Abstract Book Gallogly Events Center Friday, April 8 Mountain Lion Research Day Schedule................................................................................................................... 2 Schedule of Student Talks ....................................................................................................................................... 3 Welcome to the 2016 UCCS Mountain Lion Research Day ..................................................................................... 4 Abstracts ................................................................................................................................................................. 5 Student Speakers .................................................................................................................................................... 5 Biology ......................................................................................................................................... 5 Communication ........................................................................................................................... 5 Electrical and Computer Engineering .......................................................................................... 6 Health Sciences ........................................................................................................................... 7 Physics ......................................................................................................................................... 7 Psychology ................................................................................................................................... 7 College of Business.................................................................................................................................................. 8 Southern Colorado Economic Forum .......................................................................................... 8 College of Education ............................................................................................................................................... 8 Curriculum and Instruction ......................................................................................................... 8 College of Engineering and Applied Sciences ......................................................................................................... 8 Electrical and Computer Engineering .......................................................................................... 8 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ................................................................................... 11 College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences ................................................................................................................... 13 Biology ....................................................................................................................................... 13 Chemistry and Biochemistry ..................................................................................................... 17 English ....................................................................................................................................... 19 Geography and Environmental Studies ..................................................................................... 27 Physics ....................................................................................................................................... 28 Psychology ................................................................................................................................. 29 Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing & Health Sciences ........................................................ 30 Health Sciences ......................................................................................................................... 30 Nursing ...................................................................................................................................... 35 School of Public Affairs ......................................................................................................................................... 36 Undergraduate Research Academy ...................................................................................................................... 37 Biology ....................................................................................................................................... 37 Chancellor’s Leadership Class ................................................................................................... 37 Chemistry and Biochemistry ..................................................................................................... 38 English ....................................................................................................................................... 38 Geography and Environmental Studies ..................................................................................... 38 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ................................................................................... 39 Physics ....................................................................................................................................... 39 Psychology ................................................................................................................................. 39 Centers .................................................................................................................................................................. 40 Biofrontiers ................................................................................................................................ 40 Index ...................................................................................................................................................................... 41 Notes ..................................................................................................................................................................... 47 Featured Speakers ................................................................................................................................................ 49 Keynote Speaker ................................................................................................................................................... 50 Mountain Lion Research Day Schedule Presenter Registration 7:30-8:30 a.m. Gallogly Poster Presentations 8:30-11:00 a.m. Posters are available for viewing all Gallogly morning Student Talks Student speakers will give talks University Center, 116 A & B throughout the morning. 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Welcome & Featured Speaker 8:55 – 9:15 a.m. Stephanie Bontrager Ryon Gallogly Relationships and Research Featured Speaker 11:15-11:30 a.m. Willie Harrison Gallogly Physical-Layer Security and Coimbra, Portugal Luncheon Welcome 11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Kelli Klebe Berger Hall Keynote Speaker 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Anne Libby Berger Hall Research Mentoring as Practice for Lifelong Success Sponsored by the Office of Research, Graduate School, and the El Pomar Institute for Innovation and Commercialization (EPIIC) 2 Schedule of Student Talks Time University Center, room 116A University Center, room 116B Erin Jordan Tom Ebersole Functional Assays of Post Mating-Prezygotic 9:20 - 9:35 a.m. Training for Success: Veterans Transition and Isolating Candidate Genes in Drosophila Communication arizonae and D. mojavensis Paige Whitney 9:40 - 9:55 a.m. Presenteeism and Physical Activity Jennifer Roberts Jackie Cromer 10:00 - 10:15 a.m. The Impact of Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Physics-based models of commercial lithium- Reduction Education on Dementia Worry ion cells Christopher R. Butler McKenna Lovejoy 10:20 - 10:35 a.m. Experimental and calculated studies on the Non-Uniformity Correction using Non-Linear regioselective reduction of 1H-1,2,3-triazole Characteristic Performance Curves for esters Calibration Jewell Anne Lee Hartman Adam Smiley 10:40 - 10:55 a.m. Novel Molecular Metamaterial: Refractive Estimating Battery Age Using an Interacting Index Measurements of Extended Metal Atom Multiple Model Kalman Filter Chains 3 Welcome to the 2016 UCCS Mountain Lion Research Day It is our pleasure to welcome you to Mountain Lion Research Day. This event is held annually to showcase the best and brightest research from UCCS faculty, staff and students. The objectives of Mountain Lion Research Day are to: 1. Create an opportunity to connect colleagues and community members through a unique networking event, 2. Exhibit the breadth and depth of exciting research being conducted at UCCS, and 3. Provide a venue for campus researchers, students in particular, to gain experience presenting and explaining their work to a diverse audience. We are grateful to the UCCS faculty, staff and students who are presenting at this year’s Mountain Lion Research Day for their preparation and hard work. We invite our visitors and guests to enjoy and discover! The El Pomar Institute for Innovation and Commercialization (EPIIC) Terry Boult Tom Duening Michael Larson Chair of Innovation Chair of Business and Chair of Engineering and and Security Entrepreneurship Innovation 4 Abstracts Abstracts represent the research and scholarship of UCCS faculty, staff, students, and external collaborators (E.C.) Student Speakers Biology Experimental and calculated studies