16th Annual Aresty Undergraduate Research Sympoisum
Each spring, the Aresty Research Center hosts a university-wide Undergraduate Research Symposium. A celebration of scholarship and creative activity, the Symposium is a chance for undergraduates to present a paper or poster on their findings to an audience of faculty, peers, and corporate and community partners.
The research presentations at the Symposium range across the sciences, social sciences, humanities, and arts. This unique event, which is one of the largest undergraduate research celebrations in the country, is a rare opportunity to engage with some of the most exciting research at Rutgers all in one place.
This year, the symposium has moved to a virtual space to address the current environment and ensure the safety of our students, faculty, and people who would normally attend this event.
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2020 Presentations:
Presenters for 2020: (Click the project title to see the presentation.)
| First name | Last Name | Project Title |
| Ahmed | Abdelhamid | In planta single-molecule imaging and holographic force spectroscopy to study real-time, multimodal turnover dynamics of polysaccharides and associated carbohydrate metabolites |
| Ashley | Abrams | The Young Elected Leaders Project |
| Oyinade | Adebayo | Early Childhood Education Policy |
| Enmar | Alharfoush | Epigenetic Role of Adenosine Kinase |
| Sandra | Ashamalla | Assessing Sex Differences in Corticosterone Model of Depression |
| Echezonachi | Asimama-Duruaku | Effects of CD44 on REDD1 Protein in mTOR Signaling Pathway in Breast Cancer Cells |
| Vamsi Krishna | Ayyala | Sanitizer efficacy in preventing cross-contamination during retail preparation of whole and fresh-cut cantaloupe |
| Devin | Barzallo | Failing with Friends: When Social Experiences Minimize Feelings of Self-Control Failure |
| Monika | Baskaran | Participation in and Evaluation of a Regional Community-Based Health Coalition Project |
| Allyson | Bazer | The Effect of Chemogenetic DREADD Manipulation in the Ventral Dentate Gyrus of Chronically Stressed Females on the Behavioral Antidepressant Response |
| Tyler | Becker | Obstacle Avoidance Strategies for Semi-autonomous Ground Vehicles |
| Anusha | Bharadia | Optogenetics and antidepressants: Illuminating the Circuitry Behind Depression |
| Michelle | Bilotti | Examining the Alterations of Microglia dynamics in a Zebrafish Model |
| Olivia | Boss | A comparative study of diet and dental microwear in Platyrrhine molars |
| Himesh | Buch | Agent-Based Modelling of Economic Systems |
| Aliya | Caldwell | Microplastic ingestion by terns: mechanism, risk, and implications |
| Hannah | Calvelli | Nanotherapeutics for Immune Modulation in Parkinson’s Disease and Triple-Negative Breast Cancer |
| Michael | Campbell | Fibroblast Growth Factor 15 (FGF15) Suppresses NASH Development in Mice |
| Windia | Cassy | Film and Health Administration |
| Angela | Cervera | Film and Health Administration |
| Matthew | Chan | Microplastic Effect on Three Zebrafish Cardiac Genes |
| Yuan | Cheng | Quality Analysis of 3D-Printed Parts |
| Hannaan | Choudhry | Mutant Huntingtin Protein: Structuring, Aggregation, and Functional Assessment |
| Jeremy | Cleeman | 3D Printing on Miniaturized Multi-functional Electronics |
| Tonai | Crockett | The Visual Art and Science of Polynomiography: Part II |
| Arielle | D’Elia | vRAGE-ELP Fusion Protein for Diabetic Chronic Wounds |
| Pooja | Deshpande | Microglial Development in Valproic Acid Treated Postnatal Mice |
| Shannon | Duffy | The Science of Learning in Places: Exploring Best Practices in Informal Education at the Rutgers Geology Museum |
| Maria | Duque | Development of Extrusion or Material Jetting Based Bioprinting Constructs and Bioprinters |
| Ashley | Egert | Responses to Disclosures of Sexual Orientation: Are Recipient Responses as Accepting as They Think? |
| Robert | Esposito | Bilingual child language development: heritage and second language learners
of Spanish |
| Dalia | Fanik | Determining the Frequency that Leads to Optimal Detection of Cell Membrane Permeabilization |
| Sarah | Farhan | Examining tobacco use in underserved populations. |
| Angeli | Fernandez | Rules versus Discretion – An Analysis of the FOMC’s Historical Record |
| Avery | Field | Speech production and perception in adult second language learners |
| Ashley | Fowler | Heterotopias |
| Joyce | Franco |
Costa Rica-Panama Border 6.4 Magnitude Earthquake and Aftershocks: Distribution of Sources, Nature of Faulting, and Tectonic Significance |
| Bryce | Griffin | Feature interaction detection and resolution in highly-complex engineered systems: applications in automotive systems |
| Molly | Griffith | Youth with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Single Case Experimental Study of the Effectiveness of Classroom Based Services |
| Natasha | Griffith | Neural Firing Patterns of Animals Self-Administering drug: How Do These Neurons Change in Firing When the Drug-Cue Turns On? |
| Samuel | Hammer | Analysis of Affective State During Chronic Fentanyl Use and Withdrawal in Rats |
| Jingzhou | Hao | The Structural and Stoichiometry Study of the Interaction Between Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus Integrase and Host Brd3 Protein ET Domain |
| Steven | Hernandez | Life and Death |
| Liam | Hiester | Role of Cypin in Excitotoxicity Resulting from Spinal Cord Injury |
| Alan | Huang | Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Transportation Safety |
| Ryan | Hutton | Road to Resilience: The Socio-Economic Impacts of Road Removal as Migration Opportunities for Marshes |
| Lan | Huynh | Data Analytics for Advanced Vehicle Manufacturing |
| Shahriar | Islam | The Cardiovascular Mechanisms of Interoceptive Awareness: Effects of Cardiac Resonance Paced Breathing |
| Neil | Joshi | Osteoimmunomodulation using biomaterials: The study of interactions between macrophages and mesenchymal stem cells on tyrosol-derived polymers |
| Jay | Joshi | Dissecting the Role SPC105R Plays in the Meiotic Kinetochore Function of Oocytes |
| Mythili | Kanagala | Robotic preparation of nanomedicines used in biomedical engineering |
| Airshpreet | Kaur | Inhibition of HDAC3 Modulates Neuronal Memory for Vocal Formation in Zebra Finches |
| Emily | Kapr |
Establishing a Local Geoid Model in Costa Rica
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| Amin | Khan | Social Determinants of Health and Sleep Outcomes |
| Ibtihaj | Khan | Eugenic Sterilization in North Carolina |
| Purva | Khanapure | Bone, corticosterone induced depression and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor in a murine model |
| Brittany | Klimek | Studying the |
| Erica | Koplitz | Game Science |
| Caroline | Kratka | Using allosteric inhibitors to further understand Aurora kinase complexes and function in mouse oocytes |
| Stefany | Lazieh | Characterizing Interactions between Akt2 PH Domain and PIPs |
| Shunyao | Lei | Study the anti-fibrotic effect of exosomes secreted from amniotic membrane |
| Rahma | Leil | Modulation of Photoactivation process of CdS-ZnS core-shell type Quantum Dots due to illumination with UV-Light |
| Weixian | Liang | Edison in New Jersey Story Map |
| Tonia | Liu | Exercise as a Stress-intervention Method in a Mouse Model of Autism |
| Federico | Liu Yang | Serious Video Game Design for Decision Making in Urban Flood Emergency Response |
| Louise Jade | Logronio | Participation in and Evaluation of a Regional Community-Based Health Coalition Project |
| Debbie | Ma | Differences in Neurogenesis Between Responders and Nonresponders |
| Rosa | Martinez | Determining Landslide Susceptability in the Cordillera Talamanca, Costa Rica |
| Eliana | Mercedes | Visibilizing Race: Measuring Race among Latin@s |
| Mahinaz | Mohsen | Behavioral and Electrophysiological Assessment of Sound Memory Enhancement Following Epigenetic Modulation in Zebra Finches |
| Celine | Molfetta | Protein structuring drives the aggregation of PolyQ-Expanded Mutant Huntingtin Protein: evidence from studies using osmolytes as chemical chaperones |
| Kevin | Montain | Using GIS to Assess Fishing Community Adaptation to Environmental Change |
| Brenda | Montecinos | NETWORKS OF EMPOWERMENT: YOUTH, GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP AND COMBATING EXTREMISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY |
| Eva | Niemeijer | Life experiences of adolescents in medical and non-medical contexts |
| Onyinye | Nnajiofor | Examining tobacco use in underserved populations. |
| Lindsey Marie | Panes | Self-presentation in Climate Change Conversations |
| Elizabeth | Park | Studies towards Hydrazone Bridge Replacements for Novel Antichlamydials |
| Jenna | Patel | Participation in and Evaluation of a Regional Community-Based Health Coalition Project |
| Paisley | Payne | The Role of OFQ/N in the CNS Response to an Immunological Stressor |
| Nikita | Persikov | Fault Aileron Control of a Fixed-Wing UAV |
| Frankie | Pignataro | Communicating Organizational Change: Creating More Faculty Diversity |
| Yingru | Qiu | Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Transportation Safety |
| Varun | Raghuraman | Optimization of Acoustic Force Spectroscopy Software Using Data Science Methods |
| Jessica | Rallo | SiESTa 2 |
| Melanie | Ruiz | Neural correlates of cost-benefit decision making in drug addiction |
| Anton | Ryjov | Computational Modeling and Molecular Simulation of Nanomaterials |
| Alejandro | Salvador-Garcia | Silicon nanowire sensors |
| Puru | Saxena | Computational Simulation of Spherical Diffusion Flame Dynamics and Extinction in Microgravity |
| Jenna | Schneck | The Ramapough Lunappe and the Ringwood Mines Superfund Site – History, Culture, Education, and Environmental Justice |
| Chantell | Shalack | 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 |
| Diana | Shemtov | Using the Error-related Negativity to Characterize Different Anxiety Symptom Phenotypes |
| Harjeet | Singh | Gender and US Military Interventions |
| Adam | Sirusas | Understanding the basis of coral resilience to fluctuating environmental conditions |
| Joshua | Stein | Synthesis of Amphiphilic C70 Derivatives for Biomedical Applications |
| Katelyn | Sudak | Regulatory microRNA Mechanisms Impacting CD40L Expression |
| Dylan | Sullivan | Electrophysiological changes in sensory encoding may reflect experience-dependent plasticity specific to opioid and cocaine-associated cues |
| Aashka | Suvarnakar | Role of orexin on binge eating behavior studied through pharmacogenetic modulation |
| Zenobia | Tamboly | Risk Analysis and Management for New Jersey Food Supply Chain |
| Yingxin | Tan | 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 |
| Elizabeth | Titova | Mechanisms underlying airway hyperresponsiveness |
| Honson | Tran | AI based Medical Image Analysis |
| Albert | Tran | Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Transportation Safety |
| Natalie | Turner | Revealing the evolution of genetic regulatory networks underlying the fin-to-limb transition |
| Srinithi | Vasudevan | Film and Health Administration |
| Michelle | Wang | Analysis of Glutamine Synthetase Expression in Mice During Lactation |
| Jeremy | Westaway | Sex differences in cocaine addiction |
| Liam | White | Silicon nanowire sensors |
| Olivia | Windos | Does acute aerobic exercise bolster neural responsiveness to emotional content in clinically depressed individuals? |
| Cassandra | Winz | Alteration in zebrafish fry behavior and microglia morphology following pesticide exposure |
| Leah | Wisniewski | Economics Honors Research |
| Chanina | Wong | Memoirs of the Sex Trade: A Cultural History of Prostitution and Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis Institute for High School Teachers Workshop on Law, Culture, and Society |
| Mingyao | Xiao | Big Data to Power Offshore Wind Energy |
| Felicia | Zangari | WAM! Women in Art Music |
| Ruiming | Zhang | Modeling and Operations of Manufacturing Systems for Individualized Products |
| Yifan | Zhao | IoT sensing technology for intelligent packaging applications |
| Wenrui | Zhao | An Investigation of Fishing Communities’ Adaptation Strategies and Disappearances |