Presenters 2018


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Nour Aboumatar \| Information Systems A Systematic Review of Cultural Competency in Home and Hospice Care and the Opportunities Presented by Health IT Mentor(s): Gunes Koru UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Christian Adams \| Ancient Studies Frescoes in Roman Culture Mentor(s): Esther Read UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Mehki Adams \| Africana Studies Super Predator Mentor(s): Maleda Belilgne UC 310 \| 2:45 – 3 p.m. 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 \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Sabbir Ahmed \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Galois Field Arithmetic Unit Mentor(s): Charles LaBerge UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Christopher Animashaun \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Development of Biopapers using Electrospinning and Crosslinking Mentor(s): Gymama Slaughter UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Julia Arbutus \| English Monks, Merchants, and Wives: Loan-making and Repayment in Chaucer’s Shipman’s Tale Mentor(s): Kathryn McKinley UC 312 \| 10:15 – 10:30 a.m.	Yafet Arefeayne \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Investigating Structural Diversity in Acyclic Fleximer Analogues Targeting Ebola Virus Mentor(s): Katherine Seley-Radtke UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Hannah Aris \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Characterization of CMI-7000 Membrane for Implementation in Resource Recovery Systems Mentor(s): Lee Blaney UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Pamela Arroyo \| Music AUMI: Music Composition for the Disabled Mentor(s): Anna Rubin UC 312 \| 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Holly Asbury \| Biological Sciences Optimizing delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 and sgRNA vectors via electroporation into Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Mentor(s): Stephen Miller UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Katherine Atwell \| Mathematics and Statistics Quantitatively Modeling Distribution of Chemoattractants in a Heterogeneous Tissue Using Simplified Geometries Mentor(s): Bradford Peercy UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Evan Avila \| Political Science Settling (Down) For Less: How Housing Values and Rent Affect Latino Population Growth in America’s Most Populous Cities Mentor(s): Carolyn Forestiere UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Emma Ayala \| Visual Arts Strata: Layers in Space and Time Mentor(s): Corrie Parks UC 310 \| 2:30 – 2:45 p.m.
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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. Steven Bailey \| Psychology Impact of Pornography and Gay Dating Apps on the Mental Health of Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) Mentor(s): Shuyen Sun UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Aakash Bajpai \| Mechanical Engineering Design and Implementation of a Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Home Therapy Robot Mentor(s): Joel Burdick UC Ballroom Lounge \| 10 – 10:15 a.m. Haley Bast \| Emergency Health Services Mosquito-Borne Illness Trends in Texas, 2014-2017 Mentor(s): J Lee Jenkins UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Monica Batterden \| Education Paving the Path – Scaffolding Instruction to Improve Claim-Evidence-Reasoning Responses Mentor(s): Jonathan Singer UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Nicholas Bazemore \| Education When Axes are Allies: Overcoming Misconceptions in Analysis of Graphical Data Mentor(s): Jonathan Singer UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Nicholas Bellamy \| Psychology Does internalized stigma moderate the association between anxious symptoms and sickle cell disease pain? Mentor(s): Shawn Bediako UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Siya Bhagat \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Dendritic Delivery System for Chemotherapy Drug Cisplatin Mentor(s): Marie-Christine Daniel UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Junaid Bhatti \| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology A Software Tool for the Curation of Planarian Gene Expression Patterns ~ See White Paper Mentor(s): Daniel Lobo UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Jayti Bhavsar \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Multifunctional Hydroxyapatites: Design of Materials for Bone and Laser Host Applications Mentor(s): Narsingh Singh UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.	Bernadette Bidime Ewane \| Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication Improving Argumentative Writing of FrenchIV Honors Students Mentor(s): Linda Oliva UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Jessica Black \| Psychology Brain Responses to Different Forms of Pain in Female Migraineurs Mentor(s): Raimi Quiton UC 310 \| 2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Shayan Borhani \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Improving Recombinant Human Erythropoietin Glycosylation using Microsome Supplementation in a CHO Cell-free System Mentor(s): Chandrasekhar Gurramkonda UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Madison Bramley \| Dance Standing On Two Feet Mentor(s): Doug Hamby Dance Cube, 337 PAHB \| 10:20 – 10:40 a.m. Peter Braunschweig \| Geography and Environmental Systems Urban Heat Islands and the Great American Eclipse Mentor(s): Jeffery Halverson UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Jordan Brown \| Political Science The Freedom to Boycott: An analysis of state interactions between BDS movements and Israel. Mentor(s): Laura Hussey UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Joshua Budd \| Visual Arts Project Fadoodle Mentor(s): Eric Jordan UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Tonya Burge. et al. \| Biological Sciences The Effect of High Fat Diet on Stress Response and Resiliency: A Test with Drosophila Mentor(s): Jeff Leips UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Thomas Burnett \| Biological Sciences Investigation of Neuropsin (OPN5) Deactivation Mechanisms Mentor(s): Phyllis Robinson UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Anya Byrd \| Biological Sciences Effect of Environmental Sand and Light Coloring on Reflectance of Neogonodactylus oerstedii Mentor(s): Tom Cronin UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Bryanna Canales \| Biological Sciences Investigating the Role of Yes-Associated Protein (YAP) in Matastasis Mentor(s): Richard Hynes UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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Bryanna Canales \| Biological Sciences Investigating the Role of Yes-Associated Protein (YAP) in Metastasis Mentor(s): Richard Hynes UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Danielle Cannady \| Biological Sciences Developing a Non-Invasive, Low-Cost Method to Monitor Tumorigenesis in Mice with Prostate Cancer Mentor(s): Charles Bieberich UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Emily Cannistraci \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Characterizing The Dynamic Capsid-SP1 Junction Hellix of the HIV-1 Gag Polyprotein and Maturation Inhibitor Interaction Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Ricardo Cardoza \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Developing a Bioreactor to Increase Organ Lifespan Mentor(s): Gymama Slaughter UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Ellington Carthan \| Music Black Radio: The Robert Glasper Experiment Mentor(s): Anna Rubin Dance Cube, 337 PAHB \| 11:40 – Noon Johnlemuel Casilag \| Mathematics and Statistics Development of Fast Reconstruction Techniques for Prompt Gamma Imaging during Proton Radiotherapy Mentor(s): Matthias Gobbert UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Morgan Chadderton \| Political Science Do State Political Party and Past Participation of Women in State Legislature Predict Future Participation ? Mentor(s): Carolyn Forestiere UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Issac Chaudry \| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Exploring Functional Implications of Structural Differences in the Primer Binding Site (PBS) of the HIV Genome by Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Eric Cheung \| Biological Sciences A Centralized Database and Website of Planarian Gene Expression Pattern ~ See White Paper Mentor(s): Daniel Lobo UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Min Cho \| Information Systems Methods of Disseminating Researches on Health Information Technology to Stakeholders Mentor(s): Gunes Koru UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Lillie Cimmerer, et. al. \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Freight Shipment Monitoring Device (FSMD) Mentor(s): Charles Laberge UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Ann Cirincione \| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Pathway Networks Generated from Human Disease Phenome Mentor(s): Maricel Kann UC Ballroom Lounge \| 11 – 11:15 a.m. Jolee Cohen \| Theatre Summer Shakespearean Study Mentor(s): Eve Muson Dance Cube, 337 PAHB \| 10:40 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.	Ryan Coleman \| Visual Arts Steel Giants Mentor(s): Eric Jordan UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Fatema Colombowala \| Psychology The Impact of Parents’ Sacrifices on First-generation College sStudents’ Educational Utility Beliefs Mentor(s): Susan Sonnenschein UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Carrie Cook \| Political Science Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Media framing of the Kurdish People Mentor(s): Brigid Starkey, Ian Anson UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Carrie Cook \| Political Science The Effect of Press Freedom and Educational Attainment on Domestic Terror in Sub-Saharan Africa Mentor(s): Carolyn Forestiere UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. John Corbett \| Education Physics: Real World Algebra Mentor(s): Jonathon Singer UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Alexis Couser \| Health Administration and Policy Examining Electronic Level II HCPCS Applications in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Mentor(s): Meryl Cozart UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Nicole Couturier \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Monitoring Blood Biomarkers of Immune Responses in a Mouse Melanoma Model Mentor(s): Gregory Szeto UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Maegan Crew \| Ancient Studies Mosaics in the Byzantine Empire Mentor(s): Esther Read UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Abby Cruz, et.al. \| Biological Sciences Using Drosophila to validate candidate genes involved in human motoneurondegeneration Mentor(s): Fernando Vonhoff UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Ely Cuff \| Psychology Routine Screening for Risky Drinking in a Psychology Training Clinic Mentor(s): Rebecca Schacht UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Courtney Culp \| Visual Arts Color of Me Mentor(s): Corrie Parks UC 310 \| 3 – 3:15 p.m. Bruce Curry \| Ancient Studies The Influence of Islamic Science and Art on the Western World Mentor(s): Esther Doyle Read UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Ralph Cyrus \| History DC Black Power Chronicle Mapping Website Mentor(s): George Musgrove UC Ballroom Lounge \| 3:30 – 3:45 p.m.
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Satyajit DasSarma \| Information Systems HaloWeb: An Integrated Web Application Suite for Prokaryotic Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis Mentor(s): Shiladitya DasSarma UC Ballroom Lounge \| 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Kendall Dawkins \| Physics Characterization and Evolution of Undular Bore Waves Mentor(s): Belay Demoz UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Daniel DeWaters \| Biological Sciences Variant calling format file manipulation and use of heterozygous allele depth for ploidy detection Mentor(s): Mercedes Burns UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. James Dizon \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Production and Quantification of Fc-IL-2 Protein Mentor(s): Gregory Szeto UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.	Christopher Dottellis \| Physics Heat Fluctuations in Dissipative Nanocircuits Mentor(s): Sebastian Deffner UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. 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 \| 1:45 – 2 p.m. Christopher Dunstan \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Using Data Visualization in order to Analyze Student Performance at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Mentor(s): Penny Rheingans UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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Tania Evans \| Geography and Environmental Systems The Geological and Cultural Significance Of Impact Melt Nodules from Lake Mistastin in Northern Labrador Mentor(s): Cari Corrigan UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.
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Arissa Falat \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Design and Synthesis of Flexible Acyclic Nucleoside Phosphoramidates for Antiviral Therapeutics Mentor(s): Katherine Seley-Radtke UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Mary Farrell \| Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication One Heart and One Soul? Popular Media as a Reflection and Narrativization of National Identity in 1970s Germany Mentor(s): Susanne Sutton UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Mary Farrell \| Political Science The Influence of the East-West Divide and Immigration on the Far Right Vote Share in the 2017 German Federal Elections Mentor(s): Carolyn Forestiere UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Luke Ferguson \| Visual Arts The Longfellow Hill Mentor(s): Corrie Parks UC 310 \| 3:30 – 3:45 p.m.	Hana Flores \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Characterizing The Dynamic Capsid-SP1 Junction Hellix of the HIV-1 Gag Polyprotein and Maturation Inhibitor Interaction Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Jair Flores \| Biological Sciences Role of Phosphatases in Melanopsin Resensitization Mentor(s): Phyllis Robinson UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Jason Fowler \| Psychology K-12 Arts Education Funding and Risk Factors of Substance Use Disorder Mentor(s): Carlo DiClemente UC 310 \| 11 – 11:15 a.m. Ashley Funai \| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Connecting Human Diseases Through Domain Mapping of Disease Associated Variants Mentor(s): Maricel Kann UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.
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Luwam Gebreyesus \| Africana Studies Trauma and the Invocation of Sound in Afro-diasporic Literature Mentor(s): Maleda Belilgne UC 310 \| 10 – 10:15 a.m. Alex Getachew \| Interdisciplinary Studies The Impact of Arts-Integration on the Learning Identity of Sixth Grade Social Studies Students in AACPS Mentor(s): Vickie Williams UC 312 \| 2 – 2:15 p.m. Frances Ghinger \| Sociology and Anthropology Inclusion and Diversity Interventions in Higher Education: A Cross-Institutional Comparative Study Mentor(s): Nicole Cousin-Gossett UC 310 \| 11:30 – 11:45 a.m. Sam Giannakoulias \| Mathematics and Statistics Modeling Adaptation in the Melanopsin Phototransduction Cascade Mentor(s): Kathleen Hoffman UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Katherine Giitter \| Education Comprehending and Conveying Complex Texts Mentor(s): Cheryl North UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Jasmine Gim \| Psychology Chinese and Korean Immigrant Mothers’ Social Network and Support in the United States and Associations with their Parenting Styles. Mentor(s): Charissa S. L. Cheah UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Sara Gliese \| Psychology Impact of Executive Function on Pain Tolerance in Children Mentor(s): Lynnda Dahlquist UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Megumi Gomyo \| American Studies The Most Dangerous Game: How Game of Thrones Plays in Orientalism Mentor(s): Andrew Holter UC 312 \| 1:15 – 1:30 p.m.	Frank Gorelik \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Development of a Method for Quantitating Caffeine in Tea Mentor(s): William LaCourse UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gorrell \| Education Improving Written Literacy of Middle School Students Mentor(s): Timothy Johnson UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Ekaterina Goryunova \| Education Games vs. Gaps: Using Games to Increase Student Engagement and Achievement in Standard Biology Classes Mentor(s): Jonathan Singer UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Emily Grace \| English From First to Final: Tracing the Significance of Elizabeth Bishop’s Revision Process Mentor(s): Lia Purpura UC Ballroom Lounge \| 3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Yasmin Graham \| Information Systems Rethinking Telerehabilitation: It’s Not The Metrics Mentor(s): Helena Mentis UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Ethan Griffin \| Interdisciplinary Studies “Urban Transportation Landscapes: A GIS and Political Historical Narrative of Baltimore’s Transportation Deficiency” Mentor(s): Laszlo Korossy, Symmes Gardner UC 312 \| 11:30 – 11:45 a.m. Erick Gutierrez \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Microscale chromatography toolkits for rapid screening and purification of therapeutic proteins Mentor(s): Abhay Andar UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.
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Rebecca Haddaway \| English The Woven Ocean: The Colonial Ideoscape Against Intersectional Identity in Jamaica Kincaid and Dionne Brand Mentor(s): Lindsay DiCuirci UC 312 \| 10:45 – 11 a.m. Maya Hale \| Psychology Endogenous Pain Modulation: The Contribution of Psychosocial Factors Mentor(s): Raimi Quiton UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Joel Hayford \| Biological Sciences The Role Of miR-8 In Cell Migration. Mentor(s): Michelle Starz-Gaiano UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Steven Herrera \| Information Systems Tutor on Campus Mentor(s): Sreedevi Sampath UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Jennifer Hewitt \| Physics Radio Maps of Jets from Black Holes Mentor(s): Eileen Meyer UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Jesse Hinman \| Visual Arts Patchwork Knight Mentor(s): Eric Jordan UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Blake Hipsley \| Physics Study of the Efficiency of Electro-Optic Polymers in THz Detection Mentor(s): Michael Hayden UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.	Lisa Hong \| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Synthesis of Near Infrared Imaging Dendron for Use in Theranostic Systems Mentor(s): Marie-Christine Daniel UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Justin Hosten \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Development of Growth Selection Condition for AdaptiveEvolution of Enzymes Mentor(s): Timothy Whitehead UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Melissa Hudson \| Dance The Weight of Waiting Mentor(s): Doug Hamby Dance Cube, 337 PAHB \| 10 – 10:20 a.m. Lexis Hutchinson \| Education How to Turn Drummers into Percussionists in Two Clefs or Less! Mentor(s): Nana Vaughn UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Gregory Huxtable \| Physics Optimization of Quantum Heat Engines Mentor(s): Sebastian Deffner UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Anthony Huynh \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Engineering Tertiary Transient Protein Interactions Mentor(s): Minjoung Kyoung UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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Temitope Ibitoye \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Phototransformation of five macrolide antibiotics in UV-254 engineered systems Mentor(s): Lee Blaney UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.	Bradley Ingram \| Political Science Social Ties and Receptivity to Online Media Mentor(s): Ian Anson UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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Zakari Jaworski \| Dance Scheduled Interruption Mentor(s): Doug Hamby Dance Cube, 337 PAHB \| 11 – 11:20 a.m. Damarius Johnson \| Africana Studies “Our Freedom Shall Never Be Betrayed”: Kwame Nkrumah’s Pan-Africanism and the Complications of the Nation-State Mentor(s): Gloria Chuku UC 310 \| 10:15- 10:30 a.m. Timothy Johnson \| Education Don’t be queasy (DBQ) about Data-Based Questions Mentor(s): Timothy Johnson UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.	Corbin Jones \| Education Shuffle, not Repeat: Grammatical Instruction in Sentence Variation Mentor(s): Cheryl North UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Marcus Jordan \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Near-Infrared Emitting Organometallic Hydroporphyrin Derivatives Mentor(s): Marcin Ptaszek UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Willie Justiniano \| English Talk Like Your Write and Write Like You Talk: Developing High School Writing Skills Mentor(s): Cheryl North UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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Araby Kaba \| Political Science The Strength of the Regime Mentor(s): Carolyn Forestiere UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Laiyana Kabir \| Psychology Qualitative Study Examining Health Literacy in Older African American Adults Mentor(s): Jasmine Abrams UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Rahul Kamdar \| Biological Sciences Tetracysteine Tagged OVA(323-339) Peptide as a Novel Tool for Tracking Peptide-MHCII Complexes In Primary Mouse Cells Mentor(s): Billur Akkaya UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Matthew Kane \| Biological Sciences Scratching the Surface of Bahama Oriole Pine Forest Nesting Mentor(s): Kevin Omland UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Jared Keirle \| Information Systems Empirical study on Defining Reliable Features for Detecting Malicious Users of Web Applications Mentor(s): Sreedevi Sampath UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.	Flora Kirk \| Ancient Studies MONETA AVGVSTI: Second and Third Century Coin Imagery and the Influence of Emperors in Roman Britain Mentor(s): Melissa Kutner UC 312 \| 11 – 11:15 a.m. Dana Kobrin \| Psychology Anger Expression and its Relation to Fasting Glucose Levels Mentor(s): Shari Waldstein UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Amie Kong \| Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication Language Endangerment in Thailand Mentor(s): Renée Lambert-Brétière UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Sophie Kozolan \| Information Systems Comprehensive literature review of data quality improvement: problems, needs, method and tools Mentor(s): Gunes Koru UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Phoebe Kuwornu \| Psychology Does Delayed Postsecondary Enrollment Explain the Relationship Between Race and Academic Performance? Mentor(s): Karen Watkins-Lewis UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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Emily Lambros \| Visual Arts Spook Room Mentor(s): Eric Jordan UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. April Jay Laranang \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Determining the Impact of Gold Nanoparticles bound with Propyl Poly oxo-norbornenes to D. rerio Mentor(s): Zeev Rosenzweig UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Caroline Larkin \| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Inferring Mathematical Dynamic Models of Tumor Sub-Clonal Interactions to Predict Optimal Treatment Targets Mentor(s): Daniel Lobo UC Ballroom Lounge \| 2:30 – 2:45 p.m. Alison Larsen \| Psychology Cognitive Performance and Neuronal Function Disrupted by Exposure to Low Doses of Helium Particles Mentor(s): Bernard Rabin UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Michael LaScola \| Biological Sciences Generation and Analysis of dp1 Mutants in the Green Alga Volvox carteri Mentor(s): Stephen Miller UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Kelsi Lawson \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Exploring Genomic UC Ballrooms Leading to High Levels of Protein Expression and Secretion in Aspergillus nidulans Mentor(s): Mark Marten UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Nguyet Le \| Biological Sciences Role of N-Myc Downstream Regulated Genes in Low Oxygen Adaptation Mentor(s): Rachel Brewster UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Sanae Lembirik \| Biological Sciences Synthesis of Functional CRISPR-Cas9 System to knockout Melanopsin Mutations in Transgenic Mouse Cells. Mentor(s): Phyllis Robinson UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.	Anna Lilly \| Biological Sciences Identifying a Kinase Responsible for Increasing Translational Accuracy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mentor(s): Philip Farabaugh UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Richard Linkous \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Structure and Function of the FeoA protein in the Ferrous Iron Transport System Mentor(s): Aaron Smith UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. David Lopez \| Education Reaping the Rewards of Reading Rhythm Mentor(s): Nana Vaughn UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Courtney Lovett \| Visual Arts Abduction Mentor(s): Eric Jordan UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Joshua Lucker \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Huckel’s Theory: A Mathematical and Theoretical Approach to Determine the Properties of Conjugated Pi Systems Mentor(s): Joel Liebman UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Joanna Lum \| Biological Sciences Investigation of The Biological Pathways and Interacting Partners Of The Lysine Methyltransferase Set6 In Budding Yeast Mentor(s): Erin Green UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Meghan Lynch \| Political Science Marital Status, Partisanship, and Voting Behavior Mentor(s): Ian Anson UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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Zanaib Malik \| Biological Sciences The Utility of In-hospital Postoperative Radiographs Following Surgical Treatment of Traumatic Cervical Spine Injuries Mentor(s): Steven Ludwig UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Ryan Manceri \| English Ways to Improve Students’ Grammar and Parts of Speech by Evaluating Initial Knowledge and Improving Upon Areas of Need Mentor(s): Cheryl North UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Samiksha Manjani \| Political Science California v. Brock Turner (2016): The Injustice of Inequitable Sentencing of Sexual Assault Offenders Mentor(s): Jeffrey Davis UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Jason Mascelli \| Political Science Can Local Governments and Nonprofits Affect Immigrant Settlement?A Review of Local Programs for Immigrant Homeownership Mentor(s): Felipe Filomeno UC 310 \| 11:45 – Noon Courtney Mattson \| Biological Sciences Do Olfactory Cues Influence Mate Choice in Male Darters? Mentor(s): Tamra Mendelson UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Ugonna Mbaekwe \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Characterizing Protein-RNA Interactions that Nucleate the HIV-1 Viral Assembly Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Naomi Mburu \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering The Effect of NADH Cofactor on the Output of a Lactate Biofuel Cell Mentor(s): Gymama Slaughter UC Ballroom Lounge \| 1:15 – 1:30 p.m. Maureen McAllister \| Psychology The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation and Yoga on Anxiety in College Students Mentor(s): Diane Alonso UC 310 \| 2 – 2:15 p.m. Mary Ann McAllister \| Music Live Performance Sound Looping: Origins and Practice Mentor(s): Anna Rubin UC Ballroom \| 10 – 12:00 p.m. Lucas McCullum \| Mechanical Engineering Use of Piezoelectric Material for Advanced and Cost-Effective Tumor Screening Mentor(s): Soobum Lee UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Hannah McGowan \| Information Systems Evaluation of a Virtual Pointer System as a Laparoscopic Instructional Aid Mentor(s): Helena Mentis UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Gordon McIntire \| Psychology Optimism Mediates the Relation Between Stress and Physical Activity Mentor(s): Shawn Bediako UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Darius McKoy \| Biological Sciences The Role of Protein Synthesis in Cellular Arrest and Organismal Survival Under Low Oxygen Mentor(s): Rachel Brewster UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Sarah Merica \| Mathematics and Statistics Improving our Expressions about Expressions Mentor(s): Christopher Rakes UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.	Emily Merritt \| Education Creating Lifelong Writers by Developing their Voice Mentor(s): Cheryl North UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Niteara Mickey \| Social Work The effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder for Women: The Need for Increased Access to Social Supports Mentor(s): Carolyn Tice UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Morgan Miller \| History Humphrey Jennings and the Documentary of the “People’s War” Mentor(s): Daniel Ritschel UC Ballroom Lounge \| 11:45 – Noon Roopa Mistry \| Political Science Slaves at Sea: Justice and Accountability for Victims of Fishing Slavery Mentor(s): Jeffrey Davis UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Alex Miu \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Magnetic Coil Actuated Transportation Mentor(s): Neil Rothman UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Ijaz Mohamed \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Regulation of Arginine Transferases Mentor(s): Aaron Smith UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Emmanuel Mones \| Visual Arts ALT.MASC: Redefining Masculinity through Fashion and Photography Mentor(s): Mark Durant UC 312 \| 2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Hulon Morgan \| Psychology Community-Identified Barriers to Health Promotion for Aging African Americans Mentor(s): Jasmine Abrams UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Rachel Morin \| Visual Arts Freely You Have Received, Freely Give: A Documentary of Catholic Missions in Peru Mentor(s): Sarah Sharp UC 310 \| 3:45 – 4 p.m. Heather Mortimer \| Interdisciplinary Studies The Impact of Exhibition Design on Free-Choice Learning in the Albin O. Kuhn Library Rotunda Mentor(s): Sandra Abbott UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Tristan Mountcastle \| Political Science The Public Opinion of Gender Non-Conformity: An Intersectional Analysis Mentor(s): Ian Anson UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Saida Muktar \| Mathematics and Statistics Mathematical Models used to Study Nuclear Influx and Efflux of Foxo1 in Skeletal Muscle Fibers Mentor(s): Bradford Peercy UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Abraar Muneem \| Biological Sciences A Centralized Database and Website of Planarian Gene Expression Pattern ~ See White Paper Mentor(s): Daniel Lobo UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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Noor-Ul-Ain Naeem \| Psychology Self-esteem and the perceived life impact of sickle cell disease Mentor(s): Shawn Bediako UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Bailey Nance \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Subcellular Localization of the Enzyme in Serine Biosynthesis Mentor(s): Songon An UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Jamar Nash \| Psychology End of Life Care for Ex-Offenders Through Nursing Home Facilities Mentor(s): Bronwyn Hunter UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Tziona NessAiver \| Interdisciplinary Studies Learning To Listen: The Sound of the Brain’s Alpha Waves Mentor(s): E F Charles LaBerge UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.	Tiffany Nguyen \| Psychology Different Dimensions and Distinct Profiles of Engagement in College Math Courses Mentor(s): Shuyan Sun UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Howard Nicholson \| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Comparing The Re-Differentation Of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cell Lines Grown On Various Substrates Mentor(s): Debra Thompson UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Irene Vizcarra Nolan \| Ancient Studies The Mighty Aphrodite Mentor(s): Esther Doyle Read UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.
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Fayokemi Ojo \| Information Systems Managing Compliance Debt in Software Development Mentor(s): Carolyn Seaman UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Matthew OKeefe \| Education Bending Language to the Will of the Author Mentor(s): Ana María Schwartz Caballero UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Debbie Olawuyi \| Health Administration and Policy Newborn Care Practices in Rural Regions in Ethiopia Mentor(s): Jennifer Callaghan-Koru UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Alexis O’Malley \| Education Fostering Productive Mathematical Critiques; Helping students learn how to communicate effectively and respectfully Mentor(s): Christopher Rakes UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.	Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman \| Biological Sciences Prevalence and outcomes of P. falciparum infections detected only by ultra-sensitive PCR in southern Malawi Mentor(s): Lauren Cohee UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Matthew Orellana \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Analyzing the Monomeric Conformation of the HIV-1 5′ Prime-Leader RNA Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Angela Ossana \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Laser-Induced Plasma Infrared Spectroscopy Mentor(s): Bradley Arnold UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Aylin Ozturk \| Global Studies Enduring Patterns of the Capitalist World-system: Class Struggle and Solidarity in the 2017 AT&T Strike Mentor(s): Felipe A. Filomeno UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.
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Ezra Pailer \| Visual Arts The Poetry of Jordann Allen: An Animated Documentary Mentor(s): Corrie Parks UC 310 \| 3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Taylor Patrick \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Electrospun Gelatin-Silk Fibroin for Biopaper Fabrication Mentor(s): Gymama Slaughter UC Ballroom Lounge \| 11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Ismenia Perez Bone \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Using Data Visualization Methodology to Explore and Interpret Qualitative Data in Educational Research Mentor(s): Penny Rheingans UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.	Trevor Pitts \| Interdisciplinary Studies A Behavioral Approach to Measuring Empathy Mentor(s): Simon Stacey UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Joseph Portugal \| Health Administration and Policy Meaningful Use in Medicare and Medicaid: Status Report and the Challenges Ahead for Health IT Implementation Mentor(s): Gunes Koru UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Krithika Prakash \| INDS Interaction between Early Adversity and FKBP5 gene associated with PTSD: A Systematic Review Mentor(s): Tabassum Majid UC Ballroom Lounge \| 3:45 – 4 p.m.
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Anagha Rama Varma \| Biological Sciences Genotype Matters: Lisinopril and its Impact on Aspects of Homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster Mentor(s): Jeff Leips UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Prasiddha Ramachandran \| Biological Sciences Role of TRPM5-expressing Microvillous Cells in Maintaining Olfactory Epithelium Morphology during Chemical Exposure Mentor(s): WEIHONG LIN UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Ghazal Ramezanifoukolaei \| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology RNA Purification for Biophysical Studies Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Alexis Ramsey \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Characterization of Aspergillus nidulans nrc2 deletion mutant and Putative Phosphorylation Site of the nrc2 Gene Product Mentor(s): Mark Marten UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Priyanka Ranade \| Information Systems Creating Cybersecurity Knowledge Graphs from Text Mentor(s): Anupam Joshi UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Rebekah Rashford \| Biological Sciences Ribosomal Protein Binding to Ribosomal RNA in Stress-free Conditions Mentor(s): Lasse Lindahl UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Domineka Reeves \| Education We Need Time and Space! Mentor(s): Carol Hess UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Tammy Richards \| Education Multiple Methods for Conceptual Understanding in Mathematics Mentor(s): Christopher Rakes UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Mia Rickenbach \| Theatre Seeing the Stories: How Art Can Impact Human Trafficking Awareness Mentor(s): Nate Sinnott UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Nicolette Riggin \| Media and Communication Studies Not Clickbait: An Analysis of Vlogging and its Effects on Romantic and Familial Relationships Mentor(s): Bryce Peake UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.	Zachary Riggins \| English Avoiding Nihilism and Making Meaning in Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat’s Cradle Mentor(s): Jessica Berman UC Ballroom Lounge \| 11:30 – 11:45 a.m. Jacqueline Rivera \| Biological Sciences WESTERN BLOTTING OPTIMIZATION Mentor(s): Stephen Miller UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Nia’mani Robinson \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Synthesis of Sugar Moieties in Flexible Anti-Flavivirus Compounds Mentor(s): Katherine Seley-Radtke UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Tatiana Rodriguez \| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology DETERMINING THE STRUCTURE OF THE HIV-1 5′-LEADER DIMERIC CONFORMATION Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Joel Ronning \| English Jonson, Beckett, and Love of the Loathed Word Mentor(s): Raphael Falco UC Ballroom Lounge \| 3 – 3:15 p.m. Michael Rowley \| Biological Sciences Non-Breeding Season Habitat Usage of the Critically Endangered Bahama Oriole Mentor(s): Kevin Omland UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Joy Roy \| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology A Software Tool for the Curation of Planarian Gene Expression Patterns ~ See White Paper Mentor(s): Daniel Lobo UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Emily Ruppert \| Gender and Women’s Studies Instagram’s Influence on a Generation of Women Mentor(s): Amy Bhatt UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Susannah Ruzbarsky \| Biological Sciences Genetic Analysis of a Bacillus subtilis Strain Showing Inhibition Against Virulent Strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Mentor(s): Harold Schreier UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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Iman Said \| Psychology Further Examination of The Impact of Religious Identity and Religious Practices on Behavioral Measures of Self Control Mentor(s): Jolene Sy UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Iman Said \| Psychology The Role of Socioeconomic Status on the Relationship Between Number of Marginalized Identities and Mental Health Mentor(s): Jasmine Abrams UC 310 \| 1:15. – 1:30 p.m. Ted Sakellariou \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Vehicle Tracking using GPS in an Autonomous Convoy Mentor(s): Charles LaBerge UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Gabriela Salas \| Global Studies Sterilization, the “Only” Form of Contraception for Chicana Women. Mentor(s): Felipe Filomeno UC 310 \| 11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Ressa Reneth Sarreal \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Dual Glucose and Lactate Electrochemical Biosensor Mentor(s): Gymama Slaughter UC Ballroom \| 10: – 11:30 a.m. Ryan Scalsky \| Psychology Characterizing Current and Potential Cannabinoid Therapy Users in a Patient Registry Observatrional Survey Mentor(s): Ryan Vandrey UC 310 \| 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Maia Schechter \| Dance Now Elsewhere Mentor(s): Doug Hamby Dance Cube, 337 PAHB \| 11:20 – 11:40 a.m. Kara Seidel \| Psychology Emotional, Physical, and Sexual Trauma Events and PTSD Symptoms in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence Mentor(s): Christopher Murphy UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Shantanu Sengupta \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Visualization of Cancer Immunotherapies and Cytokine Concentrations Mentor(s): Penny Rheingans UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Arman Setser \| Physics Gradient-Based Optimization of Entangling Quantum Logic Gates Mentor(s): Jason Kestner UC Ballroom \| 10 – Noon Arjav Shah \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Radio-Frequency Identification Bird Tracking System Mentor(s): Colin Studds UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Jamshaid Shahir \| Mathematics and Statistics Studying Cell Polarization Using a Stochastic Model Mentor(s): Hye-Won Kang UC Ballroom Lounge \| 2:45 – 3 p.m. Geeta Shanbhag \| Media and Communication Studies “The Military-Entertainment Complex”: Hollywood Imagery as a Recruitment Tool Mentor(s): Elizabeth Patton UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Eric Shaner \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Dissolvable polymer microneedle patches for drug therapy Mentor(s): Abhay Andar UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.	Theresa Sheets \| Mathematics and Statistics Modeling the Interactions between the Autonomic Nervous System, the Cardiovascular System, and Behavioral Performance Mentor(s): Kathleen Hoffman UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Karndeep Singh \| Biological Sciences Van-Gogh-Like 2, Frizzled, Knypek, and N-Cadherin Control Distinct Aspects of Polarized Cellular Migration During NC Mentor(s): Rachel Brewster UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Emily Slaby \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Enhancing Immune Responses against Cancer using Membrane-inserting TLR2 Agonists Mentor(s): Gregory Szeto UC Ballroom Lounge \| 2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Nathalie Smallidge \| Ancient Studies Textile Culture and Elite Women in Ancient Greece Mentor(s): Esther Read UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Joe Smith \| English Henpecked Husbands and Proverbial Parrots: Revisiting Prudence’s Rhetorical Agency in Chaucer’s Tale of Melibee Mentor(s): Kathryn McKinley UC 312 \| 1:30 – 1:45 p.m. Olivia Soudry \| Biological Sciences Female size influences mating preference of male Rainbow Darters Mentor(s): Tamra Mendelson UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Ben Sparklin \| Biological Sciences Significance of Shape and Color in Landmark Recognition in the Mantis Shrimp Neogonodactylus oerstedii Mentor(s): Thomas Cronin UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Meredith Sperling \| Mechanical Engineering Reducing Wind Power Prediction Uncertainty with Improved Turbine Rotor Layer Characterization Mentor(s): Ruben Delgado UC Ballroom Lounge \| 1:45 – 2 p.m. Jethro Ssengonzi \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Surface Phenomena Driving Natural Surfaces Mentor(s): Lindsay Shuller-Nickles UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Georgina Stephanie \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Analyzing the Intracellular Trafficking and Processing of Lipid-tailed Peptides in Immune Cells Mentor(s): Gregory Szeto UC Ballroom Lounge \| 1:30 – 1:45 p.m. Taylor Stephen \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering An Economic Analysis of the Potential End-of-Life Pathways for Electric Vehicle Batteries Mentor(s): Annick Anctil UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Jacob Street \| Political Science Paying Dividends: Universal Basic Income, Income Inequality, and Public Opinion Mentor(s): Cynthia Hody and Ian Anson UC 310 \| 1:45 – 2 p.m.
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Fatima Talib \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering BigData2Knowledge Online Genetic Calculator: SOLAR-Eclipse Mentor(s): Peter Kochunov UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Wouhib Tamrat \| Psychology Meditation and Knowledge Retention Mentor(s): Jolene Sy UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Elizabeth Tan \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Cooling Module for Low-cost Neonatal Incubator Mentor(s): Govind Rao UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Julian Tash \| Asian Studies Bodies of Devotion: The Display of Buddhist Statues Mentor(s): Preminda Jacob UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Donnel Thomas \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Putative Autophagy Proteins Atg8, Atg13, and Atg17 Affect Morphology in Aspergillus nidulans Mentor(s): Mark Marten UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Mekha Thomas \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Spatial Regulation of PFKL is a Promising Target in Cancer Therapy Mentor(s): Gregory Szeto UC Ballroom Lounge \| 10:30 – 10:45 a.m.	Garrett Tignall \| Physics Computational Studies of the Rotational State of Comet Nuclei Mentor(s): Susan Hoban UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Emily Tillett \| Psychology Sexual Health Education, Knowledge, and Behavior Mentor(s): Jolene Sy UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Jamie Tingler \| Gender and Women’s Studies Why Does Peach Need Mario, Zelda Need Link and Moxxi Get Slut-Shamed?: Gender and Sexual Representation in Video Games Mentor(s): Amy Bhatt UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Emre Tkacik \| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology The Role of Mg2+ in Stabilizing MA:tRNA Interactions Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Jenny Torres \| Psychology Perceived Oppression, Stress, and Health Behaviors Among College Students Mentor(s): Shawn Bediako UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Erfan Tuerdi \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering An Efficient Parallelizing C Compiler for a Many-Core Architecture Mentor(s): Tinoosh Mohsenin UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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Adaku Uchendu \| Mathematics and Statistics Numerical Simulation of Vibrations of Mechanical Structures Mentor(s): Bedrich Sousedik UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.
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Eudorah Vital \| Biological Sciences The Role of the Neogenin Intracellular Domain (Neo-ICD) in Neurulation Mentor(s): Rachel Brewster UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.	Austin Vong \| Geography and Environmental Systems Comparing Mammal Biodiversity Between Baltimore Forest Patches Mentor(s): Colin Studds UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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Khadijah Wali \| Visual Arts Marscapone Mentor(s): Eric Jordan UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Lyndsie Walker \| Psychology Reading on Her Own: Parents’ Views on How Home Literacy Environment Impacts their Preschool Child’s Emergent Literacy Mentor(s): Linda Baker UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Alexis Waller \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Structural Characterization of the Protein: RNA Interactions that Nucleate HIV-1 Viral Assembly Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Lauren Waller \| Music Give Them a Hand: Improving the Bowholds of Cello Students Mentor(s): Nana Vaughn UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Eliana Walter \| Psychology Self-Paced Workbooks used to Teach Adults with Intellectual Disabilities about Disability Legislation in College Mentor(s): Jolene Sy UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Kelly Wan \| American Studies Baltimore’s Chinatown: Preserving Memory and a Conflicted Community Mentor(s): Nicole King UC 312 \| 10 – 10:15 a.m. Kevin Weber \| Physics Maximizing extractable information for IBM’s Quantum Experience Mentor(s): Sebastian Deffner UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Theodore Weinberg \| Mathematics and Statistics Fast Implementation of Mixed Finite Elements and Applications to Flow in Porous Media Using MATLAB Mentor(s): Bedrich Sousedik UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.	Doopashika Welikala \| Sociology and Anthropology Advice and Decision Making among Pregnant Women in Sri Lanka Mentor(s): Bambi Chapin UC 310 \| 10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Elias Weston-Farber \| Geography and Environmental Systems An Unbiased Computer-aided Literature Review Using Co-citation Networks and Multivariate Text Analysis Mentor(s): David Lansing UC Ballroom Lounge \| 2 – 2:15 p.m. Shiona Wijesekara \| Psychology Determining the Impact of the REACH Initiative on High School Students Mentor(s): Mariano Sto. Domingo UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Daniel Willey \| Gender and Women’s Studies Home Sweet Homo: An Ethnography of Queer Living Space Mentor(s): Amy Bhatt UC 312 \| 11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Linda Wiratan \| Biological Sciences Effects of Elicitor-Induced Defense Activation on the Circadian Clock in Arabidopsis Mentor(s): Hua Lu UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Andrea Wozniak \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering UMBC Game Developers Club Mentor(s): Marc Olano UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.
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Claudia Xie \| Psychology The effects of mothers’ emotion socialization practices on children’s emotional regulation in Chinese-immigrant families Mentor(s): Charissa Cheah UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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Briana Yancy \| Biological Sciences Nest Site Characteristics of the Critically Endangered Bahama Oriole Mentor(s): Kevin Omland UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Malachi Yeh \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Two-Way Optical Time Transfer System Mentor(s): E.F. Chuck LaBerge UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.	Sienna Young \| Psychology Determining the Impact of the REACH Initiative on High School Students Mentor(s): Mariano R. Sto. Domingo UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Nida Yousfi \| Aging Studies Supporting Caregivers and Care Recipients After the Onset of Cognitive Impairment with Home Based Technology Mentor(s): Galina Madjaroff UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.
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Morgan Zepp \| English Environmental Imagination: The Natural World and its Human Connections through Marquez and Murakami Mentor(s): Jessica Berman UC 310 \| 1:30 – 1:45 p.m.	Yuwanyun Zhu \| Psychology Comparison of When European American, Chinese Immigrant and Korean Immigrant Mothers Engage in Control Mentor(s): Charissa Cheah UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.


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Nour Aboumatar \| Information Systems A Systematic Review of Cultural Competency in Home and Hospice Care and the Opportunities Presented by Health IT Mentor(s): Gunes Koru UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Christian Adams \| Ancient Studies Frescoes in Roman Culture Mentor(s): Esther Read UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Mehki Adams \| Africana Studies Super Predator Mentor(s): Maleda Belilgne UC 310 \| 2:45 – 3 p.m. 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 \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Sabbir Ahmed \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Galois Field Arithmetic Unit Mentor(s): Charles LaBerge UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Christopher Animashaun \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Development of Biopapers using Electrospinning and Crosslinking Mentor(s): Gymama Slaughter UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Julia Arbutus \| English Monks, Merchants, and Wives: Loan-making and Repayment in Chaucer’s Shipman’s Tale Mentor(s): Kathryn McKinley UC 312 \| 10:15 – 10:30 a.m.	Yafet Arefeayne \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Investigating Structural Diversity in Acyclic Fleximer Analogues Targeting Ebola Virus Mentor(s): Katherine Seley-Radtke UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Hannah Aris \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Characterization of CMI-7000 Membrane for Implementation in Resource Recovery Systems Mentor(s): Lee Blaney UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Pamela Arroyo \| Music AUMI: Music Composition for the Disabled Mentor(s): Anna Rubin UC 312 \| 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Holly Asbury \| Biological Sciences Optimizing delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 and sgRNA vectors via electroporation into Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Mentor(s): Stephen Miller UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Katherine Atwell \| Mathematics and Statistics Quantitatively Modeling Distribution of Chemoattractants in a Heterogeneous Tissue Using Simplified Geometries Mentor(s): Bradford Peercy UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Evan Avila \| Political Science Settling (Down) For Less: How Housing Values and Rent Affect Latino Population Growth in America’s Most Populous Cities Mentor(s): Carolyn Forestiere UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Emma Ayala \| Visual Arts Strata: Layers in Space and Time Mentor(s): Corrie Parks UC 310 \| 2:30 – 2:45 p.m.
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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. Steven Bailey \| Psychology Impact of Pornography and Gay Dating Apps on the Mental Health of Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) Mentor(s): Shuyen Sun UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Aakash Bajpai \| Mechanical Engineering Design and Implementation of a Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Home Therapy Robot Mentor(s): Joel Burdick UC Ballroom Lounge \| 10 – 10:15 a.m. Haley Bast \| Emergency Health Services Mosquito-Borne Illness Trends in Texas, 2014-2017 Mentor(s): J Lee Jenkins UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Monica Batterden \| Education Paving the Path – Scaffolding Instruction to Improve Claim-Evidence-Reasoning Responses Mentor(s): Jonathan Singer UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Nicholas Bazemore \| Education When Axes are Allies: Overcoming Misconceptions in Analysis of Graphical Data Mentor(s): Jonathan Singer UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Nicholas Bellamy \| Psychology Does internalized stigma moderate the association between anxious symptoms and sickle cell disease pain? Mentor(s): Shawn Bediako UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Siya Bhagat \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Dendritic Delivery System for Chemotherapy Drug Cisplatin Mentor(s): Marie-Christine Daniel UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Junaid Bhatti \| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology A Software Tool for the Curation of Planarian Gene Expression Patterns ~ See White Paper Mentor(s): Daniel Lobo UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Jayti Bhavsar \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Multifunctional Hydroxyapatites: Design of Materials for Bone and Laser Host Applications Mentor(s): Narsingh Singh UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.	Bernadette Bidime Ewane \| Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication Improving Argumentative Writing of FrenchIV Honors Students Mentor(s): Linda Oliva UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Jessica Black \| Psychology Brain Responses to Different Forms of Pain in Female Migraineurs Mentor(s): Raimi Quiton UC 310 \| 2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Shayan Borhani \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Improving Recombinant Human Erythropoietin Glycosylation using Microsome Supplementation in a CHO Cell-free System Mentor(s): Chandrasekhar Gurramkonda UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Madison Bramley \| Dance Standing On Two Feet Mentor(s): Doug Hamby Dance Cube, 337 PAHB \| 10:20 – 10:40 a.m. Peter Braunschweig \| Geography and Environmental Systems Urban Heat Islands and the Great American Eclipse Mentor(s): Jeffery Halverson UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Jordan Brown \| Political Science The Freedom to Boycott: An analysis of state interactions between BDS movements and Israel. Mentor(s): Laura Hussey UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Joshua Budd \| Visual Arts Project Fadoodle Mentor(s): Eric Jordan UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Tonya Burge. et al. \| Biological Sciences The Effect of High Fat Diet on Stress Response and Resiliency: A Test with Drosophila Mentor(s): Jeff Leips UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Thomas Burnett \| Biological Sciences Investigation of Neuropsin (OPN5) Deactivation Mechanisms Mentor(s): Phyllis Robinson UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Anya Byrd \| Biological Sciences Effect of Environmental Sand and Light Coloring on Reflectance of Neogonodactylus oerstedii Mentor(s): Tom Cronin UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Bryanna Canales \| Biological Sciences Investigating the Role of Yes-Associated Protein (YAP) in Matastasis Mentor(s): Richard Hynes UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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Bryanna Canales \| Biological Sciences Investigating the Role of Yes-Associated Protein (YAP) in Metastasis Mentor(s): Richard Hynes UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Danielle Cannady \| Biological Sciences Developing a Non-Invasive, Low-Cost Method to Monitor Tumorigenesis in Mice with Prostate Cancer Mentor(s): Charles Bieberich UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Emily Cannistraci \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Characterizing The Dynamic Capsid-SP1 Junction Hellix of the HIV-1 Gag Polyprotein and Maturation Inhibitor Interaction Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Ricardo Cardoza \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Developing a Bioreactor to Increase Organ Lifespan Mentor(s): Gymama Slaughter UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Ellington Carthan \| Music Black Radio: The Robert Glasper Experiment Mentor(s): Anna Rubin Dance Cube, 337 PAHB \| 11:40 – Noon Johnlemuel Casilag \| Mathematics and Statistics Development of Fast Reconstruction Techniques for Prompt Gamma Imaging during Proton Radiotherapy Mentor(s): Matthias Gobbert UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Morgan Chadderton \| Political Science Do State Political Party and Past Participation of Women in State Legislature Predict Future Participation ? Mentor(s): Carolyn Forestiere UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Issac Chaudry \| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Exploring Functional Implications of Structural Differences in the Primer Binding Site (PBS) of the HIV Genome by Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Eric Cheung \| Biological Sciences A Centralized Database and Website of Planarian Gene Expression Pattern ~ See White Paper Mentor(s): Daniel Lobo UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Min Cho \| Information Systems Methods of Disseminating Researches on Health Information Technology to Stakeholders Mentor(s): Gunes Koru UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Lillie Cimmerer, et. al. \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Freight Shipment Monitoring Device (FSMD) Mentor(s): Charles Laberge UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Ann Cirincione \| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Pathway Networks Generated from Human Disease Phenome Mentor(s): Maricel Kann UC Ballroom Lounge \| 11 – 11:15 a.m. Jolee Cohen \| Theatre Summer Shakespearean Study Mentor(s): Eve Muson Dance Cube, 337 PAHB \| 10:40 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.	Ryan Coleman \| Visual Arts Steel Giants Mentor(s): Eric Jordan UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Fatema Colombowala \| Psychology The Impact of Parents’ Sacrifices on First-generation College sStudents’ Educational Utility Beliefs Mentor(s): Susan Sonnenschein UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Carrie Cook \| Political Science Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Media framing of the Kurdish People Mentor(s): Brigid Starkey, Ian Anson UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Carrie Cook \| Political Science The Effect of Press Freedom and Educational Attainment on Domestic Terror in Sub-Saharan Africa Mentor(s): Carolyn Forestiere UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. John Corbett \| Education Physics: Real World Algebra Mentor(s): Jonathon Singer UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Alexis Couser \| Health Administration and Policy Examining Electronic Level II HCPCS Applications in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Mentor(s): Meryl Cozart UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Nicole Couturier \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Monitoring Blood Biomarkers of Immune Responses in a Mouse Melanoma Model Mentor(s): Gregory Szeto UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Maegan Crew \| Ancient Studies Mosaics in the Byzantine Empire Mentor(s): Esther Read UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Abby Cruz, et.al. \| Biological Sciences Using Drosophila to validate candidate genes involved in human motoneurondegeneration Mentor(s): Fernando Vonhoff UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Ely Cuff \| Psychology Routine Screening for Risky Drinking in a Psychology Training Clinic Mentor(s): Rebecca Schacht UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Courtney Culp \| Visual Arts Color of Me Mentor(s): Corrie Parks UC 310 \| 3 – 3:15 p.m. Bruce Curry \| Ancient Studies The Influence of Islamic Science and Art on the Western World Mentor(s): Esther Doyle Read UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Ralph Cyrus \| History DC Black Power Chronicle Mapping Website Mentor(s): George Musgrove UC Ballroom Lounge \| 3:30 – 3:45 p.m.
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Satyajit DasSarma \| Information Systems HaloWeb: An Integrated Web Application Suite for Prokaryotic Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis Mentor(s): Shiladitya DasSarma UC Ballroom Lounge \| 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Kendall Dawkins \| Physics Characterization and Evolution of Undular Bore Waves Mentor(s): Belay Demoz UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Daniel DeWaters \| Biological Sciences Variant calling format file manipulation and use of heterozygous allele depth for ploidy detection Mentor(s): Mercedes Burns UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. James Dizon \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Production and Quantification of Fc-IL-2 Protein Mentor(s): Gregory Szeto UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.	Christopher Dottellis \| Physics Heat Fluctuations in Dissipative Nanocircuits Mentor(s): Sebastian Deffner UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. 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 \| 1:45 – 2 p.m. Christopher Dunstan \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Using Data Visualization in order to Analyze Student Performance at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Mentor(s): Penny Rheingans UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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Tania Evans \| Geography and Environmental Systems The Geological and Cultural Significance Of Impact Melt Nodules from Lake Mistastin in Northern Labrador Mentor(s): Cari Corrigan UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.
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Arissa Falat \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Design and Synthesis of Flexible Acyclic Nucleoside Phosphoramidates for Antiviral Therapeutics Mentor(s): Katherine Seley-Radtke UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Mary Farrell \| Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication One Heart and One Soul? Popular Media as a Reflection and Narrativization of National Identity in 1970s Germany Mentor(s): Susanne Sutton UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Mary Farrell \| Political Science The Influence of the East-West Divide and Immigration on the Far Right Vote Share in the 2017 German Federal Elections Mentor(s): Carolyn Forestiere UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Luke Ferguson \| Visual Arts The Longfellow Hill Mentor(s): Corrie Parks UC 310 \| 3:30 – 3:45 p.m.	Hana Flores \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Characterizing The Dynamic Capsid-SP1 Junction Hellix of the HIV-1 Gag Polyprotein and Maturation Inhibitor Interaction Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Jair Flores \| Biological Sciences Role of Phosphatases in Melanopsin Resensitization Mentor(s): Phyllis Robinson UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Jason Fowler \| Psychology K-12 Arts Education Funding and Risk Factors of Substance Use Disorder Mentor(s): Carlo DiClemente UC 310 \| 11 – 11:15 a.m. Ashley Funai \| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Connecting Human Diseases Through Domain Mapping of Disease Associated Variants Mentor(s): Maricel Kann UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.
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Luwam Gebreyesus \| Africana Studies Trauma and the Invocation of Sound in Afro-diasporic Literature Mentor(s): Maleda Belilgne UC 310 \| 10 – 10:15 a.m. Alex Getachew \| Interdisciplinary Studies The Impact of Arts-Integration on the Learning Identity of Sixth Grade Social Studies Students in AACPS Mentor(s): Vickie Williams UC 312 \| 2 – 2:15 p.m. Frances Ghinger \| Sociology and Anthropology Inclusion and Diversity Interventions in Higher Education: A Cross-Institutional Comparative Study Mentor(s): Nicole Cousin-Gossett UC 310 \| 11:30 – 11:45 a.m. Sam Giannakoulias \| Mathematics and Statistics Modeling Adaptation in the Melanopsin Phototransduction Cascade Mentor(s): Kathleen Hoffman UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Katherine Giitter \| Education Comprehending and Conveying Complex Texts Mentor(s): Cheryl North UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Jasmine Gim \| Psychology Chinese and Korean Immigrant Mothers’ Social Network and Support in the United States and Associations with their Parenting Styles. Mentor(s): Charissa S. L. Cheah UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Sara Gliese \| Psychology Impact of Executive Function on Pain Tolerance in Children Mentor(s): Lynnda Dahlquist UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Megumi Gomyo \| American Studies The Most Dangerous Game: How Game of Thrones Plays in Orientalism Mentor(s): Andrew Holter UC 312 \| 1:15 – 1:30 p.m.	Frank Gorelik \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Development of a Method for Quantitating Caffeine in Tea Mentor(s): William LaCourse UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gorrell \| Education Improving Written Literacy of Middle School Students Mentor(s): Timothy Johnson UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Ekaterina Goryunova \| Education Games vs. Gaps: Using Games to Increase Student Engagement and Achievement in Standard Biology Classes Mentor(s): Jonathan Singer UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Emily Grace \| English From First to Final: Tracing the Significance of Elizabeth Bishop’s Revision Process Mentor(s): Lia Purpura UC Ballroom Lounge \| 3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Yasmin Graham \| Information Systems Rethinking Telerehabilitation: It’s Not The Metrics Mentor(s): Helena Mentis UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Ethan Griffin \| Interdisciplinary Studies “Urban Transportation Landscapes: A GIS and Political Historical Narrative of Baltimore’s Transportation Deficiency” Mentor(s): Laszlo Korossy, Symmes Gardner UC 312 \| 11:30 – 11:45 a.m. Erick Gutierrez \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Microscale chromatography toolkits for rapid screening and purification of therapeutic proteins Mentor(s): Abhay Andar UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.
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Rebecca Haddaway \| English The Woven Ocean: The Colonial Ideoscape Against Intersectional Identity in Jamaica Kincaid and Dionne Brand Mentor(s): Lindsay DiCuirci UC 312 \| 10:45 – 11 a.m. Maya Hale \| Psychology Endogenous Pain Modulation: The Contribution of Psychosocial Factors Mentor(s): Raimi Quiton UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Joel Hayford \| Biological Sciences The Role Of miR-8 In Cell Migration. Mentor(s): Michelle Starz-Gaiano UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Steven Herrera \| Information Systems Tutor on Campus Mentor(s): Sreedevi Sampath UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Jennifer Hewitt \| Physics Radio Maps of Jets from Black Holes Mentor(s): Eileen Meyer UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Jesse Hinman \| Visual Arts Patchwork Knight Mentor(s): Eric Jordan UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Blake Hipsley \| Physics Study of the Efficiency of Electro-Optic Polymers in THz Detection Mentor(s): Michael Hayden UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.	Lisa Hong \| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Synthesis of Near Infrared Imaging Dendron for Use in Theranostic Systems Mentor(s): Marie-Christine Daniel UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Justin Hosten \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Development of Growth Selection Condition for AdaptiveEvolution of Enzymes Mentor(s): Timothy Whitehead UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Melissa Hudson \| Dance The Weight of Waiting Mentor(s): Doug Hamby Dance Cube, 337 PAHB \| 10 – 10:20 a.m. Lexis Hutchinson \| Education How to Turn Drummers into Percussionists in Two Clefs or Less! Mentor(s): Nana Vaughn UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Gregory Huxtable \| Physics Optimization of Quantum Heat Engines Mentor(s): Sebastian Deffner UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Anthony Huynh \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Engineering Tertiary Transient Protein Interactions Mentor(s): Minjoung Kyoung UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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Zakari Jaworski \| Dance Scheduled Interruption Mentor(s): Doug Hamby Dance Cube, 337 PAHB \| 11 – 11:20 a.m. Damarius Johnson \| Africana Studies “Our Freedom Shall Never Be Betrayed”: Kwame Nkrumah’s Pan-Africanism and the Complications of the Nation-State Mentor(s): Gloria Chuku UC 310 \| 10:15- 10:30 a.m. Timothy Johnson \| Education Don’t be queasy (DBQ) about Data-Based Questions Mentor(s): Timothy Johnson UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.	Corbin Jones \| Education Shuffle, not Repeat: Grammatical Instruction in Sentence Variation Mentor(s): Cheryl North UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Marcus Jordan \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Near-Infrared Emitting Organometallic Hydroporphyrin Derivatives Mentor(s): Marcin Ptaszek UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Willie Justiniano \| English Talk Like Your Write and Write Like You Talk: Developing High School Writing Skills Mentor(s): Cheryl North UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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Araby Kaba \| Political Science The Strength of the Regime Mentor(s): Carolyn Forestiere UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Laiyana Kabir \| Psychology Qualitative Study Examining Health Literacy in Older African American Adults Mentor(s): Jasmine Abrams UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Rahul Kamdar \| Biological Sciences Tetracysteine Tagged OVA(323-339) Peptide as a Novel Tool for Tracking Peptide-MHCII Complexes In Primary Mouse Cells Mentor(s): Billur Akkaya UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Matthew Kane \| Biological Sciences Scratching the Surface of Bahama Oriole Pine Forest Nesting Mentor(s): Kevin Omland UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Jared Keirle \| Information Systems Empirical study on Defining Reliable Features for Detecting Malicious Users of Web Applications Mentor(s): Sreedevi Sampath UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.	Flora Kirk \| Ancient Studies MONETA AVGVSTI: Second and Third Century Coin Imagery and the Influence of Emperors in Roman Britain Mentor(s): Melissa Kutner UC 312 \| 11 – 11:15 a.m. Dana Kobrin \| Psychology Anger Expression and its Relation to Fasting Glucose Levels Mentor(s): Shari Waldstein UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Amie Kong \| Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication Language Endangerment in Thailand Mentor(s): Renée Lambert-Brétière UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Sophie Kozolan \| Information Systems Comprehensive literature review of data quality improvement: problems, needs, method and tools Mentor(s): Gunes Koru UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Phoebe Kuwornu \| Psychology Does Delayed Postsecondary Enrollment Explain the Relationship Between Race and Academic Performance? Mentor(s): Karen Watkins-Lewis UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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Emily Lambros \| Visual Arts Spook Room Mentor(s): Eric Jordan UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. April Jay Laranang \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Determining the Impact of Gold Nanoparticles bound with Propyl Poly oxo-norbornenes to D. rerio Mentor(s): Zeev Rosenzweig UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Caroline Larkin \| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Inferring Mathematical Dynamic Models of Tumor Sub-Clonal Interactions to Predict Optimal Treatment Targets Mentor(s): Daniel Lobo UC Ballroom Lounge \| 2:30 – 2:45 p.m. Alison Larsen \| Psychology Cognitive Performance and Neuronal Function Disrupted by Exposure to Low Doses of Helium Particles Mentor(s): Bernard Rabin UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Michael LaScola \| Biological Sciences Generation and Analysis of dp1 Mutants in the Green Alga Volvox carteri Mentor(s): Stephen Miller UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Kelsi Lawson \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Exploring Genomic UC Ballrooms Leading to High Levels of Protein Expression and Secretion in Aspergillus nidulans Mentor(s): Mark Marten UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Nguyet Le \| Biological Sciences Role of N-Myc Downstream Regulated Genes in Low Oxygen Adaptation Mentor(s): Rachel Brewster UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Sanae Lembirik \| Biological Sciences Synthesis of Functional CRISPR-Cas9 System to knockout Melanopsin Mutations in Transgenic Mouse Cells. Mentor(s): Phyllis Robinson UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m.	Anna Lilly \| Biological Sciences Identifying a Kinase Responsible for Increasing Translational Accuracy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mentor(s): Philip Farabaugh UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Richard Linkous \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Structure and Function of the FeoA protein in the Ferrous Iron Transport System Mentor(s): Aaron Smith UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. David Lopez \| Education Reaping the Rewards of Reading Rhythm Mentor(s): Nana Vaughn UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Courtney Lovett \| Visual Arts Abduction Mentor(s): Eric Jordan UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Joshua Lucker \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Huckel’s Theory: A Mathematical and Theoretical Approach to Determine the Properties of Conjugated Pi Systems Mentor(s): Joel Liebman UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Joanna Lum \| Biological Sciences Investigation of The Biological Pathways and Interacting Partners Of The Lysine Methyltransferase Set6 In Budding Yeast Mentor(s): Erin Green UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Meghan Lynch \| Political Science Marital Status, Partisanship, and Voting Behavior Mentor(s): Ian Anson UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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Zanaib Malik \| Biological Sciences The Utility of In-hospital Postoperative Radiographs Following Surgical Treatment of Traumatic Cervical Spine Injuries Mentor(s): Steven Ludwig UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Ryan Manceri \| English Ways to Improve Students’ Grammar and Parts of Speech by Evaluating Initial Knowledge and Improving Upon Areas of Need Mentor(s): Cheryl North UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Samiksha Manjani \| Political Science California v. Brock Turner (2016): The Injustice of Inequitable Sentencing of Sexual Assault Offenders Mentor(s): Jeffrey Davis UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Jason Mascelli \| Political Science Can Local Governments and Nonprofits Affect Immigrant Settlement?A Review of Local Programs for Immigrant Homeownership Mentor(s): Felipe Filomeno UC 310 \| 11:45 – Noon Courtney Mattson \| Biological Sciences Do Olfactory Cues Influence Mate Choice in Male Darters? Mentor(s): Tamra Mendelson UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Ugonna Mbaekwe \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Characterizing Protein-RNA Interactions that Nucleate the HIV-1 Viral Assembly Mentor(s): Michael Summers UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Naomi Mburu \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering The Effect of NADH Cofactor on the Output of a Lactate Biofuel Cell Mentor(s): Gymama Slaughter UC Ballroom Lounge \| 1:15 – 1:30 p.m. Maureen McAllister \| Psychology The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation and Yoga on Anxiety in College Students Mentor(s): Diane Alonso UC 310 \| 2 – 2:15 p.m. Mary Ann McAllister \| Music Live Performance Sound Looping: Origins and Practice Mentor(s): Anna Rubin UC Ballroom \| 10 – 12:00 p.m. Lucas McCullum \| Mechanical Engineering Use of Piezoelectric Material for Advanced and Cost-Effective Tumor Screening Mentor(s): Soobum Lee UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Hannah McGowan \| Information Systems Evaluation of a Virtual Pointer System as a Laparoscopic Instructional Aid Mentor(s): Helena Mentis UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Gordon McIntire \| Psychology Optimism Mediates the Relation Between Stress and Physical Activity Mentor(s): Shawn Bediako UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Darius McKoy \| Biological Sciences The Role of Protein Synthesis in Cellular Arrest and Organismal Survival Under Low Oxygen Mentor(s): Rachel Brewster UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Sarah Merica \| Mathematics and Statistics Improving our Expressions about Expressions Mentor(s): Christopher Rakes UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.	Emily Merritt \| Education Creating Lifelong Writers by Developing their Voice Mentor(s): Cheryl North UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Niteara Mickey \| Social Work The effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder for Women: The Need for Increased Access to Social Supports Mentor(s): Carolyn Tice UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Morgan Miller \| History Humphrey Jennings and the Documentary of the “People’s War” Mentor(s): Daniel Ritschel UC Ballroom Lounge \| 11:45 – Noon Roopa Mistry \| Political Science Slaves at Sea: Justice and Accountability for Victims of Fishing Slavery Mentor(s): Jeffrey Davis UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Alex Miu \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Magnetic Coil Actuated Transportation Mentor(s): Neil Rothman UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Ijaz Mohamed \| Chemistry and Biochemistry Regulation of Arginine Transferases Mentor(s): Aaron Smith UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Emmanuel Mones \| Visual Arts ALT.MASC: Redefining Masculinity through Fashion and Photography Mentor(s): Mark Durant UC 312 \| 2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Hulon Morgan \| Psychology Community-Identified Barriers to Health Promotion for Aging African Americans Mentor(s): Jasmine Abrams UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Rachel Morin \| Visual Arts Freely You Have Received, Freely Give: A Documentary of Catholic Missions in Peru Mentor(s): Sarah Sharp UC 310 \| 3:45 – 4 p.m. Heather Mortimer \| Interdisciplinary Studies The Impact of Exhibition Design on Free-Choice Learning in the Albin O. Kuhn Library Rotunda Mentor(s): Sandra Abbott UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Tristan Mountcastle \| Political Science The Public Opinion of Gender Non-Conformity: An Intersectional Analysis Mentor(s): Ian Anson UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Saida Muktar \| Mathematics and Statistics Mathematical Models used to Study Nuclear Influx and Efflux of Foxo1 in Skeletal Muscle Fibers Mentor(s): Bradford Peercy UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Abraar Muneem \| Biological Sciences A Centralized Database and Website of Planarian Gene Expression Pattern ~ See White Paper Mentor(s): Daniel Lobo UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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Iman Said \| Psychology Further Examination of The Impact of Religious Identity and Religious Practices on Behavioral Measures of Self Control Mentor(s): Jolene Sy UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Iman Said \| Psychology The Role of Socioeconomic Status on the Relationship Between Number of Marginalized Identities and Mental Health Mentor(s): Jasmine Abrams UC 310 \| 1:15. – 1:30 p.m. Ted Sakellariou \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Vehicle Tracking using GPS in an Autonomous Convoy Mentor(s): Charles LaBerge UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Gabriela Salas \| Global Studies Sterilization, the “Only” Form of Contraception for Chicana Women. Mentor(s): Felipe Filomeno UC 310 \| 11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Ressa Reneth Sarreal \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Dual Glucose and Lactate Electrochemical Biosensor Mentor(s): Gymama Slaughter UC Ballroom \| 10: – 11:30 a.m. Ryan Scalsky \| Psychology Characterizing Current and Potential Cannabinoid Therapy Users in a Patient Registry Observatrional Survey Mentor(s): Ryan Vandrey UC 310 \| 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Maia Schechter \| Dance Now Elsewhere Mentor(s): Doug Hamby Dance Cube, 337 PAHB \| 11:20 – 11:40 a.m. Kara Seidel \| Psychology Emotional, Physical, and Sexual Trauma Events and PTSD Symptoms in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence Mentor(s): Christopher Murphy UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Shantanu Sengupta \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Visualization of Cancer Immunotherapies and Cytokine Concentrations Mentor(s): Penny Rheingans UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Arman Setser \| Physics Gradient-Based Optimization of Entangling Quantum Logic Gates Mentor(s): Jason Kestner UC Ballroom \| 10 – Noon Arjav Shah \| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Radio-Frequency Identification Bird Tracking System Mentor(s): Colin Studds UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Jamshaid Shahir \| Mathematics and Statistics Studying Cell Polarization Using a Stochastic Model Mentor(s): Hye-Won Kang UC Ballroom Lounge \| 2:45 – 3 p.m. Geeta Shanbhag \| Media and Communication Studies “The Military-Entertainment Complex”: Hollywood Imagery as a Recruitment Tool Mentor(s): Elizabeth Patton UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Eric Shaner \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Dissolvable polymer microneedle patches for drug therapy Mentor(s): Abhay Andar UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m.	Theresa Sheets \| Mathematics and Statistics Modeling the Interactions between the Autonomic Nervous System, the Cardiovascular System, and Behavioral Performance Mentor(s): Kathleen Hoffman UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Karndeep Singh \| Biological Sciences Van-Gogh-Like 2, Frizzled, Knypek, and N-Cadherin Control Distinct Aspects of Polarized Cellular Migration During NC Mentor(s): Rachel Brewster UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Emily Slaby \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Enhancing Immune Responses against Cancer using Membrane-inserting TLR2 Agonists Mentor(s): Gregory Szeto UC Ballroom Lounge \| 2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Nathalie Smallidge \| Ancient Studies Textile Culture and Elite Women in Ancient Greece Mentor(s): Esther Read UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Joe Smith \| English Henpecked Husbands and Proverbial Parrots: Revisiting Prudence’s Rhetorical Agency in Chaucer’s Tale of Melibee Mentor(s): Kathryn McKinley UC 312 \| 1:30 – 1:45 p.m. Olivia Soudry \| Biological Sciences Female size influences mating preference of male Rainbow Darters Mentor(s): Tamra Mendelson UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Ben Sparklin \| Biological Sciences Significance of Shape and Color in Landmark Recognition in the Mantis Shrimp Neogonodactylus oerstedii Mentor(s): Thomas Cronin UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Meredith Sperling \| Mechanical Engineering Reducing Wind Power Prediction Uncertainty with Improved Turbine Rotor Layer Characterization Mentor(s): Ruben Delgado UC Ballroom Lounge \| 1:45 – 2 p.m. Jethro Ssengonzi \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Surface Phenomena Driving Natural Surfaces Mentor(s): Lindsay Shuller-Nickles UC Ballroom \| 10 – 11:30 a.m. Georgina Stephanie \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Analyzing the Intracellular Trafficking and Processing of Lipid-tailed Peptides in Immune Cells Mentor(s): Gregory Szeto UC Ballroom Lounge \| 1:30 – 1:45 p.m. Taylor Stephen \| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering An Economic Analysis of the Potential End-of-Life Pathways for Electric Vehicle Batteries Mentor(s): Annick Anctil UC Ballroom \| 1 – 2:30 p.m. Jacob Street \| Political Science Paying Dividends: Universal Basic Income, Income Inequality, and Public Opinion Mentor(s): Cynthia Hody and Ian Anson UC 310 \| 1:45 – 2 p.m.
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