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Eighteen WKU undergraduate students have been awarded Fall 2026 Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) awards, which support original research and creative projects conducted in collaboration with faculty mentors. Awardees were eligible to begin their work as of the grant's start date, August 14, 2026, and have up to 17 months or until graduation to complete their projects.
This semester's awardees represent a range of disciplines, from psychological sciences and physics to political science, history, and the arts. Projects include production of a short film, research on wavelength shifting materials, a string instrument pedagogy workshop, optimization of soil hydraulic function and many others.
Recipients include:
Bir Altabbaa, mentored by Dr. Matthew Woodward, Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences
Ella Bryant, mentored by Shaina Feldman, Assistant Professor of the School of Media & Communication
Emma Childress, mentored by Dr. Jessi Thomsen, Assistant Professor of the English department
Cain Del Savio, mentored by Dr. Farley Norman, University Distinguished Professor of Psychological Sciences
Brennan Edwards, mentored by Dr. Ivan Novikov, Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy
Lily Haynes, mentored by Dr. Diane Lickenbrock, Professor of Psychological Sciences
Matthew Hunter, mentored by Dr. Steven R. Wininger, Professor of Psychology
Noah Jennings, mentored by Dr. Jason Polk, Professor of Earth, Environmental, & Atmospheric Sciences
Mary Grace Johnson, mentored by Dr. Amy Brausch, Professor of Psychological Sciences
Campbell Lahman, mentored by Dr. Timothy Rich, Professor of Political Science
Derek Markus, mentored by Dr. Ching-Yi Lin, Professor of the Music department
Jodie Meiser, mentored by Dr. Katlyn Hettinger, Assistant Professor of Economics
Elaina Oakes, mentored by Dr. Timothy Rich, Professor of Political Science
Nik Schintgen, mentored by Dr. Giliane Rasbold, Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental, & Atmospheric Sciences
Malleshwar Jayaraman Suresh, mentored by Dr. Kevin Williams, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Matthew Taylor, mentored by Dr. Katherine Lennard, Associate Professor of the History department
Ashten Tignor, mentored by Dr. Navdeep Singh, Assistant Professor of Agriculture & Food Science
Jagger Tomes, mentored by Dr. John Hostetter, Assistant Professor of Analytics & Information Systems
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