UNM Undergraduate Research & Creativity Conference
Lobo A – Individual Oral Presentations
The Effectiveness of Training Focus–Diversity Training at the Workplace 9:00-9:20 P1
Haruna Nakayama – Psychology
Mentor: Robert DelCampo, Ph.D
Literature and Madness 9:20-9:40 P2
Jason Merriam – Classics & English
Mentor: Kelly Van Andel
Measuring the Charge Collection Distance of Diamond Vertex Detectors 9:40-10:00 P3
Brian P. Josey – Physics
Mentor: Sally Seidel
Designing for the Senses 10:00-10:20 P4
Francelia Carrasco – Architecture
Mentor: Mark Forte, M. Arch.
Prefab: Is It Really a Home? 10:20-10:40 P5
Anthony Alvidrez – Architecture
Mentor: Mark Forte, M. Arch.
Employment, Motherhood, and the Time Struggle 10:40-11:00 P6
Natasha D. Moharter – Psychology
Mentor: Jane C. Hood
Way-Finding in the Built Environment 11:00-11:20 P7
Dalton James Roberts – Architecture
Mentor: Mark Forte, M. Arch.
The Healthy House 11:20-11:40 P8
Byung Heo – Architecture
Mentor: Mark Forte, M. Arch.
Sharing Science: A Case Study of the Effects of Informal Science Education Outreach with Elementary Students
11:40-12:00 P9
Martha Jo Vargas – Biology & Spanish
Mentors: Diane L. Marshall, Teresa Sheldahl
LUNCHEON SUB BALLROOM A 12:00-1:00
Architecture & Education 1:20-1:40 P10
Paul C. Stockhoff – Architecture
Mentor: Mark Forte, M. Arch.
Creating a Barrier Free University 1:40-2:00 P11
Samuel Escoto – Architecture
Mentor: Mark Forte, M. Arch.
Function v. Form 2:00-2:20 P12
Chris Whyman – Architecture
Mentor: Mark Forte, M. Arch.
Getting Our Money’s Worth? A Constitutional and Economic Analysis of the United States Progressive Income Tax Code and Arguments for the Implementation of a “Flat Tax” 2:20-2:40 P13
Stephen D. Ralph – Economics
Mentor: Kate Krause
Mexico’s Drug War 2:40-3:00 P14
Javier Rojo – Economics & Philosophy
Mentor: Melissa Binder
Nature as Model, Measure, and Mentor 3:00-3:20 P15
Cliff Bourque – Architecture
Mentor: Mark Forte, M. Arch.
The Psychology of Architecture: Creating Spaces 3:20-3:40 P16
Shannon Ricketts – Architecture
Mentor: Mark Forte, M. Arch.
Strengthening Culture Through Architecture 3:40-4:00 P17
Geraldene Blackgoat – Architecture
Mentor: Mark Forte, M. Arch.
[Presentation Title] 4:00-4:20 P18
Marcus D’Ambrosio – Business Administration
Mentor: Raj V. Mahto
Lobo B – Individual Oral Presentations
Strained-Layer Superlattice Infrared Detectors 9:00-9:20 P1
Nathan Henry – Electrical Engineering
Mentors: Dr. Sanjay Krishna, Nutan Guatam, Brianna Klein
Underserved Students: Evaluating Student Resources at the University of New Mexico Using the Student Perspective 9:20-9:40 P2
Carolina Belmares-Ortega – Psychology & Spanish
Mentor: Tim Gutierrez
[Presentation Title] 9:40-10:00 P3
Rachel Hellmer – Political Science
Mentor:
When Words Are Moving: Poetry and the Propulsion of History and Self-Understanding 10:00-10:20 P4
Amie Zimmer – English & Philosophy
Mentor: V.B. Price
[Presentation Title] 10:20-10:40 P5
Jake Tittmann – Architecture
Mentor: Mark Forte, M. Arch.
Active Compensation System of the Earths Magnetic Filed for MiniCLEAN 10:40-11:00 P6
Miles Bodmer – Physics & Math
Mentor: Prof. Michael Gold
Hijras; the Third Gender of India 11:00-11:20 P7
Noel August Blair – Anthropology &Women’s Studies
Mentor: Jane B. Lancaster
Cheaper Design/Architect? 11:20-11:40 P8
Michael L. Hendrigsman – Architecture
Mentor: Mark Forte, M. Arch.
Urban Heat Island Effect 11:40-12:00 P9
Marisol Alvarez-Torres – Architecture
Mentor: Mark Forte, M. Arch.
LUNCHEON SUB BALLROOM A 12:00-1:00
Biomimicry and the Design Process 1:20-1:40 P10
John P. Florez – Architecture
Mentor: Mark Forte, M. Arch.
The Ideal Building Cycle 1:40-2:00 P11
Michael Pace – Architecture
Mentor: Mark Forte, M. Arch.
The Spiritual Role of Light in Architecture 2:00-2:20 P12
Kyle Vandever – Architecture
Mentor: Mark Forte, M. Arch.
The State of Gender Parity in Primary and Secondary Education Worldwide 2:20-2:40 P13
Codie Elizabeth Holpp – Psychology & Anthropology
Mentor: Irene Vasquez
Understanding Welfare Stigma and Participation 2:40-3:00 P14
Joaquin A. Rubalcaba – Economics
Mentor: Kate Krause
Sustainable Architecture and the Environment 3:00-3:20 P15
Kyle A. Dallas – Architecture
Mentor: Mark Forte, M. Arch.
When did glaciation begin in the Ordovician Period (488-444 million years ago)? 3:20-3:40 P16
Wesley Labor – Environmental Science
Mentor: Maya Elrick
[Presentation Title] 3:40-4:00 P17
Kristen Gandy – Architecture
Mentor: Mark Forte, M. Arch.
Santa Ana A – Creative Presentations
Tra(n)cing 1:20-1:40 P1
Ana Mercedes Arechiga Gonzalez – Dance & Psychology, Luz Guillen – Dance, Maureen Gorman – Dance & Languages
Mentor: Donna Jewell
Fantasy Architecture 1:40-2:00 P2
Alberto Jacome – Architecture
Mentor: Mark Forte, M. Arch.
Grounded In Flight: UNM and My Life 2:00-2:20 P3
Chandley G. Jackson – Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Adam Bubb
The Tunes in the Timber 2:20-2:40 P4
Chelsy Smith – Music Performance, Neal Clawson, Ben Wild, Giselle Montoya
Mentor: Peter White
A Queer Voice in Film 2:40-3:00 P5
Senaida Garcia – Media Arts
Mentor: Irene Vasquez
The Art and Process of Directing Live Theatre 3:00-3:20 P6
Rachel Leos – Theater Directing
Mentor: Irene Vasquez
Talking Stick 3:20-3:40 P7
Dara Minkin – Dance, Kaitlin Innis – Exercise Science, Emily Innis – Biology, Dalila Baied – Psychology & Dance
Mentor: Blythe Kanis
Oral History and Cookery of Taos New Mexico 3:40-4:00 P8
Olivia Romo – CHMS
Mentor: Levi Romero
Santa Ana B – Group Oral Presentations
Multimedia Presentation and Intersectional Analysis of Adelina “Nina” Otero-Warren, a New Mexican Feminist Pioneer 9:00-9:30 P1
Ashley Aragon – CHMS, Olivia D. Chávez – CHMS, Lynea Gonzales – CHMS, Carolina Rodriguez – CHMS
Mentor: Irene Vasquez
High Impact Practices in Community Based Learning at the University of New Mexico 9:30-10:00 P2
Thalia Cataño – CHMS, Olivia Chávez – CHMS, Elsi Beltrán – CHMS, Ramiro Rodríguez – CHMS
Mentor: Irene Vasquez
Adaptable Label Machine 10:00-10:30 P3
Scott Rossol – Mechanical Engineering, Morris Huang – Mechanical Engineering, Jonah Cain – Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Tariq A. Khraishi
SUB Ballroom B – Poster Presentations
The Effect of Daily Hassles on Adolescent Tobacco Use: Investigation with a Justice-Involved Sample 9:00-9:20 P1
Erick B. Pacheco – Psychology
Mentor: Sarah Feldstein Ewing
Women and their Attitudes toward Nuclear Power 9:00-9:20 P27
Romilly Y. Tsinhnahjinnie – Health, Medicine, and Human Values
Mentor: Wayne Santoro
Incidence of Prediabetes in Presumed Healthy Patients 9:20-9:40 P2
Katharine Juarez – Biochemistry
Mentor: Raj Shah
Rain or Shine? Host and Environmental Distributions of Sucking Lice 9:20-9:40 P26
Diego Matek – Biology
Mentors: Kayce Bell, Joseph Cook
Oral Muscle Stability as a Function of Age and Gender 9:40-10:00 P3
Jennifer L. Mahoney – Speech and Hearing Sciences, Marin D. Schweigert – Speech and Hearing Sciences
Mentor: Phyllis M. Palmer, Ph.D.
Probing the Natural Product Biosynthetic Potential of Actinomycete Actinosynnema mirum 9:40-10:00 P25
Joseph Villanueva – Chemistry
Mentor: Charles E. Melancon
Auditory Verbal Hallucinations and Aging in Schizophrenia 10:00-10:20 P4
Ronnie R. Marquez – Psychology & Biology
Mentor: Robert J. Thoma, Ph.D
Reducing the Risk of Gestational Diabetes Through Change Talk 10:00-10:20 P24
Katherine Rochel Cornelius – BSN, Molly Elizabeth Franzoy – BSN, Adelia Sundawn Perea – BSN
Mentor: P.J. Woods
The Affects of Alcohol Use Disorders and Rostral Anterior Cingulate Volume 10:20-10:40 P5
Lindsay M. Herrington – Biology & Psychology
Mentor: Robert J. Thoma, Ph.D.
Sex differences in neurometabolite levels in adolescents with alcohol use disorders 10:20-10:40 P23
Amy Nim – Psychology
Mentor: Robert J. Thoma
Are V-ATPase Assembly Defects Associated with the MutationVMA6-E319K in Vo subunit d Rescued By Vo subunit a (VPH1-WT)? 10:40-11:00 P6
Priya V. Shah – Biochemistry
Mentor: Karlett J. Parra
UNM: The "Failure Factory" of the Southwest 10:40-11:00 P22
Jose E. Sanchez – Economics, History, & Spanish, Ryan Markey – Economics, Stephen Ralph – Economics
Mentor: Melissa Binder, Ph. D.
Caring For a Growing America: Obesity Education Within Nursing Curriculum 11:00-11:20 P7
Christopher R. Fredericks – Nursing, Lara A. Britt – Nursing, Christina A. Parks – Nursing, Adrianna Maria Pino – Nursing
Mentor: P.J. Woods
Factors Affecting Graduation Rates at the University of New Mexico 11:00-11:20 P21
Kevin Wenderoth – Economics, Cynthia Kim – Economics
Mentor: Melissa Binder
Fertile Ground: Community Gardens as a Tool for Reducing Colorectal Cancer Risk in the Hispanic Population
11:20-11:40 P8
Stacy James – Nursing, Nadisha Pfaff – Nursing, Maria Zamora – Nursing
Mentor: P.J. Woods
The Impact of Architecture on Our Lives 11:20-11:40 P20
Alejandro Tarango – Architecture
Mentor: Mark Forte, M. Arch.
Rebuilding a Community 11:40-12:00 P9
James Bajek – Architecture
Mentor: Mark Forte, M. Arch.
LUNCHEON SUB BALLROOM A 12:00-1:00
Accuracy of different quadratures in the capsaicin neutron transport code 1:20-1:40 P10
Luke McIntyre – Nuclear Engineering
Mentor: Anil Prinja
Creating with Recycling Material in Architecture 1:40-2:00 P11
Luis Pinedo – Architecture
Mentor: Mark Forte, M. Arch.
Stress: How it affects your Health 2:00-2:20 P12
Amber R. Howard – Biology
Mentor: Dawn Stracener
The V-ATPase Subunit d: New Roles for Functionally and Structurally Coupling of V1-V0 2:20-2:40 P13
Elijah Weber – Biochemistry
Mentor: Karlett J. Parra
Development of Microsatellite Markers for longfin dace, Agosia chrysogaster 2:40-3:00 P14
Jesse D. Trujillo – Biology, Tyler J. Pilger – Biology
Mentor: Thomas F. Turner
Evaluation of Magnetic Nanoparticles as Told for Breast Cancer Cell Cytotoxicity 3:00-3:20 P15
Amber Leigh Ortiz – Chemistry
Mentors: Dr. Helen Hathaway, Dr. Natalie Adolphi
Alcohol Abuse in Adolescents: Effects of Abnormal Brain NAA, Creatine, Glutamate, and Glutamine Levels
3:20-3:40 P16
Ian M. Martinez – Psychology
Mentor: Robert J. Thoma, Ph.D.
Development of Complementary Feeding Training Guides for the Prevention of Child Malnutrition in Rural Kenya 3:40-4:00 P17
Melissa E. Feldner – Nutrition
Mentors: Elizabeth Yakes, Angelo Tomedi
Differences in Problem Behaviors Across Youth Who Endorsed Versus Those Who Did Not Endorse Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among a Justice-Involved Sample 4:00-4:20 P18
Troy Weeldreyer – Psychology
Mentor: Sarah W. Feldstein Ewing
A Search for Transiting Density Enhancements in the Taurus-Aurigi Molecular Cloud 4:20-4:40 P19
Paige Stephen Romero – Astrophysics
Mentor: John McGraw