2004 URCAD Poster Presentations

Session I: 9:15 a.m. -11:00 a.m.

Poster Unit #1xxx Leah Sanford xxx American Studies
“Modeling Success: A Case Study of the UMBC Meyerhoff Program”
Professor Kendra Wallace, Advisor

Poster Unit #3 xxx Talya Belchatovski xxx Psychology
“The Influence of Depression on Relationship Satisfaction”
Professor Stanley Feldstein, Advisor

Poster Unit #5 xxx Bogdan Damian xxx Psychology
“Affect Recognition and Dyadic Adjustment in Romantically Involved Couples”
Professor Stanley Feldstein, Advisor

Poster Unit #7xxx Megan SmellxxxPsychology
“Extracurricular Activities and Substance Use Among Adolescents”
Professor Lisa Jordan-Green, Advisor

Poster Unit #9xxx Justine Wagnerxxx Economics
xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx Undergraduate Research Award Scholar
“Minimum Wages in Costa Rica”
Professor T.H. Gindling, Advisor

Poster Unit #11xxx Thomas Hsuxxx Biochemical Engineering
“Phosphate Ion Sensing for Biological Reaction Studies in ATPase Activity”
Professor Leah Tolosa, Advisor

Poster Unit #13 xxx Fiyinfolu BalogunxxxBiochemistry
“Generation and Characterization of Transgenic Mice with CRE Recombinase Activity in the Prostate"
Professor Charles Bieberich, Advisor

Poster Unit #15xxx Akua BonsraxxxChemistry
xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx Undergraduate Research Award Scholar
“Boric Acid Atalyzed Epoxide Opening”
Professor Dale Whalen, Advisor

Poster Unit #17xxx Anthony HoffmanxxxPhysics
“The Use of Change Blocking Layers in Contact Poling to Produce High Electro-optic Coefficients in Polymer Films”
Professor L. Michael Hayden, Advisor

Poster Unit #19 xxx Sam Merenbloomxxx Chemistry
xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxUndergraduate Research Award Scholar
“Separation and Identification of HIV-1 RNA products using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (maldi-tof-ms) ”
Professor Daniele Fabris, Advisor

Poster Unit #21 xxx Mariam Rahmanxxx American Studies
“'This is Where I Live': Documentary Work and Its Impact on Youth Development”
Professor Dabrina Taylor, Advisor

Poster Session II: 11:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m

Poster Unit #2xxx Colin HolterxxxMusic
xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx Undergraduate Research Award Scholar
“Composing Sound Surgery I and II: A Creative Process”
Professor Linda Dusman, Advisor

Poster Unit #4 xxx Emily JunodxxxSocial Work & Health Administration Policy Program
xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx Undergraduate Research Award Scholar
“Lausanne & Baltimore: A Comparative Study of Drug Treatment Services”
Professor Claudia Lawrence-Webb, Advisor

Poster Unit #6xxx Jaclyn StreitfeldxxxPolitical Science
“China and Taiwan: Economic Independence Despite Political Tension”
Professor Devin Hagerty, Advisor

Poster Unit #8xxx Ian Hall and Leah HerxxxBiological Sciences
“Feeding Behavior in a Model Lepidopteran”
Professor Frank Hanson, Advisor

Poster Unit #10xxx Chris Wells and Alex Bohorquez xxx Biological Sciences
“Crowding in Early Life Causes Deformities in Insects”
Professor Frank Hanson, Advisor

Poster Unit #12xxx Tomasz Macura xxxMathematics & Statistics
xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx Undergraduate Research Award Scholar
“Mathematical Image Analysis: Sphere Detection”
Professor Matthias Gobbert, Advisor

Poster Unit #14 xxx Elizabeth Humphriesxxx Biological Sciences
xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx Undergraduate Research Award Scholar
“Parental care in two northern migratory bird species, the Baltimore (Icterus galbula)” and Orchard (I. spurious) Oriole"
Professor Kevin Omland, Advisor

Poster Unit #16xxx AMST 356 Classxxx American Studies
Justin D. Lee, Marco A. Alva, Tamzyn Bell, Kristen Bennett, Dalton Cramer, Ed Kapuscinski, Suezette Parkinson, Tara Thomas, Marci Villa, and Tim Williams
“US and Cuba: Bridging the Blockade”
Professor Beverly Bickel, Advisor

Poster Unit #18xxx Robert Daberxxx Bioclogical Sciences
xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx Undergraduate Research Award Scholar
“Identification of Trauma in Humans ”
Professor Brian Bradley, Advisor

Poster Unit #20 xxx Kevin AllenxxxMathematics & Statistics
xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx Undergraduate Research Award Scholar
“A Matrix-Free Implementation of the Conjugate Gradient Method for Cluster Computing”
Professor Matthias Gobbert, Advisor

Poster Unit #22 xxx Neeraj KashyapxxxComputer Science
xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx Undergraduate Research Award Scholar
“Predicting the Difficulty of Constraint Satisfaction Problems”
Professor Marie desJardins, Advisor