PROGRAM GUIDE APRIL 5, 2016 Quest A forum for student scholarship 1 2 FORWARD We sincerely congratulate each of the student presenters and faculty mentors for QUEST: A Forum for Student Scholarship. This year’s program includes more than 370 student participants. Now in its 27th year, QUEST has become a Youngstown State University tradition of excellence in academic achievement, innovation, discovery, and scholarship. QUEST recognizes the outstanding scholarly achievements by our outstanding YSU students, working in collaboration with equally outstanding faculty mentors The QUEST committee and University administration are grateful for the guidance and commitment of Youngstown State University’s dedicated faculty in providing inspiration, motivation, and support for their students and making these presentations possible. Many of these presentations represent scholarly endeavors made possible through individual faculty grants, as well as through support from the Office of Research University Research Council grants. We encourage QUEST participants to actively engage in and appreciate the scholarly activities of one other, seeking to discover new knowledge within those exciting interdisciplinary collaborations. In addition to serving as a forum which summarizes prior success, we hope that QUEST serves as a starting point for new partnerships, collaborations, and discovery amongst students and faculty from all of our academic disciplines. Michael A. Hripko Associate Vice President for Research Youngstown State University 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We appreciate the ongoing support for QUEST 2016 from the following individuals, organizations, and programs: YSU Board of Trustees YSU Faculty YSU President, Mr. James P. Tressel YSU Provost Dr. Martin A. Abraham YSU Foundation, Mr. Paul McFadden, President YSU Honors College Students and Director, Dr. Amy Cossentino Undergraduate Research Council (URC) Grant Program College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Beeghly College of Education Bitonte College Of Health And Human Services College Of Creative Arts and Communications College Of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Williamson College of Business Administration Kilcawley Center Staff YSU Office of Marketing Communications Chartwells Special Thanks to Dr. Jeff Coldren for his ongoing leadership and efforts in support of QUEST. 4 QUEST 2016: A Forum for Student Scholarship Sessions, Topics, and Rooms 8:30 – 10:00 – Session 1a – Posters (Biology) – Ohio Room 8:30 – 10:00 – Session 1b – Posters (Electrical Engineering) – Bresnahan 1 & 2 8:30 – 10:00 – Session 2 – Oral Presentations Environmental Studies - Coffelt Engineering (Graduate) - Jones STEM - Humphrey Computer Science & Mechanical Engineering I - James Gallery 10:30 – 12:00 – Session 3a – Posters (COFSP - Seniors) – Ohio Room 10:30 – 12:00– Session 3b – Posters (COFSP) – Bresnahan 1 & 2 10:30 – 12:00 – Session 4 – Oral Presentations Business – Coffelt Psychology – Jones Respiratory Care I – Humphrey Mechanical Engineering – James Gallery 12:00 – 1:15 – Luncheon & Keynote Speaker – Chestnut Room 1:30 – 3:00 - Session 5a – Posters (Chemistry) – Ohio Room 1:30 – 3:00 – Session 5b – Posters (STEM) – Bresnahan 1 & 2 1:30 – 3:00 – Session 6 – Oral Presentations Communication, Counseling, & Education - Coffelt Anthropology & Geography - Jones Respiratory Care II – Humphrey Electrical Engineering I – James Gallery 3:30 – 5:00 – Session 7a – Posters (HHS) – Ohio Room 3:30 – 5:00 – Session 7b – Posters (Criminal Justice) – Bresnahan 1 & 2 3:30 – 5:00 - Session 8 - Oral Presentations Writing & Ethnicity - Coffelt Dental Hygiene – Jones Music – Humphrey Electrical Engineering II – James Gallery 5 QUEST 2016: A Forum for Student Scholarship Projects organized by sessions and topics Session 1a 8:30 -10:00 Biology Room: Ohio Poster Protein Expression of C2C12 Cells (Project ID: 151) Allison Guerrieri, Catherine Grabowski, Coral Li Biochemistry Faculty sponsor(s): Gary R. Walker Session 1a 8:30 -10:00 Biology Room: Ohio Poster A Water Quality Analysis of Costa Rica’s Sarapiqui and Puerto Viejo Rivers (Project ID: 100) Austin Cunningham, Mike Dercoli, Taryn Hanna, Isaac Pearce, and Joanna Schnell. Biology Faculty sponsor(s): Carl G. Johnston Session 1a 8:30 -10:00 Biology Room: Ohio Poster Identifying peptides that bind to Human Serum Albumin using Phage Display for the development of sensors that detect injury in military personnel. (Project ID: 51) Bill Rees, George Kubas Biology Faculty sponsor(s): Diana L. Fagan Session 1a 8:30 -10:00 Biology Room: Ohio Poster Histological Analysis of Surgical Wound Healing (Project ID: 334) Coral Z. Li, Marta Burak Biology Faculty sponsor(s): Mark D. Womble Session 1a 8:30 -10:00 Biology Room: Ohio Poster Induction of the QA-Y and QA-1F Genes in Neurospora crassa at Differing Times of Quinic Acid Exposure (Project ID: 142) Kory George Biology Faculty sponsor(s): David K. Asch Session 1a 8:30 -10:00 Biology Room: Ohio Poster The Effect of Soothing Audio or Visual Stimuli on the Galvanic Skin Response (Project ID: 362) Michaela Randall, Hannah Grimes, Carmen Moradian, Alexa Schmidt Biology Faculty sponsor(s): Johanna Krontiris-Litowitz 6 Session 1a 8:30 -10:00 Biology Room: Ohio Poster Quantitation and Characterization of Collagen Oxidation in TGF- Beta Stimulated Fibroblast Cultures (Project ID: 98) Muhammad Erfan Uddin, Trisha Krstinovski Biology Faculty sponsor(s): Johanna Krontiris-Litowitz Session 1a 8:30 -10:00 Biology Room: Ohio Poster Phage Display Technology to Identify a Peptide Ligand to Bind to Type 8 Capsular Polysaccharide of Staphylococcus aureus (Project ID: 136) Nina Lenkey, Joshua Fowler Biology Faculty sponsor(s): Diana L. Fagan Session 1a 8:30 -10:00 Biology Room: Ohio Poster A Long Term Care Emergency Preparedness Planning Analysis of Mahoning County (Project ID: 345) Rachelle Fair, Michael Buchenic Biology Pre Medical Faculty sponsor(s): Daniel J. Van Dussen Session 1a 8:30 -10:00 Biology Room: Ohio Poster Antibody Production Directed Against Type 5 and Type 8 Staphylococcus aureus (Project ID: 370) Rayann Atway Biology Faculty sponsor(s): Diana L. Fagan Session 1a 8:30 -10:00 Biology Room: Ohio Poster Investigation of Peroxidase Oxidation of Human Fibroblast Collagen (Project ID: 356) Trisha Krstinovski, Muhammad Erfan Uddin Biology Pre Medical Faculty sponsor(s): Johanna Krontiris-Litowitz Session 1a 8:30 -10:00 Biology Room: Ohio Poster Phytoremediation of Lead Contaminated Soil from an Abandoned Urban Lot (Project ID: 204) Yener Ulus Biology Faculty sponsor(s): Carl G. Johnston 7 Session 1a 8:30 -10:00 Biology Room: Ohio Poster Restoration of Melanin in Albino Mutant of Fonseace monophora can Reverse Its Pathogenicity to the Heterologous Insect Host Galleria mellonella (Project ID: 106) Yinghui Liu Biology Faculty sponsor(s): Chester R. Cooper, Liyan Xi Session 1a 8:30 -10:00 Biology Room: Ohio Poster Regulation of Cell-Wall Biosynthesis by the yakA Gene of the Dimoprhic, Pathogenic Fungus Penicillium marneffei (Project ID: 107) Zackery Zuga, Sarah Eisnaugle, Josh Engle, Sumanun Suwunnakorn Biology Faculty sponsor(s): Chester R. Cooper, Nongnuch Vanittanakom Session 1a 8:30 -10:00 Biology Room: Ohio Poster Effects of fluoride on pineal morphology in rats (Project ID: 387) Aaron Mrvelj Biology Faculty sponsor(s): Mark Womble Session 1b 8:30 -10:00 Electrical Engineering Room: Bresnahan 1 & 2 Poster RC Pathfinder (Project ID: 265) Bradlee Roberts, Stephen Schlitt, William Santos Elect Engr Comp Digital Opt Faculty sponsor(s): Jalal Jalali Session 1b 8:30 -10:00 Electrical Engineering Room: Bresnahan 1 & 2 Poster Locomotive Control Board (Project ID: 180) Christopher Poullas, Stuart Blank, Thomas Hornung Engineering Electrical Faculty sponsor(s): Jalal Jalali Session 1b 8:30 -10:00 Electrical Engineering Room: Bresnahan 1 & 2 Poster Image Recognition Protection System (Project ID: 154) Karan Eunni, Nicolette Allen, Nathan Niemi Electrical Engineering Faculty sponsor(s): Jalal Jalali 8 Session 1b 8:30 -10:00 Electrical Engineering Room: Bresnahan 1 & 2 Poster The Digital Theremin (Project ID: 188) Ryan Thomas, Donald Koehler, Ahmed Alghamdi Elect Engr Comp Digital Opt Faculty sponsor(s): Jalal Jalali Session 1b 8:30 -10:00 Electrical Engineering Room: Bresnahan 1 & 2 Poster Modcopter (Project ID: 8) Stephen Koulianos, Garrett McIntyre, James Carter, Lucas Ciprian, Cory Thomas Elect Engr Comp Digital Opt Faculty sponsor(s): Jalal Jalali Session 1b 8:30 -10:00 Electrical Engineering Room: Bresnahan 1 & 2 Poster Home Automation System (Project ID: 148) Sultan Almujil. Ali Dhiaaaldeen, Abdulrhman Alshahrani Electrical Engineering Faculty sponsor(s): Jalal Jalali Session 1b 8:30 -10:00 Electrical Engineering Room: Bresnahan 1 & 2 Poster Robotic Packing (Project ID: 344) Xinyuan Li Electrical Engineering Faculty sponsor(s): Jalal Jalali Session 2 8:30 - 10:00 Environmental Studies Room: Coffelt Oral Overall Nutrient Removal from a Constructed Wetland into a Pond Water System (Project ID: 7) Charles Dawson, Katherine Pitcairn Environmental Studies Faculty sponsor(s): Felicia P. Armstrong Session 2 8:30 - 10:00 Environmental Studies Room: Coffelt Oral Comparing Methods of Soil Particle Size Analysis (Project ID: 366) Jacon Taylor Environmental Studies Faculty sponsor(s): Felicia P. Armstrong Session 2 8:30 - 10:00 Environmental Studies Room: Coffelt Oral Assessing diatom community response to seasonal environmental change in Meander Creek Reservoir (Project ID: 310) Jessica Crawford Environmental