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.
Projects from 2016
Interactive Debriefing Application (IDA), Quentin Eastridge and Erik Vass
Habituation Rate to Foods of Differing Fat and Sugar Content in Healthy Weight Women, Stephanie N. Eddy
Who Is To Blame? Attribution Theory In The Automotive Industry, Jonathan Edwards
An Epidemiological Study of Ankle Injuries Among Football Players At A Division I University, Amy Elizabeth Estep
Preliterate Children’s Perceptions of Asthma and Preferred Entertainment Elements, Adaya Kirk
Is Cheap Fashion Too Good to be True? Consumer Perceptions of Sustainability in the Fast Fashion Industry, Katrina Michele Laemmerhirt
Nucleosynthesis in Core-Collapse Supernovae, Rachel E Mersch
Understanding Social Presence and Subject Position in Online Environments, Michael Miceli
Changes to Primary Education to Increase Postsecondary Hispanic Enrollment Rates in TN, Shelby L. Moses
2016 EUReCA Program Book, Office of Undergraduate Research
2016 EURēCA Winners, Office of Undergraduate Research
Creating networks for success: social capital and recent college graduates, Matt Orians
From Lateral to Leader: A Study of Preschooler's Relationships with Peers, Erin M Podgorski
Baracksdubs: Putting Words in People's Mouths, Fadi Saleh
Measuring School-Based Agriculture Education Total Program Success: Classroom, FFA, and SAE, Katie J. Shields
A Mobile Canoe-Mounted, Geo-referenced, 3-D Water Quality Analyzer, Alex Shpik, Alysse Ness, and Ryan Vernich
Impulsivity and the Dissolution of Romantic Relationships, Stephanie Marie Smith and Jerika C. Norona
Effects of Family Presence During Resuscitation in the Emergency Room, Laura Rachel Spence, Sierra Rachel Hooker, Erinn Margaret Wright, and Taylor Nicole Watson
Squeaver, Cole Stonebrook, Matthew Frana, and Samuel Tabor
Investigation of the Military Bathhouse Complex at 'Ayn Gharandal, Coral R Thayer
Hadrian vs. Apollodorus of Damascus: Who built the Pantheon?, Weston Vawter
Brand Positioning vs. Employee Behavior, Kaitlin Day Waters
Word Learning in Quiet and in Noise: A Preliminary Study, Grace Marie Wholley
Scoring Human Decomposition From Photographs: A Validation Study, Devin Nicole Williams
ONE KNOXville, Mustapha A Farrankhan Williams
Projects from 2015
Finding Work in America: Employment Outcomes among Recent Immigrants, Catherine A. Arwood
Using GIS to Identify At-Risk Populations of Military-Generated Dust, Darcy Ann Ayers
Green Oak Initiative, Geoffrey Alan Cavalier, Paul Attea, Matthew Barnett, Irene Chang, Jean Paul Baron Parczyk, John Battle, Bailey Comer, Melissa Hatchett, Kacper Krok, Tyler Rasnake, Christopher Sayre, Matthew Sutton, Chuan Kevin Tang, Oliver White, Julian Wandzilak, Tomasz Wszolek, Michael Cunningham, Scott Schermerhorn, Javan Reynolds, and Brian Ishom
Adaptation and robustness in a chemotaxis network, Beini Chen and Steve Abel
Gendered Patterns of Economic Marginalization and its Implications on Women's Political Participation in Latin America, Alina Kathryn Clay
Factors Associated with Successful Completion of a Comorbid Substance Abuse and Mental Health Intensive Outpatient Group, Matthew Stephen Crescenzi
Sounds of the City: The Complete Musical Story, Julie Marie Davenport
Plasticity in a changing world: phenotypic variability in Boechera stricta across space and time, Caroline Daws
Women in Agriculture: A Qualitative Study Examining How Women Have Sustained Their Leadership Roles in Agriculture in Australia, Amanda Elizabeth Dean
Unveiling cardiac dynamics using a data-driven technique for eigenvalue estimation, Veronica Go
Circadian Rhythmic Localization of tPA and PAI-1 in the SCN 2.2 Cell Culture May Provide Evidence for Determining the Mechanism of Gating Photic Phase Shifts, Grayson T Hunley
LEAP Collaborative: A Demonstration of Sustainable Practices, Sierra Rose Jensen and David Keith Berry
The relationship between measures of reproductive soundness, behavior, and hair testosterone concentrations during performance testing of bulls, Margaret La Flamme
Real-Time Biomonitoring of Cytotoxicity in 3D Autobioluminescent Human Tissue Culture Models, Haylie Rachel Lam
Production, Purification, and X-Ray Crystallography of the POTRA Domains of PsToc75, Gabriela Jordan Little
The Merry Death Collector, Benjamin Wade Murphy
Red Bird Water Kiosk Pavilion _ Clean Water Clean Life, Garrett Keyes Nelli
2015 EUReCA Program Book, Office of Undergraduate Research
2015 Online Abstract Book, Office of Undergraduate Research
2015 EURĒCA Winners, Office of Undergraduate Research
Stationary System with Portfolio, Christina Elizabeth Owens
Using Ab Initio Simulations to Examine the Flexoelectric Effect in Perovskites, Austin B. Plymill
Troubled Asset Relief Program: Impact as seen in the Agricultural Sector, Georgia Maye Ralston
Married and Unmarried Cohabitation Impact on Maternal Reproductive Behaviors and Neonatal Health Factors, Ashley Steinmetz
Guess Who's Your Mentor?, Wayne Taylor
Evidence for the Role of Asherah in Israelite Religion, Taylor Thomas
How and When Matters: An In-depth Look at Tennessee CPAs Perceptions of International Accounting, Jordan Alexander Tipton
I Don't Want to Live Without You, Alanna F Wilkinson
Exploring Nursing Students' Perceptions of Electronic Fetal Monitoring App, Rachael Brooke Wyatt, Isaac Moore, Valerie White, Michelle Miller, and Callie Heitzman
Projects from 2014
Analysis of Quartz Grain Deformation Along the Llanganuco Canyon of the Cordillera Blanca Fault, Peru, Tami Laurene Banks
Attachment, Oxytocin, and Cortisol Reactivity in Young Women after Romantic Break-up, Amelia Shannon Bivens and Marian W. Roman
Talent Recruitment Strategies in Norway’s Petroleum Industries, Gareth R Butler
Quantitative Depth Profile of Prochlorococcus in the Pacific Ocean, Benjamin Carter Calfee
Effects of system size and network topology on the bistability of cell signaling networks, Beini Chen
Novel Mutations That Affect Stomata Development in Arabidopsis thaliana, John Woodson Marshal Collins and William J. Carmack
OMAKUVA : Welcome Home, Marianela D'Aprile
Phosphorylation Regulates Myosin Driven Organelle Movements, Peter Andrew Duden
Depressive Symptoms Predicted by Executive Dysfunctions, Jonathan Parks Fillauer, Evelyn R. Conner, and Katherine E. Jacobs
Experiences of ER Nurses Caring for the Homeless, Evelyn Marie Gaddis, Gregory Stafford, Thien Dang, and Cynthia Carole Smith
Sensitivity Analysis of a Photosynthesis-Stomatal Resistance Model, Gabriel A. Garcia
Modeling Oxygen Permeability in Biodegradable Polymer Films, Duncan Alexander Greeley
Migrant Labor in the Arabian Gulf, Sara Hamza
Genetic Engineering of Yeast-Based Bioluminescent Reporters for Testing the Effect of Human Estrogen Receptor Alpha Mutations on its Transcriptional Activity, Peter Bowen Hjorth
Female Collegiate Athlete’s Post TBI Recovery, Mollie Joan Hughes
Stationery System and Architecture Portfolio Design, Wanqi Loy
Subsurface Infiltration Vaults: Puttin' Water In It's Place, Ryan Benton Miles, Thomas James Lakas Jr, Matt Ellison, and Callie Naomi Jernigan
History and Analysis of French Contributions to Space Exploration, Norma C Miselem
2014 EURēCA Winners, Office of Undergraduate Research
Design of Surgical End Effectors for Robotic Parallel Continuum Manipulators, Andrew L. Orekhov, Caroline E. Bryson, and D. Caleb Rucker
Control of Inflammation in Pancreatic β-cells: Role of Arylpyrazole Compounds, Whitney Lyn Powell
An Investigation of Diagnostic and Treatment Methods for Patients Suffering from Arachnoid Cysts, Helene Marie Rynczak and John F. Taylor
Bayes, Brains & Babies: Electrophysiology and Mathematics of Infant Holistic Processing and Selective Inhibition, Matthew Singh
Studies of Charge Collection in Diamond-Based Particle Detectors at the LHC, Jared Smith
Parental HPV Vaccine Acceptability Factors in Southern Appalachia, Lauren Speck
Students at the University of Tennessee Utilize Ethanol for Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition, Karson Nichole Stone
With a "Slide" of Vegetables: A Videographic Approach to Learning, Courtney Whitlock
Augustine, Wannabe Philosopher: the search for otium honestum, Allen Griffith Wilson
Projects from 2013
International Taxation and Initial Foreign Entries, Hannah Grace Alexander
Omakuva, A Self Portrait, Haley Rose Allen
Elucidating Role of Heart Valve Cells in the Aortic Valve Calcification, Mary Katherine Bailey and Adithi Amarnath
Design of an Underwater Video and GPS Mapping System for the Exploration of Streambed Aquatic Populations, William Barbour
Oxidation and Plasmonic Behaviro of Ag-Co nanoparticle Arrays, Brock Bartley
The Milky Way, Lauren Nicole Beets
Repeated Food Exposure via the Olfactory and Gustatory Systems and Rate of Salivary Habituation, Sheryl Katherine Benson and Hollie Raynor
Pain Assessment in Adult Patients with Dementia in the Hospital Setting, Elizabeth Lee Berry, Tristan Daniel, and Cynthia Denton
Effects of Rental Assistance on Recipients' Living Situations, Jasmine Brown
A False START: The Role of Ballistic Missile Defense in US-Russian Relations, Matthew Elisha Dillon
Phosphorylation Regulates Myosin Driven Organelle Movements, Peter Andrew Duden
Virtus et Oratio: Masculinity and Rhetoric in Early Imperial Rome, Bethany Nicole Good
"You know your voice is kind of nice when your mouth isn't screwing it up.”, Jennifer Anne Grant
Functional analysis of a putative membrane-bound endo-β-1,4-glucanase from Panicum virgatum, Joshua N Grant, Jonathan D. Willis, and Neal Stewart
Mom Made Me: Students Respond to the Flu Shot, Lauren Elizabeth Gregg, Kristin Kelly Carver, and Christine Cordelia Copelan
Mehanical Characterization of Ion-Iradiated Silicon Carbide by Nanoindentation, Alex Hackett, Kurt Johanns, Haizhou Xue, Yanwen Zhang, Erik Herbert, and George Pharr
Effectiveness of Interventions Provided by Knox County for Families with Truant Behavior, Jessica Noelle Moyers Heins