18th Annual Research Symposium Program

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONSJuly 30–31, 2013

8:30a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Corwin Pavilion

UC Santa Barbara University Center

POSTER PRESENTATIONSJuly 31, 2013

5:00 - 6:00 p.m.Corwin Pavilion Courtyard

UC Santa Barbara University Center

http://summer.ucsb.edu/rmp

THE RESEARCH MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

cordial ly invites you to attend the

S!ho"a#ship LuncheonThursday, August 1 , 2013

11 : 30 a .m.

THE FACULTY CLUBUC Santa Barbara

RSVP by July 25 to hallie.anderson@ia.ucsb.edu

or call (805) 893-4337

Please advise us of any needed accommodations

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The UCSB Summer Research Mentorship Program invites high achieving and scholastically accomplished high school students from all over

the world to participate in challenging and hands-on interdisciplinary research for six weeks under the

guidance of a UCSB research mentor.

This experience provides students the kind of academic and first-hand research exposure that

leads to more exceptional academic achievement in higher education.

UC SANTA BARBARA SUMMER 2013

Research Mentorship Program

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RMP RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

8:30am Opening RemarksLina Kim, Director of the Research Mentorship program

8:36am Jesse Rex LedesmaEffects of Cabazitaxel on Cell Cycle Progression and Viability of MCF7 Breast Cancer Cells in the Presence of Verapamil

8:48am Danise AuVerapamil Increases the Anticancer Action of the Microtubule Targeting Drug Docetaxel in MCF7 Breast Cancer Cells

9:00am Vivian YangThe Effects of Climate on Vector Dynamics and Lyme Disease Incidence in California

9:12am Jose GuerreroImpact of Human Behavior on Lyme Disease Epidemiology in California

9:24am Pooja BelurAxon Guidance Genes Are Expressed During Early Development in Ciona intestinalis

9:36am Daniel SutoVisualizing the Effects of Localized Heat on Rayleigh-Bénard Convection

9:48am Jonathan AlemanFame Accrual: Does the home run really matter?

10:00am Eli HanoverAddressing Fame: Is Marginal Profit the Sole Contributor to Worker Fame?

10:12am Connor StephensonThe Neural Correlates of Hypothesis Formation and Evaluation

10:24am Vijaya DasariTesting the Bayesian Model of Hypothesis Evaluation

10:36am Richard UmChlorophyll Concentrations Affecting the Brown Rockfish Population

10:48am Sam GershoGPU Computing for Neural Populations

11:00am Refreshment BreakCorwin Pavilion

11:12am Yingli SiehSelf-Expansion, Mimicry and Responsiveness in Close Relationships

11:24am Adarsh NelloreOptical Projection Tomography for Zebrafish Vasculogenesis

11:36am Michelle ChenBuilding a Model to Study the Role of Caspase in the Basic Biology of Polycystin-1

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RMP RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

11:48am Ryan O’GormanInvestigating Patterns in Stromatolite Laminae From the ~52 MA Tipton member of the Green River Formation

12:00pm Hser PoeThe Lamination of Stromatolites from the ~50 Million-year-old LaClede Bed, Laney Member, Green River Formation, Wyoming

12:12pm Lunch BreakOn Your Own

1:00pm Andrew MilichDesign and Experimental Simulation of a Laser Ablation System for Planetary Defense

1:12pm Jane WuComputational Simulations of Laser-Asteroid Interactions for Planetary Defense

1:24pm Aidan HerderscheeComputer Modeling and Simulation of a Cosmic Microwave Background Telescope

1:36pm Brenna JoeSpace Based and Airborne Lightweight Adaptive Structures

1:48pm Mitchell OlesonHigh-Powered Laser Asteroid Ablation

2:00pm Adam DaiTerahertz Telescope for the Study of Solar Flares

2:12pm Ryan LimComputer Map Making of the Milky Way Galaxy at Radio Frequencies

2:24pm Carly LarssonInvestigations into The Canonical Wnt Pathway and its Role in Establishing Embryonic Axial Polarity in the Model Organism Botryllus schlosseri

2:36pm Refreshment BreakCorwin Pavilion

3:00pm Mark RaphaelMethacrylic Underwater Adhesives Inspired by Mussels

3:12pm Emerson PizzinatInvestigation of the cleaved C- terminal tail of polycystin-1 and its influence on the development of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

3:24pm Victor BakaiInvestigation of the Cleaved C-terminal Tail of Polycystin-1 and it's Influence on the Development of ADPKD

3:36pm Thuy Langrill-MilesA Change of Heart: Outlooks on Gender Variant Youth, Past and Present

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RMP RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

3:48pm Haley NiehImproving Social Behavior in Children With ASD via Priming

4:00pm Enrique Jacobo-GonzalezImproving Socialization in Children With ASD Through the Buddy System

4:12pm Colin GleasonEffects of Physical Properties of Polymer Solutions on Spurt Phenomenon

4:24pm Ikaasa SuriExamining the Behaviors of Non-Newtonian Fluids Under Different Types of Stress

4:36pm Haley HansonYellow Fever vs. the Antebellum South

4:48pm John Christian LiangGeneralizing the Bell/CHSH Inequality to Higher Dimensional Quantum States

5:00pm Closing RemarksLina Kim, Director of the Research Mentorship program

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

8:30am Opening RemarksLina Kim, Director of the Research Mentorship program

8:36am Alexandra WenGenome Size Evolution of the Class Ostracoda

8:48am Abigail ChuaHabitat Selection Through the Eyes of Euphilomedes morini

9:00am Mitzy-Sarahi PerezFrom Voices to Faces: The Transition From Radio to Social Media use Within Latino Immigrants

9:12am Flavia CerecedaThe Hinojosa Story: A Family's Oral History Recollections of Early 1900s Mexican Banishments

9:24am Christabel ChanIdentifying the Gene(s) that Allow Tigriopus californicus to Survive Under Thermal Stress

9:36am Andrew HongDifferential Gene Expression in Glowing Squid Underlies Convergence in the Photophores.

9:48am Brian SuDetecting IgA and pIgR in Mouse and Human Samples

10:00am Nikolas VictoriaInvestigating IgG versus IgA Monoclonal Antibody Therapy for Treatment of ADPKD

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RMP RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

10:12am Erica KeaneStem Cells as a Model for Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Characterization of Patient Specific iPSCs

10:24am Loren BelardesThe Ethics of Targeted Killings

10:36am Alexis RoblesThe American Framework for Targeted Killings

10:48am Enzo Casabianca LaterzaJoystick Warfare: Classifying Terrorism

11:00am Refreshment BreakCorwin Pavilion

11:12am Smita KanjanapasUnderwater Acrylic Adhesives Inspired by Mussels

11:24am Patrick KimA Curriculum for Computational Thinking for the Next Generation

11:36am Travis BrashearsUsing a Finite Element Model to Analyze the Displacement Due to Vibrations in a Cantilever Beam

11:48am Yuxuan Carl QiCondition Effects on the Survival Rate of Brown Rockfish

12:00pm Natalie TorresGarvey and the KKK: How One Meeting Sparked the Decline of the Largest Black Mass Movement in World History

12:12pm Lunch BreakOn Your Own

1:00pm Onur TunaMathematica Experiments on Edwards Elliptic Curves

1:12pm Owen MendroAre Oceans Changing?

1:24pm Ishani GangulyThe Flow of Ocean Chemistry

1:36pm Rachel SchellingRise of the Robourchins

1:48pm Ian TaiImplementation of Cache Hierarchy in a Modern Processor Using Verilog

2:00pm Kevin MacThe war of 1812 and how it Benefited the United States

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RMP RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

2:12pm Sarah KangVariances in Ulva Algae Growth in Response to Press vs. Pulse Nutrient Additions

2:24pm Eric TawCommunity Assembly, Niche Complementarity, and Niche Overlap: Relationship to Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function

2:36pm Emily MaccabeeThe Ideal Amount of Time, temperature, and Type of Light That Lure Two Parasitic Species out of Cerithidea Californica Snails

2:48pm Refreshment BreakCorwin Pavilion

3:00pm Isabela ChangThe Art of Enticing Parasites out of Marine Snails (Cerithidea californica) Using Environmental Conditions: Temperature, Ph, and Salinity

3:12pm Christina TebbeThe Effects of Neural Stem Cell Ablation and Restraint Stress on Behaviors Relevant to Animal Models of Neuropsychiatric Disease

3:24pm Charlotte HaywardThe Effects of Prenatal Glucocorticoid Administration on the Neural Stem Cell System and Prepulse Inhibition

3:36pm Anthony LarinSmart Growth and Transportation; Case Studies in California and Oregon Cities

3:48pm Ami ThakrarIdentification of new Function of Gene CED-4 in Embryogenesis in C. Elegans

4:00pm Dan RomanIdentification of New Cell-Cycle Regulators in C.elegans

4:12pm Noe OntiverosFrom the Sidelines to the Spotlight

4:24pm Luciano SantollaniAdsorption Behavior of Polymers on Cationic Surfactants

4:36pm Russell ShenBuilding and Testing a High Performance Adder Using LVS Technology

4:48pm Closing RemarksLina Kim, Director of the Research Mentorship program

5:00pm RMP Poster SymposiumCorwin Pavilion Courtyard

6:00pm End of RMP Symposium