Volume 2 • 2020

Each abstract in this issue was generated during fully remote research, driven by COVID-19 required closures. The work demonstrates the resilience and creativity of our ASSIP mentors, co-mentors and interns in their ready response to maintain accessible STEM research for its interns.

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

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Reduced Meridional Sea Surface Temperature Gradients and Warmer Climates Produce Enrichment of Delta 18O in the Mid to High Latitudes

• NEHA BAGALKOT,
• SAMUEL M. WRIGHT,
• Scott Knapp
• and Natalie Burls

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences

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Predictability in the Atlantic Multidecadal Variability and its Connection with the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and the Mixed Layer Depth: MEGAN CRAVEN, NITI POTDAR, Jon Martin, Natalie Burls

• Natalie Burls

• 31 October 2020
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences

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Predictability in the Atlantic Multidecadal Variability and its Connection with the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and the Mixed Layer Depth

• MEGAN CRAVEN,
• NITI POTDAR,
• Jon Martin
• and Natalie Burls

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences

College of Science: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Designing a De Novo Protein to Inhibit Shiga Toxin Expression in Pathogenic Escherichia coli

• ALINA ALFARO,
• Ustina Abdel Sayed
• and Lee A. Solomon

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

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A Computational Study on Destabilizing Effects on Grignard Reagents

• ANH PHAM,
• SURUTHIKHA VIJAY,
• CHLOE PAIGE,
• ELLA MOON,
• Kenneth Foreman
• and Mikell Paige

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Computational Study of the Magnesium Bonds in Turbo Grignard Reagents

• ANH PHAM,
• Johnny Bui,
• Kenneth Foreman
• and Mikell Paige

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Cleavage Site Prediction for Activation of Avian Cathelicidin Peptides

• JULIA JACKSON,
• Amy Carfagno
• and Barney Bishop

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Predicting Potential Active Chiroptera Cathelicidins Sequences From Sequences of Precursors Using Bioinformatic Tools

• MAHIKA RAWAT,
• Amy Carfagno
• and Barney Bishop

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

College of Science: Department of Computational and Data Sciences

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Ensemble Learning Interpretation of COVID-19 Simulation Models Through Clustering Latent Feature Representations and Aggregated Time-Series Forecasts with Deep Learning

• RAYAN YU,
• ANDY CHEN,
• JOHN PESAVENTO,
• Taylor Anderson,
• Andreas Züfle,
• Hamdi Kavak
• and Joon-Seok Kim

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Department of Computational and Data Sciences

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Measuring Conflict Between Countries from a Data-Driven Perspective

• AARAV KHANNA,
• Hamdi Kavak
• and Bora Aslan

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Department of Computational and Data Sciences

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Comparison of Synthetic Population Generation Techniques

• DAVID HAN,
• SHEITAA BANSAL
• and Hamdi Kavak

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Department of Computational and Data Sciences

College of Science: Department of Environmental Science and Policy

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Predicting Probability of Infection of an Estuarine Crab by a Castrating Isopod Parasite

• LINDSEY COX,
• Darby Pochtar
• and Amy Fowler

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Department of Environmental Science and Policy

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Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas on Mitigating Coral Disease

• KRITHIKA LAYAGALA*,
• PREETI BEDI*,
• Valerie Nguyen
• and Jennifer Salerno

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Department of Environmental Science and Policy

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Analyzing Recycling Education Programs in the US: A Longitudinal Analysis

• BILLY OH,
• AASHNA SAWHNEY,
• TARUN SIVANANDAN
• and Younsung Kim

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Department of Environmental Science and Policy

College of Science: Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science

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Using Agent-based Simulations with Latent Dirichlet Allocation Topic Modeling on Mobile Location Data to Prescribe COVID-19 Interventions

• JOHN PESAVENTO,
• ANDY CHEN,
• RAYAN YU
• and Andreas Züfle

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science

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A Study of California Drought and Wildland Fires Using Satellite Remote Sensing Measurements

• JOHN SMALL
• and Xianjun Hao

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science

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Changes in the Toolik Lake Ecosystem of Alaska in the Past Decades

• LINA HAO
• and Xianjun Hao

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science

College of Science: Department of Mathematical Sciences

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Efficient Image Segmentation and Machine Learning Algorithms for Improved Malaria Detection from Blood Smear Images

• VIRAJ BOREDA,
• Kirthi Kumar,
• Soraya Ngarnim,
• Nathalia Peixoto
• and Padmanabhan Seshaiyer

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Department of Mathematical Sciences

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Mathematical Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of the COVID-19 Epidemic

• COMFORT OHAJUNWA,
• Kirthi Kumar
• and Padmanabhan Seshaiyer

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Department of Mathematical Sciences

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Modeling and Simulation of the Dynamics of COVID-19 in Enclosed Spaces

• UDBHAV MUTHAKANA
• and Padmanabhan Seshaiyer

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Department of Mathematical Sciences

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Rehabilitation Technology and Relapse-Detecting Software for Opioid Addiction Patients

• DIEGO VALENCIA,
• Kendall Johnson
• and Padmanabhan Seshaiyer

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Department of Mathematical Sciences

College of Science: Department of Physics and Astronomy

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Metabolic Constraints on Neuronal Signaling

• JAYANT SIVA,
• John Robert Cressman
• and Monica Gertz

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Department of Physics and Astronomy

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Chaotic Behavior of the Baker’s Map Under Quantization

• PRAVALIKA PUTALAPATTU
• and John Rob Cressman

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Department of Physics and Astronomy

College of Science: School of Systems Biology

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Plants Could Provide a New Dimension to Crime Scene Analysis

• TIMOTHY STOCKER,
• Paul Russo,
• Weidong Zhou
• and Virginia Espina

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: School of Systems Biology

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Advancing Scientific Communication about Cancer Research: How to Develop Inhibitors for PD-1 and PD-L1 and Why It Is So Important

• SIRI NIKKU,
• Rachel Carter
• and Amanda Haymond

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: School of Systems Biology

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Oral Fluid Drug Testing: What Interferes With These On-Site Kits?

• VALERIE CRUZ ORTIZ,
• Sydney Andes,
• Paul Russo,
• Sally Rucker
• and Virginia Espina

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: School of Systems Biology

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Characterization of the Saliva Microbiome in Women with Suspicious Mammograms

• EMRE NALBANTOGLU,
• Ngoc Vuong,
• Ruben Magni,
• Virginia Espina,
• Lance Liotta
• and Alessandra Luchini

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: School of Systems Biology

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Analysis of Bacterial Microbiome and Human Proteome for Lung Cancer Characterization via Affinity Nanoparticles and De Novo Assisted Database Search Mass Spectrometry

• RAYMOND DEL VECCHIO,
• Rayan Alhammad,
• Ruben Magni
• and Alessandra Luchini

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: School of Systems Biology

College of Science: Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine

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The Use of Mass Spectrometry to Determine Fatal Intoxication of Synthetic Cannabinoids, Baclofen, and PGAs through Body Matrices in Forensic Toxicology

• ADELAIDE GANNON
• and Emanuel F Petricoin

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine

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Proteomics Profiling Around the AMPK-AKT Signaling Pathway Using the Reverse Phase Array Technology Reveals a Predictive Model for Both Recurrence and Overall Survival in NSCLC as well as Drug Sensitivity in Ovarian Cancer

• CODY JONES
• and Emanuel F Petricoin

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine

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Computational Model of Vaccination Effects for COVID-19

• SHAWN KIM,
• Marissa Howard
• and Lance Liotta

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine

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Development of a Model for Ductal Carcinoma in Situ Progression Using the Processing Visualization Software

• MEERA GUPTA,
• Marissa Howard
• and Lance Liotta

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Science: Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine

Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience

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Determination of COVID-19 N-Protein Active Sites for Drug Targets using Torsion Angle Changes Function in Viral

• SREENIDHI SANKARARAMAN
• and M. Saleet Jafri

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience

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Lead Mediates Concentration-Dependent Inhibition at mGluR7a Receptors but Does Not Cause Significant Changes at GlyR Alpha 1 in Xenopus Oocytes

• BHAVYA BODDU
• and Greta Ann Herin

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience

Institute for Biohealth Innovation

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Viral Innovation: How Animals Are Being Used in the Fight Against the Novel Coronavirus

• SULAIMAN YAMIN
• and Lauren Huey

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• Institute for Biohealth Innovation

College of Engineering and Computing: Department of Bioengineering

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Optimization of Methods to Quantify in Situ Staining for UDP-glucose 6-dehydrogenase (UGDH) Enzyme in Human Fibroblast Like Synoviocytes (hFLS) Cultured Under Different Inflammatory Cytokine Conditions

• RISHI SHETH,
• Ramya Chandrasekaran,
• Robert McCormack
• and Caroline D. Hoemann

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Engineering and Computing: Department of Bioengineering

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A Novel Approach for Predicting Osteoporosis Using Texture Analysis on Magnetic Resonance Images

• PRITHWISH DASGUPTA,
• PHILIP MILTON,
• ANISHA RANGI
• and Vasiliki Ikonomidou

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Engineering and Computing: Department of Bioengineering

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Epileptic Seizure Detection Through Machine Learning Classification of Heart Rate Variability Features

• NICHOLAS BRENNER,
• DIVYA MATHUR,
• HASITA NALLURI,
• MIHIR SAVKAR,
• NORVIN WEST JR.
• and Vasiliki Ikonomidou

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Engineering and Computing: Department of Bioengineering

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Analyzing the Axonal Projections of Individual Neurons Across the Mouse Brain

• SHAINA BANDURI,
• SRUTHI SANKARARAMAN,
• SAMHITA VINAY,
• Diek W. Wheeler
• and Giorgio A. Ascoli

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Engineering and Computing: Department of Bioengineering

College of Engineering and Computing: Department of Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering

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Natural and Nature-Based Features for Coastal Resilience: Designing Field-Based Experiments for Measuring Hurricane Storm Surge and Wave Attenuation by Marshes

• EDWIN CHEN,
• Tyler Miesse
• and Celso Ferreira

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Engineering and Computing: Department of Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering

College of Engineering and Computing: Department of Computer Science

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Correcting Visual Design Errors in Presentation Slides

• STUTI GUPTA,
• SOMASEKHAR PATIL,
• Safwat Ali Khan
• and Thomas D. LaToza

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Engineering and Computing: Department of Computer Science

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Helping Developers Find Debugging Hypotheses Using General Bug Descriptions and Code Analysis Techniques

• SAIGAUTAM BONAM,
• Abdulaziz Alaboudi
• and Thomas D. LaToza

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Engineering and Computing: Department of Computer Science

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Learning Design Rules in Code

• AYESHA KEMAL,
• AARAV BAJAJ,
• Sahar Mehrpour
• and Thomas LaToza

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Engineering and Computing: Department of Computer Science

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The Field of Vision Through a Virtual Window to a Virtual Environment has a Smaller Effect than Age on Completion Time of a Dexterous Task

• JOSHUA PARK
• and Yotam Gingold

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Engineering and Computing: Department of Computer Science

College of Engineering and Computing: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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A Novel Multimodal Physiological Monitoring System for Virtual Reality-Based Addiction Therapy

• BENJAMIN J. CHOI
• and Nathalia Peixoto

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Engineering and Computing: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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A Wearable Biofeedback Intervention Device for Continuous Stress Monitoring with Pulse Transit Time Measurement

• CHRISTIAN YUPANQUI
• and Nathalia Peixoto

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Engineering and Computing: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Creating a Personalized Cognitive-Bias Modification Therapy Exercise in Virtual Reality Using Simulated Reaction Time Data

• NOAH EGAN,
• Nathalia Peixoto
• and Holly Matto

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Engineering and Computing: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

College of Engineering and Computing: Department of Information Sciences and Technology

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A Gait Retraining Assistant through an Ankle Sleeve Mobile Companion Application Uniquely Designed for Knee Osteoarthritis Patients

• AMAD QURESHI,
• Marissa Howard,
• Amanda Haymond,
• Alessandra Luchini,
• Nelson Cortes
• and Lance A. Liotta

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Engineering and Computing: Department of Information Sciences and Technology

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A Generalization of Compositional Matrix-Space Models of Language for Short Answer Scoring

• STEPHEN HUAN,
• DHRUV SUNDARARAMAN,
• SHAWN MALIK
• and Mihai Boicu

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Engineering and Computing: Department of Information Sciences and Technology

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Realtime Bidirectional Data Imputation of Multivariate Time Series for Anomaly Detection in Internet of Things Devices

• KHOI NGUYEN
• and Setareh Rafatirad

• 13 December 2022
• Volume 2 • 2020
• College of Engineering and Computing: Department of Information Sciences and Technology