Welcome to the Online Proceedings for the 2014 Undergraduate Research Symposium. The Seventeenth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium is organized by the Undergraduate Research Program, which facilitates research experiences for undergraduates in all academic disciplines. The Symposium is a chance for undergraduates to present what they have learned through their research experiences to a larger audience. It also provides a forum for students, faculty, and the community to discuss cutting edge research topics and to examine the connection between research and education. The event includes poster and presentation sessions by students from all academic disciplines and all three UW campuses, plus invited guests.

Schedule

• dvr Poster Session 111:00 AM – 1:00 PM ()
  105 student presenters
• co_present Oral Presentation Session 1 12:30 PM – 2:15 PM expand_circle_down
  144 presentations in 21 sessions
• 1A The Cultural Impact of Communication Technologies (085 MGH)
  
• 1B Templates for Progressive Action (171 MGH)
  
• 1C Examining Education: New Data, Ideas, and Insights (228 MGH)
  
• 1D Biomedical Engineering (231 MGH)
  
• 1E Evolutionary Plant Biology and its Applications (234 MGH)
  
• 1F Evolution, Ecology, and Environment (238 MGH)
  
• 1G Gender, Societal Expectations, and Health (242 MGH)
  
• 1H From Papyrus Roll to Digital Texts: Religion, Cultural Values, and Exploration across Time (248 MGH)
  
• 1I Struggling over Borders, Communities, and Inequalities (251 MGH)
  
• 1J Fish and Aquatic Mammal Ecology (254 MGH)
  
• 1K Meaning and Motion in Iconic Works of Theatre and Dance (258 MGH)
  
• 1L 21st Century Crisis Politics (271 MGH)
  
• 1M Neuronal Plasticity (284 MGH)
  
• 1N McNair Session - Stress, Emotion, and Inequality in Parenting, Education, Epistemology, and Public Health Domains (287 MGH)
  
• 1O Plankton Interactions in Aquatic Systems (288 MGH)
  
• 1P McNair Session - Difference, Power, and Identity in the Making of Communities (295 MGH)
  
• 1Q Microbiology and Bioengineering (389 MGH)
  
• 1R Direct Measurements and Remote Observations of Ocean Processes (022 JHN)
  
• 1S Novel Approaches to Conservation (026 JHN)
  
• 1T Reimagining Community Spaces and Design (111 JHN)
  
• 1U Chemistry of Materials and Biomolecules (175 JHN)
  
• dvr Poster Session 2 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ()
  230 student presenters
• co_present Oral Presentation Session 2 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM expand_circle_down
  118 presentations in 19 sessions
• 2A Outbreak! Reimagining Death and Life, Disease and Health (171 MGH)
  
• 2B Genetic Evolution across the Lifespan (228 MGH)
  
• 2C Art's Medium, Message, and Matter (231 MGH)
  
• 2D Qualitative Research: The Health of the Public (234 MGH)
  
• 2E New Tools for Exploring Protein Function, Structure and Pathology (238 MGH)
  
• 2F Brain Development, Injury, Regeneration and Restoration of Function (242 MGH)
  
• 2G Astronomy and LHC Physics (248 MGH)
  
• 2H The Power of Economics Research (254 MGH)
  
• 2I Decolonizing Micronesia (258 MGH)
  
• 2J New Science from A to Z (271 MGH)
  
• 2K Modern Technology / Economic Modeling (284 MGH)
  
• 2L McNair Session - Transection of Biology, Atmospheric Sciences, Engineering, Psychology, Neurobiology, and Anthropology (287 MGH)
  
• 2M Philosophy, Ethics and Literature (288 MGH)
  
• 2N McNair Session - The Challenges of Social Transformation: Navigating Change in School and Community Environments (295 MGH)
  
• 2O Infectious Disease Pathogens: Characterization & Progress toward New Treatments (389 MGH)
  
• 2P Food, Sleep and Life: Insights (022 JHN)
  
• 2Q Cinematic Identities: Gender, Race, Nation, Self (026 JHN)
  
• 2R Implementing Precision Medicine (111 JHN)
  
• 2S Improving Heart Function with Bioengineering (175 JHN)
  
• dvr Poster Session 3 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ()
  227 student presenters
• dvr Visual Arts & Design Showcase 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM (Odegaard Undergraduate Library)
  11 student presenters
• dvr Poster Session 4 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM ()
  203 student presenters