Sessions Schedule

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2

Aerogels

Additive Manufacturing of Silica with Rapid Supercritical Extraction

Speakers

Francis Fan

10:40 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Aerogels

Faculty Sponsors

Ann Anderson

Design of a Small Scale Hot Press for Making Aerogels

Speakers

Lauren Armstrong

11:00 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Aerogels

Faculty Sponsors

Ann Anderson

Anthropology

There Is No Racism In Panama

Speakers

Elissa Frederique

10:20 am

Session: 2

Topic: Anthropology

Faculty Sponsors

Robert Samet

The Repatriation of Human Remains: a Comparative Analysis of Material Decolonization

Speakers

Ambrose Proctor

10:40 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Anthropology

Faculty Sponsors

Stephen Leavitt

The Interconnected Cycles of Poverty, Substance Abuse, and Mass Incarceration

Speakers

Rhiannon Sobetzko

11:00 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Anthropology

Faculty Sponsors

Robert Samet

Chemistry II

Development of reactions for the five prime fluorescent tagging of RNA to visualize structural conformations

Speakers

Ishika Chourasia

10:20 am

Session: 2

Topic: Chemistry II

Faculty Sponsors

Lee Pedzisa

DNA Interaction of Metallo-Organic Complexes Evaluated Through Binding-Strength and Cleavage Assays

Speakers

Abigail Bowman

10:40 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Chemistry II

Faculty Sponsors

Laurie Tyler Colleen Connelly

Evaluating Potential Novel Cancer Therapeutics Through Cell Culture-Based Assays

Speakers

Owen Smith

11:00 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Chemistry II

Faculty Sponsors

Colleen Connelly

Classics

The exiles of 39: The emperors' sisters and early imperial politics

Speakers

Connolly, Matthew D.

10:20 am

Session: 2

Topic: Classics

Faculty Sponsors

Tommaso Gazzarri

Nobody: Homeric Constructions of Odysseus as Liar and Truth-Teller

Speakers

Brendan Cullen

10:40 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Classics

Faculty Sponsors

Tommaso Gazzarri

Troubles in Translation

Speakers

Catherine Lapham

11:00 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Classics

Faculty Sponsors

Computer Science

Context Sensitive Selective Undo Model

Speakers

Ashlesha Bhagat

10:20 am

Session: 2

Topic: Computer Science

Faculty Sponsors

Chris Fernandes Aaron Cass

Improving SUSP Simplification Algorithms In CUDA

Speakers

Minh Phuc Nguyen

10:40 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Computer Science

Faculty Sponsors

Matthew Anderson

Soft Robot Locomotion

Speakers

Aryan Mayor

11:00 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Computer Science

Faculty Sponsors

John Rieffel

Geochemistry

Environmental Records in Speleothems: Tracking Historical Heavy Metal Pollution from Mining and Metallurgy in the Peruvian Andes

Speakers

Kirsten Litchfield

10:20 am

Session: 2

Topic: Geochemistry

Faculty Sponsors

Environmental controls on rice grain arsenic contamination in Cambodia: Insights from hydrologic conditions and stable isotopes

Speakers

Keith Lawless

10:40 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Geochemistry

Faculty Sponsors

Mason Stahl

Investigating the Marcy Anorthosite: Trace Element Zoning in Garnet Despite Compositional Homogeneity

Speakers

Andrea Kaufer

11:00 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Geochemistry

Faculty Sponsors

Adirondack Apatite Geochemistry as Indicator of Magmatic, Pre-Metamorphic Environment

Speakers

Louis Savarino

11:20 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Geochemistry

Faculty Sponsors

History II

The gendered nature of relics, reliquaries and devotional objects in late medieval Europe.

Speakers

Aliyah Hoffman

10:20 am

Session: 2

Topic: History II

Faculty Sponsors

Sarina Kuersteiner

David and Goliath: Comparing Medieval Manuscript and Modern Graphic Novel

Speakers

Alex Roginski

10:40 AM

Session: 2

Topic: History II

Faculty Sponsors

Sarina Kuersteiner

Intersectional Perspectives on Citizenship, Suffrage, and Labor Rights in the Early 20th Century: Comparative Discourse Analysis of Carrie Chapman Catt and Women of the Philippines

Speakers

Seona Chutaro

11:00 AM

Session: 2

Topic: History II

Faculty Sponsors

Sohini Chattopadhyay

Mechnical Engineering

Turbulent flow past a low-aspect-ratio finite wall-mounted cylinder at various degrees of upstream sheltering.

Speakers

Timothy Belin

10:20 am

Session: 2

Topic: Mechnical Engineering

Faculty Sponsors

Ali Hamed

Development of a Water Strider Inspired Robot

Speakers

Aaron Rueter

10:40 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Mechnical Engineering

Faculty Sponsors

William Keat

Computer Assisted Design and Scale Modeling of Complex Curvature: Is This A Funicular Structure For Ants?

Speakers

Elias Valore-Caplan

11:00 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Mechnical Engineering

Faculty Sponsors

Physics & Astronomy

Stationary Point Observations for Koronis Family Asteroid (1442) Corvina

Speakers

Eduardo Castro

10:20 am

Session: 2

Topic: Physics & Astronomy

Faculty Sponsors

Measurement of Spin-Density Matrix Elements of the ϕ(1020) Meson at GlueX

Speakers

Jayson Bromberg

10:40 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Physics & Astronomy

Faculty Sponsors

Dust Distributions in Protoplanetary Disks from Disk Winds

Speakers

Devin Ramos

11:00 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Physics & Astronomy

Faculty Sponsors

Sociology II

Denouncing Westernized Perspectives on Africa

Speakers

Wellington Matos

10:20 am

Session: 2

Topic: Sociology II

Faculty Sponsors

Cheikh Ndiaye Deidre Hill Butler

Maternal Mortality in America: Causes, Consequences, and the Fight for Change

Speakers

Chisom Uchendu

10:40 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Sociology II

Faculty Sponsors

Melinda Goldner Ayon Ibrahim

Special Education in the United States: Examining Strengths and Weaknesses

Speakers

Sophie Mullen

11:00 AM

Session: 2

Topic: Sociology II

Faculty Sponsors

Ilene Kaplan

Theatre

An Exploration into 24 Hour Theatre

Speakers

Spencer Newman Brian Rusk Lilian Ruggieri

10:20 am

Session: 2

Topic: Theatre

Faculty Sponsors

Dan Venning

3

The Templeton Institute Special Session

Creating Accessible Pasts and Futures: Archival Representations and Public Memory of Disability at Union College

Speakers

Gabriella Baratier

11:30 AM

Session: 3

Topic: The Templeton Institute Special Session

Faculty Sponsors

Elena McGrath Judith Lewin Jennifer Mitchell

In the Shadows of Samarkand: Persia’s Lost Mathematicians

Speakers

Ziayan Omer

11:30 AM

Session: 3

Topic: The Templeton Institute Special Session

Faculty Sponsors

Kim Plofker

Geospatial Analysis of Wastewater Release Events in New York State: Developing Environmental Justice Indices Based on RRV Metrics - TI

Speakers

Emmett Parkerson

11:30 AM

Session: 3

Topic: The Templeton Institute Special Session

Faculty Sponsors

4

Posters: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Health Sciences

Valuation of Lockheed Martin

Speakers

Richard Farina

12:30 PM

Schaffer Library

Session: 4

Topic: Posters: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Health Sciences

Faculty Sponsors

The Burden of Changing Food Consumption Patterns in Modern Diets on American Livers

Speakers

Samuel Judas

12:30 PM

Schaffer Library

Session: 4

Topic: Posters: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Health Sciences

Faculty Sponsors

Mohit Arora Ayon Ibrahim

Relationship between U.S. Monetary Policy and Capital Outflows from BRICS Nations

Speakers

Liam Moran

12:30 PM

Schaffer Library

Session: 4

Topic: Posters: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Health Sciences

Faculty Sponsors

Mohit Arora

Production Elements of Witch

Speakers

Kyra Kelly Phoebe Ferguson Alexandra Knowles

12:30 PM

Schaffer Library

Session: 4

Topic: Posters: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Health Sciences

Faculty Sponsors

Brittney Belz Drew Bodd

Gods, Myth, and Metamorphosis: Unveiling Roman Society in Ovid's Metamorphoses

Speakers

Kirsten Litchfield

12:30 PM

Schaffer Library

Session: 4

Topic: Posters: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Health Sciences

Faculty Sponsors

Four Samples of Tragic Epic

Speakers

Melanie Brody

12:30 PM

Schaffer Library

Session: 4

Topic: Posters: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Health Sciences

Faculty Sponsors

Tommaso Gazzarri

Quiet vs. Loud Luxury: An Analysis of How Personal Confidence and Knowledge Shape Perceptions of Target's Confidence, Status and Subjective Well-Being

Speakers

Juhi Bhuwalka

12:30 PM

Schaffer Library

Session: 4

Topic: Posters: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Health Sciences

Faculty Sponsors

Kaywana Raeburn George Bizer

Obtaining, Retaining, and Reactivating Resident Care Volunteers at End-of-Life Residential Comfort Care Homes

Speakers

Delaney Babcock

12:30 PM

Schaffer Library

Session: 4

Topic: Posters: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Health Sciences

Faculty Sponsors

David Cotter

Contracts, Competition, and Care: Do Non-Compete Bans Improve Healthcare Access and Continuity?

Speakers

Claire Kung

12:30 PM

Schaffer Library

Session: 4

Topic: Posters: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Health Sciences

Faculty Sponsors

An analysis of Sallust's writing subject and style

Speakers

Patrick Allen

12:30 PM

Schaffer Library

Session: 4

Topic: Posters: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Health Sciences

Faculty Sponsors

US Presidential Betting Markets and the Taiwan Weighted Stock Index

Speakers

Hunter Zienowicz

12:30 PM

Schaffer Library

Session: 4

Topic: Posters: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Health Sciences

Faculty Sponsors

Clifford Brown Lewis Davis

Emerging Technology in Healthcare: Wearable Devices

Speakers

Mehir Badlani Arjun Bhatnagar Yaseen Bhatti

12:30 PM

Schaffer Library

Session: 4

Topic: Posters: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Health Sciences

Faculty Sponsors

Brandy Eggan

Do Events Increase Crime? An Examination of Events and Crime at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC

Speakers

Allyson Bennett

12:30 PM

Schaffer Library

Session: 4

Topic: Posters: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Health Sciences

Faculty Sponsors

Lewis Davis

Pretty Privilege in a Post-Pandemic World: Has COVID-19 Reshaped the Beauty Premium?

Speakers

Ella Palmer

12:30 PM

Schaffer Library

Session: 4

Topic: Posters: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Health Sciences

Faculty Sponsors

The effectiveness of data visualization in optimizing the diversification of ETF portfolios

Speakers

Abylay Aitkazy

12:30 PM

Schaffer Library

Session: 4

Topic: Posters: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Health Sciences

Faculty Sponsors

Eshragh Motahar Kristina Striegnitz

Mastering a dish

Speakers

Zachary Anisman

12:30 PM

Schaffer Library

Session: 4

Topic: Posters: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Health Sciences

Faculty Sponsors

Samantha Kardash