Research Week 2015

Detective Fiction: The story within the story

Deanna Allred

English

9:00 AM

Color Coded Media: Portrayals of Race in Newspaper Coverage National Hockey League Athletes

Camille E. Anderson

Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology

9:00 AM

Overview of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Utah, with a focus on Boreal Toads and their changing conservation status

Samantha Beirne

Wildland Resources

9:00 AM

An Evaluation of Demand Functions for Attention and Food in Children with Autism

Bistra Bogoev
Andrew Samaha
Sarah Bloom

Special Education and Rehabilitation

9:00 AM

Back to Back: Sidekicks in Detective Fiction

Paden Carlson

English

9:00 AM

Uncommon Ground: A Hindu Manuscript in Mormon America

Nina Cavazos

History

9:00 AM

Leaf Tissue C:N is Modified by Growing Season and Goose Grazing Phenology in a Sub-Arctic Coastal Wetland of Western Alaska

Ryan Choi
Karen Beard
Josh Leffler
Jeff Welker
Joel Schutz

Wildland Resources

9:00 AM

Getting Aesthetic Chills From Music: A Huge Dose of Pleasure from One Hearing Only

Mitchell Colver

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

9:00 AM

Energy Agents of the West

Julianne D'Amico

History

9:00 AM

Public Art and Place-Making: Measuring the Impact of Art on Public Space

Nicholas Decker

Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

9:00 AM

Bringing the Best of Business to Education

Michael DeFilippis

Management

9:00 AM

Guinavah-Malibu Redesign

Lynda Draper
Seth Vance
Nolan Baker
Matthew Johan VanZeben

Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

9:00 AM

Diversity Day: Insight into high school students

Melanie Faustino Hansen

Psychology

9:00 AM

Bringing back the trout: metapopulation viability of Bonneville cutthroat trout in a fire-impacted watershed

Colton Finch
Phaedra Budy

Watershed Sciences

9:00 AM

Water Use of Kentucky Bluegrass Varieties Grown Under Greenhouse Conditions

Shawn Foster
Paul Harris
Paul Johnson

Plants, Soils, and Climate

9:00 AM

Culturing the Retinal Pigment Epithelium

Aaron Fronk
Elizabeth Vargis

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

9:00 AM

Religion, Government, and the Prohibition

Melisa Funk
Arthur Wardle
Matthew Crabtree

9:00 AM

Always Faithful, Always Forward?: The Marine Raiders and Intra-Service Tensions in the United States Marine Corps

Carlie Greer

History

9:00 AM

Detective Fiction and Serial: How Holmes, Dupin, and other Classic Detective Stories Shape Real Investigations

Chloe Hanson

English

9:00 AM

#GenderRoles: Modeling Gender Among LDS Students

Erica Hawvermale
Essa Temple
McKayla Montierth

Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology

9:00 AM

Benefits of Sharing Economies of Ride-Sharing

Alan Henderson
Grant Patty
Abby Herzberg

Economics and Finance

9:00 AM

Impediments to Business Development in the Navajo Nation

Sierra Hoffer
Zach Hopkins
Devin Stein

Management

9:00 AM

The Effects of Item Type and Duration of Access on Preference and Reinforcer Efficacy

Audrey Hoffmann
Megan Boyle
Sarah Bloom

Special Education and Rehabilitation

9:00 AM

Effects of Utah climate change beliefs on conservation policy support, residential water use, and public concern

Grant Holyoak

Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology

9:00 AM

Brain Drain in Iran: Iranian students' reasons for permanent immigration to USA

Elham Hoominfar

9:00 AM

Trends in oil production on federal versus non-federal lands

Brian Isom
Bracken Allen
Josh Blotter

Economics and Finance

9:00 AM

Controls on Arctic River Temperatures: A Delicate Balance

Tyler King
Bethany Neilson

Civil and Environmental Engineering

9:00 AM

Evaluating the Efficacy of Livestock Guardian Dogs

Daniel Kinka
Julie Young

Wildland Resources

9:00 AM

Wolf hunting activity and the changing landscape of fear for elk in northern Yellowstone.

Michel Kohl
Dan MacNulty

Wildland Resources

9:00 AM

Writing Center and Library Communication

Andrea Krebs

English

9:00 AM

A Climate-based Rangeland Management Tool: encouraging manager input to increase adoption success

Gwendwr Meredith
Mark Brunson

Environment and Society

9:00 AM

Modeling Flow and Water Quality in an Effluent-Dependent Mountain Stream

Gracie Miller
Sarah Null

Watershed Sciences

9:00 AM

Meta-analysis on Zoonotic Infectious Diseases between Humans and Non-Human Primates

Madalyn Page

Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology

9:00 AM

Variance in stomatal size and density between triploid and diploid quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides ) in Utah

Brianne Palmer

Wildland Resources

9:00 AM

Perceived Gender Stereotypes: Differences Between Both Ages And Genders

Erika Pound

Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology

9:00 AM

What exactly is an "urban" bear? Characterizing black bear space use relative to an anthropogenic landscape gradient

Jarod Raithel
Lise Aubry

Wildland Resources

9:00 AM

Disarmament as a form of structural violence in post-conflict zones

Samuel Reeder

Political Science

9:00 AM

Interactions between native and non-native species in the Strawberry Reservoir ecosystem

Jamie Reynolds

Wildland Resources

9:00 AM

Soil Organic Carbon as the Basis for Assessment of Site Condition in Stands of Populus tremuloides

Brian Rozick

Wildland Resources

9:00 AM

Thermal Transport in Twisted Carbon Nanotubes

Morgan Ruesch
Lin Zhang

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

9:00 AM

Influence of Elk Herbivory on Spotted Knapweed Re-invasions in Western Montana

Olivia Schwanda

Wildland Resources

9:00 AM

International Revolving Doors

Joshua Smith
Seth Muhlestein
Jim Porter

Economics and Finance

9:00 AM

The Influence of Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) on the Small Mammal Community at the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah

Trinity Smith

Wildland Resources

9:00 AM

The Character of the Phallus: An Insight to Roman beliefs of Sexuality

Stephanie Southwick-Hickey

Art

9:00 AM

The Retail Brand Audit: Conceptualization and Application

Logan Stodart
Holman Meyerhoffer

Management

9:00 AM

Common Threads: An examination of how good design creates value by weaving together aesthetics, function, and social impact.

Laura Taylor

Management

9:00 AM

The Political, Religious, and Legal Justifications of the Morrisite War

Tyler Thomas

History

9:00 AM

The Voice of Sylvia Plath: A Creative Look at Poetic Identity

Millie Tullis

English

9:00 AM

Native and Exotic Plant Growth and Restoration over time.

Molly Van Engelenhoven

Wildland Resources

9:00 AM

Green Infrastructure performance on Stormwater Quality

Hailey Wall

Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

9:00 AM

Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Laws Affect on Recidivism

Garrett White
Ian Nemelka
Jordan Floyd

Economics and Finance

9:00 AM

Pure Reason and Pure Insanity: What's the Difference?

Tori Winslow

English

9:00 AM

Validating Growing Conditions at Candidate Orchards Sites and Selecting Native Peach Scion Materials on Reservation Lands in the Four Corners

Reagan Wytsalucy

Plants, Soils, and Climate

9:00 AM

Hysteresis and Motor Planning in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Daisha Cummins
Kodey Myers
Breanna E. Studenka

Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

10:00 AM

Pictographs and Petroglyphs in Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian

Cami Dilg

English

10:00 AM

Sagebrush steppe community response to low-rate tebuthiuron treatment: implications for rangeland and wildlife management.

Sara Germain
Rebecca Mann
Thomas Monaco
Kari Veblen

Wildland Resources

10:00 AM

FabLab Professional Development: Introducing a District to Design-based Learning

Dallin Graham
Sarah Brasiel

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences

10:00 AM

What is the effect of athletic programs on universities and student athletes?

Philip Henderson

History

10:00 AM

Effect of Aggregation at a Winter Feeding Station on Intestinal Parasite Load in Elk (Cervus canadensis)

Morgan Hughes

Wildland Resources

10:00 AM

Single-Grain Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dating Of Prehistoric Ceramics From The Greater Yellowstone Area, Wyoming, Usa

Carlie Ideker
Judson Finley
Tammy Rittenour

Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology

10:00 AM

Transient Dynamics, Life History, and Biological Invasions

David Iles
David Koons
Peter Adler
Roberto Salguero-Gomez

Wildland Resources

10:00 AM

Prostitution and Writing: How Documents Kept the Women of Butte, Montana in the Tenderloin

Anne Marie Johnson

English

10:00 AM

Fire Herbivore Trap: Effects Herbivory on Post-Fire Tree Re-sprout Size and Morphology in Acacia drepanolobium Savanna.

Eric LaMalfa

Wildland Resources

10:00 AM

"It's Different for a Girl": The Virgin/Whore Dichotomy in Susan Minot's Lust

Shannon Mauldin

English

10:00 AM

Demography of Uinta Ground Squirrels Using Closed Robust Design Models

Kari Norman

Wildland Resources

10:00 AM

The Effects of Age on Timing of Gross and Fine Motor Movements

Zach Skabelund
Breanna Studenka

Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

10:00 AM

Blindingly White: A critical look at the claims of racial intolerance over a name, based on the understandings of White Privilege.

Paul Veridian

Languages, Philosophy and Communication Studies

10:00 AM

Spider Silk- Hydrogels, Lyogels, Sponges

Stacia Christy
Ashley Ruben
Nate Needham
Thomas Harris
Justin Jones

Biology

10:30 AM

Evaluating School Engagement and Environmental Awareness Outcomes Following Involvement in an Alternative High School Community Sustainability Program

Heidi DeSandre

Psychology

10:30 AM

Engaging Wisdom: A Comparison of Cognitive and Interpersonal Interventions on Elderly Mental Health

Kade Downs

Family, Consumer, and Human Development

10:30 AM

Psychological Flexibility and Student Mental Health

Maggie Duersch
Jack Haeger
Michael Levin

Psychology

10:30 AM

A Profile of Debt-Burdened Older Adults

Karlee Edwards
Melanie Anderson

Family, Consumer, and Human Development

10:30 AM

Training observational coders in a family therapy setting

Daily Evans
Megan Oka
Douglas McPhee

Family, Consumer, and Human Development

10:30 AM

Protein and gene expression alteration in degenerating retinal pigment epithelial cells

Farhad Farjood

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

10:30 AM

Variability in Smokers' Mood States Pre- and Post-Quitting: A Latent State-Trait Analysis

Daniel Griffin
Christian Geiser
Saul Shiffman

Psychology

10:30 AM

Building Blocks: Project Based Learning in Human Development Research

Krista Gurko
Tasha Olson
Amy Hill
Ty Aller
Meg Broome
Lori Roggman

Family, Consumer, and Human Development

10:30 AM

What’s in an App? ACT Relevant App Features Worth Studying

Scott Heninger

Psychology

10:30 AM

Sexual Communication in Married Couples and it's influence on Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction

Adam Jones

Family, Consumer, and Human Development

10:30 AM

Wealth and the Influence of Marriage

Loryn Law
Yoon Lee

Family, Consumer, and Human Development

10:30 AM

Effects of Motivation Orientation on Non-Linear Aspects of Motor Performance and Retention

Natalie Lund
Cameron Olsen
Breanna Studenka

Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

10:30 AM

Green tea supplements increase resilience to emotional distractions in an interval timing task

Alexander Matthews
Mona Buhusi
Catalin Buhusi

Psychology

10:30 AM

How Autism Spectrum Disorder affects action preparation in children

Kodey Myers
Daisha Cummins

Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

10:30 AM

Negative Reinforcement through Contingent Easy-Task Presentation

Cicely Nickerson
Sarah Bloom
Timothy Slocum

Special Education and Rehabilitation

10:30 AM

Depicting Science in ESPN's SportScience

Megan Niebergall
Victor Lee

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences

10:30 AM

A Longitudinal Study of the Influence of Joint Attention in Infancy on Academic Skills in 2nd and 8th Grade

Tasha Olson
Andrea Daines
Lori Roggman

Family, Consumer, and Human Development

10:30 AM

Positive Aspects of Home Visiting Influence on Child Behavior at 36 Months

Tasha Olson
Lori Loesch
Lori Roggman
Amy Hill
Lori Topiak

Family, Consumer, and Human Development

10:30 AM

Parent education in organized youth sport: Recommendations from parents, coaches, and administrators

Keith Osai
Travis Dorsch
Sarah Tulane
Chalyce Carlsen

Family, Consumer, and Human Development

10:30 AM

Complete Genome of Nitrosospira briensis C-128

Marlen Rice
Jeanette Norton

Biology

10:30 AM

Cooperation and strategy during social dilemmas: An EEG Hyperscan Investigation

Bradley Robinson
Nick Wan
Ariel Wilson

Psychology

10:30 AM

Effects of Concussion on Working Memory, Selective Attention, and Hemodynamic Response

Nick Wan
Allison Hancock
Ron Gillam
Sandra Gillam

Psychology

10:30 AM

Gratitude and Forgiveness in Early-and Mid-adulthood Predict Late Life Psychosocial Well-being: The Cache County Journal Pilot Study

Sarah Wardle
Cassidy Rose
JoAnn T. Tshanz
Maria C. Norton

Family, Consumer, and Human Development

10:30 AM

Time Course of C-Reactive Protein Following Vigorous Aerobic Exercise

Chaise Warr

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10:30 AM

Linguistic and Cognitive Complexity from Personal Diaries Predicts Late-life Cognitive Health: the Cache County Journal Pilot Study

Jessica Weyerman
Sarah Wardle
Maria Norton

Family, Consumer, and Human Development

10:30 AM

Taking the Voice from the Darkness: Silence & Power in Heart of Darkness

Jillian Bennion

English

11:00 AM

Narrative Instability in Frankenstein

Terysa Dyer

English

11:00 AM

An Evaluation of an Interactive Computer Training to Teach Parents to Implement a Photographic Activity Schedule

Kristina Gerencser
Jessica Akers
Bethany Contreras

Special Education and Rehabilitation

11:00 AM

From Isomorphisms for Lie Algebra-Subalgebra Pairs to Diffeomorphisms for the Equivalence of Space-Times

Jesse Hicks

Mathematics and Statistics

11:00 AM

Determining Prehistoric Horticultural Potential in Jones Hole Canyon, Utah

Elizabeth Hora-Cook
Judson Finley
Molly Cannon

Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology

11:00 AM

Multiplex B-Cell Cancer Marker Detection Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Nathan Israelsen
Donald Wooley

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

11:00 AM

Identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with mastitis resistance in dairy cows

Jacqueline LaRose
David Wilson
Kerry Rood

Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences

11:00 AM

Navigating the Outdoor Recreation folk group with Personal Narratives

Lori Lee

English

11:00 AM

In-vitro fluorescence imaging, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and photothermal therapy of human lung adenocarcinoma epithelial cells by CaMoO4:Eu@Au hybrid nanoparticles

Qifei Li
Abdul K Parchur
Anhong Zhou

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

11:00 AM

Aquatic Physical Therapy: Dynamic Movements

Talin Louder
Eadric Bressel
Cade Searle

Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

11:00 AM

"In the Eyes of the World": Reputation & Identity in The Moonstone

Shannon Mauldin

English

11:00 AM

The effect of germ cell depletion on health and life span

Mahdi Nazokkarmaher
Erik Eide
Lee Rickords
Jeffrey Mason

Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences

11:00 AM

A Theory of Sexual-Spiritual Development: A Qualitative Study

Bret Nielson
Jessica Lucero

Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology

11:00 AM

Stewards or owners? The influence of Mormonism on public perspectives about renewable energy, climate change, and the environment

Shawn Olson
Richard Krannich
Peter Robertson

Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology

11:00 AM

Phasic electrodermal activity during the Standardized Assessment of Concussion

Adam Raikes
Sydney Schaefer

Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

11:00 AM

Creating Genetically Engineered Hamster Models of Atrial Fibrillation and Long QT Syndrome

Dane Rasmussen

Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences

11:00 AM

Newts and Nanoparticles: Small product, big problem?

Austin Spence

Biology

11:00 AM

Tropical arithmetic and Graph Theory

Nicole Turner

Mathematics and Statistics

11:00 AM

Group housing as a stressor affects physiological parameters of males but not females

Marilize Van der Walt

Biology

11:00 AM

Circular Range Search on Encrypted Spatial Data

Boyang Wang

Computer Science

11:00 AM

Microfluidic Chip for Single Cell Analysis of Tumor Cells Interaction with Anti-Cancer Drug Doxorubicin by AFM and Raman Microspectroscopy

Han Zhang
Lifu Xiao
Qifei LI

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

11:00 AM

Production of hydrocarbons and hydrogen from Waste Vegetable Oils

Angela Akude

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

12:00 PM

Weaving Crosscutting Concerns into Distributed Transactions in Aspect

Anas Alsobeh
Stephen Clyde

Computer Science

12:00 PM

Color-Coded Media: Portrayals of Race in Newspaper Coverage of National Hockey League Athletes

Camille E. Anderson

Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology

12:00 PM

Using Dot Product Graphs to Represent Biological Relations

Sean Bailey
Dave Brown

Mathematics and Statistics

12:00 PM

Unwanted sexual experiences: Exploring conservative socialization as an important contextual factor

Analise Barker

Psychology

12:00 PM

Resource recovery from dairy wastewater

Jay Barlow

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

12:00 PM

Quantifying the Effects of Friction Forces and plastic hinges on the Flexural Strength of Continuous Unbonded Post-Tensioned Members

Hunter Buxton
Parker Syntergard

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

12:00 PM

Ideal Growth Conditions for RPE Cells and the Effects of Environmental Stresses on Cell Viability

Lori Caldwell
Katherine Glaittli
Harshit Singh

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

12:00 PM

Design, Construction, and Application of HANC (Hydroxylammonium Nitrate Concentrator)

Britany Chamberlain

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

12:00 PM

Producing Spider Silk Fibers

Chad Christensen
Cameron Copeland
Randy Lewis
Brianne Bell

Biology

12:00 PM

Producing Spider Silk Fibers

Cameron Copeland

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

12:00 PM

How Does Destination Country Impact Remittance Flows of International Labor Migrants? A Test of Stepwise Migration Theory

Sadelle Crabb

Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology

12:00 PM

Functionalized Carbonanotube and Graphene Powders

Emmaline Davis

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

12:00 PM

Kidding Around: Making Spider Goats

Richard Decker
Dylan Memmott
Brittany Patterson

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

12:00 PM

Microbial community dynamics in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor

Anna Doloman

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

12:00 PM

Spider silk based products: Economic feasibility and process optimization

Alan Edlund

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

12:00 PM

Aqueous Spider Silk Coatings and Adhesives

Danielle Gaztambide
Breton Day
Ashley Ruben

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

12:00 PM

Targeted Drug Delivery System for Kidney and/or Liver Failure Patients Using Human Serum Albumin

Sara Gertsch
Stephanie Lawanto
Sean Bedingfield

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

12:00 PM

Virtual Reality Labs on Wheels (VRLoWs): an approach to introduce 3D immersive virtual reality to STEM education and outreach for K-12 and higher education

Oai Ha

Engineering and Technology Education

12:00 PM

Characterization and prevention of microgravity-induced atrophy of muscle cells

Charles Harding
Elizabeth Vargis

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

12:00 PM

Spider Silks and the Aqueous Frontier

Thomas Harris
Justin Jones
Ashley Ruben
Danielle Gaztambide
Breton Day
Stacia Christy
Nate Needham

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

12:00 PM

These Little Guys Eat Asphaltenes During Starvation

Hossein Jahromi

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

12:00 PM

System Modeling and Economic Analysis of Solar Powered Water Pumping and Desalination

Michael Jones

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

12:00 PM

Effect of High Intensity Ultrasound (HIU) on the Crystallization Behavior of Interesterified and Physical Blends of High Oleic Sunflower Oil (HOSO) and Tripalmitin with 30% Palmitic acid

Jeta Kadamne
Ebenezer A. Ifeduba
Casimir C. Akoh
Silvana Martini

Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences

12:00 PM

Laboratory Instrument Automation System

Kevin Kennedy

Electrical and Computer Engineering

12:00 PM

The Graphic Novel as a Tool for Imaginative Leaping in Creative Nonfiction

Shay Larsen

English

12:00 PM

Form vs Content

Dylan Lasson

English

12:00 PM

"The effect of power ultrasound on physicochemical properties and oxidative stability of interesterified soybean oil

Jiwon Lee
Yubin Ye
Silvana Martini

Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences

12:00 PM

Using Mixture Multitrait-Multimethod Analysis to Assess Trait-Method Interactions

Kaylee Litson

Psychology

12:00 PM

Design and Testing of a Nanosatellite Simulator Reaction Wheel Attitude Control System

Fred Long

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

12:00 PM

Understanding Substrate Promiscuity in Two Non-Ribosomal Peptide Synthetase Systems

Kyle May

Chemistry and Biochemistry

12:00 PM

Lateral control of a vehicle platoon

Samuel Mitchell

Electrical and Computer Engineering

12:00 PM

Diesel Engine Particulate and Gaseous Emissions from the Combustion of Microbial Biodiesels

Michael Morgan
Jason Quinn
Lance Seefeldt
Bruce Bugbee
Alex McCurdy
Tim Vaughn
Anthony Marchese

Chemistry and Biochemistry

12:00 PM

Thermospheric Wind Observations Obtained From the Poker Flat Incoherent Scatter Radar

Michael Negale
Kim Nielsen
Michael Taylor
Michael Nicolls

Physics

12:00 PM

Synthetic Piriform Spider Silk

Cole Peterson

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

12:00 PM

Isolation of cyanobacteria

Jason Peterson

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

12:00 PM

Hernia Repair Through the Use of Transgenic Silkworm Silk Mesh

Christina Plaizier
Jordan Morley
Kyle Isaacson
Randolph V. Lewis

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

12:00 PM

The influence of lateral inflows in arctic beaded streams

Mitchell Rasmussen
Bethany Neilson
Tyler King

Chemistry and Biochemistry

12:00 PM

Fractional Catalytic Pyrolysis of Agricultural Waste for Selective Production of Phenols and Anhydrosugars

Randy Santos
Foster Agblevor

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

12:00 PM

Economic and Environmental Feasibility: Waste Dairy to Biofuel via Hydrothermal Liquefaction

Hailey Summers
Alex McCurdy
Rhesa Ledbetter
Michael Morgan
Lance Seefeldt
Umakanta Jena
Kent Hoekman
Jason C. Quinn

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

12:00 PM

Computational Fluid Dynamic Modeling of Natural Convection in Spent Fuel Rods

Mahesh Surendran

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

12:00 PM

Recombinant Expression of Antimicrobial Peptides in E. coli

Alexander Torgesen
Chad Nielsen
Jefferson Pontsler

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

12:00 PM

Nanoparticles in Polysulfone/Polyvinylpyrrolidone Hollow Fiber Membranes

Andrew Vanderwerf
David Britt

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

12:00 PM

Boron in Pariette Wetland Sediments, Aquatic Vegetation and Benthic Organisms

Palak Vasudeva

Plants, Soils, and Climate

12:00 PM

Large Scale Production of Spider Silk Protein in E. coli

Jordan Wanlass
Chase Spencer

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

12:00 PM

Electrochemical Detection of Metal Ions in Water Using a Six-Electrode Microfluidic Device

Spencer Williams
Anhong Zhou
Han Zhang
Wen Zhang

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

12:00 PM

Thermal Enhancement of Polymer Films with Randomly Oriented Carbon Nanotubes

David Wood

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

12:00 PM

Feedback from Middle-Aged Participants in a Multi-Domain Lifestyle Intervention for Alzheimer's Prevention: The Gray Matters Study

Christine Clark
Travis Dorsch
Julie Gast
Dave Robinson
Beth Fauth
Philip Hartin
Ian Cleland
Sally Mcclean
Bryan Scotney
Christopher Nugent

Family, Consumer, and Human Development

1:00 PM

Factors influencing the fall migration of eared grebes from Great Salt Lake

Maureen G. Frank
Mike Conover

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1:00 PM

The Comintern and the Crossroads of Europe

Mathias Fuelling

History

1:00 PM

Entrepreneur Conversations: Talk-in-interactions that shape the future

Howard Haines

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences

1:00 PM

Use of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy to identify mycobacteria

Cynthia Hanson

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

1:00 PM

A Study on Food Grade Beeswax and Rice-bran wax and their blend in Soybean Oil

Sarbojeet Jana
SILVANA MARTINI

Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences

1:00 PM

Quality of Oral Arguments from States' Attorneys

Kaylee Johnson

Political Science

1:00 PM

Managing The Spread of Alfalfa Stem Nematodes (Ditylenchus dipsaci): The Relationship Between Crop Rotation Periods and Pest Re-emergence

Scott Jordan

Mathematics and Statistics

1:00 PM

Redox Control of Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1) Activity

Yalemi Morales

Chemistry and Biochemistry

1:00 PM

Active Balancing System for Electric Vehicles with Incorporated Low Voltage Bus

Muhammad Muneeb Ur Rehman
Regan Zane

Electrical and Computer Engineering

1:00 PM

Niche differentiation of ammonia oxidizing bacteria and ammonia oxidizing archaea: seasonal dynamics, soil profile, ammonia oxidation kinetics and temperature sensitivity

Yang Ouyang
Jeanette Norton

Plants, Soils, and Climate

1:00 PM

Spatial Analysis of Actual Evapotranspiration Estimates from the iUTAH Climate Station Network

Kshitij Parajuli
Scott B. Jones

Civil and Environmental Engineering

1:00 PM

Observations of mesospheric gravity waves over the Andes

Jonathan Pugmire
Michael Taylor
Yucheng Zhao

Physics

1:00 PM

Interactions between neonicotinoids and water stress lead to Banks grass mite outbreaks in corn

Alice Ruckert
Ricardo Ramirez

Biology

1:00 PM

Reactions to Trauma in Bapsi Sidhwa's Cracking India: The Use of Fiction to Reconstruct Reality

Rachel Telfer

English

1:00 PM

Making Statistics Matter: Using Fitbit Activity Trackers to Enhance Undergraduate Statistics Instruction

Jeffrey Thayne
Victor Lee

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences

1:00 PM

Electric Vehicle Battery Balancing Real-Time Controller Implementation Based on Hardware-in-the-Loop and Simulink Real-Time

Hongjie Wang
Muhammad Muneeb Ur Rehman
Regan Zane

Electrical and Computer Engineering

1:00 PM

Comparative genomics of the diverse obligate symbionts of Adelgidae (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea)

Kathryn Weglarz
Carol von Dohlen

Biology

1:00 PM

The Effectiveness Of An Intervention Designed To Increase The Positive To Negative Ratio Of Instructor Interactions During After School Programming

Rikki Wheatley
Richard West
Ciara Marshall

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

1:00 PM

Characterization of alternative purification methods of Invasion Plasmid Antigen C

Abram Bernard

Chemistry and Biochemistry

1:30 PM

Probing the effects of lipid phase order on the localization of Shigella type three secretion system translocon proteins in artificial membranes

Robert Burgess
Nicholas Dickenson

Chemistry and Biochemistry

1:30 PM

Combining Natal and Mass-Release Methods to Increase Nesting Retention of Managed Solitary Bees

Liesl Cannon

Art

1:30 PM

The Restoration of the Emscher River: a Photographic Documentation

Liesl Cannon

Art

1:30 PM

Genomic insights on the recent evolution of novel host use in the Melissa blue butterfly

Samridhi Chaturvedi
Zach Gompert

Biology

1:30 PM

Ultrathin Metal Oxides as Oxygen Evolution Catalysts in Water

Jeffrey Chipman

Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences

1:30 PM

Development of Fluorescently Labeled Probes to Study DNA Repair under Homologous Recombination

Parker Davenport
Tanner Tripp

Chemistry and Biochemistry

1:30 PM

Economic Freedom and Recovery from the Great Recession

Kevin Duncan
Jadyn Naylor
Michael Jensen

1:30 PM

Electrospinning

Dan Gil
ibrahim hassounah

Biology

1:30 PM

Investigation of the pathogenicity of the CHL1 Leu17Phe polymorphism in schizophrenia

Brooke Hansen

Biology

1:30 PM

Effects of Shigella flexneri Infection on Major Vault Protein Expression and Localization in HeLa Cells

Jenna Hawley

Chemistry and Biochemistry

1:30 PM

Using dual-task paradigms to detect motor learning effects in older adults after task-specific training: A feasibility study

Caitlin Hengge
Jacob Pierce
Sydney Schaefer

Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

1:30 PM

Wind in the Upper Thermosphere

Preston Hooser
Landon Terry
Li Yin

Physics

1:30 PM

Video Games as an Educational Supplement

Phillip Hunt

Physics

1:30 PM

Adjustment Strategies and Business Success in Minority Women-Owned Family Firms

Mark Jackson
Yoon Lee

Family, Consumer, and Human Development

1:30 PM

Initial Biochemical and Structural Characterization of the Frequency-interacting RNA Helicase, an Mtr4 homolog

Jacqueline Johnson
Sean Johnson

Chemistry and Biochemistry

1:30 PM

Preventative Health Behaviors of Older Americans

Ashley Kelley
Yoon Lee

Family, Consumer, and Human Development

1:30 PM

Dynamics of Srs2 movement along single stranded DNA

Dan Morris

Chemistry and Biochemistry

1:30 PM

A double hit mouse model of schizophrenia: Chronic stress impairs latent inhibition in CHL1 deficient mice

J. Daniel Obray
Brooke N. Hansen
Mona Buhusi
Catalin Buhusi

Psychology

1:30 PM

Geothermal Springs: Understanding the Source of Thermal Springs, Franklin County, Idaho with geochemical tools.

Shawna Olsen

Geology

1:30 PM

The mediating effect of harsh parenting on the association between family poverty and child academic achievement

Su Jung Park
Yoon Lee
Krista Gurko

Family, Consumer, and Human Development

1:30 PM

Langmuir Probes in a Microwave Generated Plasma

Wesley Rawlins

Physics

1:30 PM

Mechanism of substrate reduction by the Dark-operative Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase (DPOR) complex

Mark Soffe

Chemistry and Biochemistry

1:30 PM

Math Models for Humans vs. Zombies on USU campus

Elizabeth Spencer

Mathematics and Statistics

1:30 PM

State Law and Media Framing: Immigration in the News Media

Jennifer Wagstaff

Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology

1:30 PM

Optimizing Cryopreservation of Murine Sperm to Enhance Post-Thaw Survival

Hayley Williams

Biology

1:30 PM

Atmospheric Gravity Wave Data From Halley Station in Antarctica

Carston Work

Physics

1:30 PM

Genome Editing of Bombyx Mori(Silkworm) with the Cas9/CRISPR System for Potential Host of Synthetic Spider Silk Gene

Xiaoli Zhang
lijin Xia
Ryan Pack
Breton Day
Justin Jones
Randy Lewins

Biology

1:30 PM

Calibration of Muon Detector for Coincidence Cathodoluminescence Experiments

Kenneth Zia

Physics

1:30 PM

Get Away Special High Altitude Balloon Flight

Jessica Zollinger

Physics

1:30 PM

Computer based scaffolding: What it means for the average elementary school teacher

Lindi Andreasen

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

2:00 PM

Women in Business Branding: Consumer Behavior Based on Hedonic vs. Utilitarian Positioning

Gracie Arnold
Deanne Brocato
Sterling Bone

Management

2:00 PM

The Extracellular Exosomal Crystalline Theory of Consciousness

Jarod Benowitz

Physics

2:00 PM

Sources of uncertainty in nutrient sampling below a point source

Hayden Campbell

Biology

2:00 PM

Integrated battery charger and motor drive design for electric vehicles

W. Warren Chen

Electrical and Computer Engineering

2:00 PM

Culture Bags and Latin@ folk culture: A Participatory Action Project in the Dual Language Immersion setting.

Marialuisa Di Stefano

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

2:00 PM

The effects of computer simulation and animation on student learning of rigid body dynamics

Oai Ha

Engineering and Technology Education

2:00 PM

Faith Based Dialogue on a Public University Campus

Erica Hawvermale

Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology

2:00 PM

Expanding Bilingualism, Biliteracy, and Biculturism in Utah

Yasmine Kataw

Languages, Philosophy and Communication Studies

2:00 PM

Fair Housing

Ilana Kornfeld

2:00 PM

Cashing in on the Benefits of Dual Language Immersion Education in Cache Valley

Aliza Kroek

Languages, Philosophy and Communication Studies

2:00 PM

Extreme UltraViolet Spectral Distribution's Effect on Ion Generation

Maggie Lewis

Physics

2:00 PM

Evolution of pollen transport in bees is influenced by pollen morphology

Zach Portman

Biology

2:00 PM

#iamsorry #CultureIndustry #Silence: A Critical Analysis of Shia LaBeouf's Art Exhibit and a YouTube Video

Eric Stephens

English

2:00 PM

Factors Affecting College Students' Academic Success

Lianqun Sun
Devon Gorry
Dwight Israelsen

Economics and Finance

2:00 PM

Improving Micro-Finance Productivity through Data Analysis

Ryan Taylor
Benjamin Blau

Economics and Finance

2:00 PM

Centrality Measures of Graphs utilizing Continuous Walks in Hilbert Space

Jarod P. Benowitz

Physics

3:00 PM

Isolating a Gene for Spider glue

Kyle Berg
Paula Oliveira
Randolph Lewis

Biology

3:00 PM

Circadian modulation of rodent performance in a spatial task

Jacob Blotter
Mona Buhusi

Biology

3:00 PM

Revisiting Assimilation: The Peculiarities of German Mormon Immigration

Jake Bury

History

3:00 PM

Structural and Biochemical Characterization of the Human Exosome Targeting Complex

Stephen Bux

Chemistry and Biochemistry

3:00 PM

Task Performance, Strategy, and Behavioral Themes from Students Solving 2-D and 3-D Force Equilibrium Problems

Benjamin Call
Wade Goodridge
Christopher Green

Engineering and Technology Education

3:00 PM

From Childhood to Adulthood: An Educational Memoir

Hadyn B. Call

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

3:00 PM

(U-Th)/He chronologic constraints on secondary Fe-oxide mineralization in southwestern New Mexico

Michael Channer
Alexis Ault

Geology

3:00 PM

Role of SRS-2 Helicase in Homologous Recombination

Elliot Corless

Chemistry and Biochemistry

3:00 PM

Purification and characterization of Shigella Invasion Plasmid Antigen C

Shari Duarte

Chemistry and Biochemistry

3:00 PM

Exploring the Diversity-Productivity Relationship

Leslie Forero

Wildland Resources

3:00 PM

Investigating the role of an identified Pi-bulge in IpaD on Shigella flexneri virulence

Terry Jessop
Nicholas Dickenson

Chemistry and Biochemistry

3:00 PM

The impact of evidence-based parent education in organized youth sport: A pilot study

Michael King

Family, Consumer, and Human Development

3:00 PM

Protracted Groundwater Depletion After Drought in the Central Valley of California

Yen-Heng Lin
Shih-Yu Wang
Robert R. Gillies

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3:00 PM

Living in the Shadows of Perfection

Katharina Marchant

Art

3:00 PM

Hematite (U-Th)/He dating as a tool for reconstructing million-year earthquake chronologies on the Wasatch Fault, Utah.

Robert McDermott
Alexis Ault
James Evans

Geology

3:00 PM

"Kidding" Around: Making Spider Goats

Dylan Memmott
Richard Decker
Brittany Patterson

Biology

3:00 PM

Measuring Thermal Properties of Thin Fibers

Troy Munro

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

3:00 PM

Invasion Speeds with Active Dispersers in Highly Variable Landscapes: Homogenization, Defecation and the Migration of Trees

Ram Neupane

Mathematics and Statistics

3:00 PM

Gathering and Interpreting Ambient and Localized Light Pollution in Logan City

Rachel Nydegger

Physics

3:00 PM

Shifts In Nutrient Limitations To Stream Biofilms Along An Urban Watershed Gradient

Elizabeth Ogata
Michelle Baker

Biology

3:00 PM

Gender Differences in Competition: A Non-Linear examination of performance and learning

Cameron Olsen
Natalie Ferguson

Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

3:00 PM

Investigating Mesospheric Gravity Waves Over Bear Lake, Utah

Kelly Osborne
Mike Taylor

Physics

3:00 PM

North Logan Botanical Park

Kendrick Ostergaard

Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

3:00 PM

Stellar Spectroscopy

Jonathan Price

Physics

3:00 PM

Assessment of thiol oxidation of a protein arginine methyltransferase

Owen Price
Yalemi Morales

Chemistry and Biochemistry

3:00 PM

Design of a Miniaturized Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer for Upper Atmosphere Composition Measurements

Michelle Pyle
Dr. Ryan Davidson
Dr. Charles Swenson
Erik Syrstad

Electrical and Computer Engineering

3:00 PM

The role of dual-ATP motors in substrate reduction by DPOR

Matthew Radovan
Edwin Antony

Chemistry and Biochemistry

3:00 PM

Thermal Effect of CNT Functionalization in PDMS/CNT Thin Film Composite

Matthew Ralphs

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

3:00 PM

Molecular basis for the physical interaction between the Rad51 recombinase and the SRS2 helicase.

Matison Rasmussen

Chemistry and Biochemistry

3:00 PM

Use of cosmogenic nuclides to understand relations among climate change, erosion rates, and landscape response in Grand Staircase region of Colorado

Kerry Riley

Geology

3:00 PM

The Schwarzschild Solution and Timelike Geodesics

Matthew Ross

Physics

3:00 PM

Conodont Microfossil Extraction and Identification from Carbonate Rocks of the Lower Ordovician Garden City Formation: Application to Correlation and Development of Sequence Stratigraphic Models for Intrashelf Basins of Early Ordovician Utah

Sarah Schulthies

Geology

3:00 PM

A heuristic approach to model mating encounter rates

Katherine Snyder

Mathematics and Statistics

3:00 PM

Electron Penetration Range for Diverse Materials

Anne Starley
Lisa Phillipps

Physics

3:00 PM

A Teaching Toolkit of Experiments using SSB Protein

Mark Stoll

Chemistry and Biochemistry

3:00 PM

Characterizing the Adenylation Domain of a BbBSLS Construct

Miekan Stonhill

Chemistry and Biochemistry

3:00 PM

The Perverse Philosophy of Edgar Allen Poe

Alex Tarbet

Languages, Philosophy and Communication Studies

3:00 PM

The Mtr4 ratchet helix and arch domain both function to promote RNA unwinding

Lacy Taylor

Chemistry and Biochemistry

3:00 PM

Dietary Supplementation with Canary Seed Powder to Prevent the Development of Diabetes in Mice

Crystal Vejar

Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences

3:00 PM

Autonomous Learning Groups in a Blended Problem-based Learning Course

D Mark Weiss

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences

3:00 PM

Carbon Nanotube Growth from Nickel and Nickel-Silicide Nanoparticles Created Via Dewetting of Thin Films

Benjamin White
Nicholas Roberts
T.-C. Shen

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

3:00 PM

The Role of ATP Molecules in Substrate Reduction by the Dark Operative Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase Enzyme during Chlorophyll Biosynthesis

Cason Wortley

Chemistry and Biochemistry

3:00 PM

Gigantomachy in Aeneid 2

David Youd

History

3:00 PM

To Share or Not to Share?: Managing the Complexities of Case Study Folklore Fieldwork

Jill Bleazard

English

4:00 PM

Effects of Leachables and Extractables in Single Use Bioprocess Containment Systems on Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell Growth and Quality

Luke Jarvis
Rob Smiley
Brittany Patterson

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

4:00 PM

Read It Again-DL: Promoting Early Language and Literacy of Dual Language Learners

Theresa (Terry) Kohlmeier
Chase Callard

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

4:00 PM

Using Data Dashboards to Supercharge Data-Driven Decision Making in the K-12 Classroom

Mason Lefler
Sarah Brasiel

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences

4:00 PM

The Demon in the Top Hat

Magen Olsen

English

4:00 PM

Storytelling in math and in dual language programs

Michelle Pfost

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

4:00 PM

Effects of Differential Rates of Alternative Reinforcement on Resurgence of Human Avoidance Behavior: A Translational Model of Relapse in the Anxiety Disorders

Brooke Smith

Psychology

4:00 PM

Negotiating Motherhood Identity and Religious Voices of Authority

Erin Sorensen

English

4:00 PM

The Effects of Sterilization on the Mechanical Properties of Polysolfune

Jordan Wanlass
Zachary Fica
Alan Hodges

Biological and Irrigation Engineering

4:00 PM