List of 2021 Student Presentations
| Presenter(s) | Title | Discipline | Zoom Meeting ID | Day | Time | Poster Session |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parsa Nilchian | Animal-to-Animal Variability in Hippocampal Remapping | Animal Behavior | 931 2100 0485 | Wednesday, March 24 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 1 |
| Ashley Soto | Alejandro Ramirez | Samantha Ambros | Karla Viera | Karen Viera | Examining Stereotypic Behaviors in Relation to Life History in a Captive Colony of Owl Monkeys (Aotus spp.) | Animal Behavior | 988 1804 3779 | Wednesday, March 24 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 1 |
| Adriana Vega | Determining if Group Compositions Affects Student Engagement and Success in an Introduction to Biology Course | Biology Education | Click here to access Zoom Session. | Wednesday, March 24 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 1 |
| Daniel Morales | Ingrid Lopez | Esdras Lopez | Thalia Gonzalez | Would you like to learn more about emergent infectious viruses such as Coronaviruses while performing research? | Biology Education | Click here to access the Zoom session | Wednesday, March 24 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 1 |
| Amanda Barreto | In-vitro Model to Mimic Severe Heart Valve Calcification-Relevance to TAVR | Biomedical Engineering | Click here to access the Zoom Session | Wednesday, March 24 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 1 |
| Rayyan Naji | Real-time Visualization of Oxygenation Maps Using a Handheld Near Infrared Optical Scanner | Biomedical Engineering | 996 4087 9726 | Wednesday, March 24 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 1 |
| Diane Abdullah | Self-Care as an Engineering Student during COVID-19 | Computer Engineering | Click here to access the Zoom session | Wednesday, March 24 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 1 |
| Rahul Mittal | Sentiment Analysis of Code-Switched Text | Computer Science | 97419166682 | Wednesday, March 24 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 1 |
| Susanna Peca | Generating Random Polygons for Computational Geometry Optimization Problems | Computer Science | 975 8277 8830 | Wednesday, March 24 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 1 |
| Niliarys Sifre | Gabriel Corea | Food perception in overweight college students | Dietetics and Nutrition | 991 2309 8780 Password - urfiu2021 | Wednesday, March 24 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 1 |
| Adrianna Hernandez | Racial differences in meeting Dietary Reference Intake of essential nutrients in relation to calorie intake of childbearing age women at risk for developing insulin resistance-related diseases Adrianna Hernandez1, Suguna Badiga2, Pauline Jolly2 and Chandrika Piyathilake2 1 Florida International University 2 University of Alabama at Birmingham This study was supported by R01 105448 (National Cancer Institute) and T37-MD001448 (Minority Health Research Training grant, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities) | Health and Human Concerns | Click here to access the Zoom session | Wednesday, March 24 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 1 |
| Vivien Martin | The Intentions and Prospects of Cuba’s Medical Missions, Biotechnology, and Medical Tourism | Healthcare | 963 5403 8225 Passcode: wZxAj7 | Wednesday, March 24 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 1 |
| Eugenia Ruiz | Age Sensitivity in the workplace | Human Resources Management | 987 6434 2770 | Wednesday, March 24 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 1 |
| Haley Florence | Police, Communities & Body Worn Cameras | Law | 973 0618 9574 | Wednesday, March 24 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 1 |
| Hannah Virgin | HotSpotter photo identification improves and expands green turtle marl-recapture efforts in the Caribbean | Marine Biology | 928 3461 8874 | Wednesday, March 24 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 1 |
| Sophia Gandarillas | POMT1 expression in metastatic melanoma | Biology | 963 0325 6721 | Wednesday, March 24 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 1 |
| Anthony Arevalo-Lesueur | Memory for Sentences | Psychology | Click here for Zoom session | Wednesday, March 24 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 1 |
| Alejandra Viera | Cooperativity and competition in the binding of N-methylpyridylporphines and SP6 RNA polymerase to phiX174RF DNA. | Biochemistry | 918 0224 1247 | Wednesday, March 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 2 |
| Esdras David Lopez | Roxana Diaz-Cruz | Anabel Diaz | Daniela Martinez | In Silico Investigation into SARS-CoV-2 SPIKE and NSP1 Proteins Structure and Function, with Specific Focus on Phosphorylation Sites, Motifs, and 40S Ribosomal Subunit Binding Sites | Biological Sciences | 976 2694 8631 | Wednesday, March 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 2 |
| Monica Chongo | Hurricane Irma alters Carbon Fluxes in Freshwater Marsh Ecosystems in the Florida Everglades | Biological Sciences | 967 4105 5307 | Wednesday, March 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 2 |
| Pablo Puente | Phototaxis of Exaiptasia pallida anemones with and without photosynthetic symbionts | Biological Sciences | 669 211 3753 Password - 924062 | Wednesday, March 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 2 |
| Maria Camas | Dr. David Fairchild’s 1932 plant-hunting expedition to Trinidad and Tobago | Biological Sciences | 953 9474 4169 | Wednesday, March 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 2 |
| Anet Sanchez | Cardiac Electrophysiological Abnormalities in Chronic Kidney Disease | Biomedical Engineering | 940 8247 6169 | Wednesday, March 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 2 |
| Lia Paolino | Effect of Electrical Stimulation on the Mechanical Properties of Cardiomyocytes | Biomedical Engineering | 923 1670 3203 | Wednesday, March 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 2 |
| Huy Nguyen | Bio-photonic sensor with the advanced Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) technology and innovative Flex high-density Packaging. | Biomedical Engineering | Zoom Link/Meeting ID Pending | Wednesday, March 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 2 |
| Mariel Chavez | Thermal measurements obtained for wound analysis: A feasibility study. | Biomedical Engineering | 93048517395 | Wednesday, March 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 2 |
| Alexander Anacki | Racial Disparities in the State University System of Florida | Educational Foundations and Policy | 910 9552 4174 | Wednesday, March 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 2 |
| Morgan Fatowe | Development of a Sensitive LC-MS/MS Method to Characterize Legacy and Emerging PFAS in Drinking and Surface Water in South Florida Environments | Environmental Chemistry | 986 0828 1796 | Wednesday, March 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 2 |
| Alyssa I. Miguez | Effectiveness of prescribed burns in controlling invasive species in the Florida Everglades | Environmental Studies | 930 2251 1680 Passcode: DxU2VB | Wednesday, March 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 2 |
| Kiara Taibi-Briz | Studies on cellulolytic activity, ethanol tolerance and silver compound sensitivity of Raffaelea lauricola | Environmental Studies | 964 7368 7731 | Wednesday, March 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 2 |
| Matthew Becerra | China's Strategic Investment in The Islamic Republic of Iran | International Relations | Zoom Link/Meeting ID Pending | Wednesday, March 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 2 |
| Nicholas Velazquez | Chinese Economic and Security Inroads In Kazakhstan | International Relations | 621 323 9570 | Wednesday, March 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 2 |
| Kazue Orikasa | Meso/Macro-Scale Ultra-Soft Materials Mechanical Property Evaluation Device and Testbed | Mechanical Engineering | 953 8794 2527 | Wednesday, March 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 2 |
| Nicole Bacca | Surface erosion of Spacecraft by high-velocity regolith impacts to simulate wind storms on Martian surfaces | Mechanical Engineering | Click here to access the Zoom session | Wednesday, March 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 2 |
| Hervangelot Lordeus | Wear Behavior of Plasma Sprayed High Entropy Coatings | Mechanical Engineering | 995 8769 9167 | Wednesday, March 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 2 |
| Ruben A. Fernandez | Hernando Lugo | Walid Esiel | Clara Bahoya | Multi-Disciplinary Analysis and Design Optimization of a 3D Model Airplane | Mechanical Engineering | Click here to access the Zoom session. | Wednesday, March 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 2 |
| Sebastian Quiroga | Effectiveness of the Colombia Peace Process with the FARC | International Relations | 944 1648 4015 | Wednesday, March 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 2 |
| Jacqueline Mendez | It’s Lit: How can we design ABE policy to suit the goals of adult learners and their tutors? | Educational Foundations and Policy | Click here to access the Zoom session | Wednesday, March 24 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST | Poster Session 3 |
| Rachel Exelbirt | Examining Global COVID 19 Entry Protocol Impacts on Tourism | Travel and Tourism Management | Click here to access the Zoom session | Wednesday, March 24 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST | Poster Session 3 |
| Elizabeth Lopez | Effects of T7 RNA polymerase and porphyrin P2 isomer on each other binding affinities on phiX174RF DNA using restriction enzyme assays | Biochemistry | 94957813151 | Wednesday, March 24 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST | Poster Session 3 |
| Nicole Diaz | Base Excision Repair Capacity in the Tissues of Friedreich’s Ataxia Transgenic Mice | Biochemistry | Click here to access the Zoom session. | Wednesday, March 24 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST | Poster Session 3 |
| Nicole Sandoval | Can UVC-LEDs mitigate the Florida red tide? | Biochemistry | 844 576 0489 | Wednesday, March 24 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST | Poster Session 3 |
| Celeste Marin | Mapping of DNA damage in prostate cancer-related genes | Biochemistry | 958 8475 8602 | Wednesday, March 24 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST | Poster Session 3 |
| Christian Sanchez | Britney Alpizar | Nicole Ferronato | Phylogenetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 shows an ongoing molecular divergence in Spike, Nucleocapsid, and Nsp1 | Biological Sciences | 964 1046 1345 | Wednesday, March 24 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST | Poster Session 3 |
| Bryan Gonzalez | Monthly Precipitation and Area Burned in Everglades National Park | Biological Sciences | 981 5560 2933 | Wednesday, March 24 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST | Poster Session 3 |
| Gisselle Prida | Teresa Liberatore | Patricia Milanes | What genetic changes in Nucleocapsid and Spike from SARS-CoV-2 have enabled its pandemic potential? | Biological Sciences | 971 0952 3571 | Wednesday, March 24 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST | Poster Session 3 |
| Thalia Gonzalez | Karla Viera | Karen Viera | Conservation of Proteins Potentially Influencing CoV-SARS2 Infectivity of NSP5 & Nucleocapsid | Biological Sciences | 913 5373 7032 | Wednesday, March 24 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST | Poster Session 3 |
| Daniela Leizaola | Effects of Skin Pigmentation on Light Propagation Within the Near-Infrared Range | Biomedical Engineering | 941 1403 0474 | Wednesday, March 24 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST | Poster Session 3 |
| Alex Trinidad | Smartphone App with Integrated Optical Device for Automated Tissue Oxygenation Measurements | Biomedical Engineering | 92708489887 | Wednesday, March 24 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST | Poster Session 3 |
| Elizabeth Cheng | Valve-relevant gene expression responses by human mesenchymal stem cells after exposure to oscillatory flow conditions | Biomedical Engineering | 988 7405 9723 | Wednesday, March 24 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST | Poster Session 3 |
| Bridgette Meyer | Hemoglobin Changes in Response to Radiation Dermatitis in Breast Cancer Subjects | Biomedical Engineering | Click here to access the Zoom session. | Wednesday, March 24 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST | Poster Session 3 |
| Saad Suleman | Hovering-Technology. By Saad Suleman. | Electrical Engineering | Zoom Link/Meeting ID Pending | Wednesday, March 24 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST | Poster Session 3 |
| Adam Hernandez | Improvements to Class One Military Drones | Local and Global Government | Click here to access the Zoom session. | Wednesday, March 24 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST | Poster Session 3 |
| Luisa Bermeo | Paola Parrales | Investigating Learning Set Formation through Conditional Associative Learning | Psychology | 926 7134 4873 | Wednesday, March 24 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST | Poster Session 3 |
| Paula Ulerio | Relationships Between Sleep Hygiene and Reinforcement Learning among Adolescents | Psychology | 949 1831 9911 | Wednesday, March 24 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST | Poster Session 3 |
| Ruth Zagales | Francis M. Cruz | Determining the Importance of a Menstrual Cycle Hormone Impacts on Negative Affect in Female Individuals | Psychology | 945 5171 4655 Password - fqM9MB | Wednesday, March 24 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST | Poster Session 3 |
| Gabriela Lay | Improving Contact Tracing Methods with the Cognitive Interview | Psychology | 918 4519 1783 | Wednesday, March 24 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST | Poster Session 3 |
| Victoria Steinmetz | The use of Cognitive Hacking in Disinformation Campaigns that Affect Democratic Elections | Psychology | 832 780 3139 | Wednesday, March 24 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST | Poster Session 3 |
| Alexandria Stubbs | Identifying Common Elements of Evidence-Based Treatments for Adolescent ADHD. | Psychology | Click here to access the Zoom Session | Wednesday, March 24 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST | Poster Session 3 |
| Malik Hall | Seclusion and Self-Cultivation: The Embodied Philosophy of Mendicants and Traveling Warriors in the Early Edo Period | Asian Studies | Click here to access the Zoom Session | Thursday, March 25 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 4 |
| Valerie Bracho Perez | Anilegna Nuñez Abreu | Ameen Anwar Khan | Exploring how mechanical engineering students experience and approach design | Engineering and Computing Education | 988 2086 2771 | Thursday, March 25 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 4 |
| Natalia E. Padillo-Anthemides | Diurnal Pattern of Respiration and Gross Photosynthesis in Dominating Reef Photosynthesizers | Marine Biology | Click here to access the Zoom session | Thursday, March 25 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 4 |
| Christopher Brache | Interference of Pol-beta mRNA N6-methyladenine profiles by oxidative damage in vivo | Biochemistry | 944 3739 9959 | Thursday, March 25 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 4 |
| Tania Quintero | Species Identification Through Pyrosequencing Techniques | Biochemistry | Click here to access the Zoom session | Thursday, March 25 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 4 |
| Andrea Ramírez Torres | Development of qPCR Assay for Genital Microbial Signatures | Biochemistry | Click here to access the Zoom Session | Thursday, March 25 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 4 |
| Gabriela Rodriguez, Marydelis Lugo, Nancy Ayala | Associations between beach-cast wrack macrophytes and coastal invertebrate fauna on a south Florida beach before and during the 2020 Sargassum influx season | Biology | Click here to access the Zoom session | Thursday, March 25 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 4 |
| Paulina Alvarez | Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulation of a bioreactor system to study the effect of oscillatory shear environments on the progression of valvular pathology. | Biomedical Engineering | Click here to access the Zoom session | Thursday, March 25 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 4 |
| Manuel Saul Faria | Assessing Open-Source EEG Data for Motor Imagery Processing Accuracy | Biomedical Engineering | Click here to access the Zoom session | Thursday, March 25 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 4 |
| Lilian Martin-Rafa | Synthesis and Reactivity of C-8 Substituted Adenine Nucleosides | Chemistry | 932 9668 7434 | Thursday, March 25 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 4 |
| Gabriel Moljo | Computational design of vanadium-based catalysts for olefin metathesis | Chemistry | 993 7521 3868 | Thursday, March 25 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 4 |
| Leah Daire | The Unknown Risks of E-Cigarette Secondhand Aerosols | Chemistry | Click here to access the Zoom session | Thursday, March 25 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 4 |
| Laura Vega | Rethinking Xinjiang: China's counterterrorism policies and human rights abuses toward the Uyghur minority | International Relations | 928 5695 8588 | Thursday, March 25 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 4 |
| Carlos Ramos | RSA Cryptosystem: Primes Sieves | Mathematical Sciences | Click here to access the Zoom session | Thursday, March 25 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 4 |
| Beatrice Dalov | Australiana: Nationalism and Identity in the Classical Music of "The Land Down Under" | Music | Click here to access the Zoom Session | Thursday, March 25 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 4 |
| Paola Ricaurte | Russian Information Campaigns in Latin America | Political Science | Click here to access the Zoom session | Thursday, March 25 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 4 |
| Jacob Culver | Differences in trauma symptoms based on memory recall among people with histories of child sexual abuse and dissociative amnesia | Psychology | Click here to access the Zoom Session | Thursday, March 25 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 4 |
| Rozeena Taylor | Natalia Simo-Fiallo | Precious Moments: Examining stress and childhood adversity as moderators of heart rate in romantic couples | Psychology | Click here to access the Zoom session | Thursday, March 25 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 4 |
| Michelle Sahagun Palao | Predicting cognitive and language outcomes in early childhood: The role of early multisensory attention skills and processing speed | Psychology | 956 6009 3364 | Thursday, March 25 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 4 |
| Lyan Basora Dorville | Mathematical model of fluorescent silica nanoparticle diffusion in tumor extracellular matrix hydrogel mimic | Biomedical Engineering | Click here to access the Zoom session | Thursday, March 25 | 9:00 am - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 4 |
| Gabriela Berry | Transportation Infrastructure in Andean Nations | International Relations | 957 1895 4219 | Thursday, March 25 | 9:00 am - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 4 |
| Jessica Quiñones | Bioethics and Medical Mission Trips | Health and Human Concerns | Click here to access the Zoom Session | Thursday, March 25 | 9:00 - 10:00 am EST | Poster Session 4 |
| Roxana Diaz Cruz | Sequence and Topological Specificity in the Binding of Thymoquinone to PhiX174RF DNA | Biochemistry | 990 3866 6758 | Thursday, March 25 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 5 |
| Stephanie Valverde | The Islamic States Expanding Presence in West Africa | National Security Studies | Click here to access the Zoom session | Thursday, March 25 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 5 |
| Mariam Ahumada Sabagh | Growth Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus by Artemisia tridentata | Biological Sciences | Click here to access the Zoom session. | Thursday, March 25 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 5 |
| Lazaro Fernandez | Neurovascular Coupling: The Role of BK Channels elucidated through In-Vivo Pharmacological Manipulation | Biological Sciences | 994 6254 3766 | Thursday, March 25 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 5 |
| Carlos Emanuel La Cruz-Velasquez | Evaluation of Copy Number Changes and Gene Positioning in Chemosensitive and Chemoresistant Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines | Biological Sciences | Click here to access the Zoom session | Thursday, March 25 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 5 |
| Christian Sanchez | Effect of long-term egg quiescence on permethrin susceptibility in Aedes aegypti | Biological Sciences | 973 0651 7161 | Thursday, March 25 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 5 |
| Georgett Hammal | Prevalence of Vaping Within College Students | Biological Sciences | Click here to access the Zoom session | Thursday, March 25 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 5 |
| Jordan D. Carroll | The Role of Melanoma-associated Glycosylation in Tumor Behavior | Biology | Click here to access the Zoom session | Thursday, March 25 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 5 |
| Natalie Matamoros | What's a butterfly to do? Choice of host plant and caterpillar development in Phoebis species. | Biology | Click here to access the Zoom session | Thursday, March 25 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 5 |
| Jennifer Riera | hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes incorporated with gold nanorods to enhance the electro-mechanical properties | Biomedical Engineering | Click here to access the Zoom session | Thursday, March 25 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 5 |
| Shelley Gabay | The Impact of Women on Islamic Extremism | International Relations | 271 873 5905 Password: panther123 | Thursday, March 25 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 5 |
| Adriana Munsie | The Islamic States Recruitment Methods in the 21st Century | International Relations | 946 3288 1401 | Thursday, March 25 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 5 |
| Laura Ramirez | Identifying Perceptions of Pubertal Development among adolescents in Barú, Colombia | Psychology | 933 6780 8031 | Thursday, March 25 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 5 |
| Luis Beltran | How do parental styles affect academic procrastination and what role does self-regulation play? | Psychology | 938 5814 5710 | Thursday, March 25 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 5 |
| Eve Siebert | Meta-Analysis of Single Case Studies Evaluating the Effectiveness of Speech Generating Devices for Young Children with Autism | Psychology | 925 7622 4451 | Thursday, March 25 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 5 |
| Jennifer Jimenez | Viviana Viloria | Consequences of Coronavirus on Traditional Academic Learning | Psychology | Click here to access the Zoom session. | Thursday, March 25 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST | Poster Session 5 |