2025 Candidates—W

WAGHE, SHREYAS — COMPUTER SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Polarity-Based Feedback in a Single Cell Model Leads to Collective Cell Migration 
Andreas Buttenschoen, Mathematics & Statistics 

WAGNER, ANNA E. — OPERATIONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Addressing Overcrowding in Emergency Departments Through Operations Management 
Senay Solak, Isenberg School of Management 

WALD, ZACHARY L. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Breaking Bread: Utilizing Dialogue to Build Community Between Jewish and Muslim Students 
Mari Castañeda, Commonwealth Honors College 

WALKO, CLAIRE Z. — CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Metal Doping of Antimony Molybdate Oxide Photocatalysts for Sustainable Nitrogen Fertilizer Production 
Nianqiang Wu, Chemical Engineering 

WALLACE, MICHAEL G. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

WARE, NATHAN A. — ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Configurations for Energy Storage-Enabled Water Heaters 
Jayant Taneja, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

WEBBER, ELIJAH Q. — ENGLISH 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The First Word 
London Beck, Writing Program 

WHEELER, MAXWELL J. — MUSIC 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 

WHITSON, HANNAH P. — SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING SCIENCES 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Using Story Retelling as a Marker in Subclinical Aphasia 
Jacquie Kurland, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences 

WIERZBOWSKI, NICHOLAS E. — COMPUTER SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Strength in Struggle 
Elena T. Carbone, Nutrition 

WING, SAMANTHA A. — COMMUNICATION; LEGAL STUDIES 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Dating Apps in Relation to the Rise of Short-Term Relationships 
Erica Scharrer, Communication 

WINKLER, MEGAN — BIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Prime Pull Vaccination Against Aggressive Cancer Models 
Prabhani U. Atukorale, Biomedical Engineering 

WITKOWSKI-DESPRES, ELIJAH — POLITICAL SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Cultural Colonialism: The Effect of Colonialism on Food, Culture, and Religion in Jamaica 
Maxine Oland, Commonwealth Honors College 

WITTMER, JORDAN H. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Social Media and Romantic Relationships 
Erica Scharrer, Communication 

WITTMIER, SCOUT A. — HISTORY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

WONG, GWUN Y. — MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
A Taste of History: Exploring Japan's Past Through Cuisine 
Reiko Sono, Languages, Literatures, & Cultures 

WONG, HELENA K. — NURSING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Caring for Patients from Underserved Asian Communities: A Virtual Toolkit Training Nursing Students in the Use of Culturally Competent Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) 
Jeungok Choi, Nursing 

WOODWARD, OWEN D. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Impact of Extra Practice on Sleep-Dependent Memory Consolidation in Older Adults 
Rebecca M. C. Spencer, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

WYNJA, REID D. — MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Analyzing the Movement of the Mola mola Fish Through Robotic Modeling 
Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering