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2025 RCAF Poster Presentations

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Morning 1 Session: 9 A.M. - 10:15 A.M. 

Students with a "G" in their project ID are graduate students.

Students with a "U" in their project ID are undergraduate students.


Breaking Barriers: Promoting Safe Sexual Practices and Health Equity among Omaha’s Youth

Alabi, Kween

Project ID: U-Poster-274

Faculty Advisor: Sofia Jawed-Wessel

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Burning and Mowing Management Practices in a Restored Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystem Impact Soil Bacterial and Fungal Communities and Potential Functions: a 42-year Perspective.

Antwi, Charles

Project ID: G-POSTER-131

Faculty Advisor: Paul Ayayee

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

THE EFFECT OF ROBOTIC ANKLE EXOSKLETON ASSISTANCE ON WALKING CAPACITY IN PATIENTS WITH PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE.

Camero, Samuel

Project ID: U-Poster-270

Faculty Advisor: Farahnaz Fallahtafti

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Achilles Tendon Rupture in Retired Female Soccer Athlete: A Case Report

Coenraad, Shawney

Project ID: G-POSTER-62

Faculty Advisor: Adam Rosen

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Accessibility to Hearing Healthcare in Rural Nebraska

Coulter, Claire

Project ID: U-Poster-252

Faculty Advisor: Gabrielle Merchant

Advisor’s Department: Special Education & Communication Disorders

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Dismissing novel, harmful ideas: How originality bias influences malevolent creativity idea evaluation

d'Amato, Alexis

Project ID: G-POSTER-15

Faculty Advisor: Sam Hunter

Advisor’s Department: Psychology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Nitric Oxide Delivery in Chitosan Nanofibrous Dressings: A Comparison of Three Loading Techniques

Ghanbari, Mahboubeh

Project ID: G-POSTER-200

Faculty Advisor: Yury Salkovskiy

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

No Ouchies or Squeezes: Shaping the Future of Care with PATCH Pilot

Godsey, Amber

Project ID: G-POSTER-108

Faculty Advisor: Heidi Rueda

Advisor’s Department: Social Work

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Tibial Stress Syndrome in a Division 1 International Female Collegiate Soccer Athlete: A Case Report

Gomez, Jazmin

Project ID: G-POSTER-70

Faculty Advisor: Shannon Gehr

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Conservative Treatment of a Chronic Rotator Cuff Injury in a Multi-Sport High School Athlete

Headlee, Pepe

Project ID: G-POSTER-47

Faculty Advisor: Adam Rosen

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Education Abroad and Employability

Heckens, Kaleb

Project ID: G-POSTER-11

Faculty Advisor: Erin Pleggenkuhle-Miles

Advisor’s Department: Management

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

The Impacts of Unhealthy Relationships in the Media

Hoffman, Kayla

Project ID: U-Poster-277

Faculty Advisor: Amy Ellefson

Advisor’s Department: School of Communication

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Evaluating the Impact of Read-Aloud Children's Literature on Teaching Social Intelligence to Third Graders

Kane, Gabriel

Project ID: U-Poster-186

Faculty Advisor: Lisa Scherer

Advisor’s Department: Psychology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Elbow Ulnar Collateral Ligament Tear in a High School Baseball Pitcher Requiring Reconstruction: A Case Report

Kass, Jade

Project ID: G-POSTER-54

Faculty Advisor: Shannon Gehr

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

The Relationship Between UCL Stiffness, Humeroulnar Joint Gapping, and Elbow Valgus Torque in College Baseball Pitchers

Kawasaki, Yuzuho

Project ID: G-POSTER-61

Faculty Advisor: Sam Wilkins

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

IMPACT OF PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE (PAD) ON PEAK PLANTAR FLEXORSTORQUE AND TOTAL WORK: BEFORE AND AFTER USING ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSES FOR THREE MONTHS

Kirkland, Jonathan

Project ID: U-Poster-251

Faculty Advisor: Sara Myers

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Glenoid Fracture with a Labral Tear in a Recreational Snowboarder: A Case Report

Lorenzen, Kaitlyn

Project ID: G-POSTER-63

Faculty Advisor: Adam Rosen

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

IMPACT OF ROBOTIC EXOSKELETON ON THE CALF MUSCLE OXYGENATION DURING WALKING PATIENTS WITH PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE

Loyd, Elle

Project ID: U-Poster-273

Faculty Advisor: Farahnaz Fallahtafti

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

The Effect of Dynamic Treadmill Walking on Center of Mass Displacement: A Feasibility Study for a Novel Approach

Mace, Stephanie

Project ID: G-POSTER-22

Faculty Advisor: David Kingston

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Division I Collegiate Baseball Player with Superior Labrum Anterior-Posterior (SLAP) Lesion: A Case Report

Martens, Katie

Project ID: G-POSTER-41

Faculty Advisor: Shannon Gehr

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Examining the Impact of Bullying on West African Adolescents' Mental Health: The Role of Peers and Parental Support

McVay, Sheri

Project ID: G-POSTER-67

Faculty Advisor: Jonathan Santo

Advisor’s Department: Psychology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Examining the complementary relationships between nonprofits and local governments: Do intergovernmental fiscal relationships matter?

Ruelas, Ignacio

Project ID: G-POSTER-65

Faculty Advisor: Josie Schafer

Advisor’s Department: School of Public Administration

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Acromioclavicular sprains due to trauma From Player-on-Floor Contact in a Teenage Wheelchair Basketball Athlete

Schultz, Matthew

Project ID: G-POSTER-49

Faculty Advisor: Shannon Gehr

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Quadratus Lumborum (QL) Type 2 Strain in a Class A High School Football Punter

Scott, Casey

Project ID: G-POSTER-72

Faculty Advisor: Adam Rosen

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

8 Weeks of Blood Flow Restricted Exercise and it's Effect on Strength and Hypertrophy 9 Months Post-MPFL Reconstruction in a DI Collegiate Baseball Player.

Self, Cara

Project ID: G-POSTER-12

Faculty Advisor: Chris Burcal

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

The Relationship Between Ulnar Collateral Ligament Laxity and Muscle Activation of Elbow Musculature in Baseball Pitchers

Seok, Kyeongjun

Project ID: G-POSTER-69

Faculty Advisor: Adam Rosen

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Efficacy of Art Therapy and Art-Based Interventions for Mild Cognitive Impairment: Impacts on Empathy, Caregiving, and Neurological Mechanisms- A Narrative Review

Slotterback, Vanessa

Project ID: G-POSTER-168

Faculty Advisor: Janelle Beadle

Advisor’s Department: Gerontology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Parenthood as a Superpower for Supervisors: How Parenting Impacts a Leader’s Behavior

Theobald, Emma

Project ID: G-POSTER-27

Faculty Advisor: Roni Reiter-Palmon

Advisor’s Department: Psychology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Grade 3 Acromioclavicular Sprain in a High School Quarterback Treated with a Conservative Approach

Valencia, Frankie

Project ID: G-POSTER-55

Faculty Advisor: Adam Rosen

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Simple Posterior Elbow Dislocation in a High School Wrestler Without Damage to Surrounding Structures.

Walker, Cassandra

Project ID: G-POSTER-43

Faculty Advisor: Shannon Gehr

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Feeding Patterns In Prairie Lizards

Wallace, Clara

Project ID: U-Poster-271

Faculty Advisor: Travis Robbins

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with Iliotibial Band Tenodesis for Improved Knee Stability

Watts, Devin

Project ID: G-POSTER-48

Faculty Advisor: Shannon Gehr

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Ultrasound-Based Spatial Frequency Analysis to Differentiate Patellar Tendon Quality in Tendinopathy and Healthy Participants

Woelfel, Sarah

Project ID: G-POSTER-13

Faculty Advisor: Adam Rosen

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Accommodating those who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Ziegler, Noah

Project ID: U-Poster-245

Faculty Advisor: Apryl Poch

Advisor’s Department: Special Education & Communication Disorders

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


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Morning 2 Session 10:30 A.M. - 11:45 A.M. 

Students with a "G" in their project ID are graduate students.

Students with a "U" in their project ID are undergraduate students.


Developing a Translational Model for Nutritional Microbiology Research at the Callitrichid Research Center: A Proof-of-Concept Dietary Intervention Study

Adinchezor, Chukwuma

Project ID: G-POSTER-166

Faculty Advisor: Jonathan Clayton

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Transverse Fracture on Lower Mandible and Teeth Subluxation on Collegiate Softball Player

Alcantara, Maria

Project ID: G-POSTER-401

Faculty Advisor: Adam Rosen

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Characterization of Novel Anoplin Analogs

Amani, Edrees

Project ID: U-Poster-143

Faculty Advisor: John Conrad

Advisor’s Department: Chemistry

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Hearing Loss and Mobility in Aging Agricultural Workers

Awale, Nishesh

Project ID: G-POSTER-129

Faculty Advisor: Jon Youn

Advisor’s Department: Computer Science

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Screen time Among Nebraska Preschoolers

Burks, Anna

Project ID: U-Poster-9

Faculty Advisor: Danae Dinkel

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Assessing Gut Microbial Genes Contributing to Biological Nitrogen Provisioning in Aquatic Insects

Castillo Lamilla, Hanna

Project ID: U-Poster-191

Faculty Advisor: Paul Ayayee

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Platicas: A Cultural Lens in Latino Academics

Castro-Gomez, Jannette

Project ID: U-Poster-187

Faculty Advisor: Thomas Sanchez

Advisor’s Department: Sociology/Anthropology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

The Impact of Caregiving on the Emotional Well-being and Mental Health of Family Caregivers of Aging Adults with Parkinsons Disease: A Comprehensive Review

Chekuri, Srujana

Project ID: G-POSTER-227

Faculty Advisor: Julie Blaskewicz Boron

Advisor’s Department: Gerontology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

A Comparison of Shoulder Kinematics and Jump Landing in Collegiate Volleyball Players

Decker, Jake

Project ID: G-POSTER-237

Faculty Advisor: Chris Burcal

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Omaha's Linguistic Landscape through Participatory GIS

Donaldson, Maxwell

Project ID: G-POSTER-233

Faculty Advisor: Sara Marzioli

Advisor’s Department: World Languages

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Dietary Diversity Among Nebraska Preschoolers

Dong, Jenny

Project ID: U-Poster-58

Faculty Advisor: Danae Dinkel

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Does early life adversity influence sympathoadrenal medullary (SAM) pathway activation in dogs and their attachment with owners?

Duvall, Kylie

Project ID: G-POSTER-212

Faculty Advisor: Rosemary Strasser

Advisor’s Department: Psychology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Biomechanical and Structural Properties of Human Umbilical Arteries: A Preliminary Study

Farmani, Sanaz

Project ID: G-POSTER-236

Faculty Advisor: Majid Jadidi

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Nutritional Drivers of Quality of Life Among Older Adults in Nebraska

Frankel, Emily

Project ID: G-POSTER-241

Faculty Advisor: Christopher Kelly

Advisor’s Department: Gerontology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Nature vs. Nature in Burying Beetles

Frazee, Brianna

Project ID: U-Poster-288

Faculty Advisor: Paul Ayayee

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Phytoestrogen Profile in Primate Zoo Diets

Gill, Dedric

Project ID: U-Poster-132

Faculty Advisor: Alicia Rich

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Nebraska Rural Transit Gap Analysis: Panhandle region case study

Hwang, Jungmin

Project ID: G-POSTER-151

Faculty Advisor: Josie Schafer

Advisor’s Department: School of Public Administration

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Statistical Evaluation of E-PACERR Program

Irwin, Luke

Project ID: U-Poster-8

Faculty Advisor: Kate Cooper

Advisor’s Department: Interdisciplinary Informatics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Evaluating the Feasibility of a Cognitive Behavioral Physical Therapy Intervention for Individuals with Patellofemoral Pain: A Qualitative Analysis

Kelley, Colby

Project ID: G-POSTER-150

Faculty Advisor: Kailey Snyder

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Theoretical Evaluation of DE-AFO-1550: a Comfortable Robotic Ankle Exoskeleton for Children with Cerebral Palsy Powered by Advanced Stacked Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

Masaei, Mobina

Project ID: G-POSTER-101

Faculty Advisor: Ahad Behboodi

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Food Web Structure and Energetic Contributions Between Protected and Impaired Prairie Rivers.

Meza Gonzalez, Rodrigo

Project ID: G-POSTER-17

Faculty Advisor: David Manning

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Exploring the Relationship Between Creative Self-Efficacy and Tolerance for Ambiguity: Gender’s Impact

Miranda, Gabriela

Project ID: U-Poster-285

Faculty Advisor: Roni Reiter-Palmon

Advisor’s Department: Psychology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Investigating the Microbiome Composition Change in Eµ-TCL1 transgenic mouse model of CLL – Metagenomic Shotgun Sequencing Approach

Nakamura, Sarah

Project ID: U-Poster-201

Faculty Advisor: Kate Cooper

Advisor’s Department: Interdisciplinary Informatics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Lung Capacity Increases by Using the Lung Master (Pulmonary Exerciser)

Nguyen, Ann

Project ID: U-Poster-260

Faculty Advisor: Farahnaz Fallahtafti

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

AQUATIC TREADMILL IMPACTS LOWER LIMB JOINT COORDINATION OF TYPICALLY DEVELOPING AND CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY

ODANYE, OLUWASEYE

Project ID: G-POSTER-229

Faculty Advisor: Brian Knarr

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Lower Body Power Generation and Absorption on Baseball Pitching Stride Leg

Ogasawara, Takato

Project ID: G-POSTER-265

Faculty Advisor: Brian Knarr

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Investigating Type-2 thinking in UX Design evaluation methods using eye-tracking protocols

Olorunsola, Olayemi

Project ID: G-POSTER-224

Faculty Advisor: Christine Toh

Advisor’s Department: Interdisciplinary Informatics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Exploring microbial dynamics in Happy Jack Chalk Mine: A diatomaceous earth bat cave with no recorded detection of Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), the fungus causing White Nose Syndrome (WNS) in Bats

Orange-Smith, Jaden

Project ID: U-Poster-190

Faculty Advisor: Paul Ayayee

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Eye-tracking technology as a tool for assessing the creative problem-solving process: Methodology and Early Results

Paez, Meagan

Project ID: G-POSTER-137

Faculty Advisor: Roni Reiter-Palmon

Advisor’s Department: Psychology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Enhancing Antithrombogenicity in Mechanically Biomimetic Polyurethane Vascular Grafts via Dopamine-Lysine Surface Functionalization

Paul, Apurbo Kumar

Project ID: G-POSTER-254

Faculty Advisor: Kaspars Maleckis

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Perception Matters: Improving Auditory Biofeedback Through AI-Driven Survey Analysis

Pineda Gutierrez, Ana

Project ID: G-POSTER-179

Faculty Advisor: Nate Hunt

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Family Context Moderates the Relationship Between Peer Victimization and Internalizing Behaviors

Rehtus, Jessica

Project ID: G-POSTER-172

Faculty Advisor: Jonathan Santo

Advisor’s Department: Psychology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Latino Sociology Research Project

Rivas, Gissella

Project ID: U-Poster-196

Faculty Advisor: Thomas Sanchez

Advisor’s Department: Sociology/Anthropology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Ulnar Collateral Ligament Near Complete Tear in the Elbow of a High School Pitcher: A Case Report

Shoopman, Samantha

Project ID: G-POSTER-160

Faculty Advisor: Shannon Gehr

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Successful Scandinavian Democracy: Welfare, Economics, Culture, and Trust

Tarr, Abby

Project ID: U-Poster-135

Faculty Advisor: Sally Bonsall

Advisor’s Department: Political Science

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Gender and Social Proximity as Moderators in Peer Fat Talk’s Relationship with Body Dissatisfaction

Tisko, Mary

Project ID: G-POSTER-169

Faculty Advisor: Juan Casas

Advisor’s Department: Psychology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Improving Health Outcomes for the Karen Community: Understanding Perceived Barriers to Physical Activity

Wah, Paw Thlay

Project ID: U-Poster-198

Faculty Advisor: Richard Stacy

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Investigating Insect Differences Between Restored Grasslands and Adjacent Agricultural Lands

Wigley, Evan

Project ID: G-POSTER-164

Faculty Advisor: Han Li

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Geographic variation in running speed among the prairie lizard (Sceloporus consobrinus)

Wycoff, Kayla

Project ID: U-Poster-195

Faculty Advisor: Travis Robbins

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Diplomacy between the U.S. and the Philippines during the Reagan Administration and its Effects on Philippine-American Relations

Yumul, Bryan

Project ID: U-Poster-64

Faculty Advisor: Danielle Battisti

Advisor’s Department: History

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

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Afternoon 1 Session 1 P.M. - 2:15 P.M. 

Students with a "G" in their project ID are graduate students.

Students with a "U" in their project ID are undergraduate students.


Peer Victimization, Body Specific Victimization and Body Image Dissatisfaction as Predictors of Poor Mental Health among Adolescents in Brazil

Ajayi, Oluronke

Project ID: G-POSTER-96

Faculty Advisor: Jonathan Santo

Advisor’s Department: Psychology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Genetic Diversity and Phylogenetic Relationships Among Accessions of Pediomelum tenuiflorum

Anukege, Cynthia

Project ID: G-POSTER-66

Faculty Advisor: Roxi Kellar

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Wobble Board Enhances Postural Coordination by Altering Center of Mass and Center of Pressure Interactions

Barfi, Mahsa

Project ID: G-POSTER-124

Faculty Advisor: Madhur Mangalam

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Investigating Terrorist Use of Improvised Explosive Devices in the United States: Evidence from U.S. Federal Court Cases, 2009 – 2024

Benda, Angie

Project ID: G-POSTER-146

Faculty Advisor: Austin Doctor

Advisor’s Department: Psychology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Testing a Behavioral Approach to Extremist Violence Prevention

Carmichael, Camden

Project ID: U-Poster-145

Faculty Advisor: Gina Ligon

Advisor’s Department: NCITE

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Pathways to Aggression: Understanding Peer Victimization in Early Adolescence

Clarken, Makenzie

Project ID: U-Poster-264

Faculty Advisor: Mithra Pirooz

Advisor’s Department: Psychology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

The role of dopamine in learning differences between personality types in zebrafish

Corcoran, Jamie

Project ID: G-POSTER-33

Faculty Advisor: Ryan Wong

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

The Difference Between Shoulder External Rotation and Max Shoulder External Rotation and its Relationship with Peak Shoulder Angular Velocity

Doehne, Brandon

Project ID: G-POSTER-239

Faculty Advisor: Brian Knarr

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Voices of Omaha: High School Student's Hopes for our Community

Draft, Darian

Project ID: G-POSTER-76

Faculty Advisor: Heidi Rueda

Advisor’s Department: Social Work

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Temporal Symmetry Instruction Through Plantar Tactile Stimulation

Engsberg, Christopher

Project ID: G-POSTER-197

Faculty Advisor: Mukul Mukherjee

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Everyday problem solving in workplace scenarios

Faith, Kenya

Project ID: G-POSTER-25

Faculty Advisor: Roni Reiter-Palmon

Advisor’s Department: Psychology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF TRADITIONAL CULTURING TECHNIQUES ON FILAMENTATION ASSAYS IN THE FUNGUS CANDIDA ALBICANS

Funke, Ethan

Project ID: U-Poster-257

Faculty Advisor: Jill Blankenship

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Prevalence of Arterial Calcification Assessed with Micro-CT

Gilyazov, Rail

Project ID: G-POSTER-249

Faculty Advisor: Alexey Kamenskiy

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

From Disruption to Enhancement: The Impact of Noise on Haptic Perception

Grunkemeyer, Alli

Project ID: G-POSTER-87

Faculty Advisor: Aaron Likens

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Exploring the Acute Effect of Propulsive Ground Reaction Force Biofeedback on Baseball Pitching Velocity

Haan, Dimitri

Project ID: G-POSTER-180

Faculty Advisor: Brian Knarr

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF PEP8 IN FILAMENTATION FOR CLINICAL STRAINS OF CANDIDA ALBICANS

Hadford, Lucian

Project ID: U-Poster-261

Faculty Advisor: Jill Blankenship

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Convenience or Connection: What Motivates Diversion Program Clients in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Attendance?

Ham, Delaney

Project ID: U-Poster-193

Faculty Advisor: Konnie Kirchner

Advisor’s Department: Social Work

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Isolation, Preservation, and Characterization of Antibiotic-Resistant Fusobacterium spp. from Marmoset Fecal Matter Using Crystal Violet Erythromycin Agar in an Anaerobic Chamber

Hansen, David

Project ID: G-POSTER-216

Faculty Advisor: Jonathan Clayton

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

External Elastic Lamina Breaks and Associated Extracellular Matrix Remodeling in Human Arteries

Kargarbahrkhazar, Bahman

Project ID: G-POSTER-235

Faculty Advisor: Majid Jadidi

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Who do we want to be? Investigating how knowledge is constructed in socially relevant engineering design research

Kiani, Gul e Fatima

Project ID: G-POSTER-281

Faculty Advisor: Christine Toh

Advisor’s Department: Interdisciplinary Informatics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

The Development of an Antimicrobial and Selective Laser Sintered Prosthetic Socket

Koperski, Dominic

Project ID: U-Poster-173

Faculty Advisor: Jorge Zuniga

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

What Can Researchers Learn from Role-Play? Examining Team Processes Through the Lens of TTRPGs

Lacey, Kayla

Project ID: G-POSTER-16

Faculty Advisor: William Kramer

Advisor’s Department: Psychology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Männlich, Weiblich, Neutral: Toward a Transgender Language Acquisition Pedagogy Toward a Transgender Language Acquisition Pedagogy

Little, Alleta

Project ID: U-Poster-75

Faculty Advisor: Gwyneth Cliver

Advisor’s Department: World Languages

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

ISCHIO-SACRAL REGION PRESSURES WHILE SEATED ON DIFFERENT CUSHION TYPES

Mahamane Iro, Yassine

Project ID: U-Poster-279

Faculty Advisor: Farahnaz Fallahtafti

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

The Effect of Aquatic Environment and Speed on the Co-Contraction of Lower Limb Muscles in Cerebral Palsy Children

Matthews, Colina

Project ID: G-POSTER-29

Faculty Advisor: David Kingston

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Latino Alumni at UNO: College Journeys and Life Beyond

Mazariegos, Jenly

Project ID: U-Poster-221

Faculty Advisor: Thomas Sanchez

Advisor’s Department: Sociology/Anthropology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Online White Supremacist Spaces and Incarceration

Moelter, Isaac

Project ID: G-POSTER-20

Faculty Advisor: Erin Kearns

Advisor’s Department: Criminology & Criminal Justice

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Association Between Metabolic Cost and Ankle Power in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Assisted by a Robotic Exoskeleton

Moser, Gabrielle

Project ID: G-POSTER-98

Faculty Advisor: Sara Myers

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

From Policy to Practice: Evaluating the Impact of Alzheimer’s State Plans Across the U.S.

Moslander, KoriAnne

Project ID: G-POSTER-253

Faculty Advisor: Christopher Kelly

Advisor’s Department: Gerontology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TRUNK ROTATIONAL VELOCITY AND TRUNK TILT WITH BALL VELOCITY

Muczynski, Brandon

Project ID: G-POSTER-246

Faculty Advisor: Brian Knarr

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Modified Supervised Exercise Therapy for PAD Patients

Neihart, Joseph

Project ID: U-Poster-280

Faculty Advisor: Farahnaz Fallahtafti

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Bioinformatic Analysis of the Role of HSF in Cancer

Nielsen, Mollie

Project ID: U-Poster-142

Faculty Advisor: Eric Guisbert

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Advancing Carbon-Negative Concrete Solutions for Everyday Construction

Orynbassarov, Islam

Project ID: G-POSTER-204

Faculty Advisor: Jiong Hu

Advisor’s Department: Civil & Environmental Engineering

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Experiences of Student Entrepreneurs in Nebraska: Local Pitch Competitions and Key Takeaways for Nebraska’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Paez, Meagan

Project ID: G-POSTER-149

Faculty Advisor: Josie Schafer

Advisor’s Department: Center for Public Affairs Research

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Sweat and Food Stress: How Exercise Shapes Food Decisions for Older Adults

Persson, Annelie

Project ID: G-POSTER-202

Faculty Advisor: Julie Blaskewicz Boron

Advisor’s Department: Gerontology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Exploring the Experiences of Latine First-Generation College Students: A Systematic Review

Ponce-Mérida, Karla

Project ID: G-POSTER-154

Faculty Advisor: Mahima Saxena

Advisor’s Department: Psychology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Enhancing Vertical Ground Reaction Forces During Walking in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease Using Assistive Shoes

Salamifar, Zahra

Project ID: G-POSTER-262

Faculty Advisor: Sara Myers

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

A Mixed Methods Analysis of K-12 Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM) Guides: Implementing Responses to Exogenous Shocks

Schappert, Sarah

Project ID: G-POSTER-19

Faculty Advisor: Erin Kearns

Advisor’s Department: Criminology & Criminal Justice

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

POSTURAL AND COGNITIVE DEMANDS RESHAPE WHOLE-BODY COORDINATION NETWORKS

Schlattmann, Brian

Project ID: G-POSTER-272

Faculty Advisor: Madhur Mangalam

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

EVALUATING THE TRANSFER EFFECTS OF TREADMILL AND OVERGROUND EXOSUIT TRAINING ON OVERGROUND GAIT

Shin, Sangwon

Project ID: G-POSTER-109

Faculty Advisor: Philippe Malcolm

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Carbon Sequestration Capacity via the Carbonation Treatment of Recycled Concrete Aggregates (RCA) using Carbon Dioxide

Sousanabadi Farahani, Hossein

Project ID: G-POSTER-205

Faculty Advisor: Seunghee Kim

Advisor’s Department: Civil & Environmental Engineering

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

The Impact of Early Intervention Accommodations on Self-Advocacy Self-Efficacy in College Students

Stenroos, Shayanne

Project ID: U-Poster-37

Faculty Advisor: Sara Kupzyk

Advisor’s Department: Psychology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

The Influence of Gait Variability on Human Odometry

Wiles, Tyler

Project ID: G-POSTER-60

Faculty Advisor: Aaron Likens

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Regulation of ovulation and fertilization by ipp-5 in C. elegans

Zeleny, Mallory

Project ID: U-Poster-269

Faculty Advisor: Karen Kim Guisbert

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Development of Calcified Artery Model

Zermeno, Elizabeth

Project ID: G-POSTER-148

Faculty Advisor: Kaspars Maleckis

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

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Afternoon 2 Session 2:30 P.M. - 3:45 P.M. 

Students with a "G" in their project ID are graduate students.

Students with a "U" in their project ID are undergraduate students.


Development of a 3D Printed Absorbance Spectrometer

Adhikari, Bishesh

Project ID: U-Poster-26

Faculty Advisor: Andy Zhong

Advisor’s Department: Chemistry

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Empowering Future Medical Professionals Through Math, Physics, and Computer Science

Althouse, Megan

Project ID: U-Poster-73

Faculty Advisor: Michael Matthews

Advisor’s Department: Mathematical & Statistical Sciences

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC

Diet-Associated Microbes as Potential Contributors to the Human Gut Microbiome

Arrowsmith, Victoria

Project ID: U-Poster-217

Faculty Advisor: Paul Ayayee

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Fairness in Machine Learning

Badrloo, Samira

Project ID: G-POSTER-225

Faculty Advisor: Lotfollah Najjar

Advisor’s Department: Information Systems & Quantitative Analysis

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Tissue Culture Analysis of Plant Physiology in Virescent-like Glechoma hederacea

Bartel, Noah

Project ID: U-Poster-57

Faculty Advisor: Mark Schoenbeck

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


"Zooming" in on Trust Repair in Virtual Teams

Benda, Angie

Project ID: G-POSTER-110

Faculty Advisor: William Kramer

Advisor’s Department: Psychology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Contextual Factors Influencing Giving-Way Episodes in Individuals with Chronic Ankle Instability.

Choi, Ji Yeon

Project ID: G-POSTER-232

Faculty Advisor: Adam Rosen

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Criticism of Reagan’s 1986 Address to the Nation on Drug Abuse

Colson, Makena

Project ID: U-Poster-282

Faculty Advisor: Emily Sauter

Advisor’s Department: School of Communication

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


High levels of foraging activity of Big Brown Bats (Eptesicus fuscus) at the edge of a reservoir in eastern Nebraska

Cox, Jayme

Project ID: U-Poster-267

Faculty Advisor: Jeremy White

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Comparative Study of Rhizosphere Responses to Drought and Salinity Stress in Sorghum bicolor Genotypes

Cromwell, Stephanie

Project ID: G-POSTER-102

Faculty Advisor: Paul Ayayee

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Needs Assessment of Youth Who Use Substances

Drahota, Alicia

Project ID: G-POSTER-258

Faculty Advisor: Liam Heerten-Rodriguez

Advisor’s Department: Social Work

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Candida albicans strains exhibit unique transcriptional profiles in pathogenesis-related conditions

Evers, Kimberly

Project ID: G-POSTER-158

Faculty Advisor: Jill Blankenship

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


LIQUID TRANSFER IN ELECTROSPUN NON-WOVEN FABRIC WITH CONTROLLED NANOFIBER ORIENTATION FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS

Fadeev, Aleksandr

Project ID: G-POSTER-79

Faculty Advisor: Yury Salkovskiy

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Investigating Resilience and Cybervictimization Among Adolescents

Finn, Lizzie

Project ID: U-Poster-183

Faculty Advisor: Jonathan Santo

Advisor’s Department: Psychology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


An Arthropod Survey of Milkweed Species in the Sandhills of NW Nebraska

friesz, jacob

Project ID: U-Poster-40

Faculty Advisor: Timothy Dickson

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Delayed auditory feedback from self-produced footstep sounds affects cadence in healthy young adults

Gu, Jingxian

Project ID: G-POSTER-231

Faculty Advisor: Dobromir Dotov

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


A Thematic Analysis Exploring Racial/Ethnic Socialization of White Families in the Deep South

Hecktor, Sierra

Project ID: G-POSTER-278

Faculty Advisor: Jonathan Santo

Advisor’s Department: Psychology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Joint Engagement in Infants at High Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Exploratory Study

Hinz, Kailey

Project ID: G-POSTER-10

Faculty Advisor: Shari DeVeney

Advisor’s Department: Special Education & Communication Disorders

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


A SYNERGISTIC HAZARD IN TEAM SOCIAL PROCESSES: THE ROLE OF COMPLACENCY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY IN ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING

Johnston, Hanna

Project ID: G-POSTER-163

Faculty Advisor: William Kramer

Advisor’s Department: Psychology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Comparative Analyses of Viviparous Diploptera punctata Pregnant Females and Associated Developing Embryos

Jonas, Brennan

Project ID: U-Poster-214

Faculty Advisor: Paul Ayayee

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Privacy Policy Classification using Large Language Models

Malisetty, Bhavani

Project ID: G-POSTER-46

Faculty Advisor: Alfredo Perez

Advisor’s Department: Computer Science

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Athletic Trainer’s Experiences Using Nebraska State Activities Association Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature Guidelines

Mark, Tatum

Project ID: U-Poster-240

Faculty Advisor: Sam Wilkins

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Evaluating Stacked Dielectric Elastomer Actuators as Soft Motor Units for Forming Artificial Muscles in Biomimetic Rehabilitation Robots

Mohammadi Ghalehney, Sahel

Project ID: G-POSTER-113

Faculty Advisor: Ahad Behboodi

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Visualizing Group Migration: Omaha’s Black Settlement from Alabama

Nighgroh, Mia

Project ID: U-Poster-91

Faculty Advisor: Jeannette Gabriel

Advisor’s Department: Schwalb Center for Israel Jewish Studies

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


The Nuanced Predictors of Creative Problem Solving​

Ossino, Aaron

Project ID: G-POSTER-114

Faculty Advisor: Roni Reiter-Palmon

Advisor’s Department: Psychology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


The Effects of a Competitive Athletic Season on Functional Performance in Collegiate Athletes: Implications for Patients with Patellar Tendinopathy

Partusch, Luke

Project ID: G-POSTER-45

Faculty Advisor: Adam Rosen

Advisor’s Department: School of Health & Kinesiology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


The Experiences of Omaha Latino Students in Their Educational Journeys

Pearson, Ilahi

Project ID: U-Poster-222

Faculty Advisor: Thomas Sanchez

Advisor’s Department: Sociology/Anthropology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


IMPACT OF PASSIVE EXOSKELETON FOOTWEAR ON GROUND REACTION FORCES DURING GAIT IN INDIVIDUALS WITH PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE

Perez, Marisa

Project ID: U-Poster-226

Faculty Advisor: Farahnaz Fallahtafti

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Toe-in/out Gait and Transverse Kinematic Correlations Between Marker-Based and Markerless Motion Capture Systems

Poomulna, Jutharat

Project ID: G-POSTER-116

Faculty Advisor: David Kingston

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Automated Arterial Wall Detection in IVUS Imaging Using Image Processing Techniques

Razian, Sayed Ahmadreza

Project ID: G-POSTER-141

Faculty Advisor: Majid Jadidi

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Exploring Teamwork in Children's Literature: Enhancing Character Strength Recognition in the Classroom

Schmidt, Brooklynn

Project ID: U-Poster-174

Faculty Advisor: Lisa Scherer

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


TLR9 protein expression levels in blood cancer cell lines

Shapkota, Shreeya

Project ID: U-Poster-189

Faculty Advisor: Paul Denton

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Examining Fertility and Reproduction Via RNAi Knockdown of cep-1 Gene Expression.

Smith, Jayden

Project ID: U-Poster-247

Faculty Advisor: Karen Kim Guisbert

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


A Toolkit for the Prevention of Incivility and Promotion of Decent Work in Information Technology

Swanson, Austin

Project ID: G-POSTER-134

Faculty Advisor: Mahima Saxena

Advisor’s Department: Psychology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


The Labor Trafficking-Terrorism Nexus: A Spatiotemporal Analysis

Ward, Eleanor

Project ID: G-POSTER-18

Faculty Advisor: Matt Allen

Advisor’s Department: Management

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Enhancing Thermal Insulation with Nanofibrous Materials

Wiles, Tyler

Project ID: G-POSTER-130

Faculty Advisor: Aaron Likens

Advisor’s Department: Biomechanics

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Examining Fertilization Through the Knockdown of lfe-2 in C. elegans

Wing, Claire

Project ID: U-Poster-268

Faculty Advisor: Karen Kim Guisbert

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Comparing Thermoregulatory Behavior and Digestive Efficiency Among Latitudinally Separated Lizard Populations (Sceloporus consobrinus)

Wolfsohn, Brandon

Project ID: G-POSTER-84

Faculty Advisor: Travis Robbins

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Exploring the Impact of Oxytocin on Canine Stress Responses and Behavior

Wray, Merrick

Project ID: G-POSTER-95

Faculty Advisor: Rosemary Strasser

Advisor’s Department: Psychology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


Immunotherapy-mediated Impacts on the Surface Levels of Proteins Found on Cancer Cells that Interact with Natural Killer Cells

Zohner, Ryan

Project ID: U-Poster-120

Faculty Advisor: Paul Denton

Advisor’s Department: Biology

All posters will be on the 2nd floor of CEC


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