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Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium Council on Undergraduate Research Hilton, Arlington, VA October 25-26, 2015

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Page 1: Research Experiences for undergraduates …Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium Council on Undergraduate Research Hilton, Arlington, VA October 25-26, 2015

Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium

Council on Undergraduate Research

Hilton, Arlington, VA October 25-26, 2015

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Council on Undergraduate Research The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR), founded in 1978, is a national organization of more than 10700 individual members and 740 institutional members. Our primary advocacy is in support of faculty and undergraduate students engaged in research. We achieve our vision through the efforts of our membership that is organized in 13 divisions: arts and humanities, biology, chemistry, education, engineering, geosciences, health sciences, mathematics and computer science, physics and astronomy, psychology, social sciences, an at-large division that serves administrators and other disciplines, and a division for directors of undergraduate research programs. CUR believes that faculty members enhance their teaching and contribution to society by remaining active in research and by involving undergraduates in research. CUR provides support for faculty and student development, and our publications and outreach activities are designed to share successful models and strategies for establishing and institutionalizing undergraduate research programs. We assist administrators and faculty members in improving and assessing the research environment at their institutions. We also provide a growing number of services and programs directly engaging undergraduate students, including the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Posters on the Hill, the Registry of Undergraduate Researchers, and the special REU Symposium that you are now attending! CUR’s leadership also works with agencies and foundations to enhance research opportunities for faculty and students. We proactively provide information on the importance of undergraduate research to state legislatures, private foundations, government agencies, and the U.S. Congress. CUR welcomes faculty, staff, students, and administrators from all academic institutions and affiliated non-profit associations.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements …………………………………….……………………………………….2

Program Schedule……….…………………………..………………………………………….…….. 3

Student Posters ……….…………………………………………..………………………….…….. 5

Speakers’ Biographies …..………..……………………………………………………….…….30

Conference Hotel Map ………………………………………………………Inside Back Cover

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Planning Committee

CUR National Office Staff

Elizabeth Ambos Executive Officer

Robin Howard Senior Director, Membership Services & Internal Operations

Jenn Chow Membership Coordinator

Tavia S. Cummings Manager for Institutes and Meeting Services

Pamela Dodge Accounting, Grants, and Human Resources Specialist

Sabrina E. Hall Student Programs Assistant

Jeffrey Johnson Office Coordinator

Charles Sullivan Consultant

Liljana Babinkostova, Associate Professor

Department of Mathematics

Boise State University

James D Batteas, Professor of Chemistry,

Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M

University

Michael Ceballos, Assistant Professor

Department of Biology

University of Minnesota Morris

Karla Heidelberg

Associate Professor (Teaching) of Biological

Sciences and Environmental Studies, College

of Letter, Arts, and Sciences, University of

Southern California

Valentin Soloiu, Allen E. Paulson

Distinguished Chair, Department of

Mechanical Engineering

Georgia Southern University

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REU 2015 Symposium Schedule Arlington Hilton

October 25-26, 2015

Sunday, October 25, 2015 2:30-4:30 Registration and Check-In

4:30-5:30 Welcome and Keynote

Dr. Elizabeth Ambos, Executive Officer, Council on Undergraduate Research

Keynote speaker

Dr. Nicole Bennett, Program Officer, National Science Foundation

Title: “The NSF REU Program: Establishing a Lifetime of Discovery”

Location: Gallery I, II, & III

5:30-6:15 Lite Dinner

6:15-8:00 REU Program Networking and Focus Group Discussion

Monday, October 26, 2015 7:30-9:00 Breakfast

9:15-10:15 Group 1/Workshop 1

10:15-10:30 Switch Groups/break

10:30-11:30 Group 2/Workshop 2

11:30-12:30 Lunch (Gallery I, II, & III)

12:30-1:30 Group 3/Workshop 3

1:30-1:45 Switch Groups/break

1:45-2:45 Group 4/Workshop 4

2:45-3:15 Closing Session/Wrap-up

Poster groups 1 & 2 will go to NSF atrium at 9:00. Group 1 sets up, group 2 attends poster session. Switch at 10:15.

Poster groups 3 & 4 will go to NSF atrium at 12:30. Group 3 sets up, group 4 attends poster session. Switch at 1:30.

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Concurrent Workshops Session 1|9:15AM-10:15AM

Student Session

Applying for Graduate School Support from NSF, Dr. Susan Brennan, Program Director, Graduate

Research Fellowship Program, National Science Foundation

Room: Gallery I

Faculty Session

NSF REU Program Update, Dr. R. Corby Hovis, Program Director, Education and Human Resources

Room: Da Vinci/Matisse

Session 2|10:30AM-11:30AM Student Session 1:

Effectively leveraging an undergraduate research experience on your resume,

Dr. Rebecca Jones, Associate Term Professor, Department of Chemistry, and Director, STEM

Accelerator Program, George Mason University

Room: Da Vinci/Matisse

Student Session 2:

Post-Baccalaureate Fellowships at ASEE, Ms. Rachel Levitin, Program Manager, American Society

for Engineering Education

Room: Renoir

Faculty Session

How to Recruit and Retain Students from Underrepresented Groups in your NSF REU Program,

Dr. R. Michael Ceballos, Professor of Biology, University of Minnesota, Morris

Room: Gallery I

Session 3|12:30-1:30PM Student Session

Applying for Graduate School Support from NSF, Dr. Joerg Schlatterer, Program Director,

Graduate Research Fellowship Program, National Science Foundation Student Session

Room: Gallery I

Faculty Session

Effective Strategies for NSF REU Renewal: A Principal Investigator Brainstorming Session

Dr. Karla Heidelberg, Professor of Biological Sciences and Environmental Studies, University of

Southern California

Room: Da Vinci/Matisse

Session 4| 1:45 PM-2:45PM Student Session

Smithsonian Internships and Fellowship Opportunities, Karen Carter, Program Specialist,

Smithsonian Office of Fellowships and Internships

Room: Gallery I (note: �Needs projector/laptop)

Faculty Session

Effective Practices for NSF REU Site Operation and Assessment

Dr. Charles Sullivan, Professor of Biology, Grinnell College

Room: Da Vinci/Matisse

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Student Poster Sessions

Monday, October 26|National Science Foundation Atrium

9:15-10:15|Session 1

Astronomical Sciences; Earth Sciences; Education and Human Resources; Ocean Sciences;

Polar Programs; and Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

10:30-11:30|Session 2

Biological Sciences

12:30-1:30|Session 3

Engineering; Cyberinfrastructure; International Science & Engineering; and Computer &

Information Sciences and Engineering

1:45-2:45|Session 4

Chemistry; Mathematical Sciences; Materials Research; and Physics

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NSF Division: Astronomical Sciences 1-1 Title: Analysis of Globular Cluster Systems in the Coma Cluster using HST/ACS Data Presenter(s): Alexander Thomas Gagliano | Juan Madrid REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Astronomy at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (2012-2016) Host Institution: AURA/National Optical Astronomy Observatories Grant #: 1062976 Principal Investigator: Catherine Kaleida; Faculty Mentor: Juan Madrid 1-2 Title: Inferring the Gravitational Potential of the Milky Way Presenter(s): Casey Chu REU Site: Preparing a Diverse Workforce through Interdisciplinary Astrophysics Research Host Institution: Northwestern University CIERA Grant #: 1359462 Principal Investigator: Vassiliki Kalogera; Faculty Mentor: Yoram Lithwick 1-3 Title: Composition of the Upper Atmosphere of Neptune Presenter(s): Elizabeth Nance REU Site: National Radio Astronomy Observatory Summer Research Experience in Astronomy for Undergraduates Host Institution: Associated Universities Inc./National Radio Astronomy Observatory Grant #: 1358169 Principal Investigator: Arielle Moullet 1-4 Title: High-Cadence Timing Observations of an Exoplanet-Pulsar System, PSR B1257+12 Presenter(s): Rudy A. Rivera REU Site: Research in Radio/ Radar Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences Host Institution: Arecibo Observatory Grant #: 1262974 Principal Investigator: Hilda Colon; Faculty Mentor: Andrew Seymour

NSF Division: Biological Sciences 2-1 Title: Unique Prokaryotic IMP Dehydrogenase Residues Help Determine Inhibitor Selectivity Presenter(s): Alejandro Cuadros REU Site: Cellular and Molecular Visualization Host Institution: Brandeis University Grant #: 1359172 Principal Investigator: Susan Lovett; Faculty Mentor: Lizbeth Hedstrom

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2-2 Title: Cues Triggering Toe Tapping Behavior in TÚNGARA FROGS Presenter(s): Katelin Marie Morrison | Ximena Bernal | Ivonne Meuche REU Site: Integrative Tropical Biology Host Institution: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Grant #: 1359299 Principal Investigator: Ana Spalding; Faculty Mentor: Ximena Bernal 2-3 Title: Factors Affecting the Distribution of the Swamp Palm Astrocaryum Alatum (Arecaceae) Presenter(s): Christian George Irian REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Tropical Biology at the La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica Host Institution: Organization for Tropical Studies Grant #: 1549523 Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Losos; Faculty Mentor: Erin Keprewicz 2-4 Title: Correlations between Wood Nitrogen Content and Wood-Boring Beetles Presenter(s): Amy Berkov REU Site: Research in Biology Host Institution: City University of New York - City College Grant #: 1156512 Principal Investigator: Christine Li 2-5 Title: Evolutionary Insights from Fruit and Seed Morphology in Ludwigia (Onagraceae) Presenter(s): Corrie Hamilton | Christina Torres REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Plant Systematics, Conservation Biology, and Ethnobotany Host Institution: Missouri Botanical Garden Grant #: 1157030 Principal Investigator: David J. Bogler; Faculty Mentor: Peter Hoch 2-6 Title: An Examination of Humoral Antibody Reaction Levels to Plasmodium Falciparum in Central Region, Ghana. Presenter(s): Araba A. Wubah | Paula Ampomah REU Site: Studies in Ecology, Environmental and Conservation Biology in Ghana. Host Institution: Washington and Lee University Grant #: 1061500 Principal Investigator: Daniel A Wubah; Faculty Mentor: Paulina Ampomah

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2-7 Title: Genetic Patterns of the Invasive Eurasian Ruffe Over Time and Space: Comparing Introductions in the Laurentian Great Lakes and Northern England Presenter(s): Devon Eddins REU Site: Undergraduate Research and Mentoring - Using the Lake Erie Sensor Network to Study Land-Lake Ecological Linkages Host Institution: University of Toledo Grant #: 1461124 Principal Investigator: Carol A. Stepien 2-8 Title: Functional Characterization of the Gene CG6767 on Odor-Guided Behavior in Drosophila Presenter(s): Emily Rayens REU Site: Sensory Ecology: An Integrative Approach Host Institution: University of Cincinnati Grant #: 1262863 Principal Investigator: George W. Uetz; Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Rollmann 2-9 Title: Auditory Frequency Sensitivity of Single Neurons in the Amphibian Inferior Colliculus and the Effects of Descending Modulation Presenter(s): Keith Perkins REU Site: Research Experience for Underrepresented Minority Undergraduates in Basic Science and Genetic Research at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Host Institution: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans Grant #: 1359140 Principal Investigator: Fern Tsien; Faculty Mentor: Hamilton Farris 2-10 Title: Exploring the Recognition and Modification of Substrates by HopZ3 a Peptide Screening Approach to Mapping Virulence Factor-Target Interactions in Tomato Presenter(s): Fernando Valbuena REU Site: Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology Host Institution: The University of Chicago Grant #: 1359128 Principal Investigator: Aaron Turkewitz; Faculty Mentor: Jean Greenberg 2-11 Title: Variation in Stomatal Traits Associated with Drought Tolerant and Intolerant Pinyon Pine (Pinus Edulis) Presenter(s): Filiberto S.A. Vecenti REU Site: Human Impacts on the Colorado Plateau: Placed Based Research and Training Host Institution: Northern Arizona University Grant #: 1461295 Principal Investigator: Amy Whipple; Faculty Mentor: Catherine Gehring

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2-12 Title: Five New Species of the Longhorned Wood Boring Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the Genus Urgleptes of Hispaniola including a New Synonymy for a Highly Variable Species Presenter(s): Ian Ravin REU Site: Natural History Research Experiences Host Institution: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Grant #: 1062692 Principal Investigator: Gene Hunt; Faculty Mentor: Steven Lingafelter 2-13 Title: Visualizing Proteins in Living Cells: A Modified Epifluorescence Setup for Improved Imaging Parameters Presenter(s): Izabella Berman Convergence of Research at the Interface of the Biological, Physical, and Engineering Sciences Host Institution: Yale University Grant #: 1156585 Principal Investigator: Corey O'Hern; Faculty Mentor: Simon Mochrie 2-14 Title: Radiocesium (Cs-137) Uptake in Ring-Necked Ducks using Pond B on the SRS Presenter(s): Joshua D King REU: Radioecology Host Institution: Savannah River Ecology Laboratory/University of Georgia Grant #: 1460940 Principal Investigator: J. Vaun McArthur; Faculty Mentor: Robert A. Kennamer 2-15 Title: Role of Isatin in the Regulation of Secondary Metabolites in Lysobacter Enzymogenes Presenter(s): Jacob Elliot Robinson REU Site: Training in Redox Biology Host Institution: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Grant #: 1461240 Principal Investigator/Faculty Mentor: Liangcheng Du 2-16 Title: DSCAM and DSCAML1 Molecular Mechanisms of Self-Avoidance Presenter(s): Julia Bassell REU Site: Functional Genomics Research Projects for Undergraduates Host Institution: The Jackson Laboratory Grant #: 1262049 Principal Investigator: Bob Braun; Faculty Mentor: Robert Burgess

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2-17 Title: Electrolyte Leakage from Leaves of Oryza Sativa during Recovery from Chilling Stress Correlates with Whole Plant Survivability Presenter(s): Katie R. Zarbock REU Site: Undergraduate Summer Research in Molecular and Cellular Biology Host Institution: Marquette University Grant #: 1156569 Principal Investigator: Edward Blumenthal; Faculty Mentor: Michael Schlappi 2-18 Title: 3D Reconstruction and Approximation of Pneumatophore Geometry Presenter(s): Kendra Lynn Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Dynamics of the Columbia River Basin: Integrating Terrestrial and Aquatic Perspectives Host Institution: Washington State University Vancouver Grant #: 1461057 Principal Investigator: Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens; Faculty Mentors: Stephen Henderson | Nikolay Strigul 2-19 Title: Controlling 2-Aminoacrylate Accumulation in Salmonella enterica LT2 Presenter(s): Kenton Cornell Hipsher REU Site: Research in Prokaryotic Biology Host Institution: University of Georgia Grant #: 1460671 Principal Investigator: Vincent Joseph Starai; Faculty Mentor: Diana M. Downs 2-20 Title: Ecosystem services and hotspot distribution under four different land-use scenarios in Massachusetts, USA Presenter(s): Mayra I. Rodriguez-Gonzalez REU Site: A Forest Full of Big Data: the Harvard Forest Summer Research Program in Ecology 2015-2019 Host Institution: Harvard University/Harvard Forest Grant #: 1459519 Principal Investigator: Aaron M. Ellison; Faculty Mentor: Jonathan R. Thompson 2-21 Title: Building a Biosensor as Part of a Synthetic Biology and Computer Science Pre-REU Pilot Program Presenter(s): Michaela Lynott | Stefanie Huttelmaier REU Site: GPG: Research Collaboration: Synthetic Biology Bootcamp Host Institution: Simmons College/Carthage College Grant #: 1444406 Principal Investigators/ Faculty Mentors: Jennifer Roecklein-Canfield | Deborah Tobiason

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2-22 Title: Fungal Enzymes for Deconstructing Lignocellulose Presenter(s): Natalia A. Batchenkova | Ruben Michael Ceballos | Amanda E. Nelson REU Site: Indigenous America to Indigenous Borneo: Adventures in Biology and Biodiversity Host Institution: University of Minnesota - Morris Grant #: 1521023 Faculty Mentor: Ruben Michael Ceballos 2-23 Title: Circular Exonic RNA in Xenopus Oocytes Presenter(s): Nicole Bush REU Site: Visualization of Macromolecules in Biological Research Host Institution: Johns Hopkins University Grant #: 1262985 Principal Investigator: Joel Schildbach; Faculty Mentor: Joseph G. Gall 2-24 Title: Coordinated Functions of Nonmuscle Myosin II and Membrane Remodeling Proteins in Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis Presenter(s): Phuong N. Pham REU Site: Site in Cellular and Molecular Biology at Sanford Research and Augustana College Host Institution: Sanford Research and Augustana College Grant #: 1262744 Principal Investigator: Seasson Vitiello; Faculty Mentor: Indra Chandrasekar 2-25 Title: Translatome Profiling During Leaf Development in Maize Presenter(s): Priscilla Glenn REU Site: Research Experiences in Plant Science at the Danforth Center Host Institution: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Grant #: 1156581 Principal Investigator: Sona Pandey; Faculty Mentor: Dr. Indrajit Kumar 2-26 Title: The Association between Parasitic Kudoa inornata and Post-Mortem Muscle Softness in Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) Presenter(s): Eric McElroy | Isaure De Buron | Sierra Duca REU Site: Marine Organism Health: Resilience and Response to Environmental Change Host Institution: College of Charleston Grant #: 1359079 Principal Investigators: Robert D. Podolsky | Isaure De Buron; Faculty Mentor: Eric McElroy

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2-27 Title: Using "Anchor Away" to Test Mediator Presence at Pol III Genes Presenter(s): Simey Emerson REU Site: Networking Basic Research for Collaborative Biological Discovery Host Institution: Wadsworth Center Grant #: 1359413 Principal Investigators: Matthew Kohn | Randall Morse; Faculty Mentor: Randall Morse 2-28 Title: Gene Expression and its Role in Stationary Phase Mutagenesis in Bacillus subtilis Presenter(s): Tatiana S. Ermi REU Site: Mechanisms of Evolution Host Institution: University of Nevada - Las Vegas Grant #: 1358896 Principal Investigators: Kurt M Regner| Eduardo A. Robleto; Faculty Mentor: Eduardo A. Robleto 2-29 Title: Simulating Conformation and Stability Constants of Crown Ether-Ion Complexes Presenter(s): Emma Stavropoulos| David Reha| Babak Minofar REU Site: Molecular Biophysics Host Institution: Princeton University Grant #: 1358737 Principal Investigator: Jannette Carey; Faculty Mentor: Rüdiger Ettrich 2-30 Title: A Natural Control for a Natural Nuisance Presenter(s): REU Site: Translational Ecology for Undergraduates Host Institution: Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Grant #: 1062987 Principal Investigator: Alan R. Berkowitz; Faculty Mentor: Shannon LaDeau

NSF Division: Chemistry 4-1 Title: Design of Organometallic Photochromes based on Ligand Substitution Presenter(s): Theodore J. Burkey | Abigail Cole REU Site: University of Memphis Interdisciplinary Research in Chemistry Host Institution: University of Memphis Grant #: 1156738 Principal Investigator: Theodore J. Burkey; Faculty Mentor: Ted Burkey

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4-2 Title: Detection of Explosive Vapors WITH Fluorescent Polymer-Porous Silicon Microcavity Device Presenter(s): Angel S. Breton-Vega REU Site: Puerto Rico Research in Cross-Disciplinary Chemical Sciences Host Institution: Universidad Metropolitana Grant #: 1262826 Principal Investigator/Faculty Mentor: Samuel P. Hernandez 4-3 Title: Controlling the Local Environment of Metal Nanoclusters for Catalysis Presenter(s): Benjamin J. Greydanus REU Site: Catalysis in a Collaborative REU Program at the University of Utah Host Institution: University of Utah Grant #: 1358740 Principal Investigator: Janis Louie; Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Shumaker-Parry 4-4 Title: Design and Synthesis of 2, 4-DiPAM Sugar to Combat Organophosphorus Compounds Presenter(s): Bryce Lipinski REU Site: Chemical Sciences Leadership Initiative Host Institution: University of Delaware Grant #: 1263018 Principal Investigator: Karl S. Booksh; Faculty Mentor: John Koh 4-5 Title: Nickel Dithiolene Complexes as Potential Acceptors for Donor-Acceptor Co-Crystals Presenter(s): Emily Sharpe | Seth Marder REU Site: Hooked on Photonics Host Institution: University of Washington Grant #: 1156598 Principal Investigator: Seth Marder; Faculty Mentor: Seth Marder 4-6 Title: Investigation of Active Site Residues in the Retaining Glycosyltransferase MshA from Cornynebacterium Glutamicum Presenter(s): Emily Simon REU Site: Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Chemistry at The University of Alabama Host Institution: The University of Alabama Grant #: 1358971 Principal Investigator: John B. Vincent; Faculty Mentor: Patrick Frantom

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4-7 Title: Synthesis of Metal Heterostructure Nanocrystals Presenter(s): Jennifer R. Miller REU Site: Biological, Green, and Materials Chemistry Research at Texas A&M University Host Institution: Texas A&M University Grant #: 1359175 Principal Investigator: Holly C. Gaede; Faculty Mentor: Matthew Sheldon 4-8 Title: Cocrystallization of N, N’-Diphenylureas and Triphenylphosphine Oxide Based on Heterodimer Energies Presenter(s): Taylor Watts | Jennifer Swift REU Site: Chemistry Research at Georgetown University Host Institution: Georgetown University Grant #: 1156788 Principal Investigator/Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Swift 4-9 Title: Visualization of Developing Dorsal Root Ganglion Cultures Using Optical Microscopy and Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Imaging Presenter(s): Kelsey Rae Winchell REU Site: Research Experience for Undergraduates at Illinois Host Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Grant #: 1062462 Principal Investigator: Alexander Scheeline; Faculty Mentor: Jonathan V. Sweedler 4-10 Title: Reagentless and Reusable Electrochemical Aptamer Based Sensor for Cadmium (II) Detection Presenter(s): Mark Griep REU Site: Chemical Assembly at the University of Nebraska Host Institution: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Grant #: 1460829 Principal Investigator: Rebecca Lai; Faculty Mentor: Rebecca Lai 4-11 Title: Excited State Properties of Copper (I) bis-Phenanthroline Complexes Presenter(s): Megan Toda REU Site: Research Experience for Undergraduates at the Interface of Computations and Experiments Host Institution: North Carolina State University Grant #: 1359377 Principal Investigator: Elon Ison; Faculty Mentor: Felix N. Castellano

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4-12 Title: A Novel Synthesis of Hydroxyphenstatin: An Application of Tandem C–O, C–H Bond Activation Presenter(s): Melissa Hardy REU Site: Challenges for the 21st Century Host Institution: University of Minnesota Grant #: 1359181 Principal Investigator: Steven Kass; Faculty Mentor: Christopher Douglas 4-13 Title: Specificity and activity of DinB and Pol Kappa loop swap variants Presenter(s): Morgan Packer REU Site: Research Opportunities in Biological and Chemical Catalysis Host Institution: Northeastern University Grant #: 1262734 Principal Investigator: Carla Mattos; Faculty Mentor: Penny Beuning

NSF Division: Computer & Information Science and Engineering 3-18 Title: Energy Efficient Multicore Architectures for Profiling and Benchmarking Graph Applications Presenter(s): Chan J. Jong REU Site: New-Generation Power-Efficient Computer Systems Design Host Institution: Washington State University Grant #: 1359461 Principal Investigator/Faculty Mentor: Behrooz Shirazi 3-19 Title: Web Access Control using WebID and ACL Presenter(s): Cory Sebastian Sabol REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Cyber Identity Host Institution: North Carolina A&T State University Grant #: 1460864 Principal Investigator: Kaushik Roy 3-20 Title: Fluency Transformations in Storytelling Presenter(s): Emily Ahn REU Site: Research in Interactive Virtual Experiences Host Institution: Institute for Creative Technologies, University of Southern California Grant #: 1263386 Principal Investigator: Evan Suma; Faculty Mentor: Andrew Gordon

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3-21 Title: Automatic Segmentation of Captions Presenter(s): James Marzuola Waller REU Site: Accessible Multimodal Interfaces Host Institution: Rochester Institute of Technology Grant #: 1460894 Principal Investigator/Faculty Mentor: Raja S. Kushalnagar 3-22 Title: Building Intelligent Agent Systems Capable of Plan Failure Analysis Presenter(s): Jason Yim REU Site: Declarative Approaches to Knowledge Intensive Applications Host Institution: Texas Tech University Grant #: 1359359 Principal Investigator: Yuanlin Zhang; Faculty Mentor: Michael Gelfond 3-23 Title: Modification of Microalgae and Waste Activated Sludge Anaerobic Co-Digestion Kinetic Models Presenter(s): Jewel Cumberbatch REU Site: Tampa Interdisciplinary Environmental Research (TIER) Host Institution: University of South Florida Grant #: 1156905 Principal Investigator: Maya Trotz; Faculty Mentor: Qiong Zhang 3-24 Title: Design and Evaluation of a Parallel GLCM Utility for Processing Diffraction Images Presenter(s): John M. Dixon REU Site: Software Testing: Foundations, Tools and Applications Host Institution: East Carolina University Grant #: 1262933 Principal Investigator: Junhua Ding 3-25 Title: Fabrication of MIS Solar Cells and Utilization of 2-D Materials Presenter(s): Raul Ramos REU Site: NASCENT ERC REU Host Institution: University of Texas Austin Grant #: 1160494 Principal Investigator: Marylene Palard; Faculty Mentor: Marylene Palard

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3-26 Title: Software in the Machine Protection System of the LHC: Its Significance and Evolution Presenter(s): Rebecca Ellen Barsotti REU Site: Software Safety: Research, Practice and a Path Forward Host Institution: University of Texas at Dallas Grant #: 1461149 Principal Investigator: Weichen Eric Wong 3-27 Title: Non-Homogeneous Concurrent Open Shop Presenter(s): Riley Murray | Megan Chao REU Site: Combinatorial Applied Algorithms Research Host Institution: University of Maryland Grant #: 1262805 Principal Investigator: Samir Khuller 3-28 Title: Privacy Enhancing Keyboard for Mobile Device Authentication Presenter(s): Ruowei Zhang REU Site: HCISec - Enhancing Undergraduate Research in Modern Human Computer Interaction (HCI) Security and Privacy Host Institution: University of Massachusetts Lowell Grant #: 1461060 Principal Investigator: Xinwen Fu 3-29 Title: User Authentication Using Haptic Stylus Presenter(s): Janina Grayson REU Site: Research on Security of Mobile Devices and Wireless Networks at NYIT Host Institution: New York Institute of Technology Grant #: 1263283 Principal Investigator: Paolo Gasti; Faculty Mentor: Kiran Balagani 3-30 Title: Fault-Based Testing of XACML 3.0 Policies Presenter(s): Turner Lehmbecker REU Site: Software Security Host Institution: Boise State University Grant #: 1461133 Principal Investigator: Dianxiang Xu

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NSF Division: Cyberinfrastructure 3-15 Title: Using Imaris Software to Visualize in 3-D the Mechanism of Barnacle Attachment Presenter(s): Caroline Zhang REU Site: Research Experience for Undergraduates in Collaborative Data Visualization Applications Host Institution: Clemson University Grant #: 1359223 Principal Investigator: Vetria L. Byrd; Faculty Mentor: Andrew Mount 3-16 Title: Many Devices, One Orchestra: An Internet of Things Approach to Collaborative Digital Music Presenter(s): Anna Baglione | Chris Branton REU Site: Interdisciplinary Research Experience in Computational Sciences Host Institution: Louisiana State University Grant #: 1263236 Principal Investigator: Juana Moreno; Faculty Mentor: Stephen David Beck

NSF Division: Earth Sciences 1-5 Title: Range Precision and Accuracy of Terrestrial Laser Scanners Presenter(s): Dana Downs | Jessica Whiteaker REU Site: Leading Undergraduates in Challenges to Power Academic Development in Geosciences Host Institution: UNAVCO Grant #: 1359469 Principal Investigators/Faculty Mentors: Marianne Okal | Keith Williams | Chris Crosby 1-6 Title: Permafrost Thaw Induces Methane Oxidation in Transitional Thaw Stages in a Subarctic Peatland Presenter(s): Clarice Perryman REU Site: Northern Ecosystems Research for Undergraduates Host Institution: University of New Hampshire Grant #: 1063037 Principal Investigator/Faculty Mentor: Ruth Varner 1-7 Title: Exploring Anaerobic Decomposition in Peatland Soils Presenter(s): Efren Gonzalez REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Earth and Environmental Sciences (SURFEES) Host Institution: Chapman University Grant #: 1359500 Principal Investigators: Christopher Kim | Cassandra Medvedeff; Faculty Mentor: Jason Keller

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1-8 Title: Periphyton Assessment and Growth in a Restored Stream in Stillwater, Oklahoma Presenter(s): Megan Knight REU Site: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Stream Restoration Project Based on Natural Channel Design Using Process-Based Investigations Host Institution: Oklahoma State University Grant #: 1358908 Principal Investigator: Garey Fox; Faculty Mentor: Andy Dzialowski

NSF Division: Education and Human Resources 1-9 Title: Viral Infection of Emiliania Huxleyi: Implications On Organism Physiology In A Multi-Trophic System. Presenter(s): Aaminah Aleem | Madison Marra REU Site: Undergraduate research experience in the Gulf of Maine and the world ocean Host Institution: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science Grant #: 1460861 Principal Investigator: David Fields 1-10 Title: Students’ Motivations and Faculty Care in Undergraduate Chemistry Courses Presenter(s): Emilia Dewi Tanu REU Site: Engineering Education Research: Understanding and Improving Student Experiences Host Institution: Olin College of Engineering Grant #: 1156832 Principal Investigator/Faculty Mentor: Yevgeniya V Zastavker 1-11 Title: Developing Fourth-Grade Students’ Multiplicative Thinking Presenter(s): Michelle Ott REU Site: PATHWAYS - Preparing Aspiring Teachers to Hypothesize Ways to Assist Young Students Host Institution: Salisbury University Grant #: 1356001 Principal Investigator: Randall E Groth; Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Bergner 1-12 Title: The Design of a Microfluidic Platform for the Evaluation of a Nanopore Device Presenter(s): Tina Anjonrin-Ohu Olufunke REU Site: Solid-State Devices for Electronics, Photonics, and Magnetics Technology Host Institution: Clemson University Grant #: 1262991 Principal Investigator: William R. Harrell; Faculty Mentor: Guigen Zhang

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NSF Division: Engineering 3-1 Title: Experimental Analysis of Energy Safety Limits for Photoacoustic-Guided Endonasal Surgery Presenter(s): Alicia Dagle REU Site: Computational Sensing and Medical Robotics Host Institution: The Johns Hopkins University Grant #: 1460674 Principal Investigator: Muyinatu Bell 3-2 Title: Release and Characterization of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles along a Value Chain Presenter(s): Catherine C. Ninah | Nicolas Rogers REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology Host Institution: Duke University-Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology Grant #: 1359131 Principal Investigator: Glenda T Kelly; Faculty Mentors: Mark Wiesner | Greg Lowry 3-3 Title: Laser Cavity Stabilization Utilizing Piezoelectric Actuators Presenter(s): Eric Reichel REU Site: Research in Optics (RiO) Host Institution: University of Arizona Grant #: 1460723 Principal Investigator: R. John Koshel; Faculty Mentor: R. Jason Jones 3-4 Title: Impact of Swelling on Polymeric Adsorbents Presenter(s): Falliou Djigal REU Site: Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange Host Institution: State University of New York at Buffalo Grant #: 1263257 Principal Investigator: Alan J. Rabideau; Faculty Mentor: John D. Atkinson 3-5 Title: Linking light and structure: investigating the correlation between corneal stiffness and fluorescence Presenter(s): Genna Touchette REU Site: Wellman-Hst Summer Institute for Biomedical Optics Host Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital Grant #: 1358296 Principal Investigator: Walfre Franco

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3-6 Title: Optimization of Patterned Thin Films of Photoresist for Plasma Etching Applications Presenter(s): Irving Garduno REU Site: Advancing California Community College Students through Engineering Research Host Institution: UC Berkeley Grant #: 1461157 Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Bokor; Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey Clarkson 3-7 Title: Fabrication of Mechanically Flexible Photonic Crystal Cavities on Germanium Nanomembranes Presenter(s): Lauren Ashley Strong REU Site: Integrated Nanomanufacturing Host Institution: Trustees of Boston University Grant #: 1461152 Principal Investigator: Helen Fawcett; Faculty Mentor: Roberto Paiella 3-8 Title: Open Knee(s): The Role of the Transverse Ligament in Cartilage and Menisci Mechanics Predicted by Finite Element Analysis of the Knee Presenter(s): Omar Gad REU Site: An Immersive Research Engineering Training Program for Undergraduates Host Institution: Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation Grant #: 1358579 Principal Investigator: Ahmet Erdemir 3-9 Title: Establishing Antibody-Conjugated Quantum Dot Saturation Curves for the Quantification of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Receptors on Endothelial Cells Presenter(s): Rachel E White REU Site: Discoveries in Bioimaging Host Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Grant #: 1461038 Principal Investigator: Princess U. Imoukhuede 3-10 Title: Ductile Multi-Functional Hybrid Composite System for Design of Resilient Structures Presenter(s): Samuel Turek REU Site: Research Experience in Cyber and Civil Infrastructure Security: Fostering Innovation Host Institution: University of Connecticut Grant #: 1461165 Principal Investigator: Arash Esmaili Zaghi

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3-11 Title: Surface Flux Analysis of Trace Gas Emissions from a California Landfill Presenter(s): Stephanie C. Tjan REU Site: Sustainable Management and Beneficial Reuse of Residual Wastes and Byproducts Host Institution: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Grant #: 1263337 Principal Investigator: Gregg Fiegel; Faculty Mentors: James Hanson | Nazli Yesiller 3-12 Title: A Novel Technique based on Fluorescence Spectroscopy for Quantifying OH Radicals Produced by Electrical Discharge Plasmas Presenter(s): Stephanie Hernandez REU Site: ASSETs to Serve Humanity NSF REU Site Program Host Institution: Clarkson University Grant #: 1359256 Principal Investigator: Shane W. Rogers; Faculty Mentor: Selma Mededovic 3-13 Title: Applications of Organic Nanopillars Grown on Graphene Presenter(s): Victor K Champagne REU Site: Nanoscale: Science and Engineering Center Host Institution: University of Massachusetts Amherst Grant #: 1025020 Principal Investigator: Alejandro Briseno 3-14 Title: Control of a Single-Stage Three-Phase Buck-Boost Power Factor Correction Rectifier Presenter(s): Bryan Faulkner REU Site: Summer Engineering Research Experiences in Transportation Electrification Host Institution: University of Maryland Grant #: 1263063 Principal Investigator: Alireza Khaligh

NSF Division: International Science and Engineering 3-17 Title: Sacred Sites: Development & Regions with Similar Struggles on Conserving Culture Presenter(s): Dawn Falcon REU Site: Informal Science Learning in Ecological Contexts: Science Learning and Native Language Use in Contrasting USA and Russia Mountain Systems Host Institution: Montana State University Grant #: 1261160 Principal Investigator: Kristin T. Ruppel

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NSF Division: Materials Research 4-22 Title: Regional Flora as Electron Reservoirs for the Production of Environmentally Friendly Gold Nanoparticles Presenter(s): Hannah Huhman | Matthew Brown REU Site: Research Experience for Undergraduates in Materials and Modeling Host Institution: University of Missouri Grant #: 1359430 Principal Investigator: Sashi Satpathy; Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kattesh Katti 4-23 Title: Hemocompatibility of Drug-Releasing Vascular Graft Materials Presenter(s): Emily Mihalko REU Site: Interactive Biomaterials Host Institution: Syracuse University Grant #: 1460784 Principal Investigator: Eric Finkelstein 4-24 Title: Improving Surface Area and Plasmonic Properties of Metal Polymer Nanocomposites for Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Detection of Bioactive Agents in Water Presenter(s): Jessica Bojorquez | Marco De Jesus REU Site: Reconfigurable and Multifunctional Soft Materials Host Institution: University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Grant #: 1460704 Principal Investigators: Patricia Ortiz-Bermudez | Marco De Jesus 4-25 Title: 3-D Simulation of Ligand Phase Separation on Faceted Nanoparticles Presenter(s): Margaurite Ilene Osmundsen REU Site: Surface and Thin Film Science and Engineering Host Institution: University of Virginia / School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Grant #: 1157007 Principal Investigator: Jerrold Anthony Floro; Faculty Mentor: David L. Green 4-26 Title: Evidence for Proposed Mechanism of Surface Layer Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (SL-MALDI-ToF-MS) Presenter(s): John Meyerhofer REU Site: Polymer Science and Engineering at The University of Akron Host Institution: The University of Akron Grant #: 1359321 Principal Investigator: Mark D. Foster

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NSF Division: Mathematical Sciences 4-14 Title: Compartmental Competition Model with Cancer Stem Cells in a Colon Crypt Presenter(s): Amber Lee Winthrop University REU: Bridging Applied and Theoretical Mathematics Host Institution: Winthrop University Grant #: 1358534 Principal Investigator: Joseph Rusinko; Faculty Mentor: Zachary Abernathy 4-15 Title: An Agent-Based Model Simulating the Reintroduction of the Extinct Passenger Pigeon under Varying Resource Availability Presenter(s): Erin Boggess REU Site: Valparaiso Experience in Research by Undergraduate Mathematicians Host Institution: Valparaiso University Grant #: 1262852 Principal Investigator: Alex Capaldi 4-16 Title: A Compartmental Model of Positive and Negative Stimulation in T Cell Receptor Signaling Presenter(s): Hannah G. Rollins REU Site: Modeling and Simulation in Systems Biology (MSSB) Host Institution: UConn Health, Center for Quantitative Medicine Grant #: 1460967 Principal Investigator: Reinhard Laubenbacher 4-17 Title: Context-Directed Reversals of Signed Permutations Presenter(s): Hannah Qiuhan Li REU Site: Complexity Across Disciplines (CAD) Host Institution: Boise State University Grant #: 1359425 Principal Investigator: Liljana Babinkostova; Faculty Mentor: Marion Scheepers 4-18 Title: Frechet Differentiability in Optimal Control of Parabolic Free Boundary Problems Presenter(s): Jessica Pillow | Dylanger Pittman REU Site: Partial Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems Host Institution: Florida Institute of Technology Grant #: 1359074 Principal Investigator: Ugur G. Abdulla

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4-19 Title: Sign-Characteristic-Preserving Linearizations in DL (P) Presenter(s): Joseph Breen UCSB Mathematics Summer Research Program Host Institution: University of California Santa Barbara Grant #: 1358884 Principal Investigator: Maribel Bueno 4-20 Title: Large Induced Outerplanar and Acyclic Subgraphs of Planar Graphs Presenter(s): Melissa Sherman-Bennett REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science Host Institution: Oregon State University Grant #: 1359173 Principal Investigator: Holly Swisher; Faculty Mentor: Glencora Borradaile 4-21 Title: Minimal Length Maximal Green Sequences for Type A Quivers Presenter(s): Peter Emil Dillery REU Site: Mathematics REU at UConn Host Institution: University of Connecticut Grant #: 1262929 Principal Investigator: Luke Rogers; Faculty Mentor: Khrystyna Nechyporenko

NSF Division: Ocean Sciences 1-13 Title: Tank Cultivation of the Red Algae Palmaria Mollis: Effects of Nutrients on Growth Rate, Biochemical Quality, and Epiphytic Growth Presenter(s): David Edmond Ben REU Site: From Estuaries to the Deep Sea Host Institution: Oregon State University/Hatfield Marine Science Center Grant #: 1263349 Principal Investigator: Itchung Cheung; Faculty Mentor: Chris Langdon 1-14 Title: Understanding Trophic Transfer of Gambiertoxins in Herbivorous Reef Fish from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands Presenter(s): Jesse Kay Gwinn REU SITE: Undergraduate Research Experiences in Coastal and Nearshore Marine Systems of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Host Institution: Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium Grant #: 1358873 Principal Investigator/Faculty Mentor: Alison Robertson

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1-15 Title: Drowning Coasts: A Multi-Proxy View of Anthropogenic Sediment Supply at Joppa Flats, MA Presenter(s): Justin Shawler REU Site: Coastal Marine Science Research Opportunities for Undergraduates at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science Host Institution: Virginia Institute of Marine Science Grant #: 1062882 Principal Investigator/Faculty Mentor: Christopher Hein 1-16 Title: The phenotypic plasticity of the Caribbean climax seagrass Thalassia testudinum Presenter(s): Brian Griffiths REU Site: Coral Reef Biodiversity and Resilience on Little Cayman Host Institution: Central Caribbean Marine Institute Grant #: 1358600 Principal Investigator: Carrie Manfrino; Faculty Mentor: John Gregory Foster 1-17 Title: Wave Riding at the Micro-Scale: A 3D visualization of Hydrodynamic Trail Following Behavior In Calanoid Copepods, Hesperodiaptomus Arcticus and H. Shoshone Presenter(s): Nicholas Vang REU Site: Aquatic Chemical Ecology at Georgia Tech Host Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology Grant #: 1262962 Principal Investigator: Linda Green; Faculty Mentor: Jeannette Yen 1-18 Title: Calibration and deployment of a P-cable and a single long offset cable to create 3D seismic imaging Presenter(s): Tyler Hackett REU Site: Marine Technology Mentoring and Internship Program on Oceanographic Research Vessels Host Institution: Monterey Peninsula College Grant #: 1359474 Principal Investigator/Faculty Mentor: Nandita Sarkar 1-19 Title: Bioluminescent bacteria associated with coastal zooplankton in Big Fisherman’s Cove Presenter(s): Vivianna Alejandra Sanchez REU Site: Ocean Coastal Zone Sustainability Host Institution: USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies Grant #: 1263356 Principal Investigator: Karla Heidelberg; Faculty Mentor: Adriane Jones

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NSF Division: Physics 4-27 Title: Phase Wrapping of Epicyclic Perturbations in the Wobbly Galaxy Presenter(s): Alexander de la Vega REU Site: Physics and Optics at Rochester Host Institution: University of Rochester Grant #: 1460352 Principal Investigator: Arie Bodek; Faculty Mentor: Alice Quillen 4-28 Title: Topological phases in non-Hermitian Hamiltonians Presenter(s): Elizabeth Noelle Blose REU Site: Applying the Tools of Physics - From the Cosmos to the Living Cell Host Institution: University of Illinois Grant #: 1359126 Principal Investigator: Kevin Pitts; Faculty Mentor: Prof. Taylor Hughes 4-29 Title: Testing Rapid Fabrication Tools of Surface Acoustic Wave Devices Presenter(s): Jordan L. Eagle REU Site: Physics Research in America's Historic Triangle Host Institution: College of William & Mary Grant #: 1359364 Principal Investigator: Wouter Deconinck; Faculty Mentor: Russell Wincheski 4-30 Title: Diffusion of hydrogen donors in In2O3 Presenter(s): Karla Villata REU Site: Research Experience for Undergraduates in Physics at Lehigh University Host Institution: Lehigh University Grant #: 1359195 Principal Investigator: Volkmar Dierolf; Faculty Mentor: Michael Stavola 4-31 Title: Submonolayer Island Nucleation and Growth for Subdiffusive Random Walkers Presenter(s): Mikheal Semaan REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Physics and Astronomy at The University of Toledo Host Institution: University of Toledo Grant #: 1262810 Principal Investigator: Richard E Irving; Faculty Mentor: Jacques Amar

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NSF Division: Polar Programs 1-20 Title: Recent Changes in Subglacial Discharge Characteristics of the Kongsvegen-Kronebreen Glacial Complex, Kongsfjorden, Svalbard Presenter(s): Dominique Aviana Seles REU Site: Svalbard Research Experience for Undergraduates -- Modern-day Processes & Climate Impacts on Tidewater glaciers, Kongsfjord, NY Alesund Host Institution: University of Massachusetts - Amherst Grant #: 1263005 Principal Investigator: Julie Brigham-Grette; Faculty Mentor: Tim Cooke 1-21 Title: Autochamber Measurements of Net Ecosystem (CO2) Exchange at a Subarctic Mire in Northern Sweden Presenter(s): Maeah Jame Walthall | Xavier Knicholar Parker-Smith REU Site: Arctic and Antarctic REU Host Institution: Elizabeth City State University Grant #: 0944255 and 1263061 Principal Investigator: Linda Hayden; Faculty Mentor: Ryan Lawrence

NSF Division: Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences 1-22 Title: Property Rights Discourse and Lake Clean-Up Efforts Presenter(s): Eniola Afolayan REU Site: LAKES REU Host Institution: University of Wisconsin-Stout Grant #: 135738 Principal Investigator/Faculty Mentor: Tina Lee 1-23 Title: The Effect of Prosodic Tune on Object Localization Presenter(s): Jocelyne Muñoz REU Site: The Science of Language and the Language of Science Host Institution: The Ohio State University Grant #: 1461039 Principal Investigator: Kathryn Campbell-Kibler; Faculty Mentor: Shari Speer 1-24 Title: Folk Taxonomies, Species Naming and Linguistic Diversity: An Ethnobiological Approach to Micronesian Fauna Presenter(s): Joseph P. Corcoran | K. David Harrison REU Site: Building digital tools to support endangered languages and preserve environmental knowledge in Mexico, Micronesia, and Navajo Nation Host Institution: Swarthmore College

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Grant #: 1461056 Principal Investigator: K. David Harrison 1-25 Title: Biological Rhythms in the Chambered Nautilus Presenter(s): Lisa Caraballo REU Site: Brooklyn College Neuroscience Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program Host Institution: CUNY Brooklyn College Grant #: 1156870 Principal Investigator: Laura Rabin; Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Basil 1-26 Title: Military Veteran/Non-Veteran Teams of Undergraduates Identifying Genomic Biomarkers of PTSD in Peripheral Blood Presenter(s): Matthew Weinert | Lauren Chilcott | Jonathan Winfield REU Site: Training Diverse Undergraduate Teams of Veterans and Non-Veterans to Conduct Trauma Research with Veterans Host Institution: Syracuse University, SUNY Oswego, and SUNY Upstate Medical Grant #: 1359358 Principal Investigator: Brooks Gump; Faculty Mentor: Stephen Glatt 1-27 Title: Using an IAT to Examine Factors Related to Suicidality in Adolescents Presenter(s): Micaela M. Lippert REU Site: Advancing Psychological Research with Technology Host Institution: Western Kentucky University Grant #: 1460942 Principal Investigator: Amber N. Schroeder; Faculty Mentor: Stephen O'Connor 1-28 Title: Bad Shades: The Negative Implications of Darker Skin Tones Presenter(s): Natarshia Corley | Jeremy Horne REU Site: NYU Center for Behavioral Statistics and the Study of Motivated Perception Host Institution: New York University Grant #: 1460626 Principal Investigator: Emily Balcetis 1-29 Title: Spatial Language Use of Middle Schoolers in Math Think-Alouds Presenter(s): Elsa Bravo REU Site: Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center (SILC) REU Program Host Institution: Temple University Grant #: 1358852 Principal Investigators: Julie Booth | Nora Newcombe

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REUS 2015 Speakers’ Biographies alphabetical by last name

Elizabeth L. Ambos is Executive Officer for the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR). CUR

(http://www.cur.org) supports and facilitates high-quality undergraduate student-faculty

collaborative research and scholarship. Over 740 institutions and 10700 individuals belong to CUR, an

international non-profit organization. Prior to becoming CUR’s Executive Officer in May 2012, Beth

Ambos served for six years as Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Initiatives and Partnerships for

the 23-campus California State University system. A geophysicist by training, Beth Ambos has also

held several appointments at California State University, Long Beach, including Associate Vice

President for Research and External Support, Graduate Dean, Associate Dean, and Professor of

Geological Sciences in the College of Natural Sciences in Mathematics. She holds a bachelor’s degree in

geology from Smith College, and Master’s and PhD in marine geology and geophysics from University

of Hawaii at Mānoa.

Liljana Babinkostova is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Boise State

University. Her research efforts concern problems in topology, game theory and cryptography, ranging

from highly theoretical to the most practical of efforts, in which she routinely engages undergraduate

students. Dr. Babinkostova is one of the lead faculty members that developed an undergraduate

research program at her institution and the program chair for the Idaho Conference on Undergraduate

Research. Babinkostova is a councilor in the Mathematics Division of AAAS-PD, and in the Mathematics

and Computer Science Division of CUR. She serves as the PI for the NSF REU Site: Complexity Across

Disciplines (CAD), a program in interdisciplinary mathematics research.

Nicole Bennett is an Associate Professor at Appalachian State University and a rotating Program

Officer for the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education. She received a B.S. in Chemistry at UNC-

Chapel Hill in 1990 followed by a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison

in 1996. Her 17-year career as a teacher/scholar began in the Chemistry Department at Hope College,

a 3,000-student Liberal Arts college in Holland, MI. There, Nicole thrived in an environment where it

was the norm for teachers and students to collaborate, discover, and learn together. In 2002, she

moved to Appalachian, a primarily undergraduate institution with approximately 17,000 students,

where she established a vigorous undergraduate research program in physical organic studies of

microwave-induced synthesis of biodiesel and small molecules and she still enjoys the strong sense of

community that research collaboration imparts on students and faculty alike. Nicole has been the

principal investigator or co-principle investigator for undergraduate research projects funded through

the NSF-POWRE (2000), NSF-CCLI (2004), Merck/AAAS (2006), Pfizer Inc. (2007), NSF-STEP (2007),

NSF-S-STEM (2007), NC Space Grant (2008), NSF-REU (2010), and NSF-MRI (2012) Programs.

Susan Brennan is Program Director for NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program and Professor

of Psychology with joint appointments in Computer Science and Linguistics at Stony Brook University

in NY. She is a cognitive scientist who studies psycholinguistics, spoken dialogue, verbal and

nonverbal communication, and the human use of technology. She received a Ph.D. in psychology from

Stanford University, a Master of Science from MIT (from what is now the Media Lab), and a B.A. from

Cornell University in anthropology. She is passionate about graduate education and was once a

Graduate Research Fellow.

Karen Carter is a Program Specialist at the Office of Fellowships and Internships since May 2013. Her

focus is on outreach and recruitment for internships and fellowships, with a particular emphasis on

diversity. Prior to the Smithsonian, Karen worked for almost 20 years at George Mason University

where she taught in the School of Social Impact and Innovation (SSII), an undergraduate

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interdisciplinary degree program, as well as in Women and Gender Studies. Karen served as the

Director of Experiential Learning in SSII, where she oversaw Mason’s Center for Field Studies and the

SSII Internship Program. She also served as the Associate Director of Mason’s Women and Gender

Studies Program. Karen holds a B.A. in Psychology, a M.A. in Liberal Studies (emphasis on Philosophy

and Museum Studies), and is A.B.D. in the Cultural Studies Ph.D. program, all from Mason.

Ruben Michael Ceballos is an Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Minnesota-

Morris. He is a co-director of the Minority Institute Astrobiology Collaborative (MIAC) and the

Bioenergy Research Collaborative-Microorganisms As Renewable Energy Sources (BRC-MARES). The

Ceballos Lab studies extreme and exotic microorganisms and the potential for microbes and their

proteins to be used in biotechnology. As a PI on multiple international REU Site projects funded by the

U.S. National Science Foundation and research project funded by NASA, Dr. Ceballos has conducted

research with students and international collaborators on a variety of topics in the countries of

Norway, Mexico, India, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Malaysia. These projects span a broad range of

topics including studies of bioactive properties and anti-microbial properties of tribal-use plants and

the impacts of anthropogenic drivers on biodiversity in tribal regions. The Ceballos Lab is a highly

interdisciplinary laboratory that provides unique opportunities for students from groups that have

been historically underrepresented in the sciences.

Karla Heidelberg is an Associate Professor Teaching in the Marine Environmental Biology section of

the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Southern California. She received her Ph.D.

from the University of Maryland in Marine Science. Before joining USC, she was an AAAS Science Policy

Fellow at the US Department of State Office of Oceans Affairs followed by being appointed as the Global

Programs coordinator for the J. Craig Venter Institute, where she coordinated an around-the world

research expedition to evaluate marine microbial diversity. Her research program at USC focuses on

biodiversity and genomic underpinnings of tropical, temperate and polar marine microbial

communities. She is a recipient of the USC Steven B. Sample USC Teaching and Mentoring Award, and

in 2014 was appointed as the Director of the Environmental Studies Program. Heidelberg serves as the

PI on an NSF REU Site: Ocean Coastal Zone Sustainability through the USC Wrigley Institute for

Environmental Studies.

R. Corby Hovis is a senior program director in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources at

the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Arlington, Virginia, where he has worked since 1997. At NSF,

Dr. Hovis is the NSF-wide coordinator for the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

program, the Federal government's oldest and largest grant program supporting research experiences

for students. He also coordinates the participation of community colleges in NSF's programs

supporting cybersecurity education, such as the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program,

which currently sponsors four major centers for cybersecurity education. Before coming to NSF, he

served on the faculty of Valparaiso University in Indiana and, at the same time, as science editor at

Encyclopædia Britannica in Chicago. He received his PhD from Cornell University in both astronomy

and the history and philosophy of science, and he received his BA in physics and English from Wake

Forest University. From September 2009 through August 2010, he served on special assignment from

NSF as an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow in the Office of the President at The Ohio State

University.

Rebecca M. Jones, a former undergraduate researcher at The Ohio State University, earned her Ph.D.

in inorganic chemistry from the University of Cincinnati and joined the faculty of Austin Peay State

University in 2004. While earning tenure at APSU, she created of the Office of Undergraduate Research

(OUR) in 2010 and was appointed Director. She relocated to George Mason University In January 2012

to become the Assistant Director of OSCAR, where she administrates student programs such as the

Undergraduate Research Scholars Program and the Undergraduate Student Travel Fund. She serves as

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the Secretary for the Mason chapter of Sigma Xi and is an active member of the American Chemical

Society, AAAS, and the Council on Undergraduate Research.

Rachel Levitin is the Program Manager for the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate

(NDSEG) Fellowship Program – which is administered by the American Society for Engineering

Education (ASEE) – and has worked in some capacity as a member of the NDSEG Program Team since

November 2009. Miss Levitin is a graduate of the American University (B.A. Journalism, 2009) where

she has served as a mentor to undergraduate students in the School of Communications for four years.

Joerg Schlatterer is a Program Director in the Division of Graduate Education at the National Science

Foundation. Dr. Schlatterer studied chemistry in Berlin and received his PhD in Heidelberg (Germany).

In 2004, he moved to the US and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the National High Magnetic Field

Laboratory in Florida before moving on to become a research associate and subsequently a faculty

member in biochemistry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Dr. Schlatterer

published more than 15 peer-reviewed articles and filed 4 patents and patent applications. At Einstein

Dr. Schlatterer also co-created and directed the Career & Professional Development Program for

Graduate Students & Postdoctoral Researchers. Dr. Schlatterer worked as Assistant Dean of Faculty

Professional Development at Columbia University Medical Center before joining the National Science

Foundation in summer 2015.

Valentin Soloiu is the Allen E. Paulson Distinguished Chair of Renewable Energy at Georgia Southern

University and has 30 years of experience in university teaching and research. Soloiu supervises the

Renewable Energy and Biofuel Combustion Laboratory program exploring the formulation,

combustion, and emissions of alternative fuels/biofuels. This laboratory engages 20 undergraduate

students and 4 graduate students in research. Soloiu serves as the PI on several federal grants from

the DOE, EPA, and ORNL as well as the PI on an NSF REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Green-

Engineered New Transportation Technologies (URGENTT).

Charles Sullivan earned a B.A. degree in zoology from the University of Maine at Orono and graduate

degrees from the University of Maryland, College Park. After a postdoctoral fellowship in

developmental biology at the University of Virginia, Dr. Sullivan joined the Department of Biology at

Grinnell College in Iowa. During his 30 year career, he taught courses in introductory biology, cell

biology, and developmental biology and served two terms as Department Chair. Dr. Sullivan also

supervised nearly 100 independent projects ranging from guided readings to lab-based research on

the formation of sensory structures (such as the lens in the eye) in chicken and frog embryos. His

research and teaching efforts have been supported by NIH (AREA), Research Corporation, and NSF

(ILI, CCLI, MRI, and ROA). Dr. Sullivan recently completed a four-year appointment as a rotating

Program Director at the National Science Foundation. While at NSF he helped manage the Research

Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program in the Biological Sciences Directorate and the

Undergraduate Biology Education track of the Research Coordination Networks program (RCN-UBE).

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