Poster Session 4

4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Add to my favorites Improving Affinity of JO-4 to DSG-2 for Use in Cancer Therapy
Presenter
  • Jaclyn Joann (Jaclyn) Adams, Senior, Biochemistry UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Andre Lieber, Medicine
  • Roma Yumul, Medicine
  • Sean Gray, Global Health

Add to my favorites Chemosensing Quadrotor Drone Using Manduca sexta Antennae
Presenter
  • Melanie J (Melanie) Anderson, Senior, Electrical Engr: Nanoscience & Molecular
Mentor
  • Tom Daniel, Biology, Neurobiology & Behavior

Add to my favorites Sea Salt Microplastics as a Vector for Heavy Metal and Organic Pollutants
Presenters
  • Todd Anderson, Sophomore, Chemistry, Bellevue College
  • Yosef Goldstein
Mentor
  • Richard Glover, Chemistry, Lane Community College

Add to my favorites Search for the Hidden Valley Particles
Presenters
  • Andrew Sprincin (Andrew) Arbogast, Senior, Physics: Biophysics
  • Tom Lee Meyer, Junior, Physics: Comprehensive Physics
  • Jiasheng (Stanley) Xie, Senior, Physics: Applied Physics
Mentor
  • Gordon Watts, Physics

Add to my favorites Developing an Interactive Quantum Chemistry E-Textbook
Presenters
  • Jesse Ashworth, Senior, Mathematics (Comprehensive), Physics: Comprehensive Physics Mary Gates Scholar, NASA Space Grant Scholar, UW Honors Program
  • Mengjia Zhu, Junior, Chemical Engineering
  • Alisa Marie Vangrunsven, Recent Graduate, Chemistry (ACS Certified)
Mentor
  • Stefan Stoll, Chemistry, Physiology & Biophysics

Add to my favorites Incorporation of the Non-Canonical Amino Acid L-ANAP into the Ion Channel TRPV1 in Xenopus Oocytes
Presenter
  • Nicolas Dean Basil, Senior, Biochemistry, Chemistry (ACS Certified)
Mentor
  • Mario Rosasco, Physiology & Biophysics

Add to my favorites The Effect(s) of Fungal Endophytes on Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) Growth in an Enclosed Aeroponic System
Presenter
  • Nicholas (Nick) Begley, Senior, Health Studies (Bothell)
Mentor
  • Charlotte Rasmussen, Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (Bothell Campus)

Add to my favorites 3D Printed Biomineralizable Hydrogels for Biogenic Dental Tissue Repair
Presenters
  • Nicole Georgette (Nicole) Bentzen, Senior, Materials Science & Engineering
  • Walker Jai Kasinadhuni, Junior, Pre Engineering
Mentors
  • Mehmet Sarikaya, Materials Science & Engineering
  • Deniz Tanil Yucesoy, Materials Science & Engineering
  • Sami Dogan, Dentistry

Add to my favorites Defining Functions for Earthworm Symbiotic Bacteria
Presenter
  • Nathan Silas (Nate) Berry, Senior, Microbiology Mary Gates Scholar, NASA Space Grant Scholar
Mentor
  • Seana Davidson, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Add to my favorites Quantification and Characterization of the Biological Community and Environment at Southern Hydrate Ridge
Presenter
  • Katie Bigham, Senior, Oceanography, Earth and Space Sciences: Geology Mary Gates Scholar, Washington Research Foundation Fellow
Mentor
  • Deborah Kelley, Oceanography

Add to my favorites Fingerprinting Volcanic Ash
Presenter
  • Danielle Fay Aimee (Dani) Bissonnette, Senior,
Mentor
  • Kalyn Owens, Chemistry, North Seattle College

Add to my favorites Content Analysis of Reported Advantages and Disadvantages of Smoking among Individuals with Lived Experiences of Homelessness
Presenters
  • Ashley Braid, Senior, Psychology, Law, Societies, & Justice
  • Alexander James (Alex) Vess, Junior, Psychology
Mentor
  • Susan E. Collins, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, Harborview Medical Center

Add to my favorites How Accurately Do Acoustic Measures Differentiate Voice Disorders?
Presenter
  • Michelle Mary Bretl, Senior, Applied Music (Voice), Speech and Hearing Sci (Com Disorders) Mary Gates Scholar, UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Tanya Eadie, Speech & Hearing Sciences

Add to my favorites User-Preferred Topics and Methods of Anticipatory Counseling for the LNG-IUS: A Focus Group Approach
Presenter
  • Caroline Marie (Caroline) Bridgwater, Junior, Pre-Sciences
Mentors
  • Emily Godfrey, Family Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Kelly Gilmore, Family Medicine, Health Services, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Add to my favorites Implementation of Linear Predictive Coding to Improve Hearing for Patients with Cochlear Implants
Presenter
  • Sharon D. Brown, Senior, Electrical Engineering (Bothell)
Mentor
  • Kaibao Nie, Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (Bothell Campus), UW Bothell

Add to my favorites Nutrient Contributions from Floating Logs in Spirit Lake, Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument
Presenter
  • Kenneth Alan (Kenneth) Burkart, Senior, Environmental Science, UW Tacoma
Mentor
  • Jim Gawel, Environmental Science, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (Tacoma Campus), University of Washington Tacoma

Add to my favorites Helping Teens Access Confidential Sexual and Reproductive Health Care in Washington State
Presenter
  • Savannah Ashley (Savannah) Burr, Senior, Neurobiology
Mentors
  • Emily Godfrey, Family Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Malaika Schwartz, Family Medicine

Add to my favorites Independent Chemical Verification of Electrically-Evoked Dopamine Release
Presenter
  • Dorothy Anne (Dorothy) Cabantan, Junior, Neurobiology
Mentors
  • Paul Phillips, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
  • Stefan Sandberg, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Add to my favorites Arrest of Radical Species using Magnetic Fields
Presenters
  • Savanna Carmack, Sophomore, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Edmonds Community College
  • Eric Fil, Sophomore, Chemistry, Edmonds Community College
Mentor
  • Tom Fleming, Physics, Edmonds Community College

Add to my favorites Prevalence and Stability of Escherichia coli Clonal Types in Routinely Collected Urine Samples
Presenter
  • Diana Wen (Diana) Chan, Senior, Microbiology UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Evgeni Sokurenko, Microbiology
  • Veronika Tchesnokova, Microbiology

Add to my favorites Examining Perspectives on Established Smoking Cessation Methods among Homeless Smokers
Presenters
  • Sunny Edwin (Sunny) Chang, Senior, Psychology
  • Robert Vail (Robby) Hardy, Recent Graduate, Psychology
Mentor
  • Susan E. Collins, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, Harborview Medical Center

Add to my favorites Validation of Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Functionalized Nanopatterned Scaffolds using S1PR1 Knockout Cells
Presenter
  • Rakchanok (Som) Chavanachat, Junior, Bioengineering NASA Space Grant Scholar
Mentors
  • Deok-Ho Kim, Bioengineering
  • Jonathan Tsui, Bioengineering

Add to my favorites Characterizing Screened Compounds Using the Zebrafish Lateral Line
Presenter
  • Toby Chen, Junior, Speech and Hearing Sci (Com Disorders)
Mentors
  • Edwin Rubel, Otolaryngology - Head And Neck Surgery
  • Patricia Wu, Otolaryngology - Head And Neck Surgery
  • David Raible, Biological Structure

Add to my favorites Benefits of Translation and Interpretation Program for Bilingual High School Students
Presenter
  • Troy Chen, Junior, Political Science Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Awardee
Mentor
  • Julia Sandler, International & English Language Programs, Educational Outreach / PCE

Add to my favorites The Impact of Health Aid on Reducing HIV Incidence: Do State Capacity and Corruption Influence Aid Effectiveness? 
Presenter
  • Irena Beverly (Irena) Chen, Senior, Economics, Mathematics UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Rachel Heath, Economics
  • Philip Brock, Economics

Add to my favorites Evaluation of Fitness Zones in Seattle Parks: Understanding Park Users and Impact of Weather
Presenters
  • Zi Ling (Jessica) Cheng, Senior, Nursing UW Honors Program
  • Alexandra (Sasha) Facchini, Fifth Year, Nursing UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Erin Blakeney, Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Systems, UW School of Nursing
  • Nancy Woods, Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Systems

Add to my favorites The Internet of Things
Presenters
  • Vecheka Chhourn, Sophomore, Computer Science, South Seattle College
  • Jun Wang, Sophomore, Computer Science, South Seattle College
Mentor
  • Charles Reid, Mathematics, South Seattle College

Add to my favorites Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Fatigue Severity, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Presenters
  • Maria Katharina (Maria) Clow, Fifth Year, Nursing Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Awardee
  • George Don (George) Chen, Senior, Nursing UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Teresa Ward, Family and Child Nursing

Add to my favorites 5-HT6 Receptor Signaling in Primary Cilia Regulates Neuronal Morphology
Presenter
  • Natalie Cohenca, Senior, Biology (Physiology)
Mentors
  • John Neumaier, Pharmacology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
  • Adam Lesiak, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Add to my favorites Development of an in-vitro Model for the Enteric Nervous System of Autism Spectrum Disorder Patients
Presenter
  • Ian Coulter, Senior, Neurobiology
Mentor
  • David Mack, Rehabilitation Medicine, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine

Add to my favorites How Does the Arrangement of a Classroom Impact Learning?
Presenter
  • Octavia Lee (Octavia) Craig, Senior, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (Psychology), UW Tacoma
Mentor
  • Marion Eberly, Business Administration (Tacoma Campus), University of Washington, Tacoma

Add to my favorites Designing Protein Oligomers and Fibers Using Parametrically Generated Helical Bundles
Presenter
  • Sereno Luis Roberto (Sereno) Darwin Lopez, Sophomore, Pre-Sciences
Mentor
  • Chunfu Xu, Biochemistry

Add to my favorites Is Specialization a Typical Outcome of 1000 Generations of Evolution in Mutualism?
Presenters
  • Yemesrach Chaka (Yemesrach) Demissie, Recent Graduate, Biology (Bothell Campus)
  • Irina Stroynyy, Senior, Biology (Bothell Campus)
  • Douglas (Doug) Henderson, Recent Graduate,
Mentor
  • Kristina Hillesland, Biological Sciences

Add to my favorites Exploration of the Broader Autism Phenotype in Families with Autism-Related Genetic Events
Presenter
  • Anna Diss, Senior, Social Welfare, Psychology UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Raphael Bernier, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
  • Jennifer Gerdts, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Add to my favorites Impact of a Perioperative Enhanced Recovery after Major Spine Surgery (PERMSS) Pathway on Patient-Reported Pain Outcomes using the International Pain Outcome (IPO) Registry
Presenter
  • Cindy Dong, Senior, Nursing Mary Gates Scholar, UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Pamela Mitchell, Nursing
  • Debra Gordon, Anesthesiology

Add to my favorites Social Support Availability and its Relationship with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Symptom Burden
Presenter
  • Austin Thomas (Austin) Drake, Senior, Nursing UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Hilaire Thompson, Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Systems

Add to my favorites Neurobehavioral Performance and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Presenter
  • Rachel C (Rachel) Dupree, Fifth Year, Nursing UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Teresa Ward, Family and Child Nursing

Add to my favorites Phytoremediation of Arsenic by Aquatic Plants in Contaminated Urban Lakes in the South-Central Puget Sound Region
Presenter
  • Anthony R. (Anthony) Endresen, Senior, Envir Sci: Conserv Biol & Ecol (Tacoma)
Mentor
  • Jim Gawel, Environmental Science, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (Tacoma Campus), University of Washington Tacoma

Add to my favorites Biomimetic Dental Hypersensitivity Treatment
Presenters
  • Kathleen Tenny (Kate) Ericksen, Junior, Materials Science & Engineering
  • Eric Linden Hall, Junior, Materials Science & Engineering
Mentors
  • Mehmet Sarikaya, Materials Science & Engineering
  • Deniz Tanil Yucesoy, Materials Science & Engineering
  • Sami Dogan, Dentistry
  • Hanson Fong, Materials Science & Engineering

Add to my favorites The Role of HSP90B1 in the Innate and Adaptive Immune Response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Presenter
  • Philip Kar Kit (Philip) Fan, Senior, Chemistry (ACS Certified), Biochemistry Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Thomas Hawn, Medicine
  • Andrew Graustein, Medicine

Add to my favorites Photo-Mediated Formation of Oxime-Based Hydrogels for Biomolecular Patterning
Presenter
  • Payam Evan (Payam) Farahani, Senior, Chemical Engr: Nanosci & Molecular Engr Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Cole DeForest, Chemical Engineering
  • Steven Adelmund, Chemical Engineering

Add to my favorites Modeling Fluid and Thermal Properties of Melting Sea Ice
Presenter
  • Samuel Mages (Sam) Farley, Senior, Physics: Applied Physics Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Bonnie Light, Polar Science Center
  • Carie Frantz, Applied Physics Laboratory

Add to my favorites Spouse Support to Women Newly Diagnosed with Stage IV Ovarian Cancer: A Descriptive Study
Presenter
  • Kendra Raquel (Kendra) Fitz Patrick, Senior, Nursing UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Fran Lewis, Family and Child Nursing

Add to my favorites Curcumin-Loaded Nanoparticles for Treatment of Newborn Brain Injury
Presenter
  • Sanchit Sanjog (Sanchit) Gad, Junior, Extended Pre-Engineering
Mentors
  • Elizabeth Nance, Chemical Engineering
  • Chih-Chung Chen, Chemical Engineering

Add to my favorites How Cells Regulate Cellular Trash: Uncovering a Novel Protein Quality Control Mechanism
Presenter
  • Ellie Mariana (Ellie) Garcia, Senior, Psychology, Biology (General) Mary Gates Scholar, UW Honors Program, Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Awardee
Mentor
  • Richard Gardner, Pharmacology

Add to my favorites The Flight Patterns of a Supersonic Square Multi-Cluster Two-Stage Rocket
Presenters
  • Shannon Gatta, Sophomore, Informatics, Seattle Central College
  • Shanika Davis, Sophomore, Astronautical Engineering, Seattle Central College NASA Space Grant Scholar
  • Gabriel Finertie, Freshman, Engineering, University of Washington
  • ADONAY LEBENEH, Freshman, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, Seattle Central College
  • Nguyen Trung Nam
  • An Hoang, Sophomore, Computer Science, Seattle Central College
  • Darius Williams
Mentor
  • Rebecca Hartzler, Earth & Space Sciences, Physics, Seattle Central College

Add to my favorites Quality Improvement Study on a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Teledermatology Program in the Pacific Northwest
Presenters
  • James L. (James) Gendreau, Senior, Public Health-Global Health
  • Dana Louise Ponio Capulong, Sophomore, Pre-Sciences
  • Jordan Constantinos (Jordan) Gemelas, Senior, Public Health-Global Health UW Honors Program
  • Clayton Lau, Sophomore, Pre-Major (Arts & Sciences)
Mentor
  • Gregory Raugi, Dermatology

Add to my favorites Emulation and Control of High Energy Particle Sensors
Presenter
  • Maximillian Taylor (Max) Golub, Senior, Electrical Engineering NASA Space Grant Scholar
Mentors
  • Shih-Chieh Hsu, Physics
  • Scott Hauck, Electrical Engineering

Add to my favorites Vocalizations of Non-Breeding American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in Three Daily Aggregations
Presenter
  • Arianna Jean Greer, Senior, Biology (Bothell Campus)
Mentor
  • Douglas Wacker, Division of Biological Sciences (Bothell Campus), University of Washington Bothell

Add to my favorites The Influence of Conserved Elements Responses during the Acute Infection of HIV on the Response to ART and DNA Therapeutic Vaccination
Presenter
  • Nika Hajari, Senior, Microbiology Mary Gates Scholar, UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Deborah Fuller, Microbiology
  • Paul Munson, Microbiology

Add to my favorites Analyzing the Period of a Complex Pendulum
Presenter
  • Bassam Halabiya, Sophomore, Electrical Engineering , Edmonds Community College
Mentor
  • Rachel Wade, Physics, Edmonds Community College

Add to my favorites Comparing Adhesive Properties of Streptococcus gordonii in Constant and Pulsatile Flow
Presenter
  • Jasmine Hawkins, Sophomore, Bioengineering Mary Gates Scholar, NASA Space Grant Scholar, UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Wendy Thomas, Bioengineering

Add to my favorites A Novel Cell Stretching Device for in vitro Disease Modeling
Presenter
  • Abbi Helfer, Senior, Bioengineering UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • David Mack, Rehabilitation Medicine, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine

Add to my favorites Screening for Genetic Interactions in Mutated C. elegans Strains as a Way to Understand the Genetic Basis of Complex Disease
Presenter
  • Cambria Lynne Heuston, Junior, Pre-Sciences Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Robert Waterston, Genome Sciences
  • Calvin Mok, Genome Sciences

Add to my favorites The Relationship between the Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex and the Amygdala may be Associated with Social Anxiety in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Presenter
  • Johnathan Wayne (Johnathan) Hill, Senior, Psychology Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Natalia Kleinhans, Radiology
  • Tara Madhyastha, Radiology

Add to my favorites An Exploration of Mindfulness in the Postpartum Period
Presenters
  • Rachel C. (Rachel) Hoehn, Senior, Nursing
  • Shannon Hernandez Limon, Senior, Nursing UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Ira Kantrowitz-Gordon, Family and Child Nursing

Add to my favorites Effect of Electrical Stimulation on Cells
Presenter
  • Steven Hsu, Junior, Bioengineering
Mentor
  • Gerald H. Pollack, Bioengineering

Add to my favorites Arsenic in Shallow Polymictic and Seasonally Stratified Urban Lakes: Mobility, Bioaccumulation and Ecological Toxicity
Presenter
  • Erin Agnes (Erin) Hull, Senior, Environmental Science, UW Tacoma
Mentors
  • Jim Gawel, Environmental Science, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (Tacoma Campus), University of Washington Tacoma
  • Rebecca Neumann, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Pamela Barrett, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Corey King, Environmental Science

Add to my favorites Association of Alzheimer’s Disease Genetic Risk ApoE4 with Brain Metabolic Function in Veterans with Mild Blast Traumatic Brain Injury
Presenter
  • Lisa Hysa, Senior, Biology (Physiology) Mary Gates Scholar, Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Awardee
Mentors
  • Donna Cross, Radiology
  • Garth Terry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Add to my favorites The Influence of Caregiver Support on Friendships of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Presenter
  • Elizabeth Michelle Idomskaya, Senior, Speech and Hearing Sci (Com Disorders) UW Honors Program, Zesbaugh Scholar
Mentor
  • Annette Estes, Speech & Hearing Sciences

Add to my favorites Optimization of Sortase-Tag Expressed Protein Ligation (STEPL) for Yield and Robustness
Presenter
  • Austin Hyuk (Austin) Im, Senior, Chemical Engr: Nanosci & Molecular Engr
Mentors
  • Cole DeForest, Chemical Engineering
  • Jared Shadish, Chemical Engineering

Add to my favorites The Metrics of Cardiac Resuscitations: Measuring CPR Chest Compression Parameters during in-Hospital Cardiac Arrests for the Purpose of Quality Improvement
Presenter
  • Emma Frances (Emma) Jagoe, Fifth Year, Nursing UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Christine Laux, Cardiology, Harborview Medical Center
  • JoAnne Whitney, Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Systems

Add to my favorites The Impact of Common Compounds on Cricket Spermatocytes during Chromosome Segregation
Presenter
  • Luke Michael (Luke) Johnson, Senior, Biology (General)
Mentor
  • Charles Asbury, Physiology & Biophysics

Add to my favorites Linking Non-Vocal and Vocal Behaviors in the American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
Presenters
  • Bonnie A. (Bonnie) Johnson, Senior, Community Psychology (Bothell) Mary Gates Scholar
  • Gregory Colton (Colton) Niblack, Senior, Biology (Bothell Campus)
Mentor
  • Douglas Wacker, Division of Biological Sciences (Bothell Campus), University of Washington Bothell

Add to my favorites Validation of a Quantitative Method to Detect Arsenic in Rice using ICP-MS
Presenter
  • Rouya Kamizi, Sophomore, Biochemistry, Bellevue College
Mentors
  • Richard Glover, Chemistry, Lane Community College
  • Grady Blacken, Chemistry, Bellevue College

Add to my favorites Application of Optical Coherence Tomography for Imaging the Structure and Vein Flow in Live Tomato Leaves
Presenters
  • Meera Kandasamy, Freshman, Biology, South Seattle College
  • Ranee Psachos, Sophomore, Associate Science track1, South Seattle College
  • Logan Aikas, Sophomore, neuroscience, South Seattle College
Mentors
  • Sepideh Hariri, Bioengineering, Biology, South Seattle College
  • Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh, Biology
  • Ruikang Wang, Bioengineering

Add to my favorites Effect of Phosphorus on the Uptake of Arsenic by Midge Larvae in Contaminated Urban Lakes
Presenter
  • Amina Kedir, Senior, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (Environmental Studies), UW Tacoma
Mentor
  • Jim Gawel, Environmental Science, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (Tacoma Campus), University of Washington Tacoma

Add to my favorites Assessing Composition of Winter and Spring Bird Communities at UWB Wetlands
Presenters
  • Fatih Mehmet Ketenci, Senior, Biology (Bothell Campus)
  • Kyle D Miller, Senior, Environmental Studies (Bothell)
  • Kramer Robert (Kramer) Canup, Senior, Environmental Studies (Bothell)
Mentor
  • Ursula Valdez, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (Bothell Campus)

Add to my favorites Simplified Expansion Microscopy of Cultured Cells, Brain Tissues and Drosophila
Presenter
  • Hyeon Jin Kim, Junior, Biochemistry, Chemistry (ACS Certified) Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Joshua Vaughan, Chemistry
  • Aaron Halpern, Chemistry

Add to my favorites Increased Cost-Effectiveness of Renewable Energy from Deep-Sea Energy Density
Presenters
  • Robert (Rob) Kingen, Sophomore, Computer Science, Edmonds Community College
  • Lawrence Romangsuriat, Sophomore, Aeronautical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Edmonds Community College
  • Kevin Crawford, Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering, Edmonds Community College
Mentor
  • Tom Fleming, Physics, Edmonds Community College

Add to my favorites Nanoparticle Stability in Complex Media Containing Divalent Cations: Implications for Drug Delivery to the Brain
Presenter
  • Andrew A. (Andy) Kirk, Senior, Chemical Engineering
Mentor
  • Elizabeth Nance, Chemical Engineering

Add to my favorites Improving Usability of the Puyallup River Outreach Project Website to Decrease Bounce Rate
Presenter
  • Tara Lynn (Tara) Knutsen, Senior, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (Communication), UW Tacoma, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (Arts, Media & Culture), UW Tacoma
Mentor
  • Jim Gawel, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (Tacoma Campus), University of Washington Tacoma

Add to my favorites Writing as Emotional Labor: Emotional Investment  in the Tutor-Writer Relationship
Presenters
  • Damin Ko, Senior, English
  • Hohjin Im, Senior, Psychology, Economics UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Viktoriya Rossiytseva, Social Work
  • Peter Freeman, English

Add to my favorites Ecophysiological Characterization of Marine Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaeal Isolates
Presenter
  • Julia Kobelt, Senior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental) Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • David Stahl, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Wei Qin, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Add to my favorites Constraining Shallow Seawater Circulation at the Southern Hydrate Ridge Seep System
Presenter
  • Lauren Ashley (Lauren) Kowalski, Senior, Oceanography Mary Gates Scholar
Mentor
  • Evan Solomon, Oceanography

Add to my favorites Determination of a Reliable Separation Method for the Study of Neonicotinoid Pesticides in Soil and Water Field Samples
Presenter
  • Aaron Lang, Sophomore, Chemical Engineering , Chemistry, Engineering , Bellevue College
Mentors
  • Grady Blacken, Chemistry, Bellevue College
  • Richard Glover, Chemistry, Lane Community College

Add to my favorites Defining the Relationship between Mammalian Target of Rapamycin and Kappa Opioid Receptor Signaling
Presenter
  • Nicole M. (Nicole) Lee, Senior, Biochemistry
Mentors
  • Benjamin Land, Pharmacology
  • Selena Schattauer, Pharmacology

Add to my favorites Cyclic Fear Entrains Circadian Rhythms
Presenter
  • Jeffrey Lee, Senior, Neurobiology, Philosophy Mary Gates Scholar, UW Honors Program, Washington Research Foundation Fellow
Mentors
  • Horacio de la Iglesia, Biology
  • Miriam Ben-Hamo, Biology

Add to my favorites Bicycle Safety: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Bicycle Safety and Compliance in King County 
Presenter
  • Stephanie M. (Stephanie) Lim, Senior, Health Studies (Bothell)
Mentor
  • Hoa B. Appel, Nursing (Bothell Campus)

Add to my favorites Spatial Resolution of Structure from Motion (SfM) Models
Presenter
  • Eddy J (Eddy) Liu, Senior, Earth and Space Sciences: Geology UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • L. Monika Moskal, Environmental & Forest Sciences
  • Jeffrey Richardson, Environmental & Forest Sciences

Add to my favorites Genetically Engineered Lactococcus lactis Producing Type III Interferon to Cure Viral Infection of the Gut
Presenter
  • Jennifer Look, Senior, Biology (General), Comparative History of Ideas CoMotion Mary Gates Innovation Scholar, Mary Gates Scholar
Mentor
  • Ram Savan, Immunology

Add to my favorites Student Evaluations of College Instructors: A Case Study on the Determinants of Course Evaluation Scores at University of Washington
Presenter
  • Yu Ma, Senior, Economics UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Melissa Knox, Economics

Add to my favorites Constant and Modulated Vestibular Stimulation in Non-Human Primates
Presenter
  • Rebecca Joanne (Becka) Marquard, Junior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental) NASA Space Grant Scholar
Mentor
  • Leo Ling, Otolaryngology - Head And Neck Surgery

Add to my favorites Environmental Parameters Influencing Zooplankton Abundance and Distribution
Presenter
  • Andrew Charles (Drew) Mc Whirter, Senior, Oceanography Mary Gates Scholar
Mentor
  • Daniel Grunbaum, Oceanography

Add to my favorites Cognitive Training in Cancer Survivors using Video Conferencing
Presenter
  • Haley Jessica (Haley) Mendoza, Senior, Psychology Mary Gates Scholar
Mentor
  • Monique Cherrier, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Psychology

Add to my favorites Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI): An Evaluation of Alcohol Impregnated Caps and Disinfection Technique in an Acute Care Setting
Presenters
  • Kaylin N. (Kaylin) Morrison, Senior, Public Health-Global Health, Nursing UW Honors Program
  • Amanda Rose (Amanda) Gagnon, Senior, Nursing, Public Health-Global Health UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Vanessa Makarewicz, Nursing, Harborview Medical Center
  • JoAnne Whitney, Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Systems

Add to my favorites "To Aim for Equality is Dictatorial": German Anti-Feminist Mobilization in the EU's 2015 Gender Equality Public Consultation
Presenters
  • Lauren Theresa (Lauren) Moses, Senior, International Studies UW Honors Program
  • Austin Hudgens, Sophomore, International Studies
Mentor
  • Sabine Lang, Jackson School of International Studies

Add to my favorites Identifying Virulence Factors in Escherichia coli Collected from Crow Feces in the University of Washington Bothell Wetlands
Presenter
  • Kari Ann (Kari) Nelson, Senior, Biology (Bothell Campus)
Mentor
  • Keya Sen, Biological Sciences, UW Bothell

Add to my favorites Optimizing Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation into Retinal Tissue
Presenter
  • Mario Katsumata Nishio, Senior, Biochemistry
Mentor
  • Akina Hoshino, Biological Structure

Add to my favorites Are Washington State School Nurses Prepared to Provide Sensitive, Knowledgeable Care to Transgender Youth?
Presenter
  • Javier Nova Rosa, Senior, Nursing UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Pamela Kohler, Psychosocial & Community Health
  • Samara Hoag, Nursing, Seattle Public Schools

Add to my favorites Cryopreservation of Phaeodactylum tricornutum
Presenter
  • Andrea N. (Andrea) Odell, Sophomore, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
Mentors
  • Gabrielle Rocap, Oceanography
  • Christina Miller, Oceanography

Add to my favorites Colonization of Female Bodies: Comparison of the Colonial Legacy in Hawaiian Hula Dance and Korean Shin-Muyong Dance
Presenter
  • Hayoun Oh, Senior, Computer Science
Mentor
  • Juliet McMains, Dance

Add to my favorites Alternative Smoking Treatment Pathways Preferred by Homeless Smokers
Presenters
  • Victoria Edlyne Orfaly, Sophomore, Public Health-Global Health
  • Teresa Wu, Senior, Psychology
Mentor
  • Susan E. Collins, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, Harborview Medical Center

Add to my favorites Association between Interleukin-6 Levels and Symptoms Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Presenter
  • Hannah Pankratz, Senior, Nursing UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Hilaire Thompson, Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Systems

Add to my favorites BOLD Variability and its Correlation to CSF Markers of Neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s Disease
Presenters
  • Jimmy (Ji-Min) Park, Senior, Biochemistry UW Honors Program
  • Kousuke Ariga, Junior, Pre-Sciences UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Tara Madhyastha, Radiology

Add to my favorites The Effects of Environmental Factors on Mytilus Mussel Adhesion
Presenter
  • Benjamin David (Benjamin) Pedigo, Junior, Bioengineering Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Emily Carrington, Biological Sciences
  • Matthew George, Biology

Add to my favorites Fabrication of Tissue-Engineered Blood Vessel using Nanopatterned Cell Sheet Wrapping Process
Presenter
  • Mikael Joshua (Mikael) Perla, Senior, Bioengineering Mary Gates Scholar, UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Deok-Ho Kim, Bioengineering

Add to my favorites Effect of Light on Solute-Free Zones at Metal-Water Interfaces
Presenter
  • Chester T. Pham, Senior, Pre Engineering NASA Space Grant Scholar
Mentor
  • Gerald H. Pollack, Bioengineering

Add to my favorites Impact of Genetic Diversity and Phenotypic Plasticity on Ecosystem Productivity under Manipulated Drought
Presenters
  • Erica Qiao, Junior, Biology (Bothell Campus)
  • Stefany Ann Sideris, Senior, Biology (Bothell Campus)
  • Rebecca Jaejin Kim, Fifth Year, Pre-Major, UW Bothell
  • Nicholas Daniel (Nicholas) Vradenburg, Senior, Environmental Studies (Bothell)
  • Elizabeth Ellen Nightingale, Senior, Biology (Bothell Campus)
  • Meerit Y Said, Senior, Biology (Bothell Campus)
Mentor
  • Cynthia Chang, Biology

Add to my favorites Crystal Engineering of a Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel
Presenter
  • Amanda Qu, Senior, Biochemistry Levinson Emerging Scholar, Mary Gates Scholar, NASA Space Grant Scholar, UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • William Catterall, Pharmacology
  • Teresa Swanson, Pharmacology

Add to my favorites The Last Five Years: A Musical Exploring the Challenges Faced by Artists of Color
Presenter
  • Dominic Francesco (Dominic) Racelis, Senior, Bus Admin (Oper & Supply Chain Mgmt), Informatics Mary Gates Scholar
Mentor
  • Wilson Mendieta, Dance, Drama

Add to my favorites Alternation by Region Crossing Changes and Implications for Warping Span
Presenter
  • Mckenna Shastine (McKenna) Renn, Junior, Pre-Sciences
Mentors
  • Jennifer Townsend, Mathematics, Bellevue College
  • Allison Henrich, Mathematics, Seattle University

Add to my favorites Frequency Dependence in the Evolution of a Syntrophic Mutualism
Presenters
  • Samantha Renee Rhothisen, Senior, Biology (Bothell Campus)
  • Aryanne Mae Calinisan Mac Arulay, Senior, Biology (Bothell Campus)
  • Andrew Myles Tagle, Recent Graduate,
Mentor
  • Kristina Hillesland, Biological Sciences

Add to my favorites Supporting Teach-Back: A Pathway to Hospital Readmission Reduction
Presenters
  • Mary Theresa (Mary) Robertson, Fifth Year, Nursing UW Honors Program
  • Melissa Carpenter, Fifth Year, Nursing UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Elizabeth Bridges, Nursing

Add to my favorites Centimeter-Scale Geolocalization for Field-Work when GPS Fails
Presenters
  • Andrew Ruiz, Sophomore, Physics, Computer Engineering, Edmonds Community College
  • Fitsum Haileselassie, Sophomore, Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Edmonds Community College
  • Clarice Astronimo, Sophomore, Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, Materials Science Engineering, Edmonds Community College
Mentor
  • Tom Fleming, Physics, Edmonds Community College

Add to my favorites Monitoring Chemicals Produced in the Vapor of Electronic Cigarettes 
Presenters
  • Renee Saia, Sophomore, Chemistry, Seattle Central College
  • Andrew John Loys, Recent Graduate,
Mentor
  • Esmaeel Naeemi, Chemistry, Seattle Central College

Add to my favorites Linking Surficial Geomorphology with Vertical Structure in High and Low Energy Marine Environments
Presenter
  • Erica Lian Sampaga, Senior, Oceanography, Earth and Space Sciences: Geology
Mentors
  • Miles Logsdon, Oceanography
  • Emily Roland, Oceanography

Add to my favorites StructJumper: Accessibility Plug-in for Blind Computer Developers
Presenter
  • Elizabeth S. (Elizabeth) Schibig, Senior, Computer Engineering NASA Space Grant Scholar
Mentors
  • Richard Ladner, Computer Science & Engineering
  • Juan-Carlos Chavez, Earth & Space Sciences, Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium
  • Catherine Baker, Computer Science & Engineering

Add to my favorites Sentencing of Sex Offenders in Washington State 
Presenter
  • Hannah Schwendeman, Senior, Anthropology, Law, Societies, & Justice UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Katherine Beckett, Law, Societies, and Justice

Add to my favorites Synthesis of Ferrate: Comparison of Feasibility of Electrochemical and Chemical Methods
Presenter
  • Vance Sereda, Senior,
Mentors
  • Esmaeel Naeemi, Chemistry, Seattle Central College
  • Maitham Naeemi (mnaeemi@gmail.com)

Add to my favorites Communicating with Patients with Communication Disorders: A Survey of the Nursing School Curriculum  
Presenter
  • Devon Christopher (Devon) Sidhu, Senior, Nursing UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Michael Burns, Speech & Hearing Sciences
  • Pamela Mitchell, Nursing

Add to my favorites Synthesis of Constitutive Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF) Overexpression Vector for Comparison between Constitutive and Temporally Controlled CRF Expression
Presenter
  • Phil Sim, Senior, Microbiology
Mentors
  • Madison Baird, Pharmacology
  • Larry Zweifel, Pharmacology

Add to my favorites Understanding the Host Galaxies of Supermassive Black Hole Mergers
Presenters
  • Daniel Robert (Daniel) Simons, Junior, Physics: Comprehensive Physics, Astronomy
  • Daven M. (D) Cocroft, Senior, Physics: Comprehensive Physics, Psychology, Astronomy
Mentors
  • Fabio Governato, Astronomy
  • Michael Tremmel, Astronomy

Add to my favorites Detection of Pandemic Multidrug-Resistant Clone of Escherichia coli, H30, in Fecal Samples from Healthy Women
Presenter
  • Huxley Ann (Huxley) Smart, Senior, Microbiology
Mentors
  • Evgeni Sokurenko, Microbiology
  • Veronika Tchesnokova, Microbiology

Add to my favorites Determining Changes in the Hydrogen Isotopic Ratio of Dinosterol in Sediment Cores from Vanuatu
Presenter
  • Polly Elizabeth (Polly) Sobeck, Senior, Chemistry
Mentors
  • Julian Sachs, Oceanography
  • Ashley Maloney, College of the Environment

Add to my favorites Synthesis of a Synthetic Mononuclear Manganese Superoxo Complex to Model the Dangling Manganese in the Oxygen Evolving Complex
Presenter
  • Joey Joon (Joey) Song, Senior, English, Chemistry
Mentor
  • Julia Kovacs, Chemistry

Add to my favorites Characterization of PDZ Protein-Protein Binding Kinetics in the Alpha-1D Adrenergic Receptor
Presenter
  • Aaron William (Aaron) Stewart, Senior, Bioengineering Mary Gates Scholar
Mentor
  • Chris Hague, Pharmacology, University of Washington School of Medicine

Add to my favorites The Emma B. Andrews Diary Project: Tracking the Mysterious Acquisition and Disappearance of the ‘Donna Laura Minghetti Leonardo’
Presenter
  • Claire Elizabeth Summa, Sophomore, Pre-Sciences UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Sarah Ketchley, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization

Add to my favorites Solidarity in a Context of Ongoing Political Violence
Presenter
  • Angie Liliana (Angie) Tamayo Montero, Junior, Psychology Mary Gates Scholar
Mentor
  • Angelina Godoy, Jackson School of International Studies

Add to my favorites Confining Barium-Ytterbium/Barium-Barium Ion Chain in a Quartic Anharmonic Oscillator for Quantum Computing
Presenter
  • Wen Lin Tan, Senior, Physics: Comprehensive Physics, Applied & Computational Mathematical Sciences (Engineering & Physical) Mary Gates Scholar, UW Honors Program, Washington Research Foundation Fellow
Mentor
  • Boris Blinov, Physics

Add to my favorites Using Benchmarking to Compare the Effectiveness of Collaborative Care and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Youth Depression
Presenter
  • Anna Unutzer, Junior, Public Health-Global Health
Mentors
  • Heather Spielvogle, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle Children's Research Institute
  • Laura Richardson, Pediatrics

Add to my favorites Solute Exclusion Effects of the Probiotic-Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG near a Hydrophilic Surface
Presenter
  • Gautham Velchuru, Junior, Pre-Sciences UW Honors Program
Mentors
  • Gerald H. Pollack, Bioengineering
  • Abha Sharma, Bioengineering

Add to my favorites The Effect of Counseling Interventions on the Partner-Caregiver’s Well-Being in Ovarian Cancer
Presenter
  • Hilary Vonckx, Fifth Year, Nursing UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Fran Lewis, Family and Child Nursing

Add to my favorites Novel Coaxial Electron Spin Resonance Probe for Precision Magnetic Field Measurements
Presenter
  • Megan Lisa Wachtendonk, Senior, Physics: Comprehensive Physics
Mentors
  • Gray Rybka, Physics
  • Martin Fertl, Physics

Add to my favorites In vitro Efficacy of Bumped Kinase Inhibitors (BKIs) against B. besnoiti tachyzoites
Presenter
  • Alexandra Meta (Sasha) Wallace, Junior, Biology (General)
Mentor
  • Kayode Ojo, Medicine

Add to my favorites Looking for Evolution in Wastewater Treatment Plants
Presenter
  • Stephen Garth (Stephen) Wallen, Senior, Biology (Bothell Campus)
Mentor
  • Kristina Hillesland, Biological Sciences

Add to my favorites Tonic Immobility and Maladaptive Cognitions as Predictors of Sexual Revictimization among College Women
Presenter
  • Chelsea Wang, Junior, Psychology
Mentor
  • Debra Kaysen, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Add to my favorites Establishing a Map of Air-Surface CO2 Exchange and a Transect of pCO2 Gradients through the Water Column of a Winter Fjord in Nootka Sound
Presenters
  • Daryn White, Senior, Oceanography
  • Genevieve Josephine Grace Hinde, Junior, Exchange - Arts & Sciences
Mentors
  • Julian Sachs, Oceanography
  • Ashley Maloney, College of the Environment, Oceanography

Add to my favorites Engaging Underrepresented Communities in Prevention Research: An Interdisciplinary Comparison
Presenter
  • Alyse Janine Whitlock, Senior, Nursing UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Wendy Barrington, Psychosocial & Community Health, School of Nursing

Add to my favorites Initiation and Maintenance of Participation in a Local Mall Walking Program
Presenters
  • Evan Whitson, Fifth Year, Nursing UW Honors Program
  • Kimberly (Kim) Pineda, Senior, Nursing UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Basia Belza, Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Systems

Add to my favorites Different Environmental Stressors and their Effect on TEX86 Signature of Marine Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea
Presenter
  • Alexandra L. (Alexandra) Wied, Senior, Oceanography
Mentors
  • Anitra Ingalls, Oceanography
  • Laura Carlson, Oceanography

Add to my favorites Vesicle Reconstitution of TRPV1 for Structural Studies
Presenter
  • Erin M (Erin) Williams, Senior, Biochemistry Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Sharona Gordon, Physiology & Biophysics
  • Gilbert Martinez, Physiology & Biophysics

Add to my favorites Changes in Sea Otter Diet Diversity from the 1990s to the 2010s
Presenter
  • Amanda Elisabeth (Amanda) Witt, Senior, Biology (General), Spanish Mary Gates Scholar
Mentors
  • Kristin Laidre, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
  • Jessica Hale, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences

Add to my favorites Second Light: Betalux Retrorocket Design
Presenters
  • Clare Wolfe, Sophomore, Civil Engineering, Seattle Central College
  • Christopher Kevin Prinz, Senior, NASA Space Grant Scholar
  • Yassin Bahid, Freshman, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Seattle Central College
  • Lindsay Tardiff, Sophomore, Engineering , Seattle Central College
  • Colleen Collins, Freshman, Geology, Seattle Central College NASA Space Grant Scholar
  • My-Lynn Pham
Mentors
  • Rebecca Hartzler, Earth & Space Sciences, Physics, Seattle Central College
  • Michael Harrell, Earth & Space Sciences

Add to my favorites 2-Micron Plasmid Stabilization in Yeast as a Model for Genetic Conflict
Presenter
  • Cynthis C. (Cynthis) Wong, Senior, Microbiology
Mentors
  • Harmit Malik, Genome Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  • Michelle Hays, Molecular & Cellular Biology, UW/ Fred Hutch

Add to my favorites The Returns to English-Speaking Skills in Puerto Rico
Presenter
  • Macey Danielle (Macey) Wong, Senior, Economics UW Honors Program
Mentor
  • Oksana Leukhina, Economics

Add to my favorites The Effectiveness of Community-Based Firearm Safety Events among Firearm Owners in Washington State, Particularly among Families with Young Children in the Home
Presenters
  • Pearl Woo, Sophomore, Pre-Health Sciences
  • Emili Diane (Emili) Allen, Junior, Biology (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental)
  • Lauren R Stanek, Senior, Public Health-Global Health
  • Evan Bradford Jones, Senior, Public Health-Global Health
  • Bhavya Kumar, Senior, Biochemistry, Biology (General)
Mentors
  • Joseph Simonetti, Medicine
  • Cassie King, Other, Seattle Children's

Add to my favorites Alcohol Consumption among College Students as a Function of Sex, Academic Major, and Academic Performance
Presenters
  • Shiyi (Isabelle) Xu, Recent Graduate, Psychology, Communication
  • Tien Hsuan (Eric) Su, Senior, Psychology, Public Health-Global Health
Mentors
  • Irene Geisner, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
  • Nicole Fossos-Wong, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Add to my favorites The Influence of Calcium on Rates of Ligand Exchange between Strong Chelating Agents by Capillary Electrophoresis
Presenter
  • Yi (Suzy) Xu, Senior, Chemistry, Environmental Studies, Whitman College
Mentor
  • Nathan Boland, Chemistry, Whitman College

Add to my favorites Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Colloidal Copper-Doped CdSe Nanocrystals
Presenters
  • Luming Yang, Senior, Chemistry
  • Atch Gopalan, Junior, Exchange - Arts & Sciences
Mentors
  • Daniel Gamelin, Chemistry
  • Kathryn Knowles, Chemistry

Add to my favorites An Adaptable Prosthetic Foot to Improve Community Ambulation for Lower Extremity Amputees
Presenter
  • Jessica Zistatsis, Senior, Mechanical Engineering NASA Space Grant Scholar
Mentor
  • Murray Maitland, Mechanical Engineering