UT Tyler Honors College
About the Lyceum
The Lyceum is the University of Texas at Tyler's largest student research showcase.
The term "Lyceum" refers to Aristotle's school in ancient Athens. Following in this tradition, the Lyceum at UT Tyler serves as a opportunity for students to showcase their original research and work to the larger community. This annual event is held in the spring of each year and sponsored by the Honors College.
The 9th annual Lyceum Research Showcase will be held April 26th, 2024 in the University Center.
Lyceum schedule: 9:00 am - 11:50 am Oral Presentation Panels; 1:30-3:30 pm Poster Session
Oral Presentations:
9:00 am
Session A UC 3140
Moderator: Dr. Colleen Swain
Israel Joshua Santhosh – Evaluating Cell-Based Drug Delivery Through Immune and Cancer Cell Interaction (faculty mentor: Santosh Aryal)
Shane Smith and Amelia McCain – A Replication of an Assessment of Community Response to Life-Threatening Bleeding (faculty mentor: Dr. Belinda Deal)
Christian Adu Owusu - Histone Deacetylase1 Is Required for Macrophage Phagocytosis of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis by Regulation of Tubulin Acetylation (faculty mentor: Buka Samten, MD)
Oluwadamilare Aiyejuto - Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Injury in Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection and Inflammation (faculty mentor: Dr. Ali Azghani)
Session B UC 3422
Moderator: Dr. Amir Mirmiran
Elvis Donmaaye Sangmen - A Wearable Leaf Sensor to Monitor Volatile Emissions from Plants Under Abiotic Stress Conditions (faculty mentor: Dr. Shawana Tabassum)
Jacob Anthony & Jacob Carr - Optimization of Gait Trajectory for RoboREHAB Leg Assembly Using Reinforcement Learning (faculty mentor: Dr. Chung-Hyun Goh)
Micheal Asama - Technoeconomic Analysis of Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Macroalgae to Biofuel (faculty mentor: Dr Fernando Resende)
Aryan Anand - On-device Intelligence for AI-enabled Bio-inspired Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) (faculty mentor: Dr. Prabha Sundaravadivel)
Session C UC 3322
Moderator: Dr. Katie Stone
Arianna June Polius – “A New Technique of Destruction of Labor”: A Look at the History of Corporate Propaganda (faculty mentor: Dr. Kenneth Bryant)
Kelsey Roberson - Shared Journeys: The Impact of Online Peer Support Communities on the Lives of Users with Chronic Diseases (faculty mentor: Prof. Anita Brown)
Hayley Jasper - Crime and Progeny: The Ethics of Utilizing Forensic Genetic Genology to Solve Crimes (faculty mentor: Dr. Richard Helfers)
Lana Mousa - Does Unemployment Impact Crime in Texas? (faculty mentor: Dr. Meryem Saygili)
10:00 am
Session A UC 3140
Moderator: Dr. Aleksandra Cregler
Jacob Price - Scourge of Men: How Rats Define World War I (faculty mentor: Dr. Matthew Stith)
Nyssa Itzaithi Kypuros - The Antiquities Trade and its Consequences (faculty mentor: Prof. Catherine Hanratty)
Nixon Gorka - Stierlitz and the Seventies: How Seventeen Moments of Spring Reflects Soviet Views on Gender and Sexuality in the Post-Thaw Era (faculty mentor: Dr. Colin Snider)
Suzannah Bozarth - Ideological Bodies: Disabled Identity and Treatment in Soviet Russia and the United States (faculty mentor: Dr. Colin Snider)
Session B UC 3422
Joshua Smith - Science Diplomacy and the South China Sea Ecological Crisis: A Historical Approach (faculty mentor: Dr. Amentahru Wahlrab)
Charlotte Jones - Study The Relationship Between Women and Populist Heads of State in Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela (faculty mentor: Dr. Amentahru Wahlrab)
Mitra-Gaelle Lauryn Mengue Bekale - The New Wave of Populism in Francophone Africa: a Result of People's tiredness at the Failure of their Government, Populism or the Failure of Democracy? (faculty mentor: Dr. Amentahru Wahlrab)
Peyton Pascual - The Populist Right in Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States (faculty mentor: Dr. Amentahru Wahlrab)
Session C UC 3322
Moderator: Dr. David Criswell
Mckenzie Lionel Joseph Prince - Prediction of Unknown Drug Combinations causing Adverse Reactions (faculty mentor: Dr. Robert P. Schumaker)
Asier Vegas – Uniting Communities Through Soccer: A Pathway to Public Health (faculty mentor: Dr. Yonjoo Cho)
Gideon Kwabena Nyarko - Developing an Elastic Dome for the Study of Cell Mechanobiology (faculty mentor: Dr. Carla Lacerda)
11:00 am
Session A UC 3140
Joanna Fagan, MS - Female Veteran Transition into Higher Education (faculty mentor: Dr. Adam McGuire)
Savannah Fitch - Assessing the Factor Structure of the Multidimensional Test Anxiety Scale in a University Sample (faculty mentor: Dr. Christopher Thomas)
Govinda Dass - Going Long: Ecological Growth in the East Texas Region (faculty mentor: Dr. Amentahru Wahlrab)
Session B UC 3422
Moderator: Dr. Paul Streufert
Honors College Service & Leadership Roundtable
2024 Lyceum Poster Session will be held in the UC Ballroom from 1:30-3:30 pm.
