Posters/ Exhibits,
SAC Ballroom A, 10 -4

Welcome remarks. 12:30:

Dr. Mark Aronoff, Senior Advisor to the Provost, Professor of Linguistics
Dr. David Bynum, Director of the Center for Science and Mathematics Education



*LUNCHES available at ~ 12:45/1 pm

Closing remarks/announcements, 3:30:
Dr. Charles Robbins, Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education

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Oral Presentations:

CEAS Nanotechnology (SAC 304, 9-10:30 )
CEAS Senior Design (SAC Ballroom B, 10:30 -12:30 )

English (SAC 304, 2:30 -3:15)
History (SAC 305, 10:00-3:45)
Psychology (SAC 302, 10 -12:20)

 

 

CEAS Nanotechnology Presentations, SAC 304, 9:00-10:30 am

9 am, Welcome & Introductory remarks, Gary Halada, Materials Science & Engineering

ScheduleTBA

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CEAS Senior Design Presentations, SAC Ballroom B, 10:30-12:20

Biomedical Engineering
Microfluidic chip for separation of mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria from blood samples for detection
Uzair Farooqi, Aman Sharma, Yahfi Talukdar; Faculty advisors: Helmut Strey, Biomedical Engineering

 

Chemical & Molecular Engineering
Process design for effective removal of nitrate from Long Island groundwater
Kun Tan, Zhenguan Tang, Canxian Wu,Yun Ying; Faculty advisors: Devinder Mahajan, CME Program, Materials Science & Engineering; ,Henry Bokuniewicz, SoMAS; Industrial Advisor: Joe Roccoro, Suffolk County Water Authority

Design and fabrication of a zinc-air battery powered car
Vadim Pozin, Joe Imbrogno, Weida Zhang, James Messina, Christina Agneta, Alex Psonis, Hugh Bullen, Ying Zhao, James Rosado.
Faculty advisor: Tadanori Koga, CME Program, Materials Science & Engineering.

Electrical & Computer Engineeering
Development of Diode Laser based Spectroscopic Sensor .
Mindy Nguyen, Julian Ong, David Steiber, Athmica Subbaiah, Kimberley Tomlinson
Faculty advisors:  Milutin Stanacevic and Leon Shterengas, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Joggmate
Bhargava Chinthirla, Ivan Pang, Michael Ayala
Faculty advisor: Alex Doboli, Electrical & Computer Engin

Engineering Science
The StepNClean portable water filtration and purification system
Chris Hirschmann, Tom Schaefer, Riston Rocchio, Patrick Szeto; Faculty advisor: Charles Fortmann, Materials Science & Eng

The Isothermal Bioshipper
Konrad Kozdra, Daniel Lee; Faculty advisor: Jim Quinn, Materials Science & Eng

Mechanical Engineering
Curb Traversing Wheelchair
Gennaro A Manna Jr., Alex Felce, Leo DeMino. Faculty advisors: Chad Korach, Yu Zhou, Mechanical Engineering.

SBS Seawolf II Solar Boat: Dave Hubert, Philip Haasnoot, David Mohamed; Faculty advisor: Oscar Lopez-Pamies, Mechanical Engineering.

*Note: order of presentations may vary.

 

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English, SAC 304, Time TBA

Moderator: Benedict Robinson, English Department

Apathy in A Canticle for Leibowitz
Kara Mustafa, Faculty advisor:  Bente Videbaek, Department of English

Perspective and the Great Fire of London
Amanda O’Neill, Faculty advisor: Peter Manning, Department of English

 

History, SAC 305, 10:00-3:45

Welcome: 10:00
Opening Remarks:        Susan Hinely, Joel Rosenthal

10:05-10:25: Three’s company: visions of kingship through portrayals of Alexander the Great, King Arthur and Charlemagne in vernacular literature of the High Middle ages
Betsey McNulty. Faculty Advisors: Alix Cooper, Joel Rosenthal

10:25-10:45: Linear A and the mystery of Minoan identity: Twentieth-Century attempts to decipher a Bronze Age script; Emily Seiderman; Faculty Advisor: Paul Zimansky

10:45-11:05: Time and the American Revolution: the development of an American community
Emily Cooper; Faculty Advisor: Ned Landsman

11:05-11:25:  The Rise (and fall) of the Timberbeast: organizing Wobblies in Pacific Northwest
Zachary Knowlton ; Faculty Advisor: Kathleen Nutter

11:25-11:45: From universal sisterhood to nationalist loyalty: state sponsored efforts to defuse pre-war internationalism in the women’s movement
Megan Flynn; Faculty Advisor: Susan Hinely  

11:45-12:05: Propaganda and the effects it can have on a country
Melissa Plescia; Faculty Advisor: Ian Roxborough

12:05-12:25: The Importance of thought production in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia
Elena-Liliana Mutu-Blackstone; Faculty Advisor: Gary Marker

12:25-12:45: Russian personal finances after Communism
Danish Nadeem; Faculty Advisor: Gary Marker

Lunch Break  12:45-1:45

1:45-2:05: The Eastern Oyster in the Great South Bay, New York:  submerged land ownership and leasing as a management tool
John Kriscenski; Faculty Advisor: Jenny Anderson

2:05-2:25: Medical control: doctors and medicine under the Third Reich
Holly Bein; Faculty Advisor: Kraig Larkin

2:25-2:45: The Bar Kokhba revolt
Jamie Beitler: Faculty Advisor: Robert Goldenberg

2:45-3:05: Chinese and US relations during World War Two
Michael Valente; Faculty Advisor: Michael Barnhart

3:05-3:25: Boy in short pants to ‘Cold Warrior’: the influence of the Cuban Missile crisis on the success of JFK's foreign policy
Vincent Belfiore; Faculty Advisor: Michael Barnhart

3:25-3:45: Badges and bikini waxes: a history of discrimination of female police officers in New York
Caitlin Waring; Faculty Advisor:  Bill Miller

Closing Remarks and Presentation of Certificates: Professor Rosenthal

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Psychology - SAC 302
10:00 am, Introductory remarks, Bilal Asif, Psi Chi Coordinator

10:10-10:25
Comparing Efficacy of Two Unconditioned Stimuli in Fear Conditioning
Lynne Lieberman Faculty advisor: Greg Hajcak, Department of Psychology

10:25 - 10:40
Spatial Working Memory and Anxiety
Ashu Kapoor and Chuck Vollmoeller; Faculty advisor: Hoi-Chung Leung,ÂDepartment of Psychology

10:40 - 10:55
The Influence of Gender and Ethnicity on Exercise Frequency in College Students
Nadia Jafari, Faculty advisor: Arthur Aron, Department of Psychology

10:55 - 11:10
Rejection Sensitivity in gay men and lesbian women
Rebecca Slape; Faculty advisor: Marvin Goldfried,Department of Psychology

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11:20 - 11:35
What are you looking at? Attentional Deployment effects in Emotion Regulation
Bilal Asif; Faculty advisor: Turhan Canli,Department of Psychology
11:35 -11:50

The Impact of Threat of Shock on the Defensive Startle Reflex
Sophie Deldonno Faculty advisor: Greg Hajcak, Department of Psychology

11:50 - 12:05
How do I love Thee: Assessing Relationship Processes through Partner Descriptions
Dev Crasta, Faculty Advisor: Arthur Aron, Department of Psychology

12:05 - 12:20
Suspense and memory vigilance
Matt Cruz, Faculty advisor: Nancy Franklin, Department of Psychology

 

 

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