CSM SURP Research Symposium 2023

Friday, July 26th, 2024

Eynon Ballroom, Chamberlain Student Center

2:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m Biological & Biomedical Sciences Station #17: Effects of a high-speed low-resistance bicycling intervention in Parkinson's Disease Horan, Victoria; Rice, Kevin Faculty Advisor(s): Uygur, Mehmet Station #18: Stability of song dialects across time in the seaside sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus) Shah, Mansi; Stroh, Ashley Faculty Advisor(s): Hough, Gerald Station #21: An estimate of the repeatability of display behavior in domestic fighting fish, Betta splendens Marquez, Mariaisabel; Paladino, Ashton; Setaro, Emily; Westphal, Rosemary Faculty Advisor(s): Bealor, Matthew Station #22: Survey of wild yeast on native trees at Rowan University Garcia, Maryfer; Libby, Brian; Moore, Rosalind Faculty Advisor(s): Farber, Matthew Station #27: scTIGER: A deep-learning method for inferring gene regulatory networks from single-cell data Dautle, Madison Faculty Advisor(s): Chen, Yong Station #30: Comparative proteomics reveals conserved functions of lipid droplets Brooks, Mackenzie Faculty Advisor(s): Chen, Yong Station #32: Analysis of the role of nectin proteins in the activation of natural killer cells by human breast cancer cells DiBella, Hannah; Marshall, Sarita Faculty Advisor(s): Krummenacher, Claude Station #33: Structural characterization of liquid liquid phase separating protein McdBq Pierson, Kali; Tejeda, Heather; Zangaro, Jacob Faculty Advisor(s): Nucci, Nathaniel Station #39: Effect of crosslinker degradation and BMP-2 mimetic peptides on osteogenesis in hydrogel-based bone regeneration therapies Gsell, Arielle; Jalloh, Umu Faculty Advisor(s): Vega Fuentes, Sebastian Station #41: Protein-protein interaction of KRAS and CRAF Lopez Vasquez, Maria Faculty Advisor(s): Wang, Zhihong Station #42: Cell migration through hydrogel and nanofiber composites for use in peripheral nerve grafts Wooster, Kathleen Faculty Advisor(s): Beachley, Vincent Station #45: An antiviral approach to HSV-1 infection inhibition D'Souza, Adam; Hudson, Jerica; Krouse, Gabrielle; Ochetto, Alyssa; Schmidt, Samantha Faculty Advisor(s): Krummenacher, Claude Station #46: Evaluating an alternate means of metastasis Hanif, Maha Faculty Advisor(s): Alpaugh, Mary Station #47: Detecting the marker genes for diverse cell types of Alzheimer's disease Mobeen, Wajahat Faculty Advisor(s): Chen, Yong Station #49: Contribution of the sibling RNAs AbcR1 and AbcR2 to growth and developmental phenotypes of Agrobacterium tumefaciens Arango, Daniel; Bonnell, Mikayla; Parks, Stephanie; Rodriguez, Savana; Zmuda, Jacob Faculty Advisor(s): Heindl, Jason Station #54: Investigating the functionality of model shRNA knockdown system for transcriptional modulation of CTCF Scott, Madison; Staman, Lauren Faculty Advisor(s): Carone, Benjamin Station #55: Evaluating macrophage polarization in response to extracellular matrix mechanics altered by spinal cord injuries Montiel, Lesslie Faculty Advisor(s): Galie, Peter Station #60: An examination of mutualistic soil fungi in southern New Jersey habitats Levner, Jenna Faculty Advisor(s): Bentivenga, Stephen Station #62: Characterization of novel lysine acetyltransferases Reid, Briana Faculty Advisor(s): Carabetta, Valerie Station #63: Simvastatin modulates the S-acylation of steroid receptors in uterine fibroids Kodakandla, Goutham; Machado, Ariana Faculty Advisor(s): Boehning, Darren Station #66: Gut microbiome influence on honey bees caste physiology Melendez, Jason; Pekora, Mathew Faculty Advisor(s): Kruse, Svjetlana Station #67: Antifungal properties of honey bee gut microbiome secondary metabolites Hoban, Michael; Melendez, Jason; Tahan, Mia Faculty Advisor(s): Kruse, Svjetlana Chemistry & Biochemistry Station #11: Multiconfigurational electronic correlation effects in petroleum-derived electronics Aggrey, Kwame Kyem; Henneh, Ivan; Na, Jesse Faculty Advisor(s): Hoy, Erik Station #12: pyRUQT: A modular, Python-based approach for developing the next generation of nanoelectronics Clapp, Jamie; Henneh, Ivan; Sharma, Lalit Faculty Advisor(s): Hoy, Erik Station #13: Biochar and phase change materials: A sustainable approach for thermal energy storage Begley, Gabriella; Schossig, John; Wildy, Michael Faculty Advisor(s): Lu, Ping Station #14: Exploring polystyrene electrospraying: A comprehensive study Mohanakanthan, Mayooran; Schossig, John; Wei, Wanying Faculty Advisor(s): Lu, Ping Station #15: Controlling enol-keto tautomerization ratios using electronic structure effects Gabriel, Julia; Guillermo, Brian; Na, Jesse Faculty Advisor(s): Hoy, Erik; Perez, Lark Station #19: Isolation of Autoinducer Regulating V. Cholerae Virulence Tran, Jason Faculty Advisor(s): Perez, Lark Station #26: Analysis of NIH Drugs Through Optimization of Solid-Phase Extraction Boughton, John; Hackman, Ama; Kurre, Sangeeta Faculty Advisor(s): Grinias, James Station #34: Computational investigation of foldamer switch Yam, Katrina Faculty Advisor(s): Liu, Zhiwei Station #36: HPLC analysis of pharmaceutical excipients via Charged Aerosol Detection Bruhn, Justin; Suoto, Calvin Faculty Advisor(s): Grinias, James Station #37: Survey of novel antimicrobial agents: metals, polymers, and ionic liquids Maurer, Hailey; Muhamed, Arwa; Urban, Matthew Faculty Advisor(s): Caputo, Gregory Station #38: How do arginines impact voltage sensing? Amann, Skye Faculty Advisor(s): Kohout, Susy Station #44: The rising resistance: Vancomycin linear heptapeptide Samson, Nicolas; Tawfeeq, Sage; Vossler, Autumn Faculty Advisor(s): Quarels, Rashanique Station #50: Bioisosteric replacement of amide linkers with 1,2,3-triazoles for improved pharmacokinetics without losing dopamine D4 receptor potency or selectivity Alkhatib, Mohammad; Jordan, Shannon; Nguyen, Norman Faculty Advisor(s): Keck, Thomas Station #52: Electrochemical ICP-MS online test of silver release from substrates Bennet, Kleinhans; Mossbrucker, Matthew Faculty Advisor(s): Yu, Lei Station #53: ICP-MS test of gold nanoparticles adsorbed by cells Nguyen, Cindy; Signh, Richa Faculty Advisor(s): Yu, Lei Station #57: Linear carbamates as precursors in the synthesis of oxazolidinones using organic photocatalysis Kreuzer, Edith Faculty Advisor(s): Quarels, Rashanique Station #59: Visible-light mediated photocatalytic reduction of aryl sulfonates Ali, Tariq; Smith-Bird, Ameer; Vicioso, Kasmier Faculty Advisor(s): Quarels, Rashanique Station #61: Mechanism of regulation of BRAF G469A mutation Nguyen, Thomas Faculty Advisor(s): Wang, Zhihong Station #65: Development of paper microfluidic platform for fatty acid determination Piccolo, Christopher; Seltzer, Catherine; Suoto, Calvin Faculty Advisor(s): Grinias, James Computer Science Station #58: Experimental testbed for computation offloading for cooperative inference on edge devices Bovee, Nicholas; Piccolo, Stephen Faculty Advisor(s): Ho, Shen-Shyang Health & Exercise Science Station #64: Solar irrigation system to improve water access for urban agriculture in Camden, NJ Canales Franco, Leslie; Liu, Tonia; Watanabe, Hiroto; Zheng, Qiaonan Faculty Advisor(s): Vaughn, Nicole Mathematics Station #25: Stability analysis for kinematic properties of geophysical fluids Turbett, James Faculty Advisor(s): Huntley, Helga Station #28: Blueberry drone AI: Smart farming of blueberries using artificial intelligence and autonomous drones McHenry, Brandon; Segrest, Anthony; Sunia, Iosefa; Thompson, Anthony; Tonon, Luke; Zappone, Harper Faculty Advisor(s): Lee, Ik; Nguyen, Thanh; Nguyen, Hieu Station #29: Using Kalman Filter for estimating missing components in ODE systems McGurk, Lauren Faculty Advisor(s): Nguyen, Thanh Station #40: Climate change effects on temperature fluctuations Fedoryka, Vincent Faculty Advisor(s): Huntley, Helga Physics & Astronomy Station #1: Evaluating the presence of carbon quantum dots in electronic cigarette juice and vapors Grandal, Makaylab; Obeid, Daniel; Soper, Cody Faculty Advisor(s): Whiting, Nicholas Station #2: Evaluating the nanochemistry of electronic cigarettes and their effects on lung macrophages: planned future studies Grandal, Makaylab; Obeid, Daniel; Soper, Cody Faculty Advisor(s): Whiting, Nicholas Station #5: Developing tunable carbon quantum dots via changes to reaction temperature Gonzalez-Clara, Samuel; Soper, Cody Faculty Advisor(s): Whiting, Nicholas Station #6: Enhancing xenon magnetic resonance signals through optical pumping of nuclear spins Patel, Yatra; Soper, Cody Faculty Advisor(s): Whiting, Nicholas Station #16: Network analysis of students across introductory physics courses Schmal, Patrick; Wood, Nicholas Faculty Advisor(s): Smith, Trevor Station #20: Development of a fixture for active study of electrocatalysis by x-ray diffraction McConaughy, Benjamin; Smeltzer, Mark Faculty Advisor(s): Lofland, Samuel Station #31: Master flats for ground-based near infrared imaging Endicott, Kelsey; Ward, Emily; Withers, Dillon Faculty Advisor(s): Klassen, David Station #35: Ultra-sensitive quantum detector for low-frequency electric fields Boyle, Brett; Mebs, Samantha Faculty Advisor(s): Lim, Michael Station #43: In situ high-temperature X-ray diffraction study of battery materials Chagray, Miguel Faculty Advisor(s): Scabarozi, Theodore Psychology Station #3: Preliminary evaluation of undergraduate psychology student knowledge of behavioral function of challenging behavior Green-Smith, Gabrielle; Groff, Jillian Faculty Advisor(s): Simmons, Christina Station #4: Clinician acceptability and usability of virtual reality training on differential reinforcement and functional communication training Green-Smith, Gabrielle; Groff, Jillian Faculty Advisor(s): Simmons, Christina Station #7: Approaches to qualitative data analysis: An example from the Applied Consent Communication Study (ACCS) Cucchiara, Claudia; McKenney, Erin; Senanayake, Amy Faculty Advisor(s): Gotham, Katherine Station #8: Investigating the relationship between social rejection sensitivity and depressive symptoms in autistic adults Cucchiara, Claudia; McKenney, Erin; Zapotitla, Sapjah Faculty Advisor(s): Gotham, Katherine Station #9: Identifying beliefs about sexual consent in autistic and non-autistic college students: applied consent communication study Cucchiara, Claudia; Lillia, Kit; McKenney, Erin Faculty Advisor(s): Gotham, Katherine Station #10: Investigating social comparison between autistic and non-autistic adults Avila, Emanuel; Cucchiara, Claudia; Himelstein, Robyn; McKenney, Erin Faculty Advisor(s): Gotham, Katherine Station #23: Did the COVID-19 pandemic impact social physique anxiety among women in midlife with health risks? Reports from before COVID-19, during stay-at-home orders, and during initial reopening Rivera, Angelica Faculty Advisor(s): Arigo, Dani Station #24: Anxiety amidst socio-cultural shifts in women’s reproductive healthcare: Women's anxiety levels after the overturning of Roe vs. Wade Thiel, Haley Faculty Advisor(s): Arigo, Dani Station #48: Contingency management increases adherence with medications for opioid use disorder Khan, Harris Faculty Advisor(s): Raiff, Bethany Station #51: Adverse childhood experiences and generalized anxiety symptom trajectories among incoming college students Baliga, Soorya; Kelso, Nicole Faculty Advisor(s): Brunwasser, Steven Station #56: Pilot testing a digital assistant for direct support professionals Jonas, Adam; Murphy, Morgan Faculty Advisor(s): Tremoulet, Patrice