2021 Virtual Gatton Research Showcase
Research Presentations
Our 2021 Gatton Research Showcase spotlights Gatton Academy student researchers and their original, faculty-mentored projects.
Enjoy their presentations!
Frankfort, KY
Simulation of High-Speed Metal Forming Processes
Mentor: Dr. Morteza Nurcheshmeh, WKU School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Bowling Green, KY and Louisville, KY
The Best Laid Plans of Drones in Flight: Drone Trajectory Planning and Object Avoidance
Mentor: Dr. Farhad Ashrafzadeh, WKU School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Bowling Green, KY
Could Directly Shifting Mindset about Self-Doubt Reduce the Negative Effects?
Mentor: Dr. Qin Zhao, WKU Psychology
Bowling Green, KY
Linear Fractional Order h-difference Equations
Mentor: Dr. Ferhan Atici, WKU Mathematics
Bowling Green, KY
Discovery and Analysis of Novel Mycobacteriophage Lucifer906
Mentors: Dr. Rodney King and Dr. Claire Rinehart, WKU Biology
Morehead, KY and Irvine, KY
Love Letters in Mathematica
Mentors: Dr. Huanjing Wang and Dr. Bruce Kessler, WKU School of Engineering & Applied Sciences and WKU Mathematics
Danville, KY
Preservice Teachers’ Beliefs as Predictors of Response Style Toward TGNC Victimization
Mentor: Dr. Lisa Duffin, WKU Psychology
Grayson, KY and Lebanon, KY
Knot Theory in Virtual Reality
Mentor: Dr. Claus Ernst, WKU Mathematics
Bowling Green, KY
Identification of Curly Mathematical Knots and Their Qualities
Mentor: Dr. Claus Ernst, WKU Mathematics
Scottsville, KY
Effects of COVID-19 on Kentucky Air Pollutant Levels
Mentor: Jacqueline Basham, WKU Public Health
Mayfield, KY and California, KY
Tangrams: Models and Generations of Regular and Irregular Tangram Dissection Puzzles
Mentors: Dr. Uta Ziegler and Dr. Claus Ernst, WKU School of Engineering & Applied Sciences and WKU Mathematics
Bowling Green, KY
Modeling the Healing Response of Diabetic Foot Ulcers with Three-Dimensional Geometry
Mentor: Dr. Richard Schugart, WKU Mathematics
Louisville, KY
Hypergravity Inhibits Crop Growth: Implications for Space Farming
Mentor: Dr. Martin Stone, WKU Agriculture and Food Sciences
Florence, KY
The Informational Role of Self-Reported Importance and Credibility of Information Sources
Mentor: Dr. Jacob Byl, WKU Economics
Union, KY
Number Theory and Zeta Functions
Mentor: Dr. Dominic Lanphier, WKU Mathematics
Crestwood, KY
Persistence of the Circadian Rhythm of Phototaxis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii After Acclimation to Elevated Temperatures
Mentor: Dr. Sigrid Jacobshagen, WKU Biology
Crestwood, KY and Lexington, KY
Epidemic Spread Simulator
Mentors: Dr. Uta Ziegler and Dr. Claus Ernst, WKU School of Engineering & Applied Sciences and WKU Mathematics
Versailles, KY
Approximation of Sound Samples as a Sound Design Tool
Mentors: Dr. Huanjing Wang and Dr. Bruce Kessler WKU School of Engineering & Applied Sciences and WKU Mathematics
Independence, KY
Laser Shock Peening to Improve Fatigue Resistance of Nickel Titanium Alloys
Mentor: Dr. Ali Er, WKU Physics and Astronomy
Alvaton, KY
The Discovery and Genomic Analysis of Bacteriophage Venture
Mentors: Dr. Rodney King and Dr. Claire Rinehart, WKU Biology
Louisville, KY, Louisville, KY, and Owensboro, KY
Using Machine Learning to Interpret Dice Rolls
Mentor: Dr. Warren Campbell, WKU School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Louisville, KY
The Effect of TIMP-1 Levels, MMP-1 Levels, and Healing Times on the Wound Surface Area
Mentor: Dr. Richard Schugart, WKU Mathematics
Prestonsburg, KY
Classifying Particle Tracks in a Cloud Chamber Using a DL Algorithm
Mentor: Dr. Ivan Novikov, WKU Physics and Astronomy
Mt. Sterling, KY
Finding the Information Rates of Secret Sharing Schemes Using Decomposition Construction
Mentor: Dr. Mustafa Atici, WKU School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Union, KY
Implementing and Comparing Various Dots and Boxes Monte Carlo Tree Search Techniques
Mentor: Dr. Uta Ziegler, WKU School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Frankfort, KY
Calculating Individual and Population Parameter Values in the Healing of Chronic Wounds through Mixed-Effects Modeling
Mentor: Dr. Richard Schugart, WKU Mathematics
Bowling Green, KY
The Discovery and Analysis of Novel Bacteriophage PetiteSangsue
Mentors: Dr. Rodney King and Dr. Claire Rinehart, WKU Biology
Hazard, KY
Aging and the Visual Perception of Texture-Defined Shape
Mentor: Dr. Farley Norman, WKU Psychological Sciences
Bowling Green, KY
Legislative Advice to Curb Risks for Road Traffic Crashes and Improve Injury Outcomes of Admitted Patients in The Gambia, Africa
Mentor: Dr. Edrisa Sanyang, WKU Public Health
Madisonville, KY
Isolation of Mycobacterium Phage Makinzy
Mentor: Dr. Rodney King, WKU Biology
Bowling Green, KY
The Photocatalytic Single-Electron Oxidative Cyclopropanation of Ene-Ynamides with 2, 6-Lutidine N-Oxide: Synthesis of Bicyclic Amides
Mentor: Dr. Yongming Ding, WKU Chemistry
Frankfort, KY
Sex-Based Differences in Cardiac Gene Expression in hBDNF (Val66->Met) Mice
Mentor: Dr. Cristi Galindo, WKU Biology
Frankfort, KY
Monte Carlo Tree Search: How Much Can Be Learned From One Simulation?
Mentor: Dr. Uta Ziegler, WKU School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
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