Jillian Bjorstad, Maynard Maglaya, Roquel Mills-Bain, Judy Obat and Jordan Kashatok
Homeland Security and Emergency Management
American Indian Business Leaders: Business Plan Competition
Portland, Oregon

Elijah Simmons, Arsh Chauhan, Louis Bastille, Conall Birkholz, Addeline Mitchell, Ivan Rhodehamel, and Jacob Cates
Computer Science
The NASA Robotic Mining Competition
Titusville, Florida

Grace Beckman
Biology
I will be using Arctic Ground Squirrel (AGS) cells to study DNA repair after cell damage is inflicted.  AGS are a model organism for molecular mechanisms of DNA repair, as during hibernation, they deploy measures against DNA damage or of improving post-damage repair.

Katelynn Bushnell
Accounting
I will analyze financial data for a sample of faculty unions for the past 3 fiscal years. The sample will be a cross section of union organizations from public and private, small and large US universities. I will calculate mean, median and decile amounts for these organizations’ key activities.

Trevor Fiscus, Ryan Kramer, & Nicolay Donets
Mechanical Engineering
Our project will design and construct an assembly system that allows for positioning individual solar cells in various, re-configurable three-dimensional arrangements. The structure will be modular, allowing adjustment of geometry for research purposes. Three-dimensional structures can result in higher power density than conventional, flat-panel configurations.

Audrey Freeman
Civil Engineering
I will develop a two-dimensional thermal model to explore the temperature-dependent phenomena of internal movement within frozen debris lobes. This model will help predict when these slow-moving permafrost-landslide features will become geohazards to the Dalton Highway and Trans Alaska Pipeline System.

Biological Science
To better predict outcomes of climate change in the Arctic on parasite prevalence and intensity, I will determine the effect of temperature on Trichobilharzia alaskensis, a causative agent for swimmer’s itch, in snails. I will collect snails from Tanana Lakes and determine the minimum temperature for reproduction and shedding.

Michael Radotich and Duncan Fisher
Mechanical Engineering
The UAF Aeronautics Club is competing in the 2019 AIAA Design/Build/Fly competition. The team will be designing, building, and flying a remote controlled aircraft that fulfills the design requirements and rules of the competition to  travel and compete in the national competition in April.

Emily Reast
Biology
This project analyzes the effects that varying levels of soil nutrients have on growing siberian alder plants and their ability to fix nitrogen. Soils will vary in acidity, presence of frankia (nitrogen-fixing bacteria), and organic material amount in order to observe any differences in nodulation and physical plant measurements.

Natalie Wagner
Geology
This project aims to use seismometers to translate ice/water movement into seismic "wiggles" we can use to better understand glacier dynamics as whole. A better understanding of glaciers here on Earth, can help to better understand ice/water dynamics on other bodies in our solar system.

David Woo, Tad Nelson and Joshua Klina
Mechanical Engineering
The purpose of this project is to design and build a modular conex greenhouse that is partially or fully powered by renewable energy for use in rural Alaskan communities.

Ryan Fitzpatrick
Music
Fairbanks Cello Festival
While there are many musicians who converge at UAF's music department, there is rarely an opportunity for players who all play the same instrument to develop instrumental skills and camaraderie as a community. School students of the FNSBSD are leaving music because of a lack of appropriate funding - as such, UAF recruitment becomes more difficult. Adults in the community rarely have the opportunity to play in a large group and meet other like-minded musicians. The implementation of the Fairbanks Cello Festival would aim to bring as many community cellists to UAF as possible, with a series of master classes by two guest artists from Indiana University at UAF's campus, followed by a cello concert which would feature as many cellists from the community, local grade and high schools, after school programs, and UAF students, as possible in a single large cello ensemble. UAF is a hub for musical activity in the region, and a cello celebration such as this will bring people together who all share the same passion for music.

Sarah Manriquez
Art
My Home in My Hands
I am directing and producing a documentary film, and curating an accompanying photography exhibit, about the life of Felicia Cavanaugh, a homeless woman who lives at the Fairbanks Rescue Mission. Homelessness may not be a new issue but homelessness in the Arctic is an often misunderstood, complex and growing problem that deserves to be explored in depth. In particular, through the power of film and photography, my project aims to dispel popular myths about the causes of homelessness by tracing Ms. Cavanaugh’s daily journey of recovery from addiction.

Cole Berner
Business Administration
The Pareto Principle in NBA Analytics: How Production Distribution Affects Team Success
2019 Global Sport Business Association Conference
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Sine Anahita
Sociology
Ruth A. M. Schmidt Public Sociology Podcast Project

Margaret Darrow
Mining & Geological Engineering
Change Detection of Arctic Permafrost Slopes using LiDAR-derived Digital Elevation Models

Ryan Fitzpatrick
Music
National Association for Music Education All-Northwest Conference

Jennifer Guerard
Chemistry
Undergraduate Analytical and Organic Research Opportunities for Permafrost and Thermokarst Sediment Characterization

Joanne Healy
Education
Researching how a humanoid robot, Martin, can affect social and language skills in individuals who experience Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Claudia Ihl
Northwest Campus
Investigating urban muskoxen in Nome

Brenda Konar
Fisheries
Coastal Margins Sampling

Chisato Murakami
Japanese
Participation of Alaska State Japanese Speech Contest

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Creation of a rodent treadmill to test exercise training during extreme cold exposure

Kirsten Ressel
Fisheries
Distribution, life history, and reproductive biology of Capelin Mallotus villosus in Norton Sound and putative local population differentiation in Alaska

Alexis Will
Biological Sciences
Are St. Lawrence Island seabirds in trouble?

Craig Chythlook and Kevin Huo
Political Science
Model Arctic Council
The Model Arctic Council (MAC) is an academic program in which students from universities throughout the circumpolar north and beyond actively participate in a collaborative, experiential learning exercise to expand their knowledge of salient challenges and concerns in the Arctic.  Rovaniemi, Finland

Tibor Dorsaz
Fisheries
Mentor  - Brenda Konar
I will collect clam shells in Kachemak Bay, bring them back to a laboratory and analyze if they were preyed upon by sea stars or sea otters. This data will then be compared to the data collected in 2014 by CFOS Ph.D. student Sarah Traiger.

Alyx Hoover
Fisheries
Arctic lamprey Lenthenteron camtschaticum and Alaskan Brook lamprey Lenthenteron alaskense are identifiable as adults, but not as larvae. Previous research indicates that gill pore papillae are a taxonomic indicator for distinguishing lamprey species. However, this has not been examined for these species and may allow for species identification of larvae.

Taylor Seitz
Biological Sciences
The purpose of this project is to characterize microbial communities within thawing Fairbanks permafrost. Following characterization, I will identify the antimicrobial resistance genes within the communities.

Jeremy Thomas
Physics
Some neurological disorders are associated with transitions between behavior patterns in the brain although the underlying mechanisms are relatively unknown. Computer simulations of coupled neuron networks explore transitions between ordered and disordered activity patterns. Analysis of these simulations will determine the types of pattern switching, associated time scales, and sensitivity.

Buck Barbieri and Naomi Hutchens
Art
Collaborative Animation Production from Students' Perspective: Creating short 3D CG films through international team-work.
SIGGRAPH 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia

Casey Winkleman
Music Performance - Voice
Utah Vocal Arts Academy Summer Opera Festival Principle Artist Program

Cole Berner
Business Administration
I will conduct secondary data analysis research using the Pareto Principle to examine whether an NBA team’s top 20% of players in terms of salary, usage percentage, and simple game score, produce 80% of the team’s production, as well as if approaching the 80/20 rule correlates with regular season win percentage.

John Brickley
English
This project advances current research at the intersection of English literature and computer science by designing and implementing a novel algorithm for identifying selected English texts' source materials.  Sources are identified using searches for rare words and patterns of words ("strings").  Searches are broadened using linguistically sound permutations of strings.

James Campbell
Chemistry
Iron and copper aerosols are of great interest because they pose serious health risks. Using air samples collected every hour throughout the summer, the concentrations will be analyzed for trends and will be compared to other data already collected during the winter.

Liam Cassell
Electrical Engineering
The project objective is to study the lifecycle of spinach as a function of the quality of light in a controlled environment greenhouse. The project will develop new technology to automate the control process and the collection of vital data (LAI: Leaf Area Index) to perform the study.

Shila Cotton
Geosciences
I will determine the age of a major fault in order to assess whether there was enough time for slip on the fault to transport rocks all the way from central California to southern Alaska. I will date damaged fault minerals by the 40Ar/39Ar method, using UAF’s Geochronology Lab.

Psychology
The proposed study aims to understand how individuals living in interior Alaska emotionally respond to natural threatening situations. This study is a replication with an extension of the “Fear versus fascination: An exploration of emotional responses to natural threats” conducted by van den Berg and ter Heijne in 2005.

Michael Lorain
Anthropology
This project will sample wood stakes from prehistoric fish weirs in southeast Alaska to perform species and radiocarbon analysis. The project aims to understand potential preferences for tree species and begins to ask questions about behavioral reasoning. Samples will be taken from two traps at the archaeological site PET-00748.

Daniel Manley
Linguistics
This is a language learning research project comparing learning a language online to learning it in person. In this language learning study I intend to reflect on my language learning processes, and explore the role of motivation and what social interaction looks like in the two contexts.

Jonathan Napier
Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
By conducting daily net monitoring surveys and collecting samples for analyses, I will assess the impacts of oil and gas exploration and development on the health of fish stocks in coastal areas of the Beaufort Sea around the industrialized Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.

Travis Oen
Electrical Engineering
This research project will explore the potential benefits of applying artificial intelligence (AI) to avalanche rescue. My research will involve two timed computer-generated avalanche rescue simulations. The first simulation will utilize traditional rescue methods and the second simulation will be led by an AI rescue device.

Jeremy Thomas
Physics
Spontaneous switching between differently ordered activity patterns is observed in coupled neuron networks. Transient activity at the network and system level has underlying mechanisms that are relatively unknown. Numerical simulations and statistical methods will determine the types of pattern switching, the associated time scales, sensitivity, and dependence on network coupling.

Patricia Wenstrup
English
A Map Shaped Like a Poem is a summer long writing project that interrogates the relationship between geographic place, history and image. This project will be bracketed by craft writing workshops that will inform my writing process.

Phillip Wilson
Geoscience
Little is known about the prehistoric surges of the Black Rapids Glacier, despite the hazard this surging glacier poses to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and Richardson Highway. My goal is to reconstruct the history of the Black Rapids Glacier by dating moraines and abandoned glacial spillways left during past surge events.

Leah Berman
Math
iPads for Distance Math Teaching

Jamie Clark
Anthropology
3D Printer for Anthropology Teaching/Research

Elaine Drew
Anthropology
Computer equipment for training students in medical anthropology research

Denise Kind
Biological Sciences
Motion-triggered cameras for field work

Scott Oliver
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Computational chemistry software and equipment

Charles Mason
COJO
Photo/Video Editing Software and Studio Equipment

Didar Baumgartner
Psychology
Western Psychological Association 2018 Convention
Portland, Oregon

Arsh Chahan, Addeline Mitchell, Elijah Simmons,
Louis Bastille, Ivan Rhodehamer
Computer Science
NASA Robotic Mining Competition
Orlando, Florida

Austin Dabbs
Mechanical Engineering
5th European Conference on Permafrost
Chamonix Mont-Blanc, France

Duncan Fisher, Levi Purdy, Michael Radotich
Mechanical Engineering
AIAA Design, Build Fly Competition
Witchata, Kansas

Alex Hoover and Deidra Neely
Fisheries
Western Division American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting 2018
Anchorage, Alaska

Cassidy Kelly
Psychology
The Western Psychological Association Convention 2018
Portland, Oregon

Noah Khalsa
Fisheries
American Fisheries Society Western Division Annual Meeting
Anchorage, Alaska

Lutfi Lena
Business Administration
Quinnipiac’s Global Asset Management Education Forum
New York, New York

Nicole Lindsay
Psychology
The Western Psychological Association Convention 2018
Portland, Oregon

Betsy Lokken
Biological Sciences
Experimental Biology Conference
San Diego, California

Colleen Mertes
Anthropology
25th Annual Lavender Linguistics Conference
Providence, Rhode Island

Edward Paxson
History
2018 Phi Alpha Theta Northwest Regional Conference
Spokane, Washington

Phillip Wilson
Geoscience
48th International Arctic Workshop
Boulder, Colorado

Brittany Bowling
Wildlife Biology & Conservation
This project will examine the relationship between Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis) and hoary marmot (M. caligata) melanism. We will look at the evolutionary function of melanism and how it is produced in both species. This will lead to a recommendation on M. caligata ability to genetically rescue M. vancouverensis.

Evan Denty, Ross Boling, Bong Chon and Ryan Goldfuss
Mechanical Engineering
This project will research the design of a novel aircraft passenger-seat ventilation system that uses an innovative air curtain to aid in isolating breathing air between passengers to significantly reduce the potential spread of airborne pathogens and thereby reducing the potential for a pandemic.

Kimberly Diamond
Natural Resource Management
This project will recruit volunteers who drive and bicycle to campus. These volunteers will be asked to monitor environmental, economic, and social costs of their daily commute. This data will be used to conduct a cost-benefit analysis to compare the commuting methods and inform community member decision-making.

Daniel Eagan
Mechanical Engineering
Development of the FOSS load cell will culminate in a device suitable for testing the thrust and torque output of aviation-grade electric motors used in NASA research, while avoiding issues with electromagnetic interference.

Olena Ellis
Art
I will be working with internationally acclaimed Gallerist Leslie Ferrin and Sculptor Artist Sergei Isupov in Massachusetts, covering technical aspects of sculpture and also New Mexico artist, Mary Shaffer, who was integral in the American Studio Glass Movement.

Pagie Gieck
Nursing Science
Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy has been associated with mutations in nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) α4 and β2 subunits. Using two-electrode voltage clamp electrophysiology, we will study the effects of the incorporating an accessory α5 subunit into nAChRs both with and without NFLE-associated mutations in their α4 subunits.

Biological Science
To better predict outcomes of climate change in the Arctic on parasite prevalence and intensity, I will determine the effect of temperature on Trichobilharzia alaskensis, a causative agent for swimmer’s itch, in snails. I will collect snails from Tanana Lakes and determine the minimum temperature for reproduction and shedding.

Kimber Harnar
Mining and Geological Engineering
The project will use Tempe cells, pressure plates, and a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) system to measure the soil freezing and wetting curves of five treatments of one heterogeneous soil- one untreated, and four cation treatments (Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, K+)- to find their relationship to the Clausius-Clapeyron equation.

Douglas Keller
Mechanical Engineering
This project is to design a load cell based around fiber optic strain gauges for NASA’s electric propulsion research.

Patrick Knavel
Biology and Wildlife
This exploratory analysis into the differences between the gut microbiomes of Northern Pike in their native waters versus their invasive waters will facilitate further research into the gut microbiomes of invasive fishes. We will use next generation sequencing and established bioinformatics pipelines to analyze compositional differences between eighty samples.

Betsy Lokken
Biological Sciences
My research will examine the brain mechanisms regulating the onset of hibernation in Arctic Ground Squirrels. To do this I will compare the levels of histamine and orexin neuron activation in Arctic Ground Squirrels’ brains in the summer and in the winter.

James McKay
Biological Science
This project will seek to determine how nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (NFLE) is affected by the subunit composition of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). I will examine disease-relevant nAChR subtypes containing a NFLE-associated point mutation using two-electrode voltage clamp electrophysiology.

Colleen Mertes
Anthropology
This project analyzes rugby songs. The songs, notable for bawdy lyrics, are sung at “socials.” I aim to understand how women rugby players negotiate singing phallocentric and misogynistic lyrics. I draw from linguistic anthropology research on swearing; stereotypes about gendered speech and linguistic meaning in communities of practice.

Kiana Mitchell
Chemistry
The overarching goal of this project is to simulate leaching of boiler slag and fly ash (CCPs) in sub-Arctic environmental media in order to determine the leaching behavior and the effects of CCPs metal(loid)-DOM interactions. To achieve this, I will perform leaching experiments for CCPs in dissolved organic matter (DOM).

Trevor Schoening
Natural Resource Management
This project seeks to examine the geographic distribution of food production in Alaska through the creation of spatial maps. Farmers' markets throughout Alaska, and subsequently the producers selling at them, will be contacted to obtain data regarding this production, and GIS will then be used to create representative maps.

Tristan Van Cise, Collin Lasley and Ryan Stonebreaker
Computer Science
Calamine is a platform centered on motion-based programming using virtual reality. Traditionally, programming adopts a static nature; one sits in a chair and types. With Calamine, the goal is to remedy this inherent lack of physical activity and usher in a new development medium for those interested in learning code.

Natalie Wagner
Geoscience
I am studying the rocks from one of the many fault zones in southern Alaska to understand the pressure and temperature conditions and slip sense during their deformation. Understanding the slip conditions of faults in southern Alaska will help to determine how this area was formed and deformed over time.

Kellie Bernstein
Theatre and Film
University Resident Theatre Association Auditions
New York, New York

Owen Fulton
Political Science
Model United Nations
New York, New York

Carie Navio
Electrical Engineering
AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition
Kissamee, Florida

Renee Nowicki
Biology
Alaska Entomological Society
Anchorage, Alaska

Chaya Pike
Political Science
Model United Nations
New York, New York

Maureen Biermann and Sine Anahita
Sociology
Understanding LGBTQ Experiences in a Changing Climate

Elaine Drew
Anthropology
Promoting Veteran Health, Reintegration, and Quality of Life in Alaska

Brandon Boylan
Political Science
UAF Participation in National Model United Nations Conference

Abel Bult-Ito
Biology and Wildlife
Acute and chronic effects of dFBr on compulsive-like behaviors of females in a non-induced compulsive-like mouse model

Elaine Drew
Anthropology
Prenatal Care Perspectives among Alaskan Women

Andrea Gastaldi
Fisheries
Using next-generation sequencing to resolve polychaete taxonomy and systematics

Duncan Green
Fisheries
Design and fabrication of a flow-through respirometer for measuring metabolic rates of fishes

Daisy Huang
Mechanical Engineering
Friction testing of different sled runner materials

Claudia Ihl
Northwest Campus
Investigating urban muskoxen in Nome

Lawrence Itela
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Rates of photolysis of antiviral drugs detected in surface waters under atmospheric conditions

Sunwoo Kim
Mechanical Engineering
Development of Phase-Changing Heat Transfer Devices for Sustainable Energy Systems in Alaska

Andres Lopez
Fisheries
First genomic-scale survey of genetic diversity of Lake Trout in Alaska

Kendall Mills
Biology and Wildlife
Genetic Rescue of the Endangered Vancouver Island Marmot (Marmota vancouverensis)

Elisabeth Nadin
Geosciences
Building deformation sandboxes for classroom use and developing research potential for Alaska-related geological problems

Scott Oliver
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Investigating skeletal muscle contractile function during hypothermia

Jen Petersen
Psychology
Healthy Aging in the Far North: Perspectives and Prescriptions

Dani Sheppard
Psychology
Journey to Western Psychological Association

Renate Wackerbauer
Physics
Undergraduate Research in Complex Systems

Erin Whitney
ACEP/INE
Performance Monitoring and Analysis of Bifacial Solar Photovoltaic Test Installation

Sveta Yamin-Pasternak
Anthropology
Food Arts of the Bering Strait, a Multimedia Exhibit

Kate Clancy
Geological Engineering
Alaska Miner's Association Meeting
Anchorage, Alaska

Melissa Delgado
Communications
The National Communication Association’s 103rd Convention
Dallas, Texas

Jonathan Gates
Geological Engineering
Alaska Miner's Association Meeting
Anchorage, Alaska

Mackenzie Jenkins
Chemistry
World Sleep Congress
Prague, Czech Republic

Sarah Manriquez-Trujillo
Art
Photo Expo Plus 2017 Portfolio Review
New York, New York 

Jessica Obermiller
Anthropology
National American Anthropology
Association’s National Conference
Washington DC

Karissa Paschall
English
Community and Writing Conference
Boulder, Colorado

Riley Troyer
Physics
2017 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union
New Orleans, Lousiana

Tristan Craddick
Computer Science
An evaluation of the effectiveness of visual cues versus audio cues for the purposes of directing user attention in a virtual reality environment.

Tibor Dorsaz
Fisheries
I will conduct this research in collaboration with a CFOS graduate student and a faculty member, we will rear juvenile Broad Whitefish under multiple temperatures and quantify physiological parameters such as length or metabolic rate, to predict growth responses of this crucial subsistence fish in the face of climate change.

Kathryn Herrod
Psychology
The purpose of this proposed study is to use semi-structured interviews with photo prompts to better understand UAF students’ experiences with depression, as well as identify specific facilitators and barriers to dealing with depression on the UAF campus.

Mackenzie Jenkins
Chemistry
My research is finding which areas in the brain are activated when hibernation is induced, specifically the Solitary Tract Nucleus (NTS), the site of action of adenosine (a sleep promoting molecule) and the Raphe, which maintains and adjusts body temperature during hibernation via brown adipose tissue (BAT) thermogenesis.

Tate Miles
Biological Sciences
Under the guidance of Dr. Diana Wolf, I will be replicating and sequencing ancient mammal DNA extracted from samples taken within a permafrost tunnel in Fox, Alaska. Once the samples are sequenced, I will be able to identify the mammal species living in the permafrost.

Brynne Myers
Psychology
Classroom environments, specifically windows and lighting, significantly impact student performance. This project will study the effect of classroom environments through varied window conditions on student attentiveness and cognition, specifically cognitive flexibility and learning retention. Through this study, efficiency of learning and use of windows in classrooms will be improved.

Jared Roberts
Geography
With the intensity of hurricanes potentially increasing due to recent climate change, my project is designed to understand and unravel the sedimentary signatures of ancient hurricanes using geological proxies. The goal is to provide data that helps better predict extreme storm events and coastal communities prepare for these events.

Shaylee Shocklee
Justice
This program is the result of 5 years of work on the part of the UAF justice department as well as a number of members of the Fairbanks justice department. When implemented in Fairbanks that uses restorative justice to replace our current punitive system of justice.

Krystina Stobinski
Psychology
This project is designed to qualitatively explore the relationship between students with math anxiety, their professors, and university math programs. Outcomes of the projected project will include betterment of University math programs as well as increased student confidence and academic success.

Hannah Gerrish
Biological Science
This project will provide field support and community outreach for ongoing NASA-ABoVE research efforts in Gates of the Arctic National Park examining vegetative dynamics and obtaining baseline data for Dall sheep management.

Jacob Harris
Anthropology
A comparative study of animal bones from Mughr el-Hamamah in Jordan and Sefunim Cave in Israel. The sites date to 45,000-21,000 years ago. The analysis will focus on the degree of fragmentation, weathering, and burning, which can tell us about human behavior and site formation processes.

Maria Jacobson Panozo
Rural Development
This project investigates human-animal relationships among the indigenous herders around La Paz, Bolivia. I will complete a field school that engages government institutions, NGOs, consumers, and the indigenous communities dealing with drought.

Noah Khalsa
Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
This project will help map the distribution of juvenile Chinook salmon in the Tanana Flats. Water samples taken from the flats will be tested for traces of Chinook salmon DNA to identify locations where Chinook salmon overwinter in the flats.

Kelly McCartney
Chemistry
Technologically Critical Elements (TCEs) are central to modern society and renewable energy production. By analyzing a modern gold extraction process we will identify if TCEs, such as tellurium used in solar panels, can be economically extracted. This will be accomplished by coupling mass balance calculations with mineralogical characterization.

Sean Merriman
Chemistry
This project aims to elucidate the effect of botanicals derived from Alaska wild berries on the master redox regulator Nrf2 and the interaction with its inhibitor Keap1, and its implication on inflammatory and oxidative stress in the aging or diseased nervous system.

Cynthia Nelson
Fisheries
Northern Pike is an invasive species south of the Alaska Range, and has severely impacted some salmon populations. This project will assess the behavior of juvenile salmon to test the hypothesis that anti-predator responses are exhibited by individuals from populations that have had more interaction time with Northern Pike.

Roger Ridenour
Secondary Education/History
Food security is a major concern to many peoples living remotely in the circumpolar north. I intend to complete my design of the ABC, a food production system, housed in a shipping container, that would provide fresh garden produce, sustainably produced power, and plants for use in local individual gardens.

David Rhodes
Natural Resource Management
This project will establish a guided tour along North Campus trails to highlight historic and ongoing research conducted in the UAF Boreal Arboretum, Exotic Tree Plantation, and T-field. Signage in plots dating back to the 1970’s will engage new generations in the work of UAF as a land grant institution.

Catherine Stallings
Biological Sciences
Evaluation of the effectiveness of sertraline, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder, in treating compulsive-like, anxiety-like, and depression-like behaviors in non-induced compulsive-like mice. 

Rose Crelli
Music
Marrowstone Music Festival
Bellingham, Washington

Elise Stacy
Biological sciences
New Mexico National Wildlife Society Meeting
Albuquerque, New Mexico

College of Engineering and Mines
Group project - Sage Tixier, Jonah Jeffries, Taylor Tompkins, Michael Fehrenbach, Kenley Scarlett, Kyle Scarlett, Paul Palombi, Jr.
A design project to build a 10 Watt wind turbine

College of Liberal Arts
Aleksandra Milanovich
Examining roles of boredom proneness, self-determination, intrinsic motivation, gender on persons’ experience of boredom

College of Natural Science and Mathematics
Amir Raz
Tsunami Waves in Asymmetric Narrow Bays

School of Education
Jordan Wilson
Parent Involvement with Low Socioeconomic and Minority Families

School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
Stephanie Jump
Bottom trawling for Chinook Salmon smolts in the Tanana River

School of Natural Resources and Extension
Jessica Herzog
Trophic niche partitioning between male and female golden eagles in western Alaska
 

College of Community and Rural Development
Loni Weggel
Analysis of Factors that influences Talkativeness among adults

Devin Drown
Biology and Wildlife
Equipment purchase to support a web based portal for genomic and bioinformatic analysis

Jason Lazarus
Communications & Journalism
Equipment to support advanced video and photographic editing bays

Chris Maio
Geoscience
Precision GPS equipment

Jochen Mezger
Geoscience
Geology field camp mapping, navigation and safety equipment

Kristian Nattinger
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Equipment for measuring water quality parameters

Jen Peterson
Psychology
Equipment to study the effects of extended daylight on the mood and well-being of residents in interior Alaska

Maya Salganek
Theatre & Film
Equipment to support developing Unmanned Aircraft System cinematography and VR education at UAF

Seth Blohm
Music
Alaska Chamber Chorale Tour
Italy

Leslie Bielski Petre
Civil Engineering
Alaska Water Wastewater Management Association Conference
Anchorage, Alaska

Katrina Dowell
Biological Sciences
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference
Chicago, Illinois

Trisha Levasseur
Natural Resources Management
National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium
Annapolis, Maryland

Zoe Marshall
Natural Resource Management
Exploring sustainable agriculture
Delta Junction, Alaska

Aleksandra Milanovich
Psychology
Association for Psychological Science Conference
Boston, Massachusetts

Kyle Scarlett
Mechanical Engineering
Collegiate Wind Competition
Boulder, Colorado

Jacob Sterle
Chemistry
American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting
San Francisco, California

Reyce Bogardus
Physical Geography
Assessing Tsunami Vulnerability in Larsen Bay, Alaska via Structure from Motion Derived Elevation Data

Kate Clancy
Mining and Geological Engineering
Study the interaction of Water Tracks with Soil Piping to Prevent Future Subsidence in Alaskan Soils

Kimberly Diamond
Natural Resources Management
Factors Impacting Dormancy and Viability of Prunus Padus Seeds

Sara Ewers
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Does Natural Organic Matter Redox Potential and Reactivity in Pore Water Vary Between Open and Closed Taliks?

Jonathan Gates
Mining and Geological Engineering
Development of an Accurate Method to Map Water Tracks using Remote Sensing and Soil Hydraulic and Geophysical Properties

Harrison Hartle
Physics
Vortex Dynamics in Quasi-Two Dimensional Turbulence

Connor Ito
Biology
Barcoding of Ancient Nematode DNA to Infer Climate Change Between 10,000-60,000 Years Ago

Alexandra Keller
Biology
Testing the Effects of the Changing pH from Alaskan Microbiome on Subsistence Berries

Jacob Klaameyer
Mechanical Engineering
High Lumen LED Flashlight

Renee Nowicki
Biology
Alaskan Ant Biodiversity:  Identification  Key, Maps, and DNA Barcoding

Alisha O'Brien
Chemistry
Application of Green Chemistry to Metals in Medicine. Building novel organometallic platinum compounds to reduce toxicity and overcome resistance in cancer treatment

Angelina Rotermund
Foreign Languages and Literatures
Assisting environmental mercury research at UAF through Spanish-English translation and interpretation

Kelly Schmitz
Natural Resource Management
Nutritional Effect of Willow on Reindeer Calf Growth

Elise Stacy
Wildlife Biology
Furthering population study of marten in Interior Alaska

Sage Tixier
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Spring 2017 Collegiate Wind Competition

David Warner
Chemistry
Environmental Impacts of Heavy Metal Leaching from Coal-Fly Ash

Phillip Wilson
Geoscience
Surges of the Black Rapids Glacier: Dating a Prehistoric Hazard

Zeinab Barati
Institute of Arctic Biology
Workshop on Essentials of Statistics with SPSS

Frank Boldt
Justice
Fairbanks Community Restorative Justice Initiative

Jan Dawe
Natural Resource Management
OneTree Alaska: K-20 boreal forest education, research and community engagement

Maryanne Evans
Institute of Arctic Biology
Climate change, biomass production and the Alaskan soil microbiome

Kristin Gagne
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Does Dissolved Organic Matter Redox Potential and Reactivity in Pore Water Vary Between Open and Closed Taliks?

Daisy Huang
Mechanical Engineering
Collegiate Wind Competition

Amy May
Communication and Journalism
Testing the effectiveness of Virtual Reality (VR) as a strategy to reduce speech anxiety

Mark Melham
Natural Resource Management
Dall Sheep Research in Gates of the Arctic

Joy Morrison
Faculty Development
Mentoring Workshop

Trent Sutton
College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
Laboratory-based evaluation of structures used for aging freshwater fishes

Mike Whalen
Geoscience
Exploring the aftermath of the Chicxulub impact: Ancient oceanography and ecology in the crater

Diana Berry
Art
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Conference
Salt Lake City, Utah October, 2016

Amanda Casterline
Theatre
University Resident Theatre Association Seminar
Chicago, Illinois January 2017

Katherine Aikens
Mechanical Engineering
Design Build Fly Aeronautics Competition

Ashley Blake
Psychology
Understanding the factors that impact UAF student veterans' academic and social success

Tim Bouta
Chemistry
Project DIMAC: Detecting iodine monoxide in the Arctic Circle

Ana Carrasco
Biology
Using Next Generation sequencing technology for the detection of hepatitis C infection in Alaska

Esul Chafin
Business Administration
The 80/20 Experience: An analysis of NHL salaries and performance success

Jenny Dale
Anthropology
Intimacy and Devotion:  A Secular Inquiry into the Literacy Strategies of a Jews for Jesus Bible Study Group

Monica Mikes
Biology
Validating Hibernation Model via Metabolic and fecal Comparisons of Free Range to Laboratory Arctic Ground Squirrels

Aleksandra Milanovich
Psychology
Bored out of this world: Factors impacting the experience of boredom

Katherine Aikens
Mechanical Engineering
Society of Women Engineers 2016 Conference
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 2016

Anastasia Butler
Biological Sciences
Genetic Diversity of Vicia cracca
Interior Alaska, September 2016

Esul Chafin
Business Administration
Application of 80/20 rule on Ice: Comparative analysis of NHL salaries and performance success

Teylana Gordon
Geoscience
How continental crust grows: a field study of the Talkeetna Arc, southern Alaska

Stephanie Jump
Fisheries
Bottom trawling for Chinook salmon smolts in the Tanana River

Zoe Marshall
Natural Resource Management
Vegetative Propogation of four berry species for sustainable fruit production in Alaska

Erica Moeller
Biology
Functional morphology of the marmot skeleton

Alisha O'Brien
Chemistry
Synthesis and characterization of the anti-tumor compound Cisplatin: advances with novel analogs

David Reynolds
Fisheries
Stock characteristics of capelin in the Northern and Southern Bering Sea

Luke Rogers
Wildlife Biology
The effect of social class on space use and behavior in captive Wood Bison: a comparative study

Lauren Whitt
Biological Sciences
Identifying plant families in ancient environmental DNA from permafrost using DNA barcoding

Alexander Wynne-Ballard
Biology
Does permafrost thaw alter methane via a shift in the microbial community composition?

Giulia Zedda
Biological Sciences
Species delimitation in a small Madagascar mammal, the mouse-earred tenrec (Geogale aurita)

College of Engineering and Mines - Aven Bross and Max Hesser-Knoll
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) on RobotMoose Robotics Infrastructure

College of Liberal Arts
Jessica Obermiller
The Headscarf Project: Exposing myself by covering up

College of Natural Science and Mathematics
Patrick Terhune
Topographic development and upper plate deformational response to multiple Cenozoic flat slab subduction events: Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska

School of Education
Elizabeth Smith
Sharing with Robots

School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
Zachary Goeden
Differential effects of Sea Star Wasting Syndrome across species

School of Natural Resources and ExtensionKirsten Williams
Hydroelectricity in Alaska: Current and Potential Developments

College of Community and Rural Development
Ashley Johnson, Darling Anderson, Vernae Angnaboogok, Nicole Arevalo, Roberta Cecil, William Craske, Diloola Erickson, Casey Ferguson, Shaelene Holstrom, Naomi Jones, Maria Lake, Jolene Nanouk, Martha Perry, Eric Petersen, Selina Sam, Julia Taylor, Adrienne Titus
Indigeous and Tribal Community Development: What constitutes success? 

Annie Duffy
Art
Classroom Projector Replacement Project

Jennifer Guerard
Chemistry and Biochemistry
HPLC Fluorescence Detection and Degasser Expansion

Jason Lazarus
Journalism and Broadcasting
Software licenses and camera equipment

Maya Salganek
Theater and Film
Software licenses

Karen Spaleta
Advanced Instrumentation Lab
Fusion instrument in support of sample preparation for XRF and ICP-MS

Alexander Thornton
School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
Classroom response systems (CRS) and training

Diana Berry
Art
W.D. Berry Research – Art History Practicum
Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, March 2016

Nathan Feemster
Linguistics
International Gender and Language Association Conference
Hong Kong, May 2016

Forrest Campnell
Biochemistry
Concentration of total mercury and methylmercury in commercial cigarettes: Examining routes of human exposure

Amanda Casterline
Theater
Theater Thesis: Costume Design

Jackson Drew
Biological Science
Testing the Effects of the Alaskan Microbiome on a Model Organism: Arabidopsis thaliana

Montana Goss
Biology and Anthropology
Who Are The Shenks Ferry People?

Jessica Herzog
Natural Resource Management
Bees of Alaska's Seward Peninsula and Plant Height

Elizabeth Smith
Education
Sharing With Robots: Collaboration and Joint Effort with NAO 

Kirsten Williams
Natural Resources Management
Hydroelectric Technology in Alaska: Current and Proposed Developments

Aaron Yeaton
Natural Resources Management
The Impacts of Media Advertisement on the Denali Wilderness Experience

Kyle Milke
Chemistry
Geological Society of America National Meeting
Baltimore, Maryland, November 2015

Jessica Obermiller
Anthropology
Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association
Denver, Colorado, November 2015

Diana Berry
Art
Art History Practicum: The W.D. Berry Collection in Rasmuson Library

Forrest Campnell
Biochemistry
Concentration of Total Mercury in Cigarettes and Fish Muscle Tissue Purchased in La Paz, Mexico

Gabriel Cartegena
Psychology
Living With HIV/AIDS - Understanding Survivorship Through Photovoice

Patrick Graham
Geoscience
Integrating Multiplatform Remote Sensing and Field Data to Estimate Surface Energy Fluxes in Arctic Ecosystems

Jeremy Boynton
Biological Sciences
Genotoxicity and DNA Repair Dynamics of Iqmik

Alta East
Anthropology
Foraging Practices of Military Families in Alaska

Logan Graves
Electrical Engineering
Summer internship with US Naval Research Lab

Annyssa Interrante
Biology
Diet analysis of Arctic lampreys in the Bering Sea using Next Generation sequencing

Dallon Knight
Chemistry
Metal Quantification and Bioaccessibility in Fairbanks, Alaska Road Dust

McKenzie Mucha
Biology
Chronic Effect of Desformylflustrabromine in Compulsive-Like Mice

Ruth Osborne
Chemistry
The Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter Composition and Photoreactivity from a Boreal Forest Surface Water

Ronin Ruerup
Chemistry
Monitoring the effects of Methylmercury

Ashley Swedberg
Social Work
Measuring the Level of Preparedness for Assisting Human Trafficking Victims in Alaska

Julia Taylor
Journalism and Broadcasting
Hartman Justice Project

Scott Taylor
Biological Sciences
Photographic Preservation of the Philips Arctic Lepidoptera Collection

Vanessa Santana Miranda
Biology
Latitudinal Variation in the Hibernation Timing of Hoary Marmots

Robert Williams
Biology
Astaxanthin contribution to increased efficiency of DNA repair and lowering of chronic inflammation

OVERALL AWARDS

1st Place
Leah Hill

2nd Place
Angela Peterson and Krysta Yancey

3rd Place
Genevieve Johnson

Ilsang Ahn
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Support for student learning of seismic hazards in Alaska

Sine Anahita
Sociology
Digital Man Cave Data Analysis Project

Margaret Darrow
Mining and Geological Engineering
Completing the Process: Disseminating the Results of Research (student travel to Germany)

Devin Drown
Biology & Wildlife
Using Nanopore Sequencing to Explore Genomics

Ginny Eckert
Fisheries
Support for students investigating harmful algal blooms and human health consequences through shellfish toxicity

Carie Green
Education
Phase II - Young Children's Experiences of Their Forest