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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 - 8:45 am - 10:30am Undergraduate Oral Presentation Schedule Session 4: Saturday, Feb. 25th - 11:00am - 12:30pm Abstract Session # Room # First Name Last Name Institution Abstract Title # Tower Room Binghamton 1 148 Christina Abate Sustainable Engineering in Research, Education and Practice 1205 University Tower Room Elizabeth City State 1 63 Husni Agri Navigating Programmed Mobile Robots through a Maze 1204 University Tower Room University of the PR2 Head and Hand Manipulation Through Teleoperation Using an Attitude and Heading 1 136 Jason Allen 1204 District of Columbia Reference System Tower Room Mississippi Valley 1 64 Carien Anderson Gene Expression Recognition of AML vs ALL 1204 State University Tower Room miRNA 200c Induces Mesenchymal ‐ to ‐ Epithelial transition (MET) and Enhances Sensitivity 3 3 Daniela Anderson Tuskegee University 1201 to Androgens in Prostate Cancer Tower Room Brain ‐ Computer Interface: A Physiological Approach for Measuring Engagement in 2 65 Marvin Andujar Kean University 1202 Educational Video Games vs. Conventional Learning Techniques Tower Room Harris ‐ Stowe State 3 37 Idris Aziz Colour Discrimination Under Different Wavelengths of Light 1201 University Tower Room 3 36 Letitia Beckett Shaw University Fibre ‐ Optic Light Pipe Probes in Medicine and Biolgy 1204 Tower Room 3 59 Mary Bedard Elon University Self ‐ Assembling Peptides with Embedded Fluorescent Cores 1204 Tower Room Mississippi Valley 2 66 John Bell Earth on the Go: A Mobile Website for Data Visualization 1202 State University Tower Room Georgia State Mediating Role of Acceptance of Violence on the Relation between Male Role Norms and 2 127 Thomas Benjamin 1208 University Intimate Partner Violence 1 Co-hosted by the National Science Foundation and the American Association 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 - 8:45 am - 10:30am Undergraduate Oral Presentation Schedule Session 4: Saturday, Feb. 25th - 11:00am - 12:30pm Abstract Session # Room # First Name Last Name Institution Abstract Title # Tower Room NC A&T State 1 94 Crystal Bennett CO ‐ Mediated HbS Polymer Melting 1206 University Tower Room Kansas State 2 128 Donte Bernard Why Aren't You Helping Me: Interracial Helping in Emergency Situations 1208 University Tower Room 2 1 Leighann Black Claflin University Causes and Effects of Protein Denaturation in Chicken and Tools for Measuring It 1203 Tower Room Grambling State 2 67 Lorson Blair Implementing a Wireless Sensor Network Using the MEMSIC's Professional Kit 1202 University Tower Room Engaging the Community in the Prevention of Childhood Obesity (ECPCO): A Model 2 129 Tevon Bond Talladega College 1208 Approach Tower Room Bowie State 2 68 Aaron Boothe Emergency Airplane Evacuation Using Game Development Toolkit 1202 University Tower Room Harris ‐ Stowe State 1 122 Rana Bost The Mis ‐ Education of Early Science Education 1205 University Tower Room 2 26 Justina Bradley Langston University Generation of Thymic Nurse Cell Lines from Balb/c Mice 1205 Tower Room Harris ‐ Stowe State 1 124 Melissa Bradshaw Magnetic Pendulum ‐ Simulating Enhanced Gravity: A STEM Education Inquiry 1205 University Tower Room 1 96 William Broughton Claflin University Melter Performance Tuning Using High ‐ Fidelity Simulators 1206 Tower Room Bowie State 2 41 Jephter Buahen Bioactive Properties of Six Medicinal Plants from the Dominican Republic 1206 University 2 Co-hosted by the National Science Foundation and the American Association 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 - 8:45 am - 10:30am Undergraduate Oral Presentation Schedule Session 4: Saturday, Feb. 25th - 11:00am - 12:30pm Abstract Session # Room # First Name Last Name Institution Abstract Title # Tower Room Kapi'olani Community 4 140 James Bynes Asymmetrical Capacitor Thrusters in Microgravity 1204 College Tower Room Norfolk State 3 4 Rhonde'e Caldwell Novel Therapeutic Approach for Glioblastoma Multiforme 1201 University Tower Room University of the Speciation of Some Tributyltin Compounds in Anacostia Sediments Using 119SnNMR 3 49 Andrei Callejas 1202 District of Columbia Spectroscopy Tower Room Norfolk State 3 50 Vashti Campbell Synthesis of Gold Nanorods and their Nanoscale Ionic Materials 1202 University California State Tower Room Diversity of Microcrustaceans in Ponds and Lakes of the Southern San Joaquin Valley, 2 27 Ronnie Capaldi University, 1205 California Bakersfield Tower Room University of 1 146 Lucas Caretta Intrinsic Viscosity of Actively Swimming Microalgae Suspensions 1202 Minnesota California State Tower Room 2 47 Kathleen Carlos University, Los Effects of Serotonin Depletion in Rats: Impaired Reward Learning, Intact Motivation 1208 Angeles Tower Room Harris Stowe State 1 89 Krystal Chandler Understanding Energy, Evolution of Use, and Design 1202 University Tower Room 1 145 Janique Cheesman Syracuse University In Situ Remediation Technique for Mercury Contaminated Soils 1202 Tower Room Fort Peck Community 2 130 Angela Cole A Stress Reduction Study among American Indians on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation 1208 College Tower Room Characterization of Self ‐ Assembled Monolayer of Gold Nano ‐ Rod on Silicon Wafer and its 3 60 Kinyata Cooper Howard University 1204 Application as Raman sensor 3 Co-hosted by the National Science Foundation and the American Association 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 - 8:45 am - 10:30am Undergraduate Oral Presentation Schedule Session 4: Saturday, Feb. 25th - 11:00am - 12:30pm Abstract Session # Room # First Name Last Name Institution Abstract Title # Tower Room University of Puerto 3 111 Melissa Cruz Quantum Dot/Anti ‐ Claudin ‐ 4 Conjugate for Bioimaging of Human Pancreatic Carcer Cells 1201 Rico at Mayaguez Tower Room University of Puerto Novel Size ‐ Exclusion Chromatography Method for the Separation and Purification of 3 113 Ricardo Cruz 1204 Rico, Mayaguez Water ‐ Soluble Zn ‐ Based Quantum Dots Tower Room 2 131 Anthony Culp Morehouse College Embracing the Darkness 1208 Tower Room Morgan State HIV ‐ 1 Sequence Prediction: Analyzing the Effectiveness of Point ‐ Mutations Using the 1 97 Rudy Dehaney 1206 University Bioinformatics Programs RNAMute and MultiRNAMute Tower Room University of the 1 6 Loubna Elhelu The Role of Rheb1 in Epidermal Differentiation 1203 District of Columbia Tower Room University of Hawaii 2 80 Martin Ennis Gastropod Abundance and Effects on Forest Plants in Hawaii Tree Plantations 1203 at Hilo Tower Room 1 7 Stephanie Faroul Shaw University Orexin Receptor and the Trace Amine Associated Receptor 1203 Tower Room 3 51 Alisha Fisher Spelman College Design and Synthesis of Benzimidazole for DNA Intercalation 1202 Tower Room Mississippi Valley Analyzing Sink Mobility Models Based on Random Movement, Maximum Number of 1 69 Richard Fletcher 1204 State University Uncovered Neighbors, and Maximum Energy of Uncovered Neighbors Tower Room 1 98 Mahoganye Galentine Texas Southern On the solutions of x_(n+1)=(f(x_n))/x_(n ‐ 1) 1206 Tower Room Southern University 2 28 Ciara Green Hurricanes and Infection of Killifish with Mycobacterium Marinum 1205 at New Orleans 4 Co-hosted by the National Science Foundation and the American Association for the Advancement of Science