by | Feb 28, 2013 | Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Honors College Research Grant, Honors thesis, Research, Uncategorized
Honors biomedical engineering student Katelin Cherry began working with mentor Dr. Jeffrey Wolchok last spring to create a biomaterial from skeletal cells that would ideally represent the complex components of skeletal muscle. A biomaterial of this type could be used...
by Nathan Smith | Nov 11, 2011 | Anthropology, Brazil, Honors College Research Grant, Honors thesis, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Research
Taylor Spicer, an honors anthropology major from Tennessee, used her Honors College undergraduate research grant to travel to Brazil and learn more about the country’s people. I utilized the research grant to continue my anthropological field research on an...
by Nathan Smith | Nov 4, 2011 | Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Honors College Research Grant, Honors thesis, Research
Ali McAtee is an honors college fellow in the College of Engineering studying chemical engineering. She and her research team were featured on a Planet Forward Earth Day special for their work with algae and butanol fuel. Ali received honorable mention from the Barry...
by Nathan Smith | Oct 25, 2011 | 5 Questions, Conference, Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Environmental, Soil and Water Science, Honors College Research Grant, Honors thesis, Research
Inspired by gardens she visited in Scotland, Sammi Jones, an environmental, soil and water sciences major in Bumpers College, wants to see a community garden grow at the U of A. In November she’s defending her thesis, which documents best practices for campus...
by Nathan Smith | Oct 5, 2011 | College of Education and Health Professions, Conference, Honors thesis, Nursing, Research
Honors nursing student Kelly Toner is creating a volunteer orientation module for Midwives for Haiti for her honors thesis. Last week, she traveled to their headquarters in Richmond, Va. to present her work. You can read more about Kelly in this profile. I went to...
by Nathan Smith | Sep 23, 2011 | College of Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Honors thesis, Research
When you think “honors thesis,” a mobile game app is probably not the first thing that springs to mind. But Taylor Yust, an honors computer science student in the College of Engineering, will be submitting his original game app, called Project Pond, to...
