Zack Wallace, an undergraduate at the University of Southern Mississippi, and Aimee Straka, an undergraduate at Virginia Tech, were recognized by the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Zack was awarded a fellowship, and Aimee was named Honorable Mention. Aimee and Zack were scholars in our 2023 cohort. Aimee worked with Professor Li Cai, and Zack worked with Professors David Shreiber and Kelly Kyker-Snowman.