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
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12:00 pm
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Lunch, Olpin Union Center Ballroom (ticket required)
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12:20 pm
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Greetings and Introductions by
Master of Ceremonies, John Francis, Senior Associate Vice President for
Academic Affairs
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Monson Essay Prize Award announcement
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12:25 pm
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Welcome
and Keynote address:
Tom Parks, Interim Vice President for Research,
University of Utah
"The
Promises of Neuroscience"
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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
10:20 – Teah 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 DEN - ENGINEERING
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
10:40 – Michael
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 12 – Darren
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) | 
