2024 Celebration of Undergraduate Research

The 25th Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research will be held on Monday, April 29, 2024, from 2:30-5:30pm in Alumni Hall at the Carolina Club (George Watts Hill Alumni Center) at 105 Stadium Drive.

Please scroll below for a full list of presenter details, including poster titles, session, and poster numbers.

The Celebration will consist of three sequential poster sessions starting at 2:30pm, 3:30pm, and 4:30pm, and it will be open to the public. Upon arrival, all attendees should be sure to check in via the QR code outside Alumni Hall. Presenters should plan to arrive approximately 15 minutes before the beginning of their session and pick up name tags at the table near the interior entrance. All attendees and presenters should scan the QR code at the entrance to check in and to get an online list of posters/presenters.

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Session 1

The Role of Viscous Drag in Directing Vascular Morphogenesis

Abel Abraham

Department: Joint Biomedical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: William Polacheck

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Session 3

Investigating and Modeling the Mechanism between Fingolimod and Sphingosine-1-Receptor

Shehzil Abdul Rahim, Hana Razaan Kabir

Department: Neuroscience
Faculty Mentor: Rachel Penton

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Session 2

LiDAR-Based Assessment of Roadside Slope Hazards: Enhancing Safety on Rural Roads

Saurya Acharya

Department: Computer Science
Faculty Mentor: Ashok Krishnamurthy

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Session 1

Modeling Migration: A Data-Driven Analysis of Displacement in Venezuela and Choice in Colombia

Jose Guevara Hernandez

Department: Economics
Faculty Mentor: Valentin Verdier

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Session 2

Pd-Sn Bond Enables the Formation of Pd-Aryl Bonds through Oxidative Addition of Aryl Halides

Amil Agarwal

Department: Chemistry
Faculty Mentor: Michel Gagne

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Session 2

The Effect of Short-Term Positive Journaling on Perceived Stress and Salivary Cortisol Levels

Sean Ahaotu-Simelane, Avishi Singh, Gabriel Z. Gong, Camden D. Stafford

Department: Psychology and Neuroscience
Faculty Mentor: Monica Gaudier-Diaz

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Session 3

How do maternal behaviors affect child mental health in Pakistan?

Sampada Acharya

Department: Epidemiology, Psychology and Neuroscience
Faculty Mentor: Allison Frost

4
Session 1

Examining the Contingency of Volition on the Abstinence-Dependent Effects of Long-Access Cocaine Self-Administration on Nucleus Accumbens Core Astrocytes

Sean Ahaotu-Simelane

Department: Psychology and Neuroscience
Faculty Mentor: Kathryn Reissner

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Session 2

Associations Between Carotid-Femoral and Brachial-Femoral Pulse Wave Velocity with Sleeping Regularity in College Based Young Adults

Paul Ahern, Jake Diana, Dr. Erik Hanson.

Department: Exercise Sports Science
Faculty Mentor: Zachary Kerr

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Session 3

Characterization of a gain-of-function mutation that suppresses defects in MAP Kinase signaling in C. elegans

Yasmine Ackall

Department: Biology, Cell Biology and Physiology
Faculty Mentor: Rob Dowen

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Session 2

The Impact of Acute Salinity Exposure on Salinity Tolerance in Tigriopus Californicus

Andrew Ahn, Ella Parry, Andy Hoang

Department: Biology
Faculty Mentor: Christopher Willett

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Session 1

Custom Conduit for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Testing

Paul Ahern, Anh D. Nguyen

Department: Mathematics
Faculty Mentor: Boyce Griffith

5
Session 3

Librarianship: Calling or Career?

Abigail Allred

Department: Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Charles Kurzman

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Session 1

U.S. Imperialism and the Panamá Canal Zone: Culture, Music, and Panamanian Nationalism

Héctor Aizpurúa

Department: History, Music
Faculty Mentor: David Garcia

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Session 2

From Layups to Long Bombs? A 20-Year Journey of NBA Scoring Trends

Ayla Ajanovic, Enis Sevim, Trevor VanAuken, Arjit Ghatta, Ananya Gode

Department: Exercise and Sport Science
Faculty Mentor: Jonathan Jensen

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Session 3

Inflammation And Cytokine Levels - Association With Suicide Attempt History Among Veterans

Mark Almazo Rosendo, Kaylinn Escobar

Department: Biostatistics, Psychiatry
Faculty Mentor: Hanga Galfalvy

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Session 2

Exploring the Correlation between Tone and Affect Language and Quality of Life among Patients with Advanced Cancer and their Partners

Adunoluwa Akinola

Department: Psychology & Neuroscience
Faculty Mentor: Laura Porter

7
Session 1

The Relationship Between Homesickness, Coping Methods and Racial Background

Penelope Alberdi

Department: Psychology and Neuroscience
Faculty Mentor: Jonathan Abramowitz

7
Session 3

INTELLIGIBILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY OF WORDS PRODUCED WITH OBLIGATORY NASAL TURBULENCE

Stacy Andrews

Department: UNC Adams School of Dentistry Craniofacial Center
Faculty Mentor: David Zajac

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Session 1

Neural Predictors of Inflammatory Response to Stress

Olivia Allred, Jake Beam, Paige Cramer, Jess Housel

Department: Neuroscience, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Madison Tarkenton

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Session 2

DETERMINING CLEARANCE RATES OF NATIVE JUVENILE LAMPSILIS FASCIOLA AND INVASIVE CORBICULA FLUMINEA AT DIFFERING ALGAL CONCENTRATIONS

Tayton Alvis

Department: Biological Sciences and Center for Freshwater Studies, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487, U.S.A., Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514
Faculty Mentor: Carla Atkinson

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Session 3