2018 RESEARCH DAY PROGRAMresearchday.cua.edu/res/docs/URD-2018-Prgram-1.pdf · recipient of both a Truman and Marshall Scholarship. Campus Research Organizations Showcase + Exhibit

2018 RESEARCH DAY PROGRAM

9:00-9:10 Welcome – President John Garvey

Koubek Auditorium

9:10-9:30 Keynote – Dr. Cara Drinan Koubek Auditorium

9:45-12:00 Oral Presentations

(Multiple locations)

12:00-1:30 Lunch

Mullen Parking Lot; Pryzbyla Plaza (in front of Shahan Hall);

1:30-3:30 Poster Session and Performances

Pryzbyla Great Room; Pryzbyla 321-323

4:00-5:00

Reception and Award Ceremony – Provost Andrew Abela

Heritage Hall

Oral presentations - Schedule and locations

PRESENTATIONS: 9:45-10:45 (session A) and 11:00-12:00 (session B) Sessions 1a & 1b: Byron Auditorium (Law School)

Sessions 2a & 2b: Gowan 126 Sessions 3a & 3b: McGivney 106

Sessions 4a & 4b: Koubek Auditorium (Architecture) Sessions 5a & 5b: John Paul Hall (School of Music)

Sessions 6a & 6b: Herzfeld Auditorium (Hannan 108) Sessions 7a & 7b: Caldwell Auditorium

Sessions 8a & 8b: Hannan 106

Lunch will be available for purchase at the following food trucks:

Dangerously Delicious Pies dangerouspiesdc.com

Swizzler: swizzlerfoods.com Capital Chicken and Waffles: capitalcw.com

Dirty South Deli: dirtysouthdeli.com

Fava Pot: favapot.com Captain Cookie and the Milkman: captaincookiedc.com

Food trucks will be parked in front of Mullen Library; participants are invited to eat on the CUA Lawn or in the Caldwell Auditorium

Music during the lunch hour will be performed by students from

The Benjamin T Rome School of Music and the University community

/Users/daryljackson/Downloads/capitalcw.com

http://dirtysouthdeli.com/

http://favapot.com/

Keynote Speaker

Prof. Cara Drinan, Columbus School of Law The War on Kids: How American Juvenile Justice Lost Its Way

9:10-9:30 Koubek Auditorium

Professor Drinan teaches criminal law, criminal procedure, and various seminars on constitutional

law. Drinan’s scholarship focuses on criminal justice reform, with a particular emphasis on access to justice, juvenile justice and the death penalty. Before joining the CUA law faculty, she taught at George

Mason University and worked as a litigator in private practice.

Professor Drinan holds a B.A., summa cum laude, from Bowdoin College, an M.A. from Oxford University in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. She was a

recipient of both a Truman and Marshall Scholarship.

Campus Research Organizations

Showcase + Exhibit

Pryzbyla Center Atrium (in front of Great Room)

1:30-3:30 p.m. (during Poster Sessions)

FEATURING

Mullen Library

Institute of Christian Oriental Research (ICOR)

Center for the Study of Early Christianity

National Catholic School of Social Service (NCSSS)

Inventio (multidisciplinary undergraduate research journal)

Oliveira Lima Library

Space Weather Center

The Catholic University of America Press

University Writing Center

and more.

Oral presentations – Speakers and titles

SESSION A – 9:45 a.m. -10:45 a.m.

Session 1a (Byron Auditorium - Law School) – Chairperson: Kevin Forbes - Re-examining C students

• Diane Bunce; Arts and Sciences (Chemistry) - Student experiences in data collection: Understanding HIV/AIDS among Ethiopian immigrants in Washington,

DC • Ksenia Dombo, Bonnie McIntyre, Monica Patti, Megan Philippi, Semhar Stora, Sarah Oliphant, and Linda Donaldson; National Catholic School of Social Service

- Application of Graph Theory K Domination • James Conroy and Pasham Aswani; Engineering (Electrical and Computer Science)

- The Modern Class Action Rule: Its Civil Rights Roots and Relevance Today • Suzette Malveaux; Columbus School of Law

- Particle Physics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and CUA High Energy Physics group’s role in the upcoming project at Compact Muon Solenoid detector (CMS) at the LHC.

• Rishabh Uniyal; Arts and Sciences (Physics) Session 2a (Gowan 126) – Chairperson: Xiaolong Luo - Native People and the American Revolution: Rethinking America's Original Sin

• Sam Fisher; Arts and Sciences (History) - A Paradoxical Role for MAL2 in Liver Cancer. Can MAL2 be “Bueno too”?

• Alfonso Lopez-Coral; Arts and Sciences (Biology) - Adventures in Editing

• Greg Varner; Office of Marketing and Communications - Gröbner Bases and Their Application in Sciences and Engineering

• Natalie Rice and Christopher Gillie; Arts and Sciences (Mathematics) - Forgiveness as a Component of the Spiritual Change Process Following the Homicide of a Loved One

• Brooks Zitzmann and Shannon Johnson; National Catholic School of Social Service Session 3a (McGivney 106) – Chairperson: Julia Young - Improving Writing Skills with Greater Accountability

• Jack Yoest; Business and Economics - The Church Herself Is the Ultimate Feminist

• Jeanne Hathway; Theology and Religious Studies - A Horizontal Magnetic Tweezers and its use for Studying Single DNA Molecules and Single DNA-Protein

Interactions • Roberto Fabian Jr.; Arts and Sciences (Physics)

- "Let Them Eat Cake": Examining United States Retirement Savings Policy through the Lens of International Human Rights

• Regina Jefferson; Columbus School of Law - Politics and Literature

• Matalyn Vander Bleek; Arts and Sciences (Politics) Session 4a (Koubek Auditorium, Architecture) – Chairperson: Luis Boza - Social Generativity: Envisioning a Future Beyond Consumer Society

• Brandon Vaidyanathan; Arts and Sciences (Sociology) - How Should Government Services be Funded in a Free Society?

• Leanne Robinson; Business and Economics

- Thermal Performance Evaluation of a Small Duct High Velocity System Using NIST’s Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility

• Khiem Nguyen; Engineering (Civil) - The Dynamics of Glass Degradation: Preservation of Nineteenth Century Claude Laurent Glass Flutes

• Elizabeth Montagnino; Arts and Sciences (Chemistry) - The Church's Response to Domestic Violence

• Shannon T. Green; Theology and Religious Studies Session 5a (John Paul Hall, School of Music) – Chairperson: Stephen Gorbos - The Dark Side of Income Tax Enforcement: A Qualitative Investigation of the Work of IRS Special Agents

• Robert Warren; Business and Economics - "¿Por qué me has abandonado?": Faithless Religiosity in Spanish Literature

• John Paul Ryan; Arts and Sciences (Modern Languages) - Machine Learning Approaches to Identify Parkinson Disease Using Voice Signal Features

• Ibrahim Almubark; Engineering (Electrical and Computer Science) - Positive Caregiving in Early Childhood: A Protective Factor Against Social Anxiety for Highly Inhibited

Children • Ilana Huz and Kathryn A. Degnan; Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

- Myth, Politics, and the Ability to Write our Story: Christa Wolf’s Medea and the Power of Collective Memory • Elizabeth Speal; Arts and Sciences (History)

Session 6a (Herzfeld Auditorium, Hannan 108) – Chairperson: Rebecca Robert - The Effect of Shame on Investments and Inequality

• Richard Gallenstein; Business and Economics - Gentrification: A Modern Day Catastrophe for Communities in America

• Bi’Anncha Andrews and Jenni Bartholomew, National Catholic School of Social Service and Victoria Brown; Pepperdine University

- The Sanctuary Movement in Arizona: Civil Initiative and the Salvadoran Refugee Crisis, 1981- 1989 • Allyson Zeitler; Arts and Sciences (History)

- Americas Lost Heroes • David Clark; Arts and Sciences (Anthropology)

- Separating but communicating: a survey into the properties of biofabricated membrane in microfluidics • Piao Hu; Engineering (Mechanical)

Session 7a (Caldwell Auditorium) – Chairperson: Sr. Nancy Bauer - Strengthening Resilience in Underserved Minority Youth in the School Setting

• Brendan Rich; Arts and Sciences (Psychology) - Mutuality and Male Headship: Evidence from Liturgical Rites of Marriage

• David Friel; Theology and Religious Studies - Estimating the Auroral Energy Flux using Field-Aligned Currents and FUV Data from AMPERE and GUVI-

TIMED • Anna Fitzmaurice; Arts and Sciences (Physics)

- Oral Mucosa On-A-Chip: A 3-D Model to Assess the Response of Human Gingival Cells to Cytotoxic Dental Materials

• Christopher Rahimi; Engineering (Biomedical) - Beauty, Contemporary Thought, and Plato’s Republic

• John Lado and D. B. Martin; Philosophy Session 8a (Hannan 106) – Chairperson: Cristina Ionescu - Why Catholics Leave? Why Do they Return?

• Mark Gray; Metropolitan School of Professional Studies

- Investigating the effects of cytokeratin 19 on breast cancer cell morphology and drug response using telecentric digital holographic microscopy and machine learning

• Van Lam; Engineering (Biomedical) - Xia to Xi Jinping; China’s Transition from Introvert to Extravert in just Under 4000 Years

• Dylan Reed and Michael Venditti; Business and Economics - The Choices, Narratives, and Dilemmas of Sacred Rhetoric: A Strategic Interactionist Perspective of the Unity

for Gallaudet Protests in 2006 • Brendan Stern; Arts and Sciences (Politics)

- Christian Scholarship in the Heart of the Medieval Islamic Empire • Kevin Ball; Arts and Sciences (Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures)

15 Minute Break

SESSION B – 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Session 1b (Byron Auditorium - Law School) – Chairperson: Kevin Forbes - A New Interpretation of Plato's Myth of Er

• Natasha Wiltz; Philosophy - Out, Out Brief Candle: Transparency Regulation and MNE Value

• Anthony Cannizzaro; Business and Economics - Microfluidic Biofabrication of Collagen-Alginate Membranes with Aligned Microstructure

• Santiago Correa; Engineering (Biomedical) - How the Grail Became Holy: The Development of the Grail Legend in Medieval Arthurian Literature

• Nicolas Novak; Theology and Religious Studies - The Catholic University of America and the Coptic Manuscripts of the John Pierpoint Morgan Library (1910-

1941) • Monica Blanchard; Arts and Sciences (Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures)

Session 2b (Gowan 126) – Chairperson: Xiaolong Luo - Mandate for Instability: The Longstanding Consequences of the French Mandate System on the Syrian Civil

War • Claire Christensen; Arts and Sciences (Politics)

- 100% Clean-Energy to Power our Society: Dreaming with “Laudato Si” • Tongele Tongele; Engineering (Mechanical)

- X’s and Owes: A History and Analysis of the National Basketball Association’s Labor Market and a Case for Deregulation

• James Harrington; Business and Economics - A Comparative Analysis of Neuromedicine Practice in the United States and Italy

• Francesca Gualano; Arts and Sciences (Psychology) - A Sly Scholiast: The Greek Exegetical Works of Evagrius of Pontus

• Robin Darling Young; Theology and Religious Studies and Carl Vennerstrom; Arts and Sciences (Early Christian Studies)

Session 3b (McGivney 106) – Chairperson: Melissa Grady - A Pathway to Drug Discovery: The Investigation of Cyclodipeptide Synthase Biosynthetic Gene Clusters

• Maribel Okiye; Arts and Sciences (Chemistry) - Going Global: Studying Religious and Cultural Artefacts in Italy

• Renate Chancellor and Alaina Furman; Arts and Sciences (Library and Information Science) - Hierarchical Neural Network Algorithm for Daily Activity Classification

• Quoc Huynh; Engineering (Biomedical) - A Social Darwinist Business: The Corporatization of Charity in Carnegie’s Philanthropy

• Ethan Rudman; Arts and Sciences (History)

- Trade-offs and Economic Theory in the Pharmaceutical Drug Market • Robert Bonasia; Business and Economics

Session 4b (Koubek Auditorium, Architecture) – Chairperson: Luis Boza - Edge Computing the New Technology

• Hally Moreno, Nicholas Ania, Matthew Pham, and Eduardo Vaccaro; Business and Economics - Engineering Cancer: Tools for Research, Diagnosis, and Treatment

• Christopher Raub; Engineering (Biomedical) - The Rule of Law in American Presidential Rhetoric

• John Mickey; Arts and Sciences (Politics) - Ancient Egyptian Concept of Body and Soul

• Emily Cummings; Arts and Sciences (Anthropology) - Modeling Human Craniofacial Diseases in an Organism Without a Cranium or a Face

• Ann Corsi and Arwa Alsubait; Arts and Sciences (Biology) Session 5b (John Paul Hall, School of Music) – Chairperson: Stephen Gorbos - Depicting the Dragon-Slayer: Visual Narratives in the Viking World

• Lilla Kopár; Arts and Sciences (English) - Baroque and Classical Elements in the Organ Works of Johann Christian Kittel

• Matthew Gabay; Music - How did Ancient Canaanites and Babylonians ask: "You want a receipt with that?"

• Andrew Gross; Arts and Sciences (Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures) - Human Motion Monitoring Using Carbon Nanotube Fiber Strain Sensors

• Jude Anike; Engineering (Mechanical) - Natale Monferrato and the Motetti a voce sola Op. 4

• Natalie Barsoum; Music Session 6b (Herzfeld Auditorium, Hannan 108) – Chairperson: Duilia Demello - Gravitational Lenses: Nature's own telescopes

• Tommy Wiklind; Arts and Sciences (Physics) - Building an Empire: Cortés’s Conquest of Mexico in his Letters to Charles V

• Mathew Silberger; Arts and Sciences (History) - Renewable Resources: The Energy of the Future

• Emily McGuire; Business and Economics - Innovation at Sea-Ferry Car Deck Design to delay ship capsize

• Robert Latorre; Engineering (Mechanical) - The Clinical Utility of Suicidal Typologies When Treating Suicidal Soldiers

• Brian Piehl; Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

Session 7b (Caldwell Auditorium) – Chairperson: Fr. Stefanos Alexopoulos - Why and How Plastics Burn

• Vadim Knyazev; Arts and Sciences (Chemistry) - Accounting for Blockchain

• Joseph Cihak; Business and Economics - The Work of the Home as the Exemplar of Platonic Education: Reflections on Plato’s The Republic

• Danielle Schirripa; Philosophy - Political Theory: The Primacy of Practice

• Matthew Cantirino, Shaun Rieley, Enrique Pallares, and Camelia Lelesan; Arts and Sciences (Politics)

- Earthquakes in Matthew's Gospel • Brian Carrier; Theology and Religious Studies

Session 8b (Hannan 106) – Chairperson: Ralph Albano - Consumer Financial Protection: A Common Good

• Veryl Miles; Columbus School of Law - S. cerevisiae, Genomic Stability, and Huntington’s Disease: Do yeast even have brains?

• Paul Elizalde; Arts and Sciences (Biology) - Red Stole, Black Belt: Fusing Identity with Clashing Virtues

• Christopher Suehr; Theology and Religious Studies - What is the Optimal Level of Donations? The Case for Disaster Relief

• Bridget King; Business and Economics - Out on the Edge: An Evaluation of Stability and Social Integration Outcomes in Supported Housing

• Sara Taylor; National Catholic School of Social Service

Interactive Display

Pryzbyla Great Room 1:30-3:30

- Physics and Art: The Visual Investigation of the Conceptualization, Depiction, and Manipulation of Space-Time

• Kiera Lyons, Arts and Sciences (Physics)

Performances

Pryzbyla 321-323 1:30-3:30

- "Ruby" Theatrical Play Reading • Deborah Nicholson, Arts and Sciences (Drama)

- Singer, Composer and Teacher: Bartolomeo Barbarino's Sacred Motets in the Ghirlanda Sacra

• Laura Curl, Music

Poster presentations

Pryzbyla Great Room 1:30-3:30

# Poster title Name School

1 Smart Toys that Assess Grasp Strength in Infants to Aid in the Diagnosis of Fine Motor Delays

Noor Aamer Engineering (Biomedical)

2 A Pilot Study of Exploratory Hand Movements in Infants

Noor Aamer Engineering (Biomedical)

3 An App for Direct Textbook Transactions between University Students

Dominic Abela

Engineering (Electrical and Computer Science)

4 The Experience of Military Separation/Deployment for Young Children and Families

Janice Agazio Nursing

5 Effects of Separation and Reunification in Latino Immigrant Children

Christina Albia Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

6

Catchment-Scale Evaluation of Stormwater Green Infrastructure Using a Flexible Surface-Subsurface Interaction Model

Mohammad Almadani Engineering (Civil)

7 Simulation System for Operational Decision Support in Emergency unite in the Context of Workflow Management

Abdullah Almalki


8 Simulation Model for the Paper Press Saler to Control the Portion of Copis of Sales

Mohammed Alqhatani


9 Lebensborn Nour Alsharif

Arts and Sciences (Modern Languages)

10 Using Genetics to Elucidate the Physical Interactions Between KRas and its p120 GTPase Activating Protein

Hana Alsufyani Arts and Sciences (Biology)

11 US-China Security Cooperation David An Arts and Sciences (Politics)

12 A Hybrid Routing Scheme for Information Centric Networks

Koorosh Azhandeh


13 Validation of Ultrasound Probe Stabilizing Arm for use During Clinical Arterial IV Insertion

Peter Bajorek Engineering (Biomedical)

14 Ruminative Thought in Suicidal Older Adolescents

Madison Bell Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

15 Minding Green Money Shane Bell Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

16 Cardiac Arrest Detector Renad Blaisi Engineering (Biomechanical)

17 Foucault: Philosopher, Critical Theorist, or Something Else?

Isabella Bogdanos

Arts and Sciences (Modern Languages and Literatures)

18

Analysis of Receptive Vocabulary Skills in African American Children from Low-Income Families: Identifying Patterns in Item-Level Performance on the PPVT-4

Kathryn Bojczyk Arts and Sciences (Education)

19 Collusion in the Airline Industry is Punishing You for Profit

Madeleine Breithaupt Business and Economics

20 Word Count Descriptives From A Suicide Risk Assessment Among Suicidal Civilian and Military Samples

Catherine Broshek Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

21 Exotendon Tremor Device Alyssa Bryan Engineering (Biomedical)

22 The Lived Experience of Alopecia Areata

Sarah Caro Nursing

23 Amusement Park Information System Grace Castro


24 Inter-faith Marriage Silvina Cerezo Professional Studies

25 Effects of an Educational Program on the Intent to Delay Sexual Activity in Thai Female Adolescents

Siriporn Chaosurin Nursing

26 EEG Characterization of Mechanoreceptors

Elena Choong Engineering (Biomedical)

27 A Nanoparticle-Based Method for Detecting Cancer Biomarkers

Marisa Coene Engineering (Biomechanical)

28 Rumination and Suicide Risk: The Mediating Role of Hopelessness

Victoria Colborn Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

29 Marketing in the Medical World Erin Cole Business and Economics

30 American Political Polarization Claire Coleman Arts and Sciences (Politics)

31 Creating Sustainable Change in the Classroom Environment

Kate Connolly CUA Leadership

32 Trump Puts Down Fake News and Picks Up Fake Economic Theory

Andrew Connors Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

33 Creation of Visually Appealing Graphs James Conroy


34 The Bargaining Problem: Nash versus Coase and a New Solution

Samantha Coviello Business and Economics

35 Out-of-School Programs for Latino Immigrant and other Ethnic-Minority Children

Celenia DeLapp Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

36 First Generation Immigrants: A Writing Intervention to Improve Adjustment & Quality of Life in the United States

Maggie Dierker Social Service

37

A Forsaken Bond: Examining the Breakdown of the Relationship between Organized Labor and the Catholic Church

Thomas Doyle Arts and Sciences (Politics)

38 Same Time, Same Place, Same Race: The Frequency of Cross-Racial Interactions at PWI’s of Differing Political Leanings

Ashley Duffoo Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

39 How to Start an Academic Journal Catherine Duggan CUA Press

40 Novel Hall Effect in Cobalt Titanium Germanium Alloy

Rajendra P Dulal Arts and Sciences (Physics)

41 Before bin Laden: The Intersection of Policy and Intelligence

Shannon Edgar Arts and Sciences (Politics)

42 NBA Matchup Prediction Using Data Analytics and Machine Learning

Nicholas Esposito


43 Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety, Stress and Implicit Learning

Emily Fair Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

44 The Physiology of Positive Risk-Taking Emily Fair Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

45 Interoception & Cognitive Processing Emily Fair Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

46 Determining a Mechanism of Keratin 19 Interaction with Mutant p53 and Its Impact

Arwa Fallatah Arts and Sciences (Biology)

47 Mysticism, Realism, and Spirituality in The Scared Art of Caravaggio

Timothy Farina Architecture and Planning

48 Comparing the Effects of State and Trait Emotion Regulation on Memory

Kelly Ferreira Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

49 The Effects of Early Institutionalization vs. Foster Care Intervention on Children's Social Behaviors at Age 12

Heather Finster Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

50 Getting to Graduation without an Education: The Global Learning Crisis

Abigail Fitzgerald Business and Economics

51 Irradiance Levels and Hourly Temperature: Evidence from the Arctic

Kevin Forbes Business and Economics

52 Magnetic and Electrical Studies of Fe2Si Andrew Forbes Arts and Sciences (Physics)

53 Examining the Influence of an Early Childhood STEAM Intervention with Bilingual Children

Vanessa Fuentes Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

54 Comprehensive Immigration Reform in America

Frank Gaetani Social Service

55 The Professional Responsibility of Self-Care: Taking Care of My Profession through Taking Care of “Me”

Patricia Galan-Cisneros Social Service

56 arChitectUral Acoustics Jenna Gietl Engineering (Mechanical)

57 Anxiety Symptoms and Real-World Social Functioning in Anxious Youth

Sheina Godovich Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

58 Korean Americans’ Mental Health Service Utilization and Predictive Factors

Jenny Goebel Social Service

59 Is the American Healthcare System Taking Years Off Your Life?

Alexandra Gole Business and Economics

60 The Rapid Growth of the Tattoo Industry

Jorge Guzman Business and Economics

61 Gender Differences in a Resilience-based Psychotherapy Intervention

Caroline Hall Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

62 The Market versus Centralized Planning: Evidence from Germany

Jean Higgins Business and Economics

63 United States v. One Book Called Ulysses Iain Higgins Arts and Sciences (English)

64 From Materials to Novel Particle Detectors and Societal Applications

Tanja Horn Arts and Sciences (Physics)

65 Why Good People Sometimes Do Bad Things, and How an Accounting Process May Help Prevent Them

Leon Hutton Professional Studies

66 Case Study of Project Schedule Performance Measurement Inspired by Financial Indices

Huu T. Huynh Engineering (Civil)

67 Improving Writing Skills and Motivation in Grade 5 Students

Julianne Hyrcza Arts and Sciences (Education)

68 Simulation of Herd Immunity Through the Use of Vaccines

Michael Jacobs


69 “A Perfect Wreath”: Schumann’s Myrthen and Its Cyclicity

Flannery Jamison Music

70 OR Calibration Kit for Laparoscopic Augmented Reality

Alyssa Keane Engineering (Biomedical)

71 Trump Puts Down Fake News and Picks Up Fake Economic Theory

Matthew Kearney Business and Economics

72

A Description of Responsive Feeding Practices by Caregivers of Infants and Young Children from the Peruvian Andes.

Sara Keefer Nursing

73 Gestational Diabetes: The Disparity in Perinatal Care of Hispanic Women in the Greater D.C. Area

Molly Kelly Nursing

74 Receiver Geolocation, Tracking, and Path Prediction Using Deep Learning and Comprehensive Sensing

Sharif Khalil


75 Similarity Matching for Workflows in Medical Domain Using Topic Modeling

Khalid Khawaji


76 Measuring and Improving the Performance and Quality of Customer Services Using Computer Simulation

Khalid Khawaji


77

Depressive Symptoms, Emotional Regulation Ability, and Attention Control Ability Influence Conflict Processing with Task-Irrelevant Emotional Stimuli

Parmis Khosravi Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

78 "Do you support me?": Understanding individual differences in perceptions of social support

Kelly Lavin Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

79 Coordinated Motion Planning for a Team of Robots

Duong Le


80 Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) and the Impact on the Financial Industry

Elizabeth Levine Business and Economics

81 Mystery of the Manor: Secrets of St. Thomas Hill

Lauren Loewen Arts and Sciences (Anthropology)

82 Education Technology Services vs Traditional University Enrollment Strategies

Lashay Long Professional Studies

83 Problem Solving Efficacy in Families of Suicidal Youth

Bridget Lynn Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

84

Weighing in on Sugar: Home-prepared sugar sweetened beverages fed to infants and young children 4-24 months in peri-urban Lima, Peru: A Pilot Study

Sally Margarit Nursing

85 Dulles International Metro Station and Monorail Loop

Christopher Martin Engineering (Civil)

86 A Novel, Efficient Natural Gas-Fueled Quadruple Cycle for Power Generation

Osagie Matthew Engineering (Mechanical)

87 The Impact of Oncogenic Mutations on the Interaction between Inositol Hexakisphosphate Kinase-2 and p53.

Eileen McAlonan Arts and Sciences (Chemistry)

88 Negative Emissions Today and in an Economy of the Future

Meghan McAnespie Arts and Sciences (Politics)

89 Otzi the Iceman: A 5,300 Year Old Odyssey

Michele McDevitt Arts and Sciences (Anthropology)

90

Examining the Relationship Between Maternal Depression and the Treatment of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Elizabeth Mendoza Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

91 Topology and the Structure of Molecules

Davis Michaud Arts and Sciences (Mathmatics)

92 Mindful Sport Performance Enhancement for College Coaches

Thomas Minkler Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

93 One Last Look: Last Days of Marist Hall Joseph Mitchell Arts and Sciences (Anthropology)

94 Domestic Violence and Machismo: A Lethal Recipe for Latinx Women

Susana Molina Social Service

95 The Effectiveness of Online Advertising Daniella Montesano Business and Economics

96 The Lived Experience of Thai Parents of School-Age Children with Down Syndrome

Katemenee Moonpanane Nursing

97 Psychosocial Factors Associated with Health Perception in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

Veronica Morawek Social Service

98 Exploring Local High-Redshift Analogs Galaxies

Skarleth Motino Arts and Sciences (Physics)

99 Special Olympics Case Study: Archiving 50 Years of Audiovisual Material

Isabelle Murphy

Arts and Sciences (Library and Information Science)

100

Teaching Philosophy to Speak English and English to Speak Philosophically: Chaucer’s Translation of Boethius's Consolation

Megan Murton Arts and Sciences (English)

101 Lecture, Case Study and Simulation! Oh My!

Alice Myers Nursing

102 More Than Borrowing: Linguistic Adaptations in English Gairaigo

Gabriela Napolitano Arts and Sciences (Anthropology)

103 WISE: Wearable Integrated Sensors for EksoGT

Courtney Nelson Engineering (Biomedical)

104 Nature of Task Significantly Affects How People Adapt to External Assistance During Training

Hien Nguyen Engineering (Biomedical)

105 Genetic Analysis of a Molecular Gate in the Yeast Multidrug Transporter Pdr5

Dante Nicotera Arts and Sciences (Biology)

106 Mission of The Apostolic Mission House: Unheralded Heritage at CUA

Sarah Noory Arts and Sciences (Anthropology)

107 Shoulder and Hand Function Improvement Post Stroke (SHIPS)

Farhanaz Nowshin Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

108 Indoor Environmental Quality in Green and Traditional School Buildings in Washington, DC

Emily Oldham Architecture and Planning

109 Flow Assembly of Chitosan Membranes Cross-linked with Sodium Tripolyphosphate in Microfluidics

Saba Owens Engineering (Mechanical)

110 Effects of Positive Thinking on Pitch Matching in Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Individuals: A Proposal

Adriana Penafiel Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

111 Loving-Kindness Meditation, Self-Compassion, and Implicit Racial Bias: A Preliminary Investigation

Rokas Perskaudas Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

112 Attachment to God and Life Satisfaction in Emerging Adults: A Mediation Analysis

Rokas Perskaudas Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

113

Toward Joint Inversion for Simultaneous Identification of Structural Anomalies of a Roadway System and Moving Traffic Loads: A case study of a Timoshenko-Beam Continuous Bridge Example.

Bruno Peruqui Guidio Engineering (Civil)

114 We're All Climate Change Prisoners. Who holds the key?

Carly Philbin Business and Economics

115 Discrimination in a Free Market: An an Economic Analysis

Kensi Poukouta Business and Economics

116 Crocodile Dentist; Temperament and Social Behavior in Childhood

Sarah Raff Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

117 Pneumo-Bed: An Innovation for Pressure Ulcer Prevention

Christopher Rahimi Engineering (Biomedical)

118 Meditation Pod: A New Approach for Treating Societal Mental Illness

Benjamin Rahimi Engineering (Biomedical)

119 How Cells Develop Broad Spectrum Resistance to Antibiotics and Anticancer Agents

Hadiar Rahman Arts and Sciences (Biology)

120

One Big Happy Family. Effects of “Happy Marriage” Qualities on Children’s Well-Being: A Correlational Study

Erin Reckner Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

121 InflatoGolve: Developing a Haptic Feedback Mechanism for the NuGlove

Colleen Regan Engineering (Biomedical)

122 Inclusive Language Susan Reiter Social Service

123 Impact of Family Structure on Resilience

Tara Rempel Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

124 Happy Hour: What happens in our livers after a night of drinking alcohol?

Ashley Richard Arts and Sciences (Biology)

125 Predictors of Social Work Student Attitudes toward Individuals with Disabilities: An Exploratory Study

Erika Rodkey Social Service

126 Improving Economic Growth: The Impact of Corruption on GDP per Capita Growth

Kevin Ross Business and Economics

127 Blockchain: Access to a Shared Single Source of Truth

Robert Rossetto Business and Economics

128 Analysis of a School Social Work Consultation Instrument: Findings from a National Exploratory Study

Christine Anlauf

Sabatino Social Service

129 A Non-Algorithmic Cyber Forensic Approach for Hiding Data in Files

Maha Sabir


130 The Path of The Terrestrial Waters of CUA

Jennifer Salguero Engineering (Civil)

131

132 Enabling Unmanned Quadcopters to Autonomously Inspect 3D Structures

Baris Can Secim


133

Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Children Predict Lower Gains in Resilience Following a Socioemotional Intervention.

Christopher Senior Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

134 A Sugar Sensing Pathway Influences the Behavior of Chromosome Segregation in S. cerevisiae

Sameer Bikram

Shah Arts and Sciences (Biology)

135

Keratin 19 Promotes Cell Proliferation and Estrogen Receptor Alpha-Dependent Cell Cycle Regulation in MCF7 Breast Cancer Cell Line

Pooja Sharma Arts and Sciences (Biology)

136 The Lived Experience of Thai Parents of a Child Recently Diagnosed with Cancer

Thunyasiri Somkome Nursing

137 Major Towle and the Bishop: Catholics, Denazification, and the American Occupation of Eichstätt, 1945-1947

Elisabeth Speal Arts and Sciences

138 Approach to Reduce False Alarms in Cardiac Arrest Detection

Rachael Stone Engineering (Biomedical)

139 A Topological Analysis of Cell Sheets Claire Sturek Engineering (Biomedical)

140 Falling Credit Card Ownership Among Millennials Disrupts Long-Term Financial Security

Ruth Sullins Business and Economics

141

The Feasibility of the Heart Failure Mobile Phone Aide Application (android apps.) On Self-Management, Measured By Improved Physical Function and Reduced Hospital Readmission Rates, among Patients with Heart Failure in Thailand

Chittraphorn Suthipong Nursing

142 Transmission Resource Allocation in Millimeter Networks using Machine Learning

Chinh Tran


143 Fitness App Project Loc Tran


144 Simulation for Pion and Kaon Structure Functions

Richard Trotta Arts and Sciences (Physics)

145 Breaking the Silence While Breaking the Stigma

Victoria Turner Social Service

146 Measures of Success: The Effect of Writing Center Sessions on Client Writing Apprehension and Self-Efficacy

Peter Varga Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

147

Targeted assistance of Multiarticular Finger Musculotendon of Stroke Patients for the Functional Restoration of Coordinated Finger Muscles

Billy Vermillion Engineering (Biomedical)

148 A Bilingual Approach: Efficacy of Mary Center’s School Based Mental Health Program

Jacqueline Villatoro Nursing

149 Referral Source Predicting Positive Outcomes for Suicidal Soldiers Receiving Behavioral Health Treatment

Melvin Walker Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

150 CorticoMuscular Coherence of Synergistic versus Non-Synergistic Arm Movements

John Walker Engineering (Biomedical)

151 The Various Investigated Methods of Underwater Ambient Noise

Laurie Wei Engineering (Mechanical)

152 The Evolution of Devotion to the Holy House of Loreto

Clare Whitton Arts and Sciences (History)

153 Effect of Salt Component on the Properties of Flow-Assembled Chitosan Membranes

Jesse Williams Engineering (Mechanical)

154 Reducing the Risk of Smoking in Teens with ADHD: A Health Promotion Intervention

Hannah Williams Social Service

155 A Pinch of Spice to Make STEM Learning Nice: SPICED STEM Curriculum Game

Otto Wilson Engineering (Biomedical)

156 DC FUSION STEM Professional Development Consortium: From Quarks to Quasars

Otto Wilson Engineering (Biomedical)

157

Reliability and Accuracy of a Short Assessment Instrument: The Survivors of Torture - Psychosocial Wellbeing Index (SOT-PWI-S)

Michaela L. Zajicek-Farber Social Service

158 Learning Social Data Analysis: Undergraduate Student Reflections

Michaela L. Zajicek-Farber Social Service

159 Come On In: Heritage Houses and the Future of Cultural Curation

Babak Zarin

Arts and Sciences (Library and Information Science)

160 Psychometric Properties of the How I Feel Scale in a Private Practice Sample

Guangyu Zeng Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

161 The Life, Death, and Resurrection of the City of Berlin

Katelyn Schnoor Theology and Religious Studies


Alicia Pekar Social Service


Kerry Silidker Arts and Sciences (Math)

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2018 RESEARCH DAY PROGRAMresearchday.cua.edu/res/docs/URD-2018-Prgram-1.pdf · recipient of both a Truman and Marshall Scholarship. Campus Research Organizations Showcase + Exhibit