Anjayooluwa Adegboyo | Investigation of iATP-SnFR1.0 Activity | Dr. Minjoung Kyoung | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Farine Ahmed | Design of Stable Antibody: HIV-1 RNA Complex Suitable for Structural Studies | Dr. Michael Summers and Dr. Nele Hollmann | Biological Sciences
Chase Andre | Investigating MicroRNA Let7 in Cell Migration in Drosophila Melanogaster | Dr. Michelle Starz-Gaiano | Biology
Christopher Bain | Using Supervised Machine Learning Methods to Create a Gene-Based ALS Predictor from Postmortem Transcriptomics Data | Ernest Fraenkel | Physics & Computer Science
Kendi Bynoe | The Effect of Socioeconomic Status on the Perception of Academic Success | Dr. Diane Alonso | Psychology
Enya Caballero | Defining the Toll-like Receptor Required For SARS-CoV-2 Activation Of The Inflammasome | Andrea Cox and Leon Hsieh | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Isabella Salguero Cespedes | Studying the Effects of Copper Ingestion in Flies with Alzheimer’s-associated Gene APPL | Dr. Fernando Vonhoff | Biological Sciences
Ridhi Chaudhary | 5′-Cap Sequestration is an Essential Determinant of HIV-1 Genome Packaging | Dr. Michael Summers | Chemistry & Biochemistry
Faith Davis | Characterizing Novel Bacteriophage MountainPapa | Dr. Steven Caruso | Biological Sciences
Christina Dee | Cell Membrane Force Balance Mathematical Model | Dr. Bradford Peercy | Mathematics
Jacob Doody | Spatiotemporal Model for Dynamics of Covid-19 | Dr. Bedřich Sousedík | Mathematics & Computer Science
Emma Galambos | Taking Psychotherapy Online: COVID-19 Changes at the UMBC Psychology Training Clinic | Dr. Rebecca Schacht | Psychology
Arjun Kanjarpane | Elucidating Interactions Between the HIV-1 RRE and the Viral Proteins Rev and Gag | Dr. Michael Summers | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Aaliyah Khan | Computational Discovery of New Functional Materials for Energy Generation and Storage | Dr. Joseph Bennett | Chemistry
Gabby Khan | Dungeon Falling | Eric Jordan | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Gina Khan | Implications and Development of Konglish in South Korean Culture | Kyung-Eun Yoon | MLLI
Erin Kosloski | Categorizing Errors to Improve Learning Outcomes | Dr. Mirela Cengher | Psychology & INDS
Logan Lineburg | The Histological and Proteomic Effects of Hoxb13 Deletion in Mouse Prostate and Bulbourethral Glands | Dr. Charles Bieberich | Biological Sciences
Gillian McCarthy | Structural and Functional Mechanisms of Endogenous Pain Modulation: A Literature Review | Raimi Quiton | Biological Sciences
Alexandra Misciagna | Identification of Essential Genes for TonB-mediated Iron Transport in the Gram-negative Bacterium Cellvibro japonicus | Dr. Jeffrey Gardner | Biological Sciences
Ouriel Ndalamba | Membrane Selection to Optimize Ammonium Recovery by Donnan Dialysis | Dr. Lee Blaney | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Paul Ocone | Rhyme and Reason Have Returned! The Phantom Tollbooth as Interdisciplinary Allegory | Steven McAlpine | INDS
Paul Ocone | Contested Spaces: Negotiating Social Norms in Online Fandom | Bambi Chapin | Sociology and Anthropology
Yetunde Oshagbemi | Setting Strategic Targets for Global Tuberculosis Control: A Critical Policy Analysis | Zoe McLaren | Economics & Mathematics
Zinedine Partipilo | How Does Financial Literacy Affect Student Loan Behavior? | Tim Gindling | Economics
Bella Possidente | Animating Bouboulina | Dr. April Householder | Visual Arts
Kaylee Reyes | Diversify PoliSci: Improving Diversity in Curricula | Fernando Tormos-Aponte & Dr. Carolyn Forestiere | Political Science
Roshnee Roberts | The Effects of Maternal Stress on the Development of Anhedonia in Offspring | Dr. Tara LeGates | Biological Sciences
Hadia Saroya | Investigating Epigenetic Regulation of Drosophila melanogaster Through the Analysis of Core Histone Changes | Dr. Jeff Leips | Biological Sciences
Irina Sbornova | Breast Cancer Induced Changes in Adipose Tissue Morphology | Dr. Nykia Walker | Biological Sciences & Psychology
Mason Schuckman | Using Moffat Profiles to Register Astronomical Images for Super-resolution | Dr. Roy Prouty | Computer Science
Christopher Slaughter | Automatic Glucose Monitoring System by Periplasmic Binding Protein-based Biosensor | Dr. Govind Rao | Computer Engineering
Alexa Smith | Little Mountain Town: A Small Community’s Struggle with its Difficult History | Dr. Denise Meringolo | History
Maya Tondravi | Investigating Conditioned Place Aversion and Brain Regions Involved in the Acute Stress Response | Dr. Tara LeGates | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Grace VanGorden | Second Language Learning’s Impact on Student’s Linguistic and Cultural Perspectives | Kyung Eun Yoon | MLLI
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Zulekha Karachiwalla | The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Refugees’ Access to Health and Accessibility Resources in the United States | Dr. Foad Hamidi | Information Systems
Mei-Lian Vader | How and Why We Run: Investigating the Experiences of Blind and Visually-Impaired Runners | Dr. Ravi Kuber | Information Systems
Olorunjuwon Ajayi | Modeling MgAl2O4 Motheye Structures in Solar Cells | Dr. Curtis Menyuk | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Ezekiel Ajayi | Simulating Cyber Attacks and Defenses With Reinforcement Learning and Prior Knowledge | Dr. Anupam Joshi | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Casey Hanks | CyNER: A Cybersecurity Domain Specific Dataset for Named Entity Recognition | Dr. Tim Finin | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Abid Niaz | Autonomous Maze Solving Micro-Robot | Dr. E.F. Charles LaBerge | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Kamran Ataran Rezai | Autonomous Navigation and Obstacle Prevention for Crazyflie Drone | Dr. Tinoosh Mohsenin | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Mason Shuckman | Moffat Fitting and Iterative Registration of Synthetic Stellar Images in Preparation for Superresolution | Dr. Roy Prouty | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Joshua Slaughter | Towards Using Convolutional Neural Networks to Predict Human Behavior and Neural Representations | Dr. Marius Catalin Iordan | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Xavier Smith | A Robust, Cost-Effective and Anatomical Myoelectric Control Interface | Dr. Ramana Vinjamuri | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Gavin Ward | High-Definition Real Time Zoetrope | Dr. E.F. Charles LaBerge | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Nathaniel Wooddell | Analyzing the Russian Federation’s Impact on Global Cyber Security | Dr. Vira Zhdanovych | Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication
Simon Ishanathan Guteng, Jr.| Drug Release Of Pirfenidone in Polyurethane Nanocapsules | Dr. Erin Lavik | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Garrett Hill | Phenotypic Characterization of Aspergillus Nidulans Protein Kinase PrkA | Dr. Mark Marten | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Diego Iglesias Vega | Spatiotemporal Analysis of Fluorescent Dissolved Organic Matter in Two Urban Watersheds In Baltimore | Dr. Lee Blaney | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Chelsea Mikal | Spectroscopic Investigation of Metal-ligand Complexation of Tetracyclines with Magnesium and Calcium | Dr. Lee Blaney | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Rachel Myers | Determining the Genomic Drivers of Polystyrene Nanoparticle Interactions | Dr. Joelle Straehla | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Ouriel Ndalamba | Membrane Selection to Optimize Ammonium Recovery by Donnan Dialysis | Dr. Lee Blaney | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Christopher Slaughter | Automatic Glucose Monitoring System by Periplasmic Binding Protein-Based Biosensor | Dr. Govind Rao | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Kaylyn Stewart | Development of Novel Tube-in-tube Donnan Dialysis Reactors From Recovery of Ionic Nutrients From Synthetic Urine | Dr. Lee Blaney | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering
Senali Dansou | Understanding the 3-Dimensional Structure of An RNA Aptamer RhoBAST| Dr. Deepak Koirala | Chemistry and Biochemistry
NnaEmeka Ejimogu | Investigating Mechanistic Details of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae arginyl-tRNA Transferase Using Site-directed Mutagenesis | Dr. Aaron Smith | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Arjun Kanjarpane | Elucidating Interactions Between the HIV-1 RRE and the Viral Proteins Rev and Gag | Dr. Michael Summers | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Caela Phillips | Using Cryogenic Electron Microscopy to Analyze Interactions Between The Gag Polyprotein and Genomic RNA of HIV-1 | Dr. Michael Summers | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Kierra Regis | Characterizing the RNA-Protein Complex Interaction Between the HIV-1 5' Leader and EIF4E | Dr. Michael Summers | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Tasnia Sadat | Developing Recombinant Anti-RNA Antibodies for RNA Analysis Inside Cells | Dr. Deepak Koirala | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Christina Shrestha | Investigating Ethanol and its Neuroprotective Effects in Aging Drosophila(flies) | Dr. Fernando Vonhoff | Biological Sciences
Viviana Smart | Synthesis of Reverse Fleximer-Cytosine Nucleoside Analogues as Potential Antiviral Therapeutics | Dr. Katherine Seley-Radtke | Chemistry and Biochemistry
Christopher Bain | Using Machine Learning Methods to Create an Accurate Gene-Based ALS Predictor from Postmortem Transcriptomics Data | Dr. Ernest Fraenkel | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abigail Kennedy | Upgrading a Bacterial Comparative Genomics Platform | Dr. Ivin Erill | Biological Sciences
Biniam Teferedegn | Growth and Fission Dynamics During Asexual Reproduction | Dr. Daniel Lobo | Biological Sciences
Scholarships 2022
The 2022 campus climate survey was launched today! Information gathered from the survey will be used to inform our ongoing education, prevention, and response work, and is an important component in campus-wide efforts to stop, prevent, and remedy the effects of sexual misconduct at UMBC.
The first 150 students who complete the survey will receive $10 in Retriever dollars. Additionally, all students who complete the survey will be entered into a drawing to win one of five $100 Amazon gift cards.
You can access the online survey here. The survey will be open from Monday, April 11, 2022 until Monday, April 25, 2022 and will take about 15-25 minutes to complete. This survey is anonymous and confidential; after completing the Campus Climate Survey, you will be prompted to enter your name and email address in a separate voluntary incentive survey
Content note: This survey asks some questions about personal experiences with sexual and interpersonal violence. Some of the language used in this survey is explicit and direct, and may be triggering or uncomfortable for some participants. Information on how to get help, if you need it, appears before and after the survey and is available at any time on OEI���s website.
Thank you in advance for your participation!