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Session # Room # Abstract # First Name Last Name Institution Abstract Title 4 Tower Room 1202 42 Husam Adas Tennessee State University Assessment and Development of a Virtual and Augmented Reality Based Assembly Design System 4 Tower Room 1202 12 Ruth Agada Bowie State University Web‐Based Animated Pedagogical Agent Online Learning System 4 Tower Room 1201 8 Edikan Archibong University of South Florida Spectroscopic Investigation of the Binding of PCBs and Dioxins to Selective Peptides on Polyaniline Matrix 3 Tower Room 1203 13 Brittany Brown Virginia State University Network Data Collection and Security Visualization Using Syslog and PicViz 1 Tower Room 1201 35 Hugo Caicedo University of Illinois at Chicago Microfluidic‐Based Multi‐Compartment Culture Platform for Visualization and Analysis of Intracellular Organelle Trafficking within Neuronal Subcellular Compartments 1 Tower Room 1201 4 Juli Carrillo Rice University Evolved Reduced Investment in an Indirect Herbivore Defense Trait in an Invasive Tree, Triadica Sebifera 4 Tower Room 1202 14 Sovandara Chea Texas Southern University Modified Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy in Routing and Media Access Control in Wireless Sensor Networks 4 Tower Room 1201 43 Jefferson Cuadra Drexel University Damage Quantification in Polymer Composites Using Advanced Nondestructive Monitoring 4 Tower Room 1201 44 Elvin Estremera University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Fabrication and Characterization of Porous Zinc via Selective Dissolution of Al‐Zn Alloys 4 Tower Room 1201 9 Darlene Galloza University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez Effect of the Acid‐Base Properties of the Support of Supported Ruthenium Catalysts for the Conversion

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1 Tower Room 1201 2 Andrea Goldfien San Francisco State University Pathways to STEM Careers: Student Perspective in a Biotechnology Bridge Program 2 Tower Room 1207 32 Daniel Hart Southern University A&M College A Study of Oxygen Concentration on the Direct Current Magnetization of Single‐Crystal Bismuth Strontium Copper Oxide Superconductors Grown by the Floating‐Zone Technique 1 Tower Room 1201 5 Susan Holechek Arizona State University Dual Expression of Vaccinia Virus E3L Protein Z‐DNA and dsRNA Binding Domains

2012 ERN Conference in STEM February 23-25, 2012 Atlanta, GA Graduate Oral Presentation Schedule Session 1: Friday, Feb. 24th - 10:00am - 12:15pm Session 2: Friday, Feb. 24th - 4:00pm - 6:30pm Session 3: Saturday, Feb. 25th - 8:45am - 10:30am Session 4: Saturday, Feb. 25th - 11:00am - 12:30pm 1 Co-hosted by the National Science Foundation and the American Associate for the Advancement of Science

Session # Room # Abstract # First Name Last Name Institution Abstract Title 1 Tower Room 1201 7 Damion Irving Polytechnic Institute

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DNA Surface Hybridization: Comparison of Theory and Experiment 2 Tower Room 1207 33 Patrice Jackson (Edwards) Florida A&M University Measuring the Proton and Gamma Spectrum at the Jupiter Laser Facility 1 Tower Room 1205 34 Erin Lynch Tennessee State University Sunday School and STEM: The Perceptions of Religion on the Selection and Persistence in Collegiate STEM Programs 1 Tower Room 1201 36 Christopher Mahoney North Carolina A&T State University Surface Modification of Magnesium Based Implant Material with Chitosan Biopolymer 3 Tower Room 1203 40 Hellen Maziku Tennessee State University Enhancing the Classification Accuracy of IP Geolocation 2 Tower Room 1207 29 Felicia McClary Howard University Enhanced Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Dependence of Silver Nanoparticles on Molar Ratios

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1 Tower Room 1206 24 Emmanuel Morales‐Butler Arizona State University An Uncertainty Quantification of Epidemiological Measures Due to Model Assumptions and its Implications on Public Health Interventions 1 Tower Room 1201 3 Lachundra Mosley Tuskegee University Modulation of miRNA Expression in Prostate Cancer Cells by the Dietary Flavonoid Quercetin 4 Tower Room 1202 41 Asmah Muallem Tennessee State University Virtual Reality Based Visualization Environment for Structural Health Monitoring Analysis 3 Tower Room 1203 11 Sai Kiran Mukkavilli Tennessee State University An integrated Machine Learning and Control Theoretic Model for Mining Concept‐Drifting Data Streams 1 Tower Room 1206 25 Anarina Murillo Arizona State University Type 2 Diabetes: Reversal of Beta‐Cell Overcompensation and Restoration of Insulin Sensitivity 1 Tower Room 1201 37 Tagbo Niepa Syracuse University Electrochemical Inhibition of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Persister Cells 2 Tower Room 1207 10 Omotunde Olubi Clark Atlanta University Functional Nanofibers from Polymer/CNT & AuNP Composites as Active Components of Biosensors

2012 ERN Conference in STEM February 23-25, 2012 Atlanta, GA Graduate Oral Presentation Schedule Session 1: Friday, Feb. 24th - 10:00am - 12:15pm Session 2: Friday, Feb. 24th - 4:00pm - 6:30pm Session 3: Saturday, Feb. 25th - 8:45am - 10:30am Session 4: Saturday, Feb. 25th - 11:00am - 12:30pm 2 Co-hosted by the National Science Foundation and the American Associate for the Advancement of Science

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

2012 ERN Conference in STEM February 23-25, 2012 Atlanta, GA Graduate Oral Presentation Schedule Session 1: Friday, Feb. 24th - 10:00am - 12:15pm Session 2: Friday, Feb. 24th - 4:00pm - 6:30pm Session 3: Saturday, Feb. 25th - 8:45am - 10:30am Session 4: Saturday, Feb. 25th - 11:00am - 12:30pm 3 Co-hosted by the National Science Foundation and the American Associate for the Advancement of Science

Session # Room # Abstract # First Name Last Name Institution Abstract Title 2 Tower Room 1207 28 Ana Lucia Vega University of Puerto Rico Electrospun Nanofibers for Applications as Fuel Cells Components 1 Tower Room 1206 26 Jose Vega‐Guzman Arizona State University Explicit Solution of Certain Linear and Nonlinear Diffusion‐Type Equations 2 Tower Room 1207 45 Jeffrey Williams The University of Maryland, College Park Acquisition of Tip‐Sample Dissipation Models Through Spectral Inversion 1 Tower Room 1201 6 Abebayehu Yilma Alabama State University Naringenin Effectively Inhibits the Phosphorylation of P38 MAPK and Lower the Expression Levels of CD80 and TLR2 to Down‐Regulate Pro‐inflammatory Cytokines Secreted in Chlamydia trachomatis‐ Infected Macrophages. 2 Tower Room 1207 27 Joseph Young Rice University Cellular Endosomal Escape via Photothermal Generated Membrane Disruption and Relaxation 3 Tower Room 1203 19 Zhao Zhang Texas Southern University Analytic Model for Cluster‐Based Two‐way Wireless Sensor Network

2012 ERN Conference in STEM February 23-25, 2012 Atlanta, GA Graduate Oral Presentation Schedule Session 1: Friday, Feb. 24th - 10:00am - 12:15pm Session 2: Friday, Feb. 24th - 4:00pm - 6:30pm Session 3: Saturday, Feb. 25th - 8:45am - 10:30am Session 4: Saturday, Feb. 25th - 11:00am - 12:30pm 4 Co-hosted by the National Science Foundation and the American Associate for the Advancement of Science