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Celebrating
UNDERGRADUATE
RESEARCH
AND CREATIVITY
April 30, 2014
PROGRAM AND
INDEX OF POSTERS,
PRESENTATIONS
AND EXHIBITS
Sponsored by the Center for Science and Mathematics Education and
(Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
Stony Brook University/SUNY is an affirmative action, equal opportunity educator and employer. 14031085
URECA Celebration of
Undergraduate Research & Creativity
April 30, 2014
10:00 — 4:00
Exhibits & Presentations, Student Activities Center (SAC)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS/EXHIBITS ―SAC Ballroom A and B, Why Lobby
*Posters arranged alphabetically by department of faculty mentor.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS ― SAC Third Floor
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES:
English Department Conference, SAC 304, 1:00-2:30
History Department Conference, SAC 305, 10:30 -12:30; 2:00-3:30
Psychology Department/Psi Chi Conference, SAC 302, 10:45-1:00
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES:
Senior Design Presentations: SAC 302, 2:00-4:00
Goddard Charitable Foundation Scholars Presentations: SAC 306, 1:00-2:20
12:30 Welcome & Announcements — SAC Ballroom A
Dr. David Bynum, Founder, Center for Science and Mathematics Education
Dr. Charles Robbins, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Dean of the Undergraduate Colleges
12:45 Lunch for participants & mentors — SAC Ballroom B
The Celebration of Undergraduate Research & Creativity is generously co-sponsored by the
Center for Science and Mathematics Education and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
POSTER ARRANGEMENTS/ DISPLAYS
*Posters arranged alphabetically by
department of faculty mentor.
Posters/Exhibits, SAC Ballroom A
RESEARCH POSTERS/EXHIBITS
SAC Ballroom A, 10am – 4pm
Exhibit/
Poster#
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Mentor(s)
1
Krupali Chokshi
Avijit Roy
Identification of novel cerebrospinal fluid proteins
Srinivas Pentyala
Anesthesiology
2
Sheena Mago
Glycine receptor clustering and mobility as measured by
optical brightness and FRAP
Mario Rebecchi
Anesthesiology
3
Sahana Pentyala
Technique for rapid biomarker detection and proof of
concept device
Srinivas Pentyala
Anesthesiology
4
Avijit Roy
Krupali Chokshi
Pooja Mysore
Sequence based osteogenic efficacy of calcitonin receptor
fragment peptide
Srinivas Pentyala
Anesthesiology
5
Andrea De Renzis
Personal adornments at the major pillar sites in Turkana
Kenya: a study of beads
Elisabeth Hildebrand
Anthropology
6
Benjamin Smith
Barbed bone points: 10,000 years of fishing on the shores of
Lake Turkana
Elisabeth Hildebrand
Anthropology
7
Ariella Wagner
Patterns of primate evolution in brain organization with
respect to life history
Jeroen Smaers
Anthropology
8
Corey Weistuch
Modelling receptor binding in HIV
David Green
Applied Mathematics & Statistics
9
Kieta Carter
Dexie Jane Go
Jalissa Hall
Deborah Kim
Shazeeda Koonjan
Microbial warfare: investigating variants of Epidermidis
serine protease
Daniel Moloney
Biochemistry & Cell Biology
CESAME
10
Yueting Chen
Kyle Toles
Slp1 is a key component controlling early cardiogenesis in
Drosophila
J. Peter Gergen
11
Ann Job
Phototaxis in Euglena gracilis: Role of reactive oxygen species
in the formation of the ring
Harvard Lyman
12
Joshua Kantharia
The incomplete glycosylation of the ligand binding domain of
Drosophila Notch
Robert Haltiwanger
13
Samuel Kimmey
FGF signaling in the tailbud progresses cells through
epithelial to mesenchymal transition
Benjamin Martin
14
Ariana Levin
Control of localized translation in neurons by NRG1-III
backsignaling
Kevin Czaplinski
1
URECA Celebration of Undergraduate Research
Exhibit/
Poster#
Project Title
Mentor(s)
15
Taylor Medwig
The function of REST in neuronal differentiation and
development
Nurit Ballas
16
Yimei Miao
Inhibition of thermolysin by curcumin and chemically
modified curcumin 2.24
Sanford Simon
Biochem. & Cell Biology, Pathology;
Francis Johnson,
Chemistry, Pharmacological Sci.
17
Andreyah Pope
Detecting Trp265 motion: implications for rhodopsin
activation
Steven O. Smith
18
Brian Ralph
Lead refinement of newly discovered truxilic acid fatty acid
binding protein (FABP) inhibitors through novel de novo
design and qualitative chemical analysis
Dale Deutsch, Martin Kaczocha,
Biochemistry & Cell Biology;
Robert Rizzo, Applied
Mathematics & Statistics;
Iwao Ojima, Chemistry
19
Christina Roman
The mysterious substrates of misunderstood sirtuins,
Sir2Af2 and Sir2Af1
Cynthia Wolberger, HHMI, Johns
Hopkins Univ. School of Medicine
20
Iqra Syed
Chlamydospore wall of Candida albicans
Aaron Neiman
21
Christie Yie
David Liu
Karishma Suchday
The genetic basis of female preference in Drosophila mating
Deniz Erezyilmaz
22
Young Investigators
Review
SB Young Investigators Review
*Interdisciplinary – involving faculty
from multiple departments
23
Haiyu Zhang
Non-addictive interactions between Cis-regulatory modules
results from the inhibition of transcription elongation during
early Drosophila embryogenesis
J. Peter Gergen
24
Lu Zhao
N-linked gmannose glycosylation detection on Candida
albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Neta Dean
25
Gregory Poterewicz
Andy Cheng
Andrew Xu
Karen Wong
Janki Patel
Mohammad Gouda
Nicolai Tayco
Ria Hossain
Gurkamal Kaur
Helen Liu
Tenzing Lama
Maryam Ige
Introduction to iGEM at Stony Brook University
Yizhi Meng, Materials Sci. & Eng.
M. Ete Chan, Biomedical Eng.
Gabor Balazsi, Laufer Center
J.Peter Gergen, Undergraduate
Biology, Biochemistry & Cell Biology
K. Czaplinski, Biochemistry & Cell
Biology
*Interdisciplinary – involving faculty
from multiple departments
2
Exhibit/
Poster#
Project Title
Mentor(s)
26
Mariah Geritano
Janine Tirone
Implementation of rapid prototyping to produce a 3dimensional (3-D) physical model of the anatomical
distribution of functionally identified cat pre-Bötzinger
complex microinjection sites
Marvin O’Neal
Biology, Undergraduate
27
Ruchi Shah
The role of complement proteins in cancer
Gareth Howell
The Jackson Laboratory
28
Jason Abraham
Ariel Yang
Obese rats undergone sleeve gastrectomy had longer and
wider femur than their obese controls
Clinton Rubin
Ete Chan
Biomedical Engineering
29
Yukti Abrol
Pratha Katti
Sarah Moy
Abigail McTiernan
Brandyn Itzkowitz
LivMD Patient Compliance Device
Clinton Rubin
Wei Yin
30
Shipra Arjun
Low intensity vibrations prevent bone loss from estrogen
depletion
Clinton Rubin
Ete Chan
31
Shafique Arnab
Pratha Katti
Dynamic Phantom for fMRI: Modeling of Brain Activity
Lilianne Mujica-Parodi
32
Vincent Bhandal
Investigating the protective effects of low intensity vibration
on subchondral bone of the knee joint in obese mice
Clinton Rubin
Ete Chan
33
April Carniol
Interfacing droplet microfluidics with microplate technology
Eric Brouzes
34
Jeonghun Choi
Laser contrast speckle imaging to study cocaine effects on
neural activity of brain in vivo
Yingtian Pan
Congwu Du
Biomedical Engineering & BNL
35
Timothy Chu
Osteopenic bone loss induced by estrogen deficiency
combined with mechanical unloading and countermeasure
by sclerostin antibody
Yi-xian Qin
36
Arely Clavel
Susan Mathew
Krystal Pynn
Sweta Roy
Morgan Teeratananon
BME Senior Design : Pressure Gauge Glove
*also a CEAS Senior Design presentation, Ballroom B
Wei Lin
Wei Yin
37
Justin Fang
The effects of graphene nanoribbons on red blood cells
Balaji Sitharaman
38
Kevin Guerrero
Kamal James
Fabrication of macroscopic structures of chemically crosslinked carbon nanomaterials by spray coating for biomedical
applications
Balaji Sitharaman
3
Exhibit/
Poster#
Project Title
Mentor(s)
39
Shabab Hussain
Investigation of the effects of low intensity vibration
treatment in adult C57BL/6 mice
Clinton Rubin
Ete Chan
40
Sherin Kuriakose
Hind-limb unloading triggers trabecular bone loss in the 5th
lumbar of B6J and CD44 knockout mice
Stefan Judex
41
Sherin Kuriakose
Katie Norstrud
Jooli Han
Muhammed Javid
Jashna Benday
Portable vertical vibration device designed to study the
mechano-sensitivity of bone cell cultures
Stefan Judex
42
James Li
Study of cerebral hemodynamic changes induced by chronic
and acute cocaine in the cortex using laser-Doppler
flowmetry (LDF)
Congwu Du
43
Michelle Lien
Tim Chu
Morgan Teeratananon
RNA Isolation for altered gene expressions in response to
dynamic hydraulic stimulation in a Rat Functional Disuse
Model
Yi-xian Qin
44
Mariana Miranda
Overexpression of miRNA365 mimics effects of mechanical
stimulation in functional mechanical unloading model
Yi-xian Qin
45
Michael Musilo
Aaron Damato
Ravi Patel
Proliferation of mesenchymal stem cells and osteoblast like
bone cells is modulated by loading frequency but not loading
cycles and intensity
Stefan Judex
46
Brian Nguyen
Low intensity vibrations improved the material properties of
the mechanically-compromised cortical bone in diet-induced
obese mice: a study using nanoindentation
Clinton Rubin
Ete Chan
Yi-xian Qin
47
Shruti Parikh
Xavier Marinaro
FLIR analysis of burn perfusion
Richard Clark
48
Ravi Patel
Michael Musilo
Aaron Damato
Mechanical stimulation regulates mesenchymal stem cell
proliferation and enhances gap junction intercellular
interactions with osteoblasts like bone cells
Stefan Judex
49
Sweta Roy
Breast cancer stem cells obtained from Fine Needle
Aspiration (FNA) Biopsy
Sumanta Goswami
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
& Yeshiva University
50
Rebecca Russo
Matthew Chase
David Dopfel
Penetration of nano-metal oxide particles through skin
Molly D. (Mary) Frame
Biomedical Engineering,
51
Gouri Sadananda
AAV-mediated delivery of Channelrhodopsin-2 to
cardiomyocytes for optogenetic manipulation
Emilia Entcheva
52
Tenzin Samphel
Biasing MSC differentiation into an osteoblastogenic fate
using low mechanical signals
Ete Chan, Clinton Rubin
4
Exhibit/
Poster#
Project Title
Mentor(s)
53
Michael Santana
Red Blood Cell aggregation (clumping) into Rouleaux upon
heating
Molly D. (Mary) Frame
54
Sriharsha Tikkireddy
Using virtual reality as a diagnosis tool to improve the
compliance of children and adults to daily vibration
treatment while measuring treatment efficacy
Clinton Rubin
Ete Chan
55
Arnavi Varshney
Exploring the spatial resolution limits of Positron Emission
Tomography imaging
*also a Goddard symposium presentation, SAC 306
Paul Vaska
56
Ariel Yang
Low intensity vibration in vitro increases proliferation of
bone marrow cell populations isolated from obese rats after
sleeve gastrectomy
Clinton Rubin
Ete Chan
57
Brendan Yu
Gregory Lee
Ariel Yang
Effects of low intensity vibration on the proliferation of
mesenchymal stem cells and their modulation of boneforming cells may be further enhanced by the insertion of a
refractory period
Clinton Rubin
Ete Chan
BUS 447 (Honors
Business Ethics)
Jessica Flareau
Nicholas Hayman
Ethics in a chosen specialization area:[* projects]
Margot Palermo
Business, College of
Shyam Sharma
Writing Program
58-68
Pamela Hernandez
Megan Hertz
Tommy Ho
Erik Hoerner
Rithy Huot
Riya Ismail
Linda Milano
Alan Tseng
Elizabeth Zelen
58 The ethics of marketing unhealthy food to children
59 The ethical complexity of insider trading and its
regulation: is it being regulated properly?
60 The ethical dilemma of data mining to a target market
61 The ethical implications of the Affordable Care Act
concerning the reduction of employee hours
62 Modern regulation of monopolies through the use of
outdated laws and legislation
63 The ethical implication of supply chain alliances
64 The ethical dilemma of the decline of organized unions
65 Whose rainbow is it anyway? The ethical implications of
color marking in the fashion industry
66 The complex dilemmas and ethical consequences of
product recalls
67 Untangling the relationship between the different players
involved in the ethics of performance enhancing drugs
68 Nutraceuticals and dietary supplements: call for
regulation or reprogramming of the American mind?
69
Linda Milano
Free does not equal free: the differential impact of the
framing of “free’ on choice behavior
Denise Buhrau
70
Elizabeth Zelen
How power influences moral perception
Ethan Pew
71
Christina Agneta
Weida Zhang
Investigation of the selective catalytic reduction of NOx
using copper/zeolite catalysts
Taejin Kim
Chemical & Molecular Eng.
72
Nazmul Ahmed
Kyle Massey
Doped carbon nanotubes as electrode materials for energy
conversion and storage: Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER)
and Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR)
Devinder Mahajan
Chemical & Molecular Eng. & BNL
5
Exhibit/
Poster#
Project Title
Mentor(s)
73
Youngjun Ahn
Mechanism of particle capture in heat exchanger
Thomas Butcher
BNL, Chemical & Molecular Eng
74
Stefani Ahsanov
Alexander Dean
Niko Karavakis
Effects of sterilization on 3D-printed objects for use in bone
tissue scaffolds
Miriam Rafailovich
75
Jason Caballes
Stephanie Falco
Emily Leonard
The effects of color LED exposure on human dermal
fibroblast proliferation, mitochondrial activity and cell
morphology
Miriam Rafailovich
76
Xu Han
Zhifeng Ou
Zhiyu Peng
Yuqian Wang
Nanoparticles’ effect on the melting temperature of polymer
nanocomposites
Miriam Rafailovich
77
Emily Leonard
Modified membrane classification for polyelectrolytes in
liquid organic fuel cells
John Kerr
Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory
78
Vincent Moy
Future carbon storage beneath the ocean floor: a study of
CO2 hydrate formation under varying thermodynamic
conditions
Devinder Mahajan
79
Andrea Sarmiento
Mohammed Rahman
Jesse Cole
Nicole Libretto
Synthesis of bio- alcohols catalyzed by slurried nano-sized
MoS2
Devinder Mahajan
80
Stephanie Song
Max Tenenbaum
Chitosan nanoparticles as an efficient drug-delivery system
for encapsulating proanthocyanidin
Yizhi Meng
81
Andrew Sung
Minyoung Hong
Jonathan Yi
Determining the hydrodeoxygenation efficiency of precious
metals on furan and its derivatives
Taejin Kim
82
Matthew Zirpoli
Jorge Portillo
Development of a micro-contact stamping apparatus for use
in cell studies
Yizhi Meng
83
Sonali Bahl
Synthesis and imaging of taxoid-based drug conjugate for
PET imaging study
Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
84
Sherry Bermeo
Understanding the folding mechanism of GNRA tetraloops
Carlos Simmerling
Chemistry
85
Raman Budhari
Kenneth Myers
Sub-Doppler measurements in the v1+v3 band of acetylene
using a frequency comb stabilized laser
Trevor Sears
Chemistry
86
Olivia Cheng
Novel nitric oxide sensing signaling pathway in Vibrio harveyi
Elizabeth Boon
Chemistry
6
Exhibit/
Poster#
Project Title
Mentor(s)
87
Evan Herlihy
Synthesis of a novel next-generation taxoid – folate
conjugate
Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
88
Kevin Keleher
Cavity-enhanced ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy
Thomas Allison
Chemistry
89
Jonathan Khan
Synthesis of a biotin-linker-taxoid conjugate containing a
novel fluorotaxoid
Iwao Ojima
Chemistry
90
Lubens Lavaud
Protein crystallization of E. coli Menaquinone enzyme
Peter Tonge
Chemistry
91
Janagan Naahanathan
Attachment of “self” peptide for prolonged circulation of
viruses
Isaac Carrico
Chemistry
92
Stephen Ngo
Identifying Select But-2-enoate Inhibitors as Potential Drug
Candidates Against MenB
Peter Tonge
Chemistry
93
Elizabeth Sobalvarro
Molybdates with direct metal-metal bonds: crystallographic
insights into bonding
Peter Khalifah
Chemistry
94
EunBin Yoon
The study of PixD-PixE Complex from Synechocystis sp.
Peter Tonge
Chemistry
95
Yukti Abrol
Shalvi Ashraf
Trivia Scout: an interactive approach to education
Anthony Scarlatos
Computer Science
96
Sheng Cao
Building question answering systems using shallow semantic
analysis
Paul Fodor
Computer Science
97
Samantha Chan
Seven Hsieh
Mark Yam
SWIMULATOR 3d: an adventure game to teach students
about marine life
Anthony Scarlatos
Computer Science
98
Hendrik De Kock
Path Men: better path-finding for emergency vehicles in
high-traffic situations
Paul Fodor
Computer Science
99
Kevin Derenthal
Salvatore Ferrugia
Luke Najdek
WordSmith: visualizing the alphabet for students learning to
write
Anthony Scarlatos
Computer Science
100
Phillip Huff
Transforming natural language statements into prolog
programs
Paul Fodor
Computer Science
101
Priyanka Khante
Attribute annotation interface for parsing of fashion clothing
in photographs
Tamara Berg
Computer Science
102
Matthew Lagueras
Elizabeth Crowe
Shelterware: an integrated multi-platform system to
automate the services of the Smithtown Animal Shelter
Anthony Scarlatos
Computer Science
7
Exhibit/
Poster#
Project Title
Mentor(s)
103
James O’Sullivan
Sullstice
Paul Fodor
Computer Science
104
Angad Sidhu
Analysis of efficiency and accuracy of real time modern
physics games
Richard McKenna
Computer Science
105
John T. Martin
Feeling the neoliberal university: affect, debility and student
debt
Liz Montegary
Cultural Analysis & Theory
106
Ilon Choai
Associations between health literacy and prenatal oral
health
Dolores Cannellla
School of Dental Medicine
107
Parandis Nejati
Ethan Santore
Expression of a Treponema pectinovorum pectate lyase gene
by Escherichia coli
Stephen Walker
108
Zohaib Rattu
Kevin Benjumea
Assessing the oral health needs on Long Island
Dolores Cannella
109
Garshaw AmidiAbraham
Measuring the effect of drought stress and fungal pathogen
Alternaria brassicae on specific leaf area of Brassica rapa
Joshua Rest
Ecology & Evolution
110
Kash Bandaralage
Strain construction to assess bet hedging in protein
expression
Joshua Rest
Ecology & Evolution
111
Christian Barry
Daniel Rogers
An individual-based genetic model of the evolution of
parental care
John True
Ecology & Evolution
112
William Bruno
Aaron Pellman-Isaacs
An analysis of sex change in Crepidula fornicata in different
social environments
Jeffrey Levinton
Ecology & Evolution
113
Chris Coulter
Sources of variation in Cytochrome C Oxidase in natural
populations of Drosophila melanogaster
Walter Eanes
Ecology & Evolution
114
Alen David
Homosequential recombination in overlapping inversions
Walter Eanes
Ecology & Evolution
115
Luke Green
Explaining the continuum of metabolic slopes: how the
inclusion of generation time as a fourth dimension helps
Lev Ginzburg,
Ecology & Evolution
Nick Friedenberg, Applied
Biomathematics
116
Yoshiaki Higashide
Are intertidal mobile animals water-stressed? A field test
using fiddler crabs
Jeffrey Levinton
Ecology & Evolution
8
Exhibit/
Poster#
Project Title
Mentor(s)
117
Greeshma Johnson
Adhara Haque
Lincoln Islam
Shelly Kaur
Aisha Khokar
Alexis Kury
A.J.Kury
James Mauro
Mohamed Nauman
Kazi Ullah
Genetic basis of pigmentation differences between
Drosophila elegans and D. gunungcola
John True
Ecology & Evolution
118
Anne Liberti
Matthew Sarubbi
Impacts of salinity and nutrients on salt marsh stability
Stephen Baines
Ecology & Evolution
119
Ryan Mulqueen
Quantitative genetic approach to the study of genetic
architecture in the Affinis clade of Drosophilids
Walter Eanes
Ecology & Evolution
120
Angelo Pasquino
Population genetics of glutamate dehydrogenase in
Northern and Southern populations of Drosophila simulans
Walter Eanes
Ecology & Evolution
121
Vicent Rotondo
Ozgur Kocaman
Sexual dimorphism and variation of upper jaw tooth number
in Threespine Stickleback in relation to inferred diet
Michael Bell
Ecology & Evolution
122
Dannah Rae Sajorda
Investigation of Escherichia coli's mutations in increasing
concentration of Streptomycin
Daniel Dykhuizen
Ecology & Evolution
123
Lauren Scanlon
Third chromosome meiotic drive in incompletely inbred
lines of Drosophila melanogaster
Walter Eanes
Ecology & Evolution
124
Harmeet Singh
Scaling of respiration with body size in Crepidula fornicata
Dianna Padilla
Ecology & Evolution
125
Merium Syed
Justin Panthappattu
Variation in armor through time in populations of
Threespine Stickleback fish with pelvic reduction
Michael Bell
Ecology & Evolution
126
Adeel Butt
Implementation of mind control robot
Milutin Stanacevic
Electrical & Computer Engineering
127
Adeel Butt
Andrew Javidfar
Heather Savage
Abdul Quraishi
Chaudhry Khan
Design of a lower-cost 3D printer
Milutin Stanacevic
128
Jooik Chung
Design and implementation of low-noise, wide-bandwidth
Infrared Photoreceiver for measurements of the
photoluminescence kinetics of novel III-V semiconductor
compounds
Dmitri Donetski
9
Exhibit/
Poster#
Project Title
Mentor(s)
129
Xinkun Huang
Jian Yet Lee
Begum Mavruk
Vivek Nelanuthala
Qi Zhang
A brain-life processor for knowledge-based reasoning
Alex Doboli
Peter Milder
130
Frederick Ikpatt
Solutions based on a novel RFID device for the Internet of
Things
Petar Djuric
131
Kevin Mui
Edwin Flores
Yasin Zaidi
Personal aaset tracking device
Ridha Kamoua
132
Limor Shokrianpour
Jin Huang
James Jr. Iannotto
FGPA-based digital camera
Peter Milder
133
Daegeun Yoon
Modifying MUSIC Algorithm for saving system resource
using RSS values
Xin Wang
134
Sung Jun Yoon
A low swing D flip-flop architecture in advanced CMOS and
FinFET technologies for low power clock trees
Emre Salman
*See English Department presentations, SAC 304
Patricia Dunn
Ken Lindblom
Susan Scheckel
Bente Videbaek
English Dept.
[135]
Jack Conte
Taylor Doherty
Anthony Levin
Nicholas Maggiore
Shari Plummer
Caterina Reed
Marley Solomon
136
Lauren Herrera
Investigation of air temperatures on the Long Island Solar
Farm
John Heiser
Environmental & Climate Sciences,
BNL
137
Jason Gregersen
Crystallographic position of carbonate in synthetic
hydroxylapatite (Ca5(PO4)3OH) as a function of
preparation conditions
Brian Phillips
Hanna Nekvasil
Donald Lindsley
Geosciences
138
Gavin Piccione
Understanding the enigmatic geology of the basin and range
province through the characterization of fluorite veins from
Sheep’s Pass, Nevada
Troy Rasbury
Geosciences
139
Sara Port
Reactive hydroxyl radical derived from pulverized olivine
Joel Hurowitz
Geosciences
140
Stacey Rice
Detecting dust events in the Mojave Desert
Deanne Rogers
Geosciences
10
Exhibit/
Poster#
Project Title
Mentor(s)
141
Christopher Rooney
Exchange capacity as a function of depth
Gilbert Hanson
Geosciences
142
Erick Wright
U-Pb dating of carbonates using laser ablation ICP-MS
Troy Rasbury
Geosciences
Collin Bartoldus
Kara DeSanna
Rachel Hoelzer
Michael Hofman
Enoch Kun
Irene Protopapas
Joseph Santangelo
Ryan Schmitt
Brandon Supak
*See History Department presentations, SAC 305
Michael Barnhart
Susan Hinely
Iona Man-Cheong
Bill Miller
Shobana Shankar
Paul Zimansky
History Dept. faculty
144
Michael DeSalvo
Commentarii De Bello Grammatico: On the efficacy of a
certain card game in teaching a second language
Mark Aronoff
Linguistics
Sarah Jourdain, European
Languages, Literatures & Cultures
145
Jameela Syed
The context of censorship: a look at swearing, the self, and
the state
Richard Larson
Linguistics
146
Farnaz Anwar
Abby El-Shafei
Functional morphology and reaction to stimuli in Class
Asteroidea and Class Ophiuroidea of Phylum Echinodermata
Bradley Peterson
Joseph Warren
Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
147
Taylor Apter
Allison Scott
The theory of island biogeography as applied to coral patch
biodiversity
Bradley Peterson
Joseph Warren
148
Nadia Bahadur
Enzymes in the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway from
labyrinthulomycetes
Jackie Collier
149
Dylan Bothe
The effect of marine biological activity on the chemical
characteristics of sea spray aerosol with consequences for
ice cloud formation
Daniel Knopf
Josephine Aller
Marine & Atmospheric SciencesThe
150
Taylor Bouraad
Understanding the different ecological roles of three Tilapia
species in Lake Turkana, Kenya
Natasha Gownaris, Ellen Pikitch
151
Kerry Bunyan
Specific and rapid determination of hydrogen sulfide and
total sulfide in seawater through membrane diffusion flowinjection analysis
Qingzhi Zhu
152
Kristen Butler
226
Ra as a tracer of submarine groundwater discharge in
marine carbonates
~WITHDRAWN~
David Black
153
Sal Caldarello
Population distribution of Tripneustes ventricosus in a coral
reef lagoon
Bradley Peterson
Joseph Warren
[143]
11
Exhibit/
Poster#
Project Title
Mentor(s)
154
Michael Colbert
Jessica Quickle
Breanna Zavadoff
Towards a better understanding of convective storm
evolution over the coastal Northeastern U.S.
Brian Colle
155
Jose Deniz
Julia Donatan
Effect of Different Light Conditions on the Symbiotic
Zooxanthellae (Symbiodinium sp.) in Upside Down Jellyfish
(Cassiopea Sp.)
Bradley Peterson
Joseph Warren
156
Roxane Javadi
Lucia Kolodiuk
Richard Ramsundar
The potential for reef recovery in Discovery Bay, Jamaica
and the role of Diadema antillarum in reversing algal
dominance
Bradley Peterson
Joseph Warren
157
Cara Lin
Incidence of Imposex in Ilyanassa obsoleta collected from
Long Island and Staten Island
Anne McElroy
158
Emily Markowitz
GraceAnne Taylor
Boring Sponge (Cliona spp.) and coral population surveys on
coral reefs in Discovery Bay, Jamaica
Bradley Peterson
Joseph Warren
159
Alice McGarry
Development of a new method for detecting and identifying
parasites in stickleback fish
Jackie Collier
Michael Bell
Ecology & Evolution
160
Jenna Schwerzmann
Kayleigh Boose
Quantifying variability in loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta
caretta) diet in the waters of Long Island, New York
Lesley Thorne
161
Fatimah Ashekun
Hydrotreatment of fast pyrolysis oil using rhodium on
carbon and ruthenium on carbon catalysts
Devinder Mahajan
Materials Science & Eng.
162
Rossco Booker
Lukas Vasadi
SonInk removable tattoo ink
Miriam Rafailovich
163
Holly Flores
A study of the extracellular matrix in dental pulp stem cell
differentiation with and without static magnetic fields
Miriam Rafailovich
Marcia Simon
Dental Medicine, School of
164
Dominic Silva
Jawad Mourabet
Benn Yiufat Lam
Steven Rosner
Carbon Monoxide Suppression Device
Kenneth Trelewicz
165
Emma Tobias
Juliana Rogin
Chantal Douglas
Automated fall detection system
Jonathan Sokolov
166
Ivan Chio
Vector fields on the Mobius strip
Marco Martens
Mathematics
12
Exhibit/
Poster#
Project Title
Mentor(s)
167
Philippe Demontigny
Thae Do
Archit Kulkarni
David Moon
Umang Varma
Zeckendorf's theorem and f-decomposition
Steven Miller
Mathematics-Williams College
168
Connor Beierle
System level modeling of an all-electric bus
Sotirios Mamalis
Mechanical Engineering
169
Connor Beierle
Brian Streckenbach
Ankit Tyagi
A robotic battery exchange station for an unmanned aerial
vehicle
Jon Longtin
170
Risa Cheung
Applications of thermoelectricity on automotive exhaust
systems using Magnesium Silicide (Mg2Si) and Greenhouse
Feasibility study
Lei Zuo
171
Plinio Guzman
Design and testing of amplification frame for piezoelectric
stack operating in d33 mode
Ya Wang
172
Christopher Norona
Rendy Tejaa
Anna Wu
Ying Zhao
Portable infant incubator
Qing (Cindy) Chang
173
SB Motorsports:
Kersten Folkerts
Parinita Singh
William Cattouse
Tom Fitzgerald
Nikita Timofeev
Ryan Lachmayr
Juan Mesa
Matthew Kesich et al.
Stony Brook Motorsports: 2014 Baja SAE off-road vehicle
Noah Machtay
Henry Honigman
Robert Martin
174
SB Solar Boat:
Ankit Tyagi
Han John Tse
Nick Allen
Mohammed Uddin
Dominic Silva
Dominick Fratto
Philip Mauser
Kevin Thorpe,
Edward Qiu
Andy Chu
Naomasa Miki
Stony Brook Solar Boat Team
175
Ankit Tyagi
*display in Why Lobby
A two-zone combustion model for engine cycle simulation
13
David Hwang
Dave Westerfeld
Sotirios Mamalis
Exhibit/
Poster#
Project Title
Mentor(s)
176
Ashwin Kelkar
Sphingolipid regulation of Ezrin phosphorylation
Daniel Canals, Yusuf Hannun
The Cancer Center, Medicine
177
Roy Khair
Microbial dysbiosis precede polyp formation in APCMin/+
mice
Ellen Li
Medicine
178
Ling Jessica Zheng
The gut microbiome in autistic individuals
Ellen Li
Medicine
179
Hemil Chauhan
Construction and characterization of homogeneous length
P pili in Escherichia coli
David Thanassi
Mol. Genetics & Microbiology
180
Kevin Chavez
Host restriction of murine gammaherpesvirus 68 replication
by human APOBEC3 cytidine deaminases but not murine
APOBEC3
Laurie Krug
181
Sarah Georges
Alanine scanning mutagenesis of 2CATPase reveals
temperature sensitive mutants around Asparagine at the 252
position
Aniko Paul, Eckard Wimmer,
Emmanuel Asare, Molecular
Genetics & Microbiology
182
Kevin Groudan
GlcNac stimulates a novel pathway to promote Candida
albicans hypthal growth
James Konopka
183
Shirin Kashkouli
Screening for genes that are important for survival of Yersina
pestis in macrophages
James Bliska
184
Jammie Law
Investigating the role of the conserved FGAM motif of the
ORF75 tegument protein in gammaherpesvirus replication
Laurie Krug
14
Exhibit/
Poster#
185203
AAS/LIN 370:
Tetsuya Akashige
Jennifer Alt
Joanne Chau
Amy Cheung
Lisa Chiu
Nicholas Ciuffo
Ethan Idler
Jamie Kwan
Soyeung Lee
Mandy Liang
Tong Luo
Nancy Luong
Tiffany Mak
Ana Manas Lopez
Morgan Teeratananon
Katherine Whitebread
Skye Wiegman
David Wong
{Tetsuya Yamada}
Amy Zhan
Project Title
Multilingual and Intercultural Communication
185 The clash of internet communication and the online
lingo: intercultural online messaging
186 The giving and receiving of compliments across two
cultures and genders
187 Living on the borders: self-identification through
Chinese-English code-switching
188 Animated cartoon-directed discourse in Japanese and
American parent-child interactions
189 The verbal display of affection among interracial couples
and native/non-native English speaking couples
190 The detection of sarcasm using conversational inference
191 Lying: a cross cultural view from America and Eastern
Europe
192 “I Love You”: meaning and reactions in Chinese and
American culture
193 Intercultural Friendship: turn-taking patterns and facesaving strategies
194 Interpreting visuals: a comparative study of Mandarin
speakers and non-Mandarin speakers
195 The problem of translation equivalence from English to
Chinese and intercultural communication: the case of
translations of Chinese product labels
196 Functions and applications of pauses in conversations
between non-native and native speakers of English
197 A comparison of happiness defined and expressed by
two cultures
198 The art of rejection: an analysis of the language used in
Spanish among family members to say ‘no’
199 Heritage language loss in second generation
Chinese/Lao immigrant children
200 Gendered speech within a hyper male dominated
interest group population
201 An ethnography of communication study of the
Shinnecock traditional ceremonies
202 “Ice Bakers” – making ice breakers: differences in
conversational starters between international Korean
students and American born students
[An ethnography of communication study of the usage of
English Language in Japanese communication
203 Directives and politeness in a culturally diverse
professional staff meeting
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Mentor(s)
Agnes He
Multilingual & Intercultural
Communication
Exhibit/
Poster#
204208
GLS102:
Chereen James,
Hannah Mertzer
Yuhan Wang
Jining Yu
Joseph Chan
Thomas Nacinovich
Daniel Khuu
Catherine Bonke
Catherine Work
Christy Lau
Tyler Hoffman
Manan Shah,
Umair Siddiqui
Marcin Adamczyk
Deisy Espana
Sumeet Sinha
Amanda Crouthamel
Project Title
Multilingual and Intercultural Communication:
Multimodal Presentations on Language, Rhetoric, &
Communication in Different Countries and Cultures
204 How Cultures Shape our Expression of Emotions
Mentor(s)
Shyam Sharma
Multilingual & Intercultural
Communication
205 Food as a Means of Expression in Different Cultures
206 Cultural Stereotypes Experienced By Eastern Asian SBU
Students
207 Corruption in Different Cultures
208 Complexities of Greetings in Different Cultures
209
Jay Loomis
Sonifying gait and real time auditory feedback: using music to
understand Parkinson's disease and akinesia
Margaret Schedel, Timothy
Vallier, Daniel Weymouth, Music;
Lisa Muratori, Physical Therapy
210
Safa Abdelhakim
Effect of Na+ and Ca+ channel blockade on external urethral
sphincter activity
William Collins
Neurobiology & Behavior
211
Mahabubul Alam
Spatial learning and habit formation in a rodent model of
Parkinson’s disease
Craig Evinger
212
Matthew Alsaloum
Determinants of subtype-specific gating in ionotropic
glutamate receptors
Lonnie Wollmuth
213
Emily Brennan
Modulation of lower urinary tract activity under conditions
of enhanced respiratory drive in adult female rats
William Collins
214
Ramon Cabrera
Unexpected effects of gonadal hormones on the cognitive
dysfunction induced by a 6-OHDA model of Parkinson’s
disease in male rats
Mary Kritzer
215
Anirudh
Chandrashekar
A proton pump and ion exchanger are required for normal
mechanosensory behavior in Drosophila
Maurice Kernan
216
Amy Cheung
Modulation of immediate early gene expression in gustatory
cortex by auditory cue-induced expectation of taste
Alfredo Fontanini
217
Melissa Daniel
Coupling ligand binding to opening of the ion channel in
NMDA receptors
Lonnie Wollmuth
218
David Harary
Ruby Srivastava
Sex and hormone effects on elevated plus maze and object
recognition testing in a Parkinsonian rat model
Mary Kritzer
16
Exhibit/
Poster#
Project Title
Mentor(s)
219
Khristina Kopchuk
The difference in kinetics of movement in FMR1 mutant and
wild-type Zebrafish
Howard Sirotkin
220
Jamie Leonard
Mapping of activated Akt with respect to neuronal
endosomal signaling
Simon Halegoua
221
Shuoxin Li
Role of LKB1-STRAD-MO25 complex in localization of
Stk25 during neuronal polarization
Maya Shelly
222
Ejike Okoye
Lexi DellaPenna
Generation of Parkinson’s disease models using CRISPR
genome engineering technology in zebrafish
Howard Sirotkin
223
Natalie Phagu
Monika Batra
Neural control of micturition in Parkinson’s disease
William Collins
224
Sean Ho Yoon
Regulatory evolution and voltage-gated ion channel
expression in squid axon: selection-mutation balance and
fitness cliffs
David McKinnon
225
Stephanie D’Haiti
Bringing laparoscopy to Haiti, a pilot program
Christina Pardo Maxis
Obstetrics, Gynecology &
Reproductive Medicine
226
Yevginiy Luts
Nicole McGowan
Vaginal Biome and Pre-term Labor
Elizabeth Roemer
Obstetrics, Gynecology &
Reproductive Medicine
227
Viven Solomon
Aurora Phillips
Chermaine Cheang
Taylor Medwig
Meaghan Coyne
Do breast cancer patients who smoke have worse
outcomes compared to nonsmokers
Marian Evinger
Pediatrics
Christine Rizk
Surgery
228
Igor Bundalevski
Intramolecular communication between an allosteric
network in the Src Kinase (SH1) domain and the SH2/SH3
regulatory domains
Markus Seeliger
Pharmacological Sciences
229
Jia Hong Chen
Measuring mitochondrial DNA damage in neurons
Bruce Demple
230
Jevon Fragoso
Examining the multiple binding modes of Src specific
inhibitors
Markus Seeliger
231
Elizabeth Ha
A search for the phosphatidic acid binding site on kinesin
and additional insight into kinesin-mitochondrial interactions
Michael Frohman
232
Solomon Husain
Understanding the role of dystroglycan intracellular domain
during oligodendrocyte development
Holly Colognato
233
Bora (Deborah) Kim
ADAM10 and its role on oligodendrocyte myelination
Adan Aguirre
17
Exhibit/
Poster#
Project Title
Mentor(s)
234
Christopher Lopez
The Expression of chromatin protein HMGB2 in the
embryonic cortex
Stella Tsirka
235
Prithviraj Rajebhosale
“Neuregulating” transcription: studying the mechanism of
Type III Neuregulin1 ICD mediated back-signaling on
transcriptional control
David Talmage, Pharmacological
Sciences; Lorna Role, Neurobiology
& Behavior
236
Linpeng (Peter) Wei
Luminescence-based viability assay for Mycobacteria
Jessica Seeliger
237
Jean-Claude Velasquez
Hispanic political behavior
Eduardo Mendieta
Philosophy
238
TaraJean Biemann
Characterization of coherent states using homodyne
tomography
Eden Figueroa
Physics & Astronomy
239
Wilka Carvalho
Modeling a Detection of internally reflected Cherenkov light
(DIRC) Particle Detector for high-multiplicity collisions
Alan Dion
Physics & Astronomy
240
Carl Cheung
Samuel Rind
Precision spectroscopy of a Rubidium Magneto-Optical Trap
Eden Figueroa
Physics & Astronomy
241
Ben Coe
Magnetic cloak for high rapidity spectroscopy for future
colliders
Abhay Deshpande
Klaus Dehmelt
Nils Feege
Physics & Astronomy
242
Dhruv Dixit
William Roh
Fernando ToralesAcosta
Muon Piston Calorimeter Extension (MPE-EX) to the
PHENIX at RHIC
Tom Hemmick
Physics & Astronomy
243
Dhruv Dixit
William Roh
Fernando ToralesAcosta
Particle identification with ring imaging Cherenkov detector
Tom Hemmick
Physics & Astronomy
244
James Dragan
Optical forces on Helium atoms from pulsed Adiabatic
Rapid Passage
Harold Metcalf
Physics & Astronomy
245
Stefan Evans
Enhancing quadrupole transitions with Laguerre Gaussian
beams
Harold Metcalf
Physics & Astronomy
246
Davin Fernandez
Novae dust formation
Frederick Walter
Physics & Astronomy
247
Youngkwan Ko
Liquid nitrogen auto refilling setting for superconductor on
magnetic cloak system
Abhay Deshpande
Nils Feege
Physics & Astronomy
18
Exhibit/
Poster#
Project Title
Mentor(s)
248
Anthony Martorano
A software package for data reduction and analysis of images
from the Stony Brook 14" telescope
Fred Walter
Physics & Astronomy
249
Casey McKenna
Investigation of the transition to Rydberg states from
metastable Helium using STIRAP
Harold Metcalf
Physics & Astronomy
250
Natalie Mezzadonna
Manipulating reflection to generate fractal patterns
John Noé
LTC, Physics & Astronomy
251
Phuong Nguyen
Towards a single photon source tuned to Rubidium
transitions
Eden Figueroa
Physics & Astronomy
252
Kegan Orlowski
Accurately characterizing a Light Emitting Diode
John Noé
253
Akshat Puri
Optimization and doping of 112 Fe pnictide single crystals
Meigan Aronson, Physics &
Astronomy, SBU & BNL
254
Amiel Quadri
Platon Karpov
Magnetic cloaking device
Abhay Deshpande
Physics & Astronomy
255
Samuel Rind
Carl Cheung
Absorption imaging of a Magneto-optical trap
Eden Figueroa
Physics & Astronomy
256
Rachel Sampson
Implementing a low cost spatial light modulator
John Noé
257
Samantha Scibelli
An optical demonstration of gravitational lensing
John Noé
258
Elizabeth Sutton
Demonstrating optics principles through visual tricks
John Noé
259
Johnny Ho
James Wu
Activation of Serotonin-2A receptors markedly alters
inspiratory activity in spontaneously breathing neonatal rats
Irene Solomon
Physiology & Biophysics
260
Roohi Maini
An investigation of the Maryland Assessment of Recovery in
People with Serious Mental Illnesses and subjective recovery
* a Psi Chi oral presentation, SAC 302
Roman Kotov
Psychiatry
261
Alexis Ayanru
Kaarina Hanington
Effect of living environment on adult neurogenesis in Turtles
Alice Powers
Psychology
262
Jaclyn Bosch
Low income during pregnancy is associated with distress
and poor health behaviors
Marci Lobel
Psychology
263
Cheyanne Busso
Low self-control and health impairing behaviors among
college students
Marci Lobel
Psychology
264
Giselle Chahili
The impact of duration of picture presentation on neural
activation
Turhan Canli
Psychology
19
Exhibit/
Poster#
Project Title
Mentor(s)
265
Brian Chin
Intolerance of uncertainty and predictability of threat
*also a Psi Chi oral presentation, SAC 302
Greg Hajcak Proudfit
Psychology
266
Camila Da Silva
The association of anxiety and depression with health
behaviors during pregnancy
Marci Lobel
Psychology
267
Cheska Flicker
Expectations affect perceptual sensitivity: the effects of
valence and predictability
Aprajita Mohanty
Psychology
268
Qurat-ul-ain
Gulamhussein
Religiosity and mental health in Muslim women
Nicholas Eaton
Psychology
[269]
Zachary Gursky
Effects of rhythmic asynchronies in a visual response task
with auditory entrainment
Antonio Freitas
Psychology
[270]
Simon Huang
Replication study: attentional deployment on amygdala
activity, state-trait anxiety, and gaze behavior
Turhan Canli
Psychology
271
Andrew Seunghyun
Lee
Effects of instructed voluntary eye blink on spatial working
memory performance
Hoi Chung Leung
Psychology
[272]
Andrew Seunghyun
Lee
Lower spatial working memory performance correlates with
the increased activation in the default mode network in
children
Hoi Chung Leung
Psychology
273
Jessica Liebman
Danny Awalt
Peter Pedulla
Chronic unpredictable threat yields heightened vigilance but
does not affect passive coping in low or high stress testing
conditions
Brenda Anderson
Psychology
274
Bianca Marro
Restricted interests and repetitive behaviors as coping
methods for children with autism
Matthew Lerner
Psychology
275
Richard Molander
The time course of resolving oddities in scenes
Gregory Zelinsky
Psychology
Elizabeth Olsen
The role of childhood maltreatment in the development of
other medical comorbidities in bariatric surgery-seeking
populations
Dina Vivian
Aprajita Mohanty
Psychology
Soyeh Paeng
Eric Miao
Behavioral effects of chronic oral methylphenidate in female
rates
Peter Thanos
Psychology
[278]
Elizabeth Parisi
Emotion regulation under threat of shock
Greg Hajcak Proudfit
Psychology
279
Peter Pedulla
Jessica Liebman
Danny Awalt
Chronic threat leads to startle sensitization: implication for
safety learning and extinction processes
Brenda Anderson
Psychology
[276]
277
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Exhibit/
Poster#
Project Title
Mentor(s)
280
James Rankin
Who’s ready?: Predictors of Transition Planning for
adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Matthew Lerner
Psychology
281
Melanie Rodriguez
Breyanka Seeram
Roxanne Wasiluk
Mothers’ attachment state of mind predicts diurnal cortisol
patterns in high risk children
Kristin Bernard
Psychology
282
Crystal Shah
Andrew S. Lee
Identifying regions activated by unpredictable threat
Brenda Anderson
Psychology
Samantha Shetty
Effect of emotion on working memory in psychotic
disorders
Aprajita Mohanty
Psychology
284
Christine Spaulding
Wanting it too much: the unexpected effect of social
motivation on emotion recognition
Matthew Lerner
Psychology
285
Ammie Tamano
Jessica Gregory
Parental positive affect mediates the association between
cumulative risk and children’s externalizing behavior
Kristin Bernard
Psychology
286
Yan Tian
Zachary Gursky
Event-related potentials associated with adapting to
information-processing conflict: distinguishing stimulusspecific from stimulus-general congruence-sequence effects
Antonio Freitas
Psychology
287
Irene Vogiatzis
Facial network in developing children through fMRI
Hoi-Chung Leung
Psychology
288
Neuroscience axis
Irene Vogiatzis
Neuroscience axis:
Measuring and recording actions potentials through spiker
boxes
Brena Anderson, Psychology
Craig Evinger, Neurobiology
Faculty-Neurobiology, Psychology,
UG Biology, etc
289
Chao (Iven) Yu
Jeffrey Lin
Cerise Carey
Role of acetylcholine in memory consolidation in turtles
Alice Powers
Psychology
290
Jianmin Zhuo
Ilon Choai
Adam Grunseich
The effect of suboptimal maternal diets on mu opioid
receptors, dopamine type 1 receptors, and dopamine
transporters in the offspring brain
Peter Thanos
Psychology
291
Cassandra DeFelice
Is welfare for the poor or for the rich?
Joel Blau
Social Welfare, School of
292
Vincenza Caruso
Kevin Nhieu
A Study of Stony Brook University’s Greek life members
Linda Wicks
Sociology
293
Neha Kinariwalla
Medicine, culture & illness: the case of stigma & epilepsy
Catherine Marrone
Sociology
294
Ashley Rizzotto
Smells like stress relief: perception of aromatherapy and
stress in the college community
Cheryl Llewellyn
Sociology
[283]
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Exhibit/
Poster#
Project Title
Mentor(s)
295
Michael Rossano
Yebin Ki
Vincenza Caruso
Kevin Nhieu
Umar Qazi
Vinaita Jain
Amy Scholly
Studying subcultures at Stony Brook
Linda Wicks
Sociology
296
Ali Syed
Assessing attitudes and general awareness of breast cancer
among South Asian immigrants: use of cultural and linguistic
methods to develop proper breast cancer health awareness
program
Rebekah Burroway
Sociology
297
Nimali Weerasooriya
Changing cardiopulmonary bypass to cardiac only bypass:
the value of pulmonary protection
Sandeep Gupta
Surgery-Cardiothoracic Div.
298
Sakib Ahmed
Rich Shelton
Erich Dvorak (’13, TA)
An analysis of the environmental externalities from
purchasing local and non-local corn at Stony Brook
University
Arlene Cassidy
Sustainability Studies Program
299
Kerri Mahoney
Emily Nocito
Sanjeev Baldeo
Surya Chalil
Julia DiFranza
Shradha Duggal
Mai Fahmy
Dayea King
Mike Loper
Harrison Rose
Shamin Sahebzada
Joseph Sgueglia
Naveen Shoaib
Alex Van Loo
Kellie Woznick
The effects of soil type and Round-up on earthworm
biomass
Sharon Pochron
300
Joy Pawirosetiko
Nawin Sahebzada
Shamin Sahebzada
The long and short-term effects of Roundup and fertilizer
on earthworms
Sharon Pochron
301
Nawin Sahebzada
Dana Cutolo
Emily Adams
Jonathan Bellon
Anna Flores
Jane Karetny
Yaseen Khan
Anselm Lowe
John Patterson
Emily Swierski
Potential effects on earthworms caused by vascular
transportation of glyphosate in plants
Sharon Pochron
302
Stephanie D’Haiti
Survival sex in Haiti
Melissa M. Forbis
Women & Gender Studies
22
Exhibit/
Poster#
Project Title
Mentor(s)
303
Neha Kinariwalla
An analysis of the reproductive choices of women with
epilepsy
Françoise Cromer
304
Nuria Martínez
The effects of immigration on Latinas' diet, lifestyle, and
overall health
Melissa M. Forbis
305
Denise Riggio
Representation of women on television
Melissa M. Forbis
306
Alejandra Romero
Undocumented Latina students: Transcending obstacles in
pursuit of an undergraduate degree in the United States
Françoise Cromer
307
Nolan Theodore
Dismantling marriage equality as a satisfactory goal for
LGBTQ identities
Melissa M. Forbis
308
Melanie Wilson
Sexual fluidity: rethinking the binaries of sexual orientation
Françoise Cromer
309
Morgan DiCarlo
Identifying and confronting the gender gap in Science,
Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields
Carrie-Ann Miller, WISE
Harold Walker, Civil Engineering
***The Celebration provides an informal venue for student researchers to present work in progress. Data
presented may be preliminary and presentations do not constitute scientific publications. Data and findings
presented at the symposium or included in the abstracts may not be distributed, reported or referenced
elsewhere without the written permission of the corresponding (faculty) author.
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CAS Department Conferences, SAC Third Floor
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CONFERENCE
Student Activities Center, Room 304
Student Presentations (1 -2:30)
Welcome:
Dr. Susan Scheckel, Department of English
“True History”: How Literature and Monuments Shape Perceptions of the Civil War
Marley Solomon; Faculty advisor: Susan Scheckel, Department of English
The Waters are Rising, Leave Me Be
Nicholas Maggiore; Faculty advisor: Bente Videbaek, Department of English
Re-Mixing, Authenticity, and Female Masculinityin German and American Youth Culture
Caterina Reed; Faculty advisor: Bente Videbaek, Department of English
Discovering Mythology: an Investigation of the Unnamed Character in Gaiman's American Gods
Jack Conte; Faculty advisor: Bente Videbaek, Department of English
Creating Infographics to Explore Connections between Informational Texts and Young Adult Literature
Brittany Wilson; Faculty advisor: Ken Lindblom, Department of English
Young Adult Novels: Creating a Cultural and Engaging Learning Experience with Common Core in Mind
Taylor Doherty, Anthony Levin, Shari Plummer; Faculty advisor: Patricia Dunn, Department of English
*Note: order of presentations may vary.
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CAS Department Conferences, SAC Third Floor
HISTORY DEPARTMENT CONFERENCE
Student Presentations (10:30-12:30; 2:00-3:30)
Welcome:
Dr. Susan Hinely, Department of History
Maxim Litvinov
Collin Bartoldus; Faculty advisor: Michael Barnhart, Department of History
Who cut the cheese? The effect of the Civil War on cheese production in Allegany County, New York
Rachel Hoelzer; Faculty advisor: Bill Miller, Department of History
A Wilde shift: exploring the social construction of the homosexual identity in 19th Century Britain through the
Cleveland Street Affair and the trial of Oscar Wilde
Kara De Sanna; Faculty advisor: Susan Hinely, Department of History
Traditional medicine and temperance: the complexities of health policy in South Africa under British rule
Michael Hofmann; Faculty advisor: Shobana Shankar, Department of History
The search for a Chinese National Identity: comparing nationalisms of Kang Youwei and Sun Yat-sen
Enoch Kun; Faculty advisor: Iona Man-Cheong, Department of History
Renaissance intellectual magic and numerology
Irene Protopapas; Faculty advisor: Alix Cooper, Department of History
Retelling History: Pierre Laval Avoids His 12 Bullets
Joseph Santangelo; Faculty advisor: Michael Barnhart, Department of History
Moral degeneracy in post-Colonial South Africa
Ryan Schmitt; Faculty advisor: Shobana Shankar, Department of History
The Fate of the “Iranian Hypothesis” of Mithraism
Brandon Supak; Faculty advisor: Paul Zimansky, Department of History
12:30 -2 BREAK
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PSYCHOLOGY / PSI CHI CONFERENCE
Student Presentations (10:45 – 1:00)
I. ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Introductory remarks, Psi Chi Coordinator, Patrice Goldstein
10:45 am
Effect of emotion on working memory in psychotic disorders
Samantha Shetty: Faculty advisor: Aprajita Mohanty, Department of Psychology
11:00 am
Intolerance of uncertainty and predictability of threat
Brian Chin; Faculty advisor: Greg Hajcak Proudfit, Department of Psychology
11:15 am
Lower spatial working memory performance correlates with the increased activation in the default mode network
in children
Andrew Seunghyun Lee, Faculty advisor: Hoi-Chung Leung, Department of Psychology
11:30 am
An investigation of the Maryland Assessment of Recovery in People with Serious Mental Illnesses and subjective
recovery
Roohi Maini; Faculty advisor: Roman Kotov, Department of Psychiatry
11:45am
The role of childhood maltreatment in the development of other medical comorbidities in bariatric surgery-seeking
populations
Elizabeth Olsen; Faculty advisors: Dina Vivian, Aprajita Mohanty, Department of Psychology
Noon – 12: 15 – BREAK
12:15 pm
Replication study: attentional deployment on amygdala activity, state-trait anxiety, and gaze behavior
Simon Huang; Faculty advisor: Turhan Canli, Department of Psychology
12:30 pm
Effects of rhythmic asynchronies in a visual response task with auditory entrainment
Zachary Gursky; Faculty advisor: Antonio Freitas, Department of Psychology
12:45pm
Emotion regulation under threat of shock
Elizabeth Parisi; Faculty advisor: Greg Hajcak Proudfit, Department of Psychology
II. POSTER PRESENTATIONS, See Posters/Exhibits # 260-290 in SAC Ballroom A
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CEAS Conferences, SAC Third Floor
ENGINEERING SENIOR DESIGN PRESENTATIONS
Student Activities Center, SAC 302
Student Presentations (2:00-4:00)
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Pressure Gauges gloves for patients with hand conditions
Arely Clavel, Susan Matthew, Sweta Roy, Krystal Pynn, Morgan Teeratananon
Faculty advisor: Wei Yin, Department of Biomedical Engineering
CHEMICAL & MOLECULAR ENGINEERING
Design of an Antibody-Drug Conjugate – An Enabling Modality for Natural Product Based Cancer Therapeutics
Matthew Zirpoli, Stefani Ahsanov, Stephanie Song, Elaine Zhu, Max Tenenbaum
Faculty advisor: Devinder Mahajan, Chemical & Molecular Engineering Program, Department of Materials Science & Engineering; Industrial
Advisor: Elias Mattas, Bristol-Meyers Squibb
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEEERING
Smart Chemical Sensor/Alarm System
Kevin Vinh, Saju Jose, Veronica Reid, Ahmed Paul
Faculty advisor: Leon Shterengas, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
ENGINEERING SCIENCE
TBA
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Automatic Battery Exchange Station for Aerial Vehicle
Connor Beierle, Brian Streckenbach, Ankit Tyagi
Faculty advisor: Jon Longtin, Department of Mechanical Engineering
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GODDARD FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION SCHOLARS PRESENTATIONS
Student Activities Center, SAC 306
Student Presentations (1:00-2:00)
1pm, Welcome & Introductory remarks
1:00 pm
A Retrospective Look at the Undergraduate Research Experience
Sowmya Sundaresh (Goddard Scholar Alumni); Faculty advisor: Congwu Du, Department of Biomedical Engineering
1:20 am
Trivia Scout: An Interactive Approach to Education
Yukti Abrol, Shalvi Ashraf ; Faculty advisor: Anthony Scarlatos, Department of Computer Science
1:30 am
Dynamic Phantom for fMRI: Modeling Brain Activity
Pratha Katti; Faculty advisor: Lilianne Mujica-Parodi, Department of Biomedical Engineering
1:40am
Exploring the Spatial Resolution Limits of Positron Emission Tomography Imaging
Arnavi Varshney; Faculty advisor: Paul Vaska, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Biosciences Department, Brookhaven National
Laboratory
1:50 am
Low intensity vibration in vitro increases proliferation in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell populations isolated
from obese rats after sleeve surgery
Ariel Yang, Faculty advisors: Mei Lin (Ete) Chan and Clinton Rubin, Department of Biomedical Engineering
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About the Center for Science and Mathematics Education:
The CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION (CESAME) offers opportunities for students and teachers from preschool through the university faculty level. The Center receives major funding from the National Institutes of Health,
the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), and administers several
undergraduate research programs, including Bridges to the Baccalaureate, and the HHMI Undergraduate Research
Fellowship program. Funding for the campus-wide Celebration of Undergraduate Research event in 2014 is generously
co-sponsored through an HHMI grant to Dr. David Bynum, Founder and Associate Director of CESAME.
Center for Science and Mathematics Education
Dept. of Biochemistry & Cell Biology
094 Life Sciences, Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5215
telephone: 631-632-9750
fax: 631-632-9791
www.stonybrook.edu/cesame
CONTACT:
Judy Nimmo, Administrator
About Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities:
The UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES (URECA) program, founded in 1987, awards research
funding and travel grants to undergraduates, and is a central point of contact for students and faculty
engaged in research and creative endeavors. URECA helps bring together students and research mentors,
hosts annual events to showcase student work, and publishes an annual collection of undergraduate
abstracts. Check our URECA website for “Researcher of the Month” features. URECA is a program within
the Office of the Provost and is funded in part by the Simons Foundation.
URECA
Melville Library, 3rd Floor, Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3357
telephone: 631-632-7114
fax: 631-632-4525
www.stonybrook.edu/ureca
CONTACT:
Karen Kernan, Director
Brian Frank, Staff Assistant
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