Celebrating UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND CREATIVITY
April 25, 2018
PROGRAM AND
INDEX OF POSTERS,
PRESENTATIONS
AND EXHIBITS
Stony Brook University/SUNY is an affirmative action, equal opportunity educator and employer. 15031229 URECA Celebration of Undergraduate Research & Creativity
April 25, 2018
10:00 — 4:00 Exhibits & Presentations, Student Activities Center (SAC)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS/EXHIBITS ―SAC Ballroom A *Posters arranged alphabetically by department of primary faculty mentor.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS ― SAC Auditorium & Third Floor
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: English Department Conference, SAC 305, 1:00-2:20 History Department Conference, SAC 304, 10:30-2:45 Psychology Department/Psi Chi Conference, SAC 305, 12:00-12:45 Writing & Rhetoric Program Conference, SAC 303, 11:30-2:30
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES: Senior Design Presentations: SAC Auditorium, 9:00-11:00
12:30 Welcome & Announcements — SAC Ballroom A Dr. Michael Bernstein, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Charles Robbins, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
12:45 Lunch for participants & mentors — SAC Ballroom B
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URECA ART EXHIBITION ― Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery – April 26- May 5 Reception: Thursday, April 26, 4:00-6:00
POSTER ARRANGEMENTS/ DISPLAYS
*Posters arranged alphabetically by department of faculty mentor.
About Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities:
The UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES (URECA) program, founded in 1987, awards research funding and travel grants to undergraduates, and is a central point of contact for students and faculty engaged in research and creative endeavors. URECA helps bring together students and research mentors, hosts annual events to showcase student work, and supports undergraduates presenting at professional meetings/conferences. Check our URECA website for “Researcher of the Month” features. URECA is a program within the Office of the Provost/Division of Undergraduate Education and is funded in part by the Simons Foundation.
URECA Melville Library, 3rd Floor, Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 11794-3357 telephone: 631-632-7114 fax: 631-632-4525 www.stonybrook.edu/ureca
CONTACT: Karen Kernan, Director Brian Frank, Staff Assistant
Posters/Exhibits, SAC Ballroom A
RESEARCH POSTERS/EXHIBITS SAC Ballroom A, 10am – 4pm
Exhibit/ Poster# Student Presenter(s) Project Title Mentor(s)
Genevieve Ruzicka From “San Andreas” to New Orleans: Hurricane Katrina and Tracey Walters
1 the Changing Racial Politics of Natural Disaster Films Africana Studies
Arthur Erb Braincase Anatomy of the Paleocene Crocodyliform Alan Turner 2 Rhabdognathus Revealed through High Resolution Anatomical Sciences Computed Tomography
Amanda Ackermann A Novel Rodent Model of Total Knee Arthroplasty Martin Kaczocha, Anesthesiology 3 Hira Iftikhar Sardar Uddin, Medicine David Komatsu, Orthopedics
Erica Maung Investigating Hnrnpab-1’s Function in Local Translation of β Kevin Czaplinski 4 actin mRNA Anesthesiology 5 Sai Palati Rapid Gout Detection Kit Srinivas Pentyala, Anesthesiology Sahana Pentyala Lawrence Hurst, Orthopedics Elizabeth Varghese
Danielle Bassaragh Methodological Standardization for Dental Topographic Frederick E. Grine
6 Minghui Chen Analysis: The Effect of Scan Resolution Carrie Mongle Chae Rin Kim Anthropology Christina Mazza Yia Yia Soumounou Linda Zhou
Javier Jimenez-Vega B3glct Loss Leads to Skull Dysmorphology and Christopher Percival 7 Daniel Cameron Hydrocephalus Anthropology Bernadette Holdener Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Marlee Harris Movement Towards and Away from Sleeping Sites: Insight Catherine Markham 8 into Optimal Group Size in Savannah Baboons (Papio Anthropology cynocephalus)
Christina Lo Rank and Reciprocity: Dominance Effects on Grooming Catherine Markham 9 Patterns in Female Chimpanzees Anthropology
Samar Syeda Variation in Bone Density and Volume Between Adult B6 Christopher Percival 10 and 129 Inbred Strains Anthropology
Niven Singh Computational Phage Display Dima Kozakov 11 Applied Mathematics & Statistics
Nicole Soder Assessing the Cryptographic Strength of RSA Moduli Using David Biersach, Brookhaven 12 Algorithmic Entropy Reduction in Sequenced Binary National Laboratory; Quadratic Forms Applied Mathematics & Statistics
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Exhibit/ Poster# Student Presenter(s) Project Title Mentor(s)
Jiangshan Zhang A Multifactorial Analysis of Evolution Acceptance Across Stephen Finch; Jesse Colton 13 Microevolutionary, Macroevolutionary, and Human Applied Mathematics & Statistics Contexts Ross Nehm, Ecology & Evolution
Alexis Barbera The Theory and Reality Behind China’s Confucian Beliefs and Peggy Christoff 14 Jenna Cooper the US’s Common Core Education Asian & Asian American Studies Xueer Han Katie Lim
Paul Chan Mental Illness in East Asia Peggy Christoff 15 Asian & Asian American Studies
Pui Tik Chow Journey to the West: Translations and Interpretations of Peggy Christoff 16 Yingzi Dong Japanese and American Films and Poems Asian & Asian American Studies Hongfei Kan Qing Kong
Elvis Creppy Chinese Culture and the LBGT+ Community Peggy Christoff 17 Audrey Farrell Asian & Asian American Studies Irene Poster Ivy Lin Wu Jiajie Zhang
Jasmeet Kaur Constructions of ‘Family,’ ‘Religious Values,’ and ‘Freedom’ Peggy Christoff 18 between Indian-American Women in the United States and S.N. Sridhar Indian Women in India Asian & Asian American Studies
Cassandra Leonard Bilingualism in Former French Colonies: The Cases of Haiti Agnes He 19 and Madagascar Asian & Asian American Studies, Multilingual & Intercultural Communication (MIC)
Bowen Liao Rhetorically Rich Texts: Translation from Chinese to English Agnes He 20 Asian & Asian American Studies, Multilingual & Intercultural Communication (MIC)
Anne McNulty Translating the Voice of a Resistance Jiwon Hwang 21 Eriko Sato Asian & Asian American Studies
Alexa Reynolds How To Know Annyeonghaseyo - Analysis of Korean Online Peggy Christoff 22 Language Learning and Individiual Learning Styles Asian & Asian American Studies
Yilin Zhao Transition, Identity and Communicative Approaches in U.S. Agnes He 23 Professionals of Asian Descent: A Case Study Asian & Asian American Studies, Multilingual & Intercultural Communication (MIC)
Rui Qi Angela Zheng Translation of Chinese Documents Tracing Foreign Policy Peggy Christoff 24 Perspectives (1840-1900) Asian & Asian American Studies
Justin Bell Cellular Activity of Lipin 1 Constructs in Saccharomyces Michael Airola 25 cerevisae Biochemistry & Cell Biology 2 Posters/Exhibits, SAC Ballroom A
Exhibit/ Poster# Student Presenter(s) Project Title Mentor(s)
Joyce Che Novel Class of Antinociceptive Agents: Discovering More Dale Deutsch 26 Olivia Joseph Potent Inhibitors for the FABPs (Endocannabinoid Biochemistry & Cell Biology Transporter)
Tailai Li Development of Novel Biochemical Approaches to Ed Luk 27 Understand How Histone H2A.Z is Inserted into Chromatin Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Yee Man Li Identification of cbp-1 and cbp-2 as Regulators of Anchor David Q. Matus 28 Cell Invasion in Caenorhabditis elegans Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Katherine Lo Understanding the Role of cdh6 in Early Zebrafish Benjamin Martin 29 Development via Generation of a cdh6 Mutant and Reporter Biochemistry & Cell Biology Line
Jamshid Sarwari The Function and Interactions Among Proteins of the VSS Aaron Neiman 30 Complex Biochemistry & Cell Biology
SB iGEM Team Development of Novel Hybrid Bacteriocins: An Alternative J. Peter Gergen 31 Julianna Casella to Antibiotics to Eliminate Methicillin-resistant Biology, Undergraduate; Timothy Darby Staphylococcus aureus Biochemistry & Cell Biology Tabassum Kazi Fatima Maqsood Cecilia Miguel Rideeta Raquib Nick Roig Chloé Savino Megan Schiesser Caleb Sooknanan Lyle Suh Jerin Thomas Gene Yang
Ann Lin CRISPR/Cas9 Mutagenesis Invalidates a Putative Cancer Jason Sheltzer 32 Dependency Targeted in Ongoing Clinical Trials Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories
Layal Abdulaal SleepEazy Device for Displaying REM Sleep Data from EEG Helmut Strey 33 Angela Chen and EOG Measurements Biomedical Engineering Ling Li Sai Sreenivasamurthy Fred Wu
Timucin Altan Novel Approach to Revolutionize One-on-One Laboratory Mei Lin Chan 34 Bruce Coluccio Experiential Learning with Greater Hands-On Training via Biomedical Engineering Amna Haider Video Games that Reciprocate with 3D Printed Laboratory Abdullah Mohamed Rizvi Tools Chanpreet Singh Ryan Tam
Joshua Azukas Creating a Cheap Hands-Free Transillumination Vein Finder Helmut Strey 35 Joey Blasco using 3D Printing and Common Electronics Biomedical Engineering Andres Carvajal Justin Ortega Samuel Urena
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Exhibit/ Poster# Student Presenter(s) Project Title Mentor(s)
Jueseung Baek Development of Wheel-Lift: Patient Assist Device Helmut Strey 36 Shashank Gupta Biomedical Engineering Ayman Haider Annie Rohan Arun Nallainathan School of Nursing Kaiter Wu
Marianna Cantella Seniors with Dementia Helmut Strey 37 Morgan Mars Biomedical Engineering Ana Mejia Haleigh Rock Natasha Ziolkowski
Yu Xiang Chen Liquid Thermal Baby Garment Helmut Strey 38 Steve Chong Biomedical Engineering Andrew Lithen Justin Shipsey
Arjun Chopra Low Cost Automated Microscopy Stage with Tracking Helmut Strey 39 Kevin Mathew Capabilities Biomedical Engineering J. Van Nieuwenheuizen Mahdy Noureddine Richie Ramdhanie Connor Watson
Steven Crimarco Designing Bluetooth-Enabled Wearable Fitness Trackers to Mei Lin Chan 40 Assist Family Efforts to Prevent Child Obesity Biomedical Engineering
A Michael D’Agati Porous All-Carbon Electrodes for in vivo Energy Storage Balaji Sitharaman 109 Biomedical Engineering
Marina Fandaros “TongueIT” Bluetooth Oral Device for Quadriplegic Patients Helmut Strey 41 Veronica Fox Biomedical Engineering Clarissa Lett Mellissa McIntyre Nicholas Van Nest
Wenrong Gao Cranial Accelerometer Helmut Strey 42 Qaynat Gul Biomedical Engineering Mitchell Lee Xiang Li Arleta Salvati Richard Stapleton
Amna Haider Microsoft Kinect-based Exergame to Monitor Improvement Mei Lin Chan 43 of Postural Stability in Obese Patients Biomedical Engineering
Helaina Hurban Open-Source Turbidostat Gábor Balázsi 44 Austin Meadows Biomedical Engineering Tolulope Ojo Kristina Petroglia Alda Profka
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Exhibit/ Poster# Student Presenter(s) Project Title Mentor(s)
Slah Khan Optimization of Percutaneous Aortic Vale Prosthesis Danny Bluestein 45 Mirna Kheir Delivery System Oren Rotman Andrew Miller Helmut Strey Expedito Segovia Biomedical Engineering Justin Smith
Mirna Kheir Testing the Reversal of Gene Network Evolution Gábor Balázsi 46 Biomedical Engineering; Laufer Center for Physical & Quantitative Biology
Andrew Kumpfbeck Pressure Device to Reduce the Incidence of Pocket Helmut Strey 47 Bryan Musmacker Hematomas after Subcutaneous Cardiac Device Biomedical Engineering Sofya Pugach Implantation Manasvi Varshney Lily Yuan
Ann Lin Using a Yeast Model to Study the Development of Gábor Balázsi 48 Matthew Wu Multicellular Structures as a Mechanism of Antibiotic Biomedical Engineering; Resistance Employed by Infectious Pathogens Laufer Center for Physical & Quantitative Biology
Andrew Peitzch Low Intensity Vibration-induced Redistribution of Bone Mei Lin Chan 49 Rishi Sohi Material Occurs Alongside Restored Bone Strength Biomedical Engineering Ziwei Tan Compromised by CHAC in Rats Kaiter Wu
Andrew Peitzch Low Magnitude Mechanical Stimulation Treatment for Mei Lin Chan 50 Kaiter Wu Obesity Shows Increased Bone Cross-Sectional Area in Biomedical Engineering Obese Mice
Brianne Polehinke The Role of Age in Shear-Induced Platelet Activation: Danny Bluestein 51 Comparison of Neonatal Cord and Adult Platelets Biomedical Engineering
Greymi Tan Construction of a Cell Vibrator That Induces Low Intensity Mei Lin Chan 52 Alyssa ThomasDeCruz Vibrations to Stimulate the Cellular Activities of Suspended Helmut Strey Zhao Xu Cell Culture Biomedical Engineering Brandon Zhuang
Ziwei Tan Patient-Specific Calcified Aortic Root Reconstruction for Danny Bluestein 53 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Modeling Biomedical Engineering
Xiaomin Wu Wireless Monitoring for Respiratory Diseases Wei Lin 54 Biomedical Engineering
Kristina Adams Make-A-Wish Alexis Alpert 55 Margot Palermo Business, College of
David Coronel Lift Up Long Island Manuel London 56 Business, College of
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Exhibit/ Poster# Student Presenter(s) Project Title Mentor(s)
Mackenzie Deng College Thursdays at the Boys and Girls Club of Bellport Sherika Adams 57 Margot Palermo Business, College of
Jenna Errante Message Framing and Presentation Format: Inclusion and Denise Buhrau 58 Exclusion of Recommendations via Pictures and Text Business, College of
Cory Haltman Potential Correlations Between Mindset Theory and Denise Buhrau 59 Construal Level Theory Business, College of
Steven Hromin Different Marketing Methods and their Effects on Jacqueline Pascariello 60 Attendance Levels Margot Palermo Business, College of
Jenna LaSala Lift Up Long Island Manuel London 61 Business, College of
Austin Law Effects of TARP on Loan Portfolios Gokhan Torna 62 Business, College of
Hee Dong Lee Portfolio Optimization Aaron Kim 63 Business, College of
Jonathan Liu Performance Measurement Outcomes: An analysis of Herbert Lewis 64 Hospital Acquired Infections in New York State Christine Pitocco Business, College of
Rocco Lombardo Addition of Stony Brook Division 1 Women's Varsity Field Patrick Muffley 65 Hockey Program Margot Palermo Business, College of
Halley O'Connor Leader Mistake Recovery Strategies Lily Cushenbery 66 Business, College of
Sanella Orahovac Hedonic and Utilitarian Uses of Twitter and Instagram Peter Caprariello 67 Business, College of
Racquel Piscitelli Local Taste Brett Collins 68 Margot Palermo Business, College of
Kayla Rivera Stony Brook Athletics Marketing Experiential Capstone – Margot Palermo 69 Wolfie’s Seapups Kid’s Club Ashley Yencho Business, College of
Jonathan Yang Lift Up Long Island Manuel London 70 Margot Palermo Business, College of
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Exhibit/ Poster# Student Presenter(s) Project Title Mentor(s)
Dana Capitano Hydrogen Fuel Cell Power Output Optimization by Gold and Miriam Rafailovich 71 Nicole Cortes Silver Nanoparticle Membrane Coating Chemical & Molecular Eng. Everrett Hansen Angela Kowalewski James Puglisi Ai Tai Zhen Wu
Xianxian Chen Use of a Sodium Bicarbonate Additive Enabling for the Shan He 72 Timothy Hart Production of Fluffy Thin Fibers via Electrospinning and Chemical & Molecular Eng. Saeyeon Jeong Applications for its Use in Cimex Lectularius Traps Aravindh Nirmalan Justin Seetaram
Justin Cheung Nanoconfined Polymethylpentene Thin Films: A Model for Tadanori Koga 73 Pablo Henriquez Interpolymer Adhesion and Substrate – Polymer Chemical & Molecular Eng. Jessica Hofflich Interactions in Nanocomposite Systems Jian Huang Nafiul Jami
Tyler Cho Application of ASTM Test Methods to Analyze the Oxidation Rajesh Shah, Koehler Instrument 74 Tahseen Tabassum Properties of Gasoline in Various Test Conditions Company / Chemical & Molecular Eng.
Cem Civelek Effects of 3D Printing Direction and Graphene Content in Yuval Shmueli 75 Christopher Corbo PLA/Graphene Nanocomposites Chemical & Molecular Eng. Tomasz Filipkowski Chengfeng Gao Marija Iloska Noriko Taira
Timothy Hart Improving the Efficiency of Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells Dilip Gersappe 76 via the Directed Self Assembly of a Polymer and Diblock Miriam Rafailovich Copolymer Blend Chemical & Molecular Eng.
Olivia Holmes In vitro Characterization of the Mineral-Rich Magnetic Mud Adriana Pinkas-Sarafova 77 Tzu-Chi Kao Mask Chemical & Molecular Eng. Samantha Rosen Anthony Salonia Nina Zeng
Beikai Huang Effect of Graphene Nanoplatelets on Compatibility of Miriam Rafailovich 78 Jason Peng Polypropylene and Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Chemical & Molecular Eng. Da Qu Chang Jae Yoo
Marija Iloska Development and Application of 3D Printed Meso-Reactors Taejin Kim 79 Chongguang Jin in Chemical Engineering Education Chemical & Molecular Eng.
Ryan Kerr Atomic Layer Deposition of TiO2 on PEM Support to Increase Miriam Rafailovich 80 Landen Kwan Fuel Cell Electrode Durability by CO Oxidation Enhancement Likun Wang Simon Lin Chemical & Molecular Eng. Chengchao Xu Tak Kit Yeung Christopher Zambito
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Exhibit/ Poster# Student Presenter(s) Project Title Mentor(s)
Adrian Laus Purification of Wastewater from Brewery Using Hydrate Devinder Mahajan 81 Jeremiah Pan Approach Chemical & Molecular Eng. Jasmine Parmar Arthur Rozario Jorge Velasco Aixin Yu
Peter Alsaloum Optimization of SB-FI-26, a Novel Pain Reliever, for Binding Iwao Ojima 82 towards Fatty Acid Binding Protein and the Computational Chemistry Analysis of the Binding Domains of these Proteins
Richard Antoine Two-Step Nanocellulose Water Filtration Benjamin Hsiao 83 Vincent Orcullo Priyanka Sharma Kevin Osadiaye Chemistry Nigel Stanford Jayson Woodbine
Kelly Eckartt Optogenetic Control of a Ca2+ Sensitive Split Enzyme Scott Laughlin 84 System for Marking Neural Circuitry Chemistry
Sarika Hira The Synthesis of 3’-Difluorovinyltaxoid (SB-T-12854) Iwao Ojima 85 Chemistry
Gloria Liang What Exactly do New York State Environmental Science Katherine Aubrecht 86 Teachers Think About Their Courses? Chemistry
Nathan Loud Synthesis and Acid-Base Properties of Dithienylethene Melanie Chiu 87 Based Photoswitchable Carboxylic Acids Chemistry
Kathleen Nickson Acid Catalyzed C-H Activation in Atmospherically-Relevant Christopher Johnson 88 Clusters Chemistry
Senuri Pathiranage Design and Synthesis of Novel Acylhydrazones as Next- Iwao Ojima 89 Generation Antifungal Agents Chemistry
Alexis Scida Large scale Synthesis of Multiferroic Particles Stanislaus Wong 90 Chemistry
Dominique Spiegowski The Cyanation and Chlorination of Heteroarenes Ming-Yu Ngai 91 Chemistry
Omar Zainul Light and Enzyme Activatable Cyclopropenes for Live Cell Scott Laughlin 92 Imaging Chemistry
Nelsy Badia University Library Interior Renovation Harold Walker 93 Xudong Ge Civil Engineering Devan Mosciatti Christina Rajbahar Urias Soto
Manuela Corcho A BeLocal Senior Design Project: The Da Vinci Bridge Harold Walker 94 Johnny Donza Civil Engineering Luke Papazian Yuxin Xia 8 Posters/Exhibits, SAC Ballroom A
Exhibit/ Poster# Student Presenter(s) Project Title Mentor(s)
Danielle Ali WolfieMetrics: A Client-Server Mobile Application to Record Tony Scarlatos 95 Andrew Broden and Analyze Athletic Performance Data Computer Science Andy Liang Edmund Liang
Iftikar Ahmed Phenological Change of Local Migratory Bird Populations Heather Lynch 96 Casey Youngflesh Ecology & Evolution
Aysham Chaudry Mapping Sponge Morphology onto Phylogeny Robert Thacker 97 Ecology & Evolution
Kelly Joya Correal Temperature as an Evolutionary Force Jeffrey Levinton 98 Sebastian Villacres Ecology & Evolution
Valery Gonzalez Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Haplosclerida (Porifera) Robert Thacker 99 Aaima Ikram Using 18S and 28S Ribosomal RNA Sequences Ecology & Evolution Yuanming Lu Nicole Pyun
Abigail Higgins At-Sea Bird Distributions Linked to Southern Ocean Fronts Heather Lynch 100 and Sea Surface Temperature Michael Schrimpf Ecology & Evolution
Melissa Hunter Draba verna: A Small Plant with a lot Going On Jessica Gurevitch 101 Ecology & Evolution
Ovaun Latouche Directional Epistasis at the Hexose Triose Transition in Walter Eanes 102 Glycolysis for Drosophila melanogaster Lifespan Spencer Koury Ecology & Evolution
Candace Mannino Mollicutes Specialization Indicated through Phylogenetic Robert Thacker 103 Signal Ecology & Evolution
Idamarie Pennolino Soil Seed-banking as an Educational Tool Jessica Gurevitch 104 Ecology & Evolution
Kaitlin Riley Testing for Potential Allelopathic Properties of Centaurea Jessica Gurevitch 105 stoebe Ecology & Evolution
Sara Vincent Analysis of the Spatial Theory on Mirounga leonina and the Heather Lynch 106 Implications on the Mating System in South Georgia Catherine Foley Ecology & Evolution
Shenghao Wang Using GIS Data to Study Global Patterns of Overlap of Jeffrey Levinton 107 Marine Species Ecology & Evolution
Akeino Bryan A BeLocal Senior Design Project: Automated Mosquito Trap David Westerfeld 108 Jaspreet Kaur Electrical & Computer Eng. Jerry Thomas Bruce Vertrees
B Michael D’Agati Powering a Bluetooth Mouse Wirelessly Without a Battery Milutin Stanacevic 109 Electrical & Computer Eng.
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Exhibit/ Poster# Student Presenter(s) Project Title Mentor(s)
Lauren Bunce Reconstruction of the Early Martian Surface through Deanne Rogers 110 Noachian Crater Fill Material Geosciences
Natalie Crnosija Challenges of Imaging Burial Sites in Glacially-Derived Daniel Davis 111 Sean Lotz Sediments using Ground-Penetrating Radar Geosciences
Alexander Kling Temperature-Dependence of Visible to Near-Infrared Timothy Glotch 112 Spectral Properties of Minerals Under Simulated Airless Geosciences Body Conditions
Aaron Kuang Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of a Cervical Spinal Cord Prithvi Shah 113 Lesion and its Relationship to Forelimb Locomotor Function Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
Armaan Shah Restoring Upper Limb Motor Function after Severe Cervical Prithvi Shah 114 Spinal Cord Injury Using Epidural Stimulation Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
Aasif Jain Longboard Charger Jonothan Sokolov 115 Dohee Kim Materials Science & Chemical Kenneth Luong Engineering Hanjie Tan
Omar Agudelo Portable Sit to Stand Assister Qiaode Ge 116 David Alberti Jay Mendelson Aparna Penmetcha Mechanical Engineering Rebecca Rondina
Gbenga Akindejoye Solar Racing Team Steering Mechanism David Hwang 117 Siddeeq Bacchus Jay Mendelson Ping Liang Mechanical Engineering Benny Lin
Tyler Ambrico Pulsed Molecular Beam Valve Jay Mendelson 118 Samar Jalil Eugene Shafto Steffin Monzy Mechanical Engineering Giancarlos Llanos-Romero
Emily Aratoon Table Top Column Buckling Test Benjamin Lawler 119 Wayne Johnson Mechanical Engineering Joseph Keegan
Evan Brooke Waste Heat Utilization Plate System (WHUPS) Benjamin Lawler 120 Keiko Nagami Mechanical Engineering Prabowo Setiawan Victor Wozniak
Taylor Campbell A BeLocal Senior Design Project: General Post Harvest Rice Jay Mendelson 121 Ranko Liang Threshing Processor Lin-Shu Wang Kelsey Price Mechanical Engineering Raphael Termat
Austin Caradonna Tennis Ball Collection Robot Jon Longtin 122 Christopher Doody Jay Mendelson James Iofe Mechanical Engineering Meaghan Troy 10 Posters/Exhibits, SAC Ballroom A
Exhibit/ Poster# Student Presenter(s) Project Title Mentor(s)
Jungki Carroll Deployable Rover (NASA Student Launch Competition) Nilanjan Chakraborty 123 Bryan Kupferman Mechanical Engineering Min Lee Daniel Su Hyunwoo Sun
Eric Chan A BeLocal Senior Design Project: Livestock Powered Qing Chang 124 Terrence Granger Harvester and Threshing Machine for Rice Harvesting in Mechanical Engineering Patrick Gutt Madagascar Robert Myrick
Joseph Cullen Triton, University Rover Challenge 2018 Nilanjan Chakraborty 125 Le Si Qu Mechanical Engineering Christopher Tong Yuki Yoshinaga Brendan Zotto & the Stony Brook Robot Design Team
Matthew Debolt Assistive Device for Stroke Patient Anurag Purwar 126 Justin Dittrich Mechanical Engineering Syed Hossain
Hasnaa Elkholy Overhead Natural Fire Intervention & Reconnaissance Envoy Jon Longtin 127 Gurleen Kaur (ONFIRE) – An Unmanned Aerial System for Firefighting Mechanical Engineering Liam Klein Jennifer Lembeck Jason Loprete
Brent Freestone NASA Student Launch Propulsion Team Sotirios Mamalis 128 Matthew Lee Mechanical Engineering Addison Shogren Michael Zaicek
Scott Gilroy Walk Assist Device for Patients with Neuromuscular Anurag Purwar 129 Kenneth Helbock Disability Mechanical Engineering Luke Richardson Eric Yuman
Yongxin Guo Multi-gait Integrated Hexapod Platform Anurag Purwar 130 Mechanical Engineering
Gavyn Hagemann A BeLocal Senior Design Project: Rice Processing: The Robert Kukta 131 Eucherius Rosario Pounding Process Jay Mendelson Angela Schuler Mechanical Engineering Tatsuya Tasaki
William Henle 2018 ASME Student Design Competition: Robot Soccer Qiaode Ge 132 Steven Mazzola Mechanical Engineering Gurnihal Singh Jonathan Wong Timothy Wong
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Exhibit/ Poster# Student Presenter(s) Project Title Mentor(s)
Jian Cheng Hu A BeLocal Senior Design Project: Transport Mechanism for Lifeng Wang 133 Baoyi Li Rough Foot Paths Mechanical Engineering Fnu Karma Norbu Olusegun Oladeru
Shailee Joshi Hybrid Braking System for Automobiles Benjamin Lawler 134 Derek Squires Mechanical Engineering William Tunney
Gregory Kelty Modular and Reusable Recovery and Navigation System for Sotirios Mamalis 135 Su Yong Kim Level 2 High Powered Rocket Jay Mendelson Gazi Sakib Mechanical Engineering
Timothy Larkin Be Local Rice Storage Solution Jay Mendelson 136 Mohammed Miah Robert Kukta Michael Rubbo Mechanical Engineering Victor Vanegas
Paul Li Improving the SnappyXO Robotics Kit Anurag Purwar 137 Mechanical Engineering
Yehonathan Litman A Simple Interlinked Controller-Sensor Framework for Ya S. Wang 138 Robust SLAM and Autonomy on MAVs Mechanical Engineering
Jenry Nieto Martinez Stony Brook Motorsports Noah Machtay 139 Cameron Contarino Mechanical Engineering
Melanie Katz Experimental Validation of Drug Repurposing by In Silico Fannie Chen 140 Data Mining for Niemann-Pick Type C Disease Yiannis Ioannou Medicine-Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Jesse Pace Podocyte-specific Induction of Kruppel-like Factor 15 Sandeep Mallipattu 141 Attenuates Podocyte Injury Medicine
Lopa Shah Adenosine A2A Receptor Stimulation Inhibits Osteoclast Bruce Cronstein 142 Differentiation and Promotes Osteoblast Formation by Medicine– NYU Langone Medical Regulation of Axon Guidance Proteins Center
Demetra Catalano Construction of CRISPR-Cas9 gRNAs for Murine Laurie Krug 143 Gammaherpesvirus Genome Editing: A Novel Viral Molecular Genetics & Therapeutic Method Microbiology
Swati Gupta Identification of Gene Edits Produced by CRISPR-Cas9 in a Laurie Krug 144 Gammaherpes Infection Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Gabrielle Paniccia Development of a CRISPR-Cas9 System to Block Laurie Krug 145 Gammaherpesvirus Replication Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
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Exhibit/ Poster# Student Presenter(s) Project Title Mentor(s)
Sricharan Gumudavelli AAV Mediated Delivery of NG2 Function-Neutralizing Victor Arvanian 146 Antibody and Neurotrophin NT-3 Improves Synaptic Neurobiology & Behavior Transmission, Urinary Tract Function, and Locomotion after Mild Spinal Cord Injury
Ayman Haider Pathways to Access the Central Ion Permeation Pathway in Lonnie Wollmuth 147 NMDA Receptors Neurobiology & Behavior
Hussein Harb Which Sensory Cues are Important in Selecting Gait Erin Vasudevan 148 Patterns? Neurobiology & Behavior
Jonathan Kelly Predilection for Selection: Evaluation of Candidate Isoform Maurice Kernan 149 William Kennedy Regulators of NOMPC Neurobiology & Behavior
Katelyn Neumann Effects of Prolonged Stress on the Adrenal Gland David McKinnon 150 Transcriptome Neurobiology & Behavior Barbara Rosati Physiology & Biophysics
Cosku Ozcelik Serotonin Dependence of AIH-induced Changes in Lower William Collins 151 Urinary Tract Function Neurobiology & Behavior Irene Solomon Physiology & Biophysics
Anastasia Slavutsky Developing a Zebrafish shank3a Autism Model Howard Sirotkin 152 Neurobiology & Behavior
Terence Thomas Functional Training of Unilateral Leg Strength Using a Novel Erin Vasudevan 153 Device Neurobiology & Behavior
Aishwarya Vijendran A Comparison of Nesting Patterns between SLITRK5 Joshua Plotkin 154 Knockout and Heterozygous OCD Mouse Models Neurobiology & Behavior
Kristoffer Walsh By Club or By Claw: Differential Splice Patterning in the Maurice Kernan 155 Drosophila Femoral Chordotonal Organ Neurobiology & Behavior
Alexander Chirokikh Alcohol Consumption Accelerates Osteoarthritis Progression David Komatsu 156 in Rats Orthopaedics
Umar Syed Skeletal Differences in Male and Female Rats after Recovery David Komatsu 157 from Methylphenidate Treatment Orthopaedics
Hamza Allaham “Tackle and Bait”: Keratin 17 Exports Nuclear Proteins in Luisa F. Escobar-Hoyos 158 Pancreatic Cancer Kenneth Shroyer Pathology
Ryan Kawalerski Oncogenic Mechanism and Targeting of Soluble Keratin 17 Luisa F. Escobar-Hoyos 159 in Pancreatic Cancer Kenneth Shroyer Pathology
Aditi Prabhu Feedback Regulation of MET and EGFR Inhibitor John Haley 160 Samantha Novotny Combinations in NSCLC Pathology
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Briana Urquilla Keratin 17 in Serum as a Potential Prognostic Biomarker in Luisa F. Escobar-Hoyos 161 Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Kenneth Shroyer Pathology
Amanda Witbeck Keratin 17 Nuclear Protein-Targeting Domains: Therapeutic Luisa F. Escobar-Hoyos 162 Targets in Pancreatic Cancer Kenneth Shroyer Pathology
Bryan Chan Exploring the Mechanism and Role of PIN1 Isomerase in the Hyungjin Kim 163 Regulation of the FA pathway Pharmacological Sciences
Sanghoon Choi Investigating a Role for Dystroglycan in the Adult Holly Colognato 164 Subventricular Zone Pharmacological Sciences
Kathryn Eckartt Spatially Resolved Protein Labeling in Mycobacteria Jessica Seeliger 165 Pharmacological Sciences
Amgad Ghoprial Peroxidase-based Labeling of the Periplasmic Proteins of Jessica Seeliger 166 Mycobacterium smegmatis Pharmacological Sciences
Andrew Kumpfbeck Regulation of Muscle Stem Differentiation by Notch and Joav Prives 167 Dystroglycan Interaction Holly Colognato Pharmacological Sciences
Isha Anantpurkar Using Cosmic Muons to Test Radiation Detectors Abhay Deshpande 168 Marisa Petrusky Physics & Astronony
Emily Biermann IceCube Flasher Data Reconstruction Joanna Kiryluk 169 Physics & Astronony
Abigail Bishop Expanding the Modeling of Type Ia Supernovae Michael Zingale 170 Physics & Astronony
Michael Campana IceCube Neural Network Reconstruction Method for Joanna Kiryluk 171 Neutrino Events in IceCube Physics & Astronony
Michael Dapolito Constructing a Confocal Scanning Fabry-Pérot Harold Metcalf 172 Eric Wu Interferometer Physics & Astronony
Lillian de Bruin Tau Neutrino Reconstruction in IceCube with a Tilted Ice Joanna Kiryluk 173 Model Physics & Astronony
Chris DeGrendele Impact of Convective Urca Process on Light Curves of Ia Alan Calder 174 Supernovae Physics & Astronony
Kiran Eiden Accelerated Lateral Flame Propagation across the Surfaces Michael Zingale 175 of Rotating Neutron Stars during Type I X-ray Bursts Physics & Astronony
Kristina Finnelli Constructing a Time Projection Chamber Field Cage Thomas Hemmick 176 Crystal Young Physics & Astronony
Jasmine Garani Snapshot A Star SurveY (SASSY) Alan Calder 177 Physics & Astronony
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Exhibit/ Poster# Student Presenter(s) Project Title Mentor(s)
Sean Jeffas Leptoquark Searches at the Electron Ion Collider Abhay Deshpande 178 Nils Feege Physics & Astronony
Jiayi Ji Device Packaging for Air Sensitive 2D Materials Xu Du 179 Physics & Astronony
Jiayu Ji Noise Filtering in MiniCAPTAIN Detector Clark McKrew 180 Physics & Astronony
Gregory Matousek Particle Identification with the RICH Detector Abhay Deshpande 181 Rourke Sekelsky Nils Feege Physics & Astronony
Yogesh Mehta Study of a Laser Stability Scheme Harold Metcalf 182 Max Stanley Physics & Astronony
Jeffrey Michel Presence of Lithium in the Spectra of Novae Frederick Walter 183 Physics & Astronony
Blaire Ness Exploring the Properties of a Laterally Propagating Michael Zingale 184 Convective Flame Physics & Astronony
Eunji Oh Generation of Hermite-Gaussian Laser Modes and Laguerre Dominik Schneble 185 Gaussian Laser Modes Martin Cohen Physics & Astronony
Onshore Paik Muon Lifetime Experiment Dmitri Tsybychev 186 Yan Wu Michael Rijssenbeek Physics & Astronony
David Siegel A Design for a Self-Injected Unidirectional Single Frequency Harold Metcalf 187 Ti:sapphire Cavity Laser Martin Cohen Physics & Astronony
Tianai Ye A Novel Method to Constrain T2K results Clark McKrew 188 Physics & Astronony
Tiffany Kim Fast Track - an Open-Source Software Program for the Barbara Rosati 189 ChihLin Lee Analysis of Animal Behavior in Mazes Physiology & Biophysics David McKinnon Neurobiology & Behavior
Erika Nemeth Cell-Based Delivery of Gene-Silencing Products Via Gap Peter Brink 190 Junction Channels Physiology & Biophysics
Leon Yang The Effect of Palmitic Acid and Lineloic Acid on Exosomal Maricedes Acosta-Martínez 191 microRNAs Released from Mouse Placental Explants Physiology & Biophysics
Kevin Shan Analogies in Politics: Car Insurance and Attitudes Towards Jason Barabas 192 Health Insurance Political Science
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Exhibit/ Poster# Student Presenter(s) Project Title Mentor(s)
William Boccasini Factor Structures of Memory and Cognition Jared Van Snellenberg 193 Eilon Silver-Frankel Psychiatry Thomas Lin Zhen Sin Wong Zu Jie Zheng
Meera Patel Cognitive and Behavioral Indices of Self-Regulation as Greg Perlman 194 Predictors of Academic Performance Roman Kotov Psychiatry
Kevin Price The Relationship Between Health Promoting Lifestyle Adam Gonzalez 195 Behaviors and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Psychiatry 9/11 Responders
Ryan Sullivan Meta-analysis of Aberrant Post-Error Slowing in Substance Greg Perlman 196 Use Disorder: Implications for Behavioral Adaptation and Scott Moeller Self-control Psychiatry
Meagan Bullard Maternal Sensitivity and Infant Sleep Patterns Kristin Bernard 197 David Morris Psychology Jasmine Moubariki Mosammat Akter
Brian Badloo Maternal Psychopathology and Parenting Quality Kristin Bernard 198 Psychology
Simone Boyd Seasonal Effects on Adult Neurogenesis in Turtles Alice Powers 199 Sarah Wong Psychology
Hong Ming Chen The Impact of Self-Affirmation Writing on Indoor Tanning Anne Moyer 200 Brianna Evers Motivations in Females Psychology
Michael Chen Negative Mood Induction in Group Decision Making Christian Luhmann 201 Psychology
Abigail Cobb Face Blending in Memory: The Effect of Categorizing Nancy Franklin 202 Perpetrators on Eyewitness Memory Psychology
Alessandra Riccio Maternal Sensitivity to Distress Mediates the Association Kristin Bernard 203 Caroline Donato Between Cumulative Risk and Children’s Diurnal Cortisol Psychology David Morris
Christopher Esposito School-Based Service Receipt Relates to ASD Severity and Matthew Lerner 204 Lee Santore Age Psychology Kimberly Tena Heather Watson
Laetitia Eugene Cognitive and Motor Impairment Related to Gray Matter in Hoi-Chung Leung 205 Parkinson’s Disease Psychology
Brianna Evers The Relationship between Tanning Habits and Risk Anne Moyer 206 Hong Ming Chen Perceptions Psychology
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Exhibit/ Poster# Student Presenter(s) Project Title Mentor(s)
Katie Lim A Parenting Intervention Moderates the Association Kristin Bernard 207 Emily Hitscher between Parental Childhood Adversity and Child Psychology Ersha Kumar Socioemotional Problems Ashley Walker
Shaina Jaeger Treating Dental Phobia using Relaxation Techniques Patricia Whitaker 208 Measured via Biofeedback Psychology Mark Slovin School of Dental Medicine
Sarah Kwon Effects of Perinatal SSRI Exposure on Symptoms of Autism Patricia Whitaker 209 Spectrum Disorders in a Rat Model Psychology
Nicholas Leonetti Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Family Violence: A Daniel O'Leary 210 Prospective Longitudinal Examination and Analysis Psychology
Katie Lim Secure Base Script Knowledge Mediates the Association Kristin Bernard 211 between Childhood Attachment Experiences and Maternal Psychology Sensitivity
Jessica McCarrick Effect of Childhood Adversity on Anxiety and Depressive Stacey Scott 212 Symptoms in Adulthood Psychology
Nawrin Nishat The Effect of Older Sibling Presence on Sociometric Status Matthew Lerner 213 Fatema Noor and Social Skills Ratings for Youth with ASD Psychology Denisse Janvier Christropher Esposito
Alison Pellecchia Social Networks and College Adjustment: Role of Friends Johanna Jarcho 214 and Family Psychology
Jessica Prashad Neural Response to Monetary and Social Feedback Brady Nelson 215 *also a Psi Chi Oral presentation Psychology
Lee Santore Similarities between Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder Matthew Lerner 216 and Typically Developing Youth in Perceived Social Skills and Psychology Social Skills Importance
Hira Shah Blink Rate in Adults with and without ASD while Processing Matthew Lerner 217 Emotional Faces Psychology
Jacqueline Walker The Effect of Pregancy on Motor Symptoms in Women with Hoi-Chung Leung 218 Parkinson's Disease Psychology
Brooke Arena Do Pea Plants Bioaccumulate Ivermectin? Sharon Pochron 219 Melissa Barbera SoMAS Kyle Bentley Megha Kanabar Catherine Sander Diana Saravia Elyssa Torres
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Exhibit/ Poster# Student Presenter(s) Project Title Mentor(s)
Parsa Ashrafi The Effect of Roundup on Earthworm Behavior Documented Sharon Pochron 220 Amrit Dhillon through Infrared Imaging Technology Ian Dwyer Andrew Fiorenza SoMAS Minki Kim Mateo Mezic Feisal Sahebzada Roman Sahebzada Rajwinder Singh Raymond Zheng
Cassidy Bell Geospatial Analysis of Human Impacts on Sea Turtles, Maria Brown 221 Eastern Florida USA SoMAS
Shannon Bohman Exploring the Relationship between African Dust and North Kevin Reed 222 Atlantic Hurricanes in Observations SoMAS
Amrit Dhillon Earthworms Recover from Roundup® Exposure Sharon Pochron 223 Arman Gerami SoMAS Kyra Illuzzi Jeff Johnson Brett Keeler Ashley Landrein Mateo Mezic Michael Moawad Jacqueline Nikakis Rajwinder Singh Lauren Spina
Lucy DiBenedetto A Geospatial Analysis of Quantuck Bay: Making Decisions for Maria Brown 224 Remediation SoMAS
Timothy Frankstone The Ecosystem and its Elements: Using Stable Isotopes to Janet Nye 225 Map the Ecosystem of the Great South Bay SoMAS
Timothy Frankstone 1,4-Dioxane in Long Island’s Waterways: a philosophical David Taylor 226 Shannon Wright approach to groundwater contamination SoMAS
Maria Grima Geospatial Analysis of Cetaceans, Sea Turtles and Sharks in Maria Brown 227 New York SoMAS
Jabari Hinds Toxicity of Eucalyptus Ash to Earthworms Sharon Pochron, SoMAS 228 Mateo Mezic Warren Sanderson, Economics
Sajjad Hussaini The Effect of a Popular Livestock Pharmaceutical on Garden Sharon Pochron 229 Brooke Arena Food Plants SoMAS Tyler Bowne Catherine Sanders Eli Stowe Elyssa Torres
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Exhibit/ Poster# Student Presenter(s) Project Title Mentor(s)
Kyra Illuzzi Danger on the field Sharon Pochron 230 Jacqueline Nikakis SoMAS Agatha Sleboda Jee Yoon Kang Sajjad Hussaini Michael Moawad Stephanie Suh Yuman Xu Zachary Paiva
Brett Keeler Human and Animal Traffic through Ashley Schiff Park Sharon Pochron 231 Samantha Mendoza Preserve on Stony Brook University Campus SoMAS Harrison Watters
Ashley Landrein Roundup® Formulation Type Impacts Earthworm Health Sharon Pochron 232 Mozlifa Bobi SoMAS Ariel Calle Karim Hanna Abigail Higgins
Matthew McDermott Geospatial Analysis of Tornadic Tropical Cyclones in Florida Maria Brown 233 from 1995 – 2015 SoMAS
Andrew Seaman A Flood Risk Analysis of Ocean City, MD Maria Brown 234 SoMAS
Courtney Stuart Geospatial Analysis of Tiger Shark Distribution and Habitat Maria Brown 235 Utilization Related to Depth and Potential Ontogenetic Diet SoMAS Shifts Along the Subtidal Eastern Coastline, USA
Clara Tucker Effects of Acidification and Warming on the Microbiome of a Nolwenn Dheilly 236 Coastal Marine Fish, the Atlantic silversides Menidia menidia SoMAS
Samantha Blaine Investigation of mTG Crosslinked Gelatin Pluronic F127 Gurtej Singh 237 Jenna Mallon Hydrogels for Use in a Novel Vascular Graft Surgery Arthur Ronne Denny Wang
Elizabeth Varghese Mechanical and Biological Characterization of Tissue- Gurtej Singh 238 Engineered Blood Vessels Surgery
Elizabeth Brenner Advances in film and VR technology Phillip Baldwin 239 Theatre Arts
Nicole Grima Transitioning Care: Structurally Competent Trans*/GNC/NB Lisa Diedrich 240 Healthcare in the University Setting Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Serra Izmirligil More than Genes: Racially Patterned Health Disparity Lisa Diedrich 241 Research Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
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Exhibit/ Poster# Student Presenter(s) Project Title Mentor(s)
Nicole Lado ‘isakyaki just posted a photo’: How the Use of Social Media Lisa Diedrich 242 in SKAM Immerses Viewers in the Universe of the Show Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Paulina Micek Necessary and Safe? How Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM) Lisa Diedrich 243 has Contributed to the Medicalization of Childbirth Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Maylene Lois Navarra “I Deserve to Be Here Because I Did It Right!” Attitudes of Mary Jo Bona 244 Filipino Healthcare Professionals on Undocumented Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Immigrants Studies
Brianna Rodriguez The Myth of Ideal Freedom: U.S. Neocolonialism in Lisa Diedrich 245 Nicaraguan LGBT Activism Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Genevieve Ruzicka Our Bodies, Our Property?: Bodily Autonomy and Questions Liz Montegary 246 of Consent from Childhood Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
SB Young Investigators Young Investigators Review Interdisciplinary – involving 247 Review mentors from multiple departments
Late Additions:
Chris Infantino Diagnosis and Prognosis of Traumatic Brain Injury Ethan Brandler 248 Emergency Medicine Patricia Whitaker Psychology
Dylan Avila Festo GIO Qiaode Ge
249 Leo Espinal Jahangir Rastegar Michael Frazier Mechanical Engineering Parham Shahbazi
Byeong Joon Bae A BeLocal Senior Design Project: Improved Rice Storage David Hwang 250 Mark Anthony Hristu Mechanical Engineering Haonan Ma Eunjiae Roh
Seung Hyeon Bang A BeLocal Senior Design Project: Transport Mechanism for Toshio Nakamura 251 Youngho Chu Rough Foot Paths in Rural Madagascar Mechanical Engineering Dong-Jun Kim
Gabriel Caamal Buoyancy-Based Thermal Sensors for Green Energy Systems Jay Mendelson 252 Albert Marin Carlos Colosqui Alexander Peralta Mechanical Engineering Derrick Soler
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Exhibit/ Poster# Student Presenter(s) Project Title Mentor(s)
Yanming Cai Safety Helmet for Head and Neck Protection Jahangir Rastegar 253 Jordan Felder Mechanical Engineering Vigneshraj Thanabalan Nestor Valle
Michael Downey A BeLocal Senior Design Project: Charcoal Briquette Nilanjan Chakraborty 254 Robert Michael Mechanism Mechanical Engineering Adam Smith Arie Spiel
Jiaming Huang Design of a Light Weight Drone to Gather 3D Object Data Shikui Chen 255 Juncheng Li Jay Mendelson Aoran Peng Mechanical Engineering Pengfei Zheng
Frederick Koo Ocean Wave Energy Harvester Jahangir Rastegar 256 Carole Liu Ya S. Wang Victor Wu Mechanical Engineering Ying Zhou
Monan Ma Festo Gripper Interface Online (GIO) Qiaode Ge
257 Johnny Mieses Mechanical Engineering Partha Sharma Indeep Singh
Hirohide Ogawa A BeLocal Senior Design Project: Improved Rice Storage Lifeng Wang 258 Matt Robison Mechanical Engineering
***The Celebration provides an informal venue for student researchers to present work in progress. Data presented may be preliminary and presentations do not constitute scientific publications. Data and findings presented at the symposium or included in the abstracts may not be distributed, reported or referenced elsewhere without the written permission of the corresponding (faculty) author.
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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CONFERENCE Student Activities Center, Room 305 Student Presentations (1:00-2:20)
Affective Spaces and Boundaries in Twenty-First Century Horror Films Ashley Barry; Advisors: Susan Scheckel, Justin Johnston (second reader), Department of English
On the Literary Merits of Branching Narratives Danielle Keel; Advisors: Benedict Robinson, Matthew Mosher (second reader), Department of English
George Herbert's "Affliction" Series: Spiritual Growth and Chronology Justin Lerner; Advisors: Douglas Pfeiffer, Bente Videbaek (second reader), Department of English
Reclaiming Dido: Rewriting Lost Perspectives in The Aeneid Jessica Vestuto; Advisors: Douglas Pfeiffer, Peter Manning (second reader), Department of English
Octavio Paz: Reimagining Milton's Fallen Language Deanna Zarrillo; Advisors: Peter Manning, Department of English; Lena Burgos-Lafuente (second reader), Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature
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HISTORY DEPARTMENT CONFERENCE Student Activities Center, Room 304 Student Presentations (10:30-2:45) Welcome. Joel Rosenthal, Department of History
10:45-11:00 "The Figure Before the Booke": The Image of The Mystic Massacre in John Underhill's Newes from America, 1638 Alexandra Zigomalas; Advisor: Ned Landsman, Department of History
11:00-11:15 The History of Asbestos as an Industrial Hazard Matthew Walker; Advisor: Christopher Sellers, Department of History
11:15-11:30 Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction in Baseball Cory Cohen; Advisor: Michael Barnhart, Department of History
11:30-11:45 Cabeza de Vaca Kathryn Maupin; Advisor: Paul Kelton, Department of History
11:45-12:00 For God’s Sake: Implications of Martyrdom on Anabaptist Women in the Martyrs’ Mirror Joseph Magro; Advisor: Joshua Teplitsky, Department of History
12:00-12:15 Optimus Princeps Monumentis: Buildings for the Public Josiah Calise; Advisor: Donna Rilling, Department of History
LUNCH BREAK
1:30-1:45 Through the Mirrors of Other Women: Chinese YWCA Women on Lower-Class Women and the Modern Girl in The Green Year Shuning Feng; Advisor: Iona Man-Cheon, Department of History
1:45-2:00 It Fell With a Splash: From Gunning to Farming Ducks on Long Island Rourke Feinberg; Advisor: Wilbur Miller, Department of History
2:00-2:15 The Production of Empire: Benito Mussolini, the Via dell'Impero, and Scipione l'Africano Isabelle Mitchell; Advisor: Janis Mimura, Department of History
2:15-2:30 Stars, Stripes, and Swastikas: An Examination of the Americanization of the German American Bund Travis Semcken; Advisor: Janis Mimura, Department of History
Closing Remarks & Presentation of Certificates
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PSYCHOLOGY / PSI CHI CONFERENCE Student Activities Center, Room 305 Student Presentations (12:00 – 12:45)
Concurrent Irritability and Anxiety: Risk-Factors for Perpetration and Victimization of Bullying Hung-Wei Chen; Advisor: Johanna Jarcho & Nicholas Eaton, Department of Psychology
Adult Outcomes for Late-Diagnosed Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder Christopher Esposito*; Lee Ann Santore. Advisor: Matthew Lerner, Department of Psychology
Neural Response to Monetary and Social Feedback Jessica Prashad; Advisor: Brady Nelson, Department of Psychology
*POSTER PRESENTATIONS, See Posters/Exhibits #193-218, & 248 in SAC Ballroom A
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WRITING & RHETORIC PROGRAM CONFERENCE Student Activities Center, Room 303 Student Presentations (11:30-2:30) South Africa's Nuclear Rhetoric Kip Daly; Advisor: Robert Kaplan, Program in Writing and Rhetoric
Reconstructing the RhetComp Blog Sampson Berlinski; Advisor: Robert Kaplan, Program in Writing and Rhetoric
The First Amendment at the Heart of Safe Spaces Thor Hawrey; Advisor: Robert Kaplan, Program in Writing and Rhetoric
Cognitive Flexibility and ADHD: The Paradoxical ‘Hyperfocus’ and Its Clinical Implications Steve Carey; Advisor: Robert Kaplan, Program in Writing and Rhetoric
I Am: Building A Community through a Multimedia Blog Megan Cahill-Assenza; Advisor: Cynthia Davidson, Program in Writing and Rhetoric
Analyzing the Use of and Increasing Dependence on Executive Action to Affect Immigration Policy in the United States Karis Tatuska; Advisor: Robert Kaplan, Program in Writing and Rhetoric
The Reversal of Brain Drain: Exploring the Patterns, Causes, Consequences and Solutions Roberta Geffrard; Advisor: Ghanashyam Sharma, Program in Writing and Rhetoric
Examining Culture is Critical in Solving Female Genital Mutilation Jasleen Kaur; Advisor: Ghanashyam Sharma, Program in Writing and Rhetoric
Innovation from Interdisciplinary Education Lopa Shah; Advisor: Kristina Lucenko, Program in Writing and Rhetoric
Electricity Is Not the Answer Fangzhou Wang; Advisor: Ghanashyam Sharma, Program in Writing and Rhetoric
Solution to Abortion? Lin Feng; Advisor: Ghanashyam Sharma, Program in Writing and Rhetoric
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ENGINEERING SENIOR DESIGN PRESENTATIONS Student Activities Center, SAC Auditorium Student Presentations (9:00-11:00)
CHEMICAL & MOLECULAR ENGINEERING (9:00-9:15) Renewable Diesel from Upscaling Biomass Ryan Kerr, Simon Lin, Tak Kit Yeung, Christopher Zambito Faculty Advisor: Devinder Mahajan, Department of Materials Science & Chemical Engineering
ENGINEERING SCIENCE (9:15-9:30) Longboard Charger Aasif Jain, Dohee Kim, Kenneth Luong, Hanjie Tan Faculty Advisor: Jonathan Sokolov, Department of Materials Science & Chemical Engineering
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (9:30-9:45) A BeLocal Senior Design Project: Rice Processing: The Pounding Process Gavyn Hagemann, Eucherius Rosario, Angela Schuler, Tatsuya Tasaki Faculty Advisors: Robert Kukta, Jay Mendelson, Department of Mechanical Engineering
CIVIL ENGINEERING (9:45-10:00) University Library Interior Renovation Nelsy Badia, Xudong Ge, Devan Mosciatti, Christina Rajbahar, Urias Soto Faculty Advisor: Harold Walker, Department of Civil Engineering
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING (10:00-10:15) Wirelessly Powered Bluetooth Mouse Michael D’Agati Faculty Advisor: Milutin Stanacevic, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Computer Vision for Augmented Reality Interaction Himanshu Goel Faculty Advisor: Murali Subbarao, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING (10:15-10:30) ROFLEX: A Wearable System for Teaching, Monitoring, and Correcting Body Movements Amna Haider, Joseph Muller, Jimmy George, Belinda Tang, Yusef Saad-Eldin Faculty Advisors: M. Ete Chan, Helmut H. Strey, Department of Biomedical Engineering
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