Archive: S23 Undergraduate Research Showcase

The Summer Undergraduate Research Showcase will take place from August 15 - 17, 2023. Join us as 30+ students across campus showcase their summer research projects in 3 - 5 minute presentations.

For more information contact experience@uoguelph.ca.

Tuesday, August 15, 1:30 - 3 p.m.

Parnia Farsinejad
Project Title: Aquaculture: Making, Feeding, and Analyzing Fish Feed for Rainbow Trout
Hosting Department: Animal Biosciences
Supervisor: Dr. David Huyben

Natalie Miners
Project Theme: Dry Bean Breeding Program
Hosting Department: Plant Agriculture
Supervisor: Dr. Peter Paul, Lyndsay Schram

Elyssa Murray
Project Title: Promotion of Meals with Plant-Based Ingredients in Campus Food Contexts
Hosting Department: Marketing & Consumer Studies
Supervisor: Dr. Sunhhwan Yi

Wednesday, August 16, 10 - 11:45 a.m.

Zavier Blackman
Project Title: Flame-Retardant Sustainable Composites from Nylon 6,6 and Basalt Fibers for Electric Vehicle Parts
Hosting Department: School of Engineering, Department of Plant Agriculture
Supervisor: Dr. Manjursi Misra

Simontika Chowdhury
Project Title: Application of High Voltage Atmospheric Cold Plasma (HVACP) Technology to Decontaminate Botrytis Cinerea Mold on Strawberries
Hosting Department: School of Engineering
Supervisor: Dr. Kevin Keener

Victoria Dubciak
Project Title: Synthesis and Metalation of Sulfonated Porphyrins
Hosting Department: Chemistry
Supervisor: Dr. Marcel Schlaf

Kimberly Giraldo
Project Title: Genetic Susceptibility to Enterotoxigenic E. coli in Ontario Nursery Pigs
Hosting Department: Population Medicine
Supervisor: Dr. Vahab Farzan

Jenny Lin
Project Title: Characterizing E. coli Contributing to Post-Weaning Diarrhea in Ontario Swine
Hosting Department: Population Medicine
Supervisor: Dr. Vahab Farzan

Hugh MacFarlane
Project Title: Sustainable Lightweight Biocomposites from Engineering Plastic and Hemp-Hurd Pyrolyzed Biocarbon
Hosting Department: School of Engineering, Department of Plant Agriculture
Supervisor: Dr. Manjursi Misra

Celine Said
Project Title: Effects of Fresh Frozen Plasma on Critically Ill Dogs
Hosting Department: Clinical Studies
Supervisor: Dr. Alexa Bersenas

Ashley Vanderhaeghe
Project Title: Sole Dynamics: Exploring Dkin Deformation Patterns Under Force Loading on Different Foot Regions
Hosting Department: Human Health & Nutritional Sciences
Supervisor: Dr. Leah Bent

Wednesday, August 16, 1 - 2:45 p.m.

Jillian Macleod
Project Title: Descriptive Analysis of Foodbook Data
Hosting Department: Population Medicine
Supervisor: Dr. Lauren Grant

Rachael Magilsen
Project Title: Breaking Up - Divorce in the 1970s
Hosting Department: History
Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Carstairs

Alex McGinn
Project Title: Moral Punishment: Impacts of Punishment Contingency on Morphine Self-Administration in Rats
Hosting Department: Psychology
Supervisor: Dr. Jennifer Murray

Rohail Raza
Project Title: Seasonal Variations in Naturalized and Wild Natural Playscapes: Examining the Impact on Young Children's Behavior and Activity
Hosting Department: Family Relations & Applied Nutrition
Supervisor: Dr. Kimberly Squires

Autumn Sweeney
Project Title: Harnessing Genomic Diversity within Lachnospiraceae to Improve Live Biotherapeutic Design
Hosting Department: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Supervisor: Dr. Matthew Sorbara

Sam Hess
Project Title: Regulation of Short-Chain Fatty Acid Production and Acidification in Urease-Encoding Blautia Isolates
Hosting Department: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Supervisor: Dr. Matthew Sorbara

Thursday, August 17, 10 - 11:45 a.m.

Mikayla Astroff
Project Title: Sustainable Composites from Poly (Butylene Adipate-co-Terephthalate) (PBAT) and Milk Protein Concentrate: Properties and Performance Evaluation for Single-Use Plastics
Hosting Department: Plant Agriculture
Supervisor: Dr. Manjusri Misra

Sia Oberoi
Project Title: The Resilient Dairy Genome Project
Hosting Department: Animal Biosciences
Supervisor: Dr. Christine Baes

Krish Roy
Project Title: Effects of Neopestalotiopsis on Strawberries
Hosting Department: Plant Agriculature
Supervisor: Dr. Melanie Kalischuk

Jenna Scharnowski
Project Title: Quantitation, Cultivation, and Incubation of Arctic Methanotrophs
Hosting Department: School of Environmental Sciences 
Supervisor: Dr. Jacqueline Goordial

Jacklyn Simonson
Project Title: Biting Insects and Caribou in the Arctic
Hosting Department: Integrative Biology
Supervisor: Dr. Karl Cottenie

William Ibbott
Project Title: Mycoplasma Contamination in the Cell Culture Laboratory
Hosting Department: Pathobiology
Supervisor: Dr. Janet Beeler-Marfisi

Olivia Scandlan
Project Title: Markers of BPA Exposure in Human Sperm
Hosting Department: Biomedical Science
Supervisor: Dr. Laura Favetta

Thursday, August 17, 1 - 2:45 p.m.

Maryam Alhamdan
Project Topic: Accessible Veterinary Care
Hosting Department: Clinical Studies
Supervisor: Dr. Lauren Van Patter

Muhammad Mohid Aziz
Project Title: Topology Optimization of 3D printed Orthopedic Cast
Hosting Department: School of Engineering
Supervisor: Dr. Ibrahim Deiab

Skyler Barclay
Project Title: Materiality in Sustainability Reports: Assessment of Canadian Extractive Industries
Hosting Department: Management
Supervisor: Dr. Daniela Senkl

Harjeet Dhuga
Project Title: Impact of Pasteurization Treatment on Protein Separation From Bovine Colostrum
Hosting Department: Plant Agriculature
Supervisor: Dr. Alice Marciniak

Anindita Ponkshe
Project Title: An Analysis of Bill C-48: An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (Bail Reform)
Hosting Department: Sociology & Anthropology
Supervisor: Dr. Carolyn Yule & Dr. Laura MacDiarmid

Emma Russell-Trione
Project Title: "Go Ask Alice": Social Panics and Teenagers in the 1970s and 80s
Hosting Department: History
Supervisor: Dr. Linda Mahood

Evan Zakaria
Project Title: Universal Tandem Oligonucleotide Synthesis Using Commercially Available Reagents
Hosting Department: Chemistry
Supervisor: Dr. Derek O'Flaherty