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Research On Capitol Hill (ROCH)


The Office of the Vice President for Research, the Office of Government Relations and the Office of Undergraduate Research select students each year to exhibit their work via posters to Utah State legislators. ROCH demonstrates the importance of undergraduate research and creative work from the top two research universities in this state: University of Utah and Utah State University.

February 8, 2022
9:00am-1:00pm
@ Utah State Capitol

Eligibility

To be eligible to Apply for ROCH participation, you must:

  • be a currently-matriculated and enrolled University of Utah undergraduate student
  • have graduated from a high school in Utah (preferred)
  • be working with a University of Utah faculty mentor on research or creative work
  • commit to attend ROCH at the State Capitol in addition to mandatory meetings prior to the day of ROCH
  • have not previously participated in ROCH

Application

Complete the online SUBMISSION FORM and submit an abstract of 300 words describing the research or creative work. Applications will open up in the fall semester.

SUBMISSION OPENS OCTOBER 1 >>

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2022 PRESENTERS

Aasutosh Acharya (Anil Seth) - Vast stellar population size measurement using only Gaia EDR3
Alexander Brill (Shannon Boomgarden) - Prehistoric Irrigation and Corn Morphology
Rachel Compton (Anandh Babu Pon Velayutham) - Effect of Dietary Strawberry on Brown Fat in C57Bl/6J Mice Fed High-Fat-Diet
Suzi Creveling (Tommaso Lenzi) - Natural stair ambulation with a robotic leg prosthesis for individuals with above/knee amputation
Shaistah Din (Marissa Diener) - Cytomegalovirus education improves pregnant women's awareness and prevention behaviors
Kaylon Draney (Jeffrey Bates) - Synthesis and Characterization of Materials Properties of a Biological Superabsorbent Polymer for Single-Use Consumer Product Applications
Gauri Garg (Adam De Havenon) - Correlation of Physical Activity and Nutrition with White Matter Hyperintensity
Lauren Gleave (Akiko Kamimura) - Perceptions Surrounding and Efficacy of Utah's Sex Education Among College Students
Sydney Larsen (Anandh Velayutham) - Short-term Supplementation with Dietary Blueberries Increases Commensal Gut Microbes in Diabetic Mice
Brooke Larson (Julie Hollien) - Investigating the degradation pathways responsible for clearing toxic misfolded proteins.
Cameron Mercer (Bruce Gale) - Rapid Fabrication of a Dynamic Alveolar Microphysiological System with an Integrated Extracellular Matrix Membrane
Briggs Miller (William Brazelton) - The Lost City Hydrothermal Field: A Look Into Microbial Diversity and Clues Into the Emergence of Life on Earth
Melika Moeinvaziri (Akiko Kamimura) - Mental health among uninsured primary care patients during the COVID-19 pandemic
Azeem Mohammed (Randy Jensen) - Compiling Cell Viability Data for Vitro Studies: Improving the Efficacy of Treatment for Meningioma Tumors
Emily Nevarez (Akiko Kamimura) - Mental health among uninsured primary care patients during the COVID-19 pandemic
Sohyun Park (Annie Fukushima) - Marketing for Gender-Based Violence Consortium
Shaylie Platten (Sara LoTemplio) - Anxiety, Working Memory, and Event Related Negativity
Justinas Sapiega (Christopher Depner) - Impact of Shift Work on Risk of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Jessica Sharma (Marissa Diener) - Cytomegalovirus education improves pregnant women's awareness and prevention behaviors
Anish Singh (Erik Jorgensen) - Total Topography of the Dorsal Cord in C. elegans
Madeleine Sorenson (Rebecca Utz) - Live Hospice Discharge: A Critical Analysis About the Ethics of Ending Hospice Care for Terminal Patients
Sabrina Su (Jay Kim) - Integration of a pneumatically actuated microvalve pump with in vitro cell culture to study the mechanobiological response of the trabecular meshwork
Heba Sultan (John David Symons) - The influence of time-restricted feeding on arterial function in obese mice
Olivia Walker (Rob Macleod) - The Effect of Changing Conductivity on Cardiac Excitation



Research on Capitol Hill Press

2022 - @THEU - PHOTOS

2021 - Virtual event

2020 - @THEU - Deseret News - PHOTOS

2019 - UNews - PHOTOS

2018 - Press Release - PHOTOS

2017 - Press Release - PHOTOS - Deseret News

2016 - Press Release - Deseret News - Daily Utah Chronicle - Salt Lake Tribune - PHOTOS

2015 - Press release - Daily Utah Chronicle

2014 - Press release - Deseret News

2013 - Press release

Past Presenters

Click on a name below to learn more about the research shared virtually with their legislators:

Oralia Aguilar - Oral Histories in the Era of COVID-19: The Utah Navajo and the Westside of Salt Lake City, Utah
Kylie Bethards - Analysis of AYA Cancer Patient Priority Symptoms Through Text Mining Software
Julia Case - Symmetric Electrochemical Cells in Nonaqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries - Applications for Longevity Study
Tania Cervantes-Hernandez - Dating/Intimate Partner Violence and social media use among college students
Gareema Dhiman - Surveillants: A New Organelle of the Synapse  
Helen Dodson - Dating/Intimate Partner Violence and social media use among college students
Heather Graham - Literacy and Representation in the LGBTQIA+ Communities
Gursirat Grewal - Improving Upper-Limb Prostheses Control via Optimizing sEMG Electrode Number and Location
Cody Harris - Sensory Perception in Advanced Prosthetics: The Philosophy of Proprioception
Jami Harvey - Oral Histories in the Era of COVID-19: The Utah Navajo and the Westside of Salt Lake City, Utah
Olivia Lam - Development of PV Testing Apparatus Using 3D Printing Technique 
Indigo Mason - The University of Utah Sexual and Reproductive Health Care and Education Needs Assessment
Nate Nellis - Econometric Analysis on the Impact of Water Rates on Resident Usage and City Revenue: A Study in Salt Lake County, Utah
Jens Nilson - Child Labor Trafficking and the Child Welfare System  
Adriana Payan-Medina - Characterization of Satellite-Derived Air Quality Measurements in Health Applications
Kylie Persson - Production of Platelet-Like Particles Using MEG-01 Cells
Elizabeth Porter - Supporting the Entire System: Reducing Educators Burnout with Mindfulness-based Practice and Social-emotional Learning
Anya Ragnhildstveit - Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy Plus Affective Tactile Grounding on Psychedelic States and Treatment Outcomes in Adults with Major Depression 
Mario Ramirez-Arrazola - Adding Up The Cost of Excluding Undocumented Utahns from State and Federal COVID-19 Relief
Alexia Savas - Correlating Surface Temperature Fluctuations with Atmospheric Flow
Travis Seamons - Controlling Bacterial Transcription with the Eukaryotic Transcription Factor QF
Joshua Swan - Energy Consumption and the Limits of Economic Growth 
Tobin Wainer - Star Cluster Mass Function Fitting using Probabilistic Modeling
Zak Wankier - Anatomical Dimensions of Human Vertebral Bodies Over Time
Katie Workman - Epistemic Communications: the politics of confronting the global COVID-19 pandemic

Final Remarks
by President Watkins and Vice President for Research Andy Weyrich: