Summer 2023 OSCAR Celebration Archive

Summer 2023 Virtual OSCAR Celebration of Student Scholarship and Impact

Welcome to the Summer 2023 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.


Summer 2023 Student Presentations

  • “The Analysis of Filth Flies as potential Vectors for Disease from Septic Tanks and Latrines at Mpala Research Center” *Part of* Life at the Watering Hole””A One Health Approach to Disease Surveillance in Laikipia County, Kenya

    Author(s): Gabriel Ransom, Sonny Todd Mentor(s): Michael von Fricken, One Health Center of Excellence at the University of Florida

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  • A Continued Study of Manufacturing Methods for PEEK/HA

    Author(s): Elijah Pointer Mentor(s): Shaghayegh Bagheri, Volgenau School of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)

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  • A Machine-Learning Approach for Studying Disinfectant By-Products (DBPs)

    Author(s): Isaac Amouzou Mentor(s): Ben Seiyon Lee, Department of Statistics

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  • Addressing Barriers to Domestic and Sexual Violence Services Among Immigrant Populations in Fairfax County

    Author(s): Ha Le, Elizabeth Fortson, Paridhi Pradhan, Nallely Calles, Lina Hussein Mentor(s): Denise Hines, Social Work

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  • Ava Smigliani- Reclaiming Silenced Histories

    Author(s): Ava Smigliani Mentor(s): Charles Chavis, Conflict Resolution and History, Carter School

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  • Developing Non-Enzymatic Dopamine Biosensors using Atomically Layered Graphene/MoO3 Heterostructures

    Author(s): Solyip Kim Mentor(s): Yun Yu, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry https://youtu.be/vKrE_U-4xss

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  • Do Children Moralize Effort?

    Author(s): Scarlett Bird-Guerra Mentor(s): Sabine Doebel, Psychology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFfa3JvrFBs

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  • Effect of Inflammation on lipid nanoparticle performance

    Author(s): Peter Touma Mentor(s): Caroline Hoemann, Bioengineering

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  • Extracellular Vesicle mediated lymphatic communication between the primary tumor and sentinel lymph node

    Author(s): Angela V. Rojas Rivera Mentor(s): Marissa Howard, Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine (CAPMM)

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  • Indigenous Environmental Mapping & Resilience Planning Project with Chickahominy Indian Nation

    Author(s): Sunehera Hasib, Domi Hannon, Madison Clayton, Vick Maddox, Sara Jefferson Mentor(s): Jeremy Campbell, GMU Institute for a Sustainable Earth

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  • Inside the Daily: Uncovering the Seeds of Cultural Peace Alongside the Community in Jamundí

    Author(s): Isabella Cuevas Celis Mentor(s): Charles E Davidson, Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution

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  • JMJP Fellowship

    Author(s): Leona Dominguez-Mueller Mentor(s): Charles Chavis, Conflict Resolution and History, Carter School

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  • John Mitchell Jr. Program: Research and Exploration

    Author(s): Celine Apenteng Mentor(s): Charles Chavis, Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution

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  • Karissa Raucheisen – Summer Team Impact project: Celebration Video

    Author(s): Karissa Raucheisen Mentor(s): Denise Hines, College of Public Health

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  • Laugh Tracks and Internal Policing Dialogues: An Analysis of Neurodivergence within Side Characters of Disney Channel Original Programming

    Author(s): Lindsay Lowry Mentor(s): David Powers Corwin, CHSS – Integrative Studies

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  • Life at the Watering Hole””A One Health Approach to Disease Surveillance in Laikipia County, Kenya

    Author(s): Risper Mwingirwa, Marcara Wright Mentor(s): Michael Von Fricken, College of Public Health

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  • Mapping Inequality through Land Ownership and Land Use Change in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia

    Author(s): Colin McDonald, Alice Christensen Mentor(s): Levi Van Sant, School of Integrative Studies

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  • Mason Summer Team Impact Project-Bas Rawat & Jo Hoye

    Author(s): Bas Rawat, Jo Hoye Mentor(s): Denise Hines, Department of Social Work

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  • Mechanical and Surface Characterization of 3D Printed PLA-HA Composites

    Author(s): Muhammad Sardar Mentor(s): Shaghayegh Bagheri, Department of Mechanical Engineering

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  • Methods to calculate GHG Emissions for a university

    Author(s): Abdalla Kasso Abdalla Mentor(s): Lance Sherry (Prof Systems Engineering & Operations Research), Jomana Bashatah (Ph.D. Candidate Systems Engineering), Systems Engineering and Operations Research Department

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  • Mpala Waterborne Disease Project

    Author(s): Nisa Berlas, Peyton Beaumont, Nicole Brandt Mentor(s): Michael Von Fricken, College of Public Health

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  • My Summer Research in Laikipia County, Kenya! – Desire Omotoye

    Author(s): Oyinkansola Omotoye Mentor(s): Michael von Fricken, Global and Community Health

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  • Optimizing Sensitivity of Methods for Detecting Analytes Released During Inflammation

    Author(s): Joelle Nguyen Mentor(s): Caroline Hoemann, Bioengineering

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  • Pathogen Testing in Ticks: A One Health Approach to Disease Surveillance in Turkana, Kenya

    Author(s): Grace Lee Mentor(s): Michael Von Fricken, Department of Environmental and Global Health

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  • Patient Specific Three-dimensional Biomechanical Eye Models from Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Author(s): SuJung Rodriguez Mentor(s): Qi Wei, Department of Bioengineering

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  • Quantifying Trace Metal Concentrations along a Salinity Gradient in the Potomac River

    Author(s): Riley Robinson Mentor(s): Thomas Reid Nelson, Department of Environmental Science and Policy

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  • Restorative History and Community led narrative change on Maryland’s Eastern Shore

    Author(s): Andrey Arcidiacono Mentor(s): Charles Chavis, Jimmy and Rosslyn school of peace

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  • RMT PROJECT

    Author(s): Karmel Webster, Quentin Sanders Mentor(s): Quentin Sanders, Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering

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  • Salisbury’s Beth Israel Congregation

    Author(s): Jabez Nelson Mentor(s): Charles Chavis, African American Studies, Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution

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  • Sequencing the Genome of the Snake Pathogen Ophidiomyces Ophidiicola

    Author(s): Joshua Walton Mentor(s): Lauren Fuchs, Environmental Science and Policy

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  • Shenandoah Land Study

    Author(s): Tyler Grant, Kyle Ghaussy Mentor(s): Laura Sauls, Geography

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  • STIP 2023 Summer Video Summary

    Author(s): Samuel Biby Mentor(s): Charles Chavis, Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution

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  • STIP Fellow Michelle Kim – Social Advocacy in Breaking the Silence of Systemic Racism

    Author(s): Amber Green, Sewon Michelle Kim, Logan Varker Mentor(s): Charles Chavis, African and African American Studies

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  • Succession in Microplastic

    Author(s): Victor Cregger-Acosta Mentor(s): Jordan Sims, Environmental Science

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  • Summer Team Impact Project

    Author(s): Madison Shaw, Isabelle Tomita Mentor(s): Hand, Social Work

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  • The Effect of Ethylene Glycol on alpha1 Glycine Receptor Function in Xenopus Laevis Oocytes

    Author(s): Fae Jensen Mentor(s): Greta Ann Herin, Neuroscience

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  • The Effects of Rocking on Short Term Memory in APP:BACE and APP+MAPT Drosophila Melanogaster

    Author(s): Saba Shaukat Mentor(s): Ren Guerriero, Neuroscience Department

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  • The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

    Author(s): Leah Pistone Mentor(s): Daniel Hanley, Biology

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  • Wet Bulb Data as a Predictor of Climate Change Hyperthermia Risk in the U.S. Virgin Islands

    Author(s): Katie Russell Mentor(s): Benoit Van Aken, Chemistry Department

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  • Zooarchaeological Research at the Site of Sefunim Cave

    Author(s): Jett Liska Mentor(s): Jamie Clark, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

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