King Creativity Fund

King Scholars


2024-2025 KING SCHOLARS

2025 King Creativity Symposium & Banquet
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

5:00-8:00pm in Bishops Lounge, McCombs Campus Center

CREATIVE MINDS CREATIVE BONDS

 

Karim Clarke ’26, Rachael Ng ’26

Advisor: Chelsea Massaro

 ABSTRACT ROBOTIC ART

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Sara Dessens ’27, Collin Cook ’26
Advisor: Steve Alexander

POLLY: PUSHING THE FRONTIER OF PROSTHETICS


Ryan Andrade ’25
Advisors: Melanie Hoag, Laura Hobgood

GRAPHIC NOVEL TEXT-TO-SPEECH PROGRAM

 

Camille James ’27

Advisor: Barbara Anthony

 RETURN OF THE PRINT!

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Carolyn Bray ’27, Alison Dunn ’27,

Zoe Hein ’26, Gerald Jones, ’26,

Augustus Papasan ’27, Maglor Williams ’27

Advisor: Bob Bednar

LEARNING COMMONS MURAL


Kendyl Feuerbacher ’27, Mia Figueroa ’26,

Eliana Solis ’26, Ashten Wheeler ’25
Advisor: Laurel Mulkey

OPEN SOURCE 3D BIOPRINTING - HOW CHOCOLATE CAN EXPAND OUR CAPABILITIES

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Amanda Mejia ’27, Joseph Dorsey ’26
Advisor: Steve Alexander

LET’S MAKE A ROBOT: BUILDING AN OPEN SOURCE TETRAPOD

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Colin Cook ’26, Ben McKallip ’26

Advisors: Steve Alexander, Jacob Schrum

AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE AFFINITY BETWEEN ZOOXANTHELLAE AND ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI USING BIOLUMINESCENT PROPERTIES

 

Murphy Jacobie ’27
Adivsor: Stacie Brown

 


2023-2024 KING SCHOLARS

Regaining Strength, Range of Motion, and Alignment in a Young Adult Male and Spastic Quadriplegia


Jay Hannath ’23, Taylor Dean ’25,
Madison Deitch ’25, Landry Gilpin ’23
Advisor: Vanessa Mikan

Robotic Plant Growth System


Annalina Slover ’26, Hallie Martinez ’26, Isabella Saldivar ’26, Eliana Solis ’26,
Carolyn Waldie ’26
Advisors: Steve Alexander and Dilani Koswatta

Emotion in Mathematical Art


Paige Chapman ’24, Nina Woodward ’25
Advisor: Cody Crosby

Coral Bioluminescence: An Affinity of Zooxanthellae and Aliivibrio Fischeri on the Macro Scale


Murphy Jacobie ’27
Advisor: Stacie Brown

Click in Time


Joanna Garcia Robles ’24
Advisor: Ron Geibel

The Mechanical Man


Angel Rodriguez ’24, Noor Nazeer ’24
Advisor: Cody Crosby

Framing Texas: Highlighting the Marginalized Groups Who’ve Built Our Lone Star State

 

Aleena Khan ’24, Daniela Echevarria ’24, Natasha Ndele ’24, Eric Salinas ’25,
Mia Santoscoy ’26, Layla Sinno ’24
Advisors: Josh Long and Alicia Moore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




2022-2023 KING SCHOLARS

King Scholars Video

 THIS IS MY STORY

 

Kathleen Burnett ’25, Vanessa Calabaza ’25

Advisor: Alicia Moore

THE REASONS FOR SEASONS

 

Allison Hentges ’24
Advisor: Michael Kamen

HAVE YOU WALKED A MILE IN THEIR SHOES?

 

Madison Devoe ’24
Advisor: Kelsey Baker (fa) & Star Varner (sp)

BUILDING A 3D PRINTER WITH AN INTEGRATED LIDAR SENOR

 

Domenic Cordova ’23

Advisor: Cody Crosby

QUITNIC APP

 

Cynthia Bashara ’23, Alejandro Medina ’25, Annelise “Annie” Bass ’23

Advisor: Fay Guarraci

HIGH POWERED ROCKETRY

 

Noah Pyles ’25, Braden Anderson ’24, Angel Rodriguez ’24, Sabrina “Nina” Woodward ’24
Advisor: Cody Crosby

PHYSIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF WEARING A SURGICAL MASK DURING HIGH-INTENSITY EXERCISE

 

Diana Combs ’23

Advisor: Edward Merritt

TO SHED LIGHT: USING 3D DESIGN SOFTWARE AND A LASER CUTTER TO ENHANCE INTERIOR SPACE

 

Oliver Johnson ’23

Advisor: Cody Crosby

I AM WHAT I AM: A PROTEST THROUGH MUSIC AND DRAG

 

Eric Salinas ’25
Advisor: Michael Cooper

DESIGNING GROUP PROJECTS THAT FOCUS ON PROMOTING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

  

David Salvania ’26

Advisor: Jim Kilfoyle

HORROR MOVIES AND PSYCHOANALYSIS

 

Max McDaniel ’23

Advisor: Jim Kilfoyle

AUTOMATIC SPOTLIGHT TRACKING

 

Aidan Balakrishnan ’26

Advisor: John Ore

HELIOS HOUSE

 

DeVonte’ Rogers ’26, Gerald Jones ’26, Finnegan “Finn” Bishop ’24, Daniela “Dani” Echevarria ’24, Katherine “Kate” McCourt ’25, Aleena Khan ’24, Jun Vann ’26, Zeest Khan ’24

Advisor: Melanie Hoag, Gabriel Pena