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

Impact of Familial Substance Use Disorder & ADHD on Rewarded Behavior

Andrea Myer

Department: Psychology & Neuroscience
Faculty Mentor: Jessica Cohen

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Session 3

2-Br-LSD Treatment of Mood and Depressive Disorders

Jenny Qiu, Oleh Dehtiarov, Jiarui Mao

Department: Neuroscience
Faculty Mentor: Rachel Penton

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Session 2

An accessibility-first GIS framework for customizable, real-time outdoor/indoor wayfinding

Christine Mendoza

Department: Computer Science
Faculty Mentor: Gary Bishop

98
Session 3

Knee Kinematics During Walking Associate with Symptomatic Pain in Individuals with Knee Osteoarthritis

Carly Rauch

Department: Joint Biomedical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Jason Franz

98
Session 1

Ingestible Device for Ultra-long Lasting Drug Releasing in the Stomach

Mahika Nagaradona

Department: Applied Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Wubin Bai

98
Session 2

Efficient Synthesis of Aryl Spiro[2.2]pentanes and Vinylcyclopropanes using Dialkyl Sulfone Reagents as Carbene Equivalents

Cabell Metts

Department: Chemistry
Faculty Mentor: Sidney Wilkerson-Hill

99
Session 3

Randomized Controlled Study of Immune Mechanisms of Vitamin D to Reduce Chronic Pain After Thermal Burn Injury

Nihith Ravikanti

Department: Anesthesiology, School of Medicine
Faculty Mentor: Matt Mauck

99
Session 1

The Relationship between Anxiety and Depression Quality of Life Metrics and Concussion Symptom Reporting

Analise Ney

Department: Exercise and Sport Science, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Johna Register-Mihalik

99
Session 2

Investigating the Role of Lysine Post-Translational Modifications in Type I Collagen for Bone Mineralization

Matthew Mills

Department: Division of Oral and Craniofacial Health Sciences, Adams School of Dentistry
Faculty Mentor: Mitsuo Yamauchi

100
Session 3

Impact of Tumor and Adipose-Derived EVs Isolated from Obese and Nonobese Mice on Metabolic Regulation and Metastatic Progression of Mammary Cancer Cells

Laith Rayyan

Department: Nutrition
Faculty Mentor: Ximena Bustamante Marin

100
Session 2

Identifying Regulators of Rho Family GTPases Required for Collective Cell Migration in Drosophila Testis Nascent Myotubes

Erika Munguia

Department: Biology
Faculty Mentor: Mark Peifer

100
Session 1

SETD2 Maintains Nuclear Integrity Through Mitotic Lamin Phosphorylation

Phu Nguyen

Department: Biochemistry & Biophysics
Faculty Mentor: Abid Khan

101
Session 2

Investigating individual differences in aversion-resistant drinking behavior

Ana Munoz

Department: Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies
Faculty Mentor: Joyce Besheer

101
Session 1

Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Commercial Pans using High Performance Liquid Chromatograph-Ion Mobility Spectrometry-Mass Spectrometry (HPLC-IMS-MS)

Thi Nguyen, Megan Kopti, Charles Soeder, Andrew Parker

Department: Chemistry
Faculty Mentor: Domenic Tiani

101
Session 3

Biosynthesis and Structure-Activity Relationship of Leudiazen, an Extracellular Chemical Signal

Jack Roche

Department: Chemistry
Faculty Mentor: Bo Li

102
Session 1

Exploring the Dynamics of Neutral Halo Clouds in Galactic Rain Models Niah O’Briant

Niah O'Briant

Department: Physics and Astronomy
Faculty Mentor: Fabian Heitsch

102
Session 2

Socioeconomic Determinants of Health in Late Life: Wealth, Education, and Mortality Among US Medicare Beneficiaries

Allison Musty

Department: Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Claire Yang

102
Session 3

Clinical Case Series in Hospital Central de La Defensa Gómez Ulla (Madrid, Spain)

Jordana Rockley

Department: Robertson Scholarship (Immunology and Clinical Biochemistry at Hospital Central de La Defensa Gómez Ulla)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Angelica Sarmiento Marchese

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Session 2