WELCOME TO THE

9TH ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

1:00 PM - 6:00 PM

STUDENT CENTER BALLROOM

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014

SPRING SYMPOSIUM & AWARDS

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9TH ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SPRING SYMPOSIUM

Events Page(s)OralPresentations 3‐7PosterPresentationsSession 8‐21OralPresentationIndex 22‐23PosterPresentationIndex 24‐26Recognitions 27

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Events TimesOralPresentations 1:00‐4:30PMPosterSession 3:00‐4:30PMReception 4:30‐5:15PMAwardsCeremony 5:15PM

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ORAL PRESENTATIONS STUDENT CENTER, 3RD FLOOR

SessionA:BiomedicalEngineeringStudentCenterRoom319

Moderator:Ms.CarolineAnderson,C2D2

1:00 TNFαandShearStressRegulationofCathepsinKactivityinthecontextofSickleCellDiseaseSuhaasAnbazhakan,BMEDMentor:Dr.ManuPlatt,BMED

1:20 AntioxidantsAttenuatePhosphorylationofSmad2andSmad3TranscriptionFactorsFollowingTGFβStimulationChristopherArencibia,BMEDMentor:Dr.MelissaKemp,BMED

1:40 DifferencesBetweenNeonatalandAdultFibrinClots:ImplicationsonTreatmentofPost‐CardiopulmonaryBypassBleedingRileyHannan,BIOMentor:Dr.ThomasBarker,BMED

2:00 ProteasesandfeedbackmechanismsinbreastcancermetastasisCharleneWalton,BMEDMentor:Dr.ManuPlatt,BMED

SessionB:ElectricalandComputerEngineering&AerospaceEngineeringStudentCenterRoom343

Moderator:Mr.FredRascoe,Library

1:00 ObjectDiscoveryServicesforCryptographicallyCuratedFileSystemPriyaBajaj,EEMentor:Dr.JohnCopeland,ECE

1:20 MagneticTongueTrackingforSpeechTherapyShurjoBanerjee,CMPEMentor:Dr.MaysamGhovanloo,ECE

1:40 PilotResponsestoTrafficEventsDuringNextGenOperationsinHighTrafficDensityTerminalAreasDhruvThakkar,AEMentor:Dr.AmyPritchett,AE

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SessionC:InternationalAffairs,History,Technology,andSociety,&Literature,Media,andCommunicationStudentCenterRoom301

Moderator:Mr.RobRogers,C2D2

1:00 IranStateCollapse:MilitaryMissionsandPolicyforSecuringPotentialIranianNuclearWeaponSitesShaudieFassih,IAMLMentor:Dr.MargaretKosal,INTA

1:20 UnderstandingtheDistrustofAmericanMedicineamongSouthernAfricanAmericanMenJoyceDanielleSharpe,HTSMentor:Dr.JenniferSingh,HTS

1:40 “ThePowertoKeepThemApart”:TheReinforcementofGenderStereotypesinPrescriptionDirect‐To‐ConsumerAdvertisingElizabethWarden,HTSMentor:Dr.JenniferSingh,HTS

2:00 TooBigaStorm:TheComplicatedAtmosphereAroundWomen’sSexualProblemsAprilMartin,HTSMentor:Dr.JenniferSingh,HTS

2:20 YoungChildren’sSomaticEngagementwithRhymingGamesinOral,Print,andDigitalMediaGrivaPatel,CMMentor:Dr.KrystinaMadej,LMC

SessionD:AppliedPhysiologyandBiology

StudentCenterRoom320Moderator:Dr.TrisUtschig,CETL

1:00 NeuralActivationPatternsArisingfromtheIdentificationofGesturesSumiaBasunia,BIOMentor:Dr.LewisWheaton,AP

1:20 SequencevariationamongmembersofthemiR‐200microRNAfamilyiscorrelatedwithvariationintheabilitytoinducehallmarksofmesenchymal‐epithelialtransitioninovariancancercellsAshleyReavis,BMEDMentor:Dr.JohnMcDonald,BIO

1:40 Callophycussp:AContinualSourceofNovelTherapeuticsDavidBrumley,BCHMMentor:Dr.JuliaKubanek,BIO

2:00 AquaticBiomassforAnimalProductioninDevelopingNationsCatherineKwon,BMEDAlexandraGeorge,CEMentor:Dr.RobertWallace,GTRI

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SessionE:EarthandAtmosphericSciences&ChemistryandBiochemistryStudentCenterRoom321

Moderator:Dr.StevenGirardot,OUE

SessionF:BiomedicalEngineeringStudentCenterRoom343

Moderator:Mr.MichaelLaughter,CommunicationCenter

1:00 ChemicalCompositiononMars'CratersJiaweiLi,CEMentor:Dr.JamesWray,EAS

1:20 SidebandSuppressiononaTrappedIonQubitKarlBurkhardt,CHEMMentor:Dr.KenBrown,CHEM&BCHM

1:40 ReducingAddressingErrorsThroughMultipleLoopedSequenceJohnAddison,PHYSMentor:Dr.KennethBrown,CHEM&BCHM

2:00 EffectofParticleAffinityonFibrinGelContractionInducedbyPlatelets‐likeParticlesKabirDhada,CHEMMentor:Dr.L.AndrewLyon,CHEM&BCHM

2:30 ThesicklingofsickleredbloodcellsincreasessphingomyelinaseactivityYuying(Silvia)Zhang,BMEDMentor:Dr.EdwardBotchwey,BMED

2:50 Cellularmechanismsofhigh‐frequencynerveconductionblockRachelHeckman,BIOMentor:Dr.RobertButera,BMED

3:10 TestingDETECTforCommercialUseChuyuDeng,BMEDMentor:Dr.MichelleLaPlaca,BMED

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SessionG:MechanicalEngineeringStudentCenterRoom321

Moderator:Ms.SallyHammock,CAE

SessionH:PhysicsandPsychologyStudentCenterRoom319

Moderator:Dr.KarenAdams,Fellowships

2:30 ImageProcessingforMuscleInspiredRobotSeanKilbride,MEMentor:Dr.JunUeda,ME

2:50 DirectMeasurementofColloidalStabilityusingAtomicForceMicroscopyYuHuang,ChBEMentor:Dr.ToddSulchek,ME

3:10 FluidPenetrationIntoPorousMediaDuringSlotDieCoatingJoshuaEbin,MEMentor:Dr.TequilaHarris,ME

3:30 HydraulicallyPoweredStart‐StopSystemsforUseinDieselPoweredSchoolBusesNathanSacks,MEBrentBarnes,MEMentor:Dr.MichaelLeamy,ME

3:50 AdvancedTactileSensingForModularRoboticAssemblyBench:AcousticSensingCalebAmaram,MEMentor:Dr.JunUeda,ME

2:30 UsingaRobottoStudytheEvolutionofLeggedLocomotionBenjaminMcInroe,PHYSMentor:Dr.DanielGoldman,PHYS

2:50 ActiveEngagementofOlderAdults’InteractionwithParoShawnKemple,BMEDMentor:Dr.WendyRogers,PSY

3:10 ComputationalDeterminationofSmallMoleculePermeabilityConnerHerndon,PHYSMentor:Dr.JamesGumbart,PHYS

3:30 BiaxialProbeRotationinLow‐Temperature,HighMagneticFieldApplicationsNickSelby,MEMentor:Dr.WeiPan,SandiaNationalLabs

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SessionI:IndustrialandSystemsEngineering&ComputingStudentCenterRoom320

Moderator:Ms.KenyaPayton,Math

SessionJ:BiologyStudentCenterRoom301

Moderator:Dr.NirmalTrivedi,CAE

2:30 AlgorithmswithPerformanceGuaranteesforDecentralizedAgentCoordinationZacharySuffern,CSMentor:Dr.CraigTovey,ISyE

2:50 EquipmentEnergyandCostAnalysisofGTLibraryInactivityPeriodErinLightfoot,IEMentor:Dr.ValerieThomas,ISyE

3:10 ParameterEstimationforaCoronaryHeartDiseaseSimulationJohnChow,IEMentor:Dr.TurgayAyer,ISyE

3:30 LearningaContiguityBasedHierarchicalTaskModelfromDemonstrationLeoRossignac‐Milon,CSMentor:Dr.AndreaThomaz,CS

3:50 ASLSmartSignBrowserTriggerOliverGoldbart,CSIshaanGrover,CSMentor:Dr.HarleyHamilton,IC

2:50 Rolesofproteinsequenceandcellenvironmentincross‐speciestransmissionandamyloidinterferenceKudoJang,BIOMentor:Dr.YuryChernoff,BIO

3:10 MetatranscriptomicAnalysisofDeep‐SeaEndosymbiontsinResponsetoVariationinElectronDonorSpeciesAbigailShockey,BIOMentor:Dr.FrankStewart,BIO

3:30 StudiesofDōngchóngxiàcǎo(“winterworm,springgrass”)asapossiblesourceofinhibitorsofsphingolipidbiosynthesisCourtneyWidjaja,BIOMentor:Dr.AlMerrill,BIO

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1 RegressionAnalysisModelforPredictingConstructionCostIndex

SeungHoShin,IEMentor:Dr.BaabakAshuri,BC

2 StudyingTeachers’OpinionsAbouttheUseofPixelSpreadsheettoTeachComputingLiteracy TamaraCorbett,CMMentor:Dr.MarkGuzdial,CS

3 SQLAuto‐tutor WilliamHolton,CSMentor:Dr.MayurNaik,CS

4 LargeScaleNearestNeighborGraphforThePurposeofFeatureRelationships AlexanderNeal,CSMentor:Dr.DanielCastroChin,CS

5 SmartMirror SamSkinner,CSVikramJainJr.,CSMentor:Dr.IrfanEssa,CS

6 SilentSpeechRecognition:ANewAgeofNo‐VoiceCommands PavleenThukral,CSMentor:Dr.ThadStarner,CS

7 AnnotatedVideoDataset PatrickViolette,CSMentor:Dr.DanielCastro,CS

8 FIDOProject:WAGGIN,anAdaptableWearableCommunicationSystemforWorkingDogs JayZuerndorfer,CSLilyBurkeen,MEMentor:Dr.MelodyJackson,CS

9 CaptioningonGlass JayZuerndorfer,CSMentor:Dr.ThadStarner,CS

POSTER SESSION STUDENT CENTER BALLROOM 3:00 - 4:30 PM

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10 LatentGesture:ActiveUserAuthenticationthroughBackgroundTouchAnalysisSamuelClarke,CSMentor:Dr.PoloChau,CSE

11 InteractiveMulti‐resolutionExplorationofMillionNodeGraphswithMemoryMapping Zhiyuan"Jerry"Lin,CSMentor:Dr.DuenHorng(Polo)Chau,CSE

12 EBirdAnalysis:ExploringhiddencommunitiesandkeynodesintheEBirdnetwork PremkumarSaravanan,CSMentor:Dr.BistraDilkina,CSE

13 ImmigrantWomen’sTraditionalPracticesinManagingHealthandWellness:OpportunitiesforHCI VictoriaAyo,CMMentor:Dr.RebeccaGrinter,IC

14 Evaluatingtwoapproachestomeasuringinfantsmilingbehavior RachaelRuskin,PSYZachJacokes,PSYChelseaCrow,PSYMentor:Dr.AgataRozga,IC

15 SwirlHeatReleaseDistributionsforLiquidFueledHighShearSwirlerConfigurations KatherineDurden,AEColeTurner,MEMentor:Dr.TimLieuwen,AE

16 BoundaryLayerDevelopmentinFlowswithAddedFrictionandHeatinExpandableTestSections MrigankaGhosh,AEMentor:Dr.DavidScarborough,AE

17 FlashbackRiskMitigationinaPremixedGaseousFuelSystem TimothyHeffner,MEAaronBlacker,AEMentor:Dr.TimLieuwen,AE

18 DeterminationofSlungLoadDivergenceSpeedUsingAirloadMeasurementandSimulation BrandonLiberi,AEMentor:Dr.NarayananM.Komerath,AE

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19 OptimizationofPropellerEfficiencyForMinimizedPowerConsumptioninAircraftThroughtheUseofVariablePitchPropellersLloydMaza,AEKevinReilley,AEMentor:Dr.EricFeron,AE

20 ParametricStudyofBio‐InspiredPassiveSeparationControlMechanisms MichaelStearns,AEMentor:Dr.MarilynSmith,AE

21 GuidedhumanmicroRNAknockdownbyengineeredendonucleases(EENs) CalebAppleton,BMEDMentor:Dr.GangBao,BMED

22 EvaluationoftheeffectofInterleukin‐4onpro‐inflammatorymacrophages SheridanCarroll,BMEDInthuSomasuntharam,BMEDMentor:Dr.MichaelDavis,BMED

23 Optimizationofanarrowheadelectrodedesignforepimysialadhesionofastretchablemicroneedleelectrodearray AshtonCheek,BMEDMentor:Dr.StephenDeWeerth,BMED

24 FrameworkforOptogeneticControlofNeuralActivityinaCorticalNetworkModelWilliamHendry,BMEDMentor:Dr.GarrettStanley,BMED

25 CytotoxicEvaluationofTriphenylmethanes(TPMs)onCancerCells SaraKhalek,BMEDMentor:Dr.KathleenMcNeeley,BMED

26 MyeloidCellActivationinSickleCellDisease:TheRoleofDysregulatedSphingolipidMetabolismintheDiseaseState AliciaLane,BIOMentor:Dr.EdwardBotchwey,BMED

27 Finiteelementsimulationsofcomprehensivemitralvalvemodel MarcelPena,BMEDMentor:Dr.MilanToma,BMED

28 SensoryThresholdinaTwoPerturbationTask MelissaPuntkattalee,BCHMMentor:Dr.GarrettStanley,BMED

29 Onlineseizuredetectionforaclosed‐loopoptogeneticsinvestigationofanoveltherapyfortemporallobeepilepsy BaharRahsepar,BMEDMentor:Dr.RobertGross,BMED

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30 DiscoveringCorticalMapsThroughOpticalImaging:MethodsandClassificationofaDirectionTuningMap DylanRichards,BMEDMentor:Dr.GarrettStanley,BMED

31 AHeuristicModelofWorkingMemoryGinaYu,BMEDMentor:Dr.EberhardVoit,BMED

32 Sidewalk/TreeEncroachmentinAtlanta RyanLiu,CERodrigueGuissou,CEMentor:Dr.RandallGuensler,CEE

33 CorrelationbetweenEpithelial‐MesenchymalTransitionandMechanicalChangesinBreastCancerCells QuangMinhKieu,ChBEMentor:Dr.MichelleDawson,ChBE

34 ProtractedColoredNoiseDynamicsofMolecularSystems OliviaMcGahan,ChBEMentor:Dr.PeterLudovice,ChBE

35 TaxolResistanceAltersOvarianCancerCellAdhesionKineticsandStrength KrishanPatel,ChBENitiKhambhati,BCHMMentor:Dr.MichelleDawson,ChBE

36 ComputerSimulationofSyntheticElastinBindingDomains AndrewRohskopf,MEMentor:Dr.PeterLudovice,ChBE

37 TheEffectofProteinNanoparticlesonImmuneResponseinDendriticcells SamanthaStadmiller,BCHMMentor:Dr.JulieChampion,ChBE

38 ChemicallyAmplified,Positive‐TonePolynorborneneDielectrics AlexandraSutlief,ChBEMentor:Dr.PaulKohl,ChBE

39 EnhancedInfraredMolecularSensingviaLocalizedSurfacePlasmonResonances(LSPRs)inSilicon‐dopedNanowires EmilyTucker,ChBEMentor:Dr.MichaelFiller,ChBE

40 SOAFormationfromReactionofB‐pineneandNO3Radical DebraWu,ChBESiriKore,ChBEMentor:Dr.NgaLeeNg,ChBE

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41 OptimizationofrecombinantproteinexpressionandsecretionfromanE.colisystem TianBoYang,ChBEMentor:Dr.RachelChen,ChBE

42 ApplicationofReactionKineticsModelingtoPolynucleotideReplicationbyNon‐EnzymaticMeans ToddZhen,ChBEMentor:Dr.F.JosephSchork,ChBE

43 DecompositionandClassificationofPeripheralNerveActivity PaulBunch,CMPEMentor:Dr.RobertButera,ECE

44 EffectsofWirelessChannelonReceivedPowerOptimizedWaveforms DanielCanales,EEAlexCheu,EERichardLee,EEMentor:Dr.GregoryDurgin,ECE

45 InteractiveEarTrainingTooltoImproveChordRecognition AlanDong,ECEShaiMessingher,ECEMentor:Dr.Chin‐HuiLee,ECE

46 DiscriminationofTexturalStimuliUsingNoninvasivePeripheralNervousSystemRecording AnnaHarrison,BMEDMentor:Dr.RobertButera,ECE

47 CreatingaCochlearImplantationTrainingDeviceforSurgeonsUsing3‐DPrintingSamirJain,BMEDMentor:Dr.PamelaBhatti,ECE

48 DeepLearningforDataFusioninaMultimodalTongueDriveSystem MatthewO'Shaughnessy,EEHelenLi,EEVirginiaDobson,EEMentor:Dr.DavidAnderson,ECE

49 HIVE OlayemiOlubowale,BIOWarrenWilliams,BAMishaDesai,IEAbbeySiebart,ChBEPatrickKelly,BAMilliePryphun,MEAlexStelea,CSMentor:Dr.RobertButera,ECE

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50 MalleableWires TaylorPowell,ECEMentor:Dr.AlenkaZajic,ECE

51 ExploitingInkjetPrintingTechnologyinDevelopingEnergyHarvestingAntennasIkennaUzoije,CMPEGeorgeUdeochu,CMPEChrisBeaulieu,CMPEJingyuanLiang,CMPEMentor:Dr.FrancescoAmato,ECE

52 VideoBasedHealthMonitoringDavidWhitney,EEXuefengJin,EEMentor:Dr.GhassanAlRegib,ECE

53 RobustOptimizationinDemandResponseReductionScheduling HongfanChen,IEMentor:Dr.Xu(Andy)Sun,ISyE

54 CostBenefitAnalysisofReducingGreenhouseGasEmissionsinAtlantaAnikaDhamodharan,IEMentor:Dr.ValerieThomas,ISyE

55 ManagingtheSpecializedNutritiousFoodsSupplyChaininZambia MoorissaTjokro,IEMentor:Dr.DimaNazzal,ISyE

56 ALogisticRegression/BayesianAdaptivePsychometricMethodforNCAABasketballPrediction HaoxiangYang,IEMentor:Dr.JoelSokol,ISyE

57 Dynamicsofantbivouacs RaghurajChauhan,MEMentor:Dr.DavidHu,ME

59 HowtoCatchaFly:StudyofFluidMechanicsbehindFrogTongueProjection HyunChoe,MEJongHa,MEMentor:Dr.DavidHu,ME

60 EffectsofHighEnergyXRayandProtonIrradiationonLeadZirconateTitanateThinFilms AidaCortés‐Peña,MEMentor:Dr.NazaninBassiri‐Gharb,ME

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61 DesignofMetal‐Airelectrochemicalcellsforhighenergydensitybatteryapplications SamuelCruz,MEMentor:Dr.SeungWooLee,ME

62 Self‐HealingofFireAntAssemblages TanviDave,BMEDMentor:Dr.DavidHu,ME

63 MorphologicalandMechanicalBehaviorofFibrinClotsinHealthy,Diabetic,andSickleCellAnemiaDiseaseStates NatalieFan,BMEDMentor:Dr.RodneyAverett,ME

64 Fireantsstiffentheirbridgesinresponsetovibration PranavGodbole,MESulisayPhoneko,MEMentor:Dr.DavidHu,ME

65 DynamicFallImpactAbsorptionForHumanoidRobots RaviHaksar,MEMentor:Dr.JunUeda,ME

66 Non‐uniformlyQuantizedControlofaPlanarArmUsingSMAActuatorsforGenerationofHuman‐LikeMotion RohanKatoch,MEMentor:Dr.JunUeda,ME

67 StrengthScalingofPorousMediaatHighRelativeDensities ShreyasKousik,MEMentor:Dr.AntoniaAntoniou,ME

68 HemiparesisRehabilitationUsingaPneumatically‐ActuatedDevice IlyaKovalenko,MEMentor:Dr.JunUeda,ME

69 400umPitchOff‐ChipCompliantInterconnectFabrication JiaxingLiang,MEYaqinSong,MEMentor:Dr.SureshSitaraman,ME

70 EfficientAlgorithmsforPercolationandElectricalConductivityinNano‐fillerComposites HannahLittmann,MEKristenHansen,MEPatrickYounes,MEWonSong,MEMentor:Dr.RaghuPucha,ME

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71 TheImpactofEnergyBarrierValuesonDiffusivityCalculationsinSamarium‐DopedUrania AnnaMazzolini,NREMentor:Dr.ChaitanyaDeo,ME

72 AutomationofSphericalNanoindentationStress‐StrainAnalysis CalvinMiller,MSEMentor:Dr.SuryaKalidindi,ME

73 VisualizationofFlowinWavyWallHeatExchanger VontravisMonts,MEMentor:Dr.AlexanderAlexeev,ME

74 EffectofNanoparticlemodulatedComplementActivationongramnegativebacterialcellviability AmruthaMylarapu,BMEDMentor:Dr.ToddSulchek,ME

75 DeterminingsensitivityandspecificityofvirusdetectionviaPCRinalow‐costmicrofluidicdevice NikitaNagpal,BMEDMentor:Dr.CraigForest,ME

76 EffectsofHIVinfectionandAzidothymidine(AZT)onMechanicalPropertiesofBoneinMice BlairNaples,BMEDMentor:Dr.RobertGuldberg,ME

77 FabricationofSmartPolymerComposites JordanNguyen,MEMentor:Dr.KyriakiKalaitzidou,ME

78 Howfliescleantheireyes:Passiveandactivecleaningmechanismsininsects MariNguyen,MSEMentor:Dr.DavidHu,ME

79 Modelingthree‐dimensionalmotionofabio‐inspiredself‐propellingmicroswimmer SvetoslavNikolov,MEMentor:Dr.AlexanderAlexeev,ME

80 TestingtheCriticalFailureStrainofConductivePolymers ChinazaOgbonna,MEMentor:Dr.SamuelGraham,ME

81 CytotoxicEfficacyofFccoatedNanoparticleMediatedComplementActivationonLeukemiaCellLineCeciliaPantoja,BMEDMentor:Dr.ToddSulchek,ME

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82 Thephysicsofpoop:carnivorestake50%longerthanherbivores JonathanPham,BMEDChadKramer,MEAtinGanti,MEPatriciaYang,MEMentor:Dr.DavidHu,ME

83 PlasticDeformationsinMagnesiumAlloys AnmolPuri,MERashinKhodaei,ChBEMentor:Dr.SuryaKalidindi,ME

84 Integratedsmartmicroscopy‐nanoindenatationsystemPaymanShabbaki,ECEMentor:Dr.SuryaKalidindi,ME

85 SolvingRealLifeProblemswithModelingandSimulation LuShen,MEMentor:Dr.JianxinJiao,ME

86 MicroFluidicSystemDevelopmentforLymphaticFilariasisDiseaseResearch ThomasSpencer,MEMentor:Dr.BrandonDixon,ME

87 DelayedAdministrationofMicronizeddHACMAttenuatesOADevelopmentinaRatMedialMeniscusTear(MMT)Model SanjaySridaran,BMEDMentor:Dr.RobertGuldberg,ME

88 ImprovingThermo‐electrochemicalCellsUsingCarbonNanotubes SaiStephens,MEPabloSalazar,MEMentor:Dr.BaratundeCola,ME

89 Enhancingbinaryfluidmixinginamicrochannelusingactuatedsyntheticcilia ShivamVerma,MEMentor:Dr.AlexanderAlexeev,ME

90 Magneticsusceptibilityintwo‐phaseregionofLixCoO2andOpenSolid‐StateBatteryDesignforOperandoMechanisticStudies ParkerBuntin,MSEKevinBogaert,MSEMentor:Dr.FaisalAlamgir,MSE

91 NematicLiquidCrystalsEricDancu,MSEMentor:Dr.MohanSrinivasarao,MSE

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92 OptimizingtheThermolysisProcesstoProduceLargeAreaandHighlyCrystallineMoS2ThinLayersonInsulatingSubstrates JanineFeirer,MSEMentor:Dr.EricVogel,MSE

93 OsseointegrationofSurfacePorousPEEKImplants HaleyHarris,BMEDMentor:Dr.KenGall,MSE

94 InvestigationoftheeffectofErythrosineBanditsmodificationonAmyloidβ(1‐40)monomerasaninhibitorfortheformationofaggregation‐pronestructureusingmolecularmodelingapproach JuhoLee,CHEMWooYaaLee,BMEDJoyKim,BMEDSunjuKang,BMEDHeesuLee,BMEDJordanChestnut,BMEDMentor:Dr.SeungSoonJang,MSE

95 ConformationalandthermodynamicstudyoftheroleofN‐terminusregionofAβ(1‐40)protofilamentsuggestingplausiblefull‐residue‐longstructureinexplicitwaterviamolecularmodelingapproach JuhoLee,CHEMMentor:Dr.SeungSoonJang,MSE

96 StructuralColorofIridescentButterflyWingScales ChunziLiu,MSEMentor:Dr.MohanSrinivasarao,MSE

97 Impact‐initiatedCombustionofPre‐strainedAluminumPowderCompacts JulienTurner,MSEMentor:Dr.NareshThadhani,MSE

98 StretchableandTransparentSilicone/ZincOxideNanocompositeforAdvancedLEDPackaging XueyingZhao,MSEMentor:Dr.Ching‐PingWong,MSE

99 EvaluatingCashforClunkers RoseAnthony,EIAAyandaFrancis,EIAMentor:Dr.ShataksheeDhongde,ECON

100 TheMiracleonThinIce:HowANation'sGDPAffectsitsOlympicPerformance JenniferBoudreau,GEMLJamesKepner,EIAJosephRondone,PUBPMentor:Dr.ShataksheeDhongde,ECON

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101 EffectsofTextilesIndustriesonFemaleEmploymentRateofBangladesh AsimRahman,AEMentor:Dr.OlgaShemyakina,ECON

102 FerrocementRainwaterCatchmentSystems:ApplicationsinFavelasofRiodeJaneiro,Brazil AngelaBelfort,CEMentor:Dr.KirkBowman,INTA

103 TheApplicationofCeramicWaterFiltersinNorthernUganda:AFeasibilityStudyAlexandraGeorge,CERafaelaHabda,INTAMentor:Dr.KennethKnoespel,INTA

104 Economicgrowthandpublicsupportformarket‐andstate‐basedenvironmentalstewardship RaghavKaul,INTAMentor:Dr.VickiBirchfield,INTA

105 Aggie:SocialMediaAnalytics&Tracking AlexStelea,CSMentor:Dr.MichaelBest,INTA

106 Semi‐AutomaticFilmmaking DevonPeet,CMHarrisonSaylor,CMMentor:Dr.JohnThornton,LMC

107 Astudyofhowexerciseandmentalfatigueeffectsresponseinhibitionintrainedvs.nontrainedathletes RachaelGrosz,BMEDMentor:Dr.MelindaMillard‐Stafford,AP

108 DeterminationofParietofronalActivationinPerceptionofTool‐ObjectContextThroughSaccadeInhibition YvonnePella,BIOMentor:Dr.LewisWheaton,AP

109 Effectofheightenedsympatheticnerveactivityonreciprocalafferentinhibitionofthemotorcortex TheresaSorrentino,BMEDFatiesaSulejmani,BMEDMentor:Dr.MinoruShinohara,AP

110 MutationsintRNAshowarangeofabilitytotranslatephosphoserineinvivo IvanaChen,ChBEMentor:Dr.EricGaucher,BIO

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111 Biomonitoringofheavymetalpollutioninruralandurbanenvironmentswithhoneybees MeredithGreene,BIOMentor:Dr.TerrySnell,BIO

112 TheInhibitionofanEndophyticPhomaSpeciesLivinginAmborellatrichopodaAmyGroh,BIOMentor:Dr.GeraldPullman,BIO

113 ForagingPatternsofApismelliferaontheGeorgiaTechcampus YoungminKim,BIOMentor:Dr.JenniferLeavey,BIO

115 TheOriginsandEvolutionoftheRibosome AshlynNorris,CHEMMentor:Dr.StephenHarvey,BIOMentor:Dr.LorenWilliams,CHEM&BCHM

116 Isotopicindicatorsofoilandgasimpactsonplankton:NaturalabundanceofcarbonandnitrogenisotopesinparticlesintheNorthernGulfofMexicoaftertheDeepwaterHorizonspill KatieSmith,BIOMentor:Dr.JosephMontoya,BIO

117 EfficientdistinctionofBordetellapertussisusingsequencetyping YasasviTadavarthi,CSMentor:Dr.KingJordan,BIO

118 UseofRNAitoInhibitAgingGenes JulieWilson,BIOMentor:Dr.TerrySnell,BIO

119 EffectsofbiofilmproductiononhorizontalgenetransfertoVibriocholerae SarahWilson,BIOMentor:Dr.BrianHammer,BIO

120 Evolutionofresurrectedancientgenesinmoderndayconditions JenniferZhang,BMEDMentor:Dr.BetulKacar,BIO

121 DeltaSevenOperonofE.ColithroughcloningbyPCR AmritaBanerjee,BCHMMentor:Dr.LorenWilliams,CHEM&BCHM

122 NovelReactionofaCobaltMetalCentreSupportedbyaRedoxActiveLigand QuintonBruch,BCHMMentor:Dr.JakeSoper,CHEM&BCHM

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123 SynthesisofCallophycolideA,apotentialantimalarialdrug AngelCobos,BCHMMentor:Dr.StefanFrance,CHEM&BCHM

124 SimulatedRamanSpectraofOligoacene‐PMDAChargeTransferCrystals NathanCorbin,ChBEMentor:Dr.Jean‐LucBredas,CHEM&BCHM

125 TheRolesofStructuredandUnstructuredRegionsofRibosomalProteinL4inrRNABinding SaraHojjatie,BCHMMentor:Dr.LorenWilliams,CHEM&BCHM

126 ProtonCoupledElectronTransferasExploredbytheTryptophanCationRadicalFormationinBiomimeticPeptides MirandaMcDaniel,BCHMMentor:Dr.BridgetteBarry,CHEM&BCHM

127 FrequencyLockingofLasersviaaTransferCavity BrianMcMahon,PHYSMentor:Dr.KennethBrown,CHEM&BCHM

128 SynthesisofaVitaminDAnalogwithanAlkyneFunctionalGroupforUseinClickChemistryCatalyzingEnzymesDevelopment ShengyuanWang,CHEMMentor:Dr.DonaldDoyle,CHEM&BCHM

129 DeterminingtheImpactofIronviaModelingandMachineLearning RyanBirmingham,EASMentor:Dr.TakamitsuIto,EAS

130 ImpactofPoissonMatricesfortheEvolutionofFluidDynamicsCameronCaligan,PHYSMentor:Dr.AhmetUzer,PHYS

131 PrecursorFlaresinTidalStellarDisruptionsbyMassiveBlackHoles ChristopherEvans,PHYSMentor:Dr.PabloLaguna,PHYS

132 ResolvingtheStateSpaceofNoisyChaoticMaps JeffreyHeninger,PHYSMentor:Dr.PredragCvitanovic,PHYS

133 UncoveringtheMechanicsofImpulsiveMotiononGranularMedia AndrasKarsai,PHYSMentor:Dr.DanielGoldman,PHYS

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134 RadiatedQuantitiesinBinaryBlackHoleCollisions LorenaMaganaZertuche,PHYSMentor:Dr.DeirdreShoemaker,PHYS

135 MeasuringInterfacialTensionwiththePendantDropMethod KevinMohan,EEMentor:Dr.AlbertoFernandez‐Nieves,PHYS

136 UsingWebGLtosolveinnear‐realtimecomplexmodelsofelectrophysiology AmierNaji,CSMentor:Dr.FlavioFenton,PHYS

137 UnderstandingHowExpectationsImpactPerceivedReliabilityofAutomation EvelynChang,PSYMentor:Dr.WendyRogers,PSY

138 AnfMRIStudyofFilmMusicandSuspense AshaKumar,PSYMentor:Dr.EricSchumacher,PSY

139 ExploringtheMechanismoftheCuingBenefit RachelLittle,BMEDMentor:Dr.EricSchumacher,PSY

140 NeuralMarkersforAttentionalTuningDuringSuspensefulFilmViewing NicoleMartin,Undeclared/UnknownMentor:Dr.EricSchumacher,PSY

141 EffectofCueTypeonResponseHeatherRoberts,PSYMentor:Dr.EricSchumacher,PSY

142 Pre‐stimulusactivityofmemoryencodinginhealthyagingolderadultsSindhujaSurapaneni,PSYMentor:Dr.AudreyDuarte,PSY

143 IsYourTeamReallyWorking?:TheEffectsofTeamSelectiononTeamFunctioningEmilyTalley,PSYYamiJoshi,PSYMentor:Dr.LeslieDeChurch,PSY

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Name Session Time RoomAddison,John E 1:40PM 321Amaram,Caleb G 3:50PM 321Anbazhakan,Suhaas A 1:00PM 319Arencibia,Christopher A 1:20PM 319Bajaj,Priya B 1:00PM 343Banerjee,Shurjo B 1:20PM 343Barnes,Brent G 3:30PM 321Basunia,Sumia D 1:00PM 320Brumley,David D 1:40PM 320Burkhardt,Karl E 1:20PM 321Chow,John I 3:10PM 320Deng,Chuyu F 3:10PM 343Dhada,Kabir E 2:00PM 321Ebin,Joshua G 3:10PM 321Fassih,Shaudie C 1:00PM 301George,Alexandra D 2:00PM 320Goldbart,Oliver I 3:50PM 320Grover,Ishaan I 3:50PM 320Hannan,Riley A 1:40PM 319Heckman,Rachel F 2:50PM 343Herndon,Conner H 3:10PM 319Huang,Yu G 2:50PM 321Jang,Kudo J 2:50PM 301Kemple,Shawn H 2:50PM 319Kilbride,Sean G 2:30PM 321Kwon,Catherine D 2:00PM 320Li,Jiawei E 1:00PM 321Lightfoot,Erin I 2:50PM 320Martin,April C 2:00PM 301McInroe,Benjamin H 2:30PM 319Patel,Griva C 2:20PM 301

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Reavis,Ashley D 1:20PM 320Rossignac‐Milon,Leo I 3:30PM 320Sacks,Nathan G 3:30PM 321Selby,Nick H 3:30PM 319Sharpe,JoyceDanielle C 1:20PM 301Shockey,Abigail J 3:10PM 301Suffern,Zachary I 2:30PM 320Thakkar,Dhruv B 1:40PM 343Walton,Charlene A 2:00PM 319Warden,Elizabeth C 1:40PM 301Widjaja,Courtney J 3:30PM 301Zhang,Yuying(Silvia) F 2:30PM 343

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Name Poster Name PosterAnthony,Rose 99 Dhamodharan,Anika 54Appleton,Caleb 21 Dobson,Virginia 48Ayo,Victoria 13 Dong,Alan 45Banerjee,Amrita 121 Durden,Katherine 15Beaulieu,Chris 51 Evans,Christopher 131Belfort,Angela 102 Fan,Natalie 63Birmingham,Ryan 129 Feirer,Janine 92Blacker,Aaron 17 Francis,Ayanda 99Bogaert,Kevin 90 Ganti,Atin 82Boudreau,Jennifer 100 George,Alexandra 103Bruch,Quinton 122 Ghosh,Mriganka 16Bunch,Paul 43 Godbole,Pranav 64Buntin,Parker 90 Greene,Meredith 111Burkeen,Lily 8 Groh,Amy 112Caligan,Cameron 130 Grosz,Rachael 107Canales,Daniel 44 Guissou,Rodrigue 32Carroll,Sheridan 22 Ha,Jong 59Chang,Evelyn 137 Habda,Rafaela 103Chauhan,Raghuraj 57 Haksar,Ravi 65Cheek,Ashton 23 Hansen,Kristen 70Chen,Hongfan 53 Harris,Haley 93Chen,Ivana 110 Harrison,Anna 46Chestnut,Jordan 94 Heffner,Timothy 17Cheu,Alex 44 Hendry,William 24Choe,Hyun 59 Heninger,Jeffrey 132Clarke,Samuel 10 Hojjatie,Sara 125Cobos,Angel 123 Holton,William 3Corbett,Tamara 2 Jacokes,Zach 14Corbin,Nathan 124 Jain,Vikram 5Cortés‐Peña,Aida 60 Jain,Samir 47Crow,Chelsea 14 Jin,Xuefeng 52Cruz,Samuel 61 Joshi,Yami 143Dancu,Eric 91 Kang,Sunju 94Dave,Tanvi 62 Karsai,Andras 133Desai,Misha 49 Katoch,Rohan 66

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Kaul,Raghav 104 Nguyen,Mari 78Kelly,Patrick 49 Nikolov,Svetoslav 79Kepner,James 100 Norris,Ashlyn 115Khalek,Sara 25 O'Shaughnessy,Matthew 48Khambhati,Niti 35 Ogbonna,Chinaza 80Khodaei,Rashin 83 Olubowale,Olayemi 49Kieu,QuangMinh 33 Pantoja,Cecilia 81Kim,Joy 94 Patel,Krishan 35Kim,Youngmin 113 Peet,Devon 106Kore,Siri 40 Pella,Yvonne 108Kousik,Shreyas 67 Pena,Marcel 27Kovalenko,Ilya 68 Pham,Jonathan 82Kramer,Chad 82 Phoneko,Sulisay 64Kumar,Asha 138 Powell,Taylor 50Lane,Alicia 26 Pryphun,Millie 49Lee,Richard 44 Puntkattalee,Melissa 28Lee,Juho 94,95 Puri,Anmol 83Lee,WooYaa 94 Rahman,Asim 101Lee,Heesu 94 Rahsepar,Bahar 29Li,Helen 48 Reilley,Kevin 19Liang,Jingyuan 51 Richards,Dylan 30Liang,Jiaxing 69 Roberts,Heather 141Liberi,Brandon 18 Rohskopf,Andrew 36Lin,Zhiyuan"Jerry" 11 Rondone,Joseph 100Little,Rachel 139 Ruskin,Rachael 14Littmann,Hannah 70 Salazar,Pablo 88Liu,Ryan 32 Saravanan,Premkumar 12Liu,Chunzi 96 Saylor,Harrison 106MaganaZertuche,Lorena 134 Shabbaki,Payman 84Martin,Nicole 140 Shen,Lu 85Maza,Lloyd 19 Shin,SeungHo 1Mazzolini,Anna 71 Siebart,Abbey 49McDaniel,Miranda 126 Skinner,Sam 5McGahan,Olivia 34 Smith,Katie 116McMahon,Brian 127 Somasuntharam,Inthu 22Messingher,Shai 45 Song,Yaqin 69Miller,Calvin 72 Song,Won 70Mohan,Kevin 135 Sorrentino,Theresa 109Monts,Vontravis 73 Spencer,Thomas 86Mylarapu,Amrutha 74 Sridaran,Sanjay 87Nagpal,Nikita 75 Stadmiller,Samantha 37Naji,Amier 136 Stearns,Michael 20Naples,Blair 76 Stelea,Alex 49,105Neal,Alexander 4 Stephens,Sai 88Nguyen,Jordan 77 Sulejmani,Fatiesa 109

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Surapaneni,Sindhuja 142 Sutlief,Alexandra 38 Tadavarthi,Yasasvi 117 Talley,Emily 143 Thukral,Pavleen 6 Tjokro,Moorissa 55 Tucker,Emily 39 Turner,Cole 15 Turner,Julien 97 Udeochu,George 51 Uzoije,Ikenna 51 Verma,Shivam 89 Violette,Patrick 7 Wang,Shengyuan 128 Whitney,David 52 Williams,Warren 49 Wilson,Julie 118 Wilson,Sarah 119 Wu,Debra 40 Yang,TianBo 41 Yang,Haoxiang 56 Yang,Patricia 82 Younes,Patrick 70 Yu,Gina 31 Zhang,Jennifer 120 Zhao,Xueying 98 Zhen,Todd 42 Zuerndorfer,Jay 8,9

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