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Celebrate CU Denver’s Student Research and Creative Scholarship!

RaCAS is back, in person, to celebrate CU Denver's student researchers! For this 25th annual event, we are excited to host student presentations in a hybrid format.

Our online student showcase begins on Wednesday, April 27th. On Friday, April 29th, we will celebrate in-person at the Lola and Rob Salazar Student Wellness Center on the CU Denver Campus. All are welcome for this hybrid celebration showcasing posters, oral presentations, and media exhibits. The day will feature opening remarks at 9:00 am and plenty of opportunities to interact with peers, colleagues, future collaborators, family, and friends. Attend the RaCAS Resource Fair to learn how you can get involved in research and creative projects. Lunch is provided and all attendees will have the opportunity to win awesome door prizes!


Attend Virtual RaCAS!

Click Here to View Virtual Project Showcase

Click Here to Access Live Zoom Sessions on April 29th

Attend RaCAS In-Person

RaCAS Schedule | Friday, April 29th 9:00 am - 1:30 pm 

Lola and Rob Salazar Student Wellness Center | Student Commons Building | Learning Commons

Access Virtual Sessions and Zoom Links through Virtual Showcase

8:00 - 9:00 - Set-up and Breakfast | Wellness Center Gymnasium

  • Presenter Check-in and Set-up
  • Resource Fair Set-up
  • 8:30 - Reviewer Orientation

9:00 - 9:30 - Opening Remarks | Wellness Center Gymnasium

9:30 - 11:00 - Student Presentations, Workshops, and Campus Resource Fair

  • Poster Session 1 | 9:30 - 11:00 | Wellness Center Gymnasium
  • Hyflex Poster Session 1 | 10:00-10:30 | Learning Commons 2205 (Broomfield)
  • STEM Oral Presentation 1 | 10:00 – 11:00 | Student Commons Building 1500
  • Social Science & Humanities Oral Presentation 1a | 10:00 – 11:00 | Student Commons Building 1600
  • Social Science & Humanities Oral Presentation 1b | 10:00 – 11:00 | Student Commons Building 1401
  • Special Session 1: Art History | 10:00 – 11:30 | Learning Commons 2230 (Learning Lab)

11:00 - 12:30 - Student Presentations, Workshops, and Campus Resource Fair

  • Poster Session 2 | 11:00 - 12:30 | Wellness Center Gymnasium
  • Hyflex Poster Session 2 | 11:30-12:00 | Learning Commons 2205 (Broomfield)
  • STEM Oral Presentation 2 | 11:30 – 12:30 | Student Commons Building 1500
  • Social Science & Humanities Oral Presentation 2 | 11:30 – 12:30 | Student Commons Building 1600
  • Arts & Media Oral Presentation | 11:30 – 12:30 | Student Commons Building 1401
  • Special Session 2: Dark Matter Workshop | 11:00 – 12:30 | Learning Commons 2222 (Adams)

12:30-1:30 - Lunch, Networking, and Closing Remarks


Virtual Project Showcase

Event Location

Poster Presentation Layout

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Student Presentations

Poster Session 1 | 9:30-11:00 | Student Wellness Center Gymnasium

  • 1. Trey Daub - Have a Nice Day 
  • 3. Ashley Vaughn, Margaret McClelland, Brittany Cook, Addison DiMarco, Eric Lopushansky, Willa Cohn - Womanhood: The Series 
  • 4. Willa Cohn, Katie Baker, Sean Wada - Private Eyes: An Investigation in Noir 
  • 6. Rabecka Jimenez - Venus Inn 
  • E1. Jacob Williamson - Colorado Petroglyph: 2022 
  • E6. Julianna Wright, Ryan Lavallee, Dennis Mills, Jamie Young - Play With Your Food  

  • 27. Naomi LaPointe, Makayla De La Oliva - A Social Behavior Comparison of Fear and Buffering in Female Juvenile and Adult Rats 

  • 29. Nashra Jamil, Margaret Tanner, Alyssa Hohorst - Role of Ovarian Hormones in Rapid Exercise-Induced Stress Resilience in Females 

  • 32. Rebecca Han - Optogenetic Stimulation of Substantia Nigra to Dorsal Lateral Striatum Circuit 

  • 34. Hosbaldo Morales - Comorbidities in Cardiac Arrest Patients 

  • 36. Courtney Moeder - The Study of Environmental Triggers That Lead to Non-Immunoglobulin E Mediated Mast Cell Activation 

  • 40. Hannah Abroe, Gabrielle Rietz - Glucose-6-phosphate Isomerase (GPI) is Retained in the Endoplasmic Reticulum With a 4-amino-acid Sequence. 

  • 42. Jacqueline Miller - Evaluation of lung progenitor cell growth in 3D hydrogels 

  • 44. Jenna Tomkinson - The impact of temperature stress on gene expression changes across development in Drosophila melanogaster 

  • 46. Elizabeth Kuhn, Hillary Hillam - Exploring floral resources for pollinators using honeybees in the urban and suburban semi-arid environment of Denver, Colorado 

  • 48. Cody Lewis - Assessing Zinc Tolerance in Fungi of Colorado 

  • 50. Mindy Kennedy - Identification of 1,4-Dioxane-Degrading Microbial Communities at a Bioremediation Site 

52. Nicholas Dawson - Meta-analysis of Schizochytrium sp. as a Biomass Source for a Renewable Energy System with Net Zero CO2 Emissions 

  • 53. Jillyn Tittle - Development of a Markov Chain Simulation of E. Coli Translation 

  • 55. Jill Hoffman - High confidence computational analysis of single nucleotide variation consequences in homology models 

  • 57. Alexander Plonski - Utilizing Small Molecule Binding to Assess Protein Homology Models 

  • 59. Shawn Schowe - Changes in the target selectivity for the neomycin B aptamer by selective modification of sequence positions with 8-Oxo-7,8-dihydro-guanosine (8-OxoG) 

  • 61. Zowie Werner - Computer Vision-based NMR Strip Matching for Backbone Chemical Shift Assignments 

63. Iman Salhi, Jae Hwan Lim - Computational examination of gold nanoclusters use for syngas production 

  • 65. Jennifer Lofgren - Optimization of superconducting quantum interference device performance through use of a "quick noise" measurement circuit 

  • 67. Gessner Soto - The Brusselator:  Entropy Production Surrounding a Hopf-Bifurcation 
  • 68. Vrishank Bikkumalla - Michaelis-Menten Kinetics of Malic Dehydrogenase Catalysis for Understanding Dimethylbiguanide Inhibition of Gluconeogenesis 
  • 70. Hunter Carroll - Fine Particulate Matter and Disparities in Health Risks at Specific Sites of Employment

  • 11. Stephanie Emelio, Joel Larson - Sympathetic Sociopaths: Trauma and Villainy in Superhero Cinema 

  • 13. Amanda Rees - Legacies of “The Denver Project”: The Valley Highway 

  • 15. Luz Moreno - Bilingual Education 

  • 17. Christian Olivencia, Danna Ramos, David Leipzig - Autistic traits clustered within the adult general population and STEM 

  • 19. Danna Ramos, Christian Olivencia, David Leipzig - Gender Differences in Emotional Reactivity 

  • 21. Jessica Valdez - COVID-19, Hate Crimes, & Police Perceptions: A Qualitative Study of Asian-American/Pacific Islander Perceptions of the Police 

  • 24. Christiana Smith - Differences in Accuracy, Reaction Time, and Eye Movements During Search for Different Size Targets 

  • 10. La-Doniea Nisbeth - Financial Technology and Positive Social Impact 
  • 8. Souha Tifour - How Different Reference Sample Sizes Affect Summix's Ancestry Estimates. 
    • E3. Alex Verkest - Thrust: Runic Daggers 

Oral Presentation Session 1 | 10:00-11:00 | Student Commons Building

 

  • Vincent Conrad, Ibukunoluwa Adedoyin- Effects of specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators on pollutant-exacerbated allergic airway inflammation 

  • Nikole Scribner Trout- Estimating Genetic Predisposition to Disease in Summary Data Using Summix 
  • Zoe Erkenbeck - Investigating the Genomics of Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)

  • Khalid Mhareb- From Grandeur to Indecency: The Evolution of the Syrian Baath Party through the Eyes of Filmmaker Omar Amiralay 
  • Zoe Vavrina- Russian Coloniality and the Czech Women; How Multidimensional Patterns of Russian Imperial Power Affect Czech Women’s Relationship Between Bender and Nation 

  • Brandon Stanley- A Serbian Federation: How Serbia was able to create a Yugoslav state and why other Balkan countries failed to do so.

  • Grace Amundsen Barnkow - Short Term Rental Regulation in the State of Washington 

  • Mark Ortiz- American Oddballs of the Pacific:  The Guano Islands and the Origins of the United States Maritime Empire 

  • Charles Hindman- The Western Federation of Miners and Electoral Politics 

  • Allyson Olson, Kaysie Larson, Ivonne Jacob-Flores- Re-envisioned Space: Equity, Advocacy, and Restorative Justice through the Casa Mayan 

  • Aurelia Guerue - Indigenous People and “Disabilities”: Alternative healthcare legislation, political models, and ways of seeing “disabled” bodies 

HyFlex Poster Session 1 | 10:00-10:30 | Learning Commons 2205 (Broomfield)

  • Zenetta Zepeda - Neuroimaging Analysis for Surgical Intervention in Epilepsy
  • Mandi Burcl - Identifying biomarkers in rheumatoid arthritis-related interstitial lung disease
  • Emma Conroy - The Role of Sleep Timing on Headache and Emotional Health for Adolescent Girls with Chronic Migraine
  • Nhi Nguyen- Determinants of tooth loss in adults at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus dental clinics

Special Session 1 | 10:00 | Learning Commons 2230 (Learning Lab)

  • Nell Roberts - Runaway Art Market: Joana Vasconcelos’s Navigation through Contemporary Public and Private Art Dealings 
  • April Andreasen - Ink My Scars: Psychological and Medical Benefits of Tattoos 
  • Claire Hay- Dancing with Light: Recognizing Formalism in Western American Landscape Photography  
  • Kaitlyn Lafferty -

Poster Session 2 | 11:00-12:30 | Student Wellness Center Gymnasium

  • 2. Brennan Cregan, Cameron Smith, Abigail Gaydos`, Haley Bradley, Ian Garner - Genre Study with "The Hit That Hit Back" 
  • 5. Alexander Kimose, Davina Vetter-Drake, Christopher Probst - B.M.O. - Filmmaking Through Digital Puppetry 
  • E5. Eli Kokesh- Demonstrations of Modular Sound Design Fundamentals Using VCV Rack 2.0 

  • 28. Mustapha Major - Electrophysiological Changes in Deep Brain Structures Following DBS in Patients with Parkinson's Disease 
  • 30. Nadja Brown - Role of the substantia nigra to dorsal lateral striatum circuit in the acquisition and maintenance of voluntary physical is sex-dependent 
  • 31. Tamar Japaridze - Can Early Sensory Brain Activity Predict Individual Eye Movement Behavior? 

  • 33. Alyssa Hohorst, Margaret Price - Estrous cycle modulation of fear extinction and relapse: Role of a substantia nigra-to-dorsolateral striatum pathway 

  • 35. Joey Vigil - Human Health effects of Wildfire smoke ash 

    • 38. Daniela Gonzalez-Rivera - IRAK-M suppresses human melanoma cell invasion through upregulation of novel gene 

  • 39. Nikhitha Kastury - Methods of Senescence Induction in Cardiomyocytes 

  • 41. Xaverine Celia Moneboulou mbazoa - Gut Microbiome and Osteoarthritis in the Knee 

  • 43. Andrew Colson - Synthesizing photodegradable biomaterials to study chronic lung diseases 

  • 69. Hamza Ahmed - Tagging IME4 with a fluorescent protein

  • 45. Madison Leeper, Siley Benischek, Alyssa Brostowitz - Limb development in the Leopard Gecko Eublepharis macularius 
  • 47. Summer Richman - Food Rewards and Risks Experienced by Ravens and Magpies Interacting With Captive Wolves 
  • 49. Cason Haffner - Effects of PFAS exposure on cell-cycle biomarkers in fish 

  • 51. Alyssa Cruz - Bacterial pathogens found near wastewater effluent points studied through high throughput metagenomic sequencing method 

  • 54. Aryana Rodgers, Matthew Sawaged - Secondary structure determination of a random coil peptide 

  • 56. Catherine Aber, Alex Plonski - A Method for Predicting Adverse Drug Reactions of Withdrawn Drugs Using Molecular Docking 

  • 58. Haydee Ramirez - Secondary Structure and Selectivity of RNA Aptamers containing 8-oxoG: Targeting Aminoglycosides 

  • 60. Abigail Chiu - A-SIMA: Advanced Support with Interactive Metabolite Analysis for 2D NMR 

  • 62. Natalie Schultz - Molecular Dynamics and Quantum Chemistry Study of the NarK Antiporter from E.coli 
  • 64. Jae-Hwan Lim - CO2 Reduction on Cystamine Protected Gold Nanoclusters 
  • 66. Alya Sharbaugh - Initial Development of a 3He Neutron Flux Detector for SuperCDMS 
  • 71. Emma Taylor-Westwood - Satisfaction in Pain Management: Roles of Active and Passive Coping, as well as Household Income         

    • 12. Kristine Kohlmeier - Road to the Great Exhibition of 1851 

    • 14. Amanda Taylor - Gender Diversity and Inclusivity in Nursing 

    16. Katelyn Stollsteimer - Does the early bird actually get the worm? A review of time of day effects and individual differences on cognitive tasks 

    • 18. Nicholas Garrick, Karima Shehadeh - Mate-Poaching Behaviors: The Effects on Romantic Relationships and Current Partner Trust 

    20. Tanner Starnes - Preliminary Investigation into the impact of Covid on On-Ground Vaccine Communication 

    • 22. Dylan Kammerzell - An investigation of attentional capture at the fovea 

    • 23. Makayla De La Oliva - Age Differences in Rats When Expressing Social Conditioned Fear or Social Buffering as a Result of Foot Shocks with a Social Cue 

    • 25. Daniella Paradiso, Haley Almeida, Emma Taylor- Westwood, Valeria Bailey, Dustin Goerlitz - Sense of Control Despite Pain: Roles of Opiate Use, Meditation, and Pain Severity. 

    • 26. Haley Almeida, Valeria Hope Bailey, Emma Taylor-Westwood, Daniella Paradiso, Dustin Goerlitz - Severe Chronic Pain Frequency: Roles of Mindfulness, Opiate Use, Depression, and Locus of Control 

    E4. Keira Richards -Cowtown Counterculture: The Colorado Front Range Punk Scene of the Late 1970s 

    • 7. Mirakle Wright - Detecting Semi-Automated Social Media Bots 
    • 9. Sarah Morgan, Timothy Frymire, Muhammad Hussain - Enabling Sleep Staging on Edge Devices 
    • E2. Daniil Arushanov, Kaitlyn Nugent, Cesar Ramirez, Artsiom Skarakhod - aTA (artificial TA): A Closed-Domain Long-Form Question-Answering Chatbot 

     

     

    Oral Presentation Session 2 | 11:30-12:30 | Student Commons Building

    • Sandy Vang - Investigating Antiviral Response of HSV-1 infection in the Olfactory Epithelium 

    • Alexandra Ramirez, Michael Thornton- Defined power limits prevent cellular damage during longitudinal in vivo 3-photon imaging of mouse cortical gray and white matter 

    • Thomas Baker- Relaxation Oscillations in Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices 

    • Molly McCabe - Zoned out 

    • Ricky Abilez- Regulating Facebook: Holding the Social Media Giant Accountable for It's Unprecedented Influence in Our Democracy and Our Lives 

    • Alison Chen - Indigenous Taiwanese Tattoo Traditions: Paiwan 

    • Ashley Ng - Hanfu Resurgence in Modern Society 

    • Deborah Campbell - The Veil of Inclusion: Women in Fashion Magazines 

    • Alexander Rocha - Crooked Night - Student Film 

    HyFlex Poster Session 2 | 11:30-12:00 | Learning Commons 2205 (Broomfield)

    • Adrienne Ellett - FES Cycling: A Remote Control for Paralyzed Legs
    • Jyotshila Dhakal - The Cost of Burn Care in Lower-and-Middle Income Countries
    • Maydha Kumar - Cost of Health Care & Specialty Care Access
    • Dustin Goerlitz - Compassion Cultivation in Acute Migraine Pain Management: Results from a Pilot Study                           

    Special Sessions 2 | 11:00 AM | Learning Commons 2222 (Adams)

    • Kathryn Harris, Judit Bergfalk, Francis Vititoe, Julia Johnston- The Data Behind Dark Matter: Exploring Galactic Rotation 

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