A more detailed outline of student abstracts and the presentation schedule will be available to participants via Symposium on April 1, 2021. To learn more about the conference speakers, please click here.
| FRIDAY, APRIL 9 | |
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| 3:00pm | Welcome and opening remarks from Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz |
| 3:45pm | Session 1: 10-min presentations |
| 4:15pm | Break |
| 4:30pm | Session 2: 10-min presentations |
| 5:00pm | Break |
| 5:15pm | Session 3: 5-min presentations |
| 5:45pm | Break |
| 6:00pm | Keynote #1: Dr. Cheryl Giscombe: “Turning Passion into Science: My Research Career to Promote Health Equity” |
| 6:30pm | [Adjourn] |
| SATURDAY, APRIL 10 | |
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| 9:00am | Session 4: 10-min presentations |
| 9:30am | Break |
| 9:45am | Session 5: 10-min presentations |
| 10:15am | Break |
| 10:30am | Session 6: 5-min presentations |
| 11:00am | Break |
| 11:15am | Keynote #2: Dr. Mitch Prinstein: "Adolescent Popularity and Life Outcomes" |
| 11:45am | Closing remarks and adjourn |
3:45PM: “The Watchtowers of Time: Social and Environmental Aspects in Architectural Design” — Nehemiah Ashford-Carroll (Clemson University)
3:55PM: “Envisioning Africa in Venetian Print Culture, 1550-1600” — Noah Michaud (Duke University)
4:05PM: “Hairy Tales: an Exploration of Identity” — Nola Mims (Univeristy of Pittsburgh)
3:45PM: “Effect of METH and ecoHIV Co-Exposure on the Migration of NPC’s in the SVZ of the Mouse Brain” — Devarsh Desai (University of Miami)
3:55PM: “Oncogenic TRIM37 Implicated in Metastatic Fate of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer” — Rhianna Bhatia (University of Virginia)
4:05PM: “Compromised Translation in Burkholderia cenocepacia Amidst Unexpected tRNA Synthetase Phenotype” — Meghan Pressimone (Wake Forest University)
3:45PM: “Not Your Grandparents’ Star: Searching for Evidence of Diamagnetic Blob Accretion in Cataclysmic Variable Star” — Andrew Langford (University of Notre Dame)
3:55PM: “Applying Multiple Linear Regression to Predicting Solar Energy” — Victor Mukora (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
4:05PM: “Does Combining Saliency Methods Improve Robustness of Deep Learning Explanations?” Christopher Trombley (University of Louisville)
3:45PM: “Alchemical Investigation in Recipe Books and Lab Notebooks” — Elise Wright (Wake Forest University)
3:55PM: “The Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) Split of 1973 and the Turn to the New Communist Movement” — Hannah White (University of Louisville)
4:05PM: “Dred Scott v. Sanford: The Religious Debate” — Josie Landers (Boston College)
4:30PM: “The Effect of Critical Angle Variability on Maximum Displacement Discrepancies in Bridge Columns” — Kylee May (North Carolina State University)
4:40PM: “The Impact of Standardized Footwear on Load and Load Symmetry” — Adam Luftglass (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
4:50PM: “Engineering Faster Domain Wall Motion in Magnetic Nanostrips” — Bella Brann (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
4:30PM: “NMDA Receptor-Mediated Tau Dephosphorylation Mechanism in Alzhiemer’s Disease” — Diane Youngstrom (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
4:40PM: “3D-Printed Porous Tubular Tissue Engineering Scaffolds” — Jason Zheng (University of Pittsburgh)
4:50PM: “Defense Against Harpoon Attack by a Bacterial Pathogen” — Sophia Wiesenfeld (Georgia Institute of Technology)
4:30PM: “Student Engagement in an AP Statistics Course Before and After the Transition to Remote Online Instruction Amidst COVID-19” — Anupriya Seksaria (University of Notre Dame)
4:40PM: “Understanding the Correlation Between Stressors and Academic Performance of Puerto Rican College Students in the United States During Hurricane Maria” — Nicole Pacateque (Syracuse University)
4:50PM: “The Role of Health in the Relationship Between Subjective Memory Complaints, Anxiety, and Depression During the COVID-19 Pandemic” — Diamond Taylor (Florida State University)
4:30PM: “An Information Processing Model for Inflation Expectations” — Jessica Schultz (Duke University)
4:40PM: “Stealing From the Poor: The Middleman Menace Affecting Smallholder Farmers in Rural Uganda” — Trevor Lwere (University of Notre Dame)
4:50PM: “Stories of Migration, Sanctuary, and Interfaith Activism” — Hannah Roebuck (Clemson University)
5:15PM: “Time-Dependent Measurement of Extracellular ATP Release from Islets of Langerhans Cells Using Microfluidic Chip Technology” — Osman Mahboob (Florida State University)
5:20PM: “Quantification of Glutathione Analogs and Bioactive Thiols” — Luke Broughton (Clemson University)
5:25PM: “Biochemical Characterization of Aminomutases Involved in Salt Tolerance in Methanogenic Archaea” — Taylan Tunckanat (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
5:30PM: “Remote Magnetogenetic Control of Gene Expression in Escherichia coli” — Chenming (Angel) Zheng (University of Pittsburgh)
5:35PM: “The Effects of CXCL5 and ApoE on the Development of Atherosclerosis in Murine Models” — Sriya Kongala (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
5:15PM: “Microbubble-Induced Aggregation of Red Blood Cells” — Jensen Smith (University of Louisville)
5:20PM: “Sex-Biased Investment: Measuring Energy Expenditure in Baboon Mothers” — Christine Adjangba (Duke University)
5:25PM: “Increasing Exosome Production by Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Bacterial Sphingomyelinase-Conjugated PEG-MAL Hydrogels” — William York (Georgia Institute of Technology)
5:30PM: “Effects of Acute Feeding on Resting Metabolic Rate and Respiratory Quotient ” Alyson Nelson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
5:35PM: “Engineering a Highly Sensitive and Modular Cascade Biosensor” — Hayden Tharpe (Clemson University)
5:15PM: “Spatially Sensitive Learning Algorithms to Mitigate Discrimination in Resource Allocation” — Katelyn Morrison (University of Pittsburgh)
5:20PM: “Georgia Elections Poll Location Simulation and Machine Optimization” — Anjana Anandkumar (Georgia Institute of Technology)
5:25PM: “Roles of Routine, Flexibility, and Gender in Online Freelancing” — Emily Michaels (Syracuse University)
5:30PM: “Using Classical Conditioning to Investigate Thermal Learning in Drosophila Larvae” — Golnoosh Goltapeh (University of Miami)
9:00AM: “Evaluating the Functional Consequences of Novel Mutations in the Pantothenate Kinase 2 Gene” — Ifeyinwa Ojukwu (Syracuse University)
9:10AM: “Role of Vitamin D in Cancer Stress Responses” — Mikayla Quigley (University of Miami)
9:20AM: “Predicting Kinetochore Localization Using Pix2Pix Image Translation” — Deep Upadhyay (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
9:00AM: “The Semantics of Space: Investigating Perceptions of Space Within the Tallahassee Community” — Amber Hedquist (Florida State University)
9:10AM: “The Gospel of Luke as a Case Study for the Reexamination of Bios” — Caleb S. Cooke (Duke University)
9:20AM: “Creative Rhetoric: Mapuche Creative Expression in Chile”– Jacob Thomas (Wake Forest University)
9:00AM: “Differential Reactions to African-American and Caucasian Women’s Post-natal Maternal Stress” — Dorbor Tarley (Syracuse University)
9:10AM: “Role of TMEM97 in a Traumatic Brain Injury” — Mahitha Kunamneni (University of Miami)
9:20AM: “A Novel Approach to Immunotherapy for Brain Cancers” –Suchet Taori (University of Virginia)
9:45AM: “Bioinformatic Analysis of Fibroblast-mediated Therapy Resistance in HER2+ Breast Cancer” — Jacob McDonald (University of Pittsburgh)
9:55AM: “Polymer-Induced Polymorphism in a Zn-based Metal Organic Framework” — Karl Westendorff (University of Viriginia)
10:05AM: “Using Aromatic and Aliphatic Esters to More Efficiently Clean Waterfowl Affected During Oil Spills” — Raegan Reeves (North Carolina State University)
9:45AM: “The Metamorphisis: An Object-Oriented Parable” — Brett Harris (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
9:55AM: “Communication as an Expression of Intrinsic Humanity and Tool of Resistance and Power in Primo Levi’s The Drowned and the Saved” — Alexa Kellenberger (Florida State University)
10:05AM: “Radical Generosity: Thomas Lux and the Jeanne Duval Editions” — Kathryn Higinbotham (Georgia Institute of Technology)
9:45AM: “The Relationship Between Empathy and White Privilege as a Foundation for Diversity Training” — Allison Schindler (North Carolina State University)
9:55AM: “Applying a Multilevel Model to Investigate Intra-Individual Variability in Response Time as a Predictor for Cognitive Impairment” — Bruno Hidalgo Monroy Lerma (Georgia Institute of Technology)
10:05AM: “Inhibitory Control in 6 to 8-Year-Olds with Williams Syndrome: Relations with Intellectual Ability and Parent Report Measure of Executive Function” — Gopika Gopan (University of Louisville)
10:30AM: “sRNA-Effector: A Web-Application that Can Help Screen for Genes that Affect Small-RNA Targeting” — Wafa Salah (University of Virginia)
10:35AM: “Image Analysis of Polymeric Surgical Mesh to Relate Mesh Structure and Histological Response” — Lauren Davis (Clemson University)
10:40AM: “Coverage of Climate Change in Introductory Biology Textbooks, 1970-2019” — Rabiya Ansari (North Carolina State University)
10:45AM: “Evaluation of Acidified Pine Bark Biochar for Agricultural Odor Control” — Will McKettrick (North Carolina State University)
10:50AM: “Effect of TNFR Superfamily Members on Sensory Neuron Development” — Paulina Payne (University of Virginia)
10:30AM: “Historical Markers or Markers of White Supremacy? Confederate Memorialization, Racial Threat, and Hate Crime” — Guissella E. Cruz (Florida State University)
10:35AM: “How News Media Coverage of Crises Promotes Conspiracy Beliefs” — Richard Kornrumpf (University of Louisville)
10:40AM: “Sports Elites’ Activism Using Twitter” — Indy Cousin (Wake Forest University)
10:45AM: “Informal Caregivers: Critically Examining the Language of Cancer Caregiving” — Ana Worthington (Wake Forest University)
10:50AM: “An International Comparison of Covid-19 Rates and Policies in Prisons in the United States, China, and England” — Syann Cadogan (Duke University)
10:30AM: “Russian Caviar: A Delicacy in Jeopardy” — Bronwyn Galloway (Syracuse University)
10:35AM: “Performing Pedagogy: Teaching August Wilson in the Secondary Classroom” — Alena Coleman (University of Notre Dame)
10:40AM: “Single Nucleotide P129T Mutation Shows Susceptibility to Problematic Drug Use in Mice” — Christine Faunce (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
10:45AM: “Remember Me?: Examining the Neurobehavioral Bases of Memory” — Azin Pooresmaeil (University of Miami)