Undergraduate students at the University of Utah and Utah State University will showcase their research for Utah lawmakers and the general public on Tuesday, March 5 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the rotunda of the Utah State Capitol.
Research on Capitol Hill, now in its 19th year, gives lawmakers and the public a glimpse of the breadth of research programs at the U and at USU and reinforces the value of state-funded higher education.
Students presenting at the event practice engaging in public outreach and polishing presentation skills. By explaining their research in clear, non-technical terms to event attendees including legislators, junior high students and parents, presenters practice communicating their work succinctly and accessibly.
Presenters hail from broad disciplines across campus, including pharmacy, engineering and fine arts. Project titles include “The impact of contemporary media on human and environmental health” and “Characterization of an open-source 3D-printed robotic hand.”
Find the full list of research project titles from the U below.
| Research Project Title | Presenter Name | College |
|---|---|---|
| Tumor Genomics as a Route to Clarifying Inherited Genetics in Multiple Myeloma | Aucutt, Taylor | Medicine |
| The impact of contemporary media on human and environmental health | Barber, Katie | Humanities |
| Targeted deletion of Tcf7l2 in adipocytes promotes adipocyte hypertrophy and impaired glucose metabolism | Begaye, Lori | Science |
| A Quantitative Analysis of the Economic Impact of the Salt Lake City Rio Grande Initiative on Crime | Cox, Logan | Business |
| The effects of behavior management strategies on externalizing behavior and on-task behaviors in a general education setting | Flatley, Claire | Education |
| Temperature and Sublimation Rate Measurements of a Single Graphite Nanoparticle | Friese, Abigail | Science |
| A Potential Treatment for Vanishing White Matter Disease | Glaittli, Katy | Medicine |
| Target binding induces therapeutic antibody split-enzyme activation | Hatch, Samuel | Pharmacy |
| Characterization of an Open-Source 3D-Printed Robotic Hand | Henning, Moriah | Engineering |
| Childhood immunization-related experiences among individuals with a refugee background in Utah | Higham, Rebecca | Social & Behavioral Science |
| An analysis of pharmaceutical use amongst free clinic patients: opioids, complementary and alternative medicine, and other pain relievers | Howard, Sullivan | Social & Behavioral Science |
| The Enduring Effects of Early Institutionalization on The Diurnal Cortisol Regulation of Internationally Adopted Children | Isenhour, Jennifer | Social & Behavioral Science |
| In vivo evaluation of a new hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lens in the rabbit model | Jiang, Bill | Medicine |
| Composite Materials and Random Matrix Theory | Le, Han | Science |
| Late-in-life treadmill-training ameliorates the decline in cardiac autophagy associated with aging in mice | Ly, Kellsey | Health |
| Childhood immunization-related experiences among individuals with a refugee background in Utah | Meh, Soe | Social & Behavioral Science |
| Tumor Genomics as a Route to Clarifying Inherited Genetics in Multiple Myeloma | Nieto, Camila | Medicine |
| Connecting Lives on Canvas: The Murray Murals Project | Porter, Sydney | Fine Arts |
| Late-in-life treadmill-training ameliorates the decline in cardiac autophagy associated with aging in mice | Ramous, Caroline | Health |
| Tracing Monosynaptic Cortical Circuits of Feed-Forward and Feed-Back Connections to V1 that Project to V2 Stripes | Rasmussen, Ellie | Medicine |
| Synthesizing Antifreeze Proteins Found in Nature to be used in the Cryopreservation of Cells | Saini, Simran | Engineering |
| Smyd1 Histone Methyltransferase Activity in Hypertrophy and Heart Failure Models | Sheikh, Hanin | Medicine |
| Some key questions: Reproductive justice and preventative reproductive health care | St. Clair, Steph | Nursing |
| Barriers to Women Accessing Perinatal Mental Health Care in Rural Utah | Stucki, Kristen | Nursing |
| Late-in-life treadmill-training ameliorates the decline in cardiac autophagy associated with aging in mice | Thompson, Lauren | Health |
| Ion exchange of NTO wastewater | Tran, Dana | Engineering |
| Childhood immunization-related experiences among individuals with a refugee background in Utah | Truman, Tessa | Social & Behavioral Science |
| Made in Heaven?: When Art & Pornography Share a Bed | Wayman, Cory | Fine Arts |
