The Aggie Creative Collective, supported by the University Writing Center, Department of English, and LAUNCH, is a summer program that links creative arts, undergraduate scholarly research, and performance. Learn more on the University Writing Center's website.

2021 - 2022
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Olivia Mae Alexander	Under the Attic and Above the Basement (Publication Pending)	Dr. Jason M. Harris
Alexandria Babineaux	Controversial Saints: A Study in How Pop Culture Can Radicalize Religious Icons	Mr. Samuel Woodfin
Emily Curtis	The Blood Threshold: Hereditary Magic, Eugenics, and Genetic Discrimination in the Fantasy Genre (Publication Pending)	Dr. Lowell M. White
Rain Etheridge	The Weird Years: Reactive Weirding and the Post-Pandemic Age (Publication Pending)	Dr. Jason M. Harris
Katherine Karolczak	Manifest: Concept Art, World Building, and Realism in Fictional Settings	Mr. Samuel Woodfin
Amira Mazzawy	Two Worlds: A Study of the History, Mythology and Culture of Celtic Origins (Publication Pending)	Dr. Lowell M. White
Amelia McCarthy	Cinders Fall: A Creative Artifact and Study in Female Protagonists of Fantasy Web-Based Graphic Novels	Mr. Samuel Woodfin
BreAnn M. McClanahan	The Art of Saving What is Left: A Historical Novel Analyzing the Effects of Post WWII Rapid Development in Fort Worth, Texas (Publication Pending)	Dr. Lowell M. White
Amanda J. Roberts	Of Monsters and Men: The Role of Folklore in the Development of Horror and the Perpetuation of Generational Trauma (Publication Pending)	Dr. Jason M. Harris
Morgan Sumner	Biscuits and Gravey: A Pilot Cartoon (Publication Pending)	Mr. Samuel Woodfin
Sarah Tonniges	Queen of Dawn: An Exploration of Psychology and Mythology in a Fantasy Setting (Publication Pending)	Dr. Lowell M. White

 

2020 - 2021
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Cheryl Cruz	The Egg and Avocado Show	Mr. Samuel Woodfin
Abbigail Forrest	These Uncertain Times	Dr. Lowell M. White
Jordyn Goodman	Look Beyond the Veil: Coping with Anxiety and Trauma	Mr. Samuel Woodfin
Lebukse (LJ) Mokanse	Angel Down	Dr. Jason M. Harris
Aarushi Mudavangatil	Song of the Night	Dr. Lowell M. White
Kyle Rively	Jokers and Thieves: A Graphic Novel	Mr. Samuel Woodfin
Jordan Stawski	Greatest Hits: A Visual Exploration of Strained Creativity	Mr. Samuel Woodfin
Ryan Steel	That Tall, Skinny, Green Hill	Dr. Jason M. Harris
Sebastian Andres Torruella Alvarado	Troubled Pilgrimage to the Grotto: Exploring the Deconversion Narrative in Fantasy	Dr. Jason M. Harris
Meredith White	And the Cat Looked	Dr. Lowell M. White
Gabriel Zolton	Mindwrack: Radicalization, Class Warfare, and Technologically-Catalyzed Upheaval from a Fantasy Perspective (Publication Pending)	Dr. Lowell M. White

 

2019 - 2020
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Kyrie Theresa Garlic	The Infinitely Unknowable—A Contemporary Crossover Novel Examining Loss and Growth Along the Axes of Immanence and Transcendence  (Publication Pending)	Dr. Lowell M. White
Amy Lee Guzman	Las historias son para ti: An Anthology of Roma, Texas	Dr. Jason M. Harris
John Heselton	The King Conch Hotel	Dr. Lowell M. White
Grace Neaksai Hough	Khmourg Nakry: A Ghost’s Story	Dr. Lowell M. White
Hannah Marie McNease	Thief of Flesh	Dr. Jason M. Harris
Kathryn Dorothy Pattison	daydreaMeD: A Creative Representation of Maladaptive Daydreaming	Dr. Jason M. Harris
Anna Seguin	A Catalogue of Wings​	Dr. Sara DiCaglio and Dr. Jason M. Harris
Zoe Allison Sherman	Leaving Wisdom	Dr. Lowell M. White

 

2018 - 2019
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Ashley Arabia	Michelle or Michael or Whatever	Dr. Lowell M. White
Reagan Ashley	Candles and Thorns	Dr. Lowell M. White
Allyson Nichole Bains Sanchez	The Vill Chronicles: Prophecy (Publication Pending)	Dr. Jason M. Harris
Adalynn L. Brock	Peas, Bees, and Birds	Dr. Lowell M. White
Lewis William Edwards	A Thousand Golden Yesterdays	Dr. Jason M. Harris
Eliza Thomas	Queen of a Sun-Drenched Land	Dr. Lowell M. White
Riley C. Womack	"Memory's Folly: Narrative Trauma in the Aftermath of the Vietnam War"	Dr. Jason M. Harris

Caruth School of Dental Hygiene students collaborate with multiple advisors at the School of Dentistry through a structured course.

2021 - 2022
Student Author(s)	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor(s)
Allison J. Rodriguez	Mechanical Ventilation: The Benefits of Incorporating Dental Personnel and Oral Hygiene Protocols	Leigh Ann Wyatt, BSDH, MA, MS; Maureen Brown, RDH, MS; and Kayla Reed, BSDH, MS-EDHP
Bria Piel, Lexie Potts, Kaylee Elsbury, and Claudia Herrera	Artificial Intelligence Aiding in the Periodontal Assessment	Leigh Ann Wyatt, BSDH, MA, MS and Eric Fox, RDH, MS
Nhu Lai, Stephanie Mai, and Van Nguyen	Future Oral Health Care Therapy: Tooth Regeneration by Targeting Molecular Therapy	Leigh Ann Wyatt, BSDH, MA, MS; Lisa F. Mallonee, MPH, RHD, RD, LD; and Chealsea Moorman, RDH, BSDH
Michaela M Minter and Ivan Ismael Veloz Lopez	The Implications of Substance Abuse Among Dental Professionals	Leigh Ann Wyatt, BSDH, MA, MS and Eric Fox, RDH, MS

2020 - 2021
Student Author(s)	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor(s)
Sereniti Gary	Peptide-Based Biogenic Products: A Conservative Approach to Treat Dental Caries (Publication Pending)	Faizan Kabani, BSDH, MHA, MBA, Ph.D.; Jane Cotter, RDH, MS, CTTS; and Leigh Ann Wyatt, BSDH, MA, MS
Joyce Atkens and Vianec Olvera	Pancreatic Cancer and the Oral Microbiome	Faizan Kabani, BSDH, MHA, MBA, Ph.D.; Jane Cotter, RDH, MS, CTTS; and Leigh Ann Wyatt, BSDH, MA, MS
Keely Ehlers, Kali White, and Allyson Howerton	An Alternative Approach to Conventional Regenerative Therapies: Cultivating Stem Cells from Deciduous Teeth	Faizan Kabani, BSDH, MHA, MBA, Ph.D.; Maureen Brown, RDH, BSDH; and Lisa Mallonee, BSDH, MPH, RD, LD
Madison Busch, Nancy Medina-Zamora, and Jordynn Palmer	Bromelain: A Natural Approach to Whitening Teeth Effectively	Faizan Kabani, BSDH, MHA, MBA, Ph.D.; Kathleen Muzzin, RDH, MS; and Kayla Reed, RDH, MS
Eyra Salazar, Candace Earp, and Andrea Rader	Mental Health and Well-being: An Occupational Hazard in Oral Health Care	Faizan Kabani, BSDH, MHA, MBA, Ph.D.; Lisa Mallonee, BSDH, MPH, RD, LD; and Mary Vu, BSDH, MS

 

2019 - 2020
Student Author(s)	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor(s)
Danielle Nicole Allen, Courtney Marie Fine, and Malorie Newton	Resin Infiltration Therapy: A Micro-invasive Approach to Treat White Spot Lesions in Dentistry	Faizan Kabani, BSDH, MHA, MBA, Ph.D.; Kathleen Muzzin, RDH, MS; and Kayla Reed, RDH, MS
Taylor Lynn Cornuaud, Allie Brown, and Regan Gopffarth	The 2017 AAP Periodontal Classification Guidelines: What Every Dental Office Should Be Implementing	Faizan Kabani, BSDH, MHA, MBA, Ph.D. and Jane Cotter, RDH, MS, CTTS
Karla Paola Lugo, Giavonni Lexus ​Gonzales, and Isabella Trinh	Contraceptive Therapy: An Increased Risk for Periodontitis	Faizan Kabani, BSDH, MHA, MBA, Ph.D.; Lisa Mallonee, BSDH, MPH, RD, LD; and Maureen Brown, RDH, BSDH
Anh Vu Tram Nguyen, Maria G. Mirakhmedov, and Sarah Laredo	Miswak: An Alternative Approach to Traditional Oral Hygiene Care	Faizan Kabani, BSDH, MHA, MBA, Ph.D.; Lisa Mallonee, BSDH, MPH, RD, LD; and Maureen Brown, RDH, BSDH
Melanie Elizabeth Patterson, Kimberlynn N. Patzold, and Abbigale Danielle ​White	Infectious Disease Disclosure by Dental Health Care Providers: A Patient's Right to Know	Faizan Kabani, BSDH, MHA, MBA, Ph.D.; Leigh Ann Wyatt, BSDH, MA, MS; and Tracy King, RDH, MS
Alexandra Renee Politz, Lauren M. Scott, and Hannah Nicole Montz	Ammonium Hexafluorosilicate: A Prospective Alternative to Silver Diamine Fluoride	Faizan Kabani, BSDH, MHA, MBA, Ph.D.; Kathleen Muzzin, RDH, MS; and Kayla Reed, RDH, MS
Madai Ruiz, Daniela Sarai Duarte, and Nikita Thapa	Effects of Dental Media Hype On Patients' Perception of Treatment	Faizan Kabani, BSDH, MHA, MBA, Ph.D. and Jane Cotter, RDH, MS, CTTS
Katie Shea Smith, Sadie Nguyen, and Jennifer Lee Copeland	Chlorhexidine: An Investigation of the Gold Standard on Wound Healing Healing	Faizan Kabani, BSDH, MHA, MBA, Ph.D. and Eric Fox, RDH, MS
Alexandra Janice Williams, Leann Renae Wilson, and Rahil Mirmohammadi	The Evolution of Dental Composites: A Preventative Approach to Restoration Failure	Faizan Kabani, BSDH, MHA, MBA, Ph.D.and Eric Fox, RDH, MS

 

 

The LAUNCH First Year Eats Living-Learning Program centers on food and community. First Year Eats emphasizes helping college students develop skills related to eating well in the new environment of residence hall living on a college campus: selecting, buying, preparing, storing, and even growing the items needed or wanted for nutritious meals while living in a residence hall. The Hunger Consortium connects faculty, staff, students, and local community members involved in research, food preparation, management, and education with each other and others who want to make a difference by addressing hunger and food insecurity. A partnership was formed between First Year Eats, The Hunger Consortium, and the Department of Statistics to research food insecurity on campus.

2021-2022
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Jasmine N. Tran	Investigating the Impact of COVID-19 on the First Year Eats Program (Publication Pending)	Dr. Alan Dabney and Dr. Suma Datta

 

2020-2021
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Michael Lee	Investigating How the First Year Eats Program Affects Students Mentally and Academically (Publication Pending)	Dr. Alan Dabney and Dr. Suma Datta

 

2019-2020
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Alexander Scott Peters	First Year Eats: A First Attempt at Combating Food Insecurity on College Campuses	Dr. Alan Dabney and Dr. Suma Datta

 

The Glasscock Summer Scholars, supported by the Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, the University Writing Center, and LAUNCH, is a summer program that expands undergraduate research in the humanities by providing an intensive summer research experience in which students are introduced to important research questions, trained in methods of research and analysis, and guided in the development of critical thinking, independent learning, and communications skills. Learn more on the Glasscock Center's website.
 

2021 - 2022
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor(s)
Maria Benavides	Faculty World-Traveling in the University	Dr. Omar Rivera
Myranda Campanella	La Mission Liberatrice: Reframing Algerian Media Censorship in the 21st Century	Dr. Dinah Hannaford and Dr. Jocelyn Frelier
Valeri Cangelosi	The Coloniality of Cosmetics: Resistances to Colonial Determinations of Gender	Dr. Omar Rivera
Tanvi Deshpande	Sexual Harassment in the Workplace	Dr. Chaitanya Lakkimsetti
Kate Ann Girvin	Decolonizing the American Family Unit (Publication Pending)	Dr. Omar Rivera
Marla Lauren Guerra	The Anti-Feminicide Movement in Ciudad Juarez: Women’s Activism and Its New Articulations of Justice	Dr. Chaitanya Lakkimsetti
Abigail R. Jablon	“Eliminating All Rapists From the Streets of Texas”: A Case Study on Permitless Carry and Domestic Violence Education Policies During the 87th Texas Legislative Session (Publication Pending)	Dr. Chaitanya Lakkimsetti
Sarah Kelly	An Analysis of Non-Dichotomous Laws	Dr. Omar Rivera

 
 

2020 - 2021
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor(s)
Lauren Curtis	Wind and Film: Representations of Wind Energy in the On-Screen Anthropocene	Dr. Carmela Garritano and Dr. Maddalena Cerrato
Gabrielle Doucet	Climate Inspired Fictions and Present Obligations to Future Generations	Dr. Carmela Garritano
Nydia Gomez	Asylum and Femicide: An Analysis of Gendered Concepts of Humanity and its Role in the Northern Triangle in Central America	Dr. Vanita Reddy and Dr. Dinah Hannaford
Ariadne Pacheco	A Multimodal Semiotic Analysis of Cartoons on the US and Russian Relations under the Barack Obama and Donald Trump Administrations	Dr. Gabriela Zapata
Zoe Simmons	Filipina Marriage Migration, Human Capital, and the "Mail-Order-Bride" Industry	Dr. Vanita Reddy
Megha Viswanath	The Language of the Law: Incarcerated Trans Women, Healthcare, and Human Rights	Dr. Vanita Reddy and Dr. Dinah Hannaford

 

2019 - 2020
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Jordan P. Dunlap	Public Law 280, Tribal Sovereignty, and the Value of Sovereignty​	Dr. Linda Radzik
Lincoln-Abdullah Hasan El-Amin	Coping with Racial Discrimination: A New Way of Social Media to be of Influence​	Dr. Adrienne R. Carter-Sowell
Chloe Harrison	Home Sweet Home? Neighborhood Cohesion Offers a Coping Mechanism for Gender Discrimination Linked With Psychological Distress	Dr. Adrienne R. Carter-Sowell
Grace Ann Lu	Community Planning in Urban Gardens: Integrating Children as Participants in the Local Food System	Dr. Sarah Gatson
Tory Ann Martin	Forgiveness and Punishment	Dr. Linda Radzik
Eric William Nash	The Philosophical and Legal Implications of Granting Ecosystems Legal Personhood	Dr. Linda Radzik and Dr. Clare Palmer
Ava Ryan	Parent-Child Disagreement in Pediatric Medical Decision-Making	Dr. Linda Radzik

 

2018 - 2019
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Lauren Gonzalez	The Evolution of Ideas about Sport through Medieval Literature	Dr. Britt Mize
Morgan Knobloch	Framing Feminism: How Catholic Women Use Blogging to Navigate a “Secular” Discourse on Feminism Through a Religious Lens	Dr. Heidi A. Campbell
Ryan Randle	Songs of the Dying Swan	Dr. Britt Mize
Sarah Trcka	“Quia Similia Similibus Applaudant”: Visual Variations of Genesis 3 in the Medieval Mind	Dr. Britt Mize

 

2017 - 2018
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Sarah Kilpatrick	The Guilt of the Symbol: Who Learns What in a Didactic Trial?	Dr. Richard J. Golsan
James Dietz	Choosing Forgiveness After Genocide	Dr. Richard J. Golsan
Matthew Kiihne	The People v. Simpson: A Made for Court TV Drama	Dr. Richard J. Golsan
Megan Collier	Recreating Values: Morality in Adaptations of Beowulf for Children	Dr. Britt Mize
Cody Ellis	Fact from Fiction: The Evolution of the Cleopatra Legend	Dr. Britt Mize

 

2016 - 2017
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Patrick Dolan	There Will Come A Time When The People Expect War	Dr. Britt Mize
Claire Nowka	“What Kinship Should Mean:” An Examination of the Ethnic and Nationalist Themes Within Beowulf Adaptations	Dr. Britt Mize
Clella Evans	Ruth's Pedagogy: Intersections of Sexuality and Class in Somatic Metaphor and Imagery	Dr. Jessica Howell
Kimberly Fayard	The Picture of Social Power: A Study of the Infectious Influence of Ideology in The Picture of Dorian Gray	Dr. Jessica Howell
Nicole Green	Lemonade: A Gateway Drug	Dr. Kirsten Pullen

 

2015 - 2016
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Holly Hayden	Foreign Women on the Ancient Mediterranean Sea	Dr. Deborah Carlson
Victoria Hodges	A Journey in Chains: A Study of the Ancient Roman Slave Trade	Dr. Deborah Carlson
Brooke Kaiser	Gender Roles of the Deities at Sea in Antiquity	Dr. Deborah Carlson
Jonathan Ramos	Mare Fortunatum: Literary Connections Between the Sea and Fortuna in Ancient Roman Literature	Dr. Deborah Carlson
Steven Ramos	Sea Monsters in Ancient Greece: An Etiological and Iconographic Analysis	Dr. Deborah Carlson
Heidi Jauregui	Food Insecurity Among Minority College Students: A Real Problem?	Dr. Sarah N. Gatson
Hannah Klein	Everybody Eats: An Analysis of Citizenship, Minority Food Insecurity, and Community Gardens	Dr. Sarah N. Gatson
Christina Owens	Shapeshifter and Chameleon: Grendel as an Indicator of Cultural Fears and Anxieties	Dr. Britt Mize
Erin Simoni	The Role of Violence and Death in Children’s Adaptations of Beowulf from 1910-1968	Dr. Britt Mize
Kelsey Morgan	Sacred and Profane: A Not-So-Southern Controversy	Dr. Nandra Perry
Mary Caroline Sonnier	Conversion and Conflict: Raising the Stakes	Dr. Nandra Perry

 

2014 - 2015
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Humberto Gonzalez Nunez	What To Do After The 'Death of God'?: An Analysis of Resentment and Social/Political Exclusion	Dr. Daniel Conway
Steven Haug	Tracing the Development of a Theory of Language through Heidegger’s Works	Dr. Daniel Conway and Dr. Apostolos Vasilakis
Laura Reid	Aggie by Choice; Campus Innovator by Necessity	Dr. Daniel Conway
Zachary Kalmbach	The Effect of Ridesharing Services on Drunk Driving	Dr. Amy Glass
Amy Arndt	Songs of Discord: Ballads of Revolution and Revolt	Dr. Jennifer Wollock
Grace Kelly	Ballad Tradition in the 21st Century: The Outlaw Ballad	Dr. Jennifer Goodman Wollock
Matthew Greeson	The Paradigmatic American Occupation of Germany In Comparative Perspective	Dr. Adam Seipp
Patrick Robertson	Sir Walter Scott	Dr. Jennifer Goodman Wollock

 

2013 - 2014
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Christopher Black	The Disenchanted: A Modern Consideration of the Transformative Force of Technicity	Dr. Claire Katz
Stephanie Courtright	Defining Oblivion	Dr. Nathan Bracher
Desirae Embree	Speaking Absence: Considering the Voice in Auschwitz	Dr. Claire Katz
Michael Gonzalez	The Educational Potential of the Comic Hero	Dr. Claire Katz
Jessi Green	The Conjunction of American Politics and Social Contract Theory	Dr. Claire Katz
Mikayla Hall	European Migrations and Their Governments in the Context of WWII	Dr. Nathan Bracher
Mason Morgan	Monsters in the East	Dr. Nathan Bracher
Henry Sekula	Nothing Works: The Enlightenment, Discourse, and the Failure of Reason	Dr. Claire Katz

 

2012 - 2013
Student Author	Thesis TItle	Faculty Advisor
Marissa Madsen	Dead Babies, Bowel Disturbances, and Other Combat Humor in Afghanistan and Iraq	Dr. Marian Eide
Stephen O'Shea	From the Land of Genesis	Dr. Marian Eide

This 10-week summer undergraduate research experience sponsored by LAUNCH: Undergraduate Research in partnership with the Hagler Institute for Advanced Study and the Department of Visualization provides a research-intensive, interdisciplinary summer experience that serves as a gateway into the Undergraduate Research Scholars (URS) thesis program for high-achieving undergraduate students. Students have the opportunity to work closely with a Hagler Faculty Fellow in a mentored research environment. Learn more on the Hagler Institute's website.

2018-2019
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Jasmine Derry, Lauren Hammond, Marisa Harris, Yuan-Chi Lee, and Kiara Stewart	Re-Creating the Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald	Dr. Jerry Tessendorf

2020 - 2021
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor(s)
Rylie Evans	Modern Marriage Landscape in Urban China	Dr. Maddalena Cerrato and Dr. Jun Lei
Cheryl Thomas	Israel's Influence on the Palestinian Protection Gap	Dr. Maddalena Cerrato and Dr. C. Silva Hamie
Meredith Dickson	The Physical and Symbolic Functions of the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall	Dr. Maddalena Cerrato and Dr. Robert Shandley
Isabella Nowland	Birth Outcomes as a Lens to Understanding the Hispanic Health Paradox	Dr. Maddalena Cerrato
Kristin Morton	The Relational Shift Between Global Governance and State Sovereignty in the Catalan Independence Movement Between 2017 and 2018	Dr. Maddalena Cerrato and Dr. Rob Carley
Jake Shatzer	Before and After Terrorism: Economic and Political Development in the Basque Country	Dr. Maddalena Cerrato
Lucas Mendoza	Patriarchal Origins of Japanese Marriage Tax Credit Structure and Consequences on Married Japanese Women	Dr. Maddalena Cerrato and Dr. Arthur Sakamoto
Kathryn Morris	Border Externalization on a New Shore: A Comparative Analysis of American and European Migration Policies’ Effects on the Legitimacy of the Right to Asylum	Dr. Maddalena Cerrato and Dr. Dinah Hannaford

2020-2021
Student Author(s)	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor(s)
Alanna Burnett, Nallely Chavarria, Virgilio Duarte, and Madison Lesmeister	Survey and Design of Alternate Care Sites for Disaster and Pandemic Relief	Dr. George Mann, RA, AIA
Maggie Martin	The Whole as the Part: An Analysis on the Arrangement of Permanent Supportive Housing Neighborhoods	James Michael Tate, M.Arch.
Robert Williams	The Decorated Shed in the Texas Triangle	James Michael Tate, M.Arch.

 

2019 - 2020
Student Author(s)	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor(s)
Francisco Anaya	The Problem of Entourage	James Michael Tate, M.Arch
Marie Antoinette Chapa	Architectural Modernism at the Texas A&M University Campus	Priya Jain, AIA, LEED
Ryan R Garza and Shannon Sumner	Pre-Design Activites for Public Interest Design	James Michael Tate, M.Arch
Jared Thome	Depth of the Cube: Insight into the Analysis of a Shared Form	James Michael Tate, M.Arch and Weiling He, Ph.D.

 

 

 

Each year, one undergraduate Jordan Fellow is selected to work in partnership with LAUNCH in a two-year research program called L.T. Jordan Undergraduate Research Fellows. The first year of the program consists of the completion of the L.T. Jordan Fellows program, including the international research and post-trip reflection, and the second year working with a faculty mentor to write an undergraduate thesis through the Undergraduate Research Scholars thesis program. Learn more on the LT Jordan Institute's website.

2019-2020
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Manuel Romeo Flores	Plant Physiology in the Tropics: Two Studies Assessing the Effects of Environmental Factors on Plant Function, Adaptation, and Development	Dr. Georgianne W. Moore

2017-2018
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Taylor Nutt	Peace Within the Traumatic Narrative: The Cyclic Process to the Silence of Shell Shock	Dr. Shawna Ross

P4CTexas is a group of dedicated educators–some more intimately connected to philosophy than others–who wish to provide an engaged relationship between the Texas universities and the Texas K-12 schools by introducing philosophy into the pre-college classroom. Students selected for the joint program with P4CTexas and LAUNCH: Undergraduate Research are provided research funds to complete a research project on the Philosophy for Children program. Learn more on the P4CTexas website.

2017-2018
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Cora Drozd	Pre-College Philosophy: Its Implications for American Democracy in the 21st Century	Dr. Claire Katz

 

The Department of Residence Life at Texas A&M University serves an on-campus population of approximately 11,000 students in a variety of residence halls and apartment living spaces. The department also supports a student Research Team who specifically work on a variety of active research project(s) with the Academic Support Initiatives area of the department. Duties of Student Interns within Academic Support Initiatives are beyond those of typical student employee positions. The objective of student interns is to work with the Research Team within the department and for the student to gain valuable experience directly tied to their field of interest. Learn more on the Residence Life website.

2017-2018
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Corie Depue	Predictive Analytics to Explain Resident Grade Point Average	Dr. Lori Moore

 

2020-2021
Student Author	Thesis	Advisor(s)
Caleb Bertram	Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher Series: Fantasy’s Appropriation of Modern Political Landscapes	Dr. Elizabeth Robinson and Dr. Randy Gordon

 

2018 - 2019
Student Author	Thesis	Advisor(s)
Harrison Richter	Cameras in the United States Supreme Court: Judicial Transparency & the Obligation Thereof	Dr. Linda Radzik and Prof. Meg Penrose
Sarah Claye Epperson	Litigating Women: The Path to Intermediate Scrutiny in American Law	Dr. Katherine Unterman and Dr. Randy Gordon

2021-2022
Student Author(s)	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor(s)
Ghalya Abdulla and Noora Al-Subaiei	Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation from Seawater using High-Performance Polymeric Materials	Dr. Mohammed Al-Hashimi and Dr. Konstantinos E. Kakosimos
Abd-Allah El-Attar, Abdelwahid Eltayeb, and Ahmad Al-Khateeb	Computer Vision and Sensor Fusion for Autonomous Vehicles	Dr. Hussein Alnuweiri
Maria Khan and Swati Singh	I-V Curve Tracer Communication Protocol	Dr. Robert S. Balog
Aysha Melhim	An Assessment of Developed Thermochromic Solar Films for Energy Conservation	Dr. Mohammed Al-Hashimi and Dr. Sarbajit Banerjee
Ahmed Al-Shemmery, Muhammad Ghasef Paracha, and Gibin George	An Assessment of Developed Thermochromic Solar Films for Energy Conservation	Dr. Joseph J. Boutros
Muhammad Nafees	Formation of Quasi-Static Bandgap in a Novel One-Dimensional Metamaterial: Simulation and Experiments (Publication Pending)	Dr. Sami El-Borgi
Insha Shaikh and Fatma Ahmed	Phosphine Incorporated Metal-Organic-Framework for Pd Catalyzed Heck Reaction in Flow (Publication Pending)	Dr. Sherzod Madrahimov and Dr. Ma’moun Al-Rawashdeh
Fatin Abbasher, Seham Al-Baker, Mohamed Fattouh, and Ryan Mansour	Dry Gas Seal Dynamic Test Bench	Dr. Bilal Mansoor
Haseeb Bajwa and Hayyam Iqbal	Friction Stir Processing of WE43 with In-Situ Cooling (Publication Pending)	Dr. Bilal Mansoor
Hamza Ghauri and Ahmed Mahfouz	3D Additive Metal Extrusion Manufacturing of 316L Stainless Steel (Publication Pending)	Dr. Bilal Mansoor
Shabeeb Hayajneh, Lukman Kazeem, Abdallah ElZamli, Ward AlBashtawi, and Omar Aly	The Coupled Effect of the Pore Angularity and Wettability on the Dynamics of Immiscible Displacement (Publication Pending)	Dr. Albertus Retnanto
Rand Alagha and Afsha Shaikh	Study on The Enhancement of Completion Fluids Corrosion Properties in Petroleum Production System (Publication Pending)	Dr. Albertus Retnanto
Layan Al-Huneidi, Salma Aboelmagd, Sara Mohamed, and Khalid AlEmadi	Personalized Quantification of Facial Normality using Artificial Intelligence	Dr. Erchin Serpedin

 

2020-2021
Student Author(s)	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor(s)
Bandar Al-Abdulla, Lolwa Al-Kubaisi, and Aysha Melhim	Systematic Design of Natural Gas and CO2 Utilization Networks in Industrial Clusters (Publication Pending)	Dr. Dhabia Al-Mohannadi
Jude AlOudeh and Mohamed Zeid	Study of Tissue Heterogeneity and Classification using AI Techniques (Publication Pending)	Dr. Othmane Bouhali
Leen Al Homoud, Safin Bayes, and Rinith Reghunath	Cyber-Physical Defense in Smart Distribution Networks	Dr. Robert Balog
Fatma Ahmed, Hania ElSayed, Ahmed Mohamed, Rana Mohsen, and Ebtihal Youssef	Adapting Early Transition Metal and Non-Metallic Dopants on Cobalt-Based Oxyhydroxides for Enhanced Alkaline and Neutral Saline Water Oxidation (Publication Pending)	Dr. Ahmed Abdel-Wahab
Isha Abbasi, Rawan Abdulgadir, Weam Mazen, and Nadin Mohamed	Towards Enhanced Diagnosis of Diseases using Statistical Analysis of Genomic Copy Number Data	Dr. Mohamed Nounou
Ayesha Afsar Mohammed Azimuddin and Insha Ayaz Shaikh	Modeling of a Radiation Therapy System for Breast and Lung Cancer Therapy	Dr. Othmane Bouhali
Marwan Badreldin, Zeina Barghouti, Almotazbelah Eledrisi, Reem Elhadi, and Hourig Ohanian	Using Engineering to Create an Adaptive Self-Feeding System for Patients with Upper Body Disabilities	Dr. Michael Schuller and Dr. Talia Collier
Ali El Assadi	Multistep Electricity Price Forecasting for Deregulated Energy Markets: GAN-Based Reinforcement Learning	Dr. Haitham Abu El Rub

 

2019-2020
Student Author(s)	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor(s)
Elizabeth Jijy Abraham, Farah Ramadan, and Taha Kubbar	Towards Carbon Neutral Industrial Parks (Publication Pending)	Dr. Dhabia Al-Mohannadi and Dr. Patrick Linke
Syeda Manahil Akhter, Hadear Hassan, and Anurag Srivastava	Effects of Salinity on Solid Particle Settling Velocity in Non-Newtonian Herschel-Bulkley Fluids	Dr. Ibrahim G. Hassan and  Dr. Aziz Rahman
Maryam Rashid Al-Buainain and Hassan Haider	Determination of Electrostatic Charge Density and Adhesion Force of Particles on a Glass Surface Using an Electrostatic Detachment Method	Dr. Bing Guo
Fatima Ali Al-Janahi and Rahul Balamurugan	Characterizing Photovoltaic System Arc-Faults	Dr. Robert S. Balog
Dana AlYafei, Fatima Al-Khuzaei, and Leen Taha Al Homoud	Recognition of the Upper Limb’s Motion Intention Using Electroencephalogram and Machine Learning Techniques	Dr. Reza Tafreshi and Dr. MD Ferdous Wahid
Jerahmeel Bautista	Analyzing Multi-phase Flow in 3D Printed Micro-models	Dr. Nayef Alyafei
Muhammed Zahid Kamil	Implementing Transfer Learning for Mitotic Cell Detection	Dr. Jim Ji

 

2018-2019
Student Author(s)	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
AlReem Al-Dosari	Influence of Aluminum Oxide Nanofuel Additive on the Spray Performance of Conventional and Alternative Jet Fuels at High Ambient Conditions	Dr. Reza Sadr
Alaa Abdalla	Engineers in Qatar and Language Diversity: Applications for Transnational Engineering Education	Dr. Amy Hodges
Arshad Mohamed Ali, Mohammed Hassan, and Safeer Hafeez	Novel Semi-Automatic Method to Optimize Multi-Lamp High Flux Solar Simulators	Dr. Konstantinos Kakosimos
Sofian Ghazali, Muhammad Kamil, and Aisha Hussain	Implementing VR/AR Systems for Insight into Water Desalination Plant (Publication Pending)	Dr. Konstantinos Kakosimos

 

2017-2018
Student Author(s)	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Shaikha Al-Qahtani and Taif Mohamed	GEM Single/Double Mask and Sensitivity Studies	Dr. Othmane Bouhali

 

2016-2017
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor(s)
Omar Ashour	Maximal Intensity Higher-Order Breathers of the Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation on Different Backgrounds	Dr. Siu Chin and Dr. Milivoj R. Belic

 

Initiated in 2012, Texas A&M University undergraduate students who enrolled in any discipline at the main campus in College Station or at Galveston, who applied to participate in the LAUNCH: Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, and submitted a proposal to conduct research related to the marine environment, were eligible to apply to the Texas Sea Grant Scholars Program. Proposals were invited from all disciplines including natural, physical, social, behavioral and economic sciences and engineering. The Texas Sea Grant Scholars Program ended in 2022. Learn more about Texas Sea Grant at TexasSeaGrant.org.
 

2021-2022
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor(s)
Hunter Adams	Nitrous Oxide Biogeochemistry in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (Publication Pending)	Dr. Shari Yvon-Lewis
Jake Ballard	Describing the Impacts of Wastewater Effluent on the Phytoplankton Community Composition in Galveston Bay (Publication Pending)	Dr. Antonietta Quigg
Anna N. DeMotte	Spatiotemporal Patterns of Gar Habitat Use in a Subtropical Estuary (Publication Pending)	Dr. Robert D. Wells
Emily Edge	Phytoplankton Behavior Analyzed Through a Stable Isotope Record of Deep-Sea Proteinaceous Coral in The Pacific (Publication Pending)	Dr. Brendan Roark
Nathan Hagen Klobusnik	Characterization of The Subsurface Microbial Communities Inhabiting a Sinkhole (Publication Pending)	Dr. Jessica M. Labonté
Shaley Klumker	Perfluorooctane Sulfonate and Natural Phytoplankton Communities: Pollutant Insight From the Base of Aquatic Food Webs (Publication Pending)	Dr. Antonietta Quigg
Jose Alejandro Martinez	Effects of Interannual Trends on Seawater Carbonate Chemistry Across the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (Publication Pending)	Dr. Kathryn Shamberger
Bailey R. Skinner	A Multiple Linear Regression Model of Aragonite Saturation State in the Remote North Pacific (Publication Pending)	Dr. Brendan Roark
Bret Marek, Jake Ballard, and J. Kainalu Martin	Documenting of Sterols, PAHs, and PCBs on Galveston Island Beaches (Publication Pending)	Dr. David Hala and Dr. Karl Kaiser

 

2020-2021
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor(s)
Leah Bogan	Analysis of Fin Whale Lunge-Feeding in Southern California Using Multisensory Biotags	Dr. Ana Širovič
Santiago Canel Soria	Screening for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Sea Turtles Blood and Tissue Samples (Publication Pending)	Dr. Yina Liu
Edsel Santoni Delgado	Melanophore Response and Behavior of the Marine Isopod Sphaeroma quadridentatum in the Presence of A Common Estuarine Predator Species (Publication Pending)	Dr. Anja Schulze
James Scolley	Zooxanthellae Counts of Bleached Coral	Dr. Maria Miglietta and Dr. Katie Clair
Madeleine Thompson	Viral Activity and its Role on Prokaryotic Communities within Coastal Anoxic Sediments (Publication Pending)	Dr. Jessica Labonté
Brianne Wharton	Analysis and Quantification of Microplastics in Galveston Bay	Dr. Karl Kaiser

 

2019-2020
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor(s)
Mikeelee Brink	The Role of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Metabolism in Influencing Physiological Fitness Under Metabolic Stress	Dr. David Hala
Kelci LeNae Chambers	Study on the Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistant Gene Following Hurricane Harvey	Dr. Jessica M. Labonté
Madlyn Crist	Synthesis of Hydrogenase Mimics for Use as Catalysts in the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction	Dr. Olbelina A. Ulloa
Margaret Guy	Illuminating the Impacts of Tourists with Hand-Held Lights on Sea Turtles	Dr. Lee Fitzgerald
Kristina Isabella Simons	Effects of Emerging Marine Chemical Pollutant Oxybenzone on the Metabolic Physiology of Embryo-Larval Zebrafish	Dr. David Hala
Marcus Brian Wharton	Chemical Characterization of Sargassum Fluitans	Dr. Karl Kaiser and Dr. Olbelina Ulloa

 

2018-2019
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Taylor Cubbage	The Effects of Salinity and Pharmaceuticals on the Physiology of the Sheepshead Minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus)	Dr. Lene Petersen
Zakary Derouen and Miranda Peterson	The Recent Expansion of Invasive Tubastraea Coccinea Throughout the Northern Gulf of Mexico	Dr. Hsiao-Hsuan Wang
Ashley Nicole Guentzel	Differences in Resource Allocation Between Post-Mating Male and Female Olive Ridley Sea Turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) (Publication Pending)	Dr. Duncan MacKenzie
Sarah Hamrock	Maritime Cyber Security: A Comparative Analysis of U.S. and International Regulation on AIS Data Receptors	Dr. Joan Mileski
Irene Martinez	Transcriptome Assembly and Characterization of the Benthic Annelid Paramphinome jeffreysii	Dr. Jessica Labonté
Jordan Walker	Microbial Communities and Ecosystem Recovery of Galveston Bay Post-Hurricane Harvey (Publication Pending)	Dr. Jessica Labonté

 

2017-2018
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Taylor Strope	The Effects of Hurricane Harvey on the Biodiversity and Abundance of Hydromedusae in Galveston Bay (Publication Pending)	Dr. Maria Pia Miglietta
William Michael Bordelon Prouse	Removing the Vegetation Signature from Digital Elevation Models of Coastal Areas Surveyed by Unmanned Aerial System Photogrammetry	Dr. Jens Figlus
Faith Kramer	Deep Sea Corrallium Sp. in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands Basal Diameter-colony Height Curve and Colony Height-age Curve	Dr. Brendan Roark

 

2016 - 2017
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Katherine Adams	Reproductive Histology of Blacktip Sharks, Carcharhinus limbatus, in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico (Publication Pending)	Dr. David Wells
Jahna Brooks	Investigation of Changing Seawater Carbonate Chemistry near Deep-Sea Coral Beds	Dr. Katie Shamberger
Rachel Hamrock	Population Distribution and Conservation Efforts of Common Dolphins	Dr. Bernd Würsig
Catherine Risley and Tess Heywood	Hydromedusae Blooms and Seasonal Biodiversity Changes in the Galveston Bay (Publication Pending)	Dr. Maria Pia Miglietta
Kathryn Kunz	Evaluation of the Co-Evolution and Genetic Diversity of the Stag Horned Hydrocoral and its Hermit Crab Host from the Pacific and Gulf of California (Publication Pending)	Dr. Maria Pia Miglietta
Jesus Duran Ramirez	Using Optical Properties of Dissolved Organic Matter to Discriminate Sewage Treatment Effluents from Runoff in Santa Monica Bay, California	Dr. Karl Kaiser
Randall Teague	Common Bottlenose Dolphin Calves Utilize Trawlers in the Galveston Ship Channel	Dr. Meri Davlasheridze
Katie Westmoreland	Genetic Investigations of Grass Shrimp (Palaemonetes Spp.) Populations along the Gulf of Mexico Coast	Dr. Jaime Alvarado-Bremer
Aubree Jones	Do Innervation Patterns of Mystacial Vibrissae in Harbor Seals, Phoca Vitulina, Explain Specialization in Trail Following Behavior?	Dr. Christopher Marshall
Monika McGuinness	Productivity of Spartina alterniflora in Proximity to Mangroves	Dr. Anna Armitage

 

2015 - 2016
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Aminta Arevilca	Effects of Gillnet Entanglement on Mortality of Dusky Dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus)​	Dr. Hsiao-Hsuan Wang
Laura Hinson	Water Quality and Health of Coral Reefs	Dr. Meri Davlasheridze
Bryan Myres	An Instrumentation System to Measure In-Situ Hydrodynamics during Barrier Island Overwash and Inundation	Dr. Jens Figlus
Lauren Replogle	What Factors Explain Harmful Algal Blooms of Dinophysis along the Texas Coast?	Dr. Lisa Campbell
Fred Shopnitz	Alternative Larval Diets and Generational Time for Gulf of Mexico Blenny Species​	Dr. Ron I Eytan

 

2014 - 2015
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Iris Cato and Katherine Gillis	Genetic Diversity in the Hydroid Janaria mirabilis: Possible Presence of Cryptic Species (Publication Pending)	Dr. Maria Pia Miglietta
Daniela Perrigo and Ren Shirai	Cryptic Species Analysis of Austrobilharzia variglandis and Mesostephanus appendiculatus in the Salt Marsh Gastropod, Cerithidea pliculosa, in Galveston Bay	Dr. Anja Schulze
Kelci Miller	Aragonite Saturation State and Deep-sea Coral Distribution in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands	Dr. Brendan Roark
Jeffrey Plumlee	Feeding Ecology of Coastal Sharks in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico	Dr. R.J. David Wells
Andrea Martinez-Aguirre	Identifying the Differences in Survivorship and Growth in Offspring of Large and Small Females in the Pipefish Species Syngnathus scovelli	Dr. Adam G. Jones
Emily Pewitt	Determining the Dietary Tryptophan Requirement of Juvenile Red Drum	Dr. Delbert M. Gatlin III

 

2013 - 2014
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Joclyn Bosquez	Acoustic Vocalizations of Dolphins and Effects of Anthropogenic Noise	Dr. Bernd Würsig
Peter Bruns	Effect of Exopolymers on the Consumption of Synechococcus by Oxyrrhis marina	Dr. Daniel Thornton
Brandon Hill	An Analysis of the Factors that Influence the Sargassum Migratory Loop	Thomas Linton, Wesley Highfield, Melanie Moser, and Kyeong Park
Kelsey Johnson	Association Patterns of Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Galveston Ship Channel, Texas	Dr. Bernd Würsig
Rachel McMahon	Application of Carbohydrates and Phenols and Biomarkers to Study Dissolved Organic Matter Reservoirs in Artic Rivers	Dr. Karl Kaiser
Marissa Oldiges	Trematode Prevelance as an Indicator for Galveston Marsh Health	Dr. Anja Schulze

 

2012 - 2013
Student Author	Thesis Title	Faculty Advisor
Joshua Carter and Raven Walker	‘Our Tables Have Suffered’: Quantifying consumer market activity of commercially valuable living resources in Chesapeake Bay, 1850-1950	Dr. Glenn Jones
Cyrenea Millberry	Association Between Shrimp Catch per Unit Effort and Environmental Variables in the Gulf of Mexico	Dr. Masami Fujiwara
Marcella Nunez	The Changes in Growth and Composition af Marine Microalgae in Response to Sodium Bicarbonate and Nitrogen	Dr. Antonietta Quigg