2025 Award Winners and Mentors for Undergraduate Symposium on Research, Scholarship, and Creative Endeavors
The twelfth annual Undergraduate Symposium on Research, Scholarship, and Creative Endeavors was held on April 30th. The symposium provides the opportunity for undergraduates to present what they've learned through their research to a larger audience. The symposium also provided a forum for students, faculty, and the community to discuss cutting-edge research topics and examine relationships among research, education, and discovery through presentations and poster sessions.
See below for the winners of the 2025 Undergraduate Symposium on Research, Scholarship, and Creative Endeavors.
Congratulations to all of this year鈥檚 symposium participants and mentors.
2025 Undergraduate Symposium Brochure
| Aeronautics and Engineering | ||
| Place | Name | Mentor |
| First | Stuart Klein | Yanhai Du |
| Second | Ali Karar | Benjamin Kwasa |
| Cellular Biology / Chemistry | ||
| Place | Name | Mentor |
| First | Reece Turner, Mikayla Cully | Joseph Bedont |
| First | Caitlyn Crawford | Yaorong Zheng |
| First | Marcus Amador | Joseph McCormick |
| First | CeCelia Stoddard | Edgar Kooijman |
| Second | Grace Davis | Joseph Bedont |
| Second | Rebecca Stratton | Hao Shen |
| Second | Leah Brenneman, Christopher Blank | Colleen Novak |
| Second | Amanda Vesely | Helen Pionkivska |
| Biology - Ecology | ||
| Place | Name | Mentor |
| First | Kaylin Mentz, Hana Esber | David Ward |
| First | Kurt Brubach | Oscar Rocha |
| First | Katie DeChant | Lauren Kinsman-Costello |
| First | Samantha Poore, Demitrea Marallo | David Ward |
| Second | Audrey Monge, Cameron Andrews | David Ward |
| Second | Rafaella Souza, Sebastian Guerrero-Hidalgo | David Costello |
| Second | Madeline Desmond | Brian Trevelline |
| Second | Jessica Palo | Sarah Eichler |
| Biomedical Sciences | ||
| Place | Name | Mentor |
| First | Kendra Dillon | Aleisha Moore |
| First | Sydney Anderson | Colleen Novak |
| Second | Christopher Blank, Lee Brenneman | Colleen Novak |
| Second | Claire Laux | Heather Caldwell |
| Computer Science / Mathematics | ||
| Place | Name | Mentor |
| First | Brandon Scholten | Jonathan Maletic |
| Second | Gretchen Kiko, Bridget Whaley, Madison Slagel, Shawn Mills, Aaron Porter, Andrew Mapley | Emily DeLoach |
| English / Architecture / Nursing / Exercise Science | ||
| Place | Name | Mentor |
| First | Celia Chamberlain, Emily Daiker | Tina Patel |
| Second | Logan Rodgers | John McDaniel |
| Fashion Design and Merchandising / Art | ||
| Place | Name | Mentor |
| First | Shahrzad Jazi | Rachel LoMonaco-Benzing |
| First | Rachel Stauffer | Archana Mehta |
| First | Tais Alessandra Santos von Sinner | Gustav Medicus |
| Second | Madison Unger | Krissi Riewe |
| Second | Brye Wheeler | Krissi Riewe |
| Second | Kayla Smith | Caitlin Kane |
| Geology / Geography / Business | ||
| Place | Name | Mentor |
| First | Andrew Shenal, Rae Baba | He Yin |
| Second | Laila Forrest | Christopher Post |
| Physics | ||
| Place | Name | Mentor |
| First | Pranav Srinivasan | Thorsten Schmidt |
| Second | Chase Osborne | Ruoming Jin |
| Professional Practice / Outreach / Engagement / Political Science / History | ||
| Place | Name | Mentor |
| First | Anna Hecht, Nicholas Grizer, Sydney Berrier, Aden Schloss, Calin Smith | Brittany Lucia |
| Second | Maris Walter | Lauren Vogel |
| Psychology | ||
| Place | Name | Mentor |
| First | Vinaya Patel | Christopher Was |
| First | Elliana Draper | Sarah Black |
| First | Riley Cramer | Jennifer Taber |
| First | Predrag Tolmachev | Jocelyn Folk |
| First | Kaitlyn May | Yossef Ben-Porath |
| Second | Alayna Myosky | Jennifer Taber |
| Second | Brooke Dustman | Rachel Blasiman |
| Second | Alexander Ogden | William Lechner |
| Second | Kaitlyn Vasas, Emily Buchanan, Maura Loftus, Sarah Mogorovic, Emma Sandy, Kaitlyn May | Yossef Ben-Porath |
| Second | Lena Dellaria | Jeffery Mellott |
| Social Science / Education / Public Health | ||
| Place | Name | Mentor |
| First | Kate Hensley | Julia Huyck |
| First | Emily Bishop, Rachael Dorsey | Diana Patel |
| First | Abbigail Swiney | Rafaela Takeshita |
| Second | Victor Torres, Elise Simmons, Amanda Shafer, Alexia Ogden | Lee Gilman |
| Second | Madison Oberacker | Kelly Cichy |
| Second | Don'Marie Reid | Jennifer McDonough |