student presenters - California State University, Fullerton
-1- ILLUMINATING IDEAS 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -2- 22nd Annual Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research California State University, Fullerton November 22, 2014 -1- ILLUMINATING IDEAS 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -2- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Message from the President Greetings, and welcome to California State University, Fullerton! We are tremendously honored to be hosting the Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR). But we at Cal State Fullerton are more than just a proud and grateful partner to SCCUR; we also believe we are the right partner. Undergraduate research is an enterprise of highest importance and occupies a pivotal place in the heart of Cal State Fullerton’s mission to “combine the best qualities of teaching and research universities where actively engaged students, faculty, and staff work in close collaboration to expand knowledge.” Today, hundreds of actively engaged students will indeed share the research, scholarship, and creative activities they and their faculty mentors have invested so much time, energy, and passion into. From social and natural science to education and the arts – SCCUR is the perfect forum to bring together students from across the spectrum of intellectual and creative pursuits; a fitting place to thank and congratulate faculty mentors and student participants; and above all, a mecca for the High-Impact Practices undergraduate research has proven itself to be. As you enjoy your day at Cal State Fullerton exchanging Illuminating Ideas through oral presentations, posters, and casual networking, I encourage you to take some time to enjoy the campus and what it has to offer. Cal State Fullerton is home to more than 38,000 diverse students this fall, and we are proud of the more than 220,000 Titan graduates who have entered into the workforce and made an impact around the world. Many of these alumni achieved success due to the academic foundation they received through the kind of scholarly research on display here today. As such, the participants of this conference— students and faculty who are transcending the traditional walls of the classroom to embark on a mission of scholarship, creativity, and discovery—are not only poised to achieve their academic goals and life dreams, but also impact our world in immeasurable ways. For all of that and more I thank you, welcome you, and wish you a wonderful conference and experience here at Cal State Fullerton. Sincerely, Mildred García, Ed.D. President OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 2600 NUTWOOD AVENUE, CP-1000 FULLERTON, CA 92831 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -3- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Dear SCCUR 2014 Participants and Guests, I am happy to extend to you a very warm welcome to our twenty-first annual conference, hosted on this beautiful campus of California State University, Fullerton. On behalf of the Board of Directors for the Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research, I want to say thank you to the students and their mentors for the work that’s being presented here, and thanks to all of the participants for maintaining their vigorous support of undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative activity in Southern California. SCCUR was founded in 1993 by representatives from several local colleges and universities, all committed to fostering the kind of work that you’re seeing today from across all academic disciplines. Since that time the annual conference, always held on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, has been attended by many thousands of student researchers, writers, artists, and their faculty mentors and guests. The board offers its sincere thanks to Professors Scott Annin and Binod Tiwari, co-directors of this year’s SCCUR conference, and to all of their students, staff, faculty, and administrative colleagues who have supported the creation of this wonderful event. Dozens of student volunteers, abstract reviewers, and session chairs have also contributed to making this a very special day for student researchers and their mentors. Please enjoy the sessions today. They represent the achievement of some of the country’s best and most highly motivated students. Virgil H. Adams III, Ph.D. President, Board of Directors Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -4- ILLUMINATING IDEAS November 22, 2014 Dear SCCUR Participants and Guests, Welcome to California State University, Fullerton and the 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR)! This year’s conference is one for the SCCUR record books. More than 750 projects will be presented by nearly 1,500 students with the support of nearly 600 faculty mentors from over 100 colleges and universities. Through their projects, students have enhanced their education by applying the knowledge gained in their classes and their independent studies to real-world issues and challenges. Their dedication, determination, and diligence, which have carried them through these projects, will serve them well as they take their place in the next generation of scholars and leaders. These students and their faculty mentors are a significant source of pride for our institutions. We would like to thank the many individuals who have worked so hard to make the 2014 SCCUR conference a success. First, we thank the Board of Directors of SCCUR for the opportunity to host this conference on our Cal State Fullerton campus and for their helpful guidance in organizing the event. Second, we gratefully acknowledge the many abstract reviewers and moderators for their time and dedication. Finally, we offer many thanks to the entire Cal State Fullerton campus community, including over 125 dedicated student volunteers from the campus, for its assistance in hosting this conference. We especially acknowledge the tireless efforts of the faculty, students, and staff of the 2014 SCCUR Planning Committee, including: Carlos Amescua Ivan Bernal Nicole Borg David Bowman Liz Breach Nathalie Carrick James Deleon Victor Delgado Brian Gadbois Adriana Gonçalves Daisy Hernandez Barbara Kerr Robert Koch Alex Lemmon Amy Mattern Yvonne Moar Terri Patchen Coral Roseberry Amanda Villagran Jeremy Wilson We also sincerely thank Cal State Fullerton President Mildred García, Provost José Cruz, Deputy Provost Shari McMahan, and the Office of Research and Creative Activities and Technology Transfer for their help and support of this conference. SCCUR is all about celebrating student accomplishments and Illuminating Ideas. We hope that you find today’s conference inspiring and energizing, and we look forward to watching today’s student presenters become tomorrow’s leaders in their respective research and creative passions. Sincerely, Dr. Scott Annin Co-Director, SCCUR 2014 Dr. Binod Tiwari Co-Director, SCCUR 2014 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -5- ILLUMINATING IDEAS KEYNOTE SPEAKER Bill Cunliffe "What Jazz can teach us about working together" TSU Pavilions – 11:00 am Cal State Fullerton Professor of Music Bill Cunliffe is a jazz pianist, composer, Grammywinning arranger and record producer known for his agility in blending jazz with the classical and pop genres. As a solo artist, bandleader and sideman, he has performed around the world and appears on a multitude of recordings. Growing up in Andover, Mass., Cunliffe began piano lessons with his mother, Ruth, at the age of 8. It wasn’t until he was 20, captivated by the music of Oscar Peterson, that he shifted his focus from classical music to jazz, studying with piano legends Mary Lou Williams at Duke University and Bill Dobbins at the Eastman School of Music. In 1989, Cunliffe won the Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition. Early in his career, Cunliffe toured with the Buddy Rich Big Band as pianist and arranger and worked with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard and James Moody. Currently, besides making solo and guest appearances, he performs with his trio; his big band; his Latin band, Imaginación; and his classical/improvisational chamber ensemble, Trimotif. Recordings show Cunliffe’s affinity for Latin rhythms (“Bill in Brazil”; Imaginación”; his Grammy-nominated concerto for trumpet and orchestra, “fourth stream … La Banda”) and pay homage to his musical heroes, including Bud Powell, Oliver Nelson, Oscar Peterson, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Paul Simon. Nurturing a love of choral music as well, Cunliffe has recorded his jazzinflected sacred works (“Transformation”) with the choirs of All Saints Church in Pasadena, Calif., where he is composer-inresidence. Recent releases include the Bill Cunliffe Trio’s “River Edge, New Jersey” (2013); Cunliffe’s Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra (2012), with tubist Jim Self and the Hollywood Ensemble, conducted by Cunliffe; and “That Time of Year” (2011), an album of solo improvisations on Christmas standards that was described in the Los Angeles Times as a “tour de force.” Cunliffe was coproducer and musical director on “Come Back to Me Love,” an August 2014 release by singer Freda Payne (“Band of Gold”). He also produced “Sabor!,” the Cal State Fullerton jazz ensembles’ October 2014 debut CD. His latest film project was “On the Shoulders of Giants,” Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s history of the Harlem Rens basketball team, which won a 2013 NAACP Image Award for Best Documentary. For his soundtrack, Cunliffe received two NAACP nominations. Cunliffe won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement for “West Side Story Medley,” on the album “Resonance Big Band Plays Tribute to Oscar Peterson” (2009). In 2010, the Los Angeles Jazz Society honored him with its Composer/Arranger Award. In addition to teaching full time at the Cal State Fullerton School of Music, Cunliffe is a faculty member of the Skidmore Jazz Institute and the Vail Jazz Workshop. Live Streaming: http://titancom.fullerton.edu/broadcast/sccur_event_2014.html 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -6- ILLUMINATING IDEAS TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome from Míldred Garcia ............................................................................................. 3 President, California State University, Fullerton Welcome from Virgil H. Adams III, Ph.D. ............................................................................ 4 SCCUR President, Board of Directors Welcome from Drs. Annin and Tiwari.................................................................................. 5 SCCUR 2014 Co-Directors Keynote Speaker: Bill Cunliffe ............................................................................................. 6 Also featuring Cal State Fullerton undergraduate music majors Chris Hon (Drums) and Art Ramirez (Bass) Conference Schedule ........................................................................................................... 8 Special Announcements ...................................................................................................... 9 Oral Presentations ................................................................................................................ 10 Arranged according to building, room, session number, and time. Poster Presentations ............................................................................................................ 54 Arranged according to abstract submitter’s last name. Student Presenters ............................................................................................................... 94 Mentors.................................................................................................................................. 106 Moderators ............................................................................................................................ 112 Abstract Reviewers............................................................................................................... 114 Student Volunteers ............................................................................................................... 116 NCUR 2015 ............................................................................................................................ 117 Thanks and Acknowledgements ......................................................................................... 118 Maps ...................................................................................................................................... 119 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -7- ILLUMINATING IDEAS CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Registration ............................................................... TSU 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast ................................................ TSU Pavilions 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Poster Session I ......................................................... TSU Pavilions 9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. Break 9:20 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. Oral Session I ............................................................ SGMH, LH, and UH 11:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m. Welcome: Provost José L. Cruz; ............................ TSU Pavilions Keynote: Bill Cunliffe, CSUF, music department; Live Streaming: http://titancom.fullerton.edu/broadcast/sccur_event_2014.html 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch ........................................................................ TSU 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Oral Session II .......................................................... SGMH, LH, and UH 2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Break (Refreshments served in lobbies) .............. SGMH, LH, and UH 2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Oral Session III ......................................................... SGMH, LH, and UH 3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Break 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Poster Session II ..................................................... TSU Pavilions 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Reception ................................................................. TSU Pavilions TSU: Titan Student Union SMGH: Steven G. Mihaylo Hall LH: Langsdorf Hall UH: University Hall 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -8- ILLUMINATING IDEAS SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FACULTY/MENTOR LOUNGE Sponsored by CSUF's Faculty Development Center TSU/Gabrielino Room 8:00 am – 12:00 pm (light refreshments will be served) PHOTO BOOTH TSU/Chapman Atrium 8:00 am – 1:00 pm *** After the event, please visit the All Star Photo website to retrieve photos: http://photos.allstarphotobooth.com/ Password: sccurcsuf2014 OPPORTUNITY DRAWING TSU Pavilions During the Reception iPad Mini 3 Amazon Gift Cards - Must be present to win Web Link to 11:00 am Live Keynote Address at SCCUR 2014 http://titancom.fullerton.edu/broadcast/sccur_event_2014.html 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -9- ILLUMINATING IDEAS ORAL PRESENTATIONS Each presentation is allotted 15 minutes followed by a 3-minute question and answer period. Each session has a faculty moderator who is assisted by a student room monitor. Participants and guests are asked to adhere to the Conference Etiquette Guidelines and not to enter or leave the rooms while a presentation is in progress. Abstracts for the presentations at this year’s Conference are available at the Conference Web Site: http://apps.fullerton.edu/sccur_csuf/ STEVEN G. MIHAYLO HALL (SGMH – 1108) Time Student Presenter(s) Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Oral Session I: Biology 9:20 AMBurns, Amanda 9:40 AM Holmlund, Helen Lekson, Victoria Pepperdine University, Seaver College Moderator: Stephen Davis, Pepperdine University Foliar Water Uptake and Resurrection: Davis, Stephen Mechanisms of Drought Tolerance in Eight Pepperdine University, Species of Ferns in the Santa Monica Mountains Seaver College 9:40 AM10:00 AM Nakamatsu, Nicole Pepperdine University, Seaver College Comparative Photosynthetic Performance and Carbon Isotope Analysis Among Five Fern Species Native to Southern California Davis, Stephen Pepperdine University, Seaver College 10:00 AM10:20 AM Cooney, Brendan Timmerman, Clinton University of Redlands Examination of different buffers on the efficacy of the complement system Cooney, Brendan University of Redlands 10:20 AM10:40 AM Han, Jisoo Jayson, Christina Johnson, Meghan University of California, Los Angeles Generating a Zebrafish Model of DeafnessDystonia Syndrome Using Transcription Activator-Like Effector Nuclease (TALEN) Technology Koehler, Carla University of California, Los Angeles Oral Session II: Biology 1:30 PMNo, Hyewon 1:50 PM Snipper, Joshua Till, Andreas Occidental College Moderator: Christopher Tracy, Cal State University – Fullerton Persistence of Streptococcus pyogenes in the Okumura, Cheryl Lysosomal Environment Occidental College 1:50 PM2:10 PM Sanchez, Emily California State University, Fullerton Sex-based Differences in Summer Activity of Sauromalus ater (Common Chuckwalla) Tracy, Christopher California State University, Fullerton 2:10 PM2:30 PM Howard, Samantha Nunnelly, Luke University of Southern California Characterization of Synaptic Structure in Putative Neuropsychiatric Susceptibility Genes Dickman, Dion University of Southern California 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -10- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Oral Session III: Biology 2:45 PMAlvarez Razo, Carlos 3:05 PM Occidental College Moderator: Cheryl Okumura, Occidental College Genome-Wide Survey for Blue Copper Binding Nersissian, Aram Proteins Occidental College 3:05 PM3:25 PM Bachour, Kinan Ghaffari Rafi, Arash Mao, Tiffany Shahery, Shanelle University of California, Los Angeles Identification of retinal degeneration genes: adhesion and phagocytosis Laski, Frank University of California, Los Angeles 3:25 PM3:45 PM Fukui, Kyle Occidental College Acidity in the Tank: Effects of Abiotic Factors on the Acidity of the Water in Epiphytic Bromeliads North, Gretchen Occidental College STEVEN G. MIHAYLO HALL (SGMH – 1113) Time Student Presenter(s) Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Oral Session I: Biology 9:20 AMGrelling, Nathaniel 9:40 AM Nguyen, Nhu-Y University of California, Riverside Moderator: Pankaj Bhattarai, Cal State University – Fullerton The Effect of Varying Concentrations of MgO Liu, Huinan Nanoparticles and pH Levels on the Growth Rate University of California, of Staphylococcus epidermidis Riverside 9:40 AM10:00 AM Elix, Catherine University of California, Riverside 2,9-di-sec-butyl-1,10-phenanthroline + Cisplatin: In-vitro Combination Treatment Against Gliomablastoma Tumors Wilson, Emma University of California, Riverside 10:00 AM10:20 AM Douglas, Chris Stiles, Travis University of California, San Diego Ilouz, Ronit Schenk, Lior Stiles, Travis University of California, San Diego Importance of Soluble Adenylyl Cyclase in Glial Cells Goldberg, Jeffrey University of California, San Diego PKAR Subunits Exhibit Different Localizations and Functions within the Brain Goldberg, Jeffrey Taylor, Susan University of California, San Diego 10:20 AM10:40 AM Oral Session II: Biology 1:30 PMSanchez-Cardenas, 1:50 PM Marina University of La Verne 1:50 PMBlackshire, Bradley 2:10 PM Decker, Carl Tello, Oscar University of La Verne 2:10 PMCoria, Evelyn 2:30 PM Payne, Monique University of La Verne Moderator: Christos Stathopoulous, Cal State Univ. – Pomona Lipoic Acid as a Weight Loss Supplement Garcia, Jerome University of La Verne The Effects of Histone Glutathionylation Garcia, Jerome University of La Verne Proteins in Fermented Milk Mediate Cell Survival After Stress Garcia, Jerome University of La Verne 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -11- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Oral Session III: Biology 2:45 PMLiang, Phyllis 3:05 PM California State University, Fullerton Moderator: Kam Dahlquist, Loyola Marymount University Assessing and Improving CSUF Student Abraham, Joel K. Knowledge and Practices of Safe Produce Handling California State University, Fullerton 3:05 PM3:25 PM Petredis, Mitchell Loyola Marymount University Gene Database Construction and GenMaPP Analysis of Sinorhizobium meliloti Microarray Data Comparing Salt and Sucrose Stress 3:25 PM3:45 PM Rice, Sharena California Lutheran University Localization of the ABCA4 Phospholipid Flippase in Developing Photoreceptors Dahlquist, Kam Dionisio, John David Loyola Marymount University Long, Kenneth California Lutheran University STEVEN G. MIHAYLO HALL (SGMH – 1117) Time Student Presenter(s) Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Oral Session I: Biology 9:20 AMKarsten, Kristopher 9:40 AM Young, Taelor California Lutheran University Moderator: Jay Brewster, Pepperdine University Sexual Dimorphism in Sprint Speed and Bite Force Karsten, Kris in Uta Stansburiana California Lutheran University 9:40 AM10:00 AM Garcia, Eli Manalo, Danica-Mae Moran, Michelle Ybiernas, Gabriela Mount St. Mary’s College Cancer as an Aggregation Disease: The Ability of Wild-Type and Mutant p53 to Bind to DNA and Aggregate Nogaj, Luiza Mount St. Mary’s College 10:00 AM10:20 AM Girma, Blean Martinez, Genesee Mount St. Mary’s College Fuentes, Brooke Ramirez, Maria Soledad California State University, Fullerton Is Cancer an Aggregation Disease? An investigation of wild-type p53 and its mutants in vivo. Nogaj, Luiza Mount St. Mary’s College Dispersion of antibiotic resistance determinants in clinical XDR Acinetobacter baumannii isolates recovered in 2014 Tolmasky, Marcelo California State University, Fullerton 10:20 AM10:40 AM Oral Session II: Biology 1:30 PMLopez, Marlena 1:50 PM California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Moderator: Manjula Gunawardana, Oak Crest Inst. of Science Contrasting Social Organization in Day and Night Nagy, Martina Roosts of the Proboscis Bat (Rhynchonycteris California State Polytechnic naso) University, Pomona 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -12- ILLUMINATING IDEAS 1:50 PM2:10 PM 2:10 PM2:30 PM Keys, Megan Azusa Pacific University Quinn, Hannah Point Loma Nazarene University Oral Session III: Biology 2:45 PMAbdulla, Hassan 3:05 PM Loyola Marymount University 3:05 PMArnell, Ashley 3:25 PM Loyola Marymount University 3:25 PM Davis, Barbara 3:45 PM Razo, Aladino University of California, Riverside Genetic Engineering of Immune Cells for Specificity and Costimulation in the Tumor Microenvironment Prosser, Megan Azusa Pacific University Evidence for Two O Polysaccharide Polymerase Enzymes in Salmonella enterica, Serovar Strasbourg McConnell, Michael Point Loma Nazarene University Moderator: Manjula Gunawardana, Oak Crest Inst. of Science Investigating the Regulation of Nod Factor Lum, Michelle Production in Burkholderia tuberum Loyola Marymount University Generation and Characterization of a B. tuberum Lum, Michelle nodC mutant Loyola Marymount University Nicotine Analysis and Quantification in Tasty Puff Nothnagel, Eugene “Do It Yourself” Flavoring Solutions for Electronic Talbot, Prue Cigarettes University of California, Riverside STEVEN G. MIHAYLO HALL (SGMH – 1303) Time Student Presenter(s) Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Oral Session I: Biology 9:20 AMAdjekum, Afua 9:40 AM Rodriguez, Jennifer Tejeda, Areli Zumbrunn, Alexis California State University, Channel Islands 9:40 AM- Delos Reyes, Chiara 10:00 AM Soo, Kaydee Irvine Valley College Moderator: Merri Lynn Casem, Cal State University – Fullerton Breath Holding Capacity: What Sprinters and Cartwright, Rachel Marathon Runners Can Learn from Muscle Tissue California State University, Development in Marine Mammals Channel Islands Quantitative Measurement of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Confluence McCord, Roy Irvine Valley College 10:00 AM10:20 AM Photonic Diffusivity of Biocompatible Polymers: Cellulose and Alginate for Future Diabetes Therapy McCord, Roy Irvine Valley College Role of Class III HDACs in the Growth and Survival of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Gao, Shou-Jiang University of Southern California 10:20 AM10:40 AM Park, Eun Rios, Rae-Nicole Irvine Valley College Vasan, Karthik University of Southern California 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -13- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Oral Session II: Biology 1:30 PMZias, Kurt 1:50 PM California State University, Channel Islands 1:50 PMZias, Kurt 2:10 PM California State University, Channel Islands 1:50 PMMarcus, Kendra 2:10 PM Sanchez, Jaquelyn Mount St. Mary's College Moderator: Merri Lynn Casem, Cal State University – Fullerton Camarillo Springs Fire: Effects on Vertebrates & Anderson, Sean Invertebrates California State University, Channel Islands Oral Session III: Biology 2:45 PMKatz, Zachary 3:05 PM Lillemeier, Bjorn University of California, San Diego Yang, Sam University of Los Angeles Moderator: Merri Lynn Casem, Cal State University – Fullerton ZAP-70 Dynamics in T Cell Activation Sharpee, Tatyana University of California, San Diego 3:05 PM3:25 PM Montoya, Danielle California Lutheran University Antibiotic Resistance at the Hill Canyon Wastewater Treatment Plant and Local Waterways Near Thousand Oaks, CA Rogers, Theresa California Lutheran University 3:25 PM3:45 PM Smith, Haley Pepperdine University Comparison of Downstream Cell Survival Responses in HUVECs and HLECs During VEGF Signaling Vandergon, Thomas Pepperdine University Effects of Rim Fire on Great Gray Owl Habitat and Prey Availability in Yosemite National Park Anderson, Sean California State University, Channel Islands Investigating the Structural and Functional Properties of a Target Region in H-Ras Deprele, Sylvine Mount St. Mary’s College Mattos, Carla Northeastern University STEVEN G. MIHAYLO HALL (SGMH – 1307) Time Student Presenter(s) Oral Session I: Chemistry 9:20 AMGroner, Myles 9:40 AM Hiley, Megan Hong, Kevin Mead, Griffin Ng, Taryn Occidental College 9:40 AM- Groner, Myles 10:00 AM CSUF Occidental College 10:00 AM- Hamilton, Rachael 10:20 AM Scripps College Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Moderator: Sarah Forester, Cal State University – Bakersfield Directed Polyvalent Display of Sulfated Ligands on Udit, Andrew Virus Nanoparticles Elicits Heparin-Like Occidental College Anticoagulant Activity Biophysical Properties and Mechanism of Heparin Antagonist Virus-like Nanoparticles Udit, Andrew Occidental College Gold (I) Catalyzed SN1 Etherification of Alcohols Wenzel, Anna Scripps College 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -14- ILLUMINATING IDEAS 10:20 AM10:40 AM Smith, Amanda Azusa Pacific University Validation of Carbon-Deuterium Vibrational Probes as Reporters of Protein Binding Miller, Carrie Azusa Pacific University Oral Session II: Chemistry 1:30 PMLe-Pham, Ashley 1:50 PM Ong, Leo California State University, Fullerton 1:50 PMIskandarov, Umidjon 2:10 PM University of NebraskaLincoln Cruz, Sarah Mount St. Mary’s College 2:10 PMWhyte, Travis 2:30 PM Loyola Marymount University Moderator: Brittnee Veldman, Cal State Univ–Channel Islands Probing the Role of Ser-48 in the Regulation of the Meyer, Christopher Deinococcus radiodurans ADP Glucose California State University, Pyrophosphorylase Fullerton Oral Session III: Biology 2:45 PMMann, Dayna 3:05 PM Pepperdine University 3:05 PMTran, Thuan 3:25 PM California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Moderator: Stephen Davis, Pepperdine University An Individual-Based Model of Chaparral Lucas, Timothy Vegetation Response to Frequent Wildfire Pepperdine University Caffeine appears to enhance the S-phase checkpoint Dixon, Wendy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Genetic Screening of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutants for potential biofuel candidates Cahoon, Edgar University of NebraskaLincoln Surface Characterization of Zirconia Nanopowders Jarvis, Emily Loyola Marymount University STEVEN G. MIHAYLO HALL (SGMH – 1308) Time Student Presenter(s) Oral Session I: Chemistry 9:20 AMSanchez, Jessica 9:40 AM California State University, Fullerton Alfonso Garcia, Alba Gallagher, Kimberley Harutyunyan, Araks Santos, Guaciara University of California, Irvine 9:40 AM- Bekarian, Mary 10:00 AM Castillo, Sarah Jauregui, Juliette Safaeipour, Mary Sanchez, Maritza Mount St. Mary’s College Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Moderator: Eric Stemp, Mount St. Mary’s College Chemical Characterization of Phytoliths with Potma, Eric Raman Spectroscopy: What is inside? University of California, Irvine Oxidation of Cytochrome C by Guanine Radicals Stemp, Eric Mount St. Mary’s College 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -15- ILLUMINATING IDEAS 10:00 AM10:20 AM Lussier, Daniel University of California, Riverside 10:20 AM10:40 AM Angel, Noah University of California, Riverside Structural and Antitumor Studies on Gold-(III) Complexes Bearing Bidentate Ligand Derivatives of 1,10-phenanthroline and 2,2′-bipyridine: Looking for Alternatives to Cisplatin The Synthesis and Biological Testing of Cupric Phenanthroline Complexes: An Alternative to Cisplatin? Eichler, Jack University of California, Riverside Eichler, Jack University of California, Riverside Oral Session II: Chemistry 1:30 PMDomalaon, Kryls 1:50 PM Galvan, Vicente Jalali-Heravi, Mehdi Sotez, Samantha California State University, Los Angeles Haan, John California State University, Fullerton 1:50 PMEstala, Lissette 2:10 PM Ferrer, Ivonne M. Valadez, Hector California State University, Los Angeles Moderator: Deniz Cizmeciyan, Mount St. Mary’s College Paper-Based Alkaline Microfluidic Fuel Cells Gomez, Frank A. (MFCs): Assembly and Optimization Studies California State University, Los Angeles Paper Microfluidic-Based Enzyme Catalyzed Double Microreactor Gomez, Frank A. California State University, Los Angeles 2:10 PM2:30 PM Use of Chemometrics in Optimizing Paper Microfluids for Future Point-of-Care (POC) Diagnostic Devices Gomez, Frank A. California State University, Los Angeles Arrastia, Mary Jalali-Heravi, Mehdi California State University, Los Angeles Oral Session III: Chemistry 2:45 PMCarmona, Angelica 3:05 PM Mount St. Mary’s College 3:05 PMKerl, Alexis 3:25 PM Torres, Yeneri Mount St. Mary’s College 3:25 PMPerez, Andrea 3:45 PM Mount St. Mary’s College Moderator: Deniz Cizmeciyan, Mount St. Mary’s College Transesterification of Hypophosphorous Esters Deprèle, Sylvine Mount St. Mary’s College Successful Detection of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Deprèle, Sylvine Mount St. Mary’s College The Synthesis of Hypophosphite Esters: Elucidating the Synthetic Scheme of PhosphorousBased Surfactants Deprèle, Sylvine Mount St. Mary’s College 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -16- ILLUMINATING IDEAS STEVEN G. MIHAYLO HALL (SGMH – 1406) Time Student Presenter(s) Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Oral Session I: Chemistry 9:20 AMClay, Khalyd 9:40 AM Thurlow, Lauren Loyola Marymount University 9:40 AM- Biggs, Brenna 10:00 AM Monh, Theary California State University, Fullerton 10:00 AM- Barroso, David 10:20 AM Chung, Justin Empante, Thomas Kim, Jin Hyun Klee, Velveth Lee, Dongkun Lu, Daniel Martinez, Joseph Naghibi, Sahar Nguyen, Andrew Nguyen, Ariana Preciado, Edwin von Son, Gretel University of California, Riverside Moderator: Michael F.Z. Page, Cal State Poly. Univ. – Pomona Synthesis of G-Quadruplex Macrocycles McCallum, Jeremy Loyola Marymount University 10:20 AM10:40 AM How to Save a Life: Potential Applications of Antifreeze Proteins Bessell, Mary Los Angeles Trade Technical College Green Digital Photographic Method for Protein Assay Chemical Vapor Deposition of MoS2 on Various Substrates Deming, Richard Grudpan, Kate Sandquist, Darren Cal State Univ, Fullerton Bartels, Ludwig University of California, Riverside Diaz, Martin Los Angeles Trade Technical College Oral Session II: Chemistry 1:30 PMBeld, Joris 1:50 PM Finzel, Kara Gupta, Aarushi Tallorin, Lori University of California, San Diego Moderator: Carol Hood, Cal State Univ. – San Bernardino Design and Synthesis of Fatty Acid Synthase Burkart, Michael Probes University of California, San Diego 1:50 PM2:10 PM Kim, Wan Shin Ko, Michael California State University, Fullerton Mechanistic studies of iminoxyl radicals and radical cations – intramolecular cyclization reactions with alkyne derivatives de Lijser, Peter California State University, Fullerton 2:10 PM2:30 PM Hamidian, Mahdokht Irvine Valley College Fruit Preservation Cream Mirbeik, Reza Santa Monica College 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -17- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Oral Session III: Chemistry 2:45 PMLeon, Andre 3:05 PM Valadez, Hector California State University, Los Angeles 3:05 PMEhrlich, Paul Said 3:25 PM Levine, Leanna Aline, Inc. Arrastia, Mary Avoundjian, Ani Eropkin, Micah California State University, Los Angeles 3:25 PMHe, Jianing Jenny 3:45 PM Segal, Helen California Institute of Technology Moderator: Renwu Zhang, Cal State Univ. – San Bernardino Use of a Novel Handheld Surface Plasmon Gomez, Frank Resonance Device for the Detection of D-(+)California State University, Glucose Los Angeles Development of a Microfluidic-Based Assay on a Novel Nitrocellulose Platform Gomez, Frank California State University, Los Angeles Developing an Electrochemical Assay for Detection of Dna2 Nuclease Activity Barton, Jacqueline California Institute of Technology STEVEN G. MIHAYLO HALL (SGMH – 1502) Time Student Presenter(s) Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Oral Session I: Engineering 9:20 AMBourdon, Yao 9:40 AM Gaines, Terrence Harijanto, Wesley Kim, Michael La, Natalie Lai, Tiffany Lam, Kalvin Lepore, Michael Lestina, Deanna Townsend, Lucas Zheng, Christine California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 9:40 AM- Harijanto, Wesley 10:00 AM Sandoval, Sofia California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Moderator: Chean Chin Ngo, Cal State University – Fullerton A Study in Solar Desalination Systems La, Natalie Sharbat, Ali California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Concerns and Possible Treatment Methods of CEC's in RO Brine Concentrate Sharbat, Ali California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 10:00 AM10:20 AM Effect of Induced Rainfall in Matric Suction and Seepage Velocity in Clay Slopes Tiwari, Binod California State University, Fullerton Ahmad, Steve Stapleton, John Tran, Duc California State University, Fullerton Heark, Davan Cypress College 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -18- ILLUMINATING IDEAS 10:20 AM10:40 AM Melgar, Kevin Pandey, Pratyush Upadhyaya, Sneha California State University, Fullerton San Pablo, Alexandra Cypress College Effectiveness of Stiff Soil-Cement Panels in the Reduction of Seismic Ground Shaking Tiwari, Binod California State University, Fullerton Oral Session II: Engineering 1:30 PMMelgar, Kevin 1:50 PM Upadahyaya, Sneha California State University, Fullerton San Pablo, Alexandra Cypress College Moderator: David Naish, Cal State University – Fullerton Reduction in Seismic Shaking Intensity through Tiwari, Binod Soil Modification California State University, Fullerton 1:50 PM2:10 PM Ahmad, Steve Stapleton, John Tran, Duc California State University, Fullerton Alvarez, Julio Citrus College Heark, Davan Cypress College Park, Eugene Troy High School Slope Stability of Partially Saturated Clay Slopes Tiwari, Binod California State University, Fullerton 2:10 PM2:30 PM Ajmera, Beena Farrington, Matthew Lemmon, Alexander Martinez, Joshua Moubayed, Suzanne Styler, Kelby California State University, Fullerton Compaction Characteristics of Soil Modified with Recycled Crumb Rubber Tires Tiwari, Binod California State University, Fullerton Oral Session III: Engineering 2:45 PMAguilar, Mark 3:05 PM Anthony California State University, Los Angeles 3:05 PMAddison, Jeffrey 3:25 PM California State University, Fullerton Moderator: David Naish, Cal State University – Fullerton Development of Microfluidic Hydrogen Fuel Cells Blekhman, David Gomez, Frank California State University, Los Angeles Ambient Vibration Control of Long Span Bridges Naish, David using Self-Centering Friction Dampers California State University, Fullerton 3:25 PM3:45 PM Development of Cost Effective, and Environmentfriendly Alternatives to Guar Gum in Hydraulic Fracturing Applications Garcia, Cristian California State University, Bakersfield Saini, Dayanand California State University, Bakersfield 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -19- ILLUMINATING IDEAS STEVEN G. MIHAYLO HALL (SGMH -1506) Time Student Presenter(s) Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Oral Session I: Engineering 9:20 AMGoebel, Alexis 9:40 AM Melgoza, Natalie Patel, Kishan Reyes, Miguel Stuart, Bradley Thongchua, Norton Wang, Jason California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 9:40 AM- Aranda, Michell 10:00 AM Banuelos, Karyna Karakira, Susan Navarro, Daniel Nazari, Ani Sepanosian, Elvin California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Moderator: Campbell Dinsmore, Cal State Poly. – Pomona Type II Hot Corrosion of Ni-Cr Alloys in a Molten Vilupanur, Ravi Eutectic Salt at 700ºC -800ºC California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Effects of Varying Chromium Content in Pack Aluminizing Binary Nickel-Chromium Alloys Vilupanur, Ravi California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 10:00 AM10:20 AM Botello, Verenice Deleon, Moses Furukawa, Joe Gaines, Cory Garcia, James Ortiz, Johnathan California State Polytechnic University, Pomona High Temperature Isothermal Oxidation of Steels Vilupanur, Ravi California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 10:20 AM10:40 AM Garcia, Jose Margoosian, Gamer McCann, Kristen McCarthy, Shaylynn Miguel, Janice Rastogi, Nina Robles, Kevin Slater, Sam Voorhees, Travis California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Electrochemical Evaluation of Advanced Titanium Alloy Corrosion Behavior in Simulated Physiological Environments Vilupanur, Ravi California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -20- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Oral Session II: Engineering 1:30 PMCabral, Christian 1:50 PM Celis, Marlene Dilbeck, Ray Elias, Brenda Etimani, Magdalena Lohmann, Frida Murga, Emilio California State University, Fullerton Moderator: Garrett Struckhoff, Cal State University – Fullerton Bidding for Winning Sharma, Deepak California State University, Fullerton 1:50 PM2:10 PM Analytical Discrepancies in Fiber Model Analysis of Unbonded Post-tensioned Precast Concrete Walls Perez, Felipe California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Aerobraking Space Junk Erbas-White, Ilknur Irvine Valley College 2:10 PM2:30 PM De Buren, Lucas California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Antelo, Jose Irvine Valley College Oral Session III: Engineering 2:45 PMSchkoda, Stacy 3:05 PM California State University, Fullerton 3:05 PMDe anda, Jaime 3:25 PM Lee, Calvin Zhao, Kun California State University, Los Angeles 3:25 PMQuiroz, Catalina 3:45 PM Wedel, Derek California Baptist University Moderator: Garrett Struckhoff, Cal State University – Fullerton Evaluating the Effectiveness of Chlorella vulgaris Struckhoff, Garrett in Treatment of Brewery Effluent California State University, Fullerton Computer Vision Aided Analysis of Complex Wong, Gerard Bacterial Interactions: Early Stages Prior to California State University, Biofilm Formation Los Angeles Flash Flood predictions in dry season using HECHMS Jung, Helen California Baptist University STEVEN G. MIHAYLO HALL (SGMH – 2201) Time Student Presenter(s) Oral Session I: Engineering 9:20 AMAjawara, Cynthia 9:40 AM Banks, Darren Campoa, Jonathan University of California, Riverside 9:40 AM- Banks, Darren 10:00 AM Daniels, Molly University of California, Riverside Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Moderator: Jong-Wha Bai, California Baptist University Cooling Behavior of Droplet Train On Submerged Aguilar, Guillermo Substrate University of California, Riverside Skin Poration through Optical Cavitation Aguilar, Guillermo University of California, Riverside 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -21- ILLUMINATING IDEAS 10:00 AM10:20 AM 10:20 AM10:40 AM Bugert, Brian Davis, Daniel Eriksson, Sven Galban, Mark Gonzalez, Yalina Gooding, Landon Huynh, Jason Ibarra, Eduardo Kays, Nelson Lin, Sean Logue, Michael Machin, Geoffrey Mistry, Jayvin Nguyen, Nhien Perez, Erik Pham, Timothy Sung, Pai Walushka, Hardy Wang, James Cal State Fullerton Cardenas, Tony Saddleback College Oral Session III: Engineering 2:45 PMCarballo, Justin 3:05 PM Carrillo, Ricky California Baptist University 3:05 PMKarny, Adar 3:25 PM Martinez, Nathan Thaliffdeen, Ryan Irvine Valley College 3:25 PMCrosby, Cody 3:45 PM Sridhar, Aarthi Zhao, Mo Harvey Mudd College Design, Manufacturing, and Analysis on an Unmanned Aerial System Piacenza, Joseph California State University, Fullerton The Mechanics of Suspension Erbas-White, Ilknur Irvine Valley College Moderator: Sudarshan Kurwadkar, Cal State Univ. – Fullerton Experimental Setup and Material Testing for Creep Bai, Jong-Wha Deformation of High Performance Concrete California Baptist University Resistance is Futile: The Feasibility of a Superconducting Electrical Grid Meyer, Kurt Irvine Valley College A New Kind of Strong yet Malleable High Entropy Alloy Bassman, Lori Harvey Mudd College 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -22- ILLUMINATING IDEAS STEVEN G. MIHAYLO HALL (SGMH – 2205) Time Student Presenter(s) Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Oral Session I: Engineering 9:20 AMAllen, Matthew 9:40 AM Basnet, Bubbi Malia, Jit Rage, Gibran University of California, Riverside Moderator: Phoolendra Mishra, Cal State Univ. – Fullerton Effect of Air Lubrication Bubbles on Propeller Princevac, Marko Performance University of California, Riverside 9:40 AM10:00 AM Bartolome, Christian Sanpakit, Chirawat University of California, Riverside Laboratory Fire Behavior Measurements of Chaparral Crown Fires Princevac, Marko University of California, Riverside 10:00 AM10:20 AM Hauser, Joshua Tse, Warner University of California, Riverside Hakimi, Lyna (ensicaen)École nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs de Caen Escajeda, Richard University of California, Riverside Rage, Gibran National Autonomous University of Mexico Segmented design for drag force measurements Princevac, Marko University of California, Riverside Visualization of Turbulent Flow Using Air Bubbles in Water Princevac, Marko University of California, Riverside 10:20 AM10:40 AM Oral Session II: Engineering 1:30 PMDeSalvio, Matthew 1:50 PM Stueve, Richard California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 1:50 PMMoore, Jeffrey 2:10 PM Mora, Erik Reyes, Hadasa Shu, Darius California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 2:10 PMAquino, Michael 2:30 PM Ichull-Ingya, Josephine California Baptist University Moderator: Maryam Shafahi, Cal State Poly. Univ. – Pomona Design, Construction, and Optimization of a Shafahi, Maryam Desktop Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Application of Solar Power on Sustainable Food Production System Anderson, Kevin Shafahi, Maryam California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Experimental Verification of a Mathematical Model for Predicting the Aqueous Humor Flow Rate through the Natural Pathway Following Glaucoma Surgeries Rickard, Matthew California Baptist University 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -23- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Oral Session III: Engineering 3:05 PMLim, Kahao 3:25 PM Mascarinas, Alexis Vargas, Ana California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Moderator: Deepak Sharma, Cal State University – Fullerton Utilization of Recycled Wood as Bioreactor Media Palomo, Monica California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 3:25 PM3:45 PM Engineering Design and Assistance for Astrogeology Research Wilburn, Michael Los Angeles City College McCudden, Paul Los Angeles City College STEVEN G. MIHAYLO HALL (SGMH – 2207) Time Student Presenter(s) Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Oral Session I: Engineering 9:20 AMSandino, Christopher 9:40 AM University of Southern California Xue, Hui National Institutes of Health 9:40 AM- Chung, Anthony 10:00 AM Lee, Ji Su Harvey Mudd College Moderator: Pratanu Ghosh, Cal State University – Fullerton Evaluating Precision of T2* Mapping Methods for Kellman, Peter MRI Tissue Characterization National Institutes of Health Effects of Design Changes on the Eigenvalues of a Linear Structure Carrying Lumped Attachments Cha, Philip Harvey Mudd College 10:00 AM10:20 AM Gonzalez, Diana Le, Binh California State University, Fullerton Framework for Contamination Sources Detection in Pipe Network Systems Phoolendra, Mishra California State University, Fullerton 10:20 AM10:40 AM Perez, Brenda Viviana California State University, Fullerton RCON- An Emerging Non-destructive Instrument to Investigate the Resistivity of High Performance Concrete (HPC) Ghosh, Pratanu California State University, Fullerton Oral Session II: Engineering 1:50 PMClark, Nathan 2:10 PM Yates, Sean California State University, Fullerton Moderator: Nina Robson, Cal State University – Fullerton Roller Coaster Brake Inspector for Walt Disney Robson, Nina Imagineering California State University, Fullerton 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -24- ILLUMINATING IDEAS 2:10 PM2:30 PM Argo, Albert Buth, Ryan Hess, Thomas Jazayrli, Hani Mcleran, Trevor Tran, Khoa Tully, Chris Woodbury, James California State University, Fullerton Team ALES - Assisted Living Exoskeletal System Purpura, William Robson, Nina California State University, Fullerton Oral Session III: Engineering 2:45 PMDeLeon, Ezekiel 3:05 PM Galloway, Kevin Jafarzadeh, Saeed California State University, Bakersfield Moderator: Nina Robson, Cal State University – Fullerton Independent HVAC Vent Control System Ampatzidis, Yannis Jafarzadeh, Saeed California State University, Bakersfield 3:05 PM3:25 PM Cook, Mohammed California State University, Bakersfield Home Energy Saving: A Monitoring Approach Jafarzadeh, Saeed California State University, Bakersfield 3:25 PM3:45 PM Ding, Daniel Orozco, Luis Thwe, Aye Ting, Ethian California State University, Los Angeles Accutron Massage System: An Automated Acupressure Device for Pain Relief Landsberger, Samuel California State University, Los Angeles STEVEN G. MIHAYLO HALL (SGMH – 2211) Time Student Presenter(s) Oral Session I: Engineering 9:20 AMGarcia, David 9:40 AM Gonzalez, Cody Lou, Paul University of California, Riverside 9:40 AM- Chang, Shun-Wen Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Moderator: Sneha Upadhyaya, Cal State University – Fullerton In Situ Observation of the Electrochemical Kumar, Sandeep Lithiation of Silicon Thin Films University of California, Riverside Examining Thermal Transduction in Carbon Cronin, Stephen 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -25- ILLUMINATING IDEAS 10:00 AM 10:00 AM10:20 AM 10:20 AM10:40 AM Mason, Blake University of Southern California Bushmaker, Adam Aerospace Co. Physical Science Laboratories University of Southern California Srinivasan, Thirupathi California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Gray, Justin Wood, Justin California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Nanotube Microdevices through the ThermoAcoustic Effect University of Southern California Path-Planning Around Obstacles for a Quadrotor UAV Using the RRT Algorithm Bhandari, Subodh California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Collision Avoidance System for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Bhandari, Subodh California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Oral Session II: Engineering 1:30 PMPiana, Matias 1:50 PM Riterbush, Matthew California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 1:50 PMCecil, Tim 2:10 PM Ramirez, David California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Moderator: Uksun Kim, Cal State University – Fullerton UAV Guided Navigation of an Unmanned Ground Bhandari, Subodh Vehicle California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Autonomous Navigation of an Unmanned Ground Vehicle in Cluttered Environment Bhandari, Subodh Tang, Daisy California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 2:10 PM2:30 PM Collaboration between Multiple Unmanned Vehicles for Increased Mission Efficiency Aliyazicioglu, Zekeriya Bhandari, Subodh Boskovich, Scott Tang, Daisy California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Cecil, Tim Demonteverde, Reeza Ito, Ethan California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Oral Session III: Engineering 2:45 PMBlancarte, Andrew 3:05 PM James, Ketton Martin, Brian Paucar, Abraham Saletta, Ben California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 3:05 PMMashhad, Arash 3:25 PM California State University, Fullerton Moderator: Uksun Kim, Cal State University – Fullerton Design of an Innovative, Highly Maneuverable, Coburn, Todd Stealthy Unmanned Underwater Vehicle with ISR California State Polytechnic Capabilities University, Pomona Innovative Architectural Components for Ecofriendly Housing Kim, Uksun California State University, Fullerton 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -26- ILLUMINATING IDEAS 3:25 PM3:45 PM Aoun, Fabian Burke, Jonathan Cifuentes, Felipe Custado, Kevin Ferrer, Kevin Gosliga, Ryan Hall, Andrew Han, Jannie Hsu, Jeffrey Mach, Kevin I-15 Improvement Project in the City of Lake Elsinore, CA Makarem, Basen Paulsen, Jeremy Salcedo, Hector Sanchez, Dillon Santo, Kevin Shisler, Mark Vu, Anthony Jia, Xudong California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Wipahathagit, Teddy Wong, Brandon California State Polytechnic University, Pomona STEVEN G. MIHAYLO HALL (SGMH – 2301) Time Student Presenter(s) Oral Session I: Economics 9:20 AMMassouni, Ashling 9:40 AM Whittier College Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) 9:40 AM10:00 AM Yamasaki, Nicole Whittier College Moderator: Beena Ajmera, Cal State University – Fullerton Applying Behavioral Economics to Microfinance: White, Roger The Policy Implications of Borrower Decision Whittier College Making Patterns Maximizing the Benefits of Minimum Wage White, Roger Whittier College 10:00 AM10:20 AM Rubalcava, Patrick Whittier College Holy Discrimination, Batman!: An Analysis of the US Comic Book Protagonists Labor Market White, Roger Whittier College 10:20 AM10:40 AM Elizondo, Meagan Whittier College Key Holders to the Storefront and Gentrification: Small Business Owners as Proponents of Community Change White, Roger Whittier College Oral Session II: Business 1:30 PMFerris, Kevin 1:50 PM California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Oral Session II: Economics 1:50 PMWolde-Yohannes, 2:10 PM Heruy Mount San Antonio College Moderator: Rebecca Gronvold Hatch, Mt. San Antonio College A Business Strategy and Color Theory Based Zhang, Sonya Framework for Optimizing Web Color Schemes California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 2:10 PM2:30 PM The Effects of Robotics and Automation on the U.S. Labor Market Strohl, Cody Irvine Valley College Moderator: Rebecca Gronvold Hatch, Mt. San Antonio College Does the U.S Government Run Ponzi Schemes? Hatch, Rebecca Tolano-Leveque, Maryann Mount San Antonio College Stuffler, Martha Irvine Valley College 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -27- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Oral Session III: Engineering 2:45 PMRamirez, Alex 3:05 PM Ward, Joshua California State University, Bakersfield Moderator: Beena Ajmera, Cal State University – Fullerton Autonomous Data Collection System Using Ampatzidis, Yannis Intelligent Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Jafarzadeh, Saeed California State University, Bakersfield 3:05 PM3:25 PM UAV-Based Wireless Sensor Network in Orchards Ramirez, Alex Ward, Joshua California State University, Bakersfield Ampatzidis, Yannis Jafarzadeh, Saeed California State University, Bakersfield STEVEN G. MIHAYLO HALL (SGMH – 2307) Time Student Presenter(s) Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Oral Session I: Physics 9:20 AMRichards, Connor 9:40 AM University of California, Riverside Moderator: Phil Armstrong, Cal State University – Fullerton Search for Gluino-Mediated Pair Production of Long, Owen Higgsinos in Proton-Proton Collisions at 13 TeV in University of California, the CMS Detector Riverside 9:40 AM10:00 AM Allbee, Dylan Westberg, Nicholas California State University, San Bernardino Designing a Temperature Control System for a Scanning Tunneling Microscope Dixon, Paul Westberg, Nicholas California State University, San Bernardino 10:00 AM10:20 AM Kirollos, Monica Yasdi-Nejad, Katayoun Irvine Valley College The Effect of Low Light Level Stimulation on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Cultures McCord, Roy Irvine Valley College 10:20 AM10:40 AM Kleponis, Nathan Whittier College Physics and Lacrosse Lagan, Seamus Whittier College Oral Session II: Astronomy 1:30 PMLopez, Mike 1:50 PM University of California, San Diego 1:50 PMHarrison, Amanda 2:10 PM Whittier College 2:10 PMDeFelipis, Daniel 2:30 PM California Institute of Technology Moderator: Greg Holk, Cal State University – Long Beach Finding the Home of a Misunderstood Brown Burgasser, Adam Dwarf University of California, San Diego Imaging Multiple Datasets to Detect the Faint Piner, Glenn Structure of TeV Blazars Whittier College Characterizing M-dwarf Eclipsing Binaries in the Johnson, John Kepler Field Harvard University Swift, Jon California Institute of Technology 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -28- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Oral Session III: Astronomy 2:45 PMLuna, Jessica 3:05 PM University of Redlands Oral Session III: Mathematics 3:05 PMBiggs, Brenna 3:25 PM California State University, Fullerton 3:25 PMGaut, Aaron 3:45 PM California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Moderator: Quang Tran, Cal State University – Fullerton Determining if Hot Hydrogen Dominated White Jura, Michael Dwarfs Have Dust Disks University of California, Los Angeles Moderator: Quang Tran, Cal State University – Fullerton Remarks on the Maximum Values for Classical Suceava, Bogdan Curvature Invariants for Smooth ThreeCalifornia State University, Dimensional Hypersurfaces Fullerton Text Recognition through Computational Topology Caine, Arlo California State Polytechnic University, Pomona STEVEN G. MIHAYLO HALL (SGMH – 2405) Time Student Presenter(s) Oral Session I: Mathematics 9:20 AMSerrano, Isabel 9:40 AM California State University, Fullerton 9:40 AM- Tran, Christina 10:00 AM California State University, Fullerton 10:00 AM- Shade, James 10:20 AM California State University, Fullerton 10:20 AM10:40 AM Camacho, Alejandro Lee, Hye Rin Lindsay Zambrano, Carlos California State University, Fullerton Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Moderator: Laura Smith, Cal State University – Fullerton Remarks on Nicole Orseme's Definition on Curvitas Suceava, Bogdan California State University, Fullerton Understanding Sophie Germain Suceava, Bogdan California State University, Fullerton On the Inverse Curvature Problem Glesser, Adam Suceava, Bogdan California State University, Fullerton An Agent-Based Approach to Modeling Police Smith, Laura Patrol Strategies and Their Effects on Crime California State University, Fullerton Oral Session II: Mathematics 1:30 PMSolorzano, Alejandra 1:50 PM Fullerton College Moderator: Dana Clahane, Fullerton College The Collatz Conjecture Clahane, Dana Fullerton College 1:50 PM2:10 PM Lee, Sabrina Fullerton College De Boer, Emily Colorado State University, Fort Collins Pollock’s Octahedral Numbers Conjecture Clahane, Dana Fullerton College 2:10 PM2:30 PM Vo, Khoi University of California, Los Angeles The Weak Law of Large Numbers and Two Interesting Applications Clahane, Dana Fullerton College Garnett, John University of California, Los Angeles 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -29- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Oral Session III: Mathematics 2:45 PMStearns, Nicholas 3:05 PM Fullerton College Moderator: Dana Clahane, Fullerton College Density of Structures Generated by Elementary Clahane, Dana Cellular Automata Fullerton College 3:05 PM3:25 PM 3:25 PM3:45 PM Hadamard Matrices and Rediscovering a Generalization of the Cross Product Exploring Ruptures in Continuity Goldman, Alexander Fullerton College Olivares, Gladys Mount St. Mary’s College Clahane, Dana Fullerton College Helston, Joshua Mount St. Mary’s College STEVEN G. MIHAYLO HALL (SGMH – 2406) Time Student Presenter(s) Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Oral Session I: Mathematics 9:20 AMDeeb, Susan 9:40 AM California State University, Fullerton 9:40 AM- Walder, Adam 10:00 AM California State University, Fullerton 10:00 AM- Ouderkerken, Zach 10:20 AM Whittier College Moderator: Bogdan Suceavă, Cal State University – Fullerton Eigenvalues of Love McMillen, Tyler California State University, Fullerton The Looping Chain Phenomenon McMillen, Tyler California State University, Fullerton Projective Planes of Order 18 Kronholm, William Whittier College 10:20 AM10:40 AM Creating the Automated Substitution Cipher Checker Cunningham, Molly Whittier College Kronholm, William Whittier College Oral Session II: Mathematics 1:30 PMHartland, Tucker 1:50 PM Shankar, Ravi California State University, Chico Moderator: Laura Smith, Cal State University – Fullerton Computations of wave breaking times for the Fomin, Sergei inviscid Burgers equation California State University, Chico 1:50 PM2:10 PM Optimal Radio-Labeling for Prism Graph Lo, Min-Lin Trapp, Rolland California State University, San Bernardino Mathematical Modeling of Blood Coagulation Leiderman, Karin Sindi, Suzanne Harvey Mudd College 2:10 PM2:30 PM Ashkine, Lori Garcia, Denise Guerrero, Bibi Mendez, Allen Perez, Yessica California State University, San Bernardino Perdomo, Joana Harvey Mudd College 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -30- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Oral Session III: Physics 2:45 PMKhan, Haroon 3:05 PM California State University, Fullerton 3:05 PMDemos, Nick 3:25 PM California State University, Fullerton 3:25 PMKuper, Kevin 3:45 PM California State University, Fullerton Moderator: Greg Holk, Cal State University – Long Beach Simulating Merging Black Holes: Exploring Initial Lovelace, Geoffrey Data and Creating Visualizations California State University, Fullerton Simulating the Last 53 Orbits of Two NonLovelace, Geoffrey Spinning, Equal-Mass, Merging Black Holes to California State University, Measure the Accuracy of the Spectral Einstein Code Fullerton How Spin Changes the Orbits of Binary Black Lovelace, Geoffrey Holes California State University, Fullerton STEVEN G. MIHAYLO HALL (SGMH – 2501) Time Student Presenter(s) Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Oral Session I: Physics 9:40 AM- Lumnah, Alexander 10:00 AM Occidental College 10:00 AM- Jones, Karl 10:20 AM University of La Verne 10:20 AM- Henderson, Eric 10:40 AM California Lutheran University Conrad, Janet Jones, Ben Toups, Matt Massachusetts Institute of Technology McLean, Alistair Pate, Stephen New Mexico State University Moderator: John Deisz, California Lutheran University Ionization Measurements of Low Energy Recoils in Snowden-Ifft, Daniel the DRIFT Dark Matter Detector Occidental College The Effect of Surfactant on the Coalescence Chappell, David Cascade of Drops University of La Verne Uniformity of Light Collection Efficiency with TPB Deisz, John Plates California Lutheran University Oral Session II: Physics 1:30 PMMiller-Smith, Shane 1:50 PM California State University, Dominguez Hills 1:50 PMChristensen, Michael 2:10 PM Ortiz, Christian Pepperdine University Moderator: John Price, Cal State University – Dominguez Hills Final Construction Phase of the CLAS12 HighPrice, John Threshold Cerenkov Counter California State University, Dominguez Hills Correlations Between Athletic Strength and Anthropometric Measurements Henisey, Ken Pepperdine University 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -31- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Oral Session III: Other 2:45 PMHall, Dustin 3:05 PM Luu, Lala Irvine Valley College 3:05 PMDelgadillo, Samantha 3:25 PM Occidental College Moderator: Sneha Upadhyaya, Cal State University – Fullerton The Stability of Aerial Advertising Erbas-White, Ilknur Komine, Justin Irvine Valley College Public Transportation in Los Angeles: An Urban Vallianatos, Mark Planning Look at Metro’s New Fare Restructure, to Occidental College Find the Best Methods for Affordability and Accessibility 3:25 PM3:45 PM The Green Future: Nanotechnology Enhancing Efficiency of Solar Energy Erbas-White, Ilknur Irvine Valley College Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Irshad, Abdul Irvine Valley College LANGSDORF HALL (LH-303) Time Student Presenter(s) Oral Session I: Art 9:20 AMEvans, Chad 9:40 AM California State University, Channel Islands Moderator: Joanna Roche, Cal State University – Fullerton The Wrestler: Debatable Avenues of Authenticity Perchuk, Alison California State University, Channel Islands 9:40 AM10:00 AM Adams, Ashley California State University, Fullerton Visual Brand Identities: Insights for Creating an Effective Logo Design from Theory and Practice Holland, Arnold California State University, Fullerton 10:00 AM10:20 AM Brisbois, Kristin Pepperdine University, Seaver College Lyle, Claire California State University, Fullerton The Global Turn in Shanghai Museums Chiem, Kristen Pepperdine University, Seaver College Roche, Joanna California State University, Fullerton 10:20 AM10:40 AM Oral Session II: Anthropology 1:50 PMUlrich, Jaimis 2:10 PM Whittier College 2:10 PMKnorr, Delaney 2:30 PM University of California, Los Angeles Private Made Public: Women's Bodies in Art Moderator: Barbra E. Erickson, Cal State University – Fullerton Pay-to-Play: a Rite of Passage in the Los Angeles Iyam, David Music Scene Whittier College Women in Extreme Metal: Examining Throop, Jason Authenticity and Gender Experience in a HyperUniversity of California, Los Masculine Music Scene Angeles 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -32- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Oral Session III: Anthropology 2:45 PMGioia, Antonio 3:05 PM University of California, Los Angeles 3:05 PMCormons, Tomas 3:25 PM California State University, Fullerton Moderator: Barbra E. Erickson, Cal State University– Fullerton Tradition to Modernity: The Use of Color Levine, Nancy Symbolism among Balinese Youth University of California, Los Angeles New Age Festivals in Latin America Perez-Linggi, Sandra California State University, Fullerton LANGSDORF HALL (LH-304) Time Student Presenter(s) Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Oral Session I: Art 9:40 AM- Hartmann, John 10:00 AM Pepperdine University, Seaver College Moderator: Elisa Mandell, Cal State University – Fullerton Vibrancy in the Mundane Batcheller, Gretchen Pepperdine University, Seaver College 10:00 AM10:20 AM Finley, Matthew Pepperdine University Realizing the Ideal: Cultural Ownership, Unity, and the Five Peaks Screen of Eighteenth Century Korea Chiem, Kristen Pepperdine University 10:20 AM10:40 AM Le,Christine California State University, Fullerton "I'm from America": being an Asian American Sekhon, Sharon California State University, Fullerton Oral Session II: Art 1:30 PMValencia, Joseph 1:50 PM California State University, Fullerton Moderator: Elisa Mandell, Cal State University – Fullerton Illuminating Stereotypes: Drunkenness and Mandell, Elisa Domestic Abuse in Mexican Casta Paintings California State University, Fullerton 1:50 PM2:10 PM Exhibiting Bodies: Contemporary Art Responses to the Human Zoo 2:10 PM2:30 PM Valencia, Joseph California State University, Fullerton Martinez, Adriana California State University, Fullerton Surrealist Women Mandell, Elisa California State University, Fullerton Mandell, Elisa California State University, Fullerton Oral Session III: Environmental Studies Moderator: Faye Berriman, Berriman Accounting Services 2:45 PMWheeler, Deborah Zoos: Exploitation or Conservation Balma, Jodi 3:05 PM Fullerton College Fullerton College 3:05 PMCho, Andrew Conserving Energy, Water, and Land: The McLaughlin, June 3:25 PM Hydroponic Way Wolken, Matt Irvine Valley College Irvine Valley College Oral Session III: Film Studies Moderator: Faye Berriman, Berriman Accounting Services 3:25 PMMousa, Zeina Disney’s “Arabland:” The Simplification and Kelley, Sara 3:45 PM Stereotyping of the Arab Culture in Aladdin Irvine Valley College Irvine Valley College 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -33- ILLUMINATING IDEAS LANGSDORF HALL (LH-306) Time Student Presenter(s) Oral Session I: Education 9:20 AMLeach, Ashley 9:40 AM University of California, Los Angeles 9:40 AM- Dennis, Donovan 10:00 AM Occidental College 10:00 AM10:20 AM 10:20 AM10:40 AM Ortega, Martha Peumsang, Pavitee University of California, Los Angeles Ruiz, Daphne Fullerton College Oral Session II: Computer Science 1:30 PMGuerrero, Christian 1:50 PM Harvey Mudd College 1:50 PM2:10 PM 2:10 PM2:30 PM Contrata, Fred Embree, Cameron Faulkner, Gradon California State University, Channel Islands Cai, Jun Yu Jacinta University of California, Los Angeles Flores, Hector El Camino College Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Moderator: Terri Patchen, Cal State University – Fullerton Understanding the Role of Elementary School Soltero-Lopez, Ana Curriculum and Relationships in Black Identity University of California, Los Development Angeles The Impact of Hands-on Lab Kits on Middle School Craney, Chris Students' Comprehension of Key Scientific Occidental College Concepts Sense of Belonging: Students’ Perceptions of College Alcantar, Cynthia Campus Climate for Undocumented Students Hernandez, Edwin University of California, Los Angeles The Eighty-Three Percent: Increasing Transfer Ramirez, Yvette Rates of Latinas/os from Gilbert High School Fullerton College Moderator: Kenneth Kung, Cal State University – Fullerton Exploiting Matrix Sparsity for Faster Algorithmic Coverstone, Victoria Differentiation Techniques Ghosh, Alexander Harvey Mudd College CI Rainbow: Data Collection & Analysis Bieszczad, Andrzej Framework for the Santa Rosa Island California State University, Channel Islands Human Activity Recognition Using Accelerometer and Gyroscope Data on the Wrist Mortazavi, Bobak Naeim, Arash Menati, Ebrahim Sarrafzadeh, Majid VanderWall, Kristina UCLA Oral Session III: Computer Science 2:45 PMHuang, Edward 3:05 PM California Institute of Technology Moderator: Kenneth Kung, Cal State University – Fullerton Development and Analysis of Intuitive Information Bruck, Jehoshua Retrieval Farnoud, Farzad California Institute of Technology 3:05 PM3:25 PM The Development of a MATLAB Program to Extrapolate a 3D Surface from a Set of 2D, Shallow Depth of Field Images Killam, Paul Jet Propulsion Laboratory Abbey, Bill Bhartia, Rohit Wanger, Greg Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -34- ILLUMINATING IDEAS 3:25 PM 3:45 PM Ahn, Sojin Chiang, Hsin-Yu Suasnabar, Leila University of California, Riverside Practical High-Speed Network Modeling and Analysis Tan, Sheldon Zhou, James University of California, Riverside Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) LANGSDORF HALL (LH-308) Time Student Presenter(s) Oral Session I: English Literature 9:20 AMLance, Zoe 9:40 AM California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Moderator: John Thurlo, Cal State University – Fullerton Producer and Product: Kanye West's Yeezus DeRosa, Aaron California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 9:40 AM10:00 AM All Is Not What It Seems to Be: Mimicking to Pass 10:00 AM10:20 AM Briseno, Andrea California State University, Fullerton Chavez, Daniel Whittier College 10:20 AM10:40 AM Polen, Jesse Fullerton College The Classical and Christian in Paradise Lost Conversations with Birds: Reshaping the "Greater Romantic Lyric" Novak, Amy California State University, Fullerton Adams, Charles Rehn, Andrea Whittier College Floerke, Brandon Fullerton College Oral Session II: Education 1:30 PMVang, Cheng 1:50 PM California State University, Stanislaus Moderator: Terri Patchen, Cal State University – Fullerton Coping Mechanisms Among K-12 LGBT Students Soodjinda, Daniel of Color: Strategies of Resilience Among Gay Asian California State University, Americans Stanislaus 1:50 PM2:10 PM Common Core State Standards: School Reform Du Jour Dance, Carol Los Angeles City College Oral Session II: Public Administration 2:10 PMDuarte, Parker 2:30 PM Tatum, Harley Valencia, Mayra California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Muller, Danielle Los Angeles City College Moderator: Terri Patchen, Cal State University – Fullerton An Evaluation of the Rideshare Program at Cal Wang, Jing Poly Pomona California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -35- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Oral Session III: Education 2:45 PMVillegas, Karen 3:05 PM University of California, Los Angeles Oral Session III: Kinesiology 3:05 PM Powell, Alexandria 3:25 PM California State University, Fullerton Moderator: Kathleen Wilson, Cal State University – Fullerton Ability Grouping in First Grade: A Predestined Gándara, Patricia Path for their Future Track University of California, Los Angeles Moderator: Kathleen Wilson, Cal State University – Fullerton “See what is out there”: Social Media as a Platform Wilson, Kathleen S. for Physical Activity Information California State University, Fullerton LANGSDORF HALL (LH-315) Oral Session II: Geography 1:30 PMWeisberg, Gregory 1:50 PM California State University, Fullerton Moderator: Quang Tran, Cal State University – Fullerton Defining Seasons: Identifying Climatic Trends by Miller, James Interpreting the Temporal Variability of Derived California State University, Synoptic Weather Patterns Fullerton 1:50 PMAlamire, Fatima 2:10 PM Irvine Valley College Oral Session II: Other 2:10 PMSheridan, Evangeline 2:30 PM California State University, Fullerton Hydropolitics; Waging a Water War Oral Session III: English Literature 2:45 PMEmmons, Merrie 3:05 PM Occidental College 3:05 PMRobertson, Shauna 3:25 PM California State University, Fullerton Moderator: Ellen Caldwell, Cal State University – Fullerton Re-ORGAN-izing the World: The Singular Plural Stocking, Damian Body in James Joyce’s 'Ulysses' Occidental College Exploring Xenophobia and the Mythopoeia of Skin Blaine, Martin Color in Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, and Caldwell, Ellen Othello, the Moor of Venice. Levesque, Paul Stanton, Kay California State University, Fullerton CSUF Clifford, Stephen Cerritos College Paradise Flipped: An Analysis of the Fall of Man Caldwell, Ellen (and Woman) in Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" California State University, Fullerton 3:25 PM 3:45 PM Blake, Dianna California State University, Fullerton Titus, Jodi Irvine Valley College Moderator: Quang Tran, Cal State University – Fullerton Folding Topographies: Altering Perceptions of L.A. Cantley, Bryan River California State University, Fullerton 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -36- ILLUMINATING IDEAS LANGSDORF HALL (LH-315A) Time Student Presenter(s) Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Oral Session I: Other 9:20 AMOrlinsky, Kayla 9:40 AM Tintcheva, Milena Irvine Valley College Moderator: Sora Tanjasiri, Cal State University – Fullerton Vaccine or Quarantine? Using a SEIR Model to Erbas-White, Ilknur Illustrate the Benefits of Proper Quarantine and Pham, Lan Vaccination Procedures in the Fight Against Ebola Irvine Valley College 9:40 AM10:00 AM Jones, Spencer Lee, Hye-ji Lydia Smolinski, Haley Stowells, Ashley California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Nevins, Heather Ngo, Vivian California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Effects of Dietary Fiber Sources and Addition Levels on Sensory Properties and Eating Quality of Fortified Pasta Products Li, Yao Olive California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Assessing blood serum copper levels in hair sheep grazing alfalfa pasture Pettey, Allen California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Natoolo, Lydia Saddleback College Horrors of Water Luke, Gary Saddleback College 10:00 AM10:20 AM 10:20 AM10:40 AM Oral Session II: English Literature 1:30 PMAguilar, Kellen 1:50 PM Whittier College Moderator: Sandra Perez-Linggi, Cal State Univ. – Fullerton Coloring in the Lines: Locating Race in Hemingway Adams, Charles Whittier College 1:50 PM2:10 PM Bates, Kami Pepperdine University Drowning in Sacrifice: Maggie Tulliver’s Role in George Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss Fulmer, Constance Pepperdine University 2:10 PM2:30 PM Davila, Lauren Pepperdine University Sexism and Escape in George Eliot’s Romola Fulmer, Constance Pepperdine University Oral Session III: English Literature 2:45 PMRodriguez, Maia 3:05 PM Pepperdine University Moderator: Sandra Perez-Linggi, Cal State Univ. – Fullerton "“Against the ebony of her skin”: The impact of Carr, Joi Harlem Renaissance Blues Culture and Literature Pepperdine University on the Development of Womanism 3:05 PM3:25 PM Fornicating for Freedom: The Subversion of Hope in Dystopian Fiction 3:25 PM3:45 PM Flores, Zsasha University of California, Berkeley Carmona, Priscilla Whittier College AMERICAN DREAMERS in SLAM POETRY: REEVALUATING the CHOICE to be AMERICAN Lavery, Joseph University of California, Berkeley Chihara, Michelle Whittier College 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -37- ILLUMINATING IDEAS LANGSDORF HALL (LH-315B) Time Student Presenter(s) Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Oral Session I: Other 9:20 AMCarrillo, Vicente 9:40 AM University of California, Los Angeles Moderator: Michael Hood, Mount San Antonio College Ultimate Vulnerability: Queering Space and Time Gaspar de Alba, Alicia Through Performance Art University of California, Los Angeles 9:40 AM10:00 AM Exploring Science and Art Intersections: An Inquiry into Transgenic Organisms and Cut-up Text Mirovski, Tom Occidental College Catts, Oron University of Western Australia Okumura, Cheryl Stocking, Damian Occidental College Oral Session II: Other 1:30 PMCarter, Rebecca 1:50 PM California State University, Dominguez Hills 1:50 PMBarrios, Glaiza 2:10 PM California State University, Dominguez Hills 2:10 PMPham, Ngoc 2:30 PM California State University, Dominguez Hills Moderator: John Thurlo, Cal State Univ. – Fullerton Adolescent Deviant Behaviors in Relation to Risky Ortega, Enrique Sexual Activity California State University, Dominguez Hills Oral Session III: Other 2:45 PMSanchez, Julie 3:05 PM Whittier College 3:05 PMSanchez, Elizabeth 3:25 PM Whittier College Moderator: Marie-Magdeleine Chirol, Whittier College Chronicle of a Prophesied Death/Chronique d’une Chirol, Marie-Magdeleine Mort Annoncée : Karmen Geï (2001) Whittier College Toutes pour Un: Les "8 Femmes" de François Ozon Chirol, Marie-Magdeleine Whittier College Title: Problem Behavior correlates of Adolescent School Dropout Attempts. Ortega, Enrique California State University, Dominguez Hills Possible influence of expectations of success and stress on teen alcohol use Ortega, Enrique California State University, Dominguez Hills LANGSDORF HALL (LH-401) Time Student Presenter(s) Oral Session I: Marketing 9:20 AMLien, Han 9:40 AM Sarkhosh, Shastina California State University, Fullerton Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Moderator: Yuna Kim, Cal State University – Fullerton How Social Media May Help Transitioning from Atwong, Catherine College to Post Graduation Benedicktus, Ray California State University, Fullerton 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -38- ILLUMINATING IDEAS 9:40 AM10:00 AM Armstrong, Kip Chu, Sang Magi, Melina Wagner, Stine California State University, Fullerton The Game of Attraction Bhaskar, Rahul Kim, Yuna California State University, Fullerton 10:00 AM10:20 AM Juy, Juan Hwang, David California State University, Fullerton Ceron, Carlos Elsner, Nadine Isaac, Punnoose Solden, Roy California State University, Fullerton M3 Live Bar and Grill: Exposure Through Retention Bhaskar, Rahul Kim, Yuna California State University, Fullerton Bhaskar, Rahul Kim, Yuna California State University, Fullerton 10:20 AM10:40 AM Social Launch of N-photography.de Oral Session II: Mathematics 1:30 PMStemen, Heather 1:50 PM California State University, Fullerton 1:50 PMGentile, Brandon 2:10 PM California State University, Fullerton 2:10 PMLee, Hye Rin Lindsay 2:30 PM California State University, Fullerton Moderator: Adam Glesser, Cal State University – Fullerton Classifying Unimodular Roots of Trinomials Glesser, Adam California State University, Fullerton Superexponetials and Higher Order SturmAgnew, Alfonso Liouville Theory California State University, Fullerton Imperfect Acoustic Vector Sensor and Its Lee, Charles Beamforming Pattern California State University, Fullerton Oral Session III: Other 2:45 PMHuynh, Krystal 3:05 PM California State University, Dominguez Hills Moderator: Enrique Ortega, Cal State Univ. – Dominguez Hills How Does Parenting Affect Adolescent Tobacco Ortega, Enrique Use California State University, Dominguez Hills 3:05 PM3:25 PM The effects of Parenting on Adolescent Sexual Behaviors Saleh, Lena California State University, Dominguez Hills Ortega, Enrique California State University, Dominguez Hills LANGSDORF HALL (LH-401A) Oral Session III: Chemistry 2:45 PMChauhan, Uday 3:05 PM University of California, Riverside Moderator: Duc Tran, Cal State University – Fullerton A Novel Approach to Bioorthogonal Reactions Lavallo, Vincent University of California, Riverside 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -39- ILLUMINATING IDEAS 3:05 PM3:25 PM Johnson, Ellen University of Redlands Submarine Groundwater Discharge as a Potential Hidden Pathway for Eelgrass Decline in San Juan County Lyons, Rebecca University of Redlands 3:25 PM3:45 PM Morgan Jones, Sean University of Redlands Experimental Analysis on 4-Nonylpenol Partitioning to Snow Lyons, Rebecca University of Redlands LANGSDORF HALL (LH-403A) Oral Session III: Economics 2:45 PMRodriguez Rios, 3:05 PM Gustavo California State University, Fullerton 3:05 PMPratt, Elwyn 3:25 PM Tobin, Daniel Occidental College Moderator: Jason Gurtovoy, Cal State University – Fullerton The Gini Coefficient Generating Function Gurtovoy, Jason California State University, Fullerton Green Space in the LAUSD Ashenmiller, Bevin Occidental College Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) UNIVERSITY HALL (UH-206) Time Student Presenter(s) Oral Session I: Business 9:20 AMChen, Timothy 10:40 AM Granillo, Alejandra Jamieson, Amanda Kim, Se Min Lee, Kate Yang, Elizabeth Pepperdine University, Seaver College Moderator: Venkatachalan Seshan, Pepperdine University Vertex Pharmaceuticals, INTS 497.06: External Seshan, Venkatachalan Environment, Industry Analysis, and Company Pepperdine University, Assessment Seaver College 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -40- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Oral Session II: Business 1:30 PMAnderson, Alexander Bencharongkul, Sirithra 2:30 PM Brighton, Rebeka Corso, Kelly Hartley, Sylvia Healy, Timothy Huang, Chu-Yun Jelen, Kali Keyser, Richard Lee, Jessica Limjantra, Saranya Najera, Jeannie Rheim, Scott Pepperdine University, Seaver College Moderator: Venkatachalan Seshan, Pepperdine University Roche: External Environment/Industry Analysis Seshan, Venkatachalam and Company Assessment Pepperdine University, Seaver College Oral Session III: Business 2:45 PMCrisswell, Kierra 3:45 PM De Mendiola, Francisco Jacobson, Ginger Lee, Gina Pacheco, Luis Shahijanian, Arpa Pepperdine University, Seaver College Moderator: Venkatachalan Seshan, Pepperdine University ExxonMobil: BA 497.01 External Environment, Seshan, Venkatachalam Industry Analysis, and Company Assessment Pepperdine University, Seaver College UNIVERSITY HALL (UH-207) Time Student Presenter(s) Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Oral Session I: Psychology 9:20 AMCayetano, Carlos 9:40 AM Islas, Luz California State University, Fullerton Moderator: Peter de Lijser, Cal State Univ. – Fullerton Effects of Food Perception and Dietary Behaviors Cheng, Chia-Hsin Emily on Salivary and Urinary pH Weiss, Jie W. California State University, Fullerton 9:40 AM10:00 AM Tornquist, Michelle California State University, Long Beach The Influence of Humor and Physical Attractiveness on Romantic Interest Chiappe, Dan California State University, Long Beach 10:00 AM10:20 AM Lassiter, Maisha Vidales, Carlos California State University, Los Angeles Intimate Partner Violence: If We Accept it do We See it? Fernando, Gaithri California State University, Los Angeles 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -41- ILLUMINATING IDEAS 10:20 AM10:40 AM Tapia, Anais California State Univ., Dominguez Hills Lower amounts of rooming-in as a result of problematic delivery Ortega, Enrique California State University, Dominguez Hills Oral Session II: Psychology 1:30 PMRodriguez Texis, Oscar 1:50 PM University of California, Los Angeles Moderator: L. Allen Pettey, Cal State Poly. Univ. – Pomona Undocutrauma: Findings from Students’ Family Hernandez, Edwin Expectations & Conceptualization of Success University of California, Los Angeles 1:50 PM2:10 PM Nava Gutierrez, Maria University of California, Los Angeles Undocumented Students and Mental Health Hernandez, Edwin University of California, Los Angeles 2:10 PM2:30 PM Beltran, Krystal Franklin, Megan University of California, Los Angeles What’s Love Got to Do With It? The Association Between Relationship Status, Well-Being, and Academic Achievement in College Students Fernando, Gaithri California State University, Los Angeles Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) UNIVERSITY HALL (UH-208) Time Student Presenter(s) Oral Session I: Psychology 9:20 AMKuroyama, Isabela 9:40 AM Loyola Marymount University 9:40 AM- Hernandez, Brittney 10:00 AM Rodriguez, Andrew California State University, Fullerton 10:00 AM- Romero, Carissa 10:20 AM California State University, Fullerton 10:20 AM- Moffitt, Jacquelyn 10:40 AM California State University, Fullerton Moderator: Jason K. Baker, Cal State University – Fullerton Relationships Between Physical Health and Tarleton, Heather Psychosocial Wellbeing Among Cancer Survivors in Loyola Marymount Los Angeles County University Does Cue Processing Accelerate the Onset of Self, Eriko Inhibition of Return? California State University, Fullerton Oral Session III: Psychology 2:45 PMJaquez, Ray 3:05 PM California State University, Dominguez Hills Moderator: Christopher Warren, Cal State Univ. – Long Beach The Prevalence of Sexting in a Diverse Population: Paxton, Keisha A Descriptive Analysis of Sexting California State University, Dominguez Hills The Effects of Competitiveness on Visual Search Electrodermal activity, emotion regulation and social context in children with ASD Self, Eriko California State University, Fullerton Baker, Jason Fenning, Rachel California State University, Fullerton 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -42- ILLUMINATING IDEAS 3:05 PM3:25 PM Jaques, Lura California State University, San Marcos Maternal Behavior and Anxiety Differences in Multiparous and Primiparous Lactating Dams 3:25 PM3:45 PM Lozano, Dominic California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Rap Music’s Effect on Decision Making While Dealing With Cognitive Dissonance D’Anna Hernandez, Kimberly California State University, San Marcos Danico, Mary California State Polytechnic University, Pomona UNIVERSITY HALL (UH-240) Time Student Presenter(s) Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Oral Session I: Psychology 9:20 AMKhachatryan, Misak 9:40 AM Glendale Community College 9:40 AM- Kim, Marie 10:00 AM Mount San Antonio College 10:00 AM- Osuna, Anthony 10:20 AM University of California, Los Angeles Moderator: Kimmy S. Kee-Rose, Cal State – Channel Islands Investigating Mood-Dependent Memory and Harnett, Michael Apperception Glendale Community College 10:20 AM10:40 AM Emotion Regulation As the Mediator Between Stress and Depression Among College Students Strohl, Harmonie Irvine Valley College The Impact of Higher Education on the Increase of Reported Stress in Women Personality in Children with Autism: Self-Report Data From Children and Parents Hatch, Rebecca Tolano-Leveque, Maryann Mount San Antonio College Wood, Jeffrey University of California, Los Angeles Taylor, Yemmy Irvine Valley College Oral Session II: Psychology 1:30 PMBower, Stephanie 1:50 PM California State University, Channel Islands Moderator: Virgil Adams, Cal State – Channel Islands Factors Influencing Hope Adams, Virgil California State University, Channel Islands 1:50 PM2:10 PM Vinas, Chelsea California State University, Channel Islands Physical Activity and Global Well-Being Adams, Virgil California State University, Channel Islands 2:10 PM2:30 PM Morales, Alexander California State Univ., Channel Islands Exercise and Hope Adams, Virgil California State University, Channel Islands Oral Session III: Psychology 2:45 PMWalters, Rhandi 3:05 PM California State University, Channel Islands Moderator: Virgil Adams, Cal State – Channel Islands Social Isolation and Well Being Adams, Virgil California State University, Channel Islands 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -43- ILLUMINATING IDEAS 3:05 PM3:25 PM 3:25 PM3:45 PM Schwartz, Alix California State University, Channel Islands Afzal, Mariam Chawla, Tanuj Irvine Valley College Self esteem and Hope Adams, Virgil California State University, Channel Islands Gucci, Versace, Armani?! Oh My: A Survey Study Examining … Cassens, Michael Irvine Valley College Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) UNIVERSITY HALL (UH – 246) Time Student Presenter(s) Oral Session I: Psychology 9:20 AMHavton, Danit 9:40 AM California State University, Channel Islands Strength in Prayer Moderator: Juliana Fuqua, Cal State Poly.– Pomona Adams, Virgil California State University, Channel Islands 9:40 AM10:00 AM Russell, Isabella California State University, Channel Islands To Forgive and Gain Hope Adams, Virgil California State University, Channel Islands 10:00 AM10:20 AM Cho, Hoon California State University, Channel Islands The Pursuit is Happiness Adams, Virgil California State University, Channel Islands 10:20 AM10:40 AM Suarez, Esmeralda California State University, Channel Islands The Pursuit is Happiness Adams, Virgil California State University, Channel Islands Oral Session II: Sociology 1:30 PMSanchez, Elizabeth 1:50 PM California State University, Fullerton 1:50 PMGeorge, Shaqreua 2:10 PM California State University, Fullerton Moderator: Carly Cretney, Cal State University – Fullerton Queering Education Cretney, Carly California State University, Fullerton Colorism in the Black Community Zambrano, Carolyn California State University, Fullerton 2:10 PM2:30 PM Undocumented College Students and their Support Structures to Attain a College Degree Samayoa, Erick University of California, Los Angeles Alcantar, Cynthia University of California, Los Angeles 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -44- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Oral Session III: Sociology 2:45 PMCastillo, Jonathan 3:05 PM King, Brittany Pedroza, Sofia Valyan, Vanessa California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 3:05 PMIsoke, Saidah 3:25 PM California State University, Dominguez Hills Moderator: Carly Cretney, Cal State University – Fullerton May the odds be ever in your favor: Print coverage Wachs, Faye of inequality in Sochi 2014 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 3:25 PM3:45 PM Magical Condom Machines Mendoza, Bobbi Whittier College Parenting Behaviors of Black Heterosexual Fathers of Lesbian Middlebrook, Jeb California State University, Dominguez Hills Willoughby-Herard, Tiffany University of California, Irvine Collins-Dogrul, Julie Whittier College UNIVERSITY HALL (UH – 248) Time Student Presenter(s) Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Oral Session I: Sociology 9:20 AMArmstrong, Laiken 9:40 AM Colter, Robert Montufar, Karen Romero, Sarah Whittier College Moderator: Luis Sanchez, Cal State Univ. – Channel Islands Second Chance Schools: A Student's Perspective Collins-Dogrul, Julie Whittier College 9:40 AM10:00 AM An Examination of Latino Immigrant Farm Workers, Construction Workers, Gardeners, Maids and Janitors in California Sánchez, Luiz A. California State University, Channel Islands A Tale of Two Cities: A Statistical Comparison of Mexicans in Two Border Metropolitan Areas Sánchez, Luiz A. California State University, Channel Islands Asian Immigrants in California: A comparison of Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean, and Asian Indians Sánchez, Luiz A. California State University, Channel Islands 10:00 AM10:20 AM Velasco, Nayeli California State University, Channel Islands Rocha, Rosalba California State University, Channel Islands 10:20 AM- Roberts, Max 10:40 AM California State University, Channel Islands Oral Session II: Sociology 1:30 PMRobinson, Sekani 1:50 PM California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Moderator: Beena Ajmera, Cal State University – Fullerton What's There To Cheer About?: How Does Danico, Mary Cheerleading Affect Young Girls Of Color's Identity California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -45- ILLUMINATING IDEAS 1:50 PM2:10 PM Ota, Kendall California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Gender Bending and Soft Masculinity in Kpop Idol Boy Bands Danico, Mary California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 2:10 PM2:30 PM Soto, Juliana California State University, Dominguez Hills Judgmentalism is related to poor sexual communication between close friends: A research workshop class study of university students Mutchler, Matt G. California State University, Dominguez Hills Oral Session III: Other 2:45 PMMangan, Sophie 3:05 PM Mount San Antonio College Moderator: Rebecca Gronvold Hatch, Mt. San Antonio College How Occupy Wall Street Succeeded, Despite Itself Hatch, Rebecca Tolano-Leveque, Maryann Mount San Antonio College 3:05 PM3:25 PM Agosta, Amanda Mount San Antonio College Cruise Ship Travesty: A Sociological Look at Ocean Pollution Hatch, Rebecca Tolano-Leveque, Maryann Mount San Antonio College 3:25 PM3:45 PM Asgari, Padideh Contreras, Hulises Najera, Lilly San Diego State University Exploring Technology Use Among Mexican Migrant Caregivers Finlayson, Tracy San Diego State University Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) UNIVERSITY HALL (UH – 250) Time Student Presenter(s) Oral Session I: Sociology 9:20 AMSaldana, Kenia 9:40 AM Whittier College 9:40 AM10:00 AM 10:00 AM10:20 AM 10:20 AM10:40 AM Arias, Roger Cruz, Edgar California State University, Northridge Pei, Gary Irvine Valley College Feng, Lei University of California, Los Angeles Moderator: Quang Tran, Cal State University – Fullerton Nuestrohood: The Racial Interplay Amongst Overmyer-Velasquez, Latina and Black Women in Public Housing Rebecca Projects Whittier College Latino/as' Persistent Pathways into Four-Year Moreno, Renee Universities: Community College Retention California State University, Northridge Comparisons of Hip Hop Consumer Culture: 1980 to 2014 Motivation or Humiliation?: Examining Teachers and Students’ Different Perceptions of Verbal Assault in Chinese Urban Middle Schools Borron, Brenda Hollenbaugh, Robert Irvine Valley College Berend, Zsuzsa University of California, Los Angeles 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -46- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Oral Session II: Political Science 1:30 PMDavis, Adrian 1:50 PM Pepperdine University Moderator: Lisa Mueller, Loyola Marymount University Character and Political Time as Sources of Newman, Brian Presidential Greatness Pepperdine University 1:50 PM2:10 PM The Rose Institute 2000 to 2012 Change in Citizen Voting Age Population Database Johnson, Douglas Claremont McKenna College A Study on Armenian National Identity and Foreign Policy Attitudes Cherif, Feryal Mueller, Lisa Loyola Marymount University 2:10 PM2:30 PM Finn, Tyler Hidalgo-Wohlleben, Francesca Lopez, Elena Claremont McKenna College Bagdassarian, Talin Loyola Marymount University Oral Session III: Political Science 2:45 PMDiego, Jafet 3:05 PM Whittier College Moderator: Lisa Mueller, Loyola Marymount University Ethnic Identity in Mexican Regional Politics: La Geirola, Gustavo Meseta Purépecha Whittier College 3:05 PM3:25 PM Lopez, Elena Nam, Andrew Claremont McKenna College Analyzing the Implementation of Three Strikes Law on Seriousness of Crimes Walsh, Jennifer Claremont McKenna College 3:25 PM3:45 PM Bowen, Allison California State University, Los Angeles A Marxist Prophecy: How Capitalism in America Has Reached its Climax Balma, Jodi Fullerton College Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) UNIVERSITY HALL (UH – 302) Time Student Presenter(s) Oral Session I: Political Science 9:20 AMLandgraf, Gavin 9:40 AM Plummer, Tim Claremont McKenna College 9:40 AM- McGarry, Conor 10:00 AM California State University, Dominguez Hills 10:00 AM- Arnold, Colin 10:20 AM Loyola Marymount University 10:20 AM- Ortmayer, Torin 10:40 AM Occidental College Moderator: Joyce P. Kaufman, Whittier College Numerical Politics: State Revenue Estimating Johnson, Doug Processes and Lessons for California Miller, Ken Claremont McKenna College Western-Eastern Tensions within the 21st Century Lovelace, Leopold California State University, Dominguez Hills Campus Activism as a Pathway to Union Organizing Mueller, Lisa Loyola Marymount University Deier, Peter Occidental College Virginia's Elusive Right Wing 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -47- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Oral Session II: Political Science 1:30 PMCamacho, Luis 1:50 PM Mehran Razy, Golafarin California State University, Channel Islands 1:50 PMCazares, Jehu 2:10 PM Sanchez, Rodolfo California State University, Channel Islands Moderator: Sean Kelly, Cal State University –Channel Islands War, Public Opinion, and Representation Kelly, Sean California State University, Channel Islands Representation and Power in the House of Representatives Kelly, Sean California State University, Channel Islands 2:10 PM2:30 PM Is All Politics Local? Credit Claiming and the Quest for Reelection Kelly, Sean California State University, Channel Islands Dragna, Tommy Tarrant, Cordell California State University, Channel Islands Oral Session III: Political Science 2:45 PMCrater, Grant 3:05 PM Downey, Travis California State University, Channel Islands Moderator: Sean Kelly, Cal State University –Channel Islands War and Position Taking: A Case Study Kelly, Sean California State University, Channel Islands 3:05 PM3:25 PM Political Polarization in House Delegations Kelly, Sean California State University, Channel Islands Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Camin, Robert Clark, Lisa California State University, Channel Islands UNIVERSITY HALL (UH – 304) Time Student Presenter(s) Oral Session I: Political Science 9:20 AMSchwarz, Ryan 9:40 AM California State University, Channel Islands 9:40 AM- Carrillo, Andrew 10:00 AM California State University, Channel Islands Moderator: Sean Kelly, Cal State University –Channel Islands Earmarks as a Legislative Tool for Congressional Kelly, Sean Productivity California State University, Channel Islands Party Politics and the Role of Money in Committee Assignments Kelly, Sean California State University, Channel Islands 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -48- ILLUMINATING IDEAS 10:00 AM10:20 AM Berdin, Victoria Mount San Antonio College Repercussions of Partyism in South Sudan Hatch, Rebecca Tolano-Leveque, Maryann Mount San Antonio College Oral Session II: Medicine 1:30 PMFurusa, Charlotte 1:50 PM California State University, Dominguez Hills Moderator: Adi Jaffe, Cal State University – Long Beach The Association of Peers, Parenting Styles and BMI Ortega, Enrique to Self Esteem amongst Adolescents California State University, Dominguez Hills 1:50 PM2:10 PM Wong, Jessica California State University, Dominguez Hills Family and Peer influence on Adolescents Depressive Feelings Ortega, Enrique California State University, Dominguez Hills 2:10 PM2:30 PM Rodriguez, Katherine California State University, Dominguez Hills The Influence of Psychosocial Health Indicators on Risky Sexual Behaviors in Adolescents Ortega, Enrique California State University, Dominguez Hills Oral Session III: Medicine 2:45 PMAli, Sara 3:05 PM Irvine Valley College 3:05 PM3:25 PM 3:25 PM3:45 PM Anderson, Craig L. Bithell, Chelsey Khan, Nooreen Langdorf, Mark I. Zuabi, Nadia University of California, Irvine Rodriguez, Robert University of California, San Francisco Chu, Esther Do, Helena Velarde, Irene University of California, Irvine Moderator: LaSonya Davis-Smith, Cal State – Channel Islands False Advertisement in Hospital Ratings & The Long, Lewis Love Triangle between Them, The Doctor, And The Irvine Valley College Drugs Prevalence and Clinical Import of Thoracic Injury Langdorf, Mark I. Identified by Chest CT but not Chest X-ray in Lotfipour, Shahram Blunt Trauma Patients University of California, Irvine Evaluation of Computerized Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention on Alcohol Consumption for Adolescent patients in the Emergency Department Lotfipour, Shahram University of California, Irvine 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -49- ILLUMINATING IDEAS UNIVERSITY HALL (UH – 305) Time Student Presenter(s) Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Oral Session I: Medicine 9:40 AM- Wong, Janette 10:00 AM California State University, Dominguez Hills Moderator: Daniela Rubin, Cal State University – Fullerton The Influence of Mental Health on Adolescent Ortega, Enrique Eating Behaviors California State University, Dominguez Hills 10:00 AM10:20 AM Green, Lawren California State University, Dominguez Hills The association of BMI to Adolescent Mental Health Ortega, Enrique California State University, Dominguez Hills 10:20 AM10:40 AM Ramos, Eric California State University, Dominguez Hills Sensation Seeking and Substance Use: High School Adolescents in Holland and Italy Ortega, Enrique California State University, Dominguez Hills Oral Session II: History 1:30 PMRobinson, Jennifer 1:50 PM California Lutheran University 1:50 PMHazeski, Daniel 2:10 PM California Lutheran University 2:10 PMTran, Dat 2:30 PM California State University, Fullerton Moderator: David Nelson, California Lutheran University You Say You Want a Revolution? Reciprocity and Nelson, David Rock n’ Roll Between Great Britain and the United California Lutheran States University The Justification of Socialism with Chinese Nelson, David Characteristics California Lutheran University A Profile of America’s Asian Immigrants: Push and Hickok, John Pull Factors California State University, Fullerton Oral Session III: Medicine 2:45 PMPatel, Ruaab Vaidya, Bhuvaneshwar 3:05 PM Keck Graduate Institute 3:05 PMKim, Young 3:25 PM Sahota, Preet University of California, Irvine 3:25 PMPranajasa, Tiffany 3:45 PM Mount San Antonio College Moderator: Pankaj Bhattarai, Cal State University, Fullerton Novel Targeted Therapeutics for Cardiopulmonary Gupta, Vivek Disorders Keck Graduate Institute Patient Perception of Providers: Do Emergency Department Patients Know Who Their Doctor Is Wiechmann, Warren University of California, Irvine Discussing the Veracity of the CWTent Diagnostic Criteria and Treatment of ADHD Kolchakian, Misty McGuthry, Katheryn Tolano-Leveque, Maryann Mount San Antonio College 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -50- ILLUMINATING IDEAS UNIVERSITY HALL (UH – 319) Time Student Presenter(s) Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Oral Session I: History 9:20 AMLarson, Elisabeth 9:40 AM Los Angeles City College Moderator: John Swift, Occidental College Public Opinion and the Effects of Federal Heisser, Christina Reconstruction on the Postbellum South Los Angeles City College 9:40 AM10:00 AM Deardorff, Aric Mira Costa College Shameful Lies, Parallels Between the Antebellum Pro-Slavery and Modern Anti-Gay Movements. Sleeper, Christopher Mira Costa College 10:00 AM10:20 AM Kuhlmann, Kathrine Pepperdine University, Seaver College Beyond Pow! Wam! Stan Lee's Hand in Revolutionizing Comic Books Rivas, Darlene Pepperdine University, Seaver College 10:20 AM10:40 AM Sanders, Sara California State University, Channel Islands Advokhethi: South African Women in Opposition to Apartheid Meriwether, Jim California State University, Channel Islands Oral Session II: Religious Studies 1:30 PMDavis, Kendall 1:50 PM Concordia University Moderator: Sneha Upadhyaya, Cal State University – Fullerton “My Kingdom Is Not of This World”: Pre-Nicene Armstrong, Clinton Christians and the Roman Military Concordia University 1:50 PM2:10 PM Perna, Carlina Occidental College Santería: Religious Hybridity and the Moral Limitations of the Cuban Revolution Naylor, Keith Occidental College 2:10 PM2:30 PM Mokhtari, Melissa Irvine Valley College Damming the Amazon: The Social Costs of Hydroelectric Dam Development in Northeastern Brazil Papagiannis, Christie Irvine Valley College Oral Session III: History 2:45 PMRomero, Hector 3:05 PM California Lutheran University Moderator: Christina Heisser, Los Angeles City College The Post-Brezhnev succession Reaves, Michaela California Lutheran University 3:05 PM3:25 PM Hanna, Christopher California Lutheran University The Inevitable End Reaves, Michaela California Lutheran University 3:25 PM3:45 PM Willis, Katie California Lutheran University Using Gun Powder to Sell Face Powder: Advertising in McCall’s Magazine During World War II Reaves, Michaela California Lutheran University 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -51- ILLUMINATING IDEAS UNIVERSITY HALL (UH – 333) Time Student Presenter(s) Oral Session I: History 9:20 AMPauletti, Karina 9:40 AM Irvine Valley College Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Moderator: David Nelson, California Lutheran University “This Rat’s Better Off Dead!”: The Role of Long, Lewis American Media in the Negative Depictions of Irvine Valley College Islam after 9/11 From the Communist Party USA to Hip Hop: The Alvarez, Milo Historical Legacy of Black Feminist Theory (1920s- Bard College at Simon's Rock present) 9:40 AM10:00 AM Lawson-Chavanu, Amara Sacramento City College 10:00 AM10:20 AM Pizano, Julio California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Negotiating Empire and Power in California: The Americanization of Santa Barbara, 1840 to 1880 Van, Rachel California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 10:20 AM10:40 AM Bottini, Melanie California State University, Fullerton San Francisco Fury: A Screenplay Exploration into the 1906 Earthquake and Its Cultural Impact Welch, Rosanne California State University, Fullerton Oral Session II: Philosophy 1:30 PMCortes, Robert 1:50 PM California State University, Fullerton 1:50 PM2:10 PM Arreola, Andrew California State University, Fullerton Oral Session II: Counseling 2:10 PMWilliams, Russell 2:30 PM California State University, Fullerton Moderator: Kimmy S. Kee-Rose, Cal State – Channel Islands Philosophy of Education as a Tool for Coplan, Amy Reencountering “Underachieving” Students Hubbard, Ben Person, Dawn Reyes, Eric California State University, Fullerton Death Metal and the Abject Coplan, Amy California State University, Fullerton Moderator: Kimmy S. Kee-Rose, Cal State – Channel Islands Substance Abuse and Prevention in schools within Alexis, Gwen our society Graham, Natalie California State University, Fullerton 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -52- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Oral Session III: History 2:45 PMStanton, Grant 3:05 PM University of California, Santa Barbara Moderator: Janice Feingold, Moorpark College The Common Law and the Enlightenment: the McGee, Sears Origins of Liberal Democratic Discourse in the University of California, Ancient Constitution Santa Barbara 3:05 PM3:25 PM Tuberculosis and Citizenship in Early TwentiethCentury Los Angeles Howard, Laurel Occidental College Fett, Sharla Occidental College 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -53- ILLUMINATING IDEAS POSTER PRESENTATIONS Posters will be displayed in Titan Student Union (TSU) Pavilions. Students will be available to answer questions regarding their projects during the Poster Sessions.Abstracts for the presentations at this year’s Conference are available at the Conference Web Site: http://apps.fullerton.edu/sccur_csuf/ * Denotes the abstract submitter. Posters are listed below in order of abstract submitter’s last name. Session # II Poster # 290 Student Presenter(s) Project Title Faculty Mentor(s) Adams, Eric* Pham, Hoang California State University, Fullerton Adamson, Anna* Figueroa, Ariel Keys, Megan Kielhack, Bridgette Reynolds, Christine Azusa Pacific University Brown, Christine Forman, Stephen City of Hope Acute Response of Testosterone to Muscular Endurance Resistance Exercise in Obese vs. Lean Children Rubin, Daniela California State University, Fullerton Testing the Sleeping Beauty System for Stable Insertion of Transgenes Used in Adoptive Immunotherapy. Prosser, Megan Azusa Pacific University II 60 II 232 Adlof, Jessica* Faulkner, Gradon Knowles, Christopher California State University, Channel Islands Properties of K-Elliptic Surfaces Grzegorczyk, Ivona California State University, Channel Islands II 254 Afshari, Nousha* Predicting Binary Black Hole Collisions Using Numerical Methods in Collaboration with LIGO Lovelace, Geoffrey California State University, Fullerton II 252 15 I 33 Using the PRECEDE-PROCEED Model to Examine Cervical Cancer Screening Behaviors for Pacific Islander Women in Southern California Role of the Dorsal Medial Hypothalamus in exaggerated cardiac sympathoexcitatory reflex responses in hypertension through Interleukin-1β Comparing Methylation Preference of Wildtype and Mutant DNA Adenine Methyltransferase Tanjasiri, Sora California State University, Fullerton II Aftab, Mohammed* Ho’opai, Ualani California State University, Fullerton Afyouni, Andyshea* University High School, Irvine Aguilera, Maricarmen* Hernandez, Deborah Mount St. Mary's College Tjen-a-looi, Stephanie University of California, Irvine Peterson, Stacey Mount St. Mary’s College 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -54- ILLUMINATING IDEAS II 297 Almeida, Michele* Upchurch, Stephanie California State University, Fullerton Alva, Elaine* Buck, Ranelle Montes, Alexander Priego, Paul Oak Crest Institute of Science Alvarez, Clarissa* Neris, Natalia Mount St. Mary's College Alvarez, Julio* Citrus College Heaerk, Davan Cypress College Park, Eugene Troy High School Ahmad, Steve Stapleton, John Tran, Duc California State University, Fullerton Alvarez, Ulysses* California State University, Fullerton Defendant Race, Victim Race and Juror SES: Does Aversive Racism Explain Bias Toward Minority Defendants? Espinoza, Russell California State University, Fullerton II 18 High Throughput Screening of Natural Products for Antimalarial Properties Using Plasmodium falciparum Baum, Marc M. Gunawardana, Manjula Oak Crest Institute of Science II 158 Transesterification of Hypophosphorous Esters Deprèle, Sylvine Mount St. Mary’s College II 187 Effect of Rainfall on Slope Stability of Clay Soil Tiwari, Binod California State University, Fullerton II 231 Characterizing kth roots in the semigroup of partially ordered injections of the symmetric inverse monoid Annin, Scott California State University, Fullerton II 225 Alzoubi, Faisal* Irvine Valley College Lawful Violance McLaughlin, June Irvine Valley College II 155 Engineering Enzymes for Enhanced Chemical Catalysis on Molecular Scaffolds Chang, Chia-en A. University of California, Riverside II 218 Amaar, Ayymen* Roberts, Chris University of California, Riverside Amador II, Fernando* Chapman University Gender in the Making: Catalina de Erauso in Early Modern Spanish Society Cumiford, William Chapman University II 94 Examining the Stability of Mitochondrial and Cytosolic Superoxide Dismutase in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cell Lines from African American and Caucasian Patients Pervin, Shehla Charles Drew University II 149 Amaya, Jessica* Mount St. Mary's College Martinez, Luis California State Univ., Dominguez Hills Amjadi, Kevan* Irvine Valley College Overclocking: Voltage vs. Performance White, Ilknur Irvine Valley College II 56 Anda, Priscilla* Waltz, Jacob California State University, Fullerton Amino Acid Mutations to Identify Regions Essential for Viral Function in P0 Protein of Turnip Yellows Virus Sacco, Melanie California State University, Fullerton 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -55- ILLUMINATING IDEAS II 169 Anguiano, Nicole* Varshneya, Anindita Loyola Marymount University Improvements to GRNsight: a Web Application for Visualizing Models of Gene Regulatory Networks II 146 Aggregation Characterization of Wild-Type p53 and Six Common p53 Mutants II 182 II 296 II 28 Arhar, Taylor* Pihl, Nathan Loyola Marymount University Arias, Mariella* El Camino College Chen, Po-Cheng Hoople, Jason Cornell University Armada, Nicholas* Grassbaugh, Brittany Jofstra, Julie Tran, Quan California State University, Fullerton Armstrong, Lauren* California State University, Fullerton II 36 Arriola, Kate* Harvey Mudd College II 31 Asprer, Jeanine Elaine* Amirian, Dro Garcia, Allison Glendale Community College II 256 Characterization of Light Scattering from an Advanced LIGO Input Test Mass II 265 I 24 Avila-Alvarez, Adrian* Hacker, Joshua Muniz, Erik Vander-Hyde, Daniel California State University, Fullerton Awender, Stefan* California State University, San Bernardino Balcazar, Karen* California State University, Fullerton I 35 Balderas, David* White, Holly California State University, Fullerton Dahlquist, Kam D. Dionisio, John David N. Fitzpatrick, Ben G. Loyola Marymount University Moffet, David Loyola Marymount University A Piezoelectric Material P(VDF-TrFE) Thin-Film Process Flow for Ultrasonic Transducers Lal, Amit Cornell University Phenanthridine Synthesis via a Catalytic Oxidative Cyclization Pathway of Substituted 2’-arylbenzaldehyde Oxime Ethers under Photoinduced Electron Transfer Conditions de Lijser, Peter California State University, Fullerton Thermoregulatory behaviors in the insular giant chuckwalla Sauromalus varius Tracy, Christopher California State University, Fullerton Characterizing the Microbiome of the Rhizosphere: An Investigation of Soil Bacteria Use of lacZ in Determining the Expression Pattern of flhD and flhC in Burkholderia unamae Cooper, Deani Harvey Mudd College Lum, Michelle Loyola Marymount University Thai, Shelley Glendale Community College Smith, Joshua California State University, Fullerton Exploring Functionality of Ferroelectric Tunnel Junctions with AFM-based Techniques Sharma, Pankaj California State University, San Bernardino Local Backbone Dynamics of the Intrinsically Disordered Region of Atrophin-1 Bridges, Michael California State University, Fullerton Using competition assays to test the symbiotic role of chvI target genes in Sinorhizobium meliloti Chen, Esther California State University, Fullerton 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -56- ILLUMINATING IDEAS II 193 Balestrieri, Michael* Alhabeeb, Baqer California State University, Fullerton Barraza, Arthur* Castanon, Angela Rivas, Brian Ruelas, Evelyn Shankar, Prarthana California State University, Fullerton Experimental Study on Radiant Floor Heating Ngo, Chean Chin California State University, Fullerton II 13 Demographics and movement of a skyisland population of Sceloporus occidentalis (western fence lizard) Hoese, William Tracy, Christopher California State University, Fullerton II 248 Batz, Timothy* California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Genetic Diversity of the MQ8 Locus, a Major QTL Conferring Apple Fruit Acidity Xu, Kenong Cornell University II 77 Beeler, Suzy* Harvey Mudd College Validating RpoS-Independent Control Genes for qPCR Stoebel, Dan Harvey Mudd College II 65 Characterization of a Neuronal Splicing Regulatory Protein- Polypyrimidine Tract Binding Protein 2 (PTBP2) Keppetipola, Niroshika California State University, Fullerton II 212 Bello, Yarexy* Gonzalez, Edwardo Thach, Rasmey California State University, Fullerton Bieda, Allison* California State University, Fullerton The Nature of Carbon Isotope Covariation in Neoproterozoic to Cambrian Strata of Sonora, Mexico Loyd, Sean California State University, Fullerton I 52 The Development and Implementation of an Alternative Energy Fuel Cell Device Haan, John California State University, Fullerton II 20 Characterization of the effect of naturally occurring mutations on the chaperone function of the human HSPA1A. Nikolaidis, Nikolas California State University, Fullerton II 125 Optimizing an Amino Acid Derived Competitive Small Molecule Inhibitor for the Botulinum Neurotoxin Salzameda, Nicholas California State University, Fullerton II 176 Biggs, Brenna* Chanin, Josh Miller, Austin Purohit, Krutarth Vo, Tracy California State University, Fullerton Bilog, Andrei* Nguyen, Peter California State University, Fullerton Bingham, Tanner* Dunagan, Tim California State University, Fullerton Blash, Sabrina* California State University, Fullerton Are Visual Thinkers Better at Interpreting Evolutionary Trees? Relationship Between Learning Style Inclinations, and TreeThinking Ability in Introductory College Biology Hoese, William California State University, Fullerton 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -57- ILLUMINATING IDEAS I 85 II 151 II 68 II 100 II Bohorquez, Lissette* Flores, Marisa Smith, Luis California State University, Fullerton Borja, Stephanie* California State University, Fullerton Does Juror SES Influence Decisions for Defendants Who Vary on Race? An Exploratory Study of Juror Decision Making Espinoze, Russell California State University, Fullerton Direct Measurement of Truncated Atrophin-1 Aggregation Kinetics via Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Bridges, Michael California State University, Fullerton Brown, Ashley* Choe, Sara Forbes, Nicole Loyola Marymount University Browne, Marvin* Occidental College Characterization of seed predation in Castor Bean (Ricinus communis L.) plants in southern California Carmona, Victor Loyola Marymount University Nutrient Uptake and Tank Chemistry in Guzmania monostachia North, Gretchen Occidental College 17 Bueno Correa, Alexis* California State University, Fullerton Scaling of Water Loss Rates with Body Mass and Temperature in Chuckwallas (Sauromalus spp.) Tracy, Christopher California State University, Fullerton II 132 Role of Post-Translational Modifications in the Splicing Activity of Polypyrimidine Tract Binding Protein Keppetipola, Niroshika California State University, Fullerton II 119 Neurocognitive Correlates of Internet Addiction in University Students Kee-Rose, Kimmy California State University, Channel Islands II 114 Production of Power Using Microfluidics on Paper Through Fuel Cell Technology Utilizing Formate as an Alternative Fuel Source Gomez, Frank California State University, Los Angeles Haan, John California State University, Fullerton II 90 Bui, Tessa* Ramirez, Alfonso California State University, Fullerton Buratto, Daniel* Blankenship, Devon Pena, Ruby Taylor, Kevin California State University, Channel Islands Burgess, Brianna* Copenhaver, Thomas Manorothkul, Natalie Pham, Linda Purohit, Krutarth Zavala, Jose California State University, Fullerton Burt, Tristen* California Lutheran University Analysis of Gene Sequences in Canine Tumors Barber, Chad California Lutheran University II 53 Camacho, Alexis* California State University, Long Beach Five-Year Stage IV Lung Cancer Survival Grannis, Fred City of Hope II 44 Campbell, Melissa* California State University, Long Beach Short Day Exposure Decreases Antral Follicles, But Does Not Affect FSHIndependent Stages of Folliculogenesis in Siberian Hamsters (Phodopus Sungorus) Young, Kelly A. California State University, Long Beach 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -58- ILLUMINATING IDEAS II 211 Cano, Erick* Turnier, Rachelle California State University, Long Beach Capuchino, Alex* Lopez, Dominic University of Redlands Post-subduction Volcanic Provinces of California Taste Independent Feeding Preferences and the Gene Cupcake in Xenopus laevis Francis, Robert Holk, Gregory California State University, Long Beach Forristall, Caryl University of Redlands II 92 II 279 Caputo, Chris* University of California, Los Angeles Assessment of the Efficacy of Moderation Treatment Versus Abstinence-Only Treatment for Alcohol Dependent Adults Jaffe, Adi University of California, Los Angeles I 10 The effect of tea extracts on the toxicity of IAPP in mammalian tissue culture Nogaj, Luiza Mount St. Mary’s College II 200 Exoskeleton Lower Leg Prosthetic Foot Design Robson, Nina California State University, Fullerton II 109 Cardona, Connie* Segura, Sandra Mount St. Mary’s College Carlos, Aaron* Galvan, Raul Hamilton, Timothy California State University, Fullerton Carter, Stephen* California State University, Fullerton Analysis of products formed from aqueous phase photo-oxidation of succinic acid Hudson, Paula California State University, Fullerton II 294 Castillo, Alyssa Marie* De La Cruz Mount St. Mary’s College Improving Oil Dispersants since Corexit 9500A Deprèle, Sylvine Mount St. Mary’s College II 110 Determination of Extraction Method of PAHs from leaves in Los Angeles Deprèle, Sylvine Mount St. Mary’s College I 93 Castillo, Stephanie* Jimenez, Stephannie Mount St. Mary’s College Castro, Rebecca* University of California, Los Angeles Activism through Hiphop: How Female Hiphop Artists Promote Empowerment and Community Engagement Prager, Jeffrey University of California, Los Angeles II 75 Cavazos, Corrina* Castellanos, Krystal Garcia, Jerome Krieger, Jonathan Weaver, Kathleen Weaver, Pablo University of La Verne The Effects of Hypersalinity on the Morphology and Physiology of Limia perugiae Weaver, Kathleen University of La Verne I 9 Chaggan, Cynthia* Pereira, Catalina Mount St. Mary’s College The inhibition of IAPP aggregation through the protective qualities of vegetable, spice, and herb extracts Nogaj, Luiza Mount St. Mary’s College 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -59- ILLUMINATING IDEAS II 45 II 152 II 23 II 229 II 240 II 198 I 37 II 266 I 8 Chan, John* De Leon, Gabrielle Palmire, Amanda Palmire, Ashley Viggers, Pearl California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Chang, DongWoo* Kim, Hyeyoung Loyola Marymount University Chavez, Gilbert N.* Dalrymple, Emily R. Grimley, Sarah J. University of Redlands Chavoya, Joseph* Bang, Christopher California State University, Fullerton Chu, Clara* City of Hope The Effect of Nicotine on the Growth and Sporulation of Bacillus subtilis Chan, John California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Computational Comparison of Stepwise Oxidation in Mononuclear Manganese, Iron, and Cobalt Water Oxidation Catalysts Jarvis, Emily Loyola Marymount University Psychophysiological Impact of Meditation on Stress Olson, Lisa E. University of Redlands Galois Groups of Special Degree Four Polynomials Lyons, Christopher California State University, Fullerton Clinical Implementation of Pharmacogenomics through Integration with Patient Records Chang, Mike City of Hope Clark, Andrea* Castaneda, Kristie Cueto, Luis Paholio, Nap California State University, Fullerton Co Ting Keh, Lace* Khalsa, Samantha Manohara, Mohith Minassians, Patrick Noyes, Michelle Valencia, Dylan Oak Crest Institute of Science Collins, Kevin* California State University, San Bernardino Compton-Broughton, Emily* Jennings, Jill California State University, Channel Islands Disney Project: Weld Inspector Optimization Robson, Nina California State University, Fullerton Sustained Release of DNA Through Intravaginal Rings Gunawardana, Manjula Oak Crest Institute of Science Electric field control of magnetism in VDF/Cobalt Usher, Tim California State University, San Bernardino Investigating the Persistence of Social Associations in Humpback Whales Between Feeding and Breeding Grounds Cartwright, Rachel California State University, Channel Islands 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -60- ILLUMINATING IDEAS II 165 II 227 II 186 I 49 I 87 I 16 II 181 I 39 I 81 Contrata, Fred* Embree, Cameron Faulkner, Graden California State University, Channel Islands Cook, Devon* California State University, Fullerton CI Rainbow: The Design and Implementation of the RFID Tracking Subsystem Bieszczad, Andrzej California State University, Channel Islands Investigating Earthquake Magnitude Interdependency Through Stochastic DeClustering Nichols, Kevin California State University, Fullerton Corona, Jeanette* Cervantes, Alex Christian, Simpson Hamood, Amir White, Mike California State University, Fullerton Coyle, Chris* Ovalle, Vincent Loyola Marymount University Cruz, Alexandra* Carlson, Courtney Pena, Ruby Quesada, Briana Zuch, Jaclyn California State University, Channel Islands Dario, Hannah* Pepperdine University, Seaver College Automated Hemming Process- Edwards Lifesciences Limsakoune, Chacphet Robson, Nina California State University, Fullerton Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel GQuadruplex-Stabilizing Molecules McCallum, Jeremy Loyola Marymount University The Perception of Food Stimuli and SelfControl in Restrained Eaters Versus Unrestrained Eaters: A Stroop Interference Study Kee-Rose, Kimmy California State University, Channel Islands Differential Survival of Chaparral Shrub Species in Response to Historic Drought in California Davis, Stephen Pepperdine University, Seaver College Davalos, Vanessa* Reyes, Hadasa California State Polytechnic University, Pomona De La Cruz, Napoleon* Ba, Yong Diaz, Anthony Pu, Angel Lihung California State University, Dominguez Hills De La Torre, Adrianna* Cevallos, James Pozos, Hilda University of California, Los Angeles Increasing Minority Students’ Participation in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematical Fields through Outreach Program Palomo, Mónica California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Synthesize the N-Protected-N-Acetyl Cytidine Precursor for Chlorambucil and Cytidine Adduct for targeted cancer therapy Wang, Tieli California State University, Dominguez Hills Effects of Adolescent Exposure to Fluoxetine, Methylphenidate, or Methamphetamine on Discrimination Reversal Learning Izquierdo, Alicia University of California, Los Angeles 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -61- ILLUMINATING IDEAS II 170 De Lira, Carla* California Lutheran University Measuring the Efficiency of Rapid Application Development Languages (LiveCode) in Creating Cross-Platform Software Distribution and Behavioral Analysis of Marine Mammals off the Southern California Coast Reinhart, Craig California Lutheran University I 31 Dee, Taylor* Thiltgen, Haley University of Redlands II 281 Delaney, Taylor* Anaya, Itzel Cornwell, Taylor Schlaefer, Emily Chapman University DeLaura, Louis* Pepperdine University, Seaver College Wealth, 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Pranajasa, Tiffany Watson, Rene Wolde-Yohannes, Heruy Mount St. Mary’s College Aguilera, Maricarmen Alvarez, Clarissa Amaya, Jessica Bekarian, Mary Calderon, Amy Cardona, Connie Carmona, Angelica Castillo, Alyssa Marie Castillo, Sarah Castillo, Stephanie Chaggan, Cynthia Cruz, Sarah De La Cruz, Ana Esparza, Diana Garcia, Cathy Garcia, Eli Garcia, Marie Gayatan, Lupita Girma, Blean Hernandez, Deborah Ira, Stacey Jauregui, Juliette Jimenez, Stephannie Kerl, Alexis Krishnan, Shilpa Lor, Chai Manalo, Danica-Mae Martinez, Genesee Martinez, Jessica Melgar, Katherine Miller, Kelsey Mincitar, Janette Moran, Michelle Neris, Natalia Olivares, Gladys Pereira, Catalina 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -101- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Perez, Andrea Quintero, Vanessa Ragasa, Liza Ramos, Annalisa Rivera, Evelyn Romero, Deanna Safaeipour, Mary Sanchez, Jaquelyn Sanchez, Maritza Sankari, Nicolle Santamaria, Izamar Segura, Sandra Topchyan, Lusine Torres, Yeneri Tran, Nancy Ybiernas, Gabriela Zuniga, Edith National Autonomous University of Mexico Rage, Gibran National Institutes of Health Xue, Hui New Mexico State University McLean, Alistair Papavassiliou, Vassili Pate, Stephen Northeastern University Howard, Laurel Kaiser, Mealani Kallick, Jeremy Kang, Kevin Lumnah, Alexander McLain, Maya Mead, Griffin Mirovski, Tom Moffly, Sabrina Molina, Anton Ng, Taryn No, Hyewon Ortmayer, Torin Perna, Carlina Pratt, Elwyn Rand, Alexander Snipper, Joshua Sookezian, Arvin Tobin, Daniel Wang, Jenny Yanagi, Katherine Oak Crest Institute of Science Alva, Elaine Buck, Ranelle Co Ting Keh, Lace Khalsa, Samantha Manohara, Mohith Minassians, Patrick Montes, Alexander Noyes, Michelle Priego, Paul Valencia, Dylan Kendra, Marcus Sanchez, Jaquelyn Occidental College Alvarez Razo, Carlos Browne, Marvin Clark, Benjamin Delgadillo, Samantha Dennis, Donovan Discolo, Christopher Emmons, Merrie Frivold, Collrane Fukui, Kyle Goozner, Zoe Graves, Alexander Groner, Myles Herzig, Maya Hiley, Megan Hong, Kevin Oxnard College Browne, Greg Lopez, Leticia Ma, Rocio Ma, Tawei Pang, Alissa Su, Ellisa Zumbrunn, Alexis Zuniga, Emilio Pasadena City College Awad, Patrick Moreno, David Pineda, Linda Pepperdine University Bates, Kami Christensen, Michael Crisswell, Kierra Davis, Adrian De Mendiola, Francisco Finley, Matthew Garnica, Arthur Heckle, Tanner Mann, Dayna Nakamatsu, Nicole Ordog, Theadora Ortiz, Christian Rodriguez, Maia Sauer, Kaitlyn Smith, Haley Stubbs, Caleb Stucky, Taylor Pepperdine University, Seaver College Anderson, Alexander Bencharongkul, Sirithra Brighton, Rebeka Brisbois, Kristin Burns, Amanda Chen, Timothy Corso, Kelly Dario, Hannah Davila, Lauren DeLaura, Louis Dobbins, Carletta Goma, Genesis Granillo, Alejandra Hartley, Sylvia Hartmann, John Healy, Timothy Holmlun, Helen Huang, Chu-Yun Jacobson, Ginger Jamieson, Amanda Jelen, Kaly Keyser, Richard Kim, Se Min Kuhlmann, Kathrine Lee, Gina Lee, Jessica Lee, Kate Lekson, Victoria Limjantra, Saranya Moore, Brittni 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -102- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Scripps College Hamilton, Rachael Najera, Jeannie Nakamatsu, Nicole Olsen, Braden Ostlie, Megan Ota, William Pacheco, Luisa Rhein, Scott Shahijanian, Arpa Sutherland, Paige Wend, Joseph Woods, Emily Yang, Elizabeth Zhao, Luojie State University of New York at Buffalo Miller, Dan Simpson, Scott Troy High School Park, Eugene University High School, Irvine Afyouni, Andyshea Pitzer College Panzer, Zachary University of California, Berkeley Planetary Science Institute Flores, Zsasha Hamlin, Richard Ahra, Kim Smythe, William D. Point Loma Nazarene University McKinstry, Aaron Quinn, Hannah Pomona College Orly, Aidan Pettis, Maria Sacramento City College Lawson-Chavanu, Amara Saddleback College Cardenas, Tony Natoolo, Lydia Safavi, Leela San Diego State University Asgari, Padideh Contreras, Hulises Najera, Lilly Santa Monica College Ross, Samuel Santiago Canyon College Abdallah, Sally Kastens, Brittany University of California, Irvine Alfonso Garcia, Alba Anderson, Craig L. Avina, Alejandro Badran, Alan Bithell, Chelsey Chang, Mei Chu, Esther Colin, Jessica Do, Helena Feng, David Fu, Shawn Gallagher, Kimberley Gardner, Taylor Ghosh, Shramana Gonzalez, Maria Paula Guzman, Herlinda Harb, Rani Harutyunyan, Araks Ho, David Khan, Nooreen Kim, Young Li, Shiri Manuel, Cyrus Masuda, Yuichi Moosaji, Sana Ng, Nathan Nguyen, Sophia Patel, Tej Patel, Yash Pham, Christine Remley, Mylon Robles, Lourdes Sahota, Preet Santos, Guaciara Takasu, Chie Takasu, Mizuki Tang, Sarah Thaker, Kunal Torrez, Stephanie Velarde, Irene Vo, Kello Vu, Katherine Vu, Linh Zuabi, Nadia University of California, Los Angeles Allen, Matthew Bachour, Kinan Cai, Jun Yu Jacinta Caputo, Chris Carrillo, Vicente Castro, Rebecca Cevallos, James De anda, Jaime De La Torre, Adrianna Esfandi, Niloufar Feng, Lei Flores Penafiel, Samantha Franco, Gerardo Ghaffari Rafi, Arash Gioia, Antonio Haggerty-Skeans, James Han, Jisoo Heath, Sarah Horton, John Jayson, Christina Johnson, Meghan Kam, Kaiwen Khankan, Rana Knorr, Delaney Kroner, Desiree Leach, Ashley Lee, Calvin Lu, Zhixiang Mao, Tiffany Nava Gutierrez, Maria Nefalar, Jason 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -103- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Nguyen, Chau Ortega, Martha Osuna, Anthony Park, Juw Won Patel, Binal Peumsang, Pavitee Phan, Von Pozos, Hilda Rodriguez Texis, Oscar Samayoa, Erick Shahery, Shanelle Sidwell, Tiffany Simonelli, James Stein, Shayna Villegas, Karen Vo, Khoi Vu, Christina Yang, Sam Zhao, Kun Zweng, Regina University of California, Riverside Ahn, Sojin Ajawara, Cynthia Amaar, Ayymen Angel, Noah Banks, Darren Barroso, David Bartolome, Christian Basnet, Bubbi Campoa, Jonathan Chauhan, Uday Chiang, Hsin-Yu Chung, Justin Daniels, Molly Davis, Barbara Elix, Catherine Empante, Thomas Escajeda, Richard Fong, Tracy Fu, Jessica Garcia, Davil Gonzalez, Cody Grelling, Nathaniel Hauser, Joshua Hawley, Christine Jiang, Wensen Kim, Jin Hyun Kinsinger, Nichola Klee, Velveth Lee, Dongkun Long, Isaac Lou, Paul Lu, Daniel Lussier, Daniel Luth, Madeline Malia, Jit Martinez, Joseph Molnar, Sean Moreno, Jasmine Naghibi, Sahar Nguyen, Andrew Nguyen, Adriana Nguyen, Nhu-Y Omotayo, Hakeem Perry, Russell Preciado, Edwin Rage, Gibran Razo, Aladino Richards, Connor Roberts, Chris Sanpakit, Chirawat Sells, Zachary Suasnabar, Leila Ting, Martin Tse, Warner von Son, Gretel Yamaguchi, Koichi Tallorin, Lori Till, Andreas Wachasman, William Waller, Lauren Wong-Sefidan University of California, San Francisco Rodriguez, Robert University of California, Santa Barbara Stanton, Grant University of La Verne Blackshire, Bradley Castellanos, Krystal Cavazos, Corrina Coria, Evelyn Decker, Carl Jones, Karl Krieger, Jonathan Payne, Monique Sanchez-Cardenas, Marina Tello, Oscar Tiscareno, German Van Leir, Katelyn Weaver, Pablo University of California, San Diego University of NebraskaLincoln Beld, Joris Blondelle, Jordan Diamond, Jane Douglas, Chris Du, Alan Ermias, Azieb Escala, Ivanna Finzel, Kara Gupta, Aarushi Ilouz, Ronit Jankeel, Nabhan Katz, Zachary Lange, Stephan Lillemeier, Bjorn Lopez, Mike Schenk, Lior Shapiro, Paige Solis, Adriana Stiles, Travis Iskandarov, Umidjon University of Pittsburgh Hapke, Bruce W. University of Redlands Capuchino, Alex Chavez, Gilbert N. Cooney, Brendan Dalrymple, Emily r. Dee, Taylor Grimley, Sarah J. Johnson, Ellen Lopez, Dominic Luna, Jessica Morgan Jones, Sean Schlaus, Andrew Sturr, Jasmine Thiltgen, Haley 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -104- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Timmerman, Clinton Dotsenko, Irina University of Southern California Virginia Tech Chang, Shun-Wen Glousman, Brandon Howard, Samantha Huynh, Pauline Mason, Blake Min, Jung Gi Nunnelly, Luke Park, Andres Sandino, Christopher Vasan, Karthik Walnut High School Tsai, Yun-Ta Washington State University Hu, Shuozhen Whittier College University of the Pacific DiMassa, Vincent Brandao, Mark Aguilar, Kellen Armstrong, Laiken Carmona, Priscilla Chavez, Daniel Colter, Robert Cunningham, Molly Diego, Jafet Elizondo, Meagan Harrison, Amanda Kleponis, Nathan Littlefield, Jessica Massouni, Ashling Mendoza, Bobbi Montufar, Karen Ouderkerken, Zach Romero, Sarah Rubalcava, Patrick Saldana, Kenia Sanchez, Elizabeth Sanchez, Julie Ulrich, Jaimis Yamasaki, Nicole 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -105- ILLUMINATING IDEAS MENTORS Argonne National Laboratory Hayse, John Azusa Pacific University Heumier, Timothy Isaak, Donald McCoy, Bradley Miller, Carrie Prosser, Dr. Megan Walsh, Jennifer Wickman, Leslie Bard College at Simon's Rock Alvarez, Milo California Baptist University Bai, jong-Wha Jung, Helen Rickard, Matthew California Institute of Technology Barton, Jacqueline Blake, Geoffrey Bruck, Jehoshua Farnoud, Farzad Flagan, Richard Kanner, Jonah Swift, Jon California Lutheran University Barber, Chad Deisz, John Karsten, Kris Kocur, Jodie Long, Kenneth Nelson, David Reaves, Michaela Reinhart, Craig Rogers, Theresa California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Aliyazicioglu, Zekeriya Anderson, Kevin Bhandari, Subodh Boskovich, Scott Bricker, Lauren Caine, Arlo Chan, John Coburn, Todd Danico, Mary DeRosa, Aaron Dixon, Wendy Forward, Keith Fuqua, Juliana Jia, Xudong Lee, Crystal Yachin Leong, Joan Li, Yao Olive Liu, Junjun Liu, Yan Marshall, Jeffery Mireles, Hector Murinda, Shelton Murry, Marcia Nagy, Martina Page, Michael Palomo, Dr. Monica Perez, Felipe Pettey, Allen Ravi, Vilupanur Salik, Ertan Shafahi, Maryam Shah-Fairbank, Seema Sharbat, Ali Singh, Harmit Smith, Jayson Stathopoulos, Christos Talmadge, Robert Tang, Daisy Van, Rachel Vilupanur, Ravi Wachs, Faye Wang, Jing Ye, Shuhong Zhang, Sonya Abramzon, Nina Alas, Steve California State University, Bakersfield Ampatzidis, Yiannis Forester, Sarah Jafarzadeh, Saeed Saini, Dayanand California State University, Channel Islands Adams, Virgil Alarcon, Ruben Aloisio, Simone Anderson, Sean Awad, Ahmed Bieszczad, Andrzej Cartwright, Rachel Cook, Matthew Davis-Smith, LaSonya Fleming, Erich Grzegorczyk, Ivona Hanna, Cause Kee-Rose, Kimmy Kelly, Sean Meriwether, Jim Parmar, Nitika Perchuk, Alison Sanchez, Luis Teranishi Martinez, Christy Veldman, Brittnee California State University, Chico Fomin, Sergei California State University, Dominguez Hills Belmont, Barbara Enrique, Ortega Lovelace, Leopold Middlebrook, Jeb Mutchler, Matt G. Ortega, Enrique Paxton, Keisha Price, Price Rodriguez, Kenneth R. Wang, Tieli 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -106- ILLUMINATING IDEAS California State University, Fullerton Abraham, Joel Agnew, Alfonso Alexis, Gwen Andre, Jo-Anne Annin, Scott Arce, Laura Armstrong, Phil Atwong, Catherine Baker, Jason Barros, Joao Benedicktus, Ray Bhaskar, Rahul Blaine, Martin Bridges, Michael Brody, Jeffrey Brown, Lee Burnaford, Jennifer L. Caldwell, Dr. Ellen Cantley, Bryan Casem, Merri Chen, David Chen, Esther Cheng, Chia-Hsin Emily Coburn, Jared Cohen, Amybeth Coplan, Amy Cretney, Carly Cuajungco, Math De Lijser, Peter Deming, Richard Dickson, Kathryn A. Eernisse, Douglas Espinoza, Russell Fenning, Rachel Forsgren, Kristy Galpin, Andrew Garcia, Joe Albert Gill, Andrew Glesser, Adam Goetz, Aaron Gofman, Mikhail Gonzalez, Barbara L. Gorman, Nicholas Gosh, Pratanu Graham, Natalie Grudpan , Kate Gurtovoy, Jason Haan, John Hickok, John Hoese, William Holland, Arnold Huang, J. Hubbard, Ben Hudson, Paula Janowicz, Philip Jimenez Ortiz, Veronica Johnson, Hope Keppetipola, Niroshika Kim, Uksun Kim, Yuna Kirby, Mathew Kurwadkar, Sudarshan Lee, Charles Levesque, Dr. Paul Limsakoune, Chacphet Lovelace, Geoffrey Loyd, Sean Lyons, Christopher Mandell, Elisa McMillen, Tyler Meyer, Christopher Miller, James Mishra, Phoolendra Mitra, Sinjini Naish, David Ngo, Chean Chin Nichols, Kevin Nikolaidis, Nikolas Novak, Amy Palermo, Jennifer Park Tanjasiri, Sora Perez-Linggi, Sandra Person, Dawn Piacenza, Joseph Popp, Aaron Purpura, William Rasche, Madeline Reyes, Eric Robson, Nina Roche, Joanna Rubin, Daniela Rutledge, Dana Sacco, Melanie Salzameda, Nicholas Sandquist, Darrent Sekhon, Sharon Self, Eriko Shafae, Michael Sharma, Deepak Smith, Joshua Smith, Laura Stanton, Kay Struckhoff, Garrett Suceava, Bogdan Tanjasiri, Sora Tiwari, Binod Tolmasky, Marcelo Tracy, Christopher R. Trevitt, Jennifer Vaughn, Stephanie Weiss, Jie W. Welch, Rosanne Wilson, Kathleen S. Yen, Shu-Chen Zacherl, Danielle Zambrano, Carolyn California State University, Long Beach Bu, Xianhui Chiappe, Dan Francis, Robert Holk, Gregory Lo, Roger Warren, Christopher Whitcraft, Christine Young, Kelly Zhao, Xiang California State University, Los Angeles Blekhman, David Fernando, Gaithri Gomez, Frank Krug, Patrick Landsberger, Samuel Wen, Xin California State University, Monterey Bay Lieberman, Diana California State University, Northridge Moreno, Renee California State University, 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -107- ILLUMINATING IDEAS San Bernardino Claremont McKenna College Cousins, Kimberley Dixon, Paul Farmer, Carl Hood, Carol E. Howell, Ellen Kim, Yu Jung Lin-Lo, Min Sharma, Pankaj Trapp, Rolland Usher, Timothy Ventura, Belisario Woodney, Laura Zhang, Renwu Johnson, Douglas Miller, Ken Wenzel, Anna Columbia University Harlow, George Webster, James Armstrong, Clinton Cornell University Lal, Amit Xu, Xenong California State University, San Marcos Astorino, Todd D'Anna Hernandez, Kimberly California State University, Stanislaus Jet Propulsion Laboratory Fullerton College Balma, Jodi Clahane, Dana Dobyns, Sheilah Floerke, Brandon Ramirez, Yvette Wu, Jo Soodjinda, Daniel Glendale Community College Cerritos College Harnett, Michael Thai, Shelley Clifford, Stephen Szabo, Thad Harvard University Chapman University Bay, Alexander Bisoffi, Marco Cumiford, William Funk, Jennifer Gordon, Ann Hahn-Holbrook, Jennifer Keene, Jennifer D. Vieira-Martinez, Carolyn Charles Drew University Pervin, Shehla City of Hope Chang, Mike Grannis, Fred Hamilton, Angelica Huss, Janice McLaughlin, June Meyer, Kurt Papagiannis, Christie Pham, Lan Ross, Priscilla Sim, Alec Stuffler, Martha Taylor, Yemmy Titus, Jodi White, Ilknur Wolken, Matt Abbey, Bill Bhartia, Rohit Wanger, Greg Keck Graduate Institute Gupta, Vivek Los Angeles City College Heisser, Christina McCudden, Paul Muller, Danielle Los Angeles Trade Technical College Johnson, John Diaz, Martin Harvey Mudd College Loyola Marymount University Bassman, Lori Cha, Philip Cooper, Deani Coverstone , Victoria Ghosh, Alexander Leiderman, Karin McFadden, Catherine Sindi, Suzanne Stoebel, Dan Irvine Valley College Borron, Brenda Cassens, Michael Erbas-White, Ilknur Hollenbaugh, Robert Kelley, Sara Komine, Justin Loeffler, Chris Long, Lewis McCord, Roy Carmona, Victor Cherif, Feryal Dahlquist, Kam D. Dionisio, John David N. Doezema, Lambert Dowd, Wes Finkel, Jodi Fitzpatrick, Ben G. Foy, Judith Jarvis, Emily Laurent, Thomas Boris Lum, Michelle Machon, Ricardo McCallum, Jeremy Moffet, David Mueller, Lisa Mureika, Jonas Perez, Stephanie Ramire, Martina 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -108- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Saez, Jose Senter, Robert Tarleton, Heather MiraCosta College Sleeper, Christopher Mount San Antonio College Boryta, Mark D. Hatch, Rebecca Hood, Michael A. Kolchakian, Misty McGuthry, Katheryn Tolano-Leveque, Maryann Mount St. Mary’s College Chotiner, Jennifer Cizmeciyan, Deniz Deprèle, Sylvine Helston, Joshua Hirst, Linda Nogaj, Luiza Peterson, Stacey Stemp, Eric Xu, Jing Deier, Peter Fett, Sharla Hill, Michael Naylor, Keith Nersissian, Aram North, Gretchen Okumura, Cheryl Pondella, Daniel Ross, Derek Schell, Anne Snowden-Ifft, Daniel Spain, Eileen M. Stocking, Damian Thompson, Kerry Udit, Andrew Vallianatos, Mark Zellmer, Amanda Seshan, Venkatachalam Oxnard College San Diego State University Adams, Virgil Harber, James Finlayson, Tracy Pepperdine University NASA Armstrong/Dryden Flight Research Center Bowers, Albion Murillo, Oscar National Institutes of Health Kellman, Peter Wang, Lai-Xi Carr, Joi Chiem, Kristen Davis, Stephen Fulmer, Constance Henisey, Ken Jasperse, Jeffrey Kats, Lee Lucas, Timothy Newman, Brian Pownall, Ty Seshan, Venkatachalam Vandergon, Thomas Northeastern University Mattos, Carla Occidental College Ashenmiller, Bevin Baran, Renee Braker, Elizabeth Cannon, Jeffrey S. Claisse , Jeremy Craney, Chris Deardorff, Donald R. Jimenez, Jesus McConnell, Michael Pomona College Hanzawa, Frances Riley Hospital for Children Hulvershorn, M.D., Leslie Saddleback College Cesareo-Silva, Claire Luke, Gary Santa Monica College Mirbeik, Reza Scripps College Wenzel, Anna G. State University of New York at Buffalo Zurek, Eva Tohoku University (Japan) Kawashita, Masakazu University of California, Berkeley Lavery, Joseph Oak Crest Institute of Science Baum, Marc M. Gunawardana, Manjula Point Loma Nazarene University Pepperdine University, Seaver College Batcheller, Gretchen Chiem, Kristen Davis, Stephen Folkerts, Michael Fulmer, Constance Jasperse, Jeffrey Joyner, Matt Kats, Lee Nofziger Plank, Donna Rivas, Darlene University of California, Irvine Billimek, John Fruman, David Fu, Liang-Wu Ichii, Hirohito Kenney, M. Cristina Langdorf, Mark I Lotfipour, Shahram Potma, Eric Schaub, Andrew Tjen-a-looi, Stephanie 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -109- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Tsai, Shiou-Chuan Wiechmann, Warren Willoughby-Herard, Tiffany Wong, Brian University of California, Los Angeles Alcantar, Cynthia Berend, Zsuzsa Bucciarelli, Gary Feldman, Jack Fong, Peggy Gandara, Patricia Garnett, John Gaspar de Alba, Alicia Goodwin, Marjorie Hernandez, Edwin Izquierdo, Alicia Jaffe, Adi Jiang, Meisheng Jura, Michael Koehler, Carla Laski, Frank Levine, Nancy Mortazavi, Bobak Naeim, Arash Nemati, Ebrahim Ozcan, Aydogan Phelps, Patricia Prager, Jeffrey Sarrafzadeh, Majid Soltero-Lopez, Ana Throop, Jason Tsao, Dr. Tsu-Chin VanderWall, Kristina Wong, Gerard Wood, Jeffrey Xing, Yi University of Redlands Aronson, Ben Forristall, Caryl Lyons, Rebecca Olson, Lisa E. Stelle, Lei Lani University of South Carolina Anderson, Jill University of South Florida Fox, Bryanna University of California, San Diego Burgasser, Adam Burkart, Michael Goldberg, Jeffrey L. Heyman, Gail Lange, Stephan Sad, Georgialer Sadler Sharpee, Tatyana Taylor, Susan Winzeler, Elizabeth Wree, Melanie University of Southern California Baker, Laura Cronin, Stephen Dickman, Dion Gao, Sho-Jiang Lee, Changhan Shieh, Eric Tambe, Milind University of the Pacific University of California, Santa Barbara McGee, Sears University of La Verne Chappell, David Garcia, Jerome Weaver, Kathlenn Weaver, Pablo Larios, Loralee University of California, Riverside Aguilar, Guillermo Bartels, Ludwig Chang, Chia-en A. Dinsmore, Campbell Eichler, Jack Kumar, Sandeep Lavallo, Vincent Lin, James Liu, Huinan Long, Owen Nothnagel, Eugene Princevac, Marko Talbot, Prue Tan, Sheldon Walker, Sharon Wang, Albert Wang, Jun Wildon, Emma Zhang, Yimei Zhou, Jamesa University of NebraskaLincoln Cahoon, Edgar Paudel, Tula Samoshin, Vyacheslav University of Western Australia Catts, Oron Washington State University Ha, Su Scudiero, Louis Western Washington University Yang, Sylvia Shull, David 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -110- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Whittier College Adams, Charles Chihara, Michelle Chirol-Hill, Marie-Magdeleine Collins-Dogrul, Julie Geirola, Gustavo Iyam, David Kronholm, William Lagan, Seamus Overmyer-Velasquez, Rebecca Piner, Glenn Rehn, Andrea Wagner, Judith White, Roger 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -111- ILLUMINATING IDEAS SESSION MODERATORS Name Institution/Affiliation Adams, Virgil Ajmera, Beena Armstrong, Phil Bai, Jong-Wha Baker, Jason K. Berriman, Faye Bhattarai, Pankaj Brewster, Jay Caldwell, Ellen Carroll, Sandy Casem, Merri Lynn Chirol, Marie-Magdeleine Cizmeciyan, Deniz Clahane, Dana Cretney, Carly Dahlquist, Kam Davis, Stephen Davis-Smith, LaSonya de Lijser, Peter Deisz, John Dinsmore, Campbell Erickson, Barbra Feingold, Janice Forester, Sarah Fuqua, Juliana Ghosh, Pratanu Glesser, Adam Gunawardana, Manjula Gurtovoy, Jason Hatch, Rebecca Gronvold Heisser, Christina Holk, Greg Hood, Michael Hood, Carol Jaffe, Adi Kaufman, Joyce P. Kee-Rose, Kimmy Kelly, Sean Kim, Uksun Kim, Yuna Kung, Kenneth Kurwadkar, Sudarshan Mandell, Elisa Mishra, Phoolendra Mueller, Lisa Naish, David California State University, Channel Islands California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton California Baptist University California State University, Fullerton Berriman Accounting Services California State University, Fullerton Pepperdine University California State University, Fullerton College of the Canyons California State University, Fullerton Whittier College Mount St. Mary’s College Fullerton College California State University, Fullerton Loyola Marymount University Pepperdine University California State University, Channel Islands California State University, Fullerton California Lutheran University California State Polytechnic University, Pomona California State University, Fullerton Moorpark College California State University, Bakersfield California State Polytechnic University, Pomona California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton Oak Crest Institute of Science California State University, Fullerton Mount San Antonio College Los Angeles City College California State University, Long Beach Mount San Antonio College California State University, San Bernardino California State University, Long Beach Whittier College California State University, Channel Islands California State University, Channel Islands California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton Loyola Marymount University California State University, Fullerton 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -112- ILLUMINATING IDEAS Name Institution/Affiliation Nelson, David Ngo, Chean Chin Okumura, Cheryl Ortega, Enrique Page, Michael F.Z. Patchen, Terri Perez-Linggi, Sandra Pettey, L. Allen Price, John Robson, Nina Roche, Joanna Rubin, Daniela Sanchez, Luis Seshan, Venkatachalam Shafahi, Maryam Sharma, Deepak Smith, Laura Stathopoulos, Christos Stemp, Eric Struckhoff, Garrett Suceava, Bogdan Swift, John Tanjasiri, Sora Thurlo, John Tracy, Christopher Tran, Duc Tran, Quang Upadhyaya, Sneha Veldman, Brittnee Warren, Christopher Wilson, Kathleen Zhang, Renwu California Lutheran University California State University, Fullerton Occidental College California State University, Dominguez Hills California State Polytechnic University, Pomona California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton California State Polytechnic University, Pomona California State University, Dominguez Hills California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton California State University, Channel Islands Pepperdine University California State Polytechnic University, Pomona California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Mount St. Mary’s College California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton Occidental College California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton California State University, Channel Islands California State University, Long Beach California State University, Fullerton California State University, San Bernardino 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -113- ILLUMINATING IDEAS ABSTRACT REVIEWERS Argonne National Laboratory Hayse, John California State University, Bakersfield Azusa Pacific University Amptzidis, Yiannis Forester, Sarah Miller, Carrie Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope DiGiusto, David California Baptist University Bai, Jong-Wha California Institute of Technology Farnoud, Farzad Flagan, Richard Weinstein, Alan Adams, Virgil Cook, Matthew Davis-Smith, LaSonya Grzegorczyk, Ivona Kelly, Sean Parmar, Nitika Veldman, Brittnee California State University, Dominguez Hills Price, John Wang, Tieli California Lutheran University California State University, Fullerton Barber, Chad Deisz, John Long, Kenneth Reaves, Michaela Rogers, Theresa California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Alas, Steve Bricker, Lauren Coburn, Todd Dinsmore, Campbell Ewers, Frank Leong, Joan Liu, Junjun Liu, Yan Page, Michael Pettey, Lee Sharbat, Ali Singh, Harmit Smith, Jayson Stathopoulos, Christos Zhang, Sonya California State University, Channel Islands Abraham, Joel Agnew, Alfonso Ajmera, Beena Annin, Scott Armstrong, Phil Baker, Jason Blaine, Marlin Boutakidis, Loakim Breach Elizabeth Bridges, Michael Brown, Lee Caldwell, Ellen Carrick, Nathalie Casem, Merri Lynn Chen, David de Lijser, Peter Espinoza, Lupita Espinoza, Russ Faller, John Forsgren, Kristy Galpin, Andrew Garcia, Joe Ghosh, Pratanu Glesser, Adam Goetz, Aaron Gofman, Mikhail Gorman, Nicholas Gurtovoy, Jason Haan, John Hickok, John Jimenez Ortiz, Veronica Kim, Yuna Kennett, Kung Kurwadkar, Sudarshan Lanning, Joel Lovelace, Geoffrey Loyd, Sean Mishra, Phoolendra Mitra, Sinjini Nair, Pradeep Naish, David Ngo, Chean Chin Piacenza, Joe Piazza, Jennifer Pineda, Claudia Popp, Aaron Robson, Nina Roche, Joanna Rubin, Daniela Rutledge, Dana Sharma, Deepak Smith, Laura Struckhoff, Garrett Tiwari, Binod Tracy, Christopher Upadhyaya, Sneha Welch Rosanne Wilson, Kathleen Yen, Shu-Chen California State University, Long Beach Bu, Xianhui Holk, Gregory Warren, C Young, Kelly California State University, Northridge Moreno, Renee 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -114- ILLUMINATING IDEAS California State University, San Bernardino Cousins, Kimberley Hood, Carol Kim, Yu Jung Lo, Min-Lin Zhang, Renwu California State University, San Marcos D'Anna-Hernandez, Kimberly California State University, Stanislaus Soodjinda, Daniel Muller, Danielle Loyola Marymount University Dahlquist, Kam Doezema, Lambert Mueller, Lisa Perez, Stephanie Ramirez, Martina Ryan, Dermot Saez, Jose Mount San Antonio College Hatch, Rebecca Hood, Michael Mount St. Mary’s College Chapman University Gordon, Ann Charles Drew University Pervin, Shehla Cizmeciyan, Deniz Peterson, Stacey Stemp, Eric Oak Crest Institute of Science Gunawardana, Manjula City of Hope Chang, Mike Occidental College Xu, Kenong Baran, Renee Cannon, Jeffrey Johnson, Ed Okumura, Cheryl Ross, Derek Swift, John Fullerton College Pepperdine University Clahane, Dana Brewster, Jay Davis, Stephen Joi, Carr Lucas, Timothy Pownall, Ty Vandergon, Thomas College of the Canyons Carroll, Sandy Cornell University Harvey Mudd College Adolph, Stephen Cooper, Deani McFadden, Catherine Irvine Valley College McCord, Roy McLaughlin, June White, Ilknur Erbas Point Loma Nazarene University Jimenez, Jesus McConnell, Michael Keck Graduate Institute Pomona College Gupta, Vivek Hanzawa, Frances Los Angeles City College QLogic Corp. Heisser, Christina Zhou, James Saddleback College Cesareo, Claire University of California, Irvine Billimek, John Lin, James Willoughby-Herard, Tiffany University of California, Los Angeles Alcantar, Cynthia Berend, Zsuzsa Hernandez, Edwin University of California, Merced Gleason, Tiffany University of California, Riverside Eichler, Jack Nothnagel, Eugene Shafahi, Maryam Tan, Sheldon Lange, Stephan University of Redlands Stelle, Lei Lani University of Southern California Gao, Shou-Jiang Lee, Changhan University of the Pacific Samoshin, Vyacheslav Whittier College Chihara, Michelle Kaufman, Joyce Roger, White William, Kronholm Other Affiliations Berriman, Faye Carey, G 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -115- STUDENT VOLUNTEERS Aispuro, Oyuki Alcala, Elizabeth Alvarez, Ulysses Amin, Biren Aneke, Roseline Arce, Cyreen Barbosa, Michelle Barragan, Carlos Bernal, Ivan Bilog, Andrei Blazak, Ben Bonner, Natasha Borg, Nicole Brown, Chad Bui, Annalise Campana, Catherine Ceballos, Ashley Cecena, Stephanie Chang, Michelle Chavoya, Joseph Clark, Rebecca Concha, Christian Contreras, Wendy Cruz, Elizabeth Cyrs, Asha Deeb, Christine Deeb, Susan Deleon, James Dinhvu, Danny Do, Crystal Dominguez, Mirna Duong, Tilly Dure, Issak Eaves, Kenneth Ellis, Taylor Espinosa, Bianca Gadbois, Brian Gallardo, Jennifer Gamez, Luis Garcia, Anthony Garcia, David Garcia, Naarai Gonzalez, Elizabeth Grimm, Erika Guzman, Adrian Haffner, Kristy Hanamoto, Jaclyn Hebbalkar, Sharda Hernandez, Daisy Hurwitz, Kip Huynh, Matthew Jovel, Kevin Kiriakos, Frida Kroneberger, Elisabeth Kuo, Wesley Labanieh, Cedra Lee, Daniel M. Lemmon, Alex Malhotra, Arjun Marzvaan, Armen Mendez, Jose Mercado, Elizabeth Moffitt, Jacquelyn Morales, David Mueller, Lisa Najarian, Paul Ngo, Uyen Nguyen, Bao Binh Nguyen, Christopher Nguyen, Irwin Nguyen, Julia Nguyen, Nam Nguyen, Shiline Nguyen, Trini -116- Nhep, Khim Olcken, Bora Ortega, Erick Oune, Kynan Patterson, Sierra Perera, Mahela Phan, Tram "Jennifer" Phelan, Joshua Phillips, Jenna Quy, Anthony Reames, Lauren Rigsby, Kristen Saenz, Rudolph Sarai Soto, Mydoris Seigler, Graham Shankar, Prarthana Shepard, Stephen Soto, Mydoris Sta. Cruz, Shaina Susoeff, Mike Tafesh, Peter Tasnim, Michelle Taylor, Derek Tom, Karen Ton, Lich Tong, Henry Tran, Cecilia Tran, Christina Tran, Julie Truong, Duc Valdez, Jasmin Villamil, Noely Vu, Brian Wilson, Jeremy Wong, Adrianne Woolf, Joseph Wyer, Aubree ILLUMINATING IDEAS 2014 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research -117- ILLUMINATING IDEAS THANKS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SCCUR 2014 Planning Committee Dr. Scott Annin and Dr. Binod Tiwari (Co-Directors) Carlos Amescua Ivan Bernal Nicole Borg David Bowman Liz Breach Nathalie Carrick James Deleon Victor Delgado Brian Gadbois Adriana Gonçalves Daisy Hernandez Barbara Kerr Robert Koch Alex Lemmon Amy Mattern Yvonne Moar Terri Patchen Coral Roseberry Amanda Villagran Jeremy Wilson Logo Design SCCUR 2014 logo created by Leonard Mandap Sponsors Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research, Inc. 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