WHAT:
Ten talented Tigers are preparing to represent the University of Missouri at the 2024 University of Missouri System Undergraduate Research Day. This annual event allows students to share innovative research projects with state legislators. The research spans a breadth of topics, including agriculture, biology, chemistry, communication, engineering and health.
WHEN:
10 a.m. – noon, Thursday, March 13
WHERE:
Missouri Capitol, Jefferson City
3rd floor rotunda
WHO:
This year’s Mizzou participants at the UM System Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol:
- Ahmed Ebada, senior, Columbia, Missouri
Project: “Regulation of Egg Quality and DNA Repair by the Cytoskeleton”
Major: Biological sciences, College of Arts and Science; earned the Honors Certificate - David Ellenberger, senior, Branson, Missouri
Project: “Determining How Antidepressants Taken During Pregnancy May Affect the Mother and Offspring”
Major: Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, pursuing the Honors Certificate - Emma McDougal, senior, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Project: “Tuning Peptide Amphiphile Micelle Properties for Anti-Cancer Drug Delivery Applications”
Major: Chemical engineering, College of Engineering, pursuing the Honors Certificate - Benjamin Peter, junior, Kirkwood, Missouri
Project: “Increasing Power Grid Security Using Machine Learning”
Major: Electrical engineering, College of Engineering, pursuing the Honors Certificate - Nora Pryor, junior, Lake Saint Louis, Missouri
Project: “Development of Theranostic Radiopharmaceuticals Using Tc-99m and Re-186 to Diagnose and Treat Cancer”
Major: Chemistry, College of Arts and Science, pursuing the Honors Certificate - Sydney Turner, senior, Jackson, Missouri
Project: “The Power of Visibility in Virtual Communication”
Major: Speech, language and hearing science, College of Health Sciences, pursuing the Honors Certificate - Jaron VanHouden, senior, Oldfield, Missouri
Project: “From Classroom to Community: The Role of Mentor Teachers in Supporting Missouri's Preservice Agricultural Educators”
Major: Agricultural education, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources - Izaiah Vasseur, senior, O’Fallon, Missouri
Project: “Machine Learning in Automated Oxygen Delivery to Neonate Babies”
Major: Mathematics, College of Arts and Science, pursuing the Honors Certificate - Chloe Velcheck, senior, O’Fallon, Missouri
Project: “Improving Veteran Well-being: How Sleep Therapy Could Reduce PTSD Symptoms in Veterans with Alcohol Use Disorder”
Major: Biological sciences, College of Arts and Science - Ruth Williamson, senior, Raytown, Missouri
Project: “A Breath of Fresh Air: Comparing Health Promoting Compounds Between a Forest and a City Through the Lens of Forest Bathing”
Major: Plant sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
