The Daytona Beach Undergraduate Student Works collection showcases undergraduate student research. This research includes journal and magazine articles, poster sessions from Discovery Day, group and club projects, as well as creative endeavors.
Events from 2026
NEXA, Caleb Fakunle and Azhari Abbas
NGC 4374 with JWST/NIRCam: A Central Structural Analysis Revealing a Depleted Core and AGN, Elizabeth Crevinston
Novel Uncrewed Aircraft Water Sampling Device, Justin Fratto
Numerical Analysis of the SIR Model for Predicting Disease Spread, Victoria Gaibor, Isabel Tejada, and Kate Moore
Numerical Investigation of the Nonlinear Simple Pendulum and the Dependence of Oscillation Period on Initial Angle, Kelly Wold, Aidan Hart, and Patrick Gilliam
Numerical Methods for Nonlinear Problems Using the Finite Element Method, Logan Price
Numerical Modeling of Badminton Shuttlecock Trajectories, lola G. Torres, Cassandra Pumphrey, Jadyn Peterson, and Domenic Barsotti
Numerical Modeling of Thermo-poroelasticity Using Finite Element Method, Maya McKean
Observing antibiotic resistance in bacterial co-cultures under simulated microgravity, Tyler Jenkins and Marina Vaden
Optimization of Engine, Jordan Reed and Dev Shah
Optimizing Wind Turbine Blades Using Fiber-Reinforced Composites, Rayan A. Akeel
Orbital Servicing Calibration and Repair (O.S.C.A.R.), Samantha Rogers, Chloe Arnold, and Ava Laudadio
Perception of Skill by Gender in Video Game Play, Britney Schreiber
Performance of a Supercritical CO2 Counterflow Heat Exchanger, Quinten Acchione, Spencer Marinac, and Tristan Bagar
Phaëthon System, Brady Roudabush, Lauren Gallo, Emelia Thompson, and Jacob Woods
Plastic Roads and Waste Utilization in Pavements: Recycling Plastic Waste Into Durable Road Construction, Hunter Smith, Caden Hoffer, Robert Kincart, and Winston De Feria Weber
Policy Brief: Satellite Resiliency Against Nuclear Detonation in Space, Brianna Johnshon, Samantha Harper, and Tyler Thompson
Polymer Degradation and Their Environmental Impact, Addison Orr and Vanessa Gilbert
Precise Stellar Age Constraints and Habitable Zone Evolution in Exoplanet Systems, Grace Henry
Predicting Passenger Demand on National Flights Departing from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in 2024, Brooklyn Gossett and Ana Yu Wen
Predicting Remaining Useful Life Using Multivariate Time-Series Data, Anayah Smith and Victoria Gaibor
Preliminary Design of a High-Altitude UAV for Unmanned Air Traffic Management, Ryan Mangra, Jane Lam, Tobey Cram, Laurie Wagner, Parth Patel, and Alexander Emmolo
Preliminary Design of Hybrid-Electric STOL Aircraft with Multi-Mission Capabilities, Nnamdi Adi, Luke Behringer, Gabriel De Oliveria, Dylan Nagowski, and Paul Koffi
Preliminary Jetpack Design for Air, Space, and Sea Applications, Andrew Thummel
Production and Analysis of Lavender Essential Oil: Extraction, Composition, and Applications, Mary Zoeller
Professionalism and Performance Expectations in the Modern Aviation Industry, Anayah Smith and Spencer Baldock Spencer Baldock
Project 337, Kaushal Meda, Tuhin Misra, Pranav Rathi, Vraj Patel, Diivyaang Desa, Sameera Patki, Vaidehi Saini, and Roy Su
Project ADAM: Hybrid Microturbine Power & Propulsion System, Owen Maute, Daniil Em, Zayne Sotolongo, Audrey Luu, Austin Bruce, and Tal Senderovitz
Project Chimaera: Development of a Tessellated Tetrahedral Truss Structure for Adaptive Multi-Regime Morphing wing Technology, Evan Meyer, Eric Rodarte, Maximo Failla, Joshua Shuster, and Jackson G. Schuler
Project Cor, Bret Grebiner
Project G.L.E.N., Alexis Peshehonoff, Makaylei Huggins, Bernard Muich, William John, Nicholas Fazzolari, Kai Hong, Nicholas Krasznavolgyi, Caitlyn A. Gabrinowitz, Grace Forbes, Harris Meyer, Jakob Graudons, Georgii Dubrov, Aditya Bhattacharya, Augustine Balish, Zachary Ort, Stephen Syvertson, and Sajid Berhane
Project Minerva, Lena Wang, Gannon English, Ethan Yemm, Gabrielle Guirguis, and Jose Murphy
Project Nightshade: Carrier-Based Multirole Navy Strike Fighter Aircraft, Matthew Kaplan, Alex Gardner, Adam Wanner, Sara Gonzalez, Joseph Deleo, and Canyon Swaffar
Quantifying LoRa Telemetry Performance: Best Practices for Long-Range, High-Speed Communication in Versatile Systems, with a focus on Avionics, Samuil Nikolov
Quantifying the Effect of Metallicity on Stellar Properties and Evolutionary Timescales, Jacob Becker
Quantitative Mapping and Mitigation of Light Pollution at ERAU, Desireé Robinson, Marcus Flesher, Axon Deadrick, Conner Callahan, Jarrett Usui, Josef Kaelin, Douglas Griswold, Raiden Keefer, Harrison A. Zimmermann, Cole Gresham, Maya Curtis, and Ahnika Gee
RadAround: A Field-Expedient Direction Finder for Contested IoT Sensing & EM Situational Awareness, Owen Maute and Blake Roberts
Real-Time Fused Sensor System for Early Onboard Detection of Weather Phenomena, Sanjana Singh
Recommendations for an International Regulatory Regime for Commercial Space, Margaret O'Brien
Reimagining Wind Based Sea Travel with Vertical Axis Wind Turbines, Julian Goins
Relationship identification between triggers and changes in the brain and the overall human electrophysiology during migraines, Dominic Sandell, Jonah DeMatto, Gianpiero Lara, Jasmine Rosales, Legacy Wilson, and Zachary Young
Remora ADS-B In Receiver, Noah Evans, Sara Patel, Nicholas Gatto, and Daniel Ingleton
Remora ADS-B Receiver, Noah Evans and Mia Vrchota
Restoration and Instrumentation of a Cantilever Beam Model Using Strain Gauge Measurement, Ana Paula Guevara
Robotic Arm Development for Cone Penetration Testing on the lunar surface, Jonah Graff and Derek Zhang
Robotic Pushing Solutions Based on Surface Type and Object Characteristics, Deanna Paladino
Satellite Autonomous Launch Assembly (SATLASS), Anthony Todisco, Jaden Caradine, Justin Della, Essence Howard, Andrew Hawks, Alexander Kushto, Colin McCaughey, Javier Narvaez, Frányerson R. López Ochoa, and Diana Tormo
SE(3) Touchdown Dynamics with Multi-Joint Landing Legs and Regolith-Dependent Contact for Autonomous Tip-Over Risk Prediction, Rithika Nagarajan
Shipboard Fire & Flooding: Evaluating AI-Assisted Interface Design for Novice Designers, Rachel Phillips, Abigail Threat, Parneet Makkar, Jasmine Cruz, and Matthew Skowronek
Signal-Centric Remote Sensing via Alternative Preprocessing and Acoustic Processing for ML-Driven Applications, Sirio Jansen-Sanchez and Logan Lambeth
Simplified Flight Controls for Urban Air Mobility (UAM), Sierra Martinez, Frank Cunningham IV, Nicole Giordano, Olivia Honan, Katie Stubits, Heather Bond, Paul Seal, and Brandon Ibarra
Simulated microgravity effects on Escherichia coli MG1566 ability to form biofilms and its potential implications on virulence, Tyler Jenkins
Simulating Pacemakers and Heartbeat Recovery Through Mathematical Modeling, Thomas Estrada and Jayla Edwards
Simulation-Based Analysis of Aeroelastic Flutter Using a 2-DOF Mass–Spring–Damper Model, Jamie Shore, Jose Murphy, Emily Brown, Leia Vargas II, and Carl Pellegrino
Sirius NLTE Updates and Improvements, Katelyn Sonnen
SMALL UAS DETECTION: THREAT INTELLIGENCE & RISK MANAGEMENT PROJECT, Tyler Johnson
Social Attributions of Moving Shapes: Comparing Qualitative Analyses of Humans vs. AI, Angel Hinojosa
Spark Plasma Sintering of alumina with controlled porosity, Harshail Patet
Stability Through Chaos: Atmospheric Impact and Control Strategies for Laser Communication, Om Acharya, Mykailla Harper, Mark Vanberschot, and Aldir Moreira
Starlink-Based Navigation System for Fixed-Wing UAV, Aidan Panter, Ayse Okatan, Spencer Richter, Carson Frankovic, Faheem Khan, Eldon Crossett, Oleg Sugatov, and Dylan Hardt
Steam Distillation: Extraction of (R)-(-)-Carvone from Spearmint Leaves, Zachary Readdick and Allen Qiu
Steam Distillation of Jasmine, Mikayla Hulvey and Meliah Martin
Steam Distillation Star Anise, Makayla Maso and Kiara Maso
STORMTRACK: A Regime-Aware Classifier-Router Architecture for Multi-Horizon Kp Index Forecasting, John Rendleman
Stress-Triggered Automation Reliance, Jazmin Elek
String-of-Pearls Measurements of Supersonic Plasma Jets Using Magnetospheric MultiScale Satellites, Amelia Koth
Student Perceptions on Resubmission Policies in an Upper-Level Engineering Course, Tess Hagstrom
Sugar-Based Rocket Propellant, Malena Spencer
Sun-synchronous Low Earth Orbit Missions for Imaging Applications, Isaac Rosenthal
Supply Chain Analysis: The Oregonator Autocatalytic Case Study, Abigail Butcher
Synchrotron X-ray diffraction method for continuous strain analysis across heterogenous material interface layers, Sierra Damon
System and Method for Detecting Subsurface Voids Using Controlled Heat Addition, Chase Nilsson
Tardigrade Bio-ExplorAtion Reproduction Research Payload, Natalie Brattain, Chloe Nissen, Kylie Nager, Peter Ulrich, and Enoch Tonkine
Tardigrade Bio-ExplorAtion Reproduction Research Satellite (tBEARR), Joshua Lozano
Terramechanics-Based Comparison of DEM and CRM for Lunar Surface Applications, Nicolas Bonasoro
TESS Study of Wolf-Rayet Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud, Benjamin Katz, Kassidy Myers, Bailey Wolf, Anthony Fabrega, and William Punches
Testing the Coevality of Stars in Wide Binary Systems, Aldir Moreira
The Algorithm of Difference: Gender, Communication, and Perception Online, Samantha Garcia
The Effect of Finasteride on Parity Rates in Drosophila Melanogaster, Erica Shelton and Dominic Sandell
The Effect of SNRIs on Pilot Reaction Time in Simulated Flight, Isabella Owen, Aidan Roach, Micah Henry, and Casey Tressler
The Electric Crackdown: Exploring the Human Factors Impacts of Controls & Displays in EVs Across the Market, Rae Okada, Robin Hanen, and Liam Brennan
The General Solution Analysis of Homogeneous Linear Equations, Jacob Schwamb and Edward Whipple
The Global Consequences of Illegal Trafficking in East Africa, Kaitlynn Baker
The Impact of Environmental Contributing Factors in Spatial Disorientation and Non-Spatial Disorientation Related General Aviation Accidents, Victoria Cornaro and Molly Mersinger
The Motion of a Falling Object Under Linear Drag and How Differential Equations Can Be Used To Find It, Lukas Estrella
The Mystery of NGC2264-196's Pulsation, Matthew Hernandez, Jadia Renee Ewing, Leila Alamos, Jacob R. Romeo, Kaelyn Weddle, Divyeshwari Vansadia, Thomas Matney, Marcus Flesher, Desiree Robinson, and Alexandra Beianu
The osteocyte-osteoblast network requires dynamic mechanical loading for key functions, Kevin Kowalski
The Rankine Cycle in Energy Production, Kalani Hayden
The Rhetoric of Airline Safety After Major Incidents, Martyna Wojcik
The Risks of Working as a Delivery Driver: A Case Study, Mackenzie Seaman
Trim Characteristics and Its Importance, Daviel Peralta
Turbine Aerodynamics and Performance Characterization, Anuranan Bharadwaj, Kalkamanali Satvaldy, and Vincent Shi
UAS Remote Sensing in Urban Areas Critical Analysis Briefing, Christopher Chandler and John Glorieux
Unveiling Stellar Core Depletion in NGC 4649 with JWST NIRCam, Sydney Krause
Using H2AX as a Biological Indicator to Assess Radiation-Induced bone loss in Microgravity Environments, Angeline Nichols, Enoch Tonkin, Ana Lobaton, and Jahzara Hope
US Military and Genocide: Perpetration, Liberation, Witness, and Prevention, Kevin Wooldridge
Variable Geometry Turbochargers (VGT) in High Performance Vehicle Engines, Kate T. Nealon
Vibration and Thermal-Vacuum Feasibility for Micro Carbon Fiber Filled Nylon Filament Lunar Applications, Andrew Murphy, Shannon O'Sullivan, and Daniel Lopez
Visualizing the Invisible: Simulating Electromagnetic Field in 3D Space with MATLAB, Aashman Gupta, Eliane Dean, Riley Esperanca, Hailey Grabinski, Jacob Summerhays, and Ameya Sute
