2008 Graduate Student
Research and Professional Development Conference
Tentative Research Presentations Schedule

Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Bryan Center

Oral Presentations

Social Sciences : Von Canon A

Jia Guo, Psychology and Neuroscience
HOW DOES STORYTELLING STRATEGY PROMOTE CHILDREN'S PRINT EXPOSURE AND STORY COMPREHENSION? AN EYE MOVEMENT STUDY IN SHARED BOOK READING
Charles Jonassaint, Psychology and Neuroscience
ADOLESCENT SELF-ESTEEM: GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES
Alexis Franzese, Psychology and Neuroscience
AUTHENTICITY, NEED FOR SOCIAL APPROVAL, AND SELF-ESTEEM
Barbara Gregory, Liberal Studies
KATRINA: DISADVANTAGE, DISPLACEMENT AND DURHAM, NC

Physical Sciences: Von Cannon B

Erin Hopper, Chemistry
LIGAND BINDING ANALYSIS OF ALANINE:GLYOXYLATE AMINOTRANSFERASE VARIANTS BY SUPREX
Brittany Fasy & Herodotos Herodotou, Computer Science
SCHEDULING QUERY MIXES WITH DYNAMIC CONCURRENCY CONTROL
Jarad Niemi, Statistics and Decision Sciences
DISCRETE-TIME MODELS FOR INTRACELLULAR PROCESSES
Jie Hu, Physics
PION CHARGE AT FINITE VOLUME

Humanities and Social Sciences: Von Cannon C

Matthew Royal, Electrical and Computer Engineering
MICRORESONATOR BASED DNA SENSORS
Ashwin Wagadarikar, Electrical and Computer Engineering
VIDEO RATE SPECTRAL IMAGING USING A SINGLE DISPERSER–CODED APERTURE SNAPSHOT SPECTRAL IMAGER (SD-CASSI)
Chenghui Cai, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
INFORMATION-BASED DECISION MAKING IN SENSOR PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
Jing Huang, Civil and Environmental Engineering
EXAMINING TURBULENT STRUCTURES WITHIN CANOPY SUBLAYER

10:45 - 11:45 a.m.
   

Poster Presentations (All disciplines)
Schaefer Mall, Upper Level

Sara Becker, Psychology and Neuroscience
COMBINED EFFECT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND DEPRESSION ON ADOLESCENT FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES
Karen Cook, Music
MUSIC AS A MEANS OF CONSTRUCTING IDENTITY IN “THE COSBY SHOW” Amrika Deonarine, Civil and Environmental Engineering
ROLE OF NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER DURING THE PRECIPITATION OF NANOPARTICULATE HgS(S) AND OTHER METAL SULFIDES
Aude Dieude, Romance Studies
DISSONANCES AND RESONANCES BETWEEN BRITISH AND FRENCH BLACKNESS Jacqueline Donnelly, Psychology and Neuroscience
VALIDATING AND INVALIDATING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS WITH BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER (BPD) AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS
Dahlia Doughty, Biochemistry
IDENTIFICATION AND INITIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF AN INHIBITOR OF THE MITOCHONDRIAL PHOSPHATASE PTPMT1
Alethea Duncan, Chemistry
GOLD(I)-CATALYZED INTRAMOLECULAR ENANTIOSELECTIVE HYDROARYLATION OF ALLENES WITH INDOLES
Christine Ferrara, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
GENETIC NETWORKS OF LIVER METABOLISM REVEALED BY INTEGRATION OF METABOLIC AND TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROFILING
Joel Greenberg, Physics
INVESTIGATION OF SLOW LIGHT IN AN ANISOTROPIC MAGNETO­OPTICAL TRAP
Marjorie Hubbard, Biomedical Engineering
THE IMPACT OF MICROSCALE HETEROGENEITIES ON ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION IN THE HEART
Angela Mace, Music
DISCOVERING FANNY MENDELSSOHN'S CADENZA FOR BEETHOVEN'S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1 IN C MAJOR, OP. 15
Urmi Majumder, Computer Science
ISOTHERMAL AND AUTOCATALYTIC WHIPLASH PCR MACHINES FOR AUTONOMOUS COMPUTING
Efua Obeng, Liberal Studies
A COMPARISON OF GHANA 'S ECONOMIC AND MALARIA TRENDS: 1990-2003
Kristine Obusek, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
SPECIFICITY AND STABILITY OF PEPTIDE FUNCTIONALIZED SILVER NANOPARTICLES
Erika Patall, Psychology and Neuroscience
THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING CHOICES IN THE CLASSROOM
James Qiu, Biochemistry
DEVELOPING STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS IN MOLYBDOPTERIN CONTAINING ENZYME SULFITE OXIDASE MUTANTS

1:15 - 2:45 p.m.

Oral Presentations

Biological Sciences: Meeting Room A

Jeremy Block, Biochemistry and Public Policy Studies
KINLMMERSE: MACROMOLECULAR VIRTUAL REALITY FOR NMR ENSEMBLES
Louis Metzger, Biochemistry
BACTERIAL LIPID A DISACCHARIDE SYNTHASE (LpxB): EXPRESSION, PURIFICATION, AND CHARACTERIZATION
Charlene Blake, Genetics and Genomics
FACTOR IXa APTAMER AND ANTIDOTE IMPROVE OUTCOME FOLLOWING MURINE MCAO AND SAH
Matt Odegaard, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
TRANSPORT THROUGH THE 2-OXOGLUTARATE CARRIER IS NECESSARY FOR GLUCOSE- AND GLUTAMINE-STIMULATED INSULIN SECRETION

Physical Sciences and Engineerings: Meeting Room B

Parag Mukhopadhyay, Chemistry
CHARACTERIZING AQUEOUS SOLUTION CONFORMATIONS OF UNFOLDED PROTEINS USING RAMAN OPTICAL ACTIVITY
James Harrington, Chemistry
IRON(III) SEQUESTRATION BY SYNTHETIC HYDROXYPYRIDINONE SIDEROPHORES AND EXCHANGE WITH DESFERRIOXAMINE B
Andre Loyd, Biomedical Engineering
3D AVERAGE SKULL CONTOUR DATA FOR 3-YEAR-OLDS AND 5-YEAR OLDS: A PILOT STUDY
Molly Gregas, Biomedical Engineering
PLASMONIC BIOSENSING AT THE SINGLE-CELL LEVEL

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.



Last updated: 3/14/2008 (by wat@duke.edu)