{"id":536,"date":"2026-09-04T11:22:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/urace\/?p=536"},"modified":"2026-09-04T11:22:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:22:48","slug":"congratulations-to-the-2026-utc-fall-research-conference-participants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/urace\/2026\/09\/04\/congratulations-to-the-2026-utc-fall-research-conference-participants\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to the 2026 UTC Fall Research Conference Participants!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Congratulations to the students who participated in the 2026 UTC Fall Research Conference!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conference Participants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Presenter<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Faculty Mentor<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Project<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ian Angle<\/td><td>Dr. Jin Wang<\/td><td>Understanding how environmental conditions impact the social organization of Degu<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Abby Borden<\/td><td>Dr. Sadie Weber<\/td><td>More Than a Passion Fruit: Integrating Local Knowledge of Poro Poro in the Peruvian Andes with Scientific Research<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Amelia Catala<\/td><td>Dr. Dalei Wu<br>Boris Speed<\/td><td>Conditional Diffusion for Refinement of Subsurface Reconstructions<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Andrew Edler<\/td><td>Dr. Joshua Hamblen<\/td><td>Using Geant4 Simulations to Analyze the Edge Effect at the Nab Experiment<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gloria Habiyaremye<\/td><td>Dr. John Swanson<\/td><td>Built on their backs: profiting off of forced labor within concentration camps<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stewart Huggins<\/td><td>Professor Ethan McDaniel<\/td><td>Nashville Marimba Sessions<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alexa Key<\/td><td>Dr. John Swanson<\/td><td>Failed Justice: Prosecution and Result of the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp Trials<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mallory Lehman<\/td><td><\/td><td>The Conditions of the Mittelbau-Dora Subcamps<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kaya Luckhoo<\/td><td>Dr. Zakia Tasnim<\/td><td>Stabilization of Tennessee Clay using waste-derived eggshell powder<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rachael Miller<\/td><td>Dr. Luis Sanchez-Diaz<\/td><td>Electrical Characterization of Gramicidin A Ion Channels in Artificial Lipid Bilayers at Varying HCl Concentrations<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brooke Murphree<\/td><td><\/td><td>Repackaging Authenticity: How Vietnam Designs Tourism for Global<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gabriella O&#8217;Brien<\/td><td><\/td><td>Gen Z&#8217;s Produce Storage Knowledge<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thanh Pham<\/td><td><\/td><td>Payment Culture and Technology: Vietnam and the United States<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ellyellen Ramos<\/td><td><\/td><td>Cultural Strategy in Tourism: Marketing Vietnam to Global Travellers<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Natalie Rivas<\/td><td>Dr. Lisa Piazza<\/td><td>Vietnam Searches for Ways to Bring AI Building Skills Into Their Classrooms<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alec Smith-Ellis<\/td><td>Dr. Keenan Dungey<\/td><td>Two Dimensional Crystals Observed by STM<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Benjamin Stetson<\/td><td>Dr. Andrew Turgeson<br>Christopher Frishcosy<\/td><td>Antimicrobial Surfacing<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the students who participated in the 2026 UTC Fall Research Conference! 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