The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith has announced the 18 students receiving awards for their research presentations delivered at the ninth annual Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Research projects presented at the conference included presentations on “Star Trek,” a robot designed by students, and the relationship between text messaging and intimacy among young adults. Research disciplines represented were biology, business, education, English, electronics, engineering, finance, geology, graphic design, history, information technology, media communication, psychology, radiography and studio art.

The winners were:

Barling: Jared Dunning (team of 2), “Design of an Autonomous Robot for a Simulated Search and Rescue Game,” faculty sponsor Muhammad Khan; and Erin Langford, “Marielitos at Fort Chaffee: Misunderstood and Misrepresented,” faculty sponsor Steven Kite.

Bokoshe, Okla.: Joshua Harris, “Star Trek: The Mirror of America,” faculty sponsor Ann-Gee Lee.

Booneville: Sara Tomlin (team of 3), “Neo-Victorian and Steampunk Inclusion in a Canon-Based Classroom,” faculty sponsor Lindsy Lawrence.

Elkins: Lacy Frederick, “Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita,” faculty sponsor Angie Elmore.

Fort Smith: Shania Atchison (team of 4), “The Effects of Creatine HCI on Planarian Regeneration,” faculty sponsor Sandhya Baviskar; Jerome Kremers, “The Effects of Text Messaging on Relational Intimacy in Young Adults,” faculty sponsor Susan Simkowski; Justin Moore (team of 2), “Design of an Autonomous Robot for a Simulated Search and Rescue Game,” faculty sponsor Muhammad Khan; Luis Muniz, “A Review of Cultural Awareness Impacts on the Success Rate of International Assignments,” faculty sponsor Larry Faulk; Solon Pender, “Much Ado About Adoing Too Much: Analyzing the Critiques of Anderson and Ferguson on Violent Video Game Research,” faculty sponsor James Benjamin; and Lindsay Tillery (team of 3), “Neo-Victorian and Steampunk Inclusion in a Canon-Based Classroom,” faculty sponsor Lindsy Lawrence.

Greenwood: Kayla Schluterman, “The Meaning Behind the Appearance of the St. Stephen Burse Reliquary,” faculty sponsor Mary B. Shepard.

Hayward, Wis.: Samuel Hansen, “The Pathos of Anthropomorphism: The Holocaust and Art Spiegelman’s Maus,” faculty sponsor Cammie Sublette.

Poteau, Okla.: Daniel Stacy (team of 4), “The Effects of Creatine HCI on Planarian Regeneration,” faculty sponsor Sandhya Baviskar.

Uniontown: Henry Gutierrez (team of 4), “The Effects of Creatine HCI on Planarian Regeneration,” faculty sponsor Sandhya Baviskar.

Van Buren: Victoria Wiley (team of 3), “Neo-Victorian and Steampunk Inclusion in a Canon-Based Classroom,” faculty sponsor Lindsy Lawrence.

Waldron: Shane Hale, “The Power of Positive Relationships and Effective Teaching Strategies on the Academic and Social Success of Young Adolescents,” faculty sponsor Lois Yocum.

Wister, Okla.: Bobby Hill (team of 4), “The Effects of Creatine HCI on Planarian Regeneration,” faculty sponsor Sandhya Baviskar.