2013 UGRC - Full Schedule

Assembly of Polymeric Nanoparticles into Fibers versus Clusters: Experiment and Simulation

Clayton Buback

Turner Room

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Assembly of Polymeric Nanoparticles into Fibers versus Clusters: Experiment and Simulation

Patrick McCarver

Turner Room

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Amorphous ln-Sn-Zn-0

Mathew Pollard

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Black Coating on Dolomite in Missouri: Organics or lnorganics Containing Manganese Oxide?

Hang Deng

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Co-existence of Extended and Localized States in Thue-Morse Array of Optical Cavities

Timofey Golubev

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Co-existence of Extended and Localized States in Thue-Morse Array of Optical Cavities

Brock Hinton

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Conversion of Rare-Earth Doped Borate Glass to Rare-Earth Phosphate Solid Solution Compounds

Colin Ryan

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Decreased Lipid Metabolism Provides Insight into Sleep Mechanisms

Carlos Rivera

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Development of Soybean Oil Based Polyurethane Rigid Foams for Structural Applications

Andrew Miller

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Early Breast Cancer Detection by Quantitative Determination of Potential Biomarkers in Urine Samples Using Capillary Electrophoresis

Megan Schuller

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Effects of Low Flow and Stream Drying on Macroinvertebrate Communities

Andrew Bromet

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Effects of Low Flow and Stream Drying on Macroinvertebrate Communities

Kate Menke

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Effects of the Novel Thiol Antioxidant N-acetylcysteine Amide (NACA) on Reversing Sodium Selenite-induced Cataracts in Rats

Lisa Simone

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Enhancement of Amylase Activity by Enzymatic Immobilization on Polymer Matrices

Casey Burton

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Fixing Model Transformation Errors Using Heuristic Search

Nathan Barron

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

From Frontier Town to America's Playground: 50 Years of Promotion by the Las Vegas Nevada Chamber of Commerce

Mary Frey

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Generating a Drought Tolerant Strain of Bradyrhizobium Japonicum

Charles Threadgill

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Got Microbes? Finding the Link between Diet and Obesity

Michelle Gibson

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Identifying Novel Genes of Waking in Drosophila

Anna Luce

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Identifying Novel Genes of Waking in Drosophila

Candace Miller

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Kinetics of GSK3 Phosphorylation of Tau Protein

Kathryn Czeschin

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Low Energy Electron Diffraction of Thin Chromium Films on a Palladium Crystal

Andrew Cudd

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Markerless Motion Capture Using Kinect Sensors

Nathaniel Kamrath

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Measuring Impact of a Banking and Insurance Performance Dashboard

John Volosin

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Modifying Muscarinic Signaling through Mutation of the Neurotransmitter Receptor M2's G-Protein

Hannah Frye

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Morphotectonic Evolution of the Lake Plateau Region: A Remote Sensing Approach

Ethan Faber

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Preventing Phosphorylation of Hof1 PEST Motif Affects Myosin Contraction During Ccytokinesis

Avery Joseph

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Removal of Water Contaminants by Using Agricultural Byproducts

Ariel Donovan

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Superconductivity Induced by Nb Doping in Bi2Se3 Topological Insulator

Yunsheng Qiu

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Symbiotic Relationship between Bacteria and Soybeans Have Potential for a Natural Fertilizer

Aaron Carson

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

The Promotion of Las Vegas by Local Newspaper Editors (1905-1950)

Laura Welsch

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Through The Grapevine

Tyler Herrell

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Through The Grapevine

Justin Lovelady

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Using Carbonate Buffers to Maximize the Yield of Liquid Fuel Precursors from Hydrothermal Biomass Conversion

Brandon Basler

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Why the Deletion of the RGCT Domain of the IQG1 Protein in Budding Yeast Causes Cell Death and Cytokinesis Failure?

Brandon Drennen

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Analyzing Critical Drinking Water Parameters in Rural India

Aexander Korff

Turner Room

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Computer Representation of a Seven Axis Kinematics Manipulator

Trevor Wilson

Carver Room

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Introducing Magnetic Order in a Topological Insulator via Chemical Doping

Stephen Kraus

Turner Room

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

"Insulin Neck": Is this the Earliest Sign of Insulin Resistance?

Katie Payne

Turner Room

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Nonvolatile Resistance Switching in Electrodeposited Mn₃O₄

Ian Schroen

Turner Room

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Mark Twain and Faïza Guène: the Coalescence of Style with Cause

Nelson Shreve

Carver Room

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

The Role of Women in Literature: From King Arthur to Margaret Atwood

Matthew Eakins

Carver Room

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

A Numerical Study of Perforation Stability

Kaixiao Tian

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

A Study of Metal Properties Repaired by Laser Deposition

Yun Bai

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Analysis of Correlations between Lab-Measured Porosity, Permeability and Well Logging-Determined Porosity, Permeability

Xindi Sun

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

APCG - User Interface

George Mausshardt

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Bond Strengths in Well Design

Steve Brugere

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

CaO in Optical Waveguides

Ryan Jones

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Desert Stars -- Strikingly Curious Fe-Oxide Pseudomorphs of the White Desert, Farafra, Egypt

Stephanie Deters

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Desert Stars -- Strikingly Curious Fe-Oxide Pseudomorphs of the White Desert, Farafra, Egypt

Reid Herndon

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Determining the Effectiveness of Bio-sand Filtration to Remove Coliforms from Drinking Water along the Tapajos River in Para, Brazil

Tommy Goodwin

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

E.coli Administration of GLP1 in the Presence of Glucose

Anamaria Gaitan

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Early Detection of Colon Cancer Using a Synthetic Biological System in E. coli

Dylan Courtney

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Early Detection of Pre-Malignant Cancer Cells using a VEGFR2-Wzb Angiogenic Receptor in E. Coli

Tiffany Edwards

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Eliminating Extreme Poverty Through Microwork

Elizabeth Brem

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Evaluating the acceptability of GAMMA among Greek-affiliated students

Samantha Kempker

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Family Interactions and Mood

Emily Gardner

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Fibril Formation by Human and Bovine Insulin Fragments

Min kyung Cho

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Geothermal Energy

John Heatherly

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Improving Microtask Platforms with the Intent of Alleviating Poverty

Tyler Bick

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Investigating Internet Usage Behavior Modeling: A Multifractal Approach

Levi Malott

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Investigating Internet Usage Behavior Modeling: A Multifractal Approach

Pasha Palangpour

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Methamphetamine Contamination in Household Materials and the Effect of Skin Oil

Julia Kuebrich

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Monopropellant Exhaust Gas Manifold Study

Matthew Glascock

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Multicopter Testbed for Computer Vision Applications

Chris Seto

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Optimization of Scendesmus sp. Growth in a Photobioreactor

Charlene Ruwwe

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Parameter Study of Polymer-Flooding-Oil-Recovery Method With the Use of CMG

Zhe Yuan

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Parametric Pendulum

Matthew Laurent

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Relative Permeability Modifier (RPM) Effect of Polymer Injection in Shales Gas

Yanda Qiao

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Relative Permeability Modifier (RPM) Effect of Polymer Injection in Shales Gas

Na Zhang

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Scintillation Detector Integration with the Android Platform

Edward Norris

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

The Effectiveness of an Online Plagiarism Intervention Module

Jacob Goldsmith

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Transgenic Modification of Sunflowers for More Efficient Phytoremediation of Radionuclide Contaminated Soils

Larry Tolliver

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Using Microbes to Filter Air in the International Space Station

Sarah Rommelfanger

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Utilization of Survey Questions and Responses to Evaluate Sanitation Concerns in Santarem, Para, Brazil

Andrew Schranck

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Utilizing Decision Support Tools to Provide Clean Water

Michael Sestak

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Validating Smartphone Applications

Darrell Wallace

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM