2018 Showcase of Undergraduate Scholarly and Creative Works

Event date: Thursday, November 1 and Friday November 2, 2018 at UVU

Every year, thousands of UVU students engage in high-quality original research and creative work. In the majority of cases these projects are only displayed at off-campus conferences, so we never get to see the work here at UVU. THE SHOWCASE is an on-campus opportunity to display some of our student's best artistic performances, displays of visual arts, and poster presentations of original research and writings. THE SHOWCASE is co-sponsored by the UVU Scholarly & Creative Undergraduate Learning Partnership Team (SCULPT) and the Office of Teaching and Learning (OTL).

11/1 Thursday

9:00-11:30 - Posters & demonstrations - Science Atrium

  • Amelia Cope

    Indonesian Tsunami Mitigation

  • Annalyse Kofoed

    UVU Student Engagement with Diversity: A Comparative Study

  • Austin Crandall

    UN Sustainable Development Goals: The Case of Quality of Education and Income Distribution in the U.S.

  • Blake Johnson

    INVESTIGATION OF THE SYNERGISTIC EFFECT OF SELECT PHYTOCHEMICAL CONTAINING OILS AND AMPHOTERICIN B TO INHIBIT…

  • Carol Bejar Orellana/ Isak Larsen

    Water Quality Study and Trace Metals

  • Cassandra Hoopes

    Second Language Acquisition in a Post-Methods Era

  • Channing Hyde

    Why Are You So Offended?
  • Christina Keller

    Picaresque

  • Clayton Rawson

    Impact of Phragmites australis Control on Utah Lake Water Quality

  • Cody Wells

    UN Sustainable Development Goals: Life on Land. The Case of Deforestation in the U.S.

  • Colby Gillies

    Water Consumption in Utah

  • Emily Kohnman

    International Wealth Management: China's Growing Wealth

  • Ian G Hatch, Michelle D. Loveland

    The Risk of Addiction in Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Iryna Chelepis

    Inhibition of Fungal Biofilm of Absidia corymbifera and Studies of the Antifungal Activity of Amphotericin B and Origanum vulgare (Oregano) Oil

  • Jason Richardson

    Showcase poster

  • Jedediah Orullian

    Synergistic antifungal activity of amphotericin B, essential oils and low frequency ultrasound on Mucormycosis causing fungi.

  • Jonathan Davis

    Constraining Cosmological Parameters through the kSZ effect

  • Jordon Ciriako

    A qualitative study exploring reasons for a service dog as an intervention for PTSD among military personnel

  • Justin Wilbert, Devin Gilbert

    The Intersection of  Marital Problems, Unhealthy Lifestyles, and ADHD Challenges

  • Kelly Clegg

    Affordable and Clean Energy

  • Kristina Smith, Anne "Shelly" Hutchinson, Courtney Carlton, Parker Schouten, Ammon Veil, and Sean Owens.

    The Effect of Demographic Status on Beliefs about Treating Depression

  • Mason Acree

    Artificial Intelligence for Cancer Detection

  • Megan Verno/ Cason Dotson

    Identity Congruence, Gender Roles and Correlations with Depression among Women

  • Melania Pena

    Evidence for a High Altitude Haze on an L/T Transition Brown Dwarf

  • Michelle Loveland

    PTSD, Depression and Veteran Academic Performance

  • Monica English

    Existing at a Precarious Intersection: Experiences of Negotiating LGBTQIA Mormon Identity in Utah

  • Nicholas Newell

    Effectiveness of DNA Barcoding on Cave Dwelling Arachnids, Crustaceans, and Insects

  • Peter Williams, Tyler Barton, Michaella Loveless,

    Can a Visual and Auditory Stimulus Elicit a Measurable Stress Response?

  • Spencer Eyring

    Zero Hunger

  • Summer Turpin

    Exploring postsecondary academic performance and problems as risk factors and warning signs of suicidal ideation and behavior…

  • Xinyue cheng

    United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: The Case of Lung Cancer in Kentucky

  • Zach Dean, Kendrick Kiggins, Jacob Kirkpatrick, Joshua Kirkpatrick, Thomas Mahoney, Tyrel Porter, McKenzie Roberts, Amelia Weixler, Jaren Woods

    Using CRISPR to find melanin-related Sox10 target genes

  • Zach Rodgerson

    Showcase UN Goals Project

11:30-01:30 - lunch with departmental resource booths - Center Stage

  • All presenters, mentors, and booth participants are invited. Additionally, tickets will be given out at the poster sessions and booths to students and visitors. There are 400 lunch tickets available.

1:00-3:30 - Posters & demonstrations - Science Atrium

  • Aisa Gibbons

    The Alleviation of Anxiety in College Students as They Advance in Semesters Enrolled

  • Ashley Franklin

    Graphic Novels and English as a second language

  • Brittany Allred

    Construct of Healing in Psychotherapy

  • Brooke Schroeder

    Mental Health Experts and the Justice System: Concerns and Future Directions

  • Bryan Dalley, Jordon Ciriako, Kylie Zimmerman, and Kayla Stubbs

    Exploring the Beck Depression Inventory: 57 Years of Assessment

  • Cason Dotson, Michelle Loveland, Brian Timberlake

    Gender & ADHD Levels among Married Former UVU Students

  • Conner Gleason

    UN Sustainable Development Goals: Innovation, Industry, and Infrastructure: an Analysis of Haiti

  • Cougar B Einfeldt

    UN Goal 16 and the Effects of Violence in East Africa

  • Dillon Harper

    Bibliotherapy : Evidence for How it's Used and Whether it's Effective

  • Dominique Elder

    The Effects of Bisphenol- A; Bisphenol-A’s Damaging Effects on Human Reproduction and Development and its Role in Chronic Illness

  • Duncan Christensen

    UN Sustainable Development Goals: The Case of Inequality in the United States

  • Eric Mena

    UN Sustainable Development Goals: Poverty in Malawi: An Analysis of Government Policy and Foreign Aid

  • Henok Gebremichael

    Zebra-FISHING for Genes (Analysis of Macrophage Gene Expression in Response to Tissue Wounding)

  • James Taylor

    Localization and electrical stimulation of sexually dimorphic neural correlates of anxiety: a pilot study

  • Joshua Balmforth

    Probing the mechanism of binding between the sperm and egg cell surface receptors by molecular dynamics simulations…

  • Levi Neely

    CARVEDILOL IMPROVES HYPOGLYCEMIA AWARENESS IN RATS

  • McKay

    DNA Methylation: Current Knowledge, Research, and Future Medical Possibilities

  • Melissa Findeis

    "Pantsuits and Pearls": The Role of Gender and New Media in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

  • Phillip Rich

    Algae Harvester

  • Sandra Cameron, Kristen Thomsen, Steven Bagley

    Facilitating Student Learning by Enhancing Metacognition and Readiness to Change

  • Sarah Callaway

    Wasatch Elementary School Absentee Survey

  • Sydney Houghton

    The Dispersal of Holmgren’s Milk-vetch (Astragalus holmgreniorum) Seed Pods by Wind

  • Sylwia Lipinska Hardman, Enkhzaya Nyam-Ochir, Gretchen Monson, Shelly Crook Hutchinson, Kris Anderson, Zachary Dean, Clayton Rawson, Chase Jenson, James Taylor

    UVU/TCU Collaboration

  • Taylor Christensen and Derek McGovern \ Rhen Parmenter and Jeremiah Cunningham

    GNSS Rapid Static and RMS Horizontal Error \ Exploring Elevation Differences…

  • Tyson Hillock

    Effect of Extracorporeal Shockwave on Rhizopus oryzae biofilm.

Friday

09:30-11:30 - performances -Rebecca Lockhart Arena RL 152 dance studio

  • 9:40 - 10:00 Shandra Salmon

    Dance Education

    Characterizing Emotion Through Choreography

  • 10:00 - 10:20 Ganae Osorio & Kimberly Memmott

    Commercial Music

  • 10:20 - 10:40 Paula Powell

    Modern, Dance Education, Behavioral Science

    No Words

  • 10:40 - 11:00 Marisa Crowder

    Dance, Choreography

    Daughter of a King

  • 11:00 - 11:20 Spencer Muir & Libby Stevenson

    Ballroom Dance, Business Management

    Red Rouge- An exploration of the Human Will to Survive

  • 1:30 - 1:50 Doug Smith

    Music

    Percussion UVU

  • 1:50 - 2:10 Francesca DeMartino

    Fine Art, Behavioral Science

    The Aftershocks: A Research through Dance on the Emotional Symptoms of Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder

  • 2:10 - 2:30 Isabella Arnett

    Modern Dance

    Quotidian

  • 2:30 - 2:50 Meladi Hodges

    Dance Education

    Japanese Ideals in Michio Itos Choreography and Technique

9:00-11:30 - Art & design, digital media - Science Building Atrium

  • Aneeqa Janjua

    Insomnia Severity and University Student Academic Performance

  • Blake Newman and Aubrey Nielsen

    Ethical Implications of Deforestation

  • Daniel Balser Zachariah Becerra Graylon Berg Alise Borne Jayson Brandner Cassey Burke Robert Dean Ellen Hall Jared Johnson Nathan Jones Briana Kroll Joshua Lamping Nicole Laudie Rolon Monica Lopez Janelle Pedroza Jared Peterson Parker Phelps Tihare Salazar Carrasco Kyle Takke Evan Traasdahl Spencer Vance Joseph Venoza Memorias de la Tierra /

    Memories of Earth: an insight into the graphic world of Miguel Brieva

  • Della Don Janjua

    An Analysis of Student Mental Health and Academic Performance

  • Emily ferre, Austin Ewell

    Ethical Implications of Genetic Screenings in In Vitro Fertilizatio

  • Michael Skanchy, Jared Walker, Ben Espinoza

    To Abort or Not to Abort, That is the Question

11:30-1:30 - lunch with alumni keynotes - Timpanagos room in UVU library)

  • 12:00 - 12:20 Korby Howell, Pediatric Physicians Assistant

    As a student majoring in Exercise Science at UVU, Korby participated in a variety of research projects related to exercise physiology. Korby will talk about how this research experience helped him gain acceptance to the Physicians Assistance program at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Heath Sciences, the physicians assistance school of his choice.

  • 12:25 - 12:45 Landon Braden

    Landon is a student studying electrical engineering at Utah Valley University. As a member of the engineering nanotechnology team, he has participated in developing coursework for a nanotechnology class, has published a paper for an ASEE conference, and has participated in experimental development of printed thin film transistors. Landon will be speaking on his participation in these projects, and the effect they have had on his education.

11/2 Friday - 1:30-4:00 - Art & design, digital media = Science Building Atrium

  • Tim Smith, Logan Barnes, Daniel Gray

    Development and Utilization of Virtual Reality Educational Content for Use by Students of Chemistry