The University of Nebraska–Lincoln has awarded stipends to 160 Husker undergraduates to participate in research with a faculty mentor during the fall and spring semesters.
Nebraska’s Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experiences Program supports undergraduates to work with faculty mentors in research or creative activities. Students receive stipends of $3,600 to engage in intensive research or creative activity for 10 hours per week. The students’ projects span academic disciplines including engineering, chemistry, modern languages and literatures, psychology, art and art history, architecture, special education, and fisheries and wildlife.
UCARE participants will present posters on their research and creative activities during Student Research Days, April 7 and 8, at the Nebraska Union.
Applications for the 2026-27 UCARE program open Nov. 12, with a deadline of Feb. 10. For more information and to apply, click here.
Following is a list of School of Computing students who received 2025-26 UCARE awards, with their year in school, academic major(s) and project title:
• Yasir Almotawa, senior, biological sciences and computer science, “Development of New Ensemble Transcriptome Assembly Methods with Machine-Learning Frameworks.”
• Armon'e Dean, senior, computer science, “Mapping Access to Civil Justice Data: Interdisciplinary Research Project.”
• David Khuu, senior, computer science and mathematics, “Analysis of Pancreatic Cancer Growth Using Mathematical Modeling.”
• Andrew Kula, junior, software engineering, “Visualization for Explanations in Decision Support.”
• CJ McNamara IV, senior, mechanical engineering and computer engineering, “Effects of Annealing on the Emissivity of Femtosecond Laser Processed Surfaces.”
• Samarpan Mohanty, sophomore, computer engineering, “Accelerating Solid-State Battery Electrolyte Design via Automated Machine Learning.”
• Mohamed Mousa, senior, computer science, “Exploring Emotional Intelligence in AI: Understanding Existing Models and Their Potential for Future Development.”
• Aidan Nachi, junior, computer science and mathematics, “Enhancing Recruitment and Engagement of an Online Community of Practice Platform for K-12 CS Educators.”
• Dakoda Oden, junior, computer science, “Mapping Access to Civil Justice Data: Interdisciplinary Research Project.”
• Sofia Sharif, sophomore, software engineering, “Visualization for Explanations in Decision Support.”
• Roy Truong, senior, software engineering, “Large Language-Vision Model-Enabled Automatic Target Recognition.”
• Carston Wiebe, senior, computer engineering, “Visualization for Explanations in Decision Support.”
View the full list of stipend recipients in Nebraska Today.
