2009 EURēCA Awardees
The university offers undergraduates the opportunity to reach beyond the classroom to pursue the excitement of original research and creative projects. Every spring, the Office of Research organizes the Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EURēCA) -- a two-day exhibition and performance event for students. In 2009, a total of 250 students entered 183 research and creative projects.
Projects judged to be the best overall are recognized with the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society Awards, the William Harris III Undergraduate Research Award and the Office of Research Top Undergraduate Research Award.
For images from the awards ceremony, visit the Photo Gallery page. To see a list of 2008 EURēCA winners, click here.
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
James Adam Gobrecht
Project: Stanley’s Botanical Garden & Arboretum
Faculty Advisor: Garry Menendez
Alex McLemore and Adam Duncan
Project: Coal Deposits Located in the Mouth of the Clinch River
Faculty Advisor: Paul Ayers
Glenis Moore
Project: Biofilm Production by Streptococcus Uberis Associated with Intramammary Infection
Faculty Advisor: Maria Prado
College of Architecture and Design
Chris Melander
Project: [Re] Defining the Greenline
Faculty Advisor: Brian Ambroziak
Andrew Ruff
Project: Poetic Tectonics: The Hoo Center for Dramatic Studies
Faculty Advisor: Katherine Ambroziak
Jessica Wiesner
Project: Thesis and Portfolio Book Design
Faculty Advisor: Diane Fox
Levi Hooten, Daniel Luster, Joan Monaco and Samuel Mortimer
Project: UPLOAD: A Sustainable Home for Norris, Tennessee
Faculty Advisor: Trisha Stuth and Tim Ezzell
Tyler Carter, Clint Harris, Daniel Jones, Daniel Levy, Alex Liedl, Ben Lorance, Betsy Mason, Laura Pfountz, Eric Reed, Jason Saneford, Ana Smetana and Lauren Trotter
Project: Panther Creek
Faculty Advisor: Trisha Stuth
School of Art
Jonathan Bagby
Project: Cinematographic Photography
Faculty Advisor: Baldwin Lee
Sonja Foard
Project: Poetry of Modern Communication
Faculty Advisor: Beauvais Lyons
Timothy Kempf
Project: Alt+Shift+Ctrl+T and My Descent Into Depravity
Faculty Advisor: Sarah Lowe
College of Arts and Sciences - Humantities
Sara Cole
Project: The Wall Paintings of Tell el-Dab’a: Potential Aegean Connections
Faculty Advisor: Elizabeth Sutherland
College of Arts and Sciences - Natural Sciences
Andrew Hahn
Project: Synthesis of Derivitized Tylophora Analogs
Faculty Advisor: David Baker
Danielle Harrell
Project: Growth Characteristics and Sugar Production in a Thermophilic Cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis sp. Strain TS-821
Faculty Advisor: Gladys Alexandre and Barry Bruce
Steven Jaret
Project: Petrographic Investigation of Ejecta From the Tenoumer Impact Crater, Mauritania
Faculty Advisor: Linda Kah
Michael Jungwirth
Project: Production of Torsins Specific Polyclonal Antibodies
Faculty Advisor: Rose Goodchild
Jennifer Laird
Project: The Effects of Glutamate on Fibrinolytic Tissues in the Mouse SCN
Faculty Advisor: Rebecca Prosser
William Brad O’Dell
Project: Simple Syrup? Directly Observing Structural Characteristics of Cellobiose Water Solutions via Liquid State Neutron Diffraction
Faculty Advisor: David Baker
Adrian Sanchez
Project: Neutrino Signatures from Supercomputer Stimulations of Core-Collapse Supernovae
Faculty Advisor: Bronson Messer
Arwa Zakaria
Project: Nighttime Effects of Ethanol on SCN Phase Shifting
Faculty Advisor: Rebecca Prosser
College of Arts and Sciences - Social Sciences
Daniel Curry
Project: Dominance Relationships and Resistance To Social Stress in Syrian Hamsters
Faculty Advisor: Matthew Cooper
Georgia Varlan
Project: Tennessee and China: The Challenges and Opportunities of a Growing Trade Relationship
Faculty Advisor: Yang Zhong
College of Communication and Information - Research
Erin Brady, Katie Bennett, Crystal Campbell, Jini Linginfelter and Josh Royer
Project: Discovering America
Faculty Advisor: Lisa Fall
Kristina Ilgner, Jessica Bridenbaugh, Elizabeth Goldstein, Jessica Jones and Mandra Smith
Project: Everybody Loves a Firefighter
Faculty Advisor: Lisa Fall
Nicholas Kilgore, Katie Bennett, Sara Collins, Jennifer Linginfelter and Jillian Lofton
Project: Hit the Books Knoxville
Faculty Advisor: Michael Palenchar
Mary Carlie Vaughn, Audria Burdette, Glenn Ebert, Natalie Townsend and Natalie White
Project: Harper Woods Community Project Public Safety Implementation Guide
Faculty Advisor: Lisa Fall
College of Communication and Information - Creative
Joseph Farinash and Josh McReynolds
Project: One Man, Three Sports
Faculty Advisor: Robert Heller
Mark McNabb
Project: Wilburns
Faculty Advisor: Robert Heller
Ben Moser
Project: Jack of all Sounds
Faculty Advisor: Robert Heller
Scott Wofford
Project: Howard Baker Center for Public Policy Media Kit and Public Communication Package
Faculty Advisor: Karen Hilyard
College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
David Erpenbach
Project: Adverse Effects of Ankle Braces on Knee and Hip Joint Angular Kinematics
Faculty Advisor: Songning Zhang
College of Engineering
Yue Cao
Project: Multilevel DC-AC Converter Interface With Solar Panels
Faculty Advisor: Leon Tolbert
Crystal Kelly, Ken Swinson and Will Rutemeyer
Project: Optimization Protocol for Nitrogen Removal from Domestic Wastewater
Faculty Advisor: John Buchanan
John Kruckeberg, Mitch Groothuis, William Nichols, Abdoulaye Samba and Chase Shaver
Project: Automated Foldable ROPS
Faculty Advisor: Paul Ayers
School of Music
Kris Rucinski
Performance: Alexander Scriabin - Etude, Op. 8, No. 9
Faculty Mentor: David Brunell
Dustin Lin, Dosia McKay, Rachael Morey and Jeffrey Sherwood
Performance: Camille Saint-Saëns - Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs
Faculty Mentor: Keith McClelland
Alyssa Scott
Performance: George Frederic Handel - V’adoro pupille
Faculty Mentor: Lorraine DiSimone
Asher Armstrong
Performance: Claude Debussy - L’isle Joyeuse
Faculty Mentor: Fay Adams
College of Nursing
Nancy Zagaya
Project: Considerations and Preparations For a Blood Lead Surveillance Study Of the Children in Leogane, Haiti
Faculty Advisor: Susan Speraw
College of Social Work
Taylor Alexandra Bynum
Project: Assessing Awareness of Domestic Violence Laws Among Iraqi Refugees
Faculty Advisor: Sarah Craun
Edie Curtis
Project: Ethnic Identity Among Internationally Adopted Children
Faculty Advisor: Sarah Craun
Amanda Ferguson
Project: Discharge Outcome and Length of Mental Health Case Management for Children and Adolescents
Faculty Advisor: Sarah Craun
Kristen Reeves
Project: The Impact of School Violence on School Perceptions
Faculty Advisor: Sarah Craun
Rebecca Smith
Project: A Comparison of the Duration ofEmployment for Workers with Substantiated Cases of Abuse, Neglect, Or Exploitation Versus Those with Unsubstantiated Cases
Faculty Advisor: Sarah Craun
Contact Information
Jane Taylor
Administrative Specialist
UT Knoxville Office of Research
1534 White Ave.
Knoxville, TN 37996-1529
Phone: (865) 974-0437
Fax: (865) 974-7400
E-mail: tayloje@utk.edu