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Undergraduate Research Symposium: Recent submissions

  • Race and Space: Gentrification and Eviction in Tacoma 
    Moore, Joseph (University of Oregon, 2020)
    Title: Race and Space: Gentrification and Eviction in Tacoma Abstract: Gentrification is a process in which middle class homebuyers, landlords and developers build new structures on previously developed land once occupied ...
  • Biomethane production by methanogenic bacteria in the atmospheric gases of Mars 
    Montgomery, Alexandria (University of Oregon, 2020)
    Proposed future missions to send humans to Mars for long-term exploration requires the development of improved waste management technology in space and increased reliable energy for running necessary systems. In this study, ...
  • Russian Foreign Policy in the Former Soviet Republics and Beyond 
    Moghaddami, Maryam (University of Oregon, 2020)
    Historically an international and regional power, Russia once more dominates the headlines with Russian influence seen from Ukraine to the United Kingdom and even Bolivia. For many, Russia's rise to prominence and the ...
  • Bacterial Preference in C.Elegans and C.Inopinata 
    Mirza, Saad; Ortega, Elena; Singh, Nadia; Woodruff, Gavin (University of Oregon, 2020)
    Behavioral change frequently accompanies ecological divergence. This study observed C. elegans and C. inopinatus behavior. It is already common knowledge that C. elegans are found in rotting plants all over the world whereas ...
  • Exploring the Le Guin papers: Discovering how Ursula K. Le Guin's beliefs shaped her creative writing 
    McNamee, Audra; Cynkin, David; Terner, Elliot (University of Oregon, 2020)
    Students in Dr. Stephen Rust’s course “Researching Oregon Writers” examined a digitized mini-archive of materials prepared during the Covid-19 crisis by the Knight Library Special Collections with the goal of better ...
  • Visualizing TopoCluster Algorithms for the Global Trigger 
    Mason, Sylvia; Mason, Sylvia (University of Oregon, 2020)
    There is a Standard Model of particles and forces that explain the fundamental components of matter. However, this model is incomplete, seeing as we currently understand only about 5% of our universe. The Large Hadron ...
  • Ducks in Motion 
    Marzolf, Kelly; Diaz, Adriana (University of Oregon, 2020)
    The Health Sciences Academic Residence Community (HS ARC) is composed of students who are interested in exploring careers related to health and biomedical sciences. As part of the HS ARC seminar students learn about the ...
  • Memory specificity and generalization: Competing or complementary processes? 
    Maldonado, Celina (University of Oregon, 2020)
    Memory specificity and generalization: Competing or complementary memory processes?Memory serves two important functions: we must remember individual experiences (memory specificity) and we must be able to link across these ...
  • Ethnolinguistic Vitality of Downtown Eugene 
    Mackey, Maya (University of Oregon, 2020)
    Linguistic landscapes are necessary for ethnolinguistic communities to be comfortable in their place of residence. Linguistic landscape is the study of representations of languages that are displayed in public spaces such ...
  • Migrant Farmworkers' Exposure to Pesticides and What Is Being Done Legally 
    Machi, Brooke (University of Oregon, 2020)
    This project is inspired by the common reading book Under the Feet of Jesus by Helena Maria Viramontes. I explore the effects of pesticide exposure on migrant farmworkers in California and the legal actions being taken. ...
  • Parental Stress Correlate Children’s Cognitive Ability 
    Lu, Jingjie (University of Oregon, 2020)
    Early childhood is a critical time period for cognitive development, and children exposed to adverse familial stress may impair child cognitive development. Therefore, my hypothesis is parents with a greater stress index ...
  • Dams in the McKenzie Watershed 
    Long, Nicole (University of Oregon, 2020)
    The McKenzie River is a river at work, and the primary tools for harnessing its power have been dams. The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) owns two of the dam systems on the McKenzie, including the Cougar Dam, the tallest ...
  • HOW THE NEWS MEDIA USED THE 2019 IAAF WORLD OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS TO FRAME QATAR AND EVALUATE ITS PERFORMANCE AS A HOST NATION 
    Loiselle, Brooklynn (University of Oregon, 2020)
    The 2019 IAAF World Outdoor Track and Field Championships served as an opportunity for its host nation, Qatar, to showcase not only what it can do for sport but what sport can do for its country. Over the past decade, Qatar ...
  • Seasonal changes influence nutritional state of the jellyfish (Clytia gregaria) off the northwest coast 
    Li, Ya; Marco, Corrales-Uglade (University of Oregon, 2020)
    Cnidarian jellyfish are ubiquitous predators of pelagic communities, however, very little is known about their phenology and how food availability affects their reproductive cycles. However, research shows that starved ...
  • A Preliminary Analysis of Cambodian Spindle Whorls 
    LeRoux, Marie (University of Oregon, 2020)
    A collection of 362 ceramic spindle whorls purchased in Cambodia has been donated to University of Oregon’s Anthropology Department. These artifacts likely date to between 500 BCE and 500 CE and are thought to have been ...
  • Electrical brain waves modulate with movement speed and uncertainty 
    Leriche, Ryan; Ryan, Leriche; Nick, Jackson; Kathryn, Peterson; Vanessa, Hufnagel (University of Oregon, 2020)
    Introduction: We investigated how brain electrical activity changes with movement speed and movement uncertainty. Understanding the electrophysiological profile of movement speed could have applications for Parkinson’s ...
  • White Satan Complex 
    Leonard, Katie; Leonard, Katherine; Harris, Emily (University of Oregon, 2020)
    Human rights violations are often evident when considering many organizations have ulterior motives when aiding citizens of Latin American countries; moreover, organizations such as mission trips unintentionally feed into ...
  • Determining the role of the pulvinar in visual attentional control 
    Leonard, Emmalyn (University of Oregon, 2020)
    Visual attentional control is a behavior that is critical for survival; despite its importance, the specific neural mechanisms underlying the process remain unclear. Upon perception, visual information is routed from the ...
  • Robo4 and its relationship to Alzheimer's Disease 
    Lee, Byron; Walker, Ashley (University of Oregon, 2020)
    Aging is associated with the impairment of the neurovascular unit, and this potentially leads to increased Alzheimer's disease pathology and cognitive impairment. A specific axon guidance receptor, Robo4, is important in ...
  • College Student Mental Health Infographic 
    Le, Brian; Greene, Aidan; Maria, Maroun; Alex, Allen (University of Oregon, 2020)
    There are multiple statistical trends amongst college students that are worrisome -- the most poignant of which concerns student mental health. Multiple deadlines, midterms, and projects -- it's part of college life. But ...

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