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2025
Dystopia in the Digital Age: Surveillance, Social Media, and the Shifting of Dystopian Themes in Contemporary Young Adult Fiction, Sophie Anderson
The Role of Sexual Behavior, Sexual Objectification, and Peer Support for Violence in Young Men’s Empathy for Victims and Perpetrators of Rape, Griffin Bellamy, Katherine W. Bogen, Sarah Gervais, and David DiLillo
DMSi's Demand Forcasting and Purchase Planning Dashboard, Grace Boguslawski, Caden Punteney, and Aaron Morrissey
Biochemical Characterization of Mammalian Sodium Calcium Exchangers, Kaleb Brink
Project DepEx: Depreciation Exploration and Visualization, Charlie Brockmeier, Bethany Barnwell, Rishi Krishna, Allan Muinov, Ayan Hussain, and Landen Fogle
Immunosenescence and HCMV: the Interaction Between UL2 and the Human Gene HMGCS1, Amara Bryant
Who You Gonna Trust? The Interaction Effect of Trust and Gender in Workplace Conflict, Kaleigh Costerisan
CK Monitor: From Prototype to Product, Madelyn Craft, Brooke Bode, Clara Glock, Ava Hollingsworth, and Sandesh Subedi
Applying DMS-MaPseq to Evaluate RNA-Ligand Binding, Cristian Gonzalez
Implicit Leadership in the Agricultural Sector Among Latinx Youth Within the Omaha, Nebraska Metro Area, Naidaly Gonzalez Miranda
Evaluation of the Aerosolized Transmission of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) Virus, Logan Hafer; Benny Mote Ph.D.; Hiep Vu Ph.D.; and Amy Schmidt Ph.D., P.E.
EduNova, William Z. Hammann, Parker G. Allen, Chase G. Kling, Riya S. Kannapareddy, and Caiya L. Khammaly
How Human Cytomegalovirus UL3 Can Serve as a Drug Target Based on Its Structure and Function, Lexi Hauxwell
AI Shopping Assistant, Ealynn Hsu, Victoria Chin, Katia Henrriquez, and Radhika Damle
Advancing Understanding of Mesoscale Airmasses with High Theta-E through Airmass Boundary Classification, Anna James and Adam L. Houston
Expanding the Dynamic Range of Methanosarcina Acetivorans Through Recombinant Expression of an RNA Polymerase, Laura Kirshenbaum
An Analysis of Food Substrate Collection Methods for DNA Profiling, Hannah Labonar
The Impact of Weather on Protests in the Washington, D.C., Area, Anne Lammes
Automated Project Manager, Kyana Le, Natalia Trejo, Mohanad Elsharif, Arjun Ramesh, and Roy Truong
Comparison of Six Commercial Sesame ELISA Kits on Their Reliability of Detecting and Quantifying Sesame Residue from Buffer & Cracker Matrices, Kit Extracted Protein Profiles, & Kit Antibody Specificity to Extracted Sesame Protein, Janine L. Merkle, Joseph Baumert, and Shyamali Jayasena
The Effect of Obesity on Satellite Cell Differentiation in Mice, Joshua Miller
CropCents, Emily Nau, Kevin Tran, Brody Reiss, Roy Dumblauskas, and Sarah Cunningham
Identification of Small Molecule Inhibitors for Anti-Zika Infection by Targeting RNA Polymerase, Thao Nghiem
Neural Correlates of Processing Speed During a Cognitive Task in Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Jordyn Oliver
The Role of Parental Trauma-Related Distress in Emotion Socialization and Child Internalizing Symptoms, Sarah Omar, Lauren Laifer, and Rebecca Brock
General Chemistry CHEM109 and CHEM110 Exam Study Sessions, Evada Palmer
Hello, Can You Hear Me?: Acoustic Predictors of Listeners' Gender Perceptions, Kayli Pham
Copper Deficiency Promotes Lipid Toxicity In the Liver, Christine Phuong
The Role of SAP30 in High-Risk Neuroblastoma, Noah Rachwitz
Literature Review of Culturally Relevant Tobacco Prevention Methods for AI/AN in the Northern Great Plains Region, Carmela M. Rigatuso
KeenInsights, Lily Rippeteau, Derek Kluck, Tia Ybarra, Mark Phan, and Yusup Orazov
AI-Powered Sport Storytelling from Event Data, Jace Ruth, Jack Smiley, Charles Moloney, Zainab Ridha, and Ryan Flatley
Human Impacts, Extinction Risk, and Relative Rarity of Terrestrial Mammals, Alora Schneider
Violent-Context Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth, Autumn Schramm
Specific Differential Phase Signatures Associated With Quasi-Linear Convective System Mesovortices, Caitlyn Scott
3PL Insights, Jay Selzer, Tyler Kerkman, John Post, Angela Le, and Parker Davids
ALLO Fiber 2024-2025, Brendan Shanks, Joshua Feng, Dante Dyches-Chandler, Andrew Hall, and Sagun Karki
Translating Deuda Natal: Poetry, Memory, and the Ethics of Language, Abigail Shih
Minding the Gaps: A Post-COVID-19 Analysis of Patient-Caregiver Dynamics in French and English-Speaking Rural Communities, Paul L. Suder
Tenaska Flow Tracker App, Carina Swanson, Vaughn Thompson, Peyton Comer, Tage Zerby, and Michael DeJournett
A Comparative Analysis on the Performance of Two Commercial Egg ELISA Methods on Detecting and Quantifying Whole Egg Powder from a Spiked Matrix, Maya Tanikawa-Brown
Characterization of Residues in TetX8 for Tetracycline Inactivation, Rohan Tatineni
Regulators of Farnesol Metabolism in Candida albicans: Synthesis and Secretion, Brigid M. Toomey
UL5 and HCMV Pathogenesis: Investigating UL5’s Role in Lytic Replication and Latency, Kai Waddell and Lindsey Crawford
ECHO Collective Learning Management System (LMS), Emma Wagner, Ellenna Divingnzzo, Elena Belashchenko, Drake Hermanson, and Christina Tinley
A Seed, Scattered: An Exploration of Drawing and Photography, Campbell Windrum
Latina Women's Health Conference: A Public Relations and Advertising Study, Anna Youell
Magnetic properties of amorphous iron germanium films, Ruthi Zielinski
2024
Investigating the Breadth of Strategies Used and their Advantages for Verbal Working Memory, Abbie Bartmess
Digital Front Door for the City Clerk’s Office, Tejaswini Boinpally, Blake Simpleman, Gowrav Ghatamaneni, Joey Ng, and Cole Miller
Olsson Design Studio Project ZeroDelta, Kellen Carney, Gleb Moisseyev, Paul Owens, and Carina Swanson
SMART on FHIR Interoperability Engine, Jessica Chen, Laurel Carder, Ryan Orth, Caleb Rosenboom, and Ellenna Divingnzzo
A Kinematic, Kinetic, and Biometric Analysis of Weighted Baseballs as Training Method for Baseball Pitchers, Grant Cline
“Oh, There’s a Problem”: Characterizing Group Discourse Surrounding Uncertainty, Amelie Cole, Mary Tess Urbanek, and Alena Moon
Dyslexico, Tristan Curd, Bridget Peterkin, Nick Lauver, Victoria Chin, Joshua Feng, and Santiago Giraldo
Eye Tracking Insights: How Developers Search for Answers on Stack Overflow, Shaunak Datta
Cattle Kettle: Smart Water Management Solutions for Improved Livestock Health and Economized Ranching Operations, Seth Daup, John Esser, Reed McHenry, Landry Geiger, and Brooke Bode
The Efficacy of Collection Methods for DNA Profiling from Bitten Food, Victoria DeAngelis
Using CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing to Investigate the Function of Six Inflorescence Candidate Genes in Sorghum, Kevin Dockery
Strategic Overview of Northwestern Mutual and the Insurance Industry, Jayden Eakin
Eros Unbound: Homosexuality in Greek Literature and Modern Retellings, Robin Emmons
A Novel Acoustic Levitation Device for YAP Transcriptional Mechanotransduction for Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Luke Freyhof
Evaluation of the Interactions Between Drugs and Binding Agents by Affinity Chromatography, Moira Gonzales
Market Share Predictor, Carly Gove, Cole Niebur, Ben Cook, Viet Ninh, and Aditya Jain
The Characterization and Identification of Historic Inks by Raman Microspectroscopy, Jordyn Guse
The Holocaust: Memories and Memorials in the United States, Abigail Hanson
Elucidation of Transmission Pathways of SARS-CoV-2 between Human and Non-Human Animal Populations, Kaitlyn Hart
“All Along There Was Some Invisible String:” Identity Formation, Relational Dynamics, and Well-Being in the Swiftie Fandom, Ella Hendricksen
Electronic transport properties of Fe(qsal)2(TCNQ)2 molecular films, Bryce Herrington
Leveraging AI To Improve Clinician Wellbeing, Sophia Hill, Roy Dumblauskas, Cooper Sheets, and Zachary Wallenburg
Constitutional Interpretive Authority: The Evolution of Judicial Supremacy & Popular Constitutionalism After Dobbs, Natalie Hole
Out of the Silence: How One Domestic Violence Survivor Reclaimed Her Life and Now Helps Others, Alyssa Huber
Untouchables, Hannah Huynh
Strategic Audit: The Boeing Company, Alexis Jeffryes, Abbey Marshall, Haley Szymczak, Peyton Shewmon, and Reese Munson
Visualising Equipment Fuel Level, Lizzy A. Kenes, Kyana Le, Daniel Goldstein, Alexander Miller, and Hamdan Sayeed
SWOT Analysis of University Honors Program, Hannah-Kate Kinney
Odonate Predator and Prey Interaction Laboratory Curriculum, Gage Kircher and William V. Glider
Stretching Between Earth and Stars, Julia Klug
Hidden Histories: Nebraska Women in Law From 1868 to 1950, Clare Kramper
KRAUS: Embracing Change and Adapting to the Female Body, Marissa Kaylin Kraus
Aerial Insights Monitoring Dashboard, Joshua Maden, Caden Punteney, Jack Rankin, Emma Wagner, and Elizabeth Weber
Age of Sexual Debut Alone is Insufficient for Predicting Later Objectification and Sexual Wellbeing, Elizabeth Malousek
Osteocyte Lacunar Properties in Type-1 Diabetic Postmenopausal Women, Maxwyll J. McConnell, Wen Qian, Laura A. Graeff-Armas, Sue P. Bare, Joseph A. Turner, Joan M. Lappe, Robert R. Recker, and Mohammed P. Akhter
Associate Data Portal at Mutual of Omaha, Nick McElroy, Emily Nau, Divsirat Singh, Garrett Parker, and Charlie Fulks
Design Studio: DMSi, Evan Melchior, Madison Maloney, Charlie Brockmeier, Dylan Araujo, Grace Boguslawski, and Vaughn Thompson
Machinery Match, Emma Mirnics, Karina Dudley, Zach Hammann, John Post, and Dylan Chapin
Contextual Dichotomy: Musical Composition in the Style of a Video Game Soundtrack, Benjamin Morales
In-Kind Donation System, Trinity Mozingo, Max Radlicz, Chaitra Pirisingula, Jace Ruth, and Paul George
ProPair: Job Connection Platform, Shivani Mudhelli, Hannah Pokharel, Chase Kling, Akshita Goel, and Jack Smiley
Effect of Methamphetamine Use Disorder on White Matter Integrity and Cognition, Cady Murphy
Exploratory Pilot Study on the Usage of Blood Flow Restriction Training as a Modality in Physical Therapy Settings in South Dakota and Nebraska, Amelia Nesheim
Lincoln Medical History: Dr. Hettie Kersey Painter, Grant Neuverth and Effie Athanassopoulos