INDEX of NAMES
for Contributed Oral Presentations
A
Aldrich, Mark......................................
Alvarez-LaCalle, Enrique..................
Amirapu, Anjana................................
Aranda, Michell..................................
Archer, Benedict G.............................
4
4
6
7
4
B
Banuelos, Karyna................................ 7
Beach, Patrick..................................... 7
Bell, Kevin W................................... 6, 7
Blackman, David................................ 4
Bondarenko, Vladimir....................... 4
Boucher, Roland A............................. 4
Burke, Elaine M.................................. 3
C
Cada, Abraham King.........................
Cannon, Brittany L.............................
Caryotakis, Alex.................................
Cashman, Tyrone...............................
Cecala, Jacob M..................................
Chamberlain, Thomas E....................
Chen, Peter..........................................
Cirillo, Laura E....................................
Crowley, Stephen................................
5
7
6
4
6
7
3
3
7
D
D’Allura, Jad A....................................
Davis, Paul H.......................................
Demmitt-Rice, Courtney..................
Deo, Michael.......................................
Ding, Julie............................................
Dobbins, Tabbetha.............................
Dow, William L...................................
5
7
4
7
3
5
3
E
Echebarria, Blas..................................
Esquerra, Raymond............................
Evens-Lutterods, Kenneth.................
Ezzi, Asmahan El................................
4
5
5
4
F
Fan, Guoping....................................... 4
Ferraro, Steven P................................. 6
G
Gailey, Christine Ward....................... 3
Gaines, Cory........................................ 3
Gajanayake, Bandara.......................... 6
Garmova, Alena.................................. 7
Gomatam, Ravi............................... 4, 7
Gonnerman, Christopher.................. 6
Govedich, Fred.................................... 5
Graugnard, Elton................................ 7
H
Hardy, Kim K......................................
Harrigan, Ryan....................................
Hayes, Kim..........................................
Heag, Michael.....................................
Henson, Michael.................................
Hua, Yen-Mai......................................
Hughes, William L..............................
7
6
7
5
5
6
7
J
Jabbour, Rebecca S............................. 3
Jacobitz, Frank.................................... 3
K
Karakira, susan...................................
Katz, Nurit...........................................
Kellis, Donald L..................................
Khuri, Natalia......................................
Khuri, Sami.........................................
Knowlton, William B.........................
Komura, Kiriko...................................
Korczynski, Michael...........................
Kraus, Peter L......................................
Kuang, Wan.........................................
Kuddus, Ruhul....................................
7
6
7
7
7
7
7
4
8
7
4
L
Lau, Chun Ning..................................
Lee, Hyeong Woo...............................
Lee, JeungHoon..................................
Lee, YongJin.........................................
Lehmkuhl-Dakhwe, Ginia.................
Leong, Joan M.....................................
Leung, Betty........................................
Li, Hungwen........................................
Lipschultz, Nie D................................
Lipschultz, Ronnie D..........................
Lyons, McKenzie.................................
7
3
7
7
7
6
7
7
6
7
7
M
Maida, Carl A...................................... 6
Mak, Ron............................................. 7
Margoosian, Gamer........................... 6
McCann, Kristen................................ 6
McGough, Alexandra M.................... 3
McGraw, Donald J.............................. 3
Melgoza, Natalie................................. 7
Messina, Paula..................................... 7
Miguel, Janice...................................... 6
Mitingwa, Sekazi................................ 5
Moffa, Matthew................................... 6
Mpanga, Richard................................ 4
Mulley, Susan.................................. 6, 8
Murray, John....................................... 5
Myhro, Kevin...................................... 7
N
Nava, Juan Carlos...............................
Navaro, Daniel....................................
Nazari, Ani..........................................
Nordby, Cully......................................
3
7
7
6
O
O’Brien, Kathleen............................... 7
Oh, Young Hoon................................. 3
P
Panchenko, Michail............................
Pan, Hanqing......................................
Park, Nathaniel...................................
Patel, Kishan........................................
4
5
6
3
R
Ravi, Vilupanur.......................... 3, 6, 7
Reddy, K. Raja..................................... 6
Reyes, Miguel...................................... 7
Richards, Gary D................................ 3
Rivera, Ferdinand............................... 7
S
Saidi, Mohammed El..........................
Sepanosian, Elvin...............................
Shah, Sidhaant....................................
Sheu, Katherine...................................
Shiferaw, Yohannes.............................
Spalding, Jon.......................................
4
7
6
4
4
4
1100 (time italicized and underlined) identifies a student presentation1
* identifies the speaker from among several authors listed
63 (bolded number) is the abstract number
abstracts contain complete contact information for authors
Stuart, Bradley..................................... 7
Sujittosakul, Sutine............................. 7
Suvorov, Alexander............................ 4
T
Talley, Jared L...................................... 7
Thilahar, Kevin.................................... 7
Thomas, Michael............................ 7, 8
Thompson, Sharlynn.......................... 7
Thongchua, Norton............................ 7
Tseng, Chris......................................... 7
V
Van Buskirk, Richard W.................... 4
Varghese, Reshma E........................... 3
Vesterby, Vincent................................ 5
Villalpando, Obed.............................. 3
Voorhees, Travis............................. 3, 6
W
Wague, Ahmadou...............................
Wang, Kaili..........................................
Wertlake, Paul T..................................
Wilson, Kyla........................................
Winick, Herman.................................
Wood, Lawrence H.............................
Worthy, Kenneth................................
Wu, Tiffany..........................................
5
7
5
6
5
5
4
6
Y
Yurke, Bernard.................................... 7
2
1100 (time italicized and underlined) identifies a student presentation
* identifies the speaker from among several authors listed
63 (bolded number) is the abstract number
abstracts contain complete contact information for authors
III. CONTRIBUTED ORAL PRESENTATIONS
1100 (time italicized and underlined) indicates a student presentation
* indicates the speaker from among several authors listed
63 (bolded number) indicates abstract number
Anthropology and Archaeology
Monday, 15 June 2015
Oral Session 1
Engineering, Technology, and
Applied Sciences
Anthropology and Archaeology
HENSILL HALL 201
Monday
8:25 a.m. – NOON
Engineering, Technology, and
Applied Sciences
Session chair: Frank Jacobitz
8:25 Introductory comments
8:30150
Comparison of the Microcirculation in the Human
Conjunctiva in Healthy and Diabetic Patients, WILLIAM L. DOW1*, FRANK G. JACOBITZ1, and
PETER CHEN2 (1Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA;
2
Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA).
8:50151
Evaluating the Environmental Stability of a New
Class of Titanium Alloys in Simulated Marine Environments, TRAVIS VOORHEES* and VILUPANUR
RAVI (Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA).
9:10152
A Diffusional Model of Aluminide Coatings,
CORY GAINES* and VILUPANUR RAVI (Chemical and Materials Engineering Department, Cal Poly
Pomona, Pomona, CA).
9:30153
Electrochemical Characterization of Metallic
Alloys in Simulated Biomass Environments at 700°C,
OBED VILLALPANDO*, KISHAN PATEL,
JUAN CARLOS NAVA, and VILUPANUR RAVI
(Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA).
9:50BREAK
Session chair: Sang-Hee Lee
10:15 Introductory Comments
10:20154Transitions during MIS 3 and 2 in Korea,
HYEONG WOO LEE (Department of Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology, Chonbuk University,
Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea).
10:40155Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Prehistoric California: A Review of Evidence and Paleoepidemiological Comparisons of Impacted and Related Populations, ELAINE M. BURKE1*, RESHMA E.
VARGHESE1, REBECCA S. JABBOUR2, and
GARY D. RICHARDS3 (1Department of Integrative
Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley,
CA; 2Department of Biology, Saint Mary’s College of
California, Moraga, CA; 3Department of Biomedical
Sciences, A. A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA).
11:00156Skull and Brain Anatomy of a Trigonocephalic
Juvenile: Description of the First Known Prehistoric
Case, ALEXANDRA M. MCGOUGH1*, LAURA
E. CIRILLO2, JULIE DING1, REBECCA S. JABBOUR3 and GARY D. RICHARDS4 (1Department
of Integrative Biology, University of California,
Berkeley, CA; 2Department of Anthropology, California State University, Chico, CA; 3Department of Biology, Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga, CA;
4
Department of Biomedical Sciences, A.A. Dugoni
School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, San
Francisco, CA).
11:20157Think Before You Gender, CHRISTINE WARD
GAILEY (Department of Anthropology, University
of California Riverside, Riverside, CA).
11:40158How Mountains Think: Sherpa Intersubjectivity
with Animals, Forest, and Himalayan Peaks, YOUNG
HOON OH (Department of Anthropology, University
of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA).
1100 (time italicized and underlined) identifies a student presentation3
* identifies the speaker from among several authors listed
63 (bolded number) is the abstract number
abstracts contain complete contact information for authors
Oral Session 2
Cell and Molecular Biology
HENSILL HALL 667
Monday
8:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA).
11:20165Ebola Can’t Fly, DAVID BLACKMAN (Department of Mathematics, Southern Oregon University,
Ashland, OR).
Session Chair: Kristen Mitchell
8:55
Introductory comments
9:00159
Examining the Role of DNA Methylation in Naive
Pluripotent Stem Cells, KATHERINE SHEU* and
GUOPING FAN (Department of Human Genetics,
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles,
CA).
9:20160
A Naive Analysis of What the PCR Standard
Curve Parameters Represent, BENEDICT G.
ARCHER (Vallejo, CA).
9:40161
Association of the Arg156Arg Polymorphism
in Xeroderma Pigmentosum Gene and Proliferative
Prostate Diseases in Lebanese Men, COURTNEY
DEMMITT-RICE1*, ASMAHAN EL EZZI2,3,5,
MOHAMMED EL SAIDI4, and RUHUL KUDDUS1 (1Department of Biology, 2Chemistry, 3Office
of Academic Research, Utah Valley University, Orem
UT; 4Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission, Beirut,
Lebanon).
HENSILL HALL 206
Monday
8:25 a.m. – NOON
Session chair: Robert L. Chianese
8:25 Introductory Comments
Social, Economic, and Political Sciences
8:30166
Surviving a Train Wreck: The Development
of Safer Passenger Cars, 1965-2015, MARK
ALDRICH (Department of Economics, Smith College, Northampton MA).
History and Philosophy of Science
10:00BREAK
10:20162Calcium Alternans is Due to an Order-Disorder Phase Transition in Cardiac Cells, ENRIQUE
ALVAREZ-LACALLE1, BLAS ECHEBARRIA1,
JON SPALDING2*, and YOHANNES SHIFERAW3 (1Departament de Fisica Aplicada, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech, Barcelona, Spain; 2Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, California;
3
Department of Physics and Astronomy, California
State University, Northridge, California).
10:40163The Antimicrobial Activity of Extracts Isolated
from Parmelia vagans, MICHAEL KORCZYNSKI*
and VLADIMIR BONDARENKO (Department of
Basic Sciences, Touro University Nevada, Henderson, NV).
11:00164Developmental Exposure to Brominated Flame
Retardant Reprograms Activity of mTOR Pathway, ALEXANDER SUVOROV1*, MICHAIL
PANCHENKO2, and RICHARD MPANGA3
(Department of Environmental Health Sciences,
4
Oral Session 3
General and Interdisciplinary
History and Philosophy of Science
Science and the Arts and Humanities
Social, Economic, and Political Sciences
8:50167
Climate and Future Generations, TYRONE
CASHMAN (Solar Economy Institute, Mill Valley,
CA).
9:10168
The Pendulum, Three Standards that Measured
the Ancient World, and the Mystery of the Parthenon,
ROLAND A. BOUCHER (Irvine, CA).
Science and the Arts and Humanities
9:30169
Milgram’s Obedience Experiments and Environmental Destructiveness, KENNETH WORTHY
(Department of Environmental Studies, University of
California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA).
9:50170
A New Ontological Argument for the Existence
of God that Relates to Issues in Quantum Mechanics,
RAVI GOMATAM (Bhaktivedanta Institute, Berkeley, CA).
10:10BREAK
1100 (time italicized and underlined) identifies a student presentation
* identifies the speaker from among several authors listed
63 (bolded number) is the abstract number
abstracts contain complete contact information for authors
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Session chair: Crystal Goldman
General and Interdisciplinary
10:30171The African Synchrotron Light Source (AfLS),
HERMAN WINICK1*, KENNETH EVENS-LUTTERODS2, SEKAZI MTINGWA3, AHMADOU
WAGUE4, and TABBETHA DOBBINS5 (1SLAC
National Accelerator Laboratory, Applied Physics
Department, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA;
2
BNSLSII, Beamline X13B, Brookhaven National
Laboratory, Upton, NY; 3Retired; 4Laboratoire de
Physique de l’Atmospère et de l’Océan Siméon, Universit\’e Cheikh Anta Diop; 5Dept. of Physics and
Astronomy, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ).
10:50172Global Change and the American Southwest: A
Systems Approach, JOHN MURRAY1* and FRED
GOVEDICH2, (1Integrated Engineering Department,
2
Biology Department, Southern Utah University,
Cedar City, Utah).
11:10173Understanding Systems by Way of Their Intrinsic
Qualities, VINCENT VESTERBY (Poulsbo, WA).
1:50178
A Urinary Test Procedure for Identification of
Cannabidiol (CBD) in Patients Undergoing Medical
Therapy with Marijuana, A Pilot Study of Urine Testing for Cannabidiol, PAUL T. WERTLAKE* and
MICHAEL HENSON (Pacific Toxicology Laboratories, Chatsworth, CA).
2:10179
Photolysis of Caged Dioxygen in Low-Temperature Magnetic Circular Dichroism (MCD) Studies
of Hemoglobin, ABRAHAM KING CADA* and
RAYMOND ESQUERRA (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University,
San Francisco, CA).
2:30180
Photons to Formate: Solar Driven Conversion of CO2 to Solar Fuels, HANQING PAN* and
MICHAEL HEAG1 (1Department of Chemistry,
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology,
Socorro, NM).
11:30174Why the Normal Distribution for all Measureable
Human Characteristics is Normal, LAWRENCE H.
WOOD (Physicist, Retired, Lacey, WA).
Oral Session 4
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Earth Sciences
HENSILL HALL 201
Monday
1:25 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.
Session chair: Owen McDougal
1:25 Introductory comments
Earth Sciences
1:30177
Post-Cretaceous Faulting in Southwestern Oregon and Northwestern California: a Preliminary
Study, JAD A. D’ALLURA (Department of Chemistry, STEM; Southern Oregon University, Ashland,
OR).
1100 (time italicized and underlined) identifies a student presentation5
* identifies the speaker from among several authors listed
63 (bolded number) is the abstract number
abstracts contain complete contact information for authors
Ecology, Environmental Sciences, and Sustainability
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Oral Session 5
Agriculture, Food, and Renewable Resources
Ecology, Environmental Sciences, and Sustainability
HENSILL HALL 201
Tuesday
8:35 a.m. – 11:50 p.m.
Session chair: Richard Van Buskirk
8:35 Introductory Comments
Ecology, Environmental Sciences, and Sustainability
8:40181
Impact of Student-led Action Research Teams
on UCLA Campus Sustainability from 2008 to 2013,
ANJANA AMIRAPU*, ALEX CARYOTAKIS,
NURIT KATZ, CARL A. MAIDA, and CULLY
NORDBY (Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California Los Angeles, Los
Angeles, CA).
9:00182
Comparison of Biodiversity of Flora and
Fauna Between Habitats Across a College Campus,
SIDHAANT SHAH*, KYLA WILSON*, CHRISTOPHER GONNERMAN*, NATHANIEL PARK,
YEN-MAI HUA, TIFFANY WU and RYAN HARRIGAN (UCLA Institute of the Environment and
Sustainability, Los Angeles, CA).
9:20183
Bee Visit Frequency and Time of Day Effects
on Cumulative Pollen Deposition in Watermelon,
JACOB M. CECALA* and JOAN M. LEONG
(Department of Biological Sciences, California State
Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA).
Agriculture, Food, and Renewable Resources
9:40184
Sweetpotato Growth and Developmental
Responses to Temperature and Elevated Carbon
Dioxide, K. RAJA REDDY* and BANDARA
GAJANAYAKE (Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State,
MS).
10:00BREAK
Session chair: Julia Ruppell
10:20185AVIRIS Hyperspectral Remote Sensing as a Tool
for the Analysis of Anthropogenic Issues in Coupled
Human and Natural Systems of Southern California,
MATTHEW MOFFA* and SUSAN MULLEY
(California Center for Land and Water Stewardship, College of ENV, California State University –
Pomona, Pomona, CA).
10:40186“Are Vegetables Private?” and other Questions:
The Importance of Belief and Perception in Urban
Agriculture, SUSAN MULLEY* and THE URBAN
AGRICULTURE STUDY GROUP (California
Center for Land and Water Stewardship, College of
ENV, California State University – Pomona, Pomona,
CA).
11:00187Ecological Periodic Tables, STEVEN P. FERRARO (Newport, OR).
11:20188Getting to Sustainability: Policy, Politics, Practices, RONNIE D. LIPSCHUTZ* and KEVIN W.
BELL (Department of Politics and College Eight,
University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz,
CA).
Oral Session 6
Materials Science
Physics
HENSILL HALL 667
Tuesday
8:45 a.m. – NOON
Session chair: George Quainoo
8:45
Introductory Comments
Materials Science
189
PRESENTATION WITHDRAWN
8:45190
Electrochemical Evaluation of Advanced Titanium Alloys for Potential Biomedical Applications,
KRISTEN McCANN*, JANICE MIGUEL,
GAMER MARGOOSIAN, TRAVIS VOORHEES,
and VILUPANUR RAVI (Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Cal Poly Pomona,
Pomona, CA).
9:10191
Quantum Hall and Electric Field Effects in
6
1100 (time italicized and underlined) identifies a student presentation
* identifies the speaker from among several authors listed
63 (bolded number) is the abstract number
abstracts contain complete contact information for authors
Oral Session 7
Education
Psychology
Bilayer, Trilayer and Tetralayer Graphene, KEVIN
MYHRO*, YONGJIN LEE, KEVIN THILAHAR,
KAILI WANG, MICHAEL DEO, and CHUN
NING LAU (Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA).
9:30192
Effect of Chromium Content and Activator
Type in the Pack Aluminizing of Nickel-Chromium
Alloys, ELVIN SEPANOSIAN*, BETTY LEUNG,
ANI NAZARI, KARYNA BANUELOS, SUSAN
KARAKIRA, MICHELL ARANDA, DANIEL
NAVARO, ALENA GARMOVA and VILUPANUR
RAVI (Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA).
9:50BREAK
Session chair: Vilupanur Ravi
10:20193Corrosion of Nickel-Chromium Alloys in a Molten Eutectic Salt Environment, BRADLEY STUART*, MIGUEL REYES, NATALIE MELGOZA,
NORTON THONGCHUA, and VILUPANUR
RAVI (Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA).
10:40194The Study of Surface Phases on Aluminide Coatings Using X-Ray Diffraction, SUTINE SUJITTOSAKUL* and VILUPANUR RAVI (Cal Poly
Pomona, Pomona, CA).
11:00195Excitonic AND Logic Gates Configured onto
Self-Assembling DNA Nanobreadboards, BRITTANY L. CANNON1*, DONALD L. KELLIS1,
PAUL H. DAVIS1, JEUNGHOON LEE1,2, WAN
KUANG3, WILLIAM L. HUGHES1, ELTON
GRAUGNARD1, BERNARD YURKE1,3, and WILLIAM B. KNOWLTON1,3 (1Department of Materials
Science and Engineering, 2Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry, and 3Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, Boise State University, Boise,
Idaho).
Physics
11:20196Fundamentally Unbounded Light-Speed Gives
Indeterminate Space-Time, THOMAS E. CHAMBERLAIN (Los Angeles, CA).
11:40197Toward Avoiding Nonlocality (and Locality) in
Quantum Mechanics, RAVI GOMATAM (Institute
of Semantic Information Sciences and Technology,
Berkeley, CA).
HENSILL HALL 201
Tuesday
1:35 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.
Session chair: Louis Nadelson
1:35 Introductory Comments
Psychology
1:40198
Honesty and the Folk: An Interdisciplinary
Analysis of the Trait of Honesty, JARED L. TALLEY1*, SHARLYNN THOMPSON2, MCKENZIE LYONS2, KIM HAYES2, STEPHEN CROWLEY1, PATRICK BEACH3, and KIM K. HARDY2
(1Department of Philosophy, Boise State University,
Boise, ID; 2Department of Psychology, Boise State
University, Boise, ID; 3Department of Philosophy and
Religious Studies, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC).
Education
2:00199
A Computer Science Education Certificate for
High School Teachers, SAMI KHURI1*, PAULA
MESSINA2, RON MAK1, KATHLEEN O’BRIEN1,
HUNGWEN LI3, VIRGINIA LEHMKUHL-DAKHWE4, NATALIA KHURI5, CHRIS TSENG1,
and FERDINAND RIVERA6 (1Department of Computer Science, San Jose State University (SJSU),
San Jose, CA; 2Science Education, SJSU; 3Computer
Engineering, SJSU; 4Center for STEM Education,
SJSU; 5Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; 6Elementary Education, SJSU).
2:20200
Educating The Future STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Workforce, The
Case Study of Keck Graduate Institute, KIRIKO
KOMURA1* and MICHAEL THOMAS1 (PSM
National Office, Keck Graduate Institute, Claremont,
CA).
2:40201
Teaching STEM and Complex Problem-solving
to Non-STEM Students Through Sustainability Engineering and Design, RONNIE D. LIPSCHUTZ*
and KEVIN W. BELL (Department of Politics and
College Eight, University of California, Santa Cruz,
Santa Cruz, CA).
3:00BREAK
1100 (time italicized and underlined) identifies a student presentation7
* identifies the speaker from among several authors listed
63 (bolded number) is the abstract number
abstracts contain complete contact information for authors
3:20202
“Why are Students SO Different?” Coping With
Teaching Millennials, SUSAN MULLEY (California
Center for Land and Water Stewardship, College of
ENV, California State University – Pomona, Pomona,
CA).
3:40203
Outsourcing Technology and Support in Higher
Education from a Transaction Cost Economics Perspective, The Case Study of Western Global University, MICHAEL THOMAS (Office of Information
Technology, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA).
4:00204
Trouble and Toil in Zion–The Academic Crisis
of 1915, PETER L. KRAUS (J. Willard Marriott
Library, University of Utah).
8
1100 (time italicized and underlined) identifies a student presentation
* identifies the speaker from among several authors listed
63 (bolded number) is the abstract number
abstracts contain complete contact information for authors