The following graduate students presented their research posters at the 2018 Drexel Emerging Graduate Scholars Conference on Thursday, April 19, 2018 in the Bossone 3rd Floor Atrium. One student was selected for the Dean's Awards for Best Poster at the Awards and Networking Reception. There was also a second place winner. See the 2018 Award Recipients.

01. Ariana Albanese

PhD, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Parental Self-Efficacy: A Systematic Review

02. Abeer Aljahdali

MS, Human Nutrition, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Bone Density in Caucasians and Asian Indians

03. Alia Ammar

PhD, Educational Leadership and Learning Technologies, School of Education
Vocabulary Test Taking Strategies

04. Adam Blickley

MS, Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Development of a New Phase of Tungsten Oxide for Energy Storage Devices

05. Michael Brinton

MS, Medical Science, College of Medicine
BDNF Overexpression after SCI Promotes Respiratory Recovery

06. May Cheung

PhD, Nutrition Sciences, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Magnesium, Vitamin D and Cardiometabolic Health

07. Laura Cowden

MS, Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Metabolic Quiescence Rescues Polyglutamine Expansion-Related Phenotypes in C. Elegans

08. Srihari Daggumati

MD, Medicine, College of Medicine
Vocal Fold Paresis Prevalence and Correlation to VHI

09. Brian Delaney

PhD, Education, School of Education
Addressing Melt Through Targeted APA Training

10. Rosemary DeLuccia

PhD, Nutrition Sciences, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Validating a Magnesium Food Frequency Questionnaire

11. Courtney Fesko

MS, Biochemistry, College of Medicine
Metabolite Production of a Probiotic Escherichia coli Strain

12. Stephen Flemming

PhD, Educational Leadership and Learning Technologies, School of Education
Pedagogy of the Silenced: Black Voices

13. Mustafa Furkan

PhD, Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
Field Validation of Wireless Sensors for Bridge Assessment

14. Erin Hansen

PhD, Physics, College of Arts and Sciences
Simulations of Radon-220 Injection for the nEXO 0νββ Experiment

15. Sara Haroun

MS, Design Research, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Design Thinking in Adolescent Education

16. Oliver Harris

PhD, Chemical and Biological Engineering, College of Engineering
High-Voltage Li-ion Battery Failure Mechanisms

17. Swathi Jagannath

PhD, Information Studies, College of Computing and Informatics
Speech-Based Activity Recognition for Emergency Medical Scenarios

18. Louis Jones

MS, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Trauma Exposure Category and Executive Functioning

19. Uk Jung

MS, Design Research, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Inclusive & Interactive Design Processes in Neighborhood Development

20. Matthew Kearney

DrPH, Community Health and Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health
Improving Community Prescription Drug Prevention Programming

21. Lauren Klabonski

PhD, Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Understanding Polarized Targeting of Soluble Proteins in Neurons

22. Felicia Knise

MS, Arts Administration, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Immersive Media in Museums and Museum Education

23. Chelsea Knittel

PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Characterization of Self-Folding Behaviors for Prediction of Knit Structures

24. Kirpal Kochar

MD, Medicine, College of Medicine
Treatment of Ischemic Cardiomyopathy using Epicardial Restraint Devices

25. Heather Kostick

PhD, Environmental Science, College of Arts and Sciences
Biogeography of Terrestrial Mollusks of Jamaica

26. Elise Krespan

MS, Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences and MS, Design Research, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Addressing Urban Wellness through Interdisciplinary Process

27. Marisa Leib

MS, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Executive Functioning Performance among Depressed Youth

28. Stephen Loggia

MS, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Gender and Substances' Impact on Suicidality

29. Caitlin Loyka

MS, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Weight Loss and Maintenance as a Function of Emotional Eating

30. Haley Majer

PhD, Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine
Combinatorial Approach to Engineer Thiopeptide Antibiotics

31. Griffin Mallas

MS, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Examining the Links Between Concussion and Depression

32. Ague Mae Manongsong

PhD, Educational Leadership and Learning Technologies, School of Education
STEM Minority Women Leaders’ Mentoring Experiences

33. Qiang Mao

PhD, Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
Bridge Substructure Characterization and Evaluation

34. Bryant Mills

MS, Science, Technology and Society, College of Arts and Sciences
Objectivity in Mental Health Treatment and Practices

35. Jason Mohring

PhD, Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Validation of Clinical Test of Core Neuromuscular Control

36. Kiana Montazeri

PhD, Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering
Structured Gate and Channel for Plasmonic HEMT THz Detectors

37. Katherine Myers-Coffman

PhD, Creative Arts in Therapy, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Therapeutic Songwriting for Adolescent Bereavement

38. Gabriella Navarro

MS, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Executive Functioning within Pediatric MS

39. Janice Nieves

MS, Music Therapy and Counseling, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Music Therapy and Restorative Justice with At-Promise Youth

40. Hayley O'Donnell

PhD, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Comparison of Raw and Normative Data in Multitasking in MS

41. Pilar Ocampo

MPH, Dornsife School of Public Health
Air Pollution, Perception, and Health in the City

42. Erin Okoniewski

MS, Interior Architecture and Design, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Wearable Technology for Autism

43. Rahul Pai

PhD, Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
High Performance Energy Storage Device: Supercapacitor

44. Zankhesh Patel

MD, Medicine, College of Medicine
Role of Systemic Therapy in the Development of Radiation Necrosis

45. Ankita Patil

PhD, Neuroscience, College of Medicine
Novel Mechanisms Regulating Axonal Microtubule Orientation

46. Danielle Piazza

PhD, Molecular and Cellular Biology and Genetics, College of Medicine
Measuring Bacterial Recombination Frequencies: Optical Mapping

47. Amanda Platt

PhD, Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine
Discovery of Homologous Three-Domain Synthases in Insects and Bacteria

48. Wei Quan

PhD, Information Studies, College of Computing and Informatics
Opinion Mining and Visualization Framework

49. Ann-Marie Raphail

PhD, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Examining Visual Perception in Multiple Sclerosis

50. Marco Rathjen

MS, Design Research, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Design Strategies, Surveillance, Urban Spaces

51. Amanda Reinsburrow

PhD, Education, School of Education
Literacy and Mathematics Connections

52. Gabrielle Russo

MS, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
N/IICU Social Support: Parental Mental Health

53. Gabrielle Salib

PhD, Information Studies, College of Computing and Informatics
Reflection of Progress within a Medication Adherence Tracking Application

54. Greg Sieber

MS, Design Research, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Facilitating Inclusive and Collaborative Musical Expression

55. Nicholas St. Angelo

MS, Design Research, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
The Evolution of Plastic

56. Amy Stoltzfus

MS, Design Research, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Research Line Drawing: A Reclassification for Counter-Special Reimagination

57. Patrick West

MS, Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Splitting Water with the Help of Dirt

58. Stephen Woloszynek

MD, College of Medicine and PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Themetagenomics: Thematic Structure of Microbiome Data

59. Yuxi Zeng

MS, Food Science, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Effects of Heart Healthy Cooking Lab

60. Zhengqiao Zhao

PhD, Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering
Incremental Machine Learning for Big Data