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2023 URECA Celebration: Index to Posters
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URECA Celebration of Undergraduate Research
May 2, 2023

Index of Poster Presentations/Exhibits in SAC Ballroom A:
Session I: 10 am -12 noon; Session II: 1-3 pm

Poster#

Student Presenter(s)

Project Title

Mentor(s)

1

Joseph Bisiani
Adith Anugu
Mary Rozensky

Point-Of-Care Lateral Flow Diagnostic Strip for Detecting Diabetic Nephropathy

Srinivas Pentyala
Anesthesiology

2

Alexander Gelman
Joshua Gershenson

FABP5 Inhibition Reduces Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine/Chemokine Expression and Suppresses OA Pain

Martin Kaczocha
Anesthesiology

3

Victoria Greening

Fast Fashion? Pelt Procurement in the Late Pleistocene at Le Grand Abri Aux Puces

Jason Lewis
Anthropology

4

Jasmeen Kaur

Impacts of Defective Facial Nerve Signaling on Skull and Facial Muscle Morphology

Christopher Percival
Anthropology

5

Alisha Khan

The Morphological Impacts of ciBAR2 Associated Hydrocephalus

Christopher Percival
Anthropology

6

Madelyn Wachnuik

Laws of the Land: How Cultural and Environmental Prohibitions Affect Wild Animal Harvests in Western Madagascar

Katharine Thompson
Anthropology

7

Alexa Mpazicos

The Akkadian Propaganda Machine: How Subversive Messaging Legitimized a Conquest

Shoki Goodarzi
Art History

8

Nilufer Dilmen

Investigation of a Novel Post-translational Modification on Secreted Candida albicans Proteins

Neta Dean
Biochemistry & Cell Biology

9

Meghan Italo

The Role of  Odd-Paired in Transcriptional Regulation in the Drosophila Embryo

Peter Gergen
Biochemistry & Cell Biology

10

Isabella Janowicz

Soft Tissue Syndactyly from Lack of Epithelial Formation Between Digits 2 & 3

Bernadette Holdener
Sanjiv Neupane
Biochemistry & Cell Biology

11

Saif Amin

Modeling of Naive Lymphocyte Signaling Pathway

Isaac Barjis
Biology: Adelphi University

12

Namrata Singh

Addressing Protein S Deficiency by Synthesizing Protein S

Peter Gergen
Biology - iGEM; Biochemistry & Cell Biology

13

Matthew Venezia

Characterizing Voronoi Patterns in Leaf Venation: Case Study of Pilea peperomioides

Saket Navlakha
Biology: Quantitative Biology - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories

14

Ishani Bansal
Shubh Thaker

Machine Learning-Guided Analysis of Flowing Platelet Adhesion in Microchannels

Danny Bluestein
Biomedical Engineering

15

Nicholas Chow

Wearable Respiratory Rate Monitor

Wei Yin
Biomedical Engineering

16

Timothy Cotroneo

Readout of Silicon Photomultiplier Array for Monolithic Scintillator PET Imaging Detector

Paul Vaska
Biomedical Engineering

17

Anushri Kulkarni Ashiful Islam

Cost-effective Automated Microscope Stage for Droplet Microfluidics

Eric Brouzes
Biomedical Engineering

18

Jeun-Fai (Jeffrey) Lam
Nathaniel Jamison
Timothy Cotroneo
Ryan Sales
Haifeng (David) Xu

BME 441 Senior Design: Wheelchair-Bag Swing Arm

Lisa Muratori
BME / Health Professions: Physical Therapy
Wei Yin
Biomedical Engineering

19

Serena Lee

Targeting Inflammation-Induced Permeability Changes in Alzheimer’s Disease via Intrinsic Coagulation Pathway and gC1qR

Wei Yin
Biomedical Engineering

20

Ruohan (Olivia)  Lei

Modeling of Coronary Artery Disease From Computerized Tomography Data for Biomechanical Simulations

Wei Yin
Biomedical Engineering

21

Elpida Manolas
Aditi Kaveti
Julia Capobianco
Faith Fernandez

BME 441 Senior Design: Central Venous Catheter Securement Method Using Suture Wing Plugs

Wei Yin
Biomedical Engineering

22

Christopher Moore

FPGA Analyzer for Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy Analysis

Wei Lin
Biomedical Engineering

23

George Pittas

AAA Geometry Analysis in Prediction of Slow and Fast Growth Rate

Wei Yin
Biomedical Engineering

24

Purva Shenoy
Frank Di Caro
Niharika Mogallapalli
Yajvin Dabbiru
Isha Oza

BME 441 Senior Design: ECMO Oxygenator Disconnect Alarm

Wei Yin
Jonathan Schwartz
Biomedical Engineering

25

David Xu

Immuno-inflammatory Protein Expression Analysis of THP-1 Cells on Nanodiamonds

Donghui Zhu
Biomedical Engineering

26

Jiayi Zhou

Interaction of 3D-Printed Zinc and Titanium Scaffolds with Bone Defects

Donghui Zhu
Biomedical Engineering

{27*}

Adit Anand

Using Electronic Health Records to Assess National COVID-19 Severity Trends
*Poster withdrawn

Richard Moffitt
Biomedical Informatics

28

Saaya Patel

Effect of Enzalutamide on Clinical Outcomes in Prostate Cancer Patients with COVID-19

Richard Moffitt
Biomedical Informatics

29

Mihael Alfaro
Anjali Arvind
Anthony D’Andrea
Pei Xin Jiang
Alan Yang

Disclosure Hub

Margot Palermo
Business, College of

30

Abhi Asraf
Mackensdy Dormeus
Harrison Feig
Nina Jiang
Jason Moya

Team Sensory API

Margot Palermo
Business, College of

31

Elizabeth Aubin

Neuropathological Indicators of Cerebrovascular Dementia in Psychotic Disorders

Katherine Jonas
Psychiatry/
Business, College of

32

Ryan Beitter

Further Understanding the Barriers and Motives of Students Joining Clubs

Stacey Finkelstein
Business, College of

183

Cheng-Chuan Chang

Company Sponsors (PSDtm)

Margot Palermo
Business, College of

33

Evan Chang

BHP Experiential Learning Program

Margot Palermo
Business, College of

34

Jason Chen
Nilufer Dilmen MinZhi Lian
Alan Peysakhov
Harold Zhong

Proxy Vote Marketing Campaign

Margot Palermo
Business, College of

35

Jingbo Dong

The Rise of Pinduoduo & Its Underlying Quality Management Issues

Christine Pitocco
Business, College of

36

Jacob Huben

Analyzing the Effectiveness of Advertising from the American Marketing Association

Stacey Finkelstein
Business, College of

37

Chandrika Joshi

Business Plan for a Restaurant that Features An “Innovative Influencer” Dining Experience

David Ecker
Business, College of

38

Louis Leon

Aesthetics and Business Ethics: Impact on Leadership, Branding, Firm’s Morale

Jadranka Skorin-Kapov
Business, College of

39

Shruti Patel

Analysis with Hospital Ratings and Quality of Care within New York City and Long Island

Christine Pitocco
Business, College of

40

Shrujay Rompicherla

Forecasting the Future Distribution of the Daily Return of Bitcoin

Young Shin Aaron Kim
Business, College of

41

 Kristine Theys

How to Increase Attendance Rate for the iCafe Workshops at Stony Brook University?

Trista Lu
Office of Global Affairs /
Business, College of

42

Catharina von Drigalski

Fueling Performance: Revamping the Athletics Department's Fueling Station

George Greene
Athletics/
Business, College of

43

Lara Youssef

Behind the Scene of Fundraising with Seawolves United

Andrea Lebedinski
Athletics/
Business, College of

44

Judy Zhu

Tax

Margot Palermo
Business, College of

{45*}

Binna Chen

Enantiomerically Pure β-Lactam for Taxoid synthesis*
*Poster withdrawn

Iwao Ojima
Hersh Bendale
Chemistry, ICB&DD

46

Francesca DelloRusso

Structure Kinetic Relationships of Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors

Peter Tonge
Chemistry

47

Veronica Duncan

Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure Beta-Lactams and Next Generation Taxoids

Iwao Ojima
Chemistry, ICB&DD

48

Sarah Gunasekera

Improving Accuracy of RNA Simulation Tools

Carlos Simmerling
Chemistry

{49*}

William Lannigan

Novel LpxC Inhibitor Synthesis
*Poster withdrawn

Peter Tonge
Chemistry

50

Arthur Li

Synthesis of Various Compositional Formulations of Cu-based Nanowires

Stanislaus Wong
Chemistry

51

Simran Multani

Elucidating Kinase Interactions Essential for Biofilm Regulation in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

Elizabeth Boon
Chemistry

52

Sera Picillo

Novel Picolinate Bound Linker with Chitosan for Potential Selective Lead Removal

Dale Drueckhammer
Chemistry

53

Barnabas Shin
Charles Wong

Exploring the Properties of BLUF domain active site components with “ORCA-buddy”, an Aid to Performing Large-Scale Electronic Structure Calculations

Troy Wymore
Chemistry

54

Sarah Varghese

Simulating High-Resolution Proteins to Extract Potential Problems in ff19sb

Carlos Simmerling
Chemistry

55

Audri Wong

Synthesis of a Model Disaccharide Compound to Understand the Mechanisms of Nitro-oxidation and Related Reaction on Cellulose

Dale Drueckhammer
Chemistry

56

Gary Wu

Evaluating Energy Profiles of Simple Side Chain Interactions under Different Water Models

Carlos Simmerling
Chemistry

57

Cris Zhang

Synthesis of Truxillic Acid Mono Esters (TAMEs) as Anti-nociceptive and Anti-cancer Agents

Iwao Ojima
Chemistry, ICB&DD

58

Abdelaziz Abdelmeged

Deployed Structure in Space Using Origami

Paolo Celli
Civil Engineering

59

Andrew Bae

Discovering and Understanding Biases and Autonomous Trajectory Predictions

Susu Xu
Civil Engineering

60

Jinhua Ma

Coilable Structures and Their Potential Application as Turbine Blades

Paolo Celli
Civil Engineering

61

Wei Men Qiu Zhang

Pop-up Structures from Identical Cross Units

Paolo Celli
Civil Engineering

62

Quinten De Man
Qamber Jafri

CSE 495/496 Senior Honors:Fast Query Algorithm for Dynamic Connectivity in Parallel

Michael Bender
Computer Science

63

Roshan Kenia

Robust TRISO-fueled Pebble Identification Utilizing Computer Vision and Deep Learning Techniques

Zhaozheng Yin
Computer Science

{64*}

Sharon Zheng

Assessment and Quantification of 24-hour Circadian Patterns of Oral Health
*Poster withdrawn

Srinivas Myneni
Dental Medicine, School of-Periodontics

65

Averill Bryan

Sexual Dimorphism in Feral American Mink

Natasha Vitek
Ecology & Evolution

66

Jia Ci Deng

Asymmetry Differs in Molars of Grasshopper Mice from Different Regions

Natasha Vitek
Ecology & Evolution

67

Tajrian Sarwar
Lauren Taveira
Sowad Karim

Distribution of Armillaria, a Tree-Killing Fungus, in the Ashley Schiff Preserve

Robert Thacker
Ecology & Evolution

68

Wendy Yang

The Effects of Extinction on Plant Biodiversity in Northern South America

Resit Akçakaya
Ariek Nordford
Ecology & Evolution

69

Yatharth Bahl

Experimental Oxidation of Magnetite, and Smectite by Chlorate and Bromate: Oxyhalogen Species as Active Oxidant on Mars

Joel Hurowitz
Kaushik Mitra
Geosciences

70

Brielle Arnold

Aspects of the Lio Language: A Preliminary Analysis of the NP and VP of Lio Aku

Francisco Ordóñez
Grace B. Wivell
Linguistics

71

Brielle Arnold, Stephanie Bak
Christopher Battista Caitlyn Chen
Isabella Evans
Arwen Fluit
Lawrence Ma
Erin McCartney Ammara Mehkri
Kai Retana
Jade Shen
Jianing Teng
Michelle Wang

Lio Teaching Materials Project: Creating Multilingual Teaching Materials for an Understudied Austronesian Language

Lori Repetti
Grace B. Wivell
Linguistics

72

Stephanie Bak
Lawrence Ma
Michelle Wang

A Journey within a Journey: Creating an Educational Storybook from an Oral Folktale

Lori Repetti
Grace B. Wivell
Linguistics

73

Lee Cohen
Selah Conners
Nicholas Leonardi
Erica Solis

Long Island Algonquian (LIA) Library Cataloging Project

Lori Repetti
Grace B. Wivell
Michelle Mayro
Linguistics

74

Harry Lee

The Use of Thematic Roles and Voice in Communicating Left-Right Politics

Ellen Broselow
Linguistics

184

Erin McCartney

Working with Optical Character Recognition to Document an Understudied Language: Challenges and Opportunities

Lori Repetti
Grace Wivell
Linguistics

75

Ammara Mehkri

Do we count tigers by heads or by tails?: Numeral classifiers in Lio

Lori Repetti
Grace Wivell
Linguistics

76

Erica Solis

Codas in Lio Loanwords from Indonesian: An Optimality Theory Analysis

Robert Hoberman
Linguistics

77

Katherine Wu

String Extension Learning Despite Noisy Intrusions

Jeffrey Heinz
Linguistics

78

Seongwoo An
Amol Pophali
Jaewon Seo
Chi Seng Lee Liang
Sihan Li
Henry Liu

Fundamental Study of h-BN and BNNT at Low and High Temperature by Ex-situ/In-situ Raman Spectroscopy

Taejin Kim
Materials Science & Chemical Engineering

79

Aldo Bushati
PeteJacob Ferraro
Anthony DeGennaro
Dardan Fida

CME 420 Senior Design: Study of the effect of metal dopants on the structure and catalytic activity of hexagonal boron nitride

Steve Nitodas
Taejin Kim
Materials Science & Chemical Engineering

80

Olivia Calise
Joshua Heuvel-Horwitz
Eric Mitchko
Leela Sotsky

CME 420 Senior Design: Hydrogen Storage Properties of Iron-doped Graphene Oxide Obtained by Solvothermal Methods

Devinder Mahajan
Materials Science & Chemical Engineering
Stanislaus Wong
Chemistry

81

Stephen Galvin
Simon Hong
Jianfeng Lin
Matthew Yen

CME 420 Senior Design: Optimization of Non-PGM Catalysts using ALD of ZnO for Application in Anionic-exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Chemical Engineering

82

Aiden Gauer
David Witdorchic

CME 420 Senior Design: Fabrication of Nanotopographical Thin Films Prepared via Flow Coating of Diblock Copolymer Micelles

Tad Koga
Materials Science & Chemical Engineering

83

Wiam Homir
Shio Zhu
Quiriat Cuadra Lopez

CME 420 Senior Design: Hydrogel Synthesis for Intracranial Aneurysms Treatment

Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Chemical Engineering

84

Aaliyah Kaushal
Daisy-Ann Norman
Meredith Skehan
Shiying Zheng

CME 420 Senior Design: Reverse Water Gas Shift Reactions (RWGS) Using Supported Catalysts

Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Chemical Engineering

85

Gleb Khlebutin

CME 420 Senior Design: Modeling of Hydrogen Fuel Cells Versus Conventional Methods for Microgrids

Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Chemical Engineering

185

Woongki Kim
Anthony Joshua Dill
Kelvin Sanmartin

The Fundamental Study of Wool-Cotton Behavior under AMIM-Cl Ionic Liquid Solvent

Taejin Kim
Materials Science & Chemical Engineering

86

Jason Lin
Aneeqa Majid Gyeongmin Oh
Kyle Tau

CME 420 Senior Design: Improving Power Output in Aquivion-based Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) using Gold Nanoparticles

Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Chemical Engineering

87

Anthony Schevon
Mohammed Sifat Eugene Shin
Hugo Ramos

Photocatalytic Dye Decomposition of Mordent Orange 1 (MO1) over TiO2 Metal Oxide-Based Catalysts

Taejin Kim
Materials Science & Chemical Engineering

186

Helen Tran
Kayle Watson Gabriela Zanko

Toxicology Study in Popular Consumer Products

Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Chemical Engineering

187

Hayden Lieb
Longzhen Chen

Computing Core Entropy Using Kneading Theory in Embedded Trees in the Mandelbrot Set

Yusheng Luo
Mathematics

188

Arianna Reiher

Effectiveness of Programs for Retaining Women in STEM

Moira  Chas
Mathematics

88

KaiQi Liang

A Practical Application of Computer Science for Use in Other Disciplines

Anarag Purwar
Mechanical Engineering

89

Joseph Traverso

Development of Methods for Improving the Transport of Highly Viscous Materials at the Small Scale

Thomas Cubaud
Mechanical  Engineering

90

Jason Chen
Jonathan Conlon
Kenn Hoe
Joe Savoretti
Nicolas Yusim

MEC 441 Senior Design Group 1: Multi-material Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) 3D Printer for Producing Plastic Composite Materials

Austin Giordano
Jay Mendelson
Mechanical  Engineering

91

Ethan Ko
Junhee Lee
Yi Lin Mu
Michael Sterling

MEC 441 Senior Design Group 2: Mechanical Linkage-Based Physical Therapy Walking Aid for Stroke Survivors

Qiaode (Jeff) Ge
Jay Mendelson
Mechanical  Engineering

92

Mitchell Curia
Zachary Frohreich
Chandler Russel
Ethan Tabachneck

MEC 441 Senior Design Group 3: 3D Printer Filament Recycler System

Nilanjan Chakraborty
Jay Mendelson
Mechanical Engineering

93

Mark Aaron Dela Cruz
Su Rin Kim
Paul Lee
Griffin Sheh

MEC 441 Senior Design Group 4:  Biaxial Testing Stage

Nilanjan Chakraborty
Jay Mendelson
Mechanical Engineering

94

Vanessa Man
Michael Persch
Nikolas Sanchez
Angelo Joseph Vita

MEC 441 Senior Design Group 5: Advanced Electrolyzer System for Green Hydrogen Production

Carlos Colosqui
Jay Mendelson
Mechanical Engineering

95

Jasmine Ives
Miguel Maramara
Adam Nebylitsa
Kahlil Pollack-Hinds

MEC 441 Senior Design Group 6: Control System for Magnetic Actuators and Soft Robotics

Shanshan Yao
Jay Mendelson
Mechanical Engineering

96

Camilo Arias
Saadat Islam
Steve Puckett
Gabriel Sherman

MEC 441 Senior Design Group 7: Portable Solar Desalination System

David Hwang
Jay Mendelson
Mechanical Engineering

97

Mark Anthony Alesci
Nicholas Baiata
Nicolo Fanucchi
Edward Wojnarowski

MEC 441 Senior Design Group 8: Automatic Card Shuffler/Dealer

Jay Mandelson
Nilanjan Chackraborty
Mechanical Engineering

98

Qifan Chen
Jacob Freudenberg
Alex Gao
Tony Sze

MEC 441 Senior Design Group 9:  NASA Student Launch - Recovery Team

Foluso Ladiende
Jay Mendelson
Mechanical Engineering

99

Adam Castagnaro
Mirad Meer
Percy Ranaivohajarivony
Raymond Xu

MEC 441 Senior Design Group 10: Coffee Grinder

Dimitris Assanis
Jay Mendelson
Mechanical Engineering

100

Armaan Abdullah
Christopher Chung
Abdullah Hassan
Arthur Potter

MEC 441 Senior Design Group 11: Senior Design Project

Jay Mendelson
Shikui Chen
Mechanical Engineering

101

Daniel Chao
Dalton Lin
Chengil Wang
Samny Wu

MEC 441 Senior Design Group 12: Control System for Magnetic Actuators and Soft Robotics

Shanshan Yao
Jay Mendelson
Mechanical Engineering

102

Raphael Anzelone
Eric Behr
Liam McGevna
Roman Smith

MEC 441 Senior Design Group 13: Machine for Additive Manufacturing of Powdered Composite Materials with Epoxy Resin Binding

Austin Giordano
Jay Mendelson
Mechanical Engineering

103

Nicholas Basile
Stephen Schultz
Lucas Tonello
Timothy Werkmeister

MEC 441 Senior Design Group 14: Portable Solar Desalination Device

David Hwang
Jay Mendelson
Mechanical Engineering

104

Ahmad Chowdhury
Muhammad Hameed
Jiyun Hwang
Shijie Xiedeng

MEC 441 Senior Design Group 15: Pipe Inspection Robot

Qiaode (Jeff) Ge
Jay Mendelson
Mechanical Engineering

105

Katie Chen
Michael Dobo
Danny La
Edward Leibowitz
Andy Lin

MEC 441 Senior Design Group 16: NASA Student Launch

Foluso Ladeinde
Jay Mendelson
Mechanical Engineering

106

Ben Ko
Lucy Qu
Connor Shanley
Samson Tang
Jimmy Zhang

MEC 441 Senior Design Group 17: All Electric Heating System For New York City Schools

Jay Mendelson
Mechanical Engineering

107

Jenna Ho
Bohdan Miliutin
Nicola Perrini
Cyrus Riazi

MEC 441 Senior Design Group 18: All Electric Heating System for New York City Schools

Jay Mendelson
Mechanical Engineering

108

Ethan Carr
John Glennis
Frank Lin
Jewick Shi
Anthony Zhang

MEC 441 Senior Design Group 19: Gyroscopically Aligned Linearly-Actuating Rotating RF-Controlled Camera System

Nilanjan Chakraborty
Jay Mendelson
Mechanical Engineering

109

Andrew Chow

Drug Screening of Krüppel-like factor 15 (KLF15) Agonists for Potential Therapeutic Treatment of Kidney Injury

Sandeep Mallipattu
Medicine

110

Audrey Fernandez

Surface Expression of a Potential Therapeutic Target, gC1qR, in African American Breast Cancer to Address Racial Disparities

Berhane Ghebrehiwet
Medicine

111

Andrew Fu

Significant Delays in Colonoscopy Wait Times from 2019-2021: An Urgent Call for Measuring Colonoscopy Wait Times as a Quality Metric to Reduce Disparities

Ellen Li
Medicine / Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

112

Sanjana Sankaran
Marissa Lindner Jonathan Mui

Vaccination with wzi50 type CPS Induce Cross Protection against Different Strains of Carbapenem Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection in a Mice Model

Bettina Fries
Medicine

113

Dennis Chu

Development of Artificial Membrane Feeding Systems for Amblyomma americanum (Lone Star) ticks

Hwan Kim
Microbiology & Immunology

114

Christopher Jannotta

Investigating the Function of Adenovirus Protein VII in Protecting the Viral Genome from the Cellular DNA Damage Response Pathway

Patrick Hearing
Microbiology & Immunology

115

Francisco Abambari

Visualization and Analysis of Rat Behaviour in Novel Environments Using Python

Mary Kritzer
Neurobiology & Behavior
Trevor Sears
Chemistry

116

Rehman Basharat

Prime Editing to Develop NMDAR Subunit Disease Models in GRIN1

Howard Sirotkin
Neurobiology & Behavior

117

Stephanie Chu

Translational Control of Remote Consolidation in Differential Emotional Memories

Prerana Shrestha
Neurobiology & Behavior

118

Aveena Desai
Kaan Birgen

Biological Sex Differences in Episodic-Like Memory and Motor Deficits in a Pink1-/- Rat Model of Parkinson’s Disease

Mary Kritzer
Neurobiology & Behavior

119

Gabriel Vayner
Farrukh Abdinov

Leveraging Semantic Search and Word Embeddings to Improve the Accuracy of GPT-3.5 for University Education

David McKinnon
Neurobiology & Behavior

120

Keith Yeung

Neural Mechanisms Underlying Memory Consolidation of Signaled Active Avoidance

Prerana Shrestha
Neurobiology & Behavior

121

Megha Gopal

Poly(vinyl alcohol) Grafts of Brain Aneurysms with Patient-Specific Morphologies

Chander Sadasivan
Neurosurgery

122

Heshwin Singh

Identifying the Electrophysiological Signature of Slow and Fast Return of Consciousness in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury

Sima Mofakham
Charles Mikell
Neurosurgery

123

Faisal Sadar
Nihamul Ehan

Effects of Tetrahydrocannabinol on Neonatal Skeletal Development

David Komatsu
Orthopaedics

124

Jason Linzer
Zachary Phelps

Feedback Regulation of MAPK/ERK Signaling with Dual MET and EGFR Inhibition in NSCLC

John Haley
Pathology

125

Joseph Bisulca

The effect of Metformin on Multiple Sclerosis: a Retrospective Chart Review

Holly Colognato
Pharmacological Sciences

182

Amy Phi

Regulation of the Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of TIMELESS by PARP1 upon Replication Stress

Hyungjin Kim
Pharmacological Sciences

126

Mohammed Zaman

Pulmonary and Neuro-Immunological Sequelae to Inhalation Exposures: A NASA Model

Stella Tsirka
Pharmacological Sciences

127

Matthew Belzer

An Experimental Study of the Hanbury Brown and Twiss Effect

Eric Jones
Physics & Astronomy

128

James Caputi

Investigating the Growth-Geometry Split Through Non-LCDM Dark Energy Equation of States

Vivian Miranda
Physics & Astronomy

129

Mark Vincent Guevarra

Heating up the Universe with Massive Fermions

Kim V. Berghaus
Physics & Astronomy

130

Nathan Jackson

Probing Dark Matter by Bombarding Tantalum with Low-energy Electrons:  Protocol for the DarkLight experiment

Jan Bernauer
Physics & Astronomy

131

Daniel Julian

Machine Learning for the Diatomic Molecular Spectroscopy Database

Jesus Perez Rios
Physics & Astronomy

132

Sudat Khan

Accretion Disk Formation via Gas Giant Protoplanetary Collisions

Philip Armitage
Physics & Astronomy

133

Melinda Mercedes

Investigating Variable Accretion onto Planet Forming Stars Using Data From NASA's TESS Mission

Fred Walter
Physics & Astronomy

134

Rudy Popper

Cavity-enhanced Transient Absorption Spectroscopy of 2-Thiouracil

Thomas Allison
Physics & Astronomy

135

Evan Trommer

Probing the Electromagnetic Field Structure in Plasma Wakefields Using Relativistic Electrons

Navid Vafaei-Najafabadi
Physics & Astronomy

136

Christian Zaprianov

Simulating Adiabatic Rapid Passage Force velocity dependence

Harold Metcalf
Physics & Astronomy

137

Christelle Jean-Baptiste

Circulating EV Associated miRNAs in Buprenorphine-treated Pregnant Women Suffering from Opioid Use Disorder

Maricedes Acosta-Martínez
Physiology & Biophysics

138

Vindhya Rani Rapelli

Assessment of Heart Rate Variability in a Substantia Nigra Rotenone-Injected Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease

Irene Solomon
Physiology & Biophysics

139

Avery Chan
Sydney Carlson Charlotte York
Myra Arif
Elaine Xiao

Internal Consistency of Working Memory Task Measurements

Jared Van Snellenberg
Psychiatry

140

Jung Heo
Kevin Hazelton

Daily Diary and Well-Being of WTC Responders.

Roman Kotov
Psychiatry

141

Amanda Wang

Celecoxib as a Treatment for Depression

Christine DeLorenzo
Psychiatry; BME; Center for Understanding Biology using Imaging Technology

142

Vanessa Aurigue

Bullying Victimization, Locus of Control and Social Self-Perception in Autistic Youth

Matthew Lerner
Jacquelyn Gates
Psychology

143

Ayesha Azeem

Predicting Substance Use Status During Pregnancy Using Psychosocial Vulnerabilities

Heidi Preis
Psychology

144

Marcela Gallardo

Pathological Personality Dimensions and Punishment - Enhanced Error Related Negativity
*see also Psi Chi talks

Brady Nelson
Psychology

145

Ankita Gupte

Correlation of Startle Reflex and Error Related Negativity to Unpredictable and Predictable Threat
*see also Psi Chi talks

Brady Nelson
Psychology

146

Sidney John

Childhood Depression and Social Anxiety Symptoms Predict Development of the Error-related Negativity across Adolescence

Brady Nelson
Psychology

147

Phillip Mayer

The Late Positive Potential and Psychopathology Symptoms in Adolescent Females

Brady Nelson
Psychology

148

Melanie Navarro

Error-related Brain Activity in Mothers and their Adolescent Daughters
*see also Psi Chi talks

Brady Nelson
Psychology

149

Kelly Ng
Aayush Narula
Andre Ayala
Hannah Farley
Linda Jiang
Mahak Malik
Julia Pollina
Bernard Sanchez

Stimulus Generalization and Adult Neurogenesis in Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta)

Alice Powers
Psychology

150

Carina Ploshchadin

Dating Apps and Levels of Self-Objectification in College Users

Brianna Gonzalez
Psychology

151

Lyrikah Rodrigues

Analyzing the Effects of APOE ε4 on Symptoms Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease

Hoi Chung Leung
Psychology

152

Jenna Schugart

Offloading Strategies Differ for Verbal and Visuospatial Materials, but Only Benefits Verbal

Lauren Richmond
Lois K. Burnett
Psychology

153

Harshini Suresh

Association Between Neural Response to Social Reward and Peer-Relationship Quality in Adolescent Girls

Brady Nelson
Psychology

154

Isha Trivedi

Relationship between Mood Disturbances in Young Adults and Pupil Size During a Working Memory Task

Hoi-Chung Leung
Linjing Jiang
Psychology

155

Vania Zubair

Surface-based Morphometry Neuroimaging Comparison between Subjects with Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease and Healthy Controls

Minos Kritikos
Public Health

156

Avi Nessim

Relationship between Tau Deposition and Neuro-Inflammation in The Postmorten Parietal Cortex and Antemortem Cognitive Performance

Anat Biegon
Radiology

157

Zahor Ahmad
Sarah Alhoribi
Emily Dlugozima Yasmin Sabra
Matthew Usman

The Effects of Rubber Mulch on Plant Growth and Water Usage of Organic Soybeans

Sharon Pochron
SoMAS (School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences)

158

Emma Bartik
Morgan Bittmann Juliette Gomez Rojas Nicki Michailides Sydney Sherbitsky
Ryan Silver
Morgan Whitman

The Impact of Roundup Ready Soybeans on Earthworm Health

Sharon Pochron
SoMAS (School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences)

159

Cyd Bloomfield

Blue Crab (C. sapidus) Presence in Relation to Tidal, Light, and Seasonal Cycles in Shinnecock Bay, N.Y.

Bradley Peterson
SoMAS (School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences)

160

Sara Bucior
Molly Fowler
William Laffey

Predictors of Bird Collisions on the Stony Brook Campus

Sharon Pochron
SoMAS (School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences)

161

Alex Casamassima
Matthew Abrego
Kloey Kun
Kejia Xie
Giselle Argueta
Yu Qin
Delaney Schoenfeldt

The Effects of Crumb Rubber Leachate on Earthworm (Eisenia fetida) Mass, Survival Time, and Behavior

Sharon Pochron
SoMAS (School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences)

162

Paxton Easton
Rose von Eckartsberg Gavin Krois,
Matthew Ledermann
Tanaaz Muhayya
Filip Puskarczyk Alexa Valentine
Justin Weissman

The Effect of Reef-Safe Sunscreens on the Health of a Bioluminescent Phytoplankton

Sharon Pochron
SoMAS (School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences)

163

Rose von Eckartsberg Mila Katz
Brianna Hastings
Karley Esser
Simran Dobani
Momo Yamaguchi

The Effect of Submerged Tires on the Amount of Light Emitted and the Survival Rate of Pyrocystis fusiformis

Sharon Pochron
SoMAS (School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences)

164

Aiden Fang
Rebecca Gabrielsen
Omar Hussain
Gavin Krois
Evan Iervolino
Davi Szuchmacher

Effects of Crumb Rubber Saturated Water on the Bioluminescence Levels and Population Mortality of Pyrocystis fusiformis

Sharon Pochron
SoMAS (School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences)

165

Desbe Greenstein

The Decomposition of Saltmarsh Cordgrass, Spartina and the Decomposition of Spartina alterniflora in the Presence of Aurantiochytrium

Jackie Collier
SoMAS (School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences)

166

Sky Hadjiargyrou Hannah Karkout
Molly Rubin

Interannual Variability in Ichthyoplankton in NY Waters as it Relates to Oceanographic Factors

Sarah Weisberg
Janet Nye
SoMAS (School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences)

167

Juliana Hart
Kimberly Bagielto Madeleine Donahue Ava Green
Joshua Lall
Darci Swenson

Optimizing Azolla Growth in Laboratory Conditions

Sharon Pochron
SoMAS (School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences)

168

Bavleen Kaur
Angela Lui
Jonathan Tan
Arpita Kundu
Adrianna Cavoto
Oreoluwa Olukoju
Leah Claudio
Simon Fagade
Flavia Villages

Assessing the Effect of Genetic Soybeans on Eisenia fetida and Plant Behavior

Sharon Pochron
SoMAS (School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences)

169

Joshua Lee

Investigation of Seasonal Cellular Parameters of Diploid and Triploid Eastern Oysters using Flow Cytometry  

Bassem Allam
SoMAS (School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences)

170

Brooke Liebell
Jaden Xu
Sasha Koulakova
Diana Carreon

The Effect of BPA Contamination on Soil Preferences and Survivability of E. fetida

Sharon Pochron
SoMAS (School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences)

171

Yanze Liu

Addressing Nitrogen Issues in Water using Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP): Efficient Decomposition of Organic Nitrogen to Inorganic Nitrogen

Qingzhi Zhu
SoMAS (School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences)

172

Julia Lofaro
Alexa Lightbourn
Caleb Pearson

The Effect of Crumb Rubber on Dubia Cockroaches (Blaptica dubia)

Sharon Pochron
SoMAS (School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences)

173

Lee Maeba
Emilyanne Riano Alexander Spoon
Anna Ferretti
Ana Negrin Sanchez Natalie Sodowich
Adita Arunima Christina Faber

Preference Regarding Contaminated Soil for Lumbricina (Earthworms)

Sharon Pochron
SoMAS (School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences)

174

Zuzu Naing
Jayson Louisdor
Yi Chen Lee
Madoka Kondo
Hudson Lee

A Study of Water Intake of Three Soybean Varieties for Water Scarce Environments

Sharon Pochron
SoMAS (School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences)

175

Justin Weissman
Uzrah Abrar
Divyanshi Kaur Bright
Damian Davila
Luke Humin
Steven Vargas
Nadege Durand

The Ecotoxicity of a Fertilizer Created by a Novel Nitrooxidation Process

Sharon Pochron
SoMAS (School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences)

176

Wendy Yang

Enrichment of Plastic Microbial Communities in Culture after Deployment across Long Island

Gordon Taylor
Cody Garrison
SoMAS (School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences)

177

Yunjie Zhang
Kunyue Zhang
Desheng Ma
Zuzu Naing
Wanshan Lin

The Impacts of BPA on Earthworm Health

Sharon Pochron
SoMAS (School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences)

178

Anastasiya Biassonava

Re-Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women in Cardiovascular Medical Studies

Nancy Hiemstra
Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies

179

Arwen Fluit

Whose Fault? Rehabilitating the Rapist: Visual Analysis of Sexual Violence and Coercion in The New Teen Titans

Mary Jo Bona
Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies

180

Emily Zhu

STEM Gender Diversity Initiatives at Stony Brook University

Nancy Hiemstra
Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies

181

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Young Investigators Review

Multi-disciplinary

Index of Presentations/Exhibits in SAC Ballroom B:
Featuring SBU’s Vertically Integrated Projects Program
Session I: 10 am -12 noon; Session II: 1-3 pm
*VIP projects will be on display for both Session I and II.

VIP Table/ Exhibit

Student Presenter(s)

VIP TEAM: Project Title

Mentor(s)

VIP-1

Peter DiPietro
Aneesh Surasani
Tony Lin
Vicky Chen
Aurona Liu
Yu Hang Mak
Alyssa Choi
Iman Ali
Sidharth Shamshabad
Mingrong Hou
Anik Schorer

Bioengineering Education, Application,  and Research (BEAR) VIP Team: Integrating the FitBit device into the Continuous Individual Crisis Aid Alert System (CICAidA) for Centralized Individual Health Monitoring in Nursing Homes on a Web Application

Mei Lin Chan
Biomedical Engineering
Richard McKenna
Computer Science

VIP-2

Scott Imandt
Yiyang Yu
Yuwenqian Chen

Bioengineering Education, Application,  and Research (BEAR) VIP Team: A Transformation of Inpatient Vitals Monitoring using CICAidA (Continuous Individual Crisis Aid Alert) System Software Solution Starting with the Piloting with Custom Wearable Hardwares

Mei Lin Chan
Biomedical Engineering
Richard McKenna
Computer Science

VIP-3

Tannvi Kaushik
William Chan
Giovanny De Los Angeles
Andrew Moscheni Cynthia Lam Zhiqing Chen Niharika Mogallapalli Jasmine Ives

Bioengineering Education, Application,  and Research (BEAR) VIP Team:  Biomechanical Modeling, Image Processing, and Machine Learning-Driven Personalized Footwear Design

Mei Lin Chan
Biomedical Engineering

VIP-4

Carsi Kim
Anna Lei
Nicholas Chow
Tamanina Ashraf

Bioengineering Education, Application, and Research (BEAR) VIP Team: LipSync: A Lip-Controlled Device that Operates Computers and Mobile Devices for People with Quadriplegia

Mei Lin Chan
Biomedical Engineering
Brooke Ellison
Health Professions, School of

VIP-5

Anna Lei
Elpida Manalos
Ryan Sales

Bioengineering Education, Application,  and Research (BEAR) VIP Team: Improving the Commercialization Readiness of an In-Incubator Low Intensity Vibration Device for Expediting CAR T-Cell Biomanufacturing Process

Mei Lin Chan
Biomedical Engineering

VIP-6

Christopher Moore*
Carsi Kim*
Sarah Soliman
Yajvin Dabbiru Tamanina Ashraf William Wells
Omar Abdo Anirudh Krishnan
Pierre Zimmerli
David Waknine

Bioengineering Education, Application,  and Research (BEAR) VIP Team: SMART (Student Mental Alertness and Retention Tracker) Using Brainwaves via Electroencephalography (EEG)

Mei Lin Chan
Biomedical Engineering

VIP-7

Bushra Islam
Emily Palmer Anirudh Krishnan

Bioengineering Education, Application,  and Research (BEAR) VIP Team: A Comparison of Commercially-Available Bioreactors and Low-Intensity Vibration Device for Ex Vivo CAR-T Cell Expansion

Mei Lin Chan
Biomedical Engineering

VIP-8

Emily Palmer
Bushra Islam Anirudh Krishnan

Bioengineering Education, Application,  and Research (BEAR) VIP Team: The Mechanotransductive Role of AKT in CAR T-Cell Metabolism and Culturing under Low Intensity Vibration

Mei Lin Chan
Biomedical Engineering

VIP-9

Lori Saxena

Bioengineering Education, Application,  and Research (BEAR) VIP Team: Social Media Engagement to Foster a Diverse and Inclusive Hands-on Education Within the Vertically Integrated Project Team and with Pre-college Students on Long Island

Mei Lin Chan
Biomedical Engineering

VIP-10

Sayan Shil

Bioengineering Education, Application,  and Research (BEAR) VIP Team:  Low-Intensity Vibration and T Cell Longevity: A Possible Avenue for Decelerating CAR T-Lymphocyte Senescence for Effective Cancer

Mei Lin Chan
Biomedical Engineering

VIP-11

Nathan Zou Christopher Moore
Elpida Manolas Louisa Chiodo Alvin Chung
Lori Saxena
Pola Urmanski
Alex Mousazadeh Ciara Woellhof

Bioengineering Education, Application,  and Research (BEAR) VIP Team: Hand in Hands: Educating Long Island Through Functional 3D Designs for Prosthetics and Other Assistive Technologies

Mei Lin Chan
Biomedical Engineering

VIP-12

Gretta Halollari
Matthew Roman
Dianne Vincent
Chistina Chau
Victor Dai
Samiyah Hoque
Raiyan Islam
Shreyas Raman
Sadashiva Yalla

Computing for Good VIP Team: The Rock Hall Museum Virtual Tour: An Accessibility Application to Bring History to the Public

Tony Scarlatos
Computer Science

VIP-13

Kellianne Ticcony

Feeding Cities VIP Team: Boron Isotope Variability within a Coastal Long Island Salt Marsh

Troy Rasbury
Geosciences

VIP-14

Callie Zellner

Feeding Cities VIP Team: Boron Isotope Analysis of Angiosperms from Freshwater Lakes in Wisconsin: an Investigation of Boron Systematics in Waterways

Troy Rasbury
Geosciences

VIP-15

Antonio Zevola

Feeding Cities VIP Team: Boron Isotope Analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana to Investigate Plant Boron Physiology

Troy Rasbury
Geosciences

VIP-16

Ruchitha Arvapally
Niharika Mogallapalli
Ka Ho Cao
Frank Di Caro
Vindhya Rani
 Rapelli
Thoren Giannuzzi
Sky Sze

Inclusion in Innovation VIP Team: Designing an Accessibility Score for College Campuses

Brooke Ellison
Health Professions, School of

VIP-17

Mihir Madira
Adrianna Peng

Mapping the Legacies of Slavery - Digital Humanities VIP Team

Aurélie Vialette
Hispanic Languages & Literature

VIP-18

Jae-Won Seo
Chi Seng Lee Liang

Engineering Adaptation for Climate Change VIP Team: Development of Sustainable Cementitious Composite Material Using Recycled Cotton Fibers

Gary Halada
Materials Science & Chemical Engineering

VIP-19

David Tovmasyan

Engineering Adaptation for Climate Change VIP Team:  How Does Climate Change Contribute to the Failure of Oil & Gas Pipelines?

Gary Halada
Materials Science & Chemical Engineering

VIP-20

Himeshi Mapalagama
Ya Jing Chen Sahaana Kesavan Emir Mulic, Brooklyn Ratel Andy Zhang Christopher Gazis Huiting Luo
Fatima Qureshi Eugene Jiang Briman Yang
Pari Patel
Linda Liu

Stem Cell Engineering VIP Team: Impact of TiO2 on Dental Pulp Stem Cells and Wound Healing

Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Chemical Engineering
Marcia Simon
Oral Biology & Pathology

VIP-21

Alex Mousazadeh Alvin Chung
Adam Nebylitsa

Soft Electronics for Healthcare and Robotics VIP Team, and the Bioengineering Education, Application and Research (BEAR) VIP Team: A Hybrid 3D-Printing Approach to Design Capacitive Sensors for Pressure and Shear Detection in Prosthetic Fitting and Functional Tests

Shanshan Yao
Mechanical Engineering
Mei Lin Chan
Biomedical Engineering

VIP-22

Dan Roach (Team President) & SBU Motorsports

Stony Brook Motorsports VIP Team: Stony Brook Motorsports

Noah Machtay
Mechanical Engineering

VIP-23

Ian Fore
Sara Medved Anmol Singh
Grace Wang

Tech Businesses in Development VIP Team: SBU Maps

Robert Kukta
Mechanical Engineering

VIP-24

Kayla Fang
Fanny Li
Jendy Ren
Mathilde Sreeves, Jesse Wang
Scott Zhang

Tech Businesses in Development VIP Team: SBU Ryde

Robert Kukta
Mechanical Engineering

VIP-25

Andy Chen
Tingyue Dong
Ying Gao
Alyson Jayne
Ivan Lin
Kah Shiuh
Ahmed Rehman
Jayden Reilly
Sonia Tan
Kah Shiuh Tang
Jiaxin Xie
Yiyang Yu

Integrating Population Health Informatics VIP Team: Integrating Population Health Informatics

Pamela Ginex
Nursing, School of

VIP-26

Vindhya Rapelli

The Brain VIP  Team: The Effects of Obesity on Antidepressant Response

Christine DeLorenzo
Psychiatry, CUBIT

VIP-27

Roger Cheng
Maia Bolko
Syed Meer

Automotive Ethics VIP Team

Wolf Schafer
Amin Shirangi
Technology & Society