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2021 Showcase: Day 1 Track 2 Presentations

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SESSION 1 | TRACK 2 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

	STUDENT PRESENTER(S)	FACULTY MENTOR	PRESENTATION TITLE
BIOLOGY			* students listed in the order of presentation
	Xiaoriya De Grace DuPlessis	Nicholas McLetchie	Can Recovery from Repeated Heat Stress Events Vary by Sex and Habitat?
	Sahana Holla	Jessica Santollo	The Effect of Carbonation on Dehydration-Induced Fluid Intake in Female Rats
	Ayanna Adaniel	Nicholas McLetchie	Sex, Habitat, and Relative Humidity Influences Germination of Asexual Offspring in a Tropical Plant
	Katelyn Fields	Vincent Cassone	The Effect of Melatonin on the Morphology and Biofilm Formation of Klebsiella aerogenes throughout its Life Cycle
	Natalie Hahs	David Westneat	Foraging Decisions of Parent House Sparrows in the Face of Uncertainty
	Bahar Katan Baf Nasab	Kay Shenoy	The Impact of Traffic Related Air Pollution on the Physiology of Vertebrates, Specifically, the Brain and Nervous System.
	Nicole Marguerite	Robin Cooper	Effect of Temperature on Heart Rate for Phaenicia Sericata and Drosophila Melanogaster with Altered Expression of the TRPA1 Receptors

SESSION 2 | TRACK 2 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM

	STUDENT PRESENTER(S)	FACULTY MENTOR	PRESENTATION TITLE
BIOLOGY			* students listed in the order of presentation
	Kaylee Meador	Brian Rymond Doug Harrison	The Deletion of SERF-like Genes through CRISPR-Cas9 Technology: An Ongoing Analysis of a Drosophila Model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
	Gavin Norman	Catherine Linnen	How and Why Does Reproductive Isolation Vary Across Space?
	Cameron Rostron	Julie Pendergast Oluwabukola Omotola	The Role of G Protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor 1 in Regulating Circadian Rhythms in Female Mice Fed High-Fat Diet
	Frances Salisbury	Bruce O'Hara	Does Slow Rocking Improve Sleep?
	Claire Scott	Jeramiah Smith	Functional Analyses of Histone Methyltransferases in Sea Lamprey Embryos Undergoing Programmed DNA Elimination
	Madison Webb	Jeffrey Osborn	Increased Pulmonary Function Following Administration of a CBD‐Containing Compound NCMB‐1 in Fibrotic Lungs of African Green Monkeys

SESSION 3 | TRACK 2 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

	STUDENT PRESENTER(S)	FACULTY MENTOR	PRESENTATION TITLE
CHELLGREN FELLOWS			* students listed in the order of presentation
	Kennedy Brown	Brandi White	Program Proposal to Decrease Hypertension Among African American Women Living in Public Housing
	Reagan Parker	Honey Hubbard	Task Evoked Pupillary Response as a Reliable Biomarker of Cognitive Load Differences for Adults with Hearing Loss and/or Cognitive Impairment
	Meredith Williams	Matthew Gentry	Diminishing Glycogen Aggregates in Alzheimer's Disease
	Riley Droppleman	Thomas Prisinzano	Design and Synthesis of Analgesics with Reduced Abuse Potential
	Gabija Ziemyte	Christopher Crawford	Analysis of Gamma Ray Detector Data for the NDTGamma Experiment
	Madilyn Flandermeyer	Matthew Beck	Understanding How Ambient Conditions Affect Work Function of Tungsten Cathodes
	Jasmine Ahmad	Mairead Moloney	Caregiving in COVID-19: Assessing Sleep, Stress, and Alcohol Use

SESSION 4 | TRACK 2 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

	STUDENT PRESENTER(S)	FACULTY MENTOR(S)	PRESENTATION TITLE
BIOLOGY			* students listed in the order of presentation
	Shelby McCubbin	Robin Cooper	Stretch activated channels maintain heart rate in larval Drosophila
	Cecilia Pankau	Robin Cooper	Developing an ACURE to Investigate the Effects of Manganese on Physiological Processes
	Alexis Taylor	Jeffrey Osborn	Identifying Genetic Loci in the African Green Monkey that Associate with Hypertension in a Purpose-Bred F2 Generation Offspring
	Olivia Klee	Mark Prendergast	Ethanol Induced Neurotoxicity Through Dysregulation of AMPK in a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Model
	Grace Jacobs	Robin Cooper Kausalya Shenoy Madhu Srinivasan	Social Interactions of Intraspecies Pairs of Australian Crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) and Interspecies Pairs of Native Crayfish: Invasive species alert
HONORS
	Anna Hawse	Daniel Kirchner	Considering Animal Ethics

SESSION 5 | TRACK 2 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM

	STUDENT PRESENTER(S)	FACULTY MENTOR	PRESENTATION TITLE
ENGINEERING			* students listed in the order of presentation
	Laura Brady Marin Bennett	Isabel Escobar	The Effect of Applied Voltage on the Flux and Permeability of Nanocompositve Membranes
	Alex Williams	Isabel Escobar	Fabricating PET Membranes using PolarClean-Gamma Valerolacetone as Co-Solvents
	Chloe DeGiorgio	Jerzy Jaromczyk Mark Farman	Using Bioinformatics to Improve the Genome Assemblies of Magnaporthe oryzae Strains
	Rosemary Alden	Dan Ionel	Artificial Intelligence-Based Short-term Electric Load Forecasts for Experimental Smart Homes including HVAC, EWH, and PV Components
	Donovin Lewis	Dan Ionel	Reliability Studies for Power Electronic Systems in Electric Vehicles and Aircraft
	Binit Singh	Nelson Akafuah	An Approach to Integrate Gas Turbine with Concentrated Solar Cells
	Lillian Banks Taegeon Oh	Isabel Escobar	Functionalization of Cellulose Acetate Membranes with Silver Nanoparticles to Suppress Viral Activity

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