Presentations: starting 10:30AM on Wednesday, February 14th 2024
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Sortable Table of 2024 Presenters:
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2024 Abstract Booklet: (download)
| Session | Poster # | School | Subject / Dept. | Student | Hometown | State | Country | Poster Title | Funding | Faculty Mentor |
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| 10:30AM | 1 | Ouachita Baptist University | Biology | Mikayla Long | Malvern | Arkansas | USA | Quantification of Gordonia terrae Bacteriophages using Lysate qPCR | NSF DBI Biology Integration Institute (BII) grant (award no. 2119968; PI-Ceballos); JD Patterson Summer Research Grant | Ruth Plymale |
| 10:30AM | 2 | Ouachita Baptist University | Nutrition and Dietetics | Madison Lovell | Fayetteville | Arkansas | USA | Nutrition Assessment of Preschool and School-Aged Children | JD Patterson Summer Research Grant | Detri Brech |
| 10:30AM | 2 | Ouachita Baptist University | Nutrition and Dietetics | Brooklin Pitard | El Dorado | Arkansas | USA | Nutrition Assessment of Preschool and School-Aged Children | JD Patterson Summer Research Grant | Detri Brech |
| 10:30AM | 3 | Ouachita Baptist University | Biology | Trace Morrow | Bernice | Louisiana | USA | Proliferation and Oxygen Production of Arthrospira platensis in Varying Light Intensities | JD Patterson School of Natural Science | Jim Taylor |
| 10:30AM | 3 | Ouachita Baptist University | Biology | Lawrence Davis IV | Little Rock | Arkansas | USA | Proliferation and Oxygen Production of Arthrospira platensis in Varying Light Intensities | JD Patterson School of Natural Science | Jim Taylor |
| 10:30AM | 4 | University of Arkansas - Fayetteville | Computer Science, Engineering | Jack Norris | Rogers | Arkansas | USA | Enhancing the Resilience and Security of Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) Networks in Energy Systems Using P4 Programmable Networks | State Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF); UARK Honors College Research Grant | Kevin Jin |
| 10:30AM | 5 | University of Arkansas - Fayetteville | Engineering | Jackson Marsh | Wynne | Arkansas | USA | Advanced Acoustic Sensing for Thermal Fault Detection in Electronics Cooling | UARK Honors College Research Grant | Han Hu |
| 10:30AM | 5 | University of Arkansas - Fayetteville | Engineering | Stephen Pierson | Fayetteville | Arkansas | USA | Advanced Acoustic Sensing for Thermal Fault Detection in Electronics Cooling | UARK Honors College Research Grant | Han Hu |
| 10:30AM | 6 | University of Arkansas - Fayetteville | Chemistry | James Batey | Farmington | Arkansas | USA | Hyperspectral Imaging of Plasmonic Nanoparticles with Ultrahigh-Throughput | UARK Honors College Research Grant | Bin Dong |
| 10:30AM | 7 | University of Arkansas - Fayetteville | Engineering | Shae Threlfall | Springdale | Arkansas | USA | Advancing Energy Efficiency: Miniature Conveyor Development for Testing Innovative Low-Friction Coatings | NSF REU grant; NSF faculty research grant | Min Zou |
| 10:30AM | 8 | University of Arkansas - Fayetteville | Physics | Eric Seglem | Jonesboro | Arkansas | USA | Photon Number and Waiting-time Distributions for Superposed States of Light | UARK Honors College Research Grant | Reeta Vyas |
| 10:30AM | 9 | University of Arkansas - Fayetteville | Environmental Science, Crop Science | Colten Nichols | Van Buren | Arkansas | USA | Biochemical and Gene Expression Analyses Reveal the Importance of UDP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase in the Utilization of Storage Starch for Seedling Growth in Rice | UARK Honors College Research Grant | Vibha Srivastava |
| 10:30AM | 10 | University of Arkansas - Fayetteville | Engineering | Jared Noel | Paragould | Arkansas | USA | Fabrication of Mechanically Reinforced and Physicochemically Tuned Polycaprolactone/Cellulose Nanocrystal Scaffolds for Cardiovascular Disease | Jin-Woo Kim | |
| 10:30AM | 10 | University of Arkansas - Fayetteville | Engineering | Taylor Norris | Rogers | Arkansas | USA | Fabrication of Mechanically Reinforced and Physicochemically Tuned Polycaprolactone/Cellulose Nanocrystal Scaffolds for Cardiovascular Disease | Jin-Woo Kim | |
| 10:30AM | 11 | University of Arkansas - Monticello | Biology | Alexandra Barnett | Monticello | Arkansas | USA | In vitro establishment and micropropagation of Ipomoea batatas an Arkansas relevant crop to establish a genomic library for the detection of pathogens. | Arturo Ferrer | |
| 10:30AM | 11 | University of Arkansas - Monticello | Biology | Pricila Tinajero | Monticello | Arkansas | USA | In vitro establishment and micropropagation of Ipomoea batatas an Arkansas relevant crop to establish a genomic library for the detection of pathogens. | Arturo Ferrer | |
| 10:30AM | 12 | University of Arkansas - Monticello | Biology, Chemistry | Emily Esquivel | Monticello | Arkansas | USA | Computational Study of CDC42 Inhibitors for Therapeutic Interventions in Triple Negative Breast Cancer | University of Arkansas at Monticello | Djamali Muhoza |
| 10:30AM | 12 | University of Arkansas - Monticello | Biology, Chemistry | Ross Hunter | Monticello | Arkansas | USA | Computational Study of CDC42 Inhibitors for Therapeutic Interventions in Triple Negative Breast Cancer | University of Arkansas at Monticello | Djamali Muhoza |
| 10:30AM | 13 | Arkansas State University | Biology, Chemistry | Brilee Petty | Humboldt | Tennessee | USA | Ascorbate Content Dynamics in Rice Under High Night Temperature (HNT) Stress | Arkansas Biosciences Institute (ABI) at Arkansas State University | Argelia Lorence |
| 10:30AM | 14 | Arkansas State University | Biology | Salma Abdel-Karim | Jonesboro | Arkansas | USA | Anticancer Potential of Pigeon Pea Isoflavones in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer | Arkansas Biosciences Institute and Arkansas Research Alliance | Fabricio Medina-Bolivar |
| 10:30AM | 14 | Arkansas State University | Biology | Gaurav Gajurel | Kathmandu | Bagmati | Nepal | Anticancer Potential of Pigeon Pea Isoflavones in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer | Arkansas Biosciences Institute and Arkansas Research Alliance | Fabricio Medina-Bolivar |
| 10:30AM | 15 | Arkansas State University | Biology | Sangam Chudal | Nepal | Studying Bypass of Essential Genes in the Dental Caries Pathogen Streptococcus Mutans | Arkansas INBRE; NIH/NIGMS; Arkansas State University | Robert C. Shields | ||
| 10:30AM | 16 | University of Central Arkansas | Psychology | Mei Ishimura | Sapporo | Hokkaido | Japan | Existential Risk Judgments: A Cross-Cultural Comparison | Vincent A. Medina | |
| 10:30AM | 17 | University of Central Arkansas | Psychology | Mackenzie L. Criner | Cabot | Arkansas | USA | Individual Difference Predictors of Existential Risk Judgments | Vincent A. Medina | |
| 10:30AM | 18 | Arkansas Tech University | Computer Science | Rahanuma Tarannum | Arkansas | Arkansas | USA | Occluded Traffic Sign Detection with YOLOV3 | Tolga Ensari | |
| 10:30AM | 19 | Arkansas Tech University | Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering | Mizanur Rahman | Marion | Arkansas | USA | Classification and Segmentation of Material Microstructures Images Using Machine Learning | Mehmet Halidun Kelestemur, Soheil Saedi, Tolga Ensari | |
| 10:30AM | 20 | Arkansas Tech University | Computer Science | Margaret Corbett-Strain | Rose Bud | Arkansas | USA | Neuromorphic Computing for Data Compression | Tolga Ensari, Berk Ustundag | |
| 10:30AM | 21 | Arkansas Tech University | Computer Science | Sijan Panday | Euless | Texas | USA | Optimizing Campus Chat-bot Experience: Integrating Large Language Model (LLM) into University AI Assistants | Arkansas Tech University Undergraduate Research Study | Robin Ghosh |
| 10:30AM | 21 | Arkansas Tech University | Computer Science | Clayton Jensen | Clarksville | Arkansas | USA | Optimizing Campus Chat-bot Experience: Integrating Large Language Model (LLM) into University AI Assistants | Arkansas Tech University Undergraduate Research Study | Robin Ghosh |
| 10:30AM | 21 | Arkansas Tech University | Computer Science | Zurab Sabakhtarishvili | Tbilisi | Georgia | Optimizing Campus Chat-bot Experience: Integrating Large Language Model (LLM) into University AI Assistants | Arkansas Tech University Undergraduate Research Study | Robin Ghosh | |
| 10:30AM | 22 | Arkansas Tech University | Computer Science, Computer Vision | Timothy Cary Johnson | Russellville | Arkansas | USA | Wildfire Fighting Drone Project | Bhaskar Ghosh | |
| 10:30AM | 22 | Arkansas Tech University | Computer Science, Computer Vision | Derek Thompson | Greenbrier | Arkansas | USA | Wildfire Fighting Drone Project | Bhaskar Ghosh | |
| 10:30AM | 22 | Arkansas Tech University | Computer Science, Computer Vision | Parker Padgett | Russellville | Arkansas | USA | Wildfire Fighting Drone Project | Bhaskar Ghosh | |
| 10:30AM | 23 | Arkansas Tech University | Computer Science | Spencer Anderson | Russellville | Arkansas | USA | ATU Scheduling Page | Bhaskar Ghosh | |
| 10:30AM | 23 | Arkansas Tech University | Computer Science | Nathan Doyle | Grand Prairie | Texas | USA | ATU Scheduling Page | Bhaskar Ghosh | |
| 10:30AM | 23 | Arkansas Tech University | Computer Science | Wilson Escobar | Russellville | Arkansas | USA | ATU Scheduling Page | Bhaskar Ghosh | |
| 10:30AM | 23 | Arkansas Tech University | Computer Science | Devin Sandlin | Russellville | Arkansas | USA | ATU Scheduling Page | Bhaskar Ghosh | |
| 12:00Noon | 1 | University of Arkansas - Little Rock | Chemistry | Nistha Neupane | Little Rock | Arkansas | USA | Tunable nanoparticles for improved photothermal treatment | UALR Signature Experience Award, NIH-INBRE | Noureen Siraj |
| 12:00Noon | 1 | University of Arkansas - Little Rock | Chemistry | Sara Mateen | Little Rock | Arkansas | USA | Tunable nanoparticles for improved photothermal treatment | UALR Signature Experience Award, NIH-INBRE | Noureen Siraj |
| 12:00Noon | 2 | University of Arkansas - Little Rock | Computer Science | Nathan Thomason | Gravette | Arkansas | USA | Securing Utilities through AI | Department of Energy | Philip Huff |
| 12:00Noon | 3 | University of Arkansas - Little Rock | Physics | Taylor Lackey | Little Rock | Arkansas | USA | Design and Construction of a High Temperature Induction Furnace for Synthesis of Large Area Tungsten Oxide Nanostructures for Future Photocatalytic Device Applications | UA Little Rock Signature Experience Grant | John Nichols |
| 12:00Noon | 4 | University of Arkansas - Little Rock | Chemistry | Kyrilos Sadaka | Little Rock | Arkansas | USA | Investigating Antibiotic Evolution and Bacterial Resistance in Gram-Negative Bacteria | UA Little Rock Signature Experience Grant | Mohammad Goodarzi |
| 12:00Noon | 5 | University of Arkansas - Little Rock | Chemistry | Joshua Pack | Ft. Smith | Arkansas | USA | Synthesis and evaluation of C-ring modifications to prodigiosenes as anti-cancer drugs | INBRE | Brian Walker |
| 12:00Noon | 6 | University of Arkansas - Little Rock | Chemistry | Rayaan Muhammad | Little Rock | Arkansas | USA | Comparative Study of Simultaneous Carbonization and KOH Activation of Lignosol-Based Precursor for Hybrid Capacitor Application | UA Little Rock Signature Experience Grant | Noureen Siraj |
| 12:00Noon | 6 | University of Arkansas - Little Rock | Chemistry | Taahaa Noor | Little Rock | Arkansas | USA | Comparative Study of Simultaneous Carbonization and KOH Activation of Lignosol-Based Precursor for Hybrid Capacitor Application | UA Little Rock Signature Experience Grant | Noureen Siraj |
| 12:00Noon | 7 | University of Arkansas - Little Rock | Chemistry | Marygrace Mcafee | Texarkana | Arkansas | USA | Study of Solvent-Free, Microwave-Assisted Ring-Opening Reactions of Phenyl Glycidyl Ether with Azoles | UA Little Rock Signature Experience Grant | Brian Walker |
| 12:00Noon | 8 | University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff | Biology | Carvis Campbell | Pine Bluff | Arkansas | USA | Prognostic role of tumor associated macrophage markers CD204, CD68 and CD163. | UAPB-UAMS CARS Program | Vinay Raj |
| 12:00Noon | 9 | University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff | Physics | Kennedy Abanihe | Lagos | Nigeria | Ordering-Disordering of GeSn films using RAMAN Spectroscopy. | U.S. Air Force | Manoj Shah | |
| 12:00Noon | 10 | University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff | Physics | Wisdom Ariagbofo | Benin City | Edo | Nigeria | 3db measurement of GeSn Photodetectors | U.S. Air Force | Manoj Shah |
| 12:00Noon | 10 | University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff | Physics | Kennedy Abanihe | Lagos | Nigeria | 3db measurement of GeSn Photodetectors | U.S. Air Force | Manoj Shah | |
| 12:00Noon | 10 | University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff | Physics | Joel B. M. Ruzindana | Kigali | Rwanda | 3db measurement of GeSn Photodetectors | U.S. Air Force | Manoj Shah | |
| 12:00Noon | 11 | University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff | Physics | Joel B. M. Ruzindana | Kigali | Rwanda | Modeling of III-V-on-Sapphire Waveguides for Sapphire-based Photonic Integrated Circuits Platform | U.S. Air Force | Manoj Shah | |
| 12:00Noon | 11 | University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff | Physics | Wisdom Ariagbofo | Benin City | Edo | Nigeria | Modeling of III-V-on-Sapphire Waveguides for Sapphire-based Photonic Integrated Circuits Platform | U.S. Air Force | Manoj Shah |
| 12:00Noon | 11 | University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff | Physics | Kennedy Abanihe | Lagos | Nigeria | Modeling of III-V-on-Sapphire Waveguides for Sapphire-based Photonic Integrated Circuits Platform | U.S. Air Force | Manoj Shah | |
| 12:00Noon | 12 | University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff | Agriculture(Animal Science) | Henrietta Owusu | Fomena | Adansi | Ghana | Effect Of Ganoderma lucidum (Medicinal Mushroom) Extracts on Adult Female Spanish Goat Health Parameters | USDA-NIFA Grant # 1022297 | Emmanuel K. Asiamah |
| 12:00Noon | 13 | Henderson State University | Biology | J. Michael Brotherton | El Dorado | Arkansas | USA | Noteworthy Records of Colocasia esculenta (Araceae) in Arkansas, with Notes on its Biology and Ecology | Brett E. Serviss | |
| 12:00Noon | 13 | Henderson State University | Biology | Tiffany Taylor | Hot Springs | Arkansas | USA | Noteworthy Records of Colocasia esculenta (Araceae) in Arkansas, with Notes on its Biology and Ecology | Brett E. Serviss | |
| 12:00Noon | 14 | John Brown University | Chemistry | Matthew Will | Topeka | Kansas | USA | Synthesis of Poly(acrylamide)s through Multiple Chain Transfer Agents | NSF | Aaron J. Teator |
| 12:00Noon | 15 | John Brown University | Computer Science | Carlos Borjes | Siloam Springs | Arkansas | USA | Trail: A Route Optimizing Tool for JBHunt | Justus Selwyn | |
| 12:00Noon | 15 | John Brown University | Computer Science | Ethan Sluyter | Bentonville | Arkansas | USA | Trail: A Route Optimizing Tool for JBHunt | Justus Selwyn | |
| 12:00Noon | 16 | John Brown University | Computer Science | Jacinth Boggess | Bentonville | Arkansas | USA | Proposing a Knowledge Summarization and Visualization Tool | Justus Selwyn | |
| 12:00Noon | 16 | John Brown University | Computer Science | Pamela Carta | Mexico | Proposing a Knowledge Summarization and Visualization Tool | Justus Selwyn | |||
| 12:00Noon | 17 | University of Central Arkansas | Computer Science | Harrison Bounds | Camden | Arkansas | USA | Performance Evaluation of Classification-based Anomaly Detection | URC Grant, University of Central Arkansas | Sharif Ullah |
| 12:00Noon | 18 | University of Central Arkansas | Chemistry | Rachel Harmon | Bryant | Arkansas | USA | Creation of a drug library to combat cutaneous leishmaniasis | Arkansas INBRE; INBRE COBRE (NIH/NIGMS) | Gregory Naumiec |
| 12:00Noon | 19 | Arkansas Tech University | Computer Science | Krysta Ray | Malvern | Arkansas | USA | Analyzing the Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Cancer Clinical Trials Accessibility in the United States | Department of Computing Sciences | Robin Ghosh |
| 12:00Noon | 19 | Arkansas Tech University | Computer Science | Musfikur Rahaman | Russellville | Arkansas | USA | Analyzing the Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Cancer Clinical Trials Accessibility in the United States | Department of Computing Sciences | Robin Ghosh |
| 12:00Noon | 19 | Arkansas Tech University | Computer Science | Hiromi Honda | Russellville | Arkansas | USA | Analyzing the Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Cancer Clinical Trials Accessibility in the United States | Department of Computing Sciences | Robin Ghosh |
| 12:00Noon | 20 | Arkansas Tech University | Computer Science | Corey Allen Naegle | Paris | Arkansas | USA | Spot On | Bhaskar Ghosh | |
| 12:00Noon | 20 | Arkansas Tech University | Computer Science | Holden O'Neal | Washburn | Missouri | USA | Spot On | Bhaskar Ghosh | |
| 12:00Noon | 20 | Arkansas Tech University | Computer Science | Chase Tallon | London | Arkansas | USA | Spot On | Bhaskar Ghosh | |
| 12:00Noon | 20 | Arkansas Tech University | Computer Science | Caleb McClure | Russellville | Arkansas | USA | Spot On | Bhaskar Ghosh | |
| 12:00Noon | 21 | Lyon College | Chemistry | Hannah Reynolds | Melbourne | Arkansas | USA | Microplastic Identification in Rural North Central Arkansas' Water Sources | Irosha Nawarathne | |
| 12:00Noon | 22 | Lyon College | Chemistry | Braden Glenn | Jonesboro | Arkansas | USA | Chemical Manipulations of Rifamycin Core Providing New Solutions to an Old Problem: Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis | Arkansas INBRE; NIH/NIGMS | Irosha Nawarathne |
| 12:00Noon | 22 | Lyon College | Chemistry | Wyatt Treadway | Batesville | Arkansas | USA | Chemical Manipulations of Rifamycin Core Providing New Solutions to an Old Problem: Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis | Arkansas INBRE; NIH/NIGMS | Irosha Nawarathne |
| 12:00Noon | 22 | Lyon College | Chemistry | Zane Fountain | Arkansas | USA | Chemical Manipulations of Rifamycin Core Providing New Solutions to an Old Problem: Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis | Arkansas INBRE; NIH/NIGMS | Irosha Nawarathne | |
| 12:00Noon | 22 | Lyon College | Chemistry | Hannah Davidson | Arkansas | USA | Chemical Manipulations of Rifamycin Core Providing New Solutions to an Old Problem: Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis | Arkansas INBRE; NIH/NIGMS | Irosha Nawarathne |