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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH & CREATIVE INQUIRY

SPRING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FESTIVAL

03.26.2019

Ohio Union

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Schedule of Events.............................................2

Save the Date.....................................................3

Images of Research + Arts Finalists.....................4

Welcome Message..............................................5

Session 1.......................................................6-18

Session 2.....................................................19-30

Session 3.....................................................31-42

Session 4.....................................................43-53

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

9:30-9:45 am - Session 1 Registration

10:00-11:00 am - Session 1 Presentations

11:00-11:15 am - Session 2 Registration

11:30 am-12:30 pm - Session 2 Presentations

1:00-1:15 pm - Session 3 Registration

1:30-2:30 pm - Session 3 Presentations

2:30-2:45 pm - Session 4 Registration

3:00-4:00 pm - Session 4 Presentations

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SAVE THE DATE

Autumn Undergraduate Research Festival

November 3, 2019

25th Annual Denman Undergraduate Research Forum

March 3, 2020

Spring Undergraduate Research Festival

March 26, 2020

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IMAGES OF RESEARCH + ARTS COMPETITION FINALISTS

Laura DeAngelis - "Erbschuld" Emilia Bowers - "A Portrait of Medicine: Waking up with ADHD"

Julia Mattis - "She is Beauty, She is Grace"

Danielle Wolf - "#nofilter"

Message from Undergraduate

Research & Creative Inquiry

Team

Dear Students and Colleagues, It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the Spring Undergraduate Research Festival. Over two hundred undergraduates are presenting their research and creative endeavors throughout the day. Under the direction of their research mentors, students carried out collaborative research projects to solve pressing local, statewide, national and global issues.We would like to extend a special thank you to our research mentors, volunteers and visitors. Congratulations to our students on their research accomplishments. Have a wonderful day. Sincerely,The Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry Team

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Session 1

10:00-11:00 am

6

3-Minute Thesis Competition

Student Presenter Project TitleTime

Alexander Crum The Role of MG53 in Neuromuscular Junction

Transmission and Motor Unit Connectivity

10:09-10:13 am

Douglas Fink Field Programmable Short Wave Infrared

Photodetectors

10:13-10:17 am

Anna Garrett An Investigation of Animal Cruelty Cases in Ohio

10:17-10:21 am

Michelle McKenzie Effects of word frequency on language processing in

Russian and English

10:25-10:29 am

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Senate Chamber Room

Bryce Boron TBD10:05-10:09 am

3-Minute Thesis Competition

Heather Pechtl Effects of 3-nitrooxypropanol on rumen fermentation and

feeding behavior in beef cattle fed a growing diet

10:29-10:33 am

Joseph Smith The Seasonality of Nutrients in Stormwater Runoff from Residential Sewersheds in

Columbus, Ohio

10:33-10:37 am

Sarthak Soni Cryptocurrency- A Financial Revolution?

10:37-10:41 am

Angella Volchko Machine Control System Modeling and Design for

Incremental Profile Forming of Metal Tubular Structures

10:41-10:45 am

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Senate Chamber Room

Oral Presentations

Rachael Bachman Preliminary analysis of surgical decisions for persons

with non-arthritic hip pain

10:00 - 10:10 am

Nathan Kudlapur Characterization of Glutamyl-tRNA Synthetase Point

Mutations in Human Disease

10:30 - 10:40 am

Nydia Kung Investigating a Small-molecule Compound Series

with Anti-Glioblastoma Multiforme Effects

10:40 - 10:50 am

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Corey Keyser Joint Modelling of Neural and Behavioral Data for Dynamic

Evidence Accumulation

10:10 - 10:20 am

Hilary Kordecki The Effects of Insecticides, Fungicides, and Adjuvant

Combinations on Honey Bee Brood Development

10:20 - 10:30 am

Student-Alumni Council Room


Oral Presentations

Ishan Rola Use of APEX2 to identify proteins contributing to ASIC-

mediated acidotoxicity

10:20 - 10:30 am

Eitan Rothberg Optimal Modeling of Volumetric 3-D Data

10:30 - 10:40 am

Rachel Sangret Mediating Variables for Disrupted Attachment and

Suicide Attempts

10:40-10:50 am

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Matthew McMillan Communities of Interest: Do Interest Groups Collude to

Maximize Influence?

10:10 - 10:20 am

Alexis Lynch Chemotherapy alters morphology, immunology,

and bile acid signaling in the intestine of mice in a

segment-dependent manner

10:00-10:10 am

Ohio Staters, Inc. Founders Room


Poster PresentationsArchie M. Griffin Ballroom

Colin Angell The role of Melusin in muscular dystrophy

1

Adriana Arribas Linear Extension Growth (Aerial Surface Area) of Porites Lobata due to simulated changes in

ambient temperature and pCO2 levels

2

Sofia Baena Cognitive impairment in breast and gynecologic

cancer patients undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy

3

Sydney Baker Life on the coast: comparing dietary health biomarkers

from Pre-Ceramic Shellmound and Ceramic

skeletal series in Santa Catarina, Brazil

4

Brian Barnes Investigating Gender Perceptions via Video Game

Characters

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Student Presenter Project TitlePoster Number

Poster Presentations Archie M. Griffin Ballroom

Maya Bode Learning and kicking frequency in three month old

infants with complex congenital heart defects

using the mobile paradigm: preliminary data

6

Charles Bowlby The equine inflammatory response to abdominal

surgery in the absence of gastrointestinal disease

7

Victoria Bradford An Exploration of Hypnotic Responsiveness,

Standardized Test Performance, and Academic

Ability

8

Hannah Burgoon Vertical Garden Food Safety with Portable Cooler

9

Gwen Caven Veterans' Action League: Engaging Veterans in Healthcare Research

10

12



Yuyi Chang Driver Behavior Analysis on Simplified Car Following

Model in Freeway Congested Traffic

11

Shivani Deshpande Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Studies after Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Stress in an Experimental Rat Model

12

Jianru Ding Systematic Literature Review of Published Service Level

Objectives

13

Julia Evans Computer Aided Design to Engineer Calmodulin

14

Alex Fester A Review of Integrative Approaches to Self-

management of Hypertension

15

Katie Fineran A Study of Crop-Tree Release as a Management Tool for

Ohio Forests

16

13



Jenna Fryer Impact of orthonasal and retronasal odorant delivery

along with manipulated cognitive strategy on olfactory perception

17

Natalie Gillespie Stress Reduction in Older Adults

18

Kandace Glanville Lights Out Buckeyes - Factors influencing campus avian

window collisions

19

Evelyn Goodyear The role of Pmo25 in fission yeast cytokinesis

20

Melanie Gross High Pressure Analysis of Chemical Looping Hydrogen

Production System

21

Meenwook Ha Visible Light Communication based on a Webcam and

Smartphone

22

14



Diana Hallak Influence of Lipid Bilayer Composition on Plasma

Memberane Repair Capacity

23

Zachary Haverfield Quantifying Variation in Volumetric Bone Mineral Density (vBMD) Along the

Length of Human Ribs

24

Myung-Ji Heo A Cross-National Analysis of Globalization and Its

Contradictory Effects on Women's Status

25

Spencer Hina Survey of Attitudes and Beliefs

26

Colleen Hoynes Species-Specific Differences in EGF Signaling in Nematode

Vulval Development

27

Jason Jama Effects of Differing Feedback on One's Self-Esteem

28

15

Roselyn Jiang Human CD4 and CD8 T cell detection in lesions of

humanized mice after spinal cord injury

29



Elif Kolanci Stress enhances anxiety-like behavior related to GABA-

ergic signaling in the brain and intestine of mice

regardless of IL-1 signaling

30

Hailey Kunath Equine and Wildlife Use and Preference of Salt Blocks in

Pastures

31

Mara Law The Effect of Mental Health Courts in Reducing

Recidivism and Improving Treatment Outcomes

32

Dillon McBride Underrepresented niche diversity of sea duck avian influenza A viruses in wild

bird surveillance

33

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Emily McDonel Development of Viable Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen

Carriers (HBOCs) Through the Process of Co-Precipitation of

Nanoparticles

34


Poster PresentationsArchie M.Griffin Ballroom

Julie Meyer Correlation between knee flexion angle and vertical

ground reaction force during single leg hop landing

35

Jake Mitchnick Cannabis and Alcohol: Substitutes or Complements?

36

Catherine Panchyshyn Preliminary Trends from the MADDY study: Reducing

Hyperactivity in the Classroom

37

Joel Pepper Characterizing the Effects of Compressive Solid Stress on

Glioblastoma Cells

38

Danny Phillips A survey of Lampyridae biodiversity in Central Ohio,

with a focus on Lucidota

39

17

Madyson Quinn Evidence-Based Critical Thinking Assessment Tool for

Respiratory Therapy Education

40



Olivia Raimondi Who Rejects the European Union? Polish Attitudes about

Legal Conflicts between National and Supranational

Governance

41

Nicole Renninger Alt a 1 production by fungi under different water activity

levels in the indoor environment

42

Jennifer Vu Human Breast Milk-Derived Exosomes Reduce the

Incidence and Severity of Necrotizing Enterocolitis

(NEC)

43

Jamie Wise Transitional Justice Preferences Among Syrians: An Analysis of Sociopolitical

Factors

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Session 2

11:30 am-12:30 pm

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Oral PresentationsStudent-Alumni Council Room

Wura Ifakorede Construct Validity of the Parent-Reported Child and

Adolescent Symptom Inventory (CASI)

11:30-11:40 am

Isaac Khan Self-Adapting Optimization for Locomotion in a Robot

11:40-11:50 am

Shuchun Lai Does The Degree to which Working Memory Capacity

Influences Spoken Word Recognition Depend on the

Type of Distraction?

11:50 am-12:00 pm

Todd Neer Setting Their Own Agenda: Testing How Increased News

Selectivity Challenges Agenda Setting Theory in the

Modern News Environment

12:00-12:10 pm

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Oral PresentationsOhio Staters, Inc. Founders Room

Salma Shire Identifying human donors who generate Epstein-Barr

virus-driven lymphoproliferative disease

in the the Hu-PBL-SCID preclinical model.

11:40-11:50 am

William Timmermeyer Semantic Paradox and Inconsistency as a Refutation

of Anti-Mechanist Thought

11:50 am-12:00 pm

21

Laine Rumreich Game Development as a First-Year Engineering Software

Design Project: The Impact of Project Type on Program Complexity and Coding

Practices

11:30-11:40 am



Eaman Abay The Effects of Maternal Exercise on Cardiovascular

Health in Adult Offspring

1

Catherine Adams GE Appliances Heat Flux Sensor Development

2

Gwenyth Amborski Differences in MicroRNA Expression in Cutaneous

Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Anatomical Site

3

Aliya Ansari The Use of Computed Tomography-Assessed

Skeletal Muscle Mass as a Predictor of Outcomes in

Lung Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

4

Xiangchen Cai Dual Drug Delivery System of 5-Fluorouracil and

Camptothecin with Self-assembled Peptide

Nanotubes

5

22



Iona Campbell Biodegradation of Polyurethane Foam in the Indoor Environment under Elevated Relative Humidity

Conditions

6

Elizabeth Courson Share Repurchase Behavior and Its Implications on Investors “ Differences

Between the Automotive and Retail Industry

7

Willis Day Evaluating Customer Satisfaction and Brand

Perception of a Growing Apparel Retailer

8

Jackson Dickman Perceptions that affect Males Entering the PK-9 Classroom

Teaching

9

Alexander Didier The role of PDGF-B-to-PDGFRÎ² signaling in models

of human breast cancer associated brain metastasis

10

23



Claudia Edell Effects of an inducible CD4 T cell-specific PRMT5 Knockout

on the severity of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis in mice

11

Nick Fadell Soybean Calmodulin 4: A Promising Gene Therapy Tool

for Treating Hypertrophy

12

Katie Frost Modular Origami Acoustics13

Megan Gertzen Development of a new cardiomyopathic model to

test claudin-5 based treatments for heart failure

14

Olivia Green CAM Therapies: A Survey of Beliefs, Credibility, and

Frequency of Use Among OSU Students

15

Jialiang Guo The effect of US elections on the Stock Market

16

24



Sabrina Kaul The Effects of Pancreatic Fluid Processing on the Quality and Integrity of

Nucleic Acids

18

Maura Kopchak Synthesis of Quinone Methide Precursors for the Re-

alkylation and Resurrection of Aged Acetylcholinesterase

19

Varun Kovvuri Slit2 Enhances the Ability of Macrophages to Phagocytize

Breast Cancer Cells

20

Jack Kucinski Examining the function and mechanism of histone H2A.z

(HTZ-1) in chromatin regulation.

21

Danielle LoPrinzi Driver Re-engagement with Autonomous Vehicles for Individuals with Autism

Spectrum Disorder

22

25

Zhiyi Jiang Design and Experiment of controller for Solar-Powered

Blimp

17



Areeb Narvel Effects of recombinant Slit2 on drug resistance of Small

Cell Lung Cancer Cells

24

Syamil Normas Yakin "It Stinks to High Heaven to Us"�: Smell as a Community

Stressor in Response to a Proposed Manure Lagoon in

Northern Ohio

25

Madison Pico Correlation of Aldosterone Synthase with Fibrosis in

Dystrophic Mouse Models Â

26

Brennon Pinion Barriers and Facilitators to Timely Extubation of

Critically Ill Adults

27

Madison Price Financial Planning Softwares: eMoney Advisor versus

MoneyGuidePro

28

26

Cella Masso-Rivetti Marian Devotion on the Maltese Island of Gozo: An

Examination of Catholic Clergy and Laity

23



Alana Reese Inhibition of Macrophage Migration Inhibitor Factor and Its Effects on in vitro

Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy

30

Alexandra Russell Fission yeast Rng15 aids efficient vesicle fusion with

Sec1 at the division site and is required for late stages of

cytokinesis

31

Wesley Sipes Ethnic Differences in Dyspnea Descriptiors During Asthma

Exacerbation: A Retrospective Study

32

Brad Slyder Planting depth effects on Zea mays emergence rates at various soil moisture and

temperatures.

33

27

Shashank Rajkumar Intraoperative Acoustically Evoked Auditory Potentials:

Adaptation

29



Zihan Wang Neighborhood Safety and Life Expectancy with and without Diabetes: Correlation Analysis

35

Jake Weaver The Synthesis of Quinone Methide Precursors for the

Treatment of Aged-Acetylcholinesterase

36

Angel White The role of Tyr-26 phosphorylation on calpain

mediated Troponin I proteolysis

37

Ryan Wilkins The Effects of the Enriched Environment on Breast Cancer Growth in Post-

Menopausal Female Mice

38

28

Suzannah Stone Creating new perspectives: An investigation of therapist

strategies that promote cognitive change

34



Tianqi Xiao Normalizing the dyshomeostasis of the

glutamatergic system as a potential therapeutic

strategy for Gulf War Illness

40

Dennis Yang Study of Fluorinated Quinone Methide in the Resurrection of Aged Acetylcholinesterase

41

29

Dominik Winecki On the Fly Dynamic Graph Generation for Video

Processing

39


Ana Theresa Moraes Rodrigues

Judiciary and gender: the career of women judges on

the São Paulo Court of Justice

42

Daniele Maria Heguedusch Oliveira

Expression of epithelial-mesenchymal transition

markers and cancer stem cells in oral squamous cell

carcinoma cell lines by immunocytochemistry

43

Postdoctoral Associate and Undergraduate Research Showcase

Senate Chamber Room

Lindsey Brinton & Mukul Govande

Identifying synergism with FLT3 inhibition in Acute Myeloid

Leukemia

11:30-11:40 am

Angela Filous &Joshua Debo

Morphological Changes in Adipose Tissue as a Result of

Metabolic Disturbance by Spinal Cord Injury

11:40-11:50 am

30

Rich LaFountain &Alex Buga

Multi-level Mentorship in Diet and Training Intervention

Research

11:50 am-12:00 pm

Zachary Matusheski &James Coyle

Oral History and the Search for Unaccounted-for American

Servicemen from the Korean War

12:00-12:10 pm

Tanya Tripathi &Maya Bode

Tools to Evaluate Motor Disability in Infants Before and

After Surgery for Complex Congenital Heart Disease

12:10-12:20 pm

Sriram Vijayan &Christopher Blackwell

Study on the Effects of Thermal Gradients on Additively

Manufactured Builds

12:20-12:30 pm

Presenters Project TitleTime

Session 3

1:30-2:30 pm

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3-Minute Thesis CompetitionSenate Chamber Room

Cara Dauch KMT2D Impact on Metastasis in Squamous Cell Carcinoma

1:35-1:39 pm

Leslie Edwards Associations among physical activity, medication, and

supplement use and urinary sucrose biomarkers

1:39-1:43 pm

Rania Elkon Genetic differentiation between P. scariosus species complex and closely related

taxa

1:43-1:47 pm

Johan Harris Maternal Exercise Improves Metabolic Health of Offspring

Through Adaptations to Breastmilk

1:47-1:51 pm

Timothy Kirby Camera-in-the-loop Test Bench Development

1:51-1:55 pm

32


3-Minute Thesis CompetitionSenate Chamber Room

Quintin O'Boyle Selective Precipitation of Haptoglobin from Human

Plasma Fraction-IV

2:00-2:04 pm

Kerry Stevens Recognizing the Chinese Marriage Trade as a Gray

Market

2:04-2:08 pm

Kunj Vyas S100A7 enhances triple negative breast cancer

growth and metastasis by cross-talk with cytosolic

phospholipases A2

2:08-2:12 pm

Jonathan Weber Non-Accounting Cost of the Economic Value of an Ohio

WIC Bundle

2:12-2:16 pm

James White Preserved Charcoal as a Proxy for Wildfire Activity in

Great Basin National Park

2:16-2:20 pm

33



Christina Hayek Surgical interest after evaluation in a hip

arthroscopy clinic is associated with hip function

and treatment decision

1:30-1:40 pm

Aashika Katapadi Differences between the multi-camera motion capture

system and the Retro-Grate Reflector System

1:40-1:50 pm

Christian Stephens Primary Care Physicians' Confidence and

Communication regarding Survivorship Care for Older

Breast Cancer Survivors

1:50-2:00 pm

34

Jenna Wilson and Camille Bratton

Analysis of the efficacy and accuracy of mobile health applications available for

endometriosis

2:00-2:10 pm



Sok Lin Ang Comparison of the tactile sensitivity of tongue and

fingertips with applying pure-tactile task

1

Eliza Ansar Investigating changes in glutamate transporter

expression in different cell types following injury

2

Brett Bakies Does bias in the transmission process lead to

overestimation of a strategy's value?

3

Wesley Barnhart Evidence for the fidelity and effectiveness of Living

Independent From Tobacco for people with disabilities

and their caregivers

4

James Bassett Accompanying medications affect overall survival in

cancer patients undergoing immunotherapy

5

35



Dana Brooks Shaping "Echo Chamber" Effects Through Distraction: A

Selective Exposure Experiment

6

Grace Calhoun Dental macrowear, diet and anterior tooth use in

Piliocolobus badius and Colobus polykomos

7

Hannah Cochran Evaluation of a field-based porcine ingredient PCR assay as an indicator of infectious

agent contamination of livestock trailers

8

Kelly Dubay Physical Activity-induced Expression of an Anti-

inflammatory Molecule that could serve as a Novel

Therapeutic for Pancreatic Cancer

9

Nathan Ezzone Effects of Corchorusoside C from Streptocaulon juventas on DU-145 Prostate Cancer

Cells

10

36



Megan Halloran Genetic Ablation of Caveolin-1 Attenuates Pancreatic

Cancer in a Transgenic Mouse Model

11

Kaylee Karsh Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction associated

with brain activity differences during unilateral lower

extremity motor imagery: A Pilot Study.

12

Kelsey Kempner Dance as a Physical Training in Motor Development for

Autism and Other Developmental Disorders

13

Anny Khaysavang Investigating financial planning software training for

undergraduate students

14

Ravali Kode The Preparation of Quinone Methide Precursors to

Resurrect Aged Acetylcholinesterase

15

37



Zhixin Li Mechanical Design, Analysis and Simulation of a

Quadruped Robot

17

Connor Luellen Development of Atomic Force Microscope for Control in

Nanoscale Magnetic Imaging

18

Rachael Mahr Warning Signals and Driver Reengagement for

Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder

19

Megan Mansour The Role of Brown Adipose Tissue in Cardiovascular

Impairments

20

Emily McCauley Epithelial Sodium Channel (ENaC) Regulates

Macrophage Function in Cystic Fibrosis

21

Kayla Kucway Design and Synthesis of Aza-peptide Aldehydes and Ketones for Proteases

16

38



Kelly Moore Exploration of the Mechanism Behind Pseudomonas

aeruginosa "phoenix" colony development

23

Michael Petrecca Exploring thermodynamic feasibility of iron-based

chemical looping system for hydrogen generation from

NH3

24

Nikhil Pramod Unlocking Her2 as a target in Invasive Lobular Cancer and

Low Her2 expressing Invasive Ductal Carcinoma

25

Madison Price Financial Planning Software's: eMoney Advisor

versus MoneyGuidePro

26

Charielle McDade Supporting Survivors: Exploring experiences of

service providers working on anti-human trafficking efforts

in Central Ohio.

22

39



Joshua Rocheleau Thermal Conductivity Measurement Technique and Apparatus Development For Application to Transuranic

Nuclear Fuel Materials

28

Galina Rozenberg Sodium Channels in the Sinoatrial Node

29

Erica Scarpitti The Link Between Ecology and Auditory Bulla

Morphology in Rodents: Applications to the Fossil

Record

30

Salma Shire Identifying human donors who generate Epstein-Barr

virus-driven lymphoproliferative disease

in the the Hu-PBL-SCID preclinical model.

31

Kathryn Quinlin The effect of fermented fish waste-based diets on

spawning and survival of zebrafish (Danio rerio)- model

studies for aquaculture

27

40



Wan Xin Tan How Much Sugars is in Your Breakfast Cereal, The Answer

in the Palm of Your Hand

34

Morgan Thomas Picture books and temporal meaning within stories

35

Prescott Vayda Application of X-ray Computed Tomography

reveals a (fool's) gold mine of exceptionally preserved fossils in the Silica Shale

(Devonian) of Ohio

36

Evan Vega Development of autonomous, high-altitude UAS-borne

remote sensing platform for high-resolution digital

elevation model generation

37

Meg Suttle Double Standard?: Repeated Exposure to Stereotype

Threat and Task Performance

33

Cassandra Stiles Influence of Substrate on Behavior of Cichlid Fish

32

41



Jun Wei Yap In-Situ Characterization of Lithium Dendrite Formation

in Lithium-Ion Batteries

39

Jordan Whealdon Internalized Stigma and Peer Relationships as Predictors of

Planned Aftercare Participation at Two

Correctional Therapeutic Communities

38

42


Caroline Munhoz Meira Morphological, Molecular and Phylogenetic

Characterization of Henneguya Sp. and

Myxobolus Sp. Infecting Piaractus Brachpomus from

the Amazgon Basin

40

Guilherme Simoneti de Arruda

Analysis of light transmission of nanostructures for solar

cells applications

41

Júlia Boscariol Rasera The Rust Colonization in Leaf Tissues of Vitis Labrusca L.: A Histopathological Approach

42

Session 4

3:00-4:00 pm

43


Ella Lewie Implementing Employee Wellness Programs in Human

Services Agencies

3:00-3:10 pm

Morgan Vasas Analysis of the Carbohydrate Content of Beer using NMR

Spectroscopy

3:10-3:20 pm

44



Shivani Bhatt Grandparent Financial Support, Socioeconomic

Status, and Parental Stress

1

Michael Blosser Preschooler's understanding of internal states and theory

of mind.

2

Zachary Braun The Effects of Message Sidedness on Perceptions of

Bias

3

Kimberly Buschmeier Evaluating Patient and Respiratory Therapist

Perspectives on the Incentive Positive Expiratory Pressure

(iPEP) Device

4

Connor Cunningham Quantifying of Mumps Transmission Dynamics in

Ohio (1953-2018)

5

Emily Daugherty Responding to Children's Trauma: What Schools Are

Doing

6

45



Marissa Farinas Novel small molecule STAT3 inhibitor suppresses Teff

resistance to Treg-mediated suppression in CD4+ T cells

from Multiple Sclerosis patients

7

Brian Fries Mechanism of Fe-S Cluster Trafficking and Delivery to

Lipoic Acid Synthase

8

Allison Goldman Learning dialectal differences in a foreign language: The

case of unique Castilian Spanish sounds

9

Jack Gothier Investigating metabolomics analytical techniques to

analyze and better understand the human saliva

metabolome

10

Sarah Grim Modeling Viral Dengue Transmission to Predict

Severity of Infection

11

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Qishan (Ashley) Guo Functional Characterization of a Novel mTOR Mutation (in

vitro)

12

Adam Helton Using Reporter Constructs to Illuminate Details of Pollen

Aperture Formation

13

Joling Hsiang Motivations to avoid appearing prejudiced

influence withholding of honest feedback

14

Starr Jiang Viral Gene Therapy Rescues Astrocytic Attenuation of

Microglial Neuroinflammation

15

Zijie Jin Instagram posting recommendations for

companies to maximize their brand presences

16

Arjun Joshi The Relationship Between Keeping Time and

Alzheimer's Disease

17

47



Corban Joyce Investigation of Metal Corrosion by In-Situ

Electrochemical Force Microscopy

18

Erica Justice The Curious Case of UV Piscium: A Modern Analysis

19

Jacqueline Landry Why do older adults not talk to their adult children about

financial problems?

20

Nalini Madhavan Growth, Characterization and Applications of

Polycrystalline Diamond films containing Nitrogen Vacancy

Centers

21

Nicholas Marano Development of pH sensitive cleavable amine probes for

detection of colorectal cancer cell exosome using paper-

based immunoassay

22

48



Ariana Munoz-Salgado Diversity for all?: Promoting high-status individuals'

support of diversity initiatives

24

Gracyn Noffert Examining Self Esteem Preservation Strategies in

High Status Groups

25

Pragi Patel mTOR complex 1 regulates release of the surfactant

secretagogue extracellular ATP

26

Rachel Rafferty Quantification of Muscle Fibers in Mice with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Treated With Adeno-Associated Viral

U7 Vector

27

Michael Rogers Rich plant communities in urban greenspaces support

abundant and diverse spider (Linyphiidae) assemblages

28

Aditya Mistry Using Crystallography to Explore Alternative

Topologies in Four-helix Bundle Protein, Rop

23

49



Annalee Sekulic Hyraxes in Human Landscapes of the Arabian

Desert

30

Robert Shepherd Learning to Stand With a Simulated Prosthesis

31

Sidney Smith High-Throughput Mirna Analysis Suggests Pro-

Inflammatory Profile in Sickle Cell Disease

32

Emily Spinelli Using recognition-induced forgetting to assess memory

of minority faces

33

Dan-Ho Tran Identifying new pathways that allow tumor cells to

bypass dependence on the Ras oncogene

34

Andrew Sanders Comparison of Pectin Levels on the Stability of a

Strawberry-Based Rinse for Oral Health Promotion

29

50



Elisha Williams Effect of Reiki Therapy on Heart Rate Variability in

Young Children Receiving Palliative Care

37

Ava Willoughby Validation of polygenic risk score models for breast

cancer risk in women with BRCA mutations.

38

Emily Winson Changes to gut microbiome through ten days of age

affected by pioneer colonizing bacteria

39

Carol Wygant Perceived stress as a mediator for the relationship between personality domains

and mood experienced throughout chemotherapy

40

Jennifer Tuokkola BRD4 ET Domain Interactions Offer New Insights Into

Therapeutic Approaches

36

51

Elizabeth Troiano Exploring the cohesion of speech sounds across a

sentence

35



Shiqi Zhang UAV Related Computational Thinking Curriculum Design

42

Shiqi Yang Image Processing for Synthetic Aperture Radar System on Light-weight

Drone

41

52


Postdoctoral Associate and Undergraduate Research Showcase

Senate Chamber Room

Meseret Hailu &Alina Thai

Why We Persist: An Intersectional Study to

Characterize and Examine the Experiences of Women

Tenure-Track Faculty in Engineering

3:10-3:20 pm

Umida Djakbarova &Lauren Riede

Real time monitoring of migration dependent

spatiotemporal dynamics of clathrin mediated

endocytosis in living organisms.

3:00-3:10 pm

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Kirti Kaul &Denethi Wijegunawardana

Investigating the crosstalk between tumor-secreted lactate and macrophage function in Breast cancer

3:20-3:30 pm

Michelle Roley-Roberts &Alex Lingel &

Tabitha Pangalangan

Scientific Mentoring on Break-Through Treatments

for Autism

3:30-3:40 pm

Presenters Project TitleTime