The IMSD and MARC Programs held their annual Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) on October 3rd. Initiated by Assistant Dean Michelle Lopez in 2002, the URS has provided an intimate venue for students to showcase their work, as well as network with faculty, members of industry, and graduate students in their respective disciplines. IMSD and MARC scholars presented their summer research from either their SDSU lab or their summer Research Experience for Undergraduates program (REU) lab. IMSD and MARC students utilized oral presentations to showcase their research, and guest judges provided valuable feedback for the scholars regarding their research and oral communication skills. Once again, the IMSD and MARC scholars outdid themselves, ensuring a successful event for students, judges, and audience members alike.
Engineering/ Mathematics/Physics
Grace Cordes– NONINVASIVE NANOPARTICLE DETECTION USING SILICON MICRODISKS
Alexis Romero- NON-SPHERICAL MODELS OF COMPACT STARS
Kent Kurashima- CHARGING AND TESTING SYSTEMS FOR NOVEL FLAT MICRO HEAT PIPE
Biology
Samvel Avagyan- EXPLORATION AND SUPPRESSION OF MUTANT HUNTINGIN MEDIATED SKELETAL MUSCLE DEFECTS
Andres Bermudez- IDENTIFICATION OF THE GBS BACTERIAL FACTOR THAT CONTRIBUTES TO TIGHT JUNCTION DISRUPTION IN BRAIN ENDOTHELIUM
Carlos Brambila- HIGH-THROUGHPUT DRUG SCREENING IN VIVO USING DROPLET MICROFLUIDICS
Katrina Cable– KEEP YOUR SOX ON: SOXB1B IS REQUIRED FOR REGENERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM IN PLANARIANS
Mirae Dong- COXSACKIEVIRUS DISSEMINATION AND ESCAPE FROM THE HOST NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY RESPONSE VIA NATURAL ENCAPSIDATION
Marley Hilleger- COMPARING THE QUANTITY OF PHAGE-ENCODED blaCTXM-1 IN ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES TO WASTERWATER SAMPLES
Carlos Nowotny- MUSCLE FATIGUE TESTING IN MOUSE MODELS OF PERIODIC PARALYSIS
Carlo Quintanilla- IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS INVOLVED IN MOTOR NEURON DIFFERENTIATION AND FUNCTION IN THE PLANARIAN SCHMIDTEA MEDITERRANEA
Alterra Sanchez- SEAGRASS SOAKED IN COPPER POLLUTED MARINA ALTERS COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
Ben Turner-COMPARISON OF MARINE VIRAL METAGENOMES ASSOCIATED WITH THE POINT LOMA KELP FOREST AND RHODOLITH ALGAE UNDER INCREASED CARBON DIOXIDE
Marlo Villanueva- CARDIAC REPAIR IS ENHANCED BY NOTCH SIGNALING IN CARDIAC PROGENITOR CELLS
Alicia Zamudio- CHARACTERIZATION OF DNA DAMAGE IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Chemistry
Amanda Brambila- OBSERVING COMPENSATORY EFFECTS WITH THE DOWN-REGULATION OF SERCA IN NEONATAL CARDIOMYOCYTES USING SIRNA AND GENE SILENCING TECHNIQUES
Eric Lopez– QUINONE ELECTROCHEMISTRY ANALYSIS IN ORGANIC SOLVENTS WITH PLATINUM AND GOLD WORKING ELECTRODES
Babgen Manookian- EXPLICIT VIBRATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE ALKYNE-VINYLIDENE ISOMERIZATION ON A HETEROCYCLIC RUTHENIUM CATALYST
Sashary Ramos- PROGRESS TOWARDS A QUANTITATIVE EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF DRUG AEROSOL PLUMES AT A SINGLE PARTICLE LEVEL
Gerardo Soriano- A THEORETICAL STUDY ON THE ISOMERIZATION OF THE CYCLOOCTATETRAENYL RADICAL
Robert Vasquez- BIFUNCTIONAL CATALYSTS FOR SELCTIVE OXIDATION OF WATER AND ORGANIC SUBSTRATES
Psychology
Charles Moreno- VERBAL LEARNING AND MEMORY CHANGES DURING PREMANIFEST STAGES OF HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE: EVIDENCE FROM THE CALIFORNIA VERBAL LEARNING TEST-II
Symone McKinnon- THE EFFECT OF A PEER EDUCATOR INTERVENTION ON THE REDUCTION OF PERCEIVED PUBLIC AND INTERNALIZED STIGMA IN DEPRESSED OLDER ADULTS
Savanna Tierney- EVALUATING MEASURES USED TO PREDICT AGE OF ONSET IN HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE