Inspiring Minds is a campus-wide partnership between Western Research, the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, the Writing Support Centre, Western Communications, Western Libraries, Student Experience, and Western's 11 faculties.

Inspiring Minds seeks to broaden awareness and impact of graduate student research, while enhancing transferrable skills. Being able to communicate your research to broad, interdisciplinary and lay audiences -- both inside and outside academia -- is becoming an increasingly important skill for scholars of all levels.

Inspiring Minds seeks to help graduate students enhance this skill.

This non-competitive showcase highlights work by Master's and doctoral students from all 11 of Western's faculties and schools.

The following series highlights all submissions received from the Faculty of Science.

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Submissions from 2023

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Road Salt, Robert Addai

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From Stardust to Life: Exploring Molecules in the Cosmos, Charmi Bhatt

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Developing Anti-Corrosion Coatings for Metal Infrastructure, Jessica Bosso

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Stable isotopes, tracking water, and burying nuclear waste safely, Carsyn Cassidy

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Revolutionizing Computing Speed: Improved Light Detection Materials for Data Processing, Chinenye U. Ekeruche

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There’s gold in them hills: Optimizing exploration of the Troilus deposit, Quebec by reevaluating the mechanisms of ore deposition, Tavis Enno

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Gravitationally Detecting Exoplanets, Chris Fox

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The Development of Interstellar Meteoroid Streams, Cole R. Gregg and Paul Wiegert

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Unraveling the Mysteries of Pleione: Shedding Light on Strange Spectra in a Hot Be Star, Jamie I. Griffiths

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Observing the Gas Disturbed by Supermassive Black Holes in Dwarf Galaxies, Adrien Hélias

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Predicting Recovery of Disorders of Consciousness, Teagen Kew

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Light, Stars, Chemistry: Webb sheds light on Carbon-based Molecules in Space, Baria S. Khan

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Preserving the plant partner: how copper affects plant-bacteria symbiosis, Kathryn E. Lamoureux

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Using small molecules to miniaturize computer chips, Justin T. Lomax

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Study of Higher Categories, Chirantan Mukherjee

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Imaging Water in Clay to Aid with Short Signal Lifetime Samples in the Human Body, Samuel Perron and Alexei Ouriadov

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Creating a Novel Model for the Unique Binary Star delta Scorpii, Rina Rast

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Investigating whether mixed urania-thoria fuel is a safer alternative for urania fuels., Geethu Sasikala

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A study illustrating the viability of in-vivo simultaneous hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI and [15O]-water PET measurements, Ramanpreet K. Sembhi

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Corrosion of copper in contact with bentonite and deliquescence salts from bentonite under DGR-relevant conditions, Na Wang

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Decoding the Path to a Cure: Using zebrafish to Explore Craniometaphyseal Dysplasia, Nuwanthika Gimhani Wathuliyadde Ms

Submissions from 2022

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Food induced metal release, Robert Addai

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Finding Radical Ways to Synthesize Phosphorus Containing Molecules, Jeanette A. Adjei

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Finding molecules in Space, Charmi Bhatt

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How to wisely use the resource at the edge of network?, Shi Chang

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Drivers of soil carbon dynamics in the boreal forest along a soil textural gradient, Holly Deighton

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Brain Aging of Flies and Mice, Ariel Khaya Frame

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Building the Next Generation of the Web, Duff Jones

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Systematic Detection of Chromium Species on the Surface of Solid Materials: Leather, Ekrupe Kaur

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Plants have a powerful immunity, so let's tap into it, Praveen khatri

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What if there is uncertainty in the probability itself?, Yifan Li

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The coolest Classical Ae stars, Anusha Ravikumar

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Employing Edge computing to overcome Cloud limitations in Internet-of-Mobile-Things, Arshin Rezazadeh

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Evaluation of copper as the corrosion barrier for nuclear waste containers, Mohammad Sabeti

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Unraveling the footprints left in the DNA of sheep, Sarah Santos

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Disabling virus through modifying host factors, Ziwei Tang

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Are Mutational Biases Causing Cancer?, Marwa Tuffaha

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Happy Customers: Automatic Classification of IT Customer Support Tickets, Yasmen M. Wahba

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A Novel and Failsafe Blockchain Framework for Secure OTA Updates in Connected Autonomous Vehicles, Sadia Yeasmin and Anwar Haque

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Solving the Challenges of Autonomous Drone Delivery, Muhammad Zakar

Submissions from 2021

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Exploring the Experiences of Familial Mental Illness Stigma Among Individuals Living with Mental Illnesses, Joseph Adu

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Fishing for Clean Water, Baian Almusned

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Mitos On The Move: Powerhouse Of Migratory Flight, Soren Zachary Coulson

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Silver and Gold: No, not the Jewelry, Nanoclusters!, Johanna A. de Jong

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Killing One Plant With Two Stones: Unsuccessful Mitigation of Pollution and Nutritional Deficiencies, Marnie J. Demand

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Diamonds are Forever: Structural-chemical Characterization of Kimberlite Indicator Minerals as a Reconnaissance Tool to Vector Future Exploration, Song Gao

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Using Robotic Telescopes to Observe Lunar Co-Orbital Asteroids, Cole R. Gregg Mr

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Reducing Residual Motion and Noise from Myocardial Perfusion for Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease using Deep Learning Coronary, Mahmud Hasan

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Hibernation is Super Complex: Dynamics of Electron Transport System Supercomplexes, Amalie J. Hutchinson, Brynne M. Duffy, and James F. Staples

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Why do we get leaky blood vessels?, Devika P. Jayawardena

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The Role of Hydrogen on the Corrosion of Titanium, Adam M. Morgan

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Protein-involved corrosion mechanisms of biomedical alloys, Saman Nikpour

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Corrosion Dynamics of Carbon Steel in the Used Fuel Container, Kwang Soak Gabriel O'Donnell

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Moving Beyond Diagnostic Labels in ASD and ADHD Could Improve Access to Treatment., Kaitlyn M.A Parks Ms

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A Novel Sampling/Reconstruction Method for Non-Proton and Low Field MRI, Samuel Perron

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Looking Inside Minerals using Sodium Nuclei and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Stephen Pilar

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Can Mathematics Help Restore Forests?, Tedi Ramaj

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The role of prr12a and prr12b in Zebrafish: A Model for a Rare Human Disease, Renee J. Resendes BSc; Gregory M. Kelly PhD; and Tugce Balci MD, FRCPC FCCMG

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Transition from Oxic to Anoxic Conditions in a Nuclear Waste Repository, Elham Salehi Alaei

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Studying Fesaibility of Simultaneous Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI and [15O]water PET Measurements, Ramanpreet K. Sembhi

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Image-Sensing-Smart-Parking Systems (ISenSmaP), Aakriti Sharma Ms

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Diseases diagnostic tool for ginseng growers, Pankaj Singla

The Evolution of Be Star Disks in Binary Systems, Mark Suffak

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Characterizing the lifetime phases of wildland fires from the Sioux Lookout District in Ontario., Chelsea Uggenti, Charmaine B. Dean, and Douglas G. Woolford

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Blockchain in Cyber Security for Autonomous Vehicles, Sadia Yeasmin

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Explore the life at edge: Chlamydomonas sp. UWO241, Xi Zhang