2019-2020 King Scholars
Using Hands-on Learning to Engage in Physics at an Early Age
Christina Nissen ’20, Jon Smart ’23, and Audrey Colegrove ’21
Advisor: Pooja Shrestha, Coordinator of First-Year Physics Labs
Using AI to Sort Recycled Matrials
Claire Harding ’20 and Cameron Henkel ’21
Advisor: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics
Thermoacoustic Energy Generation
Michael May ’20 and Hayden Smith ’20
Advisors: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics and Lee Fellows, Coordinator of Science Facilities and Equipment
Stars Among Us
Claire Harding ’20, Emma Harting ’21, Shea Henry ’21, and Sarah Friday ’21
Advisor: Mark Bottorff, Associate Professor of Physics
Reconstruction and Structural Design of a Scaled-down Historic Swedish Langskip
Colton Creasey ’21
Advisor: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics
PVC Instruments
Katie Rosenkrantz ’22 and Max Schein ’22
Advisor: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics
“Impact”: a sculptural mixed media performance presentation
Hannah Mitchell ’22, Ila Dannelley ’22 , Lily Loose ’22, Calie Bell ’22, Paisley Humpert ’22, and Madison Mintline Wisniewski ’22
Advisor: Mary Visser, Professor of Art
Food Delivery Robot
Christine Gutierrez ’20, Sara Boyd ’20, Kirby Steckel ’21, and Joseph Roybal ’21
Advisor: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics
Finding Beauty in Disease
Sebastian Somolinos ’20, Karen Rativa ’20, Luis Ramirez ’21, and Vicente Lopez ’20
Advisor: Stacie Brown, Director of First Year Biology Laboratories
Exploring Relationships: The Art of Science
Lauren Muskara ’20
Awarded: KCF Walt Potter Award 2019-2020
Advisor: Victoria Star Varner, Professor of Art
Combined Desktop Computer Input Device for Limited Visibility Applications
Aris Wells ’20
Advisor: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics
Children’s Literature and Nutrition Education in Low Socioeconomic Status Communities
Emma Astad ’21
Advisor: Maria Todd, Professor of Biology
Automated Ice Bag Maker
Madison Delmer ’21 and Mercedes González ’21
Advisors: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics and Debika Sihi, Associate Professor of Economics and Business
2018-2019 King Scholars
Human Frontiers Towards 3D Printable Prosthetics
Saarah Cantú ’19
Advisor: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics
SU Radio App
Cameron Henkel ’21, Colin Scruggs ’19
Advisor: Barbara Anthony, Associate Professor of Computer Science
San Gabriel River Research
Scout Gockel ’22, Nicole Rajtak ’22
Advisor: Rebecca Edwards, Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering, Stacie Brown, Director of First-Year Biology Laboratories, and Willis Weigand, Director of General Chemistry Labs
Ocean Energy Conversion: Electrical Energy Conversion and Desalination
Michael May ’20, Justin McCormack ’20, Hayden Smith ’20, Kyle Howard ’20
Advisors: Lee Fellows, Coordinator of Science Facilities and Equipment and Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics
Minimizing Mouse Friction to Reduce Fatigue and Improve Response Times
Aris Wells ’20
Advisor: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics
Interpreting the Fourth Dimension Through Ceramics
Jacob Jimerson ’20, Aiden Steinle ’20
Advisors: Fumiko Futamura, Professor of Mathematics, Ron Geibel, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, and Melanie Hoag, Instructional Technologist
GoGeo Improvement
Claire Harding ’20, Madison Godleski ’19
Advisor: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics
Flex Controlled Wheelchair
Claire Harding ’20, Sara Boyd ’20, Cameron Henkel ’21
Advisor: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics
Electromagnetic Accelerator
Ty Stubbs ’19, William “Chris” Crawford ’20
Advisor: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics
Determining Analyte Through NMR and IR Spectroscopy Software
Elijah Ballesteros ’21, Ethan Iverson ’21, Theo Perisic ’21, Luis Ramirez ’21
Advisor: Michael Gesinski, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Bringing Global Awareness to Antibiotic Resistance Through “Lecture in a Box”
Sebastian Somolinos ’20, Alexis Dimanche ’20,
Dean Dulthummon ’20, Karen Rativa ’20
Awarded: KCF Walt Potter Ward 2018-2019
Advisor: Stacie Brown, Director of First Year Biology Laboratories
Bias in Machine Learning
Elyssa Sliheet ’19, Will Price ’19
Advisor: Jacob Schrum, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
2017-2018 King Scholars
Exploring the Figure Through Fractals
Sophia Anthony
Awarded: KCF Walt Potter Award 2017-2018
Advisor: Victoria Star Varner
You Say You Wanna Gloss With Us: Encountering the Bodies of Communication by Translating Music for Deaf Audiences
Audrey Davis
Advisor: Alicia Moore
Dynamic Video and Facial Recogniation Through a Raspberry Pi and Arduino
Yash Gandhi
Advisor: Steve Alexander
Cryptocurrency Mining
Devon Fulcher, Alexander Hoffman, Bobby Garza, Stan Kannegieter
Advisor: Chad Stolper
Bound: Art as a Locus of Social Justice and Environmental Activism
Elena Gonzalez
Advisor: Victoria Star Varner
Automated Bacterial Counter Through Image Processing
Alexis Dimanche, Elyssa Sliheet, Sebastian Somolinos
Advisors: Dr. Rebecca Edwards and Dr. Steve Alexander
2016-2017 King Scholars
Prescription Presence: Artwork Reflecting the Influence of the Pharmaceutical Industry on American Culture and Identity
Avery Elkins
SU Advisor: Star Varner and Kristen Van Patten
SU Compass: A Student App
Yash Gandhi, Clay Stehling, Jacob White, Maranda, Kahl, Bobby Garza, Reid Cumbest, Vale Cantu, and Alex Rollins
SU Advisor: Chad Solper
Boxing Day: A Short Film about Family, the Holidays, and an Unspoken Tragedy
Tori McGraw
SU Advisor: Desi Roybal
Musical Interventions: A Classical Soundscape with a “Pop Music” Twist
Emily Booher
SU Advisor: David Asbury
Optical Expression: Conversation Through Digitalization of Eye Movement
Diana Beltran, Alexis Dimanche, Ryan Benner, and Susana Beltran
SU Advisor: Steve Alexander
Painting Through the Excitement of Electrons for the Production of a Different Image
Sophia Anthony and Saarah Cantu
SU Advisor: Steve Alexander and Emily Niemeyer
Human Sized Hamster Wheel
Victoria Gore, Shirin Hussain, and Julieanne Whitehurst
SU Advisor: Steve Alexander
2015-2016 King Scholars
Southwestern University EcoLab
Heba Abdel, Lauren Childers, Nick Espino, Dakota McDurham, Caitlin Schneider
Advisor: Willis Weigand
Finding Inspiration in Formula: Mathematical Invention in Painting
Kelsey Baker, Christine Harbour
Advisor: Victoria Star Varner
Foldable Telescope
Diana Beltran, Hunter Snell, Kyle Zarosky, Michael Meason, Susana Beltran
Advisor: Steve Alexander
Proof of Concept Study for Inertial Propulsion System for Deep Space Exploration
Yash Gandhi
Advisor: Oscar Lee Fellows
