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UCD 2024 Program Listing

Presentations

Morning Session: 9:45–10:05 A.M.
Building
Presentation
Presenters
Sponsors

AMB 102

Threats to Democracy 

Aubrey Hansen
Bailey O'Donnell 

Michelle Payne 

AMB 105 

Get To Know Your Students 

Hailey Bell
Erica Johnson
Dulce Flores

Jessica C. Salazar 

AMB 124 

Einstein in the Modern Day: More Than Mere Theories 

Collin Wainwright
Francisco Alonso 

Smeller 

AMB 128 

Programming Robot Car 

 Roberto Nunez 

Samuel O. Rodriguez 

AMB 213

Brainstorming Processes of Virtual Teams 

Michael Jackson 
Dalia Esquivel 

Lauren Coursey 

NBC 102 

How to Be An Effective Communicator 

Chiara Watson 

Kay Colley 

STC 111 

Mastering the Art of Identity Protection 

Mayra Garica
Karina Andrade
Gabriela Morales 

Kimberly Webb 

STC 114 

 Land Surgeon 

Rocendo Nicolas Calzada
Ivy Mwaura 

Gokcen Ogruk-Maz 

STC 116 

Deepening you reading skills 

Rose Munoz
Oriana Pascual
Saori Arriola 

Elsa Anderson 

Morning Session: 10:15–10:35 A.M.
Building
Presentation
Presenters
Sponsors

AMB 105

SIOP Model

Laisha Gaytan
Jacqueline Varela

Salazar

AMB 124

The Effeminate Man: An Introspection

Cameron Joseph Dudzinski Jr.

Carl Smeller

AMB 126

2D Platform Game Prototype

Jamon Smith

Samuel Rodriguez

AMB 128

Mobile Online Game (TankNTank)

Elisha Cooper
Gabriel Gomez

Samuel Rodriguez

AMB 213

The Consequences Of Victimization

Izzy Valenzuela
Mitchell Dunning
Giovanni Montana
Leslie Garcia
Diego Aguirre
Alysson Colorado
Dominique Sanders
Benjamin Medina
Dayvid Carrillo
Gavin Holland
Dalila Labrada
Leslie Garcia

Eddy Lynton

NBC 102

Star of the Show

Maliah "Kobi"
LaCour

Kay Colley
Jenny Dean

STC 111

Tax Fraud: The Other Side

Ashton Costilla
Danny Vargas
Roddrik Junior

Kimberly Webb

STC 114

Navigating the Digital Landscape: Strategies for Building a Successful Online Business

Akpevweoghene Sonia Omashaye
Briana Ruiz
Peyton Foster
London Shannon
Kareem Walker
Evie Huynh
Dhruvi Prajapati
Camden Martin

Gokcen Ogruk-Maz

STC 116

Culturally Relevant Literature for Dual Language Classrooms

Oriana Zoe Pascual
Rose Munoz

Robles- Goodwin

Morning Session: 10:45–11:05 A.M.
Building
Presentation
Presenters
Sponsors

AMB 102

The Texas Education Crisis

Karen Gutierrez              Joyce Dukes

Michelle Payne

AMB 124

Einstein Merchandise

Anthony Sierras
Oluwatosin Akapo
Shealicia Newton-Turner

Carl Smeller

AMB 126

Badland Blitz

Deryck Taylor

Samuel O. Rodriguez

AMB 128

The Impact of Prison Birth on Childhood Development

Yareishka Nicole Pérez López

Lynton

AMB 213

Non-profit Organization Analysis

Hangyu Shi

Hangyu Shi

NBC 102

How to Curly

Serenada Sanchez

Dean

NBC 112

The World of Mariachi Music: A Traditional Musical Style that has Transcended beyond its Origins

Patricio izaguirre

Illa Araujo

STC 111

Vital Sweat: Gym sweat active T-Shirts

Michael Shepa
Hector Chico
Alex Tenorio
Justin Echols

Gokcen Ogruk-Maz

STC 114

Writing Workshop Benefits

Merabelle
Tabitha
Melissa
Lexie

Anderson

STC 116

Bridging Cultures, Unlocking Minds: Our Experience at the Texas Association of Bilingual Education (TABE)

Sarah Rodriguez
Melissa Rivas
Rose Munoz
Samantha Ramirez
Ana Espinoza
Jacqueline Varela

Patsy Robles-Goodwin
Jessica Salazar

Morning Session: 11:15–11:35 A.M.
Building
Presentation
Presenters
Sponsors

AMB 102

Frameworks of
Citizenship

Ruby O'Brien

Alistair Maeer

AMB 105

Get to Know Us Lesson Plan

Merabelle
Raneen

Salazar

AMB 124

I Have A Story For That: An Autotheory Honors English
Thesis

Bailey O'Donnell

Robert Graves
Carl Smeller

AMB 126

Stock Market Pattern Recognition

Seth Leung
Woo-Gabriel

Samuel Rodriguez

AMB 128

First Generation in Immigrant Households, What are the Challenges They Face When College Is Expected of Them and Not Their Own Decisions?

Janexci Camilo

Eddy Lynton
June Johnson

AMB 213

Implementing SIOP Model in the Classroom

Oriana Pascual
Gloria Cardenas

Jessica Salazar

NBC 102

The Celestial Monochord: Music and Astronomy from Antiquity to the Early Modern Era

Jacob Johnson

Araujo

NBC 112

Dig

Eli Chambers

Jenny Dean

STC 114

How a Reading Workshop Works

Dulce Flores
Yakedriez
Heidi
Yasmin

Anderson

STC 116

Blue Collar Crimes vs. White-Collar Crimes

Johvan Hall

Cary Adkinson

The Eclipse Session: 12:00–3:00 P.M.
Building
Presentation
Presenters
Sponsors

Mortiz Circle

Pinhole Projectors

Melanie Gonzalez
Melissa Rivas
Lexie Boyd

Elizabeth Ward

Mortiz Circle

Sharp and Fuzzy Shadows

Rose Munoz
Alisha Quintanilla

Elizabeth Ward

Mortiz Circle

The Yardstick Eclipse

Jacqueline Varela
Keyana Giddings
Raneen Al Manasri

Elizabeth Ward

Mortiz Circle

Using Our Senses to Experience the Eclipse

Gloria Cardenas
Ana Perez

Elizabeth Ward

Afternoon Session: 3:15–3:35 P.M.
Building
Presentation
Presenters
Sponsors

AMB 102

The Power of Prose: Early Modern Rhetoric and Digital
Analysis of Aphra Behn's Oroonoko

Selina Humphrey

Alistair Maeer

AMB 105

Cracking the LSAT: How Strategic Grammatical Analysis Can Raise your Test Score!

Benjamin Reckart

Stacia Campbell

AMB 124

What Does it Mean to Write Like a Genius?

Chiara Watson
Kehinde Hopkins
Morgan

Carl Smeller

AMB 126

Pride and Prejudice & Zombies & Bad Adaptations

Alexa Colvin                        Miranda Reese

Staci Campbell

AMB 128

Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Guilty by Suspicion

Ariel Armstrong

Cesar Diaz

NBC 102

From Medieval to Mayhem: The Modern Approach to
Musical Aesthetic Across the Ages

Matthew Harvey

Ilka Araujo

NBC 112

Costuming PlayMarket

Nicole Ellis
Abbey Hunt

Karen Potter

STC 111

AudioVision

Andres Aguilera

Samuel Rodriguez

STC 114

Tarrant Co. Sheriff's Office

Johvan Hall

Eddy Lynton

STC 116

Heterologous Expression of Crithidia Fasciculata
Autophagy Factor (CfATG-3) as a Potential Drug Target

Jacquelyn
Dudzinski

Khalid Shaikh

STC 121

Texas Wesleyan Interactive Virtual Tour

Israel Sanchez

Samuel Rodriguez

Afternoon Session: 3:45–4:05 P.M.
Building
Presentation
Presenters
Sponsors

AMB 102

The Life and Death of the Western

Alexa Colvin

Robert Graves

AMB 105

The Engage Studio

Selina Humphrey
Veida Dima
Cameron Pike
Mai Nguyen
Cameron Dudzinski
Madison Huertas

Stacia Campbell
Skyla Claxton

AMB 124

The Mirror of Human Behavior: Exploring Interpretations in Literature

Kellan Pham

Robert Graves

AMB 126

Virtual Reality in Game
Development

Noelani Villiarimo

Samuel Rodriguez

AMB 128

To Kill a Mockingbird: The
Right to a Free Trial

Karina A. Calderon

Cesar Diaz

NBC 102

Bomba: An African, Spanish
and Indigenous Culture Exchange

Thalia Veloz

Ilka Araujo

NBC 112

Revenge Tragedy from
Seneca to Shakespeare

Reagan Fitzgerald

Connie Whitt-Lambert

STC 111

Transition to Practice: Newly Certified Athletic Trainers’ Perceived Readiness in Healthcare Administration

Christina Kelley

Elizabeth Ward

STC 114

Athlete, Student, and Ram Proud: The Fight to be Athletic and Academically Fit

Eddy Lynton
CRJ/SOC/PSYCH
Student Athletes

Eddy Lynton

STC 116

Heterologous Expression and Purification Analysis of Autophagy Factor ATG7 in Crithidia Fasciculata (CfATG7) as a Potential Drug Target

Emily Ochoa

Shaikh

STC 121

Crafting a Comprehensive Lesson of Emergent Bilinguals

Rose Munoz                            Ana Espinoza                        Samantha Ramirez

Robert Graves                        Jessica Salazar

Afternoon Session: 4:15–4:35 P.M.
Building
Presentation
Presenters
Sponsors

AMB 126

Vampires and Why We're Like This

Miranda Reese

Robert Graves

AMB 124

The Effect of Sensory Inputs on The Academic Achievement / Performance and Productivity of College Students

Ancilla A.J.
Wasonga

Eddy Lynton
Matthew Hand

NBC 112

‘As One’ and My Changing Perspective

Henry Valentine

Connie Whitt-Lambert

Afternoon Session: 4:45–5:05 P.M.
Building
Presentation
Presenters
Sponsors

AMB 105

Writer's Collective & Sigma Tau Delta Open Mic

Miranda Reese
Alexa Colvin

Stacia Campbell

AMB 126

Streets Eats Web App

Francisco Castillo

Samuel Rodriguez

NBC 112

Out of the Dark

Playwriting Class
Nicole Ellis
Alex Bennett
Mercedes Kuhn
Lillie Galvan
Kristina Randerson

Connie Whitt-Lambert

Posters

Morning Session: 9:45–11:35 A.M.
Building
Presentation
Presenters
Sponsors

MC 1st Floor

Investigating Cell Viability and Morphology in Dicamba-Treated BeWo Cells

Nuriyah Hall

Chitra Chandrasekaran

MC 1st Floor

Evaluating the Effect of Ricinoleic Acid on the Synthesis of Collagen in NIH/3T3 Fibroblast Cells

Alexa Gallegos

Chitra Chandrasekaran

MC 1st Floor

The Effects of Astragalus Extracts on HepG2 Cell Viability and Low Density Lipoprotein Amount

Dylan Olvera

Chitra Chandrasekaran

MC 1st Floor

From Japan to Dream Land

Curnisha Cook
Gennie Tran
Emely Lopez

Jay Brown

MC 1st Floor

Italophilia

Jennifer Vazquez 
Alyssa Brinkley
Andreana Ramirez
Brianna Palacio

Jay Brown

MC 1st Floor

Cultural Group Project: Vietnamese American

Ishmita Chhetri
Kotetsu Kawasaki
Deepak Adhikari

Jay Brown

MC 1st Floor

Bridging Worlds: The Brazilian Immigrant Experience in the U.S

Isaac Enriquez
Daniel Adegoke
Yahir Sanchez
Chioma Obi

Jay Brown

MC 1st Floor

Rastas In Jamaica

Tayloure Smith-Skillern
Lauren Scott
Daphenie Whitear
Ty Weakly

Jay Brown

MC 1st Floor

Agilas in America

Crystal Rodriguez-Solito
Yessica Colmenero
Kaycie Colmenero
Brian Thai Tran

Jay Brown

MC 1st Floor

Mexican American Journey

Flor Najera Castillo
Liany Lopez
Hilary Colina
Stephanie Vazquez

Jay Brown

Afternoon Session: 3:15–5:05 P.M.
Building
Presentation
Presenters
Sponsors

MC 1st Floor

Characterization of a Coumarin-Substituted 1,2,4-Oxadiazole as
a Novel Antifungal Agent          

Patrick Oehler

Parker
Pelphrey                

MC 1st Floor

Examining the Characteristics that Influence the Desire to Engage in Parasocial Relationships

Collin Temples
Kaitlin Davis
Nathaniel Davis
Kimberlee Alas

Matthew Hand

AMB — Armstrong-Mabee Business Center 
NBC — Nenetta Burton Carter Building
STC — Schollmaier Science & Technology Center
MC — Martin University Center