Presenters 2017

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Zain Abidin \| Biological Sciences A Novel Reporter System to Quantify Missense Errors During Translation in Sachharomyces Cerevisiae Mentor(s): Philip J. Farabaugh UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 19 Olubukola Abiona \| Biological Sciences Effects of Ten Day Zinc Sulfate and Denatonium Benzoate Exposure on Vomeronasal-mediated Behavior Mentor(s): Weihong Lin UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 25 Elise Adamson \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Optimization of Biomaterial Microenvironment for Motor Neuron Tissue Engineering Mentor(s): Jennie Leach UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m \| Poster 15 Shreya Agarwal \| Biological Sciences Developing New Therapeutics for Prostate Cancer: Inhibition of RNA Pol I in Mouse Models of Prostate Cancer Mentor(s): Charles Bieberich UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 12 Ephraim Alfa \| Mathematics and Statistics Using Historical Data for Retrospective Prediction of Rainfall Mentor(s): Kofi Adragni UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 53	Joshua Amason \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Determining the Effect of Site Directed Mutagenesis on sGC Activity via High Throughput Luciferase Assay Mentor(s): Elsa Garcin UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 33 Noor Amin \| Political Science The Motivations of Terrorists: An Empirical Analysis of the Effect of U.S. Drone Strikes Mentor(s): Laura Hussey UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 10 Hannah Aris \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Maximizing Phosphorus Recovery from Chicken Litter in a Continuous Process Mentor(s): Lee Blaney UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 68 S. Riley Auer \| Ancient Studies Through the Eyes of a Maia Mentor(s): Molly Jones-Lewis UC 310 \| 10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Olanike Awotunde \| Biological Sciences Role of Phosphatase in Melanopsin Signaling Mentor(s): Phyllis Robinson UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 82
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Aakash Bajpai \| Mechanical Engineering Assisting the City of Baltimore in Maintaining and Upgrading its Aging Water Distribution Network Mentor(s): Panos Charalambides UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 73 Alisa Bannerjee, Halima Doka \| Psychology Dispositional Mindfulness and Children’s Anticipatory Anxiety for Acute Pain Mentor(s): Lynnda Dahlquist, Wendy Pinder UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 8 Stephanie Barnaba \| Global Studies Investigation of Societal-Level Peace Initiatives within the Arab-Israeli Protracted Social Conflict Mentor(s): Brigid Starkey UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 48 Emma Barnes \| Africana Studies and English The Borderlands: How the Alien’s Territory Becomes Productive Literary Space Mentor(s): Maleda Belilgne UC 312 \| 3:30 – 3:45 p.m. Jasper Barnes \| Education Finding the Target: Pre-service Teachers’ Perspectives about Culturally Responsive Practices Mentor(s): Mavis Sanders, Bonny Tighe, Sarah Jewett UC 312 \| 3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Sapna Basappa \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Screening Small Molecule Ligands with the Core Encapsidation Signal of HIV-1 RNA as a Potential Drug Target Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 28 Haley Bast \| Emergency Health Services Challenges to Prehospital Care in Honduras Mentor(s): J Lee Jenkins UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 28 Siarah Beall, Meghan Gilbert \| Geography and Environmental Systems Distribution of Baltimore’s Urban Woodlands Across Neighborhoods, Slope, and Wetness Mentor(s): Matthew Baker UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 22 Elena Beck \| Media and Communication Studies Nightwish: The Global Fan Culture of a Finnish Symphonic Metal Band Mentor(s): Fan Yang UC 310 \| 2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Kyle Belluomo \| Physics Electromagnetic Simulations of Metal Nanoparticles and Metal Nanoparticle Assemblies Mentor(s): Matthew Pelton UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 66 Ravi Bhatt \| Aging Studies Age Friendly UMBC: Accessibility for All Mentor(s): Galina Madjaroff UC 312 \| 11:30 – Noon Junaid Bhatti, Abraar Muneem \| Biological Sciences Paving the Way for Regenerative Medicine: Curating Planarian Experiments in a Centralized Mathematical Database Mentor(s): Daniel Lobo UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 9	Jessica Black \| Psychology Painful Thermal Stimulation to the Face and Arm Produces Different Patterns of Brain Activity in Migraine Patients Mentor(s): Raimi Quiton UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 47 Garrett Bockmiller \| Education OPVL: Improving Historical Source Analysis Mentor(s): Tim Johnson UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 12 Renee Booker \| English 9/11 Through the Eyes of the Millennial Generation Mentor(s): Michele Osherow UC 312 \| 2:00 – 2:15 p.m. Shayan Borhani \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Production of Human Pro-insulin using Escherichia Coli cell-free Expression System Mentor(s): Chandrasekhar Gurramkonda UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 39 Cara Borja \| Psychology The Emergence of Biculturalism in First-generation Latino/a and Hispanic Immigrants Mentor(s): Anne Brodsky UC 310 \| 10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Jaelyn Bos \| Geography and Environmental Systems Unpacking the Effects of Impervious Cover and Conductance on Stream Invertebrates in Maryland Mentor(s): Matthew Baker UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 59 Taisha Bowman \| Education The Effects of Pairing and Simulations on the Ability to Conduct Research Mentor(s): Jonathan Singer UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 41 Jacob Brackett \| Visual Arts Nine to Fired (video game) Mentor(s): Eric Jordan UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| On Stage Thomas Burnett \| Biological Sciences Investigation of Adaptation in Melanopsin Activation Mentor(s): Thomas Burnett UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 53 Kerria Burns \| Biological Sciences Trait Variation Within Seasonally and Geographically Distinct Communities Mentor(s): Jeff Leips UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 10 Anya Byrd \| Biological Sciences Effect of Environmental sand coloring on reflectance of Neogonodactylus oerstedii Mentor(s): Thomas Cronin UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 83
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Yisroel Cahn \| Economics The Legalization of Recreational Marijuana and Its Impact on Crime in Colorado Mentor(s): Thomas Gindling UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 34 Andrea Calderon \| Psychology Investigating the Correlations between Spirituality, Stress, and Adjustment in Military Couples Mentor(s): Stephen Bowles UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 57 Danielle Caldwell \| Psychology Examining the Effectiveness of Token Economies in Education Mentor(s): Jolene Sy UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 71 Gabriela Canales \| Biological Sciences Increasing the Frequency of Homology Directed Repair After CRISPR Cas9-Induced DNA Cleavage Mentor(s): Charles Bieberich UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 40 Yan Cao \| Mathematics and Statistics Improving Problem-Solving of Complex Mathematical Tasks Mentor(s): Christopher Rakes UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 27 Ricardo Cardoza \| Chemistry and Biochemistry The Effects of Aluminum Ions on Intergranular Corrosion in AA5083 Mentor(s): Robert Kelly UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 35 Hannah Carter \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Probing the Structure of the HIV-1 5′-Leader Dimeric Conformation Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC 204 \| 3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Nicholas Carter \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering BEDBOT: A Control Structure for the Piano Mattress Project Mentor(s): E. F. Charles LaBerge UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 85 Vi Niceia Carter \| Social Work The Impact of Poverty on Crime in Montgomery County: Understanding Ways to Break the Poverty-crime Cycle Mentor(s): Katherine Morris UC 312 \| 1:00 – 1:15 p.m. Kristofer Castro \| Psychology Mediating and Moderating Processes in the Association Between Asian-American Mothers’ Acculturation and Parenting Styles Mentor(s): Charissa Cheah UC 310 \| 10:15 – 10:30 p.m. Bethany Cauble \| Visual Arts Do Prompts Help Students Create More In-depth Artist Statements? Mentor(s): Cheryl North UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 69 Dennis Chacko \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Using Bayesian Analysis Relaxation Spectra to Analyze Peptide Based Hydrogels Mentor(s): Marc Taraban UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 56	Kevin Chen \| Biological Sciences Polymerization is Required for UNC-45A Destabilization of Microtubules in Cancer Cells Mentor(s): Martina Bazzaro UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 64 Nancy Chen \| Psychology Differences in Math Socialization between Native Chinese and U.S. Chinese Immigrant Mothers Mentor(s): Susan Sonnenschein UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 13 Nancy Chen \| Psychology Discrimination Predicts Greater John Henryism Among Racially/Ethnically Diverse Young Men Mentor(s): Danielle Beatty Moody UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 65 Jennifer Christhilf \| Geography and Environmental Systems Andros Island Vegetation Types: Habitat Usage Patterns of the Bahama Oriole Mentor(s): Kevin Omland UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 65 Stephen Chubb \| Music Improving Rhythmic Sight Reading Mentor(s): Brian Kaufman UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 42 Kritika Chugh \| Biological Sciences Xenobiotic Exposure Induced Morphological Changes in the Main Olfactory Epithelium Mentor(s): Weihong Lin UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 58 Federico Cifuentes-Urtubey \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Is Turbulence Affecting Your Network? Mentor(s): Fabián Bustamante UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 41 Ann Cirincione \| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Assigning Phenotype Ontologies to Genetic Variants of Human Diseases Mentor(s): Maricel Kann UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 67 Marina Congedo \| Ancient Studies The Language of Science Education in Newton’s Principia Mathematica Mentor(s): Molly Jones-Lewis UC 204 \| 3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Amanda Conner \| Education Improving Student Graphing Abilities by Modeling and Repetition Mentor(s): Jonathan Singer UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 60 Nathaniel Croll \| American Studies From Oral Tradition to Cinema: An Examination of the Adaptation of Indigenous American Culture in Film Mentor(s): Nicole King UC 312 \| 11:15 – 11:30 a.m.
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Stephen Dan \| Dance East vs. West: Closing the Gap Between Dance Styles (dance performance) Mentor(s): Carol Hess Dance Cube (PAHB) \| 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Matt Davis \| Education Geography: The World Around Us Mentor(s): Linda Oliva UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 84 Erika de Jesus \| Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication The Culturalization of the Haka Mentor(s): Renée Lambert-Brétière UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 18 Jason de Bernard \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Junkyard Drive Mentor(s): Eric Jordan UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 76 Natalie DeNigris \| Physics X-Ray Variability in Resolved Jets from Black Holes Mentor(s): Eileen Meyer UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 82	Michael Droboniku \| Psychology Teacher-Child Relationships Predicting Development of Children of Single-Parent Families Mentor(s): Shuyan Sun UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 42 Kelly Dunn \| Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication Narrative Constructions of Collective Memory: Representing the Armed Conflict in Colombia Mentor(s): Tania Lizarazo UC 312 \| 1:15 – 1:30 p.m. Samantha Durbin \| Geography and Environmental Systems Size of a Storm: An Analysis of Size Distribution of Atlantic Hurricanes since 1988 Mentor(s): Jeffrey Halverson UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 63
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Sylvia Edoigiawerie \| Biological Sciences Exploring Somatic Stem Cell Maintenance Through Cross-Repression Mentor(s): Michelle Starz-Gaiano UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 77 Khizra Ehsan \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Ionic Activity of Alpha-Hemolysin, a Transmembrane Protein Mentor(s): Ryan White UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 68 Chiamaka Ekwunazu \| Psychology The Influence of Social Support on Pain-related Brain Activity Mentor(s): Raimi Quiton UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 30 Thomas Eliason \| Education Arguing Gooder: Facilitating Growth in Argumentative Essays Mentor(s): Cheryl North UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 23 Dylan Elliott \| History Robbing Peter to Pay Paul: The Balancing Act of Maryland’s Intendant of the Revenue Mentor(s): Terry Bouton UC 312 \| 2:15 – 2:30 p.m.	Richard Elliott \| American Studies It’s Just a Jump to the Right: The Tea Party’s Influence on Conservative Discourse Mentor(s): Kathy Bryan UC 312\| 3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Haley Emmons \| Visual Arts Suits Me Well Mentor(s): Corrie Parks PAHB 210 \| 2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Alex Estrada \| Biological Sciences Comparing Physiological and Molecular Characteristics of Prostate Cancer between BMPC and NBMPC Mouse Models Mentor(s): Charles Bieberich UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 31 Tania Evans \| Mechanical Engineering Building a Process-Path Model of Zirconium-Niobium Mentor(s): Chaitanya Deo UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 5
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Arissa Falat \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Flexible Acyclic Nucleoside Analogues for Antiviral Therapeutics Mentor(s): Katherine Seley-Radtke UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 57 Debbie Farthing \| History Unpacking Margaret: The Other Life of Margaret Patricia Killian Mentor(s): Amy Froide UC 310 \| 11:30 – 11:45 a.m. Allison Feeney \| American Studies Here We Go Again: Comparison of Prejudice Against Irish Catholics and Muslims Mentor(s): Nicole King UC 312 \| 3:15 – 3:30 p.m.	Nimasha Fernando \| Interdisciplinary Studies Latin American Immigrants’ Health in the Baltimore Area: A Qualitative Study of the Hospital to Home Transition in Care Mentor(s): Bambi Chapin UC 310 \| 11:45 – Noon Sarah Folus \| Music Leveling Up the Playing Field Mentor(s): Brian Kaufman UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 62 Samantha Furman \| Mathematics and Statistics A Machine Learning Approach to Lymphocyte Detection and Quantification in Tumor Histology Mentor(s): Thomas Fuchs UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 37
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Austin Gabel \| Biological Sciences Understanding Induction of Suspended Animation in Zebrafish Mentor(s): Rachel Brewster UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 26 Rebecca Gale \| History Cigarettes, Sororities, and Sailors: Student Scrapbooks and the Female Experience at National Park Seminary, 1902-1942 Mentor(s): Andrew Nolan UC 312 \| 1:45 – 2:00 p.m. Sohrob Ganjbaksh \| History British Healthcare: Socialist Roots Mentor(s): Daniel Ritschel UC 310 \| 11:00 – 11:15 a.m. \| Poster # Mahlet Gebre-Egziabher \| English The Hunger of a Child: Shaping Identity through Illusive Consumption Mentor(s): Maleda Belilgne UC 312 \| 2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Meheret Gebre-Egziabher \| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Structural Analysis of Melanopsin Activation Using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Mentor(s): Phyllis Robinson UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 14 Isabel Geisler \| Global Studies The Successes and Shortcomings of Fair Trade in Combatting Gender Inequality: Coffee in Central America Mentor(s): Felipe Filomeno UC 312 \| 10:00 – 10:15 a.m. Tori George \| Education Improving Science Claim and Evidence Reasoning in High School Science Students Mentor(s): Jonathan Singer UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 11	Lillian Getachew \| Mathematics and Statistics Predictive Model for Bovine Lameness Condition Using Three-directional Limb Movement Variables Mentor(s): Nagaraj Neerchal UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 24 Adam Goad \| Physics Temperature Dependency of Viscoelastic Flows in Simple Liquids Generated by Vibrating Nanostructures Mentor(s): Matthew Pelton UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 46 Marshal Golden \| History Respectable Violence: Boxing and the Old Amateur Ethic in Late-Georgian and Victorian Britain Mentor(s): Daniel Ritschel UC 310 \| 1:00 – 1:15 p.m. Danielle Goldstein \| English Improving Student Writing Mentor(s): Cheryl North UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 6 Shanelle Grier \| Psychology The Impact of Sexualization in Videogames on Objectified Body Consciousness in Women Mentor(s): Nicole Else-Quest UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 43 Alyson Griese \| Media and Communication Studies Social Movements, Social Media: Decoding Modern Protest Rhetoric Mentor(s): Elizabeth Patton UC 312 \| 11:00 – 11:15 a.m. Castle Gushen \| Ancient Studies Pollen Stratigraphy: A Simplified Methodology for Archeology and Environmental System Mentor(s): Michael Lane UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 52
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Amelia Hallworth \| Biological Sciences Investigating Circadian Control of the Defense Gene TGA3 Mentor(s): Hua Lu UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 4 Dana Hamerla \| Education Creating Independent Learners by Combating Learned Helplessness In Pre-Algebra Students Mentor(s): Christopher Rakes UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 72 Kaitlin Hanifee \| Ancient Studies Ancient Ottoman Art and Modern Islamic Culture Mentor(s): Esther Doyle Read UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 46 Edward Hanson \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Community Resilience: Measuring Economic Benefits of Planning for Natural and Man-made Hazards Mentor(s): Jennifer Helgeson UC 204 \| 2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Antony Harris \| Visual Arts Happy Holidays Mentor(s): Corrie Parks PAHB 210 \| 3:00 – 3:15 p.m.	LeTeasha Harrison \| Visual Arts Inciting Success or Wasting One’s Breath? Mentor(s): Cheryl North UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 48 Samantha Herath \| Biological Sciences A Continuous Mathematical Framework for Biological Shapes Formation Mentor(s): Daniel Lobo UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 52 Rebecca Hill \| Psychology Executive Functioning Strategies: How do Children Think They Learn, and Does it Matter for Task Performance? Mentor(s): Susan Sonnenschein UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 34 Amy Huber \| Aging Studies Age Friendly UMBC: Accessibility for All Mentor(s): Galina Madjaroff UC 312 \| 11:30 – 12:00 p.m. Jason Hughes \| Biological Sciences Variation in Population Heterogeneity of S. cerevisiae due to gal3 Mentor(s): Michael Springer UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 60
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Oluwagbotemi Igbaroola \| Health Administration and Policy “Smoke What?”: Examining the Smoking Identity of Black Youth and Young Adults Mentor(s): Craig Fryer UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 26	Aishwarya Iyer \| Chemistry and Biochemistry The Effects of a Native Cap on the Structure of RNA Using NMR Spectroscopy Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC 204 \| 11:30 – 11:45 a.m.
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Jessica Jang \| Psychology Sex Differences in Pressure Pain Threshold among Children Mentor(s): Lynnda Dahlquist UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 67 Robyn Jasper \| Biological Sciences Development of a CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing System for Green Algae Mentor(s): Stephen Miller UC 204 \| 10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Farah Jawhar \| Education Developing Conceptual Understanding through Problem Solving Helps Students Learn Algebra Concepts at a Deeper Level Mentor(s): Christopher Rakes UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 70 Maniraj Jeyaraju \| Interdisciplinary Studies Ethnographic Study of Cardiovascular Attitudes among Adolescents in India Mentor(s): Sarah Chard UC 312 \| 10:30 – 10:45 p.m.	Da’Kuawn Johnson \| Biological Sciences Functional Characterization of Glycoside Hydrolase Family 43 in Plant Cell Wall Degrading Bacteria Mentor(s): Jeffrey Gardner UC 204 \| 10:00 – 10:15 p.m. Susannah Jones-Hochmuth \| Gender and Women’s Studies Faith and Feminism: How Christianity Informs Feminist Beliefs Mentor(s): Amy Bhatt UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 69 Marcus Jordan \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Synthesis of Novel Water-Soluble Near Infrared Emitting BODIPY Mentor(s): Marcin Ptaszek UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 75
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Michelle Katoski \| Geography and Environmental Systems Validation of LiDAR Based Characterization of Overstory Tree Canopy in CERA Mentor(s): Matthew Baker UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 63 Waqar Khan \| Biological Sciences Effect of Vitreomacular Adhesion on Treatment Outcomes in the Ranibizumab for Edema of the Macula in Diabetic Patients Mentor(s): Syed Mahmood Shah UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 82 Melody Khosravi \| Aging Studies Age Friendly UMBC: Accessibility for All Mentor(s): Galina Madjaroff UC 312 \| 11:30 – Noon Euibin Kim \| Psychology Rehabilitation and Aftercare Procedures for Female Ex-offenders in Malaysia Mentor(s): Bronwyn Hunter UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 70	Flora Kirk \| Ancient Studies More Than Just Money:Second and Third Century Coin Circulation in Roman Britain and the Influence of Emperors Mentor(s): Melissa Kutner UC 310 \| 3:30 – 3:45 p.m. Alison Kreckmann \| English Bartleby 2017: Examining Common Incentives for Creative Expression Mentor(s): Tanya Olson UC Ballroom \| Time \| Poster # Justyna Kurbiel \| Visual Arts Salty Seagull (3-D Competitive Game) Mentor(s): Eric Jordan UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| On Stage
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April Jay Laranang \| Chemistry and Biochemistry The Effect of Quantum Dot Structure on the Viability of Danio rerio Mentor(s): Zeev Rosenzweig UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 66 Alison Larsen \| Aging Studies Age Friendly UMBC: Accessibility for All Mentor(s): Galina Madjaroff UC 312 \| 11:30 – Noon Alec Lawrie \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering UMBC Game Developers Club 2016-2017 Projects Mentor(s): Marc Olano UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 81 Andrew Le \| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology One Step At a Time: Subcellular localizations of Enzymes involved in Human Glucose Metabolism Mentor(s): Songon An UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 45	Deirdre Lohrmann \| Ancient Studies Collection Management in the Digital Age Mentor(s): Esther Doyle Read UC 312 \| 2:30 – 2:45 p.m. Melissa Lucero \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Amphiphilic Chlorin-Bacteriochlorin Energy Transfer Arrays for Multicolor Imaging Mentor(s): Marcin Ptaszek UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 81 Helina Lulseged \| Psychology The Effect of the STEM Undergraduate Major on Medical School Admission Mentor(s): Kenneth Maton UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 43
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Austin Maduka \| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Examining the Role AMP-activated kinase Plays in Stress-Dependent O-GlcNAc Signaling Mentor(s): Natasha Zachara UC 204 \| 11:00 – 11:15 a.m. Jessie Maes \| Ancient Studies The Poor Man’s Mosaic Mentor(s): Esther Doyle Read UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 1 Navaal Mahdi \| Media and Communication Studies An Ethnographic Review of the Impact of the One Direction Fandom Mentor(s): Bryce Peake UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 4 Kanwal Mahmood \| Psychology Childhood Socioeconomic Status, Discrimination, and Mood in a Racially/Ethnically Diverse Sample of Young Adults Mentor(s): Danielle L. Beatty Moody UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 54 Melissa Mahon \| Education The Effect of Teaching Strategies to Derive Word Meanings Mentor(s): Michele Stites UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 76 Haley Marcussen \| Music Rhythmic Dictation Student Learning Objective Mentor(s): Brian Kaufman UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 8 Ugonna Mbaekwe \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Characterizing Protein:RNA Interactions that Nucleate HIV-1 Viral Assembly Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 64 Kenechukwu Mbonu \| Biological Sciences Plasticity of Delta Containing GABAa Receptors and the Development of Maladaptive Behaviors After Social Drinking Mentor(s): Jamie Maguire UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 27 Naomi Mburu \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Dual Glucose and Lactate Self-Powered Biosensor Mentor(s): Gymama Slaughter UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 74 Maureen McAllister \| Psychology The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation and Yoga on Anxiety in College Students Mentor(s): Diane Alonso UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 1 Caitlyn McCaulley \| Visual Arts Breaking Point: An Animation by Caitlyn McCaulley Mentor(s): Corrie Parks PAHB 210 \| 1:45 – 2:00 p.m.	Megan Mellon \| Dance Being Body Mentor(s): Carol Hess Dance Cube (PAHB) \| 11:15 a.m. Megan Mellon \| Psychology Pre-Kindergarten Children’s Narrative Comprehension and Relationship with Vocabulary Knowledge and Literacy Practices Mentor(s): Linda Baker UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 59 Nathaniel Mesekale \| History Pilgrim, Scholar, Traveler: The Global Islamic World as Described in the Travel Narrative of Ibn Battuta Mentor(s): Susan McDonough UC 310 \| 2:00 – 2:15 p.m. Caleb Metcalf \| Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication Boy Meets Girl, Boy, Girl: Subverting Master Narratives in the Web-Series MANN/FRAU Mentor(s): Edward Larkey UC 310 \| 10:00 – 10:15 a.m. Alicia Miller \| Psychology Explicit Attitudes in a Psychology of Women Course Mentor(s): Nicole Else-Quest UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 38 Sarah Miller \| Interdisciplinary Studies Aftermath: Daily Life and Community Organization Along the Rio Doce Mentor(s): Lee Boot UC Lobby \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Sylvia Min \| Biological Sciences Understanding the Role of the Novel Histone Methyltransferase Set5 in Chromatin Assembly Mentor(s): Erin Green UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 16 Marina Mizell \| Sociology and Anthropology The Effect of Maternal Depressive Symptoms on Child Early Head Start and Head Start Enrollment Mentor(s): Eileen O’Brien UC 310 \| 11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Daniel Morris \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Structural Determination of the HIV-1 RRE-Rev Complex by NMR Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 16 Daniela Mujica-Martorell \| Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication More Than Just Pretty: Analyzing the Influence of Globalization on the Role of Design in South Korea Mentor(s): Kyung-Eun Yoon UC 310 \| 1:15 – 1:30 p.m.
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Sean Najmi \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Non-Invasive Fiber Optic Biosensor for Detection of Glutamine Mentor(s): Leah Tolosa UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 17 Bailey Nance \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Effect of Antibiotics on HeLa Cell Proliferation and Clustering of PFKL-mEGFP Mentor(s): Songon An UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 31 Jamar Nash \| Psychology Disclosure of Criminal Justice System Involvement: Relations to Social Support, Self-esteem and Stigma Mentor(s): Bronwyn Hunter UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 49	Melissa Nunn \| Visual Arts Utilizing Elements of Art in Second Grade Mentor(s): Cheryl North UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 75 Vanessa Nwaiwu \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Controlled Content Mixing of Small and Large Unilamellar Vesicles for Single Molecular Studies Mentor(s): Minjoung Kyoung UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 7
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Daniel Ocasio \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering UV-Driven Antibiotic-to-Antibiotic Transformation Pathways and Kinetics of Sulfonamides Mentor(s): Lee Blaney UC 204 \| 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Brian O’Connor \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Structure-Activity Relationship of the Sugar Moieties in Flex 4-Methoxy Guanosine Mentor(s): Katherine Seley-Radtke UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 5 Kamsi Odinammadu \| Biological Sciences Engineering Caenorhobditis Elegans for Phototaxis Mentor(s): Daniel Oprian UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 29 Emma O’Donnell \| Visual Arts Fall Mentor(s): Corrie Parks PAHB 210 \| 2:00 – 2:15 p.m.	Paul Oh \| Visual Arts Slight Murmurs Mentor(s): Cathy Cook PAHB 210 \| 1:15 – 1:30 p.m. Chimdiya Onwukwe \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Using Physiological Data to Explore the Relationship between Nanoparticle Surface Charge and Complement Activation Mentor(s): Erin Lavik UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 49 Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman \| Biological Sciences Evaluating an Ultra-Sensitive Method to Detect Malaria in School Children in Malawi Mentor(s): Miriam Laufer UC 204 \| 1:30 – 1:45 p.m. 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 204 \| 11:15 – 11:30 a.m.
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Austin Pagano \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering RGB Something Mentor(s): Eric Jordan UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 78 Kathleen Pagarigan \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Optimization of Alkyl Radical Synthesis via Photoinduced Decarboxylation Mentor(s): Lisa Kelly UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 9 Julian Paige \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Development of a Low Cost Automated Sensor for the Simultaneous Measurement of Gas and Particle-phase Ammonia Mentor(s): Christopher Hennigan UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 72 Ezra Pailer \| Visual Arts The First Moon Mentor(s): Corrie Francis Parks PAHB 210 \| 3:30 – 3:45 p.m. Goureesh Paranjpe \| Education Textual Connections Beyond the Classroom Mentor(s): Cheryl North UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 7 Olivia Park \| Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication The Cultural and Societal Characteristics of Elder Abuse in South Korea Mentor(s): Kyung-Eun Yoon UC 310 \| 1:30 – 1:45 p.m. Himadri Patel \| Psychology Brain Mechanisms of Stress-Induced Analgesia Mentor(s): Raimi Quiton UC 204 \| 2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Nisarga Patel \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering RpackageR: Creating a Web Community of Researchers, Statisticians Around R Packages Mentor(s): Nagaraj Neerchal UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 44	Taylor Patrick \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Development of a Multiplexing System to Test High Density Neural Probe Design for Chemical Sensing Mentor(s): Gymama Slaughter UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 36 Vidisha Patwardhan \| Psychology Investigating the Relation Between Demographic Factors and Prescription Medication Adherence for Alcohol Dependence Mentor(s): Carlo DiClemente UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 36 Sunitha Pawar \| Biological Sciences Investigating the Genetic Interaction Between CPR5, SIM, and SMR1 Mentor(s): Hua Lu UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 2 Trevor Pitts \| Psychology Gender and Ethnic Differences in Contingent Self-Worth Mentor(s): Nicole Else-Quest UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 56 Mikhail Plungis \| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Constraining Automated Metabolic and Regulatory Inference Algorithms with Predicted Enzymatic Reactions Mentor(s): Daniel Lobo UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 17 Sarah Pollock \| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Implementers’ Attitudes about Health Homes for People with Serious Mental Illness in Psychiatric Rehabilitation Programs Mentor(s): Beth McGinty UC 204 \| 2:30 – 2:45 p.m. Ben Price \| Philosophy Friends and Fictions: What’s the Point? Mentor(s): Thorian Harris UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 19
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Rosa Rada \| Interdisciplinary Studies Information Flows and Food Assistance: Challenges to SNAP Program Provision in Baltimore City Mentor(s): David Lansing UC 310 \| 1:45 – 2:00 p.m. Sean Radaskiewicz \| Visual Arts Station North, Baltimore: Homelessness and the Individual Mentor(s): Calla Thompson Fine Arts 3rd Floor Gallery \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Rebekah Rashford \| Biological Sciences Ribosomal Protein Binding to Ribosomal RNA in Stress-free Conditions Mentor(s): Lasse Lindahl UC 204 \| 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Domineka Reeves \| Dance Together We Stand Mentor(s): Erica Rebollar Dance Cube (PAHB) \| 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Brianna Richardson \| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology YeastPhenome.org: Compilation and Analysis of Systematic Phenotypic Surveys of the Yeast Deletion Collection Mentor(s): Anastasia Baryshnikova UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 22 Gabriela Roberts \| Sociology and Anthropology Communication Between Immigrant Patients and Health Care Providers in a Local Clinic:An Ethnographic Study Mentor(s): Bambi Chapin UC 310 \| 3:00 – 3:15 p.m.	Tatiana Rodriguez \| Chemistry and Biochemistry 5′ Start Site Heterogeneity of the HIV-1 RNA Mentor(s): Micheal Summers UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 71 Stephanie Romano \| Education Student Learning Objective on Presentation Skills Mentor(s): Jonathan Singer UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 44 Kathryn Ross \| Psychology Correlates of Community Based Programs for Justice Involved Women Mentor(s): Bronwyn Hunter UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 21 Michael Rowley \| Biological Sciences Estimating the Population Size of the Bahama Oriole: Robust Statistical Analysis of a Critically Endangered Species Mentor(s): Kevin Omland UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 20 Adelaide Ruekgauer \| Psychology The Effects of Interventions on Cover Letter Writing Skills for Individuals with Intellectual Disability Mentor(s): Jolene Sy UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 32 Shelly Ryan \| Visual Arts Shifting Dimensions for Dummies Mentor(s): Corrie Parks PAHB 210 \| 1:30 – 1:45 p.m.
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Iman Said \| Psychology The Impact of Religious Identity and Religious Practices on Behavioral Measures of Self Control Mentor(s): Jolene Sy UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 13 Rima Sakhawala \| Biological Sciences Investigating RLS1 Localization and the Evolutionary Origins of Cellular Differentiation Mentor(s): Stephen Miller UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 18 Mariah Salcedo \| Health Administration and Policy The Age of Marriage and Future Contraceptive Use in Tanzania Mentor(s): Jamie Trevitt UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 58 Allison Sanphillipo \| Biological Sciences Functional Significance of Universal S2 (US2) Phosphorylation During Translation Mentor(s): Philip Farabaugh UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 55 Justin Santos \| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Structural Determination of Selenomethionine- labeled HSLU Mentor(s): Robert Sauer UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 14 Ressa Reneth Sarreal \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Development of LIDAR-based, Autonomous Agricultural Robot Guidance System for Sorghum Bicolor Navigation Mentor(s): George Kantor UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 39 Ryan Scalsky \| Psychology Sociodemographic Patterns of Thyroid Function in Euthyroid Adults Mentor(s): Shari Waldstein UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 20 Carly Sciandra \| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Structure and Mechanism of an RNA Thermosensor Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 61 Andreas Seas \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering The Effect of Stenting on the Shape of the Human Femoropopliteal Artery Mentor(s): Alexey Kamenskiy UC 204 \| 1:45 – 2:00 p.m. Valerie Sebald-Morrisson \| Music Expanding Musical Understanding Through Vocabulary Mentor(s): Brian Kaufman UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 79 Aarti Shah \| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Synthesis of Flexible GS-5734 for Potential Anti-Viral Effects Mentor(s): Katherine Seley-Radtke UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 80 Jamshaid Shahir \| Mathematics and Statistics Studying Cell Polarization Using a Stochastic Simulation Algorithm Mentor(s): Hye-Won Kang UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 2 Sabrina Shakoor \| Education Growth in Mastering the International Baccalaureate Molecular Biology Cirricula Mentor(s): Jonathan Singer UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 40	Alexander Sievers \| History The Question of “Left-Wing Fascism” within the British Union of Fascists in the 1930s Mentor(s): Dan Ritschel UC 310 \| 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Oscar Simon \| Visual Arts Morning Person Mentor(s): Corrie Parks PAHB 210 \| 3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Emily Slaby \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Enhancing Anti-tumor Responses through Membrane-inserting TLR2 Ligands Mentor(s): Gregory Szeto UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 51 Amelia Smith \| Biological Sciences Characterizing Roles of fas2 and fas3 Genes in Cell Migration Mentor(s): Michelle Starz-Gaiano UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 74 Kristina Soetje \| Visual Arts Breaking Parallels Mentor(s): Corrie Parks PAHB 210 \| 2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Sigfredo Soto-Diaz \| Physics Numerical Modeling of the Gamma-Ray Emission Detected from Extragalactic Relativistic Jets Mentor(s): Markos Georganopoulos UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 73 Christina Spadafora \| Psychology Differences in Verbal and Nonverbal intelligence Skills of Bilingual and Monolingual College Students Mentor(s): Linda Baker UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 61 Savannah Steinly \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Direct and Indirect Photolysis of Organometallic Compounds Mentor(s): Lee Blaney UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 50 Georgina Stephanie \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Analyzing the Dynamics of Intracellular Trafficking and Processing of Lipid-tailed Peptides in Immune Cells Mentor(s): Gregory Szeto UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 83 Daniel Stonko \| Biological Sciences New Documentation of Pine Forest Nesting by the Critically Endangered Bahama Oriole (Icterus northropi) Mentor(s): Kevin Omland UC 204 \| 1:15 – 1:30 p.m. Kevin Stumme \| Visual Arts Dusk Mentor(s): Corrie Parks PAHB 210 \| 2:30 – 2:45 p.m. Daniel Sullivan \| Education Up Against the Clock: Effective Writing in Timed Situations Mentor(s): Linda Oliva UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 81
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Ariana Taj \| Biological Sciences Development of Prostate-Specific TP53 Null Rats Mentor(s): Charles Bieberich UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 38 Duy Tang \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Inductive Charging Equipment (ICE) Mentor(s): E. F. Charles LaBerge UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 51 Ange Lydie Tchouga \| Biological Sciences Anteriority of Tongue Position After Glossectomy Surgery Mentor(s): Maureen Stone UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 30 Mekha Thomas \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Activation of the NLRP3 Inflammasome Causes PFKL Complex Assembly in Macrophages Mentor(s): Gregory Szeto UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 50 Zachariah Thomas \| Music Composers-Performer Communication Methods in Contemporary Classical Music: A Case Study Mentor(s): Linda Dusman UC 312 \| 11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Emily Thomas \| Political Science The Impact of Political Party Activity and Government Responsibility on Gender Equality for U.S. Seniors Mentor(s): Carolyn Forestiere UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 54	Scott Thompson \| Information Systems Detecting and Blocking Malicious Website Visitors Through Mining Click-Stream Data and Applying Clustering Methods Mentor(s): Sreedevi Sampath UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 37 Brittany-Lauren Todd \| Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication The Assassination of Berta Cáceres: The Death of Indigenous Liberties, or the Birth of an Environmental Revolution? Mentor(s): Thania Muñoz Davaslioglu UC 310 \| 2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Maria Tono \| Political Science The Impact that Poverty Rate and Inequality had on the Support for the 2016 Plebiscite in the Departments of Colombia Mentor(s): Carolyn Forestiere UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 23 Kha-Ai Tran \| Geography and Environmental Systems How Trashcan Availability Shapes Environmental Health and the Perception of Environmental Pests in West Baltimore Mentor(s): Dawn Biehler UC 310 \| 2:30 – 2:45 p.m. Mai-Han Trinh \| Mathematics and Statistics The Effect of Protein Biomarkers on the Growth of Patients with Urea Cycle Disorders Mentor(s): Do Hwan Park UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 62 Joel Tyson \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Biocompatibility of a Novel Quad-Shank Neural Probe Mentor(s): Gymama Slaughter UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 29
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Nicholas Vaccaro \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Detection of Specific Single Soft Particles Binding to E-AB Sensors in Real Time Mentor(s): Ryan White UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 3 Nerissa Vasconcells \| Dance Excerpt from Luminous (dance performance) Mentor(s): Erica Rebollar Dance Cube (PAHB) \| 11:00 – 11:15 a.m.	Eudorah Vital \| Biological Sciences The Role of the Neogenin Intracellular Domain (Neo-ICD) in Neurulation Mentor(s): Rachel Brewster UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 21
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Jonathan Werner \| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology An Analysis of Hinge Points within the Neural Tissue of Zebrafish Embryos: a Reevaluation of Zebrafish Neurulation Mentor(s): Rachel Brewster UC 204 \| 1:00 – 1:15 p.m. Kevin Whitley \| Physics Associated TeV Emission from the Double-Synchrotron Model for Large-Scale Quasar Jets Mentor(s): Eileen Meyer UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 6 Klaire Williams \| Psychology The Effects of Guided Notes on Quiz Performance of College-Age Students with Intellectual Disabilities Mentor(s): Jolene Sy UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 35 Jessica Willis \| Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication Sticks and Stones: A Conversation Analysis of the Pragmatic Tools used in Emotionally Abusive Language Mentor(s): Thomas Field UC 312 \| 3:45 – 4:00 p.m. Jessica Willis \| Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication French Interrogative Syntax Structures and their Challenge against Linguistic Typology Mentor(s): German Westphal UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 15	Chantel Wilson \| Biological Sciences Methimazole-Induced Changes to the Main Olfactory Epithelium in Wildtype and Skn-1a Knockout Mice Mentor(s): Weihong Lin UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 78 Michael Wolfe \| Physics Improved Fidelity for Quantum Gates with Spin Qubits Mentor(s): Jason Kestner UC 204 \| 11:45 – Noon Brian Woronowicz \| Mechanical Engineering Magnetic Coil Actuated Transportation Mentor(s): Neil Rothman UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 85 Andrea Wozniak \| Visual Arts Project Rune Mentor(s): Eric Jordan UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 80 Henry Wu \| Biological Sciences Cardiovascular Health Education Using Board Games Mentor(s): Krystl Haerian UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 45 Abenezer Wudenhe \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Three-dimensional EEG Signal Tracking for Reproducible Brain Activity Monitoring Mentor(s): Fow-Sen Choa UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 24
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Anton Yanker \| Emergency Health Services International Review of Trampoline Injury Frequencies Mentor(s): J Lee Jenkins UC 204 \| 2:00 – 2:15 p.m. Yadikaer Yasheng \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Warlock War: Multiplayer Online Battle Arena Mentor(s): Eric Jordan UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 84	Jason Young \| Chemistry and Biochemistry The Unique Myristoylation Signal of the Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Matrix Protein Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 47
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Steph Zazanis \| Psychology Caffeine and Alcohol Use Are Associated With Pain Perception Mentor(s): Raimi Quiton UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 32 Yun Zheng \| Media and Communication Studies Broadcasting Eating: An Ethnography of Mukbang Consumers Mentor(s): Donald Snyder UC 312 \| 10:15 – 10:30 a.m.	Takreem Zulfiqar \| American Studies When East Dates West: A Study of Asian American Interracial Relationships in American Television Comedies Mentor(s): Tamara Bhalla UC 312 \| 1:30 – 1:45 p.m.

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Zain Abidin \| Biological Sciences A Novel Reporter System to Quantify Missense Errors During Translation in Sachharomyces Cerevisiae Mentor(s): Philip J. Farabaugh UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 19 Olubukola Abiona \| Biological Sciences Effects of Ten Day Zinc Sulfate and Denatonium Benzoate Exposure on Vomeronasal-mediated Behavior Mentor(s): Weihong Lin UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 25 Elise Adamson \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Optimization of Biomaterial Microenvironment for Motor Neuron Tissue Engineering Mentor(s): Jennie Leach UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m \| Poster 15 Shreya Agarwal \| Biological Sciences Developing New Therapeutics for Prostate Cancer: Inhibition of RNA Pol I in Mouse Models of Prostate Cancer Mentor(s): Charles Bieberich UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 12 Ephraim Alfa \| Mathematics and Statistics Using Historical Data for Retrospective Prediction of Rainfall Mentor(s): Kofi Adragni UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 53	Joshua Amason \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Determining the Effect of Site Directed Mutagenesis on sGC Activity via High Throughput Luciferase Assay Mentor(s): Elsa Garcin UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 33 Noor Amin \| Political Science The Motivations of Terrorists: An Empirical Analysis of the Effect of U.S. Drone Strikes Mentor(s): Laura Hussey UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 10 Hannah Aris \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Maximizing Phosphorus Recovery from Chicken Litter in a Continuous Process Mentor(s): Lee Blaney UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 68 S. Riley Auer \| Ancient Studies Through the Eyes of a Maia Mentor(s): Molly Jones-Lewis UC 310 \| 10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Olanike Awotunde \| Biological Sciences Role of Phosphatase in Melanopsin Signaling Mentor(s): Phyllis Robinson UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 82
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Aakash Bajpai \| Mechanical Engineering Assisting the City of Baltimore in Maintaining and Upgrading its Aging Water Distribution Network Mentor(s): Panos Charalambides UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 73 Alisa Bannerjee, Halima Doka \| Psychology Dispositional Mindfulness and Children’s Anticipatory Anxiety for Acute Pain Mentor(s): Lynnda Dahlquist, Wendy Pinder UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 8 Stephanie Barnaba \| Global Studies Investigation of Societal-Level Peace Initiatives within the Arab-Israeli Protracted Social Conflict Mentor(s): Brigid Starkey UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 48 Emma Barnes \| Africana Studies and English The Borderlands: How the Alien’s Territory Becomes Productive Literary Space Mentor(s): Maleda Belilgne UC 312 \| 3:30 – 3:45 p.m. Jasper Barnes \| Education Finding the Target: Pre-service Teachers’ Perspectives about Culturally Responsive Practices Mentor(s): Mavis Sanders, Bonny Tighe, Sarah Jewett UC 312 \| 3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Sapna Basappa \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Screening Small Molecule Ligands with the Core Encapsidation Signal of HIV-1 RNA as a Potential Drug Target Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 28 Haley Bast \| Emergency Health Services Challenges to Prehospital Care in Honduras Mentor(s): J Lee Jenkins UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 28 Siarah Beall, Meghan Gilbert \| Geography and Environmental Systems Distribution of Baltimore’s Urban Woodlands Across Neighborhoods, Slope, and Wetness Mentor(s): Matthew Baker UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 22 Elena Beck \| Media and Communication Studies Nightwish: The Global Fan Culture of a Finnish Symphonic Metal Band Mentor(s): Fan Yang UC 310 \| 2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Kyle Belluomo \| Physics Electromagnetic Simulations of Metal Nanoparticles and Metal Nanoparticle Assemblies Mentor(s): Matthew Pelton UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 66 Ravi Bhatt \| Aging Studies Age Friendly UMBC: Accessibility for All Mentor(s): Galina Madjaroff UC 312 \| 11:30 – Noon Junaid Bhatti, Abraar Muneem \| Biological Sciences Paving the Way for Regenerative Medicine: Curating Planarian Experiments in a Centralized Mathematical Database Mentor(s): Daniel Lobo UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 9	Jessica Black \| Psychology Painful Thermal Stimulation to the Face and Arm Produces Different Patterns of Brain Activity in Migraine Patients Mentor(s): Raimi Quiton UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 47 Garrett Bockmiller \| Education OPVL: Improving Historical Source Analysis Mentor(s): Tim Johnson UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 12 Renee Booker \| English 9/11 Through the Eyes of the Millennial Generation Mentor(s): Michele Osherow UC 312 \| 2:00 – 2:15 p.m. Shayan Borhani \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Production of Human Pro-insulin using Escherichia Coli cell-free Expression System Mentor(s): Chandrasekhar Gurramkonda UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 39 Cara Borja \| Psychology The Emergence of Biculturalism in First-generation Latino/a and Hispanic Immigrants Mentor(s): Anne Brodsky UC 310 \| 10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Jaelyn Bos \| Geography and Environmental Systems Unpacking the Effects of Impervious Cover and Conductance on Stream Invertebrates in Maryland Mentor(s): Matthew Baker UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 59 Taisha Bowman \| Education The Effects of Pairing and Simulations on the Ability to Conduct Research Mentor(s): Jonathan Singer UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 41 Jacob Brackett \| Visual Arts Nine to Fired (video game) Mentor(s): Eric Jordan UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| On Stage Thomas Burnett \| Biological Sciences Investigation of Adaptation in Melanopsin Activation Mentor(s): Thomas Burnett UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 53 Kerria Burns \| Biological Sciences Trait Variation Within Seasonally and Geographically Distinct Communities Mentor(s): Jeff Leips UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 10 Anya Byrd \| Biological Sciences Effect of Environmental sand coloring on reflectance of Neogonodactylus oerstedii Mentor(s): Thomas Cronin UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 83
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Yisroel Cahn \| Economics The Legalization of Recreational Marijuana and Its Impact on Crime in Colorado Mentor(s): Thomas Gindling UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 34 Andrea Calderon \| Psychology Investigating the Correlations between Spirituality, Stress, and Adjustment in Military Couples Mentor(s): Stephen Bowles UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 57 Danielle Caldwell \| Psychology Examining the Effectiveness of Token Economies in Education Mentor(s): Jolene Sy UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 71 Gabriela Canales \| Biological Sciences Increasing the Frequency of Homology Directed Repair After CRISPR Cas9-Induced DNA Cleavage Mentor(s): Charles Bieberich UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 40 Yan Cao \| Mathematics and Statistics Improving Problem-Solving of Complex Mathematical Tasks Mentor(s): Christopher Rakes UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 27 Ricardo Cardoza \| Chemistry and Biochemistry The Effects of Aluminum Ions on Intergranular Corrosion in AA5083 Mentor(s): Robert Kelly UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 35 Hannah Carter \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Probing the Structure of the HIV-1 5′-Leader Dimeric Conformation Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC 204 \| 3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Nicholas Carter \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering BEDBOT: A Control Structure for the Piano Mattress Project Mentor(s): E. F. Charles LaBerge UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 85 Vi Niceia Carter \| Social Work The Impact of Poverty on Crime in Montgomery County: Understanding Ways to Break the Poverty-crime Cycle Mentor(s): Katherine Morris UC 312 \| 1:00 – 1:15 p.m. Kristofer Castro \| Psychology Mediating and Moderating Processes in the Association Between Asian-American Mothers’ Acculturation and Parenting Styles Mentor(s): Charissa Cheah UC 310 \| 10:15 – 10:30 p.m. Bethany Cauble \| Visual Arts Do Prompts Help Students Create More In-depth Artist Statements? Mentor(s): Cheryl North UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 69 Dennis Chacko \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Using Bayesian Analysis Relaxation Spectra to Analyze Peptide Based Hydrogels Mentor(s): Marc Taraban UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 56	Kevin Chen \| Biological Sciences Polymerization is Required for UNC-45A Destabilization of Microtubules in Cancer Cells Mentor(s): Martina Bazzaro UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 64 Nancy Chen \| Psychology Differences in Math Socialization between Native Chinese and U.S. Chinese Immigrant Mothers Mentor(s): Susan Sonnenschein UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 13 Nancy Chen \| Psychology Discrimination Predicts Greater John Henryism Among Racially/Ethnically Diverse Young Men Mentor(s): Danielle Beatty Moody UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 65 Jennifer Christhilf \| Geography and Environmental Systems Andros Island Vegetation Types: Habitat Usage Patterns of the Bahama Oriole Mentor(s): Kevin Omland UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 65 Stephen Chubb \| Music Improving Rhythmic Sight Reading Mentor(s): Brian Kaufman UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 42 Kritika Chugh \| Biological Sciences Xenobiotic Exposure Induced Morphological Changes in the Main Olfactory Epithelium Mentor(s): Weihong Lin UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 58 Federico Cifuentes-Urtubey \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Is Turbulence Affecting Your Network? Mentor(s): Fabián Bustamante UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 41 Ann Cirincione \| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Assigning Phenotype Ontologies to Genetic Variants of Human Diseases Mentor(s): Maricel Kann UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 67 Marina Congedo \| Ancient Studies The Language of Science Education in Newton’s Principia Mathematica Mentor(s): Molly Jones-Lewis UC 204 \| 3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Amanda Conner \| Education Improving Student Graphing Abilities by Modeling and Repetition Mentor(s): Jonathan Singer UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 60 Nathaniel Croll \| American Studies From Oral Tradition to Cinema: An Examination of the Adaptation of Indigenous American Culture in Film Mentor(s): Nicole King UC 312 \| 11:15 – 11:30 a.m.
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Stephen Dan \| Dance East vs. West: Closing the Gap Between Dance Styles (dance performance) Mentor(s): Carol Hess Dance Cube (PAHB) \| 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Matt Davis \| Education Geography: The World Around Us Mentor(s): Linda Oliva UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 84 Erika de Jesus \| Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication The Culturalization of the Haka Mentor(s): Renée Lambert-Brétière UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 18 Jason de Bernard \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Junkyard Drive Mentor(s): Eric Jordan UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 76 Natalie DeNigris \| Physics X-Ray Variability in Resolved Jets from Black Holes Mentor(s): Eileen Meyer UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 82	Michael Droboniku \| Psychology Teacher-Child Relationships Predicting Development of Children of Single-Parent Families Mentor(s): Shuyan Sun UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 42 Kelly Dunn \| Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication Narrative Constructions of Collective Memory: Representing the Armed Conflict in Colombia Mentor(s): Tania Lizarazo UC 312 \| 1:15 – 1:30 p.m. Samantha Durbin \| Geography and Environmental Systems Size of a Storm: An Analysis of Size Distribution of Atlantic Hurricanes since 1988 Mentor(s): Jeffrey Halverson UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 63
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Sylvia Edoigiawerie \| Biological Sciences Exploring Somatic Stem Cell Maintenance Through Cross-Repression Mentor(s): Michelle Starz-Gaiano UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 77 Khizra Ehsan \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Ionic Activity of Alpha-Hemolysin, a Transmembrane Protein Mentor(s): Ryan White UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 68 Chiamaka Ekwunazu \| Psychology The Influence of Social Support on Pain-related Brain Activity Mentor(s): Raimi Quiton UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 30 Thomas Eliason \| Education Arguing Gooder: Facilitating Growth in Argumentative Essays Mentor(s): Cheryl North UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 23 Dylan Elliott \| History Robbing Peter to Pay Paul: The Balancing Act of Maryland’s Intendant of the Revenue Mentor(s): Terry Bouton UC 312 \| 2:15 – 2:30 p.m.	Richard Elliott \| American Studies It’s Just a Jump to the Right: The Tea Party’s Influence on Conservative Discourse Mentor(s): Kathy Bryan UC 312\| 3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Haley Emmons \| Visual Arts Suits Me Well Mentor(s): Corrie Parks PAHB 210 \| 2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Alex Estrada \| Biological Sciences Comparing Physiological and Molecular Characteristics of Prostate Cancer between BMPC and NBMPC Mouse Models Mentor(s): Charles Bieberich UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 31 Tania Evans \| Mechanical Engineering Building a Process-Path Model of Zirconium-Niobium Mentor(s): Chaitanya Deo UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 5
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Arissa Falat \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Flexible Acyclic Nucleoside Analogues for Antiviral Therapeutics Mentor(s): Katherine Seley-Radtke UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 57 Debbie Farthing \| History Unpacking Margaret: The Other Life of Margaret Patricia Killian Mentor(s): Amy Froide UC 310 \| 11:30 – 11:45 a.m. Allison Feeney \| American Studies Here We Go Again: Comparison of Prejudice Against Irish Catholics and Muslims Mentor(s): Nicole King UC 312 \| 3:15 – 3:30 p.m.	Nimasha Fernando \| Interdisciplinary Studies Latin American Immigrants’ Health in the Baltimore Area: A Qualitative Study of the Hospital to Home Transition in Care Mentor(s): Bambi Chapin UC 310 \| 11:45 – Noon Sarah Folus \| Music Leveling Up the Playing Field Mentor(s): Brian Kaufman UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 62 Samantha Furman \| Mathematics and Statistics A Machine Learning Approach to Lymphocyte Detection and Quantification in Tumor Histology Mentor(s): Thomas Fuchs UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 37
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Austin Gabel \| Biological Sciences Understanding Induction of Suspended Animation in Zebrafish Mentor(s): Rachel Brewster UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 26 Rebecca Gale \| History Cigarettes, Sororities, and Sailors: Student Scrapbooks and the Female Experience at National Park Seminary, 1902-1942 Mentor(s): Andrew Nolan UC 312 \| 1:45 – 2:00 p.m. Sohrob Ganjbaksh \| History British Healthcare: Socialist Roots Mentor(s): Daniel Ritschel UC 310 \| 11:00 – 11:15 a.m. \| Poster # Mahlet Gebre-Egziabher \| English The Hunger of a Child: Shaping Identity through Illusive Consumption Mentor(s): Maleda Belilgne UC 312 \| 2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Meheret Gebre-Egziabher \| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Structural Analysis of Melanopsin Activation Using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Mentor(s): Phyllis Robinson UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 14 Isabel Geisler \| Global Studies The Successes and Shortcomings of Fair Trade in Combatting Gender Inequality: Coffee in Central America Mentor(s): Felipe Filomeno UC 312 \| 10:00 – 10:15 a.m. Tori George \| Education Improving Science Claim and Evidence Reasoning in High School Science Students Mentor(s): Jonathan Singer UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 11	Lillian Getachew \| Mathematics and Statistics Predictive Model for Bovine Lameness Condition Using Three-directional Limb Movement Variables Mentor(s): Nagaraj Neerchal UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 24 Adam Goad \| Physics Temperature Dependency of Viscoelastic Flows in Simple Liquids Generated by Vibrating Nanostructures Mentor(s): Matthew Pelton UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 46 Marshal Golden \| History Respectable Violence: Boxing and the Old Amateur Ethic in Late-Georgian and Victorian Britain Mentor(s): Daniel Ritschel UC 310 \| 1:00 – 1:15 p.m. Danielle Goldstein \| English Improving Student Writing Mentor(s): Cheryl North UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 6 Shanelle Grier \| Psychology The Impact of Sexualization in Videogames on Objectified Body Consciousness in Women Mentor(s): Nicole Else-Quest UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 43 Alyson Griese \| Media and Communication Studies Social Movements, Social Media: Decoding Modern Protest Rhetoric Mentor(s): Elizabeth Patton UC 312 \| 11:00 – 11:15 a.m. Castle Gushen \| Ancient Studies Pollen Stratigraphy: A Simplified Methodology for Archeology and Environmental System Mentor(s): Michael Lane UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 52
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Amelia Hallworth \| Biological Sciences Investigating Circadian Control of the Defense Gene TGA3 Mentor(s): Hua Lu UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 4 Dana Hamerla \| Education Creating Independent Learners by Combating Learned Helplessness In Pre-Algebra Students Mentor(s): Christopher Rakes UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 72 Kaitlin Hanifee \| Ancient Studies Ancient Ottoman Art and Modern Islamic Culture Mentor(s): Esther Doyle Read UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 46 Edward Hanson \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Community Resilience: Measuring Economic Benefits of Planning for Natural and Man-made Hazards Mentor(s): Jennifer Helgeson UC 204 \| 2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Antony Harris \| Visual Arts Happy Holidays Mentor(s): Corrie Parks PAHB 210 \| 3:00 – 3:15 p.m.	LeTeasha Harrison \| Visual Arts Inciting Success or Wasting One’s Breath? Mentor(s): Cheryl North UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 48 Samantha Herath \| Biological Sciences A Continuous Mathematical Framework for Biological Shapes Formation Mentor(s): Daniel Lobo UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 52 Rebecca Hill \| Psychology Executive Functioning Strategies: How do Children Think They Learn, and Does it Matter for Task Performance? Mentor(s): Susan Sonnenschein UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 34 Amy Huber \| Aging Studies Age Friendly UMBC: Accessibility for All Mentor(s): Galina Madjaroff UC 312 \| 11:30 – 12:00 p.m. Jason Hughes \| Biological Sciences Variation in Population Heterogeneity of S. cerevisiae due to gal3 Mentor(s): Michael Springer UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 60
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Oluwagbotemi Igbaroola \| Health Administration and Policy “Smoke What?”: Examining the Smoking Identity of Black Youth and Young Adults Mentor(s): Craig Fryer UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 26	Aishwarya Iyer \| Chemistry and Biochemistry The Effects of a Native Cap on the Structure of RNA Using NMR Spectroscopy Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC 204 \| 11:30 – 11:45 a.m.
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Jessica Jang \| Psychology Sex Differences in Pressure Pain Threshold among Children Mentor(s): Lynnda Dahlquist UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 67 Robyn Jasper \| Biological Sciences Development of a CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing System for Green Algae Mentor(s): Stephen Miller UC 204 \| 10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Farah Jawhar \| Education Developing Conceptual Understanding through Problem Solving Helps Students Learn Algebra Concepts at a Deeper Level Mentor(s): Christopher Rakes UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 70 Maniraj Jeyaraju \| Interdisciplinary Studies Ethnographic Study of Cardiovascular Attitudes among Adolescents in India Mentor(s): Sarah Chard UC 312 \| 10:30 – 10:45 p.m.	Da’Kuawn Johnson \| Biological Sciences Functional Characterization of Glycoside Hydrolase Family 43 in Plant Cell Wall Degrading Bacteria Mentor(s): Jeffrey Gardner UC 204 \| 10:00 – 10:15 p.m. Susannah Jones-Hochmuth \| Gender and Women’s Studies Faith and Feminism: How Christianity Informs Feminist Beliefs Mentor(s): Amy Bhatt UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 69 Marcus Jordan \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Synthesis of Novel Water-Soluble Near Infrared Emitting BODIPY Mentor(s): Marcin Ptaszek UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 75
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Michelle Katoski \| Geography and Environmental Systems Validation of LiDAR Based Characterization of Overstory Tree Canopy in CERA Mentor(s): Matthew Baker UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 63 Waqar Khan \| Biological Sciences Effect of Vitreomacular Adhesion on Treatment Outcomes in the Ranibizumab for Edema of the Macula in Diabetic Patients Mentor(s): Syed Mahmood Shah UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 82 Melody Khosravi \| Aging Studies Age Friendly UMBC: Accessibility for All Mentor(s): Galina Madjaroff UC 312 \| 11:30 – Noon Euibin Kim \| Psychology Rehabilitation and Aftercare Procedures for Female Ex-offenders in Malaysia Mentor(s): Bronwyn Hunter UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 70	Flora Kirk \| Ancient Studies More Than Just Money:Second and Third Century Coin Circulation in Roman Britain and the Influence of Emperors Mentor(s): Melissa Kutner UC 310 \| 3:30 – 3:45 p.m. Alison Kreckmann \| English Bartleby 2017: Examining Common Incentives for Creative Expression Mentor(s): Tanya Olson UC Ballroom \| Time \| Poster # Justyna Kurbiel \| Visual Arts Salty Seagull (3-D Competitive Game) Mentor(s): Eric Jordan UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| On Stage
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April Jay Laranang \| Chemistry and Biochemistry The Effect of Quantum Dot Structure on the Viability of Danio rerio Mentor(s): Zeev Rosenzweig UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 66 Alison Larsen \| Aging Studies Age Friendly UMBC: Accessibility for All Mentor(s): Galina Madjaroff UC 312 \| 11:30 – Noon Alec Lawrie \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering UMBC Game Developers Club 2016-2017 Projects Mentor(s): Marc Olano UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 81 Andrew Le \| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology One Step At a Time: Subcellular localizations of Enzymes involved in Human Glucose Metabolism Mentor(s): Songon An UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 45	Deirdre Lohrmann \| Ancient Studies Collection Management in the Digital Age Mentor(s): Esther Doyle Read UC 312 \| 2:30 – 2:45 p.m. Melissa Lucero \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Amphiphilic Chlorin-Bacteriochlorin Energy Transfer Arrays for Multicolor Imaging Mentor(s): Marcin Ptaszek UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 81 Helina Lulseged \| Psychology The Effect of the STEM Undergraduate Major on Medical School Admission Mentor(s): Kenneth Maton UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 43
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Austin Maduka \| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Examining the Role AMP-activated kinase Plays in Stress-Dependent O-GlcNAc Signaling Mentor(s): Natasha Zachara UC 204 \| 11:00 – 11:15 a.m. Jessie Maes \| Ancient Studies The Poor Man’s Mosaic Mentor(s): Esther Doyle Read UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 1 Navaal Mahdi \| Media and Communication Studies An Ethnographic Review of the Impact of the One Direction Fandom Mentor(s): Bryce Peake UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 4 Kanwal Mahmood \| Psychology Childhood Socioeconomic Status, Discrimination, and Mood in a Racially/Ethnically Diverse Sample of Young Adults Mentor(s): Danielle L. Beatty Moody UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 54 Melissa Mahon \| Education The Effect of Teaching Strategies to Derive Word Meanings Mentor(s): Michele Stites UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 76 Haley Marcussen \| Music Rhythmic Dictation Student Learning Objective Mentor(s): Brian Kaufman UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 8 Ugonna Mbaekwe \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Characterizing Protein:RNA Interactions that Nucleate HIV-1 Viral Assembly Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 64 Kenechukwu Mbonu \| Biological Sciences Plasticity of Delta Containing GABAa Receptors and the Development of Maladaptive Behaviors After Social Drinking Mentor(s): Jamie Maguire UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 27 Naomi Mburu \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Dual Glucose and Lactate Self-Powered Biosensor Mentor(s): Gymama Slaughter UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 74 Maureen McAllister \| Psychology The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation and Yoga on Anxiety in College Students Mentor(s): Diane Alonso UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 1 Caitlyn McCaulley \| Visual Arts Breaking Point: An Animation by Caitlyn McCaulley Mentor(s): Corrie Parks PAHB 210 \| 1:45 – 2:00 p.m.	Megan Mellon \| Dance Being Body Mentor(s): Carol Hess Dance Cube (PAHB) \| 11:15 a.m. Megan Mellon \| Psychology Pre-Kindergarten Children’s Narrative Comprehension and Relationship with Vocabulary Knowledge and Literacy Practices Mentor(s): Linda Baker UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 59 Nathaniel Mesekale \| History Pilgrim, Scholar, Traveler: The Global Islamic World as Described in the Travel Narrative of Ibn Battuta Mentor(s): Susan McDonough UC 310 \| 2:00 – 2:15 p.m. Caleb Metcalf \| Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication Boy Meets Girl, Boy, Girl: Subverting Master Narratives in the Web-Series MANN/FRAU Mentor(s): Edward Larkey UC 310 \| 10:00 – 10:15 a.m. Alicia Miller \| Psychology Explicit Attitudes in a Psychology of Women Course Mentor(s): Nicole Else-Quest UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 38 Sarah Miller \| Interdisciplinary Studies Aftermath: Daily Life and Community Organization Along the Rio Doce Mentor(s): Lee Boot UC Lobby \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Sylvia Min \| Biological Sciences Understanding the Role of the Novel Histone Methyltransferase Set5 in Chromatin Assembly Mentor(s): Erin Green UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 16 Marina Mizell \| Sociology and Anthropology The Effect of Maternal Depressive Symptoms on Child Early Head Start and Head Start Enrollment Mentor(s): Eileen O’Brien UC 310 \| 11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Daniel Morris \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Structural Determination of the HIV-1 RRE-Rev Complex by NMR Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 16 Daniela Mujica-Martorell \| Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication More Than Just Pretty: Analyzing the Influence of Globalization on the Role of Design in South Korea Mentor(s): Kyung-Eun Yoon UC 310 \| 1:15 – 1:30 p.m.
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Sean Najmi \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Non-Invasive Fiber Optic Biosensor for Detection of Glutamine Mentor(s): Leah Tolosa UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 17 Bailey Nance \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Effect of Antibiotics on HeLa Cell Proliferation and Clustering of PFKL-mEGFP Mentor(s): Songon An UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 31 Jamar Nash \| Psychology Disclosure of Criminal Justice System Involvement: Relations to Social Support, Self-esteem and Stigma Mentor(s): Bronwyn Hunter UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 49	Melissa Nunn \| Visual Arts Utilizing Elements of Art in Second Grade Mentor(s): Cheryl North UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 75 Vanessa Nwaiwu \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Controlled Content Mixing of Small and Large Unilamellar Vesicles for Single Molecular Studies Mentor(s): Minjoung Kyoung UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 7
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Daniel Ocasio \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering UV-Driven Antibiotic-to-Antibiotic Transformation Pathways and Kinetics of Sulfonamides Mentor(s): Lee Blaney UC 204 \| 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Brian O’Connor \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Structure-Activity Relationship of the Sugar Moieties in Flex 4-Methoxy Guanosine Mentor(s): Katherine Seley-Radtke UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 5 Kamsi Odinammadu \| Biological Sciences Engineering Caenorhobditis Elegans for Phototaxis Mentor(s): Daniel Oprian UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 29 Emma O’Donnell \| Visual Arts Fall Mentor(s): Corrie Parks PAHB 210 \| 2:00 – 2:15 p.m.	Paul Oh \| Visual Arts Slight Murmurs Mentor(s): Cathy Cook PAHB 210 \| 1:15 – 1:30 p.m. Chimdiya Onwukwe \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Using Physiological Data to Explore the Relationship between Nanoparticle Surface Charge and Complement Activation Mentor(s): Erin Lavik UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 49 Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman \| Biological Sciences Evaluating an Ultra-Sensitive Method to Detect Malaria in School Children in Malawi Mentor(s): Miriam Laufer UC 204 \| 1:30 – 1:45 p.m. 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 204 \| 11:15 – 11:30 a.m.
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Austin Pagano \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering RGB Something Mentor(s): Eric Jordan UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 78 Kathleen Pagarigan \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Optimization of Alkyl Radical Synthesis via Photoinduced Decarboxylation Mentor(s): Lisa Kelly UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 9 Julian Paige \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Development of a Low Cost Automated Sensor for the Simultaneous Measurement of Gas and Particle-phase Ammonia Mentor(s): Christopher Hennigan UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 72 Ezra Pailer \| Visual Arts The First Moon Mentor(s): Corrie Francis Parks PAHB 210 \| 3:30 – 3:45 p.m. Goureesh Paranjpe \| Education Textual Connections Beyond the Classroom Mentor(s): Cheryl North UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 7 Olivia Park \| Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication The Cultural and Societal Characteristics of Elder Abuse in South Korea Mentor(s): Kyung-Eun Yoon UC 310 \| 1:30 – 1:45 p.m. Himadri Patel \| Psychology Brain Mechanisms of Stress-Induced Analgesia Mentor(s): Raimi Quiton UC 204 \| 2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Nisarga Patel \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering RpackageR: Creating a Web Community of Researchers, Statisticians Around R Packages Mentor(s): Nagaraj Neerchal UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 44	Taylor Patrick \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Development of a Multiplexing System to Test High Density Neural Probe Design for Chemical Sensing Mentor(s): Gymama Slaughter UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 36 Vidisha Patwardhan \| Psychology Investigating the Relation Between Demographic Factors and Prescription Medication Adherence for Alcohol Dependence Mentor(s): Carlo DiClemente UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 36 Sunitha Pawar \| Biological Sciences Investigating the Genetic Interaction Between CPR5, SIM, and SMR1 Mentor(s): Hua Lu UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 2 Trevor Pitts \| Psychology Gender and Ethnic Differences in Contingent Self-Worth Mentor(s): Nicole Else-Quest UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 56 Mikhail Plungis \| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Constraining Automated Metabolic and Regulatory Inference Algorithms with Predicted Enzymatic Reactions Mentor(s): Daniel Lobo UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 17 Sarah Pollock \| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Implementers’ Attitudes about Health Homes for People with Serious Mental Illness in Psychiatric Rehabilitation Programs Mentor(s): Beth McGinty UC 204 \| 2:30 – 2:45 p.m. Ben Price \| Philosophy Friends and Fictions: What’s the Point? Mentor(s): Thorian Harris UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 19
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Rosa Rada \| Interdisciplinary Studies Information Flows and Food Assistance: Challenges to SNAP Program Provision in Baltimore City Mentor(s): David Lansing UC 310 \| 1:45 – 2:00 p.m. Sean Radaskiewicz \| Visual Arts Station North, Baltimore: Homelessness and the Individual Mentor(s): Calla Thompson Fine Arts 3rd Floor Gallery \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Rebekah Rashford \| Biological Sciences Ribosomal Protein Binding to Ribosomal RNA in Stress-free Conditions Mentor(s): Lasse Lindahl UC 204 \| 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Domineka Reeves \| Dance Together We Stand Mentor(s): Erica Rebollar Dance Cube (PAHB) \| 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Brianna Richardson \| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology YeastPhenome.org: Compilation and Analysis of Systematic Phenotypic Surveys of the Yeast Deletion Collection Mentor(s): Anastasia Baryshnikova UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 22 Gabriela Roberts \| Sociology and Anthropology Communication Between Immigrant Patients and Health Care Providers in a Local Clinic:An Ethnographic Study Mentor(s): Bambi Chapin UC 310 \| 3:00 – 3:15 p.m.	Tatiana Rodriguez \| Chemistry and Biochemistry 5′ Start Site Heterogeneity of the HIV-1 RNA Mentor(s): Micheal Summers UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 71 Stephanie Romano \| Education Student Learning Objective on Presentation Skills Mentor(s): Jonathan Singer UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 44 Kathryn Ross \| Psychology Correlates of Community Based Programs for Justice Involved Women Mentor(s): Bronwyn Hunter UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 21 Michael Rowley \| Biological Sciences Estimating the Population Size of the Bahama Oriole: Robust Statistical Analysis of a Critically Endangered Species Mentor(s): Kevin Omland UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 20 Adelaide Ruekgauer \| Psychology The Effects of Interventions on Cover Letter Writing Skills for Individuals with Intellectual Disability Mentor(s): Jolene Sy UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 32 Shelly Ryan \| Visual Arts Shifting Dimensions for Dummies Mentor(s): Corrie Parks PAHB 210 \| 1:30 – 1:45 p.m.
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Iman Said \| Psychology The Impact of Religious Identity and Religious Practices on Behavioral Measures of Self Control Mentor(s): Jolene Sy UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 13 Rima Sakhawala \| Biological Sciences Investigating RLS1 Localization and the Evolutionary Origins of Cellular Differentiation Mentor(s): Stephen Miller UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 18 Mariah Salcedo \| Health Administration and Policy The Age of Marriage and Future Contraceptive Use in Tanzania Mentor(s): Jamie Trevitt UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 58 Allison Sanphillipo \| Biological Sciences Functional Significance of Universal S2 (US2) Phosphorylation During Translation Mentor(s): Philip Farabaugh UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 55 Justin Santos \| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Structural Determination of Selenomethionine- labeled HSLU Mentor(s): Robert Sauer UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 14 Ressa Reneth Sarreal \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Development of LIDAR-based, Autonomous Agricultural Robot Guidance System for Sorghum Bicolor Navigation Mentor(s): George Kantor UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 39 Ryan Scalsky \| Psychology Sociodemographic Patterns of Thyroid Function in Euthyroid Adults Mentor(s): Shari Waldstein UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 20 Carly Sciandra \| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Structure and Mechanism of an RNA Thermosensor Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 61 Andreas Seas \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering The Effect of Stenting on the Shape of the Human Femoropopliteal Artery Mentor(s): Alexey Kamenskiy UC 204 \| 1:45 – 2:00 p.m. Valerie Sebald-Morrisson \| Music Expanding Musical Understanding Through Vocabulary Mentor(s): Brian Kaufman UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 79 Aarti Shah \| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Synthesis of Flexible GS-5734 for Potential Anti-Viral Effects Mentor(s): Katherine Seley-Radtke UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 80 Jamshaid Shahir \| Mathematics and Statistics Studying Cell Polarization Using a Stochastic Simulation Algorithm Mentor(s): Hye-Won Kang UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 2 Sabrina Shakoor \| Education Growth in Mastering the International Baccalaureate Molecular Biology Cirricula Mentor(s): Jonathan Singer UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 40	Alexander Sievers \| History The Question of “Left-Wing Fascism” within the British Union of Fascists in the 1930s Mentor(s): Dan Ritschel UC 310 \| 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Oscar Simon \| Visual Arts Morning Person Mentor(s): Corrie Parks PAHB 210 \| 3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Emily Slaby \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Enhancing Anti-tumor Responses through Membrane-inserting TLR2 Ligands Mentor(s): Gregory Szeto UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 51 Amelia Smith \| Biological Sciences Characterizing Roles of fas2 and fas3 Genes in Cell Migration Mentor(s): Michelle Starz-Gaiano UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 74 Kristina Soetje \| Visual Arts Breaking Parallels Mentor(s): Corrie Parks PAHB 210 \| 2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Sigfredo Soto-Diaz \| Physics Numerical Modeling of the Gamma-Ray Emission Detected from Extragalactic Relativistic Jets Mentor(s): Markos Georganopoulos UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 73 Christina Spadafora \| Psychology Differences in Verbal and Nonverbal intelligence Skills of Bilingual and Monolingual College Students Mentor(s): Linda Baker UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 61 Savannah Steinly \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Direct and Indirect Photolysis of Organometallic Compounds Mentor(s): Lee Blaney UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 50 Georgina Stephanie \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Analyzing the Dynamics of Intracellular Trafficking and Processing of Lipid-tailed Peptides in Immune Cells Mentor(s): Gregory Szeto UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 83 Daniel Stonko \| Biological Sciences New Documentation of Pine Forest Nesting by the Critically Endangered Bahama Oriole (Icterus northropi) Mentor(s): Kevin Omland UC 204 \| 1:15 – 1:30 p.m. Kevin Stumme \| Visual Arts Dusk Mentor(s): Corrie Parks PAHB 210 \| 2:30 – 2:45 p.m. Daniel Sullivan \| Education Up Against the Clock: Effective Writing in Timed Situations Mentor(s): Linda Oliva UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 81
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Ariana Taj \| Biological Sciences Development of Prostate-Specific TP53 Null Rats Mentor(s): Charles Bieberich UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 38 Duy Tang \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Inductive Charging Equipment (ICE) Mentor(s): E. F. Charles LaBerge UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 51 Ange Lydie Tchouga \| Biological Sciences Anteriority of Tongue Position After Glossectomy Surgery Mentor(s): Maureen Stone UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 30 Mekha Thomas \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Activation of the NLRP3 Inflammasome Causes PFKL Complex Assembly in Macrophages Mentor(s): Gregory Szeto UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 50 Zachariah Thomas \| Music Composers-Performer Communication Methods in Contemporary Classical Music: A Case Study Mentor(s): Linda Dusman UC 312 \| 11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Emily Thomas \| Political Science The Impact of Political Party Activity and Government Responsibility on Gender Equality for U.S. Seniors Mentor(s): Carolyn Forestiere UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 54	Scott Thompson \| Information Systems Detecting and Blocking Malicious Website Visitors Through Mining Click-Stream Data and Applying Clustering Methods Mentor(s): Sreedevi Sampath UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 37 Brittany-Lauren Todd \| Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication The Assassination of Berta Cáceres: The Death of Indigenous Liberties, or the Birth of an Environmental Revolution? Mentor(s): Thania Muñoz Davaslioglu UC 310 \| 2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Maria Tono \| Political Science The Impact that Poverty Rate and Inequality had on the Support for the 2016 Plebiscite in the Departments of Colombia Mentor(s): Carolyn Forestiere UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 23 Kha-Ai Tran \| Geography and Environmental Systems How Trashcan Availability Shapes Environmental Health and the Perception of Environmental Pests in West Baltimore Mentor(s): Dawn Biehler UC 310 \| 2:30 – 2:45 p.m. Mai-Han Trinh \| Mathematics and Statistics The Effect of Protein Biomarkers on the Growth of Patients with Urea Cycle Disorders Mentor(s): Do Hwan Park UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 62 Joel Tyson \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Biocompatibility of a Novel Quad-Shank Neural Probe Mentor(s): Gymama Slaughter UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 29
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Nicholas Vaccaro \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Detection of Specific Single Soft Particles Binding to E-AB Sensors in Real Time Mentor(s): Ryan White UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 3 Nerissa Vasconcells \| Dance Excerpt from Luminous (dance performance) Mentor(s): Erica Rebollar Dance Cube (PAHB) \| 11:00 – 11:15 a.m.	Eudorah Vital \| Biological Sciences The Role of the Neogenin Intracellular Domain (Neo-ICD) in Neurulation Mentor(s): Rachel Brewster UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 21
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Jonathan Werner \| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology An Analysis of Hinge Points within the Neural Tissue of Zebrafish Embryos: a Reevaluation of Zebrafish Neurulation Mentor(s): Rachel Brewster UC 204 \| 1:00 – 1:15 p.m. Kevin Whitley \| Physics Associated TeV Emission from the Double-Synchrotron Model for Large-Scale Quasar Jets Mentor(s): Eileen Meyer UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 6 Klaire Williams \| Psychology The Effects of Guided Notes on Quiz Performance of College-Age Students with Intellectual Disabilities Mentor(s): Jolene Sy UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 35 Jessica Willis \| Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication Sticks and Stones: A Conversation Analysis of the Pragmatic Tools used in Emotionally Abusive Language Mentor(s): Thomas Field UC 312 \| 3:45 – 4:00 p.m. Jessica Willis \| Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication French Interrogative Syntax Structures and their Challenge against Linguistic Typology Mentor(s): German Westphal UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 15	Chantel Wilson \| Biological Sciences Methimazole-Induced Changes to the Main Olfactory Epithelium in Wildtype and Skn-1a Knockout Mice Mentor(s): Weihong Lin UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 78 Michael Wolfe \| Physics Improved Fidelity for Quantum Gates with Spin Qubits Mentor(s): Jason Kestner UC 204 \| 11:45 – Noon Brian Woronowicz \| Mechanical Engineering Magnetic Coil Actuated Transportation Mentor(s): Neil Rothman UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 85 Andrea Wozniak \| Visual Arts Project Rune Mentor(s): Eric Jordan UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 80 Henry Wu \| Biological Sciences Cardiovascular Health Education Using Board Games Mentor(s): Krystl Haerian UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 45 Abenezer Wudenhe \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Three-dimensional EEG Signal Tracking for Reproducible Brain Activity Monitoring Mentor(s): Fow-Sen Choa UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 24
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Anton Yanker \| Emergency Health Services International Review of Trampoline Injury Frequencies Mentor(s): J Lee Jenkins UC 204 \| 2:00 – 2:15 p.m. Yadikaer Yasheng \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Warlock War: Multiplayer Online Battle Arena Mentor(s): Eric Jordan UC Ballroom \| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. \| Poster 84	Jason Young \| Chemistry and Biochemistry The Unique Myristoylation Signal of the Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Matrix Protein Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 47
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Steph Zazanis \| Psychology Caffeine and Alcohol Use Are Associated With Pain Perception Mentor(s): Raimi Quiton UC Ballroom \| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. \| Poster 32 Yun Zheng \| Media and Communication Studies Broadcasting Eating: An Ethnography of Mukbang Consumers Mentor(s): Donald Snyder UC 312 \| 10:15 – 10:30 a.m.	Takreem Zulfiqar \| American Studies When East Dates West: A Study of Asian American Interracial Relationships in American Television Comedies Mentor(s): Tamara Bhalla UC 312 \| 1:30 – 1:45 p.m.

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