Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Showcase

Please join us as we gather again as an academic community to celebrate research and the achievements of our undergraduate students. Students will be presenting posters and presentations of their undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative work from all departments across campus, including work sponsored by the Undergraduate Research Center, University Honors, and the Center for Community Engagement to Advance Scholarship and Learning. Please support them and their faculty mentors as they celebrate these important accomplishments.

When: May 15, 2024 from 3-5 PM

Where: CCOM 1600, 1700, 1800

DU Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Showcase Presenter Order

*Please note that these times are subject to change depending on Provost Clark’s speech and the promptness of the presenters. We request that you arrive at the latest at the start time of your block and stay through the entire 25-minute bock period.

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May 15	Community Commons 1600, 1700, 1800
3:00 PM - 3:05 PM	Opening Remarks from Provost Clark
3:05 - 3:30 PM	BLOCK 1
3:05 PM – 3:09 PM	August Alexander Species-Based Moderation and Attitude-Based Mediation of the Hardship-to-Pain Bias
3:09 PM – 3:13 PM	Lilliya Larson Clinical Implications of Gender Differences in ADHD Symptomatology
3:13 PM – 3:17 PM	Trevor Briggs Flamethrower Vol. 1-3: Innovation in Multidisciplinary Electronic and Acoustic Music
3:17 PM – 3:21 PM	Maisey Toczek Usability of the DU Build-A-Bot Platform
3:21 PM - 3:25 PM	Lily Baeza, Ellie Barnett-Cashman, and Malea Marxer Disrupting “Good” vs. “Bad” Person Binaries by Humanizing Victims of Urban Homicide
3:25 PM – 3:29 PM	Evelyn Stovin The Secularization of Religious Studies
3:30 - 3:55 PM	BLOCK 2
3:30 PM – 3:34 PM	Ren Pratt Technology and Homelessness: How Accessibility and Blockchain Technology Could Impact the Unhoused
3:34 PM - 3:38 PM	Joslyn Hays Causes of Hatching Failure in Great Tit (Parus major) And Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) Populations In Comparison Of Urban-Rural Areas
3:38PM - 3:42 PM	Alina Mali Determining the Difference Between History of Depression on Family Health History Form and SCID Using Socioeconomic Standard Measures
3:42 PM- 3:46 PM	Colton Arciniaga Missed Exits: Causal Mechanisms Influencing Militarized Interstate Dispute Escalation in Latin America
3:46 PM – 3:50 PM	Murphy Li Immersive Stargazing: Leveraging VR for Astronomy Education
3:50 PM – 3:54 PM	Jayce Rumsey Senior Capstone: The Door by Paul Elliott
3:55 - 4:00 PM	BREAK
4:00 - 4:25 PM	BLOCK 3
4:00 PM – 4:04 PM	Daniel Silva Rios Development of Non-Enzymatic Glucose Sensors using Copper Electrodes & Nanoparticles
4:04 PM – 4:08 PM	Lily Starkey Al-Andalus, Religion and la Carcayona: Narratives of Resistance in Early Modern-Spain
4:08 PM - 4:12 PM	Rhys Holman Agnosticism to The Abstract: The Case for Philosophizing Without Abstract Objects
4:12 PM – 4:16 PM	Alexandra McCollister The Relationship Between Exposure to Violence During Childhood and/or Adulthood and Gross Cognitive Functioning Among Justice - Involved Individuals with TBI
4:16 PM – 4:20 PM	Cassis Tingley Violence in Verbiage: Media Rhetoric in the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post from 2001 to 2003
4:20 PM – 4:24 PM	Kevin Kappes Understanding Entanglements of Emerging Economic Goliaths: A comparative analysis of Chinese and Brazilian internationalization, development, and interdependence
4:25 - 4:40 PM	BLOCK 4
4:25 PM – 4:29 PM	RJ Justice Unheard Voices: A Study on the Effectiveness of Programs Created for Neurodivergent and Disabled Students
4:29 PM – 4:33 PM	Emmy Radin Participative Citizenship in Mashpi, Ecuador: Meaningful and Sustainable Models for Education and Conservation
4:33 PM – 4:37 PM	Colin Kleckner Recording Veteran's History
4:37 PM - 4:41 PM	Sidney Barbier How to Solve a Wicked Problem: An Introduction to Environment, Society, and Sustainability

DU Research

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

August Alexander	Species-Based Moderation and Attitude-Based Mediation of the Hardship-to-Pain Bias	View
Lily Baeza	Disrupting “Good” vs. “Bad” Person Binaries by Humanizing Victims of Urban Homicide	View
Ellie Barnett Cashman	Disrupting “Good” vs. “Bad” Person Binaries by Humanizing Victims of Urban Homicide	View
Amanda Brown	The Relationship Between Exposure To Violence During Childhood And/Or Adulthood And Gross Cognitive Functioning Among Justice-Involved Individuals With TBI	View
Lauren Chapell	Monday to Tuesday	View
Daniela Chavez	Youth Organizing	View
Brandon Cohen	Prevalence Induced Concept Change In Gender Perceptions	View
Nyah Cubbison	Emotional Well-being Of Group Fitness Instructors	View
Garrin Desmond	Group-level Gender Bias: How Nonverbal Behavior Impacts Assessments of Acceptance	View
Claire Fox	Trust Fall: Patterns and Prospective Futures in General Trust	View
Ruby Gregerson	The Crimson Society: An Immersive Student Experience	View
Haven Hinds	Flower Study	View
Zachary Hogan	Comparing The US Response To The Soviet Invasion Of Afghanistan And The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine: Learning From The Past And Planning For The Future	View
Rhys Holman	Agnosticism To The Abstract: The Case For Philosophizing Without Abstract Objects	View
Kevin Kappes	Understanding Entanglements of Emerging Economic Goliaths: A comparative analysis of Chinese and Brazilian internationalization, development, and interdependence	View
Colin Kleckner	Recording Veteran's History	View
Erin Kubat	A Midsummer Nights Dream Specialty Props	View
Katie Lamberton	Measures Of Effectiveness On The Parent Project Class	View
Lilliya Larson	Clinical Implications Of Gender Differences In ADHD Symptomatology	View
Amanda LeMoine	"After All These Years"- A Novella	View
Alina Mali	Determining The Difference Between History Of Depression On Family Health History Form And SCID Using Socioeconomic Standard Measures	View
Ixchel Marquez	Underdiagnosed & Over-Punished	View
Alexandra McCollister	The Relationship Between Exposure to Violence During Childhood and/or Adulthood and Gross Cognitive Functioning Among Justice - Involved Individuals with TBI	View
Elsa Mortensen	The Return: A Community Literary Magazine	View
Audrey Ng	Developmental and ADHD Symptom-Related Changes in Motivated Cognitive Control	View
Ren Pratt	Technology and Homelessness: How Accessibility and Blockchain Technology Could Impact the Unhoused	View
Cari Reichel	La Virgen Reinvented: Political Activism, Identity, and Transnational Uses of an Icon	View
Jayce Rumsey	Jayce Rumsey's Senior Capstone: The Door By Paul Elliott	View
Scott Simpson	Patterns In Motivating Factors In Prenup Negotiations: A Qualitative Case Study	View
Chase Spurbeck	The Role of Autonomic Arousal in Anxiety’s Effect on Cognitive Control	View
Jacqueline Stephenson	Saint Brigit and Her Habits: Exploring Queerness in Early Medieval Ireland	View
Evelyn Stovin	The Secularization of Religious Studies	View
Lauren Tapper	Hawai’i Uncovered	View
Sam Werkema	Theatrical Costume Design with A Midsummer Nights Dream and The Taming	View
Hunter Whitehouse	Systematic Review of Parenting and Family Measures Used to Study of Family Factors and Adolescent Anxiety	View
Kansas Wood	Writers In The Schools	View

College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics

Alyssa Aragon	Comparing Chrysochus Beetle's Copulation Patterns	View
Sidney Barbier	How to Solve a Wicked Problem: An Introduction to Environment, Society and Sustainability	View
Maverick Bartholomew	Unique Transcriptomic Profiles in Atlantic Killifish During Salinity Acclimation in Warm Water	View
Lark Bradsby	Low-Noise Quadrature Phase-Shifting Interferometry	View
William Christensen	Effects of Biochar on Short-Term Growth in Pinus contorta var. latifolia	View
Noah Craver	Investigation of Septin Proteins in Drosophila Melanogaster	View
Liam Doherty	Investigating the Regulation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Interrenal Axis in Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser Oxyrinchus) Following an Acute Stressor.	View
Nicole Doris	Mutual Benefits of Near-peer Mentoring in STEM Postsecondary and Career Development	View
Noah Fagello	Inflammation in Primary Human Astrocytes is Dependent on Toll-Like Receptor 3 & 9 When Exposed to Astrocyte-Derived Exosomes Isolated from Patients with COVID-19 and TBI	View
Ren Pratt	Technology and Homelessness: How Accessibility and Blockchain Technology Could Impact the Unhoused	View
April Friesen	Photolysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Simulated Atmospheric Cloud Water Buffers	View
Stacia Fritz	Identification of Potential Therapeutics for Parkinson's Disease	View
Paola Gascot-Chinea	Collection and Analysis of Chemical Reaction Products When Protein Samples Are Exposed to Denver Urban Air	View
Janelyn Geronimo	Designing an Introductory Course on Computational Sociology	View
Julia Gielczynski	Colocalization of ODC and Amyloid Plaques in AD/DS Patients	View
Olivia Harman	Determining How Calcium Affects Exosome Secretion in A549 Cells	View
Elsie Harrington	Preserving Paradise: Investigating Beach Littering Behaviors and Developing Sustainable Solutions in Coastal Nicaragua	View
Joslyn Hays	Causes Of Hatching Failure In Great Tit (Parus major) And Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) Populations In Comparison Of Urban-Rural Areas	View
Clarice Hise	STEM Near-Peer Mentoring	View
Greta Ivesdal	The Anthropic Habitats of the Mixed Cantabrian Forests: A Classification of the Anthropic Habitats in the Mixed Cantabrian Forest Ecoregion	View
Alyssa Knaus	Atmospheric Particulate Matter (PM) Trends Of The Front Range Of Colorado Via PurpleAir Sensors	View
Allie Leary	Lab Experiments to Optimize a Newly Developed Ultrafine Particle Counter	View
Vanessa Leon-Gamez	Same play, different way: recurrent loss of sexual signals in a field cricket	View
Ella Mathews	Using Bio Indicator Species to Visualize Ground-Level Ozone Pollution in Denver	View
Alice McTavish	Characterization of a Novel Pathway for Transmembrane Proteins Found on Insulin Granules	View
Alexandra Norman	Extremophiles may help mitigate TDP43 aggregation in ALS	View
Regan Parish	Evaluating Microglia & Astrocyte ‘Cross-talk’ in Sustained Neuroinflammation Secondary to COVID-19 & TBI	View
Emmy Radin	Participative Citizenship in Mashpi, Ecuador: Meaningful and Sustainable Models for Education and Conservation	View
Emma Robson	Investigating the Invitro Pro-inflammatory Effects of Astrocyte-Derived Exosomes from Patients with a History of COVID-19 and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.	View
Victoria Rockwell	The Effects of Artificial Light at Night on Nocturnal Insect Immunity	View
Norah Schroder	The Effect of Fire Severity on Bee Nesting Habitats	View
Shujan Sharafeldeen	Investigating the Role of ebf3a in Craniofacial Development	View
Anna Sparling	Nitric Oxide Synthase Pathways after mTBIs	View
Christine Stadnik-Poteroba	Multivocality Of The California Gold Rush: The Inter-oceanic Route Via Nicaragua	View
Mia Supan	The Accumulation of Anthropogenic Debris on Beaches in Nicaragua	View
Will Thrush	Exploring Substrates For Ring Closing Metathesis Based Ethylene Detection
Magdalena Tisher	A Novel Photochemical Approach in the Synthesis of β-Lactams	View
Anna Vogt	Comparison of the Functional Composition of the Overstory and Understory in Disturbed Riparian Forest Communities.	View
Jaiden Voldrich	Ampliative Fluorescent Detection of Ethylene
Michaela Wahlheim	Long-Term Impacts of Fire Severity on the Diversity of Cavity-Nesting Bees and Wasps	View
Jon Weber	Towards Novel Generation Of Classically Entangled Vector Beams	View
Olivia Wuttke	Evaluating the Efficiency of Low-Cost Air Quality Sensors to Size Particulate Matter at a Suburban Field Site	View

Daniels College of Business

Daniel Cieraszynski Trade, Growth, and Inequality in the United States View

Josef Korbel School of International Studies

Colton Arciniaga	Missed Exits: Causal Mechanisms Influencing Militarized Interstate Dispute Escalation in Latin America	View
Ryan Bell	The Right Ecumenism: How American Conservatives Used (and Abused) the Second Vatican Council	View
Emma Loeber	Shaming Women to Shame Men: A Case Study of the Houthis and the Relationship Between Honor Culture in Yemen and the Use of Sexual Violence in the Yemeni Civil War	View
Grace Naegelen	Policy and Public Opinion: The Relationship Between The Philosophy of Buen Vivir and Environmental Perspectives in Ecuador	View
Vincent Pandey	Questioning the Effectiveness of the Olympic Truce	View

Lamont School of Music

Trevor Briggs Flamethrower Vol. 1-3: Innovation In Multidisciplinary Electronic And Acoustic Music View

Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science

Murphy Li	Immersive Stargazing: Leveraging VR for Astronomy Education	View
Emily Lin	Data Quality Matters: Suicide Intention Detection on Social Media Posts Using a RoBERTa-CNN	View
Joe Ontiveros Rodriguez	Creating an Adaptive and Intuitive Single-Operator Multi-MAV Interface Using Augmented Reality	View
Alisha Pravasi	Assessing ChatGPT's Efficacy in Interpreting Privacy Policies	View
Steven Said	Analysis of the Effects of Alcohol Ablation on the Mechanical Properties of Heart Tissue	View
Melaku Saketa	Machine Learning & Web Development: A DU Build-A-Bot Adventure	View
Daniel Silva Rios	Development of Non-Enzymatic Glucose Sensors using Copper Electrodes & Nanoparticles	View
Maisey Toczek	Usability of the DU Build-A-Bot Platform	View
Ana Vences	Achilles Tendon Degeneration in Collegiate Gymnastics	View