The Office of Undergraduate Research hosted the 2023 Longhorn Research Poster Session in the UFCU Room of the Perry-Castañeda Library on April 5. Over three sessions during the daylong event, students presented more than 150 research posters on interdisciplinary topics ranging from civil engineering to anthropology to neuroscience.
Thanks to a gift from Kimberly and Scott Martin, this year’s poster session offered awards for student presenters. Based on input from the academic colleges as well as on the submitted posters, students were selected as finalists for poster presentation awards. Presenters were judged on their statements of their research problems and methodology, their results and conclusions, and the poster design and oral discussion. These top presenters were selected for awards; judges also selected the recipient of a $500 award for poster design, and event attendees voted for a $1000 audience choice award.
This event was part of Research Week 2023, the university-wide celebration of student research and creative activity. This year’s other Research Week events include panel discussions, art exhibitions, and other poster sessions across campus.
Poster Presentation Awards
First place ($1000)
Neerul Gupta, Zachary Bretton-Granatoor, Jarrod Lewis-Peacock
Anxiety and Affective Intrusive Thinking
Second Place (tie, $375)
Maria Ghaly
Keeping Austin Fed: Evaluating Barriers to Food Pantry Access for UT Austin Students and the Austin Community
Second Place (tie, $375)
Emily Ricketson
Behavioral Modeling of Polygenic Mutations in ASD Patients
Audience Award ($1000)
Caroline Osborn
Playground Communication Boards: Amenities of Inclusion in Play and Communication
Poster Design Award ($500)
Brooke Jordan, Nicole Steiner, Katharine Tillman
Conceptual Development of Biases in Perception of Pain Across Race, Sex, and Age
Honorable Mention, Poster Presentation
Sara Murillo, Jerry Potts, Sergio Castellanos
Transportation Electrification: Evaluating Pathways for Sustainable Electric Vehicle Adoption in Texas
Natalie K. Bruno
Río Azul: Reinterpreting an Ancient Maya City
Sophia Cardenas, Emily Norman, & Keri K. Stephens
Living With Robots
Brooke Jordan, Nicole Steiner, Katharine Tillman
Conceptual Development of Biases in Perception of Pain Across Race, Sex, and Age
Sidh Pandit, Ilanah Lattka, Beiming Cao, Jun Wang
Silent Vowel Classification Using a Wearable Electromagnetic Tongue Tracking Device
Lira Amari Ramirez
Genaro García (1867-1920): Fostering Mexican Indigenismo, “Defaming” the Spanish Race & Advancing National Education
Caroline Osborn
Playground Communication Boards: Amenities of Inclusion in Play and Communication
Galilea Dupree; Megan Thomas Hebdon, Ph.D., DNP, RN, NP-c
Indebted by Blood: Examining the Impact of “Familismo” on Latinx Millenial Caregivers
Mei Robson, Deborah Parra-Medina, Minyu Zhang
Distorted Mirrors: Perceived Body Image Versus Actual Body Mass Index Among Middle-aged Mexican Adults
Honorable Mention, Poster Design
Maria Ghaly
Keeping Austin Fed: Evaluating Barriers to Food Pantry Access for UT Austin Students and the Austin Community
Sidh Pandit, Ilanah Lattka, Beiming Cao, Jun Wang
Silent Vowel Classification using a Wearable Electromagnetic Tongue Tracking Device
Emily Ricketson
Behavioral Modeling of Polygenic Mutations in ASD Patients
Honorable mention, audience award:
Sophia Cardenas, Emily Norman, & Keri K. Stephens
Living With Robots
Jose Martinez, Alexa Ramirez, and Dr. Josh Beckham
Discovery of Potential Inhibitors of New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase 1 and the Creation of its Clinical Variants
Loren Nix
Thawing the Cold War: Analyzing the Impact of Foreign Sentiment on STEM Policy
Raj Raval
Does Exposure to Environmental Chemicals Disrupt Reproductive Development?
