2011 UGRC - Full Schedule

Isolation and Implementation of the Electron Shuttling Pathway from Geobacter into Escherichia coli

Meghan Ray

Carver Room

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Isolation and Implementation of the Electron Shuttling Pathway from Geobacter into Escherichia coli

Daniel Roush

Carver Room

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Robotic Exploration Unit for Exploration of Abandoned Mine Wildlife

Emily Briggs

Ozark Room

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Robotic Exploration Unit for Exploration of Abandoned Mine Wildlife

Luke Jones

Ozark Room

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Robotic Exploration Unit for Exploration of Abandoned Mine Wildlife

Matthew Ortel

Ozark Room

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Changes in Gene Expression of Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors Mediated by a Constitutively Active Phenotype

Erica Shannon

Turner Room

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Aerogels as Drug Delivery Systems: Silica and Dysprosia Aerogels as Drug Carriers for Indomethacin and Paracetamol

Brice Curtin

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Assessment of Fungal Diversity in an Acidic Lake through Use of Traditional and Molecular Techniques

Amber Kreps

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Characterization of Folds in the Roubidoux Fm. Near Licking, MO

Ashley Byerley

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Dehumidifying Capabilities of Ionic Liquids

Austin Ramsey

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Determining the interaction between IQG1 and formin proteins

Rachel Wille

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Disruption of Muscarinic Receptor Mediated Signal Transduction by Oxidative Stress

Joshua Erickson

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Electromagnetic Wavefront Shaping

Laura Sisken

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Honokiol Blocks Store Operated Calcium Entry in CHO Cells Expressing the M3 Muscarinic Receptor

Megan Koerner

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Honokiol Blocks Store Operated Calcium Entry in CHO Cells Expressing the M3 Muscarinic Receptor

Alexis Martin

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Kinetic and Mechanistic Investigations into the Degradation of Glucose in Hot Compressed Water as a Model for Hydrothermal Biomass-to-Fuel Conversions

Ariel Mollhagen

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Palynology of the Hell Creek Formation in Montana

Marissa Spencer

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Sarcosine Detection by Dichlorofluorescein as a Hydrogen Peroxide Probe

Casey Burton

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Self-Adaptive Website User Interface Optimization Framework

Alexander White

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Signs of Change: Evidence for Ecological Disturbances in the Micro-Fossils of a Local Lake

Robert Haselwander

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Stratigraphic Controls on the Morpho-Tectonic Elements of the Gorge of the Nile, Ethiopia

Jennifer Page

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Study of the adsorption kinetics of 17α-ethinylestradiol(EE2) onto Al₂O₃, SiO₂, and CeO₂ nanoparticles

Dominique Nocito

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

The Origin of Minor Folds Associated with a Structural Dome along the Seiyal Fault in the Western Desert of Egypt

Crystal Twenter

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Virtual Facilitation of Human Group Interactions Employing a State-based Learning Classifier System

Jeffery Shelburg

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Western Australia Extreme Environments

Kate Schlarman

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Aerodynamic Heating Analysis of Hypersonic Cruise Vehicles in Conceptual Design

Andrew Brune

Ozark Room

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Run-time Fitness Monitor for Automated Fault Localization

Jared Simon

Turner Room

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Thermal Magic Formula Based Tire Model for Simulation use in Racing Applications

Tamas Erdos

Ozark Room

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Data Mining of Bacterial Genes for Enzymes to Use for Biofuel Production: Determining Pathways of Interest in Halanaerobium strain sapolanicus

Jill Wildhaber

Turner Room

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Web Accessible Pharmaceutical Database

David Madsen

Ozark Room

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Public Policy on Pathological Gambling: An Examination of Federal Recommendations and the Gaming Industry’s Response

Ashley Grace

Turner Room

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Automated Partial Credit Grading Software System

Michael Virag

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Automated Partial Credit Grading Software System

Michael Wisely

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Balancing Limited Resources for Speech Transcription on Mobile Devices

Joseph Kurtz

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Chemical Activity of VOCs in Indoor Air Compared with Activity Polyurethane Foam Cushions

Dong Pan

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Creating Intuitive Graphical User Interfaces for Managing the Virtual Facilitator

Andrew Brown

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Developing a Platform-Independent Server for the Virtual Facilitator Project

Margret Steele

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Development of a Flexible Fluid Modeling and Control Platform with Course Projects

Luke Brekke

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Development of a Flexible Fluid Modeling and Control Platform with Course Projects

Allen Ernst

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Effect of Fly Ash on Growth of Mustard and Corn

Cailie Carlile

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Effect of Groundwater Depth on Aerobic Biodegradation of BTEX using In-planta Measurements

Rachel Bartz

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Effect of Groundwater Depth on Aerobic Biodegradation of BTEX using In-planta Measurements

Jordan Wilson

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Effects of Pressure During Curing of Fiber-Reinforced Polymers On the Properties of the Resulting Cured Lamina Relating to Structural Reinforcement

Adam Morgan

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Effects of Thermal Loading on Oil Well Cement

Benjamin Weideman

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Evaluation of a Biological Glucose Concentration-sengings iGEM Part

Logan Sauerbrei

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Fab@Home

Julie Ezzell

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Fab@Home

Tyler Thompson

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Inspection Methods for Porosity and Disbonds of Polyaniline (PANI) Coating on Aluminum Alloy 6061

Daniel Hillis

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Reuniting the Red Sea Shores - Evidencing Complete Pre-rift Terrestrial Integrity Via Satellite Imagery

Scott Melby

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Saving the Honeybees: A Synthetic Biology Approach

Amber Foster

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Saving the Honeybees: A Synthetic Biology Approach

April Pumill

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Slope Stability as a Function of Lithology in the Gorge of the Nile, Ethiopia

Alfred Massey Jr.

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Spectral Analysis of Basal Cell Carcinoma

Emily Kackley

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

VHF dc-dc Conversion

Justin Schlechte

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

When Nature is Not Enough: Frederick Douglass’ Desire to Enter Human Society in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave

Samantha Lucker

Turner Room

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Know When to Fold ‘Em: Portrayal of Compulsive Gambling and Gamblers Anonymous in News Articles, 1956-1997

Evan Mobley

Turner Room

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM