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Table of Contents - UROP
 A Letter from the Chancellor 
May 18, 2013
Dear Colleagues and Guests,
Welcome to the 20th annual University of California, Irvine Undergraduate Research
Symposium, a day dedicated to the students who have chosen to broaden their
education by conducting faculty-mentored research projects and creative activities.
Today’s theme, “Undergraduate Research: Passion and Values,” highlights the
dedication and integrity that are critical elements of the research process. Making
these elements a part of the undergraduate experience is one of the foundations of
the educational culture at UC Irvine.
I invite you to spend the day experiencing for yourself the undergraduate research
being shared with us today. The research projects and creative activities that
students are presenting demonstrate the breadth of subjects being explored throughout the campus, while the depth
of the students’ research is shown in their presentations’ precision and profound conclusions. To the students who
have pursued their research passions throughout their projects I offer my congratulations for a job well done; I
know that the skills and values they have learned will serve them well as they pursue their future goals. I also offer
my sincere appreciation to the faculty mentors who have shepherded them through their projects; their dedication to
the next generation of leaders, innovators and scholars is apparent in their students’ successes.
Finally, I offer my profound thanks to the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program team for organizing this
symposium and for its continuing efforts to foster undergraduate research at UC Irvine. This year marks the
publication of Volume XV of The UCI Undergraduate Research Journal, a sampling of the most outstanding
undergraduate research projects presented at last year’s symposium. UC Irvine’s commitment to undergraduate
research is a national model for how a research university can effectively enhance its undergraduates’ educational
experience.
To further celebrate UC Irvine’s commitment to research, it is my distinct pleasure to sponsor the Chancellor’s
Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research. This award—a 17-year tradition—recognizes the dedication and
contributions of one student and faculty member from each school. Along with the entire UC Irvine community, I
offer my congratulations to this year’s talented recipients. Congratulations also to all the dedicated students and
faculty mentors who are participating in the 2013 UC Irvine Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Thank you for joining us at today’s symposium as we celebrate the passion and accomplishments of our
undergraduate researchers. I hope you find your day to be exciting and inspiring.
Sincerely,
Michael V. Drake, M.D.
Chancellor
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 Table of Contents 
Schedule of Events ........................................................................ 2
A Welcome from Undergraduate Education ......................... 3
Keynote Speaker ............................................................................ 4
Lunch Performance ...................................................................... 5
Oral Presentations ......................................................................... 7
Poster Presentations .................................................................. 39
Individual Poster Presentations ........................................................... 39
Group Poster Presentations ................................................................. 55
Index of Presenters .................................................................... 67
Thanks & Acknowledgments ................................................. 99
Symposium Student Center Map .......................................... 104
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 Schedule of Events 
Saturday, May 18, 2013
7:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Registration
7:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.
Oral Presentations - Session I
10:30 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
Keynote Address & Awards Ceremony
Crystal Cove Auditorium
12:00 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.
Lunch
12:20 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
1:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
Poster Session
Pacific Ballroom C & D
3:00 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.
Oral Presentations - Session II
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 A Welcome from Underg raduate Education 
May 18, 2013
Dear UC Irvine Community Members and Guests:
Welcome to the 20th annual UC Irvine Undergraduate Research Symposium. This event celebrates the hard work
and dedication of today’s presenters in carrying out faculty-mentored research projects and creative activities. This
year’s theme, “Undergraduate Research: Passion and Values,” highlights the drive that has propelled these students
to pursue their work and the personal qualities nurtured and developed by their mentors through their research
journeys.
The scale of today’s event—with almost 600 projects, presented by close to 950 students, mentored by just under
400 faculty—provides you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the research culture that is such an important part
of an undergraduate education at UC Irvine. Whether you devote yourself to examining multiple facets of a single
field or exploring a range of topics, you are sure to be excited by the quality of these students’ accomplishments.
A host of contributors helped make this day possible. We especially thank the faculty mentors, whose passion for
their own work serves as an inspiration for our students. We are enormously grateful, as well, to the many volunteers
who have worked hard to ensure the Symposium’s success.
The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) in the Division of Undergraduate Education assists
UC Irvine’s students by facilitating and recognizing their involvement in faculty-mentored undergraduate research
and creative activities. As the organizer of today’s symposium, UROP has provided research assistance and funding
to many of today’s presenters. UROP programs also include advising undergraduate students about on- and offcampus research opportunities, and publishing The UCI Undergraduate Research Journal, an annual
multidisciplinary publication. In addition, the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) provides students
with the opportunity to immerse themselves into a research project or creative activity under the guidance of UC
Irvine faculty members. UROP has also collaborated with other units on campus to sponsor undergraduate research
programs emphasizing multidisciplinary design, as well as research in biophotonics, health promotion and disease
prevention, information technology, cardiovascular research, chemistry, and micro/nano technologies. This year,
UROP has further expanded its offerings with the launching of the International Summer Undergraduate Research
Fellowship (I-SURF), which encourages international students to come to the United States to conduct summer
research under the guidance of UC Irvine faculty mentors.
Thank you for joining us for today. We hope you are inspired by the efforts and accomplishments of the student
presenters and celebrate with us their research excellence.
Sincerely,
Sharon V. Salinger
Dean, Division of Undergraduate Education
Said M. Shokair
Director, UROP
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 Keynote Speaker 
Bruce Blumberg, Ph.D.
Professor of Developmental & Cell Biology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and
Biomedical Engineering
Bruce Blumberg received the Ph.D. from UCLA in 1987 where he studied the
molecular biology and biochemistry of basement membranes. His postdoctoral
training was in the molecular embryology of vertebrate development with Eddy De
Robertis at UCLA from 1988–1992. Dr. Blumberg trained in molecular endocrinology
as a Staff Scientist at the Salk Institute with Ron Evans in 1992, where he led the
effort to identify new hormones that act through so-called orphan nuclear receptors.
He joined the faculty at UC Irvine in 1998, where he is currently Professor of
Developmental and Cell Biology, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biomedical
Engineering at UC Irvine.
Dr. Blumberg’s research focuses on the role of nuclear hormone receptors in development, physiology and disease.
Particular interests concern the early patterning of the vertebrate nervous system, and the links between exposure to
environmental endocrine disrupting chemicals and the development of cancer and obesity. He proposed the
obesogen hypothesis, which holds that exposure to chemical obesogens can reprogram metabolism to favor the
storage of excess fat, despite normal diet and exercise, and has recently shown that prenatal exposure to such
obesogens can have permanent effects on the exposed individuals, their children and grandchildren. Dr. Blumberg
was appointed as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2012.
Dr. Blumberg is passionate about involving undergraduates directly in his research. In his 14 years at UC Irvine, 57
undergraduate students have trained in his laboratory of whom 15 were underrepresented minorities and 49 were
female. Twenty-four of these undergraduates have been supported by UROP-sponsored programs, 15 have been
awarded “Excellence in Research” by the School of Biological Sciences, 16 have gone on to co-author papers in high
impact scholarly journals, and three have published in The UCI Undergraduate Research Journal.
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 Lunch Performance 
The Dance Department is proud to present faculty-mentored undergraduate creative projects that feature
movement-based research. Dance artists share their ideas through live performance and discussion. These new
works demonstrate the ability to allow inspiration and creativity to flow between research, rehearsal and the
stage. We hope you will enjoy the show!
Time: 12:20 – 1:20 p.m.
Location: William Gillespie Performance Studio 1100
Improv Revolution
Faculty Mentor: Joel Veenstra
Title: Improv Revolution Showcase
Performers: Matthew Duran, Zoe Moacanin, Marcus Munguia, Katie Reed, Benjamin Ridge, Vincent
Tangherlini, Yunder Tsai, Andra Whipple
Bare Bones Dance Theater 2012-2013
Faculty Mentor: Jodie Gates
Title: You are the Beauty
Choreography: Brittany Clements
Music: “Spiegel im Speigel” by Arvo Part
Dancers: Brittany Clements, Karen Wing, Natalie Matsuura
Title: Little Battles
Choreography: Anne Carr
Music: “Un Dernier Verre (Pour La Route)” by Beriut and “La Banlieue” by Beirut
Dancers: Anne Carr, Alex Dreschke
DTM2 Improvisation Ensemble (Dance, Theater, Music, and Media)
Faculty Mentor: Lisa Naugle
Choreography: Professor Lisa Naugle in collaboration with dancers
Dancers: Sarah Bauer, Kimberly Bridgewater, Sarah Castro, Brita Crain, Kelsey Gerber, Cyla Grisso,
Kaylyn Hopkins
Title: Passerby
Faculty Mentor: Lisa Naugle
Choreography: Kimberly Bridgewater
Music: “Claire De Lune” by Ludwig van Beethoven
Dancers: Cierra Crowley, Kelsey Gerber, Caitlin Hicks
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 Performance (cont’d.) 
Title: Annie Fannie (an excerpt)
Faculty Mentor: Jodie Gates
Choreography: Kimberly Bridgewater
Music: “House by the Sea” by Iron and Wine
Dancers: Cierra Crowley, Caitlin Hicks
Donald Mckayle’s UCI Etude Ensemble 2012-2013
Title: To Artina
Choreography: Donald McKayle
Rehearsal Assistant: Will Jonhston
Music: “To Artina” by Eric Santos, Vocals by Darryl Taylor, Poem by Langston Hughes
Dancers: Karen Wing and Jeremy Zapanta
Interface Ensemble
Faculty Mentor: Chad Michael Hall
Title: Whiplash
Choreographer: Chad Michael Hall
Music: Composed by David Karagianis
Dancers: Melanie Anderson, Brita Crain, Landyn Endo, Kelsey Gerber, Andrew Hallenbeck, Shelby
Monson, Keely Moore, Daniel Tran
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 Oral Presentations 
Each presentation is allotted 15 minutes followed by a 3-minute question and answer period. Each session has
a faculty moderator who is assisted by a student room monitor. Participants and guests are asked to adhere to
the Symposium Etiquette Guidelines and not to enter or leave the rooms during presentations.
Abstracts for the presentations at this year’s Symposium are available on the UROP Web site:
http://www.urop.uci.edu/symposium.html
Balboa Island A
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Oral Session I
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
8:30 AM
Zachary Campagna
Biomedical Engineering
Effect of Cardiac Fibroblasts on In Vitro Vascular
Network Formation
Steven George
Biomedical Engineering
8:50 AM
Kevin Cho
Chemical Engineering
Jessica Motherwell
Biomedical Engineering
Optimizing the Lentiviral Transduction of Primary
Cells
Steven George
Biomedical Engineering
9:10 AM
Alexandra Crampton
Biomedical Engineering
Effects of TGF-β Stimulation on In Vitro
Vasculogenesis Models
Steven George
Biomedical Engineering
9:30 AM
Matthew Curtis
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine/ Music Performance:
Viola
The Effects of Oxygen Preconditioning on the
Vascularization of Fibrin Tissues
Steven George
Biomedical Engineering
9:50 AM
Danny Baldo Jr.
Meghan Knight
Biomedical Engineering
Myopacer Electrode Assay for In-Vitro Contractility
Experiments
Anna Grosberg
Biomedical Engineering
10:10 AM
Abdullah Siddiqui
Biomedical Engineering
Finite Element Analysis of Piezoelectric iSensors for
the Study of Cardiomyocyte Contractility
William Tang
Biomedical Engineering
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Balboa Island A (cont’d.)
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Oral Session II
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
3:00 PM
Michael Corrado
Biomedical Engineering
Size Selection of C.
Microfabricated Filter
elegans
3:20 PM
Natasha Felsinger
Biomedical Engineering
Covalent Linkage of Biomolecules on to Metal
Nanostructures
Michelle Khine
Biomedical Engineering
3:40 PM
Edgar Pena
Biomedical Engineering/
Electrical Engineering
An Improved Shortest Paths Approach for Detecting
Brain White Matter Connections
Frithjof Kruggel
Biomedical Engineering
4:00 PM
Jonaphan Hateley
Ali Khalessi
Kimberly Sarrisin
Biomedical Engineering
Baolong Nguyen
Mechanical Engineering
Real Time PCR on a Microfluidic CD for Point of
Care Applications
Lawrence Kulinsky
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
William Tang
Biomedical Engineering
4:20 PM
Kevin Lee
Mathematics
Electromechanical Modeling of the Heart in
Moving Domains Using the Phase-Field Method
John Lowengrub
Mathematics
through
a
Olivier Cinquin
Developmental & Cell Biology
Elliot Hui
Biomedical Engineering
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Balboa Island B
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I
8:30 AM
Yu-Wen Chan
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
Design of a Computer Controlled Multi-Channel
Variable-Gain Amplifier Unit and a Band Pass Filter
Circuitry for DOT System
Gultekin Gulsen
Biomedical Engineering
8:50 AM
Mohamad Abedi
Biomedical Engineering
Pneumatic Testing of Air-Based Inverters to
Optimize Miniaturized Diagnostic Devices
Elliot Hui
Biomedical Engineering
9:10 AM
Michelle Hwang
Biomedical Engineering
Microfluidic Implementation in Serial Dilution
Processes
Elliot Hui
Biomedical Engineering
9:30 AM
Hyung Phouasalit
Biomedical Engineering
The Effects of Spatially Activating the Wnt
Signaling Pathway in Cancer Cells
Elliot Hui
Biomedical Engineering
9:50 AM
Phoebe Nguyen
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
The Role of the Physical Microenvironment in
Regulating Macrophage Polarization and Function
Wendy Liu
Biomedical Engineering
10:10 AM
Christopher Shum
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
A Low-Cost EEG and Evoked Potentials System for
Brain Lesion Localization
An Do
Neurology
Zoran Nenadic
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
Christopher Griffin
Philosophy
Tea and the Arts of Being and Time
Martin Schwab
Philosophy
3:20 PM
Gregory Dixon
English
Tarot: A Collection of Stories
Ron Carlson
English
3:40 PM
Marilyn Leider
English
“The Love that Moves the Sun and Other Stars”:
Dante’s Choreographic Vision
James Chiampi
European Studies
4:00 PM
Alexandra Lossada
English
The Problematics of an Encrypted Mother: Reading
White and Black Spaces in Tennessee Williams’
“Desire and the Black Masseur” and Suddenly Last
Richard Godden
English
Summer
4:20 PM
Natalie Badalof
English
Letters of Brook Farm
Rodrigo Lazo
English
4:40 PM
Saniya Taher
Comparative Literature/
Women’s Studies; International
Studies
Presence of an Impenetrable Past: Italian Postwar
National Memory and Trauma in Antonioni’s
Rei Terada
Comparative Literature
Trilogy
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Crescent Bay A
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I
8:30 AM
Sophia Nguyen
Business Economics
Testing for Retaliatory Effects: A Time Series Study
of Tariff Endogeneity between the United States
and Canada
Gary Richardson
Economics
8:50 AM
Mehwish Shakeel
International Studies
National Identity and the Impact of Drones in
Pakistan
Daniel Brunstetter
International Studies
9:10 AM
Colleen Bromberger
History
Geography and
Secularization
Joseph McKenna
History
9:30 AM
Jeffrey Gibson
Business Administration/
Political Science
The Role of the Pakistani Army within Pakistan
Patrick Morgan
Political Science
9:50 AM
Long Kan
Economics/ Political Science
For Coin and Contract: The Resurgence of Private
Military Companies
Patrick Morgan
Political Science
the
Success
of
Sweden’s
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
Y Nguyen
Sociology
The Maoist Military Line and Political Revolution
Yang Su
Sociology
3:20 PM
Lucas Hahn
International Studies/ Political
Science
Leadership Instability in China’s Foreign Policy
Robert Uriu
Political Science
3:40 PM
Sheila Vilanilam
International Studies
Leadership and Decision Making in the Hermit
Kingdom
Robert Uriu
Political Science
4:00 PM
Allen Tran
Political Science
Liberalization, without Democratization: Why the
Imbalance Exists in Myanmar’s Current Transition
Robert Uriu
Political Science
4:20 PM
David Ou
Political Science
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in China: A
Perspective from Zhongshan City
Dorothy Solinger
Political Science
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Crescent Bay B
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I
8:30 AM
Soobin (Kristen) Ahn
Psychology
Khanh Kathy Dong
Political Science/ Sociology
Asian American College Students Well-Being: A
Comprehensive Analysis of Psychological, Social
and Cultural Factors in the Context of the Family
Jeanett Castellanos
Social Science
8:50 AM
Brian Hermosillo
Psychology & Social Behavior
Compadre hood: An Untapped Support System for
Jeanett Castellanos
Social Science
9:10 AM
Shacole Hamlett
Social Science
Successful African American Entrepreneurship: An
Examination of Individual, Group, and
Environmental Processes
Jeanett Castellanos
Social Science
9:30 AM
Asad Malim
African-American Studies
40 Acres and a Mosque: Blackness, Islam, and
Racialization in Post 9/11 America
Sohail Daulatzai
Film & Media Studies
9:50 AM
Batya Fields
Sociology
Black Identity: The Importance of Membership in
Black Organization and Gender in Racial Identity
among Black College Students
Jennifer Lee
Sociology
Latino Male Undergraduates and their College
Adjustment
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
Faye Cheng
Sociology
The Globalization of Higher Education
Samuel Gilmore
Sociology
3:20 PM
Yu-Fang Pan
Sociology
Degree of In-Group Solidarity and its Effect on
Willingness to Interact with Out-Group Members
Samuel Gilmore
Sociology
3:40 PM
Tanishia Santana
Sociology
A Comparison of Military Sexual Trauma and
Disposition of Reported Cases in the U.S. Military
and Israeli Defense Force
Catherine Bolzendahl
Samuel Gilmore
Sociology
4:00 PM
Nayab Syeda
Sociology
Unequal Inequality: Patterns of Support across
Dimensions of Gender Equality
Catherine Bolzendahl
Sociology
4:20 PM
Jessica Quintana
Sociology
How is Marital Satisfaction Affected by Household
Labor?
Matt Huffman
Sociology
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Crescent Bay C
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I
8:30 AM
Eddie Bonilla
Chicano/Latino Studies
Class or Race? A Comparative Study of the Black
Panther Party and the Chicano Left
Rodolfo Torres
Planning, Policy, & Design
8:50 AM
Samantha Navarro
Global Cultures/ Literary
Journalism
Undocumented Struggles
Ana Rosas
History
Barry Siegel
English
9:10 AM
Sheila Xiao
Sociology
Motivating Factors for Long Term Activism
Ann Hironaka
Sociology
9:30 AM
Christopher Galeano
International Studies/ Political
Science
Media and its Negative Influence on Public
Opinion of Immigration
Louis DeSipio
Political Science
9:50 AM
Yoselinda Mendoza
Psychology & Social Behavior
From the Words of Latino Males: Navigating PostSecondary Education
Glenda Flores
Chicano/Latino Studies
Maria Rendon
Planning, Policy, & Design
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
Emily Whitley
Sociology
In-and-Out: Lives of Mentally Disabled Homeless
Women in Los Angeles
Jacob Avery
Sociology
3:20 PM
David Liu
Anthropology/ Public Health
Policy
Mexican Orphanage Experience and the Impact
from Non-Profit Organizations
Kristin Peterson
Anthropology
3:40 PM
Esther Mealy
Anthropology
StripperWeb: Sex Worker Solidarity in an Online
Forum of Professional Transgressives
Kristin Peterson
Anthropology
4:00 PM
Rahul Chopra
Political Science
The Politics of Human Trafficking: Assessing the
Effectiveness of California Human Trafficking Laws
Charles Anthony Smith
Political Science
4:20 PM
Tyler Hunt
Political Science
Human Trafficking and Victim
Assessing the Role of NGOs
Charles Anthony Smith
Political Science
Assistance:
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Crescent Bay D
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I
8:30 AM
Rocio La Rosa
International Studies
Prosecutorial Discretion and the International
Criminal Court
Christopher Whytock
Political Science
8:50 AM
Thao Thai
Political Science
Employment Discrimination and the Supreme
Court: From Griggs to Ricci
Katherine Tate
Political Science
9:10 AM
Sophia Fonua
Business Economics/ Political
Science
Public Opinion on Welfare Reform in the United
States
Katherine Tate
Political Science
9:30 AM
Bereket Shibeshi
Sociology
New Voter ID Laws and Young Minority Males
David Meyer
Sociology
9:50 AM
Angelina Dayfallah
Political Science
The Use of Nonviolence in the Palestinian-Israeli
Peace Process
Daniel Wehrenfennig
Political Science
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
Stella Sakhon
Psychology & Social Behavior
Self Motivated False Memories
Elizabeth Loftus
Psychology & Social Behavior
3:20 PM
Christian Avetisyan
Criminology, Law & Society
Matthew Jansen
Criminology, Law & Society/
Psychology & Social Behavior
False Memories of Fabricated Political Events
Elizabeth Loftus
Psychology & Social Behavior
3:40 PM
Thomas Doan
Hoang Nguyen
Psychology & Social Behavior
Motivated False Memories
Elizabeth Loftus
Psychology & Social Behavior
4:00 PM
Natalie Ikker
Helen La Sala Ingres
Patricia Place
Psychology & Social Behavior
Potentially Traumatic Events, Directed Forgetting,
and Time Perspective
Elizabeth Loftus
Psychology & Social Behavior
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Crystal Cove Auditorium
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I
8:30 AM
Amanda Peronto
Drama/ History
What “Putting a Woman in her Place” Really Means
in Theatre
Ketu Katrak
Drama
8:50 AM
Connor Alhart
Drama
(Un)Anonymous: An Exploration of Addiction and
Personal Identity
Annie Loui
Drama
9:10 AM
Matthew Duran
Katie Reed
Benjamin Ridge
Vincent Tangherlini
Yuder Tsai
Andra Whipple
Drama
Zoe Moacanin
English
Marcus Munguia
Criminology, Law & Society
Improv Revolution Presents: The Coup de Comedy
Festival
Joel Veenstra
Drama
9:30 AM
Vahan Hartooni
Computer Science &
Engineering/ Digital Arts
Sakura Transmutation: Twitter Ikebana
Bryan Jackson
Studio Art
9:50 AM
Natalie Kovacs
Psychology & Social Behavior/
Studio Art
Melissa Maldonado
Economics/ Studio Art
Catalyst: Undergraduate Art Gallery
Gifford Myers
Studio Art
10:10 AM
Anna Mariscal
Anthropology
Traveling and Improvisational Dancing: Reflections
on a Holistic Approach to Dance Instruction
Lisa Naugle
Dance
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Crystal Cove Auditorium (cont’d.)
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
Reyna Baltazar
Psychology & Social Behavior
Jacqueline Fuentes
Marjory Vazquez
Criminology, Law & Society
Consequences of Living in an Undocumented
Family on Youths’ Experiences with the Juvenile
Justice System
Elizabeth Cauffman
Psychology & Social Behavior
3:20 PM
Shan-Chun Chen
Psychology & Social Behavior
Romina Gill
Business Economics/ Psychology
Nina Ozbardakci
Psychology
DRD4 and Depression: The Mediating Role of
Friends
Elizabeth Cauffman
Psychology & Social Behavior
3:40 PM
Rudolph Bielitz
Criminology, Law & Society/
Psychology & Social Behavior
Deanna Gallegos
Sonja Huang
Psychology & Social Behavior
Not Just Child’s Play: Youth Bullying And The Risk
Of Offending Behavior
Elizabeth Cauffman
Psychology & Social Behavior
4:00 PM
Claudia Gavrilescu
Michael Kim
Criminology, Law & Society
Julia Lee
Roshan Sharma
Psychology & Social Behavior
Coping during Incarceration: Comparison of Youths
Processed in Juvenile versus Adult Court
Elizabeth Cauffman
Psychology & Social Behavior
4:20 PM
Julia Lee
Psychology & Social Behavior
Do Individual and Contextual Factors Predict
Processing Decisions for Juvenile Offenders?
Elizabeth Cauffman
Psychology & Social Behavior
4:40 PM
Stephanie Nguyen
Psychology & Social Behavior
Kiley Smith
Psychology
The Moderating Effect of Callous-Unemotional
Traits on Juvenile Conduct
Elizabeth Cauffman
Psychology & Social Behavior
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Doheny Beach A
Oral Session I
The morning session in Doheny Beach A will be presented by students from the Advanced Field Study .course sequence in the
School of Social Ecology. A list of their presentations is on page 38.
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
Kristine Bonifacio
Michelle Sangalang
Kevin Yokota
Biomedical Engineering
Phong Tran
Biomedical Engineering/
Materials Science Engineering
Eric Wilde
Biomedical Engineering/
Electrical Engineering
Rehabilitation Walker
Tibor Juhasz
Ophthalmology
Albert Yee
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
3:20 PM
Justin Bass
Anh Cao
Aaron Paff
Electrical Engineering
William Hillhouse
Computer Engineering
ZipScope Time-Domain Analyzer
Lee Swindlehurst
Electrical Engineering & Computer
Science
3:40 PM
Jahanzeb Ashraf
Andrew Dugum
Monil Patel
Biological Sciences
Quentin Dietz
Biomedical Computing
Sandy Ortiz
Philosophy
Growing and Extracting Biofuel from Algae
Peter Bowler
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
4:00 PM
Khizar Karwa
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Motor Control for Accurate Characterization of a
Small IC Engine
John Garman
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
4:20 PM
Ryan Kuehne
Mechanical Engineering
Prototyping and Testing of a Mechanical Trap
Toilet
John Garman
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
4:40 PM
Joe Chen
Anaya Mekonnen
Lineker Phuong
Mechanical Engineering
Christopher Gay
Materials Science Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Stored Energy Solar Stove Project
John Garman
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
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Doheny Beach B
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I
8:30 AM
Kevin Limtao
Biomedical Engineering
Microfluidic Platform for Small-Sample Protein
Analysis
Mark Bachman
Electrical Engineering & Computer
Science
8:50 AM
Natasha Felsinger
Nigel Fernandez
Patrick Kahn
Biomedical Engineering
Huylong Ngo
Biomedical Engineering/
Chemistry/ Biological Sciences
Vladmir Satchouk
Aerospace Engineering
Automated Microfluidic HIV
Platform for Developing Nations
Oladele Ogunseitan
Program in Public Health
William Tang
9:10 AM
Chase Davis
Priyanka Jain
Ryan Kwong
Katherine Lee
Eric Nguyen
Reaz Rahman
Biomedical Engineering
Portable, Low-Cost Malaria Diagnostic Platform
Oladele Ogunseitan
Program in Public Health
William Tang
Biomedical Engineering
9:30 AM
Michael Lum
Biomedical Engineering
Cancer Tumor
Microfluidics
Inertial
William Tang
Biomedical Engineering
9:50 AM
Andrea Navarro
Tracey Tien
Biomedical Engineering
Microfabricated Fluidic Platform with Piezoelectric
Bridges for Studying the Biomechanics of
Cardiomyocytes
William Tang
Biomedical Engineering
Cell
Isolation
Immunoassay
with
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
Joseph Gomez
Yijiao Wang
Biomedical Engineering
Simulated Capillaries for Blood Rheology Study
William Tang
Biomedical Engineering
3:20 PM
Emma Gallarza
Jennifer Lee
Max Mao
Albert Truong
Biomedical Engineering
Smartphone Analyzer of Microfluidic Assays for
Portable Assessment of Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Arlene Doria
William Tang
Biomedical Engineering
3:40 PM
Umer Waris
Biological Sciences
Prevalence of AHA’s Life Simple 7 Adherence
across Various Racial and Ethnic Groups in
California
Nathan Wong
Epidemiology
4:00 PM
John Peralta
Biological Sciences
Christine Umali
Public Health Sciences
Neck Pain in the U.S. Working-Age Population
Haiou Yang
Medicine
4:20 PM
Amanda Nguyen
Political Science/ Public Health
Policy
The Emergency Medical Response to the 2010 Haiti
Earthquake
Lisa Grant Ludwig
Program in Public Health
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Doheny Beach C
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I
8:30 AM
Jonathan Lim
Business Administration/
Psychology & Social Behavior
Love at First Sight?: Asian Americans’ Use of
Impression Management on a Speed Date
Chuansheng Chen
Psychology & Social Behavior
8:50 AM
Ronica Senores
Psychology & Social Behavior
The Roles of Self-Esteem and Gender on MateValue Accuracy in a Speed-Dating Environment
Chuansheng Chen
Psychology & Social Behavior
9:10 AM
Justin Huft
Psychology & Social Behavior/
Social Ecology
Quantitative Differences in Schemas of Depression
between Religious Groups
Peter Ditto
Eric Knowles
Psychology & Social Behavior
9:30 AM
Hannah Kang
Psychology & Social Behavior
Taboo Trade-Offs Based on Moral Foundation
Theory
Peter Ditto
Psychology & Social Behavior
9:50 AM
Hongyang Guan
Psychology
A Survey of Observed Power in a Large Sample of
Published Articles in Psychology
Joachim Vandekerckhove
Cognitive Sciences
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
Jamie Amemiya
Biological Sciences
Sex-Specific Susceptibility to Pre- and Postnatal
Environments
Programs
Infant
Cognitive
Development
Elysia Davis
Psychiatry & Human Behavior
3:20 PM
Margaret McDuffee
Psychology & Social Behavior
Maternal Stress during Pregnancy and Infant
Outcomes
Ilona Yim
Psychology & Social Behavior
3:40 PM
Vicky Lien
Psychology & Social Behavior
Biculturalism, Loneliness, and Stress among Asian
Americans
Ilona Yim
Psychology & Social Behavior
4:00 PM
Amy Goldman
Sociology
Exploring International Gender Differences in
Mathematics Self-Efficacy
Andrew Penner
Sociology
4:20 PM
Lucus McKenzie
Sociology
Uneven Development at the Regional Scale: Port
Infrastructure and Southern California’s TradeDependent Industries
David Smith
Sociology
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Doheny Beach D
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I
8:30 AM
Naomi Lichtner
Earth & Environmental
Science/ English
Peace Negotiations via Environmental Cooperation
in the Congo
Richard Matthew
Planning, Policy, & Design
8:50 AM
Dahnish Shams
Social Ecology
Boundary Organizations: A Redefined Tool for
Environmental Communications
Richard Matthew
Planning, Policy, & Design
9:10 AM
Jeanette Lee
Earth & Environmental Science
Temporal Variability in Oceanic Nutrient Ratios
along the Southern California Coast
Adam Martiny
Earth System Science
9:30 AM
Elliot Persico
Physics/ Studio Art
Enhancement of Ferromagnetism in Ultra-Thin
SrRuO3 Film with Few-Monolayer-Thick SrTiO3
Capping Layer
Jing Xia
Physics & Astronomy
9:50 AM
Karen An
Earth & Environmental Science
The Human Implications of NASA’s GRACE
Satellite: Estimating a Global Hydrological Carrying
Capacity
James Famiglietti
John Reager
Earth System Science
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
Golroxan Shoa
Biological Sciences
Visual Working Memoray in Cortical Visual Field
Maps
Alyssa Brewer
Cognitive Sciences
3:20 PM
Camille Macalinao
Psychology
Using EEG Recordings of Covert Shifts of Spatial
Attention to Signal Intended Direction
Michael D’Zmura
Cognitive Sciences
3:40 PM
Natalie Poppa
Psychology
Neural Correlates of Sensorimotor Integration in
Speech Production: A Lesion Study
Gregory Hickok
Cognitive Sciences
4:00 PM
Irina Danileiko
Psychology
Calibration of People’s Estimates of Probabilities in
Soccer
Michael Lee
Cognitive Sciences
4:20 PM
Mark Dennison, Jr.
Psychology
Effects of TMS on Visual Attention
Ramesh Srinivasan
Cognitive Sciences
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Emerald Bay A
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I
8:30 AM
Bima Hasjim
Biological Sciences/ Psychology
The Role of Cholecystokinin on Non-Responsive
Mechanisms during Electroacupuncture Treatment
on Elevated Blood Pressure in Rats
Min Li
Medicine
8:50 AM
Allison Enomoto
Lily Sung
Biological Sciences
The Role of γ-Aminobutyric Acid in the Nucleus
Tractus Solitarius during Electroacupuncture
Modulation of the Bezold-Jarisch Reflex
Stephanie Tjen-a-looi
Medicine
9:10 AM
Minh Tran
Biological Sciences
Studying the Role of Opioids in the Nucleus of the
Solitary Tract during Electroacupuncture (EA)
Stephanie Tjen-a-looi
Medicine
9:30 AM
Omeid Heidari
Cassidie Thomas
Nursing Science
Developing and Implementing and Effective
Reproductive Health Eduction Program
Julie Rousseau
Program in Nursing Science
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
Alison Wong
Public Health Sciences
Student Dancers at UC Irvine: How Can Injury Risk
Be Reduced?
Zuzana Bic
Brandon Brown
Program in Public Health
Diane Diefenderfer
Dance
3:20 PM
Thuy Quyen Pham
Public Health Policy
Vietnamese Americans’ Attitudes towards
Compensation for Living Kidney Donation
Zuzana Bic
Brandon Brown
Program in Public Health
3:40 PM
Marty Ralph Ignacio
Business Economics/Public
Health Policy
Shifting the Fear of Hypoglycemia among Parents
with Children with Type 1 Diabetes
Zuzana Bic
Program in Public Health
4:00 PM
Newsha Dowlaty
Biological Sciences
Brian Tran
Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology
Amanda Yoon
Public Health Policy
The Inflammatory Effects of Glucose on
Granulocytes and Monocytes of Obese and Type II
Diabetic Subjects
Pietro Galassetti
Pediatrics
4:20 PM
Natalie Rivadeneira
Public Health Sciences
Cancer Mortality Trends in the United States:
Patterns by Sex and Age 1959–2010
Andrew Noymer
Program in Public Health
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Emerald Bay B
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I
8:30 AM
Michelle Yancoskie
Genetics
Phosphorylation of the Mammalian Transcription
Factor Grainyhead-like 3 (GRHL3) by MitogenActivated Protein Kinases
Lee Bardwell
Developmental & Cell Biology
8:50 AM
Chantle Edillor
Developmental & Cell Biology
The In Vivo Effects of Bisphenol A Diglycidyl Ether
and its Potential Pathways for Adipogenic Induction
Bruce Blumberg
Developmental & Cell Biology
9:10 AM
Megan Afetian
Developmental & Cell Biology
Characterizing trp53 Mutation in Hair FollicleDerived Pilomatricomas
Xing Dai
Biological Chemistry
9:30 AM
Joseph Choe
Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology
Analyzing RNA that Specifically Localize to
Drosophila melanogaster Lipid Droplets
Steven Gross
Developmental & Cell Biology
9:50 AM
Sarah Valles
Biological Sciences
Transport Regulating Proteins in Lipid-Droplets of
Drosophila melanogaster Embryos
Steven Gross
Developmental & Cell Biology
10:10 AM
Seyed Pairawan
Biological Sciences
Studying the Chlamydial Developmental Cycle
using Electron Microscopy
Christine Suetterlin
Developmental & Cell Biology
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
Shichun Ling
Psychology & Social Behavior
Demographic Differences of the Perceived
Importance and Reasons for Life Goals
Jutta Heckhausen
Psychology & Social Behavior
3:20 PM
Vinnie Wu
Psychology & Social Behavior
Shared Agency with Parents
Motivation and Achievement
Academic
Jutta Heckhausen
Psychology & Social Behavior
3:40 PM
Kristin Gundersen
Psychology & Social Behavior
Hardiness as a Predictor of Officer Cadet
Performance: A Longitudinal Study at the United
States Military Academy, West Point
Salvatore Maddi
Psychology & Social Behavior
4:00 PM
Benjamin LathamBryman
Psychology & Social Behavior
Understanding the Non-Medical Use
Prescription Stimulants by College Students
of
JoAnn Prause
Psychology & Social Behavior
4:20 PM
Colleen Burkhead
Tian Harrison
Psychology & Social Behavior
Gender and Ethnicity as Moderators of the Effect of
Writing about One’s Best Possible Self
Joanne Zinger
Psychology & Social Behavior
in
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Emerald Bay C
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I
8:30 AM
Tara Zand
Biological Sciences
Comparison of Floseal Tubeless Exit vs. Cope Loop
Nephrostomy vs. Facial Stitch Following
Percutaneous Nephrolithotripsy by Prospective
Randomized Trial
Jaime Landman
Urology
8:50 AM
Helena Do
Biological Sciences
Hinal Patel
Neurobiology
Randomized Assessment of Alcohol Consumption
with Computerized Screening and Brief
Intervention for Adult and Adolescent Patients in
the Emergency Department
Shahram Lotfipour
Emergency Medicine
9:10 AM
Christopher Gilani
Sohni Singh
Biological Sciences
Sina Popal
Public Health Sciences
Utility of Ultrasound Guided Lumbar Puncture in
Successfully Reducing Level of Traumatic Taps
John Christian Fox
Shahram Lotfipour
Emergency Medicine
9:30 AM
Chelsey Bithell
Nooreen Khan
Armaan Rowther
Nadia Zuabi
Biological Sciences
Prevalence and Clinical Import of Thoracic Injuries
Identified by Chest CT but not Chest Radiograph in
Blunt Trauma Patients
Mark Langdorf
Shahram Lotfipour
Emergency Medicine
9:50 AM
Anika Akhter
Public Health Policy
Jenna Hung
Maggie Wu
Pharmaceutical Science
Michael Liu
Keli Tahara
Ivan Trang
Neurobiology
A Survey of UCI Student Health Center Patients:
Attitudes and Receptiveness to Using Integrative
Medicine for Common Medical Conditions
Wadie Najm
Family Medicine
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Emerald Bay C (cont’d.)
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
Adriana Capatina
Biological Sciences
Development and Assessment of a Novel
Perioperative
Ultrasound
Curriculum
for
Anesthesiology Residents
Davinder Ramsingh
Anesthesiology
3:20 PM
Shane Breazeale
Biological Sciences
Melika Hosseini
Public Health Sciences
Ultrafest, a Hands-On Ultrasound Symposium for
California Medical Students
John Christian Fox
Emergency Medicine
3:40 PM
Sami Dwabe
Biological Sciences
The Association of Sepsis and Deep Vein
Thrombosis Rates in Trauma Patients
Cristobal Barrios
Allen Kong
Surgery
4:00 PM
Daniel Ho
Biological Sciences
Kunaal Kapoor
Public Health Sciences
Leslie Mendoza
Psychology & Social Behavior
Bhavika Patel
Biological Sciences/ Chemistry
Cathy Shutaya
Public Health Policy
A Survey on Patients at the UCI Santa Ana Family
Health Center: Attitudes and Knowledge of
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
David Kilgore
Family Medicine
4:20 PM
Esther Kim
Biological Sciences
The Importance of Brief Screening and Intervention
in Older Patients
Cristobal Barrios
Allen Kong
Surgery
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Emerald Bay D
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I
8:30 AM
Shivani Sharma
Biological Sciences
Immunofluorescent Computed Tomography Based
Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of the Human
Optic Nerve Head
Donald Brown
Ophthalmology
8:50 AM
Michael Finney
Public Health Sciences
Laminar Organization of Local Excitatory and
Inhibitory Circuitry in Mouse Visual Cortex
Nicholas Olivas
Xiangmin Xu
Anatomy & Neurobiology
9:10 AM
Caroline Bakhit
Biological Sciences/ Psychology
& Social Behavior
Emotion Perception in Schizophrenia and Bipolar
Disorder and the Influence of Neurocognition
Julie Patterson
Psychiatry & Human Behavior
9:30 AM
Rahaf Baker
Biological Sciences
Stimulation or Reperfusion Can Contributed to
Increased Cortical Damage Three Hours Following
Occlusion in A Rodent Stroke Model
Ron Frostig
Neurobiology & Behavior
9:50 AM
Keli Tahara
Neurobiology
Horizontal Projections as an Anatomical
Foundation for Radial Spreads of Activity following
Single-Whisker Stimulation
Ron Frostig
Neurobiology & Behavior
10:10 AM
Jocelyn Argueta
Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology
Metabolic Defect in Down Syndrome Cell Lines
Jorge Busciglio
Pinar Coskun
Neurobiology & Behavior
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
Pejman Majd
Biological Sciences
Individual Axons from Neurons in the
Posteromedial Barrel Subfield Project Horizontally
for Several Millimeters through Cortical Gray Matter
Ron Frostig
Neurobiology & Behavior
3:20 PM
Andrew Banuelos
Biological Sciences
Clare Quirk
Neurobiology
Effects of Temporary Inactivations of the
Hippocampus and Medial Prefrontal Cortex on
Sequence Memory
Timothy Allen
Norbert Fortin
Neurobiology & Behavior
3:40 PM
Naira Sargsyan
Biological Sciences
Retention Rate and Nature of Highly Superior
Autobiographical Memory (HSAM) Over Time
James McGaugh
Craig Stark
Neurobiology & Behavior
4:00 PM
Amandeep Singh
Biological Sciences
Explicit and Implicit Learning in the Serial
Reaction-Time Task
James McGaugh
Craig Stark
Neurobiology & Behavior
4:20 PM
Soraya Azzawi
Neurobiology
Rescue of Long-Term Location Memory for
BAF53b Heterozygous Knockouts
Marcelo Wood
Neurobiology & Behavior
4:40 PM
Mariexcel Davatolhagh
Biological Sciences
The Role of NR4A1 and NR4A2 in Long-Term
Memory
Marcelo Wood
Neurobiology & Behavior
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Emerald Bay E
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I
8:30 AM
Baldwin Chang
Computer Science & Engineering
Anita Gilbert
Nafiri Kusumakaulika
Informatics
Nithin Jilla
Computer Science
Social Media’s Epilogue: A Design Study Exploring
Postmortem Data Management
Jed Brubaker
Gillian Hayes
Informatics
8:50 AM
Jeffrey Hong
Business Information
Management
Nafiri Kusumakaulika
Andrea Lau
Informatics
uCibo: Supporting Novice Cooks through Sensor
Enhanced Computing Technologies
Gillian Hayes
Informatics
9:10 AM
Van Custodio
Katherine Nguyen
Rachel Weiner
Informatics
Video Modeling for Autism
Gillian Hayes
Informatics
9:30 AM
Victor Lelas
Computer Science
Hugo Polanco
Informatics/ Medical Informatics
Katherine Tran
Computer Science & Engineering
Joseph Trevino
Computer Science/ Mathematics
Understanding Users’ Needs for a Mental Health
Smartphone Application
Karen Cheng
Gillian Hayes
Informatics
9:50 AM
Victor Lelas
Computer Science
Minhnhut Vo
Computer Science &
Engineering/ Informatics
Ching-Wen Yang
Public Health Sciences
Technologies for Assisting with Food Insecurity:
Strengthening Nonprofit Organizations
Gillian Hayes
Melissa Mazmanian
Informatics
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Emerald Bay E (cont’d.)
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
Igii Enverga
Taylor Rogers
Jonathan Stroud
Computer Science
Brian Song
Mathematics
Ensemble Learning and the Heritage Health Prize
Alexander Ihler
Max Welling
Computer Science
3:20 PM
Katherine Lo
Mathematics
Implications of the Materiality of Game Devices on
Player Identity
Bonnie Nardi
Informatics
3:40 PM
Michael Vorobyov
Computer Science
Application of Bayesian Networks to Texas
Hold’em Poker
Alexander Ihler
Computer Science
4:00 PM
Christine Bediones
English
Camille Macalinao
Psychology
Are we Washing Poop?: Unintended Consequences
of Educational Game Design
AnneMarie Conley
Education
4:20 PM
Nina Kang
Anish Patel
Tiffany Wu
Biological Sciences
Application of Neurobiological Animations as a
Pedagogical tool for Educational Enhancement
through the Social Media platform
Brad Hughes
Zheyan Xu
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
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Moss Cove A
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I
8:30 AM
Adrienne Nguyen
Anthropology/ History
Second Generation Vietnamese Americans and the
Historical Memory of the Vietnam War
Emily Rosenberg
History
8:50 AM
Howard Diep
Asian American Studies/
Political Science
Michelle Pham
Biological Sciences
Interactive History: Vietnamese American Elders’
Stories
Thuy Vo-Dang
Asian American Studies
9:10 AM
Nathan Directo
History/ Mechanical Engineering
Animating the Lost Generation: Understanding
Japanese Youth Problems through Popular Culture
Kathryn Ragsdale
History
9:30 AM
Tiffany Quebral
History/ Political Science
The Significance of Political Activism to Reclaim
the Memory and Truth of the Comfort Women
Dorothy Fujita-Rony
Asian American Studies
9:50 AM
Neil Bautista
English
Exploring Philippine Queer Culture: The Rhetoric
of Containment for the Bakla (a Third Gender)
Jonathan Alexander
English
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
David Cao
Chemistry
Synthesis
and
Characterization
of
a
Heterobimetallic Coordination Complex with
Redox-Active Ligands
Alan Heyduk
Chemistry
3:20 PM
Arya Baghkhanian
Chemistry
A Hydrophobic Surface is Essential to Inhibit the
Aggregation of a Tau-Derived Hexapeptide
James Nowick
Chemistry
3:40 PM
Diana Tran
Biological Sciences/ Chemistry
Cross Your Fingers for Cleavable Cross-Linkers: An
Investigative Study
Scott Rychnovsky
Chemistry
4:00 PM
Thanh Ho Ngo
Biological Sciences/ Chemistry
Temperature Dependence and the Effect of
Propane Flow Rate on the Kinetics of Propane
Clathrate Hydrate Formation
Kenneth Janda
Chemistry
4:20 PM
Margaret Marvin
Chemistry
Seeing the Forest for the (Pine) Trees: Aqueous
Photochemistry
of
cis -Pinonic
Acid,
a
Representative Compound in Forest Haze
Sergey Nizkorodov
Chemistry
4:40 PM
William Brown
Chemistry
Expanding Attachment Chemistry for Single
Molecule Nanocircuits
Gregory Weiss
Chemistry
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Moss Cove B
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I
8:30 AM
Talar Malakian
English
Armenian American
Postmemory
Diaspora
Narratives
of
Arlene Keizer
English
8:50 AM
Christopher Barber
Classical Civilization/ Urban
Studies
Michael Ko
Comparative Literature
Military Texts and State Formation in Warring
States China and Japan
Anne Walthall
History
9:10 AM
Amrita Khoshoo
Global Cultures/ History
Hiram Bingham & Indiana Jones: The Saviors of
History
Allison Perlman
History
9:30 AM
Tessa Frey
Art History
Veronica Franco and the Enigma of Female
Portraiture during the Venetian Renaissance
Lyle Massey
Art History
9:50 AM
Sasha Sabherwal
International Studies/ Political
Science/ Women’s Studies
Intersections of Indian Nationalism and Gender:
the Role of Women and Motherhood in the
Hindutva Movement
Vinayak Chaturvedi
History
10:10 AM
Neha Bhatt
Biological Sciences
Effects of Neoliberalism and Desocialized
Understandings of HIV/AIDS on Poor Women of
Color
Jennifer Terry
Women’s Studies
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
Courtney Bell
English
The Boy Who Lived and the Boy Who Never Grew
Up: The Comparison of Agency, Fear and
Transition in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
and Peter Pan
Jayne Lewis
English
3:20 PM
Lauren King
English
Breaking Boundaries: The Subversive Role of the
Female Knight in Le Roman de Silence and
Julia Lupton
English
3:40 PM
Taylor Fuller
Comparative Literature/ Film
& Media Studies
Wole Soyinka: The Ambiguous and Complex
Nature of Post-Colonial Nigeria
Jane Newman
Comparative Literature
4:00 PM
Meena Malik
Comparative Literature
The Question of Fiction in Autobiography—Nawal
El Saadawy
Jane Newman
Comparative Literature
4:20 PM
Kenneth Lai
Classics/ English
New England’s Curator: Colonial Revival in the
Works of Lovecraft
James Steintrager
English
Orlando Furioso
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Newport Beach A
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I
8:30 AM
Joel Trushinski
Biological Sciences
Microfluidic Breast Cancer Early Detection Device
Weian Zhao
Pharmaceutical Sciences
8:50 AM
Michael Wu
Biological Sciences
Insights to
Mechanism
Weian Zhao
Pharmaceutical Sciences
9:10 AM
Carlin Lee
Biological Sciences
Specialized Mn2+ Transporters Aid Salmonella
Colonization of the Inflamed Gut
Manuela Raffatellu
Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
9:30 AM
Veronica Ortiz
Developmental & Cell Biology
Analysis of the Envelope Protein Pertaining to the
Jaagsiekte Sheep Retrovirus (JSRV) that Causes
Cancer in the Lungs of Sheep
Melanie Cocco
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
9:50 AM
Jason Jia
Biological Sciences
Estrogen Stimulation of Hydrogen
Biosynthesis in Uterine Endothelial Cells
Dongbao Chen
Obstetrics & Gynecology
10:10 AM
Arman Walia
Biological Sciences
Measurement of Tissue Elasticity Post Aerosol Cell
Transfer of Bladder Urothelium in Bladder
Augmentation
Guy Hidas
Urology
Deoxyribozymes:
Structure
and
Sulfide
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
Mahyar Malekan
Pharmaceutical Science
Examining Translation Initiation Function in SelfCleaving Ribozymes
Andrej Luptak
Pharmaceutical Sciences
3:20 PM
Roya Mirilavassani
Biological Sciences
Metabolite-Induced Change in Self-Scission of the
F. prausnitzii Ribozyme
Andrej Luptak
Pharmaceutical Sciences
3:40 PM
Eunice Oh
Pharmaceutical Science
GTP Aptamers in Human Genome Selection
Andrej Luptak
Pharmaceutical Sciences
4:00 PM
Karissa Chow
Biological Sciences
Metabolic Fingerprint Variation Among Vector
Mosquito Species
Anthony James
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
4:20 PM
Brian Nguyen
Biological Sciences
Functional and Expression Analyses of Aedes
aegypti Eggshell-Related Genes
Anthony James
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
4:40 PM
Grace Yu
Biological Sciences
The Effects of Invasive Brassica nigra Pollen on
Seed Set of the Native Phacelia parryi
Diane Campbell
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
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Newport Beach B
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I
8:30 AM
Truman Nguyen
Biological Sciences
Construction and Testing of Tissue-Simulating
Phantoms to Model Intrinsic Optical Scattering
Contrast between Healthy and Diseased Breast
Tissue to Improve Breast Cancer Diagnosis and
Detection
Albert Cerussi
Beckman Laser Institute
8:50 AM
Kathleen Mendoza
Leila Nazemi
Steven Serna
Biomedical Engineering
Edgar Pena
Biomedical Engineering/
Electrical Engineering
Enhancing Vein Visualization for Subcutaneous
Puncture
Bernard Choi
Abraham Lee
Biomedical Engineering
9:10 AM
June Tong
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
Assessment of Reconstructive Flap Occlusion in a
Preclinical Model: A Comparison of Multispectral
Imaging to Conventional Digital Color Imaging
Anthony Durkin
Adrien Ponticorvo
Beckman Laser Institute
9:30 AM
Elliott Kwan
Biomedical Engineering
Design and Fabrication of a Capillary Network
Model to Validate Optical Imaging Technologies
Tyler Rice
Physics & Astronomy
Bruce Tromberg
Biomedical Engineering
9:50 AM
Alex Matlock
Biomedical Engineering
Fabrication of a Fast, Scalable Prototype for Diffuse
Optical Spectroscopic Imaging
Bruce Tromberg
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
Katherine Hamorsky
Biological Sciences
Exercise and a Higher Fat Diet may Influence the
Physical Health of Individuals with Inclusion Body
Myopathy with Early-Onset Paget Disease and
Frontotemporal Dementia
Manaswitha Khare
Virginia Kimonis
Marie Wencel
Pediatrics
3:20 PM
Naomi Setiawati
Biological Sciences
Intelligence Test Result Comparison between
Prader Willi Syndrome (PWS) Patients Treated with
or without Growth Hormone, and Patients with
Uniparental Disomy and Deletions
Virginia Kimonis
Pediatrics
3:40 PM
Janet Ajdaharian
Biological Sciences/ Studio Art
Imaging Gingivitis Response to a Novel Dentrifice
Petra Wilder-Smith
Beckman Laser Institute
4:00 PM
Na Eun Chung
Biological Sciences
Imaging-Based Approach to Evaluating Dentrifice
for Treating Periodontitis: A Randomized Clinical
Trial
Petra Wilder-Smith
Beckman Laser Institute
4:20 PM
Amin Sarraf
Biological Sciences/ Public
Health Sciences
Use of Optical Coherence Tomography to Detect
and Compare the Effectiveness of Natural Products
on Prevention of Dental Caries in Enamel
Petra Wilder-Smith
Beckman Laser Institute
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Pacific Ballroom A
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I
8:30 AM
Hugo Banh
Jessica Chean
Kevin Kho
Lawrence Ng
John Parcell
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Albert Barber
Sarah Black
John Chen
Varun Jasuja
Ravi Patel
Roi Rivera
Mechanical Engineering
Michaela Fleming
Materials Science Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Michael Gamboa
Charles Poblete
Robert Zavala
Aerospace Engineering
Joseph Petrilli
Biomedical Engineering/
Materials Science Engineering
Bruno Vu
Information & Computer
Science/ Mechanical Engineering
Design Build Fly at UCI
Robert Liebeck
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
8:50 AM
Alecxandre Andres
Dat Huynh
Joe King
Jason Nanez
Samuel Reyes
Aerospace Engineering
Jacob Boyer
John Huleis
Athanasios Kaplanis
Konstantinos Kaplanis
Timothy Lin
Alexander Mercado
Ramsha Qasim
Franco Staub
Veronica Swanson
Mechanical Engineering
Anais Gharabegian
Physics
Brian Notosubagyo
Jacqueline Thomas
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Human Powered Airplane at UCI
Robert Liebeck
Kenneth Mease
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
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Pacific Ballroom A (cont’d.)
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I (cont’d.)
9:10 AM
Keegan Carroll
Mechanical Engineering
Kevin Lasqyete
Akash Patel
Aerospace Engineering
Satellite Design and Power Collection for Two-Unit
Cube Satellite
Benjamin Villac
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
9:30 AM
Olivia Domenici
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Phobos-Deimos Cycler Mission Design
Benjamin Villac
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
9:50 AM
Tony Christiansen
Stephanie Kwok
Mechanical Engineering
Jared Hatland
Aerospace Engineering
Electrospray Propulsion
Benjamin Villac
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
10:10 AM
Alvin Cao
Joseph Cuevas
Christopher Gay
Kenny Miranda
Jonathon Wong
Materials Science Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Solar Powered Airplane
Albert Yee
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
Nathan Kirksey
Dustin Semark
Mechanical Engineering
Generation
Hydrogen
and
Application
of
3:20 PM
Junyan Peng
Chemical Engineering
Synthesis of Economical Bijels in Macroscopic
Dimensions
Ali Mohraz
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
3:40 PM
Kevin He
Max Mao
Chemical Engineering
Effects of Alternating
Thrombosis
James Earthman
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
4:00 PM
Kevin Cheng
Chemistry
Utilization of Hydrogen Bonds to Prepare Dynamic
Nanocomposites
Zhibin Guan
Chemistry
4:20 PM
Hannah Little
Biological Sciences
Biocompatible Dendronized Polymer for siRNA
Delivery
Zhibin Guan
Chemistry
4:40 PM
Timothy Tiambeng
Chemistry
PEGylated Denpols for siRNA Delivery
Zhibin Guan
Hanxiang Zeng
Chemistry
Magnetic
Renewable
Fields
on
Tim Brown
Scott Samuelsen
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
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Pacific Ballroom B
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I
8:30 AM
Ruben Alanis Luu
Biomedical Engineering/
Material Science Engineering
Hanna Chang
Michael Kim
Saharat Pinyo
Biomedical Engineering
Christopher Yeung
Material Science Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Deflectable Tip Guidewire
William Tang
Biomedical Engineering
8:50 AM
Parinaz Abiri
Alexandra Crampton
Anh La
Nicole Mendoza
Biomedical Engineering
Albert Liao
Materials Science Engineering
Magnetic Surgical Retraction System
William Tang
Biomedical Engineering
9:10 AM
Christian Crouzet
Meghan Knight
Princeton Saroha
Daniel Youssef
Biomedical Engineering
Urmilla Janardan
Undeclared
Distally Expanding Catheter for Improved Ischemic
Clot Aspiration
William Tang
Biomedical Engineering
9:30 AM
Maxwell Daly
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering/
Material Science Engineering
Timothy Keo
Brianne Lucchesi
Ethan Parker
Abduallah Siddiqui
Biomedical Engineering
Phong Tran
Biomedical Engineering/
Material Science Engineering
Cardiac Surgical Device for Repairing the Mitral
Valve
William Tang
Biomedical Engineering
9:50 AM
John Lam
Amanda Ngo
Tracey Tien
Jonathan Vo
Biomedical Engineering
Michael Lum
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
Soleciety
William Tang
Biomedical Engineering
10:10 AM
Indrani Mikkilineni
Biomedical Engineering
Integration of Optical Detection System with
Microplatforms to Diagnose Malaria
William Tang
Biomedical Engineering
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Pacific Ballroom B (cont’d.)
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
Stephanie Berganza
Business Economics/
International Studies
Security and Development in Guatemala: Drug
Trafficking and Infrastructure in Peten
Caesar Sereseres
Political Science
3:20 PM
Parneet Ghuman
Public Health Sciences/ Sociology
How Do We Mobilize the Immobilized Population?
Caesar Sereseres
Political Science
3:40 PM
Jennifer Komissarenko
History/ Political Science
Land Rights and Terrorism: Growing Threat of
Mapuche Indigenous Tribes to the United States’
Economic Interests in Chile
Patrick Morgan
Caesar Sereseres
Political Science
4:00 PM
Linh Le
Anthropology/ Political Science
Examining the Rise of Hatsune Miku: The First
International Virtual Idol
Caesar Sereseres
Political Science
4:20 PM
Maritza Mantilla
International Studies/ Spanish/
Political Science
Female Representation in Electoral Office:
Assessing Catholicism, the Binominal System, and
Neo-Liberalism in Chile
Caesar Sereseres
Political Science
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Woods Cove A
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I
8:30 AM
Christina Cheung
Biological Sciences
Passive Properties of Anuran Hind Limb Muscles
Eman Azizi
Nicole Danos
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
8:50 AM
Jane Chang
Biological Sciences
Defining the Role of Cdc6 during SAM Checkpoint
Activation in MDAMB468 Breast Cancer Cells
Peter Kaiser
Biological Chemistry
9:10 AM
James Mitchell
Physics
Relation of Mammographic Density Distribution to
Tumor Location in Breast Cancer
Clare Yu
Physics & Astronomy
9:30 AM
Jin Hur
Biological Sciences
F1 Female Offspring Lacking Glutamate Cysteine
Ligase Modifier Subunit (Gclm ) are More
Susceptible to Developing Ovarian Tumors
following Benzo[A]Pyrene Exposure In-Utero
Ulrike Luderer
Medicine
9:50 AM
Richard Kim
Mathematics
Christine Quach
Pharmaceutical Science
Novel Mechanisms of APE/Ref-1 in Metastasis and
the Potential as Prognostic Biomarker for Human
Melanoma
Frank Meyskens
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
Alexandra Ashcroft
Biological Sciences
Ephrin-A5 as a Molecular Substrate for Axon
Targeting in Auditory Brainstem Development
Karina Cramer
Neurobiology & Behavior
3:20 PM
Pritha Dewanjee
Biological Sciences
Structural Brain Correlates of Action Selection after
Stroke
Steven Cramer
Neurology
3:40 PM
Michelle Caunca
Neurobiology
Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Examination of
Florbetipir-Pet Amyloid Imaging and Cognitive
Performance in the Oldest-Old
Claudia Kawas
Neurology
4:00 PM
Nima Khoshab
Neurobiology
Oligomeric
Amyloid-ß42
Increases
Endocannabinoid Signaling in Cultured Cortical
Neurons
Kwang-Mook Jung
Daniele Piomelli
Anatomy & Neurobiology
4:20 PM
Thar Soe
Biological Sciences
Assessment of PTEN Deletion and its Contribution
to CST Regeneration in Mice
Oswald Steward
Anatomy & Neurobiology
4:40 PM
Ivan Trang
Neurobiology
Acute Nicotine Exposure Effects on Novel Object
Location and Novel Object Recognition
Katumi Sumikawa
Neurobiology & Behavior
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Woods Cove B
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I
8:30 AM
Elaine Tong
Criminology, Law & Society
A Demographic Portrait of Physicians Excluded by
the Federal Government from Medicare and
Medicaid
Paul Jesilow
Criminology, Law & Society
8:50 AM
Madison Wilson
Psychology & Social Behavior
Criminogenic Needs and Officer-Probationer
Interaction Style: An Assessment of Hawaii’s
Interactive Journaling Program
Jennifer Skeem
Psychology & Social Behavior
9:10 AM
Lubna Mohammad
Criminology, Law & Society/
Social Ecology
The Mental Health Effects of Solitary Confinement
Susan Turner
Criminology, Law & Society
9:30 AM
Gabriel Beringer
Criminology, Law & Society/
Psychology & Social Behavior
Depressive Symptoms and Behavioral Reactivity in
Older Adults
Susan Charles
Psychology & Social Behavior
9:50 AM
Kelsey Martinez
Psychology & Social Behavior
The Role of Neuroticism in Physiological Stress
Responses
Sally Dickerson
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
Alexandra Chindris
Criminology, Law & Society/
Psychology & Social Behavior
Attitudes on the Effectiveness
Rehabilitation Centers
of
Juvenile
Cheryl Maxson
Criminology, Law & Society
3:20 PM
Jamie Amemiya
Biological Sciences
Female Inmates who Kill their Abusers:
Characteristics, Predictors, and Re-Entry
Donna Schuele
Criminology, Law & Society
3:40 PM
Darius Dehghan
Criminology, Law & Society
A Morally Centered Approach to Constitutional
Interpretation
Donna Schuele
Criminology, Law & Society
4:00 PM
Alexz Figueroa
Criminology, Law & Society
Explaining the Public Disinvestment of the UC
System
Donna Schuele
Criminology, Law & Society
4:20 PM
Sarah Ottone
Criminology, Law & Society/
Psychology & Social Behavior
Toward a More Natural Union: Changes in Criteria
and Justifications for State Regulation of Marriage
Donna Schuele
Criminology, Law & Society
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Woods Cove C
Time
Student Presenter(s)
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Oral Session I
8:30 AM
Hazel Eng
Criminology, Law & Society/
English
Do Play Location and Crowding Have an Effect on
Toddlers’ Prosocial and Aggressive Behaviors in a
Childcare Setting?
Stephanie Reich
Education
8:50 AM
Nazanin Tadjbakhsh
Psychology & Social Behavior
Employee Relationships and their Effects on
Perceptions of Work Productivity and Overall Job
Satisfaction
Stephanie Reich
Education
9:10 AM
Anika Akhter
Public Health Policy
Associations among Parental Support, Perceived
Competence, and Adolescent Physical Activity:
Investigating the Parental Support and Child
Elicitation Pathways
Margaret Schneider
Planning, Policy, & Design
9:30 AM
Jazmine Wong
Anthropology/ Public Health
Policy
Intensity as a Moderator for the Relationship
between Competence and Affective Response in
Adolescent Physical Activity
Margaret Schneider
Planning, Policy, & Design
9:50 AM
Mika Smith
Anthropology
Linguistic Registers in On-Campus Organizations
and How They Create and Foster Identity and
Personal Relationships
Keith Murphy
Anthropology
Oral Session II
3:00 PM
Khang Nguyen
Biological Sciences
Can Squalamine Present an Effective Anti-Viral
Activity against Encephalomyocarditis Virus in the
Context of Interferon Immunity?
Luis Villarreal
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
3:20 PM
Amirali Aghili
Pharmaceutical Science
Age-Related Changes in the Function of Dendritic
Cells in Response to Influenza
Anshu Agrawal
Medicine
3:40 PM
Akanksha Kandhari
Biological Sciences
Effects of Age-Associated Changes in the Immune
System on Respiratory Diseases
Anshu Agrawal
Medicine
4:00 PM
Alan Nguyen
Biological Sciences
DRAK2 and its Role in Autoimmunity and T Cell
Survival
Craig Walsh
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
4:20 PM
Christina Carnevale
Biological Sciences
Identification of Cell Lines that Respond to the
Mucosal Chemokine CXCL17
Albert Zlotnik
Physiology & Biophysics
4:40 PM
Martin Hsu
Biological Sciences
Th17-Mediated CNS Damage in Response to
Streptococcus pyogenes Intranasal Infection in an
Animal Model for Pediatric Acute-Onset
Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS)
Dritan Agalliu
Developmental & Cell Biology
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Advanced Field Study
Doheny Beach A, 8:30 AM
The Advanced Field Study (AFS) course sequence in the School of Social Ecology offers a small number of undergraduate
students an in-depth, three-quarter field study experience focused on civic and community engagement. Students work
together with a local community, government, or business organization to prepare a professional research client report which
helps the organization better understand the social or community problems it hopes to address, helps inform the organization’s
strategic goals, and/or helps enhance the organization’s operations or services. Students draw upon academic training, local
insights of people living and working in the community, personal reflections, and in-class discussions to guide these problemsolving efforts and other civic education experiences. AFS embodies the School of Social Ecology’s commitment to engaged
scholarship, developing interdisciplinary approaches to social problems, and improving and making positive and lasting
contributions to the communities we serve.
Each student in the 2012–2013 inaugural class of AFS worked through the year with public sector and non-profit organizations
in the City of Santa Ana, California, a largely low-income and Hispanic community. Students gained comparative perspectives
about the range of challenges and opportunities in this community through class exercises and discussions of their field study
experiences and research project.
Student Presenter
Project Title
Community Partner
Catherine Chang
ShortStop and its Influences on Juvenile Offenders
Orange County Bar Foundation’s
ShortStop Program
Jacqueline Ellison
Partner Referral Program Strategic Outreach Overview and
Action Plan
Women Helping Women
Jennifer Fong
Can Santa Ana Make the Ride?
Santa Ana Parks and Recreation
Shichun (Asminet)
Ling
Determining an Association between Ethnicity and
Prevalence of Diagnoses
Providence Community Services
Nancy Lo
Approaches towards Energy Efficiency in School
Buildings
Santa Ana Unified School District
Bindiya Patel
Marking a Legal Status: A Plan of Action for Casa
Guanajuato-Santa Ana
Casa Guanajuato
Roger Rath
Transportation and Pedestrian Safety Needs Assessment
Santa Ana Unified School District
Gabriel Vidal
Challenges and Potential of Youth Organizations:
Community Change in Central Santa Ana
KidsWorks
Christy Wong
Composting in Santa Ana: An Evaluation of the Santa Ana
Compost Project
KidsWorks
Jenny Wong
Completing the Streets in Santa Ana
KidsWorks
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 Poster Presentations 
Posters will be displayed in Pacific Ballroom C and D. Students will be available to answer questions regarding
their projects during the Poster Session from 1:30 – 2:50 PM.
Group posters are listed by size of group, followed by poster number order. See the Index of Presenters,
beginning on page 67, to locate a particular student’s poster.
Abstracts for the presentations at this year’s Symposium are available on the UROP Web site:
http://www.urop.uci.edu/symposium.html
 Individual Poster Presentations 
Poster
#
Student Presenter
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
2
Sara Abdelhalim
Biological Sciences
Inflammatory Cells Affect the Fate of Human ES
and iPS Derived Neural Stem Cells
Aileen Anderson
Anatomy & Neurobiology
6
Jeby Abraham
Biological Sciences
VLSM Analysis of Acute Infarct Predicts Degree of
Chronic Impairment
Steven Cramer
Neurology
28
Christina Abundis
Developmental & Cell Biology
Localization
of
Ribosomal
Protein
S6
Phosphorylation and the Immediate Early Gene,
Arc, in Animals Exposed to a Novel Environment
Oswald Steward
Anatomy & Neurobiology
272
Ikeoluwa Adesina
Materials Science Engineering
Nanocrystalline Aluminum Alloys Thermally
Stabilized with Diamantane Hydrocarbons
Farghalli Mohamed
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
Fareed Ahmed
Chemical Engineering
Validation of the NEXUS-II Decision Tool in Blunt
Head Injury Patients Presenting to a Level I
Trauma Center
Carrie Chandwani
Shahram Lotfipour
Emergency Medicine
337
Rebecca Allen
Philosophy
Closed Windows
Jonathan Alexander
Elizabeth Catchings
English
156
Sara Alleyasin
Political Science
Performance on PERMP Math Tests in ADHD
Children and Adults: Comparison of Age and
Gender
Tim Wigal
Pediatrics
175
Elias Almaz
Biological Sciences
Mechanisms Underlying Age Differences in the
Reinforcing Effects of Nicotine Combined with
Alcohol
Frances Leslie
Pharmacology
Jacob Anderson
Earth & Environmental Science
Trend of Soil Microbial Communities in Response
to Climate Change
Banafshe Khalili
Oladele Ogunseitan
Program in Public Health
Sara Arastoo
Biological Sciences
An iPad App to Monitor and Improve Classroom
Behavior for Children with ADHD
Kimberley Lakes
Pediatrics
Alexandra Ashcroft
Biological Sciences
Ephrin-A5 as a Molecular Substrate for Axon
Targeting in Auditory Brainstem Development
Karina Cramer
Neurobiology & Behavior
92
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Poster
#
Student Presenter
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Thomas Assali
Microbiology & Immunology
Development of Polymer Nanoparticles with High
Affinity to Human Serum Albumin
Hiroyuki Koide
Kenneth Shea
Keiichi Yoshimatsu
Chemistry
32
Mariam Astarabadi
Biological Sciences
The Role of CBP in Extinction of Drug-Seeking
Behavior
Marcelo Wood
Neurobiology & Behavior
90
Bryan Au
Biological Sciences
Changes in Pollen Size after two Generations of
Artificial Selection in Schiedea salicaria
(Caryophyllaceae)
Ann Sakai
Stephen Weller
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
32
Soraya Azzawi
Neurobiology
Rescue of Long-Term Location Memory for
BAF53b Heterozygous Knockouts
Marcelo Wood
Neurobiology & Behavior
230
Vikram Babu
Biomedical Engineering
Determining the Safety and Efficacy for Combined
Pulsed Laser and Topical Delivery of Honokiol and
Rapamycin to Inhibit the Regeneration of
Coagulated Blood Vessels
Wangcun Jia
John Nelson
Beckman Laser Institute
253
Salvador Badillo Rios
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Analysis of Water-in-Oil Emulsions and Composite
Disturbances on Emulsion Jets
Vincent McDonell
Scott Samuelsen
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
177
Alisha Bajwa
Biological Sciences
Evaluation of Serotonin 5HT1A Receptors in
Postmortem Alzheimer’s Disease Brains
Jogeshwar Mukherjee
Radiological Sciences
115
Caroline Bakhit
Biological Sciences/ Psychology
& Social Behavior
Emotion Perception in Schizophrenia and Bipolar
Disorder and the Influence of Neurocognition
Julie Patterson
Psychiatry & Human Behavior
197
Robert Boud
Biological Sciences
Simulation-Based Structured Interviews Stratify
Residency Candidates in Phase One
Darren Raphael
Anesthesiology
162
James Brewster
Chemistry
Project title removed at student’s request
Kelvin Gee
Pharmacology
310
Deena Brosi
Biological Sciences
Effectiveness of Inverted Classroom on Higher
Order Learning in an Introductory Biology Course
Diane O’Dowd
Adrienne Williams
Developmental & Cell Biology
176
Andrew Cabrera
Biological Sciences
D2 Receptor Sensitization following Adolescent
Nicotine Exposure
Frances Leslie
Pharmacology
231
Everardo Camacho
Biomedical Engineering
Interfacing of a Brain Computer System with a
Motorized Wheelchair
An Do
Neurology
Zoran Nenadic
Biomedical Engineering
290
Andrew Campo
Computer Science
Program Characterizations and Optimization for
Completion Time vs. Power Consumption
Alex Nicolau
Computer Science
344
Scott Cannon
International Studies/ Political
Science
The Legacy of Former Colonial Policy
Caesar Sereseres
Political Science
196
Adriana Capatina
Biological Sciences
Development and Assessment of a Novel
Perioperative
Ultrasound
Curriculum
for
Anesthesiology Residents
Davinder Ramsingh
Anesthesiology
287
Naomi Carrillo
Mathematics
Princess and the Roses: A Combinatorial Game
Analysis
Sarah Eichhorn
Mathematics
275
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Poster
#
Student Presenter
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
91
Katharine Cary
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Invasive Potential of Fountain Grass (Cenchrus
setaceus ) in Central Orange County
Ann Sakai
Stephen Weller
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
18
Michelle Caunca
Neurobiology
Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Examination of
Florbetipir-Pet Amyloid Imaging and Cognitive
Performance in the Oldest-Old
Claudia Kawas
Neurology
77
Faisal Chaabani
Neurobiology
Potential Temperature Adaptation of α-Amylase in
Xiphister mucosus , an Herbivorous Fish
Donovan German
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
83
Carolus Chan
Biological Sciences
Physical Map of Chromsome 3 in Drosophila
Jose Ranz
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
102
Vincent Chang
Biological Sciences
California Prescription Drug Monitoring System
(Cures) and Its Effect on Physician Prescribing
Behavior among Patients Presenting with Chronic
Pain
Bharath Chakravarthy
Shahram Lotfipour
Emergency Medicine
245
Renee Cheung
Materials Science Engineering
Incorporation of Plant-Based Chemicals into
Silicone Coatings for Marine Applications
James Earthman
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
168
Beatrice Chiang
Pharmaceutical Science
The Ability of Green Tea to Protect against Stress
Mahtab Jafari
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Justin Chin
Neurobiology
Mechanism of Broad Multi-Whisker Sensory
Integration in Barrel Cortex: Contributions from
Inhibitory Circuits
Ron Frostig
Neurobiology & Behavior
Lauren Chin
Business Administration
An Empirical Analysis of Loss Firms’ Earning
Conference Calls
Siew Hong Teoh
Paul Merage School of Business
Neha Chiruvolu
Biological Sciences
Cortical Network Dynamics in Acute Ischemic
Stroke Patients with Aphasia
Steven Cramer
Neurology
160
Ellen Choi
Biological Sciences
The Characterization of D1 Cre ZsGreen Reporter
Mouse Line
Olivier Civelli
Pharmacology
135
Jaydee Choompoo
Nursing Science
The Effect of Complement Protein C1q on the
Ingestion of Apoptotic Cells by M1 and M2
Macrophages
Andrea Tenner
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
292
Bianca Christensen
Chemical Engineering
Studies in Transition Metal-Catalyzed CrossCoupling Reactions
Elizabeth Jarvo
Chemistry
250
Brian Chu
Chemical Engineering
The Role of Peptide Sequence on Folding by
Peptide Amphiphile Molecules
Hung Nguyen
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
64
Na Eun Chung
Biological Sciences
Imaging-Based Approach to Evaluating Dentrifice
for Treating Periodontitis: A Randomized Clinical
Trial
Petra Wilder-Smith
Beckman Laser Institute
17
Samantha Corwin
Biological Sciences
Memory Maps in the Hippocampus
Christine Gall
Gary Lynch
Anatomy & Neurobiology
304
Scott Coste
Chemistry
High Surface Area Bismuth Vanadate Photoanodes
for Water Oxidation
Matt Law
Chemistry
206
Christian Crouzet
Biomedical Engineering
In-Vivo Determination of Burn Depth with Laser
Bernard Choi
Biomedical Engineering
16
198
7
willitsoni
Speckle Imaging
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Poster
#
Student Presenter
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Ruskin Cua
Neurobiology
Inducible Ablation of Brain Choroid Plexus
Mediated by Diphtheria Toxin A in Transgenic
Mice
Edwin Monuki
Pathology
Matthew Curtis
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine/ Music Performance:
Viola
The Effects of Oxygen Preconditioning on the
Vascularization of Fibrin Tissues
Steven George
Biomedical Engineering
Mohammad Dadkhah
Biological Sciences
A Clinical and Imaging Study to Evaluate a Novel
Dentifrice Dental Gel Using Multiphoton
Microscopy
Petra Wilder-Smith
Beckman Laser Institute
Chase Davis
Biomedical Engineering
Investigating the Role of Substrate Stiffness on
Macrophage Polarization and the Foreign Body
Response
Wendy Liu
Biomedical Engineering
Jahanshah Davoodifard
Anthropology/ Biological Sciences
Morphometric Comparisons between Juvenile and
Adult Checkered Garter Snakes
James Hicks
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
244
Anthony DeNicola
Chemical Engineering
Optimization of Degree of Hydroxylation in
Recombinant Human Collagen III
Nancy Da Silva
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
259
Lianne Devera
Chemistry/ Microbiology &
Immunology
Photophysics and Photochemistry of Model
Compounds for Natural Organic Matter: TripletExcited State Studies of Newly-Synthesized
Benzophenone Derivatives
William Cooper
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Pritha Dewanjee
Biological Sciences
Structural Brain Correlates of Action Selection after
Stroke
Steven Cramer
Neurology
118
Oscar Diaz
Biological Sciences
The Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 LatencyAssociated Transcript Affects Distribution and
Number of Virus-Specific CD8+ T Cells within the
Vaginal Mucosa of Latently Infected Mice
Lbachir BenMohamed
Ophthalmology
149
Kosha Doshi
Biological Sciences
Effects of Marijuana Use on Cognitive Performance
and Brain Activity in Young Adults with and
without ADHD
Jean Gehricke
Pediatrics
20
Haley Dunn
Public Health Sciences
Impact of Inflammation of Tau Pathology and its
Relevance for Alzheimer Disease
Frank LaFerla
Neurobiology & Behavior
67
Chantle Edillor
Developmental & Cell Biology
The In Vivo Effects of Bisphenol A Diglycidyl Ether
and its Potential Pathways for Adipogenic
Induction
Bruce Blumberg
Developmental & Cell Biology
122
Zachary Ellison
Chemical Engineering
Sediment Microbial Fuel Cells: Generating Clean
Energy from Dirty Microbes
Allon Hochbaum
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
123
Arijh Elzein
Pharmaceutical Science
Analysis of norA Mutations Conferring Cross
Resistance
to
Fluoroquinolones
Using
Ciprofloxacin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Mutants
Luis Mota-Bravo
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
185
Horacio Estabridis
Biomedical Engineering
Mechanical Analysis of ECM Fibers with SpaceTime Image Correlation Spectroscopy
Elliot Botvinick
Biomedical Engineering
193
Melody Fang
Biological Sciences
The Incidence and Impact of Drug Use as well as
Alcohol on Trauma
Allen Kong
Surgery
39
213
65
229
78
5
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Poster
#
Student Presenter
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
217
Yen Chi Fang
Biomedical Engineering
Post-Assembly Laser Cutting in Microfluidic Glass
Device
Elliot Hui
Biomedical Engineering
280
David Feng
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Improvements towards a Low-Flush Toilet
John Garman
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Sarah Ferrara
Biological Sciences
Pharmacological Inhibition of PTEN in Human
Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Neuronal Progenitors
as a Regenerative Strategy for Spinal Cord Injury
Hans Keirstead
Anatomy & Neurobiology
Gilana Finogenov
Neurobiology
Neural Stem Cell-Mediated Delivery of the CoChaperone Protein CHIP
Mathew Blurton-Jones
Neurobiology & Behavior
127
Briana Fitch
Biological Sciences
Targeting Translation in Lymphoma Cells that are
Resistant to Active-site mTOR Inhibitors
David Fruman
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
79
Yuri Foreman
Biological Sciences
The Effect of Fasting Time on Oxygen
Consumption during Rest and Digestion in the
African Brown House Snake
James Hicks
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
354
Christopher Galeano
International Studies/ Political
Science
Media and its Negative Influence on Public
Opinion of Immigration
Louis DeSipio
Political Science
312
Andria Gazda
Biological Sciences
Perjury, Conspiracy, and Massive Nuclear
Irresponsibility: A Brief Analysis of the Corruption
that Took Place at the Rocky Flats Plant
John Whiteley
Environmental Health, Science, &
Policy
Berkenesh Gebrekristos
Biological Sciences
Assessment of Forelimb Motor Function on Rats
Using the Automatic Grip Strength Meter (AutoGSM) by Implementing Various Training
Paradigms
Oswald Steward
Anatomy & Neurobiology
242
Sahara George
Psychology
Release from Loudness Adaptation as a Function of
Amplitude Depth Modulation in Young and Older
Normal Hearing Listeners
Fan-Gang Zeng
Anatomy & Neurobiology
130
Armen Gevorkyan
Pharmaceutical Science
The Use of Small Organic Molecules to Rescue
Mutant Forms of the Tumor Suppressor p53
Hartmut Luecke
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
61
Heeva Ghane
Public Health Sciences
Rapid HIV Testing at a Mobile Unit Amongst Men
Who Have Sex with Men
David Timberlake
Program in Public Health
70
Yasamine Ghorbanian
Microbiology & Immunology
Histological Characterization of Regenerative and
Scar-Like Responses in the Axolotl
David Gardiner
Developmental & Cell Biology
174
Landon Gibson
Biological Sciences
Cigarette Smoke Extract is More Rewarding than
Nicotine in a Rat Self-Administration Model
Frances Leslie
Pharmacology
261
Edgar Gomez
Chemical Engineering
Inhibition of Biofouling on Seawater Reverse
Osmosis Membranes by Quorum Quenching
Sunny Jiang
Leda Katebian
Civil & Environmental Engineering
219
Maunika Gosike
Biomedical Engineering
Microfabrication of a Well for Successive High
Definition Imaging of Hydra during Regeneration
Elliot Hui
Biomedical Engineering
307
Patricia Guan
Biological Sciences
Therabot: A Remote Controllable Robot Avatar
Designed for Bedridden Kids
Jill Berg
Yuqing Guo
Program in Nursing Science
Simon Penny
Studio Art
19
4
29
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Poster
#
Student Presenter
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Roblen Guevarra
Neurobiology
Laminar Analysis of Horizontal Fiber Distributions
in the Rat Somatosensory Cortex
Ron Frostig
Neurobiology & Behavior
Christopher Gutierrez
Computer Science
Mathematics and Machine Learning: Solving “The
Galaxy”
Sarah Eichhorn
Mathematics
27
Eden Gutierrez
Biological Sciences
The Effects of Lidocaine on Axonal Regeneration in
Nogo-Deficient Mice
Oswald Steward
Anatomy & Neurobiology
144
Brenda Guzman
Biological Sciences
The Effects Of Parental Language on Children’s
Illness Uncertainty
Michelle Fortier
Anesthesiology
55
Kayla Haag
Public Health Sciences
Cognitive Behavioral
Treatment
Hamid Djalilian
Hossein Mahboubi
Otolaryngology
22
Patrick Hang
Biological Sciences
Differential Effects of Intracellular and Extracellular
Amyloid Beta on Tau and Synaptic Pathology
Frank LaFerla
Neurobiology & Behavior
298
Anastasia Harris
Chemistry
Efforts towards the Concise Total Synthesis of (–)Stenine
Kenneth Shea
Chemistry
286
Brian Hermosillo
Psychology & Social Behavior
The Benefits of Romantic Relationships for Latino
Men
Belinda Campos
Chicano/Latino Studies
201
Timothy Hernandez
Electrical Engineering
High Voltage Power Processing Unit for an
Electrostatic Propulsion System
Benjamin Villac
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
34
Daniel Ho
Biological Sciences
Induction of Herp Expression by ER Stress is via an
Nrf1 Dependent Feedback Loop
Jefferson Chan
Pathology
221
Victoria Ho
Biological Sciences
Mathematical Modeling of Cell Behavior Verified
through 3-D Culture in Fibrin Gel
Elliot Hui
Biomedical Engineering
308
Rochelle Hoffman
Anthropology
What Defines Success: Culture as a Determinant of
Academic Achievement for Immigrant and
Nonimmigrant High School Students
AnneMarie Conley
Education
254
Davit Hovhannisyan
Computer Science & Engineering
Real-Time Interrupt Handling of Federation of
Mobile Devices with Camera Based Video
Synchronization
Fadi Kurdahi
Electrical Engineering & Computer
Science
Christina Huang
Biological Sciences
Formulating a Novel Hyaluronic Acid and Fibrin
Hydrogel for Use as a 3D Scaffold for Neural Stem
Cells
Lisa Flanagan
Neurology
333
Jasmine Hugo
Pharmaceutical Science/
Psychology & Social Behavior
The Relationship between Hardiness Levels and
Cardiovascular Recovery following an Aerobic
Exercise Manipulation
Salvatore Maddi
Marina White
Psychology & Social Behavior
241
Syed Fowaz Hussain
Biological Sciences
Electromechanical Reshaping of Ex-Vivo Porcine
Trachea
Brian J. Wong
Otolaryngology
142
Carol Huynh
Biological Sciences
Self-Regulation in Children with ADHD: The
Relationship between Self-Perceptions of Academic
Competence and Academic Performance
Dan Cooper
Pediatrics
215
Ji Hwang
Biomedical Engineering
Automated Tumor Tissue Processing Dissociation
Chamber for Microfluidic Biopsy Chip
Jered Haun
Biomedical Engineering
Caitlyn Hwe
Biological Sciences
Comparison of Positional Information in Axolotl
and Mouse
David Gardiner
Developmental & Cell Biology
13
288
11
69
Therapy
for
Tinnitus
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Poster
#
Student Presenter
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Marty Ralph Ignacio
Business Economics/ Business
Economics & Public Health
Policy
Shifting the Fear of Hypoglycemia among Parents
with Children with Type 1 Diabetes
Zuzana Bic
Program in Public Health
100
Anum Iqbal
Biological Sciences
Does a Consensus Exist between Emergency
Physicians Regarding Physical Characteristics that
Constitute a Seatbelt Sign?
Bharath Chakravarthy
Shahram Lotfipour
Arthur Youssefian
Emergency Medicine
314
Mariam Iskajyan
International Studies/ Political
Science
Empowerment and Engagement through FilmBased Activism: A Survey of Invisible Children
Participation and Impacts
Richard Matthew
Planning, Policy, & Design
251
Trevor Jones
Civil Engineering
The Effects of Mineral Precipitation on Fluid Flow
in Carbonate Rock Systems
Russell Detwiler
Civil & Environmental Engineering
264
Bhavin Joshi
Chemistry
Hybrid
Organic-Inorganic
Superlattices for Photovoltaics
Zhibin Guan
Chemistry
317
Hannah Kang
Psychology & Social Behavior
Cultural Difference in Moral Judgments
Peter Ditto
Psychology & Social Behavior
303
David Kapukchyan
Chemistry/ Physics
Discoverability of the Z' particle at a new Electron
Positron Collider
Timothy Tait
Physics & Astronomy
278
Khizar Karwa
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Motor Control for Accurate Characterization of a
Small IC Engine
John Garman
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
188
Nikhita Kathuria
Biological Sciences
The Use of Electroencephalography in Stroke
Telerehabilitation
Steven Cramer
Neurology
220
Sonia Kaushal
Biomedical Engineering
Detection of Cardiac Troponin I in a Microfluidic
Chip
Elliot Hui
Biomedical Engineering
140
Behdad Kavianpour
Biological Sciences
Engraftment and Survival of Human Umbilical
Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Mouse Cornea: An
Immunofluorescent Computed Tomography Study
James Jester
Jennifer Simpson
Ophthalmology
301
Rika Kawamura
Earth & Environmental Science
Elemental Stoichiometry of Soil Bacteria in Loma
Ridge, CA
Adam Martiny
Earth System Science
Parastou Khalessi
Hosseini
Psychology/ Public Health
Sciences
Cultural Perceptions of HPV and Vaccine Uptake
among High School Students in Orange County
Brandon Brown
Program in Public Health
106
Anthony Khong
Biological Sciences
Are Ultrasonographically Obtained Common Bile
Duct Measurements in Emergency Department
Patients with Symptomatic Gallstones Useful?
Shahram Lotfipour
Emergency Medicine
180
Nima Khoshab
Neurobiology
Oligomeric
Amyloid-ß42
Increases
Endocannabinoid Signaling in Cultured Cortical
Neurons
Kwang-Mook Jung
Daniele Piomelli
Anatomy & Neurobiology
113
Jae Kim
Biological Sciences
Brain Responses to Tones in Babble Background
Noise in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
Julie Patterson
Psychiatry & Human Behavior
218
Colin Kincaid
Biomedical Engineering
Optogenetic Control of Stem Cell Differentiation
Elliot Hui
Biomedical Engineering
48
53
Quantum
Dot
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- 45 -
Poster
#
Student Presenter
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
240
Kevin Klein
Chemical Engineering
The pH-Responsivenss of Engineered Proetin
Nanocapsules
Szu Wang
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
186
Akihisa Kodama
Physics
Investigating the Effect of Particles on the Phase
Transitions of Lung Surfactant
Michael Dennin
Physics & Astronomy
243
Marc Kryger
Chemical Engineering
Effect of Increased NADPH Levels on 6-MSA
Production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by
Integration of K. lactis native GDP1
Nancy Da Silva
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
277
Ryan Kuehne
Mechanical Engineering
Prototyping and Testing of a Mechanical Trap
Toilet
John Garman
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
164
Steven Kurumada
Psychology
Identifying
Cinnamomum
aromaticum’s
Mechanism of Action through Dietary Restriction in
Mahtab Jafari
Pharmaceutical Sciences
178
Sharon Kuruvilla
Biomedical Engineering
18F-Niofene:
A New PET/SPECT Imaging Agent
for α4β2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
(nAChRs)
Jogeshwar Mukherjee
Radiological Sciences
351
Valerie Ky
Social Science
Psychosociocultural Model Factors that Contribute
to a High School Counselors’ Perspective on a
Successful College Placement
Jeanett Castellanos
Social Science
302
Jaspreet Lally
Physics
Supernova Feedback and other Galaxy Formation
Processes and their Effects on Dark Matter
Distribution around Galaxies
James Bullock
Physics & Astronomy
119
Sophia Lam
Biological Sciences
Rab7 is Critical in T-Independent and T-Dependent
Immunoglobulin
Class
Sswitch
DNA
Recombination
Paolo Casali
Medicine
319
Tiffany Lam
Biological Sciences/ Psychology
& Social Behavior
Are Sibling Relationship Quality and Friendship
Quality Related to Theory of Mind in Children with
Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Wendy Goldberg
Psychology & Social Behavior
249
Anthony Lan
Chemical Engineering
Deciphering Kinetic Mechanisms of DNA
Renaturation and Self-Assembly via Molecular
Dynamics Simulations
Hung Nguyen
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
Kristina Le
Neurobiology
A Cross-Species Approach to Understanding
Sequence Memory
Craig Stark
Neurobiology & Behavior
136
John Leong
Biological Sciences
Biosynthesis of Equisetin: Crystal Structure and
Biochemical Studies of EqiS TR, an Enzymatic
Domain of Equisetin Synthase
Shiou-Chuan Tsai
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
339
Deborah Lewis
English
A Place to Call Home: Revisiting America’s First
Jewish Orphanage
Alice Fahs
History
260
Amanda Li
Biological Sciences
Bacterial Chemotaxis toward Pseudo-nitzschia
Sunny Jiang
Janet Rowe
Civil & Environmental Engineering
43
Zhenzhi Li
Biological Sciences
EFEMP1 Suppresses Epithelial Growth Factor
Receptor in Human Glioblastoma Cell Line
U251HF
Yi-Hong Zhou
Neurosurgery
26
Drosophila melanogaster
australis
 Twentieth Annual UCI Undergraduate Research Symposium 
- 46 -
Poster
#
Student Presenter
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Eric Lim
Biological Sciences
Mechanism of Broad Multi-Whisker Sensory
Integration in Barrel Cortex: Understanding Initial
Input Activity in Layer 4 Circuits
Ron Frostig
Neurobiology & Behavior
Kevin Lim
Drama
Being in Process: Writing “Greenboy the Musical”
Myrona Delaney
Drama
Melody Lim
Mathematics
Feature Identification for Colon Tumor Spheroid
Classification
Ernie Esser
Mathematics
340.5
David D. Liu
Anthropology/ Public Health
Policy
Mexican Orphanage Experience and the Impact
from Non-Profit Organizations
Kristin Peterson
Anthropology
209
Patrick Lo
Biomedical Engineering
High Resolution, Depth-Resolved Imaging of
Mouse Heart Microvasculature Using Optical
Histology
Bernard Choi
Biomedical Engineering
346
Estefanía Lopez
Political Science/ Sociology
The
Psychosociocultural
Analysis
on
Undocumented Latina/o Students’ Academic
Persistence Mixed Methods Study Phase II: Surveys
Jeanett Castellanos
Social Science
110
Michael Louthan
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
Emergency Department Reason for Visit:
Comparing Patient Perceptions to Emergency
Screening Index
Shannon Toohey
Andrew Wong
Emergency Medicine
Becky Lu
Biological Sciences
Alpha-5 Integrin and Paxillin Dynamics inside
Focal Adhesions
Michelle Digman
Enrico Gratton
Biomedical Engineering
David Lu
Pharmaceutical Science
Identifying Green Tea’s Effect on
Restriction in Drosophila melanogaster
Mahtab Jafari
Pharmaceutical Sciences
14
Pejman Majd
Biological Sciences
Individual Axons from Neurons in the
Posteromedial Barrel Subfield Project Horizontally
for Several Millimeters through Cortical Gray Matter
Ron Frostig
Neurobiology & Behavior
179
Sridivya Majji
Biological Sciences
Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of the Binding
of Dopamine D3 Receptor Agonist, 18F-7-OHFHXPAT, in Rodents
Jogeshwar Mukherjee
Radiological Sciences
322
Tiffany Mak
Psychology & Social Behavior/
Public Health Policy
Perceptions of Social Mobility: The Difference
between Young Adults and Middle Aged Adults
Jutta Heckhausen
Psychology & Social Behavior
202
Melinda Malley
English/ Mechanical Engineering
A Magnetic Interface for a Completely-in-the-Canal
Mechanical Hearing Aid
Mark Bachman
Electrical Engineering & Computer
Science
148
Gabriela Manzo
Psychology & Social Behavior
The Relationship between Parental Characteristics
and Monitor/ Blunting Coping Style
Michelle Fortier
Anesthesiology
161
Justin Matsuura
Biological Sciences
Study of the Analgesic Effect of a Compound from
Olivier Civelli
Pharmacology
155
Melissa McManus
Biological Sciences
The Effects on Infant Imitation and Memory
Retention from Skype, Video, and Live
Demonstrations
Stephanie Reich
Education
Bozhao Men
Biological Sciences
EFEMP1 Expression in Prostate Cancer
Yi-Hong Zhou
Neurosurgery
15
305
36
37
166
42
Dietary
Corydalis yanhusuo W.T.
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- 47 -
Poster
#
Student Presenter
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
334
Janki Merai
Anthropology/ Psychology
An Investigation of Children’s Numerosity Ability
in Legal Settings
Jodi Quas
Psychology & Social Behavior
146
Fergie Anne Mercado
Biological Sciences
Is there a Relationship between Parental Behavioral
Responses to Pain and Ethnicity in the Quality of
Life in Pediatric Cancer Patients?
Michelle Fortier
Anesthesiology
Jasmine Mistry
Biological Sciences
Electroacupuncture of Wrist Neiguan and Jianshi
Activaes the Pathway from the Nucleus of the
Solitary Tract to the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla
and Elicits Release of c-Fos in the NTS
Zhiling Guo
Medicine
276
Verenice Mojica
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Usage of Infrared Thermography to Obtain Reliable
Temperature Measurements
Derek Dunn-Rankin
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
300
Geovani Montoya
Chemistry
Impact of a Particle Concentrator on Physical and
Chemical Properties
Barbara Finlayson-Pitts
Lisa Wingen
Chemistry
273
Andrew Moodie
Mechanical Engineering
Architected Cellular Ceramic Materials for NextGeneration Multi-Functional Thermal Protection
Systems
Tim Rupert
Lorenzo Valdevit
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
349
Lourdes Morales
Psychology
Latina/o Undergraduates Well-Being: An Emic
Analysis of Positive Psychology
Jeanett Castellanos
Social Science
54
Karen Munoz
Public Health Policy/ Public
Health Sciences
Awareness of HPV, Cervical Cancer, and
Preventative Services among Hispanic Women in a
Tri-County Area of Southern California
Brandon Brown
Program in Public Health
131
Paige Murata
Biological Sciences/ Chemistry
In-Vitro Selection of Genomic Aptamers
Andrej Luptak
Pharmaceutical Sciences
150
Alexander Nam
Biological Sciences
Predicting Factors that Increase the Risk of Having
Breakthrough Urinary Tract Infection in Pediatric
Patients with Primary Vesicoureteral Reflux
Guy Hidas
Antoine Khoury
Urology
268
Patrick Ngo
Chemical Engineering
The Role of Water Vapor and Incorporated Protons
in Enhancing Diffusion and Sintering in Ceramics
Martha Mecartney
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
191
Adrienne Nguyen
Biological Sciences
Incidence of Postoperative Diabetes following
Distal Pancreatectomy vs. the Whipple Procedure
David Imagawa
Surgery
45
Ai-Thuan Nguyen
Pharmaceutical Science
Interaction between Opioids and Cholecystokinin
in Non-Responders to Electroacupuncture
Min Li
Medicine
57
Amanda Nguyen
Political Science/ Public Health
Policy
The Emergency Medical Response to the 2010 Haiti
Earthquake
Lisa Grant Ludwig
Program in Public Health
285
Baolong Nguyen
Mechanical Engineering
The Effects of Turbulence Intensity on the Mixing
of a Passive Scalar
John LaRue
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
189
Cammie Nguyen
Public Health Sciences
Evaluating the Accuracy and Precision of the
Masimo Labs/Masimo Corporation Pulse COOximeter Hemoglobin Monitor
Maxime Cannesson
Anesthesiology
171
Emily Nguyen
Biological Sciences
Anxiolytic
Effects
on
Intravenous
CoAdministration of Alcohol and Nicotine on
Adolescent and Adult Rats
Frances Leslie
Pharmacology
58
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Poster
#
Student Presenter
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
294
Jenny Nguyen
Pharmaceutical Science
Biophysical Characterization of γS-G18V Crystallin
Mutants
Rachel Martin
Chemistry
157
Jenny Nguyen
Biological Sciences
Nicotine Dependence and Health Risks in Young
Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder
Tim Wigal
Pediatrics
345
Monica Nguyen
Political Science
The Paradox of Citizens United v. Federal Elections
Commission: The Effects of Campaign Finance
Jurisprudence
on
Congressional
Election
Regulation
Charles Anthony Smith
Political Science
Phuongchi Nguyen
Biological Sciences/ Chemistry
The Role of Aurora kinases in Chromium-Induced
Melanomagenesis
Lifang Xie
Cancer Center
159
Tan Nguyen
Pharmaceutical Science
Sex Differences in the Expression of MelaninConcentrating Hormone
Olivier Civelli
Pharmacology
147
Therese Nguyen
Biological Sciences
The Effect of Children’s Temperament on the
Relationship between Parental Anxiety and
Postoperative Pain
Michelle Fortier
Anesthesiology
316
Y Nguyen
Sociology
The University and Capitalism
Raul Fernandez
Chicano/Latino Studies
Rodolfo Torres
Planning, Policy, & Design
126
Kevin Nuno
Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology
A Reporter System to Study the Mechanisms of
Nuclear Localization of SUV3 Helicase
Phang-Lang Chen
Biological Chemistry
296
Jessica O’Neill
Chemistry
Development of Novel Luciferin Analogs for
Bioluminescence Imaging
Jennifer Prescher
Chemistry
Michelle Oei
Biological Sciences/ Chemistry
Expression of Heparan Sulfate Sulfotransferases in
Regenerating Limbs of an Axolotl
David Gardiner
Developmental & Cell Biology
262
Dean Orellana
Chemical Engineering/ Material
Science Engineering
Characterization of Bacteria in Microbial Fuel Cell
Sunny Jiang
Janet Rowe
Civil & Environmental Engineering
143
Alfonso Ortiz
Public Health Sciences
Parents’ Acceptability of Interventions for their
Premature Infants
Dan Cooper
Jessica Vaughan
Pediatrics
Yuqing Guo
Ellen Olshansky
Program in Nursing Science
128
Federico Palacios
Biological Sciences
Crystallization of Bacillus anthracis HAL Near-Iron
Transporter (NEAT) Domain
Celia Goulding
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
199
John Parcell
Aerospace Engineering
Undergraduate Design/Build/Fly Competition
Robert Liebeck
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
342
Divya Parmar
Economics
The Great Depression and its Effect on Bank
Lending
Gary Richardson
Economics
138
Avinash Patel
Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology
Determining the Structure and Function of
Monooxygenase BexE, Involved in the Biosynthesis
of BE-7585A
Shiou-Chuan Tsai
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
41
68
 Undergraduate Research: Passion & Values 
- 49 -
Poster
#
Student Presenter
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Sonam Patel
Public Health Sciences
A Qualitative Analysis of Motives for and Health
Outcomes of the Dual Use of Marijuana and
Tobacco among UCI Students
David Timberlake
Program in Public Health
338
Thea Patterson
Dance/ English
Where did Austen Go?: Adapting the Narrative
Authority of Mansfield Park and Persuasion into
Film
Ann Van Sant
English
327
Hillary Patton
Criminology, Law & Society/
Psychology
Planting False Autobiographical Memories
Elizabeth Loftus
Psychology & Social Behavior
Patrick Penalosa
Biological Sciences
Are Immobilization Backboards and C-Collars
Needed for Patients who are Ambulatory at the
Scene of a Motor Vehicle Accident? The Occurrence
of Spinal Injury
Shahram Lotfipour
Angelica Loza
Christopher McCoy
James Puckett
Emergency Medicine
132
Michael Peng
Chemistry
Fluorescent Labeling RNA to Analyze Ribozyme
Kinetics by Fluorescence Anisotropy
Andrej Luptak
Pharmaceutical Sciences
167
Andrew Pham
Pharmaceutical Science
The Effect
melanogaster Lifespan and Health
of Maltodextrin on Drosophila
Mahtab Jafari
Pharmaceutical Sciences
216
Hiep-Huy Pham
Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology
Optimizing Extracellular Matrix Proteins for
Maximum Microvessel Network Formation
Christopher Hughes
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
99
Kevin Pham
Biological Sciences
The Natural History of Human Stingray Injuries
Robert Katzer
Shahram Lotfipour
Emergency Medicine
121
Andrew Phung
Biological Sciences
Characterization of Conditional Scn8a Knockout in
Excitatory and Inhibitory Neurons Using High
Level Cre Reporter
Alan Goldin
Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
205
Chelsea Pittman
Genetics
Use of Longitudinal In-Vivo Optical Analysis
Techniques to Create and Analyze Implanted
Prevascularized Engineered Tissues
Bernard Choi
Biomedical Engineering
181
Miah Pollack
Pharmaceutical Science
The Effect of Fullerene-C60 on Lifespan and Stress
Resistance in Drosophila Melanogaster
Sam Schriner
Pharmaceutical Sciences
211
Brian Polson
Chemical Engineering
Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the
Secretion of Fatty Acids to Increase Extracellular
Levels
Nancy Da Silva
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
Boss Povieng
Biological Sciences
Manipulation of Glycosylation: The Effects of
Glycosylation Modulators on Neural Stem Cell
Membrane Capacitance
Lisa Flanagan
Neurology
Simon Pun
Aerospace Engineering/
Materials Science Engineering
Effect of Diamantane Nanoparticle on the Thermal
Stability in Nanocrystalline Aluminum Alloy
Farghalli Mohamed
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
Clare Quirk
Neurobiology
Effects of Temporary Inactivations of the
Hippocampus and Medial Prefrontal Cortex on
Sequence Memory
Timothy Allen
Norbert Fortin
Neurobiology & Behavior
Ramita Rahimian
Biological Sciences
Hyperglycemia is Associated with Venous
Thromboembolism in Critically Ill Patients
Allen Kong
Surgery
60
98
10
271
12
194
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Poster
#
Student Presenter
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
214
Miranda Ramirez
Mechanical Engineering
Biaxial High-Throughput Mechanical Stimulation
Cell Culture System
Steven George
Biomedical Engineering
72
Diksha Ramnani
Public Health Sciences
Cytosolic Histone Mediated Immunity in Male vs.
Female Drosophila
Steven Gross
Developmental & Cell Biology
74
Pooja Rana
Biological Sciences
How Toads Reduce Torque to Stick their Landings
Eman Azizi
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
30
Brittany Raynor
Neurobiology
Effects of Meningeal Membrane Removal on Chick
Optic
Tectum
Development
following
Intraventricular Injections of 6-Hydroxydopamine
Georg Striedter
Neurobiology & Behavior
133
Jerry Richo
Biological Sciences
Spectroscopic Approaches and Analysis of Potential
Bacterial Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibitors
Thomas Poulos
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
352
Kendy Rios Gonzalez
Psychology
Alzheimer’s Disease and the Latina/o Community:
Latino/a Elderly Patients & Alzheimer’s Disease: A
Psychosocialcultural Perspective
Jeanett Castellanos
Social Science
311
Melissa Rogers
Psychology
Exploring the Cross National Gender Gap in
Female Participation in STEM
Anne McDaniel
Education
267
Merna Salama
Chemical Engineering
Synthesis and Characterization of LaCrAl11O19
(Magnetoplumbite) through Solid State Reaction
Martha Mecartney
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
Lorena Salcedo
Psychology
Comparative Studies of Malaria Prevalence in
Highlands and Lowlands of Western Kenya and
Different Diagnostic Methods
Eugenia Lo
Guiyun Yan
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
227
Kevin Santiago
Biomedical Engineering
Shrink-Film Multiscale Wrinkles for Culturing
Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Michelle Khine
Biomedical Engineering
258
Jessica Satterlee
Environmental Engineering
Natural Organic Matter and its Effect on the
Environmental Fate of Water Contaminants
William Cooper
Civil & Environmental Engineering
282
Thomas Sayles
Mechanical Engineering
Decay of Active Grid-Generated Turbulence
without Mesh Screen Damping
John LaRue
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
283
Thomas Sayles
Mechanical Engineering
Decay and Homogeneity of Active Grid-Generated
Turbulence with Mesh Screen Damping
John LaRue
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
66
Jonathan Schilling
Biological Sciences
How Does ALDH1A1 Stimulate Melanogenesis?
Anand Ganesan
Dermatology
222
Ashley Scott
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
Characterizing Cell Migration through JuxtacrinePermeable Membranes: A Novel Platform for
Separable Co-Culture
Elliot Hui
Biomedical Engineering
71
Sunit Shah
Biological Sciences
Implications for Limb Regeneration: Differential
Expression of Heparan Sulfate Sulfotransferases in
Mouse Skin
David Gardiner
Developmental & Cell Biology
139
Tejas Shah
Biological Sciences
Role of SUMO-γlated PPAR Gamma in Lipogenesis
James Jester
Ophthalmology
158
Joshua Shannon
Biological Sciences
Effectiveness of CUIDAR Parenting Classes on
Symptoms of ADHD in Children
Tim Wigal
Pediatrics
343
Kriti Sharma
International Studies
Analyzing the Effectiveness of Spain’s 15M
Movement
Cecelia Lynch
Political Science
81
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#
Student Presenter
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
117
Shikha Sheth
Developmental & Cell Biology
The Role of HDAC3 in Gene Expression in the
Dorsal Hippocampus
Marcelo Wood
Neurobiology & Behavior
52
Nikita Shroff
Psychology & Social Behavior/
Public Health Sciences
Barriers and Facilitators in the Recruitment and
Retention of Female Sex Workers in an HPV
Vaccine Trial
Brandon Brown
Program in Public Health
24
Amandeep Singh
Biological Sciences
Explicit and Implicit Learning in the Serial
Reaction-Time Task
James McGaugh
Craig Stark
Neurobiology & Behavior
Rene Slykhous
Biological Sciences/ Earth &
Environmental Science
The Relationship between Clinical Diagnosis,
Symptoms and Degree of Sensory Gating in P85 and
N100
Julie Patterson
Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Abraham Sosa
Biological Sciences
Evolution of Herbivory in the Family Stichaeidae
(Teleostei)
Donovan German
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Dattanand Sudarshana
Microbiology & Immunology
The Role of GRA15II in CD40-Induced Autophagy
of Toxoplasma gondii
Melissa Lodoen
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
3
Dongjin Suh
Biological Sciences
Effect of Traumatic Acute Stress on Alzheimer’s
Disease Pathogenesis and Synaptic Function
David Baglietto-Vargas
Neurobiology & Behavior
33
Rachel Sunico
Biological Sciences
Differential Expression of Nrf1 Isoforms in Cellular
Stress
Jefferson Chan
Pathology
82
Adeline Tang
Biological Sciences
Measuring the Seasonal Abundance of Marine
Microbes through Flow Cytometry
Jennifer Martiny
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
325
Joy Tawadrous
Psychology & Social Behavior
Parental Reminiscing
Suggestibility
Zoe Klemfuss
Psychology & Social Behavior
224
Bakr Teebi
Biomedical Engineering
Arrays of Tunable Gold Antennas for Enhanced
Sensing
Michelle Khine
Biomedical Engineering
246
Carine Todmia
Materials Science Engineering
Containment Materials Reliability/Sustainability in
a Thermal Neutron, Molten Salt Environment
James Earthman
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
324
Alexandria Tong
Psychology & Social Behavior
Effects of Emotional Eating on Mood and Eating
Behavior: An Ecological Momentary Assessment of
Eating and Affect
Larry Jamner
Psychology & Social Behavior
134
Amy Tran
Biological Sciences
Exploring the Effect of the Complement Activation
Fragment, C5a, in Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse
Models
Andrea Tenner
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
46
Anthony Tran
Biological Sciences
Risk Communication of CVD In Patients With
Diabetes
Shaista Malik
Medicine
Daniel Tran
Pharmaceutical Science
AID-Dependent Recruitment of ATF2 to Switch
Region Mediates Double-Strand Break Repairs in
Class Switch Recombination
Paolo Casali
Medicine
Guideng Li
Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
George Tran
Biological Sciences
Cortical Network Dynamics in Acute Ischemic
Stroke
Steven Cramer
Neurology
Jennifer Tran
Psychology & Social Behavior/
Public Health Policy
Passport for Health: Nutrition Promotion in the
Latino Community to Reduce Diabetes
Development in Orange County
Zuzana Bic
Brandon Brown
Program in Public Health
114
76
129
120
8
50
Style
and
Children’s
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#
Student Presenter
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
141
Jenny Tran
Biological Sciences
Partnership with the Discovery Science Center: The
Smoking Lung Model
Behnoosh Afghani
Pediatrics
263
Luan Tran
Environmental Engineering
Investigation of Foaming Bacteria: Gordonia
amarae in an Incompletely Nitrifying Water
Reclamation Plant
Betty Olson
Civil & Environmental Engineering
169
Teresa Tran
Biological Sciences
The Use of Tahitian Plant Extracts Protect against
Oxidative Stress
Mahtab Jafari
Pharmaceutical Sciences
187
Truc Tran
Biological Sciences
Membrane Stretch Modulate the Activity of hHv1
Voltage-Gated Proton Channel
Francesco Tombola
Physiology & Biophysics
103
Alex Trinh
Biological Sciences
Physician and Patient Views on Acceptable Risk for
CT in Trauma
Mark Langdorf
Shahram Lotfipour
Emergency Medicine
192
Khoi Trinh
Chemistry
Does CTA Surveillance after Endovascular
Aneurysm Repair Cause Deterioration in Renal
Function
Vincent Kirkpatrick
Russel Williams
Samuel Wilson
Surgery
355
Jessica Trinidad
English/ Political Science
Motivators behind Latino High School Students’
Participation in School-Based Athletics
Louis DeSipio
Political Science
297
Jonathan Trinidad
Chemistry
Absolute Configuration of Lactams and
Oxazolidinones Using Kinetic Resolution Catalysts
Scott Rychnovsky
Chemistry
341
Joshua Tromberg
Psychology
Neuromuscular Modulation by Attentional Control
to Enhance Exercise
Ramesh Srinivasan
Cognitive Sciences
163
Stephanie Truong
Pharmaceutical Science
Evaluation of the Putative Active Compounds in
Rhodiola rosea Root Extract
Mahtab Jafari
Pharmaceutical Sciences
225
Roger Tu
Biological Sciences
Functional Alignment of Human Embryonic Stem
Cell Derived Cardiomyocytes to Promote
Maturation
Michelle Khine
Biomedical Engineering
44
Anne Twardowsky Di
Donato
Biological Sciences
Epigenetic Regulation of EFEMP1 Expression in
Malignant Glioma and Derived Primary Culture and
Cell Lines
Yi-Hong Zhou
Neurosurgery
21
Rakhee Vaidya
Biological Sciences
Role of Intracellular Aβ and Tau on Early Synaptic
Alternations in an AD Model
Frank LaFerla
Neurobiology & Behavior
35
Joshua Valdez
Biological Sciences
Determining the Role of Nrf2 Transcription Factor
in Adipose Cell Function
Jefferson Chan
Pathology
182
Andy Vu
Biological Sciences
Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicines on
Dopamine Receptors
Olivier Civelli
Zhiwei Wang
Pharmacology
195
Jennifer Vu
Pharmaceutical Science
How Thrombospondin-4 Contributes to Pain
Processing
David Luo
Anesthesiology
299
Kevin Vu
Mathematics/ Physics
Testing Machine Learning Methods on Density
Functional Theory and Various Functionals
Kieron Burke
Chemistry
Melissa Ward
Biological Sciences
Oxygen Transportation through the Lacunae
System of Emergent Marsh Plants
Peter Bowler
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
75
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#
Student Presenter
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
145
Sabrina Wedee
Biological Sciences
The Effects of Parental Attitudes about Pain
Management Using Analgesics on the Child’s Self
Pain Report
Michelle Fortier
Anesthesiology
204
Matthew Wiersma
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
High Resolution Imaging Conveying Depth
Information of Mouse Brain Microvasculature
Using Optical Histology
Bernard Choi
Biomedical Engineering
266
Elizabeth Wille
Chemistry
High Yield Lead Telluride Quantum Dot Synthesis
for Use in Photovoltaics
Matt Law
Chemistry
Alison Wong
Public Health Sciences
Student Dancers at UC Irvine: How Can Injury Risk
Be Reduced?
Zuzana Bic
Brandon Brown
Program in Public Health
Diane Diefenderfer
Dance
137
Fiona Wong
Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology
Synthesis of Polyketide Analogues and their
Crystallographic Analysis
Shiou-Chuan Tsai
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
336
Jazmine Wong
Anthropology/ Public Health
Policy
A Closer Look at Cultural Models: View on Mental
Health and Treatment in Asian Americans
Keith Murphy
Anthropology
104
Samantha Wong
Biological Sciences
Evaluation of Shoulder Injury in the Emergency
Department: Utility of Bedside Ultrasound in the
Diagnosis of Acute Shoulder Dislocation
Shahram Lotfipour
Emergency Medicine
125
John Woolson
Chemistry
Adding the Strep Tag Epitope to the C-Terminus of
S1P and Expression in BHK-21 Cells
Michael Buchmeier
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
228
Chun Wu
Biomedical Engineering
Enhancing Sensitivity for POC Diagnostics Using
Evaporation on a Superhydrophobic Surface
Michelle Khine
Biomedical Engineering
356
Sheila Xiao
Sociology
A World Society Perspective on Environmental
Outcomes
Ann Hironaka
Sociology
295
Bryan Xie
Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology
Functionalized Cyclopropenes as Bioorthogonal
Chemical Reporters
Jennifer Prescher
Chemistry
165
Elyse Young
Biological Sciences
Biological Characterization
Synthetic Rosavin Analogs
Mahtab Jafari
Pharmaceutical Sciences
38
Genesis Zamora
Biological Sciences
Photochemical Internalization (PCI) Enhanced
Non-Viral Transfection of Pro-Drug Activating
Genes
Henry Hirschberg
Beckman Laser Institute
40
Maryam Zarrabi
Biological Sciences
Verification of DN-BmpR1a Overexpression in a
Transgenic Mouse Line
Edwin Monuki
Pathology
265
Ben Zhou
Chemical Engineering
Silicon Nanowire and PEDOT:PSS Composite
Films for Thermoelectrics
Allon Hochbaum
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
49
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Poster
#
Student Presenters
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Owen Cruz
Philip Yu
Biological Sciences
Differentiating Cognitive Strategies in Sequence
Memory in Rats
Timothy Allen
Norbert Fortin
Neurobiology & Behavior
23
Angelina Kang
Biological Sciences
Stephen Yeung
Public Health Policy
Adult Neurogenesis Following Brain Injury
Frank LaFerla
Neurobiology & Behavior
31
Lisa Leung
Ashley Yang-Halsey
Biological Sciences
Effect of Genetic Amyloid Beta Augmentation on
Biochemical Characteristics of Alzheimer’s DiseaseRelated Analytes in Mouse Model of AD
Vitaly Vasilevko
Neurology
59
Omeid Heidari
Cassidie Thomas
Nursing Science
Developing and Implementing and Effective
Reproductive Health Eduction Program
Julie Rousseau
Program in Nursing Science
63
Armin Miresmaili
Gabriel Sanchez
Biological Sciences
Central
Processing
Roles
during
Electroacupuncture in Response to Cardiovascular
Depression
Stephanie Tjen-a-Looi
Medicine
73
Jacqueline Algara
Eden Barragan
Biological Sciences
Effects of Monoamines on Temperature Sensitive
Seizures in Mutant Drosophila
Diane O’Dowd
Soleil Schutte
Developmental & Cell Biology
93
Patricia Guan
Nadia Nikroo
Biological Sciences
Randomized
Controlled
Trial
Comparing
Ultrasound Guided versus Palpation Method for
Radial Artery Catheterization in Critically-Ill
Patients
John Christian Fox
Emergency Medicine
Mark Rosen
Medicine
97
Sohni Singh
Trang Tran
Biological Sciences
Attending Level Abdominal Physical Exam vs.
Medical Student Abdominal Ultrasound Exam
John Christian Fox
Shahram Lotfipour
Emergency Medicine
108
Helena Do
Biological Sciences
Hinal Patel
Neurobiology
Randomized Assessment of Alcohol Consumption
with Computerized Screening and Brief
Intervention for Adult and Adolescent Patients in
the Emergency Department
Shahram Lotfipour
Emergency Medicine
124
Rachel Kaufman
Rana Khoury
Biological Sciences
A Deficiency in the Protein Repair Enzyme PIMT
Leads to Hyperphosphorylation of Synapsin in
Mouse Brain
Dana Aswad
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
152
Amanda Orozco
Criminology, Law & Society/
Psychology & Social Behavior
Leo Viray
Psychology
Dance Therapy
Kimberley Lakes
Pediatrics
153
Melissa McManus
Biological Sciences
Nazanin Tadjbakhsh
Sociology
The Educational Affordances
Technology for Young Children
1
of
Interactive
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Education
Poster
#
Student Presenters
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
154
Jahanzeb Ashraf
Biological Sciences
Seyed Ali Khalessi
Hosseini
Biomedical Engineering
Infantile Feeding Habits and Health Outcomes
during the First 18 Months of Life
Stephanie Reich
Education
172
Cindy Duong
Pharmaceutical Science
Paul Tran
Anthropology/ Pharmaceutical
Science
Age-Dependent Effects of Fluoxetine Exposure on
Acquisition of Cocaine-Self Administration
Frances Leslie
Pharmacology
173
Carlos Aguirre
Pharmaceutical Science
Andrew Dam
Biological Sciences
Effects of Nicotine Pretreatment on Novel Object
Recognition in Adolescent and Adult Male Rats
Frances Leslie
Pharmacology
183
Quyen Dang
Sophia Ho
Biological Sciences
5-HT7 Stable Cell Line
Antagonist/Agonist Screening
Zhiwei Wang
Pharmacology
190
Wilson Liang
Public Health Sciences
Catherine Nguyen
Biological Sciences
Goal-Directed Fluid Management Based on
Monitoring of Pleth Variability Index (PVI)
Maxime Cannesson
Anesthesiology
223
Kevin Santiago
Biomedical Engineering
Roger Tu
Biological Sciences
Functional Alignment of Human Embryonic Stem
Cell Derived Cardiomyocytes on Biomimetic
Biodegradable Wrinkles to Promote Maturation
Michelle Khine
Biomedical Engineering
226
Stephen Mock
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
Kevin Santiago
Biomedical Engineering
Biomimetic Pattern from Leaf Venation for
Vascularizing Engineered Tissues
Michelle Khine
Biomedical Engineering
235
Hanna Chang
Aswini Ponnaluri
Biomedical Engineering
Cancer
Stem
Cell
Detection
Using
Dielectrophoresis Field Flow Fractionation
William Tang
Biomedical Engineering
239
Tro Babikian
Chemical Engineering
Mason Minot
Chemical Engineering/
Chemistry
Use of Laser-Generated Cavitation Bubbles to
Measure Receptor-Ligand Binding
Vasan Venugopalan
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
257
Chantal Fry
Computer Engineering
Kelvin Wu
Computer Science
Patient Connect Pilot Project
G. P. Li
Arthur Zhang
Electrical Engineering & Computer
Science
Stephanie Reich
Mark Warschauer
Education
269
Alvin Cao
Jonathan Wong
Materials Science Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Grain Boundary Analysis of Ultra-Fine Grained
Aluminum Alloy
Farghalli Mohamed
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
for
Serotonin’s
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#
Student Presenters
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
270
Dilip Das
Chemical Engineering
Jin Soo Kim
Materials Science Engineering
Corrosion Properties of Ultra-Fined Grained and
Commercial Aluminum
Farghalli Mohamed
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
284
Kyle Johnson
Aerospace Engineering
Baolong Nguyen
Attenuation of a Pressure Wave through the Use of a
Helmholtz Resonator
John LaRue
Mechanical & Aerospace
Engineering
293
Pia Dizon
Pharmaceutical Science
Vyvy Pham
Biological Sciences/ Chemistry
Exotic Crystallins of Underwater Organisms
Rachel Martin
Chemistry
306
Tiffany Anguiano
Arnel Sancianco
Drama
Antonin Artaud’s Jet of Blood
Jaymi Smith
Drama
313
Kehaulani Ahu
Urban Studies
Brandon Duong
Psychology & Social Behavior
The Art and Science of Film and Behavior Change:
An Emerging Agenda
Richard Matthew
Planning, Policy, & Design
318
Sun Kim
Stephanie Tsai
Psychology & Social Behavior
Emotion Regulation Patterns between Father and
Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Wendy Goldberg
Psychology & Social Behavior
Yuqing Guo
Program in Nursing Science
329
Jose Escobar
Christian Rodriguez
Psychology & Social Behavior
Adult Supportive Language Use and Child
Language Comprehension: Relations with Delayed
Generalization in Toddlers
Angela Lukowski
Psychology & Social Behavior
330
Katherine Liptrap
Allison Tanaka
Psychology & Social Behavior
Examining the Effects of Napping on Memory
Recall in University Students
Angela Lukowski
Psychology & Social Behavior
331
Shichun Ling
Allison Tanaka
Psychology & Social Behavior
Examining Associations between Parent Sleep
Quality and Narrative Report of Negative ParentChild Interactions
Angela Lukowski
Psychology & Social Behavior
340
Christopher Barber
Classical Civilization/ Urban
Studies
Michael Ko
Comparative Literature
Military Texts and State Formation in Warring
States China and Japan
Anne Walthall
History
347
Katherine Martinez
Sociology
Maria Pena
Psychology & Social Behavior
The Role of Abuelos on Latina/o College Students
Experiences: A Psychosociocultural Analysis
Jeanett Castellanos
Social Science
350
Ruben Atilano
Psychology
Denise Leon
Psychology/ Chicano/Latino
Studies
Latina/o College Students’ Perceptions of La
Virgen de Guadalupe , College Experiences and
Well-Being: A Pyschosociolcultural Approach
Jeanett Castellanos
Social Science
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#
Student Presenters
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Fareshte Erani
Psychology
Shacole Hamletts
Social Science
Undergraduate Asian Indian Women, Self-Healing,
Coping and Well-Being
Jeanett Castellanos
Social Science
25
Manuel Candelario
Aerospace Engineering
Johnny Quan
Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology
David Sahagun
Biological Sciences
Modification of a Human Membrane Protein to
Improve Heterologous Expression in Yeast
Ricardo Miledi
Neurobiology & Behavior
47
Payum Noshiravan
Public Health Policy
Lia Pallivathucal
Christine Sarkisyan
Public Health Sciences
Evaluating the Impact of the Clinic in the Park: A
Community-Based Outreach Program
Phyllis Agran
Pediatrics
Shahram Lotfipour
Emergency Medicine
94
Vincent Lam
George Matar
Biological Sciences
Kevin Shiah
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
Bedside Ultrasound vs. Chest X-Ray in the
Evaluation of Placement of Central Venous
Catheters
John Christian Fox
Shahram Lotfipour
Emergency Medicine
95
Ngoc-Tram Huynh
Biological Sciences
Joel Ramirez
Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology
Keli Tahara
Neurobiology
A Survey on Faculty and Residents at UCI Family
Health Center: Attitudes and Knowledge of
Integrative Medicine
David Kilgore
Family Medicine
101
Christopher Gilani
Sohni Singh
Biological Sciences
Sina Popal
Public Health Sciences
Utility of Ultrasound Guided Lumbar Puncture in
Successfully Reducing Level of Traumatic Taps
John Christian Fox
Shahram Lotfipour
Emergency Medicine
107
Aspen Alotis
Christopher Gilani
Allen Yang
Biological Sciences
Emergency Department versus Radiology
Department Pelvic Ultrasound and Effect on
Patient Length of Stay: A Randomized Control Trial
John Christian Fox
Shahram Lotfipour
Emergency Medicine
116
Johann-Christian Abordo
Tracy Dao
Ivana Lee
Biological Sciences
The Effect of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia
Psychopathology on Neurocognition
Julie Patterson
Psychiatry & Human Behavior
170
Aichun Chen
Diana Lubyanaya
Mathematics
Antoine Hamedi-Sangsari
Biological Sciences
A QCT-Based Methodology for Evaluating Bone
Mineralization as a Function of Age in Pediatric
Patients
Joyce Keyak
Radiological Sciences
353
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#
Student Presenters
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
207
Ryan Farraro
Akshay Paul
Biomedical Engineering
Jeffrey Tse
Information & Computer Science
Deployable Blood Flow Imaging System
Bernard Choi
Biomedical Engineering
208
Edmund Florendo
Tram Pham
Steven Truong
Biomedical Engineering
Design of Endoscope-Compatible Blood-Flow
Imaging Device
Bernard Choi
Biomedical Engineering
Brian Smith
Surgery
210
Tiffany Bui
Theodore Chang
Kent Mayzel
Biomedical Engineering
Design of a Dental Laser Speckle Imaging (LSI)
Probe to Determine Pulpal Vitality
Bernard Choi
Biomedical Engineering
237
Lydia Ameri
Mechanical Engineering
Gary Chang
Chemical Engineering
Kishan Patel
Biomedical Engineering
Strain Gauges for Soft Tissue
William Tang
Biomedical Engineering
247
Tam Nguyen
Chemistry
Nicholas Sarif
Biological Sciences
Eriberto Vargas
Chemical Engineering
Synthesis
of
Semiconductors
252
Andrew Kin
Thu Luu
Alan Mendoza
Civil Engineering
Earthquake Engineering: Seismic Design
Farzin Zareian
Civil & Environmental Engineering
289
George Fang
Computer Engineering
Abraham Lin
Electrical Engineering
David Shin
Electrical Engineering/
Information & Computer Science
Low Power Sensor Network
Michael Green
Electrical Engineering & Computer
Science
323
Anisa Arain
Zinab Jawed
Psychology & Social Behavior
Bonnie To
Business Economics/ Psychology
& Social Behavior
Influence of Perceived Opportunity for Social
Mobility on Young Adults’ Motivational
Commitment to Career Goals and the Resulting
Effects on Health and Well-Being
Jutta Heckhausen
Psychology & Social Behavior
326
Alexandra Chindris
Criminology, Law & Society/
Psychology & Social Behavior
Shichun Ling
Gina Machiaverna
Psychology & Social Behavior
Is There a False Memory Trait? Comparing Five
Different Memory Distortion Paradigms
Elizabeth Loftus
Lawrence Patihis
Psychology & Social Behavior
Novel
N-Type
Organic
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Alon Gorodetsky
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
Poster
#
Student Presenters
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
328
Natalie Ikker
Helen La Sala Ingres
Patricia Place
Psychology & Social Behavior
Potentially Traumatic Events, Directed Forgetting,
and Time Perspective
Elizabeth Loftus
Psychology & Social Behavior
332
Kristin Gundersen
Christina Metropoulos
Sarah Savino
Psychology & Social Behavior
Examining the Relationship between Mindset and
Hardiness: A Preliminary Study
Salvatore Maddi
Psychology & Social Behavior
348
Arely Acuna
Business Economics
Mary Duenas
Criminology, Law & Society
Edward Gutierrez
Psychology & Social Behavior
Latina and Latino Student Undergraduate
Experiences: A PSC Analysis of their Academic
Micro-Successes
Jeanett Castellanos
Social Science
56
Miguel Chavez
Chicano/Latino Studies/
Psychology
Nadia Nikroo
Anthropology
Jeniffer Pena
Michelle Tran
Biological Sciences
Lowering Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Levels: the
Effectiveness of Diabetes Education in Rural
Mexico
John Billimek
Epidemiology
John Christian Fox
Emergency Medicine
Tonya Schuster
Sociology
84
Grigor Azatian
Jose Buenrostro
Hoang-Anh Khong
Biological Sciences
Jennifer Majdick
Criminology, Law & Society/
Psychology & Social Behavior
Defining the Relationships of Cardiac Function,
Athletic Performance and Stress in Drosophila
Michael Rose
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
85
Rocky Do
Public Health Sciences
Kevin Nguyen
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
Tommy Pham
Linda Trondle
Biological Sciences
Testing the Mutation-Order Hypothesis in
Laboratory Populations of Drosophila melanogaster
Michael Rose
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
86
Wendy Dang
Christopher Truong
Public Health Sciences
Chris DiFebo
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
Neda Ghofranian
Biological Sciences
Testing the Ecological Speciation Hypothesis in
Laboratory Populations of Drosophila melanogaster
Michael Rose
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Chelsey Bithell
Nooreen Khan
Armaan Rowther
Nadia Zuabi
Biological Sciences
Prevalence and Clinical Import of Thoracic Injuries
Identified by Chest CT but not Chest Radiograph in
Blunt Trauma Patients
Mark Langdorf
Shahram Lotfipour
Emergency Medicine
105
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Poster
#
Student Presenters
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
112
Diane-Marie Aguilar
Tracy Dinh
Janey Quach
Lucinda Tang
Biological Sciences
Cigarette Smoking, Motivation, and Workplace
Performance in Smokers with and without
Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Jean Gehricke
Tim Wigal
Pediatrics
203
Zachary Davis
Christopher Hurst
Jordan Linford
Amy Pham
Electrical Engineering
Integrated Electroplating System
Mark Bachman
Electrical Engineering & Computer
Science
212
Stephanie Gonzales
Joshua Nguyen
Oluchi Okafor
Biomedical Engineering
Carine Todmia
Materials Science Engineering
Pressure Release Alert System For Spinal Cord
Injury Patients
An Do
Neurology
255
Cliff Huang
Timothy Kwan
Kevin Sison
Vinh Trinh
Computer Science & Engineering
Home Energy Management System
Mohammad Al Faruque
Electrical Engineering & Computer
Science
256
Patrick James Borricano
Electrical Engineering
Sergio Lopez
James Pham
Raymund Theodore
Ramos
Computer Engineering
WaterSaber
Fadi Kurdahi
Electrical Engineering & Computer
Science
279
Joe Chen
Anaya Mekonnen
Lineker Phuong
Mechanical Engineering
Christopher Gay
Materials Science Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Stored Energy Solar Stove Project
John Garman
Mechanical & Aerospace
Engineering
291
Kyle Boos
Information & Computer Science
Joshua Ferguson
Yuhao Ma
Computer Science & Engineering
Kevin Jonaitis
Computer Science/ Electrical
Engineering
A Novel Depth Sensor Based Approach to
Augmented Reality
Donald Patterson
Informatics
320
Silvia Gutierrez
Shannon Merrell
Roobina Tsaturyan
Psychology & Social Behavior
Emotion Regulation among Mothers of Children
with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Novel
Application of a Dynamic Systems Approach
Wendy Goldberg
Psychology & Social Behavior
Yuqing Guo
Program in Nursing Science
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#
Student Presenters
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
321
Victoria Bubolz
Yoselinda Mendoza
Daniel Poissant
Deepa Puthran
Psychology & Social Behavior
Is It Worth It? The Impact of Changing Majors on
Students’ Motivation, Well-Being, and Academic
Performance
Jutta Heckhausen
Psychology & Social Behavior
96
Daniel Ho
Biological Sciences
Kunaal Kapoor
Public Health Sciences
Leslie Mendoza
Psychology & Social Behavior
Bhavika Patel
Biological Sciences/ Chemistry
Cathy Shutaya
Public Health Policy
A Survey on Patients at the UCI Santa Ana Family
Health Center: Attitudes and Knowledge of
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
David Kilgore
Family Medicine
233
Brian Anderson
Brandon Chimits
Kevin Jalalipour
Kristen MacNeal
Jacob Moebius
Biomedical Engineering
At-Home Quantitative Spasticity Measurement
David Reinkensmeyer
Mechanical & Aerospace
Engineering
234
Joseph Gomez
Stephen Lee
Timothy Macagba
Sohan Weeraratne
Biomedical Engineering
Jin Kim
Materials Science Engineering
Artificial Anatomical Beating Heart for the Training
of Heart Devices
William Tang
Biomedical Engineering
236
Casey Burgwald
Materials Science Engineering
Ji Hwang
Kevin Limtao
Andrea Navarro
Derya Yilmaz
Biomedical Engineering
Semi-Automated CD Microfluidics for Capturing
Circulating Tumor Cells
William Tang
Biomedical Engineering
238
Piyush Gupta
Mark Keating
Borna Khavari
Jigar Shah
Bakr Teebi
Biomedical Engineering
Aortic Stenosis Screening App
William Tang
Biomedical Engineering
274
Jonah Jocson
Biomedical Engineering/
Materials Science Engineering
Ali Mansouri
Materials Science Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Jason Merz
Hamid Yaqubi
Materials Science Engineering
Erik Olson
Mechanical Engineering
Corneal Phantom for OCT Imaging
Tibor Juhasz
Ophthalmology
Albert Yee
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
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#
Student Presenters
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
335
Leighanne Arellano
Criminology, Law & Society
Stephanie Blaze
Colleen Burkhead
Shan-Chun Chen
Psychology & Social Behavior
Titania Tran
Business Administration/
Psychology & Social Behavior
Graduate School Entrance Exams: Group
Differences in Exam Preparation Behaviors,
Psychological Health, and Exam Performance
Joanne Zinger
Psychology & Social Behavior
Genie Alvarez
Public Health Sciences/ Sociology
Dillon Gamboa
Lindsay Yamauchi
Stephen Yeung
Public Health Policy
Pooja Patel
Psychology & Social Behavior/
Public Health Policy
Purvee Patel
Public Health Sciences
Alcohol Use among UC Irvine Undergraduate
Students
David Timberlake
Program in Public Health
109
Anika Akhter
Public Health Policy
Jenna Hung
Maggie Wu
Pharmaceutical Science
Michael Liu
Keli Tahara
Ivan Trang
Neurobiology
A Survey of UCI Student Health Center Patients:
Attitudes and Receptiveness to Using Integrative
Medicine for Common Medical Conditions
Wadie Najm
Family Medicine
111
Jeric Israel Julian
Jasleen Kahlon
Amanda Le
Amrit Panjabi
Christopher Vo
Sophia Wong
Biological Sciences
Severity of Depression and Anxiety Correlated to
Polypharmacy
Rimal Bera
Psychiatry & Human Behavior
315
Ali Alkhatib
Anthropology
Fady Barsoum
Mechanical Engineering
Ian Brown
Information & Computer
Science/ Studio Art
Erin Costino
Political Science
Reaksmey Diep
Anthropology/ Urban Studies
Ching-Wen Yang
Public Health Sciences
Values in Design: Designing for Hesitation and
Presence
Geoffrey Bowker
Judith Gregory
Informatics
Sanjoy Mazumdar
Planning, Policy, & Design
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Poster
#
Student Presenters
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
87
Christina Anz
Meghmic Hacopian
Kyle Wallace
Public Health Sciences
Laurel Dang
Michelle England
Crystal Pham
Gerard Tran
Biological Sciences
Patterns of Forward Selection in Diverse Population
Sizes of Drosophila melanog aster
Michael Rose
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
88
Juan Alarcon
Samantha Quesada
Tanjot Saini
Biological Sciences
Krupa Bhakta
Public Health Sciences
Brandon Kuey
Alison Rufo
Pharmaceutical Science
Joshua Lee
Chemistry
Diet Change, Aging, and Late Life: Adaptation to
Novel and Ancestral Foods
Michael Rose
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
89
Monica Chavez
Laurel Dang
Anna Liu
Dena Nasir
Mike Thongsuk
Michelle Tien
Biological Sciences
Yu-Hsin Lin
Chemistry
The Effects of Reverse Selection in Small
Populations of Drosophila melanogaster
Michael Rose
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
232
Kristine Bonifacio
Alexander Chu
Stephanie Gonzales
Meghan Knight
Eric Nguyen
Joshua Nguyen
Biomedical Engineering
Kevin Nguyen
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
Manual Home-Based Therapeutic Device for
Spasticity Patients
David Reinkensmeyer
Mechanical & Aerospace
Engineering
281
Kyle Boos
Information & Computer Science
Terri Chang
Psychology
Tzu-Yu Chao
Veronica Swanson
Mechanical Engineering
Joshua Ferguson
Randy Harper
Computer Science & Engineering
Richard Lee
Computer Science
Camille Macalinao
Grant Moe
Psychology
Biologically-Inspired Robot Swarms for Search and
Rescue Missions
James Bobrow
Mechanical & Aerospace
Engineering
Ian Harris
Computer Science
Jeffrey Krichmar
Cognitive Sciences
Michael McCarthy
Mechanical & Aerospace
Engineering
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#
Student Presenters
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Christine Bediones
English
Gary Chen
Christopher Dinh
She Nie
Computer Science
Kenneth Fernandez
Alex Morishita
Studio Art
Vahan Hartooni
Aerospace Engineering
Stanislav Listopad
Computer Science & Engineering
Kal McDowd
Lily Xiao
Informatics
Down With Food
AnneMarie Conley
Education
Bill Tomlinson
Informatics
51
Salvador Arriaga
Karen Santoyo
Linh Vu
Public Health Sciences
Mei Chang
Kimberly Gardner
Taylor Gardner
Johanna Herrera
Sophia Nguyen
Jesse Salas
Biological Sciences
Katherine Vu
Pharmaceutical Science
Patient-Physician
Communication
Management of Type 2 Diabetes
248
Luis Acosta
Michael Beto
Steven Bui
Ivan Cheng
Joseph Hunt
Brian Polson
Jonathan Schreder
Michael Vigliarolo
Elmer Wei
Bernice Wu
Chemical Engineering
Robinne Ponty
Mechanical Engineering
Chem-E Car
309
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John Billimek
Epidemiology
Hung Nguyen
Chemical Engineering & Materials
Science
Poster
#
200
Student Presenters
Project Title
Faculty Mentor(s)
Isaac Baertlein
Violet Malyan
Austin Moore
Christoph Seeliger
Lee Tea
Mechanical Engineering
Thanh Chung
Kevin Jalalipour
Biomedical Engineering
Ivan Gochev
Shailin Shah
Electrical Engineering
David Hahn
Grant Jackson
Huzafa Khan
Robert Watson
Aerospace Engineering
Brian Morey
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
UCI Rocket Project
Kenneth Mease
Mechanical & Aerospace
Engineering
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Session
Student
Session
Student
Poster Session ~ #2
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Sara Abdelhalim
Biological Sciences
Anika Akhter
Public Health Policy
Oral Session I
Balboa Island B
8:50 AM
Mohamad Abedi
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay C
9:50 AM
Anika Akhter
Public Health Policy
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
8:50 AM
Parinaz Abiri
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session I
Woods Cove C
9:10 AM
Poster Session ~ #109
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Anika Akhter
Public Health Policy
Poster Session ~ #116
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Johann-Christian Abordo
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #6
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jeby Abraham
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
8:30 AM
Ruben Alanis Luu
Biomedical Engineering/
Material Science Engineering
Poster Session ~ #28
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Christina Abundis
Developmental & Cell Biology
Poster Session ~ #88
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Juan Alarcon
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #248
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Luis Acosta
Chemical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #73
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jacqueline Algara
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #348
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Arely Acuna
Business Economics
Oral Session I
Crystal Cove Auditorium
8:50 AM
Connor Alhart
Drama
Poster Session ~ #272
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Ikeoluwa Adesina
Materials Science Engineering
Poster Session ~ #315
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Ali Alkhatib
Anthropology
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay B
9:10 AM
Megan Afetian
Developmental & Cell Biology
Poster Session ~ #337
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Rebecca Allen
Philosophy
Oral Session II
Woods Cove C
3:20 PM
Amirali Aghili
Pharmaceutical Science
Poster Session ~ #156
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Sara Alleyasin
Political Science
Poster Session ~ #175
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Elias Almaz
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #112
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Diane-Marie Aguilar
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #107
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Aspen Alotis
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #173
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Carlos Aguirre
Pharmaceutical Science
Poster Session ~ #62
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Genie Alvarez
Public Health Sciences/ Sociology
Poster Session ~ #92
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Fareed Ahmed
Chemical Engineering
Jamie Amemiya
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Crescent Bay B
8:30 AM
Soobin (Kristen) Ahn
Psychology
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach C
3:00 PM
Jamie Amemiya
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #313
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kehaulani Ahu
Urban Studies
Oral Session II
Woods Cove B
3:20 PM
Oral Session II
Newport Beach B
3:40 PM
Janet Ajdaharian
Biological Sciences/ Studio Art
Poster Session ~ #237
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Lydia Ameri
Mechanical Engineering
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Student
Session
Student
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach D
9:50 AM
Karen An
Earth & Environmental Science
Poster Session ~ #350
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Ruben Atilano
Psychology
Poster Session ~ #233
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Brian Anderson
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #90
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Bryan Au
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #80
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jacob Anderson
Earth & Environmental Science
Oral Session II
Crescent Bay D
3:20 PM
Christian Avetisyan
Criminology, Law & Society
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Melanie Anderson
Dance-Performance
Poster Session ~ #84
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Grigor Azatian
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:50 AM
Alecxandre Andres
Aerospace Engineering
Poster Session ~ #32
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Soraya Azzawi
Neurobiology
Poster Session ~ #306
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Tiffany Anguiano
Drama
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay D
4:20 PM
Soraya Azzawi
Neurobiology
Poster Session ~ #87
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Christina Anz
Public Health Sciences
Poster Session ~ #239
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Tro Babikian
Chemical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #323
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Anisa Arain
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #230
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Vikram Babu
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #151
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Sara Arastoo
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Balboa Island B
4:20 PM
Natalie Badalof
English
Poster Session ~ #335
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Leighanne Arellano
Criminology, Law & Society
Poster Session ~ #253
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay D
10:10 AM
Jocelyn Argueta
Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology
Salvador Badillo Rios
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #200
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Isaac Baertlein
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #51
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Salvador Arriaga
Public Health Sciences
Arya Baghkhanian
Chemistry
Poster Session ~ #9
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Alexandra Ashcroft
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Moss Cove A
3:20 PM
Oral Session II
Woods Cove A
3:00 PM
Alexandra Ashcroft
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #177
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Alisha Bajwa
Biological Sciences
Rahaf Baker
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #154
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jahanzeb Ashraf
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay D
9:30 AM
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach A
3:40 PM
Jahanzeb Ashraf
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #115
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Caroline Bakhit
Biological Sciences/ Psychology
& Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #275
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Thomas Assali
Microbiology & Immunology
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay D
9:10 AM
Caroline Bakhit
Biological Sciences/ Psychology
& Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #32
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Mariam Astarabadi
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Balboa Island A
9:50 AM
Danny Baldo Jr.
Biomedical Engineering
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Student
Session
Student
Oral Session II
Crystal Cove Auditorium
3:00 PM
Reyna Baltazar
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Woods Cove B
9:30 AM
Gabriel Beringer
Criminology, Law & Society/
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:30 AM
Hugo Banh
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #248
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Michael Beto
Chemical Engineering
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay D
3:20 PM
Andrew Banuelos
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #88
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Krupa Bhakta
Public Health Sciences
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:30 AM
Albert Barber
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session I
Moss Cove B
10:10 AM
Neha Bhatt
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #340
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Christopher Barber
Classical Civilization/ Urban
Studies
Oral Session II
Crystal Cove Auditorium
3:40 PM
Rudolph Bielitz
Criminology, Law & Society/
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Moss Cove B
8:50 AM
Christopher Barber
Classical Civilization/ Urban
Studies
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay C
9:30 AM
Chelsey Bithell
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #73
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Eden Barragan
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #105
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Chelsey Bithell
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #315
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Fady Barsoum
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:30 AM
Sarah Black
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach A
3:20 PM
Justin Bass
Electrical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #335
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Stephanie Blaze
Psychology & Social Behavior
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Sarah Bauer
Dance-Performance
Poster Session ~ #232
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kristine Bonifacio
Biomedical Engineering
Kristine Bonifacio
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session I
Moss Cove A
9:50 AM
Neil Bautista
English
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach A
3:00 PM
Eddie Bonilla
Chicano/Latino Studies
Poster Session ~ #309
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Christine Bediones
English
Oral Session I
Crescent Bay C
8:30 AM
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay E
4:00 PM
Christine Bediones
English
Poster Session ~ #291
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kyle Boos
Information & Computer Science
Poster Session ~ #281
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kyle Boos
Information & Computer Science
Oral Session II
Moss Cove B
3:00 PM
Courtney Bell
English
Poster Session ~ #256
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Patrick James Borricano
Electrical Engineering
Oral Session II
Pacific Ballroom B
3:00 PM
Stephanie Berganza
Business Economics/
International Studies
Poster Session ~ #197
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Robert Boud
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:50 AM
Jacob Boyer
Mechanical Engineering
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Student
Session
Student
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay C
3:20 PM
Shane Breazeale
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Balboa Island A
8:30 AM
Zachary Campagna
Biomedical Engineering
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Brittney Brewer
Dance/ Psychology & Social
Behavior
Poster Session ~ #290
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Andrew Campo
Computer Science
Poster Session ~ #162
1:30 - 2:50 PM
James Brewster
Chemistry
Poster Session ~ #25
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Manuel Candelario
Aerospace Engineering
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Kimberly Bridgewater
Dance-Choreography
Poster Session ~ #344
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Scott Cannon
International Studies/ Political
Science
Oral Session I
Crescent Bay A
9:10 AM
Colleen Bromberger
History
Poster Session ~ #269
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Alvin Cao
Materials Science Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #310
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Deena Brosi
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
10:10 AM
Alvin Cao
Materials Science Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #315
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Ian Brown
Information & Computer
Science/ Studio Art
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach A
3:20 PM
Anh Cao
Electrical Engineering
Oral Session II
Moss Cove A
4:40 PM
William Brown
Chemistry
Oral Session II
Moss Cove A
3:00 PM
David Cao
Chemistry
Poster Session ~ #321
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Victoria Bubolz
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #196
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Adriana Capatina
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #84
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jose Buenrostro
Biological Sciences
Adriana Capatina
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #248
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Steven Bui
Chemical Engineering
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay C
3:00 PM
Poster Session ~ #210
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Tiffany Bui
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Woods Cove C
4:20 PM
Christina Carnevale
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #236
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Casey Burgwald
Materials Science Engineering
Anne Carr
Dance-Performance/ Literary
Journalism
Poster Session ~ #335
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Colleen Burkhead
Psychology & Social Behavior
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Naomi Carrillo
Mathematics
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay B
4:20 PM
Colleen Burkhead
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #287
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Keegan Carroll
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #176
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Andrew Cabrera
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
9:10 AM
Katharine Cary
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Poster Session ~ #231
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Everardo Camacho
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #91
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Sarah Castro
Dance/ Psychology & Social
Behavior
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Student
Session
Student
Poster Session ~ #18
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Michelle Caunca
Neurobiology
Poster Session ~ #170
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Aichun Chen
Mathematics
Oral Session II
Woods Cove A
3:40 PM
Michelle Caunca
Neurobiology
Poster Session ~ #309
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Gary Chen
Computer Science
Poster Session ~ #77
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Faisal Chaabani
Neurobiology
Poster Session ~ #279
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Joe Chen
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #83
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Carolus Chan
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach A
4:40 PM
Joe Chen
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session I
Balboa Island B
8:30 AM
Yu-Wen Chan
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:30 AM
John Chen
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay E
8:30 AM
Baldwin Chang
Computer Science & Engineering
Poster Session ~ #335
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Shan-Chun Chen
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #237
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Gary Chang
Chemical Engineering
Oral Session II
Crystal Cove Auditorium
3:20 PM
Shan-Chun Chen
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
8:30 AM
Hanna Chang
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Crescent Bay B
3:00 PM
Faye Cheng
Sociology
Poster Session ~ #235
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Hanna Chang
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #248
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Ivan Cheng
Chemical Engineering
Oral Session I
Woods Cove A
8:50 AM
Jane Chang
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Pacific Ballroom A
4:00 PM
Kevin Cheng
Chemistry
Poster Session ~ #51
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Mei Chang
Biological Sciences
Christina Cheung
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #281
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Terri Chang
Psychology
Oral Session I
Woods Cove A
8:30 AM
Poster Session ~ #210
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Theodore Chang
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #245
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Renee Cheung
Materials Science Engineering
Poster Session ~ #102
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Vincent Chang
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #168
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Beatrice Chiang
Pharmaceutical Science
Poster Session ~ #281
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Tzu-Yu Chao
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #233
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Brandon Chimits
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #56
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Miguel Chavez
Chicano/Latino Studies/
Psychology
Poster Session ~ #16
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Justin Chin
Neurobiology
Poster Session ~ #198
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Lauren Chin
Business Administration
Poster Session ~ #89
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Monica Chavez
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #326
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:30 AM
Jessica Chean
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Alexandra Chindris
Criminology, Law & Society/
Psychology & Social Behavior
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Student
Session
Student
Oral Session II
Woods Cove B
3:00 PM
Alexandra Chindris
Criminology, Law & Society/
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #17
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Samantha Corwin
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #7
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Neha Chiruvolu
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #304
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Scott Coste
Chemistry
Oral Session I
Balboa Island A
8:50 AM
Kevin Cho
Chemical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #315
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Erin Costino
Political Science
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay B
9:30 AM
Joseph Choe
Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Brita Crain
Dance-Choreography
Poster Session ~ #160
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Ellen Choi
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
8:50 AM
Alexandra Crampton
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #135
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jaydee Choompoo
Nursing Science
Oral Session I
Balboa Island A
9:10 AM
Alexandra Crampton
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Crescent Bay C
4:00 PM
Rahul Chopra
Political Science
Poster Session ~ #206
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Christian Crouzet
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Newport Beach A
4:00 PM
Karissa Chow
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
9:10 AM
Christian Crouzet
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #292
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Bianca Christensen
Chemical Engineering
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Cierra Crowley
Dance
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
9:50 AM
Tony Christiansen
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #1
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Owen Cruz
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #232
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Alexander Chu
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #39
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Ruskin Cua
Neurobiology
Poster Session ~ #250
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Brian Chu
Chemical Engineering
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
10:10 AM
Joseph Cuevas
Materials Science Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #64
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Na Eun Chung
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #213
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Oral Session II
Newport Beach B
4:00 PM
Na Eun Chung
Biological Sciences
Matthew Curtis
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine/ Music Performance:
Viola
Poster Session ~ #200
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Thanh Chung
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session I
Balboa Island A
9:30 AM
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Brittany Clements
Dance-Performance/ Film &
Media Studies
Matthew Curtis
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine/ Music Performance:
Viola
Van Custodio
Informatics
Oral Session II
Balboa Island A
3:00 PM
Michael Corrado
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay E
9:10 AM
Poster Session ~ #65
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Mohammad Dadkhah
Biological Sciences
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Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
9:30 AM
Maxwell Daly
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering/
Material Science Engineering
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach D
4:20 PM
Mark Dennison, Jr.
Psychology
Poster Session ~ #173
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Andrew Dam
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #259
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Lianne Devera
Chemistry/ Microbiology &
Immunology
Poster Session ~ #87
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Laurel Dang
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #5
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Pritha Dewanjee
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #89
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Laurel Dang
Biological Sciences
Pritha Dewanjee
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #183
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Quyen Dang
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Woods Cove A
3:20 PM
Poster Session ~ #86
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Wendy Dang
Public Health Sciences
Poster Session ~ #118
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Oscar Diaz
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach D
4:00 PM
Irina Danileiko
Psychology
Oral Session I
Moss Cove A
8:50 AM
Howard Diep
Asian American Studies/
Political Science
Poster Session ~ #116
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Tracy Dao
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #315
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Reaksmey Diep
Anthropology/ Urban Studies
Poster Session ~ #270
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Dilip Das
Chemical Engineering
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach A
3:40 PM
Quentin Dietz
Biomedical Computing
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay D
4:40 PM
Mariexcel Davatolhagh
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #86
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Chris DiFebo
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach B
9:10 AM
Chase Davis
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #309
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Christopher Dinh
Computer Science
Poster Session ~ #229
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Chase Davis
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #112
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Tracy Dinh
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #203
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Zachary Davis
Electrical Engineering
Oral Session I
Moss Cove A
9:10 AM
Nathan Directo
History/ Mechanical
Engineering
Poster Session ~ #78
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jahanshah Davoodifard
Anthropology/ Biological
Sciences
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Michelle Ditto
Dance/ Drama
Oral Session I
Crescent Bay D
9:50 AM
Angelina Dayfallah
Political Science
Oral Session II
Balboa Island B
3:20 PM
Gregory Dixon
English
Oral Session II
Woods Cove B
3:40 PM
Darius Dehghan
Criminology, Law & Society
Poster Session ~ #293
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Pia Dizon
Pharmaceutical Science
Poster Session ~ #244
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Anthony DeNicola
Chemical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #108
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Helena Do
Biological Sciences
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Oral Session I
Emerald Bay C
8:50 AM
Helena Do
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay B
8:50 AM
Chantle Edillor
Developmental & Cell Biology
Poster Session ~ #85
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Rocky Do
Public Health Sciences
Poster Session ~ #67
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Chantle Edillor
Developmental & Cell Biology
Oral Session II
Crescent Bay D
3:40 PM
Thomas Doan
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #122
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Zachary Ellison
Chemical Engineering
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
9:30 AM
Olivia Domenici
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #123
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Arijh Elzein
Pharmaceutical Science
Oral Session I
Crescent Bay B
8:30 AM
Khanh Kathy Dong
Political Science/ Sociology
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Kathryn Endo
Dance/ Drama
Poster Session ~ #149
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kosha Doshi
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Woods Cove C
8:30 AM
Hazel Eng
Criminology, Law & Society/
English
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay A
4:00 PM
Newsha Dowlaty
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #87
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Michelle England
Biological Sciences
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Alex Dreschke
Dance-Performance
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay A
8:50 AM
Allison Enomoto
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #348
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Mary Duenas
Criminology, Law & Society
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay E
3:00 PM
Igii Enverga
Computer Science
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach A
3:40 PM
Andrew Dugum
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #353
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Fareshte Erani
Psychology
Poster Session ~ #20
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Haley Dunn
Public Health Sciences
Poster Session ~ #329
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jose Escobar
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #313
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Brandon Duong
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #185
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Horacio Estabridis
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #172
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Cindy Duong
Pharmaceutical Science
Poster Session ~ #289
1:30 - 2:50 PM
George Fang
Computer Engineering
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Matthew Duran
Drama
Poster Session ~ #193
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Melody Fang
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #217
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Yen Chi Fang
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session I
Crystal Cove Auditorium
9:10 AM
Matthew Duran
Drama
Poster Session ~ #207
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Ryan Farraro
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay C
3:40 PM
Sami Dwabe
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Balboa Island A
3:20 PM
Natasha Felsinger
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach B
8:50 AM
Natasha Felsinger
Biomedical Engineering
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Poster Session ~ #280
1:30 - 2:50 PM
David Feng
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #257
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Chantal Fry
Computer Engineering
Poster Session ~ #291
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Joshua Ferguson
Computer Science & Engineering
Oral Session II
Crystal Cove Auditorium
3:00 PM
Jacqueline Fuentes
Criminology, Law & Society
Poster Session ~ #281
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Joshua Ferguson
Computer Science & Engineering
Poster Session ~ #309
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kenneth Fernandez
Studio Art
Oral Session II
Moss Cove B
3:40 PM
Taylor Fuller
Comparative Literature/ Film
& Media Studies
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach B
8:50 AM
Nigel Fernandez
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #354
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Christopher Galeano
International Studies/ Political
Science
Poster Session ~ #19
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Sarah Ferrara
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Crescent Bay C
9:30 AM
Christopher Galeano
International Studies/ Political
Science
Oral Session I
Crescent Bay B
9:50 AM
Batya Fields
Sociology
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach B
3:20 PM
Emma Gallarza
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Woods Cove B
4:00 PM
Alexz Figueroa
Criminology, Law & Society
Oral Session II
Crystal Cove Auditorium
3:40 PM
Deanna Gallegos
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay D
8:50 AM
Michael Finney
Public Health Sciences
Poster Session ~ #62
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Dillon Gamboa
Public Health Policy
Poster Session ~ #4
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Gilana Finogenov
Neurobiology
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:30 AM
Michael Gamboa
Aerospace Engineering
Poster Session ~ #127
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Briana Fitch
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #51
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kimberly Gardner
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:30 AM
Michaela Fleming
Materials Science Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #51
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Taylor Gardner
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #208
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Edmund Florendo
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Crystal Cove Auditorium
4:00 PM
Claudia Gavrilescu
Criminology, Law & Society
Oral Session I
Crescent Bay D
9:10 AM
Sophia Fonua
Business Economics/ Political
Science
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
10:10 AM
Christopher Gay
Materials Science Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #79
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Yuri Foreman
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #279
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Rachel Fowler
Dance-Performance
Christopher Gay
Materials Science Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Christopher Gay
Materials Science Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session I
Moss Cove B
9:30 AM
Tessa Frey
Art History
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach A
4:40 PM
Poster Session ~ #312
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Andria Gazda
Biological Sciences
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Session
Student
Poster Session ~ #29
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Berkenesh Gebrekristos
Biological Sciences
Amy Goldman
Sociology
Poster Session ~ #242
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Sahara George
Psychology
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach C
4:00 PM
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Kelsey Gerber
Dance-Performance
Poster Session ~ #261
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Edgar Gomez
Chemical Engineering
Joseph Gomez
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #130
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Armen Gevorkyan
Pharmaceutical Science
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach B
3:00 PM
Poster Session ~ #61
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Heeva Ghane
Public Health Sciences
Poster Session ~ #234
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Joseph Gomez
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:50 AM
Anais Gharabegian
Physics
Poster Session ~ #232
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Stephanie Gonzales
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #212
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Stephanie Gonzales
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #86
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Neda Ghofranian
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #219
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Maunika Gosike
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #70
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Yasamine Ghorbanian
Microbiology & Immunology
Christopher Griffin
Philosophy
Oral Session II
Pacific Ballroom B
3:20 PM
Parneet Ghuman
Public Health Sciences/ Sociology
Oral Session II
Balboa Island B
3:00 PM
Cyla Grisso
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Crescent Bay A
9:30 AM
Jeffrey Gibson
Business Administration/
Political Science
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Hongyang Guan
Psychology
Poster Session ~ #174
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Landon Gibson
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach C
9:50 AM
Poster Session ~ #107
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Christopher Gilani
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #93
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Patricia Guan
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay C
9:10 AM
Christopher Gilani
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #307
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Patricia Guan
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #13
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Roblen Guevarra
Neurobiology
Poster Session ~ #101
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Christopher Gilani
Biological Sciences
Kristin Gundersen
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay E
8:30 AM
Anita Gilbert
Informatics
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay B
3:40 PM
Poster Session ~ #332
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kristin Gundersen
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session II
Crystal Cove Auditorium
3:20 PM
Romina Gill
Business Economics/ Psychology
Poster Session ~ #238
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Piyush Gupta
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #200
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Ivan Gochev
Electrical Engineering
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Alec Guthrie
Dance-Performance
Poster Session ~ #288
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Christopher Gutierrez
Computer Science
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Student
Poster Session ~ #27
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Eden Gutierrez
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #348
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Edward Gutierrez
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Crystal Cove Auditorium
9:30 AM
Vahan Hartooni
Computer Science &
Engineering/ Digital Arts
Poster Session ~ #320
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Silvia Gutierrez
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #309
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Vahan Hartooni
Aerospace Engineering
Poster Session ~ #144
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Brenda Guzman
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay A
8:30 AM
Bima Hasjim
Biological Sciences/ Psychology
Poster Session ~ #55
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kayla Haag
Public Health Sciences
Jonaphan Hateley
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #87
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Meghmic Hacopian
Public Health Sciences
Oral Session II
Balboa Island A
4:00 PM
David Hahn
Aerospace Engineering
Jared Hatland
Aerospace Engineering
Poster Session ~ #200
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
9:50 AM
Oral Session II
Crescent Bay A
3:20 PM
Lucas Hahn
International Studies/ Political
Science
Oral Session II
Pacific Ballroom A
3:40 PM
Kevin He
Chemical Engineering
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Andrew Hallenbeck
Dance-Choreography
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay A
9:30 AM
Omeid Heidari
Nursing Science
Poster Session ~ #170
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Antoine Hamedi-Sangsari
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #59
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Omeid Heidari
Nursing Science
Oral Session I
Crescent Bay B
9:10 AM
Shacole Hamlett
Social Science
Oral Session I
Crescent Bay B
8:50 AM
Brian Hermosillo
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #353
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Shacole Hamletts
Social Science
Poster Session ~ #286
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Brian Hermosillo
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session II
Newport Beach B
3:00 PM
Katherine Hamorsky
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #201
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Timothy Hernandez
Electrical Engineering
Johanna Herrera
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #22
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Patrick Hang
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #51
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Randy Harper
Computer Science & Engineering
Caitlin Hicks
Dance
Poster Session ~ #281
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Poster Session ~ #298
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Anastasia Harris
Chemistry
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach A
3:20 PM
William Hillhouse
Computer Engineering
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay B
4:20 PM
Tian Harrison
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #34
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Daniel Ho
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #309
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Vahan Hartooni
Computer Science & Engineering
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay C
4:00 PM
Daniel Ho
Biological Sciences
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Poster Session ~ #96
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Daniel Ho
Biological Sciences
Jenna Hung
Pharmaceutical Science
Poster Session ~ #183
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Sophia Ho
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay C
9:50 AM
Poster Session ~ #221
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Victoria Ho
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #109
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jenna Hung
Pharmaceutical Science
Oral Session II
Moss Cove A
4:00 PM
Thanh Ho Ngo
Biological Sciences/ Chemistry
Poster Session ~ #248
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Joseph Hunt
Chemical Engineering
Tyler Hunt
Political Science
Poster Session ~ #308
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Rochelle Hoffman
Anthropology
Oral Session II
Crescent Bay C
4:20 PM
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay E
8:50 AM
Jeffrey Hong
Business Information
Management
Oral Session I
Woods Cove A
9:30 AM
Jin Hur
Biological Sciences
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Kaylyn Hopkins
Dance-Performance
Poster Session ~ #203
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Christopher Hurst
Electrical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #241
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Syed Fowaz Hussain
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay C
3:20 PM
Melika Hosseini
Public Health Sciences
Poster Session ~ #142
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Carol Huynh
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #254
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Davit Hovhannisyan
Computer Science & Engineering
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:50 AM
Dat Huynh
Aerospace Engineering
Oral Session II
Woods Cove C
4:40 PM
Martin Hsu
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #95
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Ngoc-Tram Huynh
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #11
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Christina Huang
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #236
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Ji Hwang
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #255
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Cliff Huang
Computer Science & Engineering
Poster Session ~ #215
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Ji Hwang
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Crystal Cove Auditorium
3:40 PM
Sonja Huang
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Balboa Island B
9:10 AM
Michelle Hwang
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach C
9:10 AM
Justin Huft
Psychology & Social Behavior/
Social Ecology
Poster Session ~ #69
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Caitlyn Hwe
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #333
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jasmine Hugo
Pharmaceutical Science/
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #48
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Marty Ralph Ignacio
Business Economics/ Public
Health Policy
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:50 AM
John Huleis
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay A
3:40 PM
Marty Ralph Ignacio
Business Economics/ Public
Health Policy
Oral Session II
Crescent Bay D
4:00 PM
Natalie Ikker
Psychology & Social Behavior
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Poster Session ~ #328
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Natalie Ikker
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #264
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Bhavin Joshi
Chemistry
Poster Session ~ #100
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Anum Iqbal
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #111
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jeric Israel Julian
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #314
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Mariam Iskajyan
International Studies/ Political
Science
Poster Session ~ #111
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jasleen Kahlon
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #200
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Grant Jackson
Aerospace Engineering
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach B
8:50 AM
Patrick Kahn
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach B
9:10 AM
Priyanka Jain
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session I
Crescent Bay A
9:50 AM
Long Kan
Economics/ Political Science
Poster Session ~ #200
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kevin Jalalipour
Biomedical Engineering
Akanksha Kandhari
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #233
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kevin Jalalipour
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Woods Cove C
3:40 PM
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
9:10 AM
Urmilla Janardan
Undeclared
Poster Session ~ #23
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Angelina Kang
Biological Sciences
Hannah Kang
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session II
Crescent Bay D
3:20 PM
Matthew Jansen
Criminology, Law & Society/
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach C
9:30 AM
Poster Session ~ #317
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Hannah Kang
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:30 AM
Varun Jasuja
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay E
4:20 PM
Nina Kang
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #323
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Zinab Jawed
Psychology & Social Behavior
Athanasios Kaplanis
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session I
Newport Beach A
9:50 AM
Jason Jia
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:50 AM
Konstantinos Kaplanis
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay E
8:30 AM
Nithin Jilla
Computer Science
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:50 AM
Kunaal Kapoor
Public Health Sciences
Poster Session ~ #274
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jonah Jocson
Biomedical Engineering/
Materials Science Engineering
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay C
4:00 PM
Poster Session ~ #96
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kunaal Kapoor
Public Health Sciences
Poster Session ~ #284
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kyle Johnson
Aerospace Engineering
Poster Session ~ #303
1:30 - 2:50 PM
David Kapukchyan
Chemistry/ Physics
Poster Session ~ #291
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kevin Jonaitis
Computer Science/ Electrical
Engineering
Poster Session ~ #278
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Khizar Karwa
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #251
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Trevor Jones
Civil Engineering
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Oral Session II
Doheny Beach A
4:00 PM
Khizar Karwa
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #106
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Anthony Khong
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #188
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Nikhita Kathuria
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #84
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Hoang-Anh Khong
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #124
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Rachel Kaufman
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Woods Cove A
4:00 PM
Nima Khoshab
Neurobiology
Poster Session ~ #220
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Sonia Kaushal
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #180
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Nima Khoshab
Neurobiology
Poster Session ~ #140
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Behdad Kavianpour
Biological Sciences
Amrita Khoshoo
Global Cultures/ History
Poster Session ~ #301
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Rika Kawamura
Earth & Environmental Science
Oral Session I
Moss Cove B
9:10 AM
Poster Session ~ #238
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Mark Keating
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #124
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Rana Khoury
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
9:30 AM
Timothy Keo
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay C
4:20 PM
Esther Kim
Biological Sciences
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Chelsea Kern
Biological Sciences/ DancePerformance
Poster Session ~ #113
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jae Kim
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #234
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jin Kim
Materials Science Engineering
Oral Session II
Balboa Island A
4:00 PM
Ali Khalessi
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #270
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jin Soo Kim
Materials Science Engineering
Poster Session ~ #53
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Parastou Khalessi
Hosseini
Psychology/ Public Health
Sciences
Oral Session II
Crystal Cove Auditorium
4:00 PM
Michael Kim
Criminology, Law & Society
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
8:30 AM
Michael Kim
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session I
Woods Cove A
9:50 AM
Richard Kim
Mathematics
Poster Session ~ #318
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Sun Kim
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #252
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Andrew Kin
Civil Engineering
Poster Session ~ #218
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Colin Kincaid
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:50 AM
Joe King
Aerospace Engineering
Poster Session ~ #154
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Seyed Ali Khalessi
Hosseini
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #200
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Huzafa Khan
Aerospace Engineering
Poster Session ~ #105
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Nooreen Khan
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay C
9:30 AM
Nooreen Khan
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #238
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Borna Khavari
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:30 AM
Kevin Kho
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
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Student
Oral Session II
Moss Cove B
3:20 PM
Lauren King
English
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay E
8:30 AM
Nafiri Kusumakaulika
Informatics
Oral Session II
Pacific Ballroom A
3:00 PM
Nathan Kirksey
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay E
8:50 AM
Nafiri Kusumakaulika
Informatics
Poster Session ~ #240
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kevin Klein
Chemical Engineering
Elliott Kwan
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
9:10 AM
Meghan Knight
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session I
Newport Beach B
9:30 AM
Poster Session ~ #255
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Timothy Kwan
Computer Science & Engineering
Oral Session I
Balboa Island A
9:50 AM
Meghan Knight
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
9:50 AM
Stephanie Kwok
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #232
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Meghan Knight
Biomedical Engineering
Ryan Kwong
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session I
Moss Cove B
8:50 AM
Michael Ko
Comparative Literature
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach B
9:10 AM
Poster Session ~ #351
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Valerie Ky
Social Science
Poster Session ~ #340
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Michael Ko
Comparative Literature
Anh La
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #186
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Akihisa Kodama
Physics
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
8:50 AM
Oral Session II
Pacific Ballroom B
3:40 PM
Jennifer Komissarenko
History/ Political Science
Oral Session I
Crescent Bay D
8:30 AM
Rocio La Rosa
International Studies
Oral Session I
Crystal Cove Auditorium
9:50 AM
Natalie Kovacs
Psychology & Social Behavior/
Studio Art
Oral Session II
Crescent Bay D
4:00 PM
Helen La Sala Ingres
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #243
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Marc Kryger
Chemical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #328
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Helen La Sala Ingres
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach A
4:20 PM
Ryan Kuehne
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session II
Moss Cove B
4:20 PM
Kenneth Lai
Classics/ English
Poster Session ~ #277
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Ryan Kuehne
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #302
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jaspreet Lally
Physics
Poster Session ~ #88
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Brandon Kuey
Pharmaceutical Science
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
9:50 AM
John Lam
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #164
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Steven Kurumada
Psychology
Poster Session ~ #119
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Sophia Lam
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #178
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Sharon Kuruvilla
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #319
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Tiffany Lam
Biological Sciences/ Psychology
& Social Behavior
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Session
Student
Poster Session ~ #94
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Vincent Lam
Biological Sciences
Kevin Lee
Mathematics
Poster Session ~ #249
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Anthony Lan
Chemical Engineering
Oral Session II
Balboa Island A
4:20 PM
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
9:10 AM
Kevin Lasqyete
Aerospace Engineering
Poster Session ~ #281
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Richard Lee
Computer Science
Poster Session ~ #234
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Stephen Lee
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay B
4:00 PM
Benjamin LathamBryman
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session II
Balboa Island B
3:40 PM
Marilyn Leider
English
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay E
8:50 AM
Andrea Lau
Informatics
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay E
9:30 AM
Victor Lelas
Computer Science
Poster Session ~ #111
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Amanda Le
Biological Sciences
Victor Lelas
Computer Science
Poster Session ~ #26
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kristina Le
Neurobiology
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay E
9:50 AM
Oral Session II
Pacific Ballroom B
4:00 PM
Linh Le
Anthropology/ Political Science
Poster Session ~ #350
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Denise Leon
Chicano/Latino Studies/
Psychology
Oral Session I
Newport Beach A
9:10 AM
Carlin Lee
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #136
1:30 - 2:50 PM
John Leong
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #31
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Lisa Leung
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #116
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Ivana Lee
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #339
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Deborah Lewis
English
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach D
9:10 AM
Jeanette Lee
Earth & Environmental Science
Poster Session ~ #260
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Amanda Li
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach B
3:20 PM
Jennifer Lee
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #43
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Zhenzhi Li
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #88
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Joshua Lee
Chemistry
Poster Session ~ #190
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Wilson Liang
Public Health Sciences
Oral Session II
Crystal Cove Auditorium
4:00 PM
Julia Lee
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
8:50 AM
Albert Liao
Materials Science Engineering
Oral Session II
Crystal Cove Auditorium
4:20 PM
Julia Lee
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach D
8:30 AM
Naomi Lichtner
Earth & Environmental
Science/ English
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach B
9:10 AM
Katherine Lee
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach C
3:40 PM
Vicky Lien
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #15
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Eric Lim
Biological Sciences
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Oral Session I
Doheny Beach C
8:30 AM
Jonathan Lim
Business Administration/
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay C
9:50 AM
Michael Liu
Neurobiology
Poster Session ~ #305
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kevin Lim
Drama
Poster Session ~ #109
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Michael Liu
Neurobiology
Poster Session ~ #36
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Melody Lim
Mathematics
Katherine Lo
Mathematics
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach B
8:30 AM
Kevin Limtao
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay E
3:20 PM
Poster Session ~ #209
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Patrick Lo
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #236
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kevin Limtao
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #346
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Estefanía Lopez
Political Science/ Sociology
Poster Session ~ #289
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Abraham Lin
Electrical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #256
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Sergio Lopez
Computer Engineering
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:50 AM
Timothy Lin
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session II
Balboa Island B
4:00 PM
Alexandra Lossada
English
Poster Session ~ #89
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Yu-Hsin Lin
Chemistry
Poster Session ~ #110
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Poster Session ~ #203
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jordan Linford
Electrical Engineering
Michael Louthan
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay B
3:00 PM
Shichun Ling
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #37
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Becky Lu
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #166
1:30 - 2:50 PM
David Lu
Pharmaceutical Science
Poster Session ~ #326
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Shichun Ling
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #170
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Diana Lubyanaya
Mathematics
Poster Session ~ #331
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Shichun Ling
Psychology & Social Behavior
Brianne Lucchesi
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #330
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Katherine Liptrap
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
9:30 AM
Poster Session ~ #309
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Stanislav Listopad
Computer Science & Engineering
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach B
9:30 AM
Michael Lum
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Pacific Ballroom A
4:20 PM
Hannah Little
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
9:50 AM
Michael Lum
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
Poster Session ~ #89
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Anna Liu
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #252
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Thu Luu
Civil Engineering
Poster Session ~ #340.5
1:30 - 2:50 PM
David Liu
Anthropology/ Public Health
Policy
Poster Session ~ #291
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Yuhao Ma
Computer Science & Engineering
Oral Session II
Crescent Bay C
3:20 PM
David Liu
Anthropology/ Public Health
Policy
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Michelle Maasz
Art History/ Dance
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Session
Student
Poster Session ~ #234
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Timothy Macagba
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #202
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay E
4:00 PM
Camille Macalinao
Psychology
Melinda Malley
English/ Mechanical
Engineering
Poster Session ~ #200
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Violet Malyan
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach D
3:20 PM
Camille Macalinao
Psychology
Poster Session ~ #274
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Ali Mansouri
Materials Science Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #281
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Camille Macalinao
Psychology
Poster Session ~ #326
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Gina Machiaverna
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session II
Pacific Ballroom B
4:20 PM
Maritza Mantilla
International Studies/ Spanish/
Political Science
Poster Session ~ #233
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kristen MacNeal
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #148
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Gabriela Manzo
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #14
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Pejman Majd
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Pacific Ballroom A
3:40 PM
Max Mao
Chemical Engineering
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay D
3:00 PM
Pejman Majd
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach B
3:20 PM
Max Mao
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #84
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jennifer Majdick
Criminology, Law & Society/
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Crystal Cove Auditorium
10:10 AM
Anna Mariscal
Anthropology
Poster Session ~ #179
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Sridivya Majji
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #347
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Katherine Martinez
Sociology
Poster Session ~ #322
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Tiffany Mak
Psychology & Social Behavior/
Public Health Policy
Oral Session I
Woods Cove B
9:50 AM
Kelsey Martinez
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Moss Cove B
8:30 AM
Talar Malakian
English
Oral Session II
Moss Cove A
4:20 PM
Margaret Marvin
Chemistry
Oral Session I
Crystal Cove Auditorium
9:50 AM
Melissa Maldonado
Economics/ Studio Art
Poster Session ~ #94
1:30 - 2:50 PM
George Matar
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Newport Beach A
3:00 PM
Mahyar Malekan
Pharmaceutical Science
Oral Session I
Newport Beach B
9:50 AM
Alex Matlock
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Moss Cove B
4:00 PM
Meena Malik
Comparative Literature
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Samantha Matsumoto
Dance-Choreography/ Dance,
Performance
Oral Session I
Crescent Bay B
9:30 AM
Asad Malim
African-American Studies
Poster Session ~ #161
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Justin Matsuura
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #210
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kent Mayzel
Biomedical Engineering
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Session
Student
Poster Session ~ #309
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kal McDowd
Informatics
Alexander Mercado
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach C
3:20 PM
Margaret McDuffee
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:50 AM
Poster Session ~ #146
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Fergie Anne Mercado
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach C
4:20 PM
Lucus McKenzie
Sociology
Poster Session ~ #320
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Shannon Merrell
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #153
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Melissa McManus
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #274
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jason Merz
Materials Science Engineering
Poster Session ~ #155
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Melissa McManus
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #332
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Christina Metropoulos
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session II
Crescent Bay C
3:40 PM
Esther Mealy
Anthropology
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
10:10 AM
Indrani Mikkilineni
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach A
4:40 PM
Anaya Mekonnen
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #239
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Mason Minot
Chemical Engineering/
Chemistry
Poster Session ~ #279
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Anaya Mekonnen
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
10:10 AM
Kenny Miranda
Materials Science Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #42
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Bozhao Men
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #63
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Armin Miresmaili
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #252
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Alan Mendoza
Civil Engineering
Roya Mirilavassani
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Newport Beach B
8:50 AM
Kathleen Mendoza
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Newport Beach A
3:20 PM
Poster Session ~ #58
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jasmine Mistry
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay C
4:00 PM
Leslie Mendoza
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Woods Cove A
9:10 AM
James Mitchell
Physics
Poster Session ~ #96
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Leslie Mendoza
Psychology & Social Behavior
Sara Mizuno
Dance/ Public Health Policy
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
8:50 AM
Nicole Mendoza
Biomedical Engineering
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Zoe Moacanin
English
Oral Session I
Crescent Bay C
9:50 AM
Yoselinda Mendoza
Psychology & Social Behavior
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Zoe Moacanin
English
Poster Session ~ #321
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Yoselinda Mendoza
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Crystal Cove Auditorium
9:10 AM
Poster Session ~ #334
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Janki Merai
Anthropology/ Psychology
Poster Session ~ #226
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Stephen Mock
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
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Session
Student
Poster Session ~ #281
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Grant Moe
Psychology
Poster Session ~ #54
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Poster Session ~ #233
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jacob Moebius
Biomedical Engineering
Karen Munoz
Public Health Policy/ Public
Health Sciences
Oral Session I
Woods Cove B
9:10 AM
Lubna Mohammad
Criminology, Law & Society/
Social Ecology
Poster Session ~ #131
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Paige Murata
Biological Sciences/ Chemistry
Poster Session ~ #150
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Alexander Nam
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #276
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Verenice Mojica
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:50 AM
Jason Nanez
Aerospace Engineering
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Shelby Monson
Dance
Poster Session ~ #89
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Dena Nasir
Biological Sciences
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Janine Montag
Dance
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Raymond Naval
Business Management/ Dance
Poster Session ~ #300
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Geovani Montoya
Chemistry
Poster Session ~ #236
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Andrea Navarro
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #273
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Andrew Moodie
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach B
9:50 AM
Andrea Navarro
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #200
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Austin Moore
Mechanical Engineering
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Keely Moore
Dance
Oral Session I
Crescent Bay C
8:50 AM
Samantha Navarro
Global Cultures/ Literary
Journalism
Leila Nazemi
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #349
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Lourdes Morales
Psychology
Oral Session I
Newport Beach B
8:50 AM
Poster Session ~ #200
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Brian Morey
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:30 AM
Lawrence Ng
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #309
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Alex Morishita
Studio Art
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
9:50 AM
Amanda Ngo
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session I
Balboa Island A
8:50 AM
Jessica Motherwell
Biomedical Engineering
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Gin Ngo
Dance
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Marcus Munguia
Criminology, Law & Society
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach B
8:50 AM
Huylong Ngo
Biomedical Engineering/
Chemistry/ Biology
Oral Session I
Crystal Cove Auditorium
9:10 AM
Marcus Munguia
Criminology, Law & Society
Poster Session ~ #268
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Patrick Ngo
Chemical Engineering
Oral Session I
Moss Cove A
8:30 AM
Adrienne Nguyen
Anthropology/ History
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Student
Poster Session ~ #191
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Adrienne Nguyen
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #212
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Joshua Nguyen
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #45
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Ai-Thuan Nguyen
Pharmaceutical Science
Katherine Nguyen
Informatics
Oral Session II
Woods Cove C
4:00 PM
Alan Nguyen
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay E
9:10 AM
Poster Session ~ #85
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach B
4:20 PM
Amanda Nguyen
Political Science/ Public Health
Policy
Kevin Nguyen
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
Poster Session ~ #232
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Poster Session ~ #57
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Amanda Nguyen
Political Science/ Public Health
Policy
Kevin Nguyen
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
Khang Nguyen
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Balboa Island A
4:00 PM
Baolong Nguyen
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session II
Woods Cove C
3:00 PM
Poster Session ~ #345
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Monica Nguyen
Political Science
Poster Session ~ #284
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Baolong Nguyen
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #285
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Baolong Nguyen
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session I
Balboa Island B
9:50 AM
Phoebe Nguyen
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
Oral Session II
Newport Beach A
4:20 PM
Brian Nguyen
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #41
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Phuongchi Nguyen
Biological Sciences/ Chemistry
Poster Session ~ #51
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Sophia Nguyen
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #189
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Cammie Nguyen
Public Health Sciences
Sophia Nguyen
Business Economics
Poster Session ~ #190
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Catherine Nguyen
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Crescent Bay A
8:30 AM
Poster Session ~ #171
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Emily Nguyen
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Crystal Cove Auditorium
4:40 PM
Stephanie Nguyen
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #232
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Eric Nguyen
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #247
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Tam Nguyen
Chemistry
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach B
9:10 AM
Eric Nguyen
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #159
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Tan Nguyen
Pharmaceutical Science
Oral Session II
Crescent Bay D
3:40 PM
Hoang Nguyen
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #147
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Therese Nguyen
Biological Sciences
Truman Nguyen
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #157
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jenny Nguyen
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Newport Beach B
8:30 AM
Poster Session ~ #294
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jenny Nguyen
Pharmaceutical Science
Oral Session II
Crescent Bay A
3:00 PM
Y Nguyen
Sociology
Poster Session ~ #232
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Joshua Nguyen
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #316
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Y Nguyen
Sociology
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Session
Student
Poster Session ~ #309
1:30 - 2:50 PM
She Nie
Computer Science
Poster Session ~ #93
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Nadia Nikroo
Anthropology
Oral Session II
Woods Cove B
4:20 PM
Sarah Ottone
Criminology, Law & Society/
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #56
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Nadia Nikroo
Anthropology
Oral Session II
Crescent Bay A
4:20 PM
David Ou
Political Science
Poster Session ~ #47
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Payum Noshiravan
Public Health Policy
Nina Ozbardakci
Psychology
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:50 AM
Brian Notosubagyo
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session II
Crystal Cove Auditorium
3:20 PM
Aaron Paff
Electrical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #126
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kevin Nuno
Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach A
3:20 PM
Seyed Pairawan
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #296
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jessica O’Neill
Chemistry
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay B
10:10 AM
Federico Palacios
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #68
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Michelle Oei
Biological Sciences/ Chemistry
Poster Session ~ #128
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Lia Pallivathucal
Public Health Sciences
Oral Session II
Newport Beach A
3:40 PM
Eunice Oh
Pharmaceutical Science
Poster Session ~ #47
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Yu-Fang Pan
Sociology
Poster Session ~ #212
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Oluchi Okafor
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Crescent Bay B
3:20 PM
Amrit Panjabi
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #274
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Erik Olson
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #111
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Andrea Ordaz
Dance
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:30 AM
John Parcell
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
John Parcell
Aerospace Engineering
Poster Session ~ #262
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Dean Orellana
Chemical Engineering/ Material
Science Engineering
Poster Session ~ #199
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Ethan Parker
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #152
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Amanda Orozco
Criminology, Law & Society/
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
9:30 AM
Poster Session ~ #342
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Divya Parmar
Economics
Poster Session ~ #143
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Alfonso Ortiz
Public Health Sciences
Akash Patel
Aerospace Engineering
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach A
3:40 PM
Sandy Ortiz
Philosophy
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
9:10 AM
Anish Patel
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Newport Beach A
9:30 AM
Veronica Ortiz
Developmental & Cell Biology
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay E
4:20 PM
Poster Session ~ #138
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Avinash Patel
Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology
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Oral Session II
Emerald Bay C
4:00 PM
Bhavika Patel
Biological Sciences/ Chemistry
Poster Session ~ #98
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Patrick Penalosa
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #96
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Bhavika Patel
Biological Sciences/ Chemistry
Oral Session II
Pacific Ballroom A
3:20 PM
Junyan Peng
Chemical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #108
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Hinal Patel
Neurobiology
Poster Session ~ #132
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Michael Peng
Chemistry
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay C
8:50 AM
Hinal Patel
Neurobiology
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach B
4:00 PM
John Peralta
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #237
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kishan Patel
Biomedical Engineering
Amanda Peronto
Drama/ History
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach A
3:40 PM
Monil Patel
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Crystal Cove Auditorium
8:30 AM
Elliot Persico
Physics/ Studio Art
Poster Session ~ #62
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Pooja Patel
Psychology & Social Behavior/
Public Health Policy
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach D
9:30 AM
Poster Session ~ #62
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Purvee Patel
Public Health Sciences
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:30 AM
Joseph Petrilli
Biomedical Engineering/
Materials Science Engineering
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:30 AM
Ravi Patel
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #203
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Amy Pham
Electrical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #167
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Andrew Pham
Pharmaceutical Science
Poster Session ~ #60
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Sonam Patel
Public Health Sciences
Poster Session ~ #87
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Crystal Pham
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #338
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Thea Patterson
Dance/ English
Poster Session ~ #216
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Poster Session ~ #327
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Hillary Patton
Criminology, Law & Society/
Psychology
Hiep-Huy Pham
Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology
Poster Session ~ #256
1:30 - 2:50 PM
James Pham
Computer Engineering
Poster Session ~ #207
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Akshay Paul
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #99
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kevin Pham
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Balboa Island A
3:40 PM
Edgar Pena
Biomedical Engineering/
Electrical Engineering
Oral Session I
Moss Cove A
8:50 AM
Michelle Pham
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Newport Beach B
8:50 AM
Edgar Pena
Biomedical Engineering/
Electrical Engineering
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay A
3:20 PM
Thuy Quyen Pham
Public Health Policy
Poster Session ~ #56
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jeniffer Pena
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #85
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Tommy Pham
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #347
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Maria Pena
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #208
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Tram Pham
Biomedical Engineering
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Session
Student
Poster Session ~ #293
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Vyvy Pham
Biological Sciences/ Chemistry
Sina Popal
Public Health Sciences
Oral Session I
Balboa Island B
9:30 AM
Hyung Phouasalit
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay C
9:10 AM
Natalie Poppa
Psychology
Poster Session ~ #121
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Andrew Phung
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach D
3:40 PM
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach A
4:40 PM
Lineker Phuong
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #10
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Boss Povieng
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #271
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Poster Session ~ #279
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Lineker Phuong
Mechanical Engineering
Simon Pun
Aerospace Engineering/
Materials Science Engineering
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
8:30 AM
Saharat Pinyo
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #321
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Deepa Puthran
Psychology & Social Behavior
Ramsha Qasim
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #205
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Chelsea Pittman
Genetics
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:50 AM
Poster Session ~ #328
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Patricia Place
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Woods Cove A
9:50 AM
Christine Quach
Pharmaceutical Science
Oral Session II
Crescent Bay D
4:00 PM
Patricia Place
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #112
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Janey Quach
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:30 AM
Charles Poblete
Aerospace Engineering
Poster Session ~ #25
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Johnny Quan
Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology
Poster Session ~ #321
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Daniel Poissant
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Moss Cove A
9:30 AM
Tiffany Quebral
History/ Political Science
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay E
9:30 AM
Hugo Polanco
Informatics/ Medical Informatics
Poster Session ~ #88
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Samantha Quesada
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #181
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Miah Pollack
Pharmaceutical Science
Oral Session II
Crescent Bay B
4:20 PM
Jessica Quintana
Sociology
Poster Session ~ #248
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Brian Polson
Chemical Engineering
Clare Quirk
Neurobiology
Poster Session ~ #211
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Brian Polson
Chemical Engineering
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay D
3:20 PM
Clare Quirk
Neurobiology
Poster Session ~ #235
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Aswini Ponnaluri
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #12
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Ramita Rahimian
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #248
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Robinne Ponty
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #194
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Sina Popal
Public Health Sciences
Reaz Rahman
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #101
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach B
9:10 AM
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Student
Poster Session ~ #95
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Joel Ramirez
Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay E
3:00 PM
Taylor Rogers
Computer Science
Poster Session ~ #214
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Miranda Ramirez
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #105
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Armaan Rowther
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #72
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Diksha Ramnani
Public Health Sciences
Armaan Rowther
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #256
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Raymund Theodore
Ramos
Computer Engineering
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay C
9:30 AM
Poster Session ~ #88
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Alison Rufo
Pharmaceutical Science
Poster Session ~ #74
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Pooja Rana
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #30
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Brittany Raynor
Neurobiology
Oral Session I
Moss Cove B
9:50 AM
Sasha Sabherwal
International Studies/ Political
Science/ Women’s Studies
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Katie Reed
Drama
Poster Session ~ #25
1:30 - 2:50 PM
David Sahagun
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #88
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Tanjot Saini
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Crystal Cove Auditorium
9:10 AM
Katie Reed
Drama
Oral Session II
Crescent Bay D
3:00 PM
Stella Sakhon
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:50 AM
Samuel Reyes
Aerospace Engineering
Poster Session ~ #267
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Merna Salama
Chemical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #133
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jerry Richo
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #51
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jesse Salas
Biological Sciences
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Benjamin Ridge
Drama
Poster Session ~ #81
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Lorena Salcedo
Psychology
Oral Session I
Crystal Cove Auditorium
9:10 AM
Benjamin Ridge
Drama
Poster Session ~ #63
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Gabriel Sanchez
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #306
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Arnel Sancianco
Drama
Poster Session ~ #352
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kendy Rios Gonzalez
Psychology
Michelle Sangalang
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay A
4:20 PM
Natalie Rivadeneira
Public Health Sciences
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach A
3:00 PM
Tanishia Santana
Sociology
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:30 AM
Roi Rivera
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session II
Crescent Bay B
3:40 PM
Poster Session ~ #227
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kevin Santiago
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #329
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Christian Rodriguez
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #223
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kevin Santiago
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #311
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Melissa Rogers
Psychology
Poster Session ~ #226
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kevin Santiago
Biomedical Engineering
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Session
Student
Poster Session ~ #51
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Karen Santoyo
Public Health Sciences
Dustin Semark
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay D
3:40 PM
Naira Sargsyan
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Pacific Ballroom A
3:00 PM
Ronica Senores
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #247
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Nicholas Sarif
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach C
8:50 AM
Poster Session ~ #47
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Christine Sarkisyan
Public Health Sciences
Oral Session I
Newport Beach B
8:50 AM
Steven Serna
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
9:10 AM
Princeton Saroha
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Newport Beach B
3:20 PM
Naomi Setiawati
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Newport Beach B
4:20 PM
Amin Sarraf
Biological Sciences/ Public
Health Sciences
Poster Session ~ #238
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jigar Shah
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Balboa Island A
4:00 PM
Kimberly Sarrisin
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #200
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Shailin Shah
Electrical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #71
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Sunit Shah
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach B
8:50 AM
Vladmir Satchouk
Aerospace Engineering
Poster Session ~ #139
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Tejas Shah
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #258
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jessica Satterlee
Environmental Engineering
Oral Session I
Crescent Bay A
8:50 AM
Mehwish Shakeel
International Studies
Poster Session ~ #332
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Sarah Savino
Psychology & Social Behavior
Dahnish Shams
Social Ecology
Poster Session ~ #282
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Thomas Sayles
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach D
8:50 AM
Poster Session ~ #283
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Thomas Sayles
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #158
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Joshua Shannon
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #66
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jonathan Schilling
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #343
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kriti Sharma
International Studies
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Diana Schoenfield
Dance-Choreography
Oral Session II
Crystal Cove Auditorium
4:00 PM
Roshan Sharma
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #248
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jonathan Schreder
Chemical Engineering
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay D
8:30 AM
Shivani Sharma
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #222
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Ashley Scott
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
Poster Session ~ #117
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Shikha Sheth
Developmental & Cell Biology
Poster Session ~ #200
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Christoph Seeliger
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #94
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kevin Shiah
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
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Session
Student
Oral Session I
Crescent Bay D
9:30 AM
Bereket Shibeshi
Sociology
Oral Session II
Crystal Cove Auditorium
4:40 PM
Kiley Smith
Psychology
Poster Session ~ #289
1:30 - 2:50 PM
David Shin
Electrical Engineering/
Information & Computer Science
Oral Session I
Woods Cove C
9:50 AM
Mika Smith
Anthropology
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach D
3:00 PM
Golroxan Shoa
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Woods Cove A
4:20 PM
Thar Soe
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #52
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Nikita Shroff
Psychology & Social Behavior/
Public Health Sciences
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay E
3:00 PM
Brian Song
Mathematics
Oral Session I
Balboa Island B
10:10 AM
Christopher Shum
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
Poster Session ~ #76
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Abraham Sosa
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #96
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Cathy Shutaya
Public Health Policy
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:50 AM
Franco Staub
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay C
4:00 PM
Cathy Shutaya
Public Health Policy
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay E
3:00 PM
Jonathan Stroud
Computer Science
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
9:30 AM
Abduallah Siddiqui
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #129
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Dattanand Sudarshana
Microbiology & Immunology
Oral Session I
Balboa Island A
10:10 AM
Abdullah Siddiqui
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #3
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Dongjin Suh
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay D
4:00 PM
Amandeep Singh
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay A
8:50 AM
Lily Sung
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #24
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Amandeep Singh
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #33
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Rachel Sunico
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #101
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Sohni Singh
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #281
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Veronica Swanson
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay C
9:10 AM
Sohni Singh
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:50 AM
Veronica Swanson
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #97
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Sohni Singh
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Crescent Bay B
4:00 PM
Nayab Syeda
Sociology
Poster Session ~ #255
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kevin Sison
Computer Science & Engineering
Oral Session I
Woods Cove C
8:50 AM
Nazanin Tadjbakhsh
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #114
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Rene Slykhous
Biological Sciences/ Earth &
Environmental Science
Poster Session ~ #153
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Nazanin Tadjbakhsh
Sociology
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Session
Student
Poster Session ~ #109
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Keli Tahara
Neurobiology
Cassidie Thomas
Nursing Science
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay D
9:50 AM
Keli Tahara
Neurobiology
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay A
9:30 AM
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay C
9:50 AM
Keli Tahara
Neurobiology
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:50 AM
Jacqueline Thomas
Aerospace Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #89
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Mike Thongsuk
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #95
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Keli Tahara
Neurobiology
Timothy Tiambeng
Chemistry
Oral Session II
Balboa Island B
4:40 PM
Saniya Taher
Comparative Literature/
Women’s Studies; International
Studies
Oral Session II
Pacific Ballroom A
4:40 PM
Poster Session ~ #89
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Michelle Tien
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #331
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Allison Tanaka
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Doheny Beach B
9:50 AM
Tracey Tien
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #330
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Allison Tanaka
Psychology & Social Behavior
Tracey Tien
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #82
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Adeline Tang
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
9:50 AM
Poster Session ~ #112
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Lucinda Tang
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #323
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Bonnie To
Business Economics/ Psychology
& Social Behavior
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Vincent Tangherlini
Drama
Poster Session ~ #246
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Carine Todmia
Materials Science Engineering
Oral Session I
Crystal Cove Auditorium
9:10 AM
Vincent Tangherlini
Drama
Poster Session ~ #212
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Carine Todmia
Materials Science Engineering
Poster Session ~ #324
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Alexandria Tong
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #325
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Joy Tawadrous
Psychology & Social Behavior
Elaine Tong
Criminology, Law & Society
Poster Session ~ #200
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Lee Tea
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session I
Woods Cove B
8:30 AM
Poster Session ~ #238
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Bakr Teebi
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session I
Newport Beach B
9:10 AM
June Tong
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
Poster Session ~ #224
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Bakr Teebi
Biomedical Engineering
Allen Tran
Political Science
Oral Session I
Crescent Bay D
8:50 AM
Thao Thai
Political Science
Oral Session II
Crescent Bay A
4:00 PM
Poster Session ~ #134
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Amy Tran
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #59
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Cassidie Thomas
Nursing Science
Poster Session ~ #46
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Anthony Tran
Biological Sciences
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Student
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay A
4:00 PM
Brian Tran
Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology
Poster Session ~ #335
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Titania Tran
Business Administration/
Psychology & Social Behavior
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Daniel Tran
Dance
Poster Session ~ #97
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Trang Tran
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #120
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Daniel Tran
Pharmaceutical Science
Poster Session ~ #187
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Truc Tran
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Moss Cove A
3:40 PM
Diana Tran
Biological Sciences/ Chemistry
Oral Session II
Woods Cove A
4:40 PM
Ivan Trang
Neurobiology
Poster Session ~ #8
1:30 - 2:50 PM
George Tran
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay C
9:50 AM
Ivan Trang
Neurobiology
Poster Session ~ #87
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Gerard Tran
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #109
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Ivan Trang
Neurobiology
Poster Session ~ #50
1:30 – 2:50 PM
Jennifer Tran
Psychology & Social Behavior/
Public Health Policy
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay E
9:30 AM
Joseph Trevino
Computer Science/ Mathematics
Poster Session ~ #141
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jenny Tran
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #103
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Alex Trinh
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay E
9:30 AM
Katherine Tran
Computer Science & Engineering
Poster Session ~ #192
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Khoi Trinh
Chemistry
Poster Session ~ #263
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Luan Tran
Environmental Engineering
Poster Session ~ #255
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Vinh Trinh
Computer Science & Engineering
Poster Session ~ #56
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Michelle Tran
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #355
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jessica Trinidad
English/ Political Science
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay A
9:10 AM
Minh Tran
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #297
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jonathan Trinidad
Chemistry
Poster Session ~ #172
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Paul Tran
Anthropology/ Pharmaceutical
Science
Poster Session ~ #341
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Joshua Tromberg
Psychology
Poster Session ~ #85
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Linda Trondle
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
9:30 AM
Phong Tran
Biomedical Engineering/
Material Science Engineering
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Mason Trueblood
Dance/ Film & Media Studies
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach A
3:00 PM
Phong Tran
Biomedical Engineering/
Materials Science Engineering
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach B
3:20 PM
Albert Truong
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #169
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Teresa Tran
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #86
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Christopher Truong
Public Health Sciences
Poster Session ~ #163
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Stephanie Truong
Pharmaceutical Science
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Session
Student
Session
Student
Poster Session ~ #208
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Steven Truong
Biomedical Engineering
Sheila Vilanilam
International Studies
Oral Session I
Newport Beach A
8:30 AM
Joel Trushinski
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Crescent Bay A
3:40 PM
Poster Session ~ #152
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Leo Viray
Psychology
Poster Session ~ #318
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Stephanie Tsai
Psychology & Social Behavior
Poster Session ~ #111
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Christopher Vo
Biological Sciences
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Yuder Tsai
Drama
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
9:50 AM
Jonathan Vo
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session I
Crystal Cove Auditorium
9:10 AM
Yuder Tsai
Drama
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay E
9:50 AM
Minhnhut Vo
Computer Science &
Engineering/ Informatics
Poster Session ~ #320
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Roobina Tsaturyan
Psychology & Social Behavior
Michael Vorobyov
Computer Science
Poster Session ~ #207
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jeffrey Tse
Information & Computer Science
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay E
3:40 PM
Poster Session ~ #223
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Roger Tu
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #182
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Andy Vu
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #225
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Roger Tu
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:30 AM
Bruno Vu
Information & Computer
Science/ Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #44
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Anne Twardowsky Di
Donato
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #195
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jennifer Vu
Pharmaceutical Science
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach B
4:00 PM
Christine Umali
Public Health Sciences
Poster Session ~ #51
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Katherine Vu
Pharmaceutical Science
Poster Session ~ #299
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kevin Vu
Mathematics/ Physics
Poster Session ~ #21
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Rakhee Vaidya
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #51
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Linh Vu
Public Health Sciences
Poster Session ~ #35
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Joshua Valdez
Biological Sciences
Arman Walia
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay B
9:50 AM
Sarah Valles
Biological Sciences
Oral Session I
Newport Beach A
10:10 AM
Poster Session ~ #87
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kyle Wallace
Public Health Sciences
Poster Session ~ #247
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Eriberto Vargas
Chemical Engineering
Yijiao Wang
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Crystal Cove Auditorium
3:00 PM
Marjory Vazquez
Criminology, Law & Society
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach B
3:00 PM
Poster Session ~ #248
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Michael Vigliarolo
Chemical Engineering
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Knia Ward
African American Studies/
Dance-Performance
Poster Session ~ #75
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Melissa Ward
Biological Sciences
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Session
Student
Session
Student
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach B
3:40 PM
Umer Waris
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #49
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Alison Wong
Public Health Sciences
Poster Session ~ #200
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Robert Watson
Aerospace Engineering
Poster Session ~ #137
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Fiona Wong
Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology
Poster Session ~ #145
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Sabrina Wedee
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #336
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Poster Session ~ #234
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Sohan Weeraratne
Biomedical Engineering
Jazmine Wong
Anthropology/ Public Health
Policy
Poster Session ~ #248
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Elmer Wei
Chemical Engineering
Oral Session I
Woods Cove C
9:30 AM
Jazmine Wong
Anthropology/ Public Health
Policy
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay E
9:10 AM
Rachel Weiner
Informatics
Poster Session ~ #269
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Jonathan Wong
Materials Science Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Andra Whipple
Drama
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
10:10 AM
Jonathon Wong
Materials Science Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Oral Session I
Crystal Cove Auditorium
9:10 AM
Andra Whipple
Drama
Poster Session ~ #104
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Samantha Wong
Biological Sciences
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Noelle White
Dance
Poster Session ~ #111
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Sophia Wong
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #125
1:30 - 2:50 PM
John Woolson
Chemistry
Oral Session II
Crescent Bay C
3:00 PM
Emily Whitley
Sociology
Poster Session ~ #248
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Bernice Wu
Chemical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #204
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Matthew Wiersma
Biomedical Engineering:
Premedicine
Poster Session ~ #228
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Chun Wu
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach A
3:00 PM
Eric Wilde
Biomedical Engineering/
Electrical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #257
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Kelvin Wu
Computer Science
Poster Session ~ #109
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Maggie Wu
Pharmaceutical Science
Poster Session ~ #266
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Elizabeth Wille
Chemistry
Maggie Wu
Pharmaceutical Science
Oral Session I
Woods Cove B
8:50 AM
Madison Wilson
Psychology & Social Behavior
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay C
9:50 AM
Michael Wu
Biological Sciences
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Karen Wing
Dance-Performance
Oral Session I
Newport Beach A
8:50 AM
Tiffany Wu
Biological Sciences
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay A
3:00 PM
Alison Wong
Public Health Sciences
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay E
4:20 PM
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay B
3:20 PM
Vinnie Wu
Psychology & Social Behavior
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Session
Student
Session
Student
Poster Session ~ #309
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Lily Xiao
Informatics
Amanda Yoon
Public Health Policy
Poster Session ~ #356
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Sheila Xiao
Sociology
Oral Session II
Emerald Bay A
4:00 PM
Oral Session I
Crescent Bay C
9:10 AM
Sheila Xiao
Sociology
Poster Session ~ #165
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Elyse Young
Biological Sciences
Daniel Youssef
Biomedical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #295
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Bryan Xie
Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
9:10 AM
Grace Yu
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #62
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Lindsay Yamauchi
Public Health Policy
Oral Session II
Newport Beach A
4:40 PM
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay B
8:30 AM
Michelle Yancoskie
Genetics
Poster Session ~ #1
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Philip Yu
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #38
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Genesis Zamora
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #107
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Allen Yang
Biological Sciences
Tara Zand
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #315
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Ching-Wen Yang
Public Health Sciences
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay C
8:30 AM
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay E
9:50 AM
Ching-Wen Yang
Public Health Sciences
Dance Performance
Performance Studio 1100
12:20 – 1:20
Jeremy Zapanta
Dance-Performance
Poster Session ~ #31
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Ashley Yang-Halsey
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #40
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Maryam Zarrabi
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #274
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Hamid Yaqubi
Materials Science Engineering
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom A
8:30 AM
Robert Zavala
Aerospace Engineering
Oral Session I
Pacific Ballroom B
8:30 AM
Christopher Yeung
Material Science Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #265
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Ben Zhou
Chemical Engineering
Poster Session ~ #23
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Stephen Yeung
Public Health Policy
Oral Session I
Emerald Bay C
9:30 AM
Nadia Zuabi
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #62
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Stephen Yeung
Public Health Policy
Poster Session ~ #105
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Nadia Zuabi
Biological Sciences
Poster Session ~ #236
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Derya Yilmaz
Biomedical Engineering
Oral Session II
Doheny Beach A
3:00 PM
Kevin Yokota
Biomedical Engineering
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 Thanks & Acknowledgements 
Many thanks to the following individuals and groups for supporting faculty-mentored undergraduate
research and creative activities at the University of California, Irvine.
Chancellor Michael V. Drake
Interim Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Susan V.
Bryant
Associate Dean Grace C. Tonner, School of Law
Senior Associate Dean Rajeev Tyagi, The Paul Merage School of
Business
Vice Provost Michael P. Clark
Vice Provost Herbert P. Killackey
Vice Chancellor Wendell C. Brase, Admin. & Business Services
Vice Chancellor John C. Hemminger, Research
Vice Chancellor Gregory R. Leet, University Advancement
Vice Chancellor Meredith Michaels, Planning & Budget
Vice Chancellor Thomas A. Parham, Student Affairs
UROP Faculty Advisory Board
Dean Albert F. Bennett, School of Biological Sciences
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, School of Law
Dean Ralph V. Clayman, School of Medicine
Dean Barbara Dosher, School of Social Sciences
Dean Kenneth Janda, School of Physical Sciences
Dean Valerie Jenness, School of Social Ecology
Dean Frances Leslie, Graduate Division
Dean Joseph S. Lewis III, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Dean Gary Matkin, University Extension
Dean Andrew J. Policano, The Paul Merage School of Business
Dean Sharon V. Salinger, Division of Undergraduate Education
Dean Hal Stern, The Donald Bren School of Information &
Computer Sciences
Interim University Librarian Lorelei A. Tanji, Library
Georges Van Den Abbeele, School of Humanities
Dean Gregory N. Washington, Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Associate Dean Stephen Barker, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Senior Associate Dean Mario L. Barnes, School of Law
Associate Dean Rudi Berkelhamer, Undergraduate Education
Associate Dean Susan Bibler Coutin, Graduate Division
Associate Dean Sharon Block, School of Humanities
Associate Dean Robin M. Bush, School of Biological Sciences
Associate Dean Imran Currim, The Paul Merage School of Business
Associate Dean Tony D. Givargis, The Donald Bren School of
Information & Computer Sciences
Senior Associate Dean Alan L. Goldin, School of Medicine
Associate Dean Carrie Louise Hempel, School of Law
Associate University Librarian Carol Hughes, Library
Associate Dean Jabbari Faryar, Henry Samueli School of
Engineering
Associate Dean John C. LaRue, Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Associate Dean Michael Leon, School of Biological Sciences
Senior Associate Dean Gerald Maguire, School of Medicine
Associate Dean William M. Maurer, School of Social Sciences
Associate Dean James Meeker, School of Social Ecology
Associate Dean Glen Masato Mimura, School of Humanities
Associate Dean Michael Mulligan, School of Biological Sciences
Associate Dean Mark Petracca, School of Social Sciences
Associate Dean James E. Rutledge, School of Physical Sciences
Associate Dean William Tang, Henry Samueli School of
Engineering
Associate Dean Beatrice Anne Tice, School of Law
Sally S. Dickerson, School of Social Ecology
Alice Fahs, School of Humanities
Samuel Gilmore, School of Social Sciences
John C. LaRue, Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Richard Lathrop, The Donald Bren School of Information &
Computer Sciences
Shahram Lotfipour, School of Medicine
Hartmut Luecke, School of Biological Sciences
Lisa Naugle, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
James Nowick, School of Physical Sciences
Faculty Mentors
Gregory Adams, Physiology & Biophysics
Behnoosh Afghani, Pediatrics
Dritan Agalliu, Developmental & Cell Biology
Phyllis Agran, Pediatrics
Anshu Agrawal, Medicine
Mohammad Al Faruque, Electrical Engineering & Computer
Science
Jonathan Alexander, English
Timothy Allen, Neurobiology & Behavior
Aileen Anderson, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Dana Aswad, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Jacob Avery, Sociology
Eman Azizi, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Mark Bachman, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
David Baglietto-Vargas, Neurobiology & Behavior
Kenneth Baldwin, Physiology & Biophysics
Lee Bardwell, Developmental & Cell Biology
Cristobal Barrios, Surgery
Lbachir BenMohamed, Ophthalmology
Rimal Bera, Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Jill Berg, Program in Nursing Science
Zuzana Bic, Program in Public Health
John Billimek, Epidemiology
Bruce Blumberg, Developmental & Cell Biology
Mathew Blurton-Jones, Neurobiology & Behavior
James Bobrow, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Catherine Bolzendahl, Sociology
Elliot Botvinick, Biomedical Engineering
Geoffrey Bowker, Informatics
Peter Bowler, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Alyssa Brewer, Cognitive Sciences
Brandon Brown, Program in Public Health
Donald Brown, Ophthalmology
Tim Brown, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Jed Brubaker, Informatics
Daniel Brunstetter, International Studies
Michael Buchmeier, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
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James Bullock, Physics & Astronomy
Kieron Burke, Chemistry
Jorge Busciglio, Neurobiology & Behavior
Diane Campbell, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Belinda Campos, Chicano/Latino Studies
Maxime Cannesson, Anesthesiology
Ron Carlson, English
Paolo Casali, Medicine
Jeanett Castellanos, Social Science
Elizabeth Catchings, English
Elizabeth Cauffman, Psychology & Social Behavior
Albert Cerussi, Beckman Laser Institute
Bharath Chakravarthy, Emergency Medicine
Jefferson Chan, Pathology
Carrie Chandwani, Emergency Medicine
Susan Charles, Psychology & Social Behavior
Vinayak Chaturvedi, History
Chuansheng Chen, Psychology & Social Behavior
Dongbao Chen, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Phang-Lang Chen, Biological Chemistry
Karen Cheng, Informatics
James Chiampi, European Studies
Bernard Choi, Biomedical Engineering
Olivier Cinquin, Developmental & Cell Biology
Olivier Civelli, Pharmacology
Melanie Cocco, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
AnneMarie Conley, Education
Dan Cooper, Pediatrics
William Cooper, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Pinar Coskun, Neurobiology & Behavior
Karina Cramer, Neurobiology & Behavior
Steven Cramer, Neurology
Michael D’Zmura, Cognitive Sciences
Nancy Da Silva, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Xing Dai, Biological Chemistry
Nicole Danos, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Sohail Daulatzai, Film & Media Studies
Elysia Davis, Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Myrona Delaney, Drama
Michael Dennin, Physics & Astronomy
Louis DeSipio, Political Science
Russell Detwiler, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Sally Dickerson, Psychology & Social Behavior
Diane Diefenderfer, Dance
Michelle Digman, Biomedical Engineering
Peter Ditto, Psychology & Social Behavior
Hamid Djalilian, Otolaryngology
An Do, Neurology
Arlene Doria, Biomedical Engineering
Derek Dunn-Rankin, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Anthony Durkin, Beckman Laser Institute
James Earthman, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Sarah Eichhorn, Mathematics
Ernie Esser, Mathematics
Gregory Evans, Surgery
Alice Fahs, History
James Famiglietti, Earth System Science
Raul Fernandez, Chicano/Latino Studies
Barbara Finlayson-Pitts, Chemistry
Lisa Flanagan, Neurology
Glenda Flores, Chicano/Latino Studies
Michelle Fortier, Anesthesiology
Norbert Fortin, Neurobiology & Behavior
John Christian Fox, Emergency Medicine
Ron Frostig, Neurobiology & Behavior
David Fruman, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Dorothy Fujita-Rony, Asian American Studies
Pietro Galassetti, Pediatrics
Christine Gall, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Anand Ganesan, Dermatology
David Gardiner, Developmental & Cell Biology
John Garman, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Jodie Gates, Dance
Kelvin Gee, Pharmacology
Jean Gehricke, Pediatrics
Steven George, Biomedical Engineering
Donovan German, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Samuel Gilmore, Sociology
Richard Godden, English
Wendy Goldberg, Psychology & Social Behavior
Alan Goldin, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Alon Gorodetsky, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Celia Goulding, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Lisa Grant Ludwig, Program in Public Health
Enrico Gratton, Biomedical Engineering
Michael Green, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Judith Gregory, Informatics
Anna Grosberg, Biomedical Engineering
Steven Gross, Developmental & Cell Biology
Zhibin Guan, Chemistry
Gultekin Gulsen, Biomedical Engineering
Yuqing Guo, Program in Nursing Science
Zhiling Guo, Medicine
Chad Hall, Dance
Ian Harris, Computer Science
Jered Haun, Biomedical Engineering
Gillian Hayes, Informatics
Jutta Heckhausen, Psychology & Social Behavior
Alan Heyduk, Chemistry
Gregory Hickok, Cognitive Sciences
James Hicks, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Guy Hidas, Urology
Ann Hironaka, Sociology
Henry Hirschberg, Beckman Laser Institute
Allon Hochbaum, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Matt Huffman, Sociology
Brad Hughes, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Christopher Hughes, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Elliot Hui, Biomedical Engineering
Alexander Ihler, Computer Science
David Imagawa, Surgery
Bryan Jackson, Studio Art
Mahtab Jafari, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Anthony James, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Larry Jamner, Psychology & Social Behavior
Kenneth Janda, Chemistry
Elizabeth Jarvo, Chemistry
Paul Jesilow, Criminology, Law & Society
James Jester, Ophthalmology
Wangcun Jia, Beckman Laser Institute
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Sunny Jiang, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Tibor Juhasz, Ophthalmology
Kwang-Mook Jung, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Peter Kaiser, Biological Chemistry
Sunny Vijay Karnani, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Leda Katebian, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Ketu Katrak, Drama
Robert Katzer, Emergency Medicine
Claudia Kawas, Neurology
Hans Keirstead, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Arlene Keizer, English
Joyce Keyak, Radiological Sciences
Banafshe Khalili, Program in Public Health
Manaswitha Khare, Pediatrics
Michelle Khine, Biomedical Engineering
Antoine Khoury, Urology
David Kilgore, Family Medicine
Virginia Kimonis, Pediatrics
Vincent Kirkpatrick, Surgery
Zoe Klemfuss, Psychology & Social Behavior
Eric Knowles, Psychology & Social Behavior
Hiroyuki Koide, Chemistry
Allen Kong, Surgery
Jeffrey Krichmar, Cognitive Sciences
Frithjof Kruggel, Biomedical Engineering
Lawrence Kulinsky, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Fadi Kurdahi, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Frank LaFerla, Neurobiology & Behavior
Kimberley Lakes, Pediatrics
Jaime Landman, Urology
Mark Langdorf, Emergency Medicine
John LaRue, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Matt Law, Chemistry
Rodrigo Lazo, English
Abraham Lee, Biomedical Engineering
Jennifer Lee, Sociology
Michael Lee, Cognitive Sciences
Frances Leslie, Pharmacology
Jayne Lewis, English
G. P. Li, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Guideng Li, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Min Li, Medicine
Robert Liebeck, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Wendy Liu, Biomedical Engineering
Eugenia Lo, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Melissa Lodoen, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Elizabeth Loftus, Psychology & Social Behavior
Shahram Lotfipour, Emergency Medicine
Annie Loui, Drama
John Lowengrub, Mathematics
Angelica Loza, Emergency Medicine
Ulrike Luderer, Medicine
Hartmut Luecke, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Angela Lukowski, Psychology & Social Behavior
David Luo, Anesthesiology
Andrej Luptak, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Julia Lupton, English
Cecelia Lynch, Political Science
Gary Lynch, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Salvatore Maddi, Psychology & Social Behavior
Hossein Mahboubi, Otolaryngology
Shaista Malik, Medicine
Rachel Martin, Chemistry
Adam Martiny, Earth System Science
Jennifer Martiny, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Lyle Massey, Art History
Richard Matthew, Planning, Policy, & Design
Cheryl Maxson, Criminology, Law & Society
Melissa Mazmanian, Informatics
Sanjoy Mazumdar, Planning, Policy, & Design
Michael McCarthy, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Christopher McCoy, Emergency Medicine
Anne McDaniel, Education
Vincent McDonell, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
James McGaugh, Neurobiology & Behavior
Donald McKayle, Dance
Joseph McKenna, History
Kenneth Mease, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Martha Mecartney, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
David Meyer, Sociology
Frank Meyskens, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Ricardo Miledi, Neurobiology & Behavior
Farghalli Mohamed, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Ali Mohraz, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Edwin Monuki, Pathology
Patrick Morgan, Political Science
Luis Mota-Bravo, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Jogeshwar Mukherjee, Radiological Sciences
Keith Murphy, Anthropology
Gifford Myers, Studio Art
Wadie Najm, Family Medicine
Bonnie Nardi, Informatics
Lisa Naugle, Dance
John Nelson, Beckman Laser Institute
Zoran Nenadic, Biomedical Engineering
Jane Newman, Comparative Literature
Hung Nguyen, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Alex Nicolau, Computer Science
Sergey Nizkorodov, Chemistry
James Nowick, Chemistry
Andrew Noymer, Program in Public Health
Diane O’Dowd, Developmental & Cell Biology
Oladele Ogunseitan, Program in Public Health
Nicholas Olivas, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Ellen Olshansky, Program in Nursing Science
Betty Olson, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Lawrence Patihis, Psychology & Social Behavior
Donald Patterson, Informatics
Julie Patterson, Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Andrew Penner, Sociology
Simon Penny, Studio Art
Allison Perlman, History
Kristin Peterson, Anthropology
Daniele Piomelli, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Adrien Ponticorvo, Beckman Laser Institute
Thomas Poulos, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
JoAnn Prause, Psychology & Social Behavior
Jennifer Prescher, Chemistry
James Puckett, Emergency Medicine
Jodi Quas, Psychology & Social Behavior
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Manuela Raffatellu, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Kathryn Ragsdale, History
Davinder Ramsingh, Anesthesiology
Jose Ranz, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Darren Raphael, Anesthesiology
John Reager, Earth System Science
Stephanie Reich, Education
David Reinkensmeyer, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Maria Rendon, Planning, Policy, & Design
Tyler Rice, Physics & Astronomy
Gary Richardson, Economics
Ana Rosas, History
Michael Rose, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Mark Rosen, Medicine
Emily Rosenberg, History
Julie Rousseau, Program in Nursing Science
Janet Rowe, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Tim Rupert, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Scott Rychnovsky, Chemistry
Ann Sakai, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Scott Samuelsen, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Margaret Schneider, Planning, Policy, & Design
Sam Schriner, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Donna Schuele, Criminology, Law & Society
Tonya Schuster, Sociology
Soleil Schutte, Developmental & Cell Biology
Martin Schwab, Philosophy
Caesar Sereseres, Political Science
Kenneth Shea, Chemistry
Barry Siegel, English
Jennifer Simpson, Ophthalmology
Jennifer Skeem, Psychology & Social Behavior
Brian Smith, Surgery
Charles Anthony Smith, Political Science
David Smith, Sociology
Jaymi Smith, Drama
Dorothy Solinger, Political Science
Ramesh Srinivasan, Cognitive Sciences
Craig Stark, Neurobiology & Behavior
James Steintrager, English
Oswald Steward, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Daniel Stokols, Planning, Policy, & Design
Georg Striedter, Neurobiology & Behavior
Yang Su, Sociology
Christine Suetterlin, Developmental & Cell Biology
Katumi Sumikawa, Neurobiology & Behavior
Lee Swindlehurst, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Timothy Tait, Physics & Astronomy
William Tang, Biomedical Engineering
Katherine Tate, Political Science
Andrea Tenner, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Siew Hong Teoh, Paul Merage School of Business
Rei Terada, Comparative Literature
Jennifer Terry, Women’s Studies
David Timberlake, Program in Public Health
Stephanie Tjen-a-Looi, Medicine
Francesco Tombola, Physiology & Biophysics
Bill Tomlinson, Informatics
Shannon Toohey, Emergency Medicine
Rodolfo Torres, Planning, Policy, & Design
Bruce Tromberg, Biomedical Engineering
Shiou-Chuan Tsai, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Susan Turner, Criminology, Law & Society
Kristin Turney, Sociology
Robert Uriu, Political Science
Lorenzo Valdevit, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Ann Van Sant, English
Joachim Vandekerckhove, Cognitive Sciences
Vitaly Vasilevko, Neurology
Jessica Vaughan, Pediatrics
Joel Veenstra, Drama
Vasan Venugopalan, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Benjamin Villac, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Luis Villarreal, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Thuy Vo-Dang, Asian American Studies
Craig Walsh, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Anne Walthall, History
Szu Wang, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Zhiwei Wang, Pharmacology
Mark Warschauer, Education
Daniel Wehrenfennig, Political Science
Gregory Weiss, Chemistry
Stephen Weller, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Max Welling, Computer Science
Marie Wencel, Pediatrics
Marina White, Psychology & Social Behavior
John Whiteley, Environmental Health, Science, & Policy
Christopher Whytock, Political Science
Alan Widgerow, Surgery
Tim Wigal, Pediatrics
Petra Wilder-Smith, Beckman Laser Institute
Adrienne Williams, Developmental & Cell Biology
Russel Williams, Surgery
Samuel Wilson, Surgery
Lisa Wingen, Chemistry
Andrew Wong, Emergency Medicine
Brian J. Wong, Otolaryngology
Nathan Wong, Epidemiology
Marcelo Wood, Neurobiology & Behavior
Joseph Wu, Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Jing Xia, Physics & Astronomy
Lifang Xie, Cancer Center
Xiangmin Xu, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Zheyan Xu, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Guiyun Yan, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Haiou Yang, Medicine
Albert Yee, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Ilona Yim, Psychology & Social Behavior
Keiichi Yoshimatsu, Chemistry
Arthur Youssefian, Emergency Medicine
Clare Yu, Physics & Astronomy
Farzin Zareian, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Fan-Gang Zeng, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Hanxiang Zeng, Chemistry
Arthur Zhang, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Weian Zhao, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Yi-Hong Zhou, Neurosurgery
Joanne Zinger, Psychology & Social Behavior
Albert Zlotnik, Physiology & Biophysics
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Many Thanks to the
Academic Counselors
Chancellor’s Office
Department Chairs
Directors of Organized Research Units & Research Programs
Division of Graduate Studies
Division of Student Affairs
Division of Undergraduate Education
Faculty Moderators
Honors Programs
Office of Research
Parents & Friends of Presenters
UCI Communications Office
UCI Community
University Advancement
UROP Team
UROP Volunteers
If you would like further information on how you can contribute to
UROP, please contact:
Said M. Shokair, Director
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
Division of Undergraduate Education
University of California, Irvine
Student Services II, Suite 2300
Irvine, CA 92697-5685
Telephone: (949) 824-4189
Fax: (949) 824-1607
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: http://www.urop.uci.edu
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 Symposium Student Center Map 
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