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Dr. Kendrick Aung College of Engineering Dr. Cristian Bahrim College of Arts and Sciences Dr. Matthew P. Hoch College of Arts and Sciences Dr. Peter Kelleher Research and Sponsored Programs Dr. Edythe Kirk College of Arts and Sciences Dr. Timothy Meline College of Fine Arts and Communication Dr. Nicki Michalski College of Fine Arts and Communication Dr. Jimmy Moss College of Business Dr. Mamta Singh College of Education Dr. Dorothy Sisk College of Education Mr. Juan J. Zabala University Advancement Dr. Weihang Zhu College of Engineering Dr. Kumer P. Das Director, Undergraduate Research Dr. Catalina Castillon Assistant Director Alec Defeo | Chemical Engineering | Mentor: Dr. Roland Barbosa Preparation of Copper-Manganese Catalysts for Methanol Steam Reforming Stephanie DeMeyer | American Sign Language and Corporate Communications | Mentor: Dr. M. Diane Clark & Dr. Natalie Tindall PSA: The important of a second hearing screening for infants Shelby Garbee | Interdisciplinary Studies | Mentor: Dr. Mamta Singh Elementary Pre-Service Teachers and Renewable Energy Education Federico Gasbarri | Mechanical Engineering | Mentor: Dr. Keivan Davami Design and Fabrication of a Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth System for the Synthesis of One- Dimensional Nanostructures Amina Gibic | Advertising & Marketing | Mentor: Dr. Vivek Natarajan, Dr. Kabir Sen & Dr. Nandhu Radhakrishnan Fast and Last: An experimental vocal analysis of forming of risks versus appeals in tobacco and alcohol consumer television ads John Gust | Mechanical Engineering | Mentor: Dr. Keivan Davami & Dr. Ali Beheshti Two-dimensional Phase Changes: Synthesis and Characterization of Atomically-Thin Diamond Films from Few-Layer Graphene Andrew Hunt | Mechanical Engineering | Mentor: Dr. Ali Beheshti Nanoparticles as Lubricant Additives for Friction Reduction in Internal Combustion Engines Yuangao Liu & Rachel Thompson | Chemical Engineering | Mentor: Dr. Ian Lian Development of Noval Cancer Migration Assay Platform for Drug Screening Applications Hostin May | Biology | Mentor: Dr. Matthew Hoch Effect of Sea Surface Temperature on Microbiomes of Corals in Seagrass Habitats of Belize Amy Morris | Studio Art-Painting | Mentor: Dr. Donna Meeks & Dr. Kurk Dyrhang Encaustic Wax Painting Research Aaron Phillips | Mathematics & Physics | Mentor: Dr. PJ Couch Thor Sequences as a Platform for Interaction Between Relations and Their Components Fredrick Ryans | Computer Information Systems | Mentor: Dr. Sujing Wang Improved K-means Clustering Algorithm on Hadoop for Big Data Analysis Julian VanDevender | Interdisciplinary Studies | Mentor: Dr. Julia Yoo The Effect of Cooperative Learning in High School: Student Learning Achievement and Motivation and Challenges from Teachers An Vo | Psychology | Mentor: Dr. Jeremy Shelton Biometric Analysis of Ego Depletion Kimberly West | Mechanical Engineering | Mentor: Dr, Kievan Davami Fabrication of Novel Graphene Oxide-Based Nanofiltration Membrances for Water Desalination Suzanne Wheeler | Physics, Mathematics & Electrical Engineering | Dr. Cristian Bahrim Finding the Composition of Selected Medical Plants using Spectroscophy of Absorption Eric Yeager | Biology & Chemistry | Dr. Ashwini Kucknoor Investigation of inflammatory response of prostate cancer cells to stimulation by Trichomonas vaginals Christopher York | Mathematics | Mentor: Dr. Valentin Andreev Optimizing Inferential Basis for Determination of Kinase Inhibitor Selectivity
Transcript of r. Kumer P. as - Lamar University...Dr. Nandhu Radhakrishnan Fast and Last: An experimental vocal...
Dr. Kendrick Aung
College of Engineering
Dr. Cristian Bahrim
College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Matthew P. Hoch
College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Peter Kelleher
Research and Sponsored Programs
Dr. Edythe Kirk College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Timothy Meline
College of Fine Arts and Communication
Dr. Nicki Michalski College of Fine Arts and Communication
Dr. Jimmy Moss
College of Business
Dr. Mamta Singh
College of Education
Dr. Dorothy Sisk
College of Education
Mr. Juan J. Zabala
University Advancement
Dr. Weihang Zhu
College of Engineering
Dr. Kumer P. Das
Director, Undergraduate Research
Dr. Catalina Castillon
Assistant Director
Alec Defeo | Chemical Engineering | Mentor: Dr. Roland Barbosa
Preparation of Copper-Manganese Catalysts for Methanol Steam Reforming
Stephanie DeMeyer | American Sign Language and Corporate Communications | Mentor:
Dr. M. Diane Clark & Dr. Natalie Tindall
PSA: The important of a second hearing screening for infants
Shelby Garbee | Interdisciplinary Studies | Mentor: Dr. Mamta Singh
Elementary Pre-Service Teachers and Renewable Energy Education
Federico Gasbarri | Mechanical Engineering | Mentor: Dr. Keivan Davami
Design and Fabrication of a Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth System for the Synthesis of One-
Dimensional Nanostructures
Amina Gibic | Advertising & Marketing | Mentor: Dr. Vivek Natarajan, Dr. Kabir Sen &
Dr. Nandhu Radhakrishnan
Fast and Last: An experimental vocal analysis of forming of risks versus appeals in tobacco and
alcohol consumer television ads
John Gust | Mechanical Engineering | Mentor: Dr. Keivan Davami & Dr. Ali Beheshti
Two-dimensional Phase Changes: Synthesis and Characterization of Atomically-Thin Diamond
Films from Few-Layer Graphene
Andrew Hunt | Mechanical Engineering | Mentor: Dr. Ali Beheshti
Nanoparticles as Lubricant Additives for Friction Reduction in Internal Combustion Engines
Yuangao Liu & Rachel Thompson | Chemical Engineering | Mentor: Dr. Ian Lian
Development of Noval Cancer Migration Assay Platform for Drug Screening Applications
Hostin May | Biology | Mentor: Dr. Matthew Hoch
Effect of Sea Surface Temperature on Microbiomes of Corals in Seagrass Habitats of Belize
Amy Morris | Studio Art-Painting | Mentor: Dr. Donna Meeks & Dr. Kurk Dyrhang
Encaustic Wax Painting Research
Aaron Phillips | Mathematics & Physics | Mentor: Dr. PJ Couch
Thor Sequences as a Platform for Interaction Between Relations and Their Components
Fredrick Ryans | Computer Information Systems | Mentor: Dr. Sujing Wang
Improved K-means Clustering Algorithm on Hadoop for Big Data Analysis
Julian VanDevender | Interdisciplinary Studies | Mentor: Dr. Julia Yoo
The Effect of Cooperative Learning in High School: Student Learning Achievement and Motivation
and Challenges from Teachers
An Vo | Psychology | Mentor: Dr. Jeremy Shelton
Biometric Analysis of Ego Depletion
Kimberly West | Mechanical Engineering | Mentor: Dr, Kievan Davami
Fabrication of Novel Graphene Oxide-Based Nanofiltration Membrances for Water Desalination
Suzanne Wheeler | Physics, Mathematics & Electrical Engineering | Dr. Cristian Bahrim
Finding the Composition of Selected Medical Plants using Spectroscophy of Absorption
Eric Yeager | Biology & Chemistry | Dr. Ashwini Kucknoor
Investigation of inflammatory response of prostate cancer cells to stimulation by Trichomonas
vaginals
Christopher York | Mathematics | Mentor: Dr. Valentin Andreev
Optimizing Inferential Basis for Determination of Kinase Inhibitor Selectivity
Funded by the Center of History and Culture
Caitlin McAlister | History| Mentor: Dr. Bryan Proksch
Sousa’s Correspondence and Business Papers
Funded by the Center of Applications of Digital Technologies in Health & Disability
Brooke Cleveland & Kelsey Burt | Speech-Language Pathology | Mentor: Dr. Nandu Radhakrishnan
Early Detection and Intervention of Voice Problems in School Teachers
Funded by the College of Arts & Sciences
John Ellis | Computer Information Systems | Mentors: Dr. Kami Makki
An Investigation of Successful Information Technology Practices for Nonprofit Organizations and Small Businesses (Based on findings from DCI-
members Drum & Bugle Corps Programs)
Caroline Nwandu | Biochemistry | Mentor: Dr. Perumalreddy Chandrasekaran
Removal of toxic mercury ions from polluted water using thioether sacrificial ligands
Laura Smith | Nursing | Mentor: Dr. Cynthia Pipkins
Expressive Art and Stress Levels in Cancer Patients: A Mixed Methods Study
Funded by the College of Engineering
Qiuyi Ma | Electrical Engineering | Mentor: Dr. Harley Myler |
Autonomous Robotic Remediation of the Invasive Red Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta)
Kirby Clayton | Mechanical Engineering | Dr. Chun-Wei Yao
Investigation of Enhanced Water Harvesting of Superhydrophobic Nanostructured Surfaces
Emily Ochoa | Chemical Engineering | Mentor: Dr. Cengiz Sen
An implementation of Perl scripting language as a wrapper in simulations of manganese oxides
Julia Lin | Chemical Engineering | Mentor: Dr. Helen Lou
A Novel Methodology for Inherent Safety Assessment in the Process Design Stage
Funded by The Office of Undergraduate Research
Nasim Abedelwahab | Mechanical Engineering | Mentor: Dr. Ramesh Guduru
Supercapacitors from Recycled Industrial Mill Scale Waste
Aleksander Allen | Electrical Engineering | Mentor: Dr. Weihang Zhu & Dr. Hassan Zargarzadeh
Design and Improvement of a 3D Printed Prosthetic Hand
Lindsay Antley, Karen Corbello, Sidney Onwuharonye & Tanasha Slack | American Sign Language | Mentor: Dr. M. Diane Clark
Black Deaf Individuals and Interpreters as Allies: An Autobiographical Project
Ana Bland | Biology & Chemistry | Mentor: Dr. Ashwini Kucknoor
Detection of Tritrichomonas foetus Infections in a Densely Housed Feline Rescue
Quaid Campbell | Mechanical Engineering | Mentor: Dr. Ramesh Guduru
Hydrophobic Structural Steels
Christian Dao | Mechanical Engineering | Dr. Keivan Davami
Scalable Fabrication of Strong Lightweight Plate Metamaterials
AGENDA
Welcome
10:00 AM—10:05AM…………………...……………..……….….Dr. Kumer Pial Das
10:05 AM—10:15 AM…………..……………………..………..Dr. Kenneth R. Evans
10:15 AM—10:20 AM……………………………....……….Dr. James W. Marquart
10:20 AM……………………………………….…...…………...Award Ceremony
11:40 PM………………………………………....………………………....Reception
