Honors Summer Fellows 2024

Each year the Honors College provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to work with UofM faculty on research projects throughout the summer months. In addition to receiving a stipend to conduct research over the summer, the students also receive funding to travel to state and national conferences to present their research during the 2024-2025 academic year.

The Honors College is pleased to announce the 2024 Honors Summer Research Fellows, their projects, and faculty mentors:

David Adaway (Computer Engineering)
Project Title: Computational Optical Sectioning Microscopy
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Chrysanthe Preza, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nima Aflaki (Biomedical Engineering)
Project Title: The Mechanisms Behind Regioselective Organometallic Catalysts
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Timothy Brewster, Chemistry

Gerrell Dabbs (Computer Engineering)
Project Title: Improvements in Hyperspectral Anomoly Detection
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Chrysanthe Preza, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Don'Neka Hayslett (Anthropology and Earth Sciences)
Project Title: Geoarchaeology of Earthquakes and Destruction at Fourth Century AD Kourion, Cyprus
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Amanda Gaggioli, History

Elmira Umarova (Biology)
Project Title: The Effect of Larval Chemical Cues on Worker Response Thresholds in the Ant Temnothorax longispinonsus. 
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Philip Kohlmeier, Biology

Elaine Mooney (Psychology)
Project Title: Picture Verification to Differentiate Mental Simulation and Mental Imagery
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Huette, Psychology

Joseph Perry (Mechanical Engineering)
Project Title: Chimera: A Tethered tUAV-UGV System for Agricultural Phenotyping
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Eddie Jacobs, Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Karma Rakow (Anthropology)
Project Title: An Ethnographic Examination of Drag Identity in Different Geopolitical Contexts
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lindsey Feldman, Anthropology

Jacob Stewart (Physics and Mathematics)
Project Title: The Mathematics of Escape and Pursuit Problems
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Thomas Hagen, Mathematical Sciences

Madiha Syeda (Biomedical Engineering)
Project Title: Examining the Effects of Oxytocin Receptor Activation on Reward-Related Dopamine Release
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Deranda Lester, Psychology