Join us for Virtual URCAD, April 22-29, 2020!
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Theodore Addo | Biological Sciences
Effects of Oxygen on NDRG1 Function
Mentor: Rachel Brewster
Olusayo Adeleye | Economics
Links Between Air Pollution and Student Academic Achievement
Mentor: Christine Moser
Assefa Akinwole| Biologial Sciences
DETERMINING THE EFFECT OF PHOSPHORYLATION ON THE LYSINIE METHYLTRANSFERASE ACTIVITY OF THE YEAST ENZYME, SET5
Mentor: Erin Green
Fabian Amurrio| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Phosphorus Recovery from Poultry Litter Slurries Using Donnan Dialysis
Mentor: Lee Blaney
Shandon Amos | Biological Sciences
Investigation of the Protein-Protein Interactions of the Chromatin Associated Protein Set4 in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
Mentor: Erin Green
Nahum Arefeayne | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Characterization of HIV-1 Unmyrostolated Gag Polyprotein Interactions with the MAL HIV-1 Genome
Mentor: Michael Summers
Nicole Attram| Mechanical Engineering
Chitosan-based Polymer Gel as an Electrolyte in Rechargeable Zn-MnO2 Alkaline Batteries
Mentor: Deepa Madan
Christopher Bain | Physics
X-Ray Luminous AGN and the Quenching of the Main Sequence
Mentor: David Sanders
Peter Bailer | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The Molecular Basis For Discrimination Of DNA And RNA By The Human Mutator Enzyme APOBEC3A
Mentor: Rahul Kohli
Peter Bailer| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Music By Numbers: Writing a Process Piece in the Minimalism Style of the Late 20th Century
Mentor: April Householder
Karis Barnett | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Optimizing the Detection of Praziquantel for Monitoring Aquarium Systems Using High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography(HPLC)
Mentor: William LaCourse
Elshaday Behailu| Biological Sciences
The Effect of CREB on the Immune Response of Drosophila Melanogaster
Mentor: Fernando Vonhoff
Keynon Bell| Chemistry and Biochemistry
Improving the Surface Adhesion of Lipid-Based Nano-Chambers
Mentor: Minjoung Kyoung
Dominique Brooks| Biological Sciences
Evidence for Conserved Mechanisms of Neurulation in the Zebrafish Forebrain
Mentor: Rachel Brewster
Allyson Caldwell| Biological Sciences
Apical Constriction Molecular Machinery Within the Zebrafish Medial Hingepoint
Mentor: Rachel Brewster
Emily Cannistraci| Chemistry and Biochemistry
Characterizing the Protein/RNA Interactions in the Initial Events Of HIV-1 Assembly
Mentor: Michael Summers
Tyler Carlyle| Chemistry and Biochemistry
Synthesis of Flex-Guanosine Analogues as Potential Antiviral Therapeutics
Mentor: Katherine Seley-Radtke
Katherine-Ann Carr| Mechanical Engineering
Thermoelectric Analysis of Tetrahedrite Samples
Mentor: Deepa Madan
Noah Carver | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Automated Monocular Exploration With DonkeyCar
Mentor: Tim Oates
Ridhi Chaudhary | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
INITIAL RECOGNITION OF THE HIV-1 RNA PACKAGING SIGNAL
Mentor: Michael Summers
Jessica Cooley | Mathematics and Statistics
Effects of the Geometry of Extracellular Space On Border Cell Activation Patterns
Mentor: Bradford Peercy
Tobias Coombs| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Investigating the Impact of Nanoparticle Surface Charge on Compliment Activation Related Pseudo Allergy
Mentor: Erin Lavik
Eliana Crentsil| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
The Effect of Cell Tension on Cell Growth
Mentor: Sean Sun
Faith Davis | Sociology and Anthropology
MODEL FOR ASSESSING AND INFORMING ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS OF THE RISK OF CHRONIC DISEASE
Mentor: Katie Birger
Gabrielle Davis| Physics
Cloud Climatology over Baltimore, Maryland
Mentor: Ruben Delgado
Jason Ejimogu | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
HIV-1 Matrix Protein Interactions With Cellular TRNAs
Mentor: Michael Summers
Nna-Emeka Ejimogu| Chemistry and Biochemistry
Expression and Purification of Caenorhabditis elegans ATE1 in Escherichia coli C43(DE3) Cells
Mentor: Aaron Smith
Olumide Fagboyegun| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Set6 Plays A Role In Proteostasis Via Interactions With The GIM/Prefoldin Chaperone Complex
Mentor: Erin Green
Hana Flores| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Characterizing High Affinity Gag Binding Sites on the HIV-1 Genome
Mentor: Michael Summers
Noel Getachew | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Characterizing Pulmonary Vessels in Preclinical Models Of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Mentor: Guarav Choudhary
Frances Ghinger| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Determining The Structure of The HIV-1 5’ Leader Monomeric and Dimeric Confirmations
Mentor: Michael Summers
Darin Gilchrist | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Characterization of CDK12 Protein Inhibitor in Osteosarcoma
Mentor: Rani George
Ellen Gulian | Physics
Using Density Functional Theory (DFT) to Determine the Effects of Molecules on Top of Monolayer WS2
Mentor: Michael Hayden
Lauren Harris| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Impact of DOM, PH, and Divalent Cations on the Absorbanceand Phototransformation of Tetracycline Antibiotics
Mentor: Lee Blaney
Andrew Hennigan| Biological Sciences
Assessing the Impact of Phosphomimetic Mutations on Mouse Melanopsin Signaling
Mentor: Phyllis Robinson
Keren Herran | Inderdisciplinary Studies
Children Raising Children: A Qualitative Study of the Social Determinants of Adolescent Pregnancy in Rural Ecuador
Mentor: Ivan Palacios
Rudolph Holley| Mechanical Engineering
N-Type Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 And P-Type Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 Thermoelement Characterization
Mentor: Deepa Madan
Malakhi Hopkins| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Autonomous, Low-Cost, and Accessible Design for an Electric Mobility Vehicle
Mentor: E.F. Charles LaBerge
Nneamaka Iwobi| Biological Sciences
The Developmental Role of Drosophila Melanogaster
Mentor: Fernando Vonhoff
Jafira Johnson| Biological Sciences
Investigating the Role of the Planar Cell Polarity and Shroom3 in Forebrain Morphogenesis
Mentor: Rachel Brewster
Yianni Karabatis| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Using Deep Learning to Increase the Accuracy of Breast Cancer Diagnoses
Mentor: Konstantinos Kalpakis
Kassidy Kollmann| Physics
The Unexpected Turnover in the Spectral Energy Distributions of Active Galactic Nuclei
Mentor: Eileen Meyer
Gerson Kroiz| Mathematics and Statistics
A Comparison of Stochastic Precipitation Generation Models For The Potomac River Basin
Mentor: Matthias Gobbert
Nguyet Le| Biological Sciences
ROLE OF N-MYC DOWNSTREAM REGULATED GENES FAMILY IN LOW OXYGEN ADAPTATION
Mentor: Rachel Brewster
Karan Luthria| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Enhancing and Visualizing Human Disease Networks to Reduce Healthcare Cost
Mentor: Maricel Kann
Darius McKoy| Biological Sciences
Role of N-myc Downstream Regulated Gene 3 (NDRG3) in Cellular Arrest Under Anoxia
Mentor: Rachel Brewster
Dexter Merritt | Mechanical Engineering
Laser Welding and Analysis of Copper Alloy
Mentor: Shengmin Guo
Nidhi Naik| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Investigating the Role of Surface Modifications in Complement Mediated Hypersensitivity Reactions
Mentor: Erin Lavik
Ryan Mbagna Nanko | Mechanical Engineering
Structural Characterization Of 2D Layered Complex Hetero-Ion Systems |
Mentor: Vinayak Dravid
Howard Nicholson| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Sickle Cell Disease Mediates Middle Cerebral Artery Shear Stress Profiles that Affect Endothelial Cell Responses
Mentor: Manu Platt
Favour Nwagugo | Biological Sciences
Light-Dependent Endocytosis of Mouse Melanopsin
Mentor: Phyllis Robinson
Oluwateniayo Ogunsan| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Automatically Generated Phase Portraits for Understanding Biological Systems
Mentor: Daniel Lobo
Chelsea Okeh| Biological Sciences
The Effects of Hyperglycemia on Neurulation
Mentor: Rachel Brewster
Oluwatomiwa Oladunni| Chemistry and Biochemistry
Gadolinium-Chelating Tag Synthesis for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Dendronized Nanocarriers
Mentor: Marie-Christine Daniel
Yaw Owusu-Boaitey| Biological Sciences
Roles for Steroid Hormone Signaling Targets in Border Cell Migration in the Drosophila Ovary
Mentor: Michelle Starz-Gaiano
Crystal Parry | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
IL-1β-VEGF-A Signaling Axis In Atherosclerotic Calcification
Mentor: Alan Morrison
Hannah Ramcharan | Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Identifying Spatial and Temporal Gene Expression Dynamics From Multiple Sequencing Data
Mentor: Daniel Lobo
Jeremy Rubin | Mathematics and Statistics
Letting The LaxKAT out of the Bag: Packaging, Simulation, and Neuroimaging Data Analysis for a Powerful Kernel Test |
Mentor: Russell Shinohara
Alexandra Seas| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Synthesis of Immunosuppressive Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Mentor: Gregory Szeto
Joshua Slaughter | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Towards Detection of Misinformation Through Machine Learning and Latent Variable Methods
Mentor: Tulay Adali
Taylor Stephen| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Phosphate removal by Lanthanum-containing Materials: Effect of Inorganic Carbon and PH on Treatment Effectiveness
Mentor: Detlef Knappe
Fatima Talib| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Use of Methane Combustion to Produce Clean Water and Energy
Mentor: Mariajose Castellanos
Sedzro Tamakloe | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Economic Benefit of Photovoltaics in Michigan Field Crop Farms
Mentor: Annick Anctil
Ayo Telli| Psychology
The Comparison of Virtual Reality and Cell Phone Distractors as an Influence on the Perception of Acute Pain
Mentor: Lynnda Dahlquist
Jordan Troutman | Information Systems
Subset Feature Selection with Considerations of Fairness
Mentor: James Foulds
Claudia Walker| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Elucidation of HIV-1 5' Leader Secondary Structure Through Novel Long Range Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Techniques
Mentor: Michael Summers
Sierra Wallace| Biological Sciences
Generation of dp2 Mutant in Volvox carteri through the CRISPR/Cas9 Editing System
Mentor: Stephen Miller
Jalaysia Weems | Biological Sciences
Mentor: Weihong Lin
Brian Woronowicz | Mechanical Engineering
Development of Conceptual Design for Displacement Amplification Mechanism (DAM) Using Design Optimization Technique
Mentor: Soobum Lee
Anna Yaschenko | Biological Sciences
Identifying the Genetic Basis of Drug Response Using Drosophila Melanogaster in the Era of Personalized Medicine
Mentor: Jeff Leips
Rianna Zacharias| Biological Sciences
The Effects of Hyperglycemia on Neurulation
Mentor: Rachel Brewstere