Students

Summer CI & UR is an up to ten-week summer research opportunity under the guidance of your mentor. This award provides summer salary for up to 28 hours per week during the program dates as well as the opportunity to attend several professional development events.

Eligibility:

• You are an undergraduate student enrolled at Clemson in Spring 2021 and will be in Fall 2021.
• You will not graduate before December 2021.
• You agree to participate during the entire program, May 17 to July 23, 2021.
• You agree to present your summer research at the Summer Showcase on Tuesday, August 17, 2021.
• You agree to submit an abstract for the presentation by July 23, 2021.
• You agree to submit the link to your digital poster presentation no later than August 12, 2021.

Before completing your application, please discuss this opportunity with your mentor to finalize your research plan and/or other relevant goals and objectives for this award.

This summer there are 65 Clemson students, freshmen through rising seniors, participating in the program.
All students have access to resources via Box.
Weekly lunch seminars will take place on Thursdays at 11AM. More information regarding seminars and access to past seminar recordings can be found on the CI + UR Seminar Series page.

Important Dates:

• Abstracts for Summer Showcase are due no later than July 23, 2021.
• Links to digital posters and submission of final posters in Box no later than August 12, 2021.
• Presentation at the Summer Showcase on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 (11AM – 1PM).

2021 Summer CI + UR Student Profiles (organized by mentor’s department):

• College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences
  

  Olivia Balkcum
  Major: Environmental/Natural Resources
  Research Title: How Do Warm Winters Affect Energy Allocation Trade-offs in Cool-water Fish?

  

  Katie Baucom
  Major: Wildlife & Fisheries Biology
  Research Title: Unraveling the Mystery of the Rare Rocky Shoals Spider

  
  

  

  Keller Brogdon
  Major: Biological Sciences
  Research Title: Coincidence of Species at Scavenging Sites

  

  Cameron Forehand
  Major: Environmental/Natural Resources
  Research Title: The Effects of Moon Phase on Southeastern Carnivore and Mesocarnivore Activity

  
  

  

  Emily Jordan
  Major: Plant & Environmental Sciences
  Research Title: Effects of Longleaf Pine Restoration

  

  Corrina McLeod
  Major: Forest Resource Management
  Research Title: Longleaf Pine Understory Restoration 

  
  

  

  Theresa McManus
  Major: Wildlife & Fisheries Biology
  Research Title: The Local and Regional Spatial Ecology of a Terrestrial Salamander: A case study of the green salamander (Aneides aeneus)

  

  Thandi Nixon
  Major: Animal & Veterinary Science
  Research Title: The Effect of Long Term Food Subsidies on the Activity Periods of Canis latrans and Lynx rufus

  
  

  

  Devin Orr
  Major: Environmental/Natural Resources
  Research Title: Effects of Longleaf Pine Restoration

  

  Vanessa Patch
  Major: Wildlife & Fisheries Biology
  Research Title: Deer and Coyote Interactions in the Piedmont Region of South Carolina

  
  

  

  William Sims
  Major: Wildlife & Fisheries Biology
  Research Title: How Do Warm Winters Affect Energy Allocation Trade-offs in Cool-water Fish?

  

  Margaret Wise
  Major: Wildlife & Fisheries Biology
  Research Title: Investigating the Impact of Climate-Driven Water Level Fluctuations on Reservoir Fish Populations

  
  

  

  Jonathan Witt
  Major: Wildlife & Fisheries Biology
  Research Title: Landscape Ecology and Conservation in the Appalachians

  
  

  CAFLS Office of the Dean

  
  

  

  Reagan Ross
  Major: Food Science & Human Nutrition
  Research Title: Community Capacity Builder Intern for the Living Water Foundation
• College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences

  Department of Psychology

  
  

  

  Kaitlan Bryant
  Major: Genetics
  Research Title: Healthcare Provider Burnout/Well-being During COVID-19

  

  Kenzlie Andresen
  Major: Biochemistry
  Research Title: Optimizing Care Coordination & Teaming Practices to Support Oncology Patients and Providers
• College of Business

  Department of Finance

  
  

  

  Max Koch
  Major: Computer Science
  Research Title: Applications of Machine Learning to Airbnb: Impact of Cleanliness on Listings

  

  Sean Larkin
  Major: Financial Management
  Research Title: Applications of Machine Learning on Airbnb: Impact of Cleanliness on Listings
• College of Engineering, Computer and Applied Science

  Department of Bioengineering

  
  

  

  Noah Ashley
  Major: Bioengineering
  Research Title: Development and Implementation of an At-Home COVID-19 Nasopharyngeal Test Applicator

  

  Jeremiah Carpenter
  Major: Bioengineering
  Research Title: Detection of SARS-Cov-2 in Wastewater

  
  

  

  Jordan Drinks
  Major: Microbiology/Biomedicine
  Research Title: Image-Guided Drug Delivery to the Brain

  

  Kathleen Fallon
  Major: Bioengineering
  Research Title: Development and Implementation of an At-Home COVID-19 Nasopharyngeal Test Applicator

  
  

  

  Samantha Gardner
  Major: Bioengineering
  Research Title: Liposomal Drug Delivery System for Treatment of Drug-Resistant Ovarian Cancer

  

  Anthony Hazelton
  Major: Biochemistry
  Research Title: Observation and Analysis of Vacuole Formation in Glioblastoma Multiforme Cells After Treatment with the Non-Apoptotic Drug, Vacquinol-1

  
  

  

  Azrin Jameson
  Major: Bioengineering
  Research Title: Detection of Antiretroviral Drugs in Urine

  

  A’nna Kelly
  Major: Bioengineering
  Research Title: Engineering the Intervertebral Disc

  
  

  

  Joseph Lavalla
  Major: Bioengineering
  Research Title: Image-Guided Drug Delivery

  

  Taya Lee
  Major: Bioengineering
  Reearch Title: The Detection of Antiretroviral Drugs in Urine

  
  

  

  Kenneth Lindsey
  Major: Biochemistry
  Research Title: An Investigation of Possible Correlations between Electronic Cigarettes and Orthopedic Injuries

  

  Annie Messing
  Major: Bioengineering
  Reearch Title: Design With Docs Creative Inquiry

  
  

  

  Mariana Miller
  Major: Bioengineering
  Research Title: Head Start! Infant Cranial Remodeling

  

  Alexandra Nukovic
  Major: Bioengineering
  Research Title: In Vitro Evaluation of a Drug-Loaded Self-Assembling Peptide Hydrogel for Treating Glioblastoma Multiforme

  
  

  

  Christine Schultz
  Major: Bioengineering
  Reearch Title: Portable Infant Insulating and Monitoring Device

  

  Julia Thompson
  Major: Bioengineering
  Research Title: Development and Implementation of an At-home COVID-19 Nasopharyngeal Test Applicator

  
  

  

  Steven Wallace
  Major: Bioengineering
  Reearch Title: Engineering the Intervertebral Disc

  

  Katherine Wright
  Major: Bioengineering
  Research Title: The Effect of Face Masks and Face Coverings on Sport Performance

  
  

  Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

  
  

  

  Will Dodd
  Major: General Engineering
  Research Title: A Theory for High Dimensional Fluorescence Barcoding of Single Cells

  

  Chloe Forenzo
  Major: Chemical Engineering
  Research Title: Converting Plastic Waste into Macronutrients

  
  

  

  Jess Jager
  Major: Chemical Engineering
  Research Title: Image-Guided Drug Delivery to the Brain

  

  Christopher Pierce
  Major: Chemical Engineering
  Research Title: Shape Modulation

  
  

  

  Amy Rees
  Major: Biological Sciences
  Research Title: Turning Plastic Waste into Macronutrients

  

  Jessica Tetterton
  Major: Biochemistry
  Research Title: Nerve Regeneration

  
  

  Department of Civil Engineering

  
  

  

  Joseph Marcsik
  Major: Civil Engineering
  Research Title: Engage Dominica

  
  

  Department of Engineering and Science Education

  
  

  

  Aimee Sayster
  Major: General Engineering
  Research Title: Community Cultural Wealth in African American Students with an International Background

  
  

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering

  
  

  

  Corey Kubat
  Major: Materials Science & Engineering
  Research Title: The Development of a Synthetic Route to Produce Zinc Ferrite Nanoparticles with Tunable Size, Composition, and Magnetic Properties to be Used in Biomedical Applications

  
  

  Department of Mechanical Engineering

  
  

  

  Tedi Godfrey
  Major: Physics
  Research Title: Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in Confined Geometries

  

  Alexander Krolicki
  Major: Mechanical Engineering
  Research Title: The Control of Autonomous Drones

  
  

  

  Kate Magee
  Major: Bioengineering
  Research Title: Medical Applications for Electrospinning Researcher

  

  Duncan McCain
  Major: Computer Engineering
  Research Title: Autonomous Drone

  
  

  

  Max Vogel
  Major: Biological Sciences
  Research Title: Electrical Lysis for diagnostic DNA isolation

  

  Connor Willoughby
  Major: Computer Science
  Research Title: Autonomous Tank

  
  

  

  Brandon Wingard
  Major: Computer Science
  Research Title: Prototype Design for an Off-road Autonomous Delivery Platform During a Pandemic
• College of Science

  Department of Biological Sciences

  
  

  

  Lindsay Ackerman
  Major: Pre-Business
  Research Title: Parasitoid Wasp Sampling for the Study of Polydnavirus Evolution

  

  Parastoo Amlashi
  Major: Microbiology
  Research Title: Identification of Microglia Stem Cell Markers Through Single-cell RNA Sequencing Analysis in the Postnatal Brain

  
  

  

  Meredith Cobb
  Major: Genetics
  Research Title: Parasitoid Wasp Sampling for Polydnavirus Evolution

  

  Simon Dunn
  Major: Biological Sciences
  Research Title: Spatial Temporal Pseudoscorpion Diversity Across Great Smoky Mountains National Park

  
  

  

  Andrew Kanes
  Major: Environmental/Natural Resources
  Research Title: The Drew Kanes Podcast: Ecological Topics and Techniques

  

  Edward (Luke) Mabry
  Major: Genetics
  Research Title: Development of Antibiotic-Inducible Reporter Systems as Tools for Study of Antibiotic Penetration through Biofilms

  
  

  

  Kristiaan Matthee
  Major: Biological Sciences
  Research Title: Does Coral Status influence reef fish community composition?

  

  Harrison (Chris) Moss
  Major: Microbiology
  Research Title: Parasitoid Wasp Sampling for Polydnavirus Evolution

  
  

  

  Maddie Parker
  Major: Health Science
  Research Title: Does Artificial Structure Shape Influence Reef Fish Community Composition?

  

  Amanda Robertson
  Major: Science Teaching
  Research Title: Developing Online Platforms for Homework and Testing in Ecology

  
  

  

  Katerina Terwelp
  Major: Microbiology
  Research Title: Specimen Collection of Ichneumonid Wasps to Study the Genetic Diversity of Viral Gap Junction Genes (Vinnexins)

  

  Alexis Yoh
  Major: Biochemistry
  Research Title: Parasitoid Wasp Sampling for the Study of Polydnavirus Evolution

  
  

  Department of Chemistry

  
  

  

  William Cannon
  Major: Chemistry
  Research Title: Literature Review of the Synthesis and Electrochemical Applications of Preyssler Anions

  

  Kathleen Wirth
  Major: Biochemistry
  Research Title: TBA

  
  

  Department of Genetics and Biochemistry

  
  

  

  Isabella Childers
  Major: Genetics
  Research Title: Computational Analysis of Deletions in the Rhesus Macaque Genome by Recombination of Alu Elements

  

  Anne Crosswell
  Major: Biochemistry
  Research Title: Peroxin Duplication Event in Trypanosoma brucei

  
  

  

  Cooper Kuess
  Major: Biochemistry
  Research Title: Functional Characterization of Major Regulators of Lipid Accumulation in Camelina, a Promising Bioenergy Crop

  

  Matt McAlister
  Major: Biochemistry
  Research Title: Deciphering the Role of BCCIP in Homologous Recombination, Genomic Stability, and Cancer

  
  

  

  Ashley (Grace) Polson
  Major: Microbiology
  Research Title: The Role of SYCP3 in Meiotic Homologous Recombination

  

  Alex Richardson
  Major: Genetics
  Research Title: A Bioinformatics Analysis of the Glucose Sensing Pathways in Pathogenic Protists

  
  

  Department of Physics and Astronomy

  
  

  

  Shira Karni
  Major: Biochemistry
  Research Title: In Silico Modeling and Characterization of Neuron Circuits

  

  Megan Keech
  Major: Bioengineering
  Research Title: The Effects of Large Beads on Optical Tweezer Based Microrheology Experiments and Calculations

  
  

  

  Ethan Lopez
  Major: Genetics
  Research Title: Bioinformatic Analysis and RT-qPCR to Characterize and Assess Knockdown of Axonemal Dynein Light Chains in T. brucei

  

  Madison Ragland
  Major: Biological Sciences
  Research Title: CRISPR-Cas 9 Knockout of LC2 Alpha and Beta in Trypanosoma brucei