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2017- 2018 Celebration of Scholarly Achievement Poster Presentations
1 Abram, Amber, Leonardo Romero-Barajas, Stephanie Conant, Jonathan Finkel, and Jacob Kagey. "An In-Deph look at the deletion and reinsertion of Gene 54 of Bacteriophage Darionha through DNA Master."
2 Adams, Sarah, Katelyn Martin, Jessica Nguyen, Amanda Wolschleger, and Kathi Shepherd. "Pairing in Clinical Dental Education and its Effect on Stress and Well-being: Students’ Perceptions at the University of Detroit Mercy."
3 Al-Jafar, Ayat, Zaynab Zayat-Berro, Mona Fakhoury, and Sanjay Chand. "Antibiotic Prophylaxis Before Dental Treatment in Patients with Joint Replacement: To Medicate or Not to Medicate?."
4 Alhabib, Zahraa, Racha Tiba, Stephanie Conant, Jonathan Finkel, and Jacob Kagey. "The Annotation of the Genome Sequenced SALZ."
5 Ali, Humza, Nicholas Boynton, Salar Brikho, Melinda Dickow, Paul Kamash, Mary Payne, Bennett Ross, Christina Sayah, Sarah Sayed, Kevin Suiter, and Matthew Mio. "Modified Click-style Sonogashira Coupling Reactions Involving Silyl-protected Alkynes at Room Temperature."
6 Almouseli, Abdrhman, Ana Lopez, Irfana Muqbil, and Katherine Lanigan. "Adsorption of Aluminum from Water Using Banana Peel."
7 Anderson, Maria, Batoul Nasser, Tiffany Cook, and Jacob Kagey. "The role of Yorkie in different stages of eye development through the utilization of different binding partners of Drosophila melanogaster."
8 Antonyan, Angelina, Diana McMahon, Alex Jackman, and Jonathan Finkel. "The Candida albicans MNN45 Cell Wall Protein is Essential for Biofilm Formation."
9 Askar, Manzila, Rajpreet Grover, Shamaila Mirza, Navneet Somal, and Kristina Okolisan-Mulligan. "Contamination of Thyroid Collar and Lead Apron in the Dental Radiology Clinic."
10 Awalla, Rishikumar, and Mostafa Mehrabi. "Parameteric Study of Deep Drawing Processes."
11 Azam, Mustafa, Daniel J. Dayfield, Carly R. Fiorido, Kaitlin S. Lambert, Karam M. Marji, Kayla M. Marshall, Danielle N. Maxwell, Ila Sayed, Victoria C. Torres, Kathrine E. Yacoo, Rachelle M. Belanger, Elizabeth S. Roberts-Kirchhoff, and Kendra R. Evans. "Quantitation of Atrazine in the Hepatopancreas of Crayfish Using QuEChERS Extraction and Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry." †
12 Azam, Mustafa, Daniel J. Dayfield, Carly R. Fiorido, Kaitlin S. Lambert, Karam M. Marji, Kayla M. Marshall, Danielle N. Maxwell, Ila Sayed, Victoria C. Torres, Kathrine E. Yacoo, Rachelle M. Belanger, Elizabeth S. Roberts-Kirchhoff, and Kendra R. Evans. "Development and Validation of a Method Using QuEChERS and Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry for Atrazine Determination." †
13 Baker, Stokes S., Keona A. Peeples, Sameh M. Shella, Savanna Fiajl, Sarah M. Lopez, Nicholas M. Chames, Taj P. Kooner, and Mitchell A. Mims. "Metagenomic Analysis of Giant Duckweed Microbiota Suggests a Role for Rhizobia in Nutrient sequestration."
14 Barraza Duran, Ivan, Marcelio Shammami, Stephanie Conant, Jonathan Finkel, and Jacob Kagey. "Annotation of Bacteriophage SALZ."
15 Bays, Taylor, Natalia Gomez, Bethany Howard, Emily Jones, Nadia Saadat, Katherine Nowak, and Kristen Abraham. "What Helps and Hinders Community Members' Involvement in Michigan Department of Enviromental Quality's Permit Granting Process?."
16 Bazzi, Reem, Alaa Abu-Mahfouz, Rama Zouabi, Amena Al-khafaji, Ami Patel, and Mary Tracy-Bee. "Length Variations from Pylorus to Papilla Major and Papilla Minor to Papilla Major."
17 Bernasconi, Claudia, Steve Vogel, Wladek Fuchs, Mark Dietrich, Giuseppe Santangelo, Emily Melcher, Viken Yeranosian, Danny Simoski, and Natalie Maloouf. "Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for the 3D Modeling of Historical Buildings in Detroit." †
18 Bhagwagar, Michele, Tiffany Ngo, Justin Pothoof, and Mark Benvenuto. "Energy dispersive X-Ray fluorescence analysis of a series of copper-based coins of the Indo-Parthian king Gondophares I."
19 Boggan, ATearea, Jolani Perez, and Gregory Grabowski. "Gastro-Intestinal Characterization of the Madagascar Hissing Roach, Gromphadorhina portentosa: Carbonic anhydrase localization and neural innervation." †
20 Buhay, Sarah. "The Effect of Different Disulfiram-Metal Complexes on Human Breast and Prostate Cancer Cells."
21 Cameron, Dana, Brittney Heika, Tiffany Hernandez, and R.R. Pacheco. "Influence of Activated Charcoal Dentrifice on the Surface Roughness and Shade of Resin Composites."
22 Chaney, Adrienne., Leever, Ellen, Smith, Zachary, Muqbil, Irfana, and Katherine Lanigan. "Removal of Copper Ions from Solution Using Fresh and Dried Banana Peels."
23 Smith, Zachary, and Jonathan Stevens. "Thermodynamic Characteristics Of Metal—Acetylene Complexes."
24 Choi, Joyce. "A Multidisciplinary Approach to Chagas' Disease and Poverty in El Salvador." †
25 Cholak, Selena, and Travis Miller. "Understanding the Misregulation of the COP9 Signalosome in Epithelium Derived Cancers." †
26 Ciavaglia, Marco, Adam Elturk, and Ibrahim Al-Jerdi. "Analyzing the Depth of the Mandibular Notch and the Relative Position of the Mandibular Foramen."
27 Coleman, Cherish, Autumn Murry, Brianna Gross, Asia Brownlee, Katherine Nowak, Nadia Saadat, and Kristen Abraham. "The role of race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status in the treatment of community members in the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality's Permit Granting Process."
28 Coleman, Margaret, Judy Kwapis-Jaeger, Erin Relich, and Maureen VanHook. "Dental Hygiene Learning Styles and the Cultural Communication Competency."
29 Corona, Marisa, Taryn Garrison, Jay Patel, Reyna Jimenez, Harold Greene, and Alan Hoback. "EEG Alpha Power: Case Study of Aphantasia in Research Participant AS." †
30 Courtney, Renee. "Assessment and Education: Building Blocks of Cultural Competency."
31 Crile, Karen, Victoria Krajcz, Stephanie Conant, Jonathan Finkel, and Jacob Kagey. "The Frame Shift of Salz."
32 Croft, Anthony. "Regulation of Hemoglobin A1c Levels in Type II Diabetes Patients Using Probiotics." †
33 Desai, Kunal, Erin Sheardy, Stephanie Conant, Jonathan Finkel, and Jacob Kagey. "The insertion of Gene 63 and the conservation of Gene 61 concluded from viable data analysis."
34 Dilawar, Yusuf. "Facial Recognition Using Neural Network in Matlab."
35 Douthet, Jamillah. Baker-Giese, Erin. Merolla, Dr. David. "Understanding Teacher Evaluations of Students’ Academic Potential." †
36 Eboh, Relicious. "Relationship with the father of the baby and perceived stress among Black women." †
37 El Yaman, Nour. "The Use of mCherry Fluorescence Protein to Visualize Protein-Protein Interactions between Ail and Pla of Yersinia Pestis." †
38 Elinksy, Amber, John Sherwood, Stephanie Conant, and Jacob Kagey. "Expression pattern observation of CG6191 (Mary Shelley) in Drosophila melanogaster and the link between its homolog Cables1 and epithelial based cancers in humans." †
39 Farhat, Zeinab, Sylivia Yono, Hawa Almawri, Rand Habeeb, and Erin Relich. "Dental Hygienists’ Opinions on the Effect of Nail Polish and Jewelry on Hand Hygiene."
40 Fernandez, Giovanni, Tyiesha Head, Mina Spryszak, Nadia Saadat, Katherine Nowak, and Kristen Abraham. "The History of the Michigan Department of Environment Quality Challenges Regarding Public Participation in Minority Communities."
41 Foster, Da' Jonae. "Do Social Behaviors Correlate with Cognitive Abilities from Childhood to Early Adulthood?." †
42 Fouad-Meshriky, Michael., Paul. Zakhary, and Mary. Tracy-Bee. "VARIABILITY OF THE MASTOID PROCESS IN AFRICAN AMERICANS AND CAUCASIAN POPULATIONS OF MALE AND FEMALE SKULLS." †
43 Fraeyman, Adam. "Synthesis of Novel Ligands for Platinum Drugs."
44 Freeman-Hildreth, Yolonda. "Coping with Diabetes: Provider Attributes That Influence Type 2 Diabetes Adherence."
45 Garcia-Leon, Lizbeth. "Host Vitronectin Recruited by Yersinia pestis Ail is Cleaved by the Pla Protease." †
46 Garrison, Taryn, Marisa Corona, Jay Patel, Alan Hoback, and Harold Greene. "Exploring Changes in EEG Alpha Power During a Monotonous Task." †
47Gash, Jean, and Jill Turner. "When time really matters: an interdisciplinary investigation to enhance library skills education in accelerated nursing students."
48 Geist, Shin-Mey Rose, and Tamika N. Thompson-Sloan. "Interprofessional communication is crucial in providing healthcare to hypertensive patients."
49 Ghasemi Kamasi, Zeinab. "Minutiae Extraction from Fingerprint Images."
50 Graves, James, Fadi Mousa_Aqrawi, Nathan Yaldo, Cody Bruno, and Stefan Petrovski. "DISEASE CAUSING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA BACTERIA AND SUSTAINED VIRUS PROPAGATION IN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH." †
51 Harness,Christopher, Ivy Razmus, and Megan Conrad. "Pressure Point Mapping of Infants on Mattress Surface." †
52 Heidgerken, Tadd. "Young Nation HQ."
53 Heidgerken, Tadd. "Casa de Luz."
54 Heidgerken, Tadd. "Division Street."
55 Hill, Elizabeth, Suzie Redick, and Kelly McLaughlin. "Training Dogs for Calmness in a City Animal Shelter: A Benefit Is Reduced Noise."
56 Howell, Samantha, Kori Fetner, Rachel Ferree, Reginald Westley, Jonathan Toma, Payal Patel, Nicolena Lulgjuraj, and Joshua Thomson. "Assessment of Water Quality Measures and Bacterial Contamination in Dental Water Systems."
57 Issa, Ali. "The Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on Cognition and Learning Using Drosophila Melanogaster."
58 Jackman, Alex. "Characterization of Candida albicans orf19.5267 and its role in biofilm formation." †
59 Jones, Bianca. "Decorporation: Building Blocks for Chelants." †
60 Jones, Christina, Lizbeth Garcia, Dalia Al-Alfe, and Eric Krukonis. "Identification of new substrates for the Yersinia pestis outer membrane protease pla and ail in pla-mediated cleavage." †
61 Jones, Marcel. "Reactivity of amino acid linked platinum(II) compounds with purine nucleosides." †
62 Joy, Geo, Nassif Rayess, and Shuvra Das. "MacPherson Suspension: Modeling, Simulation, and Validation."
63 Jurado, Edwin, Tiffany Tieu Ngo, Martha Flores, Jermin Joseph, and Klaus Friedrich. "Neuroprotection - A defense against."
64 Kallabat, Crystal. "Variation of the Common Carotid Artery Diameter Related to Age."
65 Kebbeh, Nema. "Exploring Health Behaviors Among African American Women."
66 Kemp, Christen, Hannah Barnes, and Elaine Webber. "McAuley School of Nursing Partnership with the Michigan Science Center."
67 Khalil, Houda, Saamera Awali, Sara Abdulllah, Lauren May, Ameisha Tutwiler, and Rachelle Belanger. "Atrazine Exposure Affects Olfactory Sensory Neuron Morphology in The Lateral Antennules of Crayfish (Orconectes virilis)." †
68 Awali, Saamera, Monir Mardini, Jacob Kagey, and Rachelle Belanger. "Atrazine exposure causes DNA damage and changes in cytochrome P450 expression in the hepatopancreas of crayfish (Orconectes virilis)." †
69 Kowalski, Sonya, and Christen Kemp. "Evolving Threat of Candida Resistance."
70 Kutchey, Melissa, and Mark Schumack. "Camera Lens Cleaning by a Liquid Jet."
71 Kwapis-Jaeger, Judy, Margaret Coleman, Erin Relich, and Maureen VanHook. "Dental Hygiene Learning Styles and the Interprofessional Communication Competency."
72 Laing,Brian, and Maha Ahmad. "Observation of skull abnormalities in cadavers of a gross anatomy laboratory." †
73 Lee, Vanessa. "The Opioid Epidemic." †
74 Lewis, Samantha. "Correlates of Parents’ Marital Quality when an Adult Child has a Serious Mental Illness." †
75 Li, Yuyi, Yang Zhou, and Chaoyang Chen. "Development of a gait for a Lower Limb Exoskeleton."
76 Lloyd, Yamiya, Sabriyyah Ricketts, Stephanie Conant, Jonathan Finkel, and Jacob Kagey. "SALZ Genomic Frameshift."
77 Logan, DeAvion, Niko Shallku, Stephanie Conant, Jonathan Finkel, and Jacob Kagey. "The Addition of a New Gene and the implication of a tRNA."
78 Massarani, Hend, and Jonathan Stevens. "Reactions of fuel cell membrane material sPEEK: reactions with peroxy (OOH) radicals."
79 Matlock, Shelbi. "Inside Look: Transition from Child to Adult Healthcare Services for African American Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes."
80 McMahon, Diana, Angelina Antonyan, Alex Jackman, and Jonathan Finkel. "Fungal Pathogen C. albicans GAL10 Gene is Imperative for Biofilm Formation." †
81 Mehrabi, Mostafa. "Milestone of a Research Paper in Modern Manufacturing Systems."
82 Modock, Tierra. "The Effect of Parental Stress on Child Behavior and Parent-Child Interaction." †
83 Naderi, Sonia. "Feature Extraction and Classification of Blood Cells Using Artificial Neural Network."
84 Naderi, Sonia. "Fuzzy Logic Control of Air Conditioners."
85 Nava, Jennifer, Annmarie Cano, Wurm Lee, Deirdre Baker, and Ambika Mathur. "Gender Bias in Faculty Letters of Reference within the Graduate Admissions Process." †
86 Nelson, Jada, Raja, Vaishnavi, Suhail, Hamid, Uddin, Hafiz, Giri,Shailendra, and Rattan, Ramandeep. "MCP-1 Promotes Migration and Invasion of Ovarian Cancer Cells by Inhibition of AMPK."
87 Ognanovich, Nikolina, Jonathan Stevens, and Alice Piatkowski. "Analyzing the Stability of Fuel Cell Membrane Material sPEEK: Addition-Elimination Reactions of H and OH radicals, Bond Breaking at Site 4 of the Aromatic Ring."
88 Patel, Payal, and Jonathan Toma. "Characterization of Mutans Streptococci in the Oral Cavity to Facilitate Discovery of Novel Specific Bacteriophage." †
89 Patel, Tulsi, Yashodhara Patil, Stephanie Conant, Jonathan Finkel, and Jacob Kagey. "Complete Genome Annotation of Bacteriophage Darionha using Bioinformatics."
90 Paupert, Jace, Ian Moore, and Elizabeth Hill. "Cognitive Bias Testing in Mice."
91 Perez, Jolani. "Relationship between the Neuroendocrine System and GI tract in the Process of Digestion in Madagascar Hissing Roaches." †
92 Periyappurathu, Anna Rose, and Viken Yeranosian. "An Efficient Neural Network Based System for Diagnosis of Breast Cancer."
93 Piatkowski, Alice, Jonathan Stevens, and Nikolina Ognanovich. "Investigation of Fuel Cell Membrane material sPEEK: addition-elimination reactions of H and OH radicals, bond breaking at site 1 of the aromatic ring."
94 Poparad- Stezar, Clara, and Junu Ojha. "Lecture Length Impact on Students' Perceived Performance: Survey Based Study."
95 Pothoof, Justin, Michele Bhagwagar, and Mark Benvenuto. "Innovative Chemical & Material Approaches for Sustainable Water Purification."
96 Ravindran, Ratheesh. "Obstacle Detection and Classification using Deep Learning for Tracking in High-Speed Autonomous Driving."
97 Ravindran, Ratheesh. "Multi-Robot platoon monitoring."
98 Reardon, Madeleine. "Expression and Targeting of PI4KIIIα and Sac1 in Prostate Cancer." †
99 Rouen, Patricia, Janet Baiardi, and Alisa Smith. "Building Capacity for Accountable Care in a Free Clinic for the Underserved: Nurse Practitioner Interventions to Improve Health Outcomes."
100 Senopole, Matthew, Carol Weisfeld, Jill Turner, and Jennifer Bowen. "A Literature Review: Reducing Anxiety Levels Using Complementary and Alternative Medicine Modalities in Medical Settings."
101 Sesoko, Channing, Douglas MacDonald, and Molly McClelland. "Short-Term Physiological Effects & Reasoning of Vape Use." †
102 Shounia, Tarik, Salwa Atwan, and Lyla Shounia. "Prevalence of Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking (Hookah) Among Students in High School & College in the United States."
103 Simpson, Arren. "Uterine Myometrial Preconditioning Facilitates Molecular Tocolytics Producing a Term Pregnancy." †
104 Stokes, Carmen. "Freshman Success Series."
105 UDM-UG, Mechanical Engineering Students. "FABTECH 2017: What is Now, what is New, what is Next."
106 Volpe, Faith. "Identifying Atrazine's Effect on Human Keratinocytes." †
107 Waller, Tamia. "Mycobacteriophage DrPhinkDaddy: Guiding Principles of Bacteriophage Gene Annotation." †
108 Whalen, Michelle. "The Feasibility and Use of Simulation to Assess Parent Learning: Implementation and Evaluation of the PAWS Program."
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