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Congrats to the Fall Undergrad Research Symposium Winners!
Department / Organization: University Honors & Scholars
These students won cash prizes for their excellent poster presentations at the recent Fall 2025 Undergrad Research Symposium!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2025 FALL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM POSTER WINNERS!
#1 Tie | Emma Bateman, Senior, EDS | Mentor: Melissa Krebs, Ph.D., CBE | Designing Localized Drug-Delivery Solution for Women’s Health
#1 Tie | Wyatt F. Brooks, Senior, CH | Mentor: C. Michael McGuirk, CH | Controlling Zirconia Crystallization Towards the Synthesis of Phase Pure Polyethylene Depolymerization Catalysts
#2 | Micah Zumtobel, Junior, CBE | Mentor: Shubham Vyas, CH | Python-Driven Benchmarking of EPR Parameters for Fluorinated Species: Using Spin Traps to Investigate Degradation Mechanisms of Diverse PFAS Molecules?
People’s Choice Award | Ava Watson, Senior, ME | Mentors: Anne Silverman and Jordan Sturdy, ME | Pelvis Angle During Unweighted and Unilaterally Weighted Walking
Honorable Mentions:
Noah Link, Senior, CS; Shelby Gilson, Senior, GGE | Mentor: Juan Lucena, EDS | Invisible Sustainability Champions: Exploration of Small-Scale Recycling in Medellín, Colombia Through Community-Based Research
Ryan Roccanova, Senior, CH | Mentor: Shilai Hao | A New Method to Recycle Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries: Simultaneously Recover Transition Metals and Destroy Emerging Contaminants
