UW–Platteville Students Showcase Research at State Capitol During Research in the Rotunda

Students from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and University of Wisconsin-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County presented their research projects at the Research in the Rotunda on Wednesday at the Wisconsin State Capitol, joining undergraduate researchers from across the Universities of Wisconsin.

The annual event highlights outstanding undergraduate research and gives students the opportunity to share their work with state legislators, university leaders and the public. Representing UW-Platteville and UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County, students presented projects spanning agriculture, psychology, biology and engineering.

Research in the Rotunda provides undergraduate students with a platform to highlight how their work contributes to solving real-world challenges and advancing knowledge across disciplines. Participation in the event reflects UW-Platteville's continued commitment to hands-on learning and student research opportunities.

The following students and faculty mentors represented UW-Platteville and UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County:

UW-Platteville

• Carley Nehls and Connor Gresens (Animal Science), mentored by James Hampton
  Early Postpartum Progesterone Treatment to Encourage Cyclicity in Dairy Cows
• Ciara Settles (Psychology), mentored by Kameko Halfmann
  Reduce, Reuse, Realize: Consumers Susceptibility to Greenwashing in Ads
• Gillianne Wagner, Myjah Drews and Max Schneider (Biology), mentored by Zifan Wan
  Cold Plasma-Activated Water as a Replacement for Chemical Solutions in the Sterilization of Food Contact Surfaces
• Tyler Hendee, Nick Scharschmidt and Luke Diljak (Engineering Physics), mentored by Fen Stephan and Gokul Gopalakrishnan
  Adapting Scalable Semiconductor Processing Techniques for Advanced Manufacturing and Biotechnology Applications
• Nicholas Baker (Engineering Physics), mentored by James Hamilton
  Polymer Pretreatment and Cross-material Screening to Suppress Pinholes in UV/EUV Mirror Coatings
• Liliana Varela, Morgan Williams and Gianna Cisneros (Psychology), mentored by Blair Braun
  How do we know what is true? The impact of photos and social media on the illusory truth effect

UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County

• William Royal and Tobin LeFevre (Undeclared/Biology), mentored by David Olson
  GEFmeso Expression and Function in the Fruit Fly Neuromuscular Junction