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Physical and Life Sciences:
- Attempts to express the DNA repair protein AP endonuclease 2 in a recombinant system
- Lead Presenter: Jeffrey Cumplido - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Phyllis Strauss
Symbiont-mediated fungal resistance in Zootermopsis angusticollis
- Lead Presenter: Alla Shnayderman - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Rebeca Rosengaus
- A Potentially Low Dissipation Mechanism for Load Support by Articular Cartilage
- Lead Presenter: Jeffrey Sokoloff - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: J. B. Sokoloff
- A small toxin gene tisB is involved in the formation of multidrug tolerant persister cells in response to a DNA damaging antibiotic
- Lead Presenter: Tobias Doerr - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Kim Lewis
- Accuracy of Calorie Estimation in Active College Students
- Lead Presenter: Michelle O'Donnell - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Suanne Maurer-Starks
- Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid-induced Effects on Serotonergic and GABAergic Neural Systems in The Lateral Anterior Hypothalamus of Aggressive Male Syrian Hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)
- Lead Presenter: Samuel Marsh - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Richard Melloni Jr.
- Anionic Ligand Effects on the Kinetics of Phosphine Substitution in Cyclopentadienylruthenium bis(triphenylphosphine) Halides and Pseudohalides
- Lead Presenter: Zachary Thompson - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Rein U. Kirss
- Anti-Inflammatory Effects of α4β2 Nicotinic Receptor Activation Revealed Through Microarray Analysis of Nicotine-Induced Gene Changes
- Lead Presenter: Vishnu Hosur - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Ralph H Loring
- Assessing the contributions of nucleus accumbens shell compartments to reward behavior in rats by amphetamine microinfusion
- Lead Presenter: James Stellar - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: James Stellar
- Cellular events underlying the control of insect molting
- Lead Presenter: Amy Walsh - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Wendy Smith
- Characterization and Functional Identification of A DNA Repair Protein
- Lead Presenter: Xiaojie Yang - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Phyllis Strauss
- Characterization of C. elegans Filamins
- Lead Presenter: Jose Orozco - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Erin J. Cram
- Characterization of the Role of vab-19 in Distal Tip Cell Migration
- Lead Presenter: Alexander Bracey - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Erin Cram
- Cultivating Uncultured Bacteria from the Human Microbiome
- Lead Presenter: Pallavi Murugkar - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Professor Kim Lewis
- Curcumin, a putative CREB-binding protein/p300 modulator, influences estrogen induced increases in cocaine sensitization in female rats
- Lead Presenter: Martha Caffrey - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Marcelo Febo
- Cytopathology by Optical Methods: Spectral Cytopathology of the Oral Mucosa
- Lead Presenter: Kostas Papamarkakis - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Max Diem
- Designing Ligands For SPECT Imaging of Hormone Responsive Breast Cancer
- Lead Presenter: Erin Ronayne - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Rein Kirss
- Development of PC-Based Bender Element System for Shear Wave Measurements in Soft Soil
- Lead Presenter: Ethan LaRochelle - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: T.C. Sheahan
- Differential inhibition of thioredoxin and thioredoxin reductase activity by thimerosal: A possible mechanism of mercury toxicity in neurodevelopmental diseases.
- Lead Presenter: Girish Chopda - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr Richard Deth
- DNA Interaction Properties of Nucleic Acid Chaperone Proteins from Retrotransposons
- Lead Presenter: Kathy Chaurasiya - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Mark Williams
- Droplet Microfluidics for Miniaturizing Chemical Analysis
- Lead Presenter: Roger Kautz - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Roger Kautz
- Drug DNA interactions – View with Optical Tweezers
- Lead Presenter: Thayaparan Paramanathan - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Mark C. Williams
- E. coli UmuD Conformational Dynamics in Response to DNA Damage
- Lead Presenter: Jaylene Ollivierre - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Penny Beuning
- EAAT3-mediated cysteine uptake in human neuroblastoma cells is PI3-kinase-dependent.
- Lead Presenter: Nathaniel Hodgson - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Richard C. Deth
- Escherichia coli SOS DNA damage response proteins interact with the replicative DNA polymerase during DNA replication
- Lead Presenter: Michelle Silva - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Penny Beuning
- Evidence for Multilayer, Nanoscale Enzyme Active Sites
- Lead Presenter: Srinivas Somarowthu - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Mary Jo Ondrechen
- Evidence for Polymerase Switching in Early Zebrafish Development
- Lead Presenter: Sean Fortier - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Phyllis R. Strauss
- Expeditious synthesis of labeled contrast agents for multimode CNS imaging
- Lead Presenter: Jacklyn O'Neil - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Graham B. Jones, Craig Ferris
- Fat Termites Survive Fungal Exposure
- Lead Presenter: Leon DeLalio - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Rebeca B. Rosengaus
- Focusing properties of 1D dielectric photonic crystals
- Lead Presenter: Salvatore Savo - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Srinivas Sridhar
- High-Aspect-Ratio Titania Single Nanotubes Released on a Silicon Substrate
- Lead Presenter: Katherine Martinez - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Latika Menon
- Hybrids and Prodrugs: Developing New Antimicrobials for an Old Problem
- Lead Presenter: Laura Fleck - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Kim Lewis
- Impact of Early Life Cocaine Treatment on Postpartum Maternal Behaviors in the Rat
- Lead Presenter: Tehya Johnson - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Marcelo Febo
- Increased BOLD Activation of Corticolimbic Circuitry During Maternal-Nest Intruder Encounter
- Lead Presenter: Marcelo Febo - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Marcelo Febo
- Inhibition of Neuronal Activity in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Markedly Reduces Maternal Retrieval Behavior
- Lead Presenter: Ada Felix-Ortiz - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Marcelo Febo
- Inhibition of phospholipase β3 enhances morphine-mediated antinociception but does not affect respiration, locomotion, or reward
- Lead Presenter: Elizabeth Sypek - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Jay McLaughlin
- Investigation of Spinal Regeneration Processes in the Larval Zebrafish
- Lead Presenter: Margaret Moyer - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Donald M. O'Malley
- Kinetics of DNA force-induced melting
- Lead Presenter: Micah McCauley - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Mark C Williams
- Lesion Specificity and Replication Fidelity Assessment of Specialized DNA Polymerases
- Lead Presenter: Jason Walsh - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Penny J Beuning
- Magnetic Cationic Liposomes as MRI Contrast Agent and Magnetic Targeting
- Lead Presenter: Francisco Reynoso - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Srinivas Sridhar
- Magnetic Force Microscopy of Ferromagnetic MnAs Nanoparticles
- Lead Presenter: Benjamin Chaprut - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Don Heiman
- Mechanistic study of CACN-1, a novel regulator of cell migration
- Lead Presenter: Mouna Ibourk - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Erin Cram
- More is not better: Costs of pleometrosis in the neotropical termite Nasutitermes corniger
- Lead Presenter: Jessica La Rosa - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Rebeca Rosengaus
- nanostructual optical metamaterial and Transformation Optics
- Lead Presenter: Yongjian Huang - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Srinivas Sridhar
- NOVEL DNA SYNTHESIS ASSAY METHOD IN DEVELOPING INSECT TISSUE
- Lead Presenter: Srikanth Subramanian - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Wendy Smith
- Obtaining the Size Distribution of Magnetic Nanoparticles from Magnetization Measurements
- Lead Presenter: Robert DiPietro - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Don Heiman
- Paliperidone exposure blocks offensive aggressive behavior in adolescent hamsters
- Lead Presenter: Jared Schwartzer - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Richard H. Melloni, Jr.
- Peripherally administered V1a antagonist AZN 576 increases maternal aggression
- Lead Presenter: Ben Nephew - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Craig Ferris
- Photomedical Targeted Therapies: UV-Light activated Enediyne Salts for use in PDT dentistry
- Lead Presenter: Colleen Holewa - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Graham Jones
- Process Optimization for the Synthesis of Titania Nanotubes by Anodization in Chloride Ion Containing Solutions
- Lead Presenter: Joshua McGrath - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Latika Menon
- Restricted Rotation in Bis(4-aryl-1, 1’dimethylcylohexadienyl)ruthenium Compounds
- Lead Presenter: Patrick Reust - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Rein U. Kirss
- Reversal of Regioselectivity in Ruthenium (II) Catalyzed [3+2] Cycloaddition Reactions of Benzyl Azide With Phenylacetylene: The Effect of the η5-Ligand
- Lead Presenter: Christopher Barone - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Rein U. Kirss
- Social Transfer of Antimicrobial Peptides in the Carpenter Ant Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
- Lead Presenter: Casey Hamilton - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Rebecca Rosengaus
- Structural Studies of a Marine Cyanobacterial Virus: the Horn of Bacteriophage Syn5
- Lead Presenter: Desislava Raytcheva - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Jacqueline Piret
- Structure Activity Relationship study of Cannabinoid partial agonist BAY59-3074
- Lead Presenter: Heidi Teng - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Alexandros Makriyannis
- Studies Toward a Mechanistic Understanding of the Copper-Catalyzed Nitrile Oxide-Alkyne Cyclization
- Lead Presenter: Gregory Morehouse - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Rein U. Kirss
- Sustained Drug Release from Nanoporous Templates
- Lead Presenter: Evin Gultepe - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Srinivas Sridhar
- The effect of nest architecture on disease susceptibility in the neotropical termites Nasutitermes acajutlae and Nasutitermes corniger
- Lead Presenter: Kayla Hamilton - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Rebeca B. Rosengaus
- The Rod-Mediated Threshold Response of Gnat-2cpfl3 Mice on High Intensity Backgrounds Measured Psychophysically.
- Lead Presenter: Corinne Van Slyck - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Frank Naarendorp
- The role of chaperone molecules regulating nicotinic receptor expression
- Lead Presenter: Brijesh Garg - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Ralph Loring
- The use of Ulva lactuca for the removal of PCBs in the New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site
- Lead Presenter: Anna Meador - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Donald P. Cheney
- Triggered Release of Doxorubicin from Liposomes
- Lead Presenter: Erin Pritchard - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Srivinas Sridhar
Health Sciences and Technologies:
- When Religion Conflicts with Evidence Based Medicine
- Lead Presenter: Patricia Kelley - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Janet A Dewan
- "Take Control with Exercise"
- Lead Presenter: Diandra Longhurst - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Susan Lowe, DPT, MS, GCS
- A Case Study: Severe Multi-directional Instability with Neurological and Functional Impairment
- Lead Presenter: Lauren Ziaks - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Kimberly Wise, MS, ATC
- A Secondary School Curriculum to Recruit Students to Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
- Lead Presenter: Caryn Graboski - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Ruth Margulies-Hochman MS, CCC-SLP Clinical Teaching Faculty
- ADOLESCENT ANABOLIC ANDROGENIC STEROIDS REORGANIZE THE GLUTAMATERGIC NEURAL CIRCUITRY IN THE HYPOTHALAMUS
- Lead Presenter: Maria Carrillo - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Richard H. Melloni Jr.
- Anesthetic management for repair of obstetric fistula in Niger and massachusetts
- Lead Presenter: janet dewan - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Janet A. Dewan MS CRNA
- Aortic Dilation and Dissection in Women with Turner Syndrome
- Lead Presenter: Lea Ann Matura - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Lea Ann Matura
- Applying an Asynchronous Blended Learning Approach through the use of E-Learning in the Gross Anatomy Course for Entry Level DPT Students
- Lead Presenter: Martha Danielak - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Leslie Day
- Case Sudy: A Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tear in an Athletic Trainer
- Lead Presenter: Kelly Gadberry - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Suanne Maurer-Starks, EdD, ATC
- Client - Nurse Interaction with Schizophrenic Clients
- Lead Presenter: Karen Pounds - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Karen G. Pounds, PhD, APRN, BC
- Co-Administration of Paclitaxel and Curcumin in Nanoemulsion Formulations – A Multimodal Strategy for Overcoming Tumor Drug Resistance
- Lead Presenter: Srinivas Ganta - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Mansoor Amiji
- Combination Chemo and Thermal Therapies with Temperature-Sensitive Nanoemulsions in Drug Resistant Tumor Cells
- Lead Presenter: Chinmay Bakshi - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Mansoor Amiji
- Comparative Evaluation of Ovalbumin Nanoparticles in Squalane Oil Multiple Emulsion & Poly(-caprolactone) Microsphere Oral System for DNA Vaccine Delivery
- Lead Presenter: Sandra Chadwick - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Mansoor Amiji
- Comparing Superstitions and the Impact on Performance Anxiety Between Male and Female Division I Collegiate Athletes
- Lead Presenter: John Ursone - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Adam Thomas
- Conformational and dynamic changes of monoacylglycerol lipase upon covalent binding of AM6701 through hydrogen exchange mass spectrometry
- Lead Presenter: Ioannis Karageorgos - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Alexandros Makriyannis
- Consumer-Driven Assistive Technology Research and Design
- Lead Presenter: Kathleen Masters - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Susan H. Ventura, PT, PhD, ATP (Physical Therapy) & Charles DiMarzio, PhD (Electrical & Computer Engineering)
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of dexmedetomidine versus midazolam in adult cardiac surgical patients requiring mechanical ventilation to reduce time of intubation, decrease administration of opioid analgesics, and reduce length of intensive care unit (ICU)
- Lead Presenter: Christopher Shaw - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Judith Barr
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of five years of treatment with either raloxifene 60mg or tamoxifen 20mg for the primary prevention of any type of breast cancer in high risk women at least 35 years of age: a third pary payer perspective
- Lead Presenter: Matthew Benoit - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Judith Barr
- Cost-Utility Analysis of Lamotrigine Monotherapy Compared to Carbamazepine Monotherapy for the Treatment of Adult Partial Seizures from the Managed Care Perspective over a Two-Year Period
- Lead Presenter: Carol Kycia - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Carol Kycia
- Cultural Competence Development in Athletic Training Education Programs
- Lead Presenter: Suanne Maurer-Starks - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Suanne Maurer-Starks
- Design and Testing of a Virtual Environment Glove Interface for use in Neurorehabilitation
- Lead Presenter: Nazanin Shams - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Maureen Holden
- Does Recovery from Substance Use among Patients with Bipolar Disorder Improve Medication Adherence and Drug Attitudes?
- Lead Presenter: Christian Teter - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Christian J. Teter, PharmD
- EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF QUETIAPINE FOR DELIRIUM IN ICU PATIENTS:A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY
- Lead Presenter: John Devlin - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: JOhn Devlin
- Exercise Training in South Africa for People Infected with HIV/AIDS
- Lead Presenter: Stephanie Calefati - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Meredith H Harris, PT, DPT, EdD
- Gross Anatomy Education
- Lead Presenter: Leigh-Ann Plack - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Leslie Day
- How Elderly Accept Antidepressants
- Lead Presenter: Kathleen Bungay - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Kathleen Bungay, PharmD, MS
- Improving Emergent Literacy through Group Mentoring
- Lead Presenter: Michelle Beauchesne - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Michelle A Beauchesne
- INCIDENCE OF THE PROPOFOL INFUSION SYNDROME IN CRITICALLY ILL ADULTS
- Lead Presenter: Russel Roberts - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: John Devlin
- Knowledge of Concussions Among Collegiate Rugby Players
- Lead Presenter: Kristina Eilbacher - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Kimberly Wise, ATC
- Language and Asthma-Related Health Literacy Abilities in Low Income Families
- Lead Presenter: Therese O'Neil-Pirozzi - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Therese M. O'Neil-Pirozzi
- MEDIATION OF STRESS-INDUCED ETHANOL CPP AND SELF-ADMINISTRATION BY KOR
- Lead Presenter: Stacey Gomes - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Jay McLaughlin
- Miniaturized Antennas and Filters with Self-biased Ferrite Films at GHz
- Lead Presenter: Guomin Yang - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Nian Sun
- Molecular Dynamics of Reciprocal Single Point Mutations of Transmembrane Helix 2 of the CB2 cannabinoid receptor
- Lead Presenter: Ruxandra Serbanescu - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Alexandros Makriyannis
- Novel Approach for Signal Amplification Using Bombesin Linked Anti-DTPA Bifunctional Complexes for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy.
- Lead Presenter: Vishwesh Patil - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Ban-An Khaw
- Novel Therapeutic approach using Bi-Specific Antibodies and Polymer-pro-drug complex with reduced Cardiotoxicity
- Lead Presenter: Keyur Gada - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Ban-An Khaw
- Obesity Prevention: Community Partnerships
- Lead Presenter: Nicole M. Arena - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Meredith Harris
- Oral topiramate 300mg vs. oral naltrexone 50mg for the long-term treatment of alcohol dependence in adults over a 12-week period: A cost-effectiveness analysis
- Lead Presenter: Solange Mason - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Solange Mason
- Peer-led recitation sessions for Gross Anatomy course
- Lead Presenter: Jennifer Smith - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Leslie Day
- PH-Sensitive Membrane Destabilization Properties of the MCF-7 Cell-Specific Phage Fusion Major Coat Protein pVIII
- Lead Presenter: Tao Wang - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Vladimir P Torchilin
- Phase II dose-response pilot study of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)- assisted psychotherapy in subjects with anxiety associated with advanced-stage cancer
- Lead Presenter: Kevin Franciotti - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: John H. Halpern, MD
- Physical Activity Improves Sense of Well Being
- Lead Presenter: Heather L. Lanotte - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Meredith Harris
- Physical Therapy in Ecuador Project
- Lead Presenter: Alexandra Gatti - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Lorna Hayward and Ann Charrette
- Play Development as a Curriculum: Implications for CBA and RTI
- Lead Presenter: Suzie Foster-Sanda - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Karin Lifter
- Polymer Blend Nanoparticulate Carriers for Combination Paclitaxel/Lonidamine Therapy in Overcoming Multidrug Resistance in Breast and Ovarian Cancer via Exploitation of the Warburg Effect
- Lead Presenter: Lara Milane - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Amiji
- Primary prevention of febrile neutropenia in high-risk breast cancer patients over four chemotherapy cycles with either pegfilgrastim, clinician-administered filgrastim or patient-administered filgrastim from a third party payer perspective: a dual cost-e
- Lead Presenter: Caitlin Kennelly - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Judith Barr
- Prosodic compensations to pitch perturbation during running speech
- Lead Presenter: Katherine Alexander - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Rupal Patel
- ReadN’Karaoke: Visualizing Speech Melody to Facilitate Prosodic Oral Reading
- Lead Presenter: Catherine McNab - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Rupal Patel
- Spontaneous Incorporation of the MCF-7 Cell-Specific Phage Fusion Major Coat Protein pVIII into Doxil Enhances their Association with Target Cancer Cells and Killing In Vitro
- Lead Presenter: Tao Wang - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Vladimir P Torchilin
- Student Perceptions of an Educational APPE and Attitudes about Academia
- Lead Presenter: Michael Gonyeau - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Michael Gonyeau
- Synthesis of (+) cannabidiols to study its binding site within the cannabinoid receptors
- Lead Presenter: Marsha D'Souza - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Alexandros Makriyannis
- Systemic Hypertension in A Division I Intercollegiate Athlete
- Lead Presenter: Rachel Freeman - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Suanne Maurer- Starks
- THE DRUG ATTITUDE INVENTORY: PREDICTOR OF MEDICATION ADHERENCE BEHAVIORS AMONG INPATIENTS WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
- Lead Presenter: Anthony Falone - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Christian J. Teter, PharmD.
- The Effect of a Single Point Cane's Position on Kinetic and Kinematic Variables
- Lead Presenter: Cory Szostowski - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Paul Canavan
- The Effects of the Push Up Pro vs. the Standard Push-up on Overall Push-up Muscular Strength
- Lead Presenter: Lauren Erickson - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Jamie Musler
- The Efficacy of Surface EMG Biofeedback and Tactile Biofeedback as Treatment for Temporomandibular Disorder
- Lead Presenter: Adam Brady - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Paul Canavan
- The Influence of Information Technology on Multi-professional Communication during a Patient Handoff
- Lead Presenter: Marge Benham-Hutchins - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Marge Benham-Hutchins
- The Reliability of the Cyberglove as a Measurement Device for Selected Grasp and Gesture Movements in Healthy Subjects
- Lead Presenter: John Brabant - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Maureen K. Holden
- TNF-alpha Gene Silencing using Nanoparticles-in-Microsphere Oral System in an Inflammatory Bowel Disease Model
- Lead Presenter: Christina Kriegel - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Mansoor M. Amiji
- VocaliD: Personalizing Text-to-Speech Synthesis for Individuals with Severe Speech Disorders
- Lead Presenter: Jamie Becker - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Rupal Patel
Computer and Information Sciences:
- "Tinker" - A Relational Agent Tour Guide at the Boston Museum of Science
- Lead Presenter: Timothy Bickmore - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Timothy Bickmore
- A Virtual Laboratory for Studying Long-Term Human-Agent Interactions
- Lead Presenter: jenna zaffini - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Timothy Bickmore
- Computational Linguistics: Past, Present, and Future
- Lead Presenter: Jeff Satterley - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Robert P. Futrelle
- Computational Models of Health Behavior Change Dialog
- Lead Presenter: Daniel Schulman - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Timothy Bickmore
- Congestion Control Algorithms
- Lead Presenter: Yamani Jana - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Christopher King
- Generating Social Dialog from Weather Data
- Lead Presenter: George Shaw - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Professor Timothy Bickmore
- Narrative Generation in Health Behavior Change Intervention Systems
- Lead Presenter: Langxuan Yin - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Timothy Bickmore
- The Efficacy of Just-in-Time Counseling by a Wearable Exercise Advisor
- Lead Presenter: Thomas Brown - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Timothy Bickmore
- Virtual Nurse Agents for Hospital Discharge
- Lead Presenter: Laura Pfeifer - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Timothy Bickmore
Social Sciences, Business and Law:
Preventing Youth Gang Violence: A Case Study of New Bedford's H.O.P.E. Collaborative
- Lead Presenter: Russell Wolff - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Sean Varano
- Assessing the Legal and Social Significance of the Lack of a Parent-Child Testimonial Privilege
- Lead Presenter: Hillary Farber - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Hillary Farber
- Class Participation in Accounting Courses: Relationship among Preparation, Frequency, Comfort, and Learning
- Lead Presenter: Julie Hertenstein - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Elise J. Dallimore (PI)
- CRM, SRM, and Integrated NPD: Having the Right Product versus Having the Product Right
- Lead Presenter: Francois Charvet - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Francois F. Charvet
- Globalization and liberal telecom reform
- Lead Presenter: Kirsten Rodine Hardy - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Kirsten Rodine Hardy
- Information Strategy: the 10 Principles for a Competitive Information
- Lead Presenter: Paul Boutry - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Yang W. Lee
- Language universals in speakers’ brains: Evidence from a learning experiment
- Lead Presenter: Tracy Lennertz - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Iris Berent
- Local Government and Conditions of Uncertainty: Cambridge and the Regulation of Nanomaterials
- Lead Presenter: Caitlin McAllister - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Christopher Bosso
- Longitudinal Effects of Organizational Uncertainty on Employee Outcomes: Moderating Role of Emotional Intelligence and Supervisor-Member Relationship Quality
- Lead Presenter: Ting Cheng - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Cynthia Lee
- Nuclear Lessons for Nanotechnology: How Governments May Handle Emerging Technologies by Learning from the Past.
- Lead Presenter: Johannes Eijmberts - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Prof. W.D. Kay
- Perceiving Emotions in Dance: An Analysis of the Differences in Nonverbal Accuracy between Dancers and Non-Dancers
- Lead Presenter: Vanessa Castro - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Judith Hall
- Political Institutions & Grassroots Development: The Political Economy of Microfinance
- Lead Presenter: Kristen Hudak - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Kirsten Rodine-Hardy
- Social/Personality Psychologists' Journal Article Titles Reveal Ambiguity in Disciplinary Self-Identity, or, My Title is Cleverer Than Yours!
- Lead Presenter: Judith Hall - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Judith A. Hall
- Socialization 2.0: Innovative Socialization Agents
- Lead Presenter: Andrew Rohm - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Andrew Rohm
- The Differential Impact of Product Complexity, Inventory Level, and Configuration Capacity on Unit and Order Fill Rate Performance.
- Lead Presenter: Gilbert Nyaga - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Gilbert Nyaga
- THE EFFECT OF MUTUAL MONITORING ON EFFORT IN TOURNAMENT CONTRACTS
- Lead Presenter: May Zhang - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: May Zhang
- The Human Trafficking Reporting System
- Lead Presenter: Stephanie Fahy - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Drs. Amy Farrell and Jack McDevitt
- The International Arms Trade
- Lead Presenter: Denise Garcia - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Denise Garcia
- The King and I: Nationalist Projects and the Manipulation of Civil Society
- Lead Presenter: Denise M. Horn - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Denise M. Horn
Engineering and Technology:
Stabilizing the Delay-Induced Oscillations of Inventory Levels via Collaborations among Supply Chains
- Lead Presenter: Rodrigue Takoudjou - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Rifat Sipahi
- A 2D Game Using 3D Characters
- Lead Presenter: Na Chen - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Ronald R.Mourant
- A HYBRID CLASSIFICATION/SEGMENTATION ALGORITHM TO LOCALIZE THE DERMIS/EPIDERMIS BOUNDARY
- Lead Presenter: Sila Kurugol - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Dana H. Brooks and Jennifer Dy
- A Multi-State Longitudinal Fuzzy Categorical Model for Military and Civilian Traumatic Brain Injury
- Lead Presenter: Hande Musdal - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: James Benneyan
- A Simulation-Optimization Approach for Longitudinal Inventory Space Planning in Remanufacturing Facilities
- Lead Presenter: Aysegul Topcu - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: James Benneyan
- Accelerating Particle Image Velocimetry with FPGAs
- Lead Presenter: Abderrahmane Bennis - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Miriam Leeser
- Accelerating the Verification of Multicore Cache Coherence Protocols using FPGAs
- Lead Presenter: Mary Ellen Fuess - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Miriam Leeser
- Adhesion Based Microfluidic Cell Separation
- Lead Presenter: James Green - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Shashi Murthy
- Adhesion of Graphene Sheet with Crystallography Registry and Misorientation
- Lead Presenter: Yung Kong Fan - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Kai-tak Wan
- An Efficient Decoding Algorithm for Concatenated RS-Convolutional Codes
- Lead Presenter: Yueqian Li - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Masoud Salehi
- An Experimental Study of In-vehicle Displays
- Lead Presenter: Linzhen Nie - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Ronald Mourant
- Approaches towards Image Analysis of Human Corpus Callosum Histology Images and Comparison to MR Diffusion Measurements
- Lead Presenter: F Noushin Golabchi - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Dana H Brooks
- Assessment of Gust Effect Factors for Wind Loading on Low-rise Buildings using the Database-Assisted-Design Method and National Structural Design Standards
- Lead Presenter: Dong-Woo Seo - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Luca Caracoglia
- Bifurcation analysis of axisymmetric vortex flow in a pipe
- Lead Presenter: Anshuman Mishra - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Gilead Tadmor
- BLASTOCELE CAVITY IDENTIFICATION IN DIC MICROSCOPY IMAGES OF MOUSE EMBRYOS
- Lead Presenter: Heidy Sierra - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Charles DiMarzio and Dana Brooks
- Compact Ankle Rehabilitation Device
- Lead Presenter: Ye Ding - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Mavroidis
- Controlling Light with Nano-Optics
- Lead Presenter: Didier Casse - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Srinivas Sridhar
- Disassembly-To-Order Systems
- Lead Presenter: Ali Ilgin - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Surendra M. Gupta
- Effect of Hydrocarbon Group on Flame Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes.
- Lead Presenter: Brenadn Hall - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Professor Yiannis Levendis
- Electrostatically Tunable Magnetoelectric Inductors with Large Inductance Tunability
- Lead Presenter: Jing Lou - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Nian Sun
- Engineering Low-aspect Ratio Carbon Nanostructures:Nanocups, Nanorings, and Nanocontainers
- Lead Presenter: Hyunkyung Chun - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Yung Joon Jung
- Experimental impingement heat transfer at small jet to target surface distances
- Lead Presenter: Awaru Deepti Dutt - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Mohammad Taslim
- Fabrication and Electrical Properties of All Metallic Aligned SWNT Architectures for Nanoscale Interconnects
- Lead Presenter: Young Lae Kim - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Yung Joon Jung
- Fetal Dermal Fibroblasts Cultured In Vitro Produce an Organized Extracellular Matrix
- Lead Presenter: Tara Pouyani - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Tara Pouyani
- From Plastic Wastes to Carbon Nanotubes: a Novel Conversion
- Lead Presenter: Chuanwei Zhuo - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Yiannis Levendis
- Functionalized-induced improvement in magnetic properties of Fe3O4 nanoparticles for biomedical applications
- Lead Presenter: Brian Plouffe - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Shashi Murthy
- Fundamental Mechanisms of Load Transfer along the Bone Implant Interface
- Lead Presenter: Samira Faegh - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Sinan Muftu
- Geometric Structure of Sum-of-rank-1 Decompositions for (n1,n2,…np)-Dimensional Order-p Tensors
- Lead Presenter: Olexiy Kyrgyzov - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Deniz Erdogmus
- Heterogeneous Integration of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with CMOS Circuitry
- Lead Presenter: Chia-Ling Chen - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Mehmet R Dokmeci
- Highly Density SWNT Networks Assembled on a Flexible Parylene-C Substrate
- Lead Presenter: Chenfu Guo - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Mehmet R Dokmeci
- Highly Flexible and Biocompatible SWNT Thin film Transistor for Wearable and Implant devices
- Lead Presenter: Selvapraba Selvarasah - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Mehmet R. Dokmeci
- Hydrocortisone Enhances and Inhibits Hyaluronate Synthesis in a Human Dermal Equivalent
- Lead Presenter: Madhura Deshpande - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Tara Pouyani
- Impact of emulsion-based drug delivery systems on intestinal permeability and drug release kinetics
- Lead Presenter: Fulden Buyukozturk - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Rebecca L. Carrier
- Improving Inverse Electrocardiography Using Wavefront-Based Dynamic Models Of Cardiac Propagation
- Lead Presenter: Burak Erem - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Dana Brooks
- Improving the User Appraisal of Human Assistance Systems (HAS) in the Driving Environment
- Lead Presenter: Jeffrey Breugelmans - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Yingzi Lin
- In-situ surface characterization with RHEED-TRAXS
- Lead Presenter: Martina List - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Katherine S. Ziemer
- Incorporation of Linear Spacer Molecules in Vapor-Deposited Silicone Polymer Thin Films
- Lead Presenter: Anil Kumar Achyuta - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Shashi K.Murthy
- Increased Alkaloid Production in Elicited California Poppy Cell Cultures is Correlated with Regulation of Multiple Pathways Leading to SAM Biosynthesis
- Lead Presenter: John Oldham - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Carolyn Lee-Parsons
- INCREASING TEMPORAL RESOLUTION IN HYBRID 3D EPI FMRI STUDIES USING UNFOLD
- Lead Presenter: Onur Afacan - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Dana H. Brooks
- Longitudinal Targets in Data Envelopment Analysis
- Lead Presenter: Mehmet ceyhan - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: James Benneyan
- Mechanical Characterization of a Freestanding Polyvinyl Alcohol Hydrogel Membrane
- Lead Presenter: Edgar Montiel - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Kai-tak Wan
- Mechanical Characterization of Bacteria in Sludge Process Using Atomic Force Microscopy
- Lead Presenter: Xin Wang - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Kai-tak Wan
- Modeling habituation in evoked response in rat EEG via a dynamical systems based neural mass model
- Lead Presenter: Srinivas Laxminarayan - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Dana Brooks
- Modeling the adhesion contact between deformable spherical membranous vesicles and rigid substrate
- Lead Presenter: Jiayi Shi - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Professor Sinan Muftu, Professor Kai-tak Wan
- Monte Carlo Simulations of Light Propagation on a GPU
- Lead Presenter: James Brock - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Miriam Leeser
- Nanomanufacturing Risk Analysis Models
- Lead Presenter: Zeynep D. Ok - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Jacqueline A. Isaacs and James C. Benneyan
- New High-µ Energy Harvesting Device
- Lead Presenter: Xing Xing - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Nian Sun
- Nonmagnetic Particle Navigation Using Ferrofluids Manipulated by Magnetic Fields
- Lead Presenter: James Forte - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: James Forte
- Observations on Bone-Implant Contact Based on Analysis of Internal Bone Remodeling
- Lead Presenter: Hsuan Yu Chou - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Sinan Muftu
- On the Stability of Inventory Oscillations in Supply Chains with Delays
- Lead Presenter: Ilker Delice - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Rifat Sipahi
- Park House
- Lead Presenter: Aleta Budd - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Tiffany Lin
- Patterning of Nano-Elements using Parylene-C Shadow Mask Technology
- Lead Presenter: Kyle Anstey - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Mehmet R. Dokmeci
- Preliminary study of the use of nanoparticles for application in dermatology
- Lead Presenter: Yogesh G. Patel - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Charles A. DiMarzio
- Risk-Adjusted Spatial Scan Statistics
- Lead Presenter: Aysun Taseli - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: James Benneyan
- Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube pH Sensor
- Lead Presenter: Chih Feng Yang - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Mehmet R. Dokmeci
- Sodium Butyrate Inhibits Hyaluronate Synthesis in a Human Dermal Equivalent
- Lead Presenter: Tara Pouyani - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Tara Pouyani
- Sparse Probabilistic Principal Component Analysis
- Lead Presenter: Yue Guan - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Jennifer Dy
- Statistical Modeling of a Shallow Water Acoustic Communication Channel
- Lead Presenter: Parastoo Qarabaqi - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Milica Stojanovic
- Strong Photon Localization in Disordered Photonic Crystal Waveguides
- Lead Presenter: Zao Liu - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Juraj Topolancik
- Survival dynamics of enteric bacteria in surface water: role and relevance of GASP-mutant population shifts
- Lead Presenter: Vanni Bucci - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Ferdinand L. Hellweger
- Suspended Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Vacuum Sensors
- Lead Presenter: Huiyan Pan - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Mehmet R. Dokmeci
- The Application and Assessment of Sustainability Metrics in Computer Gaming
- Lead Presenter: Zachary Gennett - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Jacqueline A. Isaacs
- The Combined Effect of Frontal Plane Tibiofemoral Knee Angle and Meniscectomy on the Cartilage Contact Stresses and Strains
- Lead Presenter: Nicholas Yang - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Hamid Nayeb-Hashemi, Prof. Paul Canavan
- Thin Film Adhesion in the Presence of Long-Range Intersurface Forces: 1-D Rectangular Membrane vs 2-D Circular Diaphragm
- Lead Presenter: Guangxu Li - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Advisor: Professor Kai-tak Wan
- Understanding the limitations to alkaloid production in Catharanthus roseus hairy root cultures using gene expression profiling and precursor feeding studies
- Lead Presenter: Sheba Goklany - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Prof. Carolyn W. T. Lee-Parsons
- Using Observations of Accelerating a MATLAB Application with Nvidia GPUs for GPU Library Construction
- Lead Presenter: Nicholas Moore - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Miriam Leeser
Interdisciplinary Topics, Centers and Institutes:
- A PCR Method for Evaluation of Aerobic Bioremediation Treatment of Vinyl Chloride-Contaminated Groundwater.
- Lead Presenter: Heather Gardiner - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Gail Begley
- Alcohol and Drug Use and Related Consequences among Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual College Students: Role of Experiencing Violence, Feeling Safe on Campus and Perceived Stress
- Lead Presenter: Atsushi Matsumoto - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Philomena Mantella, Ph.D. & Hortensia Amro, Ph.D.
- Brief Screening and Intervention for Alcohol and Drug use in a College Student Health Clinic: Feasibility, Implementation, and Outcomes
- Lead Presenter: Erin Rowe - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Hortensia Amaro, Ph.D.
- Controlling a lamprey-based robot with an electronic nervous system.
- Lead Presenter: Anthony Westphal - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Joseph Ayers
- Exogenous and Endogenous Cannabinoids: A Comparison
- Lead Presenter: Torbjorn Jarbe - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Alexandros Makriyannis
- IN VIVO CHARACTERIZATION OF AM-2389, A POTENT CB1R SELECTIVE AGONIST
- Lead Presenter: Sherrica Tai - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Torbjörn U.C. Järbe
- Intelligent Diagnostics IGERT: Bridge Deck Assessment through Sensing and Identification with Mechanical Waves
- Lead Presenter: David Abramo - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Sara Wadia-Fascetti
- Intelligent Diagnostics: Establishing a Depth vs. Attenuation Relationship for Ground Penetrating Radar Assessment of Bridge Decks
- Lead Presenter: Christopher Wright - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Sara Wadia-Fascetti
- Life Cycle Assessment of Manufactured Carbon Nanotube Products
- Lead Presenter: Lindsay Dahlben - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Jackie Isaacs
- Measurements of shifts in characteristic frequency as a function of level using chirp-evoked otoacoustic emissions
- Lead Presenter: Luke Shaheen - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Michael Epstein
- Mindfulness-based HIV prevention among Puerto Rican women in substance abuse treatment: Assessing the acceptability and promise of Spiritual Self-Schema therapy
- Lead Presenter: Cielo Magno-Gatmaytan - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Hortensia Amaro
- Randomized Controlled Trial of a University Assistance Program (UAP) for Alcohol Use among Judicially Mandated Students
- Lead Presenter: Hortensia Amaro - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Philomena Mantella, Ph.D. & Hortensia Amaro, Ph.D.
- Recommendations to Improve an HIV Medication Adherence Curriculum Using an Adapted Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Model: Data from a pre-pilot study of 10 HIV-positive Adults
- Lead Presenter: Ashley Weagraff - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Hortensia Amaro, Ph.D.
- Robustness of Null Space Approach to Damage Localization
- Lead Presenter: Matthew Maddalo - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Dennis Bernal
- Spain and the Genesis of the Cold War
- Lead Presenter: Tom Cinq-Mars - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Burds, Ph.D.
- The Associations of Experienced-Discrimination with Medical Symptomatology and Psychological Distress among Women Receiving Treatment for Substance Use Disorders
- Lead Presenter: Sandra Arevalo - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Hortensia Amaro, PhD
- The ICCP: Fostering Interdisciplinary Knowledge Creation
- Lead Presenter: Lesley Milner - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Will Wakeling, Dean, University Libraries
- The People Exercising Program: Dissemination of a Community-Based Group Exercise Program for Older Adults through Exercise Leadership Training and Certification
- Lead Presenter: Jordan Thomas - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Carmen Sceppa
- Web of Science: Interdisciplinary Uses of a Classic Citation Analysis Tool
- Lead Presenter: Katherine Herrlich - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Katherine Herrlich
Humanities and Arts:
- Analyzing Survey Comments Using Excel: an accessible assessment tool for engaging discussion and action
- Lead Presenter: Elizabeth Habich - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Elizabeth C. Habich
- Children of Drancy--an educational website
- Lead Presenter: Inez Hedges - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Inez Hedges
- Consequences of 1960's Urbanism: Project for New Bedford YMCA
- Lead Presenter: Chris Sledziona - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: Tom S. Chung AIA LEED AP
- Reconnecting City + Office
- Lead Presenter: Jason Neves - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Tiffany Lin
- The Piazza degli Affari and the Contingent Nature of Urbanism in Fascist Milan
- Lead Presenter: Sean Grummer - Graduate
- Principal Investigator: Lucy M. Maulsby
- The Role of Publically Displayed Information Visualization in Eliciting Individual and Communal Action
- Lead Presenter: Ann McDonad - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Ann McDonald
- The role of visual/spatial properties in conveying meaning, rhythm, expression in the communication of information
- Lead Presenter: Isabel Meirelles - Faculty
- Principal Investigator: Isabel Meirelles
- Urban Housing
- Lead Presenter: Ying Xu - Undergraduate
- Principal Investigator: