Spring Undergraduate Research & Creativity Symposium - 30TH ANNUAL - NC STATE UNIVERSITY APRIL 22-23, 2021
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30TH ANNUAL Spring Undergraduate Research & Creativity Symposium NC STATE UNIVERSITY APRIL 22-23, 2021
Table of Contents
Schedule …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…. 2
Presenter Index …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4
(Listed alphabetically by lead presenter)
Full Abstracts ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 26
(Listed alphabetically by lead presenter)
Symposium Statistics ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 86
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We work to support and promote discovery-,
inquiry-, scholarly- and creativity-based
opportunities through mentored research
experiences.
1Schedule
April 22 - Day One
Time Session
9:30am Welcome (Video)
Poster Session 1: Biological Sciences (Group 1)
10:00am
Poster Session 2: Engineering (Group 1)
Oral Session 1: Business & Economics, Communication, Journalism
11:00am
Oral Session 2: Engineering (Group 1)
Transforming Your Research Experience Beyond Graduation
Join us for a panel discussion among young alumni who share how they built upon their undergraduate
research post-graduation.
12:00pm
- Timothy Crawford ’16, electrical and computer engineering
- April Lamb ’17, zoology
- Summer Higden LaRose ’14, fisheries, wildlife and conservation biology and international studies
- Jeremy Wall ’14, fashion and textile management
Poster Session 3: Biological Sciences (Group 2)
1:00pm
Poster Session 4: Environmental Sciences (Group 1)
Poster & Exhibit: Art, Design, Performing Arts, Education
2:00pm
Oral Session 3: Mathematics & Quantitative Studies, Medical & Health Sciences
Oral Session 4: Social & Behavioral Sciences
3:00pm
Oral Session 5: Biological & Life Sciences
Poster Session 5: Biological Sciences (Group 3)
4:00pm
Poster Session 6: Environmental Sciences (Group 2)
5:00pm Faculty Mentoring Spotlight (Video Compilation)
2Schedule
April 23 - Day Two
Time Session
Oral Session 6: Humanities
10:00am
Oral Session 7: Engineering (Group 2)
Poster Session 7: Biological Sciences (Group 4)
11:00am
Poster Session 8: Environmental Sciences (Group 3)
Plenary: A Conversation with Dr. Doneka Scott, Vice Chancellor and Dean, DASA
12:00pm
Join us to learn about Dr. Scott’s undergraduate research path during this interview-style session
Michael Dickey Outstanding Research Mentor Award Presentation
12:45pm Announcing the recipient of the 2020-21 research mentor award!
https://go.ncsu.edu/mentoraward
Poster Session 9: Biological Sciences (Group 5)
1:00pm
Poster Session 10: Education, Humanities
Poster Session 11: Engineering (Group 3)
2:00pm
Poster Session 12: Chemical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Astronomy
Poster Session 13: Biological Sciences (Group 6)
3:00pm Poster Session 14: Computational Sciences, MathematicsQuantitative Studies, Medical & Health
Sciences
4:00pm Poster Session 15: Social & Behavioral Sciences
5:00pm Closing with Dr. Chris Ashwell, Director, Office of Undergraduate Research
3Presenter Index
Lead Presenter Mentor(s) Team Member(s) Type Project Title
Ampolini, Elizabeth Jose Ascencio-Ibáñez
College of Agriculture (College of Agriculture Poster The Openflexure Microscope
and Life Sciences and Life Sciences)
Katelin Faircloth
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Gabriel Harris Griffin Dilsaver
(College of Agriculture (College of Agriculture
Andrews, Tearrany and Life Sciences) and Life Sciences) Exhibit, Outta The Box!: A Lab Kit
College of Agriculture Performance, or Designed with the Student in
and Life Sciences Fernanda Santos Emily Roberson Demonstration Mind
(College of Agriculture (College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences) and Life Sciences)
Catie Rathke
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Ansari, Rabiya Coverage of Climate Change in
Jennifer Landin
College of Agriculture Poster Introductory Biology Textbooks,
(College of Sciences)
and Life Sciences 1970-2019
Lauren DeSimone
(College of Humanities
John Begeny and Social Sciences)
(College of Humanities
Arcaya Sibada,
and Social Sciences) Jack O'Connor The Effects of a Coaching
Alexandra
(College of Humanities Poster Intervention in Achieving
College of Humanities
Jesslyn Smith and Social Sciences) Maximum Intervention Fidelity
and Social Sciences
(College of Humanities
and Social Sciences) Macy Courtney
(College of Humanities
and Social Sciences)
Praveen Kolar
Effects of hydrolysis and pyrolysis
(College of Engineering)
Augoustides, Victoria in a bioprocess using pinebark to
Oral
College of Engineering mitigate VOCs found in swine
Lucie Guertault
wastewater
(College of Engineering)
Aram Mikaelyan
(College of Agriculture
Developing an Optimized Germ-
and Life Sciences)
Bailey, Ezra free Model for Studying the
Poster
College of Sciences Effect of the Microbiome on
Marissa Cole
Blowfly Development
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
4Presenter Index
Lead Presenter Mentor(s) Team Member(s) Type Project Title
Yaroslava Yingling
High accuracy dataset
(College of Engineering)
Baucom, Tiernan generation of nanoparticle
Poster
College of Engineering assembly for machine learning
Akhlak- Ul Mahmood
model
(College of Sciences)
A Review of Knee Ultrasound
Bercaw, Jefferson Ming Liu Image Segmentation Methods to
Poster
College of Engineering (College of Engineering) Improve Diagnosis Procedure for
Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA)
Identification of Methylated
Berg, Kenna
David Skaar Regions for use as Biomarkers of
College of Agriculture Poster
(College of Sciences) Hepatocellular Carcinoma
and Life Sciences
Epigenetics and Predisposition
Allison Hillstrom
(Northern Michigan
Erin McKenney University)
(College of Agriculture
Boleyn, Kirsten and Life Sciences) Chris Inosencio
This is Not a Drill: Marine Oil
College of Natural (Northern Michigan Poster
Spills Need Regulation Now
Resources Diana Lafferty University)
(Northern Michigan
University) Jonathan Sullivan
(Northern Michigan
University)
Steph Jeffries
(College of Natural
Bradshaw, Elijah
Resources)
College of Natural Poster Teaching Trees
Resources
Pei-Shien Wu
(D.H. Hill, Jr. Library)
Assessing Postnatal Changes in
Braxton, Lauryn
Matthew Fisher Porcine Anterior Cruciate
College of Agriculture Poster
(College of Engineering) Ligament Glycoprotein
and Life Sciences
Organization
Abigail King
(Northern Michigan
Erin McKenney University)
(College of Agriculture
Buckner, Hadley and Life Sciences) Ian Dean
Conservation Strategies for
College of Natural (Northern Michigan Poster
Major Pollinator Groups
Resources Diana Lafferty University)
(Northern Michigan
University) Joshua Reynolds
(Northern Michigan
University)
[3,3] Rearrangement Between
Call, Luke Vincent Lindsay Thiazolium Salts and Aldehydes
Poster
College of Sciences (College of Sciences) for the Synthesis of Quaternary
Centers
5Presenter Index
Lead Presenter Mentor(s) Team Member(s) Type Project Title
Ashley Lohr
(NC Museum of Natural
Carey, Benjamin Sciences)
Eastern Wild Turkey Breeding
College of Natural Poster
Patterns in North Carolina
Resources Roland Kays
(College of Natural
Resources)
Gregory Parsons
(College of Engineering)
Vapor-Phase Synthesis and
Characterization of ZIF-8 Films
Carroll, Nick Rachel Nye
Oral on Fibrous Substrates and
College of Engineering (College of Engineering)
Evaluation of CO2 and Dye
Adsorption Capabilities
Sarah Morgan
(College of Engineering)
Raquel Hernandez
(College of Agriculture
Virus Production of Pathogenic
Castillo, Mariana and Life Sciences)
and Non-Pathogenic Strains of
College of Agriculture Oral
Zika virus in Monocytes and
and Life Sciences Davis Ferreira
Macrophages
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Chance, Sophie Robert Beckstead The Use of a Direct ELISA to
College of Agriculture (College of Agriculture Poster Identify Blackhead Resistant
and Life Sciences and Life Sciences) Turkeys
Erin McKenney Leanna Hoyer
(College of Agriculture (Northern Michigan
and Life Sciences) University) Barriers to Tribal Land Use in the
Ciccone, Lucie
Poster United States: Implications for
College of Sciences
Diana Lafferty Levi Lewis Conservation
(Northern Michigan (Northern Michigan
University) University)
Grace Cary
(College of Sciences)
Emily Griffith
(College of Sciences) Modeling STEM Transfer Student
Conroy, Kevin Hang Nguyen
Poster Success and the Effects of
College of Sciences (College of Sciences)
Stephany Dunstan “Transfer Shock”
(Provost's Office)
Zhiyuan Yang
(College of Sciences)
Study Abroad in the United
Cook, Haley William Flowers
Kingdom: Veterinary
College of Agriculture (College of Agriculture Poster
Physiotherapy and Animal
and Life Sciences and Life Sciences)
Behavior
Caiti Heil
Investigating rates of
(College of Sciences)
Cormack, Anna hybridization in yeast using
Poster
College of Sciences Drosophila melanogaster as an
Nathan Brandt
insect vector
(College of Sciences)
6Presenter Index
Lead Presenter Mentor(s) Team Member(s) Type Project Title
Shogo Ohta-Weir
Cornette Cook,
Larry Silverberg (College of Engineering)
William Poster Wolf Penny Press
(College of Engineering)
College of Engineering
Rongmon Bordoloi
Probing the Small-Scale Structure
(College of Sciences)
Darekar, Ayesha Variation in the Circumgalactic
Poster
College of Sciences Medium Using a Gravitationally
Ahmed Shaban
Lensed Quasar System
(College of Sciences)
Adam Stoner
(Northern Michigan
Erin McKenney University)
(College of Agriculture
Davenport, Delaney and Life Sciences) Brendan Finazzo Strategies to Mitigate the
College of Agriculture (Northern Michigan Poster Wasteful Impacts of Mass
and Life Sciences Diana Lafferty University) Consumerism
(Northern Michigan
University) Julia Soma
(Northern Michigan
University)
Latin American De-
Davis, Nancy Carol Lewald
democratization & Nicaragua’s
College of Humanities (College of Humanities Oral
Transition from Populist
and Social Sciences and Social Sciences)
Leadership to Caudillismo
When a Tropical Storm Goes to
Battle with an Aseismic Ridge:
De La Calle, Ruben Karl Wegmann Matthew Nixon
Poster Landslide Erosion caused by
College of Sciences (College of Sciences) (College of Sciences)
Cyclone Harold, Espiritu Santo,
Vanuatu
Anne Auten
(University College -
De La Rosa, Justin DASA) Maximum Predictability under
Oral
College of Sciences Symmetry with Applications
Alex Cloud
(College of Sciences)
A multifunctional culture dish
Leslie Sombers
incorporating an embedded
(College of Sciences)
Denisowski, Catherine electrode array for high-
Poster
College of Engineering throughput detection of
Michael Daniele
individual exocytosis events at
(College of Engineering)
single cells
Troy Ghashghaei
(College of Veterinary
Medicine) 'Analysis of Gliogenic
Diamond, Joseph
Poster Progenitors in the Developing
College of Sciences
Xuying Zhang Mouse Cerebral Cortex
(College of Veterinary
Medicine)
7Presenter Index
Lead Presenter Mentor(s) Team Member(s) Type Project Title
Aye-aye (Daubentonia
madagascariensis) Infant and
Diehl, Caroline Lisa Paciulli
Poster Mother Vocalization Response
College of Sciences (College of Sciences)
Patterns during the First Two
Days of Life
Alyssa Zelakiewicz
(Northern Michigan
Erin McKenney University)
(College of Agriculture
Dorroh, Reese and Life Sciences) Alexandria Crosby Consequences and solutions for
College of Natural (Northern Michigan Poster climate based land change in the
Resources Diana Lafferty University) arctic
(Northern Michigan
University) Lindsey Walter
(Northern Michigan
University)
Elizabeth Lucas Sex-specific neural networks of
du Plessis, Kamryn
(College of Veterinary Poster threat memory acquisition: A
College of Sciences
Medicine) pilot study
Dulaney, Brian Kevin Lyons Feasibility of Automobile
Poster
College of Engineering (College of Engineering) Propulsion Systems
Kylie Lanser
(Northern Michigan
Erin McKenney University)
(College of Agriculture
Edwards, Jesse and Life Sciences) Julia Hrynkiw
Palm Oil Plantations and the
College of Natural (Northern Michigan Poster
Perils They Pose
Resources Diana Lafferty University)
(Northern Michigan
University) Emma Stafford
(Northern Michigan
University)
Avery May
(Northern Michigan
Erin McKenney University)
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences) Jensen Diment Creating Contracts with
Evans, Addison
(Northern Michigan Poster Landowners to Reduce
College of Sciences
Diana Lafferty University) Deforestation in the US
(Northern Michigan
University) Kellsey Grange
(Northern Michigan
University)
8Presenter Index
Lead Presenter Mentor(s) Team Member(s) Type Project Title
Jon Vigilant
(Northern Michigan
Erin McKenney University)
(College of Agriculture
Falasco, Sofia and Life Sciences) Austin Corbin Killing for Conservation: The
College of Natural (Northern Michigan Poster Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Resources Diana Lafferty University) Truths about Trophy Hunting
(Northern Michigan
University) Mitchell Hawthorne
(Northern Michigan
University)
Orlin Velev
(College of Engineering)
Zero-Electric Powered, Non-
Invasive, Long-Term Sweat
Fang, Jennifer Tamoghna Saha
Poster Lactate Sensing Utilizing
College of Engineering (College of Engineering)
Osmotic-Capillary Microfluidic
Principles
Michael D. Dickey
(College of Engineering)
Chris Mayhorn
(College of Humanities
Ferrell, Tara and Social Sciences) How we trust and perceive
College of Humanities Poster advice from virtual humans: The
and Social Sciences Aaron Crowson influence of voice quality
(College of Humanities
and Social Sciences)
The Changing Criteria in
Fryer, William Eric Chi Performance Based Salaries
Poster
College of Sciences (College of Sciences) Across Eras of Major League
Baseball
Sindhura Maale
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Mizuki Cruz
(College of Agriculture
Ghotkar, Rohit and Life Sciences)
Rick Lawless Design and Optimization of a
College of Agriculture Poster
(KBI Biopharma) Training Lab
and Life Sciences Jenay Brown
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Kaitlyn Ball
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
9Presenter Index
Lead Presenter Mentor(s) Team Member(s) Type Project Title
Eric Drew
(College of Sciences)
Stephany Dunstan
(Provost's Office)
Goodwin, Paul Shirin Rahnama Student Retention in STEM &
Poster
College of Sciences (College of Sciences) Non-STEM Degrees
Emily Griffith
(College of Sciences)
Ryan Li
(College of Sciences)
Analyzing the Impact of Extreme
Guo, Britany Christopher Osburn
Poster Weather Events on Carbon
College of Sciences (College of Sciences)
Export Through Carbon Tracers
Gabby Cummings
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Ginny Bass
(College of Agriculture
Rhonda Sutton and Life Sciences)
(College of Agriculture
Habrat, Halle and Life Sciences) Clarkson Plumides
Using Technology As a Way to
College of Agriculture (College of Agriculture Poster
CULTIV8
and Life Sciences Alyssa Degreenia and Life Sciences)
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences) Dianna Miller
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Emily Haupt
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Courtney Kirberger
(College of Natural
Erin McKenney Resources)
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences) Amanda Antal Improving Climate
Hadley, Colin
(Northern Michigan Poster Communication to Motivate
College of Sciences
Diana Lafferty University) Action
(Northern Michigan
University) Kelly Manssur
(Northern Michigan
University)
Erin McKenney
Matthias Mattingly
(College of Agriculture
(College of Sciences)
Haney, Margaret and Life Sciences)
"Clean" Energy: Consequences
College of Natural Poster
Alexander Nohel and Considerations
Resources Diana Lafferty
(Northern Michigan
(Northern Michigan
University)
University)
10Presenter Index
Lead Presenter Mentor(s) Team Member(s) Type Project Title
Preliminary Establishment and
Hanis, Malone Melanie Simpson Characterization of a Lung Cell
College of Agriculture (College of Agriculture Poster Model that is Biologically
and Life Sciences and Life Sciences) Relevant to COVID-19
Conditions
Liara Gonzalez
(College of Veterinary
Medicine)
Mucosal T-Cell Repopulation
Henderson, Nichol Cecilia Schaff Coincides with Peak Intestinal
College of Agriculture (College of Veterinary Oral Stem Cell Proliferation During
and Life Sciences Medicine) Epithelial Repair Following
Prolonged Intestinal Ischemia
Daiannette López
(College of Veterinary
Medicine)
Aggression as a Product of Trait
Hill, Jacob Brian Langerhans
Poster Compensation and Predation
College of Sciences (College of Sciences)
Risk in Bahamas Mosquitofish
Amanda Ziegler
(College of Veterinary
Hogan, Riley Medicine) Expression of the Tight Junction
College of Agriculture Poster Protein Claudin-4 in Neonate
and Life Sciences Anthony Blikslager Pigs Compared to Juvenile Pigs
(College of Veterinary
Medicine)
Jacqueline Kogut
(Northern Michigan
University)
Erin Mckenney
(College of Agriculture
Holden, David Liam Mclnerney
and Life Sciences) The Degradation of Global Water
College of Natural (Northern Michigan Poster
Ecosystems
Resources University)
Diana Lafferty (Northern
Michigan University)
Emma Waatti
(Northern Michigan
University)
Erin McKenney
(College of Agriculture
Hollers, Andrew and Life Sciences)
College of Natural Poster Worldwide Overfishing of Sharks
Resources Diana Lafferty
(Northern Michigan
University)
Design and Thermodynamic
Ramon Collazo Eric Knowles
Evaluation of an Gallium
(College of Engineering) (College of Engineering)
Holmes, Samantha Chloride External Generator for
Poster
College of Engineering use in Hydride Vapor Phase
Shun Washiyama Parker Terry
Epitaxy of III-Nitride
(College of Engineering) (College of Engineering)
Semiconductors
11Presenter Index
Lead Presenter Mentor(s) Team Member(s) Type Project Title
Elizabeth Trubchaninov
(College of Engineering)
Jacob Jones
Phosphorus Reclamation from
(College of Engineering)
Horgan, Madison Brandi Foster Aqueous Solutions via Chitosan/
Poster
College of Engineering (College of Engineering) PVA Hydrogel Beads Doped with
Rachel Broughton
Fe3+
(College of Engineering)
Katherine Meinhold
(College of Engineering)
Horner, Amaya Zakiya Leggett Designing a citizen science
College of Natural (College of Natural Poster project to evaluate urban tree
Resources Resources) cover
Andrew Brady
(Northern Michigan
Erin McKenney University)
(College of Agriculture
Hutcheson, Benjamin and Life Sciences) Brandon Caltrider Enhancing Education and
College of Agriculture (Northern Michigan Poster Awareness of Land-use and Its
and Life Sciences Diana Lafferty University) Impact on Soil
(Northern Michigan
University) Serena Soulliere
(Northern Michigan
University)
Modeling Effects of Strain on
Jabusch, Noah Alexander Kemper
Poster Superconducting Titanium
College of Sciences (College of Sciences)
Monoxide
Shweta Trivedi Faith Church
(College of Agriculture (College of Agriculture
Assessment of the Loss of Pre-
Jacobs, Bryson and Life Sciences) and Life Sciences)
Veterinary Experiences Due to
College of Agriculture Poster
the COVID-19 Pandemic Towards
and Life Sciences Jessica Clark
a Competitive DVM Application
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Jacobson, Lindsey Scott Ferguson Exploring the Challenges of
Poster
College of Engineering (College of Engineering) Design for the Developing World
Lina Battestilli
Jagdish Gunjal, (College of Engineering)
Help Seeking Patterns in CSC
Chirag Poster
Courses
College of Engineering Sarah Heckman
(College of Engineering)
12Presenter Index
Lead Presenter Mentor(s) Team Member(s) Type Project Title
Sowmika Vaka
(College of Humanities
and Social Sciences)
Kelly Lynn Mulvey Kendall White
(College of Humanities (College of Humanities
Jewell, Ansley and Social Sciences) and Social Sciences)
Expected Bystander Behavior in
College of Humanities Poster
Gender-Based Cyberbullying
and Social Sciences Emily Herr Kayla Cockrell
(College of Humanities (College of Humanities
and Social Sciences) and Social Sciences)
Sarah Aljaafari
(College of Humanities
and Social Sciences)
Tykenya Holiday
(College of Agriculture
John Sheppard
and Life Sciences)
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Reid Henderson
(College of Agriculture
Fernanda Santos (College
Kaegi, Zoe and Life Sciences) Analysis on the Efficacy of 3-D
of Agriculture and Life
College of Agriculture Poster Printed Carrier Molecules for
Sciences)
and Life Sciences Spencer Hamm Perfusion Systems
(College of Agriculture
Suzanne
and Life Sciences)
Johanningsmeier
(College of Agriculture
Cameron Dyer
and Life Sciences)
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Maru Gonzalez
(College of Agriculture
Keefer, Maya and Life Sciences)
#PassTheMicYouth Curriculum
College of Agriculture Oral
Review
and Life Sciences Kimberley Allen
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Andrez Mira
(Northern Michigan
Erin McKenney University)
(College of Agriculture
Keen, Audrey and Life Sciences) Anthony Reynolds Anthropogenic Impact Reaches
College of Natural (Northern Michigan Poster the Sea: Ocean Acidification
Resources Diana Lafferty University) Solution
(Northern Michigan
University) Paige Sutton
(Northern Michigan
University)
13Presenter Index
Lead Presenter Mentor(s) Team Member(s) Type Project Title
Perinatal Exposure to
Kimble, Laney
John Meitzen FireMaster® 550 Yields Sex-
College of Agriculture Poster
(College of Sciences) specific Effects on Mate Bonding
and Life Sciences
in Prairie Voles
Emily Kingston
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Matthew Allan Carley Mairehofer
(College of Agriculture (College of Agriculture
Klemmer, Hannah and Life Sciences) and Life Sciences) Quantification of Protein Content
College of Agriculture Poster in Sweetpotatoes to Train a NIRS
and Life Sciences Fernanda Santos JiSun Ko Model
(College of Agriculture (College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences) and Life Sciences)
Bryan Humble
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Melanie Simpson
(College of Agriculture Pharmacological Targeting of
Klug, Margaret and Life Sciences) UDP-glucose Dehydrogenase
College of Agriculture Poster (UGDH) Reveals Increased
and Life Sciences Brenna Zimmer Sensitivity to Clinical Prostate
(College of Agriculture Cancer Therapy
and Life Sciences)
Everett Cockrell
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Charity Bass
John Sheppard
(College of Agriculture Computational Model for
(College of Agriculture
Knott, Michael and Life Sciences) Disposable Bioreactor System
and Life Sciences)
College of Agriculture Poster Process Performance &
and Life Sciences Morgan Heffernan Recommendation on Disposable
Jennifer Pancorbo
(College of Agriculture Systems Via Machine Learning
(BTEC)
and Life Sciences)
Will Scott
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Seth Kullman
(College of Sciences) The Effect of Ziram Exposure on
Korategere, Pooja
Poster Osteogenic Differentiation of
College of Sciences
Melissa Gronske hBMSC
(College of Sciences)
Manuel Kleiner
(College of Sciences) Optimization of In Vitro Growth
Korenek, Abigail
Poster Conditions for the Cultivation of
College of Sciences
Angie Mordant Anaerobic Gut Strains
(College of Sciences)
14Presenter Index
Lead Presenter Mentor(s) Team Member(s) Type Project Title
Xiaogang Hu
Evaluation of Transcutaneous
(College of Engineering)
Kubik, Sarah Nerve Stimulation Profiles to
Oral
College of Engineering Improve Recruitment Order of
Luis Vargas
Motor Neurons
(College of Engineering)
Bacterioplankton Degradation of
Kuczenski, Sydney Ryan Paerl
Poster Polycarbonate In Two
College of Sciences (College of Sciences)
Contrasting Aquatic Systems
Characteristics of Aye-
Lamb, Cooper
Lisa Paciulli ayes’ (Daubentonia
College of Agriculture Poster
(College of Sciences) madagascariensis) Huff
and Life Sciences
Vocalizations
Rose Krebs
(College of Sciences)
Laszacs, Lucas Scott Laster Sarah Peterson Plant-based Inhibitors of
Poster
College of Sciences (College of Sciences) (College of Sciences) Coronavirus Replication
Amanda Sheehan
(College of Sciences)
Staton Noel
Lauf, Sarah (Panaceutics Nutrition) Research and Development
College of Agriculture Poster Internship with Panaceutics
and Life Sciences Justin Plummer Nutrition
(Panaceutics Nutrition)
Anne McLaughlin
(College of Humanities
Lodge, Frank and Social Sciences) Predicting Attention Allocation
College of Humanities Poster via the SEEV Model in the Highly
and Social Sciences Emily Hartkop Dynamic Task of Rock Climbing
(College of Humanities
and Social Sciences)
Stefano Menegatti
(College of Engineering)
Raphael Prodromou
(College of Engineering)
Kevin Day
Engineering Light-Responsive
(College of Engineering)
Mabe, Matthew Peptides for the Capture and
Oral
College of Engineering Release of Labile Therapeutic
Sahand Saberi-Bosari
Proteins
(College of Engineering)
John D. Schneible
(College of Engineering)
Adriana San Miguel
(College of Engineering)
15Presenter Index
Lead Presenter Mentor(s) Team Member(s) Type Project Title
Madhavan, Aishwarya Alison Arnold The Effects of Carnatic Music
Poole College of (University College - Poster Beyond Entertainment: Exploring
Management DASA) the Therapeutic Values of Ragas
Lina Quesada-Ocampo
(College of Agriculture
Mascarenhas, Jack and Life Sciences) Evaluation of Fungicides for
College of Agriculture Poster Control of Fusarium oxysporum
and Life Sciences Mike Adams of Watermelon
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Jesse Jur
(Wilson College of
Mase, Morgan Textiles) Knitted Textile Electrodes for
Wilson College of Poster Surface Electromyography
Textiles Olivia Turschak Measurement
(Wilson College of
Textiles)
Fernando Garcia
Menendez
Impacts of COVID-19 on
Mattox, Julia (College of Engineering)
Poster Prescribed Burning Activity in the
College of Engineering
Southeastern United States
Sadia Afrin
(College of Engineering)
Casey Nestor
(College of Agriculture
McAnulty, Meghan Assessment of Accelerometers
and Life Sciences)
College of Agriculture Poster for Gait Analysis in Commercial
and Life Sciences Turkeys
Prafulla Regmi
(University of Georgia)
Veronica Augustyn Andy Lam
(College of Engineering) (College of Engineering) Teaching Principles of Solar Cell
McColgan, Gail
Poster Characterization in Resource-
College of Engineering
Alex Hsain Preston Fisher Constrained Regions
(College of Engineering) (College of Engineering)
16Presenter Index
Lead Presenter Mentor(s) Team Member(s) Type Project Title
Whitney Knollenberg
(College of Natural
Resources)
Virginia Patterson
(College of Natural
Resources)
How Does Local Media Reflect
McKee, Patricia Erin Seekamp
Remote Coastal Communities’
College of Natural (College of Natural Poster
Information Needs and Disaster
Resources Resources)
Recovery Processes?
Bethany Cutts
(College of Natural
Resources)
Allie McCreary
(Western Kentucky
University)
McKettrick, Will Mahmoud Sharara Evaluation of Acidified Pine Bark
College of Agriculture (College of Agriculture Poster Biochar for Agricultural Odor
and Life Sciences and Life Sciences) Control
Erik Montgomery
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Nadia Harvilla
(College of Agricultural
Meirow, Ethan Lynette Johnston and Life Sciences) Application of the Food Safety
College of Agriculture (College of Agriculture Poster Modernization Act in Individually
and Life Sciences and Life Sciences) Mileah Shriner Quick Frozen Produce Processing
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Jordan Walker
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Chandler Lasater
(College of Sciences)
Stephany Dunstan
Factors Affecting Likelihood of
(Provost's Office)
Meng, Lianne Christian Okoth Graduation Among Transfer
Poster
College of Sciences (College of Sciences) Students Based upon Academic
Emily Griffith
Performance and Retention
(College of Sciences)
Mariya Harris
(College of Sciences)
17Presenter Index
Lead Presenter Mentor(s) Team Member(s) Type Project Title
Marica Thomas
(College of Natural Analysis of Undergraduate
Merritt, Vanessa Seth Murray Resources) Courses at NC State University
College of Humanities (College of Humanities Poster through the United Nations’
and Social Sciences and Social Sciences) Elisabeth Ramsey Sustainable Development Goals
(College of Humanities Framework
and Social Sciences)
Elliott Reece
(College of Sciences)
Emily Griffith
(College of Sciences) Analyzing the Community
Monahan, Patrick Jiayin Ye
Poster College to Four-Year College
College of Sciences (College of Sciences)
Stephany Dunstan Transition
(Provost's Office)
Tyler Wang
(College of Sciences)
Noelle Smith
(College of Humanities
Laura Widman
and Social Sciences)
(College of Humanities
The Relationship Between
Mullins, Lily and Social Sciences)
Breyana Williams Different Insurance Types and
College of Humanities Poster
(College of Humanities Youth’s Access of Sexual Health
and Social Sciences Nikolette Lipsey
and Social Sciences) Care Services
(College of Humanities
and Social Sciences)
Munshi, Aanandi Jose Ascencio-Ibáñez Evolution of the rates of mutation
Emma Wiese
College of Agriculture (College of Agriculture Poster for Geminivirus in Arabidopis
(College of Sciences)
and Life Sciences and Life Sciences) thaliana accessions
Duncan Lascelles
(College of Veterinary Evaluation of Intra-Articular
Nakanishi, Aoi Medicine) Caninized TNF Receptor FC
College of Agriculture Oral Fusion Protein as a Treatment for
and Life Sciences Masataka Enomoto Osteoarthritis-Associated Joint
(College of Veterinary Pain
Medicine)
Krystian Knaga
(Northern Michigan
Erin McKenney University)
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences) Carly Messina Spotlighting the Exploitation and
Ngo, Mayla
(Northern Michigan Poster Abuse of Animals in the
College of Sciences
Diana Lafferty University) Entertainment Industry
(Northern Michigan
University) Aster Bechek
(Northern Michigan
University)
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Lead Presenter Mentor(s) Team Member(s) Type Project Title
Aanandi Munshi
(College of Agriculture
Odeh, Ahmad Jose Ascencio-Ibáñez and Life Sciences) Assessment of Bacterial Viability
College of Agriculture (College of Agriculture Poster Against Antibiotics by Flow
and Life Sciences and Life Sciences) Ethan Thompson Cytometry
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Kayla Benge
(College of Sciences)
Erin McKenney
(College of Agriculture
Brandon Zelakiewicz
and Life Sciences)
Ouellette, Alexa (Northern Michigan Mitigating Predation for Free-
Poster
College of Sciences University) roaming Cats
Diana Lafferty
(Northern Michigan
Jessica Anderson
University)
(Northern Michigan
University)
David Skaar
(College of Sciences) Identifying Epigenetic
Paul, Oindrila
Poster Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s
College of Sciences
Catherine Hoyo Disease
(College of Sciences)
Benjamin Reading Enhancing Fisheries Education
Pereira, Sasha
(College of Agriculture Oral Through the Development of a
College of Sciences
and Life Sciences) Clearing and Staining Protocol
Henry Steinhauer
(Northern Michigan
Erin McKenney University)
(College of Agriculture
Pfau, Lauren and Life Sciences) Jack Culvey
Exotic Animal Use In Traditional
College of Natural (Northern Michigan Poster
Chinese Medicine
Resources Diana Lafferty University)
(Northern Michigan
University) Zach Ziegler
(Northern Michigan
University)
Ryan Paerl Examining dityrosine use and
(College of Sciences) degradation - a model
Philipovich, Nathan
Poster compound of potentially
College of Sciences
Chris Osburn recalcitrant organic matter in the
(College of Sciences) ocean
Pil, Joshua Elizabeth Nichols
Understanding impact of excess
College of Natural (College of Natural Poster
flooding on annual tree growth
Resources Resources)
Jacque Cole
(College of Engineering)
Potts, Jennifer Gait Impairment Following
Oral
College of Engineering Brachial Plexus Birth Injury
Emily Fawcett
(College of Engineering)
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Lead Presenter Mentor(s) Team Member(s) Type Project Title
Canine osteosarcoma increases
Erika Gruber
Povelaitis, Michael expression of “don’t eat me”
(College of Veterinary Poster
College of Sciences signal, CD47 with IL-4 and IFNg/
Medicine)
LPS stimulation
John Sheppard
(College of Agriculture
Prichard, Geremy and Life Sciences) Artificial Intelligence and Process
College of Agriculture Poster Analytical Technology in
and Life Sciences Fernanda Santos Brewhouse Operations
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Rabinowitz, Lara Traci Lamar Artifact-led Textile Design at the
Wilson College of (Wilson College of Poster Textile Heritage Museum,
Textiles Textiles) Burlington, North Carolina
Rabeya Tahir
(College of Sciences)
Using WikiEDU to promote open
Ramilo, Lauren Carlos Goller Daiza Norman
Poster access science for sustainable
College of Sciences (College of Sciences) (College of Sciences)
microbial biotechnologies
Tanasha Lertjanyarak
(College of Sciences)
Mark Pankow
(College of Engineering)
Rife, Matthew MAT299 Composite Panel
Poster
College of Engineering Impact Analysis and Simulation
Tyler Goode
(College of Engineering)
Whitney Knollenberg
(College of Natural
Riley, Chloe Resources) Agritourism Tales: Why
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Resources Carla Barbeiri storytelling as a marketing tool
(College of Natural
Resources)
Evaluating the Current Quality of
Rivera, Paola Miriam Ferzli Preventative Health Education
Poster
College of Sciences (College of Sciences) With Respect to Congenital
Toxoplasmosis
Jacqueline Cole
(College of Engineering) Creating Complex Nonlinear
Roche, Vincent
Oral Finite Element Models of Human
College of Engineering
Jason Cox Vertebral Cancellous Bone
(College of Engineering)
Mitochondrial Gatekeeping of
Rodriguez, Osvaldo Caiti Heil
Poster Evolution: How genetic conflicts
College of Sciences (College of Sciences)
may affect speciation
20Presenter Index
Lead Presenter Mentor(s) Team Member(s) Type Project Title
Analyzing Urban Habitat for the
Rowan, Evelyn Madhusudan Katti Michael Caslin
Triangle Bird Count through 360°
College of Natural (College of Natural (College of Natural Poster
Photography in a Virtual Reality
Resources Resources) Resources)
Environment
Joelle Gallaugher
(Northern Michigan
Erin McKenney University)
(College of Agriculture
Sauser, Elizabeth and Life Sciences) Mason George
Local and Global Implications of
College of Natural (Northern Michigan Poster
Amazonian Deforestation
Resources Diana Lafferty University)
(Northern Michigan
University) Morgan Ciecko
(Northern Michigan
University)
Development of an Online,
Schaffer, Kaitlyn Natalie Cooke
Interactive Career Preparation
College of Agriculture (College of Agriculture Poster
Module for Nutrition Science
and Life Sciences and Life Sciences)
Majors
Gabriel Montague
Stephany Dunstan Grace Zhao
(Provost's Office) (College of Sciences)
Scheper, Ethan Analysis of Graduation Rates for
Poster
College of Sciences Transfer Students
Emily Griffith Mohmmed Idries
(College of Sciences) (College of Sciences,
Poole College of
Management)
Schill, Maranda Dr. John Russ
Workforce Issues in the
College of Agriculture (College of Agriculture Oral
Agriculture Industry
and Life Sciences and Life Sciences)
Schindler, Allison Amy Halberstadt Meredith Drake The relationship between
College of Humanities (College of Humanities (College of Humanities Oral empathy and White privilege as a
and Social Sciences and Social Sciences) and Social Sciences) foundation for diversity training
Schinsky, Jess Jenny Campbell How Many Captive Tigers Are
Oral
College of Sciences (College of Sciences) Living in the U.S?
Adam Hartstone-Rose
(College of Sciences) DiceCT Analysis of Masticatory
Schwenk, Alysa
Poster Muscle Volume in
College of Sciences
Edwin Dickinson Osteopathological Varecia
(College of Sciences)
Adriana San Miguel
(College of Engineering) C. elegans as an Alzheimer
Shah, Mariam
Poster Disease Model for Extracellular
College of Engineering
James Lichty Amyloid Beta Expression
(College of Engineering)
21Presenter Index
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Brendan O'Connor
(College of Engineering) Developing a custom external
Sheikh, Nadeem
Poster quantum efficiency test-station
College of Engineering
Harry Schrickx for organic photovoltaics
(College of Engineering)
Marina Morse
Erin McKenny
(Northern Michigan
(College of Sciences)
Sherrard, Connor University) Permafrost Thawing:
College of Natural Poster Consequences on the Planet’s
Diana Lafferty
Resources Lovisa Kunkle Systems and People’s Livelihoods
(Northern Michigan
(Northern Michigan
University)
University)
Alyson Wilson
Identifying Foreign State-
(College of Sciences)
Shirsekar, Manali Sponsored Influence Campaigns
Poster
College of Sciences with Natural Language
Rob Johnston (Laboratory
Processing
for Analytic Sciences)
Jacob Laurain
(Northern Michigan
Erin McKenney University)
(College of Agriculture
Shrader, Madison and Life Sciences) Cole Bonino Agricultural Degradation:
College of Natural (Northern Michigan Poster Ecosystem Services of the
Resources Diana Lafferty University) Amazon Rainforest
(Northern Michigan
University) Abigail Schuster
(Northern Michigan
University)
The Importance of Freeze-Thaw
Climate Events to Bank Erosion
Simmons, Erica Karl Wegmann of Legacy Sediment and
Poster
College of Sciences (College of Sciences) Persistent Suspended Sediment
Impairments in NC Piedmont
Streams
Laura Widman Oliver Sugiyama
(College of Humanities (College of Humanities
Singh, Anjali and Social Sciences) and Social Sciences) A Qualitative Examination of
College of Humanities Oral Young Adults’ Understanding of
and Social Sciences Hannah Javidi Sexual Consent
(College of Humanities
and Social Sciences)
Snyder, Megan Yang Cheng The Stigmatizing Portrayal of
College of Humanities (College of Humanities Oral COVID-19 in Mass Media and its
and Social Sciences and Social Sciences) Effects on Asians in America
22Presenter Index
Lead Presenter Mentor(s) Team Member(s) Type Project Title
Laura Widman McKenzie Rowland
(College of Humanities (College of Humanities
A Qualitative Examination of
Spiva, Sunshine and Social Sciences) and Social Sciences)
Factors Impacting the Sexual
College of Humanities Poster
Health/Sexuality of Youth in
and Social Sciences Julia Brasileiro
Foster Care
(College of Humanities
and Social Sciences)
Alen Alexanderian
(College of Sciences) Sensitivity analysis of inverse
Stevens, Mason
Oral problems with application to
College of Sciences
Isaac Sunseri COVID-19 forecast
(College of Sciences)
Stewart, Kaitlyn Douglas Gillan
Life History Impact on Spatial
College of Humanities (College of Humanities Poster
Ability
and Social Sciences and Social Sciences)
Veronica Augustyn
(College of Engineering)
Teeters, Hannah Ruocun Wang PhD Automating Cyclic Voltammetry
Poster
College of Engineering (Drexel University) Data Analysis
Matthew Chagnot
(College of Engineering)
Lilian Hsiao
(College of Engineering)
Thacker, Pranav Ultralow Friction on Liquid-
Poster
College of Engineering Infused Soft Substrates
Yunhu Peng
(College of Engineering)
NC State and the United
Thomas, Marica Seth Murray Vanessa Merritt Nations’ Sustainable
College of Natural (College of Humanities (College of Humanities Oral Development Goals: Interactive
Resources and Social Sciences) and Social Sciences) Student Database and College-
level Integration of SDGs
Andrew Espinosa
(Northern Michigan
Erin McKenny University)
(College of Agriculture
Thomasson, Jacob and Life Sciences) Austin Heitzman Promoting sustainable
College of Natural (Northern Michigan Poster management of Mediterranean
Resources Diana Lafferty University) fisheries
(Northern Michigan
University) Luke Larson
(Northern Michigan
University)
23Presenter Index
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Candace Haigler
(College of Agriculture
Analysis of Cell Wall Polymers
Verbrugge, Aniko and Life Sciences)
That Help to Regulate Cotton
College of Agriculture Poster
Fiber Shape Under Control and
and Life Sciences Benjamin Graham
Perturbed Conditions
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Exploring the regulation of Meg8
Viveiros, Jenna Arion Kennedy
and Meg3 in the hepatic tissue of
College of Agriculture (College of Agriculture Poster
nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
and Life Sciences and Life Sciences)
mice.
Claire Gordy Development of a statistical
(College of Sciences) model to predict the impact of
Wang, Sili
Poster serotonin transporter genotype
College of Sciences
Logan Opperman and environment on behavior in
(College of Sciences) Drosophila
Miriam Ferzli
(College of Sciences)
Analysis of Nasal Airway
Watson, Amira
Poster Obstruction with Minimally
College of Sciences Charles Ferzli
Invasive Interventions
(Smiles of Cary Family
Dentistry)
Jacqueline Cole
Fabrication and Characterization
(College of Engineering)
Watson, Annie Kate of Biomimetic Bone Scaffolds for
Oral
College of Engineering Application in Bone-On-Chip
Sandra Stangeland-Molo
Device
(College of Engineering)
Gavin Williams
Characterization of an Acyl-CoA
(College of Sciences)
Wcisel, Breck Synthetase for the Production of
Poster
College of Sciences Non-Native Polyketide
Lexie Malico
Precursors
(College of Sciences)
Effect of RNAi Knockdown on the
Webb, Sydney Ramsey Lewis
MPO Gene Family and Nicotine
College of Agriculture (College of Agriculture Poster
Accumulation in Nicotiana
and Life Sciences and Life Sciences)
tabacum
Lilian Hsiao
(College of Engineering)
Wessel, Alan Effect of Surface Roughness on
Poster
College of Engineering Colloidal Suspension Elasticity
Shravan Pradeep
(College of Engineering)
Yara Yingling
(College of Engineering)
Williams, Justin All-Atom Modeling of Cellulose
Oral
College of Engineering Microfibril Formation
Albert Kwansa
(College of Engineering)
24Presenter Index
Lead Presenter Mentor(s) Team Member(s) Type Project Title
Isabela Latorre
(College of Humanities
Samantha Rich and Social Sciences)
(University College -
DASA) Sophia Ma An Assessment of the First-
Williamson, Tierra
(College of Humanities Poster Generation College Student
College of Sciences
Alison Krowiak and Social Sciences) Experience at NC State
(University College -
DASA) Johnny Nguyen
(Poole College of
Management)
Jose Ascencio-Ibáñez Megan Welch
(College of Agriculture (College of Agriculture
Identification of Secondary
Winesett, Grace and Life Sciences) and Life Sciences)
Endosymbionts in Bemisia tabaci
College of Agriculture Poster
populations from North America
and Life Sciences Anna Dye
and East Africa
(College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences)
Lorna Musgrave
(Northern Michigan
Erin McKenney University)
(College of Agriculture
Wong, Devin and Life Sciences) Megan Quinn Sea Lampreys (Petromyzon
College of Natural (Northern Michigan Poster marinus): The Aquatic Invaders of
Resources Diana Lafferty University) the Great Lakes
(Northern Michigan
University) Marissa Symons
(Northern Michigan
University)
25Abstracts The Openflexure Microscope Author(s): Elizabeth Ampolini, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Mentor(s): Jose Ascencio-Ibáñez, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences The Openflexure Microscope is a 3D-printable optical microscope. Using the online schematics, we have been acquiring all the elements necessary to the build up of the microscope. It has been challenging, especially since the 3D printing facilities at NC State were not running during the pandemic. We found a supplier that printed the parts and also found the source for the hardware. All electronics have been ordered and most have arrived. The optical parts are still to be ordered and this is challenging due to the needs of our project, which requires less amplification than the one suggested in the original microscope version. Once all parts will arrive, we will assemble the microscope and use it to analyze Arabidopsis leaf and apical meristem sections stained to detect a geminivirus protein by immunohystochemistry or by fluorescence detection and compare with our original images taken with the fluorescent microscope. Outta The Box!: A Lab Kit Designed with the Student in Mind Author(s): Tearrany Andrews, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Katelin Faircloth, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Griffin Dilsaver, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Emily Roberson, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Catie Rathke, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Mentor(s): Gabriel Harris, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Fernanda Santos, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Creating a fermentation based science kit for high school students will allow for many students to gain interest in the food science field. This kit will not only allow students to have hands-on experiences with a food science based experiment, but will also allow them to understand more about what is involved in the field of food science. Many current science education kits on the market don’t explain the science aspect of the kit well enough for students to actually gain knowledge of the field at hand. Our kit will not only give students a good understanding of fermentation, but it will also allow for some fun while conducting the experiment. Using our kit, students will be able to get a better understanding of food science through a lab based learning environment that they can do from their home. Since many students have missed out on opportunities to gain lab based knowledge because of COVID-19, a kit like this would allow them to gain these skills even without being in the school house. Coverage of Climate Change in Introductory Biology Textbooks, 1970-2019 Author(s): Rabiya Ansari, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Mentor(s): Jennifer Landin, College of Sciences Climate change is one of the primary threats to human society, biodiversity, and ecosystem stability. Yet fewer than half of Americans see climate change as a major threat caused by our own actions (Kennedy, 2020). In this study, we use document analysis to quantify textbook coverage of climate change over five decades. We focused on four topics within college-level Introductory Biology texts: 1) amount of coverage (number of sentences), 2) start location of the topic in the textbook, 3) categorization of coverage (description of the greenhouse effect, consequences of global warming, or possible solutions), and 4) the type of data presented in figures. We analyzed 58 textbooks, each with at least 3 editions, to emphasize texts with high market penetration. Our findings show that coverage of climate change increased to 56.9 sentences over time, most of that increase occurring in the 1990s. Our data also indicate that climate change coverage moved backward in books, rather than forward, over time. Approximately half of the coverage, from 1990 to 2019, was devoted to a general description of the greenhouse effect. While the content addressing impacts of climate change increased (21% to 34.2%), sentences dedicated to solutions peaked in the 1990s (8.3%) and then decreased in recent decades (to
Abstracts
The Effects of a Coaching Intervention in Achieving Maximum Intervention Fidelity
Author(s):
Alexandra Arcaya Sibada, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Lauren DeSimone, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Jack O'Connor, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Macy Courtney, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Mentor(s):
John Begeny, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Jesslyn Smith, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Intervention fidelity is important to make sure an intervention is effective. To ensure teachers are implementing interventions at high fidelity, coaching
strategies have been widely used. However, while previous research on intervention fidelity has described what effective coaching practices are, there is
limited research on explicit coaching models. This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of “COACH”, a specific coaching intervention with the
goal of improving the fidelity of an evidence-based fluency intervention. A randomized multiple baseline across participants design was used to measure the
effects of the COACH intervention on teachers’ intervention fidelity. Results show a strong pattern between the introduction of the COACH coaching
intervention and improved scores on both teacher’s adherence and quality of implementation. The COACH coaching intervention appears to effectively
improve teachers’ implementation fidelity, ensuring the effectiveness of the fluency intervention.
Effects of hydrolysis and pyrolysis in a bioprocess using pinebark to mitigate VOCs found in swine wastewater
Author(s):
Victoria Augoustides, College of Engineering
Mentor(s):
Praveen Kolar, College of Engineering
Lucie Guertault, College of Engineering
In the agricultural and biological engineering field, the creation of a circular bioeconomy is of high priority and improving upon waste management
technologies is a critical part of this greater goal. In NC, the pork industry produces toxic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at an industrial scale and
reducing the cost of treating swine wastewater is of research interest in the BAE department. This research project investigates the potential to create biochar
and monosaccharide precursors from a readily available and inexpensive biomass, pine bark. Adding in the production of monosaccharide precursors
enables the producer of the biochar to then sell the coproduct and use the revenue to continue producing the biochar. Additionally, the project seeks to
compare the effects on the resulting biochar’s adsorption capacity of VOCs from pyrolysis and enzymatic hydrolysis. The present data reflects valuable
baseline characterization data related to physical and chemical properties of raw Loblolly pine wood including acid value, the point of zero charge, Time-of-
Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometric Analysis, X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopic Analysis, and Scanning Electron Microscope-Energy Dispersive
Spectroscopic Analysis. A DNS assay confirmed that glucose was able to be recovered from the biomass and biochar has been produced. Subsequent
research is being conducted on the adsorption capacity of the biochar as well as the hydrolyzed biomass to remove common VOCs in swine waste, like p-
cresol.
Developing an Optimized Germ-free Model for Studying the Effect of the Microbiome on Blowfly Developmen
Author(s):
Ezra Bailey, College of Sciences
Mentor(s):
Aram Mikaelyan, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Marissa Cole, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Blowflies are members of Calliphoridae, a family of flies that exclusively feed on dead flesh. Even though they are in constant interaction with dense microbial
communities, little is known about how their interactions with the microbial world regulate their behavior, physiology, and development. Germ-free rearing
systems allow the design of experiments with strictly defined microbial communities. Although several protocols have been developed to rear sterile blowflies
in large quantities for maggot debridement therapy, these published methods are not ideal for behavioral observations and raising flies axenically or
gnotobiotically to adulthood. Our optimized method allows us to axenically raise the blowfly species, Cochliomyia macellaria, and overcomes some of the
technical limitations of earlier methods. The standardized protocol uses ethanol for surface sterilization of fly eggs, followed by germ-free rearing of larvae and
later adults on autoclaved cat food. The use of autoclavable polypropylene jars fitted with glass lids enables easier observation of the flies through the various
developmental stages. By combining reusable components, with an inexpensive, nutritious growth medium, our germ-free rearing system paves the way for
exploring the relationship between blowfly life history and their associated microbiomes under controlled conditions.
27Abstracts
High accuracy dataset generation of nanoparticle assembly for machine learning model
Author(s):
Tiernan Baucom, College of Engineering
Mentor(s):
Yaroslava Yingling, College of Engineering
Akhlak- Ul Mahmood, College of Sciences
With research into the emerging topic of nanoengineering becoming increasingly more prevalent in recent years, multifunctional nanoparticles and their
properties have become a subject of great interest for their applications in the health industry, manufacturing devices, and consumer products. Some of their
proposed applications include usage in drug delivery, medical imaging, and most recently for the COVID-19 vaccine. The properties of nanoparticles are
largely determined by the characteristics of the ligands attached to their surface. The ligand length and functional groups can be modified to exhibit desired
behaviors in different solutions which is what allows these multifunctional nanoparticles to be utilized for such a wide range of applications. Two nanoparticles
of particular interest are gold and iron nanoparticles which contain antimicrobial and magnetic properties respectively. In order to predict their self-assembly
properties, we generated a high-quality dataset to train a machine learning model using atomistic Molecular Dynamics simulations with different ligand
lengths and chemical functional groups in a variety of solutions. The initial analysis includes study of the root mean squared deviation (RMSD) of atomic
positioning, the radial distribution function (RDF), and study of the nanoparticles’ hydrodynamic radius as well as the radius of gyration for seven nanoparticle
systems. Going forward, further simulations are planned to analyze the interactions between multiple nanoparticles and on additional nanoparticles systems.
The data from these simulations will be incorporated into a database for building machine learning surrogate models to predict nanoparticle assembly and
identify the ideal system for a given application.
A Review of Knee Ultrasound Image Segmentation Methods to Improve Diagnosis Procedure for Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA)
Author(s):
Jefferson Bercaw, College of Engineering
Mentor(s):
Ming Liu, College of Engineering
Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA) is an irreversible degenerative disease, therefore early diagnosis and appropriate therapies are important to slow the disease’s
progression [1]. An important indicator of the specific stage of KOA is the level of deterioration of the cartilage within the knee, which can be measured
quantitatively through the medial cartilage thickness via ultrasound or MRI images. Currently, clinicians use an electronic ruler, and manually delineate the joint
space from grayscale medical images, introducing unavoidable variation into their measurements. Through the use of image segmentation methods, the
medial cartilage thickness can be calculated automatically from ultrasound images of the knee. In this study, seven existing and emergent image segmentation
methods were implemented in MATLAB, including Otsu’s Thresholding, Active-Contour Modeling: Chan-Vese method, Active-Contour Modeling: Edge
method, Edge-Detection, k-Means Clustering Segmentation, and Watershed Segmentation, and the Gradient-Vector Flow method. Morphological and
mathematical operations were used as needed in order to ensure feasible calculations were collected. Results from each method were analyzed for their
statistical interchangeability to a database of current clinical medial thickness calculations derived from clinicians using graphical techniques and basic
comparisons of repeatability. After testing a database of 30 ultrasound images and their associated clinically-derived medial thicknesses, there were multiple
conclusions drawn about the comparability of each method to the clinical norm. Additional studies are required to test the feasibility of these image
processing methodologies as a reliable replacement for manual calculations.
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