Collin College celebrates National Undergraduate Research Week (April 21-25) by spotlighting student research accomplishments and works in progress.
This curated online gallery highlights current student research at Collin College and other Research Week events. Keep checking back for updates!
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Inspired Research! Webinar, April 23, 2025
Scott Cheney
Inspired Research! Webinar featuring Dr. Monica Gallamore and her students. Hosted by Scott Cheney and sponsored by iCollin and Quest.
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Psi Beta Collin College: Southwestern Psychological Association 2025 Research Team Poster Practice (Video)
Collin College
Collin College Psi Beta SWPA 2025 Research Team Poster Practice.
Poster Title: "Human, Cyborg, or Humanoid: Can professors tell students used ChatGPT?"
Presented by: Zhongyu Li, Elwyn Toney, Emily Rosas, Winona-Isabella Nwafor, Hayden Pace, Leslie Martinez, Sydney Zapata, Navya Kalidass, Ingeborg Saenz, and Sharon Eaves (Faculty Mentor)
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Cultivating Scholars 2025
Elizabeth Hamner
Cultivating Scholars is an interdisciplinary event promoting undergraduate students and their special interest topics. It is a research-based setting meant to imitate a professional conference. Students work with Faculty Mentors to conduct a high-quality project and present it to the community.
Date: April 24, 2025, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Place: Collin College, Frisco Campus Conference Center
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Professor George Neal, "The Art of Star Wars" Lecture
George Neal
Professor George Neal demonstrates how our pop culture obsessions can be the site for academic research in this engaging talk.
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Dallas NeuroRehab Internship Panel
Jennifer O'Loughlin-Brooks
Discover how research can transform your academic journey beyond the classroom! Join Professor Jennifer O'Loughlin-Brooks and her students for an engaging panel discussion as they share their experiences interning at Dallas NeuroRehab.
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Quest Archival Research Trip, University of Texas at Austin, April 2025
Michael Schueth
In April, Collin College students visited the University of Texas-Austin to visit on-site archives, including the Briscoe Center for American History, The Harry Ransom Center, and the LBJ Presidential Library. Students received library instruction and completed archival research on a wide-variety of subject areas.
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Research Week 2025
Michael Schueth
Welcome to Undergraduate Research Week at Collin College!
This week celebrates the innovative research and scholarly work of our undergraduate students across all disciplines. From our informative webinars to Cultivating Scholars, our student poster presentation, the week offers opportunities to explore new ideas, share discoveries, and connect with fellow researchers and faculty mentors.
We invite all students, faculty, and staff to participate in these events designed to highlight the importance of undergraduate research in academic and professional development. Whether you're presenting your work or simply curious about your peers' projects, your engagement helps foster our college's culture of inquiry and excellence.
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The Art of Research and the Research of Art, 2025
Jennifer Seibert
Collin College art students share the unique role research plays in their current projects and process.
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Cultivating Scholars
Collin College
Cultivating Scholars is a Collin College, Frisco Campus event that showcases student research. Under the guidance of accomplished faculty, student scholars have delved into topics and projects across disciplines. This year, the event happens on April 18, 2024, and it is a celebration of academic scholarship and hard work. The poster presentations highlight the students’ dedication and research skills. The event inspires students to join the scholastic conversation and provides an opportunity for the college community to applaud their accomplishments.
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Secure Cislunar Communication Architecture: Cryptographic Capabilities and Protocols for Lunar Missions
Michael Hamblin and Bilal Abu Bakr
The surge in lunar missions intensifies concerns about congestion and communication reliability. This study proposes a secure cislunar architecture for real-time, cross-mission information exchange. We focus on cryptographic protocols and network design for a native IPv6 cislunar transit system.
Through a review of internet and space communication advancements, we emphasize the need for a secure network, exemplified by LunaNet. A robust data transit system with encryption is crucial for a common communication infrastructure. Traditional protocols face latency challenges. We advocate for user-friendly encryption methods to address confidentiality within the CIA Triad. Integrity is maintained through cryptographic message authentication codes. Availability is ensured by minimizing latency, implementing redundancy, and enabling dynamic re-routing.
We propose a Cislunar Relay Architecture with Pitcher and Catcher constellations. Pitcher satellites manage uplink connections, while Catcher satellites manage downlink. This mesh network configuration ensures uninterrupted communication. Secure alternatives to VPN tunneling technologies, like Optical/Laser Inter-Satellite Links, are explored.
This paper analyzes cryptographic and protocol requirements for a secure cislunar communication architecture. The Cislunar Relay Architecture offers a dependable solution for future lunar missions, guaranteeing communication in the complex cislunar environment.
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Classical Ballet: Redefining Tradition
Caroline Peacock
Caroline Peacock, Kinesiology, Plano
“Classical Ballet: Redefining Tradition”
Faculty Mentor – Dr. Roy Davis, English, Plano
An analysis of the traditional and progressive aspects of classical ballet. Comparing traditionally influenced methods with progressive methods, identifying dance science in past teaching styles, and exploring the principles of traditional styles and how they relate to modern day scientific knowledge. Emphasizing the presence of dance science throughout the tradition and explaining how the dance instructor's role has evolved with knowledge about anatomy and kinesiology. Ultimately, the evolution of ballet and incorporation of less traditional training methods is what might keep the tradition of ballet alive.
