17th Annual Virtual Symposium Presentations
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First Name | Last Name | Project |
David | Aaronson | Geoscience REsearch At the Cordillera Talamanca (GREAT) Project |
Jonathan | Ackerman | Computer Formalization of Common Sense and Intuitive Probabilistic Reasoning |
Kamola | Agzamova | The Effects of Transmembrane Protein CD44 on mTor Signaling in Breast Cancer. |
Bilal Yousuf | Ahmed | Bank Supervision and Financial Stability |
Israa | Al-Shrouf | A Raciolinguistics of Arabic in the U.S. |
Hira | Alam | Risk Analysis and Management for New Jersey Food Supply Chain |
Ihiel | Alhasov | Pharmaco-Informatic Genetics |
Aila | Altunbilek | Keeping Black Mothers Alive: A Maternal Health Project |
Daniel | Amadei Rodrigues Dos Sa | Bank Supervision and Financial Stability |
Mridini | Anand | American consumers’ food consumption behavior: A closer look the food we eat, where we eat it, differences among us when it comes to food, and what influences our food choices |
Omkar | Anaspure | Mechanisms underlying airway hyperresponsiveness |
Gayatri | Anguloori | Assessing the Use of Ecosystem Services in Asia |
Tarek | Ani | 4D Printing of Smart Polymeric Materials toward Biofabrication and Medical Applications |
Kassia | Antin | Research Assistant - Luminescence Probes of Food Quality and Stability |
Danielle | Antoine | Emerging contaminants in NJ waters |
Sobhana | Archakam | Nutrients in physiological and biochemical support of detoxification in mosquito larvae. |
Naomy | Arias-Fernandez | Advanced control of continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing pilot-plant |
Yara | Assadi | Keeping Black Mothers Alive: A Maternal Health Project |
Laura | Astasenkova | Checks and balances and other constitutional myths: Power and accountability in the United States |
Nyle | Bajwa | Impacts of Early Childhood Programs. |
Arielle | Banal | Cake filtration of catalyst materials |
Tanvi | Banota | Alterations in miRNAs Promote Nitrogen Mustard-Induced Lung Inflammation and Injury |
Miranda | Barnes | Assessing tick-borne disease prevalence in Hunterdon County, NJ. |
Malena | Bashar | CODE: Crowd Optimized Design of Environments |
Barbara | Benda | Measuring the Clustering of Lyman Alpha Emitting Galaxies |
Lauren | Best | The Microscopic Record of Human Behavior and Paleoecology |
Het | Bhagat | Modeling and Operations of Manufacturing Systems for Individualized Products |
Atul | Bhattiprolu | Sex-Specific Effects of D-Serine and Antipsychotics on Cultured Rat Cortical Neurons |
Shannon | Bobb | How Therapy Works with Anxious and Depressed Youth |
Paul | Boerstoel | Research experience with the Fermilab Short-Baseline Neutrino Program |
Deanna | Bolislavsky | American consumers’ food consumption behavior: A closer look the food we eat, where we eat it, differences among us when it comes to food, and what influences our food choices |
Srishti | Bose | Analysis of behavior and affective states during chronic cocaine vs. fentanyl self-administration and withdrawal |
Peri | Burton | Paleo-proxies and their use in Climate Change Research |
Jean-Paul | Calin | Transportation Infrastructure Asset Management and Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) |
Hanna | Campiglia | Child Language Acquisition and Psycholinguistic Experiments |
Jack | Cannon | Experimental Testing of Pervious Concrete/The use of hybrid steel fibers in concrete and FRP strengthening |
Michael | Cappabianca | WAM! Women in Art Music |
Brooklyn | Castillo | Investigating the Structure-Function Relationship of Bio-Inspired Manganese Oxide Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction |
Isabelle | Chang | Speech production and perception in adult second language learners |
Ashley | Chang | The Quest for Legitimacy: Exploring the Role of Social Media in Social Entrepreneurship |
Matthew | Chase | New Lightweight Materials for Modern Applications |
Justin | Chen | Brain Imaging Data Analysis |
Hao | Chen | Flying Insects and Flapping Robots |
Shuyi | Chen | Numerical Linear Algebra. Applications to Data Science and Imaging. |
Daniel | Cheng | Electrospray Deposition of Nanomaterials |
Angelina | Cheng | Mathematical models of color theory in art and product design |
Kavyasree | Chigurupati | Checks and balances and other constitutional myths: Power and accountability in the United States |
Micaela | Chin | Membrane Lipid Metabolism |
Elizabeth | Chiu | Computational design of novel enzyme catalysts using synthetic metal-binding co-factors |
Han | Choi | Using Innovative Technology to Support Students' Science Learning |
Emily | Chow | American consumers’ food consumption behavior: A closer look the food we eat, where we eat it, differences among us when it comes to food, and what influences our food choices |
Joshua | Chung | Quality Engineering for 3D Printing |
Drue | Clark | Youth with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Single Case Experimental Study of the Effectiveness of Classroom Based Services |
Carson | Cummins | The International Press Reaction to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 |
Junyan | Dai | Using Artificial Intelligence for Next-Generation Intelligent Transportation Systems |
Yashavani | Dhawan | Neural circuits underlying decision making behavior |
Luke | Dragon | Experimental Testing of Pervious Concrete/The use of hybrid steel fibers in concrete and FRP strengthening |
Soumya | Duggirala | Using Artificial Intelligence for Next-Generation Intelligent Transportation Systems |
Soham | Dutta | Investigate the interaction of nanospheres with cells so as to enhance their ability to deliver drugs to tissue |
Chin-Ching | Fan | Quantum Mechanics with Matrices |
Jessica | Faure | Neuroplasticity and information storage in the brain |
Carina Ai | Feeney | Functional Organization Within the Spinal Cord: Behavioral Responses to Pain as Seen Through Tactile Sensitivity |
Pamela | Ferrali | WAM! Women in Art Music |
Samantha | Forcht | Child Language Acquisition and Psycholinguistic Experiments |
Samuel | Friedman | A Genome-Wide Association Study of Bipolar Disorder Using Dimensional Symptom Classifications |
Allen | Fu | The neuroprotective effects of cypin activators in TBI models: understanding the role of astroglia. |
Abigail | Gamboa | Epigenetics involved in endocrine disrupting chemical exposures and effects on mammalian uteri |
Eshaan | Gandhi | Using Artificial Intelligence for Next-Generation Intelligent Transportation Systems |
Dominick | Gangemi | Neuroscience of addiction using rat models |
Jacqueline | Gelman | Evaluating the St. Petersburg Paradox Resolutions |
Renee | Ghosh | Geoscience REsearch At the Cordillera Talamanca (GREAT) Project |
Gianna | Glatz | NEW Minor in Disability Studies: Research, Curriculum Development, Project Management and Communications for Interdisciplinary Minor |
Brandon | Goldstein | Bank Supervision and Financial Stability |
Kimberly | Gomez | Speech production and perception in adult second language learners |
Christina | Gonzalve | The Ramapough Lunaape and the Ringwood Mines Superfund Site - History, Culture, Education, and Environmental Justice |
Alina | Gorbunova | Mathematical models of color theory in art and product design |
Devin | Grenard | Neuroplasticity and information storage in the brain |
Igor | Guranovic | Enzyme engineering for synthesis of prebiotic human milk oligosaccharides |
Kuhu | Halder | CODE: Crowd Optimized Design of Environments |
Jiali | Han | Functional Systems in the Brain |
Patrick | Hanna | Computer Formalization of Common Sense and Intuitive Probabilistic Reasoning |
Sohaib | Hassan | Defining the Properties of Intestinal Stem Cells |
Bahgat | Hassan | Spectroscopy of superconductors |
Libby | Helfant | A balancing act in transcriptional regulation by response regulator transcription factors |
Jaquelyn | Hester | Drosophila evolutionary genomics and 3D genome organization |
Elizabeth | Hinks | Computational Modeling and Molecular Simulation of Nanomaterials |
Price | Holman | Functional Diversity of Scavengers along Ocean-exposed Sandy Beaches |
Andrew | Hsieh | Characterization of targeted mutants in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 |
Lily | Huang | Aquaculture through stripe bass and duckweed |
Sharia | Hussain | Computational Simulation of Spherical Diffusion Flame Dynamics and Extinction in Microgravity |
Sharia | Hussain | Using Artificial Intelligence for Next-Generation Intelligent Transportation Systems |
Anna | Igaunis | Visualizing virus infection at the nanoscale |
Francesca | Imbriacco | Development of Extrusion or Material Jetting Based Bioprinting Constructs and Bioprinters |
Vrinda | Jain | Enzyme engineering for synthesis of prebiotic human milk oligosaccharides |
Swasti | Jain | John Lewis: A Life in Politics |
Ameel | Jani | CODE: Crowd Optimized Design of Environments |
Malaika | Jawed | Religious Minorities in Iran and the Middle East |
Zaixi | Jiao | American consumers’ food consumption behavior: A closer look the food we eat, where we eat it, differences among us when it comes to food, and what influences our food choices |
Julianna | Johnson | Research Assistant - Understanding Chinese Through the Study of Dialects, Poetry, and the Writing System |
Jahnvi | Joshi | Greek Myth in the Roman Republic |
Lisa | Joy | Development of Extrusion or Material Jetting Based Bioprinting Constructs and Bioprinters |
Ece | Kadayifci | Cancer Prevention Studies by Dietary Phytochemical Compounds |
Tejasvi | Kalakota | Cohort Studies of Drug Users |
Vismita | Kandasmy | Dietary supplement purity analysis by HPLC and other analytical techniques. |
Aastha | Kasera | Computational Modeling and Molecular Simulation of Nanomaterials |
Bryan | Katchikian | Paleo-proxies and their use in Climate Change Research |
Anusha | Kemburu | Center on the American Governor at the Eagleton Institute of Politics |
Jenna | Kettler | Mechanisms of coexistence between native plant species and invasive cattails |
Laiba | Khan | Religious Minorities in Iran and the Middle East |
George | Kharchilava | Stardust: Investigating the building blocks of the Solar System |
Yun Seo | Kim | Studies in the perception of prosody and intonation |
Garrett | Knappe | Decarbonization and bioenergy carbon capture and storage |
Fiona | Kniaz | Checks and balances and other constitutional myths: Power and accountability in the United States |
Siddhant | Kumarapuram Ganapath | The Effects of Extracellular Stiffness on Neuronal Mitochondria |
Bhavini | Lakshmanan | Establishing a microbial biosynthesis platform for value-added molecules |
Mackenzie | Lawson | The Effects of Transmembrane Protein CD44 on mTor Signaling in Breast Cancer. |
Erin | Lee | Youth with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Single Case Experimental Study of the Effectiveness of Classroom Based Services |
Grace | Lewis | John Lewis: A Life in Politics |
Katharine | Little | The Civically Engaged Districts Project |
Jennifer | Liu | Mechanisms of coexistence between native plant species and invasive cattails |
Toby | Lo | Detrimental effects of developmental exposure to environmental chemicals in the ovary |
Armand | Longo | Data Analytics for Advanced Vehicle Manufacturing |
Tianyi | Luo | Water Utility Rate Trends |
Ashley | Ly | Molecular mechanisms and neural circuits of maternal care and postpartum depression-like behavior in mice |
Darin | Mak | Enzyme engineering for synthesis of prebiotic human milk oligosaccharides |
Anum | Malik | Meta-Analysis of Social Skills Interventions for Youth with ADHD |
Siddarth | Mandayam | Computer Formalization of Common Sense and Intuitive Probabilistic Reasoning |
Megan | Maniar | Experiments to Enhance Nanosphere-Cell Interactions for Targeted Drug Delivery |
Shamanth | Manjunatharao | In planta single-molecule imaging and holographic force spectroscopy to study real-time, multimodal turnover dynamics of polysaccharides and associated carbohydrate metabolites |
Andrew | Marden | Geoscience REsearch At the Cordillera Talamanca (GREAT) Project |
Meridian | Mathes | Supporting Resilient Fishing Communities in the Northeast Region: Adapting to Changes in Abundance, Availability, and Access in Coastal Fisheries |
Kelly | Matthews | Using intersectionality to understand historical and policy contexts for Black children receiving child welfare services in the United States |
Emma | Mattio-Smith | Research Assistant - Luminescence Probes of Food Quality and Stability |
Jacqueline | Mehr | The orexin system as a common mediator for sleep and mood dysregulation in binge eating disorder |
Kishan | Mehta | In planta single-molecule imaging and holographic force spectroscopy to study real-time, multimodal turnover dynamics of polysaccharides and associated carbohydrate metabolites |
Amay | Mehta | Statistical Analysis of Longitudinal Human Development Data in SAS |
Joseph | Mezza | The Microscopic Record of Human Behavior and Paleoecology |
Aniela | Mielke | Social Interaction |
William | Milne | Development of A Prototype Smart Material Extrusion or Material Jetting Process for In-Process Monitoring and Control |
Deeksha | Misri | Understanding the basis of coral resilience to fluctuating environmental conditions |
Izzy | Mizell | Black Girls Through Space: How Black Girls Challenge Injustice in Educational Spaces |
Eric | Mooney | Protein production for solid-state NMR based structural biology |
Adia | Moore | Neighborhood Watch and Social Identity Threat for African Americans |
Laura | Morejon Perez | Development of ionic polymers |
Leila | Moustafa | Placement, Experience and Identification of Arab Americans into Formal Categories |
Alex | Mozsolits | Synthesis of New Antimalarials |
Renata | Mukhametzhanova | Nutrients in physiological and biochemical support of detoxification in mosquito larvae. |
Izabella | Mus | Neuroscience of addiction using rat models |
Nivashini | Muthuvel | Fabrication of hierarchical scaffolds for bone regeneration |
Sachin | Mysore | Neurodegeneration: intrinsically disordered proteins, protein structuring, Huntington’s disease |
Fizza | Naqvi | The Effects of Transmembrane Protein CD44 on mTor Signaling in Breast Cancer. |
Shrikant | Nayak | Do cardiac signals shape emotional detection, or just salient stimulus detection? |
Silpita | Neti | Transportation Infrastructure Asset Management and Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) |
Brianna | Newman | Religious Minorities in Iran and the Middle East |
Tran Trong Tan | Ngo | Improvement and expansion of software based image analysis sub-routines to analyze single-molecule interactions |
Christine | Nguyen | The Civically Engaged Districts Project |
Mudia | Ogbevire | Participation in and Evaluation of a Regional Community-Based Health Coalition Project |
Chinelo | Ossai | Black Girls Through Space: How Black Girls Challenge Injustice in Educational Spaces |
Soham | Palande | Data Science for Renewable Energy Nowcasting |
Max | Pandolpho | Developing Principled Digitalized Interactive Components of Geometry Items to Assess Performance of Students Disadvantaged in Traditional Assessment |
Nidhi | Pantula | New Lightweight Materials for Modern Applications |
Nicholas | Panzera | Inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system |
Felicia | Paradiso | Narratives about the Environment during the Vietnam War from US Veterans |
Divya | Parikh | The Deconstruction of “Female Madness” in Women’s Surrealist Art |
Jessica | Parineet | Decarbonization and bioenergy carbon capture and storage |
Viraj | Patel | A Bird’s Eye View of Geology: Evaluating the use of UAVs in Environmental and Geoscience Research and Classrooms |
Khushbu | Patel | Assessing the Use of Ecosystem Services in Asia |
Anirudh | Patel | Geoscience REsearch At the Cordillera Talamanca (GREAT) Project |
Kashees | Patel | Meta-Analysis of Social Skills Interventions for Youth with ADHD |
Prince | Patel | Meta-Analysis of Social Skills Interventions for Youth with ADHD |
Krishaben | Patel | New Lightweight Materials for Modern Applications |
Preet | Patel | Nutrient metabolism in cancer |
Mann | Patel | Uric Acid as a Therapeutic Agent for Spinal Cord Injury |
Shiv | Patel | Wired for touch: the neurons and circuits of the somatosensory system |
Likhitha | Patlolla | The Effects of Transmembrane Protein CD44 on mTor Signaling in Breast Cancer. |
Izilda Amber | Pereira-Jorge | Essentialist Beliefs and Prejudice Expectations: Downstream Effects on Authenticity for Racial and Sexual Minorities |
Manisha | Persaud | Genetic analysis of Chromosome Segregation in Drosophila |
Jessica | Philip | Interpersonal identity cues: The perceived link between identity, personality, and prejudice |
Shuohao | Ping | Using Artificial Intelligence for Next-Generation Intelligent Transportation Systems |
Jonathan | Pinto | Game Science |
Austin | Preiss | Using Artificial Intelligence for Next-Generation Intelligent Transportation Systems |
Delmarice | Price | Standing in the Gap: Middle Level Music Learning in the United States (A National Survey) |
Xiner | Qiu | American consumers’ food consumption behavior: A closer look the food we eat, where we eat it, differences among us when it comes to food, and what influences our food choices |
Alifiya | Quresh | Reengineering Agrobacterium for T-DNA delivery to chloroplasts |
Nazir | Qureshi | Control of organ growth and morphogenesis |
Aparna | Ragupathi | Why can’t we print organs on-demand, yet? |
Alex | Rashduni | Bank Supervision and Financial Stability |
Aarif | Razak | Neural circuits underlying decision making behavior |
Lauren | Reavey | Supporting Resilient Fishing Communities in the Northeast Region: Adapting to Changes in Abundance, Availability, and Access in Coastal Fisheries |
Eesha | Reddy | Participation in and Evaluation of a Regional Community-Based Health Coalition Project |
Molly | Reynolds | Housing insecurity and health in northern New Jersey |
Lauren | Rha | Life and Death |
Cecilia | Ritacco | The Young Elected Leaders Project |
Siris | Rodriguez | Personality traits as identity cues: The perceived relationship between prejudice and personality |
Amy | Rosen | Child Language Acquisition and Psycholinguistic Experiments |
Gabrielle | Rosenthal | Effects of Wildfires on Orangutan Energetics |
Lincoln | Roth | Flying Insects and Flapping Robots |
Gabriella | Rozovsky | A SERS-Based Sensing Method for Quantification of IL-6 Toward a Better Understanding of the Cytokine Release Syndrome in COVID-19 Patients |
Madeline | Russell | Child Language Acquisition and Psycholinguistic Experiments |
Ratchell | Sadovnik | EFFECTS OF αKLOTHO ISOFORMS OVEREXPRESSION ON NEURONAL MORPHOLOGY |
Neha | Saju | The Civically Engaged Districts Project |
Sarah | Sakeer | Computational design of novel enzyme catalysts using synthetic metal-binding co-factors |
Paula | Santana | Development of ionic polymers |
Dora | Schechter | Cannabis use among reproductive-age women during preconception, pregnancy and lactation |
Jennifer | Schug | Activity of Bacteria in the Atmosphere |
drashya | shah | Cannabis use among reproductive-age women during preconception, pregnancy and lactation |
Rishabh | Shah | Glycosylated monoclonal antibody (mAbs) production and mAbs characterization for enabling Quality-by-Control (BbC) biomanufacturing |
Urmi | Shah | Participation in and Evaluation of a Regional Community-Based Health Coalition Project |
Yash | Shah | Why can’t we print organs on-demand, yet? |
Brandon | Shane | Tracing 3D Magnetic Field Structure Using Dust Polarization and the Zeeman Effect |
Christine | Shelton | Meta-Analysis of Social Skills Interventions for Youth with ADHD |
Barbara | Shi | Narratives about the Environment during the Vietnam War from US Veterans |
Charis | Shin | The Quest for Legitimacy: Exploring the Role of Social Media in Social Entrepreneurship |
Taylor | Shiroff | Housing insecurity and health in northern New Jersey |
Maxine | Shvachkin | Brain activity and affective behavior of rats during fentanyl or cocaine self-administration |
Kimberlee | Sibilia | Contemporary Music: Project Design & Development |
Faiza | Sikandar | Quality Engineering for 3D Printing |
Kai | Simon | Impacts of Early Childhood Programs. |
Anne | Somalwar | Transportation Infrastructure Asset Management and Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) |
Ria | Soni | Role of CRH Signaling in the BNST in Avoidance and Motivation-Related Behaviors |
Kavya | Srivatsa | NETWORKS OF EMPOWERMENT: YOUTH, GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP AND COMBATING EXTREMISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY |
Diana | Stachula | Cystine Diamides as Inhibitors of Cystine Stone Formation for Cystinuria |
Kathleen | Stavole | Experimental Testing of Pervious Concrete/The use of hybrid steel fibers in concrete and FRP strengthening |
Michael | Stringer | Renewable hydrogen generation from electrochemical water splitting |
Sanjna | Sukumaran | Optimal Spike Length of 6-Branched Nanostars for Maximum Efficiency Photocatalytic Water Reduction |
xiaoyu | sun | Using Artificial Intelligence for Next-Generation Intelligent Transportation Systems |
Amanda | Tadros | Role of Masculinity in Predicting Heterosexual and Gay Men's Health Behavior |
Fawaz | Tahir | Computational biology: investigating origins of life through protein fold phylogenetics |
Maya | Tailor | Impacts of Early Childhood Programs. |
Corine Joy | Tamayo | Assimilated Masculinities: How Immigration and Assimilation Impact Young Filipino-American Men's Constructions of Modern Masculinities |
Natalie | Tews | Standing in the Gap: Middle Level Music Learning in the United States (A National Survey) |
Trinity | Tse | How Therapy Works with Anxious and Depressed Youth |
Ruth | Tucker | Archivio Digitale Boncompagni Ludovisi |
Katrina | Tun | Topical and Transdermal Drug Delivery: Formulations, Optimization & Testing |
Elisabeth | Turner | Measuring the Clustering of Lyman Alpha Emitting Galaxies |
Bridget | Van Voorst | The Ramapough Lunaape and the Ringwood Mines Superfund Site - History, Culture, Education, and Environmental Justice |
Jonathan | Varghese | How Therapy Works with Anxious and Depressed Youth |
Lea | Vecchiarelli | Geoscience REsearch At the Cordillera Talamanca (GREAT) Project |
Mahek | Virani | Drosophila evolutionary genomics and 3D genome organization |
Vani | Vora | Mechanism of Action of Sulfur and Nitrogen Mustard Blistering Agents on Skin in vitro |
Tanvi | Wagle | How do you make a computer program run really, really fast? |
Jonathan | Wang | Brain Imaging Data Analysis |
Qingyang | Wang | Joint Optimization of Packaging Design and Distribution |
Maxwell | Wang | Testing and Debugging Deep Learning Models |
Mia | Wells | Cannabis use among reproductive-age women during preconception, pregnancy and lactation |
George | Wenson | Sol-Gel Processing for Imprint Lithography |
Isabelle | Wenzke | Insecticide resistance in bed bugs |
Ruo Jie | Wu | Mechanisms for mitochondrial quality control in Alzheimer’s disease, and its impact on neuropathology |
Benjamin | Yamsuan | Studies in the perception of prosody and intonation |
Ren | Yang | American consumers’ food consumption behavior: A closer look the food we eat, where we eat it, differences among us when it comes to food, and what influences our food choices |
Richard | Yang | Defining the Properties of Intestinal Stem Cells |
Jessica | Yoon | Mechanisms for mitochondrial quality control in Alzheimer’s disease, and its impact on neuropathology |
Shanrui | Yu | Quantum Computing for Inverse Modeling |
Hyunji | Yu | Sustainable Chemicals and Fuels are Now Possible: Development of Earth-abundant Catalysts for the Carbon Dioxide Reduction Reaction |
Qian | Zhou | Code Search via Deep Learning |
Stephanie | Zhou | Mathematical Adventures in One-Dimensional Relativistic Physics |
Alisha | Zhu | Aerosolized Nanomedicine for Treatment of Lung Infections |
Sarah | Zimmer | Child Language Acquisition and Psycholinguistic Experiments |
Hossein | Zolfaghari | Aquaculture through stripe bass and duckweed |