Undergraduate Research Day schedule and links to presentations.
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Poster Presentations:
Poster presentations are from 9:00-10:30 am
Garret Thornton: “Self-Talk” in Constituting Athlete Students’ Confidence as a Communicative Process (link)
Alyssa Villegas: The Effects of Social Media Contents on Young Latinas’ Body Image (link)
Hannah Gore: Political Communication Using Social Media (link)
Lorena Acosta: Young Adult’s News Consumption on Twitter (link)
Easaih Olivas: “Continue?”: Video Games as Communicative Practices (link)
Malik Brikat: Campaign Strategies: Comparative Perspectives on Obama and Trump’s Communication (link)
Dalton Farmer: The Discussion of Confederate Flag and Statues (link)
Nikita Naumov and Jaqueline Obreque: Implementation of an Experimental DC-DC Buck Converter on Power Hardware-in-the-Loop (PHIL) Test Bench (link)
Emmanuel Fujah: Encapsulation of Corrosion Inhibitors to Increase Efficiency and Targeted Exposure (link)
Michael Valencia: Comparison of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Contamination in Midland and Odessa, West Texas (link)
Ubadire Onyemaobi: Flaring of Gasses: Definition, Problems, and Solutions (link)
Christine Estelle Ahlhorn: Peer Influence on African American Males in Career Selection (link)
Kylie McRae: Pre/Post-Natal Depression: Benevolent Sexist Attitudes, Maternal Beliefs and the Impact on Modern-Day Motherhood (link)
Dylan D. Ohrt: Single loop helium gas turbines for generation four very high temperature reactors (VHTR’s) (link)
Oral Presentations:
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Time |
Presenter |
| 10:40 | Welcome Remarks- Dr. Rajalingam Dakshinamurthy |
| 10:45 | Christin McLain: Knowledge and Attitudes of Mental Health Professionals Towards the Use of Psilocybin as a Therapeutic Intervention |
| 11:00 | Abigail Vinson: The Reason for Charity: Christian Agape Versus Benevolent Hypocrisy in Herman Melville’s ‘Bartleby the Scrivener’ |
| 11:15 | Michael Aguilar: History of Screen Print and Fabric |
| 11:30 | Garrett Martin: Improvement of a Capacitive Deionizer |
| 11:45 | Mariana Franzon Erazo: Mr. Love: Queen’s Choice: An Autoethnography on the Mental and Emotional Impact of a Visual Novel and Simulation Mobile Game |
| 12:00 | Caitlin Bewley: Historical and Contemporary Practices in Ceramic Studies |
| 12:15 | Jonathan Muniz: Synthesis of Diketone for Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitor |
| 12:30 | Samantha James: Xylene-Based Extraction Technique of Kerogen from Sedimentary Rock |
| 12:45 | Lunch Break |
| 1:30 | Mikayla Rodriguez: Zinc Oxide Nanotechnology in the Production of Agricultural Provisions |
| 1:45 | Jose P. Barragan: Programming an Automatic Speech Recognition Device for Use in Academia to Promote Aptitude in Technological Development |
| 2:00 | Jon-Phillip Rogers: Research into 15th Century Asian Woodblock Techniques |
| 2:15 | Nayeli Rosas: Ammonia Borane Synthesis from Sodium Borohydride and Ammonium Salt: Developing A new Teaching Laboratory Experiment |
| 2:30 | Fabby Torres: Second Language Acquisition Process of English Language Learners |
| 2:45 | Kandus Box: Design of a Center-of-Gravity Computer Mouse |
| 3:00 | Afternoon Break |
| 3:30 | Davisin Lopez: Substitution Based of Zinc, Manganese, and Cobalt on SpinBased Thermoelectric of Molecular Formula Co3O4 |
| 3:45 | Fernando Montalvillo: Bactericidal Effectiveness of TiO2 and ZnO Nanoparticles Embedded in Acrylate-based Photopolymer Resin |
| 4:00 | Phillip Driscoll: Single-Station Satellite Orbit Determination Using Radio Frequencies Aided by TLE and Bisectional Optimization |
| 4:15 | Michael Valencia: Comparison of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Contamination in Midland and Odessa, West Texas |
