Celebrating

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND CREATIVITY

April 27, 2016

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PROGRAM AND

INDEX OF POSTERS,

PRESENTATIONS

AND EXHIBITS

URECA Celebration of Undergraduate Research & Creativity

April 27, 2016

10:00 — 4:00 Exhibits & Presentations, Student Activities Center (SAC)

POSTER PRESENTATIONS/EXHIBITS ―SAC Ballroom A

*Posters arranged alphabetically by department of primary faculty mentor.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS ― SAC Auditorium & Third Floor

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: English Department Conference, SAC 305, 1:00-2:30 History Department Conference, SAC 304, 10:00-3:00 Psychology Department/Psi Chi Conference, SAC 305, 11:00-12:00 Writing & Rhetoric Program Conference, SAC 302, 10:00-12:35; 2:30-4:45

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES: Senior Design Presentations: SAC Auditorium, 9:00-11:00

ART EXHIBITION ― SAC Gallery

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12:30 Welcome & Announcements — SAC Ballroom A Dr. Charles Robbins, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Dean of the Undergraduate Colleges

12:45 Lunch for participants & mentors — SAC Ballroom B

POSTER ARRANGEMENTS/ DISPLAYS

*Posters arranged alphabetically by department of faculty mentor.

About Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities: The UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES (URECA) program, founded in 1987, awards research funding and travel grants to undergraduates, and is a central point of contact for students and faculty engaged in research and creative endeavors. URECA helps bring together students and research mentors, hosts annual events to showcase student work, and publishes an annual collection of undergraduate abstracts. Check our URECA website for “Researcher of the Month” features. URECA is a program within the Office of the Provost/Division of Undergraduate Education and is funded in part by the Simons Foundation. URECA Melville Library, 3rd Floor, Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 11794-3357 telephone: 631-632-7114 fax: 631-632-4525 www.stonybrook.edu/ureca CONTACT: Karen Kernan, Director Brian Frank, Staff Assistant

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RESEARCH POSTERS/EXHIBITS SAC Ballroom A, 10am – 4pm

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Project Title

Mentor(s)

1 Otto Lam Vincent Bhandal

Analysis of Foot Strike Forces in Chimpanzee Locomotion: Implications for the Evolution of Human Walking

Brigitte Demes Anatomical Sciences

2 Simon d'Oelsnitz Transport of Lipids by FABP5 May Enhance Prostate Cancer Aggression

Martin Kaczocha Anesthesiology, Biochemistry

3 Dishaw Holiprosad Karena Etwaru

Inhibition of TRPM7 Channels in HEK-293 Cells by Local Anesthetics

James Dilger Anesthesiology

4 Kennelia Mellanson Alissa Cutrone

Analysis of Energy Metabolism Targets via qRT-PCR in Astrocyte-Specific Hypoxia Inducible Factor Null Hippocampi

Thomas Floyd Anesthesiology

5 Sunjit Parmar John Pfail Sahana Pentyala

Anti-Nausea Pull-N-Burst Strips Srinivas Pentyala Anesthesiology

6 Sahana Pentyala John Pfail Sunjit Parmar

Biocompatiable and Biomimetic 3D Printed Bone Implants Carlos Helguero, Anesthesiology, Mechanical Engineering Imin Kao, Mechanical Engineering David Komatsu, Orthopedics Srinivas Pentyala, Anesthesiology

7 Christina Chan Tara Galusha Jordan Guerra

Foramen Magnum Orientation: An examination of its Relationship with Variation in Neck and Body Posture and Brain Size

Gabrielle Russo Anthropology

8 Leila Esmailzada Ron Ramsunder

Girls Just Want to Have Fun: Play Behavior in a Female Dominant Primate

Patricia Wright Anthropology

9 D’Arcy Marsh Bipedal Bootcamp: Insights into the Evolution of Bipedal Adaptations in the Modern Human Spine Using a Rodent Model

Gabrielle Russo Anthropology

10 Zach McKeeby Pots and Pillars: Using Spatial Distribution of Ceramic Decorative Types to Track Site Use, Formation, and Social Change in Northwest Kenya

Elisabeth Hildebrand Anthropology

11 Jessica Flores Adapting Mori-Zwanzig Formalism for Studying the Phase Transition of Platelets

Yuefan Deng Applied Mathematics & Statistics George Sterman, CN Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics

12 Stephen Tschudi Estimating the Landauer-Büttiker Transmission Function from Single Molecule Break Junction Experiments

Matthew Reuter Applied Mathematics & Statistics

13 Rachel Kiskaddon The Complete Collection of Cylinder Seals & Sealings from Mashkan-shapir

Shoki Goodarzi Art History

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14 Luo Luo Fang How Does the Ideal Concept of Beauty Influence Asian Interest in Cosmetic Orthodontics?

Peggy Christoff Asian & Asian American Studies

15 Kiana Hernandez How does Korea’s Past Affect the Modern Film Industry? Peggy Christoff Asian & Asian American Studies

16 Hye Sun Hwang How does K-pop Reflect Korean Values? Peggy Christoff Asian & Asian American Studies

17 Mehtasim Mahfuz Why is Political Participation Low Amongst Asian Americans?

Peggy Christoff Asian & Asian American Studies

18 Christy Au Understanding How Chromatin is Remodeled During Transcriptional Initiation in Saccaromyces cerevisiae

Ed Luk Biochemistry & Cell Biology

19 Chris Giuliano Biochemical Dissection of the Role of Pore Loops in Protein Degradation by a AAA+ Protease

Steven Glynn Biochemistry & Cell Biology

20 Jie Hu The Study of the Properties and Role of PapJ in Escherichia coli P Pili Biogenesis

Huilin Li Biochemistry & Cell Biology; BNL

21 Allen Lee Investigating the Effect of POFUT1 Amplification on Notch Activity in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Robert Haltiwanger Biochemistry-SB, Univ. of Georgia

22 Taylor Medwig Elucidating the Transcriptional Regulatory Network Underlying Cell Invasive Behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans

David Q. Matus Biochemistry & Cell Biology

23 Henry Ng Optimization of CRISPR/Cas Mutagenesis Efficiency in Candida albicans

Neta Dean Biochemistry & Cell Biology

24 Cassandra Nyati The Effect of Toca1 on Cluster-Induced Endocytosis Deborah Brown Biochemistry & Cell Biology

25 Joseph Sweeney More Potent Transport Inhibitors of Anandamide Breakdown

Dale Deutsch Biochemistry & Cell Biology

26 Brian Szeglin Synergistic Treatment of Rapamycin and the Prostaglandin 15d-PGJ2 Induce Cancer Cell Death through a Reactive Oxygen Species-Dependent Mechanism

Valentina Di Gialleonardo Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

27 Andrew Tsai Characterization of the Four Types of Human Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporters

Jarrod French Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Chemistry

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28 Salwa Anam Simon d’Oelsnitz Kathryn Eckartt Kelly Eckartt Chris Giuliano Andrew Kahnauth Mirna Kheir Max Lee Phillip Lee Ann Lin Matthew Nanos Gregory Smith Thomas Stransky Jessica Willdigg

Nephrotides: Regulating Blood Glucose Levels with Peptide Secreting Microbes

J. Peter Gergen Biology, Undergraduate; Biochemistry & Cell Biology Gabor Balazsi Laufer Center for Physical & Quantitative Biology

{29} Salwa Anam Juan Bastidas Scott Dow Ashley Zerbe Hui Zheng

An Affordable, Low-Energy, Wearable, Wireless ECG Monitor *a CEAS senior design presentation, SAC Auditorium

Helmut Strey Biomedical Engineering

30 Shipra Arjun A. Chandrashekar Gabriel Ruttner Gouri Sadananda Tony Wang

Hummingbird: Audiological Bone Transduction Helmut Strey Biomedical Engineering

31 Anirudh Chandrashekar

Remodeling of an Acute Vein Thrombosis Nicos Labropoulos Surgery, Div. of Vascular Surgery

32 Vincent Bhandal Peter Czechowicz Makhjoom Ferdous Joseph Guerrero Nesto Ibanez

Kneed by Quantified Motion Mei Lin Chan Helmut Strey Biomedical Engineering

33 Robert Bruce Jason Abraham Maggie Haviland Karen Wong Tracillia Q Le

Counting Adipocyte in vitro using Cell Fluorescence of NucBlue© Dye without Trypsinization

Clinton Rubin Mei Lin Chan Biomedical Engineering

34 Steven Carey Daniel Gibbons William Hackett Saksham Kapoor Conor Sperzel

BME Senior Design: An Affordable, Accessible, and Accurate Wireless EEG Headset

Helmut Strey Biomedical Engineering

35 Kevin Chen Kamal James Nicholas Maloof Ridhwan Mohammad Mark Stefandl

BME 441 Senior Design: The Intelligent Impact Concussion Sensor

Helmut Strey Biomedical Engineering

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36 Li Chen Andrew LaBella Tuan Tran Sunny Wong Jackie Xie

BME Senior Design: Programmable Microcontroller for a Vacuum Pressure Regulator

Wei Yin Biomedical Engineering

37 Adiba Chowdhury Jiaqi Qian Min He

Effects of Low Intensity Vibrations on Alcohol Induced Adiposity in Bone Marrow (Rat Model)

Clinton Rubin Mei Lin Chan Biomedical Engineering

38 Michael D’Agati Porous Three-Dimensional Carbon Nanotube Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering

Balaji Sitharaman Biomedical Engineering

39 Cyril Danielkutty Ravi Patel Lukas Vasadi Minqi Wang Samantha Weber-Fishkin

BME senior design: Wearable Blood Alcohol Sensor to Monitor Dynamic Changes in Blood Alcohol Content

Helmut Strey Biomedical Engineering

40 Kimberly DeCarr Low-Intensity Mechanical Vibrations Preserve the Quantity and Quality of Trabecular Bone in the L5 Vertebrae in Mice Harboring Multiple Myeloma

Gabriel Pagnotti Clinton Rubin Biomedical Engineering

41 Daniel Dochtermann Austin Henthorne Semih Kuruc Matthew Nanos Brandon Ropell

BME Senior Design: Zebrafish Imaging Apparatus for Facilitating Drug Discovery

Molly Frame Helmut Strey Biomedical Engineering

42 Wenguo Gao Maryam Ige

Platelet Lysis, Hemolysis, and Thrombin Generation under Hypershear

Danny Bluestein Biomedical Engineering

43 Amna Haider Zhengyang Liu Andrew Allhusen Kenneth Ramos Timucin Altan Andrew Peitzsch Elizabeth Aranguiz Bruce Coluccio Jason Meurlin John Tholany

Kinect Based Video Game to Aid in the Weight Loss of Clinically Obese Individuals and Bariatric Surgery Patients

Gabriel Pagnotti, Mei Lin Chan Biomedical Engineering Richard McKenna Computer Science

44 Bilal Haider Simplification of Microfluidic Devices by Reversible Assembly

Eric Brouzes Biomedical Engineering

45 Maggie Haviland Karen Wong Tracillia Q Le

Effects of Low Intensity Vibration on the Secretion of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine MCP-1 by Mature 3T3-L1 Adipocytes in an Environment Simulating the High-Glucose Diabetic Condition

Clinton Rubin Mei Lin Chan Biomedical Engineering

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46 Maryam Ige Tara Maloney Monjur Khuda Reda El Mkhantar Dandi Zheng

OneSun: Novel Device For Measuring Sunscreen Efficacy Helmut Strey Biomedical Engineering

47 Tracillia Q Le Robert Bruce Maggie Haviland Karen Wong

Increased Cytoskeleton of Mesenchymal Stem Cell in Response to Vertical Mechanical Stimulation In Vitro

Clinton Rubin Mei Lin Chan Biomedical Engineering

48 Chelsea Marks Lucas Sansevero Elissa Scannapieco Michael Wenke Hanbei Zhang

Balance Sensing Shoes to Detect and Prevent Falls in the Elderly

Clinton Rubin Helmut Strey Gabriel Pagnotti Biomedical Engineering

49 Jiaqi Qian Jason Abraham Chun Ho Cheung

Low Intensity Vibration Therapy Mitigates the Detrimental Effect of Chronic Heavy Alcohol Consumption on Bone Mechanical Properties in Actively Growing Rats

Clinton Rubin Mei Lin Chan Biomedical Engineering

50 Yusuf Saad-Eldin Maggie Haviland Karen Wong Tracillia Q Le

A New Quantification Method to Evaluate the Effects of Diabetes on Lipid Formation in Adipocytes in an In Vitro Study

Clinton Rubin Mei Lin Chan Biomedical Engineering

51 Joseph Salvatore IV Joseph O’Hara Bertin Mathai Zoey Feng Daniel Geng

BME Senior Design: At Home Peripheral Arterial Disease Monitor, the “Pulse Pad”

Helmut Strey Biomedical Engineering

52 Ioana Soaita Glycated Albumin Alters Platelet Activities Associated with Cardiovascular Diseases

David Rubenstein Wei Yin Biomedical Engineering

53 Sai Sreenivasamurthy Ravi Patel

Macrophage Proliferation and Expression with Low Intensity Vibrations

Stefan Judex Biomedical Engineering

54 Samantha Weber-Fishkin

Thermally Induced Erythrocyte Aggregation by Surface Nanobubble Coalescence

Mary D. Frame Biomedical Engineering

55 Karen Wong Maggie Haviland Tracillia Q Le

Low Intensity Vibration Induced Secretion from Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Mitigate the Inflammation Signaling from Adipocytes

Clinton Rubin Mei Lin Chan Biomedical Engineering

56 Dandi Zheng Joseph Salvatore Jiaqi Qian

LIV Improvement on Chronic Heavy Alcohol Consumption Detrimental Effect on Femoral Proximal Neck Region of Young Rats

Clinton Rubin Mei Lin Chan Biomedical Engineering

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57 BUS 447 (Honors Business Ethics) Ruba Akram Alysha Bullock Nicole Cerullo Yeonchul Choo Sara Coan Yue Hao Ishani Jayasinghe Justin Lambiase Christopher Lung Gopika Mathew Sharonn Meijer Jacquelyn Modafferi Brian Mollin Jean-Doris Muhuza Misbah Nauman Francesca Papia Melissa Pchelka Erik Ponce Rasheequr Rahman Morgan Rao Davina Roberts John Scalamandre Anuva Wadera Joseph Whearty Prianka Zaman Shaowen Zhao Lily Zheng

Ethics in a chosen specialization area: Ethical Implications of the Subprime Facebook and Its Unethical Lack of Consent Disproportionate Influence of Lobbying Groups in

Government As Demonstrated by the Affordable Care Act

Ethics of Risk Management and Financial Tools The Implications of Citizens United v. FEC and

SpeechNow.Org v. FEC Shifting the Attention from the Code to the Culture: A

Critique to Section 406 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Cause-related Marketing (CRM): Advocacy versus

Exploitation The Ethical Complexity of Alcohol Promotion Government and Its Role in Earnings Management The Ethics of Digital Photo Manipulation in the Advertising

Industry Taking a Deeper Look Into Ponzi Schemes Accounting Professionals Teetering on Thin Ice The S.E.C. and Regulation: A Game of Cat and Mouse The Ethics of Purchase Behavior Regulation in Renewable

Energy Illicit Financial Flows: Whose Problem Is It? “A Very Sexy Story between Two Sinners”: The Greek

Government's and Goldman Sachs & Co.’s Ethical Role in the Greek Debt Crisis

Insider Trading: a search for Ethical Clarity amongst a Murky Legal Framework

The Implications of American Herbicide Policies American International Group (AIG) Drunk on False Advertising The Ethical Complexity of Set-Aside Contract Bidding The Ethics of Financing Sports Stadiums through Subsidies Ethics of Specific Business Practices in the Soft Drink

Industry The Ethics of Fast Food Marketing and Analysis of

Responsibility and of the Possible Resolutions Johnson & Johnson's Unethical Marketing of Risperdal Ethics behind the Use of Internet Technologies in the Music Ethical Implications of Marketing Energy Drinks

Margot Palermo Business, College of Robert Kaplan, Shyam Sharma Writing Program

58 Alysha Bullock Careers in Marketing Panel and Networking Eventt Amy Milligan Business, College of

59 Yeonchul Choo Risk Management: Financial Risk Tools and Ethics Aaron Kim Business, College of

60 Katherine Georgios Paradoxes of Technology Paul Connell Business, College of

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61 Diana Hagedorn Saving Water in California: Using DEA to Allocate Usage Reductions

Thomas Sexton Herbert F. Lewis Business, College of

62 Yue Hao The Relationship Between the Company Performance and the Complexity of Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Annual Report *withdrawn

Chansog (Francis) Kim Business, College of

63 Hiral Kadakia Buying a Gift but Spreading No Joy: Buying Souvenirs out of Obligations Leads to Less Thoughtful Gift Giving

Peter Caprariello Business, College of

64 Justin Lambiase Creating Repeat Customers through Sales Marketing in Roth Cafe

Kevin Kelly FSA & Business, College of

65 Crystal Ling Redefining Qualitative Research: Disrupting the Traditional Focus Group Methodology & Creating Fresh Ways to Develop Brand Ideas

Malinda Sanna SPARK-NYC & Business, College of

66 Jonathan Liu Efficient Allocation of TARP Funds to U.S. Banks Herbert F. Lewis Dmytro Holod Business, College of

67 Victoria Lowe How Do Qualitative Comments Add Value When Assessing the Needs of Customers?

Kevin Kelly Dawn Villacci FSA & Business, College of

68 Jacquelyn Modafferi Nonprofit Sector Financial Vulnerability Charles Barragato Business, College of

69 Serafima Norova P.A.S.S Study Lily Cushenbery Business, College

70 Rasheequr Rahman How do Prior Outcomes Influence Investors’ Risk Preferences?

Stefan Zeisberger Business, College

71 Morgan Rao Implications of Photo-Sharing and Manipulation: Self-Objectification, Anxiety, and Disordered Eating in Females

Peter Caprariello Business, College

72 Jennifer Schwartzman Evaluations of Current and Potential Nutritional Labeling Schemes

Paul Connell Business, College of

73 Justin Thomas Leader Recovery Experiment Lily Cushenbery Business, College of

74 Kevin Wagner Trusting the Group or Trusting the Guru: How Consumers Decide When to Trust Peer Consensus or Expert Reviews When Evaluating Consumer Products

Peter Caprariello Business, College of

75 Calvin Wang Inlet Within Education Alyssa Struzenberg Broadridge & Business, College of

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76 Gilbert Worotikan Understanding the Development of Leadership through Student Employment in the Campus Recreation Center

Durron Newman Campus Recreation & Business

77 Jiaxi Wu Dickey-Fuller Test for Housing Bubbles in the US and UK Keli Xiao Business, College of

78 William Yuan Dickey-Fuller Test for Technology Companies in the United States

Keli Xiao Business, College of

79 Andy Cheng Justin Veren

In Situ Rheology of a Hydrogel Crosslinking Mechanism Miriam Rafailovich Chemical & Molecular Eng.

80 Debayon Dutta Edison Hua

Synthesis of Au, Ag, Pt and Pd Bimetallic Nanoparticles for Catalytic Applications

Tatsiana Mironava Chemical & Molecular Eng.

81 Kayla Hom Dominic Patrizio Dale Sugimoto

Development and Analysis of Pluronic Gels For Scar Prevention and Drug Delivery

Adriana Pinkas-Sarafova Chemical & Molecular Eng.

82 Jennifer Imbrogno Polymer Substrate Interface in Block Copolymers Tadanori Koga Chemical & Molecular Eng.

83 Eungyo Jang DongNi Qiu Steven Zhu Calvin Cheng Jesse Matsuda Joo Yong Yi

NO Reduction with Ammonia SCR and NO Oxidation using Co/CeO2 and Mn/CeO2 Catalyst

TaeJin Kim Chemical & Molecular Eng.

84 Sandhiya Kannan John Mikhail Nicole Passariello Raphael Prodromou Asim Rattu

Effect of Varied Graphene Nanofiller Concentration on Mechanical and Flame Retardant Properties of Polypropylene Nanocomposite Materials

Miriam Rafailovich Chemical & Molecular Eng.

85 Sandhiya Kannan Removal of Polonium-210 from Groundwater for Nuclear Astrophysics Applications

Jay Benziger, Frank Calaprice Chemical & Biological Eng.-Princeton University

86 Kathryn Karius Niveditha Obla

Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Gold Nanoparticles Tatsiana Mironava Chemical & Molecular Eng.

87 Marcin Kielkiewicz Evaluating the Bactericidal Properties of Blue Light Peroxyoxalate Chemiluminescence for Potential Applications in Phototherapy

Melanie Chiu Chemical & Molecular Eng.

88 Marolyn Liang Allen Tran Eungyo Jang Angell Chee

Biomaterials Cell Experiment: Affect of UV Light on Hydrophilic Property in Polymer

Miriam Rafailovich Chemical & Molecular Eng.

89 Nicole LiBretto Andrew O’Grady Zhi Han Lin

Innovative Catalyst Development for Synthesis of Dimethyl Ether

Devinder Mahajan Chemical & Molecular Eng.

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90 Jake Lindberg Shibo Chen Marvin Huang

Simulation of Thermoplastic Flow through a 3D Printer Nozzle

Dilip Gersappe Chemical & Molecular Eng.

91 Jake Lindberg JinYing Lin Kevin Lee Yunxiao Jiang Jason Peng

The Lumburnator, A Next Generation Woodstove Vladimir Zaitsev Chemical & Molecular Eng.

92 Tiancheng Pu Jonathan Schneider

Temperature and Surface Area Effect of Furfuryl Alcohol Oligomerization

Taejin Kim Chemical & Molecular Eng.

93 Daniel Scuereb Development and Application of 3D printed Microreactor in Chemical Engineering: Reactor Design and Chemical Reaction Optimization

Taejin Kim Chemical & Molecular Eng

94 Patrick Yang Kim Nguyen Carmenn Ooi Helen Liu Jesssica Kelly

Optimizing Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Gelatin Hydrogels With mTG Enzyme For Various Uses such as Drug Delivery and Biodegradable Scaffold

Miriam Rafailovich Chemical & Molecular Eng.

95 Patrick Yang Carmenn Ooi Marolyn Liang

Recovery and Enrichment of Unreacted Furfuryl Alcohol from Oligomers Solution via Liquid-liquid Extraction with Green Solvent

Taejin Kim Chemical & Molecular Eng.

96 Eleanor Castracane Development of a FRET-Based Continuous Glucose Sensor Dale Drueckhammer Chemistry

97 Joshua Farr Development of a Bioorthogonal Tracer of Neural Circuitry Scott Laughlin Chemistry

98 Matthew Hannigan Synthesis of a Macrocyclic Host for the Synthesis of Polyrotaxane Poly(diiododiacetylene)

Nancy Goroff Chemistry

99 Tylene Hilaire Synthesis of Proteoliposomes for Kinetic Measurement of Membrane Transporters

Jarrod French Chemistry, Biochemistry & Cell Bio.

100 Sarah Huang Novel Inhibitors of DNA Ligase LigA by Substrate Assisted Tethering

Peter Tonge Chemistry

101 Tara Schinasi Optimizing Co-crystal Formation between Bis(pentanenitrile) Oxalamide Host and Dhodobutadioyne to Form Poly(dhododiacetylene)

Nancy Goroff Chemistry

102 Christie Shea Design, Computational Analysis, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of a Third-Generation Taxoid and Combretastatin Analogs for Combination Therapy

Iwao Ojima Chemistry

103 Gabriela Witek Studying Human IRE1Alpha Conformational Changes in Response to Mutations of Key Residues Using MD Simulations

Carlos Simmerling Chemistry

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104 Melissa Yannetti Enhancing Crystallizability of Nitric Oxide Sensing Protein Through Surface Entropy Reduction

Elizabeth Boon Chemistry

105 Nelsy Badia The Effects of Corrosion and Corrosion Products on the Frictional Behavior of Slip-critical Eye-bars

Ryan Kent Giles Civil Engineering

106 Marie Baietto Kevin Yee Nicole Yoo

Stabilization of the Old Inlet Breach: Fire Island Ali Farhadzadeh Harold Walker Civil Engineering

107 Edward Barry Ramona Chen Morgan DiCarlo

Developing an On-Site Wastewater Treatment System for the Long Island-Center for Conservation

Harold Walker Civil Engineering

108 Andrew Brennan John Esposito Andrew Mock

Improving the Seismic Survivability of Vernacular Construction using an Educational Game Featuring Structural Simulation

Ryan Kent Giles Civil Engineering

109 Emily Chao Anthony Cundari Judy Li Gabriela Saenz

Sheep Pasture Road Bridge Replacement Over the LIRR *also a CEAS senior design presentation, SAC Auditorium

Sherif Abdelaziz Ryan Kent Giles Harold Walker Anil Yazici Civil Engineering

110 Thomas Kennedy Justin Yip Narciso Nareli de Assis

Experimental Validation of Polygonal Rocking Column Behavior Under Seismic Excitation

Ryan Kent Giles Civil Engineering

111 Jason Lai Multi-phase Optimization of Trusses using Real-World Cost Functions

Ryan Kent Giles Civil Engineering

112 Brandon Cuadrado Yael Romero

MyTempo Tony Scarlatos Computer Science

113 Bryce Gregerson The Dragon MMO Maker Richard McKenna Computer Science

114 Jason Hsueh Osamah Alshoabi Siddhi Parikh

GraffitiWithMe: Your Gateway to Electronic Graffiti *withdrawn

Tony Scarlatos Computer Science

115 Anthony Ripa PlaceValue: a Data-Type for Base Agnostic Arithmetic n/a

116 Dennis Sosa Efficient Power Delivery Using Artificial Intelligence Planning Paul Fodor Computer Science

117 Jesse Talavera-Greenberg

The Badass Looker for Ludicrous Shaders: Simple and Flexible Shader Programming

Richard McKenna Computer Science

118 Joshua Bravo Carinna Emilio Jillian Ferretti

Queer in Latin America *withdrawn

Melissa M. Forbis Cultural Analysis & Theory -Women & Gender Studies

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119 Marisol del Pozo Maquiladoras (Garment Factories) in Latin America Melissa M. Forbis Cultural Analysis & Theory -Women & Gender Studies

120 Shaniza Nizam China Bailey

Social Medicine in Latin America Melissa M. Forbis Cultural Analysis & Theory -Women & Gender Studies

121 Samhita Vupputuri Assimilation and Resistance – Negotiating the American Identity

Victoria Hesford Cultural Analysis & Theory -Women & Gender Studies

122 Noelani Rodriguez Spoken Amy Sullivan Dance

123 Parandis Nejati Marie Kwok Ethan Santore

Biochemical Symbiosis in the Oral Cavity: The Role of P. buccae Pectinolytic Enzymes in Sustaining T. parvum Growth In Vitro

Stephen Walker Dental Medicine-Oral Biology

124 Peggy Yang Therapeutic Effects of CMC 2.24 on Experimental Periodontitis in Rats

Ying Gu Dental Medicine-General Dentistry

125 Ramatu Abubakar Lighten Up: Genetics of Coat Color Evolution in the Honduran White Bat, Ectophylla alba

Liliana Davalos Ecology & Evolution

126 Shang-Yang Chen Comparison of Lifespan and Starvation Resistance between Drosophila melanogaster and D. Simulans

John True Ecology & Evolution

127 Baggio Dorval Bryan Dufresne Jonathan Sweeney Muhammad Junaid

Analyzing Phytoplankton Reaction to Nutrient Addition Jeffrey Levinton Ecology & Evolution

128 Laura Fallon Hayley Myles

Genetics of Growth in Threespine Stickleback Populations Walter Eanes Ecology & Evolution

129 Katherine Gregory Effects of Glacial Retreat on King Penguin Population in South Georgia *withdrawn

Heather Lynch Ecology & Evolution

130 Dalia Haraz Lauren Scanlon

The Effects of Overlapping Inversions on Meiosis in Drosophila melanogaster

Walter Eanes Ecology & Evolution

131 Justin Loloi Thomas Malicki Seika Robinson Jeffrey Wechter

Crassostrea virginica Performance Comparison between Jamaica Bay and Stony Brook Harbor

Jeffrey Levinton Ecology & Evolution

132 Weijia Lu Larval Development of the Bryozoan Membranipora membranacea, and the Effects of Energy Reduction on Embryogenesis

Dianna Padilla Ecology & Evolution

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133 Priscilla Moley Jonathan Haviland John Desmond Rebecca Reigle Hoorann Shah

Plant Growth and Seasonal Dentrification in Wetlands Stephen Baines Ecology & Evolution

134 Seydou Niang Hayley Myles

Body Size Divergence among Populations of Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

Walter Eanes Ecology & Evolution

135 Erin O’Connor The Effect of Shade on Different Ages and Populations of Centaurea stoebe

Jessica Gurevitch Ecology & Evolution

136 Bhavana Patil FOXP2 Gene Shows (Possible) Selection in Phyllostomid Bats

Liliana Davalos Ecology & Evolution

137 Greg Poterewicz Genomic Inventories of Bat Antimicrobial Peptides: Possible Implications for Resistance to White-Nose Syndrome

Marianne Moore Liliana Davalos Ecology & Evolution

138 Jasmine Walker Determination of Age Structure among Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) Populations Divergent for Body Size

Michael Bell Ecology & Evolution

139 Victoria Wood Angelus Ahmed Tuesday Love Vincent Olivieri

Water Quality in Jamaica Bay Jeffrey Levinton Ecology & Evolution

140 Tuya Yokoyama Environmental Differences in Cell-to-Cell Expression Variation

Joshua Rest Ecology & Evolution

141 Maria Zambuto Comparing Intraspecific and Interspecific Competition of Spotted Knapweed [Centaurea stoebe L. subsp. micranthos (Gugler) Hayek] and orchardgrass [Dactylis glomerata]

Jessica Gurevitch Ecology & Evolution

142 Asher Marks Externalities of Cyber Intrusions Marina Azzimonti-Renzo Economics

143 Gongtin Peng Time Transfer Between Adult Children and Aged Parents in China

Warren Sanderson Economics

144 Jordan Shulman Zahraa Krayem Theodore Graves

Arduino Shield for Elementary Particle Detection Monica Bugallo Electrical & Computer Eng.

145 Jamie Burgher Comparative Study of Rimless Depressions on Mars Deanne Rogers Geosciences

146 Jamie Burgher Geophysical Insights into “the Wall,” a Prominent Glacial Feature on the SBU Campus

Daniel Davis Geosciences

147 Michael Itzkin A GPR-Based Stratigraphic Analysis of Robert Moses State Park

Daniel Davis Geosciences

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148 Lisa Jakubczyk A Morphometic Study Comparing Volcanically and Non-volcanically Resurfaced Martian Basins

Deanne Rogers Geosciences

149 Jovett Llanos Morphological Changes of Fire Island over Time Dan Davis Geosciences

150 Gavin Piccione Age Constraints on Extensional Events Affecting the Sheep Pass Hinterland

Troy Rasbury Geosciences

151 Nujbat Merati Ensuring Adherence in Modernized TB Control Programs Peter Small Global Health Institute

152 Maarya Muzzammil Tonogenesis in Punjabi Mark Aronoff Linguistics

153 Edward Gildersleeve Valliappan Lakshmanan Martin Nunlee Nicole Pasquino Geoffery Rippy

Autonomous Early Wildfire Detecting Drone –“The Phenix” Peter Milder, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering T. Venkatesh Materials Science & Engineering

154 Hayden Adams Vincent Bianco Jessica Jolley Qikun Wang

BCI Use with Patients with Cerebral Palsy Thomas Rosati Mechanical Engineering

155 Daniel Condy Joseph Burns Edison Llivicura

The Power House Energy Producing Rowing Machine *withdrawn

Jeff Ge Mechanical Engineering

156 Chengde Feng Mark Rabinovich Mary O’Toole Navinchandra Gadkari

Energy Generating Rock Climbing Wall Jeff Ge Mechanical Engineering

157 Kevin Gonzalez Eric Tola Jason Lumokso Andy Chu

Under Actuated Multi-Fingered Robotic Hand Nilanjan Chakraborty Mechanical Engineering

158 Zachery Grimm Michael LiBretto Aris Alexiou

Stony Brook Motorsports Gearbox Design and Peripherals Noah Machtay Mechanical Engineering

159 SB Motorsports: Jacob Alberti Aris Alexiou Zachary Auclari Zachery Grimm Matthew Kesich Michael LiBretto Justin Yip

Stony Brook Motorsports: 2016 Baja SAE Off-Road Vehicle Noah Machtay Mechanical Engineering

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160 Calvin Lin Eric Pressman Derrell Brown Sharanji Singh

Sand Drawing Robots Nilanjan Chakraborty Jeffrey Ge Vivek Yadav Mechanical Engineering

161 Jerry Milfort-Saint Louis Cristian Camacho Hsuan Ting Tsai Philip Foo

Solar Panel Tracking System Jeff Ge Mechanical Engineering

162 Dawood Sattar Saksham Jain Harpreet Singh Yashvardhan Sharma

Energy Producing Merry-Go-Round Jeff Ge Mechanical Engineering

163 Derek Willms Michael Binkowski Joseph Divirgilio

Automated Mixologist

Thomas Rosati Mechanical Engineering

164 Justin Yip Jacob Alberti Zachary Auclair

Continuously Variable Transmission Thermal Management System

Noah Machtay Mechanical Engineering

165 Daniel Irizarry Mixed-Metal Binuclear Ruthenium(II)-Vanadium(IV) Complexes: Novel Chemotherapeutic Agents

Jennie Williams Family, Population & Preventive Medicine, Medicine-Cancer Prevention

166 Ryan Linzer The Effect of Sphingolipid Metabolism on Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

Can Senkal Lina Obeid Medicine

167 Victoria Ly The Role of Krüppel-like Factor 6 (KLF6) in Kidney Fibrosis under Diabetic Conditions

Sandeep Mallipattu Medicine

168 Rohan Maini Determining the Structural Basis for Lipin Catalysis Yusuf Hannun Medicine, SB Cancer Center

169 Naveen Mallangada A Novel Curcumin Derivative Inhibits Active Ras and its Downstream Pathway in Pancreatic Cancer In Vitro and In Vivo

Gerardo G. Mackenzie Family, Population & Preventive Medicine, SB Cancer Center; Medicine

170 Joselin Vargas A Novel Curcumin-Derivative Enhances The Cytotoxic Effect of Current Chemotherapeutic Drugs in Pancreatic Cancer Cells

Gerardo G. Mackenzie Family, Population & Preventive Medicine, SB Cancer Center; Medicine

171 Jonathan George Efficacy of Human Phospho-RTK Array Kit in Predicting Cancer Cell Response to Kinase Inhibition

Edward Chan Mol. Genetics & Microbiology

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172 Yasmeen Hamami Characterizing the Role of the Mfa1 N-Terminus in Porphyromonas gingivalis Fimbrial Assembly

David Thanassi Mol. Genetics & Microbiology

173 Alexa Atlas Code Switching Effects on Cultural Identity within Bilingual Families *withdrawn

Agnes He Multilingual and Intercultural Communication (MIC), Asian & Asian American Studies

174 Monika Batra Speaking With Foreign Language Speakers Agnes He Multilingual and Intercultural Communication (MIC), Asian & Asian American Studies

175 Gwen Evans Self Presentation: American and British Women in Politics Agnes He Multilingual and Intercultural Communication (MIC), Asian & Asian American Studies

176 Edison Hua Japan Airlines and Social Media: Interaction with Customers of Different Language Backgrounds *withdrawn

Agnes He Multilingual and Intercultural Communication (MIC), Asian & Asian American Studies

177 Jessica Ju American and Chinese Universities: a Cross-Cultural Comparison of College Websites

Agnes He Multilingual and Intercultural Communication (MIC), Asian & Asian American Studies

178 Xin Yao Lin The Use of Stickers in WeChat Communication Agnes He Multilingual and Intercultural Communication (MIC), Asian & Asian American Studies

179 Jiyoung Park LOL – Online Speech Acts Across Cultures Agnes He Multilingual and Intercultural Communication (MIC), Asian & Asian American Studies

180 Alexa Reynolds “What ARE you?”: a Study of Language and Identity Agnes He Multilingual and Intercultural Communication (MIC), Asian & Asian American Studies

181 Marianna Catege Faiza Ali Austen Maniscalco Yanyun Lin

Hypoxia Hits Below the Diaphragm: Effect of Acute Hypoxia on the Micturition Reflex

William Collins Neurobiology & Behavior Irene Solomon Physiology & Biophysics

182 Fedrik Durao Aman Dhawan

Open Hardware/Open Source Liquid Handling Robot for Real-Time PCR Set-up

David McKinnon Neurobiology & Behavior

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183 Aaron Gochman Outer Structures Constrain NMDAR Pore Opening Lonnie Wollmuth Neurobiology & Behavior

184 Jonathan McGuire The Effect of MeCP2 Deletion on the Integrity of the Basal Forebrain Cholinergic System

Lorna Role Neurobiology & Behavior David Talmage Pharmacological Sciences

185 Donato Mignone Response Kinetics of Alternate Mechanosensory Channel Isoforms in a Fly’s Ear

Maurice Kernan Neurobiology & Behavior

186 Yezden Pece Lydia Kim Min Yea Lee

Behavioral and Physiological Effects in Novel Animal Models of PTSD

David McKinnon Neurobiology & Behavior

187 Hakeem Yousef The Role of Sin3b in Zebrafish Skeletal Development Howard Sirotkin Neurobiology & Behavior

188 Joel Kovoor Reduction in Infarct Volume in Rats with Transient Ischemia using a Zinc Chelator and a Glutamate Antagonist

Anat Biegon Neurology

189 Joseph Arena Ariella Wagner Jessica Gregory Katherine Maiorisi Daniel Walocha Brittany Paradiso Stephanie Twomey Kristy Lee Alexander Walsh

Neuroscience Axis Brain Awareness Week Brenda Anderson Psychology Craig Evinger Neurobiology & Behavior

190 Dennis Caruana The Gap in Understanding between University OA Patient Education Materials and Patient Health Literacy

James Nicholson Orthopaedics

191 Jonathan Dounel Prevention of Oxalate-induced Injury by Punicalagin in Renal Epithelial Cells: Potential as Anti-urolithiatic Agent

Sanford Simon Pathology

192 Alice Mei Curcumin Derivative CMC 2.24 Suppression of Melanogenesis in B16F10 Cells

Sanford Simon Pathology

193 Haritha Desu The Role of Dystroglycan in Ependymal Cells Holly Colognato Pharmacological Sciences

194 Stephanie Fiorella Understanding the DNA Binding Domain of MOC1, a Mitochondrial Transcription Terminator in Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Miguel Garcia-Diaz Pharmacological Sciences

195 Israa Hussein Loss of Function of FGF2 in NG2 Cells Adan Aguirre Pharmacological Sciences

196 Maja Kornaj Elucidating the Nature of Interaction Between Proteins p53 and CypD

Markus Seeliger Pharmacological Sciences

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197 George Newell

Mterf1: The Directional Binding Hypothesis Miguel Garcia-Diaz Pharmacological Sciences

198 Nisha Rath Slowing Glioma Progression by Manipulation of Nrp1 Expression of Macrophage Population

Stella Tsirka Pharmacological Sciences

199 Rebecca Shum Characterizing Structure/Function Relationships of LprG Jessica Seeliger Pharmacological Sciences

200 June Yang Defining Domain(s) Required for the Interaction between CAG110 and Chibby

Ken-Ichi Takemaru Feng-Qian Li Pharmacological Sciences

201 Timothy Peng Common Neurophysiological Mechanisms Govern Forelimb Overground Walking and Treadmill Stepping

Prithvi Shah Physical Therapy-

202 Alexander Adhyatman Gordon Arrowsmith-Kron Tiffany LaByer Amiel Quadri Kyle Capobianco-Hogan Abmael Oliveira Haley Powers Rourke Sekelsky

Optimizing a Magnetic Cloak for Use in High Energy Particle Accelerators

Abhay Deshpande Nils Feege Physics & Astronomy

203 Robert Bruce Sean Jeffas Thomas Krahulik Joshua LaBounty Helena Van Nieuwenhuizen

Studying Deep Inelastic Scattering in e-p Collisions for a Future Electron-Ion Collider

Abhay Deshpande Nils Feege Physics & Astronomy

204 Kyle Capobianco-Hogan Abmael Oliveira Haley Powers Rourke Sekelsky Alexander Adhyatman Gordon Arrowsmith-Kron Thomas Krahulik Joshua LaBounty Tiffany LaByer Amiel Quadri Abraham Tishelman-Charny

MagCloak 2016 Abhay Deshpande Nils Feege Physics & Astronomy

205 Tyler Cohen Photometric Analysis of Nova Light Curves Frederick Walter Physics & Astronomy

206 Myrka Cuji Analyzing KT Eri emission lines Frederick Walter Physics & Astronomy

207 Amina Durkovic Construction of 21 cm Telescope at Brookhaven National Lab

Neelima Sehgal Physics & Astronomy

208 Jasmine Garani Convective Flame on a Neutron Star Michael Zingale Physics & Astronomy

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Project Title

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209 Gayle Geschwind Spectral Characterization of Ultrafast Vacuum Ultraviolet Light Source

Thomas Weinacht Physics & Astronomy

210 Connor Goham Memory Assisted Free Space Quantum Communication Eden Figueroa Physics & Astronomy

211 Xiang Hua Christopher Corder Brian Arnold

Simulation of Laser Cooling without Spontaneous Emission using the Bichromatic Force

Harold Metcalf Physics & Astronomy

212 Platon Karpov Atmospheres of Quiescent Low-Mass Neutron Stars Alan Calder James Lattimer Physics & Astronomy

213 Joshua LaBounty Helena Van Nieuwenhuizen Robert Bruce Sean Jeffas Thomas Krahulik

Identification of Leptoquark Events in Simulated Electron-Proton Collisions

Abhay Deshpande Nils Feege Physics & Astronomy

214 Hochun Marcus Lo Max Stanley Brian Arnold John Elgin

Collimation of Laser Light for the Adiabatic Rapid Passage (ARP) Optical Force

Harold Metcalf Physics & Astronomy

215 Ahmad Malik A Clearer View into Novae: Recalibrating Optical Time Photometry to Characterize White Dwarfs

Frederick Walter Physics & Astronomy

216 Casey McKenna Creating Arbitrary 1-D Optical Lattices with Controllable Tunneling

Philiipp Preiss Markus Greiner Harvard University

217 Grant Richmond Brian Arnold

Characterizing the Frequency Response of a Voltage Controlled Oscillator for Use in a Phase Locking System

Harold Metcalf Physics & Astronomy

218 Samantha Scibelli Using HST-STIS data to Model High-Velocity Bullets from a Dying Star

Raghvendra Sahai, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mark Morris, UCLA

219 Matthew Sheinman Xinzhong Chen

Simulating the Infrared Near-Field Response of Ultrathin Granular Gold Films

Mengkun Liu Physics & Astronomy

220 A. Tishelman-Charny Vijay Shethna Carlos Del Castillo

Simulating a TPC Electric Field with COMSOL Multiphysics Abhay Deshpande Nils Feege Physics & Astronomy

221 Daod Pak Brié Levesque Fang Wu

Characterizing the Interactions of the N-Terminal PDZ Domains of PSD-95

Mark Bowen Physiology & Biophysics

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222 Jordanne Miller An Examination of the Influence That Political Party Affiliation Per District Has Regarding the Use of Discretionary Arrests Made By Police Departments throughout the United States

Regina Good Political Science

223 Yasmeen Elsendiony Jennifer Wang

Personality and Biological Predictors of Resiliency to Chronic Stress among High-Achieving Adults

Greg Perlman Psychiatry

224 Antoinette Acosta Scent Me to Sleep: The Effects of Aromatherapy on Schizophrenia and Insomnia

Turhan Canli Kaitlin Ensor Psychology

225 Sumeet Bhinder Hypothetical Surrogate Decision Makers’ Interpretations of Qualitative Prognostic Statements in an End-of-Life Scenario

Anne Moyer Psychology

226 Lea Yeseul Choi Andrew Seunghyun Lee

Developing a Korean version of Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test – a Pilot Study

Patricia Whitaker-Azmitia Psychology

227 Kristin Clark Marquis Gretschel Nicholas Tkach Amanda Ng

Mother’s Intrusive Parenting Predicts High-Risk Children’s Behavioral Dysregulation

Kristin Bernard Psychology

228 Ashley Culoso Cara Keifer Anthony Burns Elliot Keenan

Greater Sensory Arousal Impedes Affect Recognition: Evidence Across Olfactory and Auditory Domains

Matthew Lerner Psychology

229 Yi Gao The Interaction between the Amygdala and the Fusiform Face Area during Face Processing in Children: an fMR-Adaptation Analysis

Hoi-Chung Leung Psychology

230 Sugandha Gupta Interpretations of Prognostic Information and their Effect on Surrogate Decision Making *also a Psi-Chi oral presentation, SAC 302

Anne Moyer Psychology

231 Catherine Joseph Brynne Velia

Survey of Biomarkers and Trajectories in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Patricia Whitaker-Azmitia Psychology

232 Elliot Keenan Dhara Doshi

Restricted and Repetitive Behavior Mediates the Relationship between Verbal IQ and Comorbid Symptoms in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Matthew Lerner Psychology

233 Andrew Seunghyun Lee

Increased Microglial Priming in Autism Spectrum Disorder: an Immunocytochemical Study in Postmortem Human Temporal Cortex

Patricia Whitaker-Azmitia Psychology

234 Jinah Lee Learning from Foregone Rewards Christian Luhmann Psychology

235 Edward Liu Michael Mennella

Predivorce Conflict from Fathers Predicts Depression and Anxiety in College Students

Daniel O’Leary Psychology

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Project Title

Mentor(s)

236 Dorothy McGee The Relationship between Extraversion, Coping Skills and Resilience *also a Psi-Chi oral presentation, SAC 302

Turhan Canli Psychology

237 Maxwell Moore Andrew Seunghyun Lee

Comparing methods for quantitatively examining immunohistochemical labeling of microglia in postmortem human temporal cortex

Patricia Whitaker-Azmitia Psychology

238 Matthew Moss Samira Stutman

Role of Uncertainty in Perceptual Decision-Making in Individuals with Anxiety

Aprajita Mohanty Psychology

239 Alessandra Riccio Yi Gao Anna Tarasova

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Secure Base Script Knowledge Predict Mothers’ Beliefs about Spoiling

Kristin Bernard Psychology

240 Haley Wodarczyk Romantic Competence and its Role as a Predictor of Positive Emotion Expression

Joanne Davila Psychology

241 Amanda Buddenhagen Sharif Shadi Amy Scholly

Study of Athletes as a Subculture on Stony Brook University Campus

Linda Wicks Sociology

242 Tiara Miller Lucy Mendolia

Commuter and Residential Subcultures at Stony Brook University

Linda Wicks Sociology

243 Gary Sarrica Victoria Saggio Sarah Saggio

The Study of the Arts and Humanities Subculture at Stony Brook University

Linda Wicks Sociology

244 Nikita Vozenilek Lost in Translation: The Student Veteran on a College Campus

Catherine Marrone Sociology

245 Cheng Yang Danielle Dostaly Alyssa Korpi Dong Min Rhee

Campus Diversity : A Case of International Chinese and American Chinese Students

Linda Wicks Sociology

246 Nadia Bahadur Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of the Labyrinthulomycetes

Jackie Collier SoMAS

247 Michael Cashin Preference in Prey Type and Size of Crepidula fornicata and Mytilus edulis by the Mesopredator Dyspanopeus sayi

Bradley Peterson SoMAS

248 Joseph Clark Modulation of Variability and Projected Change in Winter Precipitation by Extratropical Cyclone Activity over Mid-latitude Regions

Edmund K.M. Chang SoMAS

249 Keenan Fryer Using IMPOWR Field Data to Validate Warm Season Low-Level Jets in the WRF Model Offshore of Southern New England

Brian Colle SoMAS

250 Joshua Garcia Arsenic Cycling in Amazonian Mudbanks Roy Price Robert Aller SoMAS

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251 Ella Holme Arsenic Content and Speciation in Shallow-sea Hydrothermal Vent Fluids and Sediments: Competing Variables in an Acidified Ocean

Roy Price SoMAS

252 Albany Jacobson Eckert A Study of the Abundance of Labyrinthulomycetes in Sites Around the North Shore of Long Island

Jackie Collier SoMAS

253 Taylor Mandelbaum Using Model Climatology to Develop a Confidence Metric for Operational Forecasting

Brian Colle SoMAS

254 Jocelyn Tallmon The Impact of Human Settlement around Lake Wamala Kamazima Lwiza SoMAS

255 Breanna Zavadoff Examining Tropical Cyclone Development in the Southwest Caribbean Sea

Thomas Galarneau, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO Brian Colle, SoMAS

256 Susana Barros-Sierra Mahin Choudhury Mariah Donohue Mai Fahmy Andrew Fiorenzo Nicholas Fusco Robert Hong Lu Hsu Christine Jette Kenneth Lee Serafina Margono Izzie Montello Olivia Mooney Marina Nasr Michael Moawad Nawin Sahebzada Shamin Sahebzada Akhil Saini Daniela Sallangos Jasmine Tata Tinna Wong

Sublethal Effects of a Popular Herbicide (Roundup) on Earthworms (Eisenia fetida)

Sharon Pochron Sustainability Studies Program

257 Nicole Casamassina Evaluation of Hurricane Preparedness for New Jersey Maria Brown Sustainability Studies Program

258 Mahin Choudhury Mariah Donohue Mai Fahmy Nawin Sahebzada Shamin Sahebzada Akhil Saini

Investigating a Pervasive Experimental Anomaly in the Field of Ecotoxicology: Weight Loss and Mortality in Earthworm Control Groups

Sharon Pochron Sustainability Studies Program

259 Christina Giordanella Chang Ma Anthony Balado

Effect of Bicarbonate Concentration on Algal Growth Rates, Nutrient Uptake, and Lipid Production

Katherine Aubrecht Chemistry James Hoffmann Sustainability Studies Program

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Project Title

Mentor(s)

260 Hogyeum Joo Awareness Assessment of Ashley Schiff Park Preserve Marc Fasanella Sharon Pochron Sustainability Studies Program

261 Nicole LiBretto Sean Paul

A Techno-Economic Exploratory on Mixed Feedstock Ethanol Facilities

Arlene Cassidy Sustainability Studies Program

262 Vani Nayyar Emily Nocito Armend Perasevic Kristin Welch

Engaging Suffolk County Residents on the Potential Use of Constructed Wetlands for Nitrogen Removal from Domestic Septic-Tank Effluent: Development of a Small-Scale Physical Demonstration with Educational Materials

James Hoffmann Sustainability Studies Program

263 Shamin Sahebzada The Measles Vaccine, Autism, and Anti-Vaccination: a Computer Modeling Approach to Understanding the Ramifications of Reduced Vaccination

James Hoffmann Sustainability Studies Program

264 Alexandrea Van Loo Andrew Fiorenza Andrew Clay Rebecca Glayzer

Evaluating Human and Animal Use of the Ashley Schiff Park Preserve on Stony Brook University Campus

Sharon Pochron Sustainability Studies Program

265 SB Young Investigators Review

Young Investigators Review Interdisciplinary – involving mentors from multiple departments

***The Celebration provides an informal venue for student researchers to present work in progress. Data presented may be preliminary and presentations do not constitute scientific publications. Data and findings presented at the symposium or included in the abstracts may not be distributed, reported or referenced elsewhere without the written permission of the corresponding (faculty) author.

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CONFERENCE

Student Activities Center, Room 305 Student Presentations (1 -2:30)

Welcome The Role of Setting in the Gothic Tanner Bruckmann; Advisor: Peter Manning, Department of English Trans-Generic and Trans-Generational Communications in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Tales Georgia Cartmill; Advisor: Susan Scheckel, Department of English Complementizer ‘That’ in Sense and Sensibility Elizabeth Hermitt: Advisors: Lori Repetti, Department of Linguistics; Bente Videbaek, Department of English Cauterizing the Molecular: Walt Whitman and the Psychic Trauma of Civil War Eleftherios Mastronikolas; Advisor: Susan Scheckel, Department of English Manhattan Projects: U.S. Imperialism and the Politics of Humanity in Contemporary New York Literature Brian Mazeski; Advisor: Justin Johnston, Department of English Philosophies of Self-Interest in The Wire Tyler Ohlhorst; Advisor: Michael Rubenstein, Department of English This Side of Paradise, an Experimental Verse Novel Christine Publik; Advisor: Celia Marshik, Department of English The Wonderful Women of Oz Noel Reich; Advisor: Robert Kaplan/Susan Scheckel, Department of English Reconstructing a Nation Divided: Whitman’s Civil War Poetry Ryan Stears; Advisor: Susan Scheckel, Department of English *Note: order of presentations may vary.

HISTORY DEPARTMENT CONFERENCE Student Activities Center, Room 304

Student Presentations (10:00-3:00)

Welcome. Joel Rosenthal, Department of History 10:10-10:30 am Voices in the Wilderness: Father Coughlin and Great Depression America Charles Conti; Advisor: Michael Barnhart, Department of History 10:30-10:50 am America’s Longest War(s) and Why We Went Knute Armstrong: Advisor: Michael Barnhart, Department of History 10:50-11:10 am An Unsung Hero: The Negro Universities Press in the Black Studies Movement Janelle Jerome; Advisor: Joshua Teplisky, Department of History 11:10-11:30 am Ghada Amer: Middle Eastern Artists and the Duality of Representation Kristin Firestine: Advisors: Sara Lipton, Department of History; Shoki Goodarzi, Art Department

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11:30-11:50 am Queenship, Magic and Legitimacy in the Hittite Empire: The Tawananna Affair Tiara Hess; Advisors: Sara Lipton and Paul Zimansky, Department of History 11:50 am-12:10 pm The Near Impossibility of Chivalrous Warfare in the Hundred Years' War. Shiva Chakraborty; Advisor: Sara Lipton, Department of History 12:10-12:30 pm The Queen of Hart's Alley: A History of Societal Views Toward Tattooed Women in America Colleen Cheslak; Advisor: Bill Miller, Department of History LUNCH BREAK 1:30-1:50 pm Walking Through the Corn Maize: The Rise of Corn Culture in the American Diet, 1930-Present Emily Lang; Advisor: Nancy Tomes, Department of History 1:50-2:10 pm Race and the Development of John Brown Historic Sites in the United States, 1880-1930 Elena Paparetto; Advisor: Nancy Tomes, Department of History 2:10-2:30 pm Intolerable Inaction: The 1956 House Special Subcommittee to Study Presidential Inability and the Road to the 25th Amendment, 1881-1967 Daniel Brennan; Advisor: Nancy Tomes, Department of History 2:30-2:50 pm White Slavery: the Manipulation of Abolition. Khondker Hossain; Advisor: Shobana Shankar, Department of History Closing Remarks & Presentation of Certificates

PSYCHOLOGY / PSI CHI CONFERENCE Student Activities Center, Room 305

Student Presentations (11:00 am – 12:00 pm)

I. ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Welcome, Psi Chi Coordinator 11:00-11:15 am The Relationship between Extraversion, Coping Skills and Resilience Dorothy McGee; Advisor: Turhan Canli, Department of Psychology 11:15-11:30 am How Nicknames Alter Perceptions of Character Traits Hannah Mieczkowski; Advisor: Franco Amati, Department of Psychology 11:30 am-11:45 am Interpretations of Prognostic Information and their Effect on Surrogate Decision Making Sugandha Gupta; Advisor: Anne Moyer, Department of Psychology

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WRITING & RHETORIC PROGRAM CONFERENCE Student Activities Center, Room 302

Student Presentations (10:00-12:35; 2:30-4:45)

Welcome. 10:10-10:20 am The Personal Essay Sushank Chibber; Advisor: Rita Nezami, Program in Writing and Rhetoric 10:25-10:35 am Analysis of Julio Cortazar’s Axolotl Alixandra Parisi; Advisor: Rashmi Rai, Program in Writing and Rhetoric 10:40-10:50 am Why DACA is Important Julio Villarman; Advisor: Robert Kaplan, Program in Writing and Rhetoric 10:55-11:05 am Effect of Mother Tongue Retention on Assimilation into Mainstream Society Nolan Kim; Advisor: Rashmi Rai, Program in Writing and Rhetoric 11:10-11:20 am Project BEaUtifull Shreeya Tuladhar, Suson Maharjan, Kasmika Maharjan, Yiji Suh; Advisor: Cynthia Davidson, Program in Writing and Rhetoric 11:25-11:35 am Transferable Technology: Why the United States Should Continue Investing in Space Lukas Vasadi; Advisor: Robert Kaplan, Program in Writing and Rhetoric 11:40-11:50 am Schizofascism: Deleuze, Guattari…Trump? Eleftherios Mastronikolas; Advisor: Robert Kaplan, Program in Writing and Rhetoric 11:55 am-12:05 pm Faith as Law in Kafka’s The Trial Nicholas Lepore; Advisor: Rashmi Rai, Program in Writing and Rhetoric 12:10-12:20 pm Self-Driving Cars Undermine Societal Norms and Ethics Timothy Wong; Advisor: Shyam Sharma, Program in Writing and Rhetoric 12:25-12:35 pm A Metabolic Framework for Lipd Dysregulation in Prostate Cancer Simon d’Oelsnitz: Advisor: Robert Kaplan, Program in Writing and Rhetoric *BREAK* 2:30-2:40 pm The Compatibility of Islam and Democracy Sohaib Agha; Advisor: Rashmi Rai, Program in Writing and Rhetoric 2:45-2:55 pm History and Fantasy: Reality and Escape in Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth Rachel O’Connell; Advisor: Rashmi Rai, Program in Writing and Rhetoric

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3:00-3:10 pm An Urgent Call for the Revaluation of Antidepressant Use Among Adolescents Colin Roye: Advisor: Rashmi Rai, Program in Writing and Rhetoric 3:15-3:25 pm Success in Learning Writing Online Matthew Lee; Advisor: MaryAnn Duffy, Program in Writing and Rhetoric 3:30-3:40 pm Communicating Cancer Drug Development Research to General Audiences Caroline McNaughton; Advisor: Robert Kaplan, Program in Writing and Rhetoric 3:45-3:55 pm Women’s Health Jean Adomfeh; Advisor: Sarah Azzara, Program in Writing and Rhetoric 4:00-4:10 pm Confessions of an Undergraduate Writing Consultant Sugandha Gupta; Advisor: Robert Kaplan, Program in Writing and Rhetoric 4:15-4:25 pm I-Search Paper: Alernative Energy for Reducing Pollution Vikrant Bhatnagar: Advisor: Shyam Sharma, Program in Writing and Rhetoric 4:30-4:40 pm E-sport is not a 'Sport' Mington Wu; Advisor: Shyam Sharma, Program in Writing and Rhetoric *Note: order of presentations may vary.

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ENGINEERING SENIOR DESIGN PRESENTATIONS Student Activities Center, SAC Auditorium

Student Presentations (9:00-11:00)

Welcome.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (1) (9:05--9:15 am)

Automated Mixologist Derek Willms, Michael Binkowski, Joseph Divirgilio; Faculty Advisors: Thomas Rosati & Vivek Yadav, Department of Mechanical Engineering

CHEMICAL & MOLECULAR ENGINEERING (9:15-9:30 am)

Development of Feedstock-Flexible Ethanol Plants in the Midwest Debayon Dutta, Jennifer Imbrogno, Nicole LiBretto, Zhi Han Lin Faculty advisor: Devinder Mahajan, Department of Materials Science & Engineering

CIVIL ENGINEERING (9:30-9:45 am)

Sheep Pasture Road Bridge Placement Over the LIRR Emily Chao, Anthony Cundari, Judy Li, Gabriela Saenz Faculty advisors: Sherif Abdelaziz, Ryan Kent Giles, Harold Walker, Anil Yazici, Department of Civil Engineering

ENGINEERING SCIENCE (10:00-10:15 am)

Autonomous Early Wildfire Detecting Drone –“The Phenix” Edward Gildersleeve, Valliappan Lakshmanan, Martin Nunlee, Nicole Pasquino, Geoffery Rippy Faculty Advisors: Peter Milder, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering T. Venkatesh, Department of Materials Science & Engineering

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING (10:15-10:30 am)

An Affordable, Low-Energy, Wearable, Wireless ECG Monitor Salwa Anam, Juan Bastidas, Scott Dow, Ashley Zerbe, Hui Zheng Faculty advisor: Helmut Strey, Department of Biomedical Engineering

ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING (10:30-10:45 am)

Campus App Sheryar Shah, Amir Ahmed, Albert Ibragimov, Suk-Ho Wong Advisor: Dr. Fan Ye, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (2) (10:45-10:55 am)

BCI Use with Patients with Cerebral Palsy Hayden Adams, Vincent Bianco, Jessica Jolley, Qikun Wang Faculty Advisors: Thomas Rosati and & Vivek Yadav, Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Art, SAC Gallery

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URECA ART EXHIBIT

Celebrating Student Art: April 18-27, SAC Gallery

Student Artists:

Andri Achilleos ● Ruejen Bacungan ● Kwabena Bame Busia ● Kyle Brown Talia Brown ● Michael Castro ● Fei Chen ● Zhao Chen ● Martin Chittum

Maryann Crisci ● Brianna D'Amato ● Ashley D'Auito ● Daniel Donato Valentine Edwards ● Ryan Fleming ● Xin He ● Jenifer Holden

Youlanda Holder- Woods ● Jessica Hoyt ● Neil Huang ● Adam Inzalaco Jeffrey Kravitz ● Jenny Lam ● Youra Lee ● Kristina Legland

Dan Li ● Juanwen liu ● Ricardo Mejias ● Yuandan Ni ● Frank Pittarese Zaineb Qureshi ● Maxwell Reff ● Amanda K. Rehm ● Ran Ren

Madiha Kiran Saeed ● Maedeh Safari ● Nihar Sonalkar Mihnea-Lucian Udrea ● Jennifer Ulloa ● Kristin Walter ● Xavier Yondvale

Art Department Sponsors:

Undergraduates presenting at this student exhibit—sponsored by URECA and featured as part of the Shirley Strum Kenny Student Arts Festival—have worked with Studio Art faculty, graduate students and staff, including:

Isak Berbic, Toby Buonagurio, Jasna Boudard, Heather Cruce

Stephanie Dinkins, Karine Falleni, Martin Levine, Nobuho Nagasawa Jason Paradis, Howardena Pindell, Dan Richolt

Kimberly Ruth, Lorena Salcedo-Watson, Chris Semergieff

Sponsor of Prizes

Office of the Dean of Students, Stony Brook University

Curatorial Assistants: Daniel Donato, Logan Marks, Rebecca Uliasz