Inspiring Minds is a campus-wide partnership between Western Research, the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, the Writing Support Centre, 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.Submissions from 2024
De-tangling DNA, Navid Afrasiabian
A green vaccine: Using plants to protect poultry from Salmonella, Carly Charron
Unveiling Agriculture's Tiny Troublemakers: Revolutionizing Spider Mite Resistance Diagnosis, Mikaelison da Silva Lima
Understanding and Quantifying Joint Catastrophic Risks, Neslihan Serra Desdemir
Studying titanium metal and oxide for a more durable future, Hunter Feltham
The Development of Interstellar Meteoroid Streams, Cole R. Gregg Mr and Paul A. Wiegert Dr
The use of high pressure to induce changes to the properties of a 2D hybrid perovskite, Aditya Kutty
The Design and Development of Persistent Luminescent Drug Carriers, Clement Lee
Molecules to Materials: Using Atomic Layer Deposition to Build Precise Organic Films, Justin T. Lomax
Rapid, Reliable, and Risk-Free Detection of Fentanyl, Paige McGarry
Production and Characterization of Human Recombinant galectin-12, Aranya Nagar
Investigating the Kinetics of the Conversion of Copper Oxide Layers on Copper to Copper Sulfide, Michael Si Nguyen
The Corrosion Study of Copper for Used Fuel Containers under Deep Geological Disposal Conditions, Xinran Pan
Fighting pests towards a healthier and more sustainable agriculture, Julia Pastor Fernández
Metal-induced protein aggregation, Zoltan W. Richter-Bisson
Journey to Mars: Rosalind Franklin Rover's Quest for Life, Ananya Srivastava
Pigs need vaccines too: plant-made pharmaceuticals for livestock, Jordan T. VanderBurgt
The LEGO Chemistry: modification of nanoclusters through click-chemistry, Carolina Vega
Seeing is believing: developing novel resistant germplasms to elucidate plant antiviral immunity, Shaokang Zhang
Submissions from 2023
Road Salt, Robert Addai
From Stardust to Life: Exploring Molecules in the Cosmos, Charmi Bhatt
Developing Anti-Corrosion Coatings for Metal Infrastructure, Jessica Bosso
Stable isotopes, tracking water, and burying nuclear waste safely, Carsyn Cassidy
Revolutionizing Computing Speed: Improved Light Detection Materials for Data Processing, Chinenye U. Ekeruche
Gravitationally Detecting Exoplanets, Chris Fox
The Development of Interstellar Meteoroid Streams, Cole R. Gregg and Paul Wiegert
Unraveling the Mysteries of Pleione: Shedding Light on Strange Spectra in a Hot Be Star, Jamie I. Griffiths
Observing the Gas Disturbed by Supermassive Black Holes in Dwarf Galaxies, Adrien Hélias
Predicting Recovery of Disorders of Consciousness, Teagen Kew
Light, Stars, Chemistry: Webb sheds light on Carbon-based Molecules in Space, Baria S. Khan
Preserving the plant partner: how copper affects plant-bacteria symbiosis, Kathryn E. Lamoureux
Using small molecules to miniaturize computer chips, Justin T. Lomax
Study of Higher Categories, Chirantan Mukherjee
Imaging Water in Clay to Aid with Short Signal Lifetime Samples in the Human Body, Samuel Perron and Alexei Ouriadov
Creating a Novel Model for the Unique Binary Star delta Scorpii, Rina Rast
Investigating whether mixed urania-thoria fuel is a safer alternative for urania fuels., Geethu Sasikala
A study illustrating the viability of in-vivo simultaneous hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI and [15O]-water PET measurements, Ramanpreet K. Sembhi
Decoding the Path to a Cure: Using zebrafish to Explore Craniometaphyseal Dysplasia, Nuwanthika Gimhani Wathuliyadde Ms
Submissions from 2022
Food induced metal release, Robert Addai
Finding Radical Ways to Synthesize Phosphorus Containing Molecules, Jeanette A. Adjei
Finding molecules in Space, Charmi Bhatt
How to wisely use the resource at the edge of network?, Shi Chang
Drivers of soil carbon dynamics in the boreal forest along a soil textural gradient, Holly Deighton
Brain Aging of Flies and Mice, Ariel Khaya Frame
Building the Next Generation of the Web, Duff Jones
Systematic Detection of Chromium Species on the Surface of Solid Materials: Leather, Ekrupe Kaur
Plants have a powerful immunity, so let's tap into it, Praveen khatri
What if there is uncertainty in the probability itself?, Yifan Li
The coolest Classical Ae stars, Anusha Ravikumar
Employing Edge computing to overcome Cloud limitations in Internet-of-Mobile-Things, Arshin Rezazadeh
Evaluation of copper as the corrosion barrier for nuclear waste containers, Mohammad Sabeti
Unraveling the footprints left in the DNA of sheep, Sarah Santos
Disabling virus through modifying host factors, Ziwei Tang
Are Mutational Biases Causing Cancer?, Marwa Tuffaha
Happy Customers: Automatic Classification of IT Customer Support Tickets, Yasmen M. Wahba
A Novel and Failsafe Blockchain Framework for Secure OTA Updates in Connected Autonomous Vehicles, Sadia Yeasmin and Anwar Haque
Solving the Challenges of Autonomous Drone Delivery, Muhammad Zakar
Submissions from 2021
Exploring the Experiences of Familial Mental Illness Stigma Among Individuals Living with Mental Illnesses, Joseph Adu
Fishing for Clean Water, Baian Almusned
Mitos On The Move: Powerhouse Of Migratory Flight, Soren Zachary Coulson
Silver and Gold: No, not the Jewelry, Nanoclusters!, Johanna A. de Jong
Killing One Plant With Two Stones: Unsuccessful Mitigation of Pollution and Nutritional Deficiencies, Marnie J. Demand
Using Robotic Telescopes to Observe Lunar Co-Orbital Asteroids, Cole R. Gregg Mr
Hibernation is Super Complex: Dynamics of Electron Transport System Supercomplexes, Amalie J. Hutchinson, Brynne M. Duffy, and James F. Staples
Why do we get leaky blood vessels?, Devika P. Jayawardena
The Role of Hydrogen on the Corrosion of Titanium, Adam M. Morgan
Protein-involved corrosion mechanisms of biomedical alloys, Saman Nikpour
Corrosion Dynamics of Carbon Steel in the Used Fuel Container, Kwang Soak Gabriel O'Donnell
Moving Beyond Diagnostic Labels in ASD and ADHD Could Improve Access to Treatment., Kaitlyn M.A Parks Ms
A Novel Sampling/Reconstruction Method for Non-Proton and Low Field MRI, Samuel Perron
Looking Inside Minerals using Sodium Nuclei and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Stephen Pilar
Can Mathematics Help Restore Forests?, Tedi Ramaj
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
Transition from Oxic to Anoxic Conditions in a Nuclear Waste Repository, Elham Salehi Alaei
Studying Fesaibility of Simultaneous Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI and [15O]water PET Measurements, Ramanpreet K. Sembhi
Image-Sensing-Smart-Parking Systems (ISenSmaP), Aakriti Sharma Ms
Diseases diagnostic tool for ginseng growers, Pankaj Singla
The Evolution of Be Star Disks in Binary Systems, Mark Suffak
Characterizing the lifetime phases of wildland fires from the Sioux Lookout District in Ontario., Chelsea Uggenti, Charmaine B. Dean, and Douglas G. Woolford
Blockchain in Cyber Security for Autonomous Vehicles, Sadia Yeasmin
Explore the life at edge: Chlamydomonas sp. UWO241, Xi Zhang