UWEC CERCA 2025

UWEC CERCA 2025

1:59pm CDT

Spotlight on First-Year Research Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)

2:00pm CDT

3D-Printed Transdermal Microneedles for Allergen Immunotherapy Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Seth Waalen • Aswin Sundarakrishnan A Deployment System for Vascular Stent Grafts on Major Arteries with Collateral Connections Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Dylan Berry • Sasha Bovard • Joseph Petefish Advancement and Characterization of Biocompatible Foam for Tumor Ablation Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Catalina Decker • Addy Farber • Valerie Giallombardo • Emma Jiter • Emerald Olson • Drew Smith • Elizabeth Glogowski Amber Alert Vehicle Detection: Leveraging Dashcam Imagery and Object Detection for Public Safety Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Emily Hopke • Maxwell Megale • Mounika Vanamala Audit of Solid Waste in Eau Claire Municipal Sewage Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Alicia Merklein • Libby Nelson • Scott Clark Biodegradable Blister Packs Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Raegan Hilmershausen • Thrisha Kumar • Elizabeth Glogowski Cognitive Effects of Interval Training Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Zak McPhee • Jeffrey Janot Detecting Exosolar Planets Using Photometry with AstroImageJ Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Sophia Scott • Lyle Ford Development of a medical cooling device for post-surgical pain management Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)William Bevers • Megan Greenlees • Matthew Jewell Development of an Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) Vascular Graft Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Gabriel Phetteplace-Faas • Rosana Fernandez Vila • Joseph Petefish Does Cholecystokinin Decrease the Hunger Stimulus Effects of 22-hr Food Deprivation in Male and Female Rats? Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Giulia Lelli • Zach Motz • Abby Voelker • David Jewett Engineered and biomimetic caviar analogs as a sustainable food source Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Trixie Tah • Aswin Sundarakrishnan Enhancing IVC filter detection using agentic AI Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Mykle Buhrow • Ian Nie • Rahul Gomes • Joseph Wildenberg Enhancing Surgical Training and Patient Outcomes Using Customizable 3D Printed Surgical Models for the WATCHMAN Device Insertion Procedure Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Tatiana Bobrowicz • Sophie Gardiner • Lauren Glenna • Ryan Hoffman • Hailey Tlusty • Toby Volkmann • Doug Dunham Exploring the impact of two methane mitigation strategies on rumen microbiomes of grazing steers Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Mesa Kutz • Sara Place • Renee Sandoval • Kelly Wrighton • Pedro Carvalho • Bridget McGivern • EJ Raynor • Kim Stackhouse-Lawson • Logan Thompson Exploring User Experiences with Amanita Muscaria: A Thematic Analysis of Reddit Online Forum Discussions Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Ghonwa Ahmad • Jadyn Hartwig • Jared Kendrick • James Cook • Doug Matthews • Pravesh Sharma Investigating Chemical Toxicology Using Zebrafish Embryos Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Noah Felix • Bradley Carter Knot Theory, Link Homotopy, and Quandles Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Keira Darnall • Nathan Phillips • Briar Weston • Christopher Davis Measuring Physiology and Performance of Division III Collegiate Gymnasts during a Competitive Season Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Hanna Riha • Benjamin Krings Mental Health First Aid Training Implementation Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Wind Schimming • Randi Goettl Music Beyond the Ears Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Kietra Malone • Lee Anna Rasar Optimization of Tooling and Flow Cavity Design for Paste Extrusion of Small-Diameter Vascular Grafts Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Jack VandeYacht • Joseph Petefish Predicting Species-Specific Differences in Protein-Ligand Interactions for Prolyl-tRNA Synthetases Using Machine Learning Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Mykle Buhrow • Breanna Hayden • Rivaaj Monsia • Sudeep Bhattacharyay • Sanchita Hati Speech-Language Pathologists' Perceptions of Literature's Role in Character Development: Implications for Holistic Intervention Practices Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Hailey Gander • Brian Orr The Acute Effects of Static, Dynamic, and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Stretching on Balance and Fall Risk in Physically Active Older Adults Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Josie Steeno • Bailey Thomas • Jeffrey Janot The Effects of Stellar Winds on the Orbits of Planets Around Massive Stars Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Grace Mullikin • Nathan Miller • William Wolf The Impact of Footwear Type on Exercise Economy in Division III Long Distance Runners Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Saige Peterson • Benjamin Krings The representation of stuttering in children’s picture books Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Mckenna Daye • Logan Maass • Rayna Thiel • Bryan Brown • Charlotte Clark Unraveling PEG-Biomolecules Interactions Through Raman Spectroscopy Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Kassandra Bargender • Hunter Heinzen • Oscar Vlcek • Sanchita Hati We Don't Talk Anymore: Hopes and Fears About Having Political Conversations Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Brianna Fuss • Hannah Nelson • Ella Quam • Alexzander Russell • Emma Smith • Amy Tegge • Emma Yeager • April Bleske-Rechek