UW Students who have presented at conferences

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Conferences - Student Achievements

2009

Addie Boone - Medical Anthropology and Biochemistry
"The Clinical Significance of Mathematical Models in the Treatment and Management of Gliomas: A Case Study in Translating Applied Mathematics Research into Clinically Relevant Solutions "
International Conference on Mathematical Biology- Vancouver, BC
July 27 - 30, 2009
Stanley Gu - Bioengineering
"Spatiotemporal Pharmacokinetic/ Pharmacodynamic Radioactive Tracer and Brain Tumor Modeling: A Method for Generating Patient-specific Simulated PET Images "
International Conference on Mathematical Biology- Vancouver, BC
July 27 - 30, 2009
Rita Sodt - Computer Science
"Simulation of Anisotropic Growth of Gliomas using Diffusion Tensor Imaging "
International Conference on Mathematical Biology- Vancouver, BC
July 27 - 30, 2009
Mindy Szeto - Biochemistry and Sociologl
"Anatomic Variation in Quantitative Measures of Glioma Aggressiveness "
International Conference on Mathematical Biology- Vancouver, BC
July 27 - 30, 2009
Andrew Battenburg - Information School
"Digital Texture and Textuality in New Media"
Computers and Writing 2009: Ubiquitous and Sustainable Computing - Davis, CA
June 18 - 21, 2009
Will Damon - English & Law, Societies, and Justice
"A New Metaphor: Wiki-Thinking, Diagrams, and Pedagogy"
Computers and Writing 2009: Ubiquitous and Sustainable Computing - Davis, CA
June 18 - 21, 2009
Nishali Nanayakkara - Comparative History of Ideas
"Into the Eyes: A Look at Body Awareness and Visual Media Interfaces"
Computers and Writing 2009: Ubiquitous and Sustainable Computing - Davis, CA
June 18 - 21, 2009
Nichole Poinski - Comparative Literature
"New Directions for the Non-Directive: The Digital Humanities and Writing Centers"
Computers and Writing 2009: Ubiquitous and Sustainable Computing - Davis, CA
June 18 - 21, 2009
Sergei B. Ivanov - Microbiology and Immunology
"Viral Evolution in an HIV-1 Breakthrough Vaccinee With Sustained and Undetectable Viral Load"
NCUR 2009 - La Crosse, WI
April 16-18, 2009
Luis Acevedo - Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
"Development of a High Throughput Method for Screening Merck Ad5 Vaccine Vector and HIV-1 Insert Genes in Vaccinated Individuals"
23rd National Conference on Undergraduate Research - La Crosse, WI
April 16-18, 2009
David Linders - Bioengineering
"Designing an Optical Bendloss Sensor for Clinical Force Measurement"
Design of Medical Devices Conference - University of Minnesota
April 14-16, 2009

2008

Katherine Riggs - Comparative History of Ideas
"3"
Anticorpi XL, Network di Giovane Urbana di Autore - Ravenna, Italy
September 17-19, 2008
Anh Nguyen - Dance, Sociology
"3"
Anticorpi XL, Network di Giovane Urbana di Autore - Ravenna, Italy
September 17-19, 2008
Devin McDermott - Dance
"3"
Anticorpi XL, Network di Giovane Urbana di Autore - Ravenna, Italy
September 17-19, 2008
Daniel Seung Kim - Neurobiology
"Breastmilk HIV-1 Transmission among Kenyan Women Receiving Antenatal Zidovudine"
International Aids 2008 Conference - Mexico City, Mexico
August 3-8, 2008
Susan Massey - Mathematics
"Parameter sensitivity investigation of a mathematical model of glioma tumorigenesis mediated by platelet-derived growth factor"
2008 Annual Meeting for the Society for Mathematical Biology and VICBC School on Integrative Cancer Biology - Toronto, Canada
July 29 - August 6, 2008
Alevtina Gall - Cellular, Molecular & Developmental Biology, International Studies
"Frequency of CD4CD25FOXP3+ cells and IFN? or IL-10 producing mononuclear cells following re-stimulation of peripheral blood with chlamydial antigens"
Sixth Meeting of the European Society for Chlamydia Research - Aarhus, Denmark
June 30 - July 3, 2008
Jeremy Luk - Psychology, Comparative Religion
"Contextual variations of mindfulness: A behavioral model and preliminary results"
34th Annual Convention of the Association of Behavior Analysis International - Chicago, IL
May 24-25, 2008
TramAnh Phan - Biochemistry, Cellular, Molecular & Developmental Biology
"Investigating the Ubiquitin Lysine Linkage Specificity of the Breast Cancer Protein, BRCA1"
West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference - San Diego, CA
April 12, 2008
Jeremy Luk - Psychology, Comparative Religion
"Gender Difference in depression among Chinese Americans: The role of smoking status"
Society of Behavioral Medicine's 29th Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA
March 26-29, 2008
Elaine Leigh - Psychology
"The Relationship Between Group Identity and Prejudice: An Objective Experience Account"
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Conference - Albuquerque, NM
February 7-9, 2008
Heather Rieck - Psychology
"The Relationship Between Group Identity and Prejudice: An Objective Experience Account"
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Conference - Albuquerque, NM
February 7-9, 2008
Tracy-Ying Zhang - Physics & Mathematics
"Structure of multiplexers on rank one matrices"
Joint Mathematics Meetings - San Diego, CA
January 6-9, 2008

2007

Jennifer A. Porter - Physics
"Localized Reconnection of Plasma Structures at the Magnetopause"
Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union - San Francisco, CA
December 11-15, 2007
Andree Susanto - Aeronautics and Astronautics
"Bootstrapping Dip Test for PIV Outlier Identification and Correction"
American Physical Society - Division of Fluid Dynamics 60th Annual Meeting - Salt Lake City, Utah
November 18-20, 2007
Patricia Sanchez Vazquez - Industrial Biotechnology, 2007 Amgen Scholar
"The Roles of the Protein p120 Catenin in the Movement of Early Cells in Zebrafish (Daniorenio)"
Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minorities Students - Austin, Texas
November 7-10, 2007
Mark Sena - Bioengineering, 2007 Amgen Scholar
"A Quantum Dot-Based Microfluidic Immunoassay"
Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2007 Annual Fall Meeting - Los Angeles, CA
September 26-29, 2007
Nichole Olson - Psychology, Comparative Religion
"Everything in moderation: Harmonious and obsessive passion for alcohol and associated consequences"
30th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism - Chicago, Illinois
July 7-12, 2007
Hannah Marx - Plant Biology
"Phylogeny and Evolution of the Vebenaceae: Evidence from DNA Sequences"
Botany and Plant Biology Joint Conference 2007 - Chicago, IL
July 7-11, 2007
Tonya Lockyer - Dance
"Consumed"
The American Dance Festival, Durham, NC
June 6-26, 2007
John Lee - Biochemistry, Biology
"The Effect of Anxiety Disorder Comorbidity on Treatment Resistant Bipolar Disorders"
7th International Conference on Bipolar Disorder - Pittsburgh, PA
June 6-9, 2007
Cameron Elliott - App & Comp Math Sci (Statistics)
"Striking a C[h]ord: Vocal Interaction in Assistive Technologies, Games, and More"
Computer/Human Interaction Conference - San Jose, CA
April 28-May3, 2007
Firat Kiyak - Computer Science & Engineering
"SpectrUW: Computing spectra of linear operators in one and more dimensions"
The Fifth IMACS International Conference on Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Wave Phenomena: Computation and Theory - Athens, GA
April 16-19, 2007
Chung Jong Yu - Neurobiology, Biochemistry
"Dissolved Organic Polymer Size: Large Polymers dominate the micro-gel Assembly process"
21st National Conference on Undergraduate Research - San Rafael, CA
April 12-14, 2007
Monty Reed - General Studies: Biosynthetics
"Biosynthetic Muscles; Biosynthetic Semicircular Canals: Balance and Rehabilitation; Robotic Rehabilitation and Access Suit Exoskeleton"
21st National Conference on Undergraduate Research - San Rafael, CA
April 12-14, 2007
Christina Chan - Economics
"School Consolidation in Rural Sichuan: Quality vs. Equality"
China-India Development Relations Symposium - New York, NY
March 30-April 2, 2007
Gina Hicks - Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering
DOE Industrial Assessment Centers Student Meeting - Oak Ridge, TN
January 31 - February 2, 2007
Kathryn Jeanne Hightower - Dance
American College Dance Festival - San Francisco, CA
January 17-21, 2007
Andrea Cowles - Dance
American College Dance Festival - San Francisco, CA
January 17-21, 2007
Erica Claassen - Dance
American College Dance Festival - San Francisco, CA
January 17-21, 2007

2006

Alex Teel - Earth & Space Sciences, Physics
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting - San Francisco, CA
December 11-15, 2006
Alice Gosti - Dance
"Tre Marie"
ACM Multimedia 2006 - Santa Barbara, CA
October 23-27, 2006
Shannon Narasimnan - Biology, Dance
"Tre Marie"
ACM Multimedia 2006 - Santa Barbara, CA
October 23-27, 2006
Rachel Randall - Dance, Anthropology
"Tre Marie"
ACM Multimedia 2006 - Santa Barbara, CA
October 23-27, 2006
Ingrid Haftel - English, Comparative History of Ideas
"Open Spaces? Tracing the Margins in Seattle's Pioneer Square Parks"
Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research - Los Angeles, CA
November 18, 2006
Jared Shannon - Bioengineering
"Dynamic Interactions of Live Group B Streptococci with Soluble and Absorbed Fibronectin"
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting - San Francisco, CA
November 12-17, 2006
Brandon Hawkins - Political Science, European Studies, German
Center for the Study of the Presidency - Washington, DC
November 9-11, 2006
John Lee - Biochemistry & Biology
"Surface-based morphometric analysis of ethnic differences in three-year-old brains"
Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Research Conference - Detroit, Michigan
November 2006
This trip was fully supported by Sigma Xi Travel Grant and John was awarded with a Superior Oral Presenter Award during the award ceremony.
Samantha Brower - Environmental Studies
"Incorporating Sustainable Development into North American Public School Curriculum"
2nd European Fair on Education for Sustainable Development - Hamburg, Germany
Sept 13-15 2006
Thomas W. Chung - Chemistry (ACS Certified)
"Investigating the Interaction of Nonlinear Electro-Optical Chromophores with DNA"
The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) Great Lakes Photonics Symposium: Biophotonics and DNA Photonics Conference; Dayton, OH
June 12-16, 2006
Thomas W. Chung - Chemistry (ACS Certified)
"Ritual at Starbucks(c): A Cognitive-Linguistic Analysis"
Northwest Cognition and Memory (NOWCAM): Eighth Annual Meeting; Vancouver, BC
May 25-27, 2006
Paul Javid - Computer Science
"Augmenting Rural Supply Chains with a Location-Enhanced Mobile Information System"
International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Development; Berkeley, CA
May 25, 2006
Joan Bleecker - Chemistry, Biology
"Protein Fingerprint for Breast Cancer Cells Using SDS PAGE and Capillary Electrophoresis"
National Conference for Undergraduate Research; Asheville, NC
April 6-8, 2006
Vanessa Palmer - Chemistry, Biochemistry
"Wide-ranging bioassay for the presence and relative toxicity of genotoxic agents"
National Conference for Undergraduate Research; Asheville, NC
April 6-8, 2006
Ashley Watson - Political Science, Psychology
"Punctuated Equilibrium and Education Reform"
Center for the Study of the Presidency - Spring Conference; Washington, DC
April 5-7, 2006
Katharine Liang - Neurobiology
"GFOGER-mediated Adhesion of Epithelial Cells to a Biomaterial Surface"
The 2nd International Conference on Epithelial Technologies and Tissue Engineering; Washington, DC
April 2-4, 2006
Sarah Sterr - Anthropology
"Habitat use and ranging behavior of Callimico goeldii"
American Association of Physical Anthropologist; Anchorage, Alaska
March 8-10, 2006
Kimberly Logan - Political Science, Geography
"The Search for Effective Sustainable Housing Provision in the Greater Seattle Area for the Refugee Population"
Association of American Geographers Annual Conference; Chicago, IL
March 7-11, 2006
Breck McCollum - Acquatic and Fisheries Science
"Consumer Perspectives on the Web of Casualty within the Marine Aquarium Fish Trade"
Marine Ornamentals '06 Fourth Annual International Conference for the Marine Ornamental Community; Las Vegas, NV
February 13-16, 2006
Linh Tran - Bioengineering Mathematics
"Face, Content and Construct Validation Study of SimPraxis: a Novel Prototype Cognitive Simulator for Standard Teaching and Assessment"
Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 14; Long Beach, CA
January 24-27, 2006
Nick Goehner - Biology, Minor in Medical History and Ethics
"The Search for the Transcription Factor Broad in Non-Insectan Arthropods"
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 2006 Annual Meeting; Orlando, FL
January 4-8, 2006

2005

Jennifer Glass - Earth & Space Sciences, Oceanography
"Recent Alteration of 15-Ma Oceanic Crust, ODP Site 1256, Leg 206"
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting; San Francisco, CA
December 5-9, 2005
Emily Wood - Psychology
"Rat substantia nigra neurons exhibit context-dependent task-related firing during a working memory task"
Neuroscience 2005: The Society of Neuroscience Annual Meeting; Washington, DC
November 12-16, 2005
Kelly Hills - Comparative History of Ideas
"Desire, Affect and Time: Constructing the Appeal of Reality Television"
Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research (SCCUR); Riverside, CA
November 19, 2005
Amanda Hoyt - Biochemistry
"Putative RuBisCO Activase CfxQ in the Toxic Alga Heterosigma akashiwo"
Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research (SCCUR); Riverside, CA
November 19, 2005

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