Contents

• Research Posters on the Hill 2007
• Research Posters on the Hill 2006
• Research Posters on the Hill 2005
• Research Posters on the Hill 2004
• Research Posters on the Hill 2003

• F. Ahmed and C. G. Farmer, Department of Biology, Thermo-Regulation in Alligator Mississippiensis
• G. Baird and S. Casjens, Department of Pathology, The Bacteria-Infecting Virus P22 Tail Needle
• M. Beutler and K. Roper, Department pf Biomedical Engineering, Surface Co-localization of Gold Nanoparticles and Oligonucleotides: A Novel Approach to Biosensing
• A. Bucio and A. Doig, College of Nursing, Enhancing Decision Making in the Itensive Care Unit with a Graphical Monitoring Display
• M. Burton and C. Wright, Department of Family and Consumer Studies, Windows into Young Children's Thinking: A Study of Children's Storytelling
• M.Carlisle and D. Strayer, Department of Psychology, Weighing the Reisks and Benefits of Using a Cell Phone While Driving
• G. Dobie and L. Miller, Department of Mathematics, Effects pf Various Angles of Attack on Flow Through Bristled Wings
• E. Franchow and Y. Suchy, Department of Psychology, Brain Injury and Return to Work: Subjective Ratings of Memory Predict Outcome Failures
• A. Gully and K. Golden, Department of Mathematics, The Electromagnetic Behavior of Sea Ice: Helping to Assess the Impact of Global Warming
• A. Hansen and M. Horvath, Department of Biology, DNA-Protein Complexes Hing at the Ancestral Role for the Telomere-capping Protiens
• B. Hansen and A. K. Balaji, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Design of a Neurosurgical Cutting Device
• B.Hatch and M. Howard, Dpartment of Human Genetics, Functional Characterization of a Highly Conserved RNA Structure
• W. Hawkins and R. McDermott, Center for High Performance Computing, An Interactive Polyhedral Model
• L. Hubley and C. Burrows, Department of Chemistry, DNA Damage from the Flood Mutagen Glycidamide: Investigation of Base Adducts
• T. Meacham, and I. Harvey, Department fof Elcectrical Engineering, Initial Characterization and Testing of a Micro-deployable, Silicon-based Iris Structure
• P. Murray and D. Herrin, Department of Family and Consumer Studies, "Mean Girls" Grown Up and the Silenced side of Family Violence
• G. Newman and D. Emery, University Writing Program, ESL Tutoring Protocols Rethinking the Role of the Writing Center
• Y. Nkwen-Tamo and R. Kesner, Department of Psychology, Effects of Inactivation of Perfrontal Cortex and Vetral Hippocampus on Enduring and Retrieval of Memory
• M. Ogilivie and P. Flynn, Department of Chemistry, Properties of Encapsulated Protiens in Reverse Micelles
• O. Olafsson and B. Greger, Department of BioMedical Engineering and Opthalmogy, Developing a Neural Prosthesis for Restoring Vision in Profoundly Blind Patients
• K. Osborn and E. Jorgensen, Department of Biology, Molecular Events at Brain Synapses: Does Syntaxin Form a Rosette?
• M. Palionyte, B. McDonald, B. Duncan, J. Cahoon, and J. D. Symons, College of Health, The Contribution from Ceramide to Vascular Dysfuction in Diet-induced Obesity
• E. Patterson and D. Strayer, Department of Psychology, Brains and Chips: A System for Analyzing Imagery
• S. Price and J. DiSario, Department of Gastroenterology, Balloon Sweeping for Suspected Bile Duct Stones With Normal Cholangiography
• E. Ribble and P. Shirly, School of Computing, Proceedural Generation: Computers Generating Art
• P. Slusser and A. Tiwari, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ZnO/LSMO Superlattice Structers for Ultra-low-field Magnetic-sensing Devices
• N. Smith and J. Freire, Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute and School of Computing, VisTrails for Interactive Multiple-View Visualizations
• A. Subbiah and A. Letsou, Department of Human Genetics, The CG9109 Gene Product Functions in Dorsal Closure
• G. Tran and R. Kesner, Department of Psychology, The Role of the Hippocampus Outputs via the Dorsal Fornix for Spatial Memory
• L. Verzella and C. D. Whiteman, Department of Meteorology, Identification and Understanding of Wasatch Frong Canyons Air Outflow
• N. Vu and N. Moghal, Department of Oncological Sciences, An In Vitro System for the Growth and Differentiation of Normal Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells
• S. Waltman and A. Fogel, Department of Psychology, Engendering Change in Non-verbal Adults with Autism
• Z. Warnock and R. Whitaker, Bioengineering, Scientific Cumputing & Imaging and School of Computing, Microscopic Computed Tomographic Analysis of Phenotypic Defects in Mice with Tragedted Disruption of the Hox-d11 Gene

• J. Alvord and K. Albertine, Department of Pediatrics, Neuronal Death Occurs in the Brain of Preterm Lambs Managed by Conventional Ventilation for 3 Days
• J. Balzotti and A. Y. Kinney, Department of English and School of Medicine, Intervention Stategies to Reduce Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Surveillance among Members of Familial
• A. Bowen and C. Ownby, Department of Undergraduate Studies, Musical Protest and the Downfall of Aparthied South Africa
• J. Brainthwaite and R. Rabbitt, Department of Bioengineering, Flow Cytometry on a Chip: Electric Field Analysis
• P. Catlin, B. Green, and G. Bulai, Department of Biology, Naturally Occuring Conotoxin for Therapeutic Use in Humans
• W. Chatwin, D. Richerson, and M. Senbel, Department of Undergraduate Studies, Materials Science & Engineering, and College of Architecture + Planning, Recycling at the University of Utah.
• R. Clarke and B. Uchino, Department of Pychology, Qualitative Differences of Ambivalent and Supportive Relationships.
• V. Dokukin and E. Hegg, Department of Chemistry, Chemical Synthesis of Acetyl Coenzyme A Synthase Active Site
• S. Elliot and A. Moon, Department of Pediatrics, Studying Cardivascular Development in Mice That Mimic Human DiGeorge's Syndrome
• M. Endo and L. Ellington, College of Nursing, Genetic Counselor Response to Patient Concerns
• I. Erickson and M. Massey, Department of Bioengineering and Department of Surgery, Adult Stem Cells Derived from Adipose Tissue Crypreserved using Hyaluronan
• M. Forsman and M. Pasupathi, Department of Psychology, Acknowledgement vs. Non-Acknowledgement of Crises: Using Conventional Interviews to Study Defense Mechanisms of Difficult Events in Individual Lives
• W. Gardiner, M. Fetzer, and K. Martinez, Department of Art & Art History, Community Mural Project
• S. Gleason and M. Metzger, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dynamic Response of a Drag Plate for Atmospheric Turbulent Measurements
• A. Healy and J. Long, Department of Bioengineering and Utah Artificial Heart Program at LDS Hospital, Predictors of Long-Term Survival in Destination Therapy Left Vetrical Assist Devices Patients
• E. Healy and J. D. Symons, College of Health and School of Medicine, Corinary Arteries from Mice with Crdiac-Selective Deletion of the Insulin Receptor (CIRKO) are Resistang to Dysfunction Evoked by Pressure Overload.
• M. Hedberg and J. Matherall, Department of Chemistry and The Eccles Inistitute of Human Genetics, Inherited Defects in the Biosynthesis of Cholesterol Leading to Mental and Physical Retardation in Utah
• M. Hukill and J. Shumaker-Parry, Department of Chemistry, Fabrication and Characterization of Irregularly-Shaped Gold Nanoparticles for use as Biosensors
• B. Jacobson and J. Andrade, Department of Bioengineering, An Inexpensive CCD Camera To Aquire Integrated Images of Bioluminescent Reactions
• S. Kellis and R. Brown, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Energy-Per-Instruction Simulations for a Complex Microcontroller in a Cochlear Microsystem
• S. Lee and K. Flanigan, Department of Human Genetics, A Novel Gene Mutaion Associated with Leigh Syndrome and Optic Atrophy
• A. Mayai and R. Utz, Department of Sociology, Living With War Aftermaths: Experience and The Health of The Lost Boys of Sudan
• K. McDermaid and D. Pendell, Department of Art and Art History, Hummanity: The Earth and Art
• W. McKean and A. Letsou, Department of Human Genetics, Using Chick as a Model Organism in Understanding Neural Tube Closure
• M. Morris and K. Golden, Department of Mathematics, A Network Model for Fluid Transport Through Sea Ice
• C. Nelson and J. Long, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Utah Artificial Heart Program at LDS Hospital, First-Time Use of Driving Eligibility Study to Safely Improve Quality of Life for LVAD Patients
• B. Olsen and C. Berg, Department of Psychology, Mother-Child Similarity In Illness Representations And Adjustment To Type 1 Diabetes
• L. Olsen and J. Diggle, Department of Art and Art History, Salt Lake City Woodcuts
• J. Sabula and P. Emmi, College of Architecture + Planning, Does Public Support of Urban Growth Pay Its Own Way?
• E. Sahm, M. Davis, and E. Petersen, Department of Geology, WEST (Water, the Environment, Science, & Teaching): Implementing Inquiry-based Learning in K-12 Classrooms
• D. Stevenson and J. Miller, Department of Psychiatry, Severity and Verbal Distinctions of Autism from Birth (Non-Regressive) vs. Autism with Age On-Set After Birth (Regressive)
• M. Taylor and A. Mooney, School of Computing and College of Architecture + Planning, The Epiphany System: An interdisciplinary collaboration between computer science and architecture
• K. Willis and M. Francey, College of Fine Arts and Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Visual Forms of the Kuba Kingdom as Expressions of Culture
• J. Wood and S. Mascaro, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Human Finger Muscle-Tendon System Simulation for Robotics

• Daniel Adams, Department of Education and Psychology, and Peter T. Martin, Department of Civil Engineering, The Role of Computer Networking and Information Technology in the Utah Traffic Lab
• David Adams and Kang Zhang, Department of Ophthalmology, Novel mutations in FZD4 with Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy
• Joseph Atkin and Dale H. Clayton, Department of Biology, Head Lice: A Growing Epidemic
• David Balkcom, Department of Biology, and Susan K. Stroud, Department of Surgery, Increasing Support and Willingness for Organ Donation within a Hispanic Community: More Strategic Interventions
• Brydger Cauch, Andrew Fry, Geoff Silcox, and JoAnn Lighty, Department of Chemical Engineering, Mercury Oxidation in Coal-Fired Combustion Systems
• George Chaus, Behzad Khodaverdian, and Eric L. Hegg, Department of Chemistry, Mutagenic Studies of Heme A Synthase
• Mica Christensen, John Churchwell, and Raymond Kesner, Department of Psychology, The Role of the Prefrontal Cortex and Amygdala in Trace and Contextual Fear Conditioning
• Victoria Clougherty, Department of Biology, Gary Schoenwolf, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, and Anthea Letsou, Department of Human Genetics, Molecular Characterization of Vertebrate Neurulation
• Anoush Emrazian, Brent Bisgrove, Brian Snarr, and H. Joseph Yost, Huntsman Cancer Institute Center for Children, Department of Oncological Sciences, Internal Asymmetry in Vertebrates: Polaris and Polycystin-2 in Kupffer's Vessicle and the Left-Right Axis in Zebrafish
• Thomas Evans and Cynthia Furse, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wireless Site Assessment and Evaluation within a Multipath Environment in Aircraft Structures
• Charles Fisher, Danielle Putz, Mark Minor, and Stephen Jacobsen, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics & Robotics in College of Engineering
• Richard Gates, Matthew C. Webster, Brian C. Dunn, Paul, and Edward M. Eyring, Department of Chemistry, Diesel Fuel from Almost Nothing
• Mark Gurling, James C. Jenkin, and Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, School of Medicine, Testing Cell Transplantation Methods in the Planarian Schmidtea mediterranea
• Lisa Hadley, Department of English, and Peter T. Martin, Department of Civil Engineering, Improving the Grammar and Organization of Research Papers in the Utah Traffic Lab
• Luke Hanley and Monisha Pasupathi, Department of Psychology, Wisdom That Comes With Age: Patterns Between SCC, Age and Integration of Agency and Communion
• Mark S. Hansen, Charles Keller, Mario R. Capecchi, Department of Pediatrics, Generation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells for Time-and Tissue-Specific Cre Transgene Expression in Living Mice
• Lindsey Healey, Greg Jones, and Douglas Brockmeyer, SCI Institute, and Samuel R. Browd, Primary Children's Medical Center, CT Image Segmentation and 3-D Reconstruction for Evaluation of Occipital-Cervical Instability in Children
• Andrew Hemmert, Roaul Nelson and Bellamkonda Kishore, Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics and Physiology, Nephrology Research, VA Medical Center, A Novel Regulatory Mechanism of Water Homeostasis by P₂Y₂ Receptor in the Kidneys of Hydrated & Dehydrated Rats
• Jeffrey Johnson, D. Wade Daniels, Colby Dobson, Daniel Glegg, and J. David Symons, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, and Rhett Crapo and Jarem Lloyd, Weber State University, Coronary Vascular Function in Insulin Receptor-Deficient Mice
• Kaitlyn Le, Mary A. Logan, and Monica Vetter, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Investigating Neuronal Differentiation Involving a Novel Xenopus laevis Gene Loss-of-Function Analysis
• Melissa Maestas and John N. Matthews, Department of Physics, High Resolution Fly's Eye Experiment: Cosmic Ray Research in Utah
• Grant Myers, Department of Bioengineering, and Joel Harris, Department of Chemistry, Novel Assay of Phospholipase A2 Enzymatic Activity using Electrospray-Mass Spectrometry
• Adam Nelson and Wayne K. Potts, Department of Biology, Does Experimental Removal of Sexual Selection Effect Offspring Quality?
• Blake Newman, Department of Bioengineering, and M. Wayne Davis and Erik Jorgensen, Department of Biology, Ballistic introduction of DNA into the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans: gene integration and germ line expression
• Michael Newton and Henry S. White, Department of Chemistry, Molecular Diffusion in an Opal Modified Electrode
• Hoa X. Phan and Sandra Marsh, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Utah and Health Sciences Leap Program, Medically Underserved at the Hartland Apartments
• Josh Plant and Dave Gard, Department of Biology, Microtubule Associated Proteins (MAPS) are Required for Amphibian Development
• Louise Saw, Jaimie Van Norman, and Leslie Sieburth, Department of Biology, Identifying Genes That Control Plant Development
• Duane Schonlau, Charles Keller, and Mario Cappechi, Department of Pediatrics, Creating a Working Model of a Childhood Cancer
• Trina Sudweeks, Kara Stowers, and Keith Roper, Department of Chemical Engineering, Photovoltaic Hydrogen Production Prototype
• Judy Vu and Anthea Letsou, Department of Human Genetics, Using Robots to Assay for Gene Expression in Morphogenesis of Drosophila melanogaster Embryos

• Daniel Allen and Dave Kieda, Department of Physics, Development of Next Generation Gamma-Ray Observatories
• Elspeth Allen and Richard Price, Department of Physics, Towards Resolving the Price Tail Controversy
• Shadi Ashrafi and Roy Bloebaum, Department of Orthopedics, Comparative Measurements of Oxidation in Highly Crosslinked and Conventional Acetabular Liners
• Aubrey Chan and Erik Jorgensen, Department of Bioengineering and Biology, A New Method of Gene Targetting
• Marie Clougherty and Anthea Letsou, Department of Genetics, Searching for the Location of the Dorsal-Open Group Gene mmy in the Fruit Fly
• Stefanie Joos Dykes and Justin Diggle, Department of Art & History, Printmaking: "Sagebrush to Steel"
• Sarah Farney and Ed Trujillo, Department of Chemical & Fuels Engineering, Temperature Effects during Humidity Cell Testing of Mining Waste Rock
• Niki Florence and Bonnie Punske, Institute of Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, Optical Mapping of Electrical Activity in Mouse Hearts
• Sanaz Ghaffarian and Wesley Sundquist, Department of Biochemistry, Mapping the Interactions of the Human ESCRT-I Complex Associated with HIV Budding
• Elijah Gregory, Thomas Cheatham, and Julio Facelli, Department of Medicinal Chemistry & Center for High Performance Computing, Data Mining Atomic Motions from Computer Simulations of Nucleic Acids
• Alison Hatt and Zeev V. Vardeny, Department of Physics, Fabrication of Synthetic Opal Photonic Crystals for Optical Applications in the Visible Spectral Range
• Mark Hayes and Sam Drake, Department of Mechanical Engineering & School of Computing, Real World Engineering to Design, Fabricate, and Compete with a Small Formula-Style Race Car
• Amy Heaton and Ken Golden, Department of Mathematics Fluid Transport Through Sea Ice
• Greg Hill and Cynthia Furse, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Handheld Fault Location Systems for Aging Aircraft Wiring
• Lan Hoang and Raymond Kesner, Department of Psychology, Short-term Memory Effects from the Hippocampus and Media Caudate Nucleus Regions of the Brain
• Harmony Hofstetter and Julio Bermudez, Graduate School of Architecture, Voluntary Architectural Simplicity
• Sara Hogan, Colleen Hegg, and Mary Lucero, Department of Psychology, Visualization of ATP in End Foot Processes of Sustentacular Cells in Mouse Olfactory Epithelium
• Tom Johnson and Steven Parker, School of Computing, Adaptive Temporal Tone Reproduction
• Bretni Kennon and Joel Miller, Department of Chemistry, Polymeric Magnets
• Kirston Lang and Edward Levine, Department of Opthalmology & Visual Sciences, Development of Stem Cells in the Eye
• Robert Lovejoy and Reid Harrison, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, A Low-Power ADC for Biomedical Applications: Milestone 3
• Shelbie Merrill and Cynthia Furse with Agilent Technologies, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, The Talk Time of Cellular Telephone
• Blake Niederhauser and Raoul Nelson, Department of Physics, Thirsty? What Your Body Does in Response
• Shawn Olsen and Erik Jorgensen, Department of Biology, Screen for Genes Involved in Brain Function
• Annalisa Pace and JoAnn Lighty, Department of Chemical & Fuel Engineering, Electrospray Technology for Use in Feeding Liquid Fuel into a Flame
• Teisha Shiozaki and Paul Florsheim, Department of Psychology, Adolescent Substance Abuse: Can Personality Predict the Craving Experience?
• Andrew Stevens, Bryon Wright, and Vladimir Hlady, Department of Bioengineering, Measuring Protein Mobility in Contact-Lens Type Materials Using Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
• Tiffany Trinh, Mary Nelson, and Barbara Graves, Department of Oncological Sciences, Gene Expression Goes Awry in Cancer
• Eric Tuday and Ken Horch, Department of Gioengineering, Magnetic Stimulation of Peripheral Nerves
• Tracy Zundel and Katharine Ullman, Department of Oncological Sciences, Genetic Engineering Tools for Understanding Complex Biological Systems

• Angela Allred, T. Dance, D. Pataki, J. R. Ehleringer, Department of Biology, Monitoring Carbon Dioxide in the Salt Lake Valley
• J. Balling, C. R. Johnson, School of Computing, Brain Visualization of Facial Recognition MRI Data
• A. Brown, T. De Raedt, Department of Language & Literature, Visual Representation of Africans in 18th & 19th Century Art & Literature in England & France
• J. Dazley, C. Farmer, Department of Biology, Structure & Function of the Esophagus in the American Alligator
• B. Didericksen, J. M. Bartley, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Petrographic Study of the Emplacement of the Alta Stock, Brighton, Utah
• P. S. Evans, Z. M. Djurisics, E. G. Eddings, Department of Chemical and Fuels Engineering, Understanding the Formation of Air Pollutants Through Kinetic Pathway Analysis
• M. Farnworth, J. Louie, Department of Chemistry, Carbon Dioxide as a Carbon Source
• J. Fillmore, J. Lokvam*, J. Sims, J. Lee*, E. W. Schmidt, Department of Medicinal Chemsitry, *Department of Biology, Biosynthesis of Natural Athimicrobials from Plants: Benzophenone Synthase
• A. Gold, R. P. Kesner, Department of Psychology, The Role of the Hippocampus in Spatial Pattern Completion
• M. A. Hatch, S. A. Novak, Department of Anthropology, A Comparison of Microwear Analysis & Stable Carbon Isotopes to Reconstruct Prehistoric Fremont Indian Subsistence
• E. Jacques, M. Bastiani, Department of Biology, Temporal Neuronal Development of the Nematode C. Elegans
• R. Keetch, P. Romero, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Design of High-Preformance Concrete to Build a Concrete Canoe
• A. Vance, J. Mayne, A. Klinker, D. K. Roper, Department of Chemical & Fuel Engineering, Gene Therapy by Preparing Advenovirus Vectors
• A. Larson, P. B. Bhosale, J. E. A. Warner, P. S. Bernstein, Moran Eye Center, Vitamin A and Protien Analysis in Cerebrospinal Fluid
• M. Li, M. Dahl, K. H. Albertine, Department of Pediatrics, Premature Lambs With Chronic Lung Disease Have Decreased Fetal Liver Kinase-1 Protien
• D. Macias, J. B. Dubow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Optical Diagnostic Probe for Combinational Screening
• S. Peddicord, K. C. Chen, P. M. Ligrani, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Effects of Surface Conduction on Rib Turnulators
• B. Perkins, J. C. Klewicki, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Wall Pressure Measurements at High Reynolds Number
• A. Phillips, G. Guevara, Department of Language & Literature, 'Spanglish' as a Hybrid Language: an approach in Cyberspace
• S. Pyper, M. Horvath, Department of Biology, Like Tying Your Shoe: Telomore End Binding Protien
• D. Ramachandran, P. J. Smith, Department of Chemical and Fuels Engineering, Performance Analysis of Large-scale Fire Simulations
• V. Rapp, D. Shrivastava & R. B. Roemer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, An Allometric Relationship Between Resting Metabolism & Body Mass
• M. J. Sanderson, J. K. Olson, D. L. Lipschitz, W. C. Michel, Department of Physiology, The Zebrafish Olfactory System with a Novel Transduction Pathway for Polyamines
• J. Simpson, E. Luke, R. Coffey, K. Balling, A. Sanderson, School of Comuting, Collaborative Remote Visualization
• P. Walker, M. Smith, K. Broadie, Department of Biology, Molecular and Functional Charecterization of SCAPMP in the Drosophila Nervous System
• H. Workman, S. S. David, Department of Chemistry, The Role of DNA Repair Enzymes in Cancer Prevention
• D. Yeates, J. P. Spinti, P. J. Smith, Department of Chemical and Fuels Engineering, Modeling Complex Combustion Chemistry