The Office of the Vice President for Research, the Office of Government Relations and the Office of Undergraduate Research select students each year to exhibit their work via posters to Utah State legislators. Research on Capitol Hill (ROCH) demonstrates the importance of undergraduate research and creative work from the top two research universities in this state: University of Utah and Utah State University. Special thanks to the Office of the President, Office of Government and Relations, the Office of the Vice President for Research for their ongoing collaborations with OUR!
February 20, 2025
9:00am-1:00pm
State Capitol Rotunda
**This year marks the 25th year Anniversary**
-
To be eligible to Apply for ROCH participation, you must:
- be a currently-matriculated and enrolled University of Utah undergraduate student
- live in Utah
- have graduated from a high school in Utah (preferred)
- be working with a University of Utah faculty mentor on research or creative work
- commit to attend ROCH at the State Capitol in addition to mandatory meetings prior to the day of ROCH
- have not previously participated in ROCH
-
Complete the online APPLICATION FORM and submit an abstract of 300 words describing the research or creative work. Applications will open up in the fall semester. 25 students will be selected to participate.
Submission Opens: October 1, 2024
Submission Deadline: October 31, 2024Questions? Contact OUR@utah.edu
Press Archive
2024 Media Coverage: Deseret News, KSL News, @THEU, @THEU, @THEU
Virtual event
@THEU - Deseret News - PHOTOS
Past Presenters
Aksel Anderson (Mentor: Rob MacLeod, Engineering) - Three-Dimensional Construction of Coronary Vasculature Geometries
Noah Armstrong (Mentor: M. Denise Dearing, Science) - Identifying the source of Utah's invasive fox squirrel (S. niger) through population genetics
Sanjana Aujla (Mentor: Simon Binder, Engineering) - Implementation and Testing of a Hydrogel Micro Electrode Array
Dua Azhar (Mentor: Sophie Caron, Science) - Investigating Neuronal Networks of Learning in Drosophila melanogaster
Danny Barrera (Mentor: Anna Beaudin, Medicine) - Fetal Macrophages Produce Interleukin-7 in the Developing Hematopoietic Niche
Abbey Blair & Kiersten Gardner (Mentor: Dustin William, Medicine ) - Safeguarding Against Infections: Transdermal Antiseptics in combination with Surgical Prep
Pierce Christoffersen & Kalista Leggitt (Mentor: Matt Haber, Humanities) - The Intersection of Pediatric Autonomy, Conscientious Objection, and Civil Disobedience in Healthcare
Sarah Crago (Mentor: Sophie Caron, Science) - Rethinking Resilience: Testing Resilience in Drosophila Species
Ben Creer (Mentor: Cynthia Berg, Engineering) - Self-control of Adults with Type 1 Diabetes and Their Perceptions of Partner Support
Cameron Davis (Mentor: Douglas Mackay, Medicine) - Probing the role of Nup50 in the DNA Damage Response
Zoe Exelbert (Mentor: Courtenay Strong, Mines & Earth Sciences) - Hydroclimate Variability Assessment of Migratory Birds at the Great Salt Lake
Anna Gilstrap (Mentor: Peter Shen, Medicine) - Rapid Isolation of Protein Complexes from Cellular Lysates
Josh Gubler (Mentor: Connor Olsen, Engineering) - EMG Data Compression for Low-Power Wireless Communication
Addison Hedges (Mentor: Moriel Zelikowsky, Medicine) - Behavioral Effects of Trauma Recruit Separate Populations of Ventral Hippocampal Neurons
Logan Lancaster (Mentor: Haohan Zhang, Engineering) - Using OpenSim to Model, Simulate, and Improve Gait Symmetry in Stroke Survivors.
Alexander Lott (Mentor: Andrey Rogachev, Science) - Acoustic guitar as hands-on pedagogical demonstration of wave mechanics
Sam Makin (Mentor: Cynthia Furse, Engineering) - Advancing Breast Cancer Screening: A Proposal for Microwave Imaging with SSTDR Technology
Ty Mellor (Mentor: Fabienne Chevance, Science) - One Step Protein Purification via the Type 3 Secretion System in Salmonella
Delaney Miller (Mentor: Shelley Minteer, Science) - Electrocatalytic Production of 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid from 2,5-Bis(Hydroxymethyl)Furan over Graphite Rod Electrodes
Ritika Nayan (Mentor: Tracey Lamb, Science) - Flu induced immune responses prevent malarial pulmonary injury
Nate Patchen (Mentor: Yang Liu, Medicine) - Visualizing DNA Double-Strand Break Repair Pathway Choice at High Resolution
Brenda Payan Medina (Mentor: Andy Eisen, Education) - Art Beyond the Bars: The Value of Arts Programming in Correctional Settings
Catherine Petersen (Mentor: Ramkiran Gouripeddi, Medicine) - Understanding the Relationship Between Environmental Exposures and the Risk of Pediatric Obesity using Unsupervised Machine Learning
Alex Romano (Mentor: Melodie Weller, Dentistry) - Murine Model of Hepatitis Delta Virus-Associated Salivary Gland Impairment
Lorelei Sole (Mentor: Sheri Holmen, Medicine) - Investigating the Role of Concurrent NF1 and BRAF Mutations in Melanoma
Arnel Besic (Faculty Mentor: Connor Bischak) - Electropolymerized Organic Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductors for Use in Bioelectronic Devices
Lauren Carn (Faculty Mentor: Lynn Deboeck) - Improving Mental Health Through the Arts
Eliza Diggins (Faculty Mentor: Melodie Weller) - Constructing International Trade Networks to Predict the Origin of Trade Mediated Pathogens
Kenzie Fleming (Faculty Mentor: Aaron Fischer) - Developing Asynchronous Teleconsultation Supports for Educators Who Serve Rural Students with Disabilities
Tanner Frahm (Faculty Mentor: Rami Alharethi) - Fully Magnetically Levitated Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device: Are We There Yet?
Jordyn Gagon (Faculty Mentor: Moriel Zelikowsky) - Control of Isolation Induced Aggression Through Activation of Medial Prefrontal Cortex Neurons
Sydney Gilliland (Faculty Mentor: Lauri Linder) - Evaluating the Usability of a Revised Symptom Assessment App for Children with Cancer
Brendan Hatch (Faculty Mentor: Lisa Diamond) - Social Safety Among Multiracial Individuals in Utah
Rachel Hill (Faculty Mentor: Melodie Weller) - The binding affinity of HDV antigen to mtDNA and its role in Sjogren's syndrome patients
Oliver Hubbard (Faculty Mentor: Hamid Ghandehari) - Reducing Drug Adsorption in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Circuits: Propofol Extraction and Analysis
Hakop Kardzhyan (Faculty Mentor: Lauri Linder) - Health Narratives of Children with Cancer Using an mHealth App
Kitsel Lusted (Faculty Mentor: Michael Free) - Temperature Dependence of Biooxidation of Coal-Based Pyrite
Carter Niedert (Faculty Mentor: Bruce Edgar) - Identification of Potential Oncogenes via a RNAi Screen in Drosophila Melanogaster
Emily Nuibe (Faculty Mentor: Candace Reno) - Norepinephrine as a Mediator of Cardiac Arrhythmia with Hypoglycemia
Kiyo Obayashi (Faculty Mentor: Julie Hollien) - The Role of the Unfolded Protein Response in Cellular Quiescence
Nizhoni Porter (Faculty Mentor: Anandh Velayutham) - Dietary Blueberries to Improve Oral Dysbiosis
TiminaInisa Powaukee (Faculty Mentor: Fatma Tuncer) - Immediate Lymphatic reconstruction for preventing cancer-related lymphedema: preliminary experience of a single cente
Keaton Rosquist (Faculty Mentor: Anandh Velayutham) - Blueberry Supplementation Improves Gut Health in Preclinical Model
Sarthak Tiwari (Faculty Mentor: Frank Sachse) - Combining Machine Learning Approaches with Light Scattering Spectroscopy to Differentiate Tissue Using Nuclear Density
Rebecca Urban (Faculty Mentor: Jacob George) - Timing Cues Enhance Intensity Discrimination at Low Electrocutaneous Pulse Frequencies
Nathan Wallace (Faculty Mentor: Jacob George) - A Low-Cost, Multiarticulate, Upper-Limb Exoskeleton
Caton Weinberger (Faculty Mentor: Lee Raby) - Infant Attachment Security as a Predictor of Academic Outcomes among Children who Experienced Early Adversity: A Mediational Analysis Examining Executive Functioning and Language Skills during Early Childhood
Emi Wickens (Faculty Mentor: Anne Kirby) - Family Caregivers: A qualitative study of similarities and differences among a variety of caregiver experiences
Zane Zobell (Faculty Mentor: Joseph Palatinus) - Characterization of GJA1-20k Expression in the AC16 Proliferating Cardiomyocyte Cell Line
Aasutosh Acharya (Anil Seth) - Vast stellar population size measurement using only Gaia EDR3
Alexander Brill (Shannon Boomgarden) - Prehistoric Irrigation and Corn Morphology
Rachel Compton (Anandh Babu Pon Velayutham) - Effect of Dietary Strawberry on Brown Fat in C57Bl/6J Mice Fed High-Fat-Diet
Suzi Creveling (Tommaso Lenzi) - Natural stair ambulation with a robotic leg prosthesis for individuals with above/knee amputation
Shaistah Din (Marissa Diener) - Cytomegalovirus education improves pregnant women's awareness and prevention behaviors
Kaylon Draney (Jeffrey Bates) - Synthesis and Characterization of Materials Properties of a Biological Superabsorbent Polymer for Single-Use Consumer Product Applications
Gauri Garg (Adam De Havenon) - Correlation of Physical Activity and Nutrition with White Matter Hyperintensity
Lauren Gleave (Akiko Kamimura) - Perceptions Surrounding and Efficacy of Utah's Sex Education Among College Students
Sydney Larsen (Anandh Velayutham) - Short-term Supplementation with Dietary Blueberries Increases Commensal Gut Microbes in Diabetic Mice
Brooke Larson (Julie Hollien) - Investigating the degradation pathways responsible for clearing toxic misfolded proteins.
Cameron Mercer (Bruce Gale) - Rapid Fabrication of a Dynamic Alveolar Microphysiological System with an Integrated Extracellular Matrix Membrane
Briggs Miller (William Brazelton) - The Lost City Hydrothermal Field: A Look Into Microbial Diversity and Clues Into the Emergence of Life on Earth
Melika Moeinvaziri (Akiko Kamimura) - Mental health among uninsured primary care patients during the COVID-19 pandemic
Azeem Mohammed (Randy Jensen) - Compiling Cell Viability Data for Vitro Studies: Improving the Efficacy of Treatment for Meningioma Tumors
Emily Nevarez (Akiko Kamimura) - Mental health among uninsured primary care patients during the COVID-19 pandemic
Sohyun Park (Annie Fukushima) - Marketing for Gender-Based Violence Consortium
Shaylie Platten (Sara LoTemplio) - Anxiety, Working Memory, and Event Related Negativity
Justinas Sapiega (Christopher Depner) - Impact of Shift Work on Risk of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Jessica Sharma (Marissa Diener) - Cytomegalovirus education improves pregnant women's awareness and prevention behaviors
Anish Singh (Erik Jorgensen) - Total Topography of the Dorsal Cord in C. elegans
Madeleine Sorenson (Rebecca Utz) - Live Hospice Discharge: A Critical Analysis About the Ethics of Ending Hospice Care for Terminal Patients
Sabrina Su (Jay Kim) - Integration of a pneumatically actuated microvalve pump with in vitro cell culture to study the mechanobiological response of the trabecular meshwork
Heba Sultan (John David Symons) - The influence of time-restricted feeding on arterial function in obese mice
Olivia Walker (Rob Macleod) - The Effect of Changing Conductivity on Cardiac Excitation
Click on a name below to learn more about the research shared virtually with their legislators:
Oralia Aguilar - Oral Histories in the Era of COVID-19: The Utah Navajo and the Westside of Salt Lake City, Utah
Kylie Bethards - Analysis of AYA Cancer Patient Priority Symptoms Through Text Mining Software
Julia Case - Symmetric Electrochemical Cells in Nonaqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries - Applications for Longevity Study
Tania Cervantes-Hernandez - Dating/Intimate Partner Violence and social media use among college students
Gareema Dhiman - Surveillants: A New Organelle of the Synapse
Helen Dodson - Dating/Intimate Partner Violence and social media use among college students
Heather Graham - Literacy and Representation in the LGBTQIA+ Communities
Gursirat Grewal - Improving Upper-Limb Prostheses Control via Optimizing sEMG Electrode Number and Location
Cody Harris - Sensory Perception in Advanced Prosthetics: The Philosophy of Proprioception
Jami Harvey - Oral Histories in the Era of COVID-19: The Utah Navajo and the Westside of Salt Lake City, Utah
Olivia Lam - Development of PV Testing Apparatus Using 3D Printing Technique
Indigo Mason - The University of Utah Sexual and Reproductive Health Care and Education Needs Assessment
Nate Nellis - Econometric Analysis on the Impact of Water Rates on Resident Usage and City Revenue: A Study in Salt Lake County, Utah
Jens Nilson - Child Labor Trafficking and the Child Welfare System
Adriana Payan-Medina - Characterization of Satellite-Derived Air Quality Measurements in Health Applications
Kylie Persson - Production of Platelet-Like Particles Using MEG-01 Cells
Elizabeth Porter - Supporting the Entire System: Reducing Educators Burnout with Mindfulness-based Practice and Social-emotional Learning
Anya Ragnhildstveit - Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy Plus Affective Tactile Grounding on Psychedelic States and Treatment Outcomes in Adults with Major Depression
Mario Ramirez-Arrazola - Adding Up The Cost of Excluding Undocumented Utahns from State and Federal COVID-19 Relief
Alexia Savas - Correlating Surface Temperature Fluctuations with Atmospheric Flow
Travis Seamons - Controlling Bacterial Transcription with the Eukaryotic Transcription Factor QF
Joshua Swan - Energy Consumption and the Limits of Economic Growth
Tobin Wainer - Star Cluster Mass Function Fitting using Probabilistic Modeling
Zak Wankier - Anatomical Dimensions of Human Vertebral Bodies Over Time
Katie Workman - Epistemic Communications: the politics of confronting the global COVID-19 pandemic
Final Remarks
by President Watkins and Vice President for Research Andy Weyrich:
Amelie Bennett (Kate Mattingly) - How We Move When We Feel: Kinesthetic Empathy through Mirror Neuron Systems
Dallas Blackburn (Richard Green) - The Constitutional Context of Public Administration and Executive Orders
Marcus Blackburn (Frank Sachse) - The influences of cardiac fibroblasts on electrical conduction velocity may contribute to arrhythmogenesis
Tamara Calzado Real (Ariel Blair) - The Effects of Racial Dissimilarity on Students of Color's Participation in Groups.
Rachel Cantrell (Ryan Looper) - Towards the Synthesis of TAN-1057 D Inspired Antibiotic Candidates
Mary Kathryn Curcio (Kristine Campbell) - Collaborating for Child Health and Well-Being: A Pilot RCT of a Collaborative Care Practice Between Child Welfare and Child Health Care
Varun Garg (Kuberan Balagurunathan) - Improved Synthetic Bioengineering Production of Polysaccharides and size-specific Oligosaccharides of Low Molecular Weight Heparosan, a Heparin Precursor
Surya Gurung (Akiko Kamimura) - Perceptions of mental health and stress related to social support and acculturation among Bhutanese refugee women in Utah
Emily Huang (Simon Fisher) - Verapamil Protects Against Severe Hypoglycemia-Induced Fatal Cardiac Arrhythmias
Noelle Huhn (Claudia Geist) - Sexual and Reproductive Health Education Across Cultural Contexts: Global, National, and Local Practices and Recommendations
Elizabeth Izampuye (Akiko Kamimura) - Exploring the Relationship Between Patient Satisfaction and Expectations among Free Clinic Patients
Ria Kaddu (Lisa Joss-Moore) - Intrauterine Growth Restriction and Supplemental DHA Alter Rat Hepatic Histone Methylation
Michael Keyser (Lucas Timmins) - Effects of Curvature on Optical Coherence Tomography Images used for the 3D Reconstruction of a Deployed Stent
Megan Lewis (Bruce Edgar) - Signaling Pathway Regulation of Transcription Factor E2F1 Alters Cell Cycle Progression in Drosophila Midgut
Caitlin Linder (Lauri Linder) - Daily Experiences of Children with Cancer Reported Through a Game-Based App
Anna Meredith (Colleen McDannell) - Latter-day Saint Women and Wage Labor in the Twentieth Century
Nicole Mortensen (Jeffrey Bates) - An Investigation of 3 Introduction Methods of Hydrogel-Based Drug Delivery Devices in Ocular Disease Treatment
Madeleine Odette (Eric Garland ) - Neural Mechanisms of Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement
Kamala Poudyel (Akiko Kamimura) - Perceptions of mental health and stress related to social support and acculturation among Bhutanese refugee women in Utah
Madison Putich (Anandh Velayutham) - Effect of dietary supplementation of blueberries on vascular health in aged mice
Kristianna Radley (Ken Smith) - Searching for the Fountain of Ute: Birthplace and Longevity in Utah
Kaden Rawson (Dustin Williams) - Loading Polyurethane Foam With a Novel Anti-biofilm Compound for Use in Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
Hector Robles (Jason Castillo) - An Examination at how Immigration Policies Influence the Concerns of Undocumented Immigrants in the United States (U.S.)
Gabriela Rocha (Julie Hollien) - Investigating the role of the Unfolded Protein Response in Quiescence
Johnny Rodriguez (Claudia Geist) - Social and Economic factors: The Influencers of Contraceptive Effectiveness
Andrew Smith (Andrew Roberts) - Abstract: Cyclization of Peptides to Improve Their Metabolic Stability
Taylor Aucutt (Nicola Camp) - Tumor Genomics as a Route to Clarifying Inherited Genetics in Multiple Myeloma
Katie Barber (Julia Corbett) - The impact of contemporary media on human and environmental health
Lori Begaye (Judith Simcox) - Targeted deletion of Tcf7l2 in adipocytes promotes adipocyte hypertrophy and impaired glucose metabolism
Logan Cox (Scott Schaefer) - A Quantitative Analysis of the Economic Impact of the Salt Lake City Rio Grande Initiative on Crime
Claire Flatley (Aaron Fischer) - The effects of behavior management strategies on externalizing behavior and on-task behaviors in a general education setting
Abigail Friese (Scott Anderson) - Temperature and Sublimation Rate Measurements of a Single Graphite Nanoparticle
Katy Glaittli (Joshua Bonkowsky) - Lithium Chloride as a Potential Treatment for Vanishing White Matter Disease
Samuel Hatch (Shawn Owen) - Target binding induces therapeutic antibody split-enzyme activation
Moriah Henning (Andrew Merryweather) - Characterization of an Open-Source 3D-Printed Robotic Hand
Rebecca Higham (Akiko Kamimura) - Childhood immunization-related experiences among individuals with a refugee background in Utah
Sullivan Howard (Akiko Kamimura) - An analysis of pharmaceutical use amongst free clinic patients: opioids, complementary and alternative medicine, and other pain relievers
Jennifer Isenhour (Lee Raby) - The Enduring Effects of Early Institutionalization on The Diurnal Cortisol Regulation of Internationally Adopted Children
Bill Jiang (Liliana Werner) - In vivo evaluation of a new hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lens in the rabbit model
Han Le (Tom Alberts) - Composite Materials and Random Matrix Theory
Kellsey Ly (David Symons) - Late-in-life treadmill-training ameliorates the decline in cardiac autophagy associated with aging in mice.
Soe Meh (Akiko Kamimura) - Childhood immunization-related experiences among individuals with a refugee background in Utah
Camila Nieto (Nicola Camp) - Tumor Genomics as a Route to Clarifying Inherited Genetics in Multiple Myeloma
Sydney Porter (V. Kim Martinez) - Connecting Lives on Canvas: The Murray Murals Project
Caroline Ramous (John David Symons) - Late-in-life treadmill-training ameliorates the decline in cardiac autophagy associated with aging in mice
Ellie Rasmussen (Alessandra Angelucci) - Tracing Monosynaptic Cortical Circuits of Feed-Forward and Feed-Back Connections to V1 that Project to V2 Stripes
Simran Saini (Jessica Kramer) - Synthesizing Antifreeze Proteins Found in Nature to be used in the Cryopreservation of Cells
Hanin Sheikh (Sarah Franklin) - Smyd1 Histone Methyltransferase Activity in Hypertrophy and Heart Failure Models
Steph St Clair (Sara Simonsen) - Some Key Questions: Reproductive Justice And Preventative Reproductive Health Care
Kristen Stucki (Gwen Latendresse) - Barriers to Women Accessing Perinatal Mental Health Care in Rural Utah
Lauren Thompson (J. David Symons) - Late-in-life treadmill-training ameliorates the decline in cardiac autophagy associated with aging in mice
Dana Tran (Jennifer Weidhaas) - Ion Exchange Of Nto Wastewater
Cory Wayman (Sarah Hollenberg) - Made in Heaven?: When Art & Pornography Share a Bed
Alex Anderson (Prof. Elizabeth Tenney) - The Effects of Amplification in the Workplace
Clayton Booth (Prof. Akiko Kamimura) - Oral Health Programs for Uninsured Free Clinic Patients
Griffin Durupt (Prof. Simon Fisher) - Increased insulin action in brain regulates counterregulatory response to hypoglycemia in diabetic rats
Kelli Hafer (Prof. Kent Bachus) - Negative Pressure Increases Blood Vessel Density around Percutaneous Devices
Leilah Harouni (Prof. Elizabeth Tenney) - The Effects of Amplification in the Workplace
Jordin Hartley (Prof. Jennifer Watt) - Reconstructing a Fire History Record and Disturbance Patterns for a High Elevation Site in the Northern Rocky Mountains
Brad Hauck (Prof. David Symons) - Can exercise training limit endothelial dysfunction in aged mice by preserving vascular autophagy?
Robin Jenson (Prof. Lindsay Gezinski) - Sex Trafficking: The Invisible Neoliberal Motivation of Modern Slavery
Mitch Johansen (Prof. Akiko Kamimura) - Physical activity classes for refugees resettled in Utah
Jordan Johnson (Prof. Frank Sachse) - Reliable imaging of cardiac conduction pathways during neonatal heart reconstruction surgery
Merry Joseph (Prof. Jody Rosenblatt) - Asthmatic Bronchoconstriction Through Excessive Extrusion Damages Airway Epithelia
Vasiliki Karahalios (Prof. Christine Jones) - Sleeping Beauty and Pre-Raphaelite Painting
Asal Kareem (Prof. Andrew Anderson) - Quantification of Forefoot Motion during Activities of Daily Living
Logan Kiefer (Prof. Taylor Sparks) - Temperature effects on the electrochromic optical transitions of variable tint goggles
Zoe Kozlowski (Prof. Lori Gawron) - Assessing the Contraceptive Needs of Homeless Women in Salt Lake City
Stuart Loertscher (Prof. Lucas Timmins) - Verification Study for a Finite Element Model of a Coronary Artery
Raquel Maynez (Prof. Michael Shapiro) - Secretory Effects Of A Coding Mutation In The Gene Ndp
Daniela McCroby (Prof. Katherine Supiano) - Distance-technology Delivered Grief Support Program- Perceived Quality and Satisfaction of Training Provided to Social Workers
Hailey McLean (Prof. Sara Hart) - Healthcare Encounters of Formerly Homeless Individuals
Michael Navidomskis (Prof. Jennifer Follstad Shah) - Isotopic Analysis of the Jordan River Nitrogen Cycle
Sayro Paw (Prof. Akiko Kamimura) - Immigration stress among refugees resettled in Utah
Luciana Salmi (Prof. Elisabeth Conradt) - Investigation of the Combined Effects of Social Support and Maternal Prenatal Mood on Newborn Neurobehavior
Hannah Samowitz (Prof. Monisha Pasupathi) - The effects of air pollution salience and place attachment on supporting an environmental organization
Carly Shields (Prof. Marissa Diener) - Needs of Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Health Care Settings
Avery Smith (Prof. Ling Zang) - Machine Learning Classification of Essential Oils
Aaron Wallace (Prof. J. David Symons) - Can exercise training limit endothelial dysfunction in aged mice by preserving vascular autophagy?
Sama Alkilani (Prof. Shelley Minteer) - Water-soluble polymer-based redox flow batteries
Timothy Allen (Prof. Jordan Gerton) - Enhancing Super Resolution Microscopy with the Addition of a Phase Plate:
A Collection of Monte Carlo Simulations
Tyler Bean (Prof. John David Symons) - Exercise-training increases basal vascular autophagy to an extent that
improves arterial function
Nicole Burnett (Prof. Ram Gouripeddi) - Enabling an Air Quality Exposome for Salt Lake Citizens
Robert Coffman (Prof. Russ Richardson) - The Effect of Acute Exposure to Ambient Particulate Matter Air
Pollution on Arterial Stiffness in Older Adults
Nandini Deo (Prof. Molly Leecaster) - Use of Wireless Sensors to Understand Transmission of Healthcare Associated Infections
Sarmishta Diraviam Kannan (Prof. Kevin B. Jones) - The Role That Lysosomes and Autophagy Play in Alveolar Soft Parts Sarcoma, Clear Cell Sarcoma and Synovial Sarcoma
Natasha Eldredge (Prof. Heather Canary) - Interpreting Policy Implementation Practices for Services for Children with Autism
Shantae George (Prof. Heather Hayes) - Influence of Cognition in Implicit Motor Sequence Learning in persons with Stroke
Astin Goff (Prof. Alexa Doig) - The Cost of Responding to False Clinical Alarms in the Hospital Environment
Talon Harris (Prof. Akiko Kamimura) - Maliheh Fall 2016 Volunteer Focus Groups
Kathryn Jones (Prof. Jennifer Heemstra) - Coupling qPCR to Split Aptamer Ligation for the Detection of Steroid Targets
Evelyn Kimbrough (Prof. Jennifer Heemstra) - Coupling qPCR to Split Aptamer Ligation for the Detection of Steroid Targets
Abigail Neal (Prof. Albert Park) - A Retrospective Study Examining the Effectiveness and Outcomes of Sedated and Non-Sedated Children Undergoing a Needle Aspiration for a Peritonsillar Abscess
Jennifer Nielsen (Prof. Adrienne Cachelin) - The Impact of Real Food Labeling on Student Food Choice Behaviors and Attitudes
Sarah Patterson (Prof. Danielle Endres) - Ute Nickname Research Project
Mu Pye (Prof. Akiko Kamimura) - Health, health literacy and healthcare utilization among Muslim women in Utah
Timothy Quah (Prof. Shelley Minteer) - Bioelectrocatalytic Oxidation of Cholesterol
Naveen Rathi (Prof. Bruce Gale) - Development of a Medical Device for Male Reproductive Issues:
Simulation to Experimentation and Back
Kai Sin (Prof. Akiko Kamimura) - Health, health literacy and healthcare utilization among Muslim women in Utah
Hannah Stinson (Prof. Brenda Bowen) - Aeolian Sediment Transport on the Bonneville Salt Flat
Nicholas Thiros (Prof. Diego Fernandez) - Lead purification and isotope ratio analysis by quadruple ICP-MS
Shannon Weaver (Prof. Akiko Kamimura) - Misunderstandings of type 1 and type 2 diabetes among uninsured primary care patients
Adam Whalen (Prof. Sara Yeo) - A Comparative Analysis on Attitudes Toward Drinking Water Quality between Utah and the Nation
Stephanie Yu (Prof. Elizabeth Tenney) - The Belief that Optimism Improves Performance (China)
Deanne Yugawa (Prof. Charles Murtaugh) - Maintenance of acinar cell differentiation prevents KRAS-driven pancreatic cancer initiation
Ashlee Burton (Prof. Leslie E. Sieburth) - Characterizing the Biochemical Requirements for the TRP Precursor of the bps Signal
Cynthia Chen (Prof. Catherine Mayes) - Examining the Use of Exoticism as Pedagogy in Schumann's Album for the Young
Olivia Davidson (Prof. Tara Deans) - Dynamically Controlling Stem Cells Via Extrinsic Signals to Improve Platelet Transfusion Outcomes
Molly Davis (Prof. Lisa G. Aspinwall) - Reported change in attitudes and feelings following melanoma genetic testing among minors with familial risk of CDKN2A/p16 mutations
Byron Eng (Prof. John C. Lin) I- nvestigating Methane Emissions in the Salt Lake Valley: An Atmospheric Inverse Study
Aalia Fields (Prof. Seung-Hee Son ) - The Relationship Between Preschoolers' Engagement in Book Reading and Executive Functioning Skills
Hunter Grayson (Prof. Rajesh Menon) - Three-Dimensional Lithography
Connor Healy (Prof. Tara Deans) - Targeted Apoptosis: Controlling Gene Expression in Engineered Tissues and Cells
Parker Holzer (Prof. Inese Ivans) - Chemical Compositions of Planet-Harboring Stars in M67
Julie Imig (Prof. Inese Ivans) - The Milky Way's Neighbor: Chemical composition of ultra-faint dwarf galaxy Boötes I
Amanda Mahon Snyder (Prof. Craig Bryan) - Depression as a Moderator of Somatic Complaints and Functional Impairment in Military Personnel
Sara Mann (Prof. David Stenehjem) - Predictors of palliative chemotherapy utilization within last 30 days of life
Christie Morgan (Prof. Lindsay Gezinski) - Is There a Sex Trafficking Problem in Salt Lake County? Perceptions of Criminal Justice Professionals
Melissa Mossar (Prof. Nancy Allen) - Recruitment of ethnically diverse populations in diabetes research
Michael Papadakis (Prof. Maria Newton) - The Self-Importance of Moral Identity and Moral Self-Regulation in Collegiate Contact Sport Athletes
John Peterson (Prof. Howard Colman) - Epigenetic and signaling pathway regulation factors in the mesenchymal shift in GBM
Monica Scott (Prof. Akiko Kamimura) - Experiences of Immigrant Women Who Applied for Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) self-petition: Analysis of Legal Affidavits
Cedric Shaskey (Prof. Keunhan Park) - Near-field Thermoreflectance Thermometry
Caroline Wang (Prof. Catherine Loc-Carrillo) - Treatment of Osteomyelitis Using Locally Administered Vancomycin in an In-vivo Rat Model
Jonathan Whitaker (Prof. Zvonimir Rakamaric) - Verification of C++ Programs
Keaton Wiley (Prof. Matthew Kieber-Emmons) - Designing a Catalyst for Water Oxidation
Matthew Wilkinson (Prof. Ryan Steele) - Renewable Energy Insights through Hydrogen Sulfide Oxidation
Derek Woodruff (Prof. Megan Williams) - Uncovering synaptic defects resulting from loss of the intellectual disability and autism-associated gene Kirrel3.
James Zhao (Prof. Lisa Joss-Moore) - Lung Setd8 mRNA Expression Peaks During Alveolar Formation in the Rat