2025 URCAF Winners

Saturday, April 12, 2025
9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Adler Athletic Complex

Presentations and Results

First Place: Jonathan Bush, Conor Galligan, Mazin Rashid, Diego Mendez, Fred Guarino, & Shamar Lawrence—“AI-driven Compliance Assessment & Recommendations”
Second Place: Andrew Geisler, Jack Zisa, Hunter Hayes, & Genevieve Henderson—“IoT Device Security Labeling & Dashboard”
Third Place: Logan Sava—“Characterization of Fuel Performance in a Lab-Scale Hybrid Rocket System

First Place: Emily Greenland—“Decreasing Rate of Cognitive Decline in Dementia: Effects of the MIND Diet vs. the Western Diet”
Tied for Second Place: Arch Ackley—“The Effects of the Medical Abortions Bans on Reproductive Healthcare Barriers and Miscarriage Stigma”
Tied for Second Place: Michele Imler—“The impact of HIIT Exercises in Glucose Control of Adults with Glucose Resistance”
Third Place: Hailey Toth—“Risk factors for the Development of Postpartum Psychosis”

First Place: Sarah Herr—“Empowering Minds & Enhancing Lives: Addressing Mental Health and Social Barriers in Older Adults”
Second Place: Anthony Urion—“The Revolving Door: How consistency of family participation and the staff turnover rate impacts effectiveness of family therapy”
Third Place: Noah Ritchey—“Kines 495B Internship: B4 Club Therapy”

First Place: Madison Adamiak & Ally Black—“A Generalizable Analysis of American Gun Owners’ Firearm Training: Understanding Variations in Types of Safety Training”
Second Place: Dawson Coventry & Madison Adamiak—“Understanding Stigma as a Treatment Barrier to SUD Communities: Learning from Stakeholders”
Third Place: Devlin Glenn, Ally Black, Katyayani Kumar, & Abigail Hayes—“A Mixed-Method, Matched, And Weighted Assessment of PSP Use Of Force, De-Escalation, And Mental Health Awareness Community Outreach Program”

First Place: Eva Gates—“Functional Wing Morphology in Odonata: Pterostigma and Flight Behavior”
Tied for Second Place: Owen Hoover, Jacob Ceglar, & Noah Richey—“Exploring Environmental Heterogeneity in Deep Eutectic Solvents”
Tied for Second Place: Alexis Dell—“The Inclusion Complex of Monolignols and Cyclodextrins”

First Place: Makaylah Bangura, Elle Garven, Yusra Haroon, & Riley Fegley—“Can College Students Differentiate Between Consensual and Non-Consensual Sexual Activity? A Vignette Study”
Second Place: Ally Black & Madison Adamiak—“Locked and Unloaded: An Assessment of Safety Precautions Taken by American Gun Owners”
Third Place: Anthony Lewis—“The Influence of African Dance on Athletic Performance and Injury Prevention”

First Place: Layna Henry, Minjoo Kim, & Lauren Thompson—“Cross it off: Effects of directed forgetting on proactive interference”
Second Place: Abigail Harwood—“The effects of photo-biomodulation therapy and resistance training on quadriceps muscle growth in older adult women with severe activity-related sarcopenia”
Third Place: Devlin Glenn, Ally Black, Katyayani Kumar, & Abigail Hayes—“Improving Police Crisis Management Training The First Assessment of The Keystone Model”

First Place: Emily Greenland—“Decreasing Rate of Cognitive Decline in Dementia: Effects of the MIND Diet vs. the Western Diet”
Second Place: Eva Gates—“Functional Wing Morphology in Odonata: Pterostigma and Flight Behavior”

First Place: Alexis Dell—“The Inclusion Complex of Monolignols and Cyclodextrins”
Second Place: Jonathan Bush, Conor Galligan, Mazin Rashid, Diego Mendez, Fred Guarino, & Shamar Lawrence—“AI-driven Compliance Assessment & Recommendations”
Third Place: Devlin Glenn, Ally Black, Katyayani Kumar, & Abigail Hayes—“Improving Police Crisis Management Training The First Assessment of The Keystone Model”

First Place: Makaylah Bangura, Elle Garver, Yusra Haroon, & Riley Fegley—“Can College Students Differentiate Between Consensual and Non-Consensual Sexual Activity? A Vignette Study”
Second Place: Anthony Louis—“The Influence of African Dance on Athletic Performance and Injury Prevention”
Third Place: Devlin Glenn, Ally Black, Katyayani Kumar, & Abigail Hayes—“Improving Police Crisis Management Training The First Assessment of The Keystone Model”