Welcome to the Online Proceedings for the 2015 Undergraduate Research Symposium. The Eighteenth 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 ()
  217 student presenters
• co_present Oral Presentation Session 1 12:30 PM – 2:15 PM expand_circle_down
  122 presentations in 19 sessions
• 1A Leaving Paradise: The Realities of Micronesian Migration (171 MGH)
  
• 1B Physiology & Disease (228 MGH)
  
• 1C Cities and Society (231 MGH)
  
• 1D Human-Computer Interfaces and Robotics (234 MGH)
  
• 1E From Bench to Bedside: Research Methods in Answering Clinical Questions (238 MGH)
  
• 1F Experimentation in Science and Engineering (242 MGH)
  
• 1G Re-making Cultural Orders: Youth, Power, and Cultural Identity (251 MGH)
  
• 1H Sedimentary Signatures and Processes: Interpretations from both near and far (254 MGH)
  
• 1I Politics and Policy (271 MGH)
  
• 1J Environmental Assessment Tools (284 MGH)
  
• 1K McNair Session - Engaging Conflict: Science, Race, and Politics (287 MGH)
  
• 1L Linguistic and Neural Aspects of Communication (288 MGH)
  
• 1M McNair Session - Working towards a Better Understanding of How Humans Interact through Walking, Thinking, Communicating and Feeling (295 MGH)
  
• 1N From Cells and Molecules to Systems Neuroscience (389 MGH)
  
• 1O Nanostructures and Solar Cells (022 JHN)
  
• 1P Aesthetics and Agency (026 JHN)
  
• 1Q Plant & Animal Development, Mutualisms, & Environmental Interactions (111 JHN)
  
• 1R Protein Characterization and Engineering (175 JHN)
  
• 1S Researching Dance/Dancing Research (Meany Studio Theatre)
  
• dvr Poster Session 2 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ()
  201 student presenters
• co_present Oral Presentation Session 2 3:30 PM – 5:15 PM expand_circle_down
  124 presentations in 19 sessions
• 2A Economics: From Econometric Techniques to Economic Thought (082A MGH)
  
• 2B Exploring the Evolving Relationship of Education and Society (171 MGH)
  
• 2C Ritual, Dance, Propaganda and Self-Expression in Art (228 MGH)
  
• 2D Communicating an Interdisciplinary Language: Zen Literacy, Performance Poetry, Technology, and Mortality (an Honors Interdisciplinary Panel) (231 MGH)
  
• 2E Communicating Race, Gender, and Citizenship (234 MGH)
  
• 2F Testing Perspectives and Positions from the Ground Up (238 MGH)
  
• 2G Behavioral Neuroscience: Flies to Children (242 MGH)
  
• 2H Virology (251 MGH)
  
• 2I Diagnostics & Drug Delivery (254 MGH)
  
• 2J The Changing Ocean (271 MGH)
  
• 2K Biomaterials and Biotechnology (284 MGH)
  
• 2L McNair Session - Improving our Sense of the World through New Diagnostic Tests and Bacterial Community Exploration (287 MGH)
  
• 2M Issues in Psychology (288 MGH)
  
• 2N McNair Session - Evolutionary, Cellular and Environmental Interactions Regulate Biological Processes (295 MGH)
  
• 2O Genetics & Microbiology (389 MGH)
  
• 2P Evolution of Genes, Organisms, and Ecosystems (022 JHN)
  
• 2Q Sub-Atomic Particles, Rockets and Plasmas (026 JHN)
  
• 2R Issues and Ideas About Health and Public Health in the Pacific Northwest: Past to Present (111 JHN)
  
• 2S Intercultural Perspectives on Human Rights (175 JHN)
  
• dvr Poster Session 3 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ()
  166 student presenters
• dvr Visual Arts & Design Showcase 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM (Odegaard Undergraduate Library)
  9 student presenters
• dvr Poster Session 4 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM ()
  170 student presenters