Contemporary Handicraft, Textile Art and Feminist Social Critique

Kaitlynn Blow, Union College - Schenectady, NY

8:00 AM

The Evolution of the Fitness Consumer

Mikayla Carhart, Union College - Schenectady, NY

8:00 AM

Investigating Human Follicle Stimulating Hormone Receptor and its Partners Using the APEX Assay

Alexandra Temple, Union College - Schenectady, NY

8:30 AM

Mutation of Schizophyllum commune metacaspases for the prevention of autoproteolysis in vitro

Kimberly O'Reilly, Union College - Schenectady, NY

8:30 AM

Relationship Between Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Dysregulation of the HPA-axis in Predisposition to Depression

Devon Hennel, Union College - Schenectady, NY

8:30 AM

Minimizing Ice Hockey Injuries through Improved Leg Adductor Muscle Strengthening

Grace Heiting, Union College - Schenectady, NY

9:00 AM

The Role of FSH in Menopausal Osteoporosis and Subsequent Oral Disease

Emily Fitz, Union College - Schenectady, NY

9:00 AM

Woody Species Regeneration in the Albany Pine Bush Following the Invasion of the Nitrogen-Fixing Black Locust (Robinia Pseudoacacia)

Paul Bacchi, Union College - Schenectady, NY

9:00 AM

Comparative studies of carbon nanotubes functionalization for future electronics

Yifei Zhu, Union College - Schenectady, NY

9:30 AM

Deposition and characterization of peptoid-gold nanoparticle composite films assembled at fluid interfaces

Anna Mahony, Union College - Schenectady, NY

9:30 AM

Gamma-Lactams and the Reformatsky Reaction: New Tricks for an Old Reaction

Dylan Dupont, Union College - Schenectady, NY

9:30 AM

Langmuir trough studies of the interactions between per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and a model cell membrane

Hayden Paneth, Union College - Schenectady, NY

9:30 AM

Spectroscopic and Microscopic Characterization of Gold-Nanoparticle-Containing Peptoid Monolayer Sheets

Chris Avanessian, Union College - Schenectady, NY

9:30 AM

The Effect of Peptoid Monolayers on Functionalized Gold Nanoparticle Film Assembly at the Oil-Water Interface

Elizabeth Whitney, Union College - Schenectady, NY

9:30 AM

Illuminating the Behavior Space of a Mobile Tensegrity Robot

Kyle Doney, Union College - Schenectady, NY

10:30 AM

Learn Hard, Play Hard: A Study on the Effects of an Educational Video Game

Andrew Giordano, Union College - Schenectady, NY

10:30 AM

Practical Efficiency of Password Authenticated Key Exchange Protocols

Bhuwan Gokhool, Union College - Schenectady, NY

10:30 AM

Pre-Trained Contextualized Word Representations for Extractive Text Summarization

Jonathan Hanna, Union College - Schenectady, NY

10:30 AM

Death and Detention: Life at the Mexican American Border

LauraBeth Mulligan, Union College - Schenectady, NY

11:00 AM

Lies We Tell Our Fathers

Nicholas Soluri, Union College - Schenectady, NY

12:00 PM

Medicine

Haley Shugart, Union College - Schenectady, NY

12:00 PM

"Present at the Creation": Introducing the Digital Humanities at Union College

Hope Noonan-Stoner, Union College - Schenectady, NY

12:00 PM

The Female Shadow of a Gunman: Feminism, Combatants, and the Challenge to Irish Nationalism

Hope Noonan-Stoner, Union College - Schenectady, NY

12:00 PM

'With Great Power...': Post-9/11 Politics in Superhero Comics, TV, and Film

Caroline Ristaino, Union College - Schenectady, NY

12:00 PM

Regulatory Review: Animal Agriculture Industry Under the Clean Water Act

Dayna Young, Union College - Schenectady, NY

12:30 PM

The Northway: Conservation, Activism, and Policy Change in the Adirondack Park

Thomas Lawrence, Union College - Schenectady, NY

12:30 PM

Calibrating hydroclimate proxies in three modern southern Portugese speleothems

Alaina Chormann, Union College - Schenectady, NY

1:00 PM

Groundwater isotopes across scales: continent-wide modeling and local field characterization

Jaclyn Gehring, Union College - Schenectady, NY

1:00 PM

Heavy Metals Toxicity and Human Health

Maribely Quezada, Union College - Schenectady, NY

1:00 PM

Nitrogen and oxygen isotopes in the Antarctic scallop Adamussium colbecki as a proxy for sea ice cover in Antarctica

Stephen Camarra, Union College - Schenectady, NY

1:00 PM

The German 'Social' Revolution, the Murder of Walther Rathenau, and the Night of Broken Glass: The Association of Political Violence and Economics in Interwar Germany, 1918-1938

Maximilian Zorn, Union College - Schenectady, NY

1:30 PM

Counting With Groups

Ziyi Hu, Union College - Schenectady, NY

2:00 PM

Extremal Kähler Metrics on Ruled Surfaces

Ryan Baldwin, Union College - Schenectady, NY

2:00 PM

Multi-object analysis of volume, pose, and shape using statistical discrimination

Qinying Chen, Union College - Schenectady, NY

2:00 PM

Design of a Biogas Processing System to Provide Renewable Fuel for Small Farms

Lindsey Randle, Union College - Schenectady, NY

2:30 PM

Investigating Failure Criteria in Disordered Nanoparticle Packings

Giancarlo Sabetta, Union College - Schenectady, NY

2:30 PM

SAE Aero Advanced Event Team Project and Competition Overview

Joana Santos, Union College - Schenectady, NY
Roderick Landreth, Union College - Schenectady, NY
Kevin Caro, Union College - Schenectady, NY

2:30 PM

Wind-based Triboelectric Nanogenerators: How Material Pairs Affect Power Output

Jiawei Liu, Union College - Schenectady, NY

2:30 PM

Kafka and the Power of Storytelling

Emese Dunn, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:00 PM

Hip-Hop's First Lady and Makaveli the Don: The Deeper Meaning of Queen Latifah and Tupac Shakur's Songbooks

Omarra Hannibal-Williams, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:15 PM

"Caught Between Iraq and a Hard Place": The Legacy of Governmental (Il)legitimacy and Contemporary Iraq

Daniele Durkin, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:30 PM

China's Belt and Road Initiative and Special Economic Zones in Africa; Geo-Strategic Ambitions or a Pragmatic Approach to State Building in the Modern Era?

Jared Milazzo, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:30 PM

Climate Change: Mitigation Initiatives in Major U.S Cities and Public Health

Katee Sosa, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:30 PM

Clinical Healthcare in Cape Coast

Oluwadamilola Oluwadara, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:30 PM

Femicide in Latin America

Anna Trancozo, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:30 PM

High Tech Development in Late Developing States: Taiwan's Semiconductor Success

Owen Farley, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:30 PM

How do State-Mandated Parental Involvement Laws Affect Educational Attainment Rates for Women Across the United States?

Madisyn Scopteuolo-Camus, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:30 PM

Perceptions and Misperceptions: The Russian Perspective of NATO Expansion

Elizabeth Anderson, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:30 PM

Semiconductor Manufacturing and Economic Strategy

Hunter Reinhardt, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:30 PM

Stretching International Asylum Law and Distorting the Refugee: A Comparative Study

Madeleine Hamparian, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:30 PM

The Duality of Russian Foreign Policy: Power Projection and Identity at Play

Connor Finn, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:30 PM

The Feminicide Visibility Movement in Latin America: Mexico, Argentina, and Chile's "Un Violador en tu camino"

Sofia Lopez, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:30 PM

Universal Healthcare: Solution or Delusion? Comparing Medicare for All, Public Option, and Business-As-Usual Models Among U.S. Democratic Presidential Candidates.

Elizabeth Pinchman, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:30 PM

Discussing Different Topics with Others: Does Feedback-Related Negativity Provide Insight Into How We Process Political Discussion?

Annika Eberle, Union College - Schenectady, NY

4:00 PM

Does Patient X Belong in the Mental Health Unit? The Importance and Impact of Proper Assessment Through the Validation of Emotion-Based and Cognitive-Based Measures

Allison Remmell, Union College - Schenectady, NY

4:00 PM

Haldol Use Among Hospice Patients Being Cared For In Community-Run Homes

Max Sherman, Union College - Schenectady, NY

4:00 PM

Power to the Powerless: How Donald Trump Used Voters' Anxieties to Win in 2016

Nathaniel Stekler, Union College - Schenectady, NY

4:00 PM

The Mindsets of Conspiracy and Paranormal Believers

Mia Villeneuve, Union College - Schenectady, NY

4:00 PM

"Through my anatomy, dwells another being": Explicating how personality traits and psychological defense needs generate preference for death-metal music

Nathan Gillespie, Union College - Schenectady, NY

4:00 PM

No Longer the 'Exception:' An Unraveling of Global Incarceration Systems

Bridgit Sullivan, Union College - Schenectady, NY

4:30 PM

Women at War: Soviet and American Airwomen in Combat During World War II

Hayden Woodyatt, Union College - Schenectady, NY

4:30 PM

How Personalized Medicine is Changing the Face of Oncology Treatment for Women

Avi Gajjar, Union College - Schenectady, NY

5:00 PM

There Must be Something in the Water: A Comparative Study of Ground Water Arsenic Contamination in the U.S.A. and Canada

Kate Spooner, Union College - Schenectady, NY

5:00 PM

Why Is There a Price Tag On My American Dream? An Analysis of Student Loan Debt and the Failure of Policy in Educating the Youth

Hailey McCall, Union College - Schenectady, NY

5:00 PM

Wherefore Art Thou Shakespeare in Contemporary Musicals and Pop Music?: How Artists Gain Value from Plays Written Centuries Ago

Erika Sanders, Union College - Schenectady, NY

5:30 PM

Klemm Fellowship-Chronic Illness: The Hidden Epidemic of Belize

Kelsey Brodie, Union College - Schenectady, NY

6:00 PM

Klemm Fellowship-Conservation in the Galapagos; Ecuador: Giant Tortoise & Sea Lion Conservation in the Galapagos Islands

Cameron Bechtold, Union College - Schenectady, NY
Rachael Rose Parisi, Union College - Schenectady, NY

6:00 PM

Klemm Fellowship-Delivering Babies in Peru: My Midwifery Internship

Devneet Singh, Union College - Schenectady, NY

6:00 PM

Klemm Fellowship-Delving into the Medicine and Culture of Mongolia: The Land of the Eternal Blue Sky

Eeshan Kumar, Union College - Schenectady, NY

6:00 PM

Klemm Fellowship-Learning to Teach: My Experiences as an Education Intern in Madagascar

Charlotte Mineo, Union College - Schenectady, NY

6:00 PM

Klemm Fellowship-Lingering Effects of Apartheid: Human Rights Internship in South Africa

Dayrielis Noa-Guzman, Union College - Schenectady, NY

6:00 PM

Klemm Fellowship-Scuba Diving with Sharks: Marine Conservation Research in Fiji

Claire Lockwood, Union College - Schenectady, NY

6:00 PM

Aerogel 2 - Diffusivity of Various Aerogels

Qiushi Yao, Union College - Schenectady, NY

6:30 PM

Aerogel 3 - Approaches to Fabrication of Photochromic Aerogels

Annelise Lobo, Union College - Schenectady, NY

6:30 PM

Aerogel 4 - Catalytic Copper-Alumina Aerogels: Synthesis, Elemental Mapping and Catalytic Activity

Chris Avanessian, Union College - Schenectady, NY
Frank Dilone, Union College - Schenectady, NY

6:30 PM

Aerogel 5 - Development of catalytic chromia-based aerogels

Fiona Fitzgerald, Union College - Schenectady, NY

6:30 PM

Aerogel 6 - Investigation of structural changes in mixed-metal catalytic aerogels at elevated temperatures

Thomas Andre, Union College - Schenectady, NY

6:30 PM