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University Library& Building 9
University Library1st Floor
Music Recital HallBuilding 24, Rm. 191
University Library3rd Floor - Grand Reading Room
11:45 am - 3:30 pm
11:00 am - 2:45pm
3:15 - 4:15 pm
4:30 - 5:30 pm
RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE
Michael TranUndergraduate student majoring in Music Education
Featured Music Performance Music Recital Hall, Building 24, Room 191 from 4:30 to 4:40 pm
Join us for a special music performance by Michael Tran and faculty mentorDr. Nadia Shpachenko. They will be performing “wgah’nagl fhtagn” byThomas Kotcheff, a Los Angeles based composer and pianist.
Presentation Abstract:Contemporary music is the future of music. In order for this art to live on andto be relevant, new music must be created and played. This piece by ThomasKotcheff named “wgah’nagl fhtagn” is a duet for piano/toy piano that waswritten with inspiration from the story of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft. The namecomes as part of the chant that Cthulhu’s worshipers chant. This 9 minute pieceexudes raw emotions in the form of delicate chords and intricate rhythms.
RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE
Session 1- Behavioral Sciences - Oral Presentations
Building 15, Rm. 1828 - 1st Floor - 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
TimeProject Title/Authors
LOS HORCONES, OFFERING 1: ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE SENSES
Authors: Luke Burnor, Marlen Hinojosa12:00 - 12:15
HOW DO PRIMARY SYSTEMS AFFECT ELECTORAL OUTCOMES?
Authors: Esteven Sanchez
12:15 - 12:30
HOW INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCE MEASURES INFORM EVENT PROCESSING IN MONOLINGUAL AND EARLY AND LATE BILINGUAL SPANISH SPEAKERS
Authors: Cloe Zeidan12:30 - 12:45
BREAK 12:45 - 1:00
THE POWER IN INDIVIDUAL CONSENT: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF HOW GATEKEEPING AND STEREOTYPES AFFECT ACCESS TO
STUDENT-VETERANS IN THE QUALITATIVE INTERVIEW PROCESS
Authors: William Atienza
1:00 - 1:15
DO ATTORNEYS EVEN MATTER? : A LOOK AT SUPREME COURT DECISION-MAKING
Authors: Kristen Khair1:15 - 1:30
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1:30 - 1:45
THE EFFECT OF A PARTISAN MEDIA DIET ON POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
Authors: Renae Bruce1:45 - 2:00
THE UNDERREPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN POLITICS
Authors: Brittany Banner2:00 - 2:15
TRUMP VS THE MEDIA
Authors: Edith Perez2:15 - 2:30
CAMPUS MENTAL HEALTH: A STUDY AND EVALUATION ON CAL POLY’S COUNSELING AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES
Authors: Ericka Hernandez2:30 - 2:45
IS THERE A CONNECTION BETWEEN FOOD PRICES AND REVOLUTIONS?
Authors: Barrett Tate2:45 - 3:00
RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE Session 2 - Biological & Agricultural Sciences, Grad Oral Presentations
Building 9, Rm. 243 - 2nd Floor - 12:00 pm - 2:15 pm
IDENTIFICATION OF A PHOSPHATASE-ENCODING SPERM GENE IN THE NEMATODE CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS
Authors: Gaurav Prajapati
12:00 - 12:15
EFFECTS OF PHLOROTANNIN AND NUTRITION CONCENTRATION OF BROWN SEAWEEDS (PHAEOPHYCEAE) ON FEEDING RATES OF THE BLACK SEA HARE APLYSIA VACCARIA.
Authors: Danielle Mchaskell
12:15 - 12:30
PSEUDOCRYPTIC SPECIATION OF TWO EASTERN PACIFIC SEA SLUG SPECIES
Authors: Austin Estores-Pacheco
12:30 - 12:45
THE TRANSPACIFIC SPECIES BERTHELLA CALIFORNICA IS A SPECIES COMPLEX
Authors: Hessam Ghanimi
12:45 - 1:00
Break
1:00 - 1:15
VERNALIZATION INDUCES FLOWERING IN AQUILEGIA COERULEA
Authors: Timothy Batz
1:15 - 1:30
PROTECTIVE IMMUNE RESPONSE AGAINST H1N1 INFLUENZA CHAL-LENGE IN BALB/C MICE VACCINATED WITH LIPOSOMES CONTAIN-ING ADJUVANTS AND NO INFLUENZA PROTEIN
Authors: Eden Faneuff
1:30 - 1:45
VACCINATION WITH A LIPOSOMAL VACCINE CONTAINING ASPER-GILLUS PROTEINS PROTECTS MICE AGAINST PULMONARY ASPER-GILLOSIS CAUSED BY AZOLE RESISTANT STRAINS OF ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS’
Authors: Matthew Slarve
1:45 - 2:00
EFFICACY AGAINST HSV-2 VAGINAL INFECTION IN MICE FOLLOWING VACCINATION WITH LIPOSOMES CONTAINING THE IMMUNOGENIC HERPES SIMPLEX (HSV-2) GD TRIPEPTIDE AND THE IMMUNOSTIM-ULATING ADJUVANT TUCARESOL
Authors: Yasmin Elhajmoussa
2:00 - 2:15
TimeProject Title/Authors
RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE
Session 3 - Biological & Agricultural Sciences, Undergrad Oral Presentations
Building 9, Rm. 251 - 2nd Floor - 12:00 pm - 2:15 pm
THE EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF MAILLARD CONJUGATES AND BILE SALTS IN THE RELEASE OF FREE FATTY ACIDS DURING SIMULATED DIGESTIONS OF EMULSIONS.
Authors: Dena Jones
12:00 - 12:15
DETERMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ORANGE POMACE EXTRACT AS A NATURAL ANTIMICROBIAL
Authors: Jonathan Guo12:15 - 12:30
EXPLORING SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ARCHAEAL VIRUSES THROUGH CHIMERIC GENE CONSTRUCTS
Authors: Robert Manuel12:30 - 12:45
ESTABLISHMENT OF A CANDIDA ALBICANS INFECTION MOD-EL IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS FOR STUDY OF FUNGAL PATHOGENESIS
Authors: Ielyzaveta Pomytkina
12:45 - 1:00
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1:00 - 1:15
AEROSOLIZED LIPOSOMAL AMPHOTERICIN B (AMBISOME) MAIN-TAINS ANTIFUNGAL DRUG CONCENTRATIONS IN LUNGS FOR UP TO FIVE DAYS POST-TREATMENT
Authors: Janam Dave
1:15 - 1:30
VACUUMING AS AN ALTERNATIVE CONTROL METHOD FOR THE IN-VASIVE PEST, BAGRADA HILARIS
Authors: Joseph Wolf1:30 - 1:45
ANALYZING MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION AMONG HONEY BEE (APIS MELLIFERA) INDIVIDUALS WITH DIFFERENT FORAGING BEHAVIORS ON WATERMELON FLOWERS (CITRULLUS LANATUS)
Authors: Marisol Torres
1:45 - 2:00
THE USE OF PRUNING, CYTOKININ APPLICATION, AND FERTILIZER APPLICATION TO INCREASE FLUSH IN MURRAYA KOENIGII AND SUBSEQUENT EGG LAYING BY ACP
Authors: Kathleen Nunez
2:00 - 2:15
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RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE
Session 4 - Humanities & Letters - Oral Presentations
Building 15, Rm. 2913 - 2nd Floor - 12:00 pm - 3:15 pm
CROSSDRESSING AND CLASSDRESSING IN AS YOU LIKE ITAuthors: Amanda Riggle
12:00 - 12:15
PERPETUATION OF BELIEF SYSTEMS AND OBEDIENCE THROUGH IMITATION: RHETORICAL STORYTELLING IN THE BOOK OF JOBAuthors: Samantha St. Claire
12:15 - 12:30
WHY RAPE DURING WARTIME SHOULD BE PUNISHABLE AS A CRIME AGAINST HU-MANITYAuthors: Zardana Nawabi
12:30 - 12:45
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12:45 - 1:00
GLOBAL JUSTICE: PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO DISCHARGE RESPONSIBILITYAuthors: Joshua Ebiner
1:00 - 1:15
FRUITS OF MY LEISURE: A CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISAuthors: Blake Eaton
1:15 - 1:30
“WHERE DO I BELONG, HERE OR WHERE YOU ARE?”: A POSTCOLONIAL FEMINIST READING OF “WIDE SARGASSO SEA” AND “CORPSE SONG”Authors: Parveena Singh, Devon Mier
1:30 - 1:45
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1:45 - 2:00
FRANKENSTEIN AS A TRAGEDY OF LIMITATIONSAuthors: Casey Marler-Marshall
2:00 - 2:15
IMPLICATIONS OF THE INTERSECTIONALITY OF DRUGS AND POVERTY: A CRITIQUE ON THE PHILOSOPHICAL DEFENSE FOR DRUG DECRIMINALIZATIONAuthors: Jasmine Diaz
2:15 - 2:30
THERE’S NOTHING COMMON ABOUT COMMON COREAuthors: Cameron Pastrano
2:30 - 2:45
IT’S A NEW YORKER THING: HOW THE BIG APPLE SHAPED THE IDEOLOGY OF FOUR SUPREME COURT JUSTICES.Authors: Danielle Correa
2:45 - 3:00
PRACTICE TESTS AND WORKSHOPS: DO THEY HELP STUDENTS PASS STANDARD-IZED ESSAY TESTS?Authors: Alexis Letner, Christopher Buglino
3:00 - 3:15
TimeProject Title/Authors
RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE
Session 5 - Engineering - Oral Presentations
Building 9, Rm. 209 - 2nd Floor - 12:00 pm - 2:45 pm
HOT CORROSION OF HIGH ENTROPY ALLOYS IN MOLTEN SALTS
Authors: Alexander Jalbuena, Steven Pierce, Carinne Lukiman12:00 - 12:15
HOT CORROSION TESTING OF CO-, NI- AND FE-BASED ALLOYS USING A DEAN’S RIG
Authors: Carinne Lukiman, Steven Pierce, Alexander Jalbuena12:15 - 12:30
CORROSION BEHAVIOR OF METALLIC ALLOYS IN A MOLTEN CHLORIDE EUTECTIC SALT FOR NUCLEAR REACTOR COOLANT
Authors: Dominic Dinh, Touba Shah, Peter Kang, Savannah Rodriguez12:30 - 12:45
OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THIN FILM OXIDES GROWN ON FERROUS AND NON-FERROUS METALS
Authors: Hernan Lopez, Samuel Navarrete, Yen Pung Chu, Gordon Butler12:45 - 1:00
THE REACTIVE ELEMENT EFFECT ON THE OXIDATION BEHAVIOR OF NICKEL ALU-MINIDE COATINGS
Authors: Nicholas Ury, Annette Wagner, Eric Quach, Ananda Gutierrez1:00 - 1:15
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1:15 - 1:30
CORROSION RESISTANCE OF METAL-CERAMIC COMPOSITES PRODUCED BY DIRECTED METAL OXIDATION
Authors: Salar Tabesh, Christopher Kha, Joshua Diaz, Ian Lemon, Jason Brayshaw, Kentaro Fujimoto Lunn
1:30 - 1:45
ELECTROCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF TITANIUM ALLOYS FOR BIOMEDICAL HIP IMPLANTS
Authors: Kevin Robles , Jacob Benoun1:45 - 2:00
ALUMINIZATION OF NICKEL-BASE SUPERALLOYS BY SLURRY AND PACK CEMENTATION PROCESSES
Authors: Kailey Hanan, Kenneth C. Hirscht, Keith Inouye, Steven Ochoa2:00 - 2:15
MODELING THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS OF ALUMINIZED AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEELS
Authors: Deepali Patil, Bryce Virgin2:15 - 2:30
MORPHOLOGY DEVELOPMENT OF ALUMINIDE COATINGS ON MO-SI-B-TI ALLOYS
Authors: Zachery Walsh, Shahan Kasnakjian, Logan Gallegos, Deepali Patil2:30 - 2:45
TimeProject Title/Authors
RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE
Session 6 - Multidiciplinary - Oral Presentations
Building 15, Rm. 2907 - 2nd Floor - 12:00 pm - 3:15 pm
HOW IS MILLENNIAL WOMEN’S INTEREST IN FEMALE FITNESS PRODUCTS SHAPED?
Authors: Mahta Mirzaeiramin, Cailin Kuchenbecker, Quynh Le12:00 - 12:15
EXAMINING COLLEGE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR READINESS FOR ACADEMIC ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND THEIR RELATED SELF-EFFICACY BASED ON CONTENT, CONTEXTUAL, AND PROCESS COMPONENTS
Authors: Colin Adamik
12:15 - 12:30
INNOVATIVE CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT
Authors: Michael Ramirez, Laura Dasilva, Nguyen Nguyen, Cheyenne Romero12:30 - 12:45
UPLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT GARDEN PROGRAM
Authors: Daniel Legat, David Bañuelas12:45 - 1:00
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1:00 - 1:15
HOW COMPANIES CAN EXPAND THEIR TRADITIONAL GENDER MARKETS: A LOOK AT RE-VERSED GENDER ADVERTISEMENTS
Authors: Cailin Kuchenbecker1:15 - 1:30
FIREARM REGULATION & VIOLENCE PREVENTION IN AMERICA
Authors: Adrian Sosa1:30 - 1:45
UTILIZATION OF ORANGE-PROCESSING BY-PRODUCTS IN FOOD APPLICATIONS
Authors: Erik Dassoff1:45 - 2:00
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2:00 - 2:15
TITLE IX: EVALUATING BEST PRACTICES IN SEXUAL MISCONDUCT POLICIES, PROCE-DURES, AND RESOURCES
Authors: Gustavo Callejas
2:15 - 2:30
CHANGING PARTICIPATION: A CLOSER LOOK AT DACA STUDENTS AND THEIR PEERS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
Authors: Ivan Sanchez2:30 - 2:45
EDUCATION FOR EVERY ONE? THE GAP BETWEEN LOW INCOME AND WEALTHY PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES
Authors: Sarita Vidal2:45 - 3:00
ANALYZING THE DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER OF 2011
Authors: Athenamarie Garcia-Gunn3:00 - 3:15
TimeProject Title/Authors
RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE
Session 7 - Engineering - Oral Presentations
Building 9, Rm. 307 - 3rd Floor - 12:00 pm - 3:15 pm
FREE SURFACE ELECTROSPUN POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE MEMBRANES FOR DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION
Authors: Carson Gattenby, Sebastian Olarte, Dajohn Murray
12:00 - 12:15
TRIBOELECTRIFICATION
Authors: Erik Jensen, Maria Rullan
12:15 - 12:30
THERMAL NITRIDATION OF STAINLESS STEEL BIPOLAR PLATES IN PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS
Authors: Kevin Duong, Adrian Barcimo
12:30 - 12:45
EVALUATION OF SURFACE MODIFIED STAINLESS STEELS AND TITANIUM FOR FUEL CELLS
Authors: Shehab Bassiouni, Sean Vinik, Fiona Follett, Brooke Singleton
12:45 - 1:00
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1:00 - 1:15
3D PRINTING GRAPHENE-ENHANCED LI-ION BATTERY AND GRAPHENE SUPERCAPACI-TORS
Authors: Matthew Tisbe, Nicholas Ferguson, Amanda Ramos, Jeffrey Lee, Calvin Nguyen, Ben Cheng, Alfredo Collazo, Alexander Lau, Jose Lopez, Alexander Botello, Albert Armien-ta
1:15 - 1:30
ELECTROCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF TITANIUM ALLOYS FOR BIOMEDICAL HIP IMPLANTS
Authors: Michael Svidensky, Neelam Patel, Jaewan Bae, Carlos Pacheco, Vanessa Gomez
1:30 - 1:45
SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF NOVEL POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES
Authors: Steven Ochoa
1:45 - 2:00
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2:00 - 2:15
ELECTROCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF ALUMINUM FOAMS FOR PROTON EXCHANGE MEM-BRANE ELECTROLYZER CELLS
Authors: Ho Lun Chan, Kevin Guo, Milena Mccarthy
2:15 - 2:30
CO-NI-GA: SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS
Authors: Matthew Tom, Joliette Li, Christopher Bautista
2:30 - 2:45
SURFACE ADHESION EFFECTS OF PMMA (POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE)) OF MEDICAL GRADE UHMWPE (ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE) AFTER COLD PLAS-MA TREATMENT
Authors: Panik Moradian, Bianca Cruz
2:45 - 3:00
DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS
Authors: Victoria Nguyen, Mitchell Mathes, Michael Ku, Sandie To, Hang Cao, Brian Case
3:00 - 3:15
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RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE
Session 8 - Engineering - Oral Presentations
Building 9, Rm. 325 - 3rd Floor - 11:45 am - 3:00 pm
INFLIGHT POWER GENERATION AND STORAGE IN AIRPLANES
Authors: Jonathan Franco, Ian Pollard, Jake Alder, Steve Betts11:45 - 12:00
SESIMIC ENERGY AND FRICTION DAMPERS
Authors: Brent Wilder12:00 - 12:15
INDOOR SEARCH AND RESCUE USING UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS
Authors: Antonio Herrera, Thinh Nguyen12:15 - 12:30
METAMATERIALS FOR SEISMIC ISOLATION OF SERVER RACKS
Authors: Lucas Gabaldo Borghese12:30 - 12:45
DESIGN, AND TESTING OF A SOLAR-DRIVEN WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT FOR OFF-GRID APPLICATIONS.
Authors: Justine Nguyen, Daniel Andrade, Thuan Nguyen, Kyle Miller, Masoud Modaber-nia, John Kest, Johnny Baradii, Laura Lopez, Binh Phun, David Jacobo
12:45 - 1:00
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1:00 - 1:15
DESIGN AND EXPERIMENTAL TESTING OF AIR GAP MEMBRANE DISTILLATION TEST CELL
Authors: Benny Ly, Aaron Chan, Keaton Cornell1:15 - 1:30
ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AS A LIVING LABORATORY
Authors: Paola Grano, Warjay Naigan, Martin Flores, Stephanie Osorio, Renz Soriano, An-gela Truong, Gustavo Perez, Christopher Thomas, Carolyn Soy, Rima Sabih, Yasmin Proa
1:30 - 1:45
WASTEWATER SANITATION AND RECLAMATION: ONSITE SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Authors: Christopher Chiu1:45 - 2:00
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2:00 - 2:15
AUTONOMOUS COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM FOR UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS US-ING STEREOSCOPIC VISION
Authors: Erwin Perez, Alexander Winger, Alex Tran, Nick Keti, Carlos Garcia-Paredes2:15 - 2:30
FLIGHT TESTING, DATA COLLECTION, AND SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION OF A MULTICOPTER UAV
Authors: Sung Hyeok Cho2:30 - 2:45
AUTONOMOUS COLLISION AVOIDANCE OF UAVS WITH ADS-B TRANSPONDERS
Authors: Tristan Sherman, Mitchell Caudle, Hana Haideri, Jimmy Lopez2:45 - 3:00
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RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE Session 9 - Physical & Mathematical Sciences Oral Presentations
Building 9, Rm. 333 - 3rd Floor - 12:00 pm - 3:15 pm
MOTION OF A CHARGED PARTICLE WITHIN A ROTATING BLACK HOLE
Authors: Davian Harry, Jennifer Oum
12:00 - 12:15
OBSERVATIONS THROUGH THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM IN NEAR INFRARED
Authors: Christopher Mendoza, Aaron Kim
12:15 - 12:30
A SENSITIVE METHOD FOR AGING STELLAR BIRTHPLACES
Authors: Evan Nunez
12:30 - 12:45
USING HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY TO MEASURE EXOPLANETARY RADIAL VELOCI-TY
Authors: Luis Ernesto Nunez
12:45 - 1:00
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1:00 - 1:15
MODELING THE DETECTABILITY OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE WITH GEMINI PLANET IMAGER
Authors: Christina Vides
1:15 - 1:30
INTERPLANETARY CUBESAT SOLAR SAIL MISSION
Authors: Holly Everson, Guadalupe Romero Bravo, Steven Jaworski, Sofiya Pascual, Riza Dayapera, Aerbwong Chitamitara, Suleman Jalal, Erica Arroyo, Justin Toney
1:30 - 1:45
DESIGN OF A SMALL-SCALE INFLATABLE MARTIAN ENTRY VEHICLE FOR PRANDTL-M
Authors: Nguyen Pham, Adam Charron, Jessica Ortiz, Alexander Rey, Andrew Tibbels
1:45 - 2:00
BREAK
2:00 - 2:15
QUANTIFICATION OF TRACE FERMENTATION PRODUCTS BY 2D NMR
Authors: Liliana Cahuas, Michael Tran, Erica Hummel, Ana Cortes, Jacqueline Scott
2:15 - 2:30
DEOXYDEHYDRATION REACTION CATALYZED BY DIOXOMOLYBDENUM COMPLEXES OF SALAN LIGANDS
Authors: Garrit Clabaugh
2:30 - 2:45
EXAFS AND ΜXRF ANALYSIS OF ARSENIC SPECIATION AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION IN MINE TAILINGS: IMPLICATIONS FOR PHYSICAL WEATHERING, BIOACCESSIBILITY, AND RE-MEDIATION
Authors: Manuel Vejar
2:45 - 3:00
REFINEMENT OF TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE NORTHEAST BIG MARIA MOUNTAINS, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.
Authors: Anthony Lebeau
3:00 - 3:15
TimeProject Title/Authors
RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE Session 10 - Biological and Physical Sciences Oral Presentations
Building 9, Rm. 335 - 3rd Floor - 12:00 pm - 3:15 pm
IMPROVING PLANT RESISTANT TO POWDERY MILDEW DISEASE
Authors: Stephanie Mora Garcia, Ryan Schiefelbein, Paul Larsen
12:00 - 12:15
DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF A LOW FREQUENCY NEAR INFRARED RAMAN MICROSCOPE FOR LIQUID AND SOLID-STATE SAMPLE ANALYSIS
Authors: Sevan Menachekanian
12:15 - 12:30
MICROBIAL SAFETY ASSESSMENT OF ORANGE POMACE GENERATED FROM FRESH-JUICING PROCESS
Authors: Huiying Hu, Carolina Maksudi
12:30 - 12:45
TERNARY COMPLEXES THROUGH MAILLARD CONJUGATION OF SODIUM CASEINATE, DEX-TRAN AND RESVERATROL TO BE USED AS EMULSIFIERS
Authors: Benjamin Steiner
12:45 - 1:00
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1:00 - 1:15
COBALT NITROSYL COMPLEXES WITH BIDENTATE N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE LIGANDS
Authors: Jonathan Stoffel
1:15 - 1:30
DECARBONYLATION OF KETONES WITH BIDENTATE N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE NICKEL COMPLEXES
Authors: Justin Cortez
1:30 - 1:45
THE GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL MOJAVE BATHOLITH
Authors: Karissa Vermillion
1:45 - 2:00
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2:00 - 2:15
RECOMBINASE POLYMERASE AMPLIFICATION FOR RAPID, REAL-TIME, ISOTHERMAL DETEC-TION OF SHIGA-TOXIN PRODUCING E.COLI AT POINT-OF-CARE
Authors: Leanna Little Dog
2:15 - 2:30
DETERMINATION OF THE PREVALENCE OF MAJOR MASTITIS-CAUSING PATHOGENS IN CALI-FORNIA DAIRY FARMS USING POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR)
Authors: Patricia Galvan
2:30 - 2:45
COMPARATIVE HISTOLOGICAL STUDY TO UNDERSTAND ABSCISSION ZONE FORMATION IN FLORAL ORGANS OF DELPHINIUM, A HORTICULTURALLY IMPORTANT PLANT
Authors: Summer Blanco
2:45 - 3:00
EFFECT OF NITROGEN AND IRRIGATION LEVELS ON LETTUCE GROWTH USING AGRONOMIC AND REMOTE SENSING MEASUREMENTS
Authors: Mehdi Ansari
3:00 - 3:15
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RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE
Session 11 - Engineering - Oral Presentations
Building 9, Rm. 269 - 2nd Floor - 1:00 pm - 3:15 pm
UAS SURVEYING AND MAPPING FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
Authors: Manuel De Leon, Gerardo Quintana1:00 - 1:15
AURAL VISION FOR THE BLIND
Authors: Andy Klaib1:15 - 1:30
HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING: A PARAMETRIC STUDY OF STRESS CHANGES IN SOIL AND A FOOTING USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS SOFT-WAR
Authors: Jose Zuniga, Charles Sargent
1:30 - 1:45
CHARACTERIZATION OF WELDED JOINT STAINLESS STEEL PH 15-5 PRODUCED BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Authors: Kate Ly1:45 - 2:00
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2:00 - 2:15
DESIGN AND TESTING OF AN ISO-ELEMENT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYS-TEM USING WASTEWATER
Authors: Jessica Rule, James Zimmerman, Matthew Wong2:15 - 2:30
EFFECT OF INCLINATION ANGLE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ISOCHORIC AND ELEMENTAL THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE TUBE
Authors: Kevin Liu, Jego Santos2:30 - 2:45
SEISMIC BASE ISOLATION: AN ENERGY FORMULATION
Authors: Shatha Altawarah2:45 - 3:00
THE STUDY OF METAL POWDER PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION FOR DIRECT MET-AL LASER SINTERING. (POWDER METALLURGY FOR 3D METAL PRINTING)
Authors: Don Kim3:00 - 3:15
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RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE Session 12 - Engineering & Physical Sciences Oral Presentations
Building 9, Rm. 271 - 2nd Floor - 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
UAS BASED MAPPING FOR EARTHWORK QUANTITY ESTIMATION
Authors: Paul Stoiber, Brandon Arden1:00 - 1:15
INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF DEFORMATION ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF A 2-D PANTOGRAPHIC METAMATERIAL
Authors: Raymundo Gonzalez1:15 - 1:30
THE IMPACT OF SPATIAL RESOLUTION ON THE ACCURACY OF LAND-SLIDE DETECTION: A CASE STUDY IN THE CARLYON BEACH PENINSU-LA, WASHINGTON
Authors: Caitlin Tran
1:30 - 1:45
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: MEASURING VARIOUS AIR POLLUTANTS IN LOW-INCOME AREAS
Authors: Jessica Damon1:45 - 2:00
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2:00 - 2:15
XRF MINERAL IDENTIFICATION
Authors: Jaqueline Zuniga2:15 - 2:30
A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT GRADUATION RATES
Authors: Tanya Orla2:30 - 2:45
UNLOCKING THE ELECTRONIC GENOME OF HALOGENOBENZENES
Authors: Carlos Mora2:45 - 3:00
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RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE Session 13 - Humanities in Spanish and English Languages - Oral Presentations
Building 15, Rm. 1802 - 1st Floor - 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
LATINOS EN EL CINE CLÁSICO DE HOLLYWOOD (LATINOS IN HOLLYWOOD’S CLASSICAL CINEMA)
Authors: Carolina Espinoza1:00 - 1:15
THE INSCRIPTION OF LA LOZANA WITHIN THE FRAME-WORK OF THE PICARESQUE GENRE
Authors: Maricela Baltazar1:15 - 1:30
LAS DOS CARAS DE LA MONEDA (THE TWO SIDES OF THE COIN)
Authors: Erica Reyes1:30 - 1:45
LA MONJA ALFÉREZ: EL TRAVESTISMO EN EL SIGLO DE ORO (THE LIEUTENANT NUN-TRANSVESTISM IN THE EARLY MODERN WORLD)
Authors: Lizeth Sandoval
1:45 - 2:00
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2:00 - 2:15
PUBLIC OPINION OF MENTAL HEALTH POST DEINSTITU-TIONALIZATION
Authors: Marilyn Guzman2:15 - 2:30
EXPLORER I: FROM ROCKET SCIENCE TO SPACE EXPLORA-TION
Authors: Sarah Caballero2:30 - 2:45
“JOHN LENNON AND HIS LYRICAL JOURNEY FROM MISOG-YNIST TO FEMINIST”
Authors: Christy Bui2:45 - 3:00
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RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE Session 14 - Behavioral and Social Sciences Oral Presentations
Building 15, Rm. 1808 - 1st Floor - 1:00 pm - 3:15 pm
EXAMINING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENT LEADERS
Authors: Meice Hamad1:00 - 1:15
CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS IN LATIN AMERICA: A NEW TYPE OF SOCIAL PROGRAM
Authors: Sonia Gonzalez1:15 - 1:30
READING WITH THERAPY DOGS
Authors: Tania Roa1:30 - 1:45
APPLICANT POOL CHARACTERISTICS OF PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL COMPANIES
Authors: Anna Liu1:45 - 2:00
BREAK
2:00 - 2:15
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANGUAGE BROKERING AND PRO-SOCIAL BEHAVIORS AMONG LATINA/O COLLEGE STUDENTS
Authors: Jesus Navarro2:15 - 2:30
SPANISH HERITAGE LANGUAGE PROCESSING
Authors: Julissa Loza Mendez2:30 - 2:45
EFFECTS OF LANGUAGE LEARNING ON DOMAIN GENERAL COG-NITIVE FUNCTIONS
Authors: Megan Nakamura2:45 - 3:00
HOW QUEER HIP HOP ARTISTS CULTIVATE A SPACE ON THE IN-TERNET
Authors: Carissa Tang3:00 - 3:15
TimeProject Title/Authors
RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE Session 15 - Biological and Agricultural Sciences Oral Presentations
Building 9, Rm. 283 - 2nd Floor - 1:00 pm - 3:15 pm
STIV PROTEIN F93 IS A TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR THAT REGULATES C92 EXPRESSION PLAYING ROLE IN THE VIRAL GENOME REPLICATION
Authors: Prudencio Merino1:00 - 1:15
RESTORATION OF INVADED WALNUT WOODLANDS USING A TRAIT-BASED COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY APPROACH
Authors: Sierra Lauman1:15 - 1:30
THE INVASION OF THE RED SLUGS: VAYSSIEREA FELIS (COLLINGWOOD 1881) IN THE NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC
Authors: Karina Moreno1:30 - 1:45
DIFFERENCES IN EFFICACY OF FLUCONAZOLE AND LIPOSOMAL AM-PHOTERICIN B IN DIABETIC AND NON-DIABETIC MICE INFECTED WITH AN AZOLE RESISTANT OR SENSITIVE CANDIDA ALBICANS STRAIN
Authors: Shirleen Simargi
1:45 - 2:00
BREAK
2:00 - 2:15
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CHRYSEOBACTERIUM INDOLOGENES ON BA-TRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS IN VITRO
Authors: Deborah Wheeler2:15 - 2:30
“SELECTION OF DNA APTAMERS FOR RAPID AND SPECIFIC DETECTION OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES IN FOOD PRODUCTS”
Authors: Jacqueline Lara2:30 - 2:45
ANALYZING THE EFFECTS OF SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS WITHIN THE B345 C-TERMINAL TAIL ON ESCRT III PROTEIN RECRUITMENT.
Authors: Jacqueline Gutierrez2:45 - 3:00
INVESTIGATING THE RAW 264.7 CELL DENSITY-DEPENDENT EFFECT OF GARLIC (ALLIUM SATIVUM) ON LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE STIMULATED TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-Α SECRETION
Authors: Angel Perez
3:00 - 3:15
TimeProject Title/Authors
RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE Poster & Creative Works Presentations
University Library - 3rd Floor - Grand Reading Room - 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
Engineering and Physical Sciences
AuthorsProject # Project Title
01Arden Le, Natasha Beltran, Casandra
Rivera-Fernandez, Nathan Doi, Jonathan Car-ranza
APPARATUS FOR THE CHARACTERIZING OF GECKO-LIKE ADHESIVE SPECIMENS
02 Thierry Hal PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN CALIFORNIA: A CASE STUDY
03 Timothy Butch, Bassim Fakhro, Hannah Le, Kevin Sin, Carlos Rosete, Austin Hudson
APPARATUS FOR MEASURING EFFICIENCY OF DYE- SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS
04 Christopher Tait, Colby Stark, Bradley Thomas TWO STAGE WAVE DISK ENGINE
05 Mason Van Bibber DESIGN AND CONTROL OF A HIGH PRECISION LASER CUTTING MACHINE
06 Abbygail Ang, Randy Osorio, Erik Villanueva SOLAR UPDRAFT TOWER WITH COMPOST WASTE HEAT AND TRANSPIRED ROOF
07 Anthony FloresDISCRETIZED ENTHALPY METHOD WITH VARIABLE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT CAPABILITY ANALYSIS FOR SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS
08 David Gordon GOUGH-STEWART PLATFORM CONTROLLER
09 Jacob Tharp CASE STUDY OF IVANPAH SOLAR PLANT USING NREAL-SAM
10 Amanda Tylosky SUSTAINABILITY OF MATERIALS AND PROCESSES OF MEDICAL IMPLANTS
11 Tai Tran MICROEMULSION BASED HYDROGEL TO DELIVER IBUPROFEN
12 Javier Martinez, Jorge Camarillo, Cynthia Do, Evelyn Arce
ANALYSIS OF IN SITU CREEP DEFORMATION IN THERMAL BARRIER COATINGS
13Rohan Galotra, William Bestian, Wendy Ching, Kevin Lam, Hieu Nguyen, Muhammad Ikram
FABRICATION OF GECKO-LIKE ADHESIVE
14 Sara Margala, Josue Monterrosa, Anthony Oceguera, Lauren Wong, Wing Jong Chan
SURFACE MODIFICATION OF STAINLESS STEEL USING COLD PLASMA
15 Jennifer Gavin, Nasim Azadi LASER MICROMACHINING FOR FIBER OPTIC BUNDLE SPECTROSCOPY
16 Kylie Pearce DETERMINING TRENDS OF CARRIER MOBILITY IN POTEN-TIAL CANDIDATES FOR ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS
17 Victoria Patterson, Kat Bormann, Jeff Deems, Tom Painter
USING HIGH RESOLUTION LIDAR DATA FROM SNOWEX TO CHARACTERIZE THE SENSITIVITY OF SNOW DEPTH RETRIEVALS TO POINT-CLOUD DENSITY AND VEGETATION
18 Zijie Zhang SYNTHESIS OF NICKEL NITROSYL COMPLEXES WITH BIDENTATE N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE LIGANDS
19 Bo Shrewsbury, Nolan Johnston, Ildar Sal-akhutdinov
MULTILAYER PLASMONIC STRUCTURES IN TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES
RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE Poster & Creative Works Presentations
University Library - 3rd Floor - Grand Reading Room - 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
AuthorsProject # Project Title
20 Jeyashree Alagarsamy, Cindy Toscano, Kevin Robles
BIOFILM FORMATION ON NOVEL HUMAN PROSTHETICS METAL ALLOYS
21 Alena Eliel Mercado Martinez ECONOMICAL SILICONE ALTERNATIVE FOR VETERINARY SURGERY PRACTICE
22 Andrea Watson EFFECT OF PHOTOBIOMODULATION ON POST-OPERATIVE DENTAL HEALING IN CANINES
23 Ashley HorganDOCTORATE PROGRAMS: A COMPARISON OF VETERINARY SCHOOL WITH OPTOMETRY SCHOOL FROM A PROSPECTIVE STUDENT’S VIEW
24 Caitlyn Nelson, Tatiana Zhgun CIRCADIAN AND ANTICIPATORY FEED BEHAVIOR IN DOMESTIC SHEEP (OVIS ARIES)
25 Claire Kwon EVALUATING EXPECTED TEMPERATURE INTERVAL RANGES IN HEALTHY CANINES
26 Divya Biligiri, Andrea Watson IS YOUR BEST FRIEND TOO OLD FOR LASER TREATMENT?
27 Hailey Pontes, Nicholas Denny USE OF PIG-EAR-NOTCHING TO EVALUATE THE WOUND TREATMENT EFFECTS OF HYPOCHLOROUS ACID
28 Juan Castellanos, Cristina Olvera, James Ramirez, Roberto Ramirez
MONITORING FOR ANTHELMINTICS RESISTANCE IN HORSES USING THE MODIFIED MCMASTER EGG-COUNT TECHNIQUE
29 Marina Duveneck, Logan Malinchak, Roberto Ramirez, Rachel Christensen SKELETAL ANATOMIC RECONSTRUCTIONISTS
30 Benjamin Clock, Andrea Watson LASER PHOTOMODULATION DECREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF WOUND DEHISCENCE IN LABORATORY MICE
31 Amanda CaoOVEREXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION OF BAIH, A BACTERIAL OXIDOREDUCTASE INVOLVED IN BILE ACID METABOLISM
32 SiYoung LeeOVEREXPRESSION, PURIFICATION, AND PRELIMINARY CHARACTERIZATION OF BAICD ENZYME FROM INTESTINAL BACTERIA, CLOSTRIDIUM SCINDENS
33 Christian Pirijanian STIV PROTEIN C92 AND THE PYRAMIDAL LYSIS OF SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS
34 Michael Overton, Veneese BrownGENETIC AND BIOINFORMATIC CHARACTERIZATION OF A NEW SULFOLOBUS TURRETED ICOSAHEDRAL VIRUS (STIV) VARIANT
35 Kevin Liang, Shu WuEVALUATION OF THE STOICHIOMETRY BETWEEN [PT(CL)_6]^2-AND TOA^+ IONS DURING THE LIQUID/ LIQUID EXTRACTION
36 Esra Ibili, Lun Tan CITED2 IS A NEGATIVE REGULATOR OF HUMAN ADIPOGENESIS
Biological and Agricultural Sciences
RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE Poster & Creative Works Presentations
University Library - 3rd Floor - Grand Reading Room - 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
AuthorsProject # Project Title
37 Susanna Glore, Brianna Kelley, Emily Sanchez
DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION OF A VETERINARY MEDICAL MASSAGE TRAINING WORKSHOP
38 Yumiko Jin, Courtney FukushimaPRE-CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF TREATMENT SIDE EFFECTS FROM TRAZODONE HCL IN RABBITS
39 Hicret Islamoglu
EFFECTS OF READISORB L-GSH IN ALTERING GRANULOMATOUS RESPONSES AGAINST MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION
40 Ira GlassmanBISPHENOL A MEDIATED EFFECTS ON OFFSPRING GLUCOCORTICOID HOMEOSTASIS AND OBESITY
41 Shayne Fabian, Julian Aragon, Lun TanUPREGULATION OF ADIPOGENESIS BY SUV39H1 AND CITED2 SIRNA DOUBLE KNOCK-DOWN
Health, Nutrition, and Clinical Sciences
RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE Poster & Creative Works Presentations
University Library - 3rd Floor - Grand Reading Room - 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
AuthorsProject # Project Title
Behavioral and Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
42 Lauren Keyes BIOSCOPE: THE NOTEBOOK MICROSCOPE
43 Andria Antoniades INDIGENOUS FOODWAYS: BEFORE & AFTER SPANISH CONQUEST
44 Karli Cheng, Shea Duarte NEUROIMAGING META-ANALYSIS OF LONG-TERM MEMORY ENCODING
45 John Walls
DEATH AND TAXA: HOW MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKES ON COSTA RICA’S NICOYA PENINSULA AFFECT FISHING LIVELIHOODS AND THE ROLE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN MITIGATING NATURAL HAZARDS
46 Lauren Jacoby, Jessica D’ambra, Natalie Newman, Cody Beaty
PURCHASE INTENTIONS OF MILLENIALS IN REGARDS TO SUSTAINABLE APPAREL
47 Ashley Garcia, Ellen Bessemans, Brandi Noble, Brianna Garrett
BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION AND BREATHABILITY OF SYNTHETIC KNIT STRUCTURES IN SPORTS BRAS
48 Success Carter AN ANALYSIS OF HUMAN SEX TRAFFICKING IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY
49 Hayli Mair, David Nguyen, Nicole San-ford, Araya Treadway
IMPROVEMENT OF PUFFER JACKET INSULATION THAT RETAINS BODY HEAT
50 Sabrina Huynh, Lindsay McClain, Va-nessa Castro, Kiara Franco
IMPROVING THERMAL COMFORT OF THE BASE LAYER FOR SNOWBOARDING GEAR
RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE Poster & Creative Works Presentations
University Library - 3rd Floor - Grand Reading Room - 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
AuthorsProject # Project Title
51 Dewen Chen, Kelsey Noriega, Denise Lopez, Shamia Hussain
DIVERSITY IN ADVERTISING MARKETING CAMPAIGNS
52 Tania Gaxiola GRIEF-RELATED CONSUMER VULNERABILITY: THE CASE OF FUNERAL PLANNING
53Roberto Mendez, Bryan Lee, Zhixu-an(Victor) Ding, Mostafa Vahidi, Arik Naylous, Amanali Rodriguez, Alec Val-ladares, Yang Lo
E-STEM LAPTOP LIQUID COOLING SYSTEM
54Bryan Arciniega, Yuna Jung, Kath-leen Wong, Joshua Montanez, Jakub Kupsik
CLOUD PLUSH
55 Madeline SamuelAN EXPLORATION OF MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE CENTERS: A DELPHI APPROACH
56 Edward VariasTECNO SHOWROOM AND WORKPLACE INTERIOR DESIGN (STUDIO 4 CLASS PROJECT)
57 Irma Villanueva COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN: APPLICATIONS IN THE APPAREL INDUSTRY
58 Monica Louise Siasoco INCORPORATING SUSTAINABLE TOURISM FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES
59Pasha Beglar, Jeffrey Schmitendorf, Flor Tonie Nguyen, Cindy Lin, Angelo Rodriguez, Jeremy Kleve, Liang Dong, Xinyuan Wang
AUGMENTEDREALMS: THE NEXT GENERATION OF TABLETOP GAMING
Business and Creative Arts & Design