Nebraska Summer Research Symposium Directory August 7, 2019

Poster Locations by Last Name Adenwalla, Arnavaz….. 138 Aguirre, Lorena….. 153 Akyeampong, Chelsea….. 110 Al Badaai, Mohammed….. 125 Ali, Rakim….. 43 Ali, Arsha….. 197 Altrichter, Logan….. 105 Andronaco, Zachary….. 168 Askey, Bryce….. 12 Askey, Jonathan….. 51 Asselin, Nathan….. 190 Ausherman, Moriah….. 179 Babinchak, Ashley….. 161 Barnard, Aleece….. 85 Batelaan, Alexander….. 50 Bayimenye, Ruth….. 67 Beadle, Michele….. 6 Becker, Sophia….. 8 Behling, Emily….. 14 Belz, Natalie….. 42 Berger, Christina….. 80 Bessell, Brandt….. 11 Bhusal, Shikshya….. 53 Birmingham, Kaylah….. 75 Brito, Carlos….. 192 Broadway, Joseph….. 183 Browning, Tyler….. 65 Bruhn, Bergen….. 96 Brush, Rachel….. 95 Burch, Mackenzie….. 108 Butler, Andrew….. 145 Chan, Victoria….. 214 Chen, Jessica….. 18 Chong, Jun Rong Brian….. 129 Cook, Olivia….. 166 Corrigan, Alexsandra….. 35 Cruz, Gabriel….. 115 Currie, Matthew….. 165 Dalbol, Andrew….. 100 Darfur, Ahmed….. 136 Derr, Leo….. 159

Diliziba, Delimulati….. 178 Droge, Simone….. 109 Elsayed, Abdelrahman….. 144 Elzoeiry, Marawan….. 62 Esquer, Stefania….. 204 Esselman, Allison….. 54 Fletcher, Paul….. 203 Freund, Meghan….. 41 Fulton, Evan….. 188 Galanis, Christina….. 207 Galvan, Luke….. 126 Garcia Rosado, Katiana….. 38 Gerdes, Jonathan….. 140 Gewing-Mullins, Jordan….. 37 Goldsmith, Andrew….. 103 Goulet, Chris….. 102 Grambo, Sarah….. 44 Grinvalds, John….. 111 Guerra, Joshua….. 116 Haake, Aaron….. 176 Haggerty, Ryan….. 134 Hardtke, Haley….. 72 Hardy, Henley….. 60 Hassan, Usama….. 78 Hauder, Logan….. 186 He, Angela….. 114 Heisner, James….. 113 Helzer, Anna….. 90 Hendrickson, Hannah….. 15 Hernandez, Nestor….. 89 Herrschaft, Ryan….. 117 Hessel, Solena….. 77 Hudson, Jonathan….. 36 Hurr, Gracie….. 3 Hymanson, Evan….. 182 Inman, Daniel….. 58 Jacobsen, Anna….. 160 Jelonek, Karissa….. 201 Jentz, Serena….. 143 Johnson, Tatum….. 175 Kao, Sarina….. 10 Kaur, Salan Preet….. 30 Kawabata, Ryoei….. 83 Kobza, Alyssa….. 106 Koehler, Isabelle….. 185 Koenig, Amy….. 104 Koeppe, Nate….. 191 Kvokov, Stephanida….. 64

Laible, Emma….. 33 Lange, Mitchell….. 132 Laurent, Alexis….. 206 Le, Trieu….. 156 Leuschen, BeKa….. 19 Little, Helen….. 171 Lowery, John….. 164 Mack, Xavier….. 26 Mahoro, Grace….. 66 Malcolm, Angelique….. 70 Maras, Olivia….. 122 Martin, Zach….. 97 Martin, Miranda….. 29 Martinez, Samuel….. 34 Maul, Erica….. 22 McAdoo, Norel….. 133 McCann, Joshua….. 210 McDonough, Miriam….. 63 McLain, Avery….. 149 McPhaul, Nina….. 202 Mejas Veintids, Valerie….. 9 Meyer, Kaela….. 121 Miller, Logan….. 87 Moberly, Luke….. 142 Mollocana, Evelyn….. 181 Morrow, Ashley….. 71 Morse, Christopher….. 199 Moyer, Haley….. 23 Moyer, Susana….. 31 Myers, Jacob….. 74 Nakai, Saki….. 118 Nalwala, Murtaza….. 205 Nelson, Carter….. 107 Neufeld-Kreider, Annika….. 148 Newswanger, Jeremy….. 4 Nguyen, Nancy….. 88 Nguyen, Tung….. 147 Noel, Hannah….. 59 Nouva, Catherine….. 187 Oh, Hannah….. 101 Ohm, Kevin….. 212 O'Leary, Evan….. 158 Olivera-Torres, Angel….. 177 Osborn, Jesse….. 131 Otte, Megan….. 173 Padera, Morgan….. 93 Paternostro, Eduardo….. 13 Paust, Sarah….. 119

Pekarek, Matthew….. 69 Perey, Trevor….. 167 Perez, Adryenna….. 20 Perez, Samantha….. 135 Perez Garfias, Juan….. 211 Pesantez, Fernando….. 193 Peterson, Kerstin….. 6 Podany, Collin….. 99 Price, Malya….. 25 Quinga, Francisco….. 195 Rajagopal, Divith….. 17 Rajan, Pranav….. 98 Rast, Alaina….. 94 Raya Vaca, Juan D….. 24 Reese, Kaylyn….. 152 Rensner, Josiah….. 61 Reyes, Guadalupe….. 209 Rhodes, Erin….. 2 Richardson, Alexandria….. 170 Rivera Castro, Jos M.….. 151 Rodriguez, Kiara….. 39 Rodriguez, Marisa….. 40 Rodriguez, Juliana….. 84 Rogers, Nick….. 154 Ryan, McKenna….. 81 Sabo, Kylie….. 49 Saraf, Anshul….. 137 Savage, Jackson….. 189 Schatz, Aubrey….. 48 Schwensen, Katrina….. 141 Sedaghat, Hessan….. 172 Sedler, Cassandra….. 56 Seidl, Elizabeth….. 162 Shuman, Justin….. 52 Sindelar, Charlee….. 92 Siwik, Shea….. 76 Skretta, Anton….. 128 Smith, Merrsadiz….. 112 Smith, Abby….. 169 Smorada, Chiara….. 1 Spanier, Nicole….. 7 Staller, Dalton….. 180 Sum, Jia Yin….. 27 Sutton, Meredith….. 213 Tay, Yi Xuen….. 79 Tinoco, Dalton….. 150 Tinoco, Selena….. 194 Tofa, Roselyn….. 155

Tsukada, Naomi….. 174 Venkatachalam, Ananth….. 184 Vietz, Chad….. 57 Volk, Sage….. 123 Walford, Carter….. 130 Ward, Clark….. 32 Waters, Winifred….. 157Wehrman, Rose….. 82 Wilbeck, Cadi….. 16 Williams, Honour Wai….. 73 Wisehart, Chelsey….. 91 Wong, Huey-Xian….. 46 Wright, Andrew….. 55 Wulkop, Cristian….. 45 Xie, Sherry….. 120 Yaghmour, Stephen….. 127 Yanez Gonzlez, Gabriela….. 208 Yang, Qixuan….. 124 Yen, Alex….. 196 Yoo, ChaeWoon….. 21 Youn, Christina….. 198 Zayas Declet, Jian….. 5 Zhao, Kevin….. 146

Applied Plant Systems Michele Beadle Research group: Applied Plant Systems Poster location: 6 Poster title: Evidence for hysteresis in the restoration of grasslands from a cedar invaded state Advisor: Dirac Twidwell Sophia Becker Research group: Applied Plant Systems Poster location: 8 Poster title: Long-term Crop Rotation and Nitrogen Rate Effects on Soil Organic Carbon Advisor: Marty Schmer Gracie Hurr Research group: Applied Plant Systems Poster location: 3 Poster title: Temporal duration of antibiotic resistant genes in manure amended soils Advisor: Daniel Miller Valerie Mejas Veintids Research group: Applied Plant Systems Poster location: 9

Poster title: Selecting Solid Wheat Stem Lines for Wheat Sawfly Resistance Advisor: Stephen Baenziger Jeremy Newswanger Research group: Applied Plant Systems Poster location: 4 Poster title: Determining the Amount of ARBs in the Soil throughout the Growing Season after the Application of Bio-Amendments Advisor: Lisa Durso Erin Rhodes Research group: Applied Plant Systems Poster location: 2 Poster title: Interactive effects of tarping and bioamendments for nutrient and weed management Advisor: Sam Wortman Chiara Smorada Research group: Applied Plant Systems Poster location: 1 Poster title: Magnetic Effect on Herbicide Treatment for Palmer Amaranth Advisor: Jess Spotanski and Donald Lee Nicole Spanier Research group: Applied Plant Systems Poster location: 7 Poster title: Disk tillage results in a greater carbon footprint than no tillage in a corn-soybean rotation system Advisor: Virginia Jin

Beneficial Insects Xavier Mack Research group: Beneficial Insects Poster location: 26 Poster title: Revealing Misconceptions About Pollinators via Online Surveys Advisor: Douglas Golick, Jenny Dauer Erica Maul Research group: Beneficial Insects Poster location: 22 Poster title: Understanding Land Use and Environmental Influences On Honey Bee Productivity with Hive Scales Advisor: Matthew Smart Haley Moyer Research group: Beneficial Insects Poster location: 23

Poster title: General Esterase activity of Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) exposed to Pyrethroid insecticides Advisor: Troy Anderson Adryenna Perez Research group: Beneficial Insects Poster location: 20 Poster title: Sequential Herbivory Modulates Plant Defense Responses to Different Insect Pests Advisor: Joe Louis Malya Price Research group: Beneficial Insects Poster location: 25 Poster title: Help, These Beetles Look Relatively Identical. DNA to the Rescue! Advisor: Tom Weissling Juan D Raya Vaca Research group: Beneficial Insects Poster location: 24 Poster title: Sorghum Physiological Responses to Sugarcane Aphid Feeding Advisor: Joe Louis ChaeWoon Yoo Research group: Beneficial Insects Poster location: 21 Poster title: Effects of pesticide residues in brood comb on age transitioning behaviors in honey bees (*Apis mellifera* L.) Advisor: Judy Wu-Smart

Bioenergy Systems Rakim Ali Research group: Bioenergy Systems Poster location: 43 Poster title: CRISPR induced gene editing in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Advisor: Dr. Heriberto Cerutti Alexsandra Corrigan Research group: Bioenergy Systems Poster location: 35 Poster title: Growth effects of Methylobacterium on Arabidopsis thaliana Advisor: Joshua Herr Meghan Freund Research group: Bioenergy Systems Poster location: 41

Poster title: Engineering Medium-Chain Fatty Acid Synthesis in Camelina to Improve Oil Quality for Bio-Jet Fuel Use Advisor: Edgar Cahoon Katiana Garcia Rosado Research group: Bioenergy Systems Poster location: 38 Poster title: Isolation and Characterization of Acetoanaerobium sp. strain VLB-1 Advisor: Karrie Weber Jordan Gewing-Mullins Research group: Bioenergy Systems Poster location: 37 Poster title: Optimizing Genome Engineering of Methanogens for Heterologous Humulene Synthase Expression Advisor: Nicole Buan Sarah Grambo Research group: Bioenergy Systems Poster location: 44 Poster title: Lipid Profiling of Polyextremotolerant Fungi in Multiple Growth Conditions Advisor: Wayne Riekhof Jonathan Hudson Research group: Bioenergy Systems Poster location: 36 Poster title: Parallel cooption of an alternative holocytochrome c synthesis pathway in diverse plants and algae Advisor: Jeffrey Mower Kiara Rodriguez Research group: Bioenergy Systems Poster location: 39 Poster title: Reproducing the Metabolic Conditions of Archaeal Epigenetic Adaptation Advisor: Paul Blum Marisa Rodriguez Research group: Bioenergy Systems Poster location: 40 Poster title: Engineering Carboxylate Reductases for Activity on Dicarboxylates Advisor: Wei Niu

Biomedical Engineering

Ashley Babinchak Research group: Biomedical Engineering Poster location: 161

Poster title: Modulation of Non-Viral Gene Delivery to Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells via Combinatorial Priming Advisor: Angela Pannier Olivia Cook Research group: Biomedical Engineering Poster location: 166 Poster title: Early detection of Alzheimers disease: a new breath-hold index for cerebrovascular reactivity assessment Advisor: Dr. Greg Bashford Matthew Currie Research group: Biomedical Engineering Poster location: 165 Poster title: Design of a High Precision XY Gantry for Testing Acoustic Output of Ultrasonic Transducers Advisor: Greg Bashford Anna Jacobsen Research group: Biomedical Engineering Poster location: 160 Poster title: Using DNA repair inhibitors to sensitize brain cancer cells to radiation treatment Advisor: Forrest Kievit John Lowery Research group: Biomedical Engineering Poster location: 164 Poster title: Design of Modular, Cost-Effective Robot Arm for Increased Dexterity in Laparoscopic Surgery Advisor: Carl Nelson Trevor Perey Research group: Biomedical Engineering Poster location: 167 Poster title: Film-Controlled Vacuum Actuation for Targeted Attachment and Drug Delivery in the Small Intestine Advisor: Benjamin Terry Elizabeth Seidl Research group: Biomedical Engineering Poster location: 162 Poster title: Engineering Hepatocyte-Stellate Co-cultures for Investigation of Intercellular Communication in the Liver Advisor: Dr. Srivatsan Kidambi Jake Watson Research group: Biomedical Engineering Poster location: 163 Poster title: Wearable Biomonitoring for First Responders

Advisor: Eric Markvicka

Chemistry Marawan Elzoeiry Research group: Chemistry Poster location: 62 Poster title: Analysis of Binding and Competition of Anti-Diabetic Drugs with Human Serum Albumin by High Performance Affinity Chromatography Advisor: David S. Hage Allison Esselman Research group: Chemistry Poster location: 54 Poster title: Effects of Gold Surface Modification with Phosphonic Acid for Electrochemical Detection of Uranium Advisor: Rebecca Lai Henley Hardy Research group: Chemistry Poster location: 60 Poster title: Rational Control of Crystal Nucleation by Manipulation of Precursor Depletion Zones Advisor: Stephen Morin Daniel Inman Research group: Chemistry Poster location: 58 Poster title: Development of an Instrument to Comprehensively Assess Core Concepts in General Chemistry Advisor: Dr. Alena Moon Stephanida Kvokov Research group: Chemistry Poster location: 64 Poster title: Innovative, Low-Temperature Chemical Vapor Deposition Synthesis for Graphene with Solid Carbon Precursors Advisor: Alexander Sinitskii Miriam McDonough Research group: Chemistry Poster location: 63 Poster title: Primase-Helicase Interface Assays Advisor: Mark Griep Hannah Noel Research group: Chemistry Poster location: 59

Poster title: Semi-Automated Identification of Metabolites to Aid in Drug Discovery and Disease Diagnostics Advisor: Robert Powers Josiah Rensner Research group: Chemistry Poster location: 61 Poster title: Fragmentation of Isomeric Sialylated Carbohydrates Using Hot Transfer Ionization and Sustained Off-Resonance Irradiation Mass Spectrometry Advisor: Eric Dodds Chad Vietz Research group: Chemistry Poster location: 57 Poster title: Synthesis of High-Spin Di- and Tri-Radicals that Exhibit Extraordinary Thermal Stability via a Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reaction Advisor: Andrzej Rajca Andrew Wright Research group: Chemistry Poster location: 55 Poster title: Synthesis of Alpha-Amino Acids via Enzymatic Catalyst in a Dynamic Reductive Kinetic Resolution Advisor: David Berkowitz

Graduate School Exploration Fellowship Program Merrsadiz Smith Research group: GSEF -University Libraries Poster location: 112 Poster title: Understanding the information needs of students in a college preparation program Advisor: Toni Anaya, Erica DeFrain

Minority Health Disparities Gabriel Cruz Research group: Minority Health Disparities Poster location: 115 Poster title: Peer Influence Among PWID: A Social Network Analysis on The Potential Impact of Key Participants and Their Injecting Settings Advisor: Kirk Dombrowski Joshua Guerra Research group: Minority Health Disparities Poster location: 116 Poster title: Using Trust to Predict Risk Among PWID Advisor: Kirk Dombrowski

Angela He Research group: Minority Health Disparities Poster location: 114 Poster title: Mind the Gaps: Assessing Intergenerational Relationships in an Inuit Community's Support Networks Advisor: Kirk Dombrowski Ryan Herrschaft Research group: Minority Health Disparities Poster location: 117 Poster title: HIV Serosorting and Alter-Ego Reporting Discrepancies in Social Network Data Among People Who Inject Drugs Advisor: Kirk Dombrowski Saki Nakai Research group: Minority Health Disparities Poster location: 118 Poster title: Reciprocal and Non-reciprocal Support in an Inuit Community in Labrador, Canada Advisor: Kirk Dombrowski

Sherry Xie Research group: Minority Health Disparities Poster location: 120 Poster title: Culture of Access: Suicide and Cultural Capital in an Inuit Community Advisor: Kirk Dombrowski

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction Sarina Kao Research group: Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction Poster location: 10 Poster title: Identification of the E3 Ligase Targeting BIK1 in ABA/Abiotic Stress Signaling Advisor: Lirong Zeng

MRSEC Lorena Aguirre Research group: MRSEC Poster location: 153 Poster title: Raman Spectroscopy of MoS2 with Different layer Thickness Advisor: Xia Hong Trieu Le Research group: MRSEC Poster location: 156 Poster title: Transition Metal Doped Quantum Dots for Photovoltaic Applications Advisor: Carolina C. Ilie Avery McLain Research group: MRSEC Poster location: 149 Poster title: Electrochemical Detection of Glucose on Glassy Carbon and Graphene-modified Glassy Carbon Electrodes Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Lai Annika Neufeld-Kreider Research group: MRSEC Poster location: 148 Poster title: TiS3(001) Nanowhiskers as Photoconduction Channels in Hybrid Halide Perovskite Photovoltaics Advisor: Carolina Ilie Kaylyn Reese Research group: MRSEC Poster location: 152 Poster title: Magnetic Properties of Fe-Si Nanoparticles Advisor: Jeffrey Shield

Jos M. Rivera Castro Research group: MRSEC Poster location: 151 Poster title: Temperature- Dependent Evolution of Optical Constants for Orthorhombic NdGaO3 through Mueller Matrix Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Advisor: Eva Schubert Dalton Tinoco Research group: MRSEC Poster location: 150 Poster title: Generation of Skyrmion-Antiskyrmion Pair at a DMI Interface with Current Advisor: Alexey Kovalev Roselyn Tofa Research group: MRSEC Poster location: 155 Poster title: Optical and Transport Properties of Inorganic Perovskites Advisor: Carolina Ilie Winifred Waters Research group: MRSEC Poster location: 157 Poster title: Deuterated Diisopropylammonium-Bromide: Structural Studies of an Organic Ferroelectric Advisor: Dr. Stephen Ducharme

Nanotechnology & Nanohybrid Functional Materials Ryoei Kawabata Research group: Nanotechnology Poster location: 83 Poster title: Self-hardening alginate gels for strengthening of soils Advisor: Seunghee Kim/Ashraf Aly Hassan Moriah Ausherman Research group: Nanohybrid Functional Materials Poster location: 179 Poster title: Additive Manufactured Wick Structures for Two-Phase Cooling Advisor: Michael Sealy Kaitlynn Derr Research group: Nanohybrid Functional Materials Poster location: 159 Poster title: Acetate-assisted synthesis of ceria nanoparticles Advisor: Chin Li Cheung Evan O'Leary

Research group: Nanohybrid Functional Materials Poster location: 158 Poster title: Time and Frequency Domain Modeling of Thermo-Plasmonic Effects Advisor: Christo Argyropoulos Dalton Staller Research group: Nanotechnology Poster location: 180 Poster title: Patterned Co-cultures of Stellate Cells and Hepatocytes using Nano-structured Polymer Film to Study Cell-Cell Interactions in the Liver Advisor: Dr. Srivatsan Kidambi

Plant and Microbiome Emily Behling Research group: Plant and Microbiome Poster location: 14 Poster title: ANALYSIS OF ROOT PHENOTYPE, CELL TRANSCRIPTOME, AND EXUDATE PRODUCTION ACROSS MAIZE CULTIVARS TO DECIPHER PLANT-SOIL MICROBE INTERACTIONS Advisor: Marc Libault Brandt Bessell Research group: Plant and Microbiome Poster location: 11 Poster title: A Novel Confidence-Driven Approach to Biosynthetic Pathway Gap-Filling in Metabolic Networks Advisor: Tomas Helikar Hannah Hendrickson Research group: Plant and Microbiome Poster location: 15 Poster title: Verification of T-DNA Insertion in Arabidopsis thaliana Through Genotyping Advisor: Dr. Bin Yu Eduardo Paternostro Research group: Plant and Microbiome Poster location: 13 Poster title: Sorghum bicolor rhizosphere microbial diversity is influenced by sorgoleone Advisor: Daniel Schachtman

Redox Biology Kaylah Birmingham Research group: Redox Biology Poster location: 75 Poster title: Copper's Role in Cancer Cell Proliferation and Protein Expression Advisor: Dr. Jaekwon Lee

Haley Hardtke Research group: Redox Biology Poster location: 72 Poster title: Discovery of Inhibitors of the Parkinson’s and Cancer-associated Protein DJ-1 Advisor: Dr. Mark Wilson Usama Hassan Research group: Redox Biology Poster location: 78 Poster title: Characterization of Escherichia coli Proline Utilization A Mutant E372A G1320C Advisor: Dr. Donald Becker Solena Hessel Research group: Redox Biology Poster location: 77 Poster title: Role of mitochondrial quality control in regulation of intraorganellar contacts Advisor: Oleh Khalimonchuk Ashley Morrow Research group: Redox Biology Poster location: 71 Poster title: Effects of L-Proline & 2-aminobenzaldebhyde on pycr Knockdown C. elegans Under Starvation Advisor: Donald Becker Jacob Myers Research group: Redox Biology Poster location: 74 Poster title: Investigating the Effects of Cu+2 Stress on Sestrin2 Phosphorylation and Mitochondrial Translocation Advisor: Seung-Hyun Ro Shea Siwik Research group: Redox Biology Poster location: 76 Poster title: Relationship between Mycothiol and White B-Like Proteins in Mycobacteria Advisor: Limei Zhang Honour Wai Williams Research group: Redox Biology Poster location: 73 Poster title: Elucidating the Impact of Transketolase in Epilepsy Advisor: Dr. Jiri Adamec

Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure Victoria Chan Research group: Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure Poster location: 214 Poster title: Predicting Rural and Environmental Water Quality Advisor: Dr. Yusong Li Christina Galanis Research group: Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure Poster location: 207 Poster title: Exploring Accessible Technology for Photogrammetry as a Civil Engineering Educational Tool Advisor: Dr. Joshua Steelman Ryan Haggerty Research group: Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure Poster location: 134 Poster title: Advancing Implementation of Geosynthetically Reinforced Soil-Integrated Bridge Systems Advisor: Dr. Seunghee Kim Alexis Laurent Research group: Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure Poster location: 206 Poster title: Error Propagation in Aerial Derived Point Clouds for Gravel Roads Advisor: Richard Wood Joshua McCann Research group: Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure Poster location: 210 Poster title: Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) using Membrane Interface Probe (MIP) and Hydraulic Profiling Tool (HPT) Advisor: Dr. Jongwan Eun Kevin Ohm Research group: Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure Poster location: 212 Poster title: IMPACT OF ESSENTIAL OILS ON THE PRESENCE OF AMR GENES IN BEEF CATTLE MANURE Advisor: Xu Li Samantha Perez Research group: Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure Poster location: 135 Poster title: Removing Insecticides from Lake Water using Floating Treatment Wetlands Advisor: Tiffany Messer Juan Perez Garfias Research group: Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure

Poster location: 211 Poster title: Unintended Composite Action in Bridges: Investigating how uncertain composite effectiveness affects load ratings Advisor: Joshua Steelman Guadalupe Reyes Research group: Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure Poster location: 209 Poster title: Rural Bridge Management Advisor: Daniel Linzell Meredith Sutton Research group: Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure Poster location: 213 Poster title: Occurrence of Microplastics in Freshwater Sediments near Omaha, Nebraska Advisor: Shannon Bartelt-Hunt Gabriela Yanez Gonzlez Research group: Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure Poster location: 208 Poster title: Resilience of Rural Infrastructure: Shake Table Tests of Scaled Silos Advisor: Christine E. Wittich

Unmanned Systems Arsha Ali Research group: Unmanned Systems Poster location: 197 Poster title: Failure Detection and Correction for Aerial Autonomous Systems Advisor: Brittany Duncan Stefania Esquer Research group: Unmanned Systems Poster location: 204 Poster title: Radiation mitigation techniques for small satellites Advisor: Justin Bradley Paul Fletcher Research group: Unmanned Systems Poster location: 203 Poster title: Wait, Who's Flying This Thing? A Learning Approach for UAV Operator Mode Classification Advisor: Dr. Brittany Duncan Karissa Jelonek Research group: Unmanned Systems Poster location: 201 Poster title: Altitude-Controlled Balloon System

Advisor: Carrick Detweiler Nina McPhaul Research group: Unmanned Systems Poster location: 202 Poster title: How to Elicit the Desired Responses for Non-Anthropomorphic Unmanned Autonomous Systems Studies Advisor: Brittany Duncan Christopher Morse Research group: Unmanned Systems Poster location: 199 Poster title: Real-Time Unmanned Drone Detection: Optimization Through Data Augmentation and Transfer Learning Advisor: Carrick Detweiler Alex Yen Research group: Unmanned Systems Poster location: 196 Poster title: Altitude Control of Zero Pressure Balloons Advisor: Carrick Detweiler Christina Youn Research group: Unmanned Systems Poster location: 198 Poster title: Identifiable Flying Objects: Distinguishing Aerial Entities in Real-Time Advisor: Carrick Detweiler

Virology Matthew Pekarek Research group: Virology Poster location: 69 Poster title: Expression of HIV-1 MPER Antigen in Mycobacterium bovis BCG Advisor: Dr. Shi-Hua Xiang

Yachay Tech Carlos Brito Research group: Yachay Tech Poster location: 192 Poster title: Democratization of Wireless Networks: a Software-Defined 5g System Solution for the Andes Advisor: Hamid Sharif Fernando Pesantez Research group: Yachay Tech

Poster location: 193 Poster title: Cationic Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Decorated Silica Nanoparticles to Fight against Antibiotic Resistance Advisor: Shudipto Dishari Francisco Quinga Research group: Yachay Tech Poster location: 195 Poster title: Determination of the Optimal Photo Sampling Height for Lake Boundary Extraction and Water Sampling Advisor: Justin Bradley Selena Tinoco Research group: Yachay Tech Poster location: 194 Poster title: COMPARING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES AND METAGENOMICS IN COMPOSTING VS STOCKPILING Advisor: Xu Li Evelyn Mollocana Research group: Yachay Tech Poster location: 181 Poster title: Suturable Scaffold with Sustained Protein Release to treat Volumetric Muscle Loss Advisor: Ali Tamayol

McNair Scholars Program Nestor Hernandez Research group: McNair Scholars Program Poster location: 89 Poster title: Community Violence Exposures in Latinx Adolescence, Access to Care, and Well-Being Outcomes Advisor: Dr. Lisa Kort-Butler Aleece Barnard Research group: McNair Scholars Program Poster location: 85 Poster title: Scaled Shake Table Tests of Free-Standing Structures with Varying Interface Geometry Advisor: Christine Wittich My-Linh Luc Research group: McNair Scholars Program Poster location: 86 Poster title: Financial implications on infertility treatment decision-making, continuity of care, and patient well-being Advisor: Angela Palmer-Wackerly

Nancy Nguyen Research group: McNair Scholars Program Poster location: 88 Poster title: Defining the Antifungal Mechanisms of Action of Isocyanide Compounds Advisor: Wayne Riekhof Juliana Rodriguez Research group: McNair Scholars Program Poster location: 84 Poster title: Vascular phantom for verification and discrimination of emboli present in cerebral circulation Advisor: Greg Bashford

Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research Andrew Butler Research group: Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research Poster location: 145 Poster title: Calculating the Instruction-Level Energy Cost of CyberSecurity Protocols Advisor: Song Ci Abdelrahman Elsayed Research group: Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research Poster location: 144 Poster title: Control of Electrospun Jets Instabilities: In Pursuit of Perfect Continuous Nanofiber Alignment Advisor: Yuris Dzenis Tung Nguyen Research group: Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research Poster location: 147 Poster title: Evaluating the Solubility of Carbon Dioxide in Polymer/Ionic-Liquids Mixtures using Quartz Crystal Microbalance Advisor: Siamak Nejati Kevin Zhao Research group: Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research Poster location: 146 Poster title: Synthesis of Novel High-Entropy Materials for Extreme Environments Advisor: Bai Cui

Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience High School Interns

Arnavaz Adenwalla Research group: Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience High School Interns Poster location: 138 Poster title: Thermal Effect on Domain Wall's Configuration in Epitaxial Ferroelectric Thin Films

Advisor: Xia Hong Ahmed Darfur Research group: Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience High School Interns Poster location: 136 Poster title: Forming Hydrophobic Structures By Femtosecond Laser Machining Advisor: Timothy Carlson Serena Jentz Research group: Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience High School Interns Poster location: 143 Poster title: Properties of ODS-HEA Sintered at Different Temperatures Advisor: Xiang Zhang Luke Moberly Research group: Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience High School Interns Poster location: 142 Poster title: Schlieren Imaging of Acoustic Levitation Advisor: Herman Batelaan Blake Pfeiffer Research group: Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience High School Interns Poster location: 139 Poster title: Synthesis, Characterization and Antibacterial Applications of Silica Nanoparticles. Advisor: Shudipto Dishari Pranav Rajan Research group: Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience High School Interns Poster location: 98 Poster title: Studying the Effect of Lensing Phenomena in Laser Powder Bed Fusion Advisor: Dr. Prahalada Rao Anshul Saraf Research group: Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience High School Interns Poster location: 137 Poster title: Enhancing Non-Viral Gene Delivery to Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells using Drug Priming for Therapeutic Exosome Production Advisor: Angela Pannier Katrina Schwensen Research group: Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience High School Interns Poster location: 141 Poster title: Dopamine-modified Carbon Electrodes for Electrocatalytic Detection of Dopamine Advisor: Rebecca Lai

UCARE Samuel Martinez Research group: UCARE - Animal Science Poster location: 34 Poster title: In Vitro Expression of Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin Advisor: Dr. Hiep Vu Logan Altrichter Research group: UCARE - Architecture Poster location: 105 Poster title: Integrated design in architecture Advisor: Craig Babe Amy Koenig Research group: UCARE - Architecture Poster location: 104 Poster title: Daniel Libeskind and the Role of Information Glut Advisor: Peter Olshavsky Alyssa Kobza Research group: UCARE - Art Poster location: 106 Poster title: Immigrant Experience Artist Book Advisor: Karen Kunc Carter Nelson Research group: UCARE - Art Poster location: 107 Poster title: Art and the portrayal of mental illness Advisor: Sandra Williams Patrick Forbes Research group: UCARE - Biochemistry Poster location: 47 Poster title: Site directed mutagenesis of murine Stabilin-2 for the analysis of plague formation in the aortic arc Advisor: Edward Harris Huey-Xian Wong Research group: UCARE - Biochemistry Poster location: 46 Poster title: Investigation Of The Interactions Between The C-terminal Domain OfThe Alpha Subunit Of TheRNA Polymerase And The Unique Transcription FactorWhiB1 From Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Advisor: Limei Zhang Cristian Wulkop

Research group: UCARE - Biochemistry Poster location: 45 Poster title: Correlation Between Maize Metabolite Levels and Phenotypic Traits Advisor: Toshihiro Obata Tatum Johnson Research group: UCARE - Biological Systems Engineering Poster location: 175 Poster title: Adjustable Fixation Device for Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound Advisor: Greg Bashford Helen Little Research group: UCARE - Biological Systems Engineering Poster location: 171 Poster title: UV Degradation of Neonicotinoids Advisor: Tiffany Messer Alexandria Richardson Research group: UCARE - Biological Systems Engineering Poster location: 170 Poster title: Size Optimization of Methacrylated Chondroitin Sulfate-A Microparticles as an Injectable Treatment for Low Back Pain Advisor: Rebecca Wachs Hessan Sedaghat Research group: UCARE - Biological Systems Engineering Poster location: 172 Poster title: DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION OF A ROBOTIC SYSTEM TO SIMULATE AUTONOMOUS MANAGEMENT IN PLANT NURSERY Advisor: Santosh Pitla Abby Smith Research group: UCARE - Biological Systems Engineering Poster location: 169 Poster title: Optimization of Lateral Acceleration in Base Leads Advisor: Curt Tomasevicz Naomi Tsukada Research group: UCARE - Biological Systems Engineering Poster location: 174 Poster title: Investigating dCas9 Toxicity in Actinobacillus succinogenes Advisor: Mark Wilkins Logan Hauder Research group: UCARE - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Poster location: 186 Poster title: MRSA Seek & Destroy Advisor: Dr. Wei Niu

Isabelle Koehler Research group: UCARE - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Poster location: 185 Poster title: Role of Film Thickness and Interfacial Interactions on Morphology and Viscoelastic Properties of Ionomer Thin Films Advisor: Dr. Shudipto Dishari Ananth Venkatachalam Research group: UCARE - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Poster location: 184 Poster title: Exploration of Stripping Voltammetry to Detect Cu 2+ Ions in Water Advisor: Ravi Saraf Jonathan Askey Research group: UCARE - Chemistry Poster location: 51 Poster title: Enzymatic Dynamic Reductive Kinetic Resolution (DYRKR) toward the Synthesis of Alpha-Amino Acids Advisor: David Berkowitz Shikshya Bhusal Research group: UCARE - Chemistry Poster location: 53 Poster title: Critical aspects of the photoelectric effect: Perspectives by both textbooks and learners Advisor: Dr. Alena Moon Justin Shuman Research group: UCARE - Chemistry Poster location: 52 Poster title: What are we worried about? Student concerns in introductory STEM courses. Advisor: Marilyne Stains Chelsey Wisehart Research group: UCARE - Children, Families, and the Law Poster location: 91 Poster title: Case Closure Among the Lancaster County's Family Treatment Drug Court: The Role of Personal Relationships Advisor: Matt Carlson Murtaza Nalwala Research group: UCARE - Civil Engineering Poster location: 205 Poster title: Testing and modeling of polymeric fibers for resilient infrastructures. Advisor: Dr. Yong Rak-Kim Jun Rong Brian Chong Research group: UCARE - Computer Science

Poster location: 129 Poster title: DeepWild: Behavior Analysis of Animals from Camera Trap Images Advisor: Mohammad Rashedul Hasan Anton Skretta Research group: UCARE - Computer Science Poster location: 128 Poster title: Ethical Assurances for Developers Advisor: Massimiliano Pierobon Zach Martin Research group: UCARE - Child, Youth, and Family Studies Poster location: 97 Poster title: Sustainability of Inquiry-Based Pedagogy Guided by Instructional Coaching Advisor: Gwen Nugent McKenna Ryan Research group: UCARE - Child, Youth, and Family Studies Poster location: 81 Poster title: Coaching Strategies; How Do They Differ? Advisor: Gwen Nugent Mohammed Al Badaai Research group: UCARE - Economincs Poster location: 125 Poster title: The Gulf Cooperation Council and Economic Growth in the Arabian Peninsula Advisor: Dr. Christopher Mann Yi Xuen Tay Research group: UCARE - Educational Administration Poster location: 79 Poster title: International Students Motivations, Experiences and Intended Outcomes on their Participation in Greek Letter Organizations (GLO) Advisor: Elvira Abrica Christina Berger Research group: UCARE - Educational Psychology Poster location: 80 Poster title: Predictors of Adolescent Disclosure of Peer Victimization Advisor: Meredith Martin Nate Koeppe Research group: UCARE - Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster location: 191 Poster title: High Vacuum Temperature Dependent Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Advisor: Mathias Schubert Mackenzie Burch

Research group: UCARE - English Poster location: 108 Poster title: Online Accessibility and the Future of the George Eliot Archive Advisor: Beverley Rilett Simone Droge Research group: UCARE - English Poster location: 109 Poster title: Encoding Prose: The Complete Letters of Willa Cather Advisor: Andrew Jewell Chelsea Akyeampong Research group: UCARE - History Poster location: 110 Poster title: To Enter Africa from America: U.S. Empire, Race, and the African Question, 1847-1919 Advisor: Dr. Jeannette Jones John Grinvalds Research group: UCARE - History Poster location: 111 Poster title: The Plains Indian Wars in Nebraska from Colonial and Anti-Colonial Perspectives Advisor: James Le Sueur James Heisner Research group: UCARE - Libraries Poster location: 113 Poster title: Lincoln's Culture: Preservation of Classical Music Printed Programs Advisor: Anita Breckbill Qixuan Yang Research group: UCARE - Management Poster location: 124 Poster title: Nontechnological acquisition, relatedness, and innovation output Advisor: Jifeng Yu Luke Galvan Research group: UCARE - Mathematics Poster location: 126 Poster title: A Computational Investigation of a Continuum Model for Flocking Dynamics Advisor: Adam Larios Stephen Yaghmour Research group: UCARE - Mathematics Poster location: 127 Poster title: Nonlocal Approximations for Topics in Peridynamics Advisor: Mikil Foss Joseph Broadway

Research group: UCARE - Mechanical and Materials Engineering Poster location: 183 Poster title: Investigation of Digital Image Correlation as a Method of Measuring Bolted Joint Pressure Distribution Advisor: Keegan Moore Delimulati Diliziba Research group: UCARE - Mechanical and Materials Engineering Poster location: 178 Poster title: Swimming Patterns of Vorticella Convallaria Advisor: Sangjin Ryu Aaron Haake Research group: UCARE - Mechanical and Materials Engineering Poster location: 176 Poster title: 3D Printing Multifunctional Elastomer Material Advisor: Eric Markvicka Evan Hymanson Research group: UCARE - Mechanical and Materials Engineering Poster location: 182 Poster title: Ablative and Confining Layers in Laser Peening for Hybrid Additive Manufacturing Advisor: Michael Sealy Anna Helzer Research group: UCARE - Modern Languages Poster location: 90 Poster title: History and Impact of Centennial College at UNL Advisor: Ali Moeller Chris Goulet Research group: UCARE - Music Poster location: 102 Poster title: Evolving Structures in "Dances of Earth and Fire" by Peter Klatzow Advisor: Dave Hall Mitchell Lange Research group: UCARE - Physics Poster location: 132 Poster title: Analyzing Particles using the Milliqan Detector Advisor: Frank Golf Jesse Osborn Research group: UCARE - Physics Poster location: 131 Poster title: Multivariate Analysis of Neutrino Signal and Background Noise in the Askaryan Radio Array Experiment Advisor: Ilya Kravchenko

Carter Walford Research group: UCARE - Physics Poster location: 130 Poster title: Simulation of Milli-Charged Particles Generated by the Large Hadron Collider Advisor: Frank Golf BeKa Leuschen Research group: UCARE - Plant Pathology Poster location: 19 Poster title: Mutational Inactivation of A. thaliana RNA Dependent RNA Polymerases by Gene Editing Advisor: Hernan Garcia-Ruiz Olivia Maras Research group: UCARE - Psychology Poster location: 122 Poster title: Role of Maternal Eating Pathology in Mother-Infant Bonding and Infant Socio-emotional Functioning Advisor: Rebecca Brock Kaela Meyer Research group: UCARE - Psychology Poster location: 121 Poster title: Definitions of Water Quality Advisor: Ashley Votruba Salan Preet Kaur Research group: UCARE - School of Biological Sciences Poster location: 30 Poster title: Evidence for Involvement of DNA Tumor Viruses in Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia (OSSN) Advisor: Peter Angeletti Miranda Martin Research group: UCARE - School of Biological Sciences Poster location: 29 Poster title: The Influence of Temperature on the Duckweed Weevils Feeding Damage Advisor: Chad Brassil Susana Moyer Research group: UCARE - School of Biological Sciences Poster location: 31 Poster title: Do tree demographics in the Niobrara River Valley follow elevational gradients? Advisor: Sabrina Russo Jia Yin Sum Research group: UCARE - School of Biological Sciences Poster location: 27 Poster title: Uncoupling the mitochondria as a cellular defense mechanism

Advisor: Kristi Montooth Bergen Bruhn Research group: UCARE - Special Education & Communication Disorders Poster location: 96 Poster title: Identify Neural Mechanism of Speech Perception in Adult with Cochlear Implants Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: A Pilot Study Advisor: Yingying Wang Rachel Brush Research group: UCARE - Special Education & Communication Disorders Poster location: 95 Poster title: Examining Students' Writing Skills in the context of Executive Function and Self-Efficacy Advisor: Michael Hebert Collin Podany Research group: UCARE - School of Natural Resources Poster location: 99 Poster title: Nutrient Cycling in Various Nebraska Streams Advisor: Jessica Corman Clark Ward Research group: UCARE - School of Natural Resources Poster location: 32 Poster title: Genesis of Sedimentary Structures in Resedimented Volcanic Ash Using Lysimeter-like Sedimentation Tanks Advisor: Matt Joeckel Alaina Rast Research group: UCARE - Special Education & Communication Disorders Poster location: 94 Poster title: Analysis of IEPs From Students With Visual Impairments: Are They Getting What They Need? Advisor: Mackenzie Savaiano Charlee Sindelar Research group: UCARE - Special Education & Communication Disorders Poster location: 92 Poster title: Exploring the Relations Between Executive Function, Self-Efficacy, and Reading Skills Advisor: J. Marc Goodrich Nathan Asselin Research group: UCARE -Midwest Roadside Safety Facility Poster location: 190 Poster title: Improving Vehicle Crash Reports Advisor: Cody Stolle

Independent Researchers Jessica Chen Research group: Independent Researcher - Agronomy & Horticulture Poster location: 18 Poster title: Visualization GWAS Results in Maize Advisor: Jinliang Yang Kylie Sabo Research group: Independent Researcher - Biochemistry Poster location: 49 Poster title: Growth Curves of Nitrogen Fixing Microbes in the Trypsacum Rhizosphere Advisor: Karin van Dijk, Martha Lopez Guerrero, Linda Nguyen Aubrey Schatz Research group: Independent Researcher - Biochemistry Poster location: 48 Poster title: Monitoring post-translational regulation of WhiB1 in Mycobacterium smegmatis by a GFP reporter Advisor: Limei Zhang Evan Fulton Research group: Independent Researcher - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Poster location: 188 Poster title: Alternate Nitrogen Assimilation Pathways and Genetic Circuits in Zea Mays Advisor: Rajib Saha, Wheaton Schroeder Catherine Nouva Research group: Independent Researcher - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Poster location: 187 Poster title: Investigation of Redox Species Crossover Through Ionomer Membranes for Vanadium Flow Batteries Advisor: Dr. Shudipto Dishari Ruth Bayimenye Research group: Independent Researcher - Food Science & Technology Poster location: 67 Poster title: Understanding the Potential Risk of Aflatoxin Exposure through Consumption of Contaminated Ugali, a Popular Rwandan Corn Based Food Advisor: Andria Bianchini Grace Mahoro Research group: Independent Researcher - Food Science & Technology Poster location: 66 Poster title: Natural Occurrence of Mycotoxigenic Fungi in Chili (Capsicum spp.) Commercialized in Nepal Advisor: Jayne Stratton, and Andreia Bianchini

Divith Rajagopal Research group: Independent Researcher - School of Biological Sciences Poster location: 17 Poster title: The database of root genes and promoters in maize, soybean, and sorghum Advisor: Chi Zhang Cadi Wilbeck Research group: Independent Researcher - School of Biological Sciences Poster location: 16 Poster title: Effects of Temperature and Leaf Wetness on Root and Shoot Growth Advisor: Dr. Tessa Durham-Brooks Emma Laible Research group: Independent Researcher - School of Natural Resources Poster location: 33 Poster title: The Effect of Prairie Management Strategies on Microbial Community Diversity Advisor: Jerry Bricker