Undergraduate Academic Project Grants
Initiated by then-Chancellor John Bardo in 1996, the Undergraduate Academic Projects Grant Program funds a variety of student projects. Administered by the Office of the Provost, the Academic Project Grants Program awards students and faculty with materials, supplies, and travel support to conduct research and creative work during the academic year. Students and faculty construct proposals, which are reviewed by a formal faculty committee made up of representatives from across the colleges.
Student and faculty proposals were submitted for competitive review. Several of these awarded projects are still in process, but for some you may see the final product of what was produced. Feel free to click on selected titles and explore the projects. Many thanks to the Academic Project Grant committee for their work, and to Suzanne Melton, the administrative support specialist for this program in the Office of the Provost. Members of the committee include:
Callie Schultz, College of Education and Allied Professions
Allison Cruse, Hunter Library
Frankie West, College of Arts and Sciences
John Hildreth, College of Engineering and Technology
Kim Hall, Chair, College of Health and Human Sciences
Steve Ha, College of Business
Leo Lei, College of Fine and Performing Arts
Kloo Hansen, Coordinator, The Office of the Provost
College of Arts & Sciences
Biology
Investigation of the Structure of Olfactory receptors in HEK293 cells
Student Awardee: Jamie Blaylock
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Robert Youker
Investigation of the Effects of Secondary Mutations in NBD2 Domain of CFTR
Student Awardee: Margaret Bray
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Robert Youker
Chemistry and Physics
Developing Lanthanide Metal-Based Calcium Fluoride Nanoparticles with Enhanced Luminescent Properties for Optical Applications
Student Awardee: Matteo Fratarcangeli
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Channa De Silva
Investigation of the Weathering of Automotive Clear-coat Formulations Using Fourier Transformation Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) for Forensic Purposes
Student Awardee: Madeline Dunn
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Nuwan Perera
Geosciences and Natural Resources
Groundwater-surface water interactions within the Gribble Gap watershed in Cullowhee, NC.
Student Awardees: Charles Wright, Brittany Payne
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Mark Lord
Defining Hollows and Using GIS to Constrain Geomorphic Factors That Contribute to Landslides in the Southern Appalachians
Student Awardee: Nick Guarneri
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Cheryl Waters-Tormey
Investigating ductile structures in the Webster-Addie ultramafic body to further understand deformation in the deep oceanic lithosphere
Student Awardee: Cecillia Utterback
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Amy Fagan
Mapping bedrock geological features that contribute to landslides in the Southern Appalachians
Student Awardee: Logan Smith
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Cheryl Waters-Tormey
Assessing the effect of fire-related canopy closure on wood boring (saproxylic) beetle communities.
Student Awardees: Sierra Croney; Henry Williams
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jane Dell
College of Fine and Performing Arts
School of Art and Design
Untitled: Denim
Student Awardee: Chloe Kaylor
Faculty Sponsor: Justin Morgan Kennedy
Gone But Never Forgotten
Student Awardee: Cristina Colom
Faculty Sponsor: Justin Morgan Kennedy
School of Stage and Screen
BA Senior Project: Research, Pattern Making, and Construction of an Edwardian Dress from Photographic Reference
Student Awardee: Jasmine Herbert
Faculty Sponsor: Victoria Depew