Experiential Expo Spring 2026
The Experiential Expo Spring 2026 offers students the opportunity to explore experiential learning opportunties and meet with employers who hire from a broad range of majors.
Room Schedule
Banquet Halls B, C, D, E:
- Poster Presentations: 10AM-12PM
- Career Fair: 1PM-4PM
Loft:
- Steele Center Speed Sell: 10AM-12PM
- Best and Brightest Presentation: 12PM-12:15PM
GUC 200:
Oral Presentations: 10AM-2PM
Employers in Attendance
| ABC Supply | Constellium | Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) | Martin Inc. | Tuscaloosa Police Department |
| Bank Independent | Cottage of the Shoals | First Metro Bank | Nucor | United Benefits |
| CB & S Bank | Decatur Utilities | Fundfi Merchant Funding | Renaissance Shoals Resort & Spa | United States Marine Corps |
| Birmingham U.S. Army Health Care Recruiting | Eagle Sky Christian Camp | Hexcel | Republic Finance LLC | Valley Credit Union |
| Cintas | Enterprise Mobility | Huntsville Police Department | Sweet Peppers Deli | WHNT TV |
| Consolidated Electrical Distributors (CED) | Fastenal Company | Lockheed Martin | Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) |
Presentations
| Poster Presentations | Titles | Major |
| Jiayue Zhu | Assessing saline-alkali land governance in the Yellow River Delta, China | Geography |
| Xinyan Li | GIS-Based Multi-Criteria Flood Risk Assessment and Zoning in New Orleans, Louisiana | Geography |
| wansheng wu | The characteristics of vegetation coverage change and its driving mechanism in the recent two or three decades in the White Ji Tan area of Ningxia | Geography |
| Liren Liao | Industrialization and Urban Expansion along the Yellow River: Evidence from Jinan, 1985–2005 | Geography |
| Yifan Luo | A Study on the Development and Changes of Shanghai over 20 Years | Geography |
| Chenchen Yang | Urban Heat Island Analysis in Wuhan, China: Effects of Land Use and Urban Expansion from 2000 to 2025 Project Type: Poster Presentation |
Geography |
| Johnathan Ballard | People and Geographic Regions | Geography |
| Yuqi Guan | Assessing the Impact of Flooding on Urban Road Networks in the Greater Shoals Region Using GIS | Geography |
| yuqiu jin | GIS analysis of vehicle water immersion accidents | Geography |
| Changzhen Zhao | Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Expansion and Crop Health in Classic Agricultural Regions of the United States | Geography |
| Meg Gooch | Determining Soil Bacteria Abundance and Importance to Nutrient Uptake and Crop Yield in Biochar Fertilizers | Biology |
| Ravyn Miller | Weed Shiner Distribution After the Construction of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Canal | Geography |
| Shengzhe Zhao | GIS-Based Analysis of Public Service Accessibility and Inequality in Tokyo | Geography |
| Ying Wang | Identification of Priority Areas for Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean | Geography |
| Liu Lian | Shanghai's land use change | Geography |
| Yu XinChen | Assessing Rice Cultivation Suitability in Arkansas Using Climate and Environmental Factors | Geography |
| Tianyu Wu | Wildfire Impact and Social Vulnerability Analysis Using GIS and Remote Sensing: A Case Study of the 2023 Maui Wildfire | Geography |
| Yilin Gu | Spatial Suitability Evaluation of the Kona Coffee Growing Area on the Big Island of Hawaii | Geography |
| Hope Dicken | Evaluating the Potential Impact of Ankyrin Repeat and SOCS Box Containing 10 Missense D91Y as it relates to Open Angle Glaucoma Using in silico Prediction Tools and Molecular Modeling | Engineering |
| Andrew Page | Characterization of SAMHD1 HIS/ASP HD Domain Variants Disrupting Metal Ion Coordination in Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome" | Biology |
| Lillibeth Duberry | Bioinformatic Characterization of Variants of COL11A2 Associated with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis | Computer Science |
| Collin Summers | Exploring the Impact of COLQ Mutations on Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes | Computer Science |
| Heather Weston | Characterizing the Pathogenicity of Glycine Swap VUS in STK-11 related to Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome | Engineering |
| Joseph Pope | Using Bioinformatics to Characterize Missense Variants of SERPINA1 Associated with Bronchiectasis | Mathematics |
| Madison Gates and Jason Mahdi | Evaluating potential impact of variants R157S and T281M in PSEN1 on Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease via in silico prediction and molecular modeling | Biology and Biochemistry |
| Ja'Larris Williams | Exploitation, Commercialization, and Integrity: Legal Perspectives on Sports Betting | Sport Management |
| Blake Carter | Deciphering the Unknown: A Computational Characterization of the HEXA Variant Thr467Ala in Tay-Sachs Disease | Computer Science |
| Brandon Mosley | From Immigration Restriction to Eugenic Control: Mexican Identity in Interwar California | History |
| Janna Calise, Brynn Collier, Kenzie Dutton, Kaitlyn Jones, Sophie McAnally, & Megan Sowards | The effect of regret salience and immediacy on the decoy effect | Psychology |
| Manuela Gomes | Lights & Shadows: Remembrance | English |
| Megan Sowards and Alex Rhoades | The Influence of Coaching Styles on Collegiate Athlete Motivation | Psychology |
| Catherine Thuo | Semantic Search of AutoCAD Drawing Repositories via Cost-Effective Multi-AI Specification Extraction | Computer Science |
| Sarah Larkin Lewis | The effects of menstrual phase on thermoregulation in eumenorrheic women during heated exercise | Exercise Science and Health Promotion |
| Joice Lacruz | Effects of Yerba Mate Supplementation on Inflammatory Profiles in Overweight Older Adults | exercise science and health promotion |
| Madison Wilbanks | Design & Construction Week 2026: Student Engagement at KBIS & IBS | Interior Architecture and Design |
| Amanda Banks | The Bagivator | Global Business |
| Micheal Gilliland | Ragtime and St. Louis | History |
| Lana Murphy | Identifying the Function of Protein 3CBW Through Computational Analysis | Bachelors of Science in Health |
| Natalie Holt | Biodiversity of Centrarchid Parasites of North Alabama | Biology |
| Cynthia Vielma | Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Wisdom in Mathematics | Mathematics |
| Laila McCluskey | Beyond Pass/Fail: Developing a Mastery Continuum for College Algebra | Mathematics |
| Lexie Stucky | Color Trades on Generalized Theta and Wheel Graphs | Mathematics |
| Manly Barksdale | The Effects of Caffeine on Cold Tolerance | Exercise Science |
| Declan Price | UNA to UOS: My Study Abroad Experience | Marketing |
| Tyler Amos | Applications of Drones in Land Surveying | Geography |
| Joseph Williford | AI-Driven Surveying: Advancements in Field Operations and Digital Drafting Techniques | Geographic Information Science |
| Noah Bishop | Effects of Varying Caffeine Doses on 5-km Rucking Performance and Cognitive Processing in Active Men and Women | Exercise Science |
| Courtney Dillard | Mindset Matters: How Stress Perception Shapes the Body’s Response to Exercise | Exercise Science and Health Promotion |
| German Melgar Roca | Ketone Monoester, With and Without Caffeine, Prevents Mental Fatigue and Preserves Cognitive Performance. | Exercise Science and Health promotions |
| Benjamin Williams | Physiological and Perceptual Demands of Overground Vs. Motorized Treadmill Running | Exercise Science and Health Promotion |
| Tianyu Wu | Urban Heat Island Analysis in Wuhan, China: Effects of Land Use and Urban Expansion from 2000 to 2025 | Geographic Information Science |
| Joshua Barnes | ChemE Car | Engineering |
| Audrey Blackwelder, Lacey Good, Abby Thornton | A Pretty Penny: Payment of Healthcare in the United States vs the United Kingdom | BSN |
| Holli Hardin | The Lamp and Legacy of Florence Nightingale | BSN |
| Mallory Gibson, Emily Duncan, Jed Clements, & McKinsey Rae | Two Systems, One Goal: Comparing U.S. and U.K. Healthcare | BSN |
| Lilly Bozman | Passport to Perspective: Mental Health Learning Through UK Study Abroad | BSN |
| Eliza Balch | Same Illness, Different Experience: U.S. & U.K Healthcare | BSN |
| Oral Presentations | ||
| Lauren Butté | Sobering | English |
| Lucas Hasting | Methods in Deep Reinforcement Learning Used to Play Kirby’s Dream Land. | CS/CIS |
| Samantha Arnold | "Reconfiguring East Harlem: The Italian-American Dilemma in Policy" | Public History |
| Lindsay White | Far from These Red Hills’: Distance, Disability, and Religious Ableism in Flannery O’Connor’s “Good Country People” | English |
| Riley Miller | Til Death Does | English |
| Literary Archive Group | ||
| Gabriel Stadler | English | |
| Sydnee Aaron | English | |
| Enyce Mullins | English | |
| Olivia Williams | English |