Joseph Lyman(Sriram Krishnamoorthy) -Ultra- Wide Band Gap Semiconductor Systems: Analytical Modeling and Device Simulations Kirsten Gorski(Prof. Lee Dibble) A Comparison of High Dose Practice Versus Standard of Care Practice Dosage in Motor Learning of a Postural Stepping Task in Healthy Young Adults Erica Park(Prof. Sophie Caron) Finding the neuronal correlate for humidity sensing in Drosophila melanogaster Olivia Pratt(Talia Karasov) -Role of Secondary Metabolites in Pathogenicity of Pseudomonas Junior Onyeagba(Melodie Weller) -primary Sjogren Syndrome Colter Dye(Prof. Amy Sibul) Kestrels on Campus: American Kestrel Habitat Restoration and Population Monitoring Marissa Grande(Prof. Donna Cross) - Determination of Sex Differences with the Repeat Concussive Controlled Cortical Impact Mouse Model of Traumatic Brain Injury Danika Sommer(Prof. Sheri Holmen) - Development of an Inducible Rodent Model for BRAFV600E Mutant Gliomas Max Monson(Donna Cross) -Axonal regeneration to treat spinal cord injury via disruption to the glial scar by MR-guided Focused Ultrasound. Lexi DeFord(Eric Pardyjak) -Aspirated Temperature Sensor and Modeling GUI Michael Montgomery(Simon Fisher) -microRNAs restore brain glucose sensing Claire Ticknor(Jill Shea) -Constructing Neurotrophic Gradient-Generating Peripheral Nerve Conduits Rohan Barkley(Jared Rawlings) -Fusing Hard Science with Music to Educate Students Nate Nellis(Scott Schaefer) -Water Rate's Effect on Consumption in Small Utah Cities Tali Bauman(Katherine Baucom) -Lifestyle Coach Experiences Delivering the Diabetes Prevention Program Brett Smith(Sonia Solari) -The Disparate Impact of COVID-19 Remote and Online Work on Under-served Undergraduate Researchers Moriah Henning(Andrew Merryweather) -Developing 3D Printed Prosthetic Hand for Brain-Computer Interface Control Sydney Sullivan(Krista Carlson ) -Nanostructured Ceramics for Electrocatalytic Water Disinfection Chloe Winslow(Prof. Swomitra Mohanty) Nickel Oxide Formaldehyde Sensors: Nanotubes vs. Thin-Film Congratulations with receiving funding from the Office of Undergraduate Research! Noah Armstrong (Mentor: Dylan Klure) - Identifying the adaptations responsible for toxin tolerance in herbivorous woodrats Kiman Kaur(Susie Porter) -Can Reproductive Freedom Be Achieved by Decolonizing What Pleasure, Love, and Resistance Look Like? Rajeev Sahay(Prof. Joel Harley) -Big Data Analysis Techniques Applied to Ultrasonic Guided Wave Technology Template for use in UROP poster sessions. Kasper Koblanski(Santhosh Karanth) -Role of FOXN3 in Glucagon Signaling in Type 1 Diabetes Natalie Chipman(Prof. Anne Mooney) Micro Housing Kacey Davis(Prof. Martin Horvath) Predatory Marine Snail Toxins: A Study of Protein Evolution Morgan Johnson(Prof. Stacy Manwaring) -Examination of Play Behaviors in Young Children at-risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder Jennifer Ashby(Prof. Matthew Sigman) Examining noncovalent interactions in the enantioselective Pd-catalyzed 1,1-diarylation of alkenes Noelia Juarez(Akiko Kamimura) -Chart Review at a Free Mental Health Clinic Jace Jones(Prof. Marc Calaf) Modeling of Vertical and Horizontal Axis Wind Tubines to Improve Efficiency Marilynn Santana(Bruce Ellis) -An Adaptation-Based Approach to the Impact of Childhood Adversity on Cognitive Abilities Elizabeth Porter(Aaron Fischer) -Supporting the Entire System: Mindfulness-based Practice and Social-emotional Learning for Educators to Reduce Burnout Brian Hassard(Orest Symko) -Acoustical Coupling of Traveling-Wave Thermoacoustic Engines Rachel Payne(Tara Mastren) -Development of 161Tb Production Methods and Optimization of Separation Techniques using Extraction Chromatographic Resins Shravan Parthasarathy(Noel Carlson) -Characterization of the IL2 Receptor on OPC Death Erika Muhlrad(Amy Lenz) -Analysis of Coordinate System Definitions for Ankle Biplane Fluoroscopy Sofia Loucao(Melissa Cortez) -OnabotulinumtoxinA Effects on Cutaneous Allodynia in Chronic Migraine Jasmine Robinson(Michael Gills) -Social Justice in Novel Writing: An Exploration of Social Justice Issues in The United States Today Collin Dover(Shahrzad Roshankhah) -Hydraulic Fracturing Cody Dangerfield(Prof. Nalini Nadkarni) Integrating Soil Ecology and Microbial Genomics: Decomposition of Canopy and Forest Floor Soils in a Temperate Rainforest Integration and Documentation of a Scientific Study Alex Leavitt(Alan Kuntz) -Investigation of two styles of tendon-driven continuum robots Jackson Ridges(Nitin Phadnis) -Mapping an Undefined Hybrid Incompatibility Gene Evan Oro(Jesse Christensen) -Studying Sedentary Behavior in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease In The SLIMM 2 Study as a Resistance Training Guide David Jenkins(Sara Skiles) -Quantifying Snow Water Equivalent Using Remote Sensing Applications Sierra Young(Kim Korinek) -Sleep Quality & Early-Life War Exposure: An Analysis of Sleep Problems Among Vietnamese Older Adults Using Data from the Vietnam Health and Aging Study (VHAS) Whitney Russell(Prof. Charlie Hicks-Little) -Quantification of Movement Analysis and Functional Testing in Dancers Miles Thomas (Mentor: Karen Wilcox) - Mechanisms of Encephalitis and Epileptogenesis in the TMEV Model Kathy Wright(Melissa Cortez) -Exploration of Mood Disorder Implications in Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) Patients Joshua Stephens(Lee Dibble) -Visuospatial Construction and Motor Learning: The Relationship Between Cognition and a Motor Performance Plateau Ian Wixom(Thomas Reichler) -Analyzing the Changing Length of the Four Seasons from Historical Carbon Dioxide Records Gary Perea(Caroline Saouma) -Kinetics Studies of Reaction Between Ruthenium Metal Catalyst and H2/CO2 Gas Kincade Stevenson(Jon Rainier) -The Synthesis of Coronavirus Translation Inhibitors Derrick Wong(Yong Kong) -Optimization and Design of 3D Printed LC Circuit Sensor Designs Teddy Anderson(Benjamin Bromley) -Examining the Outer Solar System Through Analysis of Telescope Data Annie Pugmire(Thomas Lane) -Effect of ROS Neutrophil Species on CNS demyelination in JHMV-infected mouse model Maggie Patterson(Prof. Andrew Merryweather) Using Motion Capture to Determine the Effects of Dual Task Activity on Gait Performance in those Individuals with Parkinson Disease Devan Anderson(Prof. Inese Ivans) -Variations in Elemental Abundance Between Planet Hosting and Non-Planet Hosting Stars. Lauren Thompson(J David Symons) -Blocking the ceramide biosynthesis pathway in endothelial cells will improve vascular function in mice on a high fat diet Selena Sullivan(Bryan Jones) -Connectomics of AII amacrine cells in retina Gnimdo Tako(Tony Butterfield) -Hydrolysis of Cellulosic Biomass Utilizing Termite Biomass Katherine Colburn(Prof. Ramesh Goel) Stable Isotope Analysis of Phosphorus Sources in Utah Lake Patrick Stewart(Prof. Trafton Drew) A Real-World Investigation of the Attentional Capture Paradigm Rachel Whipple (Mentor: Caroline Saouma) - Catalytic Conversion of CO2 to MeOH by Well-Defined Triphos-Ligated Cobalt Yuanhang Zhao(Prof. Stavros Drakos) -Understanding the role of VDAC2 in heart failure and intracellular calcium regulation Ali Bergmark(Brennan Payne) -An analysis of the relationship between short-term sentence recall and noise interference in older adults Preston Brunker(Prof. Micah Drummond) Effect of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on mTORC1 Signaling in Skeletal Muscle of Older Adults on Bed Rest Aliza Murad(Michael Dichio) -Understanding the Roberts Court's Reduced Engagement in Judicial Review. Warren Jensen(Prof. Claudia Geist) -Expressions of Masculinity Among LDS Men Julia Vonessen(Rachel Hayes-Harb) -The impact of listener attitudes on the comprehension of nonnative-accented speech Isabelle Fernandez(Shane Macfarlan) -The Impacts of Marriage and Reproduction on Female Longevity UROP provides a $1,200 stipend and educational programming for students who assist with a faculty members research or creative project or who carry out a project of their own under the supervision of a faculty member. Jake Lowe(William Brazelton) -Metabolisms of the Lost City Ecosystem Jesus Gomez(Feng liu) -Combined Utilization of Thermotherapy and Analgesic Medication in Hydrogels to Treat Musculoskeletal Pain and Discomfort Do they already have an established collaborative/mentoring relationship? Kaden Plewe(Prof. Amanda Smith) -Modeling Temporal Variance of Externalities Related to Building Energy Use Grace Hoffmann(Prof. David Krizaj) - Mechanical Strain Induced Apoptosis in Retinal Ganglion Cells Mentor Reference Due: Camrey Johnson(Prof. Sujee Jeyapalina) - Patterned Silicone Surfaces for Limiting Infection in Breast Prostheses Jessica Arthurs(Prof. Aster Tecle) - Economic Policies Effects on Forced Human Movement Erick Solum(Jacob Hochhalter) -Performance Benchmarking of Genetics Based Machine Learning Packages The goal of my Fall 2019 UROP proposal was to quantify neovessel regression during angiogenesis. Ivy Christofferson(Prof. Sophie Caron) Elucidating the neuronal pathway underlying gustatory associative learning in Drosophila melanogaster Kevin Yang(Prof. J David Symons) -Micro RNA Expression of Endothelial Cell Autophagy in Trained Mice Kate Button(Disa Gambera) -Car Fetishization in Hollywood Films: A Tragedy of the Commons Ericka Vladovich(Andrea Brunelle) -Archeology and Paleoecology of Lake Bonneville and the Old River Bed Delta System Richard Lee(Prof. Matthew Kieber-Emmons) - Developing protein methodology by investigating dynamics in PYP with unnatural acid vibrational probes Ryan Boekholder(Sheri Holmen) -Exploring the role of IDH1R132H in glioma maintenance in vitro and in vivo Sydney Friesen(Claudia Geist) -Socio-Economic Status and Birth Control Discontinuation Due to Side Effects Taelor Johnson(Prof. Albert Park) Functional Role of Lipopolysaccharides in Cytomegalovirus Induced Sensorineural Hearing Loss Taylor Mott(Sonia Albert Sobrino) -Political Messages in Nuevo Cine Espanol Parker Holzer(Prof. Inese Ivans) Understanding Planet-Harboring Stars in the Open Cluster M67 Kai Sin(Prof. Akiko Kamimura) -Cardiovascular disease and diabetes among refugees in the USA Sam Hendry (Mentor: Matthew Mulvey) - Understanding the multifunctional nature of the PasTI toxin-antitoxin system in Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli. Aidan Copinga(Alan Kuntz) -Application of Optimized Continuum Robots Erick Solum(Jacob Hochhalter) -Optimization and Tunability of Hyperparameters in Physics Informed Machine Learning Carter Niedert(Bruce Edgar) -Unbiased RNAi screening to identify damage sensing pathways and their effect on cell proliferation Jacob Zamora(Jacob Hochhalter) -Verification of Fast Uncertainty Quantification Method for Anisotropic Elasticity Caroline Keller (Mentor: Nitin Phadnis) - The identification and characterization of a second autosomal gene that works in association with Overdrive to create hybrid incompatibility within Drosophila pseudoobscura in USA D. pseudoobscura (USA) and Bogota (Bogota) D. pseudoobscura subspecies Soren Nelson(Rajesh Menon) -Deep Learning In Lensless Imaging Alessandra Cipriani-Detres(Laurence Parker) -The Fight for Diversity: Marketing Diversity in Higher Education and its Misleading Impacts on Incoming Students at the University of Utah Sophia Perez(Markus Babst) -The Role of Palmitoylation as a Regulator of Nutrient Transport Stability Rebecca Lewis(Prof. Dimitri Traenkner) - Validating a Versatile and Inexpensive Tool for the Quantification of Learning and Memory in Mice Jarom Mercer(Thomas Zangle) -Fabrication of Microstencils Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program - University of Minnesota Clara Lindley(Jennifer Ose) -Associations between Inflammatory and Angiogenesis Biomarkers and Cancer-related Distress Duke Ross(Miriam Albert-Sobrino) -Strings Jacqueline Jolley(Aaron Kaplan) -Vowel Harmony in Abkhaz Elaine Ong(Prof. Clement Chow) -Identifying genetic modifiers influencing retinal degeneration diseases Chris Marston(Neil Vickers) -A Preliminary Study of the Effect of Atmospheric Turbulence on Female Mosquito Activity Madeline Berger(Prof. Catherine Loc-Carrillo) - Determining the efficacy of antibiotics and bacteriophage cocktail in treating Staphylococcus aureus biofilm Kiman Kaur(Prof. Susie Porter) - Can Reproductive Freedom Be Achieved by Decolonizing What Pleasure, Love, and Resistance Look Like? Claire Cruz (Mentor: Leif Anderson) - Creation of Landslide Database in Iceland Assessing Mechanisms, Occurrences, and Hazards Cameron Negrete(Prof. Jim Steenburgh) Accuracy of the ECMWF Ensembles QPF Forecast at Western United States SNOTEL Locations Ella Habbeshaw(Kristen Kwan) -Examining the Cellular Mechanisms of Cornea Morphogenesis Olivia Richards(Pai Wang) -Aerogel-based Metamaterial Design for Helicopters Alyssa Phillips(Monisha Pasupathi) -Shame and Guilt: Expression of Emotion LeAundra Jeffs(Prof. William Brazelton) Comparative Metagenomics of Serpentinization-Powered Microbes Sama Alkilani(Prof. Shelley Minteer) -Water-Soluble Polymer Based Redox Flow Battery Elena Yee(Micah Drummond) -Effects of macrophage immunotherapy treatment to improve muscle recovery following disuse atrophy in old mice Cameron Jensen (Mentor: Peter Fino) - The Effect of mild Traumatic Brain Injuries on Turning Smoothness, Anila Jonnavithula (Mentor: Raj Ghosh) - Development of a Novel Fluorogenic-Based Assay to Measure Chaperone Mediated Autophagy Activity in Cells and Tissue, Milo Light (Mentor: J David Symons) - Intact endothelial cell autophagy preserves outcomes of acute ischemic stroke in mice, Isaac Ou (Mentor: Tanya Halliday) - Impact of Whey Protein Supplementation on Body Composition and Athletic Performance in High School Soccer Players, Nizhoni Porter (Mentor: Anandh Babu Pon Velayutham) - Effect of Blueberry Supplementation on Oral Dysbiosis in C57BL/6J Mice, Keaton Rosquist (Mentor: Anandh Babu Pon Velayutham) - Role of Strawberry Anthocyanins on Diabetic Kidney Disease in db/db Mouse Model, Jada Voth (Mentor: Stacy Manwaring) - Exploring Play over Time in Toddlers at-risk for Autism, Nayla Rodriguez (Mentor: Michael Gills) - Diversity through a lens, Gillian Ruppel (Mentor: Michael Gills) - Intensive Literary Fiction Novel Project: Paper Stars and Shattered Jars, Addison Bethards (Mentor: Tanya Flores) - Vowel Speech Sound Development in Hispanic Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HHH) Children, Britta Bolander (Mentor: Aniello De Santo) - Bridging the Ethics Divide: Expanding the Scope and Context of AI Ethics, John Bowden (Mentor: Dave Bresnahan) - Recapturing the Day-To-Day Sensory Experience of the 19th Century Swahili Coast, Joe de Lannoy (Mentor: Gema Guevara) - Breaking the Circle: Analyzing and Redefining Puerto Rican Migration and Identity Post Hurricane Maria, Pierce Dirkis (Mentor: Matt Haber) - The Intersection of Pediatric Autonomy & Conscientious Objection: New Perspectives, Annie Jensen (Mentor: Mira Green) - (Un)Manning Alexander: The Reception of Bagoas the Eunuch in Contemporary Narratives of Alexander the Great, Suzanne Kekoa (Mentor: Maile Arvin) - Decolonializing Native Hawaiian Women's bodies, Kalista Leggitt (Mentor: Matt Haber) - The Intersection of Pediatric Autonomy and Conscientious Objection: New Perspectives, Molly Rhodes (Mentor: Ashton Lazarus) - Research for Historical Novel "Another Tale of Ise" (Working Title), Luke Seaver (Mentor: Peter Roady) - Mapping the Conservative Movement: Using Network Analysis to Explain the Growth of Conservatism in the United States, Trever Vallieres (Mentor: Eric Herschthal) - Carbon Emissions in the Plantationocene, Zeia Woodruff (Mentor: Matt Haber) - The Intersection of Pediatric Autonomy and Conscientious Objection: New Perspectives. Dan Kim(Lucas Timmins) -Establishing a Graphical User Interface to Extract Arterial Compliance from Ultrasound Image Data Morgan Arseneau(Lisa Taylor-Swanson) -Social Media Discussions of Menopause Bailey Smith(Shane Macfarlan) -Effects of ages at first marriage and spousal age gaps on remarriage probability: Knapp Family Genealogy Data Entry and Analysis