
SAMURS Archives
Each year, SAM posts the results of our student work. Within the SAMURS Archives you can find a variety of research that our students and faculty engaged in throughout the years in the Puget Sound and beyond.
- SAMURS 2021 - Fall
- SAMURS 2021 - Spring
- SAMURS 2020 - Fall
- SAMURS 2020 - Spring
- SAMURS 2019
- SAMURS 2018
- SAMURS 2017
- SAMURS 2016
- SAMURS 2015
- SAMURS 2013
- SAMURS 2012
- SAMURS 2011
To request changes to this page, please contact the SAM Divisional Manager at mmiller9@uw.edu
Welcome to the Sciences and Mathematics Undergraduate Research Symposium!
The University of Washington Tacoma Environmental Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Environmental Sustainability, and Mathematics majors host an Environmental Research Symposium, Sciences and Mathematics Undergraduate Research Symposium (SAMURS). This event showcases the capstone research projects of our undergraduate students. The presentations by our undergraduate students, cover a broad range of questions and projects related to the environment, mathematics, sustainability and much more. Projects are conducted in the lab, in the trees, in the mud, in the classroom, at an aquarium, on the water, underwater and on land. Some are original research with a faculty mentor, pushing the boundaries of what is known in their fields. Others participate in internships, where they help community partners further their missions through service. What all these diverse students have in common is the determination and dedication to complete an independent study as part of their undergraduate education. We hope you are inspired and educated by what they have accomplished.
SAMURS Spring 2022 Open to the Public at UW Tacoma Tacoma Paper and Stationary Building (TPS) - No Need to Register to Attend
Click Here to Donate to the Secord Environmental Excellence Operating Account that supports UW Tacoma Sciences and Mathematics student initiatives
For students presenting at SAMURS, please click HERE to upload your documents and view submission deadlines.
Future SAMURS Dates (subject to change):
- Summer 2022: Friday 8/19/2022
- Fall 2022: Friday 12/16/2022
- Spring 2023: Thursday 6/8/2023
- Summer 2023: Friday 8/18/2023
SAMURS 2022 Awards
1st Place Best Overall Poster:
- Awardee: Amber Smith
- Faculty Mentor: Cynthia Updegrave
- Amount Awarded: $200
- Title: Restoring Titlow Park Through Invasive and Native Plant Management
2nd Place Best Overall Poster:
- Awardee: Erica Mortenson
- Faculty Mentor: Cheryl Greengrove
- Amount Awarded: $100
- Title: Longitudinal Study of Temporal and Spatial Variability of Phytoplankton from 2013-2019 in Tofino Inlet, Clayoquot Sound, B.C. Canada
1st Place Best Biomedical Sciences Poster:
- Awardee: Sabrina Bacher
- Faculty Mentor: Anna Groat-Carmona
- Amount Awarded: $200
- Title: Using Perfringolysin O (PFO) to Create a Cell-Free in vitro System to Study Mouse Malaria (Plasmodium yoelii)
2nd Place Best Biomedical Sciences Poster:
- Awardee: Jamyahn White
- Faculty Mentor: Marc Nahmani
- Amount Awarded: $100
- Title: Racial Disparities of African American women with Uterine Fibroids
1st Place Best Environmental Sciences Poster:
- Awardee: Claire O'Connor
- Faculty Mentor: Jeremy Davis
- Amount Awarded: $200
- Title: What Grows on Your Rose? Gall Wasp Communities in Urban and Rural Roses
2nd Place Best Environmental Sciences Poster:
- Awardee: Chloe Nelson
- Faculty Mentor: Cynthia Updegrave
- Amount Awarded: $100
- Title: Restoring Urban Habitat Using a Functional Requirements Approach
Mary Cline Undergraduate Memorial Research Awardees (in alphabetical order)
- Lindsay Flynt, Awarded $750.00 with faculty Bonnie Becker, Project Title 'Dungeness in a Changing Environment'
- Dane Gainey, Awarded $500.00 with faculty Tom Koontz, Project Title 'North Cascades Butterfly Survey'
- Megan Garcia, Awarded $750.00 with faculty Julie Masura, Project Title 'Dash Point State Park Restoration'
- Hailey Germeau, Awarded $750.00 with faculty Jim Gawel, Project Title 'The Role of Invasive New Zealand Snails in the Aquatic Food Web at Spirit Lake, Mount S. Helens
Congratulations to all the awardees and all students who presented at SAMURS!
SAMURS Agenda
Time | Presenters |
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9:00 AM - 9:15 AM |
Welcome - TPS Ground Floor Lobby |
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM |
Poster Session 1 - Biomedical Sciences Students
|
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM |
Talk #1 in TPS G016 Presenter: Lauren Doffing |
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM |
Poster Session 2 - Environmental Sciences Students
|
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM |
Talk #2 in TPS G016 Presenters: Erin Campion, Sade Dupuis & Olivia Kirby |
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM |
Talk #3 in TPS G016 Presenter: Maryam Al Darraji |
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM |
Poster Session 3 - Biomedical Sciences Students
|
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM |
Talk #4 in TPS G016 Presenter: Sabrina Bacher |
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM |
Talk #5 in TPS G016 Presenter: Anjanette Arvizo |
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM |
Poster Session 4 - Environmental Sciences Students
|
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM |
Talk #6 in TPS G016 Presenter: Dorothy Pak |
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM |
Talk #7 in TPS G016 Presenter: Garrett Stephenson |
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM |
Poster Session 5 - Biomedical Sciences Students
|
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM |
Talk #8 in TPS G016 Presenter: Amber Smith |
Abstracts & Posters
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