2023 Presenters
2023 Presenters
Welcome to the 2023 Celebration of Undergraduate Research! You can browse posters below or use the search function to find a presenter name or search by department.
116
Session 1
Analyzing Parabolic Dry Cavity Collapse Using Balloon Animals
Luke Meyer
Department: MathematicsFaculty Mentor: Roberto Camassa
116
Session 2
Ethnoecology of Soil Classification in Burkina Faso
Natalia Madison
Department: AnthropologyFaculty Mentor: Colin West
117
Session 2
The Pursuit of Happiness: How Prioritizing Positivity Impacts Our Well-Being
Natalie Tuinstra
Department: Psychology & NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Barbara Fredrickson
118
Session 2
Sex Differences in Mu-Opioid Receptor Expression in A1 Norepinephrine Neuron Subpopulation
Natasha Ray, Natasha Ray, Kayleigh Doherty, Meredith Braddy, Jeremy Chen
Department: Psychology & NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Sabrina Robertson
118
Session 1
It's All Relative(istic): Investigating Dark Matter Velocity Distributions and Their Matter Power Spectra
Maddy Stratton
Department: Physics and AstronomyFaculty Mentor: Adrienne Erickcek
119
Session 2
Extended timeline of 9 vs 6-month recovery post anterior cruciate ligament surgery did not yield statistical differences in the RSI value in men or women
Nathan Lopus
Department: Exercise and Sport ScienceFaculty Mentor: Troy Blackburn
119
Session 1
Sex Differences in Tyrosine Hydroxylase Expression in Norepinephrine Neurons in A2 Region
Madeline Schulenklopper, Emma Radke, Shanly Vong, Zach Coman
Department: Psychology & NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Sabrina Robertson
120
Session 1
Does Bigger Mean Better? Analyzing patterns between large-market sports franchises and winning
Jake Knapp, Ty Castro, Lexi Godwin, Madias Loper
Department: Exercise & Sport ScienceFaculty Mentor: Jonathan Jenson
120
Session 2
Mixed reactions among Spanish-speaking birthing parents and companions after communication from inpatient postpartum health care team members
Neha Saggi, Marisue Peralta
Department: Obstetrics and GynecologyFaculty Mentor: Kristin Tully
121
Session 1
Antibiofilm effects of exogenous nitric oxide against Klebsiella pneumoniae
Magdalena Duke
Department: ChemistryFaculty Mentor: Mark Schoenfisch
121
Session 2
RNA Modifications in Direct Cardiac Reprogramming
Christopher Nguyen
Department: Pathology and Laboratory MedicineFaculty Mentor: Yifang Xie
122
Session 2
Theory of Moment Propagation for Quantum Dynamics in Single-Particle Description
Nicholas Boyer
Department: ChemistryFaculty Mentor: Yosuke Kanai
122
Session 1
Price Dynamics in Live Event Ticket Sales: Evidence from College Football Resale Markets
Mark Heymann
Department: EconomicsFaculty Mentor: Brian McManus
123
Session 2
The Determinants of Sovereign Bond Yield Spreads in the European Debt Market: Discounting the Fixation on Country Fundamentals
Nicholas Carney
Department: EconomicsFaculty Mentor: Klara Peter
123
Session 1
Peak Knee Flexion During Gait Associates With Quadriceps Strength and Self-Reported Knee Function 6 months After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Matheus Ferreira
Department: Exercise and Sport ScienceFaculty Mentor: Troy Blackburn
124
Session 2
IL-6 Stimulation of the JAK2-STAT3 Signaling Pathway on Colon Cancer Growth
Nivetha Ramasamy
Department: NutritionFaculty Mentor: Stephen Hursting
124
Session 1
Renewable Natural Gas from Swine Waste: Responsible Solution or Greenwashing?
Matthew Price
Department: Environment, Ecology, and Energy ProgramFaculty Mentor: Marc Alperin
125
Session 2
Diagnostic Biosensing: a Multimodal Breath Sensor
Noah Lambert
Department: Applied Physical Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, ChemistryFaculty Mentor: Wubin Bai
125
Session 1
Seasonal Variability of Nutrient Limitation and Impacts on Phytoplankton Community Composition in the Albemarle Sound
Maxfield Palmer
Department: Earth, Marine, and Environmental SciencesFaculty Mentor: Nathan Hall
126
Session 2
Preliminary analysis of lower extremity loading in ACL reconstructed individuals following a gait retraining intervention using real-time gait biofeedback
Olivia Sallis
Department: Exercise and Sport ScienceFaculty Mentor: Brian Pietrosimone
126
Session 1
Light mediated activation of hypertrophy signaling in cardiac cells
Maya Groff
Department: Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Chemistry, Eshelman School of PharmacyFaculty Mentor: Lawrence David
127
Session 1
OCD and Autism: Clinician Perspectives
Megan Dailey
Department: Psychology & NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Jon Abramowitz
127
Session 2
Radical Women in Literature: Advancing Progressive Aims or Reinforcing Harmful Beliefs?
Olivia Kersten
Department: English and Comparative LiteratureFaculty Mentor: Karen Tucker
128
Session 2
An Assessment of Automated Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship Modeling on Drug Discovery for Novel Treatment of Blood Disorders
Parnika Agrawal
Department: BiostatisticsFaculty Mentor: David Williams
128
Session 1
Every Coal is a Goal: Gravity Batteries in West Virginia Mine Shafts
Megan Lienau
Department: Environment, Ecology, and Energy ProgramFaculty Mentor: Noah Kittner
129
Session 1
Dynamics of recruitment of transcription elongation factor SPT6 to the Histone Locus Body during the activation of replication-dependent histone genes in early embryogenesis
Mia Hoover
Department: Psychology & NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Bob Duronio
129
Session 2
Effects of localized muscle vibration on dynamic stability related to anterior cruciate ligament injury
Patrick Smith
Department: Exercise and Sport ScienceFaculty Mentor: Troy Blackburn
130
Session 1
Visualization of LEGEND-200 data for high-dimensional classification algorithms
Miguel Angel Bahena Schott
Department: Physics & AstronomyFaculty Mentor: Julieta Gruszko
130
Session 2
Quantitation of fluorescent chlamydial gene reporter expression by flow cytometry enables investigation of responses to immunological and environmental stress in real time
Paula Bravver
Department: Pediatrics (Infectious Disease)Faculty Mentor: Catherine O'Connell
131
Session 1
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CESAREAN SECTION LIKELIHOOD AND DEPRESSION IN BLACK WOMEN
Morgan Davis
Department: Psychology & NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Shauna Cooper