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2014
Wednesday, April 16th
8:30 AM

Opening Address

Warren K. Wray, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Jeffrey D. Cawlfield, Missouri University of Science and Technology

St. Pat's B

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

9:00 AM

Skin Uptake of Gas Phase Methamphetamine: Effect of Clothing

Melissa Buechlein

Carver Room

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Precipitation of Porcine Hemoglobin by Nonionic Polymers

Clayton Buback

Gasconade Room

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Hamlet’s Moral Double Bind

Anna Sakach

Ozark Room

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

3-D Seismic Interpretation of the Boonsville Field, TX Using the SMT Kingdom Suite

Jing Zhang

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Adaptive Selection Operators in Evolutionary Algorithms

Nathaniel Kamrath

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Affective Domain Knowledge relating to Biosand Filters

Nathan Dowd

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Analysis of Magnetic Dipole Fixed Lattice Structure

Ryan Gibbs

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Analysis of Magnetic Dipole Fixed Lattice Structure

Scott Ketcherside

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Analysis of Magnetic Dipole Fixed Lattice Structure

Nelson Shreve

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Antibiotic Resistance in Alkaline Thriving Organisms

Ethan Hamilton

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Automated Program Understanding Employing Assembly Templates

Matthew Zieger

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Chaotic Behavior in a Damped Driven Pendulum

Jack Crewse

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Construction and Implementation of a Fourier Transform Microwave (FTMW) Spectrometer

Cassandra C. Hurley

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Contribution of GSK3 Phosphorylation towards Tau Protein Aggregation

Katie Czeschin

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Conversion of Borate Glass to Bioactive Micro-tubes

Nick Santoro

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Design and Construction of a Novel Chirped Pulse Fourier Transform Microwave (CP-FTMW) Spectrometer

David Gillcrist

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Determining the Function of the RGCt Domain of IQG1 in Budding Yeast

Kelsey Crossen

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Determining which Domain of Iqg1 Binds to Formins during Cytokinesis

Brandon Drennen

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Direct activation of M1 muscarinic receptors by the positive allosteric modulator, BQCA

Katherine Brinker

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Does a Hof1 mutation that prevents phosphorylation in the PEST domain affect both haploid and diploid yeast cell?

Katie Nelson

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Environmental Presence in Virtual Environments: Antecedents and Impacts

Thanh Nguyen

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Evaluation of Electrostatic Confinement Fusion as an Energy Source

Brock Ebert

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Evaluation of Electrostatic Confinement Fusion as an Energy Source

Sheldon Harper

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Evaluation of Electrostatic Confinement Fusion as an Energy Source

Jaykob Maser

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Exploring Gluon Polarization in the Proton with STAR Jet Data and the NNPDF Polarized Parton Distributions

Andrew Cudd

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Fault Terrain Analysis, Farafra Egypt: Investigating the Potential for Polygonal Faulting

Michael Bouchard

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Generalization of Stereotype Threat Interventions in Women

Natasha Stoneking

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Heavy Metal Elements Pre-concentration by Solid Phase Extraction and Rapid Detection

Ariel Donovan

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Imaging the mantle flow field beneath the Atlantic Ocean using seismic waves

Danielle Wang

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Imaging the mantle flow field beneath the Atlantic Ocean using seismic waves

Chunyu Liu

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Imaging the mantle flow field beneath the Atlantic Ocean using seismic waves

Chenyi Mao

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Improving the Standard of Living for Indian Women by Creating a Sustainable Option for Water Transport

Kimberly Beck

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Manipulation of Diffusion of Light via Wave Interference Effects

Timofey Golubev

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Mathematical Modeling of Sleep and Wake in Drosophila Melanogaster

Sahitya Injamuri

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Microbial Art

Carol Baker

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Modeling Human Brain Growth from Energy Conservation Principles

Scott Ketcherside

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Preliminary Lithological and Palynological Investigation of Mesozoic-Cenozoic Strata in the Gorge of the Nile, Ethiopia

Qiqi Wang

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Production of 5-HMF from Glucose

Sabrina Hostler

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Quantitative Characterization of Sieyal Fault in the Aswan Area, Egypt

Michael Little

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Quorum Sensing inBradyrhizobium Japonicum

Adrian Black

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Quorum Sensing inBradyrhizobium Japonicum

Jeremiah Herbert

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Reversing the Effects of Vitiligo using a Synthetic Biology Approach

Mondae Atughonu

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Statistical Methods for Detection of Differential Methylation in Human Disease Studies

Samuel Turpin

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Teaching Kids to Give a Crap

Darrell Wallace

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

The anisotropy beneath the Southeastern United States: influences of mantle flow and tectonic events

Wanying Wang

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

The Effect of Starvation on Glucose Levels in Wild Type Drosophila and Circadian Rhythm Mutants

Danielle Meyer

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

The Neuroprotective Effects of the Novel Thiol Antioxidant, N-acetylcysteineamide (NACA), on SH-SY5Y Neuroblastoma Cells

Justin Beltz

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

The Role of Soil Bacteria in Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soils

John Plihal

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

The Role of Soil Bacteria in Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soils

Cera Thomason

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

The thickness and Poisson’s ratio of the Earth’s crust beneath the North Central US

Yi Jiang

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

The thickness and Poisson’s ratio of the Earth’s crust beneath the North Central US

Samantha Lucker

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Visualization for Program Understanding

Luke Simon

Upper Atrium/Hall

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

9:30 AM

Sustainable Harvesting of Solar Energy Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

Alan Landers

Carver Room

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

An Assessment of Rolla’s Food System and Nutrition Needs

Katelyn Denby

Gasconade Room

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Ivan’s Children: Suffering for the Infinite?

Nelson Shreve

Ozark Room

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

10:00 AM

Publishing Big Trajectory Data with Privacy Preservation

Katrina Ward

Carver Room

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Initial Relative Orbit Determination Using Multiple LOS Measurements and Gaussian Mixture Models

Keith LeGrand

Gasconade Room

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

“What a Woman Is”: Marianne and the Illusion of Representation in France

Sophia Vojta

Ozark Room

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

10:30 AM

The Production, Analysis, and Applications of Graphene

Clayton Craig

Carver Room

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

The Production, Analysis, and Applications of Graphene

Alexander Mark

Carver Room

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

The Production, Analysis, and Usage of Graphene

Giannino Lusicic

Carver Room

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

General Thermodynamic Modeling of Gasification of Diverse Biomasses

Alexandra Slimmer

Gasconade Room

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

College-student use of protective behavioral strategies on the Missouri S&T campus: A review of previous research and directions for future research

Samantha M. Kempker

Ozark Room

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

12:00 PM

Keynote Address: Research --- Pathway to the Future

D. E. Day, Missouri University of Science and Technology

St. Pat's C Ballroom

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

1:00 PM

Plasmonic Force Propulsion for Small Spacecraft

Matthew Glascock

Carver Room

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Quorum Sensing inBradyrhizobium Japonicum

Adrian Black

Turner Room

1:00 PM - 1:20 PM

Advances in Lichen Research through Synthetic Manipulation of Cyanobacteria

Joshua Neeter

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Application of Automated Systems to Improve Data Quality of Long Durations Biomass-to-Fuel Reactions

Robert Block

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Applications of Active Aeroelastic Wing Technology

Emily Dierkes

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Applications of Active Aeroelastic Wing Technology

John Schaefer

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Automated Program Understanding Validation

Rebecca Curtis

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Automated Red Teaming and Remediation Tool

Alex Bertels

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Characterization of Biodiesel

Alexander Carney

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Characterization of Biodiesel Using Various Feedstocks

Joshua Heath

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Characterization of Biodiesel Using Various Feedstocks

Sean Tennyson

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Characterization of Biodiesel Using Various Feedstocks

Melissa Vidal

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Characterization of Biomass-Degrading Acidophilic Microorganisms in Red Lake

Abagail Campbell

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Commodity Chemical Production Using Extremophillic Bacteria

Olivia Fleming

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Evapotranspiration Determination and Modeling for Full Scale Phytoremediation

Melissa Elder

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Factors that Influence Gas Desorption in Unconventional Reservoirs

Kewei Shi

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Fibrillation of Bovine and Human Insulin Fragments

Jose Morales

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Fibrillation of Bovine and Human Insulin Fragments

Jessica Randall

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Fibrillation of Bovine and Human Insulin Fragments

Alyssa Steinert

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Imidazole-Based Ionic Liquid Ferrofluid Chemical Propellant Analysis

Brynne Coleman

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Improving ability to transfer water effectively and inexpensively in African villages

Derek Schnoebelen

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Inertial Navigation Using Dead-Reckoning and Distributed Sensing

Samuel J. Haberberger

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Natural Systems to Treat Toxins: Mass Removal of Chlorinated Solvents

Amanda Holmes

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Serotonin Synthesis via Tryptophan-Producing E. coli

Lauren Anderson

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Sustainable Supply Chains for Small Modular Reactors

Logan Turk

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

The Application of Gel in Water Flooding of Unconsolidated Sands

Yiwen Gong

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

The Application of Gel in Water Flooding of Unconsolidated Sands

Qiang Guo

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

The Branding and Quality of Coffee

Ashley Koesterer

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

The Effect of Composition and Structure on the Dissolution Rates in Water of Alkali- Alkaline Earth Borate Glasses

Michaela Kuzara

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

The Effects of In-Situ Condition Curing on Oil Well Cements Properties of CO2 Sequestration Injection Wells

Chidiebere Onukogu

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

The History of French Armor, from 1903-1993

Brandon Noble

Upper Atrium/Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

1:20 PM

Thermodenuder Penetration and Volatile Component Removal Study: Investigation of Improvements and Their Implementation

Valentine Hollingsworth

Turner Room

1:20 PM - 1:40 PM

1:30 PM

1, 3-Propanediol Production from Glycerol Under Haloalkaline Conditions

Dylan Courtney

Carver Room

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

1:40 PM

Antibacterial Properties of Metal Doped Glass

Rachel Connell

Turner Room

1:40 PM - 2:00 PM

Biofilm Formation and the Antibacterial Properties of Silicon Nitride and Other Biomaterials

Justin Lovelady

Turner Room

1:40 PM - 2:00 PM

2:00 PM

Optimal Number of Factors for Choice Experiments in Mining Community Consultation/Surveying

Brittney Abel

Carver Room

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Optimal Number of Factors for Choice Experiments in Mining Community Consultation/Surveying

Reinhold Daykin J. Schnell

Carver Room

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Optimal Number of Factors for Choice Experiments in Mining Community Consultation/Surveying

Rachel Stancil-Bacon

Carver Room

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Optimal Number of Factors for Choice Experiments in Mining Community Consultation/Surveying

Jordan Verslues

Carver Room

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Effects of B3 Bioactive Glass Length on in Vivo Angiogenesis

Anthony Bitar

Turner Room

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Effects of B3 Bioactive Glass Length on in Vivo Angiogenesis

Caleb Trecazzi

Turner Room

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM

2:20 PM

Factors that Influence Usability and Effectiveness of a Performance Dashboard: A Case Study

Sean Howell

Turner Room

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM

2:40 PM

Enterprise Mobility Strategy: How Marketing Factors Improve Customer Relationship Management

Montana Long

Turner Room

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

4:00 PM

10th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference Winners

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Missouri University of Science and Technology

St. Pat's B

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM