URCAD Table of Content
Students are listed below in alphabetical order. Select the first letter of the student’s last name in the table of content for a quick access.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | V | W | Y
To view the student abstract, select the student’s name in the Table of Content.
A
- Laylo Abdurahmonova | Biological Sciences
Landmark Recognition And Navigational Behavior In Mantis Shrimp
Mentor(s): Thomas Cronin
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. - Susanna Abler | Visual Arts
BFRB: An Animated PSA
Mentor(s): Corrie Parks
Fine Arts Recital Hall | 2 – 2:15 p.m. - Jasmine Abrams | Psychology
Examining The Role Of Trust In Sexual Health Decision Making Among Black Women
Mentor(s): Jasmine Abrams
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Christian Adams | History
Social Entrepreneurship In Eighteenth-Century England
Mentor(s): Amy Froide
UC 310 | 1 – 1:30 p.m. - Devon Adams | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Development Of An Autonomous Vehicle For The Micromouse Competition
Mentor(s): E F Charles LaBerge
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. - Kayla Addai | Biological Sciences
Identification And Characterization Of A Bacteriophage That Infects The Species Streptomyces Mirabilis
Mentor: Steven Caruso
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #44 - Genevieve Ahearn | Biological Sciences
Geographical Trends In Size And Fecundity Of Japanese Harvestmen
Mentor(s): Mercedes Burns
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #2 - Aileiwaer Airexiati | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Development Of An Autonomous Vehicle For The Micromouse Competition
Mentor(s): E F Charles LaBerge
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. - Rashed Mohamed Salem Ali Alhefeiti | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Development Of An Autonomous Vehicle For The Micromouse Competition
Mentor(s): E F Charles LaBerge
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. - Ilzat Ali | Biological Sciences
Investigating Mycobacteriophage Gene Function
Mentor(s): Viknesh Sivanathan
UC 204 | 3 – 3:15 p.m. - Zayd Ali | Biological Sciences
Ablation Of TRPV1+ Nerve Affects Proinflammatory Cytokine Levels In The Gingiva Tissue In Mice Periodontitis Models
Mentor(s): Man-Kyo Chung
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #1 - Ahmed Ali Almehrzi | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Micromouse-X : UMBC Capstone Project
Mentor(s): E.F. Charles LaBerge
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Ghina Ammar | Psychology
Discrimination And Its Relation To Anger Expression In Emerging Adults
Mentor(s): Danielle Beatty Moody
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #3
- Trevor Ancona | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
UMBC Game Developers Club 2018-2019 Game Projects
Mentor(s): Marc Olano
UC Ballroom Lounge | 10 – Noon - Arushi Aneja | Geography and Environmental Systems
Impact Of Discriminatory Housing Policy On Urban Green Space Use In Baltimore City
Mentor(s): Dawn Biehler
Fine Arts Recital Hall | 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. - Bridget Anger | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Phototransformation Of Macrolide Antibiotics In UV-254 Systems And Characterization Of Residual Antimicrobial Activity
Mentor(s): Lee Blaney
UC Ballroom | 10 – 10:45 a.m. - Tarek Antar | Psychology
Examining The Role Of Parental And Peer Religious Socialization In The Development Of The Muslim-Adolescent Identity
Mentor(s): Charissa Cheah
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #83 - Ryan Apt | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Development Of An Autonomous Vehicle For The Micromouse Competition
Mentor(s): E F Charles LaBerge
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. - Nandini Aravindan | Individualized Studies
Maternal Diet And Exercise Influences On Peripheral And Placental Inflammatory Markers
Mentor(s): Kellie Tamashiro
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #19 - Julia Arbutus | English
The Baltimore Sun’s Reporting Legacy: Understanding The White Press And Lynching Coverage
Mentor(s): Lindsay DiCuirci
UC 310 | 11:45 – Noon - Monica Argueta | Psychology
What Do Children Need To Know Before Kindergarten? Latino/a Immigrant Parents’ Views
Mentor(s): Susan Sonnenschein
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. - Morfea Arvanitis | Health Administration and Policy
A Systematic Review of Use of the ExpandNet Framework to Study Scale Up of Evidence-Based Health Interventions
Mentor(s): Jennifer Callaghan-Koru
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #17 - Alexis Ashcroft | Psychology
Examining The Role Of Trust In Sexual Health Decision Making Among Black Women
Mentor(s): Jasmine Abrams
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Pearl Asigbetse | Psychology
Prevention Programs For At Risk Native American Students
Mentor(s): Karen Watkins-Lewis
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #5 - Kristina Atanasoff | Biological Sciences
Assessing The Age-Specific Immune Response In Drosophila Melanogaster Using A Phagocytosis Assay
Mentor(s): Jeff Leips
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #6
B
- Peter Bailer | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Design and Analysis Of Hydrogels To Protect Biosensors From Enzyme-Catalysed Degradation
Mentor(s): Jennie Leach
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #4 - Peter Bailer | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Prevention Of RNA Aptamer Degradation To Create Biosensors For Therapeutic Drug
Mentor(s): Jennie Leach
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Robin Bailey | Biological Sciences
Molecular Determinants Of Melanopsin Function, Localization, and Activation
Mentor(s): Phyllis Robinson
UC 204 | 10:45 – 11 a.m. - Adnan Baker-Agha | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Potential Antiviral Compounds For Influenza
Mentor(s): Paul Smith
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #5 - Nicholas Balasus | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Investigations Of The Acidity And Liquid Water Content Of Chesapeake Bay Aerosols During The OWLETS-2 Campaign
Mentor(s): Christopher Hennigan
UC 204 | 2:15 – 2:30 p.m. - Carl Bannerman | Biological Sciences
Caspase-3 Regulation Of Endothelial Cell Migration & Proliferation
Mentor(s): Mahendra Damarla
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #6 - Karis Barnett | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Comparison Of Solvent Delivery Systems For Enhancing Desorption Electrospray Ionization (DESI) Source
Mentor(s): William LaCourse
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #7 - Venkatesh Batni | Education
What’s That Rhythm? Rhythm Reading With The Kodály Method
Mentor(s): Nana Vaughn
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #7 - Ghazal Becker | Biological Sciences
Transcription Start Site Heterogeneity Of The HIV-1 RNA Genome
Mentor(s): Michael Summers
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #8 - Bradley Beckman | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Exploring Genomic Locations Leading To High Levels Of Recombinant Protein Expression And Secretion In A. Nidulans
Mentor(s): Mark Marten
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. - Samar Behdin | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Biochemical And Structural Characterization Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 Spliced RNA
Mentor(s): Michael Summers
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Keynon Bell | Chemistry and Biochemistry
4D Mapping Of Spatiofunctional Enzyme Droplets In Living Cells
Minjoung Kyoung(s): Name
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #9 - Julia Blurton-Jones | Visual Arts
Traitor: An Animated Short
Mentor(s): Corrie Parks
Fine Arts Recital Hall | 2:30 – 2:45 p.m. - Aiswarya Boby | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Recovery Of Nutrients From Human Urine Using Donnan Dialysis
Mentor(s): Lee Blaney
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #8 - Sarah Boggs | Education
Supported in Seminar: Assessing the Significance of AP Support Classes
Mentor(s): Cheryl North
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #10
- Courtney Bohn | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Creating A Quadruped Robot With Walking And Wheeled Capabilities
Mentor(s): Fow-Sen Choa
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. - Jonathan Bolanos | Mechanical Engineering
Investigating The Unique Sensing Technique Of Embedded Ferromagnetic Particles In Epoxy
Mentor(s): Asha Hall
UC 204 | 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. - Cameron Blomquist | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
UMBC Game Developers Club 2018-2019 Game Projects
Mentor(s): Marc Olano
UC Ballroom Lounge | 10 – Noon - Kwadwo Bonsu | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Analysis Of Glycolytic Multienzyme Complex Formation In Human Immune Cells
Mentor(s): Gregory Szeto
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #9 - Maxwell Breitmeyer | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Virtual Reality And Photogrammetry For Improved Reproducibility Of Human-Robot Interaction Studies
Mentor(s): Don Engel
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #10 - DeAndre Bright | American Studies
Baltimore Traces: West Baltimore Street Stories
Mentor(s): Nicole King
UC 312 | 1:45 – 2:15 p.m. - Amber Brock | Psychology
What Do Children Need To Know Before Kindergarten? Latino/a Immigrant Parents’ Views
Mentor(s): Susan Sonnenschein
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #11 - Jacob Brossart | History
Black Hero’s Or White Saviors: The Cultural History Of Glory
Mentor(s): Anne Rubin
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #12 - Elwin Brown | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Thirst: A Quest To Restore The Oasis
Mentor(s): Marc Olano
UC Ballroom Lounge | 10 – Noon - Elwin Brown | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Toward The Application Of SVM’s For Text-Based Replication Of CATME Peer Evaluations
Mentor(s): Don Engel
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. - Milan Brown | Geography and Environmental Systems
What Happened To Franklin Square Park?: Understanding Park Quality Through Historical And Present Day Contexts
Dawn Biehler(s): Name
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #11 - Kelly Burchett | Biological Sciences
The Effects Of Metals And Gut Microbiota In Nervous System Performance In Drosophilia
Mentor(s): Fernando Vonhoff
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #12 - Tonya Burge | Biological Sciences
Assessing The Age-Specific Immune Response In Drosophila Melanogaster Using A Phagocytosis Assay
Mentor(s): Jeff Leips
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Riley Burnett | Psychology
Quantitative Study Examining Sexual Health Education, Knowledge, And Behavior
Mentor(s): Jolene Sy
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #14
C
- Caleb Campbell | History
Knights, Villians, And Buffoons: Portrayals Of The Ku Klux Klan In American Film
Mentor(s): Anne Rubin
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #13 - Bryanna Canales | Biological Sciences
The Role Of Lactate As A Stabilizing Molecule For Ndrg1-Mediated Energy Preservation Under Anoxia
Mentor(s): Rachel Brewster
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #14 - Emily Cannistraci | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Characterizing The Dynamic Capsid-SP1 Junction Helix Of The HIV-1 Gag Polyprotein And Maturation Inhibitor Interaction
Mentor(s): Michael Summers
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #15 - Erin Cannon | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Thirst: A Quest To Restore The Oasis
Mentor(s): Marc Olano
UC Ballroom Lounge | 10 – Noon - Hannah Cao | Visual Arts
Diana And Actaeon: Between The Light And Dark
Mentor(s): Timothy Nohe
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #100 - Ricardo Cardoza | Mechanical Engineering
Formaldehyde Vapor Sensor
Mentor(s): Gymama Slaughter
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #16 - Katherine-Ann Carr | Physics
Classifying Galaxy Morphology Using Machine Learning
Mentor(s): Meg Urry
Fine Arts Recital Hall | 11:45 – Noon - Matthieu Carral-Viens | Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication
Der Deutsche Correspondent: The Role Of Baltimore’s Daily German Newspaper During World War I
Mentor(s): Susanne Sutton
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #16 - Noah Carver | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Modular Solvers For Partially Continuous Abstract Markov Decision Processes
Mentor(s): Cynthia Matuszek
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #17 - Dan Castellano | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Brain Guitar-Pedal Interface
Mentor(s): E. F. Charles LaBerge
UC Ballroom | Time - Melody Chan | Science and Electrical Engineering
Judgement Of Osiris Computer
Mentor(s): Marc Olano
UC Ballroom Lounge | 10 – Noon - Thomas Chapin | Geography and Environmental Systems
Symbiotic And Asymbiotic Germination Of Native Terrestrial Orchids In Platanthera genus
Mentor(s): Melissa McCormick
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Issac Chaudry | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Biochemical Evidence Of A Novel Structural Element Characteristic To The Dimer Conformation Of The Hiv-1 Genome
Mentor(s): Michael Summers
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #18 - Kevin Chen | Biological Sciences
Making Mouse Models To Study Cellular And Genetic Differences That Distinguish Indolent From Aggressive Prostate Cancers
Mentor(s): Charles Bieberich
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #18
- Eric Cheung | Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Semi-automatic Ontology Curation Methods For A Planarian Gene Expression Pattern Database ~ See White Paper
Mentor(s): Daniel Lobo
UC Ballroom | 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. - Snigdha Chigurupati | Individualized Studies
The Effect Of Personally Meaningful Music On Mood And Behavior Of Those With Dementia
Mentor(s): Bernard Rabin
Fine Arts Recital Hall | 10:45 – 11 a.m. - Kennedy Chioma | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Characterization Of The Thermodynamic Processes Of Nucleocapsid Binding To Viral Rna
Mentor(s): Michael Summers
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #19 - Rabbia Choudary | Information Systems
A Literature Review Of The Communication Gap Between Caregivers Of Home Health Patients And The Underlying Impact
Mentor(s): Gunes Koru
UC Ballroom | Time - Daniel Choo | History
Traveling The Medieval Globe
Mentor(s): Susan McDonough
UC 312 | 11:15 – 11:45 a.m. - Caroline Cocca | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Investigating Teamwork Quality Through Neural Networks And Text Analysis
Mentor(s): Don Engel
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m | Poster #20 - Lydia Coley | American Studies
“A Model Negro Village”: How Environmental Racism Affects The Health Of African-Americans In Cherry Hill
Mentor(s): Nicole King
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #3 - Autumn Cook | Chemistry and Biochemistry
The Rheology And Dynamics Of Active Matter Suspensions
Mentor(s): Daniel L. Blair
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #20 - Ashley Copenhaver | Mathematics and Statistics
Discovering The Functional Structure Of The Islet Of Langerhans Through Machine Learning And Optimization
Mentor(s): Bradford Peercy
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #21 - Nicole Couturier | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Characterizing The Immunogenicity Of Gold Nanoparticles (AuNP) As Drug Delivery Vehicles
Mentor(s): Gregory Szeto
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #22 - Eliana Crentsil | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Effects Of Cell Tension On YAP/TAZ-Mediated Volume Regulation
Mentor(s): Sean Sun
Fine Arts Recital Hall | 11:30 – 11:45 a.m. - Maegan Crew | Sociology and Anthropology
A Case Study of the Cultural Framing of Mental Illness in the U.S.
Mentor(s): Bambi Chapin
UC 310 | 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. - Amy Cruz | Gender and Women’s Studies
An Exploration Of The Social Aspects Of The Maryland Medical Cannabis Program
Mentor(s): Amy Bhatt
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #21
D
- Sheridan Danquah | Biological Sciences
Using Molecular Sexing To Determine The Validity Of In-Field Sexing Methods
Mentor(s): Kevin Omland
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. - Lauren Davidson | Biological Sciences
Assessing The Age-Specific Immune Response In Drosophila Melanogaster Using A Phagocytosis Assay
Mentor(s): Jeff Leips
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Amber Davis | History
Social Entrepreneurship In Eighteenth-Century England
Mentor(s): Amy Froide
UC 310 | 1 – 1:30 p.m. - Adam Der | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Fabrication Of A Wearable Temperature Sensing System For CIPA Patients
Mentor(s): Gymama Slaughter
UC 312 | 3:45 – 4 p.m. - Debora Diaz Diestra | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Micromouse-X : UMBC Capstone Project
Mentor(s): E.F. Charles LaBerge
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m.
- James Dizon | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Testing the Efficacy of Antimalarial Delivered Nanoparticles for Lupus Treatment
Mentor(s): Marilyn Allen, Gregory Szeto
Fine Arts Recital Hall | 11:15 – 11:30 a.m. - Mikhail Dorfman | Information Systems
Creating Fabrication Instructions For A DIY Therapy Device
Mentor(s): Foad Hamidi
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. - Brittany Driscoll | Biological Sciences
3D Reconstruction Of Stomatopod Brain
Mentor(s): Thomas Cronin
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #23 - Holland Driscoll | Biological Sciences
Landmark Recognition And Navigational Behavior In Mantis Shrimp
Mentor(s): Thomas Cronin
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #24 - Christopher Dunstan | Mathematics and Statistics
Stochastic Models Of Cell Polarization In The C. Elegans Zygote
Mentor(s): Hye-Won Kang
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #22
E
- Ava Eder | History
“The World Will Little Note Nor Long Remember” : The Gettysburg Address In American Politics
Mentor(s): Anne Rubin
UC 312 | 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. - Ariel Egbunine | Biological Sciences
The Characterization And Host Optimization For Phage Isolation On Arthrobacter Globiformis
Mentor(s): Viknesh Sivanathan
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #23 - Lloyd Ekpe | Theatre
Unrequited
Mentor(s): Chelsea Pace
Dance Cube, 337 PAHB | 10:45
- Maryam Elhabashy | Ancient Studies
Establishing The Contributions Of Arab Medical Theorists: A Comparison Of Galen And Ibn-Sina
Mentor(s): Molly Jones-Lewis
UC 310 | 11:30 – 11:45 a.m. - Anthony Ellis | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
UMBC Game Developers Club 2018-2019 Game Projects
Mentor(s): Marc Olano
UC Ballroom Lounge | 10 – Noon - Dominic Ellis | Music
Hip Hop Notation: Developing A Visual Representation Of An Aural Art
Mentor(s): Paula Maust
UC 310 | 3 – 3:15 p.m.
F
- Olumide Fagboyegun | Biological Sciences
Effect Of Parkinson’s Disease Pathophysiology On Downstream Targets Of Heat Shock Transcription Factor
Mentor(s): Michael Lee
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #25 - Keller Falkenstein | History
So Now You Like The Confederacy: Western Maryland’s Change in Civil War Support
Mentor(s): Anne Rubin
UC 312 | 11 – 11:15 a.m. - Anna Feerick | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Nitrogen Trichloride Detection In Indoor Pool Air Using Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS)
Mentor(s): Thomas Jobson
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Anna Feerick | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Antibiotics, Hormones, and Sunscreens in the Choptank River
Mentor(s): Lee Blaney
UC 204 | 2:45 – 3 p.m. | Poster # - David Fialkow | Physics
Characterizing The Mechanical Oscillatory Properties Of Nanostructures
Mentor(s): Matthew Pelton
UC 204 | 3:15 – 3:30 p.m. - Stacey Fitzgerald | Music
Achieving Rhythmic Excellence Through A Community Of Encouragement
Mentor(s): Nana Vaughn
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #26 - Donovan Floyd | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Creating A Quadruped Robot With Walking And Wheeled Capabilities
Mentor(s): Fow-Sen Choa
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m.
- Carllie Foley | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Escape To Planet Earth
Mentor(s): Marc Olano
UC Ballroom Lounge | 10 – Noon - Charles Fox | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Investigating Teamwork Quality Through Neural Networks And Text Analysis
Mentor(s): Don Engel
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Leah Franklin | Psychology
A Qualitative Examination Of Black Women’s Barriers To And Motivations For Safer Sex
Mentor(s): Jasmine Abrams
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. - Dorian Frazier | Biological Sciences
Phosphoregulation Of The Histone Methyltransferase Set5
Mentor(s): Erin Green
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #25 - Jake Freas | Psychology
Impact Of Activity On The Relationship Between Youth Substance Use And Depression Symptoms/Suicidality
Mentor(s): Carlo DiClemente
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #26 - Garrett Freeman | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Biochemical And Structural Characterization Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 Spliced RNA
Mentor(s): Michael Summers
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #27 - Misha Furman | Science and Electrical Engineering
Judgement Of Osiris Computer
Mentor(s): Marc Olano
UC Ballroom Lounge | 10 – Noon
G
- Marissa Gabel | Mathematics and Statistics
Constructing Time to Onset of Urea Cycle and Analyzing Growth Trends
Mentor(s): DoHwan Park
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #28 - Eric Joshua Garcia | Biological Sciences
Investigating Chromatin Regulation By Set4 In Budding Yeast
Mentor(s): Erin Green
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #29 - Meheret Gebreegziabher | Biological Sciences
Protein Phosphatase 2A Facilitates Re-sensitization For Robust Melanopsin Phototransduction
Mentor(s): Phyllis Robinson
UC 204 | 11 – 11:15 a.m. - Alex Getachew | Individualized Studies
The Impact Of Arts Integration On Learning Identity For 6th Grade Social Studies Students In Anne Arundel County (AACPS)
Mentor(s): Vickie Williams
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #30 - Frances Grace Ghinger | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Determining The Structure Of The HIV-1 5’ Leader Monomeric And Dimeric Confirmations
Mentor(s): Michael Summers
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #31 - Darin Gilchrist | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Structural Determination Of HIV-1 MAL Minimal Packaging Region
Mentor(s): Michael Summers
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #27 - Puneet Gill | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Distorted Perovskites For High Voltage Dielectric Capacitors
Mentor(s): Narsingh Singh
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #32 - Emily Godfrey | Dance
“stoP ActiNg hysterICal”
Mentor(s): Doug Hamby
Dance Cube, 337 PAHB | 10:15 a.m.
- Daniel Goldstein | Media and Communication Studies
Will You Listen?: A Critical Analysis Of Gendered And Racialized Disembodied Voices In Contemporary Media Culture
Mentor(s): Fan Yang
UC 204 | 1:15 – 1:30 p.m. - Stephen Goralski | Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
A Novel Approach To Curation And Enrichment of The ECO Biological Ontology
Mentor(s): Ivan Erill
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #33 - Yasmin Graham | Information Systems
Understanding The Stress Experience Of Emergency Health Workers
Mentor(s): Andrea Kleinsmith
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #28 - Ward Gracey | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Exploring Genomic Locations Leading To High Levels Of Recombinant Protein Expression And Secretion In A. Nidulans
Mentor(s): Mark Marten
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. - Lindsey Green | History
Green Civil Rights And The Civil War At 100: African Americans And The Civil War Centennial
Mentor(s): Anne Rubin
UC 312 | 1:30 – 1:45 p.m. - Benjamin Grieco | History
Guilty Or Not Guilty: The Lincoln Assassination At Historical Sites
Mentor(s): Anne Rubin
UC 312 | 10:45 – 11 a.m. - Meredith Grossman | Education
Improving Student Scores On Advanced Placement Tests
Mentor(s): Cheryl North
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #29 - Ellen Gulian | Physics
Asynchronous Optical Sampling For Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy
Mentor(s): Michael Hayden
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m.
H
- Casey Haines | Biological Sciences
Response Of Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia Sialis) To Playbacks Of Male And Female Vocalizations
Mentor(s): Kevin Omland
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #30 - Kai Hajos | Psychology
How Does Sense Of Community Between Genders Affect Minority Student Achievement?
Mentor(s): Mario Sto. Domingo
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #31 - Jaylan Hall | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Creating A Quadruped Robot With Walking And Wheeled Capabilities
Mentor(s): Fow-Sen Choa
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #88 - Lauryn Hankerson | Information Systems
A Literature Review Of The Communication Gap Between Caregivers Of Home Health Patients And The Underlying Impact
Mentor(s): Gunes Koru
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #34 - Edward Hanson | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Brain Guitar-Pedal Interface
Mentor(s): E. F. Charles LaBerge
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #99 - Brian D. Hanson, Jr. | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Fabrication Of A Wearable Temperature Sensing System For CIPA Patients
Mentor(s): Gymama Slaughter
UC 312 | 3:45 – 4 p.m. - Jordan Harper | Individualized Studies
Tearing Down the Ivory Tower: Rebuilding an Academy that Values Democracy
Mentor(s): George Derek Musgrove
Fine Arts Recital Hall | 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. - Lauren Harris | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Photodegradation Of Sulfonamide Antibiotics: Apparentreaction Kinetics And Identification Of Transformation Products
Mentor(s): Lee Blaney
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #36
- Ryan Hartig | Science and Electrical Engineering
Judgement Of Osiris Computer
Mentor(s): Marc Olano
UC Ballroom Lounge | 10 – Noon - Kit Heckman | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
UMBC Game Developers Club 2018-2019 Game Projects
Mentor(s): Marc Olano
UC Ballroom Lounge | 10 – Noon - Airiel Herrera | Political Science
Who Are Hogan’s Democrats And Why Are They Voting For Him?
Mentor(s): Ian Anson
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #33 - Ryan Heslin | History
The Beast’s Burden: General Benjamin Butler And Historical Memory
Mentor(s): Anne Rubin
UC 312 | 2:30 – 2:45 p.m. - Phillip Hilliard | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Annotating And Predicting Contextual Sentiment In Text
Mentor(s): Frank Ferraro
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #34 - Blake Hipsley | Physics
Asynchronous Optical Sampling For Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy
Mentor(s): Michael Hayden
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #37 - Mark Horton | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Brain Guitar-Pedal Interface
Mentor(s): E. F. Charles LaBerge
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Mark Horton | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Autoencoder Implementation For Embedded Reinforcement Learning
Mentor(s): Tinoosh Mohsenin
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #38
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- Temitope Ibitoye | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Phototransformation Of Macrolide Antibiotics In UV-254 Systems And Characterization Of Residual Antimicrobial Activity
Mentor(s): Lee Blaney
UC 204 | 10 – 10:45 a.m. - Chioma Ihegbe | Psychology
Telling A Better Story: The Effects Of Specific Instruction
Mentor(s): Linda Baker
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #39 - Jeffrey Inen | Biological Sciences
Consequences Of Chronic Inflammation In A Mouse Model Of Prostate Cancer
Mentor(s): Charles Bieberich
UC 204 | 11:15 – 11:30 a.m.
- Ben Ireland | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
UMBC Atmospheric Lidar Group DATA: Distributed Systems & Cyber-Security Of Remote Sensing Profiling Network Testbed
Mentor(s): Ruben Delgado
UC 312 | 4 – 4:15 p.m. - Adurshsiva Iyer | Physics
Examining The High-Energy Radiative Processes Occurring In Radio-Loud AGN Jets With Fermi-LAT Observations
Mentor(s): Eileen Meyer
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #40
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- Hannah Jackson | Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication
Improv’s Effect On Second Language Acquistion
Mentor(s): Tania Lizarazo
UC 204 | 1:45 – 2 p.m. - Lian Jackson | Biological Sciences
Remodeling Algal Carbon Concentrating Mechanism (CCM): Overexpressing Chlamydomonas CAH8 And NAR 1.2 To Promote Growth
Mentor(s): Stephen Miller
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #41 - Anthony Jacobs | History
Social Entrepreneurship In Eighteenth-Century England
Mentor(s): Amy Froide
UC 310 | 1 – 1:30 p.m. - Chetana Jadhav | Biological Sciences
The Effect Of APPL On The Brain Of Drosophila Melanogaster
Mentor(s): Fernando Vonhoff
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #35 - Kris Jefferson | History
Traveling The Medieval Globe
Mentor(s): Susan McDonough
UC 312 | 11:15 – 11:45 a.m.
- Cyrus Jenkins | Biological Sciences
Effects Of Gene Knockdown On Fecundity In Candidate Genes Within Drosophila Melanogaster
Mentor(s): Jeff Leips
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - David Jessop | History
Traveling The Medieval Globe
Mentor(s): Susan McDonough
UC 312 | 11:15 – 11:45 a.m. - Nathaniel Jones | Geography and Environmental Systems
The Environmental Risk Homeless Communities Face In Baltimore
Mentor(s): Christine Hawn
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #42 - Zachary Jones | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Brain Guitar-Pedal Interface
Mentor(s): E. F. Charles LaBerge
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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- Laiyana Kabir | Psychology
A Qualitative Examination Of Black Women’s Barriers To And Motivations For Safer Sex
Mentor(s): Jasmine Abrams
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #36 - Rahul Kamdar | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Determining The Conditions Optimal for T-cell Activation Using A Plate Bound Substrate
Mentor(s): Gregory Szeto
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #37 - Matthew Kane | Biological Sciences
Nest Predation of the Bahama Oriole (Icterus Northropi) by the Black Rat (Rattus Rattus) on Andros
Mentor(s): Kevin Omland
UC 310 | 3:30 – 3:45 p.m. - Michael Karanja | Biological Sciences
Effects Of Gene Knockdown On Fecundity In Candidate Genes Within Drosophila Melanogaster
Mentor(s): Jeff Leips
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Jeremy Keaton | Music
Pendulum
Mentor(s): Linda Dusman
UC 310 | 11 – 11:15 a.m. - Nick Khosravian | Biological Sciences
Analyzing The Influence Of Entresto On The Senescence And Resilience Of Drosophila Melanogaster
Mentor(s): Jeff Leips
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. - Wambugu Kironji | Physics
Ceilometer Comparisons And What Their Data Says About Backscatter And PBL
Mentor(s): Belay Demoz
UC 310 | 10:45 – 11 a.m. | Poster #43 - Wambugu Kironji | Physics
Overview Of The Remote Sensing Profiling Network Testbed
Mentor(s): Belay Demoz
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Thomas Kohler | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Micromouse-X : UMBC Capstone Project
Mentor(s): E.F. Charles LaBerge
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #1
- Crysshelda Kosasih | Asian Studies
Ninja: Japan’s Soft Power And American Appropriation
Mentor(s): Meredith Oyen
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #91 - Crysshelda Kosasih | History
Traveling The Medieval Globe
Mentor(s): Susan McDonough
UC 312 | 11:15 – 11:45 a.m. - William Kraft | Visual Arts
Illusion
Mentor(s): Corrie Parks
Fine Arts Recital Hall | 2:45 – 3:00 p.m. - Avantika Krishna | Biological Sciences
Effect Of Mentholated Solutions On Nicotine Consumption In Wild Type And TRPM5 Knockout Mice
Mentor(s): Weihong Lin
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #38 - Gerson Kroiz | Mathematics and Statistics
Study Of Calcium-induced Calcium Release Components In Cardiomyocytes Modeled By Seven Partial Differential Equations
Mentor(s): Matthias Gobbert
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #46 - Bahati Kuffar | Psychology
A Qualitative Examination Of Black Women’s Barriers To And Motivations For Safer Sex
Mentor(s): Jasmine Abrams
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. - Jennifer Kuhlman | Biological Sciences
The Effects Of Cold-stress On The Immune System Of Drosophila Melanogaster
Mentor(s): Jeff Leips
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #39 - Kavita Kumar | Psychology
Discrimination And Its Relation To Anger Expression In Emerging Adults
Mentor(s): Danielle Beatty Moody
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Jessica Kweon | Psychology
How Does Sense Of Community Between Genders Affect Minority Student Achievement?
Mentor(s): Mario Sto. Domingo
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m.
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- Brittany Lafaver | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Identification Of Nucleocapsid Binding Sites Within The HIV Genome
Mentor(s): Michael Summers
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #47 - Blair Landon | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Establishing A Three-Dimensional Collagen Based Cell Culture Of Human Monocytes
Mentor(s): Gregory Szeto
UC 312 | 3:15 – 3:30 p.m. - David Lane | Science and Electrical Engineering
Judgement Of Osiris Computer
Mentor(s): Marc Olano
UC Ballroom Lounge | 10 – Noon - April Laranang | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Total And Methylmercury Exposure To Individuals In Artisanal And Small-Scale Gold Mining In Madre De Dios, Peru
Mentor(s): Helen Hsu-Kim
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #48 - Caroline Larkin | Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
An Evolutionary Algorithm To Reverse-Engineer Tumor Sub-Clonal Dynamics And Predict Optimal Treatment Targets
Mentor(s): Daniel Lobo
UC 310 | 2:30 – 2:45 p.m. - Michael LaScola | Biological Sciences
Generation And Analysis Of dp1 Mutants In The Green Alga, Volvox carteri
Mentor(s): Stephen Miller
UC 204 | 11:30 – 11:45 a.m. - Kelsi Lawson | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Exploring Genomic Locations Leading To High Levels Of Recombinant Protein Expression And Secretion In A. Nidulans
Mentor(s): Mark Marten
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #40 - Nguyet Le | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Role Of N-MYC Downstream Regulated Genes Family In Low Oxygen Adaptation
Mentor(s): Rachel Brewster
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #49 - Joshua Leckron | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
3D Screen Bioprinting: A Novel And Versatile Method Of Tissue Engineering
Mentor(s): Erin Lavik
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #50 - Britany Lee | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Nanocomposites For Low Dose gamma-ray Sensor
Mentor(s): Narsingh Singh
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #41
- Alex Leger | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
UMBC Game Developers Club 2018-2019 Game Projects
Mentor(s): Marc Olano
UC Ballroom Lounge | 10 – Noon - Sasha Lenus | Individualized Studies
Music Therapy Contributes To A Holistic Model Of Medical Care For Aging Individuals With Neurodegenerative Diseases
Mentor(s): Tiffany Gierasch
Fine Arts Recital Hall | 11 – 11:15 a.m. - Sasha Lenus | Biological Sciences
ProSAAS Overexpression Decreases Secreted Aβ And Amyloid Precursor Protein in Alzheimer’s Model Neuro2A Cells
Mentor(s): Iris Lindberg
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #42 - Mia Levine | Psychology
Examining The Role Of Trust In Sexual Health Decision Making Among Black Women
Mentor(s): Jasmine Abrams
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Nathaniel Litsch | History
Traveling The Medieval Globe
Mentor(s): Susan McDonough
UC 312 | 11:15 – 11:45 a.m. - Zachary Little | Geography and Environmental Systems
Modeling River Delta Evolution Under Different Wave Climates
Mentor(s): A. Brad Murray
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #98 - Josh Ludlow | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
UMBC Game Developers Club 2018-2019 Game Projects
Mentor(s): Marc Olano
UC Ballroom Lounge | 10 – Noon - Clarisse Lukban | Dance
Childhood Sexual Assault And Young Adult Mental Health Outcomes On Risky Sexual Behavior And STIs/HIV
Mentor(s): Kathryn Van Eck
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #44 - Joanna Lum | Biological Sciences
Identifying Novel Regulators Of DAXX-mediated Retrotransposon Silencing in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells
Mentor(s): Peter Lewis
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #45 - Karan Luthria | Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Phenotype Clustering Using Computational Tools To Potentially Reduce Healthcare Costs
Mentor(s): Maricel Kann
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #51
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- Carley MacKenzie | Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication
The Shamanic Shaping Of Korean Society
Mentor(s): Kyung-Eun Yoon
UC 204 | 2 – 2:15 p.m. - Olufolake Majekodunmi | Biological Sciences
Effect Of Mentholated Solutions On Nicotine Consumption In Wild Type And TRPM5 Knockout Mice
Mentor(s): Weihong Lin
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. - Samiksha Manjani | Political Science
The Injustice Of Inequitable Sentencing Of Sex Offenders
Mentor(s): Jeffrey Davis
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #46 - Becca Mann | Social Work
A Comparison Between Social Service Delivery Systems In Ghana And The United States
Mentor(s): Marcela Mellinger
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #52 - Kasey Mannion | Dance
“Here On Shaky Ground, We Move”
Mentor(s): Doug Hamby
Dance Cube, 337 PAHB | 11:15 a.m. - Dominic Marianelli | Global Studies
The State Of Terror Response Operations In ThePost-9/11 Period: Lessons From A Simulation Exercise
Mentor(s): Brigid Starkey
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #47 - Maria Marsalis | Theatre
Based On A True Story
Mentor(s): Chelsea Pace
Dance Cube, 337 PAHB | 11 a.m. - John Martinez | Visual Arts
What You Mean To Me
Mentor(s): Corrie Parks
Fine Arts Recital Hall | 2:15 – 2:30 p.m. - Max Mason | Physics
Correcting For Inertial Artifacts In Geolocated Polarimetric Remote Sensing Imagery
Mentor(s): J. Vanderlei Martins
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #53 - Samantha Maygers | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Phenotypic Characterization Of The snf1 Gene Product In Aspergillus Nidulans
Mentor(s): Mark Marten
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. - Elborz Mazanderan | Political Science
Could It Happen Here?: American Attitudes Towards Authoritarianism During FDR’s Second Term
Mentor(s): William Blake
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. - Kenny M’Bale | Media and Communication Studies
Baltimore Traces: West Baltimore Street Stories
Mentor(s): Nicole King
UC 312 | 1:45 – 2:15 p.m. - Ugonna Mbaekwe | Biological Sciences
Genetic Control Of AIA Cell-Identity Maintenance In Caenorhabditis Elegans
Mentor(s): Robert Horvitz
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #54 - Lucas McCullum | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Development Of An Autonomous Vehicle For The Micromouse Competition
Mentor(s): E F Charles LaBerge
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #89 - Andrew McFarland | Visual Arts
Derik’s Inferno: A Retro Two-dimensional Platformer From Hell
Mentor(s): Eric Jordan
UC Ballroom Lounge | 10 – Noon - Hannah McGowan | Information Systems
Understanding The Stress Experience Of Emergency Health Workers
Mentor(s): Andrea Kleinsmith
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. - Cierra McKoy | Biological Sciences
Using Molecular Sexing To Determine The Validity Of In-Field Sexing Methods
Mentor(s): Kevin Omland
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #51 - Darius McKoy | Biological Sciences
Role Of N-Myc Downstream Regulated Gene 1a (Ndrg1a) In Cellular Arrest Under Anoxia
Mentor(s): Rachel Brewster
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #55
- Andrew McLamb | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Escape To Planet Earth
Mentor(s): Marc Olano
UC Ballroom Lounge | 10 – Noon - Chelsea Mikal | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Sorption Of Organometallic Compounds To Dissolved Organicmatter
Mentor(s): Lee Blaney
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #52 - Stephanie Milani | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
A Hierarchical Framework For Norm-Aware Planning And Reinforcement Learning
Mentor(s): Marie desJardins
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #57 - Morgan Miller | History
“Humphrey Jennings: Voice Of The People Or Propagandist For The British Empire?”
Mentor(s): Daniel Ritschel
UC 312 | 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. - Tina-Marie Miller | History
Traveling The Medieval Globe
Mentor(s): Susan McDonough
UC 312 | 11:15 – 11:45 a.m. - Ashley Mitchell | Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
A Novel Approach To Curation And Enrichment of The ECO Biological Ontology
Mentor(s): Ivan Erill
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Aleem Mohamed | Biological Sciences
Investigating Mycobacteriophage Gene Function
Mentor(s): Viknesh Sivanathan
UC 204 | 3 – 3:15 p.m. - Jacob Mohammadi | Education
Improving Organization In Student Writing
Mentor(s): Cheryl North
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #53 - Ryan Mohler | English
H.L. Mencken – Disturber Of The Peace – In The 21st Century
Mentor(s): Christopher Corbett
UC 312 | 1:15 – 1:30 p.m. - Terrence Monroe | Education
Interpreting The Past: Analyzing Multiple Sources to Improve Students’ Corroboration Skills
Mentor(s): Tim Johnson
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #57 - Kathryn Moormann | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Using An Aspergillus Nidulans, Temperature-Sensitive, podB Mutant To Express High Levels Of Secreted Protein
Mentor(s): Mark Marten
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Rachel Morin | Physics
Microscopic Processes That Shape The High Energy Universe: Teaching Physics With Art
Mentor(s): Markos Georganopoulos
UC 310 | 3:45 – 4 p.m. - Bilal Mughal | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Design and Analysis Of Hydrogels To Protect Biosensors From Enzyme-Catalysed Degradation
Mentor(s): Jennie Leach
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. - Bilal Mughal | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Prevention Of RNA Aptamer Degradation To Create Biosensors For Therapeutic Drug
Mentor(s): Jennie Leach
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Saida Muktar | Mathematics and Statistics
Mathematical Model Of A Novel Pathway For PI3K Independent Nuclear Influx And Efflux Of Foxo1 In Skeletal Muscle Fibers
Mentor(s): Bradford Peercy
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #54 - Morgan Mullings | English
Cross Hairs : Existing In Black Fat Femme Opposition
Mentor(s): Tanya Olson
UC Ballroom | Time - Shadia Musa | American Studies
Combating Academic Inequity: A Community Based Approach To Cultivating A Love For STEM Within Students Of Color
Mentor(s): Tamara Bhalla
UC 310 | 2:15 – 2:30 p.m.
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- Tanzeem Naqvi | Psychology
Investigating The Relationships Between Therapeutic Bond, Self-Efficacy, Therapy Conditions and Treatment Adherence
Mentor(s):Carlo DiClemente
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #55 - Sarah Natterman | Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication
Modern Dualism In Korean Contemporary Art
Mentor(s): Kyung-Eun Yoon
UC 310 | 9:45 – 10 a.m. - Ouriel Ndalamba | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
The effects Of Ferric Chloride, Chitosan, And Aluminum Sulfate Coagulants On Struvite Particle Size
Mentor(s): Lee Blaney
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #58 - Karla Negrete | Mechanical Engineering
Preparation And Characterization Of Thin Cellulose Hydrogel/PVA Electrolyte Membranes For Battery Use
Mentor(s): Deepa Madan
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #59 - Avi Newman | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Assay development For N2-Ethylguanine Using Liquid Chromatography- Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry Instrumentation
Mentor(s): William LaCourse
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #56 - Emmanuel Newsome | Physics
Symmetric Convergence Dynamics
Mentor(s): Belay Demoz
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #60 - Adam Ng | History
Conservative Interest In British Fascism In The 1930s
Mentor(s): Daniel Ritschel
UC 312 | 2:45 – 3 p.m.
- Alan Nguyen | Ancient Studies
Making Sense Of The Fall: Vegetius And War In Rome’s Final Century
Mentor(s): Molly Jones-Lewis
UC 310 | 1:30 – 1:45 p.m. - Tiffany Nguyen | Psychology
Confirming And Identifying Dimensions Of Learning Engagement To Predict Performance In College STEM Gateway Courses
Mentor(s): Shuyan Sun
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #57 - Howard Nicholson | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Prevention Of RNA Aptamer Degradation To Create Biosensors For Therapeutic Drug
Mentor(s): Jennie Leach
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #61 - Howard Nicholson | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Design and Analysis Of Hydrogels To Protect Biosensors From Enzyme-Catalysed Degradation
Mentor(s): Jennie Leach
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. - Drue Nixon | Interdisciplinary Studies
Teaching Literary Arts Through Comic Books
Mentor(s): Gib Mason
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #99 - Ayla Novruz | Psychology
Discrimination And Its Relation To Anger Expression In Emerging Adults
Mentor(s): Danielle Beatty Moody
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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- Neeraj Ochaney | Biological Sciences
Analyzing The Influence Of Entresto On The Senescence And Resilience Of Drosophila Melanogaster
Mentor(s): Jeff Leips
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #58 - Olakunmi Ogun | Information Systems
Understanding The Emotional Lives Of Underrepresented Engineering Students In Context
Mentor(s): Jiaqi Gong
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #59 - Fayokemi Ojo | Information Systems
Creating Fabrication Instructions For A DIY Therapy Device
Mentor(s): Foad Hamidi
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #43 - Feyisanmi Ojo | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
A Novel Approach To Using Fast Microdialysis With A Glucose Binding Protein Biosensor For Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Mentor(s): Leah Tolosa-Croucher
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #62 - Olumide Ojo | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
A Novel Approach To Using Fast Microdialysis With A Glucose Binding Protein Biosensor For Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Mentor(s): Leah Tolosa-Croucher
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Temiloluwa Okusolubo | Biological Sciences
Correlating Gramicidin Ion-Channel Formation To Artificial Membrane Dynamics
Mentor(s): Elizabeth Kelley
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #63 - Cheyenne Oliver | Biological Sciences
The Effects Of Neuronal Network Plasticity And Refinement In Drosophila Melanogaster
Mentor(s): Fernando Vonhoff
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #61 - Michelle Oliver | History
Did You Serve At Antietam; Civil War Veterans 75 Years Later
Mentor(s): Anne Rubin
UC 312 | 3 – 3:15 p.m.
- Ryan Oliver | Biological Sciences
Uncovering The Genetic Basis Of Courtship And Naive Ethanol Odor Preference In Drosophila Melanogaster
Mentor(s): Fernando Vonhoff
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #64 - Kerry O’Neill | Biological Sciences
Effects Of Gene Knockdown On Fecundity In Candidate Genes Within Drosophila Melanogaster
Mentor(s): Jeff Leips
UC Ballroom | Time - Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman | Economics
Evaluating The Impact Of Early Childhood Malaria On Normal School Progression In Ghana
Mentor(s): Thomas Gindling
UC 310 | 10 – 10:15 a.m. - Shawn Oppermann | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
UMBC Game Developers Club 2018-2019 Game Projects
Mentor(s): Marc Olano
UC Ballroom Lounge | 10 – Noon - Matthew Orellana | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Analyzing The Monomeric Conformation Of The HIV-1 5′-Leader RNA Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Mentor(s): Michael Summers
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #65 - Afia Osei-Ntansah | Biological Sciences
Role Of The N-myc Downstream Regulated Gene (NDRG) 1 In The Adaptation Of The Kidney To Low Oxygen
Mentor(s): Rachel Brewster
UC 204 | 11:45 – Noon - Angela Ossana | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Infrared Emission Spectroscopy Techniques
Mentor(s): Bradley Arnold
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #62 - Yaw Owusu-Boaitey | Biological Sciences
Identifying A Role Of Skp2 In Border Cell Migration In The Drosophila Ovary
Mentor(s): Michelle Starz-Gaiano
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #66
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- Marisa Padeletti | Psychology
What Do Children Need To Know Before Kindergarten? Latino/a Immigrant Parents’ Views
Mentor(s): Susan Sonnenschein
UC Ballroom | Time - Mayukha Pakala | Biological Sciences
Phylogenetics Of The Vittatum Group of Harvestmen Using 3RAD Short Read Sequencing
Mentor(s): Mercedes Burns
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #67 - Cheyenne Palm | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay Characterization Of The HIV-1 Matrix-tRNA Complex
Mentor(s): Michael Summers
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #68 - Hye Jin Park | Psychology
The Role Of Marital Quality And Parenting In Korean-American Children’s Social Problem-Solving Reasoning Skills
Mentor(s): Charissa Cheah
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #69 - Connor Parker | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Optimization Of Conditions For Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Evaluation Of HIV-1 MA And TRNAs
Mentor(s): Janae Baptiste
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m | Poster #64 - Maia Parker | Education
Is Baltimore City Meeting The Needs Of Students: The Integration Of Latinx Students Into Baltimore City Schools
Mentor(s): Jennifer Mata-McMahon
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #63 - Shirin Parsa | Biological Sciences
The Effect Of Sleep Hormones On Cancer Cell Growth And Response To Chemotherapeutic Drugs
Mentor(s): Daniel Gioeli
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #70 - Dhruvil Patel | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Potential Antiviral Compounds For Influenza
Mentor(s): Paul Smith
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #5 - Nishka Patel | Individualized Studies
Cognitive Profile Of Patients With Gaucher Disease And Heterozygous Mutation Carriers At Risk For Parkinson’s Disease
Mentor(s): Grisel Lopez
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #65 - Rishit Patel | Biological Sciences
Analysis Of Half-decay Response Duration To Various E-cigarette Chemicals In Mice Nasal Epithelium
Mentor(s): Weihong Lin
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #66 - Christina Paul | Psychology
Association Between Anxiety, Sleep, And Psychotic-like Experiences
Mentor(s): Jason Schiffman
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #71
- Alexia Petasis | Individualized Studies
Becoming Survivor: Understanding Human Trafficking Through Dance
Mentor(s): Steven McAlpine
Dance Cube, 337 PAHB | 10:30 - Trevor Pitts | Psychology
The Effect Of GSA Involvement On Attitudes Toward LGBTQ Individuals
Mentor(s): Nicole Else-Quest
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #67 - Zane Poffenberger | Political Science
How Does The Rise Of Far Right Rhetoric And Proposals Affect The Attitudes Of Americans And Italians Towards Immigrants?
Mentor(s): Carolyn Forestiere
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #72 - Abigail Pollock | Psychology
Examining The Role Of Trust In Sexual Health Decision Making Among Black Women
Mentor(s): Jasmine Abrams
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #73 - Julianna Posey | Mechanical Engineering
Nephelometer Implementation For Aerosol Property Retrieval
Mentor(s): Ruben Delgado
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #74 - Nicholas Potteiger | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Archiving Workflows In Cloud Based Storage
Mentor(s): Douglas Thain
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #68 - Giavanni Powell | Dance
Vagabond
Mentor(s): Doug Hamby
Dance Cube, 337 PAHB | 11:30 a.m. - Leah Prescott | Education
Do You C What I C: Sight-Reading Melodies In C Major
Mentor(s): Nana Vaughn
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #69 - Amelia Price | Biological Sciences
Comparison And Optimization Of Methods For Megaplasmid Extraction In Marine Bacteria
Mentor(s): Kathleen Cusick
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #70 - Ben Przysucha | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
UMBC Game Developers Club 2018-2019 Game Projects
Mentor(s): Marc Olano
UC Ballroom Lounge | 10 – Noon - Raj Purohit | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Using An Aspergillus Nidulans, Temperature-Sensitive, podB Mutant To Express High Levels Of Secreted Protein
Mentor(s): Mark Marten
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #75
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- Zhou Qin | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Micromouse-X : UMBC Capstone Project
Mentor(s): E.F. Charles LaBerge
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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- Hannah Ramcharan | Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Manual Curation Of Disease Ontologies To Refine Human Genotype-Phenotype Associations
Mentor(s): Maricel Kann
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #71 - Ilia Rattsev | Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Extrapolating New Molecular Connections From Cancer Genomic Data
Mentor(s): Maricel G. Kann
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #76 - Saiprasad Ravi | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Regulation of Glucokinase by Glucokinase Regulatory Protein in Hepatocytes
Mentor(s): Songon An
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #72 - Angelo Rayner | Visual Arts
Nose Job
Mentor(s): Corrie Parks
Fine Arts Recital Hall | 3 – 3:15 p.m. - Jeanette Richardson | History
From Crime Scene To Tourist Attraction: The Evolution Of Ford’s Theatre, 1865-2019
Mentor(s): Anne Rubin
UC 312 | 2:15 – 2:30 p.m. - Mia Rickenbach | Theatre
Create Freedom: Equipping Everyday People To Use Art To End Modern-Day Slavery
Mentor(s): Stephen Bradley
UC 310 | 11:15 – 11:30 a.m. - Brendan Robison | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Wizards
Mentor(s): Marc Olano
UC Ballroom Lounge | 10 – Noon - Kathy Robitaille | Gender and Women’s Studies
Lesbian Activist Involvement In AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power
Mentor(s): Amy Bhatt
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #74
- Tatiana Rodriguez | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Determining The Structure Of The Hiv-1 5′-Leader Dimeric Conformation
Mentor(s): Michael Summers
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #75 - Amber Roland | Gender and Women’s Studies
Abstinence-Only Versus Comprehensive Sex Education: State Level Effects On Sexual Well Being Among Teens
Mentor(s): Carole McCann
UC 310 | 1:45 – 2 p.m. - Heather Rosario | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Effect Of Aspirin On Staphylococcus Aureus Biofilm Formation
Mentor(s): Jennie Leach
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #76 - Victoria Rottman-Turner | The Effects Of Stream Contaminants On Terrestrial Ecology
Geography and Environmental Systems
Mentor(s): Christine Hawn
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #77 - Joy Roy | Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Semi-automatic Ontology Curation Methods For A Planarian Gene Expression Pattern Database ~ See White Paper
Mentor(s): Daniel Lobo
UC 204 | 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. - Jeremy Rubin | Mathematics and Statistics
Letting The LaxKAT Out Of The Bag: Packaging, Simulation, And Neuroimaging Data Analysis For A Powerful Kernel Test
Mentor(s): Russell Shinohara
UC 310 | 3:15 – 3:30 p.m. - Gail Rye | Education
Supporting Summary Writing In Foreign Language
Mentor(s): Linda Oliva
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #78
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- David Sachs | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Design Of Materials For IR Detectors Using High Z Elements For Highenergy Radiation Environment
Mentor(s): Narsingh Singh
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #77 - Scott Sainz | Theatre
Light Show Using “The Most Powerful Console On The Market”
Mentor(s): Adam Mendelson
UC Ballroom Lounge | 1 – 3 p.m. (Runs every 15 mins.) - Gabriela Salas | Gender and Women’s Studies
The Use And Accessibility Of Contraception For College Aged Female Students At UMBC
Mentor(s): Amy Bhatt
UC 312 | 10 – 10:15 a.m. - Shea Sandifer | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
UMBC Game Developers Club 2018-2019 Game Projects
Mentor(s): Marc Olano
UC Ballroom Lounge | 10 – Noon - Catherine Sansone | History
Oh Maryland, My Maryland; The Civil War Roots Of The Maryland State Flag
Mentor(s): Anne Rubin
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #79 - Kristofer Schrumpf | History
Iron Crosses Of Valor: The Memory Of German American Participation In The U.S. Civil War
Mentor(s): Anne Rubin
Fine Arts Recital Hall | 10 – 10:15 a.m. - Hediyah Sadeq | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
A Novel Approach To Using Fast Microdialysis With A Glucose Binding Protein Biosensor For Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Mentor(s): Leah Tolosa-Croucher
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Matthew Sekira | Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
A Novel Approach To Curation And Enrichment of The ECO Biological Ontology
Mentor(s): Ivan Erill
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Matthew Schweiss | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Creating A Quadruped Robot With Walking And Wheeled Capabilities
Mentor(s): Fow-Sen Choa
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. - Claire Scott | Biological Sciences
Speciation Of Elephant Ivory Tusks From Java Sea Shipwreck To Inform Ancient Trade Routes
Mentor(s): Cynthia Wagner
UC 204 | 9:45 – 10 a.m. - Arman Setser | Physics
Coupling Quantum Bits Formed By Three Electrons In A Double Quantum Dot
Mentor(s): Jason Kestner
UC 310 | 4 – 4:15 p.m. - Areej Shahid | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Characterization Of Electronic And Photonic Nanomaterials
Mentor(s): Joshua Zide
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #78 - Jacob Shaw | Information Systems
Intelligent Wearable Sensors For Preventing Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reinjury
Mentor(s): Jiaqi Gong
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #79 - Cliel Shdaimah | Gender and Women’s Studies
Perspectives Of Queer Jewish Leaders On The Intersections Of Their Jewish And Queer Identities
Mentor(s): Amy Bhatt
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #80
- Katy Shen | Education
Instructional Strategies To Increase Quality Of Writing
Mentor(s): Cheryl North
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #81 - Aarsh Sheth | Biological Sciences
Effects Of Gene Knockdown On Fecundity In Candidate Genes Within Drosophila Melanogaster
Mentor(s): Jeff Leips
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #80 - Sammy Siegel | Dance
I Make Milk
Mentor(s): Doug Hamby
Dance Cube, 337 PAHB | 10 a.m. - Brianna Sirkis | Psychology
Performance Deficits Across Single And Dual-Task Procedures in College Undergraduate Students
Mentor(s): Diane Alonso
UC 310 | 2:45 – 3 p.m. - Joshua David Slaughter | Geography and Environmental Systems
The Ephemerality of Secondary Forests In Southern Costa Rica
Mentor(s): Matthew Fagan
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #81 - Miles Smith | Mechanical Engineering
Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Research For Self-sustainable Wind Turbine Monitoring Systems
Mentor(s): Soobum Lee
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #82 - Kristina Soetje | Geography and Environmental Systems
Observing The Status Of The Rim Fire Site Amidst The Sierra Nevada’s Declining Forest Health
Mentor(s): Colin Studds
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #2 - Meredith Sperling | Physics
Reducing Wind Power Prediction Uncertainty With Atmospheric Characterization And Machine Learning Models
Mentor(s): Ruben Delgado
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #82 - Racheal Spruill | Biological Sciences
5-Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid And Kynurenic Acid Levels In Mice after Systemic Tryptophan Challenge
Mentor(s): Sathyasaikumar Korrapati
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #83 - Taylor Stephen | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Thermodynamic Modeling Of Pollutant Uptake By Freshwater Mussels (Elliptio Complanata)
Mentor(s): Upal Ghosh
UC 312 | 3:30 – 3:45 p.m. - Jennifer Stidham | Gender and Women’s Studies
Feminist Methodologies In Social Science Research
Mentor(s): Amy Bhatt
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #84 - Stuart Storm | Physics
Critical Review Of Plasmon-Exciton Coupling Classificationsin The Published Literature
Mentor(s): Matthew Pelton
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #84 - Levan Sulimanov | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Virtual Reality Mirror Therapy Rehabilitation For Post-Stroke Patients
Mentor(s): Marc Olano
UC Ballroom Lounge | 10 – Noon - Danilo Symonette | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Toward The Application Of SVM’s For Text-Based Replication Of CATME Peer Evaluations
Mentor(s): Don Engel
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #85
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- Ariana Taj | Biological Sciences
Developing A Rat Model Of Aggressive Prostate Adenocarcinoma
Mentor(s): Charles Bieberich
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #86 - Lasya Tallapragada | Physics
Air Pollution (PM 2.5) As It Relates To Asthma
Mentor(s): Belay Demoz
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #87 - Dave Tandy | Political Science
Postmaterialism And The 2018 Midterm Elections In Baltimore County
Mentor(s): Ian Anson
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #32 - Daniel Taylor | Physics
Overview Of The Remote Sensing Profiling Network Testbed
Mentor(s): Belay Demoz
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Hana Tekle | Biological Sciences
Characterization Of mind Bomb 2 function In Drosophila Cell Migration
Mentor(s): Michelle Starz-Gaiano
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #85
- Molly Thomas | Gender and Women’s Studies
Postpartum Depression Is Not The “Baby Blues”
Mentor(s): Amy Bhatt
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #50 - Amber Thompson | Mathematics and Statistics
Modeling Stimuli And Their Effect On Neural Refining Calcium Oscillations
Mentor(s): Brad Peercy
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #86 - Emily Tillett | Psychology
Examining The Role Of Trust In Sexual Health Decision Making Among Black Women
Mentor(s): Jasmine Abrams
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Jordan Troutman | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Understanding Machine Learning Bias Without A Ground Truth
Mentor(s): Anand Sarwate
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #87 - Manos Tzortzakakis | Chemistry and Biochemistry
A Calorimetric Approach To Structure-Reactivity Correlation In Epoxide Crosslinking Reactions
Mentor(s): Lisa Kelly
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #90
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- Liam Upton | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
UMBC Game Developers Club 2018-2019 Game Projects
Mentor(s): Marc Olano
UC Ballroom Lounge | 10 – Noon
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- Nikki Vietz | History
Social Entrepreneurship In Eighteenth-Century England
Mentor(s): Amy Froide
UC 310 | 1 – 1:30 p.m.
- Eric Vogt | History
Antacids, The Gateway Drug?
Mentor(s): Christy Chapin
UC 204 | 1 – 1:15 p.m.
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- Inaya Wahid | Psychology
Discrimination And Its Relation To Anger Expression In Emerging Adults
Mentor(s): Danielle Beatty Moody
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Halle Welch | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Examining Characteristics Of erecta1-6 Mutant Phenotype In Physcomitrella Patens
Mentor(s): Adrienne Roeder
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #92 - Mia Wessel | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Synthesis Of Gadolinium-Containing Dendrons For Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mentor(s): Marie-Christine Daniel
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #93 - Jenna Westfall | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Automatization Of Characterization Of Atmospheric Particles With Machine Learning
Mentor(s): Ruben Delgado
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #94 - Graham Whaples | Media and Communication Studies
From Harlem To HACA: The Changing Landscape Of Annapolis’ “Old Fourth Ward”
Mentor(s): Kathy Bryan
UC 204 | 1:30 – 1:45 p.m.
- Teresa Whittemore | Dance
When Eve And Eve Bit The Apple
Mentor(s): Doug Hamby
Dance Cube, 337 PAHB | 11:45 a.m. - Hannah Wilcove | Gender and Women’s Studies
A Case Study On Abortion Policy
Mentor(s): Amy Bhatt
UC 310 | 2 – 2:15 p.m. - Linda Wiratan | Biological Sciences
Development Of Luciferase Reporter Constructs To Assess Circadian Control Of Defense Gene Expression In Arabidopsis
Mentor(s): Hua Lu
UC 310 | 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. - Brendan Witt | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Using Augmented Reality And Smart Home Devices to Better Sense Users
Mentor(s): Reynold Bailey
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Poster #95 - Ryan Wooldridge | Geography and Environmental Systems
Are Low-Altitude Remote Sensing Technologies More Effective Than Traditional Techniques For Monitoring Channel Change?
Mentor(s): Matthew Baker
UC Ballroom | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Poster #88
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- Briana Yancy | Biological Sciences
Nest Site Characteristics Of The Bahama Oriole: Habitat Requirements Of A Critically Endangered Species
Mentor(s): Kevin Omland
Fine Arts Recital Hall | 9:45 – 10 a.m.
- Anna Yaschenko | Biological Sciences
Analyzing The Influence Of Entresto On The Senescence And Resilience Of Drosophila Melanogaster
Mentor(s): Jeff Leips
UC Ballroom | 1 – 2:30 p.m.