brain Activation for Cochlear Implant Users: A Pilot fNIRS Study, Makayla Gill, Ceceli Bonitto, Bailey Heaton, and Yingying Wang
Nanomechanical Characterization of Fuel Cell Ionomers, Jackson Goddard
Assembly and identification of novel viruses in the aquatic invertebrate Daphnia magna, Freddy L. Gonzalez, Reilly O. Cooper, and Clayton E. Cressler
Catalog of Speculative Suburban Futures, Tara Grebe, Geneva Sinkula, Austin Riggins, and Zac Porter
Crystallization at Droplet Interfaces for the Fabrication of Geometrically Programmed Synthetic Magnetosomes, Matthew Gromowsky, Michael Stoller, Maddee Rauhauser, Marcus Judah, Abhiteja Konda, Christopher Jurich, and Stephen Morin
Nonlocal Helmholtz Decompositions and Connections to Classical Counterparts, Andrew Haar and Petronela Radu
Individual Attitudes and Perceived Efficacy Toward Bystander Intervention Among Childhood Trauma Survivors, Haley Hansmeier, Taylor Brumbaugh, Bailey Lytle, Kyle Bizal, Adisson Ams, Daniel Stephens, Shaina Kumar, Sarah Gervais, and David DiLillo
Effect of Calcium Supplement on Eyesight of Western Tiger Salamanders, Abigail Horner and Dennis Ferraro
TESTING A DRONE-BASED MAGNETIC FIELD SURVEYING SYSTEM, Erik Jacobson and Irina Filina
Creation of an Influenza B Epigraph Vaccine, Leigh Jahnke, Kristine Hoagstrom, and Eric A. Weaver
Guidelines for Sustainable Practices in the Rural Built Environment, Nash Kelly and Ethan Weiche
Backlash to the European Court of Human Rights: The Case of Russia, Cole Kovarik and Courtney Hillebrecht
Sentiment Analysis of William Cranch's Petitions for Freedom Court Reports Using Python and VADER., Anna Krause
Exploring Alcohol Use, Cannabis Use, and Desire to Dissociate in College Female Victims of Sexual Violence, Gabrielle Krause, Jessie Tibbs, Antover Tuliao, and Dennis McChargue
Zika Virus Induces Apoptosis in Retinal Pigmented Epithelial Cells, Madison Kraus, Philma Glora Muthuraj, and Sathish Kumar Natarajan
Evaluation of the Embedded Environmental Impacts of the Sanitary Sewer System Using Life Cycle Assessment, Kimberly Law
Developing a Method to Contain the Feeding of the Wheat Curl Mite (Aceria tosichella Keifer), Pierce Leef and Gary Hein
Evolutionary and Ecological Determinism of Host Specificity in Arthropod Parasites, Joseph Levey
How Moral Foundations and Traditional Sex Ideologies Influence Attitudes on Bystander Intervention Among College Students, Bailey Lytle, Kyle Bizal, Haley Hansmeier, Taylor Brumbaugh, Joshua Magee, Julia Sullivan, Shaina Kumar, Sarah Gervais, and David DiLillo
Fabrication of Composite Membranes for Solar-thermal Desalination, Andrew Mason, Mahdi Mohammadighaleni, and Siamak Nejati
Optimizing Membrane Distillation with Solar Thermal Collectors, Andrew Mason, Ben Shulders, and Siamak Nejati
Nanoparticle Treatment to Counter Reactive Oxygen Species after Traumatic Brain Injury, Brandon McDonald and Forrest Kievit
Clostridium perfringens Adhesion Through Type IV Pili, Alexander Meyer, Josephine Liess, and Kurt Piepenbrink
Understanding Scientific Evidence in Court: The Moderating Role of Gender Stereotype Threat in Verdict Decisions, Kaela Meyer, Erika Boohar, Laurel Westerman, Morgan Hurtz, Trina Uwineza, Halleigh Kelchen, Sarah Eagan, and Sarah Gervais
The Impact of Nicotine Accumulation Exposure on Lithobates catebeianus Larvae Mortality, Luke Micek
Surveying Seattle Legal History: An Examination of Judge Thomas Burke, Ashley Morrison
Mitochondria as a Potential Antifungal Target for Isocyanide Compounds, Nancy Nguyen, Virendra Tiwari, Medhanjali DasGupta, David Berkowitz, Mark A. Wilson, and Wayne R. Riekhof
Management Effects on Soil Quality of the Geary Soil Series in Thayer County, Nebraska, Aime Nishimwe
The Effect of Self-Construal and Relationship on Psychological Motivations of Dispute Resolution, Jared Syed Noetzel, Abigail Herzfeld, and Ashley Votruba
What is the Winter Limiting Nutrient in Urban Reservoirs? A Case study., PRECIOUS NYABAMI
Measurements of Radio Pulse Reception with Stations of the ARA Experiment based on the SpiceCore Pulser Data Set, Jesse Osborn and Ilya Kravchenko Dr.
Examining Phenotypic Structural Traits as Indicators for Reproductive Longevity Success in Sows, Lindsay Kate Peters, Melanie Dawn Trenhaile-Grannemann, and Benny Edd Mote
The Effects of Phosphate on Larval Western Barred Tiger Salamanders (Ambystoma mavortium), Lexy Polivanov and Dennis Ferraro
The Foundations of a Mexican American Bias Scale, Kendra Quiroz and Cynthia Willis-Esqueda
Quantification of Phenotypic Change Resulting in Sensitization of Primary Sensory Neurons due to Oxidative Stress, Adan Redwine, Sarah M. Romereim, and Rebecca A. Wachs
Explainable Deep Learning for Medical Image Analysis, Brennan Rhoadarmer
Design for Good, Aaron Roberts
Encoding Prose: The Complete Letters of Willa Cather a Literary Project in Digital Humanities, Gayle Lynn Rocz and Simone Droge
Early Language and Literacy Skills of Spanish-Speaking Dual Language Learners, Alejandro Rodriguez, Marc Goodrich, Maggie Harms, and Lisa Fitton
Synthetic Lethality in Pediatric Brain Cancer Cells by Optimized PLGA Nanoparticles and Drug Combinations, Megan Ruckman, Megan Otte, and Forrest Kievit
Microbiota Accessible Carbohydrates and Susceptibility to Clostridioides difficile Infection, Keegan Schuchart, Jennifer Auchtung, and Thomas Auchtung
Analyses of Parental Interaction Behaviors and Young Children's Language Skills, Brenna Schulte, Rachel Beeney, Sydney Harrington, Ana Perez-Senic, Alondra Magallanes, Evelyn Estrada, Christine Marvin, Lisa Knoche, and Courtney Boise
Similarities and Differences of Equine Assisted Speech Therapy and Traditional Speech Therapy –A Retrospective Study, Anna Schulz, Kristy Weissling, and Josie Zimmel
Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Prediabetes and Diabetes Among US Adults, Carly Selleck, Jennifer R. McAtee, and Weiwen Chai
No Association Between an Oxytocin Receptor Genetic Variant and Depressive Symptoms, Rachel Sisley, Grace Sullivan, and Scott Stoltenberg Ph. D.
Examining the Influence of Childhood Trauma on College Alcohol Use and Mental Health: A Comparison Between United States and Philippines, Irenea Soetjoadi, Jessie Tibbs, Antover Tuliao, and Dennis McChargue
Holding Up the Sky: Research-Based Fiction Writing, Madelynn Stuart
Transect survey biases and correction methods in Southern Africa, Erika Swenson and Larkin Powell
The Charles Chesnutt Archive: Charles Chesnutt and the Black Community who Aided Him, Bianca Swift and Bianca Swift
Remediation Strategies to Reduce Heavy Metal Uptake in Lettuce Grown in Contaminated Urban Soil, Ryley Thomas
Project VIEW: Visual Impairments Education in Writing, Madison Thompson and Bridget Leutzinger
Mechanobiology of Breast Cancer Cells, Shea Thompson
Evaluating Larval Movement and Infestation of Soybean Gall Midge, Genereuse Turabawe, Débora Goulart Montezano, and Anthony J. McMechan
Impact of Saturated Thickness to Protect Farmers from Drought in High Plains Aquifer, Olivier Tuyizere and Taro Mieno
The Impact of Saturated Thickness to Protect Farmers from Severe Drought in High Plains Aquifer, Olivier Tuyizere and Taro Mieno PhD
A Qualitative Study of an Interprofessional Collaborative Practicum Cohort, Mallory Tvrdy, Lisa Lenz, Sue Kemp, and Kristy Weissling
Evaluating evapotranspiration Values in Rwanda while Using the Turc and Hargreaves-Samani Equations., Elizabeth Uwase, Derek M. Heeren, and Lameck O. Odhiambo
Interactions between Need for Cognition and Ambivalent Sexism in Jurors’ Perceptions of Expert Credibility, Trina Iyamuremye Uwineza, Morgan Hurtz, Laurel Westerman, Erika Boohar, Kaela Meyer, Halleigh Kelchen, Sarah Eagan, and Sarah Gervais
Modeling Predator-Prey Interaction in a Two Patch System, Marc Wade
The Impact of Social Support and the Number of Searchers on Perceptions of Consent Searches, Kaitlyn Wilson, Emma W. Marshall, Jennifer L. Groscup, and Eve M. Brank
Quantifying Wicking in Functionlized Surfaces, Maureen Winter, Ryan Regan, Alfred Tsubaki, Craig Zuhlke, Dennis Alexander, and George Gogos
An Empirical Analysis of Individual Events in Collegiate Forensics, Jordan Wong
Media Use and Depression in College Students, Vanessa Woosley
Fungicide Sensitivity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Isolates Selected from Five Different States That Use Different Fungicide Treatments, Cristian Wulkop Gil
Fungicide Sensitivity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Isolates from Five States with Different Fungicide Treatments, Cristian Wulkop Gil, Edgar Nieto-Lopez, and Sydney Everhart
Using Electrocoagulation to Remove Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) From Contaminated Water, Amy Yanagida
Mutagenesis of Claudins to Probe in vivo Interactions and Assemblies, Currey Zalman and Alex J. Vecchio
Synthesis of SiC Resin for 3D Printing of SiC Ceramics by Digital Light Processing, Kevin Zhao and Bai Cui