Theodore Holmes, “A Bite Taken Out of Geologic Time: An Experimental Investigation on Decay Induced Changes of Insect Damage Morphology on Leaves” Mentor: Victoria McCoy, Geosciences Poster #62 The diversity and abundance of insect damage on fossil leaves is considered…… Read More
Juan Fabrisio Olmos-Garcia, “A Case Study on Affordable Housing Developments in Milwaukee” Mentor: Jamie Harris, Urban Studies Poster #154 In many cities throughout the Unites States, there is a major shortage of affordable housing. The demand for affordable housing is…… Read More
Naomi Raicu, “A Comparative Study of Fluorescent Dyes for Protein Folded State Detection” Mentor: Ionel Popa, Physics Poster #107 Protein hydrogels are elastic materials composed of folded domains that serve as useful experimental models for tissues and constitute a promising…… Read More
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
Kimberly Osborn, “A Method of Photocrosslinking Fluorescent Proteins to Antibodies” Mentor: Ionel Popa, Physics Poster #145 Protein L is secreted by certain members of the species Peptostreptococcus magnus. It has the unique property of binding to the light chain region of mammalian…… Read More
John Michalski, “A Review of the Fossil Record of Latex” Mentor: Victoria McCoy, Geosciences Oral Presentation Block 2 When humans think about latex, we typically associate it with gloves, mattresses, and practically all rubber products. But in the natural world,…… Read More
Emily Braun, “A Tale of Two Coffins: Producing Putative Identifications of Individuals Interred at the Milwaukee Country Poor Farm Cemetery 2 (1885-1925)” Mentor: Shannon Freire, Anthropology Poster #29 From 1878 through 1974 Milwaukee County utilized four locations on the Milwaukee…… Read More
Annika Huber, “Acoustic and Articulatory Characteristics of English and Korean Vowels” Mentor: Jae Yung Song, Linguistics Poster #63 Research has shown that language learners experience difficulty in producing sound contrasts in the target language that do not occur in their…… Read More
Mason Williams, “Active Radiation Shielding Materials to Protect Human Habitats during Interplanetary Space Travel” Mentor: Prasenjit Guptasarma, Physics Poster #140 Current radiation shielding in space uses passive methods. These are materials which physically stop radiation from reaching human habitats. The…… Read More
Allyn Lottouzee, “Analysis of Nutritional Content Recycled Through Composting in Green Mountain Technology’s Earth Cube” Mentor: Neal O’Reilly, Conservation and Environmental Science Poster #86 The NRDC estimates that 40% of food is wasted in America due to increased urbanization and…… Read More
Luke Didier, “Analysis of Qualified Allocation Plans for Low-Income Housing Tax Credits and Their Relation to Poverty Deconcentration” Mentor: Marcus Britton, Sociology Poster #46 The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) policy is one of the largest housing policies in the…… Read More
Dylan Childs, “Analyzing Water Infiltration in Fault Sourced Quartz Crystals” Mentor: Dyanna Czeck, Geosciences Poster #37 Variables like composition, pressure, and temperature all have influences on how rocks react to stress. Under stress, generally rocks at the surface break (brittle…… Read More
Arik Scapellato, “Archaeology Within the Museum: Uncovering Collections at the Milwaukee Public Museum” Mentor: Bettina Arnold, Anthropology Poster #116 The relationship between archaeologists and museums is a close one: one provides the artifacts to display while the other provides a…… Read More
Cecilie Pleet, “Are We Able to Use the Same Uncertainty Reduction Strategies in the New Online-Based Work Environment?” Oral Presentation Block 1 Many people have faced very drastic changes in the work environment since COVID-19. It is important to research…… Read More
Halle Berres, “Assessing OCD Subtypes: Interference Control through the Erikson Flanker Task” Mentor: Han Joo Lee, Maryam Ayazi, Bryce Arseneau, and Salahadin Lotfi, Psychology Poster #23 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a disorder that can cause distress to individuals through unwanted,…… Read More
Sabhyata Prakash, “Attention to Colors and Objects: A Stimulus Norming Experiment” Mentor: Deborah Hannula, Psychology Poster #106 Sometimes, our attention is captured by distracting information in the environment. Studies that examine attention capture in the lab have focused on the…… Read More
Dhivyashree Senthil Murugan, “Biological Investigation of Phenylboronic Acid Nitrogen Mustards Induced Cell Death in Triple Negative Breast Cancer” Mentors: Xiaohua Peng and Taufeeque Ali , Chemistry & Biochemistry Poster #120 Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) tests negative for the presence…… Read More
Sierra Osowski, “Building Bikes and City: The Relationship Between Harley-Davidson and Milwaukee” Mentor: Jamie Harris, Urban Studies Poster #153 In this study, I present qualitative research on the long-standing and mutually beneficial relationship between the City of Milwaukee and the…… Read More
Caitlin Nelson, “Cannabis Use and PTSD Symptoms Among Recent Trauma Survivors” Mentor: Christine Larson, Psychology Poster #92 While many who experience trauma do not develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) a substantial minority do; however at this point it is difficult…… Read More
Bo Malames, “Cannabis Use, Aerobic Exercise, and Internalizing Symptoms Amongst Adolescents” Mentor: Krista Lisdahl, Psychology Poster #44 Cannabis is widely used drug in the United States by youth and is associated with increased levels of internalizing symptoms, including depressive and…… Read More
Luke Nicol, “Chorusing Behavior of Eastern Gray Treefrogs” Mentors: Gerlinde Hoebel and Kane Stratman, Biological Sciences Poster #95 During the spring and summer breeding season, frogs of many species gather in and around suitable breeding ponds and form choruses where…… Read More
Filip Saitis, “Comparing Genome Sequences and Proteins of Ifluenza and SARS-CoV-2” Mentor: Madhusudan Dey, Biological Sciences Poster #96 The Influenza (flu) and SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) viruses are global threats that target the human respiratory system. The effective preventative measure for these…… Read More
Shawn Obarski, “Confirming a Hunch: Do People Seek Information to Confirm Their Inferences?” Mentor: Caitlin Bowman, Psychology Poster #99 Generalization is an important facet of memory that allows an individual to apply previous experiences to new situations. Acquired equivalence is…… 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
Lyiba Malik, “CRISPR-Cas 9 Mediated Disruption of the FOSL1a Gene in D. rerio” Mentor: Ava Udvadia, Biological Sciences Poster #88 Central nervous system regeneration, specifically regeneration of the optic nerve, is not observed in mammals. This phenomenon is observed in D. rerio due to the differential…… Read More
Ayana Staples, “Cross Species Comparison of WT1 Expression during Optic Nerve Regeneration” Mentor: Ava Udvadia, Biological Sciences Poster #141 Glaucoma or serious injury to the optic nerve can lead to irreversible nerve damage and blindness. Unfortunately, mammals cannot fully regenerate…… Read More
Tehya John, “Design and Development of Scientific Skill-Building Activities for High School Students in the ACS SEED Program” Mentor: Anja Blecking, Chemistry & Biochemistry Poster #68 The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will bring a national chemistry research program for high school…… Read More
Taylor Wilcox, “Development of New Treatments for Neuropathic Pain Based on Imidazodiazepines” Mentor: Alexander Arnold, Chemistry & Biochemistry Poster #139 Currently, 7% of the US population has been diagnosed with neuropathic pain (NP). NP is mediated by inflammation of the…… Read More
Chantel Jenrette, “Dining Out: Laboratory Observation of Feeding in the Invasive Crustacean, Hemimysis anomala” Mentors: John Berges and Sierra Wachala, Biological Sciences Poster #67 Hemimysis anomala, is a mysid crustacean from the Ponto-Caspian region that invaded the Great Lakes in…… Read More
Preston Ruh, “Does Perceived Talker Similarity Play Any Role in Perceptual Training?” Mentor: Hanyong Park, Linguistics Poster #114 Training with multiple-talker materials has been shown more effective in second language perceptual training than that with single-talker materials. However, it has…… Read More
Kate Jakubowski, “Educating Genius: Hedy Lamarr” Mentor: Amanda Seligman, History Poster #65 Hedy Lamarr once said “all creative people want to do the unexpected.” No truer words have been spoken of the actress and inventor who starred in films such…… Read More
Hailey Beaty, “Effects of a Novel Estrogen Receptor Beta Agonist on Proteins Associated with Memory in an Alzheimer’s Mouse Model” Mentors: Karyn Frick and Miranda Schwabe, Psychology Poster #21 Alzheimer’s disease (AD) causes severe memory loss and other cognitive difficulties……. Read More
Rachel Kuehn, “Effects of a Novel Estrogen Receptor β Agonist on Memory, Anxiety, and Vasomotor Symptoms in an Alzheimer’s Mouse Model” Mentor: Karyn Frick, Psychology Poster #76 Age, biological sex, and apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype are associated with Alzheimer’s disease…… Read More
Alex Nelson, “Effects of Mobile-Based Attentional Bias Modification Training for Young Adult E-Cigarette Users: A Randomized Controlled Trial” Mentors: Joshua Gwon, Nursing and Han Joo Lee, Pyschology Poster #93 In 2018, 3.2% U.S. adults reported current e-cigarette (ENDS) use, and…… Read More
Ali Hussain E Alyousef,”Estimation of Carmofur and 5-Fluorouracil in Plasma and Other Biological Tissues Using Mass Spectrometry” Shama Mirza and Mohammad Mohiminul Islam, Chemistry & Biochemistry Poster #81 Carmofur, also known as 1-hexylcarbanoyl 5-fluorouracil (HCFU) is a drug for colorectal…… Read More
Manisha Roy, “Estrogen Level Association in Women with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder” Mentor: Christine Larson, Psychology Poster #112 Women are twice as likely to develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than men which may be due to biological factors (hormonal changes)…… Read More
Sadee Kidd, “Evaluating Conditions for Locating Urban Ecology Centers in New Communities” Mentor: Chris Young, History Poster #71 Milwaukee’s Urban Ecology Center (UEC) is a non-profit organization that is founded on urban environmental education, community engagement, neighborhood renewal, and land…… Read More
Kennedy Onell, “Examining Working Memory and Attention in Adolescent and Young Adult Cannabis Users After Monitored Abstinence Period” Mentors: Krista Lisdahl and Julia Harris, Psychology Poster #100 Adolescence is a time of critical brain development as well as cannabis use…… Read More
McKayla Healy and Morgan Stark, “Exploration of the Disposession of the Lands We Share in Milwaukee” Mentor: Joseph Walzer, History Poster #61 The research explores land justice and dispossession in rural and urban areas in Wisconsin and New York as…… Read More
Jorge Acosta, “Extended, High-Temperature Cooling of Lava Tube Interiors: Analog for Venus” Mentor: Lindsay McHenry, Geosciences Poster # 75 This project is analyzing lava samples from lava tubes at Craters of the Moon National Monument using X-ray diffraction (XRD) to…… 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
Jana Plotkin, “Forensic Science Laboratory Skills” Mentor: Emily Middleton, Anthropology Oral Presentation Block 2 The purpose of our project is to build a working forensic laboratory space and ground truth current DNA methods in matching known to unknown profiles in…… Read More
Ian Morley, “Fundamentals of In Vitro Whole-Cell Patch-Clamp Electrophysiology” Mentor: James Moyer, Psychology Poster #89 Electrophysiology is the study of electrical phenomena in biological systems, from ion channels to neural pathways. A fundamental component of Electrophysiology, the Neuron, is like…… Read More
Corinne Kronschnabel and Nahomi Hernandez, “Gathering Places Expanded: Organizing Broad Qualitative Religious Data” Mentor: Christopher Cantwell, History Poster #146 The project “Gathering Places: Religion and Community in Milwaukee” was started in 2018 with the goal of documenting the history of…… 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
Samantha Lopez, “Give-and-Take: The Potawatomi Hotel and Casino’s Relationship to the City of Milwaukee” Mentor: Jamie Harris, Urban Studies Poster #151 This research begins with a central question: What economic development role did the Potawatomi Hotel and Casino play in…… Read More
Danielle Leider, “Health-Buffering Features of Self-Selected Leisure Activities: A Pilot Study in an Ambulatory Context” Mentor: Marcellus Merritt, Psychology Poster #82 Recent research highlights that engagement in leisure (i.e., self-enriching behavioral pursuits like Tik Toking or golfing that occur during…… Read More
Olivia Ortiz, “How 100 Level Chemistry Students Evaluate the Relevance of Course Topics for Their Career/Personal Lives” Mentor: Anja Blecking, Chemistry & Biochemistry Poster #102 Educational studies have show that students often perceive chemistry as one of the more difficult…… 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
Henry Wehrs, “Institutions and Out-Of-State Investors: Homeownership and Rental Housing in Milwaukee” Mentor: Jamie Harris, Urban Studies Poster #152 Low investment costs. High rate of return. This is what a growing number of investors across the U.S. see in Milwaukee’s…… 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
Matthew Wagner, “Investigation of Gene Expression in the Kidney of an MYH9-Related Disease Zebrafish Model” Mentor: Jennifer Gutzman, Biological Sciences Poster #137 MYH9-Related Disease encompasses five different diseases: May-Hegglin anomaly, Sebastian, Fechtner, and Epstein syndromes; and non-syndromic deafness DFNA17. These…… Read More
Alexander Riddell, “Jun Gene Knockout in Danio rerio using CRISPR/ Cas9 Gene Editing” Mentor: Ava Udvadia, Biological Sciences Poster #110 For this semester, research will be focused on using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing to create a knockout of the Jun gene…… Read More
Saisha Birr, “Learning Categories from Individual Examples” Mentor: Caitlin Bowman, Psychology Poster #25 The ability to learn categories and classify new items or experiences is an essential function for everyday life as it allows us to process information and organize…… Read More
Maddy Moushon, “Learning With the Lights Out” Mentor: Tami Williams, Film Studies Oral Presentation Block 1 UWM Film Studies has a rich history both on-campus and internationally as one of the first interdisciplinary media programs of its kind. In 2016…… Read More
Tristan Jarvey, “Links Between Exposure to Racial Discrimination, Sleep Disturbances & PTSD Among Black American Adults” Mentor: Christine Larson, Psychology Poster #66 Trauma exposure is very common, approximately 70 percent of adults experience at least one traumatic event in their…… 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
Ryan Nicol, “Little Effect of Climate Change on Insect Abundance at the UWM Field Station” Mentor: Peter Dunn, Biological Sciences Poster #94 Changing weather patterns have been gaining more attention in recent years. For example, temperatures have increased, and wind…… 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
Claire Bolda, “Lyman-α Emission and Large-Scale Structure in Galaxies at z = 2.3” Mentor: Dawn Erb, Physics Poster #2 Galaxies interact with their environment through inflows and outflows of gas consisting mostly of hydrogen. On the galactic scale, star formation…… Read More
Holden Skeels, “Measuring the Response: Presenting Various City Mayors’ Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Tweet Activity Throughout 2020” Mentor: Paru Shah, Political Science Poster #125 Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the topic of municipal-level responses to the outbreak of the…… 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
Julie Schneider, “Mica Minerals in a Ductile Shear Zone” Mentor: Dyanna Czeck, Geosciences Poster #118 Faults are of particular interest to geologists due to their associated earthquakes and subsequent natural disasters. The Southern Iberian Shear Zone (SISZ) in Andalucía, Spain…… Read More
Fridarose Hamad, “Milwaukee Youth Wellness Initiative on Technology: A Youth Advisory Board” Mentor: Celeste Campos-Castillo, Sociology Poster #26 Social media companies use algorithms to notice the mental health status of young adults. By utilizing a Youth Advisory Board, it presents…… Read More
Kaiden Schmidt, “Modeling and Simulation of Kairomone: Mediated Host Search in a Parasitic Isopod” Mentor: Peter Hinow, Mathematical Sciences Oral Presentation Block 2 Many animals live in complex olfactory landscapes, exploiting chemical cues to locate food, mates and avoid predators……. Read More
Ian Gallagher, “No Evidence for Mate Choice Copying in Enchenopa binotata Treehoppers” Mentors: Rafael Rodriguez and Lauren Cirino, Biological Sciences Poster #52 Mate choice copying, a type of social learning, occurs when the mate choice decision of an individual female…… Read More
Sheridan Sinnen, “Nursing Recommendations for Interpreter Interactions: Systematic Literature Review” Mentor: Amy Olen, Translation & Interpreting Poster #124 The quality of interprofessional communication can directly or indirectly affect patient care in the clinical setting. In patients who do not speak…… Read More
Sparrow Roch, “Observatory Position as a Source of Noise in Pulsar Timing Searches for Gravitational Waves” Mentor: Sarah Vigeland, Physics Poster #150 Pulsars are extremely dense, highly magnetized neutron stars that rapidly rotate with a reliable period. This rotation produces…… Read More
Justin Peschman, “Occurrence of Microplastics in the Niagara Dolomite Aquifer” Mentor: Charles Paradis, Geosciences Poster #104 Microplastics are an emerging contaminant of concern in drinking water. Microplastics are generally defined as plastic fragments that are less than five millimeters in…… Read More
Sana Shakir, “Odorant Chemical Structure Can Predict Changes in Olfactory Perception Ratings” Mentor: Adam Greenberg, Psychology Poster #121 The human olfactory system uses chemosensation whereby chemical odorants bind to G-protein coupled receptors on odor receptor neurons (ORNs). Individual odor percepts…… Read More
Ronita Dua, “Olfactory Receptor Placement in Daphnia” Mentors: J. Rudi Strickler and Dave Spade, Biological Sciences Poster #47 Organisms can respond to alterations in their physical and biological environments due to sensory inputs to their CNS. These inputs are often…… Read More
Sarah Swartwout, “Optimization of a Novel Synthetic Route to Generate New MIDD0301 Analogs” Mentors: Alexander Arnold and Daniel Webb, Chemistry & Biochemistry Poster #127 MIDD0301 is a novel anti-inflammatory asthma drug candidate that targets gamma amino butyric acid type A…… 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
Connor Lynch, “Parental Anxiety and Perceptions of Pain Medication Administration” Mentor: W. Hobart Davies, Psychology Poster #87 All children will at some point experience acute pain, making deciding whether to administer pain medication to children a common responsibility of parents……. Read More
Hope Ruedin, “PEERS Social Skills Intervention Impact on Quality of Life of Teens with Neurofibromatosis Type 1” Mentor: Bonita Klein-Tasman, Psychology Poster #113 Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a rare neurological disorder that is estimated to affect about 1 in…… Read More
Brie Noffsinger, “Physiological and Subjective Reactions to E-Cigarette Cues: A Protocol” Mentors: Joshua Gwon, Nursing and Han Joo Lee, Psychology Potser #97 E-cigarettes have become increasingly popular among young adults in the past decade. The purpose of this study is…… Read More
Kathryne Fogle, “Provenance and Basin Geometry of Paleolake Olduvai Reconstructed using X-Ray Diffraction” Mentor: Lindsey McHenry, Geosciences Poster #50 Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania is a well-known Pleistocene archeological site in a paleoanthropological setting of inter-fingering paleolake and volcanic fan deposits. This…… Read More
Xhoni Dhamo and James Mendez, “Purifications of Different Proteins” Mentor: Nicholas Silvaggi, Chemistry & Biochemistry Poster #45 Main purpose of this research is to understand different properties of proteins/enzymes and using purification methods to obtain pure protein samples in understanding…… Read More
Samuel Sellars, “Purity of On-Campus Road Salts at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee” Mentor: Charles Paradis, Geosciences Poster #122 Massive quantities of road salts are applied to roads every year and eventually are incorporated into runoff that may affect…… Read More
Jermarcus Lewis and Ranjak Joshi, “Quantification of Ceramides & Sphingosine 1-phosphate Levels In vitro in U87MG cells after Administration of ASAH1 Inhibitors Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry” Mentor: Shama Mirza, Chemistry & Biochemistry Poster #83 Glioblastoma is the most…… Read More
Katelyn Flitcroft, “Quantifying Inbreeding Depression in Nereocystis luetkeana” Mentor: Filipe Alberto, Biological Sciences Poster #49 Recent Landsat satellite imagery has documented significant decline in Bull Kelp forests, Nereocystis luetkeana, in regions of northern California, Washington, and Oregon due to climate…… Read More
Annabelle Ahlers, “Reconceiving Infertility: Understanding Men’s Experience and Identity” Mentor: Maria Novotny, English Poster #4 Infertility, as defined by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, is “the result of a disease of the male or female reproductive tract which prevents…… Read More
Jessica Plotkin, “Redeeming Hera: Myth, Archeology, and Politics in the Archaic and Classical Argolid” Mentor: Renee Calkins, Foreign Languages & Literature Oral Presentation Block 2 The goddess Hera received cult worship in mainland Greece and beyond from the Bronze Age…… Read More
McKenna Anderson, “Sex Differences in Learning-Induced Protein Degradation in the Dorsal Hippocampus of Male and Female Mice” Mentors: Karyn Frick and Sarah Beamish, Psychology Poster #7 Long-term memory formation has long been established as requiring de novo protein synthesis, meaning…… Read More
Herbert De Leon, Sparrow Roch, Claire Bolda, Telemachos Agoudemos, Ben Lorenz, Nick Gilhaus, Nathaniel Valentine, Sky Majerus, Melissa Gleiter, and Lucas Patron, “STARS@UWM: The Search for Pulsars” Mentors: David Kaplan and Sarah Vigeland, Physics Poster #149 Pulsars are a type…… Read More
Julia Vogt, “Synthesis of New Disubstituted Imidazodiazepines as Novel Asthma Agents” Mentor: Alexander Arnold, Chemistry & Biochemistry Poster #143 The central purpose of the research is to investigate the effectiveness of MIDD0301 as an asthma treatment. This research is important…… Read More
Alex Ebben, “The Active Radiation Shield: Surviving the Voyage through Deep Space to Mars” Mentors: Prasenjit Guptasarma and Heather Pace, Physics Poster #10 Outer space is not empty. The radiating remnants of dying stars, known as GCR (Galactic cosmic radiation),…… Read More
Edgar Leon Gomez, “The BID Capital of the U.S: How Neoliberal Urban Governance Led to the Creation of Diverse BIDs in Milwaukee” Mentor: Jamie Harris, Urban Studies Poster #156 Milwaukee, relative to its population, has more business and neighborhood districts…… Read More
Richard Rush, “The Biomechanics of Buzz Pollination in Shooting Star, Primula meadia” Mentor: Jeffrey Karron, Biological Sciences Poster #12 Floral adaptations that limit pollen removal by wasteful or inefficient pollen foragers have evolved repeatedly in flowering plants. Among the most…… 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
Edgar Leon Gomez, “The Effects of the Fair Housing Act (1968) on Latinos in Wisconsin” Mentor: Paru Shah, Political Science Poster #157 Despite the passage of The Fair Housing Act in 1968 (FHA), Latinos continue to face housing discrimination while…… Read More
Dylan Childs, “The Milwaukee Column: A Simple Column Apparatus for Teaching Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport” Mentor: Charles Paradis, Geosciences Poster #38 Hydrogeology teaching labs often utilize equipment and supplies that can cost hundreds to thousands of dollars to demonstrate…… Read More
Julie Semrow, “The Milwaukee Youth Wellness Initiative on Technology (MYWIT) – Youth Advisory Board” Mentor: Celeste Campos-Castillo, Sociology Poster #27 The purpose of the research conducted in this project is to understand useful interventions for body dissatisfaction on social media…… Read More
Camryn Arroyo and Cristal Chavez, “The Pro-Life Movement In Their Own Words: Rhetoric Matters” Mentor: Shannon Denney, English Poster #16 In this research we will conduct a historical reflection of the relationship between abortion, race and religion. We will be…… Read More
Sparrow Roch, “The Search for Life In Space: Diverse Perspectives” Mentor: Jean Creighton, Physics Oral Presentation Block 1 Is there life beyond Earth? This question has fascinated scientists and driven academic exploration throughout the ages. Yet, while astronomy is built…… Read More
Juan Arevalo, “Understanding, Translating, and Conveying the Work of Health Promotoras” Mentor: Rachel Bloom-Pojar, English Oral Presentation Block 2 The Cuentos de Confianza Project is a digital, bilingual (Spanish-English) storytelling project about the experiences of promotores de salud (health promoters)…… Read More
Rachel Oelsner, “Walkable Communities: Understanding the Discourse of Walkability in American Cities” Mentor: Jamie Harris, Urban Studies Poster #155 As the inherent drawbacks to car-centered urban design have been increasingly pushed to the forefront of community development discussions, walkability has…… Read More
Daisy Ortega Moran, “Website Illustrating Play- and Humor-Infused Exposure Therapy to Reduce Fears of Children with Williams Syndrome” Mentor: Bonita Klein-Tasman, Psychology Poster #101 Williams syndrome is a neurogenetic condition that results from missing genes on chromosome 7. Individuals with…… Read More
Elizabeth Kuhlmann, “When Does a Fear Conditioned Stimulus Capture Attention?” Mentor: Deborah Hannula, Psychology Poster #77 A neutral stimulus paired repeatedly with an aversive event (e.g., shock) will elicit a fear response when it is presented in isolation after the…… Read More
Hadiya Johnson, Pilar Sharp, Tiara Fountain, and Noor Mahmoud, “Wisconsin Community Activism Now Digital Archive” Mentor: Rachel Buff, History Oral Presentation Block 1 On May 25, 2020, the Movement for Black Lives was reignited with the police murder of George…… Read More
Liberty Ansorge, “Yeast Protein Kinase Ypk1, Human Ortholog SGK1, Contributes to ER Proteostasis” Mentors: Madhusudan Dey and Jagadeesh Uppala, Biological Sciences Poster #15 Almost one-third of cellular proteins fold inside the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to become their biologically active forms……. Read More
Josie Carballido, “You Just Cry With Them: Interpreters’ Distress and Coping in Pediatric Medical Encounters” Mentors: Amy Olen, Translation & Interpreting and Hobart Davies, Psychology Poster #31 Effective medical communication leads to increased trust, a decrease in family stress, and…… Read More