Office of Research & Sponsored Programs
Ferris Library for Information, Technology and Education (FLITE)
Ferris State University
1010 Campus Drive, FLITE 410 D & F
Big Rapids, MI 49307
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2025 Summer Student Fellows Overview
2025 Celebration of Student Research & Creative Activities
Poster Presenters
| Student Name(s) | Faculty Mentor(s) | College/Program(s) | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vivian Nul | Susan Devuyst-Miller | Pharmacy | Empathy Learning in Ambulatory Care APPE: Long Term Impact on Pharmacy Practice |
| Jake McGaha | Tyler Watts | Business | How Government Encrypted Backdoors are Bad for the Free-Market Economy |
| Rose House, Keely Baker | Changqi Zhu | CASE/Biology | Tracking Mitophagy in Adult Fruit Fly Brain and Muscle Tissues |
| Keely Baker, Rose House | Changqi Zhu | CASE/Biology | Tracking Mitophagy in Adult Fruit Flies for Aging Study |
| Haley King | Dawn Fox | CASE/Social Work | From Research to Relationship: Designing a Transformative Study Away Program to the Pine Ridge Reservation |
| Samantha Nowak | Sky Pike | CASE/Shimadzu Core Lab | Sanitary Survey correlation with Colilert results for inlands lakes in DHD#10, Michigan |
| Adwowa Baafowa Brako, Leah Levandowski | Sky Pike | CASE/Shimadzu Core Lab | Examining E. coli Levels and Determinants by Colilert Analysis and Sanitary Surveys for Inland Lakes in Kalkaska County |
| Sophie Derusha | Sonali Kurup | Pharmacy | Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Dual EGFR/MNK Inhibitors as Anticancer Agents |
| Ashley Bergman | Carolyn Sutherby | CASE/Social Work | Current Practices in Assessing for Traumatic Brain Injury Within Behavioral Health Settings: A Systematic Literature Review |
| Design Program Course Students | Alison Popp, Gail Bullard | Health Professions/Business | Central Michigan Recovery & Education Network Brand identity, by Design Program Students |
| Michael T. Bomay | David White | Business/Criminal Justice | Guardian or Warrior? Methodological considerations and challenges addressing the occupational identity with Conservation Officers |
| Xhesika Luarasi | Sky Pike | CASE/Shimadzu Core Lab | Computational Modeling of Mitochondrial 1-Carbon (1-C) Metabolism to Analyze Mitochondrial 1-C Flux |
| Sharon Whinston | Kevin Brennan | KCAD | Examining Anatomical Variation of the Hands for Forensic Science |
| Micayla Timmer | Tracey Ward | Pharmacy | Peroxisome Proliferated-Activated Receptor (PPAR) Delta Agonist as a Promising Treatment for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease |
| Jesse Anders | Greg Gogolin | Business/Cybersecurity | Large Language Models in High-Volume Data Labeling and Predictive Classification: A Study of Imminent Drug Relapse on Reddit |
| Recruiting for Students | Steven Amey | Business/Criminal Justice | #1: COLD CASE Homicide Investigation |
| Recruiting for Students | Steven Amey | Business/Criminal Justice | #2: COLD CASE Homicide Investigation |
| Dylan Bosch | Victor Piercey | CASE/Mathematics | The Dynamics of Selected Indicators in the Fragile State Index |
| Aislinn R. Rosas-Martinez | Jorge E Reynoso | CET/Architecture | One Wall at a Time: Methodologies for Affordable Housing in Big Rapids |
| Mohammad Meezaan Uddin | Sumith Gunasekera | Business/Statistics | Generalized Variable Method for Multiclass Diagnostics in Parkinson’s Disease |
| Megan Molaski | Michael Berghoef | CASE/Social Work | Healing Starts Early: Social Work Responses to Infant Mental Health Risks |
| Recruiting for Students | Milan Prajapati | Pharmacy | Intestinal SLC30A10 Suppresses Manganese Absorption in Hereditary Hemochromatosis |
| Recruiting for Students | MD Afjalus Siraj | Pharmacy | SMNDC1 Facilitates Alternative RNA Splicing, Contributing to Therapy Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer |
| Madison Loyd | Namita Giri | Pharmacy | Nanoparticle Characterization and Preparation |
| Corey Grant | Gary T Miller | Optometry | Macular Telangiectasia: A Threat to Central Vision |
| Cameron Lakatos, Jessica Swailes | Michael Klepser | Pharmacy | Tracking HEDIS Measures for Acute Bronchitis with the Collaboration to Harmonize Antimicrobial Registry Measures (CHARM) |
| Ben M Zalupski, Zeina S Elroumi | Michael Klepser | Pharmacy | Relationship of Maintenance Medication Adherence on Antibiotic Prescriptions in Adults with Asthma and COPD Abstract |
| Brianna VanHouten, Owen Eckardt | Michael Klepser | Pharmacy | Comparison of Antibiotic Prescribing for Urinary Tract Infections (UTI), Sinusitis, Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis, and Pyelonephritis by Provider Type |
| Helen Mishreky, Cameron Smith | Michael Klepser | Pharmacy | Use of Collaboration to Harmonize Antimicrobial Registry Measures (CHARM) to Assess Antibiotic Prescribing in Dental Practices |
| Tiasha Nandi, Kathryn M. Pawlowski | Minji Sohn | Pharmacy | Patterns of Clostridioides difficile Treatment in Outpatient Settings Using the Collaboration to Harmonize Antimicrobial Registry Measures (CHARM) |
| Travis Bethke, Logan Oostydk | Josh T Lotoczky | Optometry | Diurnal Variation of Axial Length Measured with Two Commercial Optical Biometers |
| Riley Parker, Tania Styma | Josh T. Lotoczky | Optometry | Engineering a Realistic Ocular Foreign Body Removal Experience |
| Marilyn Johnson, Lance Rambo | Sarah Hinkley | Optometry | Unveiling the Potential of Mobile Assistive Technologies for Daily Living in Individuals with Visual Impairments |
| Anita Kamran, Danielle Henderson | Sarah Hinkley | Optometry | Apple Vision Pro Specifications and Its Benefits for Low Vision Patients |
| Atilla Erhan | Avesh Raghunandan | Optometry | Spatio-Temporal Interactions in Binocular Contrast Summation |
| Kunjal Patel, Serene Simran | Avesh Raghunandan | Optometry | The Spatio-Temporal Surface of Binocular Contrast Summation |
| Shea Adams, Sarah Wisser | Emily Aslakson | Optometry | Use of Yoked Prism to Enhance Visual Attention |
| Julie Brooks, Emerson Lankford | Paula McDowell | Optometry | Student Preparedness for NBEO Part I Based on Study Habits |
| Megan Scholl, Nathan Neuenfeldt | Emily Aslakson | Optometry | Modifications to Optometric Practice for Patients with Cognitive Impairment |
| Jordan Ericksen | Emily Aslakson | Optometry | In-Office Measurement of Blood Pressure in Patients with a History of Hypertension |
| Victoria Jackson, Juan Pablo Morales | Luis Rivera-Rivera | CASE/Physical Sciences | Pressure Effects on Molecular Reactions |
| Alayna Cornelius, Lily Thelan, Deija Dakota, Rachel Foster, Mia Vredevoogd, Kaitlyn Leinberger, Monica Thill, Morgan Edstrom | Becky Johnson Himes, Stephanie Gustman | Health Professions/Nursing | Providing Medical Care in an Inner-City Clinic |
| Ash Wilde | Keli Masten | KCAD | Devils Amongst Men, Men Amongst Devils |
| Gracelynn Taylor | Susanna Kelly Engbers | KCAD | “The 2010 Film Legends of the Guardians: Owls of Ga’Hoole and How It Connects to The Odyssey” |
| Sarah Kramer | Anne Norcross | KCAD | Denim Jeans |
| Cyran Wiltsie | Keli Masten | KCAD | “Feminism She Wrote: The Character of Jessica Fletcher as a Feminist Female Detective” |
| Emily Nguyen | Keli Masten | KCAD | “The Wows and Woes of Black Women in 1920s Harlem” |
| Paige Goff | Susanna Engbers | KCAD | Hercules |
| Alivia Swank | Anne Norcross | KCAD | “Weaponizing Fashion in Film through the Lens of Mary Queen of Scots” |
| Maddie Thompson | Karen Carter | KCAD | Keith Haring: An Artist and an Activist |
| Maali Wycoff | Keli Masten | KCAD | Oops! All Caricature: Unintentional Racism in Modern Media |
| Natalie Thurkettle | Keli Masten | KCAD | Would You Commit Murder for Attention? |
| Lauren McCaman | Keli Masten | KCAD | Reversing the ‘White’ Ideal in Art |
| Elena Roberts | Jason Alger, Joan Sechrist | KCAD | Memory Updated: AI Collaboration and Its Effect on us Creatively |
| Gwyneth Eisma | Nancy Hart | KCAD | Michigan: The Diversity of Habitats and the Species that Depend on Them |