2025 Expo Winners
| Project # | First Name | Last Name | Session | Type | Project Title | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A01 | Abdul Hakeem | Al Bulushi | Biological and Life Sciences G1 | Individual | Investigating the role of the Basic module in synthetic Extensin glycoprotein | 2nd |
| A08 | Lasantha | Sendanayake | Biological and Life Sciences G1 | Individual | Surveying helix 12 dynamics within constitutively active estrogen receptors using bipartite tetracysteine display | 1st |
| A12 | Nosheen | Bashir | Biological and Life Sciences G2 | Individual | Apolipoprotein A4 attenuate Age-induce obesity | 1st |
| A17 | Jacob | Morgan | Biological and Life Sciences G2 | Individual | Overwinter Habitat Use, Survival, and Movement Ecology of Sparrows in Southeastern Ohio | 2nd |
| A22 | Badra | Bashir | Biological and Life Sciences G3 | Individual | Impact of modified GH action on Immunosenescence | 1st |
| B04 | Julia | Tennant | Biological and Life Sciences G3 | Individual | Regulation of Virulence Factors by small RNA Teg41 in Staphylococcus aureus | 2nd |
| A10 | Carolina | Portero | Biological and Life Sciences G4 | Individual | Engineered probiotic bacteria for tumor delivery of an anti-cancer lasso peptide | 1st |
| B13 | Gavin | Wallace | Biological and Life Sciences G4 | Individual | Assessing the Productivity of a Midwestern Green Roof with a Diverse Population of Native Prairie Species | 2nd |
| B16 | Katrina | Bell | Biological and Life Sciences UG1 | Individual | PTPRQ Binds with Nherf2 at Base of Stereocilia. | 1st |
| B20 | Elyse | Hensley | Biological and Life Sciences UG1 | Individual | Understanding Gravitropism Through Protocol Development and Phenotyping | 2nd |
| C05 | Andrew | Osborne | Biological and Life Sciences UG2 | Individual | Investigating Cytoskeletal Properties of RBPJ-deficient Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells | 2nd |
| C09 | Lauren | Wise | Biological and Life Sciences UG2 | Individual | Dermal White Adipose Tissue Investigation | 1st |
| C15 | Tom | Martino | Biological and Life Sciences UG3 | Individual | Impact of Sirt5 Deficiency on Post-traumatic OA Induced by Non-Invasive ACL Rupture in Obese Mice | 1st |
| C17 | Ben | Stiadle | Biological and Life Sciences UG3 | Individual | Examining the Therapeutic Potential of Somatostatin: A Paracrine Potentiator of Islet Calcium Pulsatility | 2nd |
| C20 | Hanna | Mielcarek | Biological and Life Sciences UG4 | Group | Window Pain: A Survey of Avian Window Collisions on Ohio University’s Athens Campus | 2nd |
| C20 | Elizabeth | Savitski | Biological and Life Sciences UG4 | Group | Window Pain: A Survey of Avian Window Collisions on Ohio University’s Athens Campus | 2nd |
| D02 | Emma | Sielski | Biological and Life Sciences UG4 | Individual | Effects of Type 2 Diabetes Medications on Human and Mouse Ovarian Cancer Cells | 1st |
| D06 | Gabrielle | Bradley | Business and Economics 1 | Individual | Opportunities and Barriers of Community-Engaged Courses | 1st |
| D07 | Kevin | Diaz | Business and Economics 1 | Individual | AI Healthcare Transparency | 2nd |
| D13 | Chloe | Christen | Business and Economics 2 | Individual | The Effects of Highly Processed Foods on the BMI of Americans | 2nd |
| D14 | Emily | Grande | Business and Economics 2 | Individual | Understanding the Impacts of Parasocial Relationships in Influencer Marketing | 1st |
| D19 | Sa-adatu | Abdullai | Chemistry and Environmental Sciences G1 | Individual | Synthesis of new δ-Lactone derivatives | 2nd |
| E02 | Kudirat Abidemi | Obisesan Olawuni | Chemistry and Environmental Sciences G1 | Individual | In-Situ Detection of Commercial Pesticides on Cabbage Using Infrared Spectroscopy Coupled with Chemometrics | 1st |
| E14 | Zeinab | Fayyaz | Chemistry and Environmental Sciences G2 | Individual | Elucidating the Role of Prohibitin-1 and Erlins in Lipid Metabolism and Cancer Progression Following UV Irradiation | 1st |
| E13 | Simeon | Sunday | Chemistry and Environmental Sciences G2 | Individual | Probing the Multi-Step Surface Reactions for 𝑹𝒉𝑰𝑰𝑰Bodipy Polypyridyl Complex Attachment on Si (100) Using SFG Spectroscopy | 2nd |
| E17 | Chyenne | Brammer | Chemistry and Environmental Sciences G3 | Individual | Structural Insight into Impact Trajectory through Mapping the Geology of the Kentland Impact Structure | 1st |
| E19 | Maryam | Muzaffar | Chemistry and Environmental Sciences G3 | Individual | Functional Characterization of Cell Wall-Associated miRNAs in Arabidopsis Using CRISPR-Cas9 | 2nd |
| F06 | Allan Kenneth | Regunton | Chemistry and Environmental Sciences G4 | Individual | Expression of Synthetic Extensin Genes for Self Assembly Studies | 2nd |
| F08 | Fitrat | Ullah | Chemistry and Environmental Sciences G4 | Individual | Functional Characterization of Five Novel rice Transcription Factors candidate for Plant Cell Wall Biosynthesis and Remodeling | 1st |
| F09 | Landen | Davis | Chemistry and Environmental Sciences UG1 | Individual | Organic synthesis of cyclic amide derivatives for type 1 diabetes | 1st |
| F11 | Allie | Krieger | Chemistry and Environmental Sciences UG1 | Individual | 'Microplastic's Effect on Midge Populations (Chironomus riparius): Decrease in Body Length Over 3 Generations' | 2nd |
| F22 | Samuel | Fujii | Chemistry and Environmental Sciences UG2 | Individual | The Geography and Politics of the Silicon Heartland: (Re)Building Ohio Towards High-Tech | 1st |
| G01 | Gavin | Ware | Chemistry and Environmental Sciences UG2 | Individual | Solid-state mechanochemistry to access distinctive and functionalizable porous materials | 2nd |
| G06 | Campbell | Hauschild | Chemistry and Environmental Sciences UG3 | Individual | Reproductive Trade-offs and Environmental Constraints: The Cost of Staminodes in Mentzelia (Loasaceae) Flowers | 2nd |
| G10 | Grace | Vance | Chemistry and Environmental Sciences UG3 | Individual | Under pressure: anatomical clues suggesting physiological adaptation to the hydrostatic pressures of deep diving in phocid seals | 1st |
| TR05 | Anthony | Acheampong | Communications and Media 1 | Individual | The Silent Classroom | 2nd |
| TR76 | Prince | Cobb | Communications and Media 1 | Individual | HCOM Immersive 360 Virtual App | 1st |
| TR08 | Jorge | Castillo | Communications and Media 2 | Individual | Large-Scale Immersive Pollinator Sculpture and Exhibit: Reconnecting youth with nature in Native Appalachian Forests | 1st |
| G21 | Olivia | Raney | Communications and Media 2 | Individual | Finding Freire: A collaborative documentary of 9 ComDev-ers’ journey to Brazil to discover the late Paulo Freire through the work and people he inspired | 2nd |
| TR17 | Dylan | O'Donnell | Communications and Media 3 | Individual | Wizards Wanna Kill Each Other | 2nd |
| G23 | Taylor | Schneider | Communications and Media 3 | Individual | Stigma and Identity Reformation Among the Wrongfully Convicted | 1st |
| TR19 | Mo | Jeffries | Communications and Media 4 | Individual | Ciúnas: Explorations in the Convergence of Virtual Cinema and Advanced Animation Techniques | 1st |
| H03 | Jacob | Walther | Communications and Media 4 | Individual | Not so Guilty: Why Queer Representation in Reality Television and Digital Media Matters | 2nd |
| H07 | Tabitha | Asiedu-Gyamfi | Creative Arts & Design 1 | Individual | The Visual Analysis of an Inside Joke: Storytelling through design, woodworking, and poetry | 2nd |
| TR28 | Najmeh | Pirahmadian | Creative Arts & Design 1 | Individual | Interactive Art Elevating Kids Experiences | 1st |
| H12 | Sarah | Braun | Creative Arts & Design 2 | Individual | Reimagining the Role of Love in The Triumph of Venus | 1st |
| H08 | Eliza | Russo | Creative Arts & Design 2 | Individual | In the Negative Space: Immersive Storytelling without Actors in Theater | 2nd |
| H20 | Ali | Sangay Ruiz | Creative Arts & Design 3 | Individual | South American Entrepreneurship | 1st |
| H21 | Michael | Thiel | Creative Arts & Design 3 | Individual | Pathway Project | 2nd |
| i01 | Quinn | Hanna | Creative Arts & Design 4 | Individual | Pulling Threads | 1st |
| TR34 | Zelda | Thayer-Hansen | Creative Arts & Design 4 | Individual | Frock Logic | 2nd |
| TR35 | Evan | Beers | Creative Arts & Design 5 | Group | Band Brawlers | Joint 1st |
| TR35 | Zach | Brill | Creative Arts & Design 5 | Group | Band Brawlers | Joint 1st |
| TR35 | Grace | Cobb | Creative Arts & Design 5 | Group | Band Brawlers | Joint 1st |
| TR35 | Jack | Sherlock | Creative Arts & Design 5 | Group | Band Brawlers | Joint 1st |
| i10 | Kira | Wakulchik | Creative Arts & Design 5 | Individual | Finding Home | Joint 1st |
| i16 | Ihsan | Thaheem | Education, Social Work, and Public Health 1 | Individual | Assessing Financial Burdens on In-Service Teachers: Insights for Post-Service Education Reform in Sindh Pakistan | 2nd |
| J03 | Fatiha | Bazouche | Education, Social Work, and Public Health 3 | Individual | Applying instructional design methods to develop professional development workshops for enhancing critical thinking skills in hybrid learning | 2nd |
| J14 | Nayomi | Gunasekara Field | Education, Social Work, and Public Health 4 | Individual | Collaborative Global Competence: Teacher Candidates, International Students, and a Global Education Fair | 2nd |
| J15 | Ljeoma | Idika-Chima | Education, Social Work, and Public Health 4 | Individual | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Intervention addressing Anxiety Levels among College Students in a Mid-Western University in the United States: An Effectiveness Study | 1st |
| J19 | Zoya | Bessler | Education, Social Work, and Public Health 5 | Individual | Assessing Comfort Levels Regarding AI Usage in Clinical Healthcare | 2nd |
| J22 | Jayna | Kinkade | Education, Social Work, and Public Health 5 | Individual | Parent-identified intrinsic and extrinsic factors that influence performance across developmental domains and participation in their communities | 1st |
| i20 | Aymen | Khazaal | Education, Social Work, and Publlic Health 1 | Individual | Using ChatGPT for Self-Training and Teaching Preparedness | 1st |
| i17 | Qusai | Tweissi | Education, Social Work, and Publlic Health 1 | Individual | Enhancing Self-Regulated Learning: Exploring Student Use of Dual-Monitor Setups in Academic Environments | 1st |
| K04 | Lydia | Belinski | Engineering and Technology G1 | Group | Mechanistic insights into SARS-CoV-2 spike protein induction of the chemokine CXCL10 | 2nd |
| K04 | Mikey | Hogrell | Engineering and Technology G1 | Group | Mechanistic insights into SARS-CoV-2 spike protein induction of the chemokine CXCL10 | 2nd |
| K05 | David | Odei | Engineering and Technology G1 | Individual | A Performance Evaluation of Advanced Driver Assistance Devices in Rural and Urban Environment: A Connected Vehicle Perspective | 1st |
| K10 | Grace | Baranack | Engineering and Technology G2 | Individual | Natural Carbon-Enhanced Polymer Composite Materials for Sustainable Additive Manufacturing Applications | 2nd |
| K11 | Ashleigh | Clabaugh | Engineering and Technology G2 | Individual | Coal-Derived Soft Carbon Anodes with Silicon Nanoparticles for Lithium-Ion Batteries | 1st |
| K17 | Abed alhameed | A.Habashneh | Engineering and Technology G3 | Group | Additive Manufacturing of a Topology-Optimized Concrete Beam | 1st |
| K19 | Richard Nana | Arthur | Engineering and Technology G3 | Individual | Comparative Assessment of Environmental and Economic Impacts of Electricity-Driven Struvite and Conventional Phosphorus Fertilizers. | 2nd |
| K17 | Shawkat | Matar | Engineering and Technology G3 | Group | Additive Manufacturing of a Topology-Optimized Concrete Beam | 1st |
| K17 | Aayush | Poudel | Engineering and Technology G3 | Group | Additive Manufacturing of a Topology-Optimized Concrete Beam | 1st |
| TR54 | Nicholas | Adkins | Engineering and Technology UG1 | Group | DDAS | 2nd |
| TR54 | Llias | Baktybek | Engineering and Technology UG1 | Group | DDAS | 2nd |
| TR54 | Blain | Brennan | Engineering and Technology UG1 | Group | DDAS | 2nd |
| TR51 | Brevin | Bucher | Engineering and Technology UG1 | Group | Bird Monitor Team 1 | 1st |
| TR51 | Aidan | Cable | Engineering and Technology UG1 | Group | Bird Monitor Team 1 | 1st |
| TR51 | Keith | Pawlowski | Engineering and Technology UG1 | Group | Bird Monitor Team 1 | 1st |
| TR51 | Aaron | Reynolds | Engineering and Technology UG1 | Group | Bird Monitor Team 1 | 1st |
| TR54 | Jacob | Willis | Engineering and Technology UG1 | Group | DDAS | 2nd |
| TR60 | Christian | Kuhlwein | Engineering and Technology UG2 | Group | Software Tools | 2nd |
| TR60 | Jon | Nagel | Engineering and Technology UG2 | Group | Software Tools | 2nd |
| TR60 | Pete | Newman | Engineering and Technology UG2 | Group | Software Tools | 2nd |
| TR61 | Brady | Phelps | Engineering and Technology UG2 | Individual | An Overview of the Immersive Quantum Outreach Program | 1st |
| TR60 | Isaac | Weber | Engineering and Technology UG2 | Group | Software Tools | 2nd |
| TR66 | Lucas | Huffman | Engineering and Technology UG3 | Group | Wireless Power Reception Project | 2nd |
| L08 | Jake | McCarthy | Engineering and Technology UG3 | Individual | Effect of Time of Scour Hole Development | 1st |
| TR66 | Thomas | Musick | Engineering and Technology UG3 | Group | Wireless Power Reception Project | 2nd |
| TR66 | Blake | Shreyer | Engineering and Technology UG3 | Group | Wireless Power Reception Project | 2nd |
| TR66 | Zachary | Taylor | Engineering and Technology UG3 | Group | Wireless Power Reception Project | 2nd |
| TR62 | Nathan | Hoffman | Engineering and Technology UG4 | Group | Fall Detection | Joint 1st |
| TR62 | Kaleb | Keichel | Engineering and Technology UG4 | Group | Fall Detection | Joint 1st |
| TR62 | Caden | Kerr | Engineering and Technology UG4 | Group | Fall Detection | Joint 1st |
| L09 | Julia | Krauth | Engineering and Technology UG4 | Individual | OSUMC Tool Sterilization Predictive Modeling | Joint 1st |
| TR62 | Kaden | Papdatos | Engineering and Technology UG4 | Group | Fall Detection | Joint 1st |
| L12 | Sara | Abdelrahman | Global Humanities and Cultural Studies 1 | Individual | Remixing Cultural Narratives: Integrating International Ghost Stories in First-Year Composition | 2nd |
| L13 | Lydia | Asiedu | Global Humanities and Cultural Studies 1 | Individual | Unequal integration of child soldiers | 1st |
| L20 | FNU | Rida | Global Humanities and Cultural Studies 2 | Individual | Exploring Gendered Impacts of Development Programs in Post-Taliban Afghanistan: Challenges and Opportunities | Joint 1st |
| L23 | Carly | Wisner | Global Humanities and Cultural Studies 2 | Individual | Investigating Ecomorphology of Cervidae Astragli using Geometric Morphometrics | Joint 1st |
| M01 | Delaney | Cunningham | Global Humanities and Cultural Studies 3 | Individual | Detecting the “Flickerings of that Innermost Flame”: A Narrative Psychology Approach to the Artist-Novels of Virginia Woolf and James Joyc | 1st |
| M04 | Rachel | Krause | Global Humanities and Cultural Studies 3 | Individual | Empowering Appalachian Students: Tailoring Education to Provide Sustainable Solutions and Equal Opportunities for Appalachian Students | 2nd |
| M10 | Zachary | Donaldson | Global Humanities and Cultural Studies 4 | Individual | Collective and Cultural Memory in Transitions to Justice: A Case Study of Cambodia and South Africa | 2nd |
| M12 | Reagan | Farmer | Global Humanities and Cultural Studies 4 | Individual | The Irrational Voter: The Rationality of the Electorate When Confronted with Emotional Appeals in Political Campaign Advertisements | 1st |
| M16 | Jolie | Boros | Health Sciences and Medicine G1 | Group | Analysis of Audiological Testing Observed in Long-Standing Video Game Consumers | 1st |
| M17 | Sophie | Carleton | Health Sciences and Medicine G1 | Group | Evaluation of Two Automatic Algorithms in Detecting Human Frequency-Following Responses | 2nd |
| M17 | Katlin | Hill | Health Sciences and Medicine G1 | Group | Evaluation of Two Automatic Algorithms in Detecting Human Frequency-Following Responses | 2nd |
| M16 | Nicole | Manzardo | Health Sciences and Medicine G1 | Group | Analysis of Audiological Testing Observed in Long-Standing Video Game Consumers | 1st |
| M16 | Morgan | Mayer | Health Sciences and Medicine G1 | Group | Analysis of Audiological Testing Observed in Long-Standing Video Game Consumers | 1st |
| N01 | Ariel | Lee | Health Sciences and Medicine G2 | Group | College Perspectives on Care: Unveiling the Good, Bad, and Ugly of Healthcare | 2nd |
| N09 | Molly | Taylor | Health Sciences and Medicine G2 | Individual | Understanding Infant Dysphagia Using Temporal Measurements | 1st |
| N15 | Alexandria | Montavon | Health Sciences and Medicine G3 | Individual | Optimizing Bacterial Small-Molecule Delivery System by Employing Dual Regulator System | 1st |
| N16 | Shadi | Moradi | Health Sciences and Medicine G3 | Individual | Determine the role of ACC1 mediated fatty acid (FA) biosynthesis in obesity associated OA development | 2nd |
| N22 | Mohammed | Awal | Multidisciplinary Studies G1 | Individual | Hepatitis B Prevalence in Ghana: Investigating the Impact of Socio-Economic and Healthcare Barriers | 2nd |
| N19 | Liliana | Kijek | Multidisciplinary Studies G1 | Individual | Microplastic Occurrence in the Appalachian Buckeye Hills Regional Council: Geographical and Socio-Economic Influences on Drinking Water | 1st |
| O06 | Rose | Moremoholo | Multidisciplinary Studies G2 | Individual | How Perinatal Mothers Seek Social Support and Health Information Using Social Media | 1st |
| O05 | Brooke | Ripley | Multidisciplinary Studies G2 | Individual | Flora Forward: Cultivating Reciprocity with Native Plants | 2nd |
| O13 | Erica | Adzimah | Multidisciplinary Studies G3 | Group | Disrupting the Narrative: Understanding Food Insecurity Among International Students | 2nd |
| O13 | Francis | Ametepey | Multidisciplinary Studies G3 | Group | Disrupting the Narrative: Understanding Food Insecurity Among International Students | 2nd |
| TR74 | Temir | Kalbaev | Multidisciplinary Studies G3 | Individual | Creative Communication Interventions in Growing Authoritarianism: A Case Study of Civic and Folklore Activism in Kyrgyzstan | 1st |
| O22 | Ellie | Faber | Multidisciplinary Studies UG1 | Individual | Taxonomy and biogeography of two cryptic woodland salamanders | 1st |
| O21 | Blake | Madden | Multidisciplinary Studies UG1 | Individual | An Analysis of the Cleveland Avenue Bus Rapid Transit and The Link Us Initiative in Columbs, Ohio: Can Bus Rapid Transit be a Catalyst Toward Green Gentrification | 2nd |
| P07 | Eva | Miller | Multidisciplinary Studies UG2 | Individual | Resilience Rooted in Community: Athens Citizen Science-Based Pilot Tree Inventory | 1st |
| P10 | Ava | Wood | Multidisciplinary Studies UG2 | Individual | Sustainable Sisterhood: A Study on Sorority Waste Management at Ohio University | 2nd |
| P15 | Ellie | Faber | Multidisciplinary Studies UG3 | Individual | Tick burdens on native and non-native lizards in a hyperendemic Lyme disease region of the United States | 1st |
| P16 | Josh | Lundgren | Multidisciplinary Studies UG3 | Individual | A Recipe for Returning Trail Crew Staff: Examining Work Need Satisfactions and Place Attachment as Predictors of Intention to Return | 2nd |
| P19 | Daniel | Cartwright | Physics and Mathematics G1 | Individual | Image Segmentation Methods for Automated Morphological Analysis of Organoids | 2nd |
| P20 | Debalina | Chakraborty | Physics and Mathematics G1 | Individual | Investigating Cellular Deformability and Blebbing in Breast Cancer Cells via Microfluidics | 1st |
| Q05 | Austin | Rambo | Physics and Mathematics G2 | Individual | Experimentally Constrained Nuclear Level Density for Doubly Magic 56Ni in the rp-Process | 2nd |
| Q06 | Alexandra | Semposki | Physics and Mathematics G2 | Individual | A Bayesian model mixing approach to the dense matter equation of state | 1st |
| Q08 | Collin | Collins | Physics and Mathematics UG1 | Individual | Characterizing Dynamical Heterogeneity in a Supercooled Glass-Forming Diatomic Liquid | 1st |
| Q12 | Joey | Hilliard | Physics and Mathematics UG1 | Individual | Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis and Inversion | 2nd |
| Q18 | Delaney | Cunningham | Social Sciences and Psychology 1 | Individual | Ordering Chaos: an Exploration of Student Behavior and Teacher Practices during Classroom Transitions in Elementary Schools | 1st |
| Q19 | Micheala | Evans | Social Sciences and Psychology 1 | Individual | Does the Contingency Naming Test detect malingering in Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder? | 2nd |
| R02 | Tessa | Botkin | Social Sciences and Psychology 2 | Individual | Ecological Momentary Assessment of Positive and Negative Parenting Behaviors: Relations with Children's Disruptive Behaviors | 1st |
| Q24 | Cara | Finnegan | Social Sciences and Psychology 2 | Individual | Parenting in the Digital Age | 2nd |
| R09 | Kylee | Bernel | Social Sciences and Psychology 3 | Individual | The Effect of Low and Below Average Hypothetical Test Results on Perceived Need for Accommodations | 1st |
| R08 | David | Green | Social Sciences and Psychology 3 | Individual | Can the Auditory Verbal Learning Test detect malingered attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder? | 2nd |
| R11 | Cora | Farra | Social Sciences and Psychology 4 | Group | Predictors of Breast Cancer Screening Behaviors among Appalachian Women | 1st |
| R11 | Zoe | Foerster | Social Sciences and Psychology 4 | Group | Predictors of Breast Cancer Screening Behaviors among Appalachian Women | 1st |
| R11 | Madison | Johnson | Social Sciences and Psychology 4 | Group | Predictors of Breast Cancer Screening Behaviors among Appalachian Women | 1st |
| R11 | Kylan | Stone | Social Sciences and Psychology 4 | Group | Predictors of Breast Cancer Screening Behaviors among Appalachian Women | 1st |
| R15 | Trenton | Straight | Social Sciences and Psychology 4 | Individual | The symbolic annihilation of Appalachia: Exploring West Virginia residents' perceptions of national media representation | 2nd |
| Special Session | Taylor | Payne | Ohio University Libraries Student Employee | Group | Out and Proud: The Origin and Evolution of Ohio University's Pride Movement | 1st |
| Special Session | Olivia | Ondrik | Ohio University Libraries Student Employee | Group | Out and Proud: The Origin and Evolution of Ohio University's Pride Movement | 1st |
| Special Session | Mimi | Calhoun | Ohio University Libraries Student Employee | Individual | Finding “身份” (Shēnfèn/Identity): Exploring the Effects of China’s One-Child Policy on Adopted Asian American Women. | 2nd |
| Special Session | Catherine | Galla | Ohio University Libraries Undergraduate | Individual | From Waste to Resource: Analyzing Compost in Soil Revitalization in Northeast Ohio | 1st |
| Special Session | Cayla | Otto | Ohio University Libraries Undergraduate | Individual | Persistence: Sustaining the History of the Athens Insane Asylum with Land-conscious Artwork | 2nd |
| Special Session | Ellie | Becklund | Ohio University Libraries Graduate | Individual | Never Overwatered: How Aquatic Legumes Evolved and Reached Pantropical Distributions | 1st |
| Special Session | Ljeoma | Idika-Chima | Ohio University Libraries Graduate | Individual | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Intervention Addressing Anxiety Levels among College Students in a Midwestern University in the United States: An Effectiveness Study | 2nd |
| Special Session | Brooke | Ripley | U.S. EPA Climate Literacy Award Graduate | Individual | Flora Forward: Cultivating Reciprocity with Native Plants | 1st |
| Special Session | Srijana | Katuwal | U.S. EPA Climate Literacy Award Graduate | Individual | Exploring the Efficacy of Storytelling in Education about Climate Change | 2nd |
| Special Session | Catherine | Galla | U.S. EPA Climate Literacy Award Undergraduate | Individual | From Waste to Resource: Analyzing Compost in Soil Revitalization in Northeast Ohio | 1st |
| Special Session | Eva | Miller | U.S. EPA Climate Literacy Award Undergraduate | Individual | Rooted in Community: A Public Tree Tour and Citizen Science Initiative for Athens | 2nd |
| Special Session | Ariel | Lee | ADVANCE Undergraduate | Individual | College Perspectives on Care: Unveiling the Good, Bad, and Ugly of Healthcare | 1st |
| Special Session | Ryan | Humeniuk | ADVANCE Undergraduate | Individual | 2nd | |
| Special Session | Siqi | Ren | Papay Snyder Medical Impact Award 2025 | Individual | Runner up | |
| Special Session | Heba | Hussein | Papay Snyder Medical Impact Award 2025 | Individual | 1st | |
| Special Session | Badra | Bashir | Papay Snyder Medical Impact Award 2025 | Individual | Runner Up | |
| Special Session | Brady | Phelps | Kurtz Business Impact Award 2025 | Group | Money Ballers | 1st |
| Special Session | Nick Cunningham | Phelps | Kurtz Business Impact Award 2025 | Group | Money Ballers | 1st |
| Special Session | Tatiana | Lipert | Kurtz Business Impact Award 2025 | Group | Money Ballers | 1st |
| Special Session | Graham | Pfeifer | Kurtz Business Impact Award 2025 | Group | Money Ballers | 1st |
| Special Session | Parwinder | Singh | Kurtz Business Impact Award 2025 | Individual | Ai-Assisted resumes and career | Runner Up |
| Special Session | Edmund | Kwaku Darko | Kurtz Business Impact Award 2025 | Individual | Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training with VR | Runner Up |