2024 Celebration of Undergraduate Research
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 2
Barriers to substance use disorder treatment access and engagement among unhoused populations: a narrative review
Maya Arora
Department: Psychology and NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Stacey Daughters
76
Session 3
Searching for Transit Timing Variations in Young Planetary Systems
Ana Lopez Murillo
Department: Physics and AstronomyFaculty Mentor: Andrew Mann
77
Session 3
The Effects of Self-Reported Kinesiophobia on Peak Knee Flexion Angle, Vertical Ground Reaction Force, and Knee Extension Moment 6- and 12-months Post ACL Reconstruction
James Louie
Department: Exercise and Sports ScienceFaculty Mentor: Tom Birchmeier
77
Session 1
Acute MDMA Exposure Increases BDNF Gene Expression in Rat Amygdala and Dorsal Hippocampus
Anish Krishnakumar, Gabriel Gong, Matthew Rodzen, Jack Smyrl
Department: Psychology and NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Shveta Parekh
77
Session 2
animal-soup: Automated animal behavioral classification using machine learning
Caitlin Lewis
Department: UNC Neuroscience CenterFaculty Mentor: Adam Hantman
78
Session 1
Application of Multilayer Hypernetworks in the Context of EEG
Samanyu Kunchanapalli
Department: UNC School of Arts and Sciences, UNC School of Medicine PsychiatryFaculty Mentor: Alana Campbell
78
Session 2
Investigating the role of HMGN proteins in genome organization
Rebecca Lewis, Zhihan Gao, Riya Gohil
Department: Biochemistry and BiophysicsFaculty Mentor: Jill Dowen
78
Session 3
Mechanisms Regulating Platelet FXIII Release
Annie Luong
Department: Pathology & Laboratory MedicineFaculty Mentor: Yaqiu Sang
79
Session 1
Reducing Astrocyte Calcium Signaling in the Nucleus Accumbens Increases Cocaine Self-administration behavior
Gabrielle Laraia
Department: Psychology & NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Kathryn Reissner
79
Session 2
Exploring Factors Influencing Water Accessibility in Liberia in Regression Modeling.
Henry Li
Department: BiostatisticsFaculty Mentor: Ryan Cronk
79
Session 3
Climate Factors and Gestational Age
Dheya Madhani
Department: EconomicsFaculty Mentor: Andrii Babii
80
Session 2
Cardiac Output in Relation to Decompression Bubbles
Danica Grant
Department: Biomedical EngineeringFaculty Mentor: Virginie Papadopoulou
80
Session 3
From Listening to Resonating: Testing Novel Behavioral Coding Schemes of High-Quality Listening and Markers of Social Connection in Conversations with Strangers.
Elizabeth Malone, Josephine Navola*, Danya Hussein, Huyan Yu, Haoxuan Yuan, Sara Huston, Taylor West *Co-lead with Elizabeth Malone
Department: Psychology & NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Barbara Fredrickson
80
Session 1
Toward An Outlier Uncertainty Model: A Comparative Analysis
Sophia Lin
Department: Computer ScienceFaculty Mentor: Danielle Szafir
81
Session 3
Does regulating your emotions make you a better friend?: Examining the correlation between teen’s self-reported emotional regulation and peer conflict.
Spoorthi Marada
Department: Psychology and NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Eva Telzer
81
Session 2
Testing for the Pressence of ENdangered Shark Species in Cat Food
Kevin Lin, Mazarine Bruno, Anna Boode, Connor MacCiniak
Department: Psychology and NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Savannah Ryburn
81
Session 1
Parental Substance Use and Children’s Emotion Regulation: An Exploration of Mediating Factors
Lilian Linton
Department: Neuroscience, PsychologyFaculty Mentor: Andrea Hussong
82
Session 3
Computer Interface and Instrumentation for a Scanning Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Flux Monitor
Alexander Mayers
Department: Physics and AstronomyFaculty Mentor: Frank Tsui
82
Session 1
Using a TCR-transgenic CD4 T cell Approach to Guide Rational Chlamydia Vaccine Design
Matthew Lu
Department: PediatricsFaculty Mentor: Taylor Poston
82
Session 2
Nonverbal Synchrony in Long-Term Romantic Relationships: Testing for Associations with Relationship Length, Rapport, and Love in the Moment
Susan Lin
Department: PsychologyFaculty Mentor: Algoe Sara
83
Session 2
High Temperature Classical Thermodynamics
Preston Little
Department: Physics & AstronomyFaculty Mentor: Joaquin Drut
83
Session 1
SolidWorks Modeling of a Portable CNT X-ray System
Gavin Lyda
Department: Physics and AstronomyFaculty Mentor: Otto Zhou
83
Session 3
The Nutritional Impact of Seafood Mislabeling in Pet Food
Halle McKellar, Erin Mazur, Katie Zarzour, Jack Titus
Department: BiologyFaculty Mentor: Savannah Ryburn
84
Session 1
Solid particles walking on a vibrating interface: Towards wave-mediated granular matter
Haoyu Ma
Department: Applied MathFaculty Mentor: Pedro Saenz
84
Session 3
Financial Modeling in Combinatorics
Ajay Misra, Jay Raval, Kishan Gajera, Edgar Perez-Palacios
Department: MathematicsFaculty Mentor: Ivan Cherednik
85
Session 2
Assessing Vaccine Efficacy of Influenza Spread in Urban vs. Rural North Carolina using an SVIR model
Abigail Mabe, Anish Krishnakumar, Claire Worsham, Amogh Rao
Department: BiologyFaculty Mentor: Maria Servedio
85
Session 1
Analysis of Defensive Hand Positioning to Prevent Concussion in Women’s Volleyball
Emily Mahn, Peyton Rohletter, Mabrey Shaffmaster, Meredith Petschauer (PhD, ATC, LAT)
Department: Exercise and Sports ScienceFaculty Mentor: Meredith Petschauer
85
Session 3
“Landing on the moon:” The African American Students Foundation Exchange Program, 1959-61
Calvin Mueller
Department: HistoryFaculty Mentor: Lauren Jarvis
86
Session 2
Insights from NC Seniors: Understanding Social Determinants of Health through Focus Group Analysis
Pavitra Madala, Claire Evans, Lauren Bedard
Department: UNC Division of Geriatric MedicineFaculty Mentor: Lindsay Wilson
86
Session 1
Impact of MDMA on CRH Gene Expression in the Dorsal Hippocampus and Amygdala
Grace Mallo, Alyssa Weninger, Makayla Adelman, Kejia Li
Department: Psychology & NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Shveta Parekh