ISUR Research Poster Expo, Wednesday, April 18, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m., Illini Union Rooms B and C
- Robert Stavins, Sophomore, ENG Mechanical Engineering: EPen: A Handheld Device for Measuring the Stiffness of Soft Tissue
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM, APRIL 19, 2018
Oral Presentation: Cancer Research, 1:45 - 2:45 p.m., 215 Illini Union
- Katherine Douglas, Sophomore, LAS Molecular & Cellular Biology: Perceived Symptom-Related Barriers to Eating and Associated Quality of Life in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors
Oral Presentation: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, 1:45 - 2:45 p.m., 407 Illini Union
- Daniel Zou, Sophomore, ENG Computer Science: Predicting Stock Price Movements from Annual Reports Using Learned Document Embeddings
POSTER SESSIONS
PA SESSION - SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS, 9:00 - 10:15 a.m., Illini Room A
- Brooke Polak, Senior, ENG Engineering Physics: An Investigation of the Accuracy of CIGALE SED Galaxy Property Calculations when Range of Wavelengths Included is Varied
- Wesley Tung, Junior, LAS Molecular & Cellular Biology: Determining the Relationship Between hnRNPI and Colorectal Cancer
- Haley Penkala, Sophomore, LAS Molecular & Cellular Biology: Effects of Circadian Disruption on Spermatogenesis in Long-Evans Rats
- Margaret Richards, Senior, ACES Animal Sciences: Examining the Interaction Between Chlorpyrifos Toxicity and Circadian Disruption in a Rodent Mode
PB SESSION - EDUCATION, SOCIAL SCIENCES, AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR, 9:00 - 10:15 a.m., Illini Room C
- Elizabeth Schindler, Junior, LAS English: Black Men Love: Hypermasculinity Challenged in Tongues Untied and Paris is Burning
- Matthew Rice, Junior, LAS Political Science: Personality’s Role in the World’s Greatest Deliberative Body - How the Big Five Drive the Rise of U.S. Senators to Party Leadership
PD SESSION — SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS, 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Illini Room A
- Alayna Johnson, Sophomore, LAS Chemistry: Effects of Silanol Density of Titanium Metal Oxide Catalysts on Rates and Selectivities for Alkene Epoxidation
- Viraat Goel, Junior, ENG Bioengineering: Characterization of the Chromosomal Cohesion Dynamics and Regulation
PE SESSION — HEALTH AND WELLNESS, 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Illini Room C
- Jordan Barry, Junior, LAS Molecular & Cellular Biology: Age Contributions in Exercise Motivation, Regulation, and Behavior
PF SESSION — EDUCATION, SOCIAL SCIENCES, AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR, 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., South Lounge
- Ellen Reckamp, Freshman, EDU Middle Grades Education: Studying Abroad: Increasing Future Educators Opportunities at UIUC
PG SESSION — SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS, 1:30 - 2:45 p.m., Illini Room A
- Madeline Sponholtz, Senior, LAS Biochemistry: Optimizing the Oxygen Reduction Activity of Myoglobin-Based Enzyme Models of Heme-Copper Oxidases Through Site-Directed Mutagenesis
- Amanda Cowfer, Senior, LAS Molecular & Cellular Biology: Synthesis and Biological Testing of a Diverse Compound Library Derived from Lycorine
- Tanner Corum, Sophomore, LAS Actuarial Science: The Mathematics of Poker: Extending the Nash-Shapley Model
PJ SESSION — SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS, 3:15 - 4:30 p.m., Illini Room A
- Shehani Gunawardena, Freshman, LAS Biology: An Investigation of the Roles of Structural Elements in Heme-Copper Oxidases Catalytic Activity via Mutagenesis of Myoglobin-Based Enzyme Models
- Loralee Wilson, Senior, ACES Animal Sciences: Hydrogen Sulfide Production by Odoribacter splanchnichus
- Megan Roome, Senior, AHS Speech & Hearing Science: Self-Esteem in Children and Youth with Dyslexia or Language Impairment
- Tianming You, Junior, LAS Molecular & Cellular Biology: Synergistic Effects of High-Fat Diet and DEHP Exposure on Early Fetal Oocyte Development
PK SESSION — HEALTH AND WELLNESS, 3:15 - 4:30 p.m., Illini Room C
- Danish Majid, Junior, LAS Molecular & Cellular Biology: Happy Hearts: Associations of Maternal Depressive Symptomatology on Child Profiles of C-Reactive Protein
- David Cao, Junior, LAS Molecular & Cellular Biology: Investigating the Regulation of Ankyrin-G, Kv7 Potassium Channels, and Nav1 Sodium Channels at the Axonal Initial Segment During Homeostatic Plasticity of Hippocampal Neurons
PL SESSION — EDUCATION, SOCIAL SCIENCE, AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR, 3:15 - 4:30 p.m., South Lounge
- Michael Rotter, Freshman, EDU Special Education: Reaction to Challenges in Computer Science Based on Ability Status
Living-Learning Communities Researchers Initiative Poster Symposium, Sunday, April 22, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m., Pennsylvania Avenue Residence Halls, Multipurpose Room
- Shehani Gunawardena, Freshman, Biology, LAS: Investigating the Role of Heme-Copper Oxidase Structure in Catalytic Cellular Activity via Mutagenesis of Myoglobin-Based Enzyme Models
