Dre Bishop, “A Friend Within Your Phone: The Benefits and Harms of Social Chatbot Replika” Mentors: Linnea Laestadius, Public Health, Celeste Campos-Castillo, Sociology, and Michael Gonzalez, Ethic Studies Poster #28 COVID-19 has changed the structure of social life for many…… Read More
Nicholas Urban-Michalak, “Achieving Better Lung Health” Mentors: Murad Taani and Kimberly Bassindale, Nursing Poster #130 Restrictive ventilatory patterns (RVPs) describe a breathing pattern in which a person has inhibited lung expansion with inspiration. RVPs can lend to decreased lung volume,…… Read More
Razia Hafeez, “Coral Trapping of Microscopic Particles” Mentor: Jorg Woehl, Chemistry & Biochemistry Poster #56 The purpose of this project was to gain familiarity with the technology and methods used with coral trapping, to experiment with the method of defocused…… Read More
Autumn Saunders, “Determining the Correlation between Siderophore-Encoding Genes in E. coli Strains and Their Survivability in a Freshwater Sand Environment” Mentors: Sandra McLellan and Brigid Meyers, Freshwater Sciences Poster #115 Escherichia coli is a bacterium that can live in varying…… Read More
Eleanor Johnston, “Fear Learning and Associations with Racial Discrimination among Black and White Trauma Survivors” Mentor: Christine Larson, Psychology Poster #70 Black Americans are at higher conditional risk for experiencing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), following a trauma. In addition, recent…… Read More
Marina Slawinski, “Generating Pores within Protein-Based Biomaterials without Compromising Their Structural Integrity” Mentor: Ionel Popa, Physics Oral Presentation Block 1 Increasing the porosity of biomaterials is desirable for designing 3-D cell culture scaffolds with physical and mechanical properties similar to…… Read More
Oliviaahokatoanga Faleta and Anvitha Chowdary Sriram, “Imagining South Asian America: Media Activism, Immigration, and Race in the Digital Age” Mentor: Lia Wolock, Communication Oral Presentation Block 2 This research project analyzes the expression of South Asian American identity by South…… Read More
Jill Wachter, “Introducing a Visual Indicator on Patient-Controlled Analgesia Pumps” Mentor: W. Hobart Davies, Psychology Poster #136 There has been a lack of research investigating the effects of stress on caregivers of children who have chronic illnesses. In the present…… Read More
Matao Casarez, “Lithium Metal Recovery from Permian Basin Produced Water” Mentor: Charles Paradis, Geosciences Poster #34 This study analyzed 40 produced water sample parameters from oil and gas wells located in the Permian basin region of West Texas. The study…… Read More
Tessa Culleton, “Low Density and Clear Speech Make Spoken Words More Memorable” Mentors: Jae Yung Song and Anne Pycha, Linguistics Poster #144 This research addresses the effect of word characteristics on memory. Previous research has shown that word frequency, phonological…… Read More
David Deshpande, “Metabolic Fingerprints of Pitcher Plant Microbiomes Show Dynamic Community Succession” Mentor: Erica Young, Biological Sciences Poster #9 The carnivorous pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea supplements its nutrient needs with pitcher-shaped leaves that trap insect prey, which are digested and…… Read More
Diego Avila, “Overtime and Paid Leave Effects on Burnout: Conceptualizing an Anthroengineering Methodology to Predict Turnover” Mentor: Matthew Petering, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Poster #18 The COVID-19 pandemic has severely stressed the American workforce, with many looking for a new…… Read More
Seth Krebs, “p21 Inhibition Improves Bone Regeneration” Mentor: Priyatha Premnath, Biomedical Engineering Poster #74 A common gene found in both humans and mice is p21, a cell cycle regulator. Previous studies have demonstrated a role for p21 in limb regeneration…… Read More
Alexander Sweet, “‘Panic in Their Voices’ Changes in Social Environment Alter Call Strategies in Male Eastern Gray Treefrogs” Mentors: Gerlinde Hoebel and Olivia Feagles, Biological Sciences Poster #142 How a Species reacts to a change in social environment is critical…… Read More
Ishma Rizvi, “Parents Empowering Parents (PEP): A Community-Based Approach to Parenting Support and Education” Mentors: Paul Florsheim and Salaam Shaheedah, Public Health Oral Presentation Block 2 Child maltreatment (CM) is strongly associated with poverty primarily because economically disadvantaged (ED) parents…… Read More
Morgan Connaughton, “Quantifying Impact of Organ-Specific Microenvironment on Cancer Cells” Mentor: Mahsa Dabagh, Biomedical Engineering Poster #41 Cancer is one of the leading causes of deaths worldwide and in 2021 alone, and it accounted for about 10 million deaths. A…… Read More
Rosalba Huerta and Katelynn Sprandel, “Study of Lunar Regolith Material in Concrete Systems for Construction” Mentor: Konstantin Sobolev, Civil & Environmental Engineering Poster #78 With an increase in deep space exploration, many programs are looking to create infrastructure using locally…… Read More
Natalie Gustafson and Jaskirat Sidhu, “Sung Vowel Productions in Children with Cochlear Implants and Normal Hearing” Mentor: Jing Yang, Communication Sciences & Disorders Poster #55 The cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted auditory prosthesis device for individuals with severe…… Read More
Allison Leyer, “The Conversion of Religious Landscapes from Sacred Groves to Romano-Celtic Temples: Romans Conquest of Briton” Mentor: Nigel Rothfels, History Poster #84 The Celts never produced a written history, leaving the details of their culture, beliefs, and religion up…… Read More
Sophia Hamdan, “The Impact of COVID-19 on Students and Their Lives” Mentor: Sandra Millon-Underwood, Nursing Poster #14 In March of 2020, students were forced to move from an in-person environment to completely virtual. Having to quarantine at home and limit…… Read More
Liam Farin, “The Value of Urban Agriculture: A Community’s Perspective” Mentor: Arijit Sen, Architecture Oral Presentation Block 1 Urban agriculture has existed for thousands of years, dating back to Ancient Mesopotamia. However, urban agriculture (UA) in its current form and…… Read More