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Fifth Annual Colorado Springs Undergaduate Research Forum

**Poster Session: 11:00-12:00**

 

1. SEXY TOO SOON? EXPLORING REACTIONS TO SEXUALIZED IMAGES OF YOUTH

Vanessa Baltazar (Tomi-Ann Roberts)

Department of Psychology, Colorado College

2. VASCULAR DEPRESSION IN OLDER ADULTS: TESTING THRESHOLD AND LINEAR MODELS

Christine N. Agnew ( Brian P. Yochim)

Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

3. CONSTRUCTING COHERENT STORYLINE NARRATIVES:

EMOTIONAL UNDERSTANDING AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH ASPERGER'S SYNDROME

Jessica E. Bolen ( Kristi Erdal)

Department of Psychology, Colorado College

4. THE SHOOTER BIAS AND THE EFFECTS OF REGULATORY FOCUS

Kierin J. Amundson (Emily Chan)

Department of Psychology, Colorado College

5. THE SEPARATION OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EMOTIONAL RESPONSES IN YOUNG ADULTS

Jenna Larson (Michael Kisley)

Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

6. I LAUGHED UNTIL I DIED': EXPLORING TERROR MANAGEMENT THEORY AND THE STRESS-MODERATING EFFECTS OF LAUGHTER

Lee Eakin (Tomi-Ann Roberts)

Department of Psychology, Colorado College

7. EFFECTS OF REGULATORY FOCUS PRIMING AND SMOKING IN MOVIES ON PEOPLE'S ATTITUDES TOWARDS CIGARETTES

Elizabeth Weiss (Emily Chan)

Department of Psychology, Colorado College

8. THE EXOTIC WINDOW

Glenn Clealand Rose'Sommerfeld (Professor Carole Woodall)

Department of History, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

9. A GENERAL'S RESPONSE: LOOKING AT GENERAL SHERMAN AND

THE BUFFALO

Glenn Clealand Rose'Sommerfeld (Professor Christina Jimenez)

Department of History, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

10. SEASONAL FLOODING AND CHANGING RIVER COURSE

PATTERNS AND THEIR EFFECTS OVER TIME ON HISTORIC HISPANIC SETTLEMENTS IN THE PURGATOIRE RIVER CANYON

Peggy S. Colgate (Dr. Minette Church)

Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

11. MODIFICATION OF CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEM (CGMS) TECHNOLOGY MAY PROVIDE ABILITY TO DETECT DATE RAPE DRUGS IN DRINKS

Gene R. Strand (Dr. Kurt A. Heppard)

Department of Management, United States Air Force Academy

12. THE WEB-RADIO PLAN; LISTEN, LEARN, AND FIND YOUR VOICE: DEVELOPING AN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ACADEMIC GROWTH AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION THROUGH STREAMING RADIO COMMUNICATION AT UCCS AND BEYOND

Jennifer Nail (Margaret Mistry)

Department of English, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

13. OVERCOMING THE MECHANICAL DESIGN CHALLENGES OF FALCONLAUNCH VI

Shay A. Brantigan, Jr., Adam M. Sievers, Matthew N. Goodson, John W. Dunn, Jr.

Department of Astronautics, United States Air Force Academy

14. MANIPULUS THERAPEUTIC JOYSTICK/ SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Keegan S. Dale, Aaron A. Gross, Eli N. Prince, Zachery B. Roycroft, Bradlee N. Seehawer, Sydney C. Wilkinson (Steven J. Hadfield)

Department of Computer Science, United States Air Force Academy

15. UAV NET-CENTRIC OPERATIONS

Preston Iverson, Brett May, Daniel Montilla, Jamie Moody, Matthew Onxley (Dr. Steven Hadfield, Capt. Robert Harder)

Department of Computer Science, United States Air Force Academy

16. ENERGY SIMULATION REENGINEERING

Jason Minnich, Thomas Aseltine, Jamie Gibbs (Dr. Ron Furstenau, Dr. Steven Hadfield)

Department of Computer Science, United States Air Force Academy

17. PRECISION LIFETIME MEASUREMENT OF THE CESIUM 6P3/2 STATE

Austin Bergstrom (Randy Knize, Brian Patterson, Jerry Sell)

Department of Physics, United States Air Force Academy

18. ANEMIA AND CHILDBEARING

Saba Grace Halaby (Lisa Hines, Tom Wilkow)

Department of Biology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

19. DNA DAMAGES AND THEIR REPAIR IN DRUG SENSITIVE AND DRUG RESISTANT TUMOR CELLS

Daniel Graner (Dr. Robert Melamede)

Department of Biology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

20. DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND TESTING OF RETARDING POTENTIAL ANALYZER FOR USE WITH XENON PLASMA SOURCE SIMULATING LOW EARTH ATMOSPHERE

Albert R. Vasso, (Dr. Matthew G. McHarg)

Department of Physics, United States Air Force Academy

21. LARGE MODE AREA ERBIUM FIBER LASER

Will Holmes, Greg Jemo (Major Benjamin Ward)

Department of Physics, United States Air Force Academy

22. VARIABLE STAR PHOTOMETRY

Jeremy Wyatt (Major Troy Hacker)

Department of Physics, United States Air Force Academy

23. ROUTE TO 1,2,3-TRIAZOLES VIA COPPER(I)-CATALIZED

CYCLOADDITION

Desiree E. Mendes (Allen M. Schoffstall)

Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

24. UNIFIED THEORIES: KALUZA-KLEIN HEIM THEORIES

Bruce Fritz (Heidi Fearn)

Department of Physics, United States Air Force Academy

25. SURVEY OF SPRITE STREAMER SPEEDS AND ACCELERATIONS IN

THE MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE

Ross Stanley (Dr. Geoff McHarg)

Department of Physics, United States Air Force Academy

26. DISECTING THE RAD26 MICROTUBULE RESPONSE PATHWAY

Matthew Herring (Tom Wolkow)

Department of Biology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

27. INFORMAL SCIENCE EDUCATION AND EVALUATION METHODS IN ASTRONOMY

Melissa K. Hughes, Dean E. Milner (Dr. Devin J. Della-Rose)

Department of Physics, United States Air Force Academy

28. GENERATION OF BLUE LASER LIGHT THROUGH FREQUENCY DOUBLING

Wooddy S. Miller, Dallas M. Wright (Boris V. Zhdanov)

Department of Physics, United States Air Force Academy

29. CHARACTERIZATION OF CADMIUM OXIDE NANOSPHERES

Benjamin Fox (1stLt Hope Klukovich and Dr. Michael Wilcox)

Department of Chemistry, United States Air Force Academy

30. MULTI- SITE PHOTMETRY: SATELLITE LIGHT CURVE MODELING AND ANALYSIS

Katharine I. Kalamaroff (Dr. Francis Chun)

Department of Physics, United States Air Force Academy

31. SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF AN OS(II) COMPLESX WITH THE TRIDENTATE LIGANDS DIPYRIDO PHENAZINE (DROP) AND TETRAPYRIDYL PYRAZINE (TPPZ)

Vivina McGinley (Ronald R. Ruminski)

Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

32. THE BARBIER REACTION

Chalyn Thomas (Allen Schoffstall)

Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

33. DNA STRUCTURE CHECKPOINTS THAT PRESERVE GENOMIC INTEGRITY

Kendra Stephan (Tom Wolkow)

Department of Biology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

34. THE IMPACT OF MITOCHONDRIAL METABOLIC STRATEGY AND FUEL AVAILABILITY ON THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF LYMPHOID CELL LINES TO MHC-CLASSII-MEDIATED CELL DEATH

Kristina Knight (Karen M. Newell, Lisa Villalobos-menuey)

Department of Biology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

35. STATISTICAL OPTIMIZATION OF A SINGLE-POT SYSTHESIS OF CDTE/CDS CORE-SHELL QUANTUM DOTS

Laura D. Sherman (Murphy G. Brasuel)

Department of Chemistry, Colorado College

36. DOES MUSICAL TRAINING ENHANCE LANGUAGE ABILITIES?

Jennifer Mendoza (Bob Jacobs)

Department of Psychology, Colorado College

37. APPLICATION OF PEBBLES AS A NOVEL TOOL FOR PH AND CALCIUM MEASUREMENT IN DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM

Jessica Hellyer (Murphy Brasuel, Phoebe Lostroh)

Department of Chemistry, Colorado College

38. DIRECT CELL PERMEABILIZATION ON COMMAND OPENS NEW APPROACH TO CANCER TREATMENT

Kara R. Wilson (Michael Wilcox)

Department of Biology, United States Air Force Academy

39. REGIONAL VARIATION OF BASILAR DENDRITES FROM SUPRGRANULAR PYRAMIDAL NEURONS OF THE INSULA CORTEX: A QUANTITATIVE GOLGI STUDY

Brian L. Bones (Bob Jacobs)

Department of Psychology, Colorado College

40. INVERSE CORRELATION OF SABINENE AND BLUE STAIN FUNGI ASSOCIATE WITH MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE

Paul Neiffer (Nathan W. Bower, Marc A. Snyder)

Department of Chemistry, Colorado College

41. REACTION MECHANISMS AND PROOF OF STURCTURE FOR DECONT AMIN ATION OF VX, SARIN AND HD SIMULANTS IN 1,2-DIMETHYL-3-PROPYLIMIDAZOLIUM AND CU(II) BIS (TRIFLUOROMETHYLSULFONYL) AMIDE

Paul J. Cote (Donald Bird, John Wilkes)

Department of Chemistry, United States Air Force Academy

42. TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM HYDROXIDE AS A REACTANT TO DECONTAMINATE CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS IN DMPITF2N IONIC LIQUID

Matthew Ditson (Major Pat Castle, Adrian Hermosillo, Joe Levisky, John Wilkes)

Department of Chemistry, United States Air Force Academy

43. PHOTOMETRY OF ECLIPSING BINARY STARS

Ryan Mudr ( Lt. Col Charles J. Wetterer)

Department of Physics, United States Air Force Academy

44. RAPID DETERMINATION OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS BY MICROCHIP CEEC

Carol Brown, Benjamin Napier, Jason Hubscher (Charles S. Henry, Andrew Subudhi, David J. Weiss)

Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

45. DEVELOPMENT OF NONDESTRUCTIVE ARCHAEOCHEMICAL METHODS FOR SOURCING LITHIC MATERIALS FROM CHACO CANYON , NM

Arron B. Wolk (Nathan W. Bower, John W. Kantner)

Department of Chemistry, Colorado College

46. DETERMINING HEXOKINASE'S KINETIC ACTIVITY THROUGH UV-SPECTRUM AND THE GLYCOLYSIS PATHWAY

Cecelia Struckert, Jessica Reid (Sonja Braun-Sand, Karen M. Newell)

Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs


 

 

 

 

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