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2016
Monday, April 11th
8:30 AM

Opening Address

Jeffrey D. Cawlfield, Missouri University of Science and Technology

St. Pat's C Ballroom

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

9:00 AM

Comparing the Water Distribution Systems Discussed by Vitruvius with Actual Roman Systems

Chad McDaniel

Carver Room

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Epitaxial Co(OH)₂ Deposited onto Au/n-type Si

Caleb Holtmeyer

Ozark Room

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Preparation & Synthesis of Vanadium-Metal-Organic Frameworks (MIL-101) for Acid-Gas Adsorption and Separation

Timon Abraham

Turner Room

9:00 AM - 9:20 AM

An Investigation of the Genesis of Microbialite Communities in Storr’s Lake, San Salvador Island, The Bahamas

Kayla R. Haneline

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

An Investigation of the Genesis of Microbialite Communities in Storr’s Lake, San Salvador Island, The Bahamas

Katherine E. Herries

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Angiogenic Effects of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Bioglass on Chick CAM Vasculature

Daniel Park

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Antibacterial Properties of Biomedical Materials

Alexis Reece

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Antibacterial Properties of Biomedical Materials

Allie Wilson

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Antibacterial Properties of Metal Doped Glass

Elsie Greenwood

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Antibacterial Properties of Metal Doped Glass

Abigail Haler

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Application and Implementation of a Cognitive Radio Network in a Post Natural Disaster Scenario

Parker Jones

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Autonomous Monitoring of Large Scale Agricultural Plants through Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Ken Goss

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Comparing Statistical Methods for Analyzing DNA Methylation Data

Arielle Bodine

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Creation of an EnvZ-Tar chimera protein in Escherichia coli for use against White Nose Syndrome

Austin Hall

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Creation of an EnvZ-Tar chimera protein in Escherichia coli for use against White Nose Syndrome

Margaret Pitzer

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Cytokinesis and the effect of mutations on protein-protein interactions

Caitlin Siehr

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Designing Reason Support Systems to Increase Satisfaction, Enjoyment, and Intention to Use

Lindsey Carlson

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Designing Reason Support Systems to Increase Satisfaction, Enjoyment, and Intention to Use

Nick Rollins

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Geochemical Analysis of Colloidal Particles During Flood Stages in the Maramec Spring System

Heather Pribil

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Geochemical Analysis of Colloidal Particles During Flood Stages in the Maramec Spring System, St. James, Missouri

Jia Sun

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Holocaust Victims Forever

Carrie Levy

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Investigating the function of the IQG1 domain in yeast cytokinesis

Lindsey Pratt

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Isolation & Characterization of Novel Halo-Acidophillic Microorganisms from Evaporites in Western Australia

Katlyn Lonergan

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Low-Cost Lithium Borate Compound for Solid State Lithium-ion Battery Electrolyte

Darian Johnson

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Magnetron Sputtering of Superconducting Niobium Thin Films

Skye Tackkett

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Preparing a Halanaerobium Hydrogeniformans Vector

Kirsten Kelly

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Quorum Sensing in B. japonicum

Victoria Grill

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Quorum Sensing in B. japonicum

Samantha Huckuntod

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Quorum Sensing in B. japonicum

Elizabeth Thoenen

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Self-Assembling Gold Nanorod Arrays Using DNA Origami

Kent Gorday

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Stitching the Way towards Modern Medicine: The Renaissance Advances of Ambroise Pare

Madison Morris

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

The Effects of Bioglass on Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Lisa Gutgesell

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

The Under-investigated Antioxidant Potential of Thiolactic Acid

Jonathan Kopel

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

User Assessment of E-Commerce Security Cues

Samuel Smith

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Using Budding Yeast to Quantitate the Rate of Autophagy

Kayln Jones

Upper Atrium/Hallway

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

9:20 AM

Optimizing the Savonius Piezoelectric Turbine

Yahya A. Abu-Hijleh

Turner Room

9:20 AM - 9:40 AM

9:30 AM

Constantine the Great: His life through the accounts of Eusebius and the Origo Constantini

Joel Merz

Carver Room

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Isolation and Characterization of Novel Halo-Acidophilic Microorganisms Present in Hypersaline Lakes from Western Australia

Ava Hughes

Ozark Room

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

9:40 AM

Nanoparticle Shape Synergistically Inhibits Cancer

Caitlin Brocker

Turner Room

9:40 AM - 10:00 AM

10:00 AM

The Cost of Oversight: How the Continental Congress Almost Lost the American Revolution

Keiler Swartz

Carver Room

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Comparing Phenotypes of IQG1 Mutants

Madison Mara

Ozark Room

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Comparison of Binary and Multi-level Logic Electronics for Embedded Systems

Shirly Damti

Turner Room

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

10:20 AM

FPQSC: FPGA-Based Parallel Quasi-Stochastic Computing

Joseph Drury

Turner Room

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

10:30 AM

Overwhelming Culture: Environmental Concerns and Cultural Considerations in Guatemala

Saki Urushidani

Carver Room

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Confining the Date of the Decaturville Structure

Tyler Sundell

Ozark Room

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

10:40 AM

Enhancing Supervisory Training Signals with Environmental Reinforcement Learning Using Adaptive Dynamic Programming

Niklas M. Melton

Turner Room

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

11:00 AM

Process Intensification of Biodiesel Production via Supercritical Transesterification

Sean Tennyson

Turner Room

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

11:20 AM

CFD Simulation Study of Interstitial Nanoparticle Flow in Tumor-On-A-Chip

Melissa Vidal

Turner Room

11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

12:00 PM

Keynote Address -- Mother Nature as an Engineer: A Quest for Important Knowledge

Joel Gerard Burken, Missouri University of Science and Technology

St. Pat's C Ballroom

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

1:00 PM

Synthetic Biology Approach to Making Drought Tolerant Bradyrhizobium japonicum

Natalie M. Holste

Carver Room

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Application of Voice Analysis Programs to Quantify Fatigue

Robert Block

Turner Room

1:00 PM - 1:20 PM

2-D Seismic analysis of polygonal fault systems of Khoman Formation, Western Desert, Egypt

Vanessa Reynolds

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

2-D Seismic analysis of polygonal fault systems of Khoman Formation, Western Desert, Egypt

Dylan Webb

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

2-D Seismic analysis of polygonal fault systems of Khoman Formation, Western Desert, Egypt

Yuchen Yang

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

An Estrogen-Based BPA Detection Method

Brendan Beebe

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

An Estrogen-Based BPA Detection Method

Daniel Sloan

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Analog Modeling of "Thick-skin" Crustal Deformation during Continental Collision

Justin Clinton

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Biodiesel Production Using a MSSR (Multi-tubular Supercritical Separative Reactor)

Tyler Johnson

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Biodiesel Production Using a MSSR (Multi-tubular Supercritical Separative Reactor)

Adam Richter

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Biodiesel Production Using a MSSR (Multi-tubular Supercritical Separative Reactor)

Jordan Sanders

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Biodiesel Production Using a MSSR (Multi-tubular Supercritical Separative Reactor)

Trevor Sparks

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Biometric Identification using Infrared Imaging

Katherine Overend

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Breaking Plaque

Delaney DeJanes

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Breaking Plaque

Heather McCoy

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Cellular Hitchhiking on Microparticles to Alleviate Skin Injury

Chase Evan Herman

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Creating Community-Driven Transparency in Local Government Water and Energy Sectors

Joel Collum

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Creating Community-Driven Transparency in Local Government Water and Energy Sectors

Scott Faulkner

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Detection and Bioremediation: Polychlorinated Biphenyls

Damien Bizeau

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Development of CO₂ Removal Systems for NASA’s Advanced Exploration Systems

Stephen Eastman

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Development of Missouri S&T Prismatic Scaled Down Facility for Natural Circulation Thermal Hydraulics Investigations

Scott G. Marchetti

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Effect of Phosphorylation on Dbf2 in Cytokinesis

Alexander Ayres

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

eSHANCS: Evolving Simulated Human Activity on Networked Computer Systems

Joshua James Herman

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Human Hair Clippings: Potential Energy of the Future

Hannah Kim

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Hydrodynamics of a two-phase concurrent trickle bed reactor

Stiles Jackson

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Identification of Phosphorus Species in the Mill Creek Watershed via Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Sierra Herndon

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Implementing Null Conventional Logic using Gate Diffusion Input

Caleb Olson

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Inhibition for P. destructans

Claire Wilmore

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Inhibition of P. destructans

Sonya Roberts

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Investigating Cytokinesis in Yeast may lead to Novel Cancer Treatments

Mason Donnell

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Linear Burn Rates of Monopropellants for Multi-Mode Micropropulsion

Alex Mundahl

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Missouri Plasmoid Experiment

Mitchell Wainwright

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Natural Convection in Missouri S&T Prismatic Scaled Down Facility Subject to Constant Heat Flux

Austin Fischer

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Natural Convection in Missouri S&T Prismatic Scaled Down Facility Subject to Constant Heat Flux

Cesar Ramirez

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Optimization of a Piezoelectric Cantilever-Based Windmill

Tim Victor

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Regulating Cow Methane Production with Methane Monooxygenase Producing E. Coli

Justin A. Carollo

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Regulating Cow Methane Production with Methane Monooxygenase Producing E. Coli

Jordan Powell

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Treatment performance of oily wastewater using ceramic membranes

Francisco das Chagas Silva Neto

Upper Atrium/Hallway

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

1:20 PM

Coating of Metal-Organic Frameworks onto Polymeric Hollow Fibers for CO₂ Capture

Patrick Brennan

Turner Room

1:20 PM - 1:40 PM

1:30 PM

Robotic Surveillance Spider

Nicholas O'Gorman

Carver Room

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

1:40 PM

Micro Piezoelectric Windmill

Therese Galbraith

Turner Room

1:40 PM - 2:00 PM

2:00 PM

Synthetic Biology Approach to Making Drought Tolerant Bradyrhizobium japonicum

Natalie M. Holste

Turner Room

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM

2:20 PM

Influence of Prior Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Knowledge on Teachers’ Ability for Early ASD Diagnosis

Samuel Holtmeier

Turner Room

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM

2:40 PM

The Separation of Ethane and Ethylene via Adsorbent Materials

Morgan Hovis

Turner Room

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

3:00 PM

Super-capacitor Power Supply for wireless sensor networks

Aysen Malone

Turner Room

3:00 PM - 3:20 PM

3:20 PM

Visualizing Genetic Influence on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Diagnosis: The Roles of Colors and High Dimensional Graphs

Scott Neustadt

Turner Room

3:20 PM - 3:40 PM

3:40 PM

Energy Expenditure in Relation to Life History

Kyara N. Holloway

Turner Room

3:40 PM - 4:00 PM

Metabolism and Lifespans through Food Restriction of the Drosophila

Haley Neeter

Turner Room

3:40 PM - 4:00 PM

4:00 PM

12th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference Winners

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Missouri University of Science and Technology

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM