Vol. 1 (2019)

Abstracts from the 2019 Aspiring Scientists' Summer Internship Program

• Abundance of Crab Species and Parasites in the Potomac River

  Ridhima Bhatia, Darby Pochtar, Dr. Amy Fowler

• An Analysis of CMIP6 Climate Model Performance in Simulating Climatological Conditions Compared to CMIP5

  Catherine Liang, Alexander Hall, Abdullah al Fahad, Dr. Natalie Burls

• CAPTURE: An End-to-End Mobile Implementation for a Computationally Optimized Deep Learning Framework

  Rayan Yu, Lekha Punya, Kenneth Wang, Zhuwei Qin, Dr. Xiang Chen

• Confirming the Existence of K2 Candidate Exoplanets Using the Transit Method

  Anoushka Chintada, Sherrie Feng, Dr. Peter Plavchan, Justin Wittrock

• Crowd Microservices Hackathon: Utilizing Crowdsourcing for Microtask Programming on a Large-Scale

  Aarushi Dubey, Dr. Thomas LaToza, Emad Aghayi

• Cryopreservation of Equine Platelet-rich Plasma

  Brightney Varghese, Dr. Jennifer Barrett

• Design and Fabrication of a PocketQube Satellite Chassis Utilizing a Backplane System

  Ritvik Jayakumar, Dr. Peter Pachowicz

• Determining Neuronal Cell Line Protocol for C60 Treatment

  Aryan Pandya, Naina Kohli, Dr. Nathalia Peixoto

• Determination of the Firefly Luciferase mRNA Concentration and Encapsulation Efficiency in Nanoparticles Using RiboGreen Assay

  Sreenidhi Sankararaman, Dr. W. W. Shanaka I. Rodrigo, Manuel J. Carrasco, Dr.Michael Buschmann

• Developing a Mobile Interface for NeuroMorpho.Org

  Matthew Kurapatti, Dr. Giorgio Ascoli, Praveen Menon, Navy Merianda, Dr. Bengt Ljungquist

• Discovering Biomarkers for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer in Women with Suspicious Mammograms

  Neha Shetty, Lance Liotta

• The Effect of Varying Diets on the Gut Microbiome of Cirrhosis Patients in the United States, Mexico and Turkey

  Marathe Maya, Reddy Nikita, Sikaroodi Masoumeh, Patrick M. Gillevet, Bajaj Jasmohan S.

• Evaluating the Yield of Helianthus annuus Microgreens When Treated with Sodium Hypochlorite and Other Factors

  Zachre Andrews, Esha Fateh, Elizabeth Shaver, Francesca Lee, Ashanti Hernandez, Mariella Rivera, Doni Nolan

• Exploratory Data Analysis of Autobiographical Memory Trends

  Hannah Anderson, Dr. Giorgio Ascoli

• Extracellular Vesicles derived from Cancer demonstrate Autophagosome Properties

  Daivik Siddhi, Marissa Howard, James Erickson, Heather Branscome, Dr. Amanda Haymond, Dr. Virginia Espina, Dr. Fatah Kashanchi, Dr. Lance Liotta

• Extracellular Vesicles from HTLV-1 Infected Cells Induce Secretion of Proinflammatory Cytokines in Recipient Blood Brain Barrier Cells

  Jamie Nelson, Daniel Pinto, James Erickson, Heather Branscome, Dr. Fatah Kashanchi

• Facilitating 3D Model Construction and Minimizing Parameter Definition in Programming-Based Computer Aided Design Software through the Application of Program Synthesis by Example

  Raunak Daga, Rishabh Misra, Dr. Thomas LaToza

• Firefly Luciferase-Based Commercial Reagent Screening of Messenger RNA Nanocomplex Transfection Efficiency in vitro

  Hooda Said, Dr. Shanaka I. Rodrigo, Manuel Carrasco, Dr. Michael Buschmann

• A Gait Analysis Device to Classify Normal vs. Abnormal Gaits in Flat Feet Patients

  Teaghan Doran, Winifred Allotey, Dr. Vasiliki Ikonomidou

• Generation of 3D Neurospheres for Modeling HIV-1 Infection and Stem Cell EV Analysis

  Gabrielle Heller, Heather Branscome, James Erickson, Maria Cowen, Daniel Pinto, Thomas Lattanze, Yuriy Kim, Gifty Mensah, Fatah Kashanchi

• Identifying the Determinants of Recycling Rates in the US: A Multi-level Analysis

  Billy Oh, Sunho Oh, Tarun Sivanandan, John Small, Dr. Younsung Kim

• Identifying the Timing of Sudden Shifts in Meridional Overturning Circulation and Coupled Climate Model Equilibration

  William Wang, Dr. Natalie Burls

• Machine Learning Based Facial Recognition

  Taaren Singh, Dr. Vasiliki Ikonomidou

• Mathematical Modeling, Analysis, Simulation of the Opioid Crisis with Prescription and Social Drug Addiction Models

  Kirthi Kumar, Carmen Caiseda, Dr. Holly Matto, Dr. Padmanabhan Seshaiyer

• Needle Optimization Study for Equine BMSC Injections

  Rozlan Basha, Kayla Turner, Dr. Jennifer Barrett

• NMR Measurement of pKa of Nitrogen Groups

  Andie Matten, Suman Alishetty, Dr. Mikell Paige, Dr. Michael Buschmann

• A Novel Non-Invasive Knee Joint Monitor with Built-in Real-time Patellar Tracking for Improved Joint Rehabilitation and Monitoring

  Jennifer Canfield, Connie Zhang, Rachel Naidich, Marissa Howard, Dr. Lance Liotta

• Protect or potentiate: The Role of Common Medications in Response to Radiotherapy

  Sydney Andes, Dr. Justin Davis, Daniel Pinto, Dr. Fatah Kaschanchi, Dr. Claudius Mueller, Dr. Virginia Espina

• Physiochemical Characterization of Firefly Luciferase mRNA Nanoparticles Using Dynamic Light Scattering

  Kapil Krishna, Manuel J. Carrasco, Dr. Shanaka I. Rodrigo, Dr. Michael D. Buschmann

• Rainfall Influences on Microbial Community Dynamics in an Urban Watershed

  Dhanush Banka, Thomas Hutchinson, Dr. Benoit Van Aken, Dr. Jennifer Salerno, Steven Chan

• Real-Estate Price Prediction Using Time Series Forecasting Methods

  Arnav Wadehra, Dr. Setareh Rafatirad

• Resource Optimization: Minimizing the Cost of Solar Panel Installation

  Jeremy Suh, Carmen Caiseda, Dr. Padmanabhan Seshaiyer

• Reconstructions of Digitally Uploaded Neurons

  Akhila Dasari, Helen Wingate, Daniel Plaxe, Dr. Giorgio Ascoli

• Rehabilitation Technology and Relapse-Detecting Software for Recovering Opioid Addiction Patients

  Diego Valencia, Kendall Johnson, Dr. Holly Matto, Dr. Padmanabhan Seshaiyer

• Reliability of Color-Based Pulse Detection Heart Rate Variability Analysis Software

  Karen Song, Dr. Vasiliki Ikonomidou

• A Robust Comparison of the KDDCup99 and NSL-KDD Intrusion Detection Datasets by Utilizing Principle Component Analysis and Evaluating the Performance of Various Machine Learning Algorithms

  Suchet Sapre, Dr. Pouyan Ahmadi, Dr. Khondkar Islam

• StackOverflow for Programming Strategies

  Sneha Iyer, Maryam Arab, Dr. Thomas Latoza

• Tonic-Clonic and Clonic Seizure Detection through Non-Contact Affordable Means

  Rohan Voddhi, Norvin West, Dr. Vasiliki Ikonomidou

• Verification of Plasmid Transformation through Gel Visualization

  Vivian Cao-Dao, Sean Cronin, Dr. Robin Couch