{"id":443,"date":"2026-05-15T09:23:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/urace\/?p=443"},"modified":"2026-05-15T09:42:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:42:43","slug":"congratulations-to-all-the-2026-national-conference-on-undergraduate-research-ncur-presenters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/urace\/2026\/05\/15\/congratulations-to-all-the-2026-national-conference-on-undergraduate-research-ncur-presenters\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to all the 2026 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) Presenters!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Student<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Project<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Faculty Mentor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Keyle Bryant<\/td><td>Evaluating the Effects of Urbanization on Meiofauna Biodiversity in Chattanooga\u2019s Lentic Ecosystems Through GIS Applications&nbsp; 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Riggs<\/td><td>Molecular Dynamics Study of Electrothermal Response of Classical Water Models Under an Electric Field&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>Dr. Murat Barisik<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Samuel Smith<\/td><td>Unveiling ADCY3 as a Central Olfactory-Related Biomarker Gene and Potential Therapeutic Target in Kidney and Colorectal Cancers&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>Dr. Jannatul Ferdoush<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2026\/05\/unnamed__1_-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2026\/05\/unnamed__1_-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2026\/05\/unnamed__1_-580x773.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2026\/05\/unnamed__1_-610x813.jpg 610w, 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