2025 Presenters

Session A – 10:00 – 10:50 a.m. 

A01 – Jennifer Figueroa, Valeria Lugo-Martinez, Daniela Esquivel Cantu, Jayda Branch, Clare Thomas, PhD, and Hannah C. Williamson PhD 
How does the lack of diversity in social science research affect undergraduate students? 

A03 – Savannah Rakowitz
Implications of Low-Access Households on 2022 Primary School Ratings in the Austin Metropolitan Area 

A06 – Kiana Marques-Nicholson
The Antitrust Monopoly: How the Federal Trade Commission Has Expanded Over Time

A07 – Tanvi Prem
Divine Messaging: Examining Christian Rhetoric in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election 

A08 – Veronica X. Yan, Stephany D. Rea, Aidan Cournoyer, and Nico Casaca-Watkins
Undergraduates are Strategic Learners, Just Not In Ways Researchers Expect  

A09 – Breigh Plat
Open Mouths, Open Paths: Speculating the Sole Black Woman in Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

A10 – Olivia Beskid
Exploring How To Define The Domain of Discourse to Avoid Set-Theoretic Paradoxes 

A11 – Trinity Ngo
“I have tried to turn myself American-feminine”: Diasporic Narratives of Taiwanese versus Chinese American Women

A12 – Ysabel Born
Queering Joseph: Dreaming queerness into a biblical text

A13 – Abigail Tomaski, Benjamin Howell, Priya Bisht, Megan Lam, Inaya Momin, Jaiden Walker, Tylor McGrew, BS., Jake Foster, BS., Grace Do, BS., Faith Noah, MD, MPH, Mackenzie Thompson, MD, MPH, and Shannon Markus, MD, MPH
How Social Determinants of Health Affect Emergency Department Dependance

A14 – Ella Toye and Grant Marshall
The Effect of Ibogaine-Assisted Psychotherapy on Neuroticism in Special Operations Military Members

A16 – Ishan Arora, Ritu Shah, Rhea A. Morani, Cynthia E. Herzog, and Priya R. Bhosale
Second Malignant Neoplasms (SMNs): Double-Edged Sword Effect of Cancer Therapy

A18 – Kashish Sawant, Alexander Carruth, Lucas Williams, Miriam Yampuler, Arianna Lax, Samhita Sreepathi, and Krishna Hariprasad
Exploring Stressors and Coping Mechanisms Among Esperanza Community Residents Seeking Healthcare at the C.D. Doyle Clinic

A19 – Nathaniel Barnett, Carmine Schiavone, Vittorio Cristini, Zhihui Wang, and Prashant Dogra
Shots in The Dark: Elucidating SARS-COV-2 Passive Immunization During Gestation

A20 – Veda Kutagula, Ryan Nguyen, Audrey Truong, and Isha Uma Sridhar
Comparing Mouse Model to Human Alcohol Use Disorder: a Single-Cell Perspective

A21 – Raquel Paz Bergia
Disruptions in Dopaminergic Pathways and Episodic Memory Decline in Parkinson's Disease

A22 – Zoya J. Ahmad
Exploring the Impact of Myelin Protein Zero Misfolding on Peripheral Myelin Protein 22 Dysfunction in Demyelination

A23 – Simali Shah, Adriana Souto Pereira Nuncio, Blaine Caslin, Cole Maguire, Esha Idnani, and Esther Melamed
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation from Alcohol-Drinking Mice Ameliorates EAE Neuroinflammation via the Gut-CNS Axis

A24 – Alicia R Daley, Marcelle E Olvera, and Hongjoo J Lee
The Attention-Addiction Connection: Exploring Cue Directed Behavior in Rats during an Alcohol Seeking Paradigm

A25 – Cosmo Miyahara, FuXiang Chen, and Dr. Chih-Kang Shih
Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) for Molybdenum Disulfide MoS2

A26 – Cecilia Dotson
Genetic and Epigenetic Contributions to Athleticism

A27 – Cecily R Gibson, Brandy N Routh, and Laura K Fonken
Circadian rhythm disruption attenuates maternal caregiving behaviors and decreases postpartum microglia density

A28 – Darryl E Berry Jr
Stellar Properties as Functions of Position in the Praesepe Open Cluster

A29 – Elizabeth Beem
Schulle Creek Restoration at Brackenridge Field Laboratory

A30 – Emilio Saldana
Unveiling the Universe: Colliding Particles to Discover Matter

A32 – Isabella Null, Michela Fracassi, and Theresa A. Jones
Investigating the role of behavioral tagging in motor skill learning with ΔFosB

A34 – Krupa Amerineni and Kristen Wong
Exploring community violence exposure and discrimination: A survey of college students in Michoacán, Mexico.

A35 – Kenzo Revilla, Kathryn Mahach, and James Curley
Neuroimmune Regulation: Microglial Density in the Lateral Amygdala of Dominant and Subordinate Mice

A36 – Leodan Villegas-Avina and John T. Markert
Characterizing the Metal-Insulator Transition in La(1-x)R(x)NiO3 (R = Pr)

A37 – Logan E. Hillberry, Miles Mackenzie, Zachary I. E. Morrison, Ryan J. Schlimme, and Mark G. Raizen
Hearing with Lasers: Sagnac Interferometry For Ultra-Sensitive Acoustic Detection

A38 – Miranda M. Anders, Lourdes K. Davis, Jeffrey S. Darling, and Laura. K. Fonken
Early life hormone manipulation leads to lifelong alterations in microglial morphology and reactivity

A40 – Neena Varanasi, Vibhav Setlur, Kailasadatta Boggaram, Polina Lee, Alexander Nguyen, Mbemba Jabbi, and Dhivya Arasappan
Classifying Psychiatric Disorders With Blood and Brain Transcriptomic Expression 

A41 – Raaz Patel,  Seungheon Lee, Dr. Subrata Pandit and Dr. Devleena Samanta
Engineered Artificial Enzymes for Biosensor Applications

A45 – Geena Kaown, Dr. Angela Ku, Dr. Srinivas Chamakuri, and Dr. Martin Matzuk
Improving a nonhormonal and reversible male contraceptive method

A46 – Sohyun Kim, Soonwoo Hong, Jada N. Walker, Yu-An Kuo, Yuan-I Chen, Trung Duc Nguyen, Ananya Arora, Yujie He, Anh Thu Nguyen, Jennifer S. Brodbelt, Tim Yeh
Subak: A novel color-switching reporter for nuclease activity and nucleic acid detection

A47 – Diego Fonseca Albert, Janet He, Natalie Nguyen, Michael Kuo, Nina Chen, Zeynep Korkmaz, Jeffrey Guo, Hieu Tran, Sohyun Kim, Saeed Seifi, HooiCheng Lim, and Tim Yeh
High-throughput Screening of RNA Fluorogenic Aptamers with Distinct Fluorescence Lifetimes for Developing Differentiating Sensors

A48 – Isabella Soares, Adam Mann, and Gabriel E. Sanoja
Co-Designing the Mechanical and Transport Properties for UF Membranes Through Block Copolymer Self-Assembly and Zwitterions.  

A50 – Stephan Galvez, Krishan Patel, and Elena M. Zannoni
Identification and Correction of Fluorescence-Induced Spectral Distortions in Small-Pixel Semiconductor Detectors  

A51 – Titus Loftin
A Benchmark Dataset for Machine Learning and Inverse Data-Driven Approaches in Mechanics

A52 – Abbie Cervantes, Siham Kuri, Rachel Okoronkwo, and Chyloe Vargas-Booth
Influence of soil type on the performance of lime stabilized compressed earth blocks

A53 – Daniel Vo, Annie Nguyen, Julia Gancayco, Sophia Dai, Arianna Digman, and Trinity Ivy
Enhanced Rock Weathering Carbon Dioxide Removal Viability in Central Texas

A54 – Chinonso Franklin Obiefule
A One-Dimensional Model for Diffusion of CO2 and Water Isotopes in Allan Hills

A55 – Madison Fail
Natural Systems of Carbon Sequestration: Aqueous Calcium Carbonate Precipitation in Clay-Rich Soils

A57 – Sanne Peek, Dr. Kerry Cook, and Dr. Edward Vizy
Interannual and Decadal Variability of Precipitation in the Lake Victoria Basin

A58 – Sarah T. Habib
Water Equity for the Hopi Tribe: An Intersectional Approach to Water Resource Management 

Session B – 11:00 – 11:50 a.m  

B01 – Aseda Obuobisah, Mercy Okougbodu, Briana A. Lopez, and Aprile D. Benner
Under Pressure: The Impact of Race-Related Vigilance on Health and Psychological Resilience in Adolescents

B02 – Frances Cates, Krishna Hariprasad, Divya Pathapati, and Niels Levy-Thiebaut
Evaluating Experiences with Emergency Contraception Access and Changes in Knowledge after Education

B03 – Grace Doan, Aminah Abusali, Allegra Hastings-Martinez, and Dr. Mary-Carol Jennings
A Retrospective Study Examining Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates Segmented by Race/Ethnicity Compared to Intervention Implementation

B05 – Hannah Nguyen, Crystal B. Li, and Aprile D. Benner
The Role of Parent-Child Conflict as a Moderator between Sexual-Orientation Based Discrimination and Academic Performance

B06 – Kam McQueen
Reimagining Social Emotional Learning

B07 – Kevin Bobby, Andrew Alan, Suraj Chaturvedi, Sara Hashim, Ananya Tirumala, Shubhranshu (Rishi) Mishra, Aleeza Virani, Srishanti Chanal, Nethra Middela, and Keshv Srinivasan 
Ethnicity as a Predictor for Suicidal Behavior and its Moderation by Gender within Caucasian, South Asian, and Non-South Asian Asian College Students

B08 – Klaudia Misztal, Caroline Painter, Blaire Porter, Chuu Nyan, and Jessica A. Church
School Data Form Clusters that Relate to Individual Student Performance in Lab 

B09 – Kaylyn Perry
Navigating Stress Together: The Role of Communication in LGBTQ+ Relationships Facing Minority Stress

B10 – Lauren Allyn Rader
The Duty of Sex: Associations Between Purity Culture, Sexual Beliefs, and Relationships Among Cis-Gendered Women

B12 – Lauren Sukhu, Srikar Rachamalla, and Shivali Chava
Prevalence of Techniques Used to Reduce Restraint and Seclusion in Schools

B15 – Moses Eum, Olivia Brady, Madeline Divine, Brandi Reynolds, Ray Hawkinds, Bob Josephs, and Frances Champagne
The Role of Loneliness in Cortisol Reactivity Among Individuals with Suicidal Ideation

B16 – Molly McIlhinney
Gender Dynamics in the Judicial Nomination Process: Analyzing Question Patterns in Federal Court Hearings

B18 – Swara Kale
Review of Asian American Participation in Recovery High Schools

B19 – Suraj Chatuvedi, Keshv Srinivasan, Kevin Bobby, Andrew Alan, Sara Hashim, Ananya Tirumala, Shubhranshu (Rishi) Mishra, Nethra Middela, Srishanti Chanal, and Aleeza Virani
Examining Differences in Symptom Severity Among South Asian and Caucasian College Students Presenting for On-Campus Mental Health Treatment

B20 – Shreya Sahu, Luna Malloy, Paige Broski, and Elizabeth Bauer, Josh Cisler
Psychophysiological Associations of Childhood Physical Abuse and Adulthood Physical Assault with Mood and Anxiety Symptoms

B22 – Ama Abeynayake
Neighbors in Need: Linking Seniors to Essential Services in East Austin

B23 – Aashna Mangal, Austin John, Rupali Chowdhry, Eshal Maredia, Sneha Jospeh, Siva Epuri, Ravi Parekh, and Dr. Shetal Vohra-Gupta
Development and Evaluation of Suicide Prevention Training Tailored to South Asian College Students

B24 – Noah Meah
Measuring Dementia Care Partners’ Fall Risk Management Behaviors: Development and Content Validation

B25 – Srinidhi Mahadevan, Katie McCormick PhD, Megan Wittig, and Kasey Claborn PhD
Assessing Training Histories and Needs of Harm Reduction Workers: Identifying Gaps to Enhance Competency

B26 – Aishi Ranjan, Davina Tran, and Noah Meah
Addressing Food Insecurity and Inequity in Austin-Travis County Using Community Based Participatory Research

B27 – Erika Almarza
Divided Congress: The Impact of Bipartisan Coalitions

B28 – Gabriella Quesada
Global Trade Agreements’ Impact on the U.S. Labor Market

B29 – Ishika Bhasin
Forecasting consumer confidence during the COVID-19 pandemic

B30 – Maria Piedra Castillo
Elementary and Secondary Education Legislative History

B31 – MaryJo Harb, Berzhia Mizani, Alyssa Pham, and Anukriti Srivastava
Investigating Biodiversity in Soil Microbial Communities as a Source of Antibiotic Innovation

B32 – Maya Thakur
Mental Health in Texas Public Schools

B34 – Najuwan Gore
Commodity terms of trade

B35 – Danielle Werle, Courtney Byrd, Robyn Croft, JoLynn Riojas, Sanjay Sathish, and Kye Pittman​
Establishing Friendships: Perspectives from School-Age Children Who Stutter

B37 – Michael Sachs, Kaushik Gattepalli, Radomir Chabiniok, Chase Becker, and Natalie Simonian 
Single Ventricle Disease Volumetric and Surface Strain Analyses

B40 – Anagha Natarajan, Megan Kelly, and Caitlin A. Orsini
The Effects of Hormonal Contraceptives on Cognitive Flexibility and Working Memory in Female Rats

B42 – Arish Maredia, Serra Ucer Ozgurel, and James Fleet
Genetic and Environmental Effects Control Bone Mineralization and Material Properties in Male Mice

B43 – Catalina Colling and Dr. Josh Beckham
New chemical scaffolds to treat the plague by inhibiting Yersinia pestis Ketoacyl-acyl Carrier Protein Reductase (YpFabG)

B44 – Hanna Hoogendam and Nicolas Esteva
Leveraging Hyperspectral Imagery in Biodiversity and Carbon Markets

B45 – Paige Keating and Adam Kraus
Searching for Evidence of Dynamical Scattering in Wide Planetary-Mass Companions

B46 – Jeffrey H. Guo, Janet He, Yanxing Wang, Pengyu Ren, and Tim Yeh
Computational Modeling and Engineering of RNA-based Fluorogenic Aptamers for Advanced Biosensing Applications

B47 – Jean Botani, Dustin Haskell, Michael P. Hart, Erica Korb, and Alekh Paranjapye
Using C. elegans to explore the interaction between environmental toxins and conserved autism-associated genes

B48 – Kylee Bankston, Marcelle Olvera, and Hongjoo J. Lee
Does drinking alcohol during withdrawal impact future relapse risk in rats?

B49 – Kashish Sawant, Kanako Matsumura, Dr. Lauren Dobbs
Longterm Cocaine administration and Withdrawal's effect on Mu Receptor Activation and Internalization.

B50 – Madeline Griswold, Kelly Zamudio, Harry Greene, Maia N. Rogers, Clarissa Bustamante Lopez, and Travis LaDuc
A Tale of Two Lizards: What Injuries Reveal About Defensive Adaptations and Predation in Two Phrynosomatid Lizards

B51 – Neha Arvinth
Engineering Physiologically Relevant Hydrogel Platforms For Investigating Glioblastoma Migration Dynamics and Tumor Growth

B52 – Nathalie Scott, Emily Aguilar-Pine, and Brett J Baker
Co-occurrence of microbial communities and eukaryotes in dynamic hydrothermal rock ecosystems

B53 – Nestor Rodriguez, Priyanka Bhasi, and Dr. Seongmin Lee
Kinetic Analysis of Alkyladenine Glycosylase’s Accommodation of Bulkier Alkylations

B54 – Sahana Ram, Chuu Nyan, Aiden Joseph Wachnin, Soroush Mirjalili, Masoud Seraji, and Audrey Duarte
Associative Memory Consolidation: How Sleep Quality Impacts Neural and Behavioral Performance Across Age Groups

B55 – Sanjeev Medam
Studying the Impact of Au-Nanomaterial Shape on Enzymatic Activity

B56 – Thomas Le, B.S.A., John Leri, Ph.D., and Josh Cisler, Ph.D.
The Impact of Trauma History on Contextual Fear Learning

B57 – Vinu Cherayil, and Dr. Josh T Beckham
Discovery of New Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase 1 (NDM-1) inhibitors

B58 – Rhea Lazar, Elizabeth Bailey, and Aran Belani
Bridging Health Equity Gaps: A Program Evaluation of HealthMaze's Community-Driven Digital Resource Model

B59 – Olga Tumanova, Dr. Tim Beach, and Dr. Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach
Environmental Adaptation and Wetland Agriculture Reliance in the Ancient Maya Lowlands

B60 – Habiba Syeda
Predictive Analysis of Water-Level Time Series

B61 – Zach Robison, Anna Ly, and Bianca Rodriguez
It’s not a Place, It’s a People: How Community Centered Design can Foster Social Connection

Session C – 1:00 – 1:50 p.m. 

C01 – Ayeyi Obuobisah and Grace Ugochukwu
Unequal Access, Unequal Outcomes: A Systematic Review of Racial Disparities in Access to Advanced Diabetes Treatment

C02 – Annika Hesse
Evaluating Legislative Transformations: The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Healthcare Trends in Congress

C03 – Collin Dufrene
Developing a Theory of Congressional Oversight of the Intelligence Community

C04 – Gabriel Z. Citeli
Congressional Attention and Corporate Sustainability: Analyzing Trends in Risk Factors Disclosures

C05 – Julia Thompson
Messaging Bills in a Split Congress

C09 – Caden B. Vogeli and Katherine A. Tillman
Space, Time, and Order: Understanding Children’s Representations of Temporal Events

C10 – Katy Doncer
Women’s Global Community and Suicide Inequality: The HDI Effect

C11 – London Whitney
Foreign Threats, Domestic Silence: How Congress Prioritizes Terrorism in Homeland Security and Civil Defense Hearings

C12 – Anya Gokul, Elizabeth Schweers, Mihir Saripalli, and Matthew Scheberle
Spatial Design Strategies to Reduce Transfer Penalties in Urban Transit Hubs

C15 – Gia Nguyen, Haneul Jang, and Matthew Eastin
Human-AI Interactions in Virtual Reality

C16 – Bibhasha Tripathi, Cassandra Cardenas, and Cassidy Bernstein
Make up your Mindset: School Counselors' Beliefs About Students' Post-Secondary Outcomes

C17 – Carina Solache
The Impact of Section 505 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act on Educational Outcomes for Undocumented Students

C18 – Nishi Soni
The Therapeutic Potential of Suppressing Chemokine Receptor CXCR4 Pathway Components in Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) Through First-Generation Potent Inhibitors

C19 – Abigail Vandiver
From Temperance to Repeal: Women, Alcohol, and Activism in American History

C21 – Sophia Arsiwala
What's in a Name?: Examining Identity and Community among people of West African descent in 18th-Century France

C22 – Layne-Grace Armstrong
Themes of Justice: Ancient Athens and the American Modern

C23 – Aashna Mangal
Dysregulation of Glutamate Transporter, Slc1a3, in Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)

C24 – Cayley Brock
Characterizing the Pediatric Glioma Microenvironment for Therapeutic Target Discovery

C25 – Lucy Metheny and Dr. John Luk
Ethical dilemmas of migraine treatment and access to care

C28 – Vikas Dhulipala
Fentanyl Augments HIV-1 Infection and Brain Dissemination

C29 – Glenda Gilmore
Pharmacotherapy for Nonverbal Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

C30 – Alexandra Fry, Christian Corral, Isabelle Gallagher, and Andreana Haley
Eat Smart, Think Sharp: Investigating B Vitamins and Cognitive Health in Adults with Metabolic Dysfunction

C31 – Alaina Donovan, Anh Pham, and Kenneth Keiler
Inhibitors of an extra-cytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factor, σE as anti-infectives and antibiotics against Gram-negative pathogens 

C32 – Aileen Vela and Josh Beckham 
In Silico Compound Screening with GOLD to Identify Novel GSK3β Inhibitors for Alzheimer’s Disease Therapeutics

C35 – Druthi Palle, Emily Javan, and Lauren Ancel Meyers
Assessing Respiratory Epidemic Surges in Central Texas Using Emergency Department Crowding

C36 – Devika Sunil
Deletion of striatal enkephalin in D2-medium spiny neurons and opposing effects on motivation for palatable food reward in mice

C37 – Francesca Abraham
Investigating the role of mca-1 in C. elegans via genetic engineering

C38 – Haneef Ibrahim, Josh Beckham, and Walt Fast
Identifying Novel Inhibitors of 3-oxoacyl-(acyl carrier protein) reductase in Plasmodium falciparum to combat malaria using High-Throughput Virtual Screening

C39 – Hyun Song, Volker Bromm, and Junehyoung Jeon
Exploring the Faintest SuperMassive Black Holes with JWST

C40 – Marcus Metsala and Riya Patel
Comparative Analysis of the Presence of p15E Specific T-cells in Murine Models

C41 – Anirudh Sudarshan, Meredith Rillera, and Abhirame Sriram
Quantitation of nucleic acid composition in a loop-mediated isothermal amplification diagnostic for Enterococcus faecalis in Recreational Waters

C42 – Susannah Lynn-Macrae, Anastasiya Petrova, Bastien Morlet, Marianne Lemée, and Christelle Golzio
Identification and Validation of CHD1L's Partners During Neurodevelopment

C43 – Trenton Turpin, Celeste Paerels, Stephen Cramer, and Simon George
Countering the corresponding states hypothesis with variable temperature measurements of extremophile protein flexibility

C44 – Umair Rehman and John Virostko
Skeletal Modeling of the Pancreas Characterizes Altered Morphology in Type 1 Diabetes (T1D)

C45 – Yoonseo Kim, Donghwa Suh, and Jeffrey M. Gross
Identifying the Progenitor of Zebrafish Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE) During Regeneration Post-Wide Ablation Injury

C47 – Sofia R Leal Cavazos
Root to Recovery: Bio-Engineered Solutions for Soil Stability

C48 – Elle Scott, Dr. Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, and Dr. Timothy Beach
Recent Water chemistry in Maya Lowlands: Characterizing the Rio Bravo Watershed, Belize

C49 – Jingxin Liang
Representing Climate Change and Drought Intensity with the Standardized Aridity Index (SAI)

C51 – Mobina Tavangarifard, Wendy Rodriguez Ovalle, Aithreya Thoppay, and Farshid Alambeigi
Single Optical Fiber for Shape Sensing in Surgical Robotics

C53 – Julia Gancayco, Mert Kavala, and Dr. Alexandra Clara Saracho
Synthesis and Mechanical Behavior of MICP Hydrogel Beads

C54 – Prince A Fofanah
Exploring the Mechanical Properties of 3D-Printed Nanoporous TPMS Gyroid Structures for Sustainable Critical Material Recycling

C56 – Sriya Cheemalamarri and Xiaowo Kang
Engineering Organoids for Exploration of Stiffness Related Immune Resistance to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Treatment for Pancreatic Cancer

C58 – Aylin Cibik, Katherine Mader, and Cassidy Wong
Where does it come from? Where does it go? Water reuse systems in central Texas and Scandinavia: Treatment methods, applications, and their relationship with the public

Session D – 2:00 – 2:50 p.m.  

D01 – Anika Bhatia
Psychiatric Distress predicts cognitive and functional status in individuals with subjective cognitive complaints.

D02 – Elyse Anderson
A Measure of Police Racialized Violence (A Study of Traffic Stops in America)

D03 – Mehr Chaudhary, Luna Malloy, Paige Broski, Elizabeth Bauer, and Josh Cisler
Emotion Regulation Deficits in Women with PTSD: A Correlational Study Across Difficulties in Emotion Regulation (DERS) Subscales

D05 – Marina Garfield, Nicolas Siller and Will McKinney
Lettuce Influence You: Nudging Green Choices in Supermarkets

D07 – Ty W Gribble
The Disappearance of Comprehensive Immigration Reform

D08 – Vanessa Carrer and Brenda Boonabaana
Gender and Youth Inclusion in Zambia’s Agricultural Innovation: Pathways to Equity, Nutrition, and Sustainability

D10 – Yousef Bader and Mac Clapper
Breaking the Silence: Reducing Stigma and Encouraging Mental Health Conversations Among Students

D12 – Christine Lee, Dr. Kasey Claborn, Dr. Katie McCormick, and Esther Lee
Understanding Why Residents Leave Recovery Homes: A Comparative Analysis

D15 – Magali Osowski
The 1976 Election And Its Legacy

D17 – Ella Gault, Jane Goldberg, Aaron Johnson, and Yingchen Liu
Plants Can Save Lives: Supports and Impacts to Urban Agriculture

D18 – Kirti Moteka
Technology for Transparency in the Global Cocoa Industry

D19 – Diana Arriaga
Articulating Access: Language's Role in Healthcare Equity

D20 – Andrea Aguilar Codina
Data Insights into the UT Transfer Experience

D21 – Kamen Wong, Hui Tang, Gautam Penna, & Owen N. Beck
Foot-stiffening socks may improve top sprint speed

D22 – Alejandra Acosta
Leonora Carrington: Alchemical Experimentation of Food as a Symbol of Cultural Identity

D23 – Gabriella Carvelli
Otium and the Garden Room: The Villa of Livia at Prima Porta

D25 – Baylee Ross
Variation in Texas English: Stability and Change in the Southern Vowel Shift

D26 – Mary Fanning, Mohamed S.A. Elfar M.D., and Huay-Zong Law M.D.
Double Jaw surgery for a patient with Gnathodiaphyseal Dysplasia (GDD): A case report and literature review

D27 – Tvisha Karumuri
Dietician-reported Barriers to Diabetes Nutrition Education

D28 – Sydney Quant
Changes in Texas Population and Demographics since 1970

D29 – Jennifer Smith
Attitudes on Multilingualism in Texas

D30 – Anjali Agrawal and Dr. Himanshu Gupta
Fairness in AI-Driven Oncology: Investigating Racial and Gender Biases in Large Language Models

D31 – Nisarg Shah, Sarah Diaz, B.A., Gabriela Guimarães, M.S., M.D., Nicole J. Moore, B.S., Douglas Barrett, Ph.D., and F. Gonzalez-Lima, Ph.D.
Transcranial Photobiomodulation (tPBM) Improves Outcomes for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder

D32 – Rinka Ko, Sara G. Manore, Grace L. Wong, Chuling Zhuang, and Hui-Wen Lo, Ph.D.
Investigating Drug Efficacy of FDA-Approved Drugs Abemaciclib and Fedratinib in TNBC

D33 – Lan Do
How Exercise Changes Muscle Over Time: Insights from Deconvoluting Bulk RNA-Seq

D34 – Cindy Fan
Trusted Semi-Supervised Multi-View Classification

D35 – Arushi Sharma, Emily Javan, and Lauren Ancel Meyers
Simulating Hospital Access During Epidemics: A Supply-Demand-Cost Approach

D36 – Avika Rahim
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency and Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome: A look into S1P Lyase Deficiency

D37 – Alondra Trejo, Areli Velasquez, Kimberly Tran, Catherine Byelousova, and Zenaida Rodriguez
Exploring Thermal Variability in Urban Creeks: The Combined Influence of UHI and Hydrogeology

D38 – Einez Wu and Dr. Michael Mauk
Investigating Mechanisms of Homeostatic Plasticity in the Cerebellum Using Large Scale Computer Simulations

D39 – Basma A. Abdulrazzaq and Gwendolyn M. Stovall, PhD
Anti-NanoLuc Aptamer Selection in Development of a Heart Failure Diagnostic

D40 – Crystal Nguyen
Transcription factor mediated cell fate decisions and its potential role in lung differentiation

D41 – Gautam Krishnan
Binary Blackhole - Neutron Star (BHNS) Systems

D42 – Joshua Lee, Vinya Bhuvan, and Brian Belardi
Studying Nucleo-Junctional Trafficking of Tight Junction Proteins

D44 – Ridhima Challa, Madison Heard, Avinash Panakal, and Stefon Torres
Beneath the Surface: Investigating Antibiotic Resistance in Soil Bacteria

D45 – Michelle Marants
Inhibition of Diacylglycerol Kinase for Cancer Therapy

D46 – Margot Heltzel, Hannah Price, MS, Laura Gougeon PhD, RD, Tracy Ayrhart, PhD, and Natalie Poulos, PhD, RD
Comparing Reported Barriers to Food Security Between Active-Duty Military and Veteran Households

D47 – Holsen Moore, Rhea Lazar, and Chaeyun Lee
Convergent evolution of troglomorphic traits in cave-dwelling Eurycea salamanders

D48 – Maddox Dimmitt, Yashwini Trivedi, Sanjana Ganganamani, and Seo yun Kim
Uncovering Hidden Heros: Exploring Soil Bacteria to Combat Drug-Resistant Bacteria

D49 – Angelica Sharma, Vishal Kantharaju, Thida Lay-Sok, Nathan Chase, Harish Seenivasan, Andrew Nguyen, Kritika Gautam, Harshita Kumari, Esha Shenoy, Aarya Shah, and Archit Patil
Automating PCR with the UFACTORY xArm 6 Lite

D50 – Tatum Eades, Grace N. Bechtel, Adam Bush, Alicia Chang, and Manuel K. Rausch
Mechanical Characterization of Blood Clots in Sickle Cell Disease: Investigating Clot Stability and Behavior

D51 – Trace Larue, Collin Haese, Diego Guajardo, and Manuel K. Rausch
Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair: An In-Vitro Study of Kinematic Alterations

D52 – Hieu Tran, Anh-Thu Nguyen, Limin H. Chen, Yuan-I Chen, Trung Duc Nguyen, Yu-An Kuo, Soonwoo Hong, Sohyun Kim, Janet He, Trinh Luong, Hooi Cheng Lim, Saeed Seifi, and Tim Yeh
A Chemigenetic Fluorescence-Lifetime-Changing Probe for Dopamine Sensing

D53 – Laila Qutob, Rachael Seidel, Michael Webber, Joshua Rhodes, and Derek Haas
Machine Learning for Modeling Power Generation in ERCOT

D54 – Laci Moline, Antonio Cordova, Trevor Simmons, Kobe Grismore, and Lydia Contreras
Leveraging synthetic biology to create a genetic toolbox for the extremophilic bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans

D58 – Jad Z Refaei
Three-dimensional structure of dendritic spines and synapses in hippocampal area CA1 of cognitively impaired vs unimpaired marmoset