Dennis Dean Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship Conference
Spring 2022 Dennis Dean Undergraduate Research Conference
April 29, 2022
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Squires Student Center Commonwealth Ballroom B
Conference Awards
Research Excellence Awards
- Sophia DeSimone (Biochemistry)
- Ian Hicklin (Biochemistry)
- Chantal Johnson-Schuster (Animal and Poultry Science)
Ben Knapp Award for Research in the Creative Arts
Hokienauts Group project:
- Mithil Adsul (Electrical Engineering)
- Burak Topo (Computer Engineering)
- Kien Tran (Computer Engineering)
- Sabrina Lesser (Electrical & Computer Engineering)
- Rafiul Kabir (Computer Engineering)
- Jasmine Walker (Creative Technologies)
- Natalie Kinnamon (Graphic Design)
- Devina Bawa (Graphic Design)
- Lauren Sartori (Graphic Design)
Karen Roberto Award for Research in the Social Sciences
- Ursilia Beckles (English)
Stefan Duma award for Research in Biomedical Engineering
- Sarah Seay (Biochemistry)
Natural Resources and Environment Award
- Kevin Bayne (Wildlife Conservation)
ICTAS Adaptive Brain and Behavior Award
- First Place: Trisha Ravigopal (Psychology)
- Second Place: Lauren Duma (Clinical Neuroscience)
- Third Place (tie): Sara Carter (International Relations)
- Third Place (tie): Srindhi Jayakumar (Psychology)
ICTAS Critical Technologies Award
- First Place: Connor Hall (Chemical Engineering)
- Second Place: Victor Mukora (Computational Modeling and Data Analytics)
- Third Place: Alexander Davis (Chemical Engineering)
ICTAS High School Award
- First Place: Jacqueline Hou
- Second Place: Samuel Xiang
- Third Place: Erika Miyazaki
Policy Destination Area Award
- Victor Mukora (Computational Modeling and Data Analytics)
- Hannah Upson (Political Science)
| Session | Time |
|---|---|
| A | 8:00-8:50 a.m. |
| B | 9:05-9:55 a.m. |
| C | 10:10-11:00 a.m. |
| D | 11:15 a.m.-12:05 p.m. |
| E | 12:20-1:10 p.m. |
| F | 1:25-2:15 p.m. |
| G | 2:30-3:20 p.m. |
| H | 4:00-4:50 p.m. |
| Session | Time |
|---|---|
| A | 8:00-8:50 a.m. |
| B | 9:05-9:55 a.m. |
| C | 10:10-11:30 a.m. |
| G | 2:30-4:00 p.m. |
Primary Presenter By Last Name |
Presentation Title |
Poster Session |
Session Time |
Poster Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowman | Examining the impact of alternative drought measures for Pastureland Insurance on producer payouts across the US | A | 8-8:50 | 1 |
| Cullen | Investigating Barriers to Sustainable Behaviors at Virginia Tech | A | 8-8:50 | 2 |
| Duma | The Biomechanics of Head and Chest Impacts from Falls in Equestrian Sports | A | 8-8:50 | 3 |
| Fiorellino | Poison Ivy Urushiol Levels Are Not Correlated With Microbe Levels Nor Reproductive Metrics | A | 8-8:50 | 4 |
| Harrison | The effect of temperature on fomite survival of _Mycoplasma gallisepticum_ | A | 8-8:50 | 5 |
| Luttazi | Autism in the Workplace: Addressing Social and Cognitive Ability and its Connection to Collaboration. | A | 8-8:50 | 6 |
| Madren | NOVA Natives vs Other VA Natives: Perceptual Dialectology in Virginia | A | 8-8:50 | 7 |
| Meier | Examining Discrimination as a Distal Moderator of the Proximal Association Between LGBTQ+ College Students Alcohol Use and Cyber Dating Abuse | A | 8-8:50 | 8 |
| Mukora | Practical Application of Machine Learning to Solar Energy | A | 8-8:50 | 9 |
| Ortiz Alvarado | Synthesis of Glycopolymers and Evaluation of their Antibacterial Properties | A | 8-8:50 | 10 |
| Pacini | Characterizing intracellular survival of the ‘oncomicrobe’ Fusobacterium nucleatum | A | 8-8:50 | 11 |
| Raymond | PHENOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION OF IXODID TICK SPECIES IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA | A | 8-8:50 | 12 |
| Salko | Examining the Impact of High CSMR and Nitrate Levels on Lead Release from Lead Solder | A | 8-8:50 | 13 |
| Sherman | Upscaling linear chemical reactions in porous and fractured media with a continuous time random walk framework | A | 8-8:50 | 14 |
| Shoppell | Elucidating Auxin Signaling Specificity Through ARF/IAA Interactions Using Synthetic Biology and Circular Polymerase Extension Cloning (CPEC) | A | 8-8:50 | 15 |
| Thetga | The Effects of Direct Fed Microbials (DFM) in Combination with Dietary Enzymes on the Digestibility and Performance of Broiler Chickens | A | 8-8:50 | 16 |
| Toms | Probing the Influence of Inhibitor Presence on the Dynamic States of Sphingosine Kinase Isoforms | A | 8-8:50 | 17 |
| Vadlamani | Does maternal attention facilitation and infant initiated joint attention promote word learning at 2 years of age? | A | 8-8:50 | 18 |
| Woolls | Identifying Genetic Associations for Methionine Content in Soybeans using a Genome-wide Association Study | A | 8-8:50 | 19 |
| DeSanto | The Power of Gratitude | B | 9:05-9:55 | 1 |
| N/A | N/A | B | 9:05-9:55 | 2 |
| Fogarty | Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the G-Quadruplex Present in the human-VEGF Promoter Region | B | 9:05-9:55 | 3 |
| Fyfe | Evaluating discharge status and routine outcome monitoring (ROM) adherence in anxiety and non-anxiety clients in a psychology training clinic. | B | 9:05-9:55 | 4 |
| Gomez | Synthesis of novel alpha-1,3-glucan Polymer Derivatives for Amorphous Solid Dispersion Technologies | B | 9:05-9:55 | 5 |
| Greenberg | Heat Switch | B | 9:05-9:55 | 6 |
| Herzog | Fungi of Stadium Woods | B | 9:05-9:55 | 7 |
| Lovill | Exploring ontological knowledge to study miniaturization in fishes | B | 9:05-9:55 | 8 |
| Miyazaki | Environmental Fate and Impact of Commonly Used Disinfection Wipes | B | 9:05-9:55 | 9 |
| Murray | An exploratory comparison of therapeutic alliance before and after the implementation of telehealth in a community-based clinic | B | 9:05-9:55 | 10 |
| Palmer | Constitutively expressed Green Fluorescence protein in Bartonella tamiae | B | 9:05-9:55 | 11 |
| Ravigopal | The Impact of Temperament on Levels of Externalizing Behaviors in 9-Year Olds | B | 9:05-9:55 | 12 |
| Sicking | Determining the range and distribution of the Opuntia humifusa complex in Virginia | B | 9:05-9:55 | 13 |
| Trimble | Pathogen spillover into the Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornus in Virginia | B | 9:05-9:55 | 14 |
| Wakefield | Go with the Flow: Designing a Biomimetic Fluid-Filled Insect Wing Flapper | B | 9:05-9:55 | 15 |
| Walker | "The Ability to Speak Does Not Make You Intelligent": Dialect, Stereotypes, and Othering in Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace | B | 9:05-9:55 | 16 |
| White | Getting Along Like Cats and Dogs: Examining Interactions between Bobcats (Lynx rufus) and Coyotes (Canis latrans) in the Central Appalachian Mountains. | B | 9:05-9:55 | 17 |
| Yessayan | A Microfluidic Platform for High Throughput Screening of Multicellular Tumor Spheroids | B | 9:05-9:55 | 18 |
| Hodge | Kicking Assets | B | 9:05-9:55 | 19 |
| Allen | Impact of microplastics on Native Crayfish ectosymbiosis: Are fitness and growth affected? | C | 10:10-11 | 1 |
| Argo | Investigating the effect of size and composition of various sugar molecules on binding affinity to glucokinase | C | 10:10-11 | 2 |
| Nauman | Agriscience Teachers' Confidence in Microscopes as a Teaching Tool | C | 10:10-11 | 3 |
| Carter | Eins, Dos, Three! Investigating Language Inhibition in Trilingual Students | C | 10:10-11 | 4 |
| Crudup | Cellular Food: The Current State of Cellular Meat and Fish in US Agriculture | C | 10:10-11 | 5 |
| Duffett | The Influence of Self-Compassion, Mindfulness, and Future Valuation in a Population with Substance Misuse | C | 10:10-11 | 6 |
| Dunn | Uses and Perceptions of Two Appalachian Wildflowers: Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) and Red Trillium (Trillium erectum) | C | 10:10-11 | 7 |
| Hanna | Courtesy Horn | C | 10:10-11 | 8 |
| Huber | Identification of key residues involved in antagonist binding in the Mu-opioid Receptor in Mus musculus | C | 10:10-11 | 9 |
| Kendrick | The Comparison of Retinol and Retinal Binding to Squid Isorhodopsin | C | 10:10-11 | 10 |
| Larsson | Salinity in Tidal Irrigation Sources | C | 10:10-11 | 11 |
| Leedy | Elucidating the Subcellular Localization of NLRX1 in Pancreatic Cancer Cells | C | 10:10-11 | 12 |
| Mason | Utilization of Computational Techniques to Analyze the Effect of the Mutation of Residue S101 of the JAR-1 Protein Complex of Arabidopsis thaliana. | C | 10:10-11 | 13 |
| Payne | The Impact of Elevated Inositol Pyrophosphates on Root Physiology in Response to Nutrients in Arabidopsis thaliana | C | 10:10-11 | 14 |
| Rafqzad | BBB leakage causes an atypical neuronal phenotype after early mTBI/concussion | C | 10:10-11 | 15 |
| Schmidt | Creating a Guide to Poisonous Plants for Felines | C | 10:10-11 | 16 |
| Spradlin | The Specificity of Binding Interactions Between Glucokinase and other Carbohydrates in E. coli. | C | 10:10-11 | 17 |
| Stein | The Effect of Ligand Type on Binding Affinity to the Mu-Opioid Receptor | C | 10:10-11 | 18 |
| Williams | Predictive factors of social efficacy during middle childhood | C | 10:10-11 | 19 |
| Zeman | Potential Drug Targets; The Effect of Mutagenesis on Sphingosine Kinase 1 Ligand Binding | C | 10:10-11 | 20 |
| Baine | Angle of Repose for Stinkbugs | D | 11:15-12:05 | 1 |
| Byrne | Expected Number of Distinct Patterns in a Random Permutations | D | 11:15-12:05 | 2 |
| D'Ercole | Relations Between Parents’ and Children’s Math Anxiety along with Children’s Math Avoidance and Math Performance in Elementary School | D | 11:15-12:05 | 3 |
| Edwards | Weight gain benefits of creep feeding claves | D | 11:15-12:05 | 4 |
| Gilmore | Comparing Disintegration Rates of Various Disintegrants | D | 11:15-12:05 | 5 |
| Gonzalez | Rooting for Shoots: Enhancing Plant Regeneration through Inducible Morphogenic Transcription Factors | D | 11:15-12:05 | 6 |
| Harrop | Neural Circuits for Self-Harm and Aggression | D | 11:15-12:05 | 7 |
| Hou | The Effects of Inflammatory Neutrophils on Endothelial Cell Integrity | D | 11:15-12:05 | 8 |
| Katsiris | Child Vocabulary Mediates the Longitudinal Association Between Maternal Parenting and Child Social Competence | D | 11:15-12:05 | 9 |
| Midkiff | How do Differing Sensor Systems Respond to Natural Environmental Conditions? | D | 11:15-12:05 | 10 |
| Rasnick | The Role of Parental Age as a Predictor of Maternal Sensitivity in Early Childhood | D | 11:15-12:05 | 11 |
| Sadler | Lysine-2,3-aminomutase and a newly discovered glutamate-2,3-aminomutase produce β-amino acids to overcome salt stress in methanogenic archaea | D | 11:15-12:05 | 12 |
| Schiff | Surveillance of Pathogens in Blacklegged Ticks from Southwest Virginia | D | 11:15-12:05 | 13 |
| Sinclair | Associations Between Somatic Complaints and Aggression Across Childhood | D | 11:15-12:05 | 14 |
| Turner | Phenology of Container-Breeding Mosquitoes in Southwest Virginia | D | 11:15-12:05 | 15 |
| W | The effect of pH and symbiont density on outcomes in a cleaning symbiosis | D | 11:15-12:05 | 16 |
| N/A | N/A | D | 11:15-12:05 | 17 |
| Yu | Ideologies of Intelligibility in Subtitling | D | 11:15-12:05 | 18 |
| Weitzenhofer | Beary Active Cubs? - Quantifying American Black Bear Mother and Cub Behavioral Changes Surrounding Hibernation Emergence | E | 12:20-1:10 | 1 |
| Chau | Understanding the cell type relationship between major grain crops using single-cell RNA-sequencing | E | 12:20-1:10 | 2 |
| N/A | N/A | E | 12:20-1:10 | 3 |
| Dugan | Restoring connectivity: impact on ant seed-dispersal mutualisms | E | 12:20-1:10 | 4 |
| Dulli | Development of a countertop scale mini anaerobic digestion system | E | 12:20-1:10 | 5 |
| Eberhardt | “This city will be chocolate at the end of the day”: Racial identity, colorism, and generational change in the New Orleans Black and Creole communities | E | 12:20-1:10 | 6 |
| Greatorex-Potter | Using In-Silico Techniques to Design Novel Antagonists for Propanediol Dehydratase | E | 12:20-1:10 | 7 |
| Hicklin | In Silico Exploration of Inhibitors of the Type IV Pilus Extension Protein PilB in Clostridioides difficile | E | 12:20-1:10 | 8 |
| Hoffer | Does a Sunny Day Enhance a Sunny Disposition? Effects of Weather on Expressions of Interpersonal Gratitude | E | 12:20-1:10 | 9 |
| Hoffer | Pre-COVID vs. Post-COVID: Did the Pandemic Influence Expressions of Interpersonal Gratitude? | E | 12:20-1:10 | 10 |
| Hoffer | The Positive Impact of Interpersonal Gratitude on Subjective Well Being: How Can We Be More Grateful? | E | 12:20-1:10 | 11 |
| Hoffer | Social Modeling versus Diffusion of Responsibility: Determining the Role of Order in Pedestrian Expressions of Gratitude | E | 12:20-1:10 | 12 |
| Irwin | Developing a short-term, used litter model to evaluate co-products from craft brewing for promotion of growth and health in broilers | E | 12:20-1:10 | 13 |
| Kee | Customer satisfaction in, depletion out: The Big Five on depletion in customer service | E | 12:20-1:10 | 14 |
| Kwak | Sing, act, and dance with robots: A child-robot musical theater afterschool program for STEAM education. | E | 12:20-1:10 | 15 |
| Mendrinos | Poultry concentrated animal feeding operations on the Eastern Shore, Virginia, and geospatial associations with adverse birth outcomes | E | 12:20-1:10 | 16 |
| Paulus | Real-time Streaming Data Products from a Large Sensor Network in a Remote Permafrost Region | E | 12:20-1:10 | 17 |
| Reuwer | Airborne sound sensation and short-term memory in C. elegans | E | 12:20-1:10 | 18 |
| Siedlarz | Site-directed mutagenesis approach to identifying functional motifs of the circadian factor period2 in response to genotoxic stress | E | 12:20-1:10 | 19 |
| DeSimon | Combating Antibacterial Resistance: Characterizing Ribosomal Antibiotic Binding Pockets to Advance Bidentate Design | E | 12:20-1:10 | 20 |
| Bayne | Analyzing Stereotypic Stress Behaviors in Captive Wild Caught American Black Bears (Ursus americanus) | F | 1:25-2:15 | 1 |
| Bowen | A Study into Perceived Dialect Boundaries of Southwest Virginia | F | 1:25-2:15 | 2 |
| Cobb | Role of Technology Use on Adolescent Depression and Anxiety Before and During COVID-19 | F | 1:25-2:15 | 3 |
| David | Using High Frequency Irreversible Electroporation to Treat Canine Lung Adenocarcinomas | F | 1:25-2:15 | 4 |
| Desverreaux | Using MD Simulations to Characterize Biologic Peptide Folding for Disrupting PD1/PD-L1 Interfaces | F | 1:25-2:15 | 5 |
| Duma | An Optimized Whitewater Helmet Prototype Designed Using a Newly Developed Helmet STAR Evaluation System and 3D Printing | F | 1:25-2:15 | 6 |
| ElBouchti | An Inquiry-Based Approach to Exploring the Effect of Engineering Decisions of Ecological Systems | F | 1:25-2:15 | 7 |
| Frye | Emotion Regulation Moderates the Association Between Vocabulary and Externalizing Behavior in Early Childhood | F | 1:25-2:15 | 8 |
| George | 5G Opportunities in Warehousing | F | 1:25-2:15 | 9 |
| Hall | Development of Porous Yolk-Shell Catalysts for Acetylene Semihydrogenation | F | 1:25-2:15 | 10 |
| Kamineni | Computational Analysis of the Amphipathic Helix A and B Region of Brome Mosaic Virus Replication Protein 1a | F | 1:25-2:15 | 11 |
| Mendrinos | Impact of nonpharmacological Interventions on COVID-19 outcomes | F | 1:25-2:15 | 12 |
| N/A | N/A | F | 1:25-2:15 | 13 |
| Rahn | Characterizing plant poisoning trends in domestic animals using data from an animal poison control hotline (2001 - 2021) | F | 1:25-2:15 | 14 |
| Schiller | Fossil Capital's Perpetual Cycle | F | 1:25-2:15 | 15 |
| Tiwari | Natural Language Processing to Support Scalable Assessment | F | 1:25-2:15 | 16 |
| Tury | Assessing Spatial and Temporal Activity of Native and Invasive Amphibians through Bioacoustic Remote Sensing Technology | F | 1:25-2:15 | 17 |
| Williams | Effect of Biochar on Bioavailable Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Food Waste Compost | F | 1:25-2:15 | 18 |
| Xiang | Understanding the Exact Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 Binding to the Human ACE2 Receptor | F | 1:25-2:15 | 19 |
| Childers | The Failed Zero Forcing Number of Grid Graphs | F | 1:25-2:15 | 20 |
| Coleman | A Living Learning Community Functional Genomics Investigation | G | 2:30-3:20 | 1 |
| Davis | The Number and Distribution of Stem Cells in the Small Intestine of Chickens | G | 2:30-3:20 | 2 |
| Ferguson | Predicting Population Growth of an Introduced Minnow Species Chrosomus oreas Threatening the State Endangered Chrosomus tennesseensis | G | 2:30-3:20 | 3 |
| Garg | Simulating Ice Deformation Patterns through The Computational Modeling of Real-Time Geographic Mesh Inputs in Relation to Climate-Based Conditions | G | 2:30-3:20 | 4 |
| Heltzel | Accommodation in Colloquial Singapore English | G | 2:30-3:20 | 5 |
| N/A | N/A | G | 2:30-3:20 | 6 |
| Kirina | Self-corrosion of an Al-Mg-Ga alloy in a NaCl solution for sacrificial anode applications | G | 2:30-3:20 | 7 |
| Long | Examining Linkages Between Population Change and Water Quality Violations in the U.S. | G | 2:30-3:20 | 8 |
| Madigan | Predicting the Range of Two Southern Appalachian Wildflowers (Sanguinaria canadensis & Trillium erectum) Under Future Climate Change Scenarios | G | 2:30-3:20 | 9 |
| Makarov | How do Cells Maintain Very Low Noise? | G | 2:30-3:20 | 10 |
| McWilliams | Investigation of Varying Interstitial Fluid Flow Rates on Glioma Stem Cell Invasion | G | 2:30-3:20 | 11 |
| Nowall | Preparing a Guide to Common Poisonous Plants for Virginian Dogs | G | 2:30-3:20 | 12 |
| Paasch | Biochemical Characterization of a Flavin-Dependent Monooxygenase from Zonocerus variegatus | G | 2:30-3:20 | 13 |
| Seay | STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP STUDIES OF SPNS2 INHIBITORS | G | 2:30-3:20 | 14 |
| Shaw | Examining differences in treatment duration and outcomes between adult and child transfer and non-transfer clients in a psychology training clinic | G | 2:30-3:20 | 15 |
| Soffin | The Effect of Life History Characteristics on Primate Dental Evolution | G | 2:30-3:20 | 16 |
| Tuosto | An Innovative Approach to Measuring Subjective Well-Being: Lessons from confirmatory factor analysis | G | 2:30-3:20 | 17 |
| Zhang | Q&A on Zoom for preschoolers: The impact of on-screen partner’s questions on preschoolers’ word learning and memory of content from shared book reading over video chat | G | 2:30-3:20 | 18 |
| Zohre | Design and Testing of a Novel Household Anaerobic Digester | G | 2:30-3:20 | 19 |
| Zhang | Poison Ivy Urushiol Trait-Trait Allometric Relationships Do Not Reveal A Consistent Pattern Of Purifying Natural Selection. | G | 2:30-3:20 | 20 |
| Asmerom | Under Represented Minorities Participation in Outdoor Activities | H | 4-4:50 | 1 |
| Callahan | Social Media and Attention | H | 4-4:50 | 2 |
| Catalan | Projecting species distribution models across state landscape for conservation | H | 4-4:50 | 3 |
| Davis | Bimetallic Approaches for C-H Bond Functionalization | H | 4-4:50 | 4 |
| Fellinger | Assessment of Water Quality of Stroubles Creek in Blacksburg, VA as Indicated by Macroinvertebrates | H | 4-4:50 | 5 |
| Johnson-Schuster | Impact of cattle feeding paradigms on key meat quality attributes | H | 4-4:50 | 6 |
| Kogelis | Low level Control of Humanoid Robots | H | 4-4:50 | 7 |
| Lacey | Bagless Blacksburg: A Prompting Intervention to Increase the Use of Reusable Grocery Bags | H | 4-4:50 | 8 |
| Logan | Acousto-Optic Nondestructive Inspection | H | 4-4:50 | 9 |
| Manohar | Project Title: Intragalactic Death Stars: The Damage of a Close-Ranged Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) | H | 4-4:50 | 10 |
| McGrath | Fantastic Beasts and Urbanization: Understanding Spatial Effects on Artificial Cavity Use by Eastern Screech Owls | H | 4-4:50 | 11 |
| McKenzie | Industrial Hemp Forage Potential | H | 4-4:50 | 12 |
| Sestak | The Effect of Intermittent Stream Flow on Macroinvertebrate Community Composition in Sinking Creek, VA | H | 4-4:50 | 13 |
| Starratt | Developing a Hybridized Multi-Agent pSLAM/RRT*/MCL/R-CNN Algorithm Applied to Autonomous Multi-Sensory UAV Navigation | H | 4-4:50 | 14 |
| Tan | Enhancing Functionality of Ynamides via Borylations to Synthesize (Z)-Beta-Alkenylamide Boronate | H | 4-4:50 | 15 |
| Tenney | Gas exchange and light utilization of invasive and native understory shrubs in an old growth Appalachian urban forest | H | 4-4:50 | 16 |
| Yu | Bus Behavior: Gratitude in the Community | H | 4-4:50 | 17 |
| Zhang | Sing, act, and dance with robots: A child-robot musical theater afterschool program for STEAM education. | H | 4-4:50 | 18 |
| AlAmiri | Detection of Atmospheric Microplastic Fallout in the Southwestern Appalachian Mountain Region | H | 4-4:50 | 19 |
| Primary presenter last name | Presentation Title | Format | Oral session | Session time | Presentation Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adsul | Hokienauts Space Suit Augmented Reality Interface | Performance | A | 8-8:50 | 8-8:15 |
| Said | NESTAI | Performance | A | 8-8:50 | 8:15-8:30 |
| Wynne | Quantifying uncertainty contributions for lake thermal dynamics under future climate scenarios | Performance | A | 8-8:50 | 8:30-8:45 |
| Jayakumar | Intolerance of Uncertainty is Associated with Suicidal Ideation and Depression in Adolescents and Emerging Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Oral | B | 9:05-9:55 | 9:05-9:20 |
| Ngwa | OpenBCI Brain Control | Oral | B | 9:05-9:55 | 9:20-9:35 |
| Phillips | Using Native Warm-Season Grasses to Develop a Well-Balanced Forage System | Oral | B | 9:05-9:55 | 9:35-9:50 |
| Beckles | The Socioemotional Development of Minority Women in Majority White Evangelical Spaces | Oral | C | 10:10-11:30 | 10:10-10:25 |
| Upson | "When the Right to Access (Life) Becomes a Burden": Accessibility to Public Health for Disabled People in Virginia during the COVID-19 Pandemic | Oral | C | 10:10-11:30 | 10:25-10:40 |
| Wade | Qualitative Study of Racial Disparities in Maternal Mortality in Virginia | Oral | C | 10:10-11:30 | 10:40-10:55 |
| Wilson | Examining the relationship between academic burnout, mental health and student perceptions of impact of COVID-19 on student learning | Oral | C | 10:10-11:30 | 10:55-11:10 |
| Ayala Rodriguez | The Impacts of Mental Illness and Suicidality on Siblings | Oral | C | 10:10-11:30 | 11:10-11:25 |
| Farzan | Synthesis of Oxygen-Based Ligands for C-H Bond Activation Catalysts | Oral | G | 2:30-3:45 | 2:30-2:45 |
| Oker | Species-Specificity in Thermopreference and CO2-Gated Heat-Seeking in Culex Mosquitoes | Oral | G | 2:30-3:45 | 2:45-3:00 |
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