2018 Founders Fellows Recipients

The UW Bothell Office of Research is proud to announce the 2018 UW Bothell Founders Fellow Scholars. These $1,000 scholarships are made possible due to the generous support of the UW Bothell Founders Endowed Fellowship which was established by Dick and Virginia Chappelle; Maryel Duzan, Max Gellert, Rod Proctor and Lynn Ries. The purpose of these scholarships is to encourage and recognize the participation of undergraduate students in research in all disciplines and inter-disciplines represented on the UW Bothell campus. Please join us in congratulating these distinguished undergraduate researchers.

Student Recipients

Alhagie Bai Cham

Senior, Electrical Engineering
Investigating Novel Noise Reduction Techniques in Hearing Devices
Mentor: Kaibao Nie, Lecturer, Electrical Engineering

Benjamin Clark

Junior, Computer Science and Software Engineering
On Polynomials that Preserve all Nonnegative Matrices of a Fixed Order
Mentor: Pietro Paparella, Asst. Prof., Engineering & Mathematics

Robin Cruz

Senior, Interactive Media Design
Sin Lluvia
Mentor: Micha Cardenas, Asst. Prof., Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences

Tara Ferguson

Senior, Biology
Communal Crow Roosts Induce Changes in Social Behavior of Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia morphna)
Mentor: Doug Wacker, Asst. Prof., Biology

Derek Flett

Senior, Mechanical Engineering
Localizing Crows in Social Aggregations
Mentor: Shima Abadi, Asst. Prof., Engineering & Mathematics

Jackelyn Garcia

Junior, Biology
Epigenetic Modification and Phenotypic Response to Highly Variable Environments
Mentor: Cynthia Chang, Asst. Prof., Biology

Cheuk-Hei “Gareth” Ho

Senior, Electrical Engineering
Wireless Power Transfer for Medical Implants
Mentor: Hung Cao, Asst. Prof., Engineering & Mathematics

Alan Kwiatkowski

Junior, Mechanical Engineering
3D Bioprinting with Intrinsically Conducting Polymers for Biomedical Applications
Mentor: Cassandra Wright, Asst. Prof., Engineering & Mathematics

Weixi “Cecelia” Li

Senior, Accounting
Visualizing Accounting Data
Mentor: Rajib Doogar

Johnathan Monson

Junior, Biology
Identifying the Ecotype of a Sockeye Salmon Population in Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish
Mentor: Jeff Jensen, Senior Lecturer, Biology

Jeremy Newton

Senior, Applied Computing
Is Gap Duration in Crow Calls an Important Source of Information?
Mentor: Doug Wacker, Asst. Prof., Biology

Jomardee Perkins

Senior, Physics
Classifying Transient Noise in LIGO Data Using Detector Characterization Tools
Mentor: Joey Key, Asst. Prof., Physical Sciences

Katie Pham

Senior, Health Studies & Biology
Analyzing the Correlation Between Active Learning Practices and Positive Student Outcomes in Introductory Biology
Mentor: Bryan White, Senior Lecturer, Biology

Sammy Souaiaia

Senior, Electrical Engineering
Worst-Case Analysis of Circuits through Optimization
Mentor: Hrair Aintablian, Lecturer, Engineering & Mathematics

2018 Application Reviewers

Thank you to the faculty, staff, and previous research award recipients that served as reviewers for the 2018 UW Bothell Founders Fellow Research Scholarship Program. The Office of Research appreciates your time.

  • Julie Shayne, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, School of IAS
  • Milagros Loreto, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of STEM – Engineering & Mathematics
  • Samantha Sarrett, Senior, Biochemistry (2017 Mary Gates Scholar)
  • Seungkeun Choi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of STEM – Engineering & Mathematics
  • Susan Harewood, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of IAS
  • Tanya Kumar, Senior, Educational Studies & IAS (2017 Founders Fellow)
  • Yang Peng, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of STEM – Computing & Software Systems
  • Carolyn Brennan, M.S. Assistant Vice Chancellor, UW Bothell Office of Research