Found 22 projects

Poster Presentation 1

11:00 AM to 12:30 PM

Add to my favorites Engineered Altruism in Bacteria for Bioprocessing of Plant Biomass
Presenter
  • David Mao Zong, Senior, Bioengineering Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Eric Klavins, Electrical Engineering
  • Rob Egbert, Electrical Engineering

Poster Session 1
  • Commons East
  • Easel #50
  • 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM

  • Add to my favorites Development of a Trypanosoma cruzi Methionyl-tRNA Synthetase Assay Using Bioluminescence for Compound Screening
    Presenter
    • Kristi Kajita, Freshman, Pre-Sciences
    Mentors
    • Frederick Buckner, Medicine
    • Ranae Ranade, Medicine

    Poster Session 1
  • Commons East
  • Easel #58
  • 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM

  • Add to my favorites Genetic Investigations of the Sterol Biosynthesis Pathway of Trypanosoma cruzi
    Presenter
    • Omeed Faghih, Junior, Biochemistry, Neurobiology
    Mentor
    • Frederick Buckner, Medicine

    Poster Session 1
  • Commons East
  • Easel #57
  • 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM

  • Oral Presentation 1

    1:15 PM to 2:45 PM

    Add to my favorites Why do We Trash It? Identifying the Behavioral Challenges behind Improper Disposal of Recyclable and Compostable Waste 
    Presenter
    • Joel Nicolai (Joel) Kohlstedt, Senior, Environmental Studies
    Mentor
    • Frederica Helmiere, Program on the Environment

    Session 1B: Nutrient Cycles: Changing Perceptions of Water, Agriculture, and Waste
  • 1:15 PM to 2:45 PM

    Add to my favorites A Sight Distorted by the Glass Booth: Views of Adolf Eichmann and Ideas of Evil
    Presenter
    • Julia Walsh, Junior, History, Pacific Lutheran University
    Mentor
    • Robert Ericksen, History, Pacific Lutheran University

    Session 1C: Histories of Power, Social Difference, and Community Formation
  • 1:15 PM to 2:45 PM

  • Add to my favorites Finding a Voice: The Korean Struggle against Japanese Imperialism and One American Journalist's Fight to Assist Them
    Presenter
    • Kathryn Perkins, Senior, History, Pacific Lutheran University
    Mentors
    • Beth Kraig, History, Pacific Lutheran University
    • Robert Ericksen, History, Pacific Lutheran University

    Session 1C: Histories of Power, Social Difference, and Community Formation
  • 1:15 PM to 2:45 PM

  • Add to my favorites An Ultrasensitive Detector Protoype in Escherichia coli
    Presenter
    • Rahul Brito, Senior, Bioengineering Washington Research Foundation Fellow
    Mentors
    • Eric Klavins, Electrical Engineering
    • Rob Egbert, Electrical Engineering

    Session 1R: Synthetic Biology and Molecular Biotechnology
  • 1:15 PM to 2:45 PM

  • Poster Presentation 2

    12:45 PM to 2:15 PM

    Add to my favorites Homeostatic and Spike Time Dependent Plasticity Tune Feed-Forward Neural Networks
    Presenter
    • Jonathan (Yoni) Browning, Senior, Applied & Computational Mathematical Sciences (Biological & Life Sciences)
    Mentors
    • Eric Shea-Brown, Applied Mathematics
    • Natasha Cayco Gajic, Applied & Computational Math Sciences

    Poster Session 2
  • Commons East
  • Easel #72
  • 12:45 PM to 2:15 PM

  • Add to my favorites Heterogeneous Firing Rates in Densely Connected Recurrent Neural Networks
    Presenter
    • Kendrick Tang, Senior, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics Amgen Scholar
    Mentors
    • Eric Shea-Brown, Applied Mathematics
    • Yu Hu, Applied Mathematics

    Poster Session 2
  • Commons East
  • Easel #71
  • 12:45 PM to 2:15 PM

  • Oral Presentation 2

    3:45 PM to 5:15 PM

    Add to my favorites Fluorescent Detection and Image Guided Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer Using 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Induced Protoporphyrin IX and a Scanning Fiber Endoscope
    Presenter
    • Mikias Woldetensae, Sophomore, Pre-Major (Arts & Sciences)
    Mentor
    • Eric Seibel, Mechanical Engineering

    Session 2D: Current Topics in Bioengineering
  • 3:45 PM to 5:15 PM

  • Add to my favorites Detection of Transiting Exoplanets using Kepler Lightcurves
    Presenters
    • John Mehlhaff, Junior, Computer Science, Physics: Comprehensive Physics NASA Space Grant Scholar
    • Nancy Helen (Nancy) Thomas, Senior, Astronomy, Physics Mary Gates Scholar, NASA Space Grant Scholar, Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Awardee, UW Honors Program
    • Christopher Martin, Senior, Astronomy, Physics
    Mentors
    • Eric Agol, Astronomy
    • Andrew Becker, Astronomy
    • Benjamin Vega-Westhoff, Astronomy

    Session 2S: Astronomy and Physics
  • 3:45 PM to 5:15 PM

  • Add to my favorites The Discovery and Characterization of the Phytochelatin Synthase Gene in Conifers
    Presenter
    • Robert Tournay, Senior, Environmental Science, UW Tacoma Mary Gates Scholar
    Mentor
    • Erica Cline, Environmental & Forest Sciences, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (Tacoma Campus)

    Session 2T: Evolution, Genetics, and Biochemistry of Plants, Algae, and Fungi
  • 3:45 PM to 5:15 PM

  • Poster Presentation 3

    2:30 PM to 4:00 PM

    Add to my favorites Foliar Uptake of Toxic Metals and Stress Responses of Pine Seedlings from Biosolids-Treated Sites at Pack Forest, WA
    Presenter
    • Jennifer Lynn (Jen) Vittetoe, Senior, Environmental Science, UW Tacoma
    Mentors
    • Erica Cline, Environmental & Forest Sciences, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (Tacoma Campus)
    • Jim Gawel, Environmental Science, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (Tacoma Campus), University of Washington Tacoma
    • Gregory Ettl, Environmental & Forest Sciences

    Poster Session 3
  • Balcony
  • Easel #104
  • 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM

  • Add to my favorites Metal Pollution and Forest Decline in the Appalachian Mountains of New England
    Presenters
    • Jami L. Wiley, Senior, Environmental Science, UW Tacoma
    • Sharon Ellen (Sharon) Hunter, Senior, Environmental Science, UW Tacoma
    Mentor
    • Erica Cline, Environmental & Forest Sciences, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (Tacoma Campus)

    Poster Session 3
  • Balcony
  • Easel #98
  • 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM

  • Add to my favorites Dose Distribution Measurements of an Experimental Proton Pencil Beam
    Presenter
    • Christopher K. (Chris) Mochizuki, Senior, Physics: Biophysics
    Mentor
    • Eric Ford, Radiation Oncology

    Poster Session 3
  • Balcony
  • Easel #122
  • 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM

  • Add to my favorites Detection and Quantification of Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD) by Method of NMR Analysis
    Presenter
    • Amir Ali, Junior, Biochemistry Initiative for Maximizing Student Development Scholar, McNair Scholar
    Mentors
    • Kevin Conley, Bioengineering, Physiology & Biophysics, Radiology
    • Eric Shankland, Radiology

    Poster Session 3
  • Balcony
  • Easel #117
  • 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM

  • Add to my favorites An Exploration of Binary Stars
    Presenters
    • Adrian Davila, Freshman, Astronomy, Physics: Comprehensive Physics
    • Cameron Mitchell Harmon, Freshman, Pre-Sciences
    Mentors
    • Eric Agol, Astronomy
    • Brian Lee, Astronomy

    Poster Session 3
  • Balcony
  • Easel #109
  • 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM

  • Add to my favorites Design of a Microfluidic Device to Prepare Pancreas Tissue for 3D Imaging
    Presenter
    • Christopher Warren (Chris) Burfeind, Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering
    Mentors
    • Ronnie Das, Mechanical Engineering
    • Eric Seibel, Mechanical Engineering

    Poster Session 3
  • Commons East
  • Easel #61
  • 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM

  • Poster Presentation 4

    4:15 PM to 5:45 PM

    Add to my favorites Development of a Color-Matched Phantom as a Background for Fluorescent Target Quantification, Distance Compensation, and 2D Image Stitching
    Presenter
    • Vivian Hou, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental)
    Mentors
    • Leonard Nelson, Mechanical Engineering
    • Chenying Yang, Bioengineering
    • Eric Seibel, Mechanical Engineering

    Poster Session 4
  • Commons East
  • Easel #57
  • 4:15 PM to 5:45 PM

  • Add to my favorites Modularizing Biology: A Novel Way of Refining Gene-Network Characterizations through Turbidostat Mixture Control and Fluorometry
    Presenter
    • Felix Ekness, Senior, Bioengineering
    Mentors
    • Chris Takahashi, Electrical Engineering
    • Eric Klavins, Electrical Engineering

    Poster Session 4
  • Commons East
  • Easel #74
  • 4:15 PM to 5:45 PM

  • Add to my favorites Impact of Black Holes in Cosmological Simulations of Galaxy Clusters
    Presenters
    • Taylor Posey, Junior, Extended Pre-Major
    • Brianna Louise Diaz, Sophomore, Pre-Sciences
    Mentors
    • John Ruan, Astronomy
    • Breanna Binder, Astronomy
    • Philip Rosenfield, Astronomy
    • Eric Agol, Astronomy

    Poster Session 4
  • Balcony
  • Easel #89
  • 4:15 PM to 5:45 PM

  • Add to my favorites An in vitro Assay for Quantifying DNA Damage Effects in an Experimental Proton Radiotherapy Beam
    Presenter
    • Jonathan Robert (Jonathan) Hanisch, Junior, Pre-Health Sciences
    Mentors
    • Jing Zeng, Radiation Oncology
    • Geoffrey Linn, Radiation Oncology
    • Jeffrey Schwartz, Radiation Oncology
    • Eric Ford, Radiation Oncology

    Poster Session 4
  • Balcony
  • Easel #127
  • 4:15 PM to 5:45 PM