[Coehd] FW: [EXTERNAL] UTSA Spring 2021 Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry Showcase

Dear Colleagues and friends of the COEHD, Wednesday, April 21st, the Spring 2021 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH & CREATIVE INQUIRY SHOWCASE will be held including talks as Oral Presentations and Posters on Zoom. Below please find information and Zoom Codes FYI. Please email this information to students who may wish to, at this juncture, attend and learn about research-from our own UTSA Community of Undergraduates, Graduates, and Doctoral participants. Do consider student participation for next year's Spring, 2022 Session which hopefully will be in person! In support of your research and that of our students' research, Rosalind Horowitz From: Darrell Balderrama via Student Opportunity Center <notification(a)studentopportunitycenter.com&gt; Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 11:09 AM To: Rosalind Horowitz <Rosalind.Horowitz(a)utsa.edu&gt; Subject: [EXTERNAL] UTSA Spring 2021 Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry Showcase **EXTERNAL EMAIL** This email originated outside of The University of Texas at San Antonio. Please exercise caution when clicking on links or opening attachments. [Image removed by sender. Student Opportunity Center]<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F... UTSA's annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry Showcase<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2... will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. The showcase gives students the opportunity to share their undergraduate research work with the larger campus community. This spring, the event will be held virtually via Zoom<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2F... from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 21. The showcase will feature undergraduate student research and creative endeavors from around the university. Students will be participating in three events at the showcase, including a narrated poster session, a live 10-minute presentation followed by Q&A, and a 3-minute thesis competition in which participants have only three minutes and one slide to inform that audience about their project. Prizes will be awarded in each area. The entire campus community is invited to attend. You can read more about it at https://www.utsa.edu/today/2021/04/story/undergraduate-research-showcase-... <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flinks.st... Showcase Schedule Oral Presentations Participants can attend Oral Presentations in one of the three concurrent Zoom sessions between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM. Please see the schedule below and proceed to either one of the rooms at the desired time to attend any of the presentations. Join the Oral presentations here: https://utsa.zoom.us/j/97288118834<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.... 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM * Timothy Lesgauz - An internet -of-things device file database for digital forensics 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM * Isiah Arambula - DES In Cell Cultures: Assessing the Cytotoxicity of An Alternative 3D Cell Culture Model 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM * Sara Valdes - Network Analyses of Psychological Risk and Protective 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM * Elizabeth Cervantes - Quantifying the transport of pathogenic and nonpathogenic Escherichia coli in Magnesium and Nitrogen doped biochar amended sand columns 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM * Alondra Gonzalez - The art of masking: why it is so hard to diagnose women 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM * Elena Koretsky - The Effects of Categorization and Decision-Making of Lorks and Adoks 3-Min Thesis Presentations Please see the schedule below for the presentation times. The competition will be timed and scored. Please note that some of these presentations are accompanied by posters which can be seen by clicking on the title of the presentation. Join the 3-Minute presentation here: https://utsa.zoom.us/j/97288118834<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.... Start Time Presentation Title Primary Author 1:05 PM Acquired Epilepsy and Adult Neurogenesis - Marissa Coppin 1:10 PM Anti-Drug Leads to Increased Insulin Sensitivity in bese CD1 Mice - Juan Estevez 1:15 PM Attraction vs. Aversion - Alicia Mendoza 1:20 PM Genetic Manipulation of Mucoralean Fungi - Madeline Giner 1:25 PM Maximizing Magnetic Heat Transduction for Fast Remote-Control of Temperature -Sensitive Ion Channel TRPV1 - Josiah Lozano 1:30 PM Network Analyses of Psychological Risk and Protective Factors - Sara Valdes 1:35 PM Quantifying the surface charges and hydrophobicities of Magnesium and Nitrogen doped biochar, sand and Escherichia coli O157:H7 and K12 cells - Elizabeth Cervantes 1:40 PM Questionable Math: From LEGOs to Ligands - William Hughes 1:45 PM The Psychological Impact of Stress - Hope Msengi 1:50 PM Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Synthesis by Pulse Laser Ablation using Deep eutectic solvents - Ernesto Flores 1:55 PM Vascularization in Bone Tissue Engineering Damarius Rodriguez - Deluna 2:00 PM What is Catalysis? - Tejas Narayanan Poster Presentations Poster presentations will be available for viewing on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 9:00 AM https://utsa.studentopportunitycenter.com/schedule/<https://nam11.safe... 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