The 18th Annual
NC State University
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Winners
Biological Sciences
Applied Sciences (Crop, Poultry, Animal, and
Horticultural Sciences)
Evolution of Host Recognition in Pest Moths
Presented by Stephanie L. Gorski
(Session I, A-3)
Department of Entomology
Mentors:
Jen Petzold/Entomology;
Fred Gould/Entomology
Coffee Flavored, Dairy Based, Probiotic Beverage
Presented by Casey Reynolds, Renee Felice, Heather Mendenhall, and
Catherine Meng (Session I, A-7)
Department of Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences
Mentor:
Brian E. Farkas/Food
Science
Isolation, Quantification and Confirmation of Nitrogen Fixing
/Rhizobia/ in Organic Cover Crop Inoculants
Presented
by Eric J.
Ballard (Session II, A-15)
Department of Soil Science, Crop Science, Agroecology
Mentor: Julie M. Grossman/Soil Science
Ecology, Environmental,
Conservation, Botanical
Optimization of Seed Germination in Pyxidanthera barbulata var. brevifolia
Presented by Jacob L. Hilton (Session
I, A-17)
Department of Plant Biology
Mentors: Thomas R. Wentworth/Plant Biology; William A. Hoffman/Plant
Biology; and Wade A. Wall/Plant Biology
Molecular, Biochemical, Genetics, Cell Biology
Development of an Arabidopsis
thaliana-based Screening Assay for Potential Pathogenicity Impaired Mutants
in Aspergillus flavus
Presented
by R. Kyle Gazdeck (Session I, A-26)
Plant Biology and Plant Pathology
Mentors: Imara Y. Perera/Plant
Biology; Rebecca S. Boston/Plant Biology; Gary A. Payne/Plant Pathology
Increasing Inositol Lipid Signaling Alters Starch
Metabolism in Plants
Presented
by Ellen E. Lentz (Session I, B-3)
Department of Plant Biology
Mentor: Wendy F. Boss/Plant
Biology
Characterization of Turkey iNOS and Development of
Assays to Study its Role in Acute Viral Enteritis
Presented by Robert
R. Meyerhoff (Session I, B-4)
Department of Poultry Science
Mentor: Matthew D.
Koci/Poultry Science
Regulation of FSHB Production Using Doxycycline Gene
Switch
Presented
by Anushri V. Desai and Megan D. Henley
(Session II, B-2)
Department of Structural and Molecular Biochemistry
Mentor: William L.
Miller/Structural and Molecular Biochemistry
Zoology, Physiology, Behavior, Neurobiology
Utility
of Insulin-like Growth Factor-I and RNA:DNA Ratios as Growth Biomarkers in
Fishes
Presented
by Jordan S. Pung (Session I, B-20)
Departments
of Biomedical Engineering; Biological Sciences
Mentor: Russell J. Borski/Biological Sciences
The
Effect of Size on the Utility of Circulating Insulin-like Growth Factor I as a
Biomarker for Growth in a Teleost Fish, the Hybrid Striped Bass
Presented
by David A. Hurt (Session II, B-13)
Departments
of Zoology; Biochemistry
Mentor: Russell J. Borski/Biology
Design
Designing Performative Science Materials for Centennial Campus
Middle School
Presented by Rachael M.
Huston (Session I, B-22)
Department
of Graphic Design
Mentor: Meredith Davis/Graphic Design
Engineering and Technology
Incorporation of Copper Phthalocyanine Nanoparticles
into Poly(styrene-(ethylene-co-butylene)-styrene) (SEBS)
Presented by Raleigh
Davis (Session II, B-17)
Department of Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Richard Spontak/Chemical Engineering
Development of an In-situ Video-Based Monitoring
System for Stent Deformation and Migration Mechanisms
Presented by Nicole
Lewis (Session I, C-4)
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Mentor: Stefan
Seelecke/Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Behavioral Analysis of Oligonucleotides
in DNA Multilayer Films
Presented by Garik
Sadovy (Session II, C-8)
Department of Materials
Science and Engineering
Mentor: Yaroslava Yingling/Materials Science and Engineering
Use of Magnetorheological Fluid for Use as a Tunable
Mold for Polymer Processing
Presented by Jacob
Vestal (Session 1, C-12)
Departments of Chemical Engineering; Nuclear
Engineering
Mentor: Mohamed Bourham/Nuclear
Engineering
Humanities, Social Sciences, Psychology
University Responses to Campus Incidents
Presented by Justine Nomina
(Session I, C-22)
Psychology; Business Management-Marketing
Mentor: Rupert W. Nacoste/Psychology
The Decisional Balance, Commitment, and Self-Efficacy of Past and
Current Exercise Patterns
Presented by James Z.
Zuravle (Session II, D-4)
Sport Management
Mentor: Jonathan Casper/Sport Management
Physical and Mathematical Sciences
A
Case Study on Tropical Cyclone Intensification
Presented
by Rebecca V. Cumbie (Session II,
D-6)
Department
of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
Mentor: Gary M. Lackmann/Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric
Sciences
Catalase
and Peroxidase Studies of the KatG Mutants H270C and H270Y
Presented
by Laura K. Gardner (Session I,
C-25)
Department
of Chemistry
Mentor: Reza Ghiladi/Chemistry
Award for Best Poster on Materials
Research, Sponsored by the Materials Research Society, NCSU Student Chapter
Encapsulation of Iron Pyrophosphate Colloids in a
Cellulose Microparticle Matrix
Presented by Garrett
R. Swindlehurst (Session I, C-11)
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Mentor: Orlin D. Velev/Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering
Congratulations to you
all!
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