Reflections on Water, a Photographic Narrative of the McKenzie Watershed from Top to Tap
Presenter: Nicole Zavoshy Co-Presenters: Anya Vollstedt, Chancee Stumpf, Riley Fortier, Sulley Schuster Faculty Mentor: Katie Lynch, Peg Boulay Presentation Type: Poster 91 Primary Research Area: Fine/Performance Arts Major: Biology, Environmental Science Funding...
Umbrella Stand
Presenter: Daisy Yen Faculty Mentor: Jessica Swanson, John Arndt Presentation Type: Poster 90 Primary Research Area: Design Major: Product Design Douglas Fir trees are usually used as the material for furniture, poles, and flooring in some buildings, which usually...
Evolving a Healthier Worm: Microfluidics, Pharyngeal Pumping, and Experimental Evolution in C. elegans
Presenter: Kelley Williams Faculty Mentor: Stephen Banse, Patrick Phillips Presentation Type: Poster 89 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Biochemistry Although C. elegans is a popular model for lifespan research, study of genetic and pharmacological interventions...
Land-Seizing Language: Rhetoric’s Claim to Territory in Colonial Travel Writing of the New World
Presenter: Erin Weaver Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Bohls, Brent Dawson Presentation Type: Poster 88 Primary Research Area: Humanities Major: English England sends its first party of settlers to New World Virginia in 1585, but it isn’t until 1607 that the empire founds...
Calibration of the MFR Device
Presenter: Minyuan Wang Faculty Mentor: Josh Peterson, Frank Vignola Presentation Type: Poster 87 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Biochemistry, Human Physiology Accurate measurements of solar radiation are important for climate modeling, efficient building...
Force Matching Sense: An Ipsilateral Shoulder Study Investigating the Effect of Torque and Elevation Angle
Presenter: Katya Trousset Faculty Mentor: Andrew Karduna, David Phillips Presentation Type: Poster 85 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Human Physiology Force matching sense (FMS), or the ability to reproduce a desired force one or more times, is one of three...
Hip Joint Moment during Obstacle Crossing Following Concussion in Adolescents
Presenter: Austin Thompson Co-Presenters: Quinn Peterson, David Howell, Li-Shan Chou Faculty Mentor: Li-Shan Chou, Quinn Peterson Presentation Type: Poster 84 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Human Physiology Patients with concussion often complain of instability...
Electron Vortex Beaks With Magnetic Diffraction Gratings
Presenter: Simon Swifter Faculty Mentor: Benjamin McMorran Presentation Type: Poster 41 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Physics, Mathematics The purpose of this study is to produce and characterize electron vortex beams created by a diffraction grating formed by...
What Do We Say Now: An Analysis of Mass Communication and Advertising for the Prevention of Sexual Assault
Presenter: Jesse Summers Faculty Mentor: Kim Sheehan, Heather Shoenberger Presentation Type: Poster 40 Primary Research Area: Social Science Major: Journalism: Advertising, Journalism Sexual assault has become a prevalent issue in recent years. From university...
Early Identity Building in the Boy Scouts of America 1910–1912
Presenter: Charles Steenkolk Faculty Mentor: Michael Peixoto, Jamie Bufalino Presentation Type: Poster 92 Primary Research Area: Humanities Major: History, Spanish The Boy Scouts of America is one of the most popular, largest, and longest running youth organizations...
Synthesis of Diindenoanthracene Derivatives for use in Organic Field-Effect Transistors
Presenter: Victoria Stanfill Faculty Mentor: Michael Haley, Geri Richmond Presentation Type: Poster 39 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Chemistry Funding Source: Presidential Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, $5000 Organic field-effect transistors (OFETs)...
Relieving Ukrainian Energy Reliance on Russia: Working with Wind for Prosperity to Encourage Energy Reform and Support New Relations with Western Europe
Presenter: Priscilla Sol Faculty Mentor: Patricia Curtin Presentation Type: Poster 38 Primary Research Area: Social Science Major: English, French The ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia following the 2014 invasion of Crimea and other eastern Ukrainian...
Center of Mass Displacement with a Rigid Ankle-Foot Orthotic in Healthy Individuals
Presenter: Spencer Smith Co-Presenters: Therese Wichmann, Shannon Pomeroy, Michael Hahn, Faculty Mentor: Shannon Pomeroy, Michael Hahn Presentation Type: Poster 83 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Human Physiology Ankle arthritis is inflammation of the articular...
Gender Socialization of Masculinity
Presenter: Alexis Skaw Co-Presenters: April Wheeler, Brent Koekkoek Faculty Mentor: Julie Heffernan Presentation Type: Poster 37 Primary Research Area: Humanities Major: Education As soon as a child is born in the United States, they are assigned a sex in the...
Rpb1 Mutations and Interactions with Backtracked RNA in RNA Polymerase II in Yeast
Presenter: Mandi Severson Faculty Mentor: Diane Hawley Presentation Type: Poster 82 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Biology, Human Physiology Funding Source: NICHD Summer Research Program, National Institutes of Health, $3800 RNA Polymerase II (RNAP II) is an...
The UO Veterans Oral History Project
Presenter: Leonie Schulze Co-Presenters: Jennifer Esparza Faculty Mentor: Alexander Dracobly Presentation Type: Poster 92 Primary Research Area: Social Science Major: English, History Funding Source: Tom and Carol Williams Fund for Undergraduate Education; Department...
Women and Femininities in Relation to Sports
Presenter: Megan Schucht Co-Presenters: Megan Davis, Amy Lee Faculty Mentor: Julie Heffernan Presentation Type: Poster 36 Primary Research Area: Humanities Major: Educational Foundations In what ways has gender roles and stereotypes affected women’s relationship to...
630 ka Lava Creek Tuff Exchange with Isotopically Labeled Water: Testing the Stability of D/H Paleoenvironmental Signals
Presenter: Abigail Ross Faculty Mentor: Angela Seligman, Ilya Bindeman Presentation Type: Poster 35 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Geology Funding Source: UROP Mini-Grant Recipient, $1000; Department of Geological Sciences Studies focused on paleoenvironments...
Gender and Inequalities in the Workplace
Presenter: Jessica Romeo Co-Presenters: Belicia Castellano, Bailey Davenport Faculty Mentor: Julia Heffernan Presentation Type: Poster 34 Primary Research Area: Social Science Major: Educational Foundations Gender inequalities and instances of patriarchy in the...
Understanding the Intersection of Twitter Advocacy Subcultures and Corporate Social Responsibility
Presenter: Andrew Rogers Faculty Mentor: Dean Mundy, Kim Sheehan Presentation Type: Poster 33 Primary Research Area: Social Science Major: Journalism: Public Relations Abstract: As social media activism continues to gain influence in today’s social, cultural, and...
Obstacle Crossing Toe Clearance Following Concussion in Adolescents
Presenter: Maisie Rapp Faculty Mentor: Quinn Peterson, Li-Shan Chou Presentation Type: Poster 81 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Human Physiology Sustaining a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) can lead to physical and cognitive deficits; however, it has not...
Water Flux in a Mangrove Forest
Presenter: Katalin Plummer Co-Presenters: Alyssa Bjorkquist Faculty Mentor: Richard Emlet, Jan Hodder Presentation Type: Poster 48 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Marine Biology, Spanish Water flux plays an important role in structuring and maintaining...
Anthropogenic Effects on Procyon lotor: Detecting a Secular Trend
Presenter: Carly M. Pate Faculty Mentor: Frances J. White, Andrea R. Eller Presentation Type: Poster 32 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Anthropology, General Science The Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor) is an ecologically flexible mammal that occupies many N....
Pileup Suppression in the ATLAS Detector
Presenter: Elliot Parrish Faculty Mentor: Stephanie Majewski Presentation Type: Poster 31 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Physics The ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN is looking to improve on their previous discovery of the Higgs boson in...
How Dress Codes Perpetuate Gender Policing Presentation Type: Poster 30
Presenter: Kara Orsolini Co-Presenters: Lexie Gordo, Georgeana Gutierrez Faculty Mentor: Julie Heffernan Presentation Type: Poster 30 Primary Research Area: Social Science Major: Educational Foundations Whether it was a school uniform of slacks and a polo with the...
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Signaling Contributions to Heart Ventricle Development
Presenter: Justine Nguyen Faculty Mentor: Kryn Stankunas, Kate Karfilis Presentation Type: Poster 79 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Human Physiology Cardiomyopathies are congenital heart diseases that affect the heart musculature, which could cause the heart to...
A Diversity of Endophytic Fungi Can Transfer from Host-Leaf Tissue Directly into Woody Substrates
Presenter: Aaron Nelson Faculty Mentor: Roo Vandergrift, Bitty Roy Presentation Type: Poster 78 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Biology Funding Source: UROP mini-grant $1000; UnderGrEBES award, GrEBES (Graduate Evolutionary Biology and Ecology Students) $500...
No More Plastic Water Bottles: A Inquiry into Sustainable Packaging Design
Presenter: Cara Murray Faculty Mentor: Jessica Swanson Presentation Type: Poster 29 Primary Research Area: Design Major: Product Design, Clark Honors College Packaging design is the discipline of creating the container, graphics and visible exterior of a product....
Are Allometric Growth Patterns Consistent Throughout Development in Lower Jaw Bones of Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)?
Presenter: Natasha Mckibben Faculty Mentor: Charles Kimmel, Saywer Watson Presentation Type: Poster 77 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Human Physiology In vertebrate species, bone morphology directly affects the function of the individual bone and the way it...
Genetic Architecture of Local Adaptation and Reproductive Isolation in Mimulus aurantiacus
Presenter: Hanna McIntosh Faculty Mentor: Matt Streisfeld, Sean Stankowski Presentation Type: Poster 76 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Environmental Science Funding Source: UROP Mini-Grant, University of Oregon, $1000 A major goal of speciation research is to...
High Energy Particle Studies for the Improvement of Missing Transverse Energy Calculations using a High Granularity Timing Detector
Presenter: Elizabeth Maynard Faculty Mentor: Stephanie Majewski Presentation Type: Poster 28 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Physics Funding Source: UROP Mini-grant, University of Oregon, $734.96 The purpose of this study is to discover if using a high...
The Reliability of Ultrasound Imaging as a Tool with Which to Evaluate Muscular Activation in Patients with Impingement Syndrome
Presenter: Lauren Maloney Faculty Mentor: Andy Karduna Presentation Type: Poster 75 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Human Physiology Differences in muscular activation in the context of dysfunctional muscles has been a field of particular interest in diagnosing...
Photoluminescence and Electronic Energy Structures of Exfoliated and CVD-Grown Single-Layer Molybdenum Disulfide
Presenter: Josiah Makinster Faculty Mentor: Hailin Wang Presentation Type: Poster 27 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Physics Funding Source: UROP Mini-Grant, University of Oregon, $1000 The electronic energy structures of exfoliated and chemical vapor deposition...
The Role of Self Doubt and Empathic Accuracy in STEM Fields
Presenter: Kristina Lowney Faculty Mentor: Sara Hodges, Gail Unruh Presentation Type: Poster 26 Primary Research Area: Social Science Major: Psychology Funding Source: McNair Scholarship, McNair Scholarship Program In their daily interactions, people demonstrate...
Gradient Estimation Algorithm for the ATLAS Level-1 Calorimeter Trigger Upgrades
Presenter: Luc Lisi Faculty Mentor: Stephanie Majewski Presentation Type: Poster 25 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Physics The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a proton-proton particle collider that at the present (2016) is the most powerful particle accelerator...
Trends of Female Representation in Disney Princess Movies
Presenter: Anna Lind Faculty Mentor: John Park, Barbara Mossberg Presentation Type: Poster 24 Primary Research Area: Design Major: Digital Arts The Disney Princess franchise, since its formation in 2000, has become a staple of American girlhood. The princess...
”Thinking Inside the Box”: Comparative Analysis of Post-consumer Cardboard Building Insulation
Presenter: Nathaniel Leigh Co-Presenters: Gianna Prather, Alexa Thornton Faculty Mentor: Alison Kwok Presentation Type: Poster 23 Primary Research Area: Design Major: Architecture In an age where efforts to conserve natural resources and limit greenhouse gas emissions...
Stable Oxygen Isotope Analyses and Proxy Validation for Shellfish Foraging and Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Chelechol ra Orrak, Palau, Microesia
Presenter: Mila Lassuy Co-Presenters: Taylor N. Dodrill, Nicholas P. Jew, Scott M. Fitzpatrick Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Jew, Scott Fitzpatrick Presentation Type: Poster 22 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Archaeology, Public Relations Funding Source: National...
The Effects of Exogenous Testosterone on Cardiovascular Stress
The Effects of Exogenous Testosterone on Cardiovascular Stress Presenter: Kevin Lai Faculty Mentor: Pranjal Mehta, Erik Knight Presentation Type: Poster 74 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Biology Although testosterone has recently been discovered to play a role...
Do You Know Where Your Research Is Being Used? An Exploration of the National Science Foundation’s Databases Using Natural Language Processing
Presenter: Theodore LaGrow Co-Presenters: Jacob Bieker Faculty Mentor: Boyana Norris Presentation Type: Poster 21 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Computer and Information Science, Mathematics We have developed software to decipher the uses of previously funded...
Determining the Location of Connections Among Top Internet Service Providers in the United States
Presenter: Phillip Kriegel Faculty Mentor: Reza Rejaie Presentation Type: Poster 20 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Computer Science, Mathematics Funding Source: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF), $1500 a month The Internet is a network of networks....
The Effects of Red and Green Colored Word Stimuli on Neural Processing and Behavior during an Emotional Stroop Task: An Event-Related Potential Investigation
Presenter: Katia Krane Faculty Mentor: Don Tucker, Anita Christie Presentation Type: Poster 73 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Human Physiology, Psychology Western associations of colors, especially of red and green, influence how individuals consciously...
Gendered Perceptions and Emotions of Intercourse and Trauma
Presenter: Adriane Knorr Faculty Mentor: Erin McKenna Presentation Type: Poster 19 Primary Research Area: Social Science Major: Philosophy By interweaving philosophy of the mind, the anatomical body as well as feministic theories given by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, we...
Effect of Pyomelanin Production on Oxidative Stress in an Aeromonas Zebrafish Gut Isolate
Presenter: Helena Klein Faculty Mentor: Karen Guillemin, Cathy Robinson Presentation Type: Poster 72 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Biology Bacteria have rapid growth rates, which allow us to study their adaptive evolution in the lab to selected environments....
The Implementation of Organic, Industrial-Scale Fertilizer Production
Presenter: Josephine Kinney Faculty Mentor: Galen Martin Presentation Type: Poster 18 Primary Research Area: Social Science Major: Environmental Studies, Spanish Large-scale industrial mono-cropping is currently the primary form of agriculture to feed our growing...
Elucidating the Active Domain of a Novel Anti-inflammatory Protein Produced by Intestinal Bacteria
Presenter: Lila Kaye Faculty Mentor: Karen Guillemin, Annah Rolig Presentation Type: Poster 71 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Biology Bacteria play an important role in the health of their host organism; pathogenic lines signal danger, which induces a host...
Microbial Inheritance in Seed Saving Networks: An Investigation into the Drivers of Fusarium Abundance and Transmission in Multiple Varieties of Corn Seeds
Presenter: Catherine Jaffe Faculty Mentor: Brendan Bohannan, Lucas Nebert Presentation Type: Poster 70 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Biology, Environmental Science Funding Source: UROP Mini-grant, University of Oregon UROP, $700 Seedborne pathogenic fungi in...
Development of a Pull-down Procedure for Isolating Platinated Cellular Molecules
Presenter: Anna Hickey Faculty Mentor: Victoria DeRose, Geri Richmond Presentation Type: Poster 69 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Biochemistry Funding Source: Presidential Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, University of Oregon, $5,000.00 research...
The Effect of a Patent Foramen Ovale on Thermoregulatory and Ventilatory Responses During Passive Heating and Cooling
Presenter: Madeline Hay Faculty Mentor: Andrew Lovering, Louise Bishop Presentation Type: Poster 68 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Human Physiology A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is an intracardiac shunt present in ~1/3 of the population that allows blood flow to...
Changes in Lacustrine Sediment Lithology from ca. 45,000 to 22,000 Years Ago Reveal Glacial Environments Near Triangle Lake, OR
Presenter: Brynn Harrison Co-Presenters: Daniel Gavin Faculty Mentor: Daniel Gavin Presentation Type: Poster 17 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Geography The Pacific Northwest has experienced many changes in climate during the most recent glacial period. In...
Acute Hemodynamic Adjustments to Hot Water Immersion
Presenter: Sarianna Harris Faculty Mentor: Christopher Minson, Brett Ely Presentation Type: Poster 67 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Human Physiology Funding Source: Clark Honor’s College Thesis Research Grant, $1,000; Undergraduate Research Opportunity...
Physical Activity and Healthy in Older Adults in Rural and Peri-urban Uganda Using Accelerometry: The Results of a SAGE Sub-study
Presenter: Eliza Hallett Co-Presenters: Joshua Schrock, Tara Cepon-Robins, Tyler Barrett, Paul Kowal Faculty Mentor: Josh Snodgrass Presentation Type: Poster 66 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Biology, Spanish Accelerometers can be less expensive than other...
Examining the Feasibility of Exon Skipping as a Potential Gene Therapy for USH1F Patients
Presenter: Willem Griffiths Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Phillips, Judy Pierce Presentation Type: Poster 65 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Biology Usher syndrome (USH) is the most frequent cause of hereditary deaf-blindness, accounting for over 50% of the deaf-...
Targeted Aggression in a Troop of Ring-Tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta)
Presenter: Leslie Gotuaco Faculty Mentor: Colin M. Brand, Frances J. White Presentation Type: Poster 16 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Environmental Science Many lemur species are well known for exhibiting female dominance where there is a single, top-ranking...
The Gut Microbiota Influences Synapse Formation during Zebrafish Development
Presenter: Collette Goode Faculty Mentor: Philip Washbourne, Alexandra Tallafuss Presentation Type: Poster 64 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Biology The central nervous system depends on the appropriate formation of synapses between neurons to enable...
A University of Oregon Substance Use Survey: An Analysis of Substance Use among Sexual and Gender Minority Students
Presenter: Patrick Glang Faculty Mentor: Jake Mahon Presentation Type: Poster 15 Primary Research Area: Social Science Major: Psychology College students who identify as lesbian, gay, and bisexual are more likely to use substances (Cochran, Ackerman, Mays, & Ross,...
Insights into Magma Ascent and Decompression from Diverse Pumice Fragments at the Onset of the Huckleberry Ridge Supereruption
Presenter: Claire Getz Faculty Mentor: Paul Wallace, Madison Myers Presentation Type: Poster 14 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Geology Funding Source: Mini Grant, UROP, $600 The focus of my senior thesis is to study the gas rich volcanic glass fragments, or...
Effects of a Cognitive Task on Motor Output in Young Adults
Presenter: David Gallacher Faculty Mentor: Anita Christie Presentation Type: Poster 63 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Human Physiology, Psychology Funding Source: UROP mini-grant, $1000 It is widely accepted that multitasking with a motor task while performing...
Investigating the Fuction of a Novel Gene in Heart Valve Development
Presenter: Thomas Forman Faculty Mentor: Fernanda M. Bosada, Kryn Stankunas Presentation Type: Poster 62 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Biology, Human Physiology Funding Source: Huestis-McLean Memorial Scholarship Recipient, $450; Apex Scholarship, University...
High Fat Diet In Utero Exposure Disrupts Circadian Rhythms in Mice Offspring
Presenter: Mai’ana Feuerborn Faculty Mentor: Carrie McCurdy, Byron Hetrick Presentation Type: Poster 61 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Human Physiology Funding Source: University of Oregon Undergraduate Mini-grant, $1,000 Maternal obesity and excessive...
Charge Trapping in Colloidal Cadmium (II) Selenide Quantum Dots
Presenter: Samuel Estrella Faculty Mentor: John McGuire Presentation Type: Poster 13 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Physics Quantum Dots are widely studied in hopes of using their tunable emission and absorption for photovoltaics and solar cells. Quantum dots...
A Screen for Novel Atypical Protein kinase C (aPKC) Substrates
Presenter: Alani Estrella Co-Presenters: Ken Prehoda, Matt Bailey Presentation Type: Poster 60 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Biochemistry The accurate positioning and organization of molecules within animal cells is important for cell health. In fact, failure...
Just Mossin’ Around: Factors in the Growth of Moss and Mold in Glass Staircase
Presenter: Harley Elliot Co-Presenters: Champe Holbeck, Amanda Stanton Faculty Mentor: Alison Kwok, Alyssa Franco Presentation Type: Poster 12 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Architecture This case study looks at the overall air quality in the western glass...
Analysis of Early Pottery in the Southern Thai-Malay Region: The Tham Din Cave Site, Thailand
Presenter: Sambath Eat Faculty Mentor: William Ayres Presentation Type: Poster 11 Primary Research Area: Social Science Major: Asian Studies The late Pleistocene-early Holocene transition in Southeast Asia saw shifts from hunting-gathering towards food management and...
Collective In-form-ation: How Do Alternative Assembly-Based Collectives Function as Sites of Knowledge Production?
Presenter: Celia Easton Koehler Faculty Mentor: Shaul Cohen Presentation Type: Poster 10 Primary Research Area: Social Science Major: Geography Funding Source: UROP Undergraduate Research Grant, $1000; Thesis Research Grant, Clark Honors College, $1000 A typical...
Hook-up Culture: How the Idea of Everyone “hooking up” Influences and Continues the Cycle of Sexual Assault on College and University Campuses
Presenter: Kelsey Dunne Co-Presenters: Erika Stanford, Dayna Silvani Faculty Mentor: Julie Heffernan Presentation Type: Poster 9 Primary Research Area: Social Science Major: Educational Foundations On today’s college campuses, there is a sensation created around...
Gap Detection in Auditory Cortex
Presenter: Ulysses Duckler Faculty Mentor: Mike Wehr, Aldis Weible Presentation Type: Poster 92 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Biochemistry Funding Source: OURS Summer Research Program Strong evidence supports that hearing loss and difficulty with speech...
The Ecology and Distribution of the Invasive Violet Tunicate (Botrylloides violaceus) in the Coos Estuary (OR)
Presenter: Sandra Dorning Faculty Mentor: Craig Young Presentation Type: Poster 58 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Marine Biology Funding Source: Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Mini-Grant, University of Oregon Undergraduate Research Opportunity...
Determining Ancestry of Unprovenienced Human Remains from the Grenadines, Southern Caribbean: Dental Morphology and Craniometric Analyses
Presenter: Taylor Dodrill Co-Presenters: Greg Nelson, Jessica Stone, Scott Fitzpatrick Faculty Mentor: Greg Nelson, Scott Fitzpatrick Presentation Type: Poster 57 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Anthropology, Biology Funding Source: UROP Mini-Grant, UROP, $1000...
The Hepatopancreatic Duct: A Conduit for Bacterial Factors from the Gut to Reach Peripheral Organs?
Presenter: Daniel Derrick Co-Presenters: Jennifer Hampton, Karen Guillemin Faculty Mentor: Karen Guillemin, Jennifer Hampton Presentation Type: Poster 56 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Biology Funding Source: NIH: National Institute of General Medical Sciences...
Continued Riparian Restoration and Monitoring of Goose Creek at Whitewater Ranch
Presenter: Alyssa Dawson Co-Presenters: Brady Cox, Cassidy DeBlois, AJ Nichols, Katrina Henderson, Joe Nickless, Nathan Wolk Faculty Mentor: Peg Boulay Presentation Type: Poster 8 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Environmental Studies Healthy riparian zones are...
The Influence of Climate Change on 15 Native Plant Species Phenology and Range Shifts in Mediterranean Climate Prairies within the Pacific Northwest
Presenter: Justin Culman Co-Presenters: Kassandra McIntyre, Kaitlin Loomis, Olivia Somhegyi, Jacob Hyman Faculty Mentor: Peg Boulay, Lauren Hendricks Presentation Type: Poster 7 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Environmental Science and Geography Changes in the...
Landscapes of Culture: Vincent Van Gogh and Utagawa Hiroshige
Presenter: William Crowley Faculty Mentor: Roxanne Prazniak Presentation Type: Poster 55 Primary Research Area: Humanities Major: Chemistry The valued characteristics of art and aesthetics has differed over time and across cultures, however with these seeming...
Electrochemical Etching of Silver Scanning Tunneling Microscope Tips in Dilute Acetic Acid
Presenter: William Crowley Co-Presenter: Ariel Rosenfield Faculty Mentor: George Nazin, Ben Taber Presentation Type: Poster 54 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Chemistry Funding Source: UROP Mini Grant, Univesrity of Oregon, $1,000 Scanning Tunneling Microscopy...
Pheromones and Path Selection of Atta. Cephalotes
Presenter: Joshua Coon Faculty Mentor: Robert Schofield Presentation Type: Poster 53 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Biology Funding Source: McNair Scholar, University of Oregon $3,500 Atta cephalotes has been studied widely for their use of pheromones in terms...
The Effects of Inhibiting Neurons in Layer-II of the Medial Entorhinal Cortex on Hippocampal Place Cells in CA1 and CA3
Presenter: Roshan Chikarmane Faculty Mentor: Daniel Avesar Presentation Type: Poster 52 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Biochemistry, Biology The hippocampus and medial entorhinal cortex (MEC) are brain regions important for the formation and retrieval of...
Searching for Simpler Models of Astrophysical Pattern Formation
Presenter: Eryn Cangi Co-Presenters: Daniel Abrams Faculty Mentor: Daniel Abrams, James Imamura Presentation Type: Poster 6 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Physics Funding Source: REU, National Science Foundation and Northwestern University, $4500 In...
Probing the Nucleic Acid Binding Properties of the Single-stranded DNA Binding Protein of bacteriophage T4 Replication Complex at Single Nucleotide Resolution
Presenter: Benjamin Camel Co-Presenters: Katherine Meze, Davis Jose, Peter von Hippel Faculty Mentor: Davis Jose, Peter von Hippel Presentation Type: Poster 51 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Biochemistry Funding Source: GM-15792, NIH, $350k/yr. (4 yrs.)...
Synapse Formation Is Modulated by a Molecular Hitch
Presenter: Erik Burlingame Faculty Mentor: Philip Washbourne Presentation Type: Poster 50 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Biochemistry Funding Source: Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Center on Teaching and Learning, $9369; UROP Mini-grant, Undergraduate...
Radiole Regeneration of the Feather Duster Worm, Schizobranchia insignis
Presenter: Shannon Brown Faculty Mentor: Richard Emlet, Kelly Sutherland Presentation Type: Poster 49 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Marine Biology The annelid feather duster worm, Schizobranchia insignis, is a prevalent marine invertebrate found along the...
Socio-Economic Inequality in Sweden and France: A Comparative Study
Presenter: Korinne Breed Faculty Mentor: Geoff Kennedy Presentation Type: Poster 5 Primary Research Area: Social Science Major: Economics and International Studies Sweden and France have two of the highest levels of public social spending in Europe with each country...
Symmetry Differences in Clinical and Running Measures between Achilles Tendinopathy and Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome and Controls
Presenter: Varneet Brar Faculty Mentor: Li-Shan Chou, JJ Hannigan Presentation Type: Poster 80 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Human Physiology Achilles tendinopathy (AT) and medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS) are two common overuse injuries prevalent in the...
Sea Star Plasticity: Morphological Variation of Pisaster ochraceus in Response to Wave Exposure
Presenter: Alyssa Bjorkquist Faculty Mentor: Richard Emlet, Kelly Sutherland Presentation Type: Poster 47 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Marine Biology, Psychology Funding Source: Undergraduate Research Opportunity Mini-Grant, UROP, $1000 Pisaster ochraceus...
Measuring Finger Ratios in Hands and Bones: Testing the Reliability and Accuracy of Post-mortem Methods of Second-to-Fourth Digit Ratio Assessment in Primates
Presenter: Josie Beavers Co-Presenters: Enrique Gomez Faculty Mentor: Frances White, Stephen Frost Presentation Type: Poster 46 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Biological Anthropology The ratio of length of the second digit to fourth digit indicates individual...
The Enemy in the Forests: The Public Perception of Forest Fires in the Pacific Northwest 1933–1965
Presenter: Augustine Beard Faculty Mentor: Mark Carey Presentation Type: Oral Primary Research Area: Humanities Major: History Fire plays a vital role in the ecology of the Pacific Northwest. However, throughout most of the twentieth century, the National Forest...
Characterization of InxGax-1P grown by Close-Space Vapor Transport
Presenter: Benjamin Bachman Faculty Mentor: Shannon Boettcher, Annie Greenaway Presentation Type: Poster 45 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Chemistry Funding Source: UROP Mini-grant, University of Oregon, $1000 Indium gallium phosphide (InxGa1-xP) has shown...
Muffled Voices: Press Censorship in the Former Soviet Union
Presenter: Jonathan Bach Faculty Mentor: Peter Laufer, Kim Sheehan Presentation Type: Poster 4 Primary Research Area: Humanities Major: Journalism Funding Source: The University of Oregon-UNESCO Crossings Institute, Airfare to Azerbaijan; the University of Oregon...
Legality, Memory, and Monstrosity: An Examination of International Postwar Justice Systems and the Trials of John Demjanjuk
Presenter: Claire Aubin Faculty Mentor: Julie Hessler Presentation Type: Oral Primary Research Area: Social Science Major: International Studies/Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Funding Source: Research Seminar Participant, United States Holocaust Memorial...
#SaveTheEarth: A Comparison of Environmental Organization’s Twitter Content to Uncover Which Types of Tweets Engage Users
Presenter: Sarah Arnell Faculty Mentor: Autumn Shafer Presentation Type: Poster 3 Primary Research Area: Social Science Major: Journalism, Public Relations Large environmental organizations operating in the U.S., such as Sierra Club and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF),...
Do Behavior Problems Predict a Child’s Ability to Self-Regulate When Performing a Stressful Task?
Presenter: Brigette Amidon Faculty Mentor: Leslie Roos Presentation Type: Poster 2 Primary Research Area: Social Science Major: Psychology In the present study, we examined preschool aged boys’ minute-to-minute physiological adjustments and emotional behaviors...
“Air Proof My Leaking Apartment”: Design Heat Lost through Infiltration in Old Apartment Buildings
Presenter: Sharon Alitema Co-Presenters: Maryam Alnemer, Yue Gu Faculty Mentor: Alison Kwok, Jenni Hyunh Presentation Type: Poster 1 Major: Architecture Infiltration, a common source of heat loss, especially in old houses, is the unintentional introduction of outside...
Parenting Quality and its Relation to Child Brain Function for Selective Attention in Low Socioeconomic Status Families
Presenter: Courtney Adler Faculty Mentor: Helen Neville, Jimena Santillan Presentation Type: Poster 44 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Psychology, Biology Selective attention is a foundational skill that is important for academic readiness and success. Past...
Aging Effects on Perceptual and Conceptual Memory: Transformations from Short-term to Long-term Memory
Presenter: Anisha Adke Faculty Mentor: Dasa Zeithamova-Demircan Presentation Type: Poster 43 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Biology Funding Source: UROP Mini-Grant, University of Oregon, $1,000 Conceptual and precision memory are two functions of healthy and...
The BAH Domains of the DIM-2 DNA methyltransferase Are Required for DIM-2 Localization and Normal DNA methylation
Presenter: Sabrina Abdulla Faculty Mentor: Eric Selker, Vincent Bicocca Presentation Type: Poster 42 Primary Research Area: Science Major: Biology Funding Source: OURS (Oregon Undergraduate Researchers in SPUR), NICDH, $4500 The regulation of epigenetic marks,...