April 23, 2008
9:00 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Professor Arthur T. Johnson, Provost
Professor Lasse Lindahl, MARC U*STAR Program Director
University Center, Room 312
General Session
Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, President
University Center, Room 312
CWIT
Student: Tawny Barin
Mentor: Anita Komlodi
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. UC Ballroom
“Gender and the Use of Social
Networking Sites”
Department of
Information Systems
DEAN’S SCHOLARS
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom
Student: Yasmeen Khaskia
Mentor: Lynanne McGuire
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“The Effects of Perceived
Control over Acute Pain on in
vivo Catastrophizing”
Department of
Psychology
Student: Anam Salman
Mentor: Lasse Lindahl
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“Isolation of Erythromycinsensitive Saccharomyces
cerevisiae by UV Mutagenesis
and Nystatin Enrichment”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Video Presentations, FA 221
Student: Daphne Gardner
Mentor: Fred Worden
2:10 -- 2:30 p.m.
“Lonely Girl”
Department of Theatre
Student: Timothy Brosius
Mentor: Fred Worden
2:50 -- 3:10 p.m.
“Procopius of Caesarea: The
Buildings”
Department of Visual
Arts
DRESHER SCHOLARS
Oral Presentations
Student: Cheryl Jaworski
Mentor: Piotr Gwiazda
10:30 -- 10:45 a.m. UC 310
“Christina Stead's Religion of
Love and the New Science of
the Mind”
Department of
Interdisciplinary Studies
Student: Anastasia Feaster
Mentor: Denise Meringolo
2:30 -- 2:45 p.m. UC 312
“Hispanic Heritage Month and
Hispanic Identity”
Department of History
GOLDEN KEY
Oral Presentations
Student: Shilpa Gadwal
Mentor: Janice Zengel
9:30 -- 9:45 a.m. UC 312
“Effects of High-Level
Troleandomycin Resistance in
the 23s Ribosomal RNA of D.
radiodurans on Ribosome
Function”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Elizabeth Kudirka
Mentor: Richard Wilson
9:45 -- 10:00 a.m. UC 310
“Ten Reasons Biotechnology
Will Be Important to the
Developing World”
Department of
Philosophy
Student: Yuriy Sverchkov
Mentor: Muruhan Rathinam
10:00 -- 10:15 a.m. UC 312
“Modeling Flagellar Growth as
a Stochastic Process”
Department of
Mathematics
Student: Tamika John
Mentor: David Scott
10:15 -- 10:30 a.m. UC 312
“Evaluating the Effects of
Regulatory T-cell Epitopes on
B-cell MHC Class II
Presentation”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Sarah Lichtner
Mentor: Orianne Smith
10:15 -- 10:30 a.m. UC 310
“Oscar Wilde: Degenerate or
Revolutionary?”
Department of English
Student: Cheryl Jaworski
Mentor: Piotr Gwiazda
10:30 -- 10:45 a.m. UC 310
“Christina Stead's Religion of
Love and the New Science of
the Mind”
Department of
Interdisciplinary Studies
Student: Uzoma Iheagwara
Mentor: Suzanne OstrandRosenberg
10:45 -- 11:00 a.m. UC 312
“The Intracellular Trafficking
Pathway of MHC II Molecules
is Altered in the Absence of
Invariant Chain”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Benyam Kinde
Mentor: Michael Summers
11:00 -- 11:15 a.m. UC 312
“Toward the 3D Structure of
the Core Encapsidation Signal,
a Critical Component for
Replication of a Model
Retrovirus”
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Student: Devin Burns
Mentor: Marc Zupan
1:45 -- 2:00 p.m. UC 312
“Mechanical Properties of
Electroformed Fused
Deposition Modeled-CopperNickel Hybrid Materials”
Department of
Mechanical Engineering
Student: Brandon Johnson
Mentor: Tim Topoleski
2:00 -- 2:15 p.m. UC 312
“Improving Mechanical
Properties of PMMA Bone
Cement with Nano and Micro
Particles”
Department of
Mechanical Engineering
Student: Tesia Stephenson
Mentor: Andrew Coop
3:00 -- 3:15 p.m. UC 312
“UMB24 Analogs as Potential
Metamphetamine Treatments”
Department of Chemistry
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Student: Bridget Armstrong
Mentor: Lynnda Dahlquist
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“The Effects of Child Food
Allergy on Family Activities”
Department of
Psychology
Student: Caryn Bell
Mentor: William LaCourse
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“Development of an Artificial
Nose for Detecting AmbientAir Particulates”
Department of Chemistry
Student: Samantha Bier
Mentor: Lynanne McGuire
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“Active Coping and Perceived
Control Influence Cortisol
Responses to Acute Pain
among Women”
Department of
Psychology
Student: Sarah Blusiewicz
Mentor: Kriste Lindenmeyer
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“Sparrows Point: A Study of
the Influence of
Deindustrialization on a
Baltimore Neighborhood”
Department of History
Student: Brandon Borde
“Analysis of the Mechanical
Department of
Behavior of Bovine Descending
Aorta”
Mechanical Engineering
Student: Ramon Cabrera
Mentor: Weihong Lin
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“The Effect of Mouse Nasal
Epithelium Damage on the
Proliferation of Solitary
Chemosensory Cells”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Whitney Fields
Mentor: Janice Zengel
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“Isolation of Mutations in L4
and L22 That Confer
Resistance to the Antibiotic
Tylosin”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Mentor: Tim Topoleski
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Student: Aubrey Hillman
Mentor: Christopher Swan
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Student: Ruby Jackson-Atogi
Mentor: Jeff Leips
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Student: Hasina Jamal
Mentor: Fow-Sen Choa
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Student: Yasmeen Khaskia
Mentor: Lynanne McGuire
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Student: Simran Noor
Mentor: Edward Orser
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“Consumer Feeding Interacts
with Selective Tree Species
Loss in Streams: Consequences
for In-Stream Ecosystem
Processes”
Department of
Environmental Science
“Parasitoid Host Choice: An
Evolved or Learned
Behavior?”
Department of Biological
Sciences
“Gas Sensing with
Photoacoustic Detection”
Department of Computer
Engineering
“The Effects of Perceived
Control over Acute Pain on in
vivo Catastrophizing”
“Neighorhood University
Initative: A Strategy for
Redevelopment of West
Baltimore”
Student: Megan Sipes
Mentor: Lynnda Dahlquist
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“Relationship between Distress
and Duration of Procedure in
Pediatric Cancer Patients”
Student: Erica Smearman
Mentor: Joseph A. Harrison
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“A Novel Buprenorphine
Application Method for the
Treatment of Opioid
Dependence”
Department of
Psychology
Department of American
Studies
Department of
Psychology
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Steven Tuyishime
Mentor: Janice Zengel
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“Spiramycin-resistant
Mutations in Escherichia coli
L4 and L22”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Student: Brook Asamenew
Mentor: Charles Bieberich
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“Identifying NKX3.1
Regulatory Targets”
Student: Olufolakemi Awe
Mentor: Colin Garvie
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“Identification of the
Secondary Structural Elements
of the RFX Gene Regulatory
Complex Proteins by CD
Spectroscopy”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
“Solvent Effects on ChargeTransfer Complexes”
Department of Chemistry
Student: Tiffany Fleet
Mentor: Lasse Lindahl
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“Functional Characterization
of RNase MRP in the Absence
of XRN1 in order to further
Elucidate Ribosomal RNA
Processing”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Andrew Fritz
Mentor: Diane Alonso
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“The Forms of Goal
Orientation and its Relation to
Fear of Failure: A
Correlational Study”
Department of
Psychology
Student: Vovanti Jones
Mentor: Daphne Blumberg
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“Investigating Potential
Second Site Suppressors in the
Amp A Pathway in
Dictyostelium discoidium”
Department of Biological
Sciences
“Sex Differences in Glia
Morphology in Rat
Cerebellum”
Department of Biological
Sciences
“Will Ferrell Films and Male
Undergraduate Masculinity”
Department of American
Studies
Student: Elizabeth Campbell
Mentor: Bradley Arnold
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Student: Bettel Mussie
Mentor: Margaret McCarthy
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Student: Vanessa Nakoski
Mentor: Dabrina Taylor
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Student: Frances Onyimba
“Sexual Differentiation of the
Department of Biological
Sciences
Mentor: Margaret McCarthy
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Developing Amygdala”
Student: Amanda Reamy
Mentor: Jeff Leips
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“The Effect of Down Syndrom
Cell Adhesion Molecule on the
Cellular Immune Response of
D. melanogaster”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Anam Salman
Mentor: Lasse Lindahl
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“Isolation of Erythromycinsensitive Saccharomyces
cerevisiae by UV Mutagenesis
and Nystatin Enrichment”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Tanu Sharma
Mentor: Phyllis Robinson
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“Probing the Counterion to the
Protonated Schiff Base in
Melanopsin”
Student: Lauren Snyder
Mentor: Warren Belasco
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“The Community-building
Function of Modern
Coffeehouses”
Student: Melissa Stockbridge
Mentor: Thomas Field
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“Indirect Speech Act
Comprehension in Patients
with Asperger Syndrome: A
Formal Logic Approach”
Student: Dianne Weeks
Mentor: Liang Zhu
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“Investigations of the
Temperature Elevation during
Magnetic Fluid Hyperthermis:
an in vitro Experimental
Study”
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Department of American
Studies
Department of Modern
Languages and
Linguistics
Department of
Mechanical Engineering
GOLDWATER
Student: Devin Burns
Mentor: Marc Zupan
Oral Presentation
1:45 -- 2:00 p.m. UC 312
“Mechanical Properties of
Electroformed Fused
Deposition Modeled-CopperNickel Hybrid Materials”
Department of Mechanical
Engineering
HHMI
Oral Presentations, UC 312
Student: Tamika John
Mentor: David Scott
10:15 -- 10:30 a.m.
“Evaluating the Effects of
Regulatory T-cell Epitopes on
B-cell MHC Class II
Presentation”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Benyam Kinde
Mentor: Michael Summers
11:00 -- 11:15 a.m.
“Toward the 3D Structure of
the Core Encapsidation Signal,
a Critical Component for
Replication of a Model
Retrovirus”
Department of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology
Student: Alexandria Scott
Mentor: Tamra Mendelson
11:15 -- 11:30 a.m.
“Converting Phylogentic
Differences between Species
into Time”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“Characterization of Mutation
in C. elegans POP-1; A Core
Component of the Wnt
Signaling Pathway”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Ramon Cabrera
Mentor: Weihong Lin
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“The Effect of Mouse Nasal
Epithelium Damage on the
Proliferation of Solitary
Chemosensory Cells”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Whitney Fields
Mentor: Janice Zengel
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“Isolation of Mutations in L4
and L22 That Confer
Resistance to the Antibiotic
Tylosin”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Nick Pinkin
Mentor: Ramachandra
Hosmane
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“Synthesis of Potential
Inhibitors of Thymidylate
Synthase Based on
Quinazoline Structural
Skeleton”
Department of Chemistry
“Spiramycin-resistant
Mutations in Escherichia coli<
L4 and L22”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Ashleigh Bouchelion
Mentor: David Eisenmann
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Student: Steven Tuyishime
Mentor: Janice Zengel
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“Probing the Structure of
Human Green Opsin Using
Site-directed Spin Labeling”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Tiffany Fleet
Mentor: Lasse Lindahl
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“Functional Characterization
of RNase MRP in the Absence
of XRN1 in order to further
Elucidate Ribosomal RNA
Processing”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Amber Gaither
Mentor: Christopher Plowe
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“Establishing Pyrosequencing
Methods to Detect Resistanceconferring Mutations in
Plasmodium falciparum”
Department of Biological
Sciences
“Non-Covalent Interactions
Between Naphthalene Imide
Compounds and Proteins”
Department of Chemistry
Student: Vovanti Jones
Mentor: Daphne Blumberg
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“Investigating Potential
Second Site Suppressors in the
Amp A Pathway in
Dictyostelium discoidium”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Jessica McGrath
Mentor: Michael Summers
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“The Relationship between the
Structure of the FIV Matrix
Protein and its Ability to
Target the Plasma Membrane”
Department of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology
Student: Gabrielle McRae
Mentor: Donna Farber
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“The Effect of Toll-Like
Receptors on the Activity of
Antigen Presenting Cells”
Department of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology
Student: Erwin Cabrera
Mentor: Phyllis Robinson
10:00 – 3:00 p.m..
Student: Joy Ihekweazu
Mentor: Lisa Kelly
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Student: Frances Onyimba
Mentor: Margaret McCarthy
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“Sexual Differentiation of the
Developing Amygdala”
Department of Biological
Sciences
HONORS COLLEGE
Oral Presentations -- Morning
Student: Elizabeth Kudirka
Mentor: Richard Wilson
9:45 -- 10:00 a.m. UC 310
“Ten Reasons Biotechnology
Will Be Important to the
Developing World”
Department of Philosophy
Student: Yuriy Sverchkov
Mentor: Muruhan Rathinam
10:00 -- 10:15 a.m. UC 312
“Modeling Flagellar Growth as
a Stochastic Process”
Department of Mathematics
Student: Sarah Lichtner
Mentor: Orianne Smith
10:15 -- 10:30 a.m. UC 310
“Oscar Wilde: Degenerate or
Revolutionary?”
Student: Cheryl Jaworski
Mentor: Piotr Gwiazda
10:30 -- 10:45 a.m. UC 310
“Christina Stead's Religion of
Love and the New Science of the
Mind”
Department of
Interdisciplinary Studies
Student: Charlene Kuo
Mentor: Susan Martin
10:45 -- 11:00 a.m. UC 310
“Investigation of the Value of
the Dependable StrengthsTM
Workshop for UMBC Alumni”
Departments of American
Studies and Biology
Student: Benyam Kinde
Mentor: Michael Summers
11:00 -- 11:15 a.m. UC 312
“Toward the 3D Structure of the
Core Encapsidation Signal, a
Critical Component for
Replication of a Model
Retrovirus”
Student: Christina Hawkins
Mentor: Tim Gindling
11:00 -- 11:15 a.m. UC 310
“Latin American Trade
Alternatives for the 21st
Century”
Student: Cally Brandt
Mentor: Carolyn Koehler
11:30 -- 11:45 a.m. UC 310
“Two Media, Same
Metamorphoses: The Works of
Ovid and Bernini”
Department of English
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Department of
Interdisciplinary Studies
Department of Ancient
Studies
Oral Presentations -- Afternoon
Student: Amanda Rosenbush
Mentor: Denis Provencher
1:15 -- 1:30 p.m. UC 310
“Reading beyond the Lines: The
Discourse of Gender Violence in
Spain”
Department of Modern
Languages and Linguistics
Student: Kayleigh Somers
Mentor: Orianne Smith
1:30 -- 1:45 p.m. UC 310
“'Dirt and Confusion' : Nature
in Jane Austen's Novels”
Department of English
Student: Matthew Dolamore
Mentor: Elaine Rusinko
2:00 -- 2:15 p.m. UC 310
“National Identity in
Monuments – Analysis of
Interactions between Russia’s
Youth and Moscow’s Public
Monument Sites”
Department of Modern
Languages and Linguistics
Student: Christianna
Stavroudis
Mentor: Thomas Field
2:15 -- 2:30 p.m. UC 310
“Teaching Pragmatics to HighFunctioning Individuals with
Autism: An Outline for a
Computer Learning Program”
Department of Modern
Languages and Linguistics
Student: Anastasia Feaster
Mentor: Denise Meringolo
2:30 -- 2:45 p.m. UC 312
“Hispanic Heritage Month and
Hispanic Identity”
Department of History
“Modeling the X-ray Continuum
in Seyfert Galaxies”
Department of Physics
Student: Eric Wieczorkowski
Mentor: Ian George
2:45 -- 3:00 p.m. UC 312
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom, 9:30 –11:30 a.m.
Student: Bridget Armstrong
Mentor: Lynnda Dahlquist
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“The Effects of Child Food
Allergy on Family Activities”
Department of Psychology
Student: Samantha Bier
Mentor: Lynanne McGuire
“Active Coping and Perceived
Control Influence Cortisol
Responses to Acute Pain among
Women”
Department of Psychology
Student: Sarah Blusiewicz
Mentor: Kriste Lindenmeyer
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“Sparrows Point: A Study of the
Influence of Deindustrialization
on a Baltimore Neighborhood”
Department of History
Student: Ari Ne'eman
Mentor: Carolyn Forestiere
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“The Role of Economic
Development Indicators in the
Electoral Patterns of Two
Eastern European Transitional
Democracies”
Department of Political
Science
Student: Rebecca Reeves
Mentor: Christopher Swan
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“The Effect of Road Salt on
Competition between Gray Tree
Frog (Hyla versicolor) Tadpoles”
Department of
Environmental Science
Student: Rahilla Tarfa
Mentor: Stephen Freeland
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“Were the 20 Amino Acids
Randomly Chosen by Life?”
Department of
Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology
Student: Seth Vacek
Mentor: Karen Freiberg
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“Beneath the Ink: The
Revelation of Tattoos”
Department of Psychology
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“Solvent Effects on ChargeTransfer Complexes”
Department of Chemistry
Student: Anna Gitterman
Mentor: Stephen Miller
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“Analyzing the Function of
RlsA, a Paralog of the Master
Cell-type Regulatory Protein
RegA in Volvox carteri”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Vanessa Nakoski
Mentor: Dabrina Taylor
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“Will Ferrell Films and Male
Undergraduate Masculinity”
Department of American
Studies
“Decoding Conversations on
Education within Community”
Department of American
Studies
“The Community-building
Function of Modern
Coffeehouses”
Department of American
Studies
Student: Elizabeth Campbell
Mentor: Bradley Arnold
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Student: Elise Pohl
Mentor: Kathy Bryan
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Student: Lauren Snyder
Mentor: Warren Belasco
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Student: Melissa Stockbridge
Mentor: Thomas Field
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“Indirect Speech Act
Comprehension in Patients with
Asperger Syndrome: A Formal
Logic Approach”
Department of Modern
Languages and Linguistics
HUMANITIES SCHOLARS
Oral Presentations
Student: Dorothy Kenny
Mentor: Kevin Omland
9:15 -- 9:30 a.m., UC 312
“What's in a Name?: Using DNA
Barcoding to Identify Species of
Oriole”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Matthew Poland
Mentor: Raphael Falco
10:00 -- 10:15 a.m., UC 310
“'Great Sofas in Vast
Cathedrals': Space and Moral
Perception in Three English
Country-House Novels”
Department of English
Student: Sarah Lichtner
Mentor: Orianne Smith
10:15 -- 10:30 a.m., UC 310
“Oscar Wilde: Degenerate or
Revolutionary?”
Department of English
Student: Cheryl Jaworski
Mentor: Piotr Gwiazda
10:30 -- 10:45 a.m., UC 310
“Christina Stead's Religion of
Love and the New Science of the
Mind”
Department of
Interdisciplinary Studies
Student: Cally Brandt
Mentor: Carolyn Koehler
11:30 -- 11:45 a.m., UC 310
“Two Media, Same
Metamorphoses: The Works of
Ovid and Bernini”
Department of Ancient
Studies
Student: Kayleigh Somers
Mentor: Orianne Smith
1:30 -- 1:45 p.m., UC 310
“'Dirt and Confusion' : Nature
in Jane Austen's Novels”
Department of English
Student: Matthew Dolamore
Mentor: Elaine Rusinko
2:00 -- 2:15 p.m., UC 310
“National Identity in
Monuments – Analysis of
Interactions between Russia’s
Youth and Moscow’s Public
Monument Sites”
Department of Modern
Languages and Linguistics
Student: Christianna
Stavroudis
Mentor: Thomas Field
2:15 -- 2:30 p.m., UC 310
“Teaching Pragmatics to HighFunctioning Individuals with
Autism: An Outline for a
Computer Learning Program”
Department of Modern
Languages and Linguistics
IMAGING RESEARCH FELLOWS
Video Presentations, FA 221
Student: Andrej Bevec
Mentor: Eric Dyer
1:50 -- 2:10 p.m.
“Short Animation: Morning”
Department of Visual Arts
Student: Evan Devine
Mentor: Fred Worden
2:30 -- 2:50 p.m.
“Study of Kurt Kren and
Experiments in Structural Film”
Department of Visual Arts
“Procopius of Caesarea: The
Buildings”
Department of Visual Arts
Student: Timothy Brosius
Mentor: Fred Worden
2:50 -- 3:10 p.m.
LINEHAN ARTIST SCHOLARS
Student: Carly Engelke
Mentor: Doug Hamby
Dance Presentation
10:00 -- 10:30 a.m. FA 317
“Outside the Inside”
Department of Dance
“Lonely Girl”
Student: Daphne Gardner
Mentor: Fred Worden
Video Presentation
2:10 -- 2:30 p.m. FA 221
Department of Theatre
LEARNING RESOURCES CENTER and
STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES TUTOR
Student: Yuriy Sverchkov
Mentor: Muruhan Rathinam
Oral Presentation
10:00 -- 10:15 a.m. UC 312
“Modeling Flagellar Growth as
a Stochastic Process”
Department of Mathematics
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom
Student: Caryn Bell
Mentor: William LaCourse
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Student: Destiney Buelto
Mentor: Laundette Jones
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“Development of an Artificial
Nose for Detecting Ambient-Air
Particulates”
“Analysis of Aromatase
Expression in the
Breast/Stromal
Microenvironment between
African American and
Caucasian Women”
Department of Chemistry
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
MARC U*STAR
Oral Presentations, UC 312
Student: Shilpa Gadwal
Mentor: Janice Zengel
9:30 -- 9:45 a.m.
“Effects of High-Level
Troleandomycin Resistance in
the 23s Ribosomal RNA of D.
radiodurans on Ribosome
Function”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Julie Fields
Mentor: Vence Bonham
9:45 -- 10:00 a.m.
“Exploring Patient
Characteristics in Treatment
Decision-making among Black
and White Physicians in the
United States”
Department of Biological
Sciences
“Evaluating the Effects of
Regulatory T-cell Epitopes on Bcell MHC Class II Presentation”
Department of Biological
Sciences
“Flexibility - Not Just for
Gumby Anymore”
Department of Chemistry
Student: Uzoma Iheagwara
Mentor: Suzanne OstrandRosenberg
10:45 -- 11:00 a.m.
“The Intracellular Trafficking
Pathway of MHC II Molecules is
Altered in the Absence of
Invariant Chain”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Shayla Shorter
Mentor: Violeta Rus
11:30 -- 11:45 a.m.
“How Does TRAIL Affect T Cell
Function?”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Brandon Johnson
Mentor: Tim Topoleski
2:00 -- 2:15 p.m.
“Improving Mechanical
Properties of PMMA Bone
Cement with Nano and Micro
Particles”
Department of Mechanical
Engineering
Student: Tesia Stephenson
Mentor: Andrew Coop
3:00 -- 3:15 p.m.
“UMB24 Analogs as Potential
Metamphetamine Treatments”
Department of Chemistry
Student: Oluwaseun
Olayiwola
Mentor: Mariajose Castellanos
3:15 -- 3:30 p.m.
“A Quantitative Model of Rho
GTPases Network ”
Department of Chemical
Engineering
Student: Tamika John
Mentor: David Scott
10:15 -- 10:30 a.m.
Student: Olubukola Ojewoye
Mentor: Katherine SeleyRadtke
10:30 -- 10:45 a.m.
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom, 9:30 –11:30 a.m.
Student: Caryn Bell
Mentor: William LaCourse
“Development of an Artificial
Nose for Detecting Ambient-Air
Particulates”
Department of Chemistry
Student: Brandon Borde
Mentor: Tim Topoleski
“Analysis of the Mechanical
Behavior of Bovine Descending
Aorta”
Department of Mechanical
Engineering
Student: Ramon Cabrera
Mentor: Weihong Lin
“The Effect of Mouse Nasal
Epithelium Damage on the
Proliferation of Solitary
Chemosensory Cells”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Nancy Chiles
Mentor: Ann Gruber-Baldini
“Education and its Role in
Recovery from a Hip Fracture”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Whitney Fields
Mentor: Janice Zengel
“Isolation of Mutations in L4
and L22 That Confer Resistance
to the Antibiotic Tylosin”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Hasina Jamal
Mentor: Fow-Sen Choa
“Gas Sensing with Photoacoustic
Detection”
Department of Computer
Engineering
Student: Sasan Salimian
Mentor: Hua Lu
“Characterization of HTA8, a
Histone H2A Gene, in
Arabidopsis Defense Regulation”
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Student: Steven Tuyishime
Mentor: Janice Zengel
“Spiramycin-resistant Mutations
in Escherichia coli L4 and L22”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Student: Izath Aguilar
Mentor: Theresa Good
“Role of K+ Channels in A(beta
symbol) Toxicity”
Department of Chemical
Engineering
Student: Brook Asamenew
Mentor: Charles Bieberich
“Identifying NKX3.1 Regulatory
Targets”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Olufolakemi Awe
Mentor: Colin Garvie
“Identification of the Secondary
Structural Elements of the RFX
Gene Regulatory Complex
Proteins by CD Spectroscopy”
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
“Calcium Dynamics in the
Extracellular Space of Neural
Tissue”
Department of Chemical
Engineering
Student: Tiffany Fleet
Mentor: Lasse Lindahl
“Functional Characterization of
RNase MRP in the Absence of
XRN1 in order to further
Elucidate Ribosomal RNA
Processing”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Darryl Gaines
Mentor: Nicholas Carbonetti
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“The Effect of Pertussis Toxin
on Mouse Airway Macrophages”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Abraham Beyene
Mentor: Mariajose Castellanos
“Establishing Pyrosequencing
Methods to Detect Resistanceconferring Mutations in
Plasmodium falciparum”
Department of Biological
Sciences
“Non-Covalent Interactions
Between Naphthalene Imide
Compounds and Proteins”
Department of Chemistry
Student: Vovanti Jones
Mentor: Daphne Blumberg
“Investigating Potential Second
Site Suppressors in the Amp A
Pathway in Dictyostelium
discoidium”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Jessica McGrath
Mentor: Michael Summers
“The Relationship between the
Structure of the FIV Matrix
Protein and its Ability to Target
the Plasma Membrane”
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Student: Bettel Mussie
Mentor: Margaret McCarthy
“Sex Differences in Glia
Morphology in Rat Cerebellum”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Frances Onyimba
Mentor: Margaret McCarthy
“Sexual Differentiation of the
Developing Amygdala”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Amber Gaither
Mentor: Christopher Plowe
Student: Joy Ihekweazu
Mentor: Lisa Kelly
Student: Tanu Sharma
Mentor: Phyllis Robinson
“Probing the Counterion to the
Protonated Schiff Base in
Melanopsin”
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Student: Dianne Weeks
Mentor: Liang Zhu
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“Investigations of the
Temperature Elevation during
Magnetic Fluid Hyperthermis:
an in vitro Experimental Study”
Department of Mechanical
Engineering
MCNAIR SCHOLARS
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Student: Caryn Bell
Mentor: William LaCourse
“Development of an Artificial
Nose for Detecting Ambient-Air
Particulates”
Student: Rahilla Tarfa
Mentor: Stephen Freeland
“Were the 20 Amino Acids
Randomly Chosen by Life?”
Department of Chemistry
Department of
Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology
Oral Presentations, UC 310
“Appeasing Whom? The Use of
Unilateral Initiatives and InterKorean Relations”
Student: Douglas Nivens, II
Mentor: Cynthia Hody
11:15 -- 11:30 a.m.
“Black Women's Attitudes on
Interracial Dating: A Qualitative
Study”
Student: Ebony Davis
Mentor: Laura Ting
2:30 -- 2:45 p.m.
Department of Political
Science
Department of Psychology
Oral Presentations, UC 312
Student: Shilpa Gadwal
Mentor: Janice Zengel
9:30 -- 9:45 a.m.
“Effects of High-Level
Troleandomycin Resistance in
the 23s Ribosomal RNA of D.
radiodurans on Ribosome
Function”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Tesia Stephenson
Mentor: Andrew Coop
3:00 -- 3:15 p.m.
“UMB24 Analogs as Potential
Metamphetamine Treatments”
Department of Chemistry
Student: Oluwaseun
Olayiwola
Mentor: Mariajose Castellanos
3:15 -- 3:30 p.m.
“A Quantitative Model of Rho
GTPases Network ”
Department of Chemical
Engineering
MEYERHOFF SCHOLARS
Oral Presentations, UC 312
Student: Shilpa Gadwal
Mentor: Janice Zengel
9:30 -- 9:45 a.m.
“Effects of High-Level
Troleandomycin Resistance in
the 23s Ribosomal RNA of D.
radiodurans on Ribosome
Function”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Julie Fields
Mentor: Vence Bonham
9:45 -- 10:00 a.m.
“Exploring Patient
Characteristics in Treatment
Decision-making among Black
and White Physicians in the
United States”
Department of Biological
Sciences
“Evaluating the Effects of
Regulatory T-cell Epitopes on Bcell MHC Class II Presentation”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Tamika John
Mentor: David Scott
10:15 -- 10:30 a.m.
“Flexibility - Not Just for
Gumby Anymore”
Department of Chemistry
Student: Uzoma Iheagwara
Mentor: Suzanne OstrandRosenberg
10:45 -- 11:00 a.m.
“The Intracellular Trafficking
Pathway of MHC II Molecules is
Altered in the Absence of
Invariant Chain”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Benyam Kinde
Mentor: Michael Summers
11:00 -- 11:15 a.m.
“Toward the 3D Structure of the
Core Encapsidation Signal, a
Critical Component for
Replication of a Model
Retrovirus”
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Student: Shayla Shorter
Mentor: Violeta Rus
11:30 -- 11:45 a.m.
“How Does TRAIL Affect T Cell
Function?”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Devin Burns
Mentor: Marc Zupan
1:45 -- 2:00 p.m.
“Mechanical Properties of
Electroformed Fused Deposition
Modeled-Copper-Nickel Hybrid
Materials”
Department of Mechanical
Engineering
Student: Brandon Johnson
Mentor: Tim Topoleski
2:00 -- 2:15 p.m.
“Improving Mechanical
Properties of PMMA Bone
Cement with Nano and Micro
Particles”
Department of Mechanical
Engineering
Student: Tesia Stephenson
Mentor: Andrew Coop
3:00 -- 3:15 p.m.
“UMB24 Analogs as Potential
Metamphetamine Treatments”
Department of Chemistry
Student: Olubukola Ojewoye
Mentor: Katherine SeleyRadtke
10:30 -- 10:45 a.m.
Poster Presentations, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m., UC Ballroom
Student: Caryn Bell
Mentor: William LaCourse
“Development of an Artificial
Nose for Detecting Ambient-Air
Particulates”
Department of Chemistry
Student: Brandon Borde
Mentor: Tim Topoleski
“Analysis of the Mechanical
Behavior of Bovine Descending
Aorta”
Department of Mechanical
Engineering
Student: Ashleigh Bouchelion
“Characterization of Mutation
Department of Biological
Sciences
Mentor: David Eisenmann
in C. elegans POP-1; A Core
Component of the Wnt Signaling
Pathway”
Student: Ramon Cabrera
Mentor: Weihong Lin
“The Effect of Mouse Nasal
Epithelium Damage on the
Proliferation of Solitary
Chemosensory Cells”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Nancy Chiles
Mentor: Ann Gruber-Baldini
“Education and its Role in
Recovery from a Hip Fracture”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: George Cutsail, III
Mentor: Veronika Szalai
“Copper Amyloid-beta Complex
in Alzheimer's Disease”
Department of Chemistry
Student: Whitney Fields
Mentor: Janice Zengel
“Isolation of Mutations in L4
and L22 That Confer Resistance
to the Antibiotic Tylosin”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Ruby Jackson-Atogi
Mentor: Jeff Leips
“Parasitoid Host Choice: An
Evolved or Learned Behavior?”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Hasina Jamal
Mentor: Fow-Sen Choa
“Gas Sensing with Photoacoustic
Detection”
Department of Computer
Engineering
“Protein Diffusion from
Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Vinyl
Sulfone Scaffolds”
Department of Chemical
Engineering
Student: Nick Pinkin
Mentor: Ramachandra
Hosmane
“Synthesis of Potential
Inhibitors of Thymidylate
Synthase Based on Quinazoline
Structural Skeleton”
Department of Chemistry
Student: Sasan Salimian
Mentor: Hua Lu
“Characterization of HTA8, a
Histone H2A Gene, in
Arabidopsis Defense Regulation”
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Student: Steven Tuyishime
Mentor: Janice Zengel
“Spiramycin-resistant Mutations
in Escherichia coli L4 and L22”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Nirvana Maharaj
Mentor: Jennie Leach
Poster Presentations, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., UC Ballroom
Student: Izath Aguilar
Mentor: Theresa Good
“Role of K+ Channels in A(beta
symbol) Toxicity”
Department of Chemical
Engineering
Student: Olufolakemi Awe
Mentor: Colin Garvie
Student: Abraham Beyene
Mentor: Mariajose Castellanos
“Identification of the Secondary
Structural Elements of the RFX
Gene Regulatory Complex
Proteins by CD Spectroscopy”
“Calcium Dynamics in the
Extracellular Space of Neural
Tissue”
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Department of Chemical
Engineering
Student: Destiney Buelto
Mentor: Laundette Jones
“Analysis of Aromatase
Expression in the
Breast/Stromal
Microenvironment between
African American and
Caucasian Women”
Student: Erwin Cabrera
Mentor: Phyllis Robinson
“Probing the Structure of
Human Green Opsin Using Sitedirected Spin Labeling”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Tiffany Fleet
Mentor: Lasse Lindahl
“Functional Characterization of
RNase MRP in the Absence of
XRN1 in order to further
Elucidate Ribosomal RNA
Processing”
Department of Biological
Sciences
“Establishing Pyrosequencing
Methods to Detect Resistanceconferring Mutations in
Plasmodium falciparum”
Department of Biological
Sciences
“Non-Covalent Interactions
Between Naphthalene Imide
Compounds and Proteins”
Department of Chemistry
Student: Vovanti Jones
Mentor: Daphne Blumberg
“Investigating Potential Second
Site Suppressors in the Amp A
Pathway in Dictyostelium
discoidium”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Jung Kim
Mentor: Jia Bei Wang
“Gene Knockdown Model for
PKCI/HINT1 Protein in PC12
Cells”
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Student: Amber Gaither
Mentor: Christopher Plowe
Student: Joy Ihekweazu
Mentor: Lisa Kelly
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Student: Jessica McGrath
Mentor: Michael Summers
“The Relationship between the
Structure of the FIV Matrix
Protein and its Ability to Target
the Plasma Membrane”
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Student: Gabrielle McRae
Mentor: Donna Farber
“The Effect of Toll-Like
Receptors on the Activity of
Antigen Presenting Cells”
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Student: Bettel Mussie
Mentor: Margaret McCarthy
“Sex Differences in Glia
Morphology in Rat Cerebellum”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Frances Onyimba
Mentor: Margaret McCarthy
“Sexual Differentiation of the
Developing Amygdala”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Anam Salman
Mentor: Lasse Lindahl
“Isolation of Erythromycinsensitive Saccharomyces
cerevisiae by UV Mutagenesis
and Nystatin Enrichment”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Tanu Sharma
Mentor: Phyllis Robinson
“Probing the Counterion to the
Protonated Schiff Base in
Melanopsin”
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Student: Dianne Weeks
Mentor: Liang Zhu
“Investigations of the
Temperature Elevation during
Magnetic Fluid Hyperthermis:
an in vitro Experimental Study”
Department of Mechanical
Engineering
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS
Student: Brandon Johnson
Mentor: Tim Topoleski
Oral Presentation
2:00 -- 2:15 p.m., UC 312
“Improving Mechanical
Properties of PMMA Bone
Cement with Nano and Micro
Particles”
Student: Hasina Jamal
Mentor: Fow-Sen Choa
Poster Presentation
9:30 – 11:30 a.m., Ballroom
“Gas Sensing with Photoacoustic
Detection”
Department of Mechanical
Engineering
Department of Computer
Engineering
Student: Destiney Buelto
Mentor: Laundette Jones
1:00 – 3:00 p.m., UC Ballroom
“Analysis of Aromatase
Expression in the
Breast/Stromal
Microenvironment between
African American and
Caucasian Women”
Student: Dianne Weeks
Mentor: Liang Zhu
Poster Presentation
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. UC Ballroom
“Investigations of the
Temperature Elevation during
Magnetic Fluid Hyperthermis:
an in vitro Experimental Study”
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Department of Mechanical
Engineering
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLLEGIATE SCHOLARS
Artistic Video Presentation, FA 221
Student: Glen Fortner
Mentor: Fred Worden
1:30 -- 1:50 p.m.
“Nine”
Department of Visual Arts
Oral Presentations
Student: Uzoma Iheagwara
Mentor: Suzanne OstrandRosenberg
10:45 -- 11:00 a.m. UC 312
“The Intracellular Trafficking
Pathway of MHC II Molecules is
Altered in the Absence of
Invariant Chain”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Charlene Kuo
Mentor: Susan Martin
10:45 -- 11:00 a.m. UC 310
“Investigation of the Value of
the Dependable StrengthsTM
Workshop for UMBC Alumni”
Departments of American
Studies and Biology
Student: Brandon Johnson
Mentor: Tim Topoleski
2:00 -- 2:15 p.m. UC 312
“Improving Mechanical
Properties of PMMA Bone
Cement with Nano and Micro
Particles”
Department of Mechanical
Engineering
Student: Tesia Stephenson
Mentor: Andrew Coop
3:00 -- 3:15 p.m. UC 312
“UMB24 Analogs as Potential
Metamphetamine Treatments”
Department of Chemistry
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Student: Caryn Bell
Mentor: William LaCourse
“Development of an Artificial
Nose for Detecting Ambient-Air
Particulates”
Department of Chemistry
Student: Samantha Bier
Mentor: Lynanne McGuire
“Active Coping and Perceived
Control Influence Cortisol
Responses to Acute Pain among
Women”
Department of Psychology
Student: Brandon Borde
Mentor: Tim Topoleski
“Analysis of the Mechanical
Behavior of Bovine Descending
Aorta”
Department of Mechanical
Engineering
Student: Ramon Cabrera
Mentor: Weihong Lin
“The Effect of Mouse Nasal
Epithelium Damage on the
Proliferation of Solitary
Chemosensory Cells”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Nancy Chiles
Mentor: Ann Gruber-Baldini
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“Education and its Role in
Recovery from a Hip Fracture”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Ruby Jackson-Atogi
Mentor: Jeff Leips
“Parasitoid Host Choice: An
Evolved or Learned Behavior?”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Hasina Jamal
Mentor: Fow-Sen Choa
“Gas Sensing with Photoacoustic
Detection”
Department of Computer
Engineering
Student: Yasmeen Khaskia
Mentor: Lynanne McGuire
“The Effects of Perceived
Control over Acute Pain on in
vivo Catastrophizing”
Department of Psychology
Student: Tatiana Lary
Mentor: Laura Stapleton
“The Correlation Between Air
Pollution and Mental Health”
Department of Psychology
Student: Simran Noor
Mentor: Edward Orser
Student: Erica Smearman
Mentor: Joseph A. Harrison
Student: Kacie Smith
Mentor: Jason Loviglio
“Neighorhood University
Initative: A Strategy for
Redevelopment of West
Baltimore”
Department of American
Studies
“A Novel Buprenorphine
Application Method for the
Treatment of Opioid
Dependence”
Department of Biological
Sciences
“The Evolution of Gender
Representations in Switzerland:
A Content Analysis”
Department of Media and
Communication Studies
Student: Rahilla Tarfa
Mentor: Stephen Freeland
“Were the 20 Amino Acids
Randomly Chosen by Life?”
Student: Steven Tuyishime
Mentor: Janice Zengel
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“Spiramycin-resistant Mutations
in Escherichia coli L4 and L22”
Department of
Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology
Department of Biological
Sciences
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Student: Destiney Buelto
Mentor: Laundette Jones
“Analysis of Aromatase
Expression in the
Breast/Stromal
Microenvironment between
African American and
Caucasian Women”
Student: Erwin Cabrera
Mentor: Phyllis Robinson
“Probing the Structure of
Human Green Opsin Using Sitedirected Spin Labeling”
Department of Biological
Sciences
“Non-Covalent Interactions
Between Naphthalene Imide
Compounds and Proteins”
Department of Chemistry
Student: Vovanti Jones
Mentor: Daphne Blumberg
“Investigating Potential Second
Site Suppressors in the Amp A
Pathway in Dictyostelium
discoidium”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Jessica McGrath
Mentor: Michael Summers
“The Relationship between the
Structure of the FIV Matrix
Protein and its Ability to Target
the Plasma Membrane”
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Student: Dianne Weeks
Mentor: Liang Zhu
“Investigations of the
Temperature Elevation during
Magnetic Fluid Hyperthermis:
an in vitro Experimental Study”
Department of Mechanical
Engineering
Student: Joy Ihekweazu
Mentor: Lisa Kelly
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
OMICRON KAPPA DELTA
Student: Melissa Stockbridge
Mentor: Thomas Field
Poster Presentation
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. UC Ballroom
“Indirect Speech Act
Comprehension in Patients with
Asperger Syndrome: A Formal
Logic Approach”
Department of Modern
Languages and Linguistics
PHI KAPPA PHI
Oral Presentations
Student: Matthew Poland
Mentor: Raphael Falco
10:00 -- 10:15 a.m. UC 310
“'Great Sofas in Vast
Cathedrals': Space and Moral
Perception in Three English
Country-House Novels”
Student: Uzoma Iheagwara
Mentor: Suzanne OstrandRosenberg
10:45 -- 11:00 a.m. UC 312
“The Intracellular Trafficking
Pathway of MHC II Molecules is
Altered in the Absence of
Invariant Chain”
Department of English
Department of Biological
Sciences
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Student: Yasmeen Khaskia
Mentor: Lynanne McGuire
“The Effects of Perceived
Control over Acute Pain on in
vivo Catastrophizing”
Department of Psychology
Student: Tatiana Lary
Mentor: Laura Stapleton
“The Correlation Between Air
Pollution and Mental Health”
Department of Psychology
Student: Megan Sipes
Mentor: Lynnda Dahlquist
“Relationship between Distress
and Duration of Procedure in
Pediatric Cancer Patients”
Department of Psychology
Student: Erica Smearman
Mentor: Joseph A. Harrison
“A Novel Buprenorphine
Application Method for the
Treatment of Opioid
Dependence”
Department of Biological
Sciences
“Spiramycin-resistant Mutations
in Escherichia coli L4 and L22”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Steven Tuyishime
Mentor: Janice Zengel
PM Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Student: Olufolakemi Awe
Mentor: Colin Garvie
“Identification of the Secondary
Structural Elements of the RFX
Gene Regulatory Complex
Proteins by CD Spectroscopy”
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Student: Andrew Fritz
Mentor: Diane Alonso
“The Forms of Goal Orientation
and its Relation to Fear of
Failure: A Correlational Study”
Department of Psychology
Student: Vovanti Jones
Mentor: Daphne Blumberg
“Investigating Potential Second
Site Suppressors in the Amp A
Pathway in Dictyostelium
discoidium”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Vanessa Nakoski
Mentor: Dabrina Taylor
“Will Ferrell Films and Male
Undergraduate Masculinity”
Department of American
Studies
Student: Frances Onyimba
Mentor: Margaret McCarthy
“Sexual Differentiation of the
Developing Amygdala”
Department of Biological
Sciences
PRE-MARC U*STAR
Oral Presentations, UC 312
Student: Uzoma Iheagwara
Mentor: Suzanne OstrandRosenberg
10:45 -- 11:00 a.m.
“The Intracellular Trafficking
Pathway of MHC II Molecules is
Altered in the Absence of
Invariant Chain”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Benyam Kinde
Mentor: Michael Summers
11:00 -- 11:15 a.m.
“Toward the 3D Structure of the
Core Encapsidation Signal, a
Critical Component for
Replication of a Model
Retrovirus”
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Student: Alexandria Scott
Mentor: Tamra Mendelson
11:15 -- 11:30 a.m.
“Converting Phylogentic
Differences between Species into
Time”
Department of Biological
Sciences
AM Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom
Student: Ashleigh Bouchelion
Mentor: David Eisenmann
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“Characterization of Mutation
in C. elegans POP-1; A Core
Component of the Wnt Signaling
Pathway”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: George Cutsail, III
Mentor: Veronika Szalai
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“Copper Amyloid-beta Complex
in Alzheimer's Disease”
Department of Chemistry
Student: Ruby Jackson-Atogi
Mentor: Jeff Leips
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“Parasitoid Host Choice: An
Evolved or Learned Behavior?”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Nirvana Maharaj
Mentor: Jennie Leach
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“Protein Diffusion from
Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Vinyl
Sulfone Scaffolds”
Department of Chemical
Engineering
Student: Rahilla Tarfa
Mentor: Stephen Freeland
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“Were the 20 Amino Acids
Randomly Chosen by Life?”
Department of
Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Student: Destiney Buelto
Mentor: Laundette Jones
“Analysis of Aromatase
Expression in the
Breast/Stromal
Microenvironment between
African American and
Caucasian Women”
Student: Erwin Cabrera
Mentor: Phyllis Robinson
“Probing the Structure of
Human Green Opsin Using Sitedirected Spin Labeling”
Student: Jung Kim
Mentor: Jia Bei Wang
Student: Gabrielle McRae
Mentor: Donna Farber
Student: Anam Salman
Mentor: Lasse Lindahl
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Department of Biological
Sciences
“Gene Knockdown Model for
PKCI/HINT1 Protein in PC12
Cells”
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
“The Effect of Toll-Like
Receptors on the Activity of
Antigen Presenting Cells”
Department of
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
“Isolation of Erythromycinsensitive Saccharomyces
cerevisiae by UV Mutagenesis
and Nystatin Enrichment”
Department of Biological
Sciences
PRESIDENT’S FELLOWS
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Student: Aubrey Hillman
Mentor: Christopher Swan
“Consumer Feeding Interacts
with Selective Tree Species Loss
in Streams: Consequences for
In-Stream Ecosystem Processes”
Department of
Environmental Science
“A Novel Buprenorphine
Application Method for the
Treatment of Opioid
Dependence”
Student: Erica Smearman
Mentor: Joseph A. Harrison
Department of Biological
Sciences
Video Presentation, FA 221
“Nine”
Student: Glen Fortner
Mentor: Fred Worden
1:30 -- 1:50 p.m.
Department of Visual Arts
Oral Presentation, UC 312
Student: Yuriy Sverchkov
Mentor: Muruhan Rathinam
10:00 -- 10:15 a.m.
“Modeling Flagellar Growth as
a Stochastic Process”
Department of Mathematics
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom, 1:00 -- 3:00 p.m.
Student: Elizabeth Campbell
Mentor: Bradley Arnold
“Solvent Effects on ChargeTransfer Complexes”
Department of Chemistry
Student: Bettel Mussie
Mentor: Margaret McCarthy
“Sex Differences in Glia
Morphology in Rat Cerebellum”
Department of Biological
Sciences
PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARS
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Student: Ben Potok
Mentor: Joseph Morin
“A Coordinated Approach to
Playing the Drum Set”
Department of Music
Student: Anam Salman
Mentor: Lasse Lindahl
“Isolation of Erythromycinsensitive Saccharomyces
cerevisiae by UV Mutagenesis
and Nystatin Enrichment”
Department of Biological
Sciences
PSI CHI
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Student: Samantha Bier
Mentor: Lynanne McGuire
“Active Coping and Perceived
Control Influence Cortisol
Responses to Acute Pain among
Women”
Department of Psychology
Student: Yasmeen Khaskia
Mentor: Lynanne McGuire
Student: Kacie Smith
Mentor: Jason Loviglio
“The Effects of Perceived
Control over Acute Pain on in
vivo Catastrophizing”
Department of Psychology
“The Evolution of Gender
Representations in Switzerland:
A Content Analysis”
Department of Media and
Communication Studies
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom, 1:00—3:00 p.m.
“The Forms of Goal Orientation
and its Relation to Fear of
Failure: A Correlational Study”
Student: Andrew Fritz
Mentor: Diane Alonso
Department of Psychology
SONDHEIM PUBLIC AFFAIRS SCHOLARS
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom
Student: Sarah Blusiewicz
Mentor: Kriste Lindenmeyer
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“Sparrows Point: A Study of the
Influence of Deindustrialization
on a Baltimore Neighborhood”
Department of History
Student: Ari Ne'eman
Mentor: Carolyn Forestiere
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“The Role of Economic
Development Indicators in the
Electoral Patterns of Two
Eastern European Transitional
Democracies”
Department of Political
Science
TAU BETA PI
Oral Presentations
Student: Elizabeth Kudirka
Mentor: Richard Wilson
9:45 -- 10:00 a.m. UC 310
Student: Devin Burns
Mentor: Marc Zupan
1:45 -- 2:00 p.m. UC 312
Student: Brandon Johnson
Mentor: Tim Topoleski
2:00 -- 2:15 p.m. UC 312
“Ten Reasons Biotechnology
Will Be Important to the
Developing World”
Department of Philosophy
“Mechanical Properties of
Electroformed Fused Deposition
Modeled-Copper-Nickel Hybrid
Materials”
Department of Mechanical
Engineering
“Improving Mechanical
Properties of PMMA Bone
Cement with Nano and Micro
Particles”
Department of Mechanical
Engineering
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom
Student: Hasina Jamal
Mentor: Fow-Sen Choa
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“Gas Sensing with Photoacoustic
Detection”
Department of Computer
Engineering
Student: Dianne Weeks
Mentor: Liang Zhu
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“Investigations of the
Temperature Elevation during
Magnetic Fluid Hyperthermis:
an in vitro Experimental Study”
Department of Mechanical
Engineering
“How Does TRAIL Affect T Cell
Function?”
Department of Biological
Sciences
UNCF MERCK
Student: Shayla Shorter
Mentor: Violeta Rus
Oral Presentation
11:30 -- 11:45 a.m. UC 312
UNIVERSITY FELLOW
Student: Simran Noor
Mentor: Edward Orser
UC Ballroom
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
“Neighorhood University
Initative: A Strategy for
Redevelopment of West
Baltimore”
Department of American
Studies
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Student: Bridget Armstrong
Mentor: Lynnda Dahlquist
“The Effects of Child Food
Allergy on Family Activities”
Department of Psychology
Student: Lynna Kiere
Mentor: Kevin Omland
“Reconstructing Evolution of
Cacique Carotenoid Color”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Kacie Smith
Mentor: Jason Loviglio
“The Evolution of Gender
Representations in Switzerland:
A Content Analysis”
Department of Media and
Communication Studies
Oral Presentations, UC 310
Student: Elizabeth Kudirka
Mentor: Richard Wilson
9:45 -- 10:00 a.m.
“Ten Reasons Biotechnology
Will Be Important to the
Developing World”
Department of Philosophy
Student: Sarah Lichtner
Mentor: Orianne Smith
10:15 -- 10:30 a.m.
“Oscar Wilde: Degenerate or
Revolutionary?”
Student: Charlene Kuo
Mentor: Susan Martin
10:45 -- 11:00 a.m.
“Investigation of the Value of
the Dependable StrengthsTM
Workshop for UMBC Alumni”
Departments of American
Studies and Biology
Student: Amanda Rosenbush
Mentor: Denis Provencher
1:15 -- 1:30 p.m.
“Reading beyond the Lines: The
Discourse of Gender Violence in
Spain”
Department of Modern
Languages and Linguistics
Department of English
Poster Presentations, UC Ballroom, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Student: Michael Comberiate,
Jr.
Mentor: Lark Claassen
“Changes in MMP-9 Protein
Levels as an Indicator of Brain
Perturbation by Nicotine
Exposure”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Anna Gitterman
Mentor: Stephen Miller
“Analyzing the Function of
RlsA, a Paralog of the Master
Cell-type Regulatory Protein
RegA in <i>Volvox carteri</i>”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Student: Vanessa Nakoski
Mentor: Dabrina Taylor
“Will Ferrell Films and Male
Undergraduate Masculinity”
Department of American
Studies
Student: Elise Pohl
Mentor: Kathy Bryan
“Decoding Conversations on
Education within Community”
Department of American
Studies
Student: Melissa Stockbridge
Mentor: Thomas Field
“Indirect Speech Act
Comprehension in Patients with
Asperger Syndrome: A Formal
Logic Approach”
Department of Modern
Languages and Linguistics