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IU Undergraduate Research Conference

Each year, the Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference (IUURC) brings together student researchers from across IU's campuses. The 31st IUURC will be hosted by IU Kokomo on Friday, November 21, 2025. All IU students are invited to present their research through various presentation formats.

Presentation Schedules
Friday, December 8, 2023

Session 1A University Center, Room 120
Time Name Title of Presentation Campus and Major Faculty / Staff Sponsor
10:15 Reilly Anderson Adding Up to Excellence: A Journey Through Two-Digit Addition

Southeast

Elementary Education

Jacquelyn Singleton
10:30 Bailey Warner, Emily Muncy, Jilly Clan, Allison Hamrick, Cassi Fink Communication Consequences of Quiet Quitting

Southeast

Communication Studies

Rebecca Carlton
10:45 Christopher Ballew Activation of Carbonyl Compounds in the Formation of Acetals and Ketals: A New and Highly Efficient Method Inspired by Hafnium

Southeast

Chemistry

Enoch Mensah
11:00 Kyra Beier Addition Within 20 for First Grade

Southeast

Elementary Education

Jacquelyn Singleton
Session 1B University Center, Room 121
Time Name Title of Presentation Campus and Major Faculty / Staff Sponsor
10:15 Bailey Black Mitigating Industrial Pollution in the Ohio River: A Case Study in Sustainable Practices

Southeast

Environmental Sustainability and Regeneration

James Hollenbeck
10:30 Ellie Boehnlein What Impact Does a Five-Day Intervention, Focused on Multiplication, Have on Fourth Grade Students?

Southeast

Elementary Education

Jacquelyn Singleton
10:45 Emily Bruce Forest Bathing Effectiveness and Environmental Surroundings

Southeast

Biology

Rebekah Dement
11:00 Sydney Brothers How Does a Five-Day Intervention Plan on Creating and Identifying Numbers to 20, Affect Kindergarten Students?

Southeast

Elementary Education

Jacquelyn Singleton
Session 1C University Center, Room 122
Time Name Title of Presentation Campus and Major Faculty / Staff Sponsor
10:30 Steven Burrell Exploring the Principles and Challenges of Self-Driving Cars: A Hands-on Project on Autonomous Vehicle Technology.

Southeast

Informatics

Sridhar Ramachandran
10:45 Bethany Buskirk Tens and Ones with 1st Grade

Southeast

Education

Jacquelyn Singleton
11:00 Yiliang Lu Open-Source and Democratization of Building Automation

Southeast

Computer Science

John Doyle
Session 1D University Center, Room 126
Time Name Title of Presentation Campus and Major Faculty / Staff Sponsor
10:15 Rilie Conard Molecular Docking of Quinoline-Based Ligands to Plasmepsin IV Dimer

Southeast

Biology

Victor Waingeh
10:30 Kristopher Cooper Thermal Hacking: A Security Threat for Air-Gapped Systems

Southeast

Informatics

Sridhar Ramachandran
10:45 Gracie Crulo-Rood What Effect Does a Five-Day Intervention Have on Kindergartens Creating and Identifying Numbers up to 20?

Southeast

Elementary Education

Jacquelyn Singleton
11:00 Niyah Dennison Engaging Learners in Life Skills Involving Money

Southeast

Elementary Education

Molly Riddle
Session 1E University Center, Room 128
Time Name Title of Presentation Campus and Major Faculty / Staff Sponsor
10:15 Garett Ervin Wireless Robotic Arm Control Using Xbox Controller and ESP32

Southeast

Informatics

Sridhar Ramachandran
10:30 Luke Facer HEAL Initiative: Versify's Vision to Reduce Teenage Suicide in South Africa

Southeast

Finance

Steve Bowman
10:45 Henry Woodburn, Prerona Kaushik, Diego Quiles Decomposition of Trainees’ Actions for Non-Invasive Behavioral Feedback in Construction Safety Setting

Indianapolis

Construction Management

Kwonsik Song
11:00 Wren Garcia Pseudouridine Synthase DKC1 is a Proviral Host Factor in Mammalian Cells

Bloomington

Microbiology

Rich Hardy
Session 1F Knobview Hall, Room 001
Time Name Title of Presentation Campus and Major Faculty / Staff Sponsor
10:15 Hannah Beaven Fluorescent Tracking of Intranasally Delivered Nanoemulsion in the Rat Nasal Cavity

Indianapolis

Biomedical Engineering

Michael Veronesi
10:30 Natalie Hodge Use of Citizen Science to Study Demographics of Spinner Dolphins in Egyptian Red Sea

Southeast

Marine Biology

Omar Attum
10:45 Jaden Hogan The Journey Back to the New Normal in STEM Education

Southeast

Secondary Education: Life Sciences (BSED)

James Hollenbeck
11:00 Harmony Hornback Real Music or Sample Music: The History of Sampling Music from Original Recordings

Southeast

Music BA Vocal Performance

Rebekah Dement
Session 1G Knobview Hall, Room 003
Time Name Title of Presentation Campus and Major Faculty / Staff Sponsor
10:15 Keziah Jones Montezuma Red: A Brief History of Lipstick as a Symbol of Patriotism

Southeast

Nursing (BSN degree)

Rebekah Dement
10:30 Siddhant Jain Opioid Destruction and Its Economic Effects in the United States.

Columbus

N/A

Ryan Brewer
10:45 Avery Jordan Machine Learning on the Road: A Project for Classifying Traffic Signs

Southeast

Informatics

Sridhar Ramachandran
11:00 Courtney Kessinger The Hidden Costs of Cash Bail

Southeast

Multimedia Journalism

Sara Walsh
Session 1H Knobview Hall, Room 007
Time Name Title of Presentation Campus and Major Faculty / Staff Sponsor
10:15 Sophie Barrett This Literature is Not Pushing Any Beliefs on Anyone: Pre-service Teachers Lean on ‘Knowledge’ as a Contributing Factor for Including LGBTQ+ Children’s Literature in K-6 Classrooms

Columbus

General Studies

A'ame Joslin
10:30 Logan Carter Emotion and Memory

Southeast

Psychology

Meghan
10:45 Kayla Cauble Adding Decimals In Fifth Grade Math Intervention

Southeast

Elementary Education

Jacquelyn Singleton
11:00 Jayla Logsdon Helping 4th Graders Decode Multisyllabic Words

Southeast

Elementary and Special Education

Sarah Sehlinger
Session 1I Knobview Hall, Room 009
Time Name Title of Presentation Campus and Major Faculty / Staff Sponsor
10:15 Elijah Shiflet Method Development for the Extraction of Insensitive Munitions from Water

Indianapolis

Forensic and Investigative Science

Tonya Shelton
10:30 Janasia Ricketts Impact Project

Southeast

Elementary Education

Cathy Johnson
10:45 Joanna Roy What Effect Does a Five-Day Intervention Plan Focused on Adding and Subtracting with Base 10, Have on a Group of Struggling Second-Graders?

Southeast

Elementary Education

Jacquelyn Singleton
11:00 Eric Whitehouse Effects of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation

Southeast

Psychology

Robert Lipinski