Union College Rocket Team '20

Moises Matute, Union College - Schenectady, NY
Matt Browne, Union College - Schenectady, NY

2:30 AM

Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation on Crayfish

Raya Petrova, Union College - Schenectady, NY

8:30 AM

Relationship Between Cortisol Levels and Depression

Lindsey Nassimos, Union College - Schenectady, NY

8:30 AM

Revolutionizing Transsphenoidal Surgery with the Pituitary Endonasal Deep Grasper (PEDG)

Erendira GarciaPallares, Union College - Schenectady, NY
Paidamoyo Ewing, Union College - Schenectady, NY
Giselle Perkowski, Union College - Schenectady, NY

8:30 AM

Shear Wave Optical Coherence Elastography

Rong Chen, Union College - Schenectady, NY

8:30 AM

SmartSense: An Improved Method for Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcer Prevention

Julia Beekman, Union College - Schenectady, NY
Megan Morrissey, Union College - Schenectady, NY
Jillian Yeager, Union College - Schenectady, NY

8:30 AM

Effects of Caveolin Disruption on Signaling from the hFSH Receptor

Maggie Weichert, Union College - Schenectady, NY

9:00 AM

Exploring the influence of thruways on natural ecosystems through an analysis of nitrogen deposition at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve

Anna Browne, Union College - Schenectady, NY
Lauren Stebbins, Union College - Schenectady, NY

9:00 AM

Further Exploration of Stable Isotope Analysis to Identify Prior Host in Ixodes scapularis

Imogene Welles, Union College - Schenectady, NY

9:00 AM

Locating the FSH Receptor using Fluorescent Imaging and Atomic Force Microscopy

Fiona Zimmerman, Union College - Schenectady, NY

9:00 AM

Mapping Historic Open Canopy Habitat using USGS Surface Soil Data

Emma Flatland, Union College - Schenectady, NY

9:00 AM

Migratory behavior and hibernacula preferences in Plethodon cinereus.

Michael Connolly, Union College - Schenectady, NY

9:00 AM

Variation in the Structure of Scrub Oaks and its Effect on Thermal Microclimates in the Albany Pine Bush

Alyssa Silbey, Union College - Schenectady, NY

9:00 AM

Peptoid Interactions with Self-Assembled Gold Nanosheets

Misty Zaczyk, Union College - Schenectady, NY

9:30 AM

Drugs in the Greco-Roman period and Modern Day

Thomas Andre, Union College - Schenectady, NY

10:00 AM

Scientific Factors of how Climate Instability Served as a Catalyst to the Collapse and Fall of Rome and the Western Roman Empire

Patrice Richard, Union College - Schenectady, NY

10:00 AM

The Silk Roads: Moral Failure in the Face of Luxury and Reception of the 'Other'

Meghan Reilly, Union College - Schenectady, NY

10:00 AM

Women in Latin Epigraphy: A Comparative Analysis of Gender and Social Status in Roman Epitaphs

Mallory Toolan, Union College - Schenectady, NY

10:00 AM

Implementing New Control Schemes to Improve Turtlebot Interaction

Jasmin Ramirez, Union College - Schenectady, NY

10:30 AM

The Effect of Imageable Language on the Recall of Textually Transmitted Information

Patrick Regan, Union College - Schenectady, NY

10:30 AM

Optimizing Union College's Microgrid

Caitlin McMahon, Union College - Schenectady, NY

10:45 AM

Three-phase Pulse Width Modulated AC/DC Rectifier and DC/AC Inverter

Carmen Ngo, Union College - Schenectady, NY

10:45 AM

Karst and Cave Water Chemistry: a Source of Alkalinity to the Coastal Ocean?

Kaylee Velasquez, Union College - Schenectady, NY
Isabella Bergami, Union College - Schenectady, NY

1:00 PM

Lateral exchange of mangrove porewater carbon to coastal waters

Meghan Pearce, Union College - Schenectady, NY
Emma Puhalski, Union College - Schenectady, NY

1:00 PM

Nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon isotopes in the shell of the Antarctic scallop Adamussium colbecki as a proxy for sea ice cover in Antarctica and striae measurements to create a growth model

Emma Puhalski, Union College - Schenectady, NY
Stephen Camarra, Union College - Schenectady, NY

1:00 PM

Road Salt Contamination in Urban and Rural Streams of the Mohawk Valley, NY

Jason Higginbotham, Union College - Schenectady, NY
Cameron Bechtold, Union College - Schenectady, NY

1:00 PM

Sleepless Carbonights: How tidal pumping in a tropical mangrove creek affects carbon export over a diel cycle

Blake Newcomer, Union College - Schenectady, NY
Elizabeth Whitney, Union College - Schenectady, NY

1:00 PM

A Study of the Effects of Snow Removal from Solar Arrays on Energy Output

Thomas Walker, Union College - Schenectady, NY

2:29 PM

Alternative Helmet Design using Shear Resistant Fluids

Landon Tucker, Union College - Schenectady, NY

2:29 PM

Data Furnace

Omar Lebbar, Union College - Schenectady, NY

2:29 PM

Designing a Greener Catalytic Converter - A computational study on the use of Aerogels to Improve Performance

Ian MacKellar, Union College - Schenectady, NY

2:29 PM

Diesel Particulate Matter Filtration using Aerogels

Daniel Grogan, Union College - Schenectady, NY

2:29 PM

The Design of Transformable Origami-inspired Furniture

Jiaer Xu, Union College - Schenectady, NY

2:29 PM

Using Atomic Force Microscopy to Characterize Local Material Environments in Developing Embryos

Jack Edson, Union College - Schenectady, NY

2:29 PM

Synthesis of Catalytic Aerogels and Kinetics of Catalytic Performance

Frank Dilone, Union College - Schenectady, NY

2:30 PM

Union College Flying Dutchman Micro Team

Christopher Doyle, Union College - Schenectady, NY
Adam Hall, Union College - Schenectady, NY

2:30 PM

Kenya: Life on the Front Lines of Climate Change

Matthew Cole, Union College - Schenectady, NY

2:45 PM

South Africa: Witkoppen Clinic

Christie Dionisos, Union College - Schenectady, NY

2:45 PM

Uganda: Engeye Health Clinic

Amy Haven, Union College - Schenectady, NY

2:45 PM

Biomarker and cognitive improvements after a single bout of interactive Cognitive and Physical Exercise (iPACES v2.75): Results of a multi-site pilot study

Kartik Nath, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:10 PM

Does the Structure of the Lexicon Change with Age?

Kylie Alberts, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:10 PM

Development of a System to Screen for PFAS Chemicals Using PIGE

Colin Langton, Union College - Schenectady, NY
Mia Villeneuve, Union College - Schenectady, NY
Jacob Feinstein, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:20 PM

Electron-Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy (EPALS) at Union College

Jacob Feinstein, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:20 PM

Follow Up Observations of TESS Exoplanets Using the Union College Observatory: Extended Mission

Georgia Mraz, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:20 PM

Salt Solution Freezing Point Depression at High Pressures, in Relation to Europa

Elise Liebow, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:20 PM

Star Formation in Galaxy Groups SRGb016, SRGb046, and WBL105

Samantha Rosenfeld, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:20 PM

Construction of Identity in Diasporic Communities: Musical Artists Performance of Caribbeanness and Latinidad

Dayrielis Noa-Guzman, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:30 PM

The Significance of Investment on the Development of Eastern Europe

Brianna Stout, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:30 PM

Administration and Prescription Patterns of Lorazepam at End of Life in a Residential Home for the Dying

Fatima Ropri, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:59 PM

Alzheimer's Buddy Program

Cecilia Sousa, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:59 PM

An Ecologically Valid Test of the Survival Processing and Animacy Effects

Daniele Klein, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:59 PM

An exploration of social identity and mental health in Black gay men

Alice Cheng, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:59 PM

Intersection of masculinity and chronic Illness in older Black men

Jessalyn Li, Union College - Schenectady, NY
Hana Young, Union College - Schenectady, NY

3:59 PM

Student Evaluations as a Predictor of Teaching Effectiveness

Meichai Chen, Union College - Schenectady, NY

4:00 PM

Students' Perceptions Of The Fairness Of Conduct And Point Systems

Elizabeth NiesGreeley, Union College - Schenectady, NY

5:00 PM