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Announcing the 2022 Longhorn Research Poster Session Award Winners

As part of Research Week 2022, the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) hosted the Longhorn Research Poster Session in the Texas Union Ballroom on April 20. Students presented more than 180 research posters on interdisciplinary topics ranging from art education to electrophysiology to history. This year’s event marked a return to an in-person poster session, where students presented large-format posters of their research to attendees. The top presenters were selected for $2,000, $1,000, and $500 awards. Judges also selected the recipient of a $500 award for poster design, and event attendees voted for a $1,000 audience choice award.

Each academic college participating in the event nominated students as finalists for poster presentation awards. Students were judged on their statements of their research problems and methodology, their results and conclusions, and the poster design and oral discussion. Thanks to a gift from Kimberly and Scott Martin, this year’s Longhorn Research Poster Session offered awards for students presenting research posters.

The event was part of Research Week 2022, the university-wide celebration of student research and creative activity. Other Research Week events included panel discussions, art exhibitions, and other poster sessions across campus.

Poster Presentation Awards

First Place ($2,000)
Kazuma Hirota, Esther Jin, Heeyong Huh, Andrew Repetski, Nanshu Lu
Robust, Compact Forehead EEG with E-Tattoo Electrodes

Second Place ($1,000)
Amaka Epoh, Mo Maniruzzaman, PhD, SRPharmS, MAS
Future of 3D Printing in Personalized Medicine: A Cross-Sectional Study of Additive Manufacturing in Independent Compounding Pharmacies

Third Place ($500)
Ngoc Mai Tran, Evdokia Nikolova, David Kulpanowski, Joshua Ong, Yangxinyu Xie
Predicting Covid-19 EMS Incidents from Daily Hospitalization Trends

Audience Award ($1,000)
Kazuma Hirota, Esther Jin, Heeyong Huh, Andrew Repetski, Nanshu Lu
Robust, Compact Forehead EEG with E-Tattoo Electrodes

Poster Design Award ($500)
Elena Koung
Boba Tea as a Case Study of Glocalization: Is Boba Tea the New “Third Place” for UT Campus?

Honorable Mention, Poster Presentation
Nathaniel Markusic, Berkin Dortdivanlioglu
Forward and Inverse Modeling of 3D Printed, Shape-Shifting Droplet Networks

Brianna Garza
Self-Concept Levels Among Bachelor of Science in Nursing Students

Sriranjani Darbha, Eashwar Mahadevan, Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal
G-Protein Coupled Receptors Complexing with Specific Gα Proteins and β-arrestins

Reagan Fuller
Exploring the Child Find Referral Process in Texas

Sun Chong, Dr. Marcella Maxwell, Dr. Jessica Tauber, Sarah Bingle, Danielle Thompson, Maegan O’Herin, Mae Langston, Suyoung Kim
Assessing Resiliency in Families with Children that have Chronic Medical Conditions During COVID-19

Antara Gupta, Nnamdi Dike D.O.
The Importance of Routine Colonoscopies: Ischemic Stroke Induced by Diverticulitis and Streptococcus bovis Septicemia, A Case Report

Ross Trivisonno
Progressivism En Vogue? An Analysis of Electoral Support for House Co-sponsors of H.R. 1384 (Medicare for All Act of 2019)

Breeana Corona, Kelly Housley, Amanda Rogers
Learning Outside the Box: Exploring the Use of Arts Integration

Amana Ahmad, Hanna Johnson, Chae Sung
Decolonizing Art History

Dennis Fer, Nirmalay Barua, Dr. Tanya Hutter
BTEX Detection in a Porous Silica Sensor

Shalom Akinwunmi
Integration of Perinatal Periods of Risk Analysis in Maternal Mortality Review Committees to Address Disparate Black Maternal Mortality Rates in Mississippi

Mark Viloria Jr. and Hüseyin Tanriverdi
Digital Technology Design and Social Inequality

Keily Mancia, Peyton Donovan, Katherine Winters, ABD, CCC-SLP, Enjoli Richardson, MS, CCC-SLP, Courtney Byrd, PhD, CCC-SLP
Parent perceptions of communication attitude in childhood stuttering: A preliminary investigation

Honorable Mention, Design
Nathaniel Markusic, Berkin Dortdivanlioglu
Forward and Inverse Modeling of 3D Printed, Shape-Shifting Droplet Networks

Vani Shah, Gabriel Rodriguez-Rivera, Kathleen Leyendecker and Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez
Accelerated Degradation of PEG-based Hydrogels

Shilpa Rumalla, Margot Gautier, Nathan Abell, Sravan Kumar, Helene Ipas, Blerta Xhemalce
Deciphering PIWIL3’s RNA-Interaction Partners and Functions during Uncontrolled Cancer Cell Growth

Sarah Pike
Fly by Night Women’s Press: Printing the Revolution

Kazuma Hirota, Esther Jin, Heeyong Huh, Andrew Repetski, Nanshu Lu
Robust, Compact Forehead EEG with E-Tattoo Electrodes

Mithila Harirama, Amulya Cherian, Anjali Raghavan, Maria Ghaly, Nico Osier
Increasing Access to Undergraduate Student Research Through the Usage of Public Data Sources

Elvi Casia
Maker Education and STEM Field Resilience for K-5 Low-Income Girls

Neerul Gupta, Zachary Bretton-Granatoor, Jarrod A. Lewis-Peacock
Intrusive Emotional Thinking in Working Memory

Frankie Pitts, Alisse Guerra, Kassandra Caracheo
Dismantling Systemic Racism Through Art Education

Dennis Fer, Nirmalay Barua, Dr. Tanya Hutter
BTEX Detection in a Porous Silica Sensor

Mark Viloria Jr. and Hüseyin Tanriverdi
Digital Technology Design and Social Inequality

Grant Scherer
Independent Redistricting Commissions and Their Effects on Congressional Gerrymandering

Riley McKinzie
Pretty Privilege: The Role of Neoliberal Reform on Korean Skincare Advertisements

Ngoc Mai Tran, Evdokia Nikolova, David Kulpanowski, Joshua Ong, Yangxinyu Xie
Predicting Covid-19 EMS Incidents from Daily Hospitalization Trends