EURēCA: Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement
The Office of Undergraduate Research coordinates this unique competition to encourage, support, and reward undergraduate participation in the campus research enterprise and in the classroom learning of research methodologies. An added value is the development of faculty mentoring relationships.
Learn more about EURēCA at eureca.utk.edu.
Submissions from 2021
Effect of Infant Breastfeeding Versus Formula Feeding for a Minimum of One Month on Cognitive Outcomes in Early Childhood, Mary K. Bosson, Sarah Michelle Hodges, Madison Victoria Cavalli, and Kaitlyn Grace Carmichael
Labor Use and Labor Challenges Faced by Small Fruit and Vegetable Farms: The Case of Tennessee, Justin L. Cross
60. EPFL Genes and their Role in Flower Development in Arabidopsis thaliana, Rachael Deboe
Experimental Study of Crack Propagation in Single Crystal Halite (Rock Salt) Using Digital Image Correlation Techniques, Tyler Galyon, Amirsalar Moslehy, and Khalid A. Alshibli
Ride Sharing for the University of Tennessee, Julia Catharina Ganns
Tuned Mass Damper, Ruichen Guo
Identification of Emergent Collaborative Behaviors in Multi-Agent Systems, Bryson Howell
Study Level Recovery Processes of Thorium and Several Rare Earth Elements from Monazite Ore, Makayla Hyde and Jaclyn Choate
Development of Experimental Database of Steel-Concrete Composite Columns, Morgan Jenkins
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Detection of Neurotransmitters, Emily Kounlavong, Taylor Payne, Roxanne Puleo, and Katherine West
Montgomery 1960: Using Technology to Teach Empathy and Perspective Taking, Brooks M. Leftwich, Gregory T. Croisdale, and Khoa T. Dang
Celebrities on Social Media and Their Effect on Shareholder Wealth, Brenna Logan
Wayfinding Signage, Joshua Gregory Maine
Health Education for the Homeless, Courtney Nichole McCarty
Orthopedic Implants for Limb Reconstruction, Lexus Morris and Samantha Bratcher
A Nation is a Machine for Capital, Brian J. Nachtrab
Terra Incognita: Post-Traumatic Infrastructural Opportunism, Zachary Corre Orig
Medication Errors Presentation, Tori Alexandra Patterson, Lindsey Miles, Alexandra Koenig, and Kerrin Boullie
313. Socially Responsible Investing: Green for the Planet and Your Wallet, Gabriela Pinzaru
Reconstructing the History of Koch Cemetery, Clare Remy
A Comparison of the Perceptions of Authenticity Between Movies, Television Shows, and Advertisements, Madeline M. Rule
A Tissue Specific Transcriptomic, Proteomic and Phospho-proteomic Atlas of the Translational Machinery of Arabidopsis thaliana, Abdullah Salim
A Novel Approach for Characterizing the Ultra-Micro Size-Fraction Community, Abdullah Ahmed Salim, Priscilla Nicole Pineda, Isabella Alamilla, and Andrew Dean Putt
Not That Bad: Lessons Women Learn in a Rape Culture, Sydney J. Selman
Preterm Birth Among Opioid-Using Women and High-Risk Controls: The Potential Moderating Role of Borderline Features, Summer Victoria Shore and Rachel Hickman
Relationship Between F Codes and Crises, Rachel Nicole Sitton
The Effects of Music Therapy and Cuddling on Symptoms of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Allie Tasket
Robotics in Last Mile Delivery, Virginia L. Thomassy
Education's Role in Socially Sustainable Sourcing Methods, Emily Toye
The Role of Plant Hormone Auxin in Leaf Elongation, Ronnie Tran
Additive Manufacturing Applications: from Personal Protective Equipment to Sustainable High-Performance Construction Systems, Nicholas Van Son
The Cost of Big Data: Evaluating the Effects of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, Kara Rebecca White
Medical Illustration as a Tool for Health Literacy, Courtney Anne Wombles
SABR: Development of a Neuromorphic Balancing Robot, Alec Yen, Yaw Mensah, and Mark Dean
Projects from 2020
Working memory and study abroad: a study of memory and language gains, Lauren R. Adams
Protein Engineering Potential Inhibitor of Detrimental Immune Responses, Nathaniel L. Blalock, Eric T. Boder, and Liang Fang
Are We Pushing Kids Out of School By Trying to Keep Them In? Truancy Policy in the United States, Grace Kathryn Carpenter
Park Usage in Relationship to Available Features and Amenities in a Large Urban Park, Hannah Bradford Clauss
Effects of Self-Care on Burnout in Hospital Nurses: A Literature Review, Andrew Tyler Lee, Sherri Fleshner, Charlsey Thornton, and James Wise
Tombras Building Wall Section, Greta Marie Mehlberg and Jakeb Moore
Neural Dynamics of Dimensional Label Learning Predicts Dimensional Attention, Ashley Miller
Understanding Collegiate Football Ticket Prices, Ken Miller
Trends in Pejoration of Female-Related Terms of Abuse in English, Hannah Nelson
Too Busy To Exercise: Examining Pregnant Women’s Exercise Preferences, Maggie R. Pepper, Kathleen Brown, Samantha F. Ehrlich, Cristina Barroso, and Jill Maples
Waste[d] Space, Kaela M. Roberts
Projects from 2019
The Full Genome Sequence of an Antarctic Microbe Constructed Using a Rapid, Portable Sequencer and a Hybrid Assembly, Bruce Wyatt Boles
From “Northern Lights” to “The Ground”: A Stylistic Survey of the Choral Works of Ola Gjeilo, Steven Brown
Exploring the structure-activity relationship of various sEH inhibitors in promoting brown adipogenesis, Sue Lim Choi
Acute social defeat-induced neuroinflammation in the vmPFC of Syrian hamsters via microglial activation, Thomas Clarity
Examining the Effects of Parent Engagement on Early Childhood Development in Migrant-Seasonal Head Start, Sarah Grace Crowley
Visually Mapping the Narrative System of Dostoevsky's The Idiot, AJ Culpepper
Patient Perception and Clinician Ratings of Voice Disorder Severity, Elissa C. Doll
Microbe Hunters: Searching for Anammox Bacteria in the Tennessee Aquarium, Claire Elbon
GRANT: Ground Roaming Autonomous Neuromorphic Targeter, Adam Z Foshie
Poison Pills and Their Effect on Shareholder Return, Katherine G. Fowlkes
The Comparison of Verbalized Feedback in Human to Computer Interfacing Versus Human to Human Interaction, Kea Francis
Development of a Molecular Genetic Method for Characterizing Amphibian Diets, Alexander T. Funk
The effects of stress and anxiety on a cued attention task, Catalina L. Gonzalez
The Impact of Decreasing Defined Benefit Plans on Employee Turnover, Melissa Claire Gregory
Fungal response to wildfire in a southeastern wildland-urban interface, Vanessa Rosanne Harpe
What’s for dinner? Different Carbon Compounds Influence Host Metabolism in a Model Roseobacter-Roseophage System, Kaylee Rae Jacobs
Comparing EMG- and Goniometer-Driven NMI Control For A Virtual Target Acquisition Task, Nicole Kowalski and Dustin Crouch
The Function of Ecdysone and Inhibiting Programmed Cell Death in Death Class III Neurons of Drosophila melanogaster, Nikolas Richard Likourentzos
Extracellular Enzyme Activity from Hot Springs in Panama, Andrew J. Lonergan
Illness to Incarceration: Imprisonment as a False Substitute for Inpatient Mental Health Care, Grace Malone
The Effects of Relationships on ANS function and Wellness, Olivia M. Maples
Computational Studies of Alkanol Reaction Pathways on a SrTiO3 Perovskite Surface, Kyle R. Mason
Using ATRAN Telluric Correction to Investigate the 3μm-Region, Lucas Trent McClure
High Resolution Validation of Next Generation Turbulent Flow Models Using Neutron Beams, Laser Fluorescence, and Cryogenic Helium, Landen G Mcdonald
System Fault Tolerancing and Self-Reported Usability of a Closed-Loop Robotic System for Reading Comprehension Skill Development in Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Miroslava I. Migovich
The Next Generation: Looking at UTK Students’ Potential Future Engagement with GSMNP, Layla Marie Mosadegh
Yes, We Can Brewing Company, Madison Hailey Murphy
What the @!&#?: UT Students’ Bad Language Ideologies, Hannah Nelson
Elucidating Growth Coupling of Metabolites in E. coli and Characterizing Modularity., Preston N. Nicely
2019 EURēCA Abstract Book, Office of Undergraduate Research
2019 EURēCA Program Book, Office of Undergraduate Research
2019 EURēCA Winners, Office of Undergraduate Research
Developing a Method for Testing Tackiness of Bituminous Tack Coats, Collin M. Pekol Mr.
Developing a Hands-On Food Science Curriculum with Bilingual, Elementary-Aged, Hispanic Heritage Students, Jaime Leia Ragos
Airspace: Infrastructure of the Unseen, Alexandra F. Rees University of Tennessee
Identifying Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Skeletally: A Proposed Differential Diagnosis, Clare Remy
A cell cycle cue triggers cell growth resumption after division, Afton R. Russell
Ultramicrobacteria Genome Database Project, Abdullah A. Salim, Tien Tran, Andrew Putt, and Terry C. Hazen
Utilization of Tofu By-products as an Alternative Source of Bioactive Peptide Lunasin, Allison Shaunak, Niamh Schumacher, and Andrea Nieto Veloza
Assessing the habitability of Mars using impact crater statistics, Emily N. Shaver
Prevention & Retention: An Analysis of a Community Law Office Youth Program Attendance Patterns, Scott Marcum Sloan
An Inquiry into the Regulation of Social Media Disclosure Policy and its Impacts on Retail Investor Trading Activity, Sebastian Georg Soldner
Boolean Architecture, Amber Michaela Stanfill and Tyler S. Sanford
Movement of lifetime maximum intensity locations during the North Atlantic hurricane season, Morgan Steckler
Producing Independent Film, Sydney Steele
Circadian rhythmicity and neurodevelopment of disco and grim mutations in Drosophila melanogaster, John Patrick Story
Understanding Conformational Regulation of the Integrin I-domain for Design of Chimeric Protein Switches, Niall Phelan Terry, Liang Fang, J Vincent Price, and Eric T. Boder Dr.
The Neural Circuitry of Sweaty Palms: A Neuroimaging Meta-Analysis, Sydnie Colette Toler and Derek C. Wenger
Modern Chinese Development of Latin America, Alexander Tripp
Synthesis and Characterization of A-Site and B-Site Disordered High-Entropy Perovskites, Quinton Wright
Disneyfication and Education, Reagan A Yessler
Cell Separation Delay and Membrane Trafficking Defects in Cdc42 GAP Mutants, Haylee Grace Young
Projects from 2018
Effects of Attire on Pediatric Patient's Participation, Delaney Allison
Transecting the Heart: An Atrium Investigation, Aubrey Sofia Bader and Sandra Ghabrial