UCSB Summer Sessions Annual Research Mentorship Program

UCSB Summer Sessions
Annual Research Mentorship Program
Symposium & Poster Session
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Bren Hall 1414, UCSB
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
8: 30 AM
Welcome: Dr. Loy Lytle, Dean of Extended Learning Services and Summer Sessions
9: 00 AM
Title: Evaluating Costal Dune, Wetland and Oak Restoration Progress
Presenters: Jasmin Aguirre and Frankie Victoria
Mentors: Lisa Stratton and Darwin Richardson (Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology-EEMB)
9: 20 AM
Title: The Effects of Photoreceptors on Cholinergic Amacrine Cells
Presenter: Akhilesh Pathipati
Mentor: Patrick Keeley (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology-MCDB)
9: 30 AM
Title: Human Cognition: The Role of the Parietal Lobe in Interpreting Harmful and Harmless
Intentions
Presenter: Catherine Chang
Mentor: Stephanie Ortigue (Neuroscience-Psychology)
9: 40 AM
Title: How Buyers Choose Books
Presenters: Clara Mora, Luke Riela, and Stephanie Bolanos
Mentor: Clayton Childress and Neda Maghbouleh (Sociology)
10: 15 AM – 15 min. BREAK
10: 30 AM
Title: Analyzing the Effects of Titiana Nanoparticles on the Soil Microbial Community by
Estimating CO2 Levels in Respiration
Presenter: Kaitlyn Lee
Mentor: Patricia Holden and Bram Sercu (Bren School for Environmental Research & Management)
10: 40 AM
Title: Targeting the Increase of Learning Skills and Socialization in Autistic Children with Pivotal Response Treatment
Presenter: Arely Rivera, Amanda Deering, and Tiffany Yang
Mentor: Sarah Kuriakose and Crystal Carillo (Education and Psychology)
11: 05 AM – 5 min. BREAK
11: 10 AM
Title: Imaging Potential Freeze-avoidance Mechanism on the Surface of Beetle Larvae Curujus clauipes from Alaska
Presenter: Maria Elisa Smith
Mentor: Arkadiusz Chworos (Physics)
11: 20 AM
Title: Analyzing Organization and Style in the Motion Picture Pulp Fiction
Presenter: Cale Maurice
Mentor: Yumi Kinoshita (Art)
11: 30AM
Title: Fortune Tellers in the 21st-Century: A Novelty Act or Are Their Words Fact?
Presenters: Rosario Solano
Mentor: Zeynep Korkman (Sociology)
11: 45 PM- 1: 00 PM / LUNCH
1: 00 PM
Title: Effects of Various Government Intervention Strategies on Mosquito Populations in the United States
Presenter: Brian Kim
Mentor: Sara Hughes (Bren School for Environmental Research & Management)
1: 10 PM
Title: Are Different Brain Circuits Involved in the Positive Verses Negative Effects of Cocaine:
A Self-Administration Study in Rats
Presenter: Annette Chen
Mentor: Jen Wenzel (Neuroscience-Psychology)
1: 20 PM
Title: Restoring a Fish Population: Analyzing the Merced River Restortaion Project through
the Cottus asper (Prickly Sculpin)
Presenter: Noah Margolis
Mentor: Brad Cardinale and Steve Zeug (Ecology Evolution and Marine Biology-EEMB)
1: 30 PM
Title: Restoration of Fish in the Merced River: An Evaluation of Food Availabitlity Based on Analysis of Sacramento Pikeminnow Stomach Contents
Presenter: Alexander Romanov
Mentor: Brad Cardinale and Steve Zeug (Ecology Evolution and Marine Biology-EEMB)
1: 40 PM
Title: Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of totipotency in the C. elegans Germline
Presenter: Juan Flores
Mentor: Nate Dudley (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology-MCDB)
1: 50 PM
Title: Organizational Change and Decision Making
Presenter: Samuel Kent
Mentor: Kimberly Stolzfus (Communications)
2: 00 PM
Title: The Effects of Approach and Avoidance Goals on Romantic Perceptions and Preferences
Presenter: Elias Matisz-Cordero
Mentors: Courtney Gosnell (Psychology)
2: 10 PM
Title: The Photosynthetic Adaptive Response of Chondracanthus corymbiferus to Lower Light Levels Underneath the Kelp Canopy
Presenters: Emma Powell and Kim Kobashigawa
Mentor: Bob Miller (Ecology Evolution and Marine Biology-EEMB)
2: 30 PM
Title: Java-based Implementation of Frequency Counting for Advertising Frauds
Presenter: Christopher Langford
Mentor: Sudipto Das (Computer Science)
2: 40 PM – 5 min. BREAK
2: 45 PM
Title: Building on False Pretences: A Study on Solving Belief-Contravening Problems
Presenters: Margaux Curcuru and Gabriel Trejo
Mentor: Russell Revlin (Psychology)
3: 05 PM
Title: The Differential Effect of Estrus on Cocaine-Primed Reinstatement to Cocaine-and Food-Seeking in Rats
Presenters: Arlene Almaguer and Lizbeth Valdivia
Mentor: Kerry Kerstetter (Neuroscience-Psychology)
3: 25 PM
Title: Understanding Fire Seasonality Using Satellites
Presenter: Dylan Aronson
Mentor: Ted Eckmann (Geography)
3: 35 PM
Title: Design Elements of Cosmic Foreground Explorer Dewar
Presenters: Elai Dankner and Riley Pannkuk,
Mentor: Ishai Rubin (Astrophysics)
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
8: 30 AM
Opening remarks: Dr. Miriam Fuller, Research Mentorship Program Director
9: 00 AM
Title: Effects of Taxol and Stathmin on Microtubule Dynamicity to Better Understand Taxol Resistance
Presenters: Julie Friedman and John Kim
Mentor: Doug Thrower (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology-MCDB)
9: 20 AM
Title: Physiological Investigations of Self-Regulatory Fatigue in Regards to Task Persistence
Presenters: Veronica Favela and Eliana Luna
Mentor: Debra Bunyan (Psychology)
9: 40 AM
Title: The Effects of Olanzapine on Neurogenesis in the Dentate Gyrus of the Hippocampus
Presenter: Govind Raghavan
Mentor: Christopher Knight (Neuroscience-Psychology)
9: 50 AM – 10 min. BREAK
10: 00 AM
Title: The Effects of the Global Resonance Phenomena Using Pendulums, Magnetism and
Torsion Oscillator Couplers
Presenters: Michael Rose and Soham Awon
Mentor: George Gilmore (Engineering)
10: 20 AM
Title: Audio Versus Visual: The Effects of Music on Moods in Hollywood Motion Pictures
Presenter: Andrew Hsu
Mentor: John Hajda (Music)
10: 30 AM
Title: Surface Morphology and Electrical Properties of ZnO Thin Films Grown by Metalorganic Vapor Epitaxy
Presenter: A. J. Fleck
Mentors: Tommy Ive and Gregor Koblmuller (Materials Engineering)
10: 40 AM
Title: Surface Morphology and Electrical Properties of GaN Layers Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Presenter: Bryan Changala
Mentors: Tommy Ive and Gregor Koblmuller (Materials Engineering)
10: 50 AM
Title: Surface Morphology and Electrical Properties of (Al,Ga)N High Electron Transistor
Barrier Layers Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Presenter: Michael Lindeborg
Mentors: Tommy Ive and Gregor Koblmuller (Materials Engineering)
11: 00 AM
Title: Invasive Species in Australia: What Traits Make Them Successful?
Presenter: Stacy Yamazaki
Mentor: Marc Cadotte (National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis-NCEAS)
11: 10 AM – 5 min. BREAK
11: 15 AM
Title: Mortality Salients And Their Effect on Human Perception and Interaction
Presenter: Anand Panchal
Mentor: Christine Ma (Psychology)
11: 25 PM
Title: Spinning the Truth: How the Media Framed the 2006 Oaxacan Uprising and its
Economic Consequences
Presenters: Delanie Ricketts and Bexy Gomez
Mentor: Jennifer Rogers (Sociology)
11: 45 AM
Title: Love and Basketball: The Film’s Context, Title IX and the Effect on Young Women
Presenter: Rachael Hamlet
Mentor: Jacqueline Bobo (Women Studies)
12: 00 PM- 1: 00 PM / LUNCH
1: 00 PM
Title: How Certain Individuals Impacted Modern Art
Presenter: Annesha Bennett
Mentor: Jennifer Vanderpool (Art)
1: 10 PM
Title: Bacterial Effects on TiO2 Nanoparticle Aggregates in Aquatic Environments
Presenter: Fiona Georgakis
Mentor: Allison Horst (Bren School for Environmental Research and Management)
1: 20 PM
Title: Differential Parasitism of Native and Invading Marine Inveratabre in the San Francisco Bay
Presenter: Nichele Lee
Mentor: Nadia Talhouk (Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology-EEMB)
1: 30 PM
Title: Alteration in PFC Glutamate: Complications and/or Psychostimulant Addiction
Presenters: Patty Christie, Avery O’Hara and Ryan Rivera
Mentors: Alexis Ary and Kevin Lominac (Neuroscience-Psychology)
1: 55 PM
Title: When Bands ‘Sell Out’: How Rhythm, Harmony, and Timbre Determine the Legitimacy of Indie Rock Music
Presenter: Brian Kasimov
Mentor: Sean Taylor (Music)
2: 05 PM
Title: The Efficacy of Stress on Nicotine Addiction
Presenters: Devin Nigro and Christopher Bremner
Mentor: Ami Cohen (Neuroscience – Psychology)
2: 25 PM – 10 min. BREAK
2: 35 PM
Title: Investigation of DNA-Binding Proteins via Laser Analysis
Presenter: Eric Cappello
Mentor: Andrew Bonham (Chemistry)
2: 45 PM
Title: Intertidal Sex: Mussel and Barnacle Patterns of Fecundity and Recruitment in Southern California
Presenters: Maxine Tan and Christophe Haskell
Mentors: J.A. MacFarlan and Jason Bram (Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology-EEMB)
3: 05 PM
Title: A New Beginning: Academic Growth for First-Generation Latino Students due to
Self-Identity and Involvement in Activism
Presenter: Nate’Eya Kahsai
Mentor: Sarah Boggs (Education)
3: 15 PM
Title: Against All Odds: The Case Study of a First-Generation Latino College Student at UCSB
Presenter: Carmen Ramirez
Mentor: Sarah Boggs (Education)
3: 25 PM
Title: Zooplankton Composition, Including Parasite Free Living Stages, of Carpinteria Salt Marsh
Presenter: Elias Rodriguez
Mentor: Julio Lorda (Ecology Evolution and Marine Biology-EEMB)
3: 35 PM
Title: Using the C Programming Language to Decode Encrypted Messages
Presenter: Kevin Lau
Mentor: Wei Tang (Engineering)
3: 45 PM
Title: An Optomechanical Assembly to Overlap Beams from Nd:YAG and GaN Lasers, as part of the Construction of a Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope
Presenter: Deborah Pena
Mentor: Donald Dunn (Chemistry)
3: 55 AM
Title: Changes in Glutamate Function in the PFC after Extended Use of Cocaine
Presenters: Irene Loza and Maritza Dueñas
Mentor: Osnat Ben-Shahar (Neuroscience-Psychology)
4: 15 PM – 5: 00 PM / POSTER SESSION
Research Mentorship Program
The UCSB Summer Research Mentorship Program matches
highly motivated high school students from around the country
and world with active researchers or scholars who serve as
faculty advisors and research supervisors. Students earn
university credit while gaining valuable research experience.
For additional information, please contact:
UCSB Summer Sessions
2214 SAAS Building
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-2010
Phone: 805-893-8950
FAX: 805- 893-7306
Email: [email protected]
www.summer.ucsb.edu