Session Type Preliminary RoundDate/Time Monday, October 30, 2017 Noon - 1:00pmLocation Student Union (SU) - Room 207

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4th Annual Rebel Grad Slam

Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D.

Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ph.D.

Criminal Justice, Ph.D.

Jennifer Clark

Slow and Fat: Genetics of Starvation Selected Drosophila melanogaster

Olivia Hernando

Stereotyping the Latina Showgirl: Solidifying Culture through the Latin Fire

Follies of 1970's Vegas

Dongbin Kim

Lab Automation Drones for Mobile Manipulation in High Throughput

Systems

Katherine Thornock

Who's Afraid of Uranium Hexafluoride?

Bree Boppre

Women's Pathways through Justice-Involvement

Anthony Waddle

Overcoming the Amphibian Extinction CrisisLife Sciences, M.S.

Matthew Le Claire

Student Victimization: Assessing Bully Trends with the NCVS School Crime

Data Set

Sociology, Ph.D.

Life Sciences, Ph.D.

Theatre, M.A.

Session Type Preliminary RoundDate/Time Monday, October 30, 2017 Noon - 1:00pmLocation Student Union (SU) - Room 209

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Daniel Walsh

Mojave Microbes as Martian AnalogsLife Sciences, M.S.

Katlyn Cunningham

Civil Design

Civil and Environmental Engineering and

Construction, M.S.

Jeff Eggleston

The Autism Movement: Understanding Movement in AutismKinesiology and Nutrition Sciences, Ph.D.

Maria Ramos Gonzalez

Human Knees without Pain [Yes, it is possible]Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D.

Malayka Neith Cornejo

Rethinking school discipline: The untold story of black girls, out-of-school

suspensions & school pushout.

Teaching & Learning, Ph.D.

4th Annual Rebel Grad Slam

Laura Werner

How do distractors get removed from memory?Psychology, Ph.D.

Surbhi Sharma

The functional human C-terminomeLife Sciences, Ph.D.

Stacey Clouse

Police Interventions, Public Perceptions, and the RDFC Interaction ModelCriminal Justice, M.A.

Session Type Preliminary RoundDate/Time Monday, October 30, 2017 5 - 6 p.m.Location Student Union (SU) - Room 207

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Robert Burgy

The Controversy over Renewable Energy in the Saudi Arabia of Solar

Lauren Galloway

An Investigation of White-Collar Criminal Sentencing Disparities in Six Federal

District Courts

Jean Chagas Vaz

Transformer-DARwIn: A humanoid robot designed to walk or roll

4th Annual Rebel Grad Slam

Accounting, M.S.

Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D.

Eric Fries

Uncovering Ancient Maya Settlement Complexity

Cindy X. Kha

Understanding Eye Regeneration with Xenopus Frogs

Cory Parella

Comedian Cory Parella The Storytella

Hyunhee Lee

Hybrid Android and Bipedal Humanoid Robot: Sophia-Hubo

Communication Studies, M.A.

Sociology, Ph.D.

Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D.

Anthropology, Ph.D.

Life Sciences, Ph.D.

Session Type Preliminary RoundDate/Time Tuesday, October 31, 2017 Noon - 1:00pmLocation Student Union (SU) - Room 207

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Benazir Rowe

Developing new analytics for genetic association studies of complex diseasesMathematical Sciences, Ph.D.

Vahid Vahidi

Channel estimation and ICI cancelation in doubly selective channels of OFDM

wireless communication systems

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D.

4th Annual Rebel Grad Slam

Natalie Flores

Money Matters: Exploring the Financial Resources for Sports Medicine Programs

in Public and Private Secondary Schools--A Qualitative Study

Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences, M.S.

Darrian Carroll

Is it still impossible to be Black and American? DuBois, Clinton, and Crime Communication Studies, M.A.

David Goldberger

Breaking More Stuff with X-raysPhysics and Astronomy, M.S.

Sarah Paige Werner

Ratio Biases in Language and MusicPsychology, Ph.D.

Hope Sauceda

Black Lives Matter...Even In BrazilCommunication Studies, M.A.

Bridget Longoria

Ripping Off the Band-Aid: Poverty through the Lens of Social Service Providers in

Southern Nevada.

Sociology, Ph.D.

Session Type Preliminary RoundDate/Time Tuesday, October 31, 2017 Noon - 1:00pmLocation Student Union (SU) - Room 209

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Austin McKenna

A Tale of a Paradoxical Relationship: Starvation and Obesity

Anthony Jordan

Diplomatic Expulsion and Foreign Policy

Lina Chato

Automatic Prediction the Overall Survival of Brain Tumor Patients using

MRI Images

Life Sciences, Ph.D.Surbhi Sharma

The functional human C-terminome

Monique Jammer

Do you see me?

4th Annual Rebel Grad Slam

Law, J.D.

Sociology, Ph.D.

Life Sciences, Ph.D.

Political Science, Ph.D.

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D.

Educational & Clinical Studies, Ph.D.

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction,

Ph.D.

Heike Ruedenauer-Plummer

Addressing the Urban Factors for English Language Learners with Disabilities

Robabeh Jazaei

Nano Cement-Based Composite with Carbon Nanotubes

Celine Ayala

In(car)nation of the self: An ethnography of the Las Vegas street car scene

Session Type Preliminary RoundDate/Time Tuesday, October 31, 2017 5:00 - 6:00pmLocation Student Union (SU) - Room 207

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Communication Studies, M.A.

Criminal Justice, Ph.D.

Life Sciences, Ph.D.

Civil and Environmental Engineering and

Construction, Ph.D.

Kinesiology and Nutrition Studies, Ph.D.

Life Sciences, M.S.

Allison Cox

College is for Everyone: Examination of Family Support for Individuals with

Intellectual Disabilities Transitioning to Postsecondary School

Anya Lester

Forensics v. LawLaw, J.D.

Harshad Oswal

Water Reuse for Agriculture

Mathew Sunil Varre

Diagnosis of Foot Ulcers in Diabetics

Tiffany Pereira

Nothing is Black and White

Cassandra Boyer

Intimidated & Assaulted: Women in the Animal Rights Movement

Lorena Samentar

Development of a Novel Alzheimer's Therapy

4th Annual Rebel Grad Slam

Session Type Preliminary RoundDate/Time Wednesday, November 1, 2017 Noon - 1:00pmLocation Student Union (SU) - Room 209

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Blake Hament

Free Flyer ManipulationMechanical Engineering, Ph.D.

Nanette Hilton

Hosting the Storyteller: How Hospitality Creates Writers and RhetoricEnglish, M.A.

Karintha Tervalon

Forced Trajectory Project: Assessing the Fairness & Objectivity of Mainstream

Media Reporting of Police Violence in the Death of Las Vegas Resident Rex

Wilson

Journalism and Media Studies, M.A.

Daniel Lidstone

Movement Under the Microscope: The Cerebellum and AutismKinesiology and Nutrition Sciences, Ph.D.

Life Sciences, Ph.D.Jennifer Clark

Slow and Fat: Genetics of Starvation Selected Drosophila melanogaster

Shon Reed

Boys to Men: Masculinity, Victimization, and OffendingCriminal Justice, M.A.

4th Annual Rebel Grad Slam

Vishe Redmond

Critical Race MotherscholarshipTeaching & Learning, M.Ed.

Session Type Preliminary RoundDate/Time Wednesday, November 1, 2017 Noon - 1:00pmLocation Student Union (SU) - Room 207

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Ok Kyung (Beth) Wi

Robots replacing human jobs: UN-Welcome to Las Vegas

Sanjana Das

Effects of aeolian dust on solar energy generation

Sallyann Ficarrotta

Visualizing ASD: Are media portrayals accurate?

Vanessa Nunez

Undocumented Student Access to Higher Ed: Challenges and Resiliency

4th Annual Rebel Grad Slam

Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D.

Monia Kazemeini

High Resolution Gamma-Ray Detector Components for UAS Based Radiation

Sensing

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D.

Journalism and Media Studies, M.A.

Sociology, Ph.D.

Journalism and Media Studies, M.A.

Life Sciences, Ph.D.

Hotel Administration, M.B.A. & M.S.

Laurents Banuelos

The Zoot Suite Riots and the Media's mistakes

Michael Isaacs

Walking Models: Pendulums or Collisions?

Session Type Preliminary RoundDate/Time Wednesday, November 1, 2017 5:00 - 6:00pmLocation Student Union (SU) - Room 222

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4th Annual Rebel Grad Slam

Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D.

School of Social Work and Journalism &

Media Studies, M.S.

Psychology, M.A.

Samad Gharehdaghimollahajloo

Reduced Greenhouse Gases by Utilizing CO2

Vanissa Chan

Forced Trajectory Project: assessing the trauma experienced by families affected

by police violence in the Las Vegas area

Amber Williams

Memory and Stereotyping of Lesbian/Gay Characters in Narratives

Chin Chai Huan

The relationship between global carbon cycle change and extinction in the late

Cambrian period

Kimberly Galbe

Autonom-us

Negasi Gebremichael

Reuse of Returned Plastic Concrete in Las Vegas

Geoscience, Ph.D.

Architecture, M.S.

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction,

M.S.

Kelliann Beavers

Light Rail in Las Vegas School of Public Policy and Leadership, Ph.D.