ES2 Presentation Schedule (Edinburg)
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Creative Works & Performances
Community Engagement & Service Learning
Poster Presentations
Edinburg Ballroom
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 9:30 AM-10:30 AM
TITLE |
PRESENTERS |
Service Learning for Career Success: The Impact of Access Esperanza Clinic’s Experience on First-Year Students' Professional Development |
Erika Perez |
The Mind Matters: Initiative to Empower Communities Through Mental Health Support |
Vania Navarro |
Fragments to Masterpieces: Empowering Community Through Ceramics and Kintsugi |
Aubrey Lopez, Felisha Guerrero |
Teaching with Purpose: How Tutoring Shaped My Pedagogy |
Giovanna Nataren |
“Together We Care: Empowerment, Professional Identity, and Community Engagement” |
Nancy Nadeau |
5GHz Passive Phased Array Antenna Design |
Diego Sauceda, Stephanie Reyna, Roberto Avila |
Semi-Autonomous Security Robot |
Brian Mcfarland, Diane Joseph, Jorge Rodriguez |
Elevate Society by Elevating the Quality of Life: Showing Support Through Action for the Elderly and Infirm |
Kelly Alton |
Waste Watchers |
Chelsea Balderas, Natalie Ocanas |
Empowering Immigrant Communities |
Juliana Leandro, Sahara Torrez, Jaidan Thomas |
The Detrimental Effects of a Competitive Classroom Environment |
Angelina Gonzalez |
No Pollution Allowed |
Anthony Falcon |
Environment: how can we help improve it? |
Hannah Palacios |
Ancient Landscapes of the Rio Grande Valley the Board Game |
Kate Garcia Purdum |
The Hidden Struggle: Breaking Mental Health Barriers for College Students |
Danna Meunier |
Ensuring Theater Arts at South Texas World Scholars Independent School District |
Aditi Tripathi |
The Intersection of Mental Health and Poverty: A Cycle of Hardship |
Grace Garcia |
Making Differences In Our Environment |
Sophia Gonzalez |
Unaccompanied and Unrepresented: A Path to Fairness and Protection- The Necessity of Legal Representation for Immigrant children |
Iveth Guerrero |
Smart, Efficient Energy Management System |
Nathan Fuentes |
Why Recycle? |
Ysabella Leal |
Supply vs demand: The reality of animal shelters |
Chloe Halmon |
Progressing Towards a Sustainable Environment: Recycle Today, For a Better Tomorrow |
Brianna Deleon |
Peer-Led Learning: Connecting Students to Success |
Noah Leija |
Building Bridges, Not Barriers: Reducing Asian Hate and Promoting Unity |
Terence Travero, Jiro Tanamachi |
Lending a Paw |
Christian Chino |
Panza Llena Corazon Contento |
Daniel Torres |
The Intersection of Mental Health and Poverty: A Cycle of Hardship |
Maryah Jimenez |
Youth In Action: How Teens Are Impacting Their Communities |
Esmeralda Abrego, Denisse Hernandez, Juan Flores, Alyssa Jaramillo, Aylin Garza, Maria A. Rodriguez |
Empowering Immigrant Communities |
Sahara Torres, Julianna Leandro |
The Intersection of Mental Health and Poverty: A Cycle of Hardship |
Lily Nguyen |
The Intersection of Mental Health and Poverty: A Cycle of Hardship |
Maryah Jimenez |
Building a better future by looking into the past |
Samuel Bennett |
Empowering Immigrant Communities |
Jaidan Thomas |
Homelessness and its unseen affects |
Abran Juan Rodriguez |
Progressing Toward a Sustainable Environment |
Alyssa Heybeck, Brianna Deleon, Ludi Rodriguez, Sophia Gonzalez, Ysabella Leal |
The Intersection of Mental Health and Poverty: A Cycle of Hardship Introduction |
Aracely Loya |
Animal Shelters: How to Get More Furry Friends to Their Forever Homes |
Katherine Martinez |
Leading Food Insecure Families and Children Into Good Health |
Katelyn Martinez |
Walking The Line: Ethical Dilemmas In End Of Life Care |
Adan Nunez |
Engaging with the Visually Impaired Community |
Michelle Verdines, Hennessy Rodriguez |
Progressing Towards a Sustainable Environment: Recycle Today, For a Better Tomorrow Abstract |
Ludivina Rodriguez |
Humanities Oral Presentations
Cenizo Room - Edinburg
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 9:30 AM-10:30 AM
TITLE |
PRESENTERS |
Language and Identity: Exploring Linguocultural Experiences of Students in B3 Philosophy Courses |
Sara Azua |
How does working affect your mental state as a student |
Zara Rocha |
Puro 956: Cataloguing Slang Usage in the Rio Grande Valley |
Hannah Gutierrez, Ash Hinojosa Diaz, Luis Trevino, Raul Ortiz-Vera, Andy Garcia Jr., Benjamin Foreman-Martinez, Aziz Quenun |
Collective Emotions and Experiences: Reworking Traditional Bildungsroman Framework Using Affect Studies |
Larissa Gonzales |
Humanities and Social Science
Poster Presentations Edinburg Ballroom
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 10:45 AM-11:45 AM
TITLE |
PRESENTERS |
Prevalence and Correlates of Anxiety Disorders in Mexican Heritage College Students |
Itzel Rodriguez |
Exploring Associations Between Wildfire Risk Perception, Evacuation Readiness, and Preparedness |
Dominic Kyei |
Patterns of Resilience in Latine Sexual and Gender Minority Adults with Discriminatory Childhood Experiences |
Sasha Rivera, Maricela Galdamez, Ruby Charak |
The Influence of Age and Enclosure Design on Captive Gibbon Social Interactions |
Ricardo Ruiz Martinez, Claudia Martinez, Michelle Medina Munoz, Carolina Morales, Ramiro Gomez, Valerie James-Aldridge |
A Cross-Cultural Examination of Social Resources, Stress, and Cognitive Health Among Adults |
Vivian Trevino, Brissa Garcia, Sherlyn De Alva |
Trump's Election Affects the Forex Exchange of the USD/MXN (Mexican Peso) |
Abraham Lira |
Ethnic Identity, Sexual/Gender Identity and Health Outcomes among Latinx LGBTQ+ Adults |
Lizette Zuniga |
Empowered or Oppressed: Bargaining with Patriarchy on Social Media |
Rebekah Villanueva |
Gibbon Behavior: Insights into Sex and Species-Specific Variations |
Carolina Morales |
Applied Science Oral Presentations
Cenizo Room - Edinburg
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 2:00 PM-3:20 PM
TITLE |
PRESENTERS |
Infrastructure, engineering failures, cost overruns, project delays, economic impact, construction planning. |
Adrian Lira-Salazar |
Laboratory- Scale Development of Microalgae- Derived Biojet Fuels |
Jazmin Alvarez |
ClickSafe: Enhancing Campus Safety Through Smart Technology |
Nathan Duncan |
Marco Polo |
Juan Alonso, Derek Cortez, Francisco Olguin |
Three-Phase Motor Driver with Graphical User Interface (GUI) |
Giovanny Pesina, Alexandra Santiago, Andrea Carranza, Zarek Moreno |
Social Science Oral Presentations
Cenizo Room - Edinburg
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
TITLE |
PRESENTERS |
A Scoping Review of Bilingual versus Monolingual Adult and Elderly Participants in Brain Imaging Studies |
Breana McCormack, Philip G. Gasquoine |
Cultural Crossroads: Expressions of Identity, Resistance, and Belonging on the Texas-Mexico Border |
Andrik Gonzalez |
An Examination of Familial Obligations, Familial Support, and Self-Perceived Stress in Hispanic College Students. |
Kaycee Maldonado, Jordan Kenemore, Sabrina Alaniz, Grant Benham |
Applied Physical, Earth & Space Science
Poster Presentations
Edinburg Ballroom
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 3:30 PM-5:00PM
TITLE |
PRESENTERS |
Bionik InMotion Arm/Hand Robot Standarization Study |
Geovanni Hernandez |
Decoding Cell Death: Lysosomal Influence on Apoptotic and Necroptotic Mechanisms |
Rida Shareef |
Rheological Characterization of Graphene Nanoplatelet-Reinforced Vegetable Oils for Industrial Applications |
Yazmin Cortes, Elmmer A. Vera Alvarado, Ali Ashraf, Javier A. Ortega |
Novel Feature Extraction from Ambulatory Blood Pressure Data |
Roberto Arias, Kristina Vatcheva, Vesselin Vatchev, Jesus Melgarejo, Gladys Maestre |
Assesing Trophic Conditions in Resacas |
Miguel Zapata, Nicolas Rodriguez, Hector Leal, Alejandro Fierro-Cabo, David Lecusay |
Innovative Plastic Recycling: Base-Facilitated for PET Upcycling |
Denally Hernandez |
Development and Characterization of UHMWPE Composite Coatings for Enhanced Load-Bearing Capacity |
Jarrod Perez, Yazmin Cortes, Nicholas Perez, Javier Ortega |
Enhanced Tribological Performance of Laser-Microtextured Ti-6Al-4V ELI Alloy for Biomedical Applications |
Nicholas Perez, Jarrod Perez, Yazmin Cortes, Javier Ortega |
Drought and Herbivory Induce Soybean Leaf Trichomes and Differentially Impact Soybean Looper (Chrysodeixis includens) |
Karen Alanis, Manish Gautam, Rupesh Kariyat |
Sensor Wave Pro |
Regina Young, Valeria Alejos, Orlando Guerra |
Medi-San a "smart" medication dispenser |
Gerardo Lopez, Samantha Villarreal |
A Catalog of Active Binaries in Globular Clusters |
Alejandra Pérez, Lliana Rivera Sandoval, Ph.D. |
Crypto Aluminum Recycling Initiative |
Vincent Gonzalez, Jose Cortina, Rebekah Trevino |
Investigation of Various TBD Based Salt Complexes for the Deconstruction of Polyethylene Terephthalate |
Octavio Jupp |
Hurricane Evolution: Multi-decade Comparison Of Storm Size, Growth, Intensification, And Classrooms |
Madelene Trujillo |
Excalivator |
Jade Mendieta, Brandon Ramirez, Nathon Orive |
Carbon Nano Fiber Anodes |
Abram Garza |
“Evaluation of Biochar production methods: Laboratory Furnace vs. “Bio Charlie” vs. 1-gallon TLUD" |
Alexandra Cantu, James Jihoon Kang, John Puckett, Aiden Moya |
AI-enhanced Real-time Additive Manufacturing Defect Detection Method |
David Aguirre, Dr. Jinghao Yang, Martha Asare, Miguel Garcia |
Development of an Advanced Wear Testing System for Knee Implants |
Ricardo Cantu, Damian Luna, Alejandro Ordonez, Jorge Garcia |
RespiroCare |
Jade Mendieta, Brandon Ramirez |
Computational Analysis of Thermal Conduction in a 5x5 Microthruster Array |
Samuel Gauna, Maxim Zyskin, Karen S. Martirosyan |
Educational Robot for K-12 Math/Science Learning |
Denisse Galvan, Jesus Rios, Aaron Jackson, Juan Vega |
Comparative Analysis of Biochar Produced with Up-Draft and Fan Powered Apparatus |
John Puckett, Alexandra Cantu, Aiden Moya, Dr. James Jihoon Kang |
Design and Development of an Advanced Next-Generation Bearing Performance Evaluation System |
Christopher De La Torre, Oscar Rodriguez, Roman Silguero, Kevin Sanchez |
Cold Spray System for Enhanced Safety and Precision in Additive Manufacturing |
Annacaren Gutierrez, Dr. Javier Ortega |
Bulk-Polymerization of Poly (Methyl Vinyl Ketone) for Enhanced Hydrogen Storage Efficiency |
Raven Leigh Cabasag, Marina Pacheco |
Recreating and Understanding an Ancient Paint: Maya Blue |
Paula Itzel Zarco Ramos, Helia M. Morales, Jason G. Parsons, Arnulfo Mar |
Water Leak Detection System |
Melodie Aranda, April Rivera, Jennifer Hernandez |