Archive: S21 Undergraduate Research Showcase

The Summer Undergraduate Research Showcase happened the week of August 23-27, 2021. 12 students from across campus showcase their summer research projects in 3-5 minute videos.

For more information contact experience@uoguelph.ca.

Wednesday, August 25, 10:00 am - 10:30 am

Carlin Katerberg
Project Title: Effects of lung volume on signal-averaged sympathetic transduction of blood pressure
Department: Human Health and Nutritional Science
Supervisor: Dr. Philip Millar
Watch Carlin's pre-recorded video on YouTube

Srinidhi Balaji
Project Title: Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles using chemical reduction and green synthesis methods
Department: Engineering
Supervisor: Dr. Ashutosh Singh
Watch Srinidhi's pre-recorded video on YouTube

Wednesday, August 25, 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm

Hossam Abdelrahman
Project Title: From Food (micro) Structure to Stability
Department: Food Science
Supervisor: Dr.
Maria G Corradini
Watch Hossam's pre-recorded video on YouTube

Mary Maamoun
Project Title: URA: Elucidating Protein-Protein Interactions of Maize Endosperm
Department: Molecular and Cellular Biology
Supervisor: Dr. Ian Tetlow

Jacob Brost
Project Title: The Effects of Common Laying Hen Injuries on Landing Velocity
Department: Animal Biosciences
Supervisor: Dr. Alexandra Harlander
Watch Jacob's pre-recorded video on YouTube

Thursday, August 26, 10:00 am - 10:45 am

Julia Mellary
Project Title: Exploring How Past Experiences Influence Faculty Teaching Methods
Department: Integrative Biology
Supervisor: Dr. Dan Grunspan
Watch Julia's pre-recorded video on YouTube

Rebecca Lelievre
Project Title: Engineering a herpes simplex viral-vector for inducible cell death in cancer cells
Department: Pathobiology
Supervisor: Dr. Samuel Workenhe
Watch Rebecca's pre-recorded video on YouTube

Gwendolyn Park
Project Title: Remote Sensing of Arctic Ecosystem Change
Department: Geography, Environment, and Geomatics
Supervisor: Dr. Ben DeVries
Watch Gwendolyn's pre-recorded video on YouTube

Thursday, August 26, 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm

Rhiannon Szewczyk
Project Title: Understanding the Promises and Challenges of Digital Conservation
Department: Geography, Environment, and Geomatics
Supervisor: Dr. Eric Nost
Watch Rhiannon's pre-recorded video on YouTube

Matthew Smith
Project Title: An Investigation of the Reactivity of Sulfenate Acid Anions
Department: Chemistry
Supervisor: Dr. Adrian Schwan
Watch Matthew's pre-recorded video on YouTube.

Thursday, August 26, 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm

Adam McMahon
Project Title: Synthesis of a Tumour-Associated Carbohydrate (Lewis Y)
Department: Chemistry
Supervisor: Dr. France-Isabelle Auzanneau
Watch Adam's pre-recorded video on YouTube

Paige Brunelle
Project Title: Soil Microbe Innate Immunity in Plants
Department: Plant Agriculture
Supervisor: Dr. Melanie Kalischuk
Watch Paige's pre-recorded video on YouTube

Lily Taylor-Stackhouse
Project Title: Accounting for Community Well-Being in Ghana's Gold Mining Industry
Department: Management
Supervisor: Dr. Daniela Senkl
Watch Lily's pre-recorded video on YouTube

Experience Profiles

  • Phoebe started off her university journey by signing up for an experiential first year seminar. She went on to do an Undergraduate Research Assistantship (URA), multiple project serve reading week programs and was a peer helper with the Wellness Education Centre.