{"id":28216,"date":"2024-05-02T13:13:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T20:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/connected-learning\/?page_id=28216"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:30:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T23:30:01","slug":"schedule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/connected-learning\/events\/academic-showcase\/schedule","title":{"rendered":"Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/connected-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/Showcase-6-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"student stands next to her research poster talking to two other people\" class=\"wp-image-29793\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/connected-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/Showcase-6-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/connected-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/Showcase-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/connected-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/Showcase-6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/connected-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/Showcase-6-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/connected-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/Showcase-6.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cComparing Narrow Spectral Artifact Line Finders to Enable Continuous Wave Searches in LIGO,\u201d presented by Carol Miu \u2013 mentored by Dr. Joey Shapiro Key.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2026 presentation details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wednesday, May 13 &#8211; Oral Presentations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9:00am-10:45am, Oral Presentations (UW1-051)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Theme: Data Driven Market Analytics: How Shocks, Technology, and Behavior Shape Economic Outcomes<\/strong><br><strong>Staff contact<\/strong>: Jesi Egan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Exploring the Relationship between Travel and Games Won in the Regular Season in Major League Baseball <\/em><\/strong><br>Christopher Hay, Jack Allman, Joey Chuang, Sam Altman, and Daniel Olukoya<br>Mentor: Xiahua Anny Wei<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Household Demographics and Costco\u2019s Expansional Success <\/em><\/strong><br>Lauren Stride, Emily Habib, Tais Rambo, and Kaitlyn Kong <br>Mentor: Xiahua Anny Wei<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Comparing Forecasting Methods for Retail Demand<\/em><\/strong> <br>Ruby Hsiao <br>Mentor: Xiahua Anny Wei<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>The Impact of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) Adoption on Credit Card Company Performance<\/em><\/strong><br>Manas Raut, Aleezaa Khan, and Liv Jackson<br>Mentor: Xiahua Anny Wei<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>The Impact of Oil Prices on BART Ridership<\/em><\/strong><br>Courtland Mellich, Hamant Kaushal, and Alex Kennedy<br>Mentor: Xiahua Anny Wei<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Does AI Adoption Reduce Hiring in Customer Service Jobs?<\/em><\/strong><br>Nok Cheng, Kerry Thornock, and Riku Matsumoto<br>Mentor: Xiahua Anny  Wei<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9:45am-10:45am, Oral Presentations (UW1-021)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Theme: Physical &amp; Quantitative Sciences<\/strong><br><strong>Staff contact<\/strong>: Dana Washington<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Simulating LIGO with a Michelson-Morley Interferometer and Sound Waves <br><\/em><\/strong>Chase Hoffman and Morrigan Kalet<br>Mentor: Subramanian Ramachandran<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Radiation shielding performance of oxide-powder loaded graphite<\/em><\/strong> <br>Lise Hennessy<br>Mentor: Subramanian Ramachandran<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Developing New Tools to Identify the Most Extreme Outflows in the Universe<\/em><\/strong> <br>Maddi Gregory <br>Mentor: Paola Rodriguez Hidalgo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>A Dance of Squares and Symmetries: Unilateral and Equitransitive Tilings by Squares of Sizes 1, 2, 3, and 4 <\/em><\/strong><br>Layan Arrabi<br>Mentor: Casey Mann<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">11:00am-12pm, Oral Presentations (UW1-060)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Theme: Mental Health, Policy &amp; Intervention<\/strong><br><strong>Staff contact<\/strong>: Ludmilla Kortchak<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Promoting the Power of Social Connection for Suicide Prevention<\/em><\/strong><br>Melak Alkhazaali, Freab Abebe, Anabelle Mulik, Kelsey Sugita, and Amal Osman<br>Mentor: Jody Early<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Utilizing Lived Experience in Policy Change: Student Advocacy for Disability Justice in Washington State<\/em><\/strong><br>Tasha Le<br>Mentors: Jody Early and Nora Kenworthy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Medulloblastomas: Boosting Vincristine Performance<\/em><\/strong><br>Anushree Punna<br>Mentor: Peter Anderson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1:15pm-2:15pm, Oral presentations (DISC-162)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Theme: Technology, Data &amp; Student Systems<\/strong><br><strong>Staff contact<\/strong>: Ludmilla Kortchak<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Personal Financial Automation<\/em><\/strong> <br>Sava Gebhardt <br>Mentor: Solmaz Batebi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>CELR and Clubs &#8211; Bothell Consulting Association <\/em><\/strong><br>Allison Doak, Mao Nishio, Miyuki Sandoval, and Sarah Rosen<br>Mentor: Xiahua Anny Wei; Nominated by Dana Washington<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Equity and Performance in BMath123: A Demographic Study <\/em><\/strong><br>Adam Hume <br>Mentor: Cinnamon Hillyard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Impacts to UWB Student Experience<\/em><\/strong><br>Hasset Worku<br>Mentor: Cinnamon Hillyard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:66px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thursday, May 14 &#8211; Oral Presentations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9:45am-10:45am, Oral Presentations (UW1-221)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Theme: Biological Innovation &amp; Applied Research<\/strong><br><strong>Staff contact<\/strong>: Sarah Ram\u00edrez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Novel 3-D Tissue Constructs as a Model to Study Skeletal Muscle Aging <\/em><\/strong><br>Christian Paulos<br>Mentors: Bryan White and David Marcinek (ISCRM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Allele-Selective Deletion of the ACTA1 Gene Copy as a Potential Treatment for Dominant ACTA1-Related Myopathies<\/em><\/strong><br>Shrinithi Arunkumar <br>Mentor: Bryan White<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Planning for ecology and cultural resilience in Karamoja, North Eastern Uganda <br><\/em><\/strong>Cathy Dunlap Nawany<br>Mentor: Jason Lambacher<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>BMATH 123 Data Analysis<br><\/em><\/strong>Jennifer Nguyen and Arleen Kaur<br>Mentor: Cinnamon Hillyard<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9:45am-10:45am, Oral Presentations (UW1-261)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Theme: Global Perspectives &amp; Applied Markets<\/strong><br><strong>Staff contact<\/strong>: Natalia Dyba<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>North Face Brand Extension &amp; AI Marketing Potential<\/em><\/strong><br>Noah J Omine, Naomi Bui, Jeylen Pham-Alejaga, and Fatuma Hassani<br>Mentor: Alison Lo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>When the Weather Hits the Market: The Financial Impact of Weather Extremes on Firms in the Energy Sector <\/em><\/strong><br>Thomas Purchas<br>Mentor: Xiahua Anny Wei<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Turning aWhat Am I Doing into Now I Know! Student Leadership at UWB<\/em><\/strong><br>Ma Isabel Hernandez Olivares<br>Mentor: Heidy Mejia-Puerta<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Berlin and America, A Cultural Retrospective <\/em><\/strong><br>Rafael Andaya and Charity Wangari<br>Mentor: Natalia Dyba<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2:15pm-3:15pm, Oral presentations (UW1-041)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Theme: Community Engagement &amp; Applied Practice<\/strong><br><strong>Staff contact<\/strong>: Dana Washington<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Community, Culture, and Impact: Lessons from Serving with the Washington West African Center<\/em><\/strong><br>Hawinet Roba<br>Mentor: Zainab Jibril<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>La Educaci\u00f3n como Resistencia: My Story in Education and Community<\/em><\/strong><br>Alondra Guzman<br>Mentors: Nathanie Lee and Sarah Ramirez<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>The Different Masks of Autocratic Governments<\/em><\/strong><br>Layan Arrabi<br>Mentor: Ben Gardner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Autonomous Vehicle Docking Triangulation<\/em><\/strong><br>Faris Stitou and George Hinds<br>Mentor: Thomas Humphries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thursday, May 14: Poster Presentations, Makerspace (DH-152)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Morning Session, 11:30am-1:00pm<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Hooven Forest Invasive Plant Survey and Restoration Implications<\/em><\/strong><br>(1) Cisco Jimenez<br>Mentor: Amy Lambert<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Unless We Get You First\u2026 The Genocidal Calculation of White Supremacy<br><\/em><\/strong>(4) Gary Norris<br>Mentor: Michael Vallerga<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Inferring Sexual Interest from Behavioral Cues as a Functional Of Sex and Big Five Traits<br><\/em><\/strong>(8) Mannat Choudhary<br>Mentor: Jillene seiver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Identifying Physiological Biomarkers of Compulsive Fentanyl-Seeking in Mice<\/em><\/strong><br>(15) Shagun Seth<br>Mentor: Todd Appleby<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>An Automated Model Compression Pipeline for Embedded AI Systems<\/em><\/strong><br>(17) Ashlyn Huber<br>Mentor: Yang Peng<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Reducing Food Waste Through a Mobile Surplus Food Platform<\/em><\/strong><br>(23) Tim Caole, Sarissa Boggs, Srihitha Vemuru, Wendy Wu, Santiago Gonzalez-Corzo, and Emily Habib<br>Mentor: Yi Ping (Y.P.) Chan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Self-modifying Quine Compiler<\/em><\/strong><br>(29) Jonah Uellenberg<br>Mentor: Yang Peng<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Measuring Small Forces with a Cantilever-Based Detector<\/em><\/strong><br>(31) Chase Hoffman<br>Mentor: Subramanian Ramachandran<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Evaluation of Alternative Substrates for Glutathione S-Transferase Activity Assays<\/em><\/strong><br>(36) Alexa Durzewski, Rachel Marroquin, and Netra Anand<br>Mentors: Scotty Shippy and Lori Robins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>The Effects of Early Referrals to Vascular Surgery to Decrease or Prevent Lower-Extremity Amputation for Diabetic Patients with Peripheral Vascular Disease<br><\/em><\/strong>(37) Alexa Sidell, Tania Estrada, Sharon Nagawa, and Kimberly Becker<br>Mentor: Debra Ridling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Water Quality in Hooven Forest<br><\/em><\/strong>(40) Adam Parker<br>Mentor: Amy Lambert<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong>Managerial Marital Status and Its Impact on Employee Relations<\/strong><\/em><br>(44) Megan Huynh<br>Mentor: Joey Choi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>From Soundwaves to Brainwaves: Improving Cochlear Implant Sound Quality for Users Through Iterative A\/B Comparison Testing<\/em><\/strong><br>(47) Aidan Carey<br>Mentor: Dr. Kaibao Nie<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong>Bridging to Practice: A Preceptor Training Initiative<\/strong><\/em><br>(51) Bimmy Kaur, Yunqi Hao, Marissa Laipsker, Mebrat T. Gebrehiwot, and Gadisa Gemechu<br>Mentor: Debra Ridling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Not All Drivers Pay Alike: Geographic, Climate, and Demographic Drivers of U.S<br><\/em><\/strong>(57) Dhruv Shankpal<br>Mentor: Jason Rukman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Urban Tree Canopy Program and Planning for Snohomish County Health Department<br><\/em><\/strong>(69) Sophia Palmer<br>Mentor: Brandon Park<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Understanding Biological Neural Network Learning with Graphs<br><\/em><\/strong>(70) Likitha Nanduri<br>Mentor: Michael Stiber<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Leading Forward: Expanding Hispanic Representation and Future of Leadership<\/em><\/strong><br>(71) Lauren Castellon<br>Mentor: Shilo Peeters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong>Mapping Qualitative Visualizations: Rubric Based Analysis of Visualization Type, Analytic Purpose, and Epistemological Stance<\/strong><\/em><br>(74) Andrew Ung and Marcus Li<br>Mentor: Caleb Trujillo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Functions of Visual Data Displays in Qualitative Research<\/em><\/strong><br>(77) Sakaria Dirie<br>Mentor: Caleb Trujillo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Designing and Screening de novo Ligands for the pUL89 Subunit of the CMV Terminase Complex<\/em><\/strong><br>(81) Easton Young<br>Mentor: Peter Anderson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Promoting Sexual Health: Preventing STIs Through Education and Access<\/em><\/strong><br>(84) Reya Pantha<br>Mentor: Maria Blancas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Effects of Rotational Speed and Contact Pressure on the Heat Transfer of a Rotating Ice Interface<\/em><\/strong><br>(87) Carter Pham, Hillel Coates, Jaden Khuat, and Olga Severdenko<br>Mentor: Imen Hannachi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Sculpting Speed: Aerodynamic Shell For Drone Flight<\/em><\/strong><br>(88) Sean Kim and Tommy Wang<br>Mentor: Miguel Balzan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Properties of Graphite<\/em><\/strong><br>(91) Muna Yusuf<br>Mentor: Subramanian Ramachandran<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>The Rites of Freedom<\/em><\/strong> &#8211;<em> Art installation, mixed media <\/em><br>(110) Vicky Fula<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Afternoon Session, 1:00pm-2:30pm<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Live-Cell CDK-Cyclin Expression Kinetics and Subcellular Localization in Giardia Using Integrated Luminescent and Fluorescent Fusion Tags<br><\/em><\/strong>(2) Sreeman Mandapati, Alison Kim, Kim Huynh, and Tee Trahan<br>Mentor: Han-Wei Shih<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Nitrate, Orthophosphate, and Ammonia Water Testing at the Former Wayne Golf Course<br><\/em><\/strong>(7) Allison Doak<br>Mentor: Amy Lambert<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Examining the Patterns of Calretinin and Calbindin Expressed in the Vestibular Ganglion of Mice<\/em><\/strong><br>(10) Oyinade Adekanbi<br>Mentor: Rahilla Tarfa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Wildlife Impacts of Downed Deadwood in Saint Edward State Park<br><\/em><\/strong>(12) Ash Putzke<br>Mentor: Dave Stokes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>The Smile Gallery<\/em><\/strong>: Art installation, t<em>his Mona Lisa Photo Station is an interactive booth, where participants pose behind a physical frame and backdrop to &#8220;become&#8221; 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