2025

Rice University – Summer 2025

Meet the 2025 NSF Awardees

Deborah Fu

University of Michigan

Advisor: Dr. Pat DeLucia
Project: The effects of modality and memory load on TTC estimates

Eric Zhou

University of Utah

Advisor: Dr. Pat DeLucia
Project: The impact of velocity and vehicle size on pedestrian street-crossing decisions

Raya Cruse

Eastern Connecticut State University

Advisor: Dr. Kirsten Adam
Project: Visual working memory: Real-world versus simple stimuli

Ricky Pagnozzi

The University of Texas at San Antonio

Advisor: Dr. Chris Fagundes
Project: Childhood trauma moderates the relationship between caregiver burden, perceived stress, and emotional wellbeing in spousal dementia caregivers

 

Autumn Savage

University of West Florida

Advisor: Dr. Fred Oswald
Project: Understanding AI and personal characteristics

Katie Heberlein

Old Dominion University

Advisor: Dr. Phil Kortum and Dr. Mike Byrne
Project: Digital prompts for ballot marking devices: Increasing voters’ ballot verification rates

Mara Landers

Oberlin College

Advisor: Dr. Margaret Beier
Project: From early instability to lifelong learning: Examining the mechanisms between school mobility, socioeconomic status, and adult learning intentions

Naci Konar-Steenberg

Oberlin College

Advisor: Dr. Tianjun Sun
Project: What variables influence the accuracy of AI chatbot-based personality assessment

Guest Speakers

A variety of professors and post docs came to speak to our REU students about their research