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Undergraduate Research Office Carnegie Mellon UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OFFICE MEETING OF THE MINDS CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OFFICE MEETING OF THE MINDS CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY 2 MEETING OF THE MINDS 2016 WELCOME THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THE ST 21 UNDERGRADUATE ANNUAL MEETING OF RESEARCH THE MINDS. OFFICE This is a true Carnegie Mellon tradition where undergraduate research takes center stage, and where the entire campus gathers at the Cohon University Center to celebrate the creativity, inventiveness, and originality of our students, their mentors, and the collaborations between them. The abstracts in this booklet are a good place to begin as you plan your day and decide whatMEETING you want to see and hear. These projects come alive in a variety of ways: in the poster displays in the hallways as well as in Rangos Ballroom; in the oral presentations in the meeting rooms on the second floor; the art installations in the first floor Connan room; and performances/films in McConomy Auditorium. Please make sure that you visit Wiegand Gym where new additions to our Meeting of the Minds—the IDEATE program and a project-based Biomedical Engineering project—will be wowing you with their new inventions and innovations. Whatever you decide to see and hear—whether it is truly a topicOF of burning intellectual interest THE to you, or perhaps a friend’s presentation, you will undoubtedly learn something new. There are two important times to keep in mind. At 2:30 pm, Provost Farnam Jahanian will deliver a brief talk in the Kirr Commons area on the first floor. We will also hold a drawing of some items during this time—plus, there will be plenty of food. Just MINDSas importantly, our Awards Ceremony begins at 5:00 pm in McConomy Auditorium. Winners of the Meeting of the Minds competitions will be announced and prizes will be awarded.CARNEGIE A listing of all of the MELLON competitions is included UNIVERSITY near the end of this program booklet. Thank you again for coming, and we hope that you enjoy our 21st annual Meeting of the Minds. MEETING OF THE MINDS 2016 3 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OFFICE MEETING OF THE MINDS CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY 4 MEETING OF THE MINDS 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS SPECIAL THANKS . 7 PRESENTATIONSUNDERGRADUATE . RESEARCH. OFFICE. 9 ABSTRACTS . 11 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING . 13 Chemical Engineering . 15 Civil and Environmental Engineering . 36 Electrical and Computer Engineering . 38 MEETINGMaterials Science Engineering . 49 Mechanical Engineering . 67 COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS . 85 Architecture . 87 Art . 87 Design . 92 Drama . 97 CROSS-COLLEGEOF . THE. 99 OFComputer Science and ArtsTHE . 101 Humanities and Arts . 103 Biology and Psychology . 114 Science & Arts . 115 DIETRICH COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES . 117 Economics . 119 Economics and Statistics . .124 MINDSEnglish . .129 Ethics, History, and Public Policy . 133 CARNEGIEHistory . .MELLON . .UNIVERSITY . .134 Information Systems . 138 Linguistics . 140 Modern Languages . 141 MEETING OF THE MINDS 2016 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS DIETRICH COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES (CONT.) Philosophy . 141 PsychologyOFFICE OFFICE . RESEARCH RESEARCH . .UNDERGRADUATE UNDERGRADUATE 142 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OFFICE Self-defined . 148 Social and Decision Sciences . 150 Statistics . .153 MELLON COLLEGE OF SCIENCE . 165 Biological Sciences . 167 Chemistry . 179 Mathematics . MEETING MEETING 188 MEETING Physics . 197 SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE . 203 Computational Biology . 205 Computer Science . 205 Human Computer Interaction . 226 Robotics Institute . 227 SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES SCHOLARS . THE .THE . .OF OF 219 OF THE TEPPER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS . 243 Business Administration . 245 Computational Finance . 248 Economics . 249 IDeATe PRESENTATIONS . .251 SPECIAL COMPETITIONS . .MINDS MINDS 257 MINDS DONORS & SPONSORS . .UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY . .MELLON MELLON . .CARNEGIE CARNEGIE 267 CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY INDEX OF PARTICIPANTS BY DEPARTMENT . 275 INDEX OF PARTICIPANTS BY STUDENT . 283 6 MEETING OF THE MINDS 2016 SPECIAL THANKS WE EXTEND OUR SPECIAL THANKS TO: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OFFICE RESEARCH UNDERGRADUATE ■ COLLEGEUNDERGRADUATE OF ENGINEERING DEAN’S OFFICE RESEARCH FOR THE MID-AFTERNOON OFFICE WELCOME ■ INTEGRATIVE DESIGN, ARTS & TECHNOLOGY NETWORK (IDeATe) FOR THE WIEGAND GYM PRESENTATIONS ■ SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE DEAN’S OFFICE FOR THE JUDGES’ RECEPTION THIS SYMPOSIUM WAS FUNDED BY THE OFFICE OF THE PROVOST AND THE MEETING UNDERGRADUATEMEETING RESEARCH OFFICE. Many thanks to Kourtney Bandish, Amy Burkert, Rachel Chang, Catherine Copetas, Thomas Cortina, Kelly Delaney, Joanna Dickert, Susan Finger, Marcia Gerwig, M. Stephanie Murray, Kurt Larsen, Shannon Lin, Emily Mohn-Slate, Shoba Subramanian, Joanne Ursenbach, Jen Weidenhof, Conrad Zapanta, MediaTech, Culinart Catering Staff, Cohon University Center Staff, AlphaGraphics, A.G. Trimble Company, Miss Elaineous Balloons, OF THE OF and allOF the other wonderful students THE and staff who make this event work. MINDS MINDS CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY MELLON CARNEGIE CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY MEETING OF THE MINDS 2016 7 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OFFICE MEETING OF THE MINDS CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY Please note: Research project titles, student names, advisor names and abstracts were submitted by the student researchers. Due to the great number of students and the large volume of text contained in this booklet, it is impossible for the Undergraduate Research Office to ensure the accuracy or omission of information submitted for publication. 8 MEETING OF THE MINDS 2016 PRESENTATIONS DESCRIPTIONS OF TYPES OF PRESENTATIONS STUDENTSUNDERGRADUATE WHO ARE PRESENTING AT THE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM COULD OFFICESIGN UP TO DO ONE OF FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRESENTATIONS: POSTER PRESENTATIONS 1 Students will be standing by their posters for two hours to answer questions. Students participating in the Sigma Xi poster competition will be by their posters from 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. in Rangos 2 and 3. Students participating in the CIT poster competition will be byMEETING their posters from 12 noon to 2:30 p.m. in Rangos 1. Students participating in the general poster session will be by their posters from 12 noon until 2:30 p.m. or from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. in the common areas of the Cohon University Center, including the Wiegand Gym. Please feel free to wander through the poster presentations and ask questions of the students. ORAL PRESENTATIONS 2 Students have been assigned a 20-minute time slot and will be located in one of six roomsOF along the second floor corridorTHE(Dowd, Pake, McKenna, Peter, Wright or Class of ’87). Students have been instructed to prepare a 10-minute oral presentation about their research, leaving five minutes for questions from the audience and five minutes to gather up their materials and make way for the next presentation. VISUAL ARTS 3 Students’ work is displayed in the Connan Room and other areas of the Cohon University Center. Students will be standing by their work from 12 noon until 2:30 p.m. or fromMINDS 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. to answer questions. CARNEGIEPERFORMING ARTS PRESENTATIONS MELLON UNIVERSITY 4 Students will perform in McConomy Auditorium at a time assigned to them. They have been instructed to leave time after their performance for discussion with the audience. MEETING OF THE MINDS 2016 9 10 MEETING OF THE MINDS 2016 ABSTRACTS MEETING OF THE MINDS 2016 11 12 MEETING OF THE MINDS 2016 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING MEETING OF THE MINDS 2016 13 14 MEETING OF THE MINDS 2016 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2-D MODELING OF GENIPIN DIFFUSION-REACTION KINETICS WITHIN INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSMS STUDENT Charles Webb Chemical Engineering ADVISOR Christopher Bettinger Materials Science and Engineering ROOM/TIME Rangos 2&3/Sigma Xi Group 5 / 10:00 am Currently, the Bettinger Lab is working on developing a drug eluting coating for endovascular coils to improve the treatment of intracranial aneurysms. Material selection for the coil coating will be important in this process as it will affect the elution rate of the drug used, which will impact the effectiveness of the treatment as quantified by crosslinking of the clot formed by coil embolization. To determine the best material for this task, properties such as diffusion rate must be examined and their effect on crosslinking evaluated. A two dimensional model simulating a cross-section of an aneurysm containing coils was developed with the ability to alter the properties of the coil coating to assist with this. Information obtained from this model will be used to determine the ideal properties of the material, focusing the search for a material and saving time and resources. A more developed version of this model will hopefully be able to be compared with results from in vivo and in vitro studies using the results of the model to compare both the treatment and model effectiveness and improve the model if possible. A QCM STUDY ON ADSORPTION STUDENT Zachary Blonder Chemical Engineering ADVISOR Nisha Shukla Chemical Engineering ROOM/TIME Kirr Commons-1st Floor, Window side / 3-5 pm Quantum dots have uses in various branches of scientific research. Different conditions and chemical species that quantum dots are exposed to may drastically affect the performance of the quantum dots. Through use of a Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM), the effects of various media are analyzed by comparing the relative adsorption onto quantum dot surfaces. Quantum dots are held on the surface of a QCM sensor, and exposed to flows of various different media. Mass uptake onto the quantum dots is measured by the QCM, and relative
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