13th Annual SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH S Y M P O S I U M July 30, 2014 Talley Student Center Ballroom - 1 : 0 0 P M U N T I L 5 : 0 0 P M OFFICE OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DIVISION OF ACADEMIC & STUDENT AFFAIRS http://undergradresearch.dasa.ncsu.edu// Office of Undergraduate Research Division of Academic & Student Affairs NC STATE UNIVERSITY Box 7576 / 211Q Park Shops Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7576 919.513.4187 (phone) 919.513.7542 (fax) July 30, 2014 www.ncsu.edu/undergrad-research/ Dear Students and Colleagues: Are you curious and interested in solving problems? Do you look for clues in problem- solving? Do you puzzle over mysteries, whether scientific or literary? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then you are engaged in research. In every field of human inquiry, moreover, learning is equal to research, and in the end our great research universities are measured by their dedication to being places of learning. Since 1992 North Carolina State University has supported the Undergraduate Research Symposium as one of the most important ways in which students can take advantage of being part of this large, complex research community. As a result, our University has emerged as a leader among land-grant Research One institutions in providing opportunities to undergraduates to work beside some of the world's best faculty researchers. Students at North Carolina State have special opportunities that will shape the futures of countless persons. Top-tier research institutions like North Carolina State succeed precisely because they know that the concepts of research, learning, and engagement are reciprocal and reinforcing. Our university provides unparalleled opportunities to engage in cutting edge developments in a host of disciplines. Participation in research, moreover, gives every student the opportunity to gain an edge in admissions to graduate school, to find a first job, to build a career, and, perhaps most important, to become first-hand participants in the process of discovery. The enclosed abstracts are a wonderful reminder of the diversity of our research efforts. They are also a vivid demonstration of our intellectual ambitions and our continuing commitment to innovation in undergraduate education. Each of you -faculty mentors and student researchers- have my personal and professional thanks for making the Symposium a success and for reminding us all of what a special place North Carolina State University is. Sincerely, Dr. Christopher M. Ashwell, Director Office of Undergraduate Research Division of Academic & Student Affairs Office of Undergraduate Research, Division of Academic and Student Affairs Park Shops 211Q, CB 7576, NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7576 The 13th Annual NC State University Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium Agenda The Symposium will be held in the Talley Student Center. 12:00 p.m. Doors open for registration 12:50 p.m. All posters must be up and ready to go by this time. 1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Welcome Welcome Dr. Mike Mullen, Vice Chancellor and Dean Academic and Student Affairs Overview Dr. Christopher Ashwell, Director Office of Undergraduate Research Division of Academic and Student Affairs 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Poster Session I 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Poster Session II 3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Poster Take‐Down 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Reception, and Presentation of Summer Research Certificates by Program Directors and Program Managers Table of Contents LISTING OF POSTERS BY LOCATION 1 ABSTRACTS BY PROGRAM 17 Advanced Materials for Environmental Sustainability 18 ASSIST- NSF ERC Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies REU 24 Computation for Undergraduates in Statistics Program (NCSU CUSP) . 26 GEAR - Global Engagement in Academic Research . 28 IMSD - Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity . 39 Interactive and Intelligent Media REU . 46 MEAS-Wake Tech Program . 53 NC Project Seed (High School) . 57 NC State Independent Researchers . 59 NC State Undergraduate Research Grant Awardee . 79 NSF EFRI-PSBR . 84 NSF ERC FREEDM Systems Center . 87 NSF Integrative Molecular Plant Systems REU . 90 NSF Modeling and Industrial Applied Mathematics REU. 95 NSF Undergraduate Research in Computational Astrophysics . 101 Plant Pathology Kelman Scholars . 105 Triangle MRSEC . 108 ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF LEAD STUDENT PRESENTERS . 112 OVERALL SUMMARY OF PARTICIPANTS AND PRESENTATIONS . 141 Poster Presentations Numerical Order Poster # Student Presenters Project Title Mentors / Co-Authors 1 Shelby Taylor Roland Cloning and Biochemical Characterization of Amy Grunden Biochemistry Thermophilic Proteases for Potential Applications in Microbiology Microalgal Biomass Recycling 2 Jonathan Duran Eagle Auxin Biosynthesis and Its Regulation Jose Alonso Plant and Biology Microbial Biology 3 Maurita Tifquwana Harris Static Images vs Videos and Auditory Instructions Laura Whitlock Psychology When Learning ASL Psychology Anne McLaughlin Psychology 4 Ravyn Sierra Tendai Njagu Does FXR In Vitro High-Throughput Screening Seth Kullman College of Biological Sciences with Predict In Vivo Results? Sciences Human Biology Concentration 5 Allison Lynn Pinosky Low Powered Pulse Oximetry Device Using Novel Alper Bozkurt Elec & Biomedical Engineering Proximity Detector Approach with Energy Comp Engineering Harvesting 6 Alan Kristopher Classification of Seismic Events in the Eastern DelWayne Bohnenstiehl Swartwood Geology Tennessee Seismic Zone Marine,Earth & Amanda Crenshaw Atmospheric Sci Geology; Jeffrey Weis Geology 7 Daniel Scott Schmitt Characterization of Iron Homeostasis Terri Long Plant Biology Biological Science Durreshahwar Muhammad Plant and Microbial Biology; Jeff Gillikin Plant Biology 8 Morgan Roberta Davis Verification of candidate genes for alcohol sensitivity Trudy MacKay Genetics Biology in Drosophila melanogaster 9 Priya Gupta Biomedical The Study of African Cassava Mosaic Virus infection Linda Hanley-Bowdoin Engineering in transgenic Arabidopsis plants Biochemistry Mary Dallas Biochemistry 10 Stephen Gregory Amenity Pond Carbon Cycling Christopher Osburn Richardson Associates in Marine,Earth & science Atmospheric Sci 11 Kellie Katherine Chieu Design of a wearable assistive walking device to Helen Huang Biomedical Biomedical Engineering balance force distribution. Engineering 12 Rebecca Marion Law Evaluating the Strength of Evidence in DUI Cases Brian Reich Statistics Statistics Presented in North Carolina Brady Melton Statistics 13 Crystal Tiangay Sarnor Could Tobacco Phyllopanins Confer Fungal Imara Perera Plant Biology Biology Resistance to Arabidopsis thaliana? 2014 NC State University Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium Page 1 14 Asia Louise Hilliard Reserve Intestinal Epithelial Stem Cells are Resistant Anthony Blikslager Microbiology to Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Department of Clinical Sciences 15 Ebony Danielle Leon “Let’s Agree to Disagree†: The Influence Amy Halberstadt Psychology of Mothers’ Emotion Responses on Conflict Psychology Discussion Strategies 16 Daniel Paul Godfrey Interpreting Clusters of World Cup Tweets Carl Meyer Mathematics Mathematics Carol Sadek Mathematics; Caley Johns Applied Mathematics 17 James Warren Hurt Effect of Cr in NiFeCrCo Alloy on Mechanical Douglas Irving Material Physics Properties: A First-Principles Study Science Engineering Changning Niu Material Science Engineering 18 Amber Brianne Holmes Mathematical Phylogenetics and the Space of Trees Seth Sullivant Mathematics Mathematics Colby Long Mathematics Cody FitzGerald Mathematics; Emily Smith Mathematics; Mercedes Coleman Mathematics 19 Jillian Nicole Perrine Resistance of Phytophthora nicotianae to mefanoxam Asimina Mila Plant Agriculture Education Pathology 20 Marschall Lloyd Furman Investigating the Efficiency of Slime Mold as a Jamian Pacifici Biology Statistics Search Algorithm Wanlin Zheng Statistics; Nicholas Kapur Statistics 21 Annabelle Davey Surface Assembly of Elastin Like Polypeptides Jan Genzer Chemical and Macromolecular Science and Biomolecular Engineering Engineering 22 Omokuyani Chibuzor Modeling the Concentration of Flunixin in Tissue Ronald Baynes Department Udiani Physics Over Time of Population Health and Pathobiology 23 Landon DeNorris Blakey A Mathematical Representation for the Lignin Cranos Williams Elec & Electrical Engineering and Biosynthesis Pathway Comp Engineering Mathematics Erika Parker Chemical Engineering 24 Joseph Ryan Doherty Do Fungicides Affect Quantity and Diversity of James Kerns Plant Turfgrass Science Phyllosphere Microbes? Pathology 25 Tamira-marie Frances The Role of Phosphonositides in Vacuole Fusion and Marcela Rojas-Pierce Bickems Biology Vacuole Dynamics Plant Biology 26 Jared Andrew Cook Parameter Selection Techniques for Nonlinearly Ralph Smith Mathematics Computational Mathematics Parameterized Models Mami Wentworth Nina Ning Mathematics; Mathematics Nicholas Myers Mathematics 27 Brittney V Adams Geology Organic Matter Quality in Greenland Lakes Christopher Osburn 2014 NC State University Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium Page 2 Marine,Earth & Atmospheric Sci 28 Rahma Mohamed Hida A Systematic Review of Publication Trends Across John Begeny Psychology Psychology Seven School Psychology Journals, with a Focus on Examining International and Experimental Research 29 Ashley N. Edwards Applied Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling for Marina Evans Mathematics; Biology Acetone: How Much Do We Really Breathe In? Pharmokinetics Benjamin Freedman Applied Mathematics; Vy Nguyen Applied Mathematics 30