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Centennial Honors College

Thomas E. Helm Undergraduate Research Day - April 16, 2025

Pictures of students doing research and giving presentations

Thomas E. Helm Undergraduate Research Day provides a public, university-wide forum for showcasing undergraduate research, scholarship and creative activity. Students from all academic disciplines are encouraged to submit their faculty mentored research, projects, or creative activity. Submissions may be either completed or in-progress. Monetary awards are given to the top presentations in each category.

2025 Winners

Podium Competition

First Place: Olivia Rueschhoff, of Manito, IL, with faculty mentors Dinesh Ekanayake and Amy Ekanayake, Mathematics 鈥� 鈥淪haping the Future: Education, Economy, and Policy Influence Life Expectancy and Fertility鈥�

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Ariana Sanchez Project

Second Place: Ariana Sanchez of St. Charles, IL, with faculty mentor, Kristine Kelly, Psychology 鈥� 鈥淐omparing White Fragility Across Three Measures鈥�

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Third Place: Emma Evans, of Keokuk, IA, with faculty mentors Amy Ekanayake and Dinesh Ekanayake, Mathematics 鈥� 鈥淪hark attacks and the story they reveal鈥�

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Poster Competition
Payton Wiggins Project

First Place: Payton Wiggins, of Batavia, IL, with faculty mentor John Determan, Forensic Chemistry 鈥� 鈥淭he Use of Silica Nanoparticles as Biosensors for the Detection of Illicit Drugs鈥�

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Anvith Devarashetty Project

Second Place: Anvith Devarashetty, of United Arab Emirates, with faculty mentor, Leslie Melim, Geology 鈥� 鈥淧etrographic Comparison of Torosites with New Samples from Shoveleater Cave, WV鈥�

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Owen Beck Project

Third Place: Owen Beck, of Good Hope, IL, with Brian Bellott, Chemistry 鈥� 鈥淪olid State Synthesis of Athabascaite (Cu5Se4)鈥�

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2025 PRESENTERS

APRIL 16, 2025 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS听

9:00 - 11:30: Podium & Performance Presentations, University Union Lincoln Room & Brattain Lounge

11:00-1:30: Poster Presentations, University Union Grand Ballroom

Noon: Address by Honors College Dean and Interim Provost & Presentation of Certificates, University Union Grand Ballroom

2:00: Awards and Closing, University Union Grand Ballroom

ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS

Go to听PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES听& ABSTRACT SUBMISSION to review the Guidelines for Participation and to submit your abstract using the link at the bottom of the page.

By submitting abstracts, all participants acknowledge that they have read and accepted the Guidelines for Participation and that their research meets protocols for human, animal, and radiological research. All presenters also permit the release of photographs taken of them and their work on the day of presentation.

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