Spring 2025 OSCAR Celebration of Student Scholarship and Impact
Welcome to the Spring 2025 Celebration of Student Scholarship and Impact! Please view the student video presentations by using the search bar at the bottom of the page or following the categories to a college or program of interest.
Spring 2025 Student Presentations
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3D-Printed Porous Scaffolds Application in Bone Implants
Author(s): Joelle Nguyen Mentor(s): Ketul Popat, Bioengineering
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A Non-Invasive Buffer Based Alternative to DNA Extraction from Teeth
Author(s): Fatima Durrani Mentor(s): Joseph DiZinno, Forensics
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Amira Anwar – 2025 Student Excellence Award Recipient
About Amira Amira is an undergraduate student studying Neuroscience. Her research focuses on florescent probe and tool development for early detection of oxidate stress-induced carbonylation in…
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Anna Garren – 2025 Student Excellence Award Recipient
About Anna Anna is an undergraduate in Computational and Data Sciences. Since 2022, she has served as a research assistant in the Schar school, and…
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Assessing Soil Organic Matter In a Legacy Wetland Mesocosm after the Colonization of Invasive Species
Author(s): Trinity Lavenhouse Mentor(s): Changwoo Ahn, Environmental Science and Policy Department
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Assessing symbiont diversity in restored and wild coral populations in Honduras
Author(s): Karina Cabrera Mentor(s): Jennifer Salerno, Environmental Science and Policy Department
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Behavior of Estuarine Crab Hosts as Affected by Parasite Infection
Author(s): Kiersten Jewell Mentor(s): Amy Fowler, Environmental Science and Policy
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Changes in BDNF in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease with APOE4 and Tau compared to wild type mice
Author(s): Jasmine Mendoza Mentor(s): Jane Flinn, Psychology
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Comments to Communities: Modeling Online News-Related Discourse
Author(s): Reva Hirave Mentor(s): Antonios Anastasopoulos, Computer Science
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Daniel Cardona – 2025 Student Excellence Award Recipient
About Daniel Daniel is an undergraduate student studying Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. His research assesses the effectiveness of natural and nature-based features in attenuating waves,…
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Developing an Affordable Open-Source Bionic Hand
Author(s): Robert Haas Mentor(s): Nathaila Peixoto, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Digitizing colors of soils in mesocosm wetlands using Nix sensor
Author(s): Seung Han Mentor(s): Changwoo Ahn, Environmental Science and Policy
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DNA-origami-based biomimetic interfaces for T-cell activation
Author(s): Benjamin Safa Mentor(s): Remi Veneziano, Bioengineering
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Dr. Ali Beheshti – 2025 Faculty Mentoring Excellence Award Recipient
About Dr. Beheshti Dr. Ali Beheshti is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering department, and is also the director of Tribology and Surface Mechanics…
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Dr. Jennifer Nicoll Victor – 2025 Faculty Mentoring Excellence Award Recipient
About Dr. Victor Dr. Jennifer Nicoll Victor is an Associate Professor in the Schar School Policy and Government. Dr. Victor has established the Undergraduate Research…
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Dr. Ozlem Dilek - 2025 Faculty Mentoring Excellence Award Recipient
About Dr. Dilek Dr. Ozlem Dilek is an Assistant Professor in the Chemistry and Biochemistry department. Dr. Dilek currently supports four undergraduate students in her…
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Evaluating Perceptions of Basic Psychological Needs in Full-Time Employees
Author(s): Jessica Luther Mentor(s): Lauren Kuykendall, Psychology
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Feasibility of Implementing “Sponge City” Concepts in Gangnam, Seoul, to Mitigate Flood Risk
Author(s): Dayeon Shin Mentor(s): Dakota McCarty, Department of Environmental Science & Policy
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Hagley Library & Archive Management
Author(s): Soo Yoo, Nguyen Pham, Ayan Diraye, Matthew Walsh, Maha Kaleem, Matteen Mahfooz Mentor(s): Gail Therrien, IST Department
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Is Executive Function Similarly Related to Behavioral Outcomes in Typically Developing and Neurodiverse Children? A Meta-Analysis.
Author(s): Armita Dadvar Mentor(s): Sabine Doebel, Psychology
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Laser-Induced Graphene for Flexible Graphene-based Doppler Imaging
Author(s): Philip Acatrinei Mentor(s): Pilgyu Kang, Mechanical Engineering
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Machine Learning Aided Nanoindentation to discover Material Properties
Author(s): Jake Samuel Mentor(s): Ali Beheshti, Mechanical Engineering
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Mary Catlin – 2025 Graduate Student Mentoring Excellence Award Recipient
About Mary Mary Catlin is a doctoral student in Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University working as a research assistant for Dr. Allison…
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Monitoring Water And Air Quality at Mason
Author(s): Chayanan Maunhan Mentor(s): Viviana Maggioni, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering
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Multi Expert Debate (MED): An LLM Framework for Analysis
Author(s): Jacob Sheikh Mentor(s): Ozlem Uzuner, Information Systems and Technology
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Navigating the Healthcare System: Barriers and Resources for Individuals from Low-Income and Immigrant Backgrounds.
Author(s): Kabir Toor Mentor(s): Blake Silver, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
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Novel 3D Bioprinting Method To Create Hydrogel Gradients
Author(s): Elizabeth Clark Mentor(s): Remi Veneziano, Bioengineering
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Pharmacological Characterization of Chimeric NMDA Receptors in Xenopus
Author(s): Diborah Gutema Mentor(s): Theodore Dumas, Department of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
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Pompeii
Author(s): Cristian Cabral Rios, Bodhi Bryan-Roig Mentor(s): Benjamin Steger, Film and Video Studies https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VgaADw78d2UXKx0qQ309YMxTCDiX8gwS/view?usp=drive_link
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Predictors of Young Adults’ Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior
Author(s): Matthew Burdick Mentor(s): Jerome Short, Psychology
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Secretory Mitophagy Exports p53: A new pro-tumor survival mechanism.
Author(s): Layla Hasanzadah Mentor(s): Purva Gade, Center for Applied Proteomics & Molecular Medicine
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Spectroscopic characterization of newly designed fluorescent probes for biomedical research
Author(s): Amira Anwar Mentor(s): Ozlem Dilek, Chemistry & Biochemistry
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Synthesis and Characterization of Small Molecule Fluorescent Probes for Zinc-Sensing in Cellular Systems
Author(s): Daewa Zaheer Mentor(s): Ozlem Dilek, Chemistry & Biochemistry
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Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of drug-fluorescent probe conjugates for live cell imaging
Author(s): Maryam Baig Mentor(s): Ozlem Dilek, Chemistry and Biochemistry
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THE DIRTY CONSEQUENCES OF POOR SLEEP: MODELING GLYMPHATIC EFFICIENCY ACROSS DIVERSE SLEEP-WAKE CYCLES QUALITY.
Author(s): Alvaro Olmo Jimenez Mentor(s): John Robert Cressman, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Studies
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The Effects of Young Blood Plasma on NfL and GFAP following Traumatic Brain Injury Administration in Wild-type Mice
Author(s): Timothy Kochany Mentor(s): Jane Flinn, Psychology
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Use of a Novel In-Vivo Acetylcholine Sensor, GRABACh3.0, to Quantify the Temporal Dynamics of Acetylcholine (ACh) Release in the Cornu Ammonis 1 (CA1) Hippocampus Sub-Region
Author(s): Muhammad Shah Mentor(s): Holger Dannenberg, Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience ****Warning Video Contain Graphic Images****
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Validations of Estrogen Assays in Baleen of North Atlantic Right Whales (Eubalaena glacialis)
Author(s): Sarah Fenstermacher Mentor(s): Kathleen Hunt, George Mason University Department of Biology & Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation