19TH ANNUAL STUDENT RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATIONS
April 21, 2015
SABBATINI LOUNGE OF THOMAS CENTER CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY
Courses and Participating Faculty
BIOL
CHEM
ECE
PSYC
PSY C
ME
Mentored Research 465
Senior Research 429
Electrical and Computer Engineering 410
Cognitive 371
Psychological Methods 354
Mechanical Engineering 408
Dr. Malinda Fitzgerald
Dr. Dennis Merat
Dr. John Ventura
Dr. Jeff Sable
Dr. Maureen O'Brien
Dr. Ray Brown
STUDENTS WILL BE PRESENT AT THEIR POSTERS
Even numbered boards 12:30 - 1:00, Odd numbered boards 1:00 - 1:30
General Reception for faculty, students and mentors 12:30 - 1:30
** Dominic Dunn Award will be announced at 12:45 **
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Diabetes attenuates metabolic oscillations
regulated by circadian clock rhythms
Expression Profile of Activators of G-Protein
Signaling in Polycystic Kidney Disease using Reverse
CHEM Transcription-Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
BIOL
IEEE SoutheastCon 2015 Hardware Competition
Elephant Crank Feeder
ME
The Relationship between Attitudes toward Obesity
5 PSYC and Attribution Styles
Correlation between adrenocorticotropic hormone
6 BIOL (ACH) and cortisol expressions in young children
Effect of IL-1b and IL-17 on IL-6, IL-8, and VEGF
Production by Human TMJ Synovial Fibroblast-like
7 CHEM Cells
8 ECE
A Solution in Hand Therapy
9 ME
Cable Stripper Design
Attitudes toward Homosexuality in Relation to
10 PSYC Religiosity
ECE
Andrew Aristorenas and Martin E. Young
Joanna Arnett, Marek Lenarczuk and Frank
Park
Ethan Hunter, Nicholas McKee, Htet Cho
Oo, Fred Smith and Tyler Stranburg
Matthew Wendel and Leandro Castillo
Ashley Reed, Bre’anna Ridgell and Mary
Margaret Vollmar
Anqi Zheng, Cynthia R. Rovnaghi and
Kanjalweet Anand
Jessica Ypulong
Michael Stuart
Henry Stefanov
Wendolyn J. Byrd, Alexis Hare, Lauren
Hutchison and Jamonté Wilson
Brent T. McGlaughlin, Timothy J. Howze,
Effects of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on
Peihong Guan, Richard A. Helms and Emma
11 BIOL Cell Cycle Induction in a Hepatocellular Model
M. Tillman
Immunofluorescence as a Means of Identifying
Emi Abutineh, Kevin Hope and Catherine C.
12 CHEM TRPC3-Expressing Astrocytes in Alzheimer’s Mice
Kaczorowski
13 ECE
Automated Aquaponic System
Dustin Brown and Minh Nguyen
Shawn Jenkins, Wesley Kelly, Jennifer Lo
14 ME
NASA Rover Challenge
and Michael Szpara
Abigail Lockard, Madison McBride and
15 PSYC Sport Participation and Personality
Mauricio Ramirez
Charlene Patino. Karina Chavez, Charlie L.
Effect of potential DAMPs on inflammatory cytokine Xie, Pammi Cheema, William M. Mihalka
16 BIOL secretion in particle exposed macrophages
and Richard A. Smith
Toni A. Patrick, Patrick L. Woody, Katelyn R.
Brain Responses to Ignored Sounds are Enhanced in Baker, Stephanie Allen-Winters, April
17 CHEM Chronic Migraine
Collins and Jeffrey J. Sable
Paul Chan, Justin White, Adam Cho, Hannah
18 ECE
Working for Peanuts – An Alternate Feeding System Addison, and Robyn Wade
19 ME
Sunshade Bridge Design
Phillip Loewenberg and Graham Lemly
James Rogers, Mignon Hearn and Taylor
20 PSYC The Relationship between Sleeping and Eating
Threadgill
Real Time-qPCR, Analysis of Gene Expression Levels Danny V. Cao, Yanhui Zhang, Franklin
21 BIOL in Oral Cancer Cells.
Garcia-Godoy and Qian Zheng
22 ECE
Virtual Tour of the Lab
Patrick McGinnis
23 ME
Robotics Project
Tyler Stranburg, Fred Smith
Special Thanks to all the Members and Funding Agencies
Thanks to Alpha Chi Honor Society for sponsorship
Emotional State in Relation to Sleep Patterns in
24 PSYC College
An examination of tight junction protein expression
in human brain microvascular endothelial cells
(hBMEC) in the presence of conditioned media from
25 BIOL medulloblastoma subtypes
Molecular Dynamics of Chemical Structures and
26 CHEM Their Interaction with Surfaces
27 ECE
Self-Contained Mushroom Farm
28 ME
Correlating Burst & Peel Data
The Relationship between College Students’ Body29 PSYC esteem, Self-esteem, and Media
Inhibition of Arginine-Gingipain by the Cysteine
30 BIOL Protease Inhibitor E64
31 ECE
CodeCraft
32 ME
33 PSYC
34 BIOL
35 PSYC
36 BIOL
37 PSYC
38 BIOL
39 PSYC
40 BIOL
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42 BIOL
43 BIOL
44 BIOL
Jessica Voyles, Michelle Gross and Alexis
Seward
Brooke Joyce, Megan Jacus, Stacy Throm
and Clinton Stewart
Jimmy Nguyen
Leonardo Avalos
David Barnett
Terri S. Conley, Florence Tamari, and Cortez
Johnson
Solomon J. Amiri
Jonas Broughman and Randall Hayden Roth
Adam Cho, Hannah Addison and Robin
Elephant Alternating Feeder
Wade
The Relationship between Knowledge of Stuttering Zarisa Parkey, Lauren Dahlke and Emily
and Perceptions of Stuttering
Wragg
Effects of Human Traits vs. Motor Vehicle Elements Whitney K. Stepter, Dr. Malinda Fitzgerald
on Whiplash Recovery
and Bobby Myers
The Relationship between Media Depictions of
Patrick Woody, Andrea Perez-Munoz, and
Mental Illnesses and Stigma towards the Mentally Ill Baraka Douglas
Ethanol Effects on Diameter of Arteries That Irrigate Alexandra Bickenbach, Anna Bukiya and
Different Cerebral Territories
Alex Dopico
Parental Attachment and Transition and
Michael Matande, Matthew Brint and Kayla
Adjustment into College
Martin
Evaluation of Clearing Methods for Light
Taylor C. Rosa-Ramon, Victoria Frohlich and
Microscopy
Cliff Guy
Social Self-esteem and the Influence of Others
Jennifer Pearman and Brittany Howard
Post Approval Study of the TS (Threshold Suspend(
Chelsie Clark, Shazia Chatha, and Dr. Kashif
Feature with a Sensor-Augmented Pump System
Latif
Understanding the Population Dynamics of Trillium Colton A. Terhune, Dr. James E. Moore and
recurvatum in Western Tennessee.
Jennifer B. Mandel
Testing of Stream Health of the Loosahatchie River
Daniel Schenck, Cheryl Goudie and Lynda
Using Macroinvertebrates.
Miller
Impact of Surgical or Trans catheter device closure
Erika A Odigie, Michael Perez, Rana
on weight gain in children with VSD. ASD or PDA.
Khaznadar and Shyam Sathanandam
Drug Screening of Candida albicans in Amphotericin Heather Huff, P. D. Rogers and Sarah G.
B.
Whaley
Special Thanks to all the Members and Funding Agencies
Thanks to Alpha Chi Honor Society for sponsorship