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Agenda 2020 Overview

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Time	Session 1	Session 2	Session 3	Session 4	Session 5
9:00 – 10:00AM	O1 SMSS	O2 SEEMS		P1 Biology	P2 Chemistry
10:10 – 11:10AM	O3 SEEMS, Education	O4 Materials, Physics	O5 Biology, Chemistry	P3 Biology, Health	P4 Chemistry, Controls
11:20 – 12:20PM	O6 Chemistry	O7 Biology		P5 Physics, Materials, Math	P6 SEEMS
12:20 – 1:00PM	Break
Networking / Information
1:00 – 2:00PM	COS graduate programs Biology Physics Chemistry SEEMS Math & Statistics BCMB		Job Fair		Open Q&A
2:00 – 3:00PM	Women in Science Education (WISE) meeting
3:00 – 3:15PM	Break for Judges
3:15 – 5:00PM	Battle of the Brains Keynote address by V. Incera Best Presentation & Poster awards

Detailed Agenda

Oral presentations

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	Session/Student	Status	Mentor	Title with link to file
O1 SMSS, 9:00 – 10:00 AM, ZOOM Room 1
1	Kristen Hallas	Graduate	Aklilu Zeleke	Forms of Golden-type Recursive Polynomials
2	Elijah Hight	Graduate	George Yanev	Bayesian Estimators for the Reproduction Number of Epidemics
3	Raven Ruiz	Graduate	Andras Balogh	Simulated Annealing for the Construction of Hadamard Matrices
4	Camille Vasquez	Graduate	Andras Balogh	Boundary Feedback Control of the 3D Navier-Stokes Equations
5	Myrine A Barreiro-Arevalo	Graduate	Hansapani Rodrigo	Significant gene array analysis and cluster-based modeling for disease class prediction
O2 SEEMS, 9:00 – 10:00 AM, ZOOM Room 2
1	Wes Franklin	Graduate	Elizabeth Heise	An Assessment of Microplastics in Resacas of the Lower Rio Grande Valley
2	Nicole M. Laas	Graduate	Hudson DeYoe	Bare patch dynamics of the seagrass Thalassia Testudinum
3	Alvaro Garcia	Graduate	Jude Benavides	A GIS-Based Model to Assess Onsite Sewage Facility (OSSF) Contamination Risk to Local Water Resources
4	Edoardo Davila	Graduate	Juan Gonzalez	Assessing the Anthropogenic footprint on the morphology of the Rio Grande channel in the last one hundred years
O3 SEEMS/Education, 10:10 – 11:10AM, ZOOM Room 3
1	Robert Trejo	Graduate	Dr. Lu
2	Brittney Danielle Lacy	Graduate	Md Saydur Rahman	Widely Used Pesticides and Herbicides Attenuate the Osmoregulatory and Antioxidant Systems in Goldfish
3	Amandeep singh	Graduate	Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy	Effect of fruit ripeness and post-harvest storage conditions on the survival of Salmonella spp in fresh-cut papaya
4	Ishveen Kaur	Graduate	Rupesh Kariyat	Trichomes: An effective surface barrier in plants against insect herbivores.
O4 Materials/Physics, 10:10 – 11:10AM, ZOOM Room 4
1	Sk Md Ali Zaker Shawon	Graduate	M. Jasim Uddin, PhD	Enhanced piezoelectricity and sensory application through flexible, surface modified ZnSnO3 nanocubes.
2	Kim Iqbal	Graduate	Philip Park	Electrical Characterization of Graphite Additive concrete using both DC and AC Impedance Spectroscopy
3	Gaukhar Nurbek	Grad	Soma Mukherjee	Enhanced Detection Efficiencies and Reduced False Alarms in Searching for Gravitational Waves from Core Collapse Supernovae
4	Zuzanna Lawera	Grad	Karen Martirosyan	Study of CdTe quantum dots produced by continuous-flow microfluidic process
5	Thomas A Cruz	Graduate	Soumya Mohanty	Automated Identification of Lines in Data from Gravitational Wave Detectors
O5 Biology/Chemistry, 10:10 – 11:10AM, ZOOM Room 5
1	Orlando Garcia	Graduate	Pushpa Soti	Characterization of soil nematode community as influenced by weedy plants and environmental variables.
2	Sakshi Watts	Graduate	Rupesh Kariyat	Examining physical and chemical defense signaling cross talk in wild and domesticated Solanum species
3	Precious Makuo Okwuchukwu	Graduate	Debasish Bandyopadhyay	UTRGV resources in the battle against SARS-Cov-2: Design and Chemical modification of an on-campus natural compound as COVID-19 protease inhibitors
4	Earl Novilla	Senior	Shizue Mito	Nanodiamond-based antiretroviral drug delivery to the brain
5	Vanessa Thomas	Graduate	Pushpa Soti	Rhizosphere microbiome and potential of range expansion of exotic invasive guinea grass, Panicum maximum in the Lower Rio Grande Valley
O6 Chemistry, 11:20 – 12:20PM, ZOOM Room 6
1	Farzana Tasnim	Graduate	M Jasim Uddin	Electromagnetic-Triboelectric- Hybrid Energy Tile for Biomechanical Green Energy Harvesting
2	Muhtasim Ul Karim Sadaf	Graduate	M Jasim Uddin	Surface Modified Nanostructured Oxide in Functional Polymer for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting and Human Gesture Sensin
3	Haimanti Majumder	Graduate	M Jasim Uddin	Three Dimensional Fiber Shaped Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Using Carbon Nanotube Yarn With Photocatalytic Activity Of BiOI/TiO2 Heterostructure
4	Valeria Suarez Vega	Graduate	Jasim Uddin	Functionalized Cotton Fibers with Self-Cleaning, UV-Shielding and Energy Generation Capability
5	Alejandro Flores	Junior	Mohammed Uddin	TESTEC: PET and NBR based Cost Effective and Self-sustainable Triboelectric Energy Case for Powering of Smart Electronic Devices
O7 Biology, 11:20 – 12:20PM, ZOOM Room 7
1	Jesus Chavana	Graduate	Rupesh Kariyat	Making super weeds? continuous mowing improves fitness and defense traits with transgenerational effects in the noxious weed Solanum elaeagnifolium.
2	Zarek Contreras	Graduate	Bradley Christoffersen	Are interspecific differences in drought tolerance functional trait values predictive of interspecific differences in plant performance?
3	Michelle Rivera	Junior	MD Saydur Rahman	Pesticides affect Apoptosis, DNA damage, and global DNA Methylation in aquatic organisms.
4	Akanksha Gandhi	Graduate	Nirakar Sahoo	Modulation of Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species and Calcium in Tomato Protoplasts by Hemolymph from Tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) Caterpillar
5	Sukhman Singh	Graduate	Rupesh Kariyat	Exposure to polyphenol-rich purple corn pericarp extract restricts fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) growth

Poster presentations

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	Session/Student	Status	Mentor	Title with link to file
P1 Biology, 9:00 – 10:00 AM, ZOOM Session 1
1	Kusy Zarzosa	Senior	Kristine Lowe	A Review of The Toxic Effects of Carbon Nanotubules on Microorganisms
2	Rajat Sharma	Graduate	Veerachandra K. Yemmieddy	Microbiological safety of frozen fruits and vegetables
3	Melissa Salinas	Senior	Teresa Patricia Feria Arroyo	Assessing Global Change Drivers and their potential impact on Vector-Borne Diseases
4	Chelsey Faris	Senior	Teresa Patricia Feria Arroyo	Potential expansion of the destructive invasive species C. cactorum in the Lower Rio Grande Valley
5	Katherine Alvarez	Senior	Teresa Patricia Feria Arroyo	Sustainability: Creating an Organic Garden in the Community of San Carlos Endowment Center and Educating Future Generations on Sustainability
6	Taylor Villanueva	Graduate	Kathryn Perez	Species delimitation in the Domed Cavesnail (Phreatodrobia nugax) using integrative taxonomy
7	Ivan Lopez	Senior	Ying Jia	Characterization of Epithelial Growth Factor Transcripts Identified in Crotalus Atrox Venom
8	Nicolas Restrepo	Graduate	Teresa Patricia Feria Arroyo	Shade Sail for Kids at the Endowment Center San Carlos
9	Natalie Salinas	Junior	Teresa Patricia Feria Arroyo	Exploring Future Potential Effects of Aridity in the Texas-Mexico Transboundary Region
10	Victoria Cantu	Senior	Teresa Patricia Feria Arroyo	Endangered Species of the Lower Rio Grande Valley; Anthropogenic Activities and their Consequences on Species Diversity
P2 Chemistry, 9:00 – 10:00 AM, ZOOM Session 2
1	Alejandro Palacios	Grad	Shizue Mito	Drug discovery for the GPR119 receptor using molecular modeling and ligand-based drug design
2	Alitza Gracia	Junior	Wei Lin	Conformational Analysis of Ethanesulfonic Acid
3	Beatriz Gamez	Grad	Shizue Mito	Total Synthesis of Cytotoxic Mansouramycin Compounds from Amino Acid Derivatives
4	Brishty Deb Choudhury	Grad	Mohammed Uddin	A Novel Photoanode with Hierarchical Forest-Like TiO ₂ Structure with Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Flexible Dye Sensitized Solar Cell
5	Diego Rodriguez	Grad	Wei Lin	Molecular Geometry and the Chlorine Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constant of Chlorosulfonic Acid
6	Elaijah Islam	HS	Mohammed Uddin	Hybrid Triboelectric-Electromagnetic Nanogenerator for Energy Scavenging
7	Grecia Garcia	Grad	Jason Parsons	Removal of As(III) and As(V) from aqueous solution via tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum.) Phytoremediation
8	Karla Salazar	Grad	Wei Lin	A Survey of Seawater Quality in Putian Coastal Region, Fujian, China
9	Juan Ricardo Luna	Graduate	Jason Parsons	Catalytic application of vanadium phthalocyanine in acid-based medium reactions to convert and couple saccharide bi-products
10	Daniel Ramirez	Graduate	Jason Parsons	Removal of Chromium(VI) from aqueous solution using ZnO nanoparticles an investigation in to the effects light and dark conditions on the binding
P3 Biology, 10:10 – 11:10AM, ZOOM Session 3
1	Omar Vázquez	Graduate	Md Saydur Rahman	Effects of heat stress on the physiological functions in the common goldfish, Carassius auratus
2	Mandip Tamang	Graduate	Pushpa Soti	Characterization of Pseudomonas fluorescens isolated from the rhizosphere of sunn hemp Crotalaria juncea in Semi-Arid Soils
3	Tripti Saini	Graduate	Nirakar Sahoo	Tubulovesicle K+ channel KCNQ1 modulates TRPML1 mediated Ca2+ release during gastric acid secretion.
4	Cristobal Rodriguez	Grad	Robert Gilkerson	Cell Proliferation and Antimicrobial Properties of Cactus Mucilage Composite Nanofibers through Forcespinning®
5	Gisel Garza	Grad	Teresa Feria	Manihot walkerae: Contributing to the Future Conservation Plans of this Endemic Endangered Species in Texas and Mexico
6	Shreya Udawant	Grad	Megan Keniry	Role of Glycolytic Metabolism in Glioblastoma Multiforme
7	Paulina Kowalski	Senior	Ying Jia	Cloning & Characterization of CRISP Transcripts from Snake Venom
8	Caroline Garcia	Graduate	Upal Roy	Targeted Antiretroviral Drug Delivery Bicellar Platform to the Brain for the Treatment of HIV-1
9	Horus Ortega	Senior	Kristina Vatcheva	A Retrospective Longitudinal Analysis of the Effect of Pre-operative Weight Loss and Type of Bariatric Surgery on Total Body Weight Loss
P4 Chemistry, Controls, 10:10 – 11:10AM, ZOOM Session 4
1	Douglas Harris	Senior	Jason Parsons, Helia Morales, Arnulfo Mar	Exchange of the Magnesium Ion in Chlorophyll by a Transition Metal
2	Elizabeth Fletes	Freshman	Jason Parsons, Helia Morales, Arnulfo Mar	Fabrication and characterization of dye-sensitized solar cells based on metal substituted tetraphenyl porphyrins.
3	Katherine Wright	Senior	Jason Parsons	Microwave Assisted Synthesis of NiS2 for College of Sciences Annual Conference
4	Valeria Velazquez	Graduate	Jason Parsons	Physiochemical analysis of arsenic species removal by Cassia fistula Linn. seedlings
5	Kevin Vanderkam	Graduate	Jason Parsons	Chromium(III) and Chromium(VI) binding to ZnO nanomaterials an investigation of the effects of pH, time, temperature and interferences.
6	Zayra Gonzalez	Senior	Wei Lin	Quantum Chemical Calculation on Hinokitiol
7	Irving Vazquez	Graduate	Jason Parsons	Removal of As(III) and As(V) from aqueous solution via Common Sunflower (Helianthus) Phytoremediation.
8	Mirza Addaito Billah	Graduate	Jong-Min Kim	Hardness removal from the extremely hard LRGV tap water using electrically conductive concrete
9	Prosanto Biswas	Graduate	Hasina F. Huq	Fabrication of n-MOSFET by Physical Vapor Deposition Technique using Sputtering System
10	Md Nuraadam Dony	Graduate	Wenjie Dong	Distributed Command Filtered Robust Tracking Control of Wave-Adaptive Modular Vessel with Uncertainty
P5 Physics, Materials, Math, 11:20 – 12:20PM, ZOOM Session 5
1	Al Mazedur Rahman	Graduate	Anil K. Srivastava	Modeling and optimization of process parameters in face-milling of Ti6Al4V alloy using Taguchi and gray relational analysis
2	Joni Chandra Dhar	Graduate	Jianzhi Li	Synthesis of CuCrFeNiTiAl High Entropy Alloy Directly from Elemental Powders through Selective Laser Melting
3	Oriretan Omosola	Graduate	Dorina Chipara	Thermogravimetric Analysis of Polyethylene Oxide Nanofibers
4	Miranda Molina	Graduate	HyeongJun Kim	Bacillus subtilis BsParB compaction of non-specific lambda-DNA in the presence and absence of CT
5	Wiktoria Dolebska	Graduate	Karen Martirosyan	Photocurable nanocomposites for stereolithography
6	Carlos Trevino De Leo	Senior	Karen Martirosyan	Tuning magnetoelectric coupling in ferrite-ferroelectric system of CoFe2O4-BaTiO3 using carbon combustion process
7	Silverio Lopez	Graduate	Karen Martirosyan	Tuning Properties of Super Paramagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles by Microfluidics Approach
8	Ximena Elizondo	Senior	Kristina Vatcheva	Students attitudes toward learning statistics with technology
9	Miguel Rodriguez	Graduate	Zhijun Qiao	The Camassa-Holm Hierarchy Lax Representation
10	Francisco Rivera	Graduate	Kristina Vatcheva	Exploring 2020 Campus Enrollment Type Data for Texas Public Schools
P6 SEEMS, 11:20 – 12:20PM, ZOOM Session 6
1	Isaiah Jaramillo	Graduate	Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira	Developing Sustainable Sweet Potato for South Texas: An Opportunity to Diversify Agricultural Production and Promote Soil Health
2	Md Faizur Rahman	Graduate	MD Saydur Rahman	Effects of elevated temperature on 8-Hydroxy-2’-deoxyguanosine expression, DNA damage, and cellular apoptosis in the American oyster (Crassostrea virginica)
3	Gaspar Najera	Junior	Alejandro Fierro-Cabo	Greenhouse Gas Soil Emission Fluxes in a south Texas Coastal Saltmarsh
4	Paola Granados	Senior	Jihoon Kang	Lead removal from aqueous solution using biochars derived from brown seaweed, grapefruit peel, and avocado residues
5	Victory Igberase	Graduate	Jihoon Kang	Effects of pH and pyrolysis temperature on adsorption of lead (Pb) by biochar
6	Ernesto Herrera	Graduate	Rupesh Kariyat	Assessing variation in native bee populations among residential and native sites in McAllen
7	Carlos A Garcia Patlan	Junior	James Kang	Removal of methyl blue from aqueous solution affected by biochar feedstock and pyrolysis temperature
8	Isaiah Jaramillo	Senior	Engil Pereira	Promoting soil health for sweet potato cultivation in South Texas
9	Zarina Sheikh	Grad	Richard Kline	Effectiveness of Wildlife Exits in Reducing Road Mortalities Along a South Texas Highway
10	Marie Erwin	Senior	Diego Figueroa	Survey of Zooplankton in the Lower Rio Grande Valley Coast

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Agenda 2020

Agenda 2020 Overview

Detailed Agenda

Oral presentations

O1 SMSS, 9:00 – 10:00 AM, ZOOM Room 1

O2 SEEMS, 9:00 – 10:00 AM, ZOOM Room 2

O3 SEEMS/Education, 10:10 – 11:10AM, ZOOM Room 3

O4 Materials/Physics, 10:10 – 11:10AM, ZOOM Room 4

O5 Biology/Chemistry, 10:10 – 11:10AM, ZOOM Room 5

O6 Chemistry, 11:20 – 12:20PM, ZOOM Room 6

O7 Biology, 11:20 – 12:20PM, ZOOM Room 7

Poster presentations

P1 Biology, 9:00 – 10:00 AM, ZOOM Session 1

P2 Chemistry, 9:00 – 10:00 AM, ZOOM Session 2

P3 Biology, 10:10 – 11:10AM, ZOOM Session 3

P4 Chemistry, Controls, 10:10 – 11:10AM, ZOOM Session 4

P5 Physics, Materials, Math, 11:20 – 12:20PM, ZOOM Session 5

P6 SEEMS, 11:20 – 12:20PM, ZOOM Session 6