2021 Honors Scholars


Jeremy Ahn (Max Keller, Music), Producing Music Using Negative Harmony.

Janelle An (Benjamin Navia, Biology), Evaluation of Phonotactic Behavior in Male-Exposed Female Cricket Acheta domesticus.

Amanda Cho (H. Thomas Goodwin, Biology), Comparison of Enamel Microstructure of Ictidomys Tridecemlineatus Formed during Hibernation versus the Active Season.

Sofia Erech Hanapin (Getahun Merga & Chemistry & Biochemistry), Comparisons of Silver Nanoparticle Synthesis Methods by Microwave and Non-Microwave using Hydrogen Gas as a Reducing Agent.

Kara Herrera (Beverly Matiko, English), One Writer, Two Genres: Composing and Analyzing Creative Nonfiction and Fantasy.

Trevon J. Hunter (Rodney Summerscales, Engineering & Computer Science), The Exploration and Analysis of Mancala from an AI Perspective.

Aaron Jacobs (Lisa Ahlberg & Chemistry & Biochemistry),  Finding Optimal OPA-IBLC Derivatized Amino Acid Analysis Parameters with Three-Dimensional Fluorometric Scans for HPLC Method Validation.

Ryutaro Einar Jacobson (Ryan T. Hayes, Chemistry & Biochemistry), Thermodynamic Analysis of PAMAM Dendrimer Synthesis.

Solomon Kim (Rodney Summerscales, Engineering & Computer Science), Variable Autoencoders for Biosensor Data Augmentation.

Nathaly Manrique (Brian Y. Y. Wong, Biology), Modulation of Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Cells MDA-MB-157, 93A and 93B by Aqueous Extract of Chinese Medical Herb Scutellaria barbata.

Cameron Mayer (Coles White, Communication Sciences & Disorders), The Impact of Technology on the Developing Visual and/or Auditory Memory in School-Aged Children.

Adrian Negrea (Anthony Bosman, Mathematics), Computational Difficulty and Invariants of the Snake Cube Puzzle.

Yosia Nurhan (Shandelle Henson, Mathematics), A Note on Cannibalism and Synchrony in Seabird Egg-Laying Behavior.

Sydney Saint-Jean (Anneris Coria-Navia & Duane C. McBride, Social Work), Socioeconomic Status and Ethnicity as Predictors of Childhood Career Aspirations.

Colleen M. Staniszewski (Hyun Kwon, Engineering & Computer Science), Modeling of COVID-19 Utilizing Various Compartmental Models to Predict Infection Rates Throughout Michigan.

Emma Tennyson (H. Thomas Goodwin, Biology), Enamel Corrosion Levels on Squirrel Teeth from the Fox Canyon Locality, Pliocene of Kansas.