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2012 ERN Conference in STEM Session 1: Friday, Feb. 24th - 10:00am - 12:15pm February 23-25, 2012 Session 2: Friday, Feb. 24th - 4:00pm - 6:30pm Atlanta, GA Session 3: Saturday, Feb. 25th - 8:45am - 10:30am Graduate Oral Presentation Schedule Session 4: Saturday, Feb. 25th - 11:00am - 12:30pm Session Abstract Room # First Name Last Name Institution Abstract Title # # Tower Room Tennessee State 4 42 Husam Adas Assessment and Development of a Virtual and Augmented Reality Based Assembly Design System 1202 University Tower Room 4 12 Ruth Agada Bowie State University Web ‐ Based Animated Pedagogical Agent Online Learning System 1202 University of South Spectroscopic Investigation of the Binding of PCBs and Dioxins to Selective Peptides on Polyaniline Tower Room 4 8 Edikan Archibong 1201 Florida Matrix Tower Room Virginia State 3 13 Brittany Brown Network Data Collection and Security Visualization Using Syslog and PicViz 1203 University Tower Room University of Illinois at Microfluidic ‐ Based Multi ‐ Compartment Culture Platform for Visualization and Analysis of Intracellular 1 35 Hugo Caicedo 1201 Chicago Organelle Trafficking within Neuronal Subcellular Compartments Tower Room Evolved Reduced Investment in an Indirect Herbivore Defense Trait in an Invasive Tree, Triadica 1 4 Juli Carrillo Rice University 1201 Sebifera Texas Southern Modified Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy in Routing and Media Access Control in Wireless Tower Room 4 14 Sovandara Chea 1202 University Sensor Networks Tower Room 4 43 Jefferson Cuadra Drexel University Damage Quantification in Polymer Composites Using Advanced Nondestructive Monitoring 1201 Tower Room University of Puerto 4 44 Elvin Estremera Fabrication and Characterization of Porous Zinc via Selective Dissolution of Al ‐ Zn Alloys 1201 Rico, Mayaguez Tower Room University of Puerto Effect of the Acid ‐ Base Properties of the Support of Supported Ruthenium Catalysts for the Conversion 4 9 Darlene Galloza 1201 Rico at Mayaguez of Cellulose into Polyols Tower Room San Francisco State 1 2 Andrea Goldfien Pathways to STEM Careers: Student Perspective in a Biotechnology Bridge Program 1201 University Southern University A Study of Oxygen Concentration on the Direct Current Magnetization of Single ‐ Crystal Bismuth Tower Room 2 32 Daniel Hart 1207 A&M College Strontium Copper Oxide Superconductors Grown by the Floating ‐ Zone Technique Arizona State Tower Room 1 5 Susan Holechek Dual Expression of Vaccinia Virus E3L Protein Z ‐ DNA and dsRNA Binding Domains 1201 University 1 Co-hosted by the National Science Foundation and the American Associate for the Advancement of Science

2012 ERN Conference in STEM Session 1: Friday, Feb. 24th - 10:00am - 12:15pm February 23-25, 2012 Session 2: Friday, Feb. 24th - 4:00pm - 6:30pm Atlanta, GA Session 3: Saturday, Feb. 25th - 8:45am - 10:30am Graduate Oral Presentation Schedule Session 4: Saturday, Feb. 25th - 11:00am - 12:30pm Session Abstract Room # First Name Last Name Institution Abstract Title # # Tower Room Polytechnic Institute 1 7 Damion Irving DNA Surface Hybridization: Comparison of Theory and Experiment 1201 of New York University Jackson Florida A&M Tower Room 2 33 Patrice Measuring the Proton and Gamma Spectrum at the Jupiter Laser Facility 1207 (Edwards) University Tennessee State Sunday School and STEM: The Perceptions of Religion on the Selection and Persistence in Collegiate Tower Room 1 34 Erin Lynch 1205 University STEM Programs Tower Room North Carolina A&T 1 36 Christopher Mahoney Surface Modification of Magnesium Based Implant Material with Chitosan Biopolymer 1201 State University Tower Room Tennessee State 3 40 Hellen Maziku Enhancing the Classification Accuracy of IP Geolocation 1203 University Tower Room Enhanced Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Dependence of Silver Nanoparticles on Molar Ratios 2 29 Felicia McClary Howard University 1207 of Citrate Stabilizers Arizona State An Uncertainty Quantification of Epidemiological Measures Due to Model Assumptions and its Tower Room 1 24 Emmanuel Morales ‐ Butler 1206 University Implications on Public Health Interventions Tower Room 1 3 Lachundra Mosley Tuskegee University Modulation of miRNA Expression in Prostate Cancer Cells by the Dietary Flavonoid Quercetin 1201 Tower Room Tennessee State 4 41 Asmah Muallem Virtual Reality Based Visualization Environment for Structural Health Monitoring Analysis 1202 University Tower Room Tennessee State An integrated Machine Learning and Control Theoretic Model for Mining Concept ‐ Drifting Data 3 11 Sai Kiran Mukkavilli 1203 University Streams Tower Room Arizona State 1 25 Anarina Murillo Type 2 Diabetes: Reversal of Beta ‐ Cell Overcompensation and Restoration of Insulin Sensitivity 1206 University Tower Room 1 37 Tagbo Niepa Syracuse University Electrochemical Inhibition of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Persister Cells 1201 Clark Atlanta Tower Room 2 10 Omotunde Olubi Functional Nanofibers from Polymer/CNT & AuNP Composites as Active Components of Biosensors 1207 University 2 Co-hosted by the National Science Foundation and the American Associate for the Advancement of Science

2012 ERN Conference in STEM Session 1: Friday, Feb. 24th - 10:00am - 12:15pm February 23-25, 2012 Session 2: Friday, Feb. 24th - 4:00pm - 6:30pm Atlanta, GA Session 3: Saturday, Feb. 25th - 8:45am - 10:30am Graduate Oral Presentation Schedule Session 4: Saturday, Feb. 25th - 11:00am - 12:30pm Session Abstract Room # First Name Last Name Institution Abstract Title # # Tower Room Bioactivity of Secondary Metabolites from the Entomopathogenic Bacterium, Photorhabdus 1 1 Rousel Orozco University of Arizona 1201 Luminescens Sonorensis Against Various Plant Pathogens Tower Room 4 15 Stephen Otunba Bowie State University Evacuation Simulation in a Multiuser Virtual Reality Environment 1202 Arizona State Tower Room 1 20 Dustin Padilla A Symmetric Intraguild Predation Model for the Invasive Lionfish and Native Grouper 1206 University Tower Room Florida A&M 2 31 Rose Prenus Analysis of KXRF Data 1207 University Tower Room The Effects of Land Management, Pollination, and Density Dependence on the Fecundity and Gene 2 22 Ryan Rebozo Drexel University 1206 Flow of Gentiana Autumnalis Tower Room Brigham Young 2 30 Felipe Rivera TEM Characterization of Thin Metal Films Deposited on Polymer Substrates 1207 University Alicia Rodriguez Yáñez University of Puerto Tower Room 4 39 Process Windows Considering Two Conflicting Criteria: The InjectionMolding Case 1201 Berenice Rico at Mayaguez Arizona State Tower Room 1 21 Kehinde Salau Varying Effects of Connectivity and Dispersal on Interacting Species Dynamics 1206 University Tower Room The University of New 1 23 Jeffrey Samson Quantifying the Contribution of Bank Storage Due to an Alteration in Stream Stage 1202 Mexico Tower Room 3 16 Michelle Snowden Bowie State University Interpreting Adjectives to Deal with Miscommunication 1203 Tower Room Relationship Between Measures of RBC Deformability and their Ability to Perfuse an Artificial 1 38 Jose Sosa Tulane University 1201 Microvascular Network Tower Room 3 17 Nathaniel Taylor Bowie State Univeristy Error Resilience Re ‐ Del Agent in Telecommunication Network Systems 1203 Norfolk State Tower Room 4 18 DeMarcus Thomas Smart Meter Design for Wireless Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) 1202 University 3 Co-hosted by the National Science Foundation and the American Associate for the Advancement of Science

2012 ERN Conference in STEM Session 1: Friday, Feb. 24th - 10:00am - 12:15pm February 23-25, 2012 Session 2: Friday, Feb. 24th - 4:00pm - 6:30pm Atlanta, GA Session 3: Saturday, Feb. 25th - 8:45am - 10:30am Graduate Oral Presentation Schedule Session 4: Saturday, Feb. 25th - 11:00am - 12:30pm Session Abstract Room # First Name Last Name Institution Abstract Title # # Tower Room University of Puerto 2 28 Ana Lucia Vega Electrospun Nanofibers for Applications as Fuel Cells Components 1207 Rico Arizona State Tower Room 1 26 Jose Vega ‐ Guzman Explicit Solution of Certain Linear and Nonlinear Diffusion ‐ Type Equations 1206 University The University of Tower Room 2 45 Jeffrey Williams Acquisition of Tip ‐ Sample Dissipation Models Through Spectral Inversion 1207 Maryland, College Park Naringenin Effectively Inhibits the Phosphorylation of P38 MAPK and Lower the Expression Levels of Tower Room Alabama State 1 6 Abebayehu Yilma CD80 and TLR2 to Down ‐ Regulate Pro ‐ inflammatory Cytokines Secreted in Chlamydia trachomatis ‐ 1201 University Infected Macrophages. Tower Room 2 27 Joseph Young Rice University Cellular Endosomal Escape via Photothermal Generated Membrane Disruption and Relaxation 1207 Tower Room Texas Southern 3 19 Zhao Zhang Analytic Model for Cluster ‐ Based Two ‐ way Wireless Sensor Network 1203 University 4 Co-hosted by the National Science Foundation and the American Associate for the Advancement of Science