2013 Undergraduate Student Symposium

A Comparative Study of the United States Response to Haiti's 2010 Earthquake and Indonesia's Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004

Yineth Sanchez

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

A New Order in a New World: The Titan Economic Model

Linea Cutter
Nathaniel Dolan
William Kotkin
Elizabeth Mortazavi

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

A Novel Method of 3D Reconstruction of Mitochondrial Morphology in Mouse Models of Alzheimer's Disease

Jonathan Romanes

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

A Social Interaction Model for the Formation of Local Hotspots of Criminal Activity

Dean Gardner

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Agonism in Marine Fish Species

Kory Evans

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Anticancer Effects of Pumpkin Seed Extracts on LNCaP Prostate Cancer Cell Line

Rajeswari Murugan
Jackie Lynne Jornadal
Yanira Quinonez

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Apoptotic Effect of Lithocholic Acid on LNCaP Prostate Cancer Cell Line

Shivali Patel
Nikki Joseph

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Applications of Abstract Algebra to Puzzle Modeling

Sharvel Bousemaan

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Are Working Memory and Response Inhibition Correlated with Executive Function?

Laurie Cruz
Lauren Adames
Katie Dabrowski
Shannon Dugan

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Barcoding of the COX-1 Region in Lagenidium giganteum DNA

Joshua Mathews

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Belief in Paranormal Prophecies: Motivated by Narcissism, the Need for Meaning, or Self-focused Sensation Seeking

Laurie Cruz
Scott Earley
Alex Pop

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Biomechanics, Design, and Fitting of Prosthetics and Orthotics

Alan Nguyen

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Communication Trends in the Pathographies of Leiomyosarcoma Patients

Samuel Falk

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Discovery of a Branching Coral (Pocillopora damicornis) Aggregation in Concha y Perla Lagoon, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

Francesca Fourney

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Environmental Enrichment and Stereotypical Behavior in North American River Otters

Carolina Segarra

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Evaluating the Impact of Cruise Ship Emissions on the Air Quality in South Florida

Aarabhi Rajagopal

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Evaluation of Injury Risk in Collegiate Athletes Using the Function Movement Screen™

Isaac Pardo
Lorena Platero

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Exploring Mutagenic Effects of Atmospheric Aerosol Components

Patrick Doty
Arti Patel
Divya Pandya

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Expression Levels of Various Proteins in Wild-type and Transfected LNCaP Prostate Cancer Cells

Rebecca Zeller

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Feminist Activism: Using Technology to Raise Awareness About Domestic Violence

Nadine Grifoni
Morgan Sanchez

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Ferling,' the Brightest City Light

Sasha Strelitz

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Gene Evolution and Conservation in Marine Sponges

Bryce Parrish

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Halo or Noose?

Arielle Mejia-Garcia

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Happy Me

Miranda Schumes
Malischa Oge

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Histological Techniques Investigating the Occurrence of Metaplasia in Crassostrea virginica

Rina Bhalani
Timothy Chung

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

How Quorum-Sensing Based Synthetic Circuits Have Revolutionized Our Understanding of Evolutionary Dynamics

Lauren Boudreau

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Implicit Attitudes Toward Gay Adoption Through Public Policy Recommendations

Scott Earley

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Increasing Crop Yield by Stimulating Bacterial Respiration with Agricom, an Agricultural Stimulant

Noemi Bermudez
Faria Fatmi

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Individual Differences in Working Memory Capacity and Eyewitness Identification

Rachel Berger

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Individual FMS™ Tests Differ Between Collegiate Women Rowers and Soccer Players Despite Similar Total Scores

Lorena Platero
Isaac Pardo

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Landslide Hazards Mapping, Badlands National Park, South Dakota: Applications in GIS

Shari Blaker

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Lord British is Dead: An Analysis of the Execution and Consequences of Emergent Gameplay within Massively Multiplayer Online Video-Game Communities

Joseph Cirino

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Madness: Sense, Consequence, and Freedom

Melissa Villalobos

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Model System for Design of a Medical Diagnostic Device: Hemoglobin A1c

Jose Cabrera
Ifaz Parvez
Natalie Buzaglo
Oliver Moreira

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Neural Stem Cells Proliferate in Vascular Niches in the Adult Mayan Cichlid Brain

Ahmed Ali
Jonathan P. Romanes
Sameed Ashfaq
Joseph V. Dellavecchia

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

New Findings and Characterizations of NBAii Complex May Hold Key to Drug Delivery

Nishant Patel
Kevin Shah

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

NH-Tautomerism in Para-Substituted Tetraphenylporphyrin Derivatives

Biana Modilevsky

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

No Service

Lauren McGarrett

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Nucleotide Excision Repair: A New Component in the Study of Breast Cancer

Monica Azer

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Parasites of Invasive Snakeheads (Channa sp.) in Fort Lauderdale Canals

Elisa D'Abbraccio

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Porphyrin Geometry- Associated Energy and Binding Conformation

Jessica Millar

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Renewed Presence of the Free-Living Coral Psammocora stellata at Devil's Crown, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

Kayla Caldwell

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Repeatability of Prebrush and Postbrush Plaque Measured via Image Analysis

Nohora Duque

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Side-bridge Hold Times are Not Related to Injury Prevalence in Female Rowers

Amber Morrell

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Synthesis of the Next Compound in a Homologous Series of Metal-Organic Frameworks

Rachel Salveson

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

The Effect of Secondary English Proficiency on the Reading Strategies of International Students

Natasha Vega-Valbuena

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

The Effects of Enriched Environments on Learning and Neurogenesis in Octopus vulgaris

Jelileh Whitmore
Kory Evans
Divya Pandya

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

The Effects of Pre Versus Post Exercise Consumption of an Amino-Acid Based Nutritional Supplement: Effects on Body Composition and Performance

Anamaria Cretu
Sapphire Aragon

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

The Importance of Neurolysin in the Renin-Angiotensin System of the Mouse Brain

Eduardo Carrera
Catalina Breton
Andrea Linares

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

The Influence of Alcohol and Caffeine on Cockroach Motor Function

Isaac Chayo

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

The Needs of the Many

Nathaniel Dolan

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

The Neurophysiology of Attractiveness

Megan Thomas

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

The Potential Effects of Various Concentrations of Saccharin Compared to Sucralose, Stevia, Aspartame, Sugar, and a Typical Diet on Gene Expression in Yeast

Beric Berlioz

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Trip to Hell

Isabel Murillo

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Up in the Clouds: An Analysis of Detachment

Katherine McInerney

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

What Goes on Beneath the Green Skin and Purple Pants: Physiology of the Bruce Banner Haplotype Under Stress

Jose Luis Martinez
Giovanni Landauro
Mustari Akhi

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Zombies: Round Two

Victor Mascitelli

Alvin Sherman Library

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM