October 2026 |
The Office of Research hosted its annual Undergraduate Summer Research Poster Session (USRA), where students showcased research conducted through the undergraduate research award program. The program provides students with opportunities to pursue summer research, deepen their intellectual inquiry and work closely with Cleveland State University faculty mentors.
Category |
Award Received |
Student(s) |
Faculty Advisor(s) |
Project Title |
Humanities |
1st |
Elise Bednar & Wilder Rigel |
Phil Wanyerka |
Archaeological & Geophysical Investigations at the Fort Hill Earthwork Complex 2026 |
Humanities |
2nd |
Zoe Guilonard & Hannah Dennis |
Katie Clonan-Roy, Shereen Naser, Elizabeth Goncy, & Kimberly Fuller |
"I Can Do That Too:" Empowerment, Activism, and Skill Building Through Youth Participatory Action Research |
Humanities |
2nd |
Jonas Dawson |
Sarah Rutherford |
Late Nights and Deadlines: An Illustrated Case Study of Modern Classrooms |
Humanities |
3rd |
Kylie Cavasinni, Alyssa Randles, & Jack Gollon |
Nicholas Morr |
From Script to Screen – Visual Research in the Cinematic Arts |
Humanities |
3rd |
Mariah Eckliff & Lobobi Nasende |
Vickie Gallagher & Grace Huang |
Refugee Community Center Wellbeing, Satisfaction, and Unmet Needs (Phase 2) |
STEM |
1st |
Elias Saab & Vince Palombo |
Chandra Kothapalli, Daniel Munther, & Shawn Ryan |
Inactivation of Salmonella During Poultry Scalding: Efficacy of pH and Temperature |
STEM |
1st |
Yesha Thakkar |
Kailash Gulshan |
Evaluating PIP2 and PI-PLC inhibitors for Inflammasome Activation |
STEM |
2nd |
Ruebin Su |
Aimin Zhou |
The Role of RNase L in Insulin-Induced IRS-1/AKT Signaling in Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts |
STEM |
2nd |
Josh Hoeflich |
Jessica Bickel |
Analyzing Collaborative Annotation in the Introductory Physics Classroom |
STEM |
2nd |
Laith Nijem & Hari Pandiarajan |
Nithya Gnanapragasam |
Investigating a novel barrier of differentiation in erythropoiesis |
Winners received a cash prize and an invitation to lunch with President Bloomberg, Provost Sridhar, and Associate Vice President for Research Roman Kondratov.
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New Book from School of Education and Counseling's Katie Clonan-Roy Dr. Katie Clonan-Roy, an associate professor in the School of Education and Counseling, has a new book titled Exploring Educational and Developmental Experiences of Girls of Color: Girlhood Reimagined that will be available later this month via Emerald Publishing. The book is being published as an open access text starting October 28, with a hard-copy version available November 18. It shines a light on the diverse strengths that adolescent girls of Color exercise to navigate and better our world and features the work of researchers, practitioners, and girls of Color themselves, including multiple CSU alums. |
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Mark Souther Delivers Invited Presentation to Ukranian Center for Urban History Dr. Mark Souther, a professor in the Department of History, delivered an invited virtual presentation on the CSU Center for Public History + Digital Humanities' place-based digital history projects for the Center for Urban History in Lviv, Ukraine, on Oct. 1. The presentation was part of the second year of the Lviv Center’s Urban History Digital Infrastructures speaker series. The presentation was recorded and the video will made available on the Lviv Center’s website. |
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US Patent Allowance On September 23, 2026, the U.S. Patent Application No. 18/389/323 naming Shaowei Yang, an assistant professor in the Deparment of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering (ChBME), and graduate student Ninad Anjikar, titled Process for Removing Carbon Dioxide From Acetylene Using Cha-Type Zeolite Membrane was allowed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Acetylene (C2H2) is an important industrial fuel and feedstock chemical. The inventive CHA zeolite membrane demonstrated excellent separation performance for separating CO2/C2H2. CO2/C2H2 separation is critical for producing C2H2 by partial oxidation of natural gas. The disclosed membrane separation technology could be an energy-efficient alternative and is great to reduce the carbon footprint for C2H2 production. |
Innovation Day 2026 will be held on The University of Akron campus at the InfoCision Stadium-Summa Health Field on October 29, 2026 from 8am-5pm. Innovation Day 2026 marks the 3rd exhibition of leading-edge innovations emerging from Northeast Ohio’s innovation ecosystem. Organized jointly by Northeast Ohio’s public universities and sponsored by industry partners, this event celebrates the discoveries, technologies, and entrepreneurial collaborations driving the future of our region. Registration is required but free for all attendees and is open until October 26, 2026 at 11:59pm. |
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