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Undergraduate research opportunities program

 

University of Utah 
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Thursday, April 3, 2008 - 9:00am - 3:00pm
Olpin Union


Presentation Schedule

University of Utah 
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Schedule

 I. Morning
>   8:30am - 9:30 am - Check-in, 
Union Main Corridor. CHECK-IN REQUIRED.
NOTE: ALL STUDENT PRESENTERS MUST CHECK-IN. LUNCH TICKETS AVAILABLE AND REQUIRED.
>   9:45 am - 10:00 am Poster set-up, Saltair Room
> 10:00 am - 11:30 am = Poster Session I, Saltair Room
>  10:00 am - 11:30 am = AM Oral Sessions, rooms throughout Union, see schedule.
>  11:30 am - 12:00 pm Check-in, Union Main Corridor

II. Noon
> 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 
Lunch for students, faculty and guests (ticket required, obtain at check-in) Speakers and presentations, Union Center Ballroom, Olpin Union – see lunch program below. 

NOTE: ALL STUDENT PRESENTERS MUST CHECK-IN. LUNCH TICKETS AVAILABLE AND REQUIRED.

III. Afternoon
> 11:45 pm – 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm - 1:15 pm · Poster set-up, Saltair Room
(
Session II posters put up before lunch if possible)
> 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm = Poster Session II, Saltair Room
> 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm = PM Oral Sessions, rooms throughout Union – see schedule

Undergraduate Research Symposium
Lunch Program

12:00 pm

Lunch, Olpin Union Center Ballroom (ticket required)

12:20 pm

Greetings and Introductions by
Master of Ceremonies, John Francis, Senior Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

 

Monson Essay Prize Award announcement

12:25 pm


Welcome and Keynote address:

Tom Parks, Interim Vice President for Research,
University of Utah


"The Promises of Neuroscience"

 


URS PRESENTATION SCHEDULE

MORNING SESSION  10:00AM - 11:45AM

AM ORAL SESSIONS

Students bringing laptops for oral presentations assume full responsibility for their equipment.

ORAL SESSION I
10:00 - 11:45 am

ORAL SESSION PRESENTATIONS BEGIN AT THE TIME STIPULATED IN THIS PROGRAM
COLLEGIATE ROOM MEDICINE
Moderator: Patricia Eisenman
College of Health

10:00 – Safia Ahmed (Lance Miller) Department of Pediatric Nephrology
INACTIVATION OF GATA3 LEADS TO NEPHROTIC SYNDROME

10:20Teah Caine (Pinar Bayrak-Toydemir) ARUP Institute for Clinical & Experimental Pathology
GENOTYPE-PHENOTYPE CORRELATION IN EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME TYPE VI

10:40 – Melissa McDonald (Friederike Gedge) ARUP Institute for Clinical & Experimental Pathology
METHOD COMPARISON FOR PCR AND SEQUENCING REACTION PURIFICATION

11:00 - William Hewitt (Thomas G. Richmond) Department of Chemistry, Honors College
ACTIVATION OF CARBON FLUORINE BONDS THROUGH MANGANESE(I) COORDINATION

11:20 - James Morgan (Ryan Looper) Department of Chemistry, Honors College
STUDIES ON THE REGIOSELECTIVE METALLATION OF IMIDAZO[1,2a]PYRIDINE

Equipment: LCD Projector for Power point



ORAL SESSION II
10:00 - 11:45 am

UNION DENENGINEERING
Moderator: Robert McDermmott

Center for High Performance Computing 

10:00 -  Sandy Jones (Patrick Tripeny, David Richerson) College of Architecture & Planning and Department of Material Science & Engineering
STRUCTURAL MATERIAL AND ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE COLLAPSE OF CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRPORT TERMINAL 2E

10:20 – Daryl Wasden (Behrouz Farhang) Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
SPECTRUM SENSING IN COGNITIVE RADIO

10:40Michael DeLisi (Ganesh Gopalakrishnan) Department of Computer Science
AUTOMATED MODEL CHECKING

11:00 – Arash Farhang (Neal Patwari) Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
COGNITIVE GEOLOCATION

Equipment:  LCD Projector for Power point

 

ORAL SESSION III
10:00 - 11:45 am
PANORAMA EAST – SCIENCE / BIOENGINEERING
Moderator: Nick Korevaar
Department of Mathematics

10:00 - Michelle Reed (Dale Clayton) Department of Biology
IMPACT OF HOST HABITAT QUALITY ON BIODIVERSITY OF ECTOPARASITES: RESULTS FROM CHINA

10:20 – Bryce Snow (Rob MacLeod) Department of Bioengineering
NOVEL DEVICE FOR TARGETED DELIVERY TO THE INNER EAR

10:40 – Manpreet Kaur (Patrick Kiser) Department of Bioengineering
MICROBICIDE VAGINAL RING FOR DELIVERY OF MERCK 167

11:00 – Zhu Wang (Nick Korevaar) Department of Mathematics
INVESTIGATING A VARIATIONAL MODEL FOR TREE STRUCTURES

11:20 - Elliott Karren (Patrick Kiser) Department of Bioengineering
DEVELOPING AN ASSAY TO TEST THE CYTOTOXICITY OF MATERIAL ON THE BACTERIAL STRAIN Lactobacilles Jensenii

Equipment: LCD Projector for Power point, Audio, wireless mike,overhead projector, beamer (laser pointer)

ORAL SESSION IV
10:00 -11:45 am
ORAL SESSION PRESENTATIONS BEGIN AT THE TIME STIPULATED IN THIS PROGRAM

UNION ROOM 161 - HUMANITIES
Moderator: Bruce Landesman
Department of Philosophy

10:00 - Reilly Jensen (Bradley Parker) Department of History
MICROARCHAEOLOGY AND SITE USAGE IN PREHISTORIC ANATOLIA

10:20 – Khadija Guet (Therese DeRaedt) Department of Languages & Literature
IN SEARCH OF WOMEN'S RIGHT'S IN THE QUR'AN

10:40 – Elizabeth Clark (Bradley Parker) Department of History, Honors College
THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS: A TYPOLOGY OF MICROARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTIFACTS

11:00 – Brin Bon (Bruce Landesman) Department of Philosophy
MORAL EQUALITY AND THE DEMAND FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE

Equipment:  LCD Projector for Power point


Students bringing laptops for oral presentations assume full responsibility for their equipment.

ORAL SESSION V
10:00 - 11:45 am

ORAL SESSION PRESENTATIONS BEGIN AT THE TIME STIPULATED IN THIS PROGRAM
Key: Student Presenter (Faculty Sponsor), Department where research was conducted and TITLE OF PROJECT

UNION ROOM 319 – INTERDISCIPLINARY
Moderator: Stephanie Richardson (College of Nursing)
Steve Roens (UROP Director)

10:00 – Jennifer Rigby-Mowrey (Kristen Hawkes) Department of Anthropology
A HANDEDNESS STUDY OF AN AGED MALE WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA (GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA)

10:20 – Christy McGrew (Boreth Ly) Department of Art & Art History
SSA DOCUMENTARY TRUTH? THE TRANSITORY POSITION OF DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY WITHIN COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS

10:40 – Catherine Rebekah Taylor (Les Chatelain) Department of Health Promotion & Education
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER IN CHILDREN CONCERNING DISASTERS.

11:00 – Marindi Clark (Beth Krensky) Department of Art & Art History-Art Education & Teaching
ART WORKS: A VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM FOR SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL

11:20 - Matthew Steele (Elizabeth Cashdan) Department of Anthropology, Honors College
PERCEPTION, PERSONALITY, AND RELIGION

Equipment: LCD Projector for Power point

 

Key: Student Presenter (Faculty Sponsor), Department where research was conducted and TITLE OF PROJECT


ORAL SESSION VI
10:00 -11:45 am
ORAL SESSION PRESENTATIONS BEGIN AT THE TIME STIPULATED IN THIS PROGRAM

UNION ROOM 311 –INTERDISCIPLINARY
Moderator: Matt Bradley
AMES, Honors College

10:00 – Lisa Werkhausen, Ben Chavez (Matt Bradley) AMES, Honors College
HOW ETHNIC MINORITY ADMINISTRATORS AFFECT THEIR STUDENTS

10:20 – Jake Trimble, Filisi Maihe (Matt Bradley) AMES, Honors College
THE INFLUENCE OF ETHNIC MINORITY ADMINISTRATORS IN SCHOOLS

10:40 – Elizabeth McMullen, Justin Roy Verbury (Matt Bradley) AMES, Honors College
RACE, CULTURE, AND CLASS DESIGN: THE AFFECT OF THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ON TEACHERS AND THEIR CLASS ROOMS

Equipment: LCD Projector for Power point

 

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2008
MORNING SESSION
10:00 - NOON
OLPIN UNION

HONORS ORAL SESSION I 

10:00 -11:45 am
ORAL SESSION PRESENTATIONS BEGIN AT THE TIME STIPULATED IN THIS PROGRAM

 Key: Student Presenter (Faculty Sponsor), Department where research was conducted and TITLE OF PROJECT

UNION ROOM 312 – HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCE
Moderator: Ann Engar
Office of Undergraduate Studies, Honors College

10:00 - Julia Engar (Robert N. Mayer) Department of Family and Consumer Studies, Honors College
STUDIES OF IDENTITY THEFT:  A METHODOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL ANALYSIS

10:20 - Megan Fair (Boreth Ly) Department of Art and Art History, Honors College
MEMENTO MORI:  ZIPPO LIGHTERS AND THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL AS THE OBJECTS OF MOURNING SELF AND NATION

10:40 - Lauren Mecham Gehrke (Ann Engar) Department of English, Honors College
STORYTELLING UNRAVELED:  AN ANALYSIS OF COLLECTED NARRATIVES

11:00 - Anastasia Niedrich (Tim Chambless) Department of Political Science, Honors College
NO MORE EXCUSES:  MAKING THE CASE FOR EQUAL EMPLOYMENT LAWS IN UTAH

11:20 - Andrew Murphy (Matthew Basso) Department of Gender Studies & History, Honors College
PADDLE POLITICS

Equipment: LCD Projector for Power point

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2008

STUDIO ARTS
SALTAIR ROOM
10:00 – 11:30am

Whitney Shaw (Maureen O’Hara Ure) Department Of Art & Art History 
FRUIT: SYMBOLIC PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN THROUGH MYTH
 
Equipment: Table, Easels


POSTER SESSION I
10:00 - 11:45 am
SALTAIR ROOM

Easel 1 Zinovii Abolnik (Anthea Letsou) Department of Human Genetics
EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT IN DROSOPHILA AS A MODEL FOR HUMAN DISEASE

Easel 2 – Autumn Christiansen (Joel Arvizo) University Neighborhood Partners, Health Sciences LEAP
A College Preparatory Partnership and Assessing the Impact of Leap to the U

Easel 3 – Tiffany Han (Grzegorz Bulaj ) Department of Medicinal Chemistry
ENGINEERING CONOPEPTIDE-BASED THERAPEUTICS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN

Easel 4 – Katharine Sargent (Scott Summers) Department of Endocrinology
PKC as a MEDIATOR OF CERAMIDE INDUCED HEPATIC INSULIN RESISTANCE

Easel 5 – Adam Smoot (Steven Poelzing) Department of Bioengineering
DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL X-RAY CONTRAST AGENT

Easel 6 – Deisy Ramirez Aguilar (Theresa Martinez) Department of Sociology, Health Sciences LEAP
AFFIRMING EQUITY: CREATING ACCESS TO COLLEGE CAREERS AMONG FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS AND STUDENTS OF COLOR IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Easel 7 Carla M. Suarez, Deisy Ramirez Aguilar, Shontol Torres Burkhalter (Theresa Martinez) Department of Sociology, Health Sciences LEAP
IMMIGRANT HEALTH PROJECT: ANALYZING HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES AMONG LATINA/O IMMIGRANTS IN SALT LAKE CITY, UT

Easel 8 – Luke Wendt (Andrea White) Department of Exercise and Sport Science
EFFECT OF INCREASED CORE TEMPERATURE ON PEAK FORCE, CORTICAL EXCITABILITY, AND FATIGUE IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS PATIENTS

Easel 9 – Carmlla Dee Willden (Lynette L. Danley) Department of Educational Leadership & Policy
BLACK BUTTERFLIES: EMPOWERING BLACK GIRLS TO LIVE THEIR LEGACY

Easel 10 –
Octavio Aguilar (Carolyn H. Merrill) American Fork High School, Principal, Health Sciences LEAP
STUDENT HANDBOOK

Easel 11 – Giang Tran, Tania Michael (Carolyn Bliss) Office of Undergraduate Studies, Health Sciences LEAP
"LIFE STORIES" WITH HOSPICE PATIENTS

Easel 12Darren Stirland (Yan-Ting Shiu) Department of Bioengineering
HYPOTHERMIA AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING NEOINTIMAL HYPERPLASIA IN EPTFE HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS GRAFTS

Easel 13 – Jessica Bauerkemper, Monica Harris (Carolyn Bliss) Office of Undergraduate Studies, Health Sciences LEAP
INCREASING SELF-EFFICACY OF ODYSSEY HOUSE RESIDENTS

Easel 14 – An An Chang, Nicole Nguyen (Carolyn Bliss) Office of Undergraduate Studies, Health Sciences LEAP
IMPLEMENTING A HARM REDUCTION MODEL TO IMPROVE CASE MANAGEMENT  FOR INJECTING DRUG USERS INFECTED WITH HIV/AIDS

Easel 15 – Carla Baker, Kim Nguyen (Erin Rothwell) College of Nursing
JOKING CULTURE: THE USE OF HUMOR DURING GROUP LEADERSHIP

Easel 16 – Dylan McCreedy (Patrick Tresco) Department of Bioengineering, Honors College
COMPARISON OF THE FOREIGN BODY RESPONSE AND TISSUE DIFFUSIVITY INDUCED BY MULTIPLE CELL TRANSPLANTATION OF THE BRAIN

Easel 17 – Sharlei Hsu (Michael Bastiani) Department of Biology
ANKYRIN (UNC-44) FUNCTIONS IN THE MAINTENANCE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM IN C. ELEGANS

Easel 18 – Serena M. Pearce (Patrick A. Tresco) Department of Bioengineering, Honors College
STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF CAT SCIATIC NERVE

Easel 19 - Alexia Slothower (Hester Henderson) Department of Exercise and Sports Science, Honors College
NEEDS ANALYSIS FOR DEVELOPING AN ADAPTIVE OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

Easel 20 – Shane Hawthorne (Alan Light) Department of Anesthesiology
CALCIUM IMAGING OF MOUSE DRG NEURONS YIELDS INSIGHT INTO THE POSSIBLE CAUSES OF CHRONIC FATIGUE AND FYBROMYALGIA SYNDROMES.

Easel 21 - Tamra Fraughton, Doug Chesley (Carol Sansone) Department of Psychology
ONLINE CLASS DISCUSSION BOARDS: EXPLORING THE ROLE OF WEB-BASED INTERACTIONS FOR REGULATING MOTIVATION AND INTEREST


URS PRESENTATION SCHEDULE

AFTERNOON SESSION  1:15 PM - 2:45PM
PM ORAL SESSIONS
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2008

Students bringing laptops for oral presentations assume full responsibility for their equipment.

ORAL SESSION I
1:15 – 2:45 pm

ORAL SESSION PRESENTATIONS BEGIN AT THE TIME STIPULATED IN THIS PROGRAM

COLLEGIATE ROOM - INTERDISCIPLINARY
Moderator: Mark St. Andre
Office of Undergraduate Studies

1:15 – Tori Ballif (Mary Dickson, Steve Roens) KUED and the Office of Undergraduate Studies
BEYOND COMPENSATION: INADEQUACIES OF THE RADIATION COMPENSATION ACT (RECA)

1:35 – Betty M. Maier (Susie Porter) Department of History
WOMEN'S WORK AND THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN MIDDLE-CLASS FEMINISM IN POST-REVOLUTIONARY MEXICO

1:55 – Jamie Johnson (Rachel Hayes-Harb) Department of Linguistics
INTELLIGIBILITY OF BOSNIAN-ACCENTED ENGLISH SPEECH

2:15 – Scotti Hill (Paul Paret) Department of Art & Art History
ANDY WARHOL'S UTAH HOAX: POP ART IDENTITY AND THE AESTHETICS OF INDIFFERENCE

Equipment: LCD Projector for Power point


ORAL SESSION II
1:15 - 2:45 pm

ORAL SESSION PRESENTATIONS BEGIN AT THE TIME STIPULATED IN THIS PROGRAM

UNION ROOM 161 - SCIENCE
Moderator: Ed Barbanell
Office of Undergraduate Studies

 1:15 – Ningkun Wang (C. Dale Poulter) Department of Chemistry
FLOURESCENCE ASSAY FOR SUBSTRATE/INHIBITOR BINDING Of IDI

1:35 – Muhammad Adeel (Dan Margalit) Department of Mathematics
GEOMETRY OF MOBIUS TRANSFORMATIONS

1:55 - Kris Olson (C. Dale Poulter) Department of Chemistry
STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION FOR STABILITY AND SOLUBILITY OF E. COLI ISOPENTENYYL DIPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE (TYPE 1)

2:15 – Matthew L. Hedberg (James Metherall) Department of Human Genetics
THE ROLE OF CHOLESTEROL BIOSYNTHESIS IN THE REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS OF HUMANS

Equipment: LCD Projector for Power point, Overhead Projector




ORAL SESSION III
1:15 - 2:45 pm

ORAL SESSION PRESENTATIONS BEGIN AT THE TIME STIPULATED IN THIS PROGRAM

UNION DEN – SOCIAL SCIENCES
Moderators: Caitlin Cahill (Department of Family and Consumer Studies)
Matt Bradley (AMES, Honors College)
 

1:15 – Tonya K. Edvalson (Rebecca Utz) Department of Sociology
FAMILIAL SOCIAL SUPPORT NETWORKS AND HEART DISEASE RISK PERCEPTION

1:35 – Denise Casteneda (Caitlin Cahill) Department of Family & Consumer Studies, Community Studies Program
ACTION RESEARCH; FELICITATING ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION FOR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS

1:55 – Breanne Anderson, Gustavo Sandoval (Matt Bradley) AMES, Honors College
DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE

2:15 – Ines Barrios, Paul Christian, Amanda Quarles, Maria Saavedra (Matt Bradley) AMES, Honors College
DEVELOPMENT OF RACIAL THOUGHT IN CHILDREN

2:35 - David Giroux (Gary Girkscheit) Department of Marketing, Honors College
PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION IN DOWNTOWN SALT LAKE CITY:  A MARKETING APPROACH

Equipment: LCD Projector for Power point, TV DVD/VHS




ORAL SESSION IV
1:15 - 2:45 pm

ORAL SESSION PRESENTATIONS BEGIN AT THE TIME STIPULATED IN THIS PROGRAM

Key: Student Presenter (Faculty Sponsor), Department where research was conducted and TITLE OF PROJECT
PANORAMA ROOM – MEDICINE
Moderator: J. David Symons
College of Health, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes

1:15 – Benjamin Todd Jensen (Alan Light M.D.) Department of Anesthesiology
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME AND FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME PATIENTS, EXERCISE AND RECEPTOR EXPRESSION CHANGES

1:35 – Matthew Lindsey (Randal O. Dull M.D.) Department of Anesthesiology
BIOMECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ENDOTHELIAL SURFACE: RELEVANCE TO LUNG MECHANO-TRANSDUCTION

1:55 – Jason Michael Tanner (J. David Symons) College of Health, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes
CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSES TO FASTING IN LEAN AND OBESE MICE

2:15 –  Jason Losee (J. David Symons)