Wyoming Undergraduate Research Day

Room	Last	First	Title
1:00
103	Kury	Bryon	Cheyenne Regional Medical Center IT Department On-Call Program
105	Neelands	Morgan	Automation of a Hydraulic Car Crusher
105	Wunder	Cameron	Automation of a Hydraulic Car Crusher
105	Kruger	Sam	Automation of a Hydraulic Car Crusher
113	May	Amber	The Dilemmas of a Global Standard
115	Cranford	Kimberly	Arginase and Brisket Disease in Cattle
118	Carter	Kristin	Natural Gas to Diesel
118	Limo	Kigen	Natural Gas to Diesel
118	Fahrenkopf	Max	Natural Gas to Diesel
118	Reed	Titus	Natural Gas to Diesel
118	Alzanan	Abdulaziz	Natural Gas to Diesel
137	Levi	Jamie	Anthropology in Uniform
141	Miller	Stan	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
141	Schultz	Chris	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
141	Hunter	Steve	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
142	Best	Brianna	Identifying Inmates Who Choose Incarceration over Parole
144	Lehman	Amanda	Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Darkover: Accepting a Thought-Experiment
147	Beman	Jennifer	Biologically Inspired Sensor: Expansion of the Automatic Gain Control Circuitry
207	Downham	Kathryn	From the Field to the Classroom: Adapting Scientific Research Experience into the Secondary Science Classroom.
209	Costello	Erica	Eimeria identification and evolutionary relationships in the Wyoming ground squirrel (Spermophilus elegans)
214	Spellman	Jessie	Serologic Characterization of a Potential Virulence Gene Product from Brucella abortus."
215	Korir	Mark	Power Grid Interconnected Photovoltaic System with Battery Backup
215	Rickerl	Jeff	Power Grid Interconnected Photovoltaic System with Battery Backup
219	Markum	Craig	Legos Connecting Students to the Energy Problem
221	Kollmar	Jan-Pablo	West Nile Virus: Structure, Transmission, and Detection
222	May	Emily	A Spectroscopic Investigation of Stars with 8 μm Excesses in GLIMPSE
1:20
103	Lee	Avery	Spectrum Map Software
113	Tuñacao	Dominick	Automated America: Rise of the Mechanized Technology
115	Kaiser	Amanda	Effects of Aflatoxin Exposure on Male Reproduction-Project Summary
137	Wandler	Cole	Mountains and Valleys and Bifaces: The Impact of Landscape on Projectile Point Retouch
142	Radakovich	Maurissa	Social Exclusion and the Brain: Neural and Motivational Responses to Social Ostracism
144	Wimmer	Ashley	The Effects of Culture on Graphic Design in Advertising
147	MacLellan	Christopher	Honeypots and Network Security
207	Hamar	Nicholas	Eimeria Parasites in Wyoming Ground Squirrels and the Secondary Science Classroom
209	Quealy	Leah	Determination of Phylogenetic Relationships of Three Eimeria (Apicomplexia: Eimeridae) Species Using 18S-ITS1-5.8S-ITS2-23S rDNA Sequence.
214	Bolenbaugh	K. Edward	Bacteriophage-mediated Biocontrol of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Milk and Juice
215	Tolman	Jordan	A Control System for Prioritizing Electric Loads
215	Wittkop	Wade	A Control System for Prioritizing Electric Loads
219	Calmes	Jordan	Evidence for manganese photochemistry en route to manganese-oxo clusters
221	Huff	Anna	17beta-Estradiol supplementation attenuates cardiomyocyte contractile dysfunction via activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in ovariectomized mice
222	Anderson	Nicholas	An Analysis of the Fundamental Vibrations of Non-Convex Shapes
1:30
105	Atwood	David	Prototype Wind Turbine Tower Crawler
105	Mackay	Alex	Prototype Wind Turbine Tower Crawler
105	Adrian	Tyler	Prototype Wind Turbine Tower Crawler
141	Irick	Jeramiah	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
141	Roland	Ashley	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
141	Rumsey	Christine	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
141	Klein	Jessica	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
1:40
103	Huston	Matt	Shift Scheduling using Database-Driven Technologies
103	Rathburn	Brent	Shift Scheduling using Database-Driven Technologies
113	Joyce	Jason	Yo Poetry Raps: Rejuvenating a Lost Art in a Top 40 World
115	Thompson	Colleen	The Power Behind the Taekwon-Do Punch
118	Pham	Thien	Biodigestion
118	Young	Heather	Biodigestion
118	Bagley	Devan	Biodigestion
118	Henry	Coleman	Biodigestion
118	Durham	Shanda	Biodigestion
137	Jelly	Emily	Unruly Women: Women in the 1916 Easter Rising
142	Pontarolo	Kash	Human Rights Considerations of EU Crisis Management
144	McKernan	Caitlin	A Digital World for the Graphic Designer: The new era of digital technology and design
147	Streeter	Rob	Fly-eye Sensor
207	Baltes	Amber	Assessing modern sheep microwear to enrich middle school students’ lives
209	Riad	Rasha	The evolution of SINEs in primate genomes
209	Sharpe	Josh	The evolution of SINEs in primate genomes
214	Smylie	Sandra	Cloning and Expression of Recombinant PrP Protein From the Moose (Alces alces shirasi) Genomic Variant 209 Ile
215	Kinney	Travis	An Expandable Electric Energy Monitoring System for Home Appliances
215	Mahoney	Nick	An Expandable Electric Energy Monitoring System for Home Appliances
215	Adams	Andrew	An Expandable Electric Energy Monitoring System for Home Appliances
219	Hein	Sarah	Cotyledonary Vascular Morphology of the Ovine Placentome and the Effects of Maternal Obesity
221	Stone	Chris	Identification of A and B blood group like environmental antigens
222	Hauser	Andrew	Applications of Lucas Sequences in Primality Testing
222	Heimbuck	Karl	Applications of Lucas Sequences in Primality Testing
222	Robinson	Heather	Applications of Lucas Sequences in Primality Testing
2:00
103	LeJeune	James	Checkers Application
103	Smith	Andrew	Checkers Application
103	Aust	Heather	Checkers Application
105	Clark	Kevin	Design of the 2009 UWYO SAE Baja Car
105	Huseth	Josh	Design of the 2009 UWYO SAE Baja Car
105	McKenzie	TJ	Design of the 2009 UWYO SAE Baja Car
105	Stutzman	Lee	Design of the 2009 UWYO SAE Baja Car
105	Babbitt	Ashli	Design of the 2009 UWYO SAE Baja Car
105	Foster	Dan	Design of the 2009 UWYO SAE Baja Car
105	Kellogg	Cody	Design of the 2009 UWYO SAE Baja Car
105	Tatro	Josh	Design of the 2009 UWYO SAE Baja Car
113	McBride	Jonathan	Changing Perceptions of Minorities in the America
115	Allen	Travis	Histophilus somni myocarditis: An important cause of fatal disease in feeder cattle in Wyoming.
137	Smeaton	Alexander	How a Tiny Mosquito Almost Thwarted the Construction of the Panama Canal.
141	Quist	Jeremy	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
141	Eldridge-Looker	Loren	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
141	Edmunds	Jake	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
141	Krall	Marcus	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
142	Fair	Jennifer	Determining Influencing Factors of Pro-social Behavior
142	Tahir	Lilly	Determining Influencing Factors of Pro-social Behavior
142	Kopsa	Bethany	Determining Influencing Factors of Pro-social Behavior
142	Rieser	Amy	Determining Influencing Factors of Pro-social Behavior
144	Gilmer	Lillian	Prying Open My Third Eye: Drug Subculture in American Literature from the 1950s
147	Walker	Luke	Computational Modeling of A Woven Fabric Composite Material
207	Carpenter	Jennifer	Nitrogen Cycle: Integration into the Classroom
209	McCann	Sage	Visualization of the Verrucomicrobium spinosum type III secretion system needle protein using Transmission electron microscopy
214	Talbott	Heather	Evidence of an Independent, Localized, GnRH System in the Mouse Heart
215	Smith	Nicholai	USB Battery Charger Powered by a Bicycle
219	Anderson	Carly-Ann	Building Our Neighborhoods: Laramie as a Model of Early 20th Century Construction
221	Thompson	Samantha	Differentiation between infections caused by Brucella abortus and Yersinia enterocolitica 0:9 in Elk by Western Blot.
222	Gunderson	Patricia	Building Sustainability into Senior Architectural Design
2:15
118	Herr	David	Indirect Coal Liquefaction
118	Tuhaye	Fuad	Indirect Coal Liquefaction
118	Dutcher	Bryce	Indirect Coal Liquefaction
118	Bertoglio	Gina	Indirect Coal Liquefaction
2:20
103	Derbish	Andrew	COTS—A Tool to Make Advising Easier.
103	Waldron	Brant	COTS—A Tool to Make Advising Easier.
113	Pfefferle	Eileen	Tracking Transience: How to Read Graffiti on Laramie’s Architecture
115	Austin	Kathy	Effects of Aflatoxin Exposure on Male Reproduction-Project Summary
115	Cammack	Kristi	Effects of Aflatoxin Exposure on Male Reproduction-Project Summary
137	Hughes	Jessie	Irreconcilable Differences: Missionary Persecution and Eviction in 16th Century Japan
142	Lane	Stacey	Culture, Environment, and Alcohol Use
142	Oliez	Tiffany	Culture, Environment, and Alcohol Use
142	Britt	Erin	Culture, Environment, and Alcohol Use
142	Villalobos	Natalie	Culture, Environment, and Alcohol Use
144	Hawley	Jane	Working the Kinks Out: Understanding Contemporary Sexual Identity through Sex Blogs
147	Schabron	Bridget	A Continued Study of Microjet Shear Stress
209	Nguyen	Tran	Antibiotic Resistance of Bacteria in Water Above and Below a Water Treatment Plant
209	Nutt	Charlotte	Antibiotic Resistance of Bacteria in Water Above and Below a Water Treatment Plant
214	Domman	Daryl	Developing Genetic Tools for the Planctomycetes and Verrucomicrobia: Novel approaches to transformation
215	Purdy	Amos	Controller for a Computer Numeric Controlled Engraving Machine
215	Bryce	Brian	Controller for a Computer Numeric Controlled Engraving Machine
219	Kimura	Emi	Systematic leaf anatomy of Bromeliaceae subfamily Bromelioideae (Pineapple Family) – a preliminary comparative survey of the epidermis
221	Poulos	Garrett	The role of endogenous MIF on ischemic AMPK activation
222	Kimble	Margaret	Fail safe device for a Load-bearing Portable ‘dead hang’ designed for locations where no Existing Rigging Positions Exist
2:30
105	Mullings	Justin	SAE Aero Design
105	Mertes	Chris	SAE Aero Design
105	Herrera	Angelo	SAE Aero Design
141	Edstrom	Andrew	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
141	Thompson	Derrick	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
141	Bell	Jeb	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
2:40
113	Capron	Erin	Creating a Small Business: SimpliciTea
115	Collins	Levi	Anti-Herbivore Properties of Bromelain
137	Muller	Rose	The Art of Memoir through Graphic Novels and Prose
142	Singleton	Nakia	A social worker in the emergency room: A closer look at reason for visit and the cost per services.
142	Kramer	Jessica	A social worker in the emergency room: A closer look at reason for visit and the cost per services.
142	Sibert	Holly	A social worker in the emergency room: A closer look at reason for visit and the cost per services.
144	Meeboer	Kelly	The Romance of Scotland in Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander
147	Mankowski	Trent	Investigating energy transfer in Ce3+ co-doped phosphors and their applications in white light emitting diodes (LED’s)
214	Neuwerth	Thomas	Puriform PCR: Searching for Spider Silk Sequences
215	Lichtfuss	Erich	Multi-Sensor Rocket Payload
215	Fox	Kyle	Multi-Sensor Rocket Payload
219	Zook	Brandon	U.S. Air Transportation Network Analysis
221	Malik	William	Effects of a Diet High in Saturated Fat and Total Fat Content on Inflammatory Markers and Amyloid Plaque Accumulation in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
222	Peterson	Daniel	Geometric Attack on the GPS Problem
3:00
118	Alhaji	Hussain	Biomass to Liquids from Pine Beetle Kill via Syngas Blue Stained Saps
118	Thomas	Tolman	Biomass to Liquids from Pine Beetle Kill via Syngas Blue Stained Saps
118	Fogleman	Chris	Biomass to Liquids from Pine Beetle Kill via Syngas Blue Stained Saps
118	Cheah	Yi Ern	Biomass to Liquids from Pine Beetle Kill via Syngas Blue Stained Saps
118	Norton	Tyler	Biomass to Liquids from Pine Beetle Kill via Syngas Blue Stained Saps

BREAK

3:20
113	Cohn	Stephanie	UW Digital Applications -- Expanding Opportunities for International Scholarly Publishing: The Schism of the Old Believers from the Russian Orthodox Church
113	Casper	Alexandra	UW Digital Applications -- Expanding Opportunities for International Scholarly Publishing: The Schism of the Old Believers from the Russian Orthodox Church
113	Poudel	Saroj	UW Digital Applications -- Expanding Opportunities for International Scholarly Publishing: The Schism of the Old Believers from the Russian Orthodox Church
113	Hakiyeva	Jeren	UW Digital Applications -- Expanding Opportunities for International Scholarly Publishing: The Schism of the Old Believers from the Russian Orthodox Church
115	Shriver	Robert	Fire history of the Snowy Range, WY over the past 16,000 years
137	Neumann	Deidre	Spanglish: A Feature of a Diverse Multicultural Populace or a Linguistic Perversion?
142	Dimit	Ashley	Exploring the differences between men and women and their views regarding parenting while imprisoned.
142	Cunningham	Shannon	Exploring the differences between men and women and their views regarding parenting while imprisoned.
144	Whyde	William	Original Screenplay
147	Rivera	Frances
214	Woodward	Megan	Discoveries in Myxococcus xanthus Motility by tgl Mutagenesis
215	Richey	James	Crystal Oscillators as Frequency References in a Rocket
215	Thornton	Justin	Crystal Oscillators as Frequency References in a Rocket
219	Yeik	Travis	Geospatial Information for Habitat Quality Assessment in the Pinedale Anticline region of Wyoming
221	Jones	Kyla	Cisplatin compromises the ultrastructure of mitochondria and mechanical function of cardiomyocytes
222	Vankova	Irena	Minimization Technique for Phase Equilibrium Computation in Multi-component Two-phase Flows
3:30
105	Voss	Luke	Suborbital Rocket Payload
105	King	Sean	Suborbital Rocket Payload
105	Parkins	Jeff	Suborbital Rocket Payload
105	Allais	Anthony	Suborbital Rocket Payload
3:35
118	Anderson	Benjamin	Methanol Production from Black Liquor via Syngas Woody’s Black
118	Davis	Brett	Methanol Production from Black Liquor via Syngas Woody’s Black
118	Piroutek	Christina	Methanol Production from Black Liquor via Syngas Woody’s Black
118	Pham	Diem	Methanol Production from Black Liquor via Syngas Woody’s Black
118	Grosulak	Ian	Methanol Production from Black Liquor via Syngas Woody’s Black
3:40
113	Strannigan	Layne	Preventative Medicine in the United States: The Acceptance and Impact of the HPV Vaccine.
115	Niekum	Trista	The Effects of Fish Presence on Mayfly Allometry
137	Bush	Hanna	Wooing Women: Raising Awareness of Wyoming’s Unjust Gender Wage Gap Among Women of the New Silent Generation
142	Galbreath	Andrew	The Relationship between Perceived Discrimination and the Presence of PTSD among a Refugee Sample.
142	Salvato	Melissa	The Relationship between Perceived Discrimination and the Presence of PTSD among a Refugee Sample.
144	Mueller	Rebecca	Irene and the Underworld: An Exploration of Modern Fantasy
147	Tolman	Thomas	Beetle-Killed Pinewood to Ethanol via Gasification and Bio-Fermentation
214	Abbaszadeh	Evan	Tagging RAB1A with the Fluorescent Protein, CFP, to Test for Localization in Growing Maize Cells
215	Buffington	Ryan	Electronic Music Stand
215	DeMino	Ali	Electronic Music Stand
219	Stacy	Sarah	Structural evidence for juxtaposition of two archean terranes in the teton range, Western Wyoming
221	Hart	Ellen	Migratory and biological implications of isotopic composition in nail halux and feather samples for Cinclodes nigrofumousus and C. oustaleti
222	Terlep	Arthur	Nonstandard Analysis and Magnetohydrodynamic Shock Waves
4:00
105	Ramaeker	Pam	Energy Conversion System for a Solar Concentrating Heliostat
105	Baker	James	Energy Conversion System for a Solar Concentrating Heliostat
105	Barnes	Will	Energy Conversion System for a Solar Concentrating Heliostat
105	Turbiville	Adam	Energy Conversion System for a Solar Concentrating Heliostat
105	Hartman	Anna	Energy Conversion System for a Solar Concentrating Heliostat
113	White	Lindsey	Trained To Take Care Of You, But Who Is Taking Care of Them?: An Inquiry Into The Experiences Of New Graduate Nurses
115	Link	Matthew	Biological Functions of Superoxide Dismutase, Peroxide Catalase, and Thiol Peroxidase in Cyanobacteria
137	Dschaak	Casey	Educational Reforms of the Progressive Era
142	Ripley	Kim	Intimate Partner Violence and the Factors that Affect the Act of Leaving; Economics, Self-Efficacy and Sense of Responsibility to Family
142	Wagner	Shannon	Intimate Partner Violence and the Factors that Affect the Act of Leaving; Economics, Self-Efficacy and Sense of Responsibility to Family
144	Kerber	Katherine	The Story of a Book: the creative process behind writing and illustrating a children’s book.
147	Basden	Michael	A Numerical Study of 2D Free-surface Water Wave Equations
214	Reed	Joseph	A Matter of Life and Death: The search for a c-di-GMP binding partner that allows wild type Escherichia coli to survive while strain BL21 cannot.
215	Pritchard	Cory	LED Touchpad Toy
219	Pribyl	Paul	Long-Term Perspectives on the Effects of Climate Change On Wyoming’s Water Resources
221	Felton	Tyler	Cytoarchitectonic and Immunohistological Profile of GABAergic Neurons In the Posterior Piriform Cortex
222	Jensen	Maurisa	Residues and Pseudoprime
222	Elder	Carla	Residues and Pseudoprime
222	O'Toole	Kelley	Residues and Pseudoprime
4:20
115	Scicluna	Elise	Mapping Pain Pathways in the Spinal Cord of Mice
137	Ver Burg	Mark	Modes of Taxation and Sustainable Economic Growth in the United States
142	Scissons	Natalie	The Reality of Prescription Drug Abuse
144	Halliday	Sara	Aristotle’s Persisting Contributions to Identity
147	Cheah	Yi Ern	Synthesis and Purification of Recombinant Spider Silk Proteins
214	Rowan	Monica	Spider Silk Expression in Alfalfa: A Recombinant Report
219	Rader	Jonathan	Estimating the body mass of large animals
221	Brown	Catherine	Aerodynamic Resistances of Instruments Used in the Horn Blowing Hierarchy
222	Beckman	Adrienne	Robert W. Hite Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrade
4:30
105	Bowers	Bobby	MARS ROCKS!
105	Hawk	Mitch	MARS ROCKS!
105	Webber	David	MARS ROCKS!
4:40
115	Ostrander	Angela	A survey of Didymosphenia geminata in Grand Teton National Park and surrounding areas.
137	Yaple	Zachary	Asymmetry of Self-distanced and Self-immersed in Rumination
144	Schroff	Alysa	Woman as a Savior who Deceives, as presented in Selected Poetry by Blas de Otero (1916-1979)
147	Schunter	Alissa	Mechanistic Studies of Pyrolysis Induced Site-Specific Cleavage at Aspartic Acid by Tandem Mass Spectrometry
214	Grauberger	Kevin	The Determination of Cell Type and Subcellular Location of Spermidine Synthase
215	Budzinak	Nicole	Microprocessor Controlled Dots Game
219	Schulmeyer	Kayley	The presence of Planctomycetes in Southeastern Wyoming
221	Allhusen	John	Proteomic Analysis of Methanogens
222	Peterson	Daniel	Sieving and Searching for Pseudoprimes
5:00
105	Krahenbuhl	Eli	2009 NASA Moonbuggy Competition
105	Straka	Matthew	2009 NASA Moonbuggy Competition
105	Burton	Kathryn	2009 NASA Moonbuggy Competition
105	Spehar	Peter	2009 NASA Moonbuggy Competition
115	Hansen	Brenda	Phosphorus assimilation efficiency in fresh water gastropods: An indicator of invasion success?
137	Day	Kelsey	Islam and Democracy: is cooperation possible?
144	Weber	Joelle	“THIS JUST IN…” A Look at Improvisational Theatre through Creative Production
147	Granum	David	Bioinspired Analogs for Water Gas Shift Catalysis
214	Tisdell	Makaya	Characterizing the Performance of Models for Sequence Evolution and the Detection of Positive Selection
219	Stanton	Brice	Mapping Burn Severity Within the Grizzly Gulch Fire Using Remote Sensing Techniques
219	Stephens	Adam	Mapping Burn Severity Within the Grizzly Gulch Fire Using Remote Sensing Techniques
221	Graul	Leslie	Characterization of Coal and Water Samples from Coal-bed Methane wells by Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry: Enhancement of Secondary Biogenic Methane Production
222	Schanke	Angela	The causes and consequences of poor math performance in the United States