Engaged Scholar Symposium - Distinguished Scholar Awards
Thank you to all the participants in our Undergraduate Student Competition. Below are our Distinguished Scholars and Honorable Mentions for each category. Congratulations!
Awards may be picked-up at the Office of Engaged Scholarship & Learning (located in Brownsville at BINAB 1.105 or in Edinburg at ESTAC 3.106).
Applied Science
Distinguished Scholars
Conformational analysis of the 3,4,5-trifluorobenzoic acid-benzoic acid dimer.
Diego Hernandez, Wei Lin
Honorable Mentions
Control Strategies for Cooperative Multi-Robot Tasks Using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning.
Daniel Masamba, Tyler Morgan
Life & Health Science
Distinguished Scholar
Latinx college-going parents attachment styles.
Amaris Gonzalez
Honorable Mention
Characterizing the Mechanism of Sorafenib Resistance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
Yamile Anaya, Dennis Kwabiah, Sophia Leslie, Ricardo Pequeño Bracho, Mohammad Shabir Hussain, Manish K Tripathi
Community Engagement
Rising Scholar
Across the Borders: Approaching to Tackle Homelessness in Rio Bravo, Mexico and Brownsville, United States.
Laure Sanchez Martinez, Mariann Nunez, Jaqueline Lopez Arteaga, Savannah Cantu
Distinguished Sustainability Graduate Scholar
Bridging Healthcare Disparities through Service-Learning: A Case Study in La Joya, Texas.
Christina Limon, Margaret Rubi, Nancy Nadeau, Luz Maria Silva
Honorable Mention
Oral Health and its Impact on Overall Health.
Alyssa Gonzalez
Texas city Mcallen Ranked number one in Obesity! How can Social and Environmental Sustainability help.
Victoria Gonzalez
STEM Educational Needs of High School Students in Brownsville.
Marcos Garcia
Humanities & Social Science
Distinguished Scholar
Examining Rumination as a Mediator in the Association between Cyber Intimate Partner Victimization and Problematic Smartphone Use.
Joshua Figarola, Ines Cano-Gonzalez, Jorge I. Cantu, Ana Soto, Dr. Ruby Charak
Honorable Mention
Empathy in the Face of Stress: A Behavioral Analysis in Female Rats.
Adelyn Garcia, Claudia Martinez
Applied Science
Distinguished Scholar
Evaluation of Multi-Session Temporary Anesthesia to Improve Upper Limb Recovery: A Preliminary Analysis in Healthy Subjects.
Ashley Tijerina, Dr. Kelsey Baker
Honorable Mention
Understanding and Experimenting with Ceramic High-fire Glazes.
Erika Lino
Humanities
Distinguished Scholar
Disconnect: Alienation & Search for Identity in the Borderlands.
Sara Azua
Trapped in Shame: The Immigrant Experience.
Martha Castillo De Leon
Honorable Mention
Anger As a Tool and Not As a Burden.
Sofia Homes-Maestre
Applications of the Heroes Journey to Combat Anxiety.
Rigoberto Pena
Social Science
Distinguished Scholar
Music and Culture in the Valley of the Clueless.
Anuschka Mai
Honorable Mention
Intersecting Identities, Social Support, Identity Concealment, and Health among Latinx LGBTQ+ Adults.
Amanda Lamas, Andrea Rodriguez, Rocio Gonzalez
Life & Health Science
Distinguished Scholar
What is the Role of Nuclear Factor-κB in the Pathogenesis of Diabetes?
Dylan Segura, Clyde J. Wright, Paul J. Rozance, Alicia White, Mack Solar
Honorable Mention
The Behavioral Influence of Fungal Endophytes on Yellow Fever Mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti).
Sofia Ayala, Emily Medelez, Dr. Christopher Vitek, Dr. Pushpa Soti
Physical Science
Distinguished Sustainability Scholar
Exploring the potential of Co-inoculating two cultivated mushroom species.
Carlos Wong, Robin A. Choudhury
Creative Works
Distinguished Scholar
Johnathan's Armor.
Eduardo Escamilla
Master of None.
Jahaai Cardenas
Honorable Mention
60% Photography.
Regina Cerna Matamoros
Creative Works
Distinguished Scholar
Cocina de sueños compartidos.
Danna Vegageron
Honorable Mention
There’s a Tornado in Heaven and I Drank All the Bodies of Water.
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