Honors College Presenters at URCAD!

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 13:33:26 -0400
college, honors, research, urcad

Michael Ack | Impact of E-Cigarette Aerosol Exposure on the Morphology of the Anterior and Posterior Olfactory Epithelium | Biological Sciences | Weihong Lin

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 1:00-2:00 | POSTER 1

Kiah Alabi | The Role of RWP-RK Transcription Factors in the Evolution of Cell Differentiation in Volvox Carteri | Biological Sciences | Stephen Miller

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 1:00-2:00 | POSTER 4

Vunnathi Ankem | Conceptualizing Intimate Partner Abuse Through the Lens of Intracultural Dialogue Amongst South Asian Students | Psychology | Christopher Murphy

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 10:00-11:00 | POSTER 10

Suzi Agyako-Wiredu | Dendronized Gold Nanorattles Loaded with Doxorubicin as a Drug Delivery Platform | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Marie-Christine Daniel

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 10:00-11:00 | POSTER 4

Samuel Barnett | Heightened Neural Activity Influences Drosophila Amyloid Precursor Protein-Like (APPL) Processing | Biological Sciences | Fernando Vonhoff

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 1:00-2:00 | POSTER 8

Rusham Bhatt | Standardizing Genome Sequencing Analysis for Detection and Interpretation of Genetic Variants in M. Tuberculosis | Bioinformatics and Computational Biology | Maha Farhat

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 1:00-2:00 | POSTER 11

Jalene Campbell | Investigating the Effectiveness of Estradiol Replacement Methods | Biological Sciences | Tara LeGates

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 10:00-11:00 | POSTER 22

Jane-Frances Chia | Small Molecule Inhibition of RAS Regulates Downstream Signaling and Cell Proliferation in NF1/RASA1 Mutant Cancer Cells | Biological Sciences | Maria Cambraia

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 10:00-11:00 | POSTER 26

Carrington Cline | Spectrum in the Spotlight: Examining Neurodiversity on Screen | Gender, Women's, + Sexuality Studies | Lauren Allen

ORAL PRESENTATION | UC 310 | 1:00-1:15

Dionne Cole | The Impact of Retriever Essentials on UMBC Students | Social Work | Laura Ting

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 10:00-11:00 | POSTER 30

Darrell Davis | Age Related Changes in Aromatase Expression in the Ventromedial PrefrontalCortex, Claustrum, and Nucleus Accumbens | Biological Sciences | Todd Gould

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 10:00-11:00 | POSTER 32

Jeremiah Destry | The Effect of Temperature on Asexual Reproduction in Hydra Vulgaris | Biological Sciences | Aide Macias-Muñoz

ORAL PRESENTATION | UC 310 | 9:20-9:35

Raine Gibson | Leveraging Longitudinal Datasets to Improve Genetic Associations with Alcohol Use | Biological Sciences | Luke M. Evans

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 1:00-2:00 | POSTER 28

Veronica Goonan | Trust, Trump, and Turnout: The Power of Institutional Confidence in Rural Voting Behavior in the 2024 Election | Political Science | Thomas Schaller

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 1:00-2:00 | POSTER 32

Sara Humphries | Unreliable Narration: Understanding Schizophrenia Firsthand Through Art | Visual Arts | Corrie Parks

ORAL PRESENTATION | UC 310 | 2:00-2:15

Christian Jassani | Globalization and its Impact on Populism | Political Science | Carolyn Forestiere

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 10:00-11:00 | POSTER 54

Jasmine Jenkins | Comparative Analysis of Histone Modifications in the Thorax Vs. Fat Body Tissue of Drosophila Melanogaster| Biological Sciences | Jeff Leips

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 10:00-11:00 | POSTER 55

Nardos Kebede | The Generational Evolution of Cultural Identity and Its Impacts on Integration | Political Science | Brigid Starkey

ORAL PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM LOUNGE | 11:20-11:35

Rohan Kyasa | Annotation of Bacteriophages HazuandZazu and Tubberson: A Study Abroad Experience | Biological Sciences | Steven Caruso

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 10:00-11:00 | POSTER 64

Jasmine Liu | Exploring the Impact of Parenting Styles on Burnout Among College Students | Psychology | Elaine MacDougall

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 1:00-2:00 | POSTER 52

Peter Lombardo | Percent Viability Screens to Confirm Integral Cell Wall Signaling Kinases in Aspergillus Nidulans | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | Mark Marten

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 1:00-2:00 | POSTER 53

Krishna Madhiwala | Eye See Something! Tracking Reading Comprehension and Attention in Children | Psychology | Karrie Godwin

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 11:00-12:00 | POSTER 58

Preston McMillian II | Tourism in Tiny Towns: An Ethnographic Study of Old Ellicott City | Sociology and Anthropology | Bambi Chapin

ORAL PRESENTATION | UC 312 | 2:00-2:15

Evan McRae | King Scribble: A Pencil-Drawing Puzzle Platformer Adventure | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering | Marc Olano

VIDEO GAME PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | ALL DAY

Mike Mentley | RDS-1, Reef, and Sarmat: Russia’s Ядерное (Nuclear) Weapons Then and Now | Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication | Vira Zhdanovych

ORAL PRESENTATION | UC 310 | 3:20-3:35

Deeya Mistry | Sex Differences in Stress Susceptibility and Synaptic Protein Expression | Biological Sciences | Tara LeGates

ORAL PRESENTATION | UC 204 | 2:20-2:35

Elizabeth Moser | Genomic Insights into Athletic Performance and Immune Function in Racing Siberian Huskies | Biological Sciences | Tracy Smith

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 11:00-12:00 | POSTER 51

Nehal Naqvi | Evaluating POLI 301 as a Gateway Course for Upper-Level Political Science Electives | Political Science | Ian Anson

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 2:30-3:30 | POSTER 5

Paisley Nowell | Functionalizing Gold Nanoparticles with Gadolinium Chelated Dendrons | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Marie-Christine Daniel

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 2:30-3:30 | POSTER 9

Andrew Opincar | Sticky Fingers-How Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan Processing Enzymes Mediate Drosophila Melanogaster Border Cell Migration | Biological Sciences | Michelle Starz-Gaiano

ORAL PRESENTATION | UC 310 | 10:00-10:15

Emmanuella Osei | Food Insecurity Among College Students | Public Health | Samerra Nayak

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 11:00-12:00 | POSTER 14

Gabriel Otubu | Ndrg1b Regulates N-cadherin Trafficking in Response to Hypoxia | Biological Sciences | Rachel Brewster

ORAL PRESENTATION | UC 204 | 10:20-10:35

Ariana Rodriguez | Investigating the Interaction Between HIV-1 RRE S1A, Rev, and Gag: Binding Mechanisms at the Purine-Rich Bulge | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Michael Summers

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 2:30-3:30 | POSTER 21

Noah Santiago | Beyond IP Masking: How Digital Fingerprinting Defeats VPN Privacy Obscurity | Information Systems | Bill Ryan

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 2:30-3:30 | POSTER 23

Mesha Shajahan | Optimizing Cell-Free Biomanufacturing to Facilitate Personalized Immunotherapy Production in Clinical Settings | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Govind Rao

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 2:30-3:30 | POSTER 25

J. Branwen She | Using Data to Inform Models of Nucleus Accumbens Neurons | Biological Sciences | Kathleen Hoffman

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 11:00-12:00 | POSTER 30

Sanjana Srimath | Gene Ontology Enrichment Analysis of Homologous Genes in Planarians | Bioinformatics and Computational Biology | Daniel Lobo

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 2:30-3:30 | POSTER 30

Aryan Srivastava | Analyzing the Conservation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Rev Response Element Through a Computational Approach | Michael Summers

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 11:00-12:00 | POSTER 35

Julia Sunnarborg | Evolution Beyond the Central Dogma | Biological Sciences | Stephen Freeland

ORAL PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM LOUNGE | 11:00-11:15

Ryan Supplee | Invisible Disability and Exploitation in Medieval Lamporecchio: Masetto and the Nuns | English | Kathryn McKinley

ORAL PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM LOUNGE | 1:00-1:15

Maaike Swaters | Measuring Ion-exchange Membrane Properties that Control Nutrient Recovery by Donnan Dialysis | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | Lee Blaney

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 2:30-3:30 | POSTER 33

Meghan Thomas | The Impact of Sirt2 on Innate Immune Response in Drosophila Melanogaster | Biological Sciences | Jeff Leips

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 11:00-12:00 | POSTER 38

Maia Turman Cooke | Resilient Hearts: Literary Portrayals of Lauryn Hill’s Self-Love and Resistance Against Intimate Consequences | English | Earl Brooks

ORAL PRESENTATION | UC 312 | 10:20-10:35

Pavan Umashankar | Characterizing the Role of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 15 (MAPK15) in Ovarian Cancer | Biological Sciences | Achuth Padmanabhan

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 2:30-3:30 | POSTER 40

Julia Van Der Marel | Monitoring of NADH Concentrations in Cell-Free Systems | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | Govind Rao

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 11:00-12:00 | POSTER 40

Leshan Viswanath | Beamforming-Based SDR For Mitigating oo-Channel Interference in the ISM Band | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering | Charles LaBerge

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 2:30-3:30 | POSTER 45

Timothy Winans | B-Type Stars in M45: Hydrogen Balmer Absorption, Isochrone Fitting, and Radial Velocity Discrepancies | Physics | Kenny Diazeguigure

ORAL PRESENTATION | UC 204 | 11:00-11:15

Liz Weir | Cultural Pluralism in Practice: A Mixed-method Study on Reducing Asian American Students' COVID-19-related Stress | Psychology | Charissa Cheah

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 11:00-12:00 | POSTER 43