Volume 4 • 2022

Abstracts in this issue result from mentored research in-person, or remotely (about one-third), or a hybrid. Through mentors’ resilience and creativity to provide research opportunities during the COVID pandemic, they maintained the remote and hybrid internship opportunities which provide equity, access and inclusive research for their interns.

College of Science: Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences

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Analyzing the Direct and Indirect Radiative Effects of Dust Aerosol Concentrations

• Aditya,
• Irene,
• Alia
• and Natalie

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences

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The Relationship Between the East-West Surface Temperature Gradient, Tropical Pacific Ocean Heat Uptake, and Climate Sensitivity

• Ojas,
• Jaiden,
• Scott
• and Natalie

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences

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The Effects of Latent Heating on Mid-Latitude Cyclones

• Evelyn,
• Mary,
• David
• and Erik

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences

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Accounting for Missing AOD Data with UVAI for Improved Aerosol Forecast in Wildfire/Dust Storm Cases

• Jenny,
• Naphat,
• Stephanie,
• Charu
• and Yunyao

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences

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Improving Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) data via Regression Methods derived from Mean Combustion Efficiency (MCE) and Aerosol Index (UVAI) Data Products

• Charu,
• Stephanie,
• Jenny
• and Yunyao

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences

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Analyzing the Relationship Between Ultraviolet Aerosol Index and Aerosol Optical Depth to Fill in Missing Data from a 2021 Wildfire

• Charu,
• Pun,
• Stephanie,
• Jenny
• and Yunyao

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences

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Determining the Relationship between UVAI and AOD Correlation, MCE, and FRP in the September 2020 Fires

• Stephanie
• and Yunyao

• 13 December 2022
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• College of Science: Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences

College of Science: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Diagnosis of Tuberculosis through qPCR Amplification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in Patient Urine Samples

• Hannah Laoudi,
• Alexandra Neikirk,
• Patrick Boyd
• and Andrea Cobb

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Measurement of Volatile Organic Carbon (VOC) inside Masks: Are We Breathing Poor Quality Air?

• Sudeep
• and Abul

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Antibiotic Development Against Klebsiella pneumoniae

• Kateri,
• Archi,
• Robin
• and Allyson

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

College of Science: Department of Computational and Data Sciences

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Investigating Emergency Responders’ Roles in a Dirty Bomb Event With an Agent-Based Model

• Ellie
• and William

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Computational and Data Sciences

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Flocking with Only Two Parameters

• Dashiell
• and Willliam

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Computational and Data Sciences

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Exploring Income and Wealth Distributions using Agent-Based Modelling: How does Taxation Impact Economic Inequality?

• Achraf
• and William

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Computational and Data Sciences

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Comparing Spatial Social Network Models for an Agent-based Simulation

• Srihan,
• Ketevan,
• Sachin,
• Kheya,
• Hamdi
• and Andreas

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Computational and Data Sciences

College of Science: Department of Environmental Science and Policy

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Long-term Water Quality Trends in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey

• Tommy
• and Ling

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Environmental Science and Policy

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Freshwater Bivalves: the Sherlock Holmes of Bioaccumulation

• Katie Rueff,
• Lauren Koban
• and Amy. E. Fowler

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Environmental Science and Policy

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Understanding the Salinity Range of the Larvae of an Isopod Endoparasite in an Estuarine Mud Crab Host

• Victoria B. Wang,
• Sarah R. Greenberg,
• Darby L. Pochtar
• and Amy. E. Fowler

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Environmental Science and Policy

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Comparisons of Banded Killifish Condition Among Wastewater Impacted and Control Sites

• Smrithi,
• Sarah,
• Rachel
• and Reid

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Environmental Science and Policy

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Eating for Two: Does Parasitic Infection Alter the Feeding Behavior of the Invasive Japanese Mystery Snail?

• Zoe Powers,
• Daya Hall-Stratton,
• Alexander Whitney Mott
• and Amy. E. Fowler

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Environmental Science and Policy

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Striped Bass Migration Patterns Across Varying Salinity Gradients Inferred with Otolith Chemistry​

• Sarah,
• Smrithi
• and Reid

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Environmental Science and Policy

College of Science: Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science

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Spatiotemporal Disease Case Prediction Using Contrastive Predictive Coding

• Anish Susarla,
• Austin Liu,
• Duy Hoang Thai
• and Andreas Züfle

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science

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Using Natural Language Processing to Analyse the Current State of Political Discourse on Twitter

• Maanas Baraya,
• Dennies Bor
• and Edward

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science

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Using Application Programming Interfaces to automate NO2 Data Collection of the Ukraine Region Using Data From NASA Satellites

• Priya Nayak,
• Anusha
• and Chaowei

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science

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Using Twitter to Examine the Relationship Between Social Media and Air Quality in American Cities

• Yuhao "Ben" Pan,
• Timothy
• and Edward

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science

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Is More Money Good? The Limited Linkages of Federal Contract and Grant Spending with Health Characteristics in US Counties

• Arthur,
• Iris,
• Nirup
• and Timothy

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science

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Towards ML-driven Snow Water Equivalence Prediction

• Nikil,
• Hailey,
• Praneeth,
• Brian,
• Rithvik
• and Ziheng

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science

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Integrating the Theory of Planned Behavior and the Health Belief Model into an Agent-based Model of Disease Spread on George Mason University’s Campus

• Shivani,
• Emma,
• Taylor
• and Amira

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science

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Identifying Wildland Fire Risks in California Using Machine Learning and Multi-Source Observation Data

• Emily,
• Xianjun
• and John

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science

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Investigating Wildfire Impact on Ecosystem in California using NASA MODIS Measurements

• Sophia,
• Xianjun
• and John

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science

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Determinants of Pediatric ?COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake at the County Level in the US, July and September 2021

• Emma,
• Kevin,
• Amira
• and Taylor

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science

College of Science: Department of Mathematical Sciences

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Discovering the Reasons Why the Rate of Car Accidents Is Higher in California, Texas, and Florida.

• Kailish
• and Padmanabhan

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Mathematical Sciences

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A Mathematical Model for Understanding and Predicting Dynamics of Depression as an Epidemic

• Bianca,
• Alonso
• and Padmanabhan

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Mathematical Sciences

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Using Physics-Informed Neural Networks to Model and Simulate the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases in Enclosed Environments

• Sohini,
• Long
• and Padmanabhan

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Mathematical Sciences

College of Science: Department of Physics and Astronomy

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Effects of Nearby Galactic Supernovae on the Composition of Solar System Atmospheres

• Kisna Matta
• and Michael

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Physics and Astronomy

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Crystal Growth and Characterization of Kagome Magnet DyAgGe

• Anisha,
• Hari,
• Peter
• and Nirmal

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Physics and Astronomy

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Measuring Velocities of the Sun’s Ionized Magnetic Loops to Understand Coronal Heating

• Jessica Chung,
• Pranav Meraga
• and Art Poland

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Physics and Astronomy

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Detection of Infrared Excess in the V1298 Tau Planetary System Using a Spectral Energy Distribution Model

• Yushu
• and Peter

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Physics and Astronomy

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The Implications of 'Oumuamua on Panspermia

• David
• and Michael

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Physics and Astronomy

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Addressing the Emergency Ukraine Food Security Crisis Using Mathematical Modeling Through Optimal Distribution of Food Resources

• Renee,
• Padmanabhan
• and Byong

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Physics and Astronomy

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NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Mission Ground-Based Follow-Ups

• Yushu,
• Salma,
• Kevin,
• Ian
• and Peter

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Physics and Astronomy

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Limitations on High-Speed Relativistic Interstellar Travel due to Interstellar Asteroidal and Cometary Material

• Sierra Diller
• and Michael Summers

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Physics and Astronomy

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Evaluating External Sources of Metals for the Development of Planetary Civilizations on Ocean Worlds

• Mira Singh
• and Michael Summers

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: Department of Physics and Astronomy

College of Science: School of Systems Biology

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Data Analysis of Genetic Variability in Alzheimer’s Affected Brains

• Akanksha Tibrewala
• and Aman Ullah

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: School of Systems Biology

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Characterization of Large EVs From Breast Cancer Cells

• Christopher Pishvaian,
• Yuriy Kim,
• Lance Liotta
• and Fatah Kashanchi

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: School of Systems Biology

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Evaluating Reduced and Oxidized Abeta Peptides Using Machine Learning

• Kuber Gohil
• and Christopher

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: School of Systems Biology

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Computational study on the transmission of COVID-19 in Virginia using SIQR Model

• Benoy Sen
• and Aman Ullah

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: School of Systems Biology

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Vaccine Effect of Extracellular Vesicles from HTLV-1 Infected Cells

• Jacob Yu,
• Yuriy Kim,
• Anastasia Williams
• and Fatah

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: School of Systems Biology

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Testing Ab Initio Designed Antimicrobial Peptides Against Multi-Drug Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

• Gabriel,
• Fahad
• and Monique

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: School of Systems Biology

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Identification of substrates for Francisella novicida chitinases in order to characterize the importance of chitinase in biofilm formation

• Samuel,
• Alex
• and Monique

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: School of Systems Biology

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Incorporating COVID-19 Ion Channel Adaptations to Understand Immune Response

• Vaibhav
• and Saleet

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 4 • 2022
• College of Science: School of Systems Biology