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Table of Contents

Welcome Page 3

Keynote Biography Page 4

Oral Presentations Page 5

UCCONNECT Presentations Page 8

Poster Presentations Page 12

Lunch, Reception, and Keynote Page 14

Performances Page 15

Maps Page 17

The 1st Annual Creative Activities and Research Symposium

Event Locations

Oral Presentations Classroom 1828 Oral Presentations Classroom 2913 Poster Presentations The Grand Reading Room Dance and Music The Grand Reading Room Keynote Address The Grand Reading Room Lunch Reception The Grand Reading Room UCCONNECT The Special Events Room UCCONNECT The Special Collections Room Poetry Readings The Huntley Gallery

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Oral and Poster Session Schedule

9:30 a.m. Oral Presentations

10:30 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. Oral Presentations

11:00 a.m. Poster Presentations

12:00 p.m. Lunch Reception

Keynote Speaker 1:00 p.m. Oral Presentations

Performance Schedule

10:00 a.m. Dance Performances

11:00 a.m. Acoustic Guitar Concert

12:00 p.m. Lunch Reception

Keynote Speaker 1:00 p.m. Poetry Readings

Symposium Locations

Classroom 1828 1st Floor Classroom 2913 2nd Floor The Grand Reading Room 3rd Floor The Special Events Room 4th Floor The Special Collections Room 4th Floor The Huntley Gallery 4th Floor

The 1st Annual Creative Activities and Research Symposium

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Welcome to the 1st Annual Creative Activities and Research Symposium

Located in the University Library

Thank you for joining us in this celebration of the different activities that take place throughout the summer here at Cal Poly Pomona both by our students and by visiting students participating in various research programs on campus.

It is the goal of the Office of Undergraduate Research to highlight the research students do throughout the year and to provide them with opportunities to share their work with the campus-wide community.

Today, for your pleasure, we have included not only research that takes place on campus, but creative activities as well. While research, STEM, and the social sciences provide us with the understanding of how our world works, creative activities and the humanities provide us with the understanding of how we interpret and understand the world around us.

It is our privilege and pleasure to host and present the 1st Annual Creative Activities and Research Symposium to the Cal Poly Pomona community, and we look forward to this and the many symposiums that are to come.

Sincerely

Winny Dong

Director,Of iceofUndergraduateResearch

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Keynote Address University Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dr. Sylvia Alva

Prior to this appointment, Dr. Alva last served as the Dean of the College of Health and Human Development at CSU Northridge. Dr. Alva has been part of the California public higher education system for more than three decades, since her undergraduate years at CSU Los Angeles.

At CSU Nothridge, Dr. Alva assisted in developing a $22 million National Institutes of Health grant proposal that was funded to build the research infrastructure to prepare more diverse and underrepresented students to enter the biomedical fields. She was the co-principal investigator on a $2 million grant from the Department of Education to increase the success and completion rates of Hispanic and diverse students in the college’s graduate programs.

Dr. Alva earned both a master's and doctoral degrees in psychology from UCLA.

Please join us in this unique opportunity to meet our new university provost, and glean insights about the importance of research and scholarly activity on campus.

Dr. Sylvia Alva became the Cal Poly Pomona Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs on August 3rd and is the first woman to serve in that role.

Reception and Lunch Grand Reading Room, Third Floor

12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

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Oral Presentations, Room 1828 Humanities, Social, and Behavioral Sciences

Oral Session 1 Moderator: Dr. Alison Baker, English and Foreign Languages Faculty 9:30 a.m. Jimena Jaramillo McNair Scholars Program Faculty Mentor: Dr. Nicholas Von Glahn Project Title: Surface Texture Effects on Grounded Cognition and the Gendering of Faces 9:45 a.m. Daniel Gomez McNair Scholars Program, Michigan State University Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ruben Martinez of MSU Project Title: Managerial Communication and Occupational Mobility on U.S Dairy Farms 10:00 a.m. David Richards English and Foreign Languages Department Faculty Mentor: Dr. John Edlund Project Title: The Big Other: A Lacanian Analysis of For-Profit Universities 10:15 a.m. Adrienne Jaime McNair Scholars Program Faculty Mentor: Dr. Eileen V. Wallis Project Title: The Lost Neighborhood of Bunker Hil, Los Angeles:Decline During the Inter-War Period (1918-1941) 10: 30 a.m. Break

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Oral Session 2 Moderator: Dr. Alison Baker, English and Foreign Languages Faculty 10:45 a.m. Emilio Medina, Jessica Galvan, Gracie Flicker, Jason Nerio, and Diana Castro McNair Scholars Program Faculty Mentor: Dr. Viviane Seyranian Project Title: Can Power-Posing Mitigate the Decreased Performance Effects Associated with Stereotype Threat? 11:00 a.m. Audrey Aday McNair Scholars Program Faculty Mentor: Dr. Viviane Seyranian Project Title: Belonging Uncertainty Amongst Females in Engineering: Can Wonder Woman Save the Day? 11:15 a.m. Erica Brown McNair Scholars Program Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stacy McGoldrick Project Title: Black Broncos: An Extended Study on Racism Utilizing Campus Climate Surveying 11:30 a.m. Daniel Grajeda McNair Scholars Program Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jose Aguilar-Hernandez Project Title: Our Story from the Shadows: The Ongoing Journey of Chicana/o EOPS Students from Community College to a Four Year University 11:45 a.m. Jessennya Hernandez McNair Scholars Program, Purdue University Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hoffmann at Purdue University Project Title: Incarcerated Mothers: Babies' Limited Access to Breastmilk

Oral Presentations, Room 1828 Humanities, Social, and Behavioral Sciences

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Oral Presentations, Room 2913

Oral Session 1 Moderator: Dr. Winny Dong, McNair Scholars and the Office of Undergraduate Research 9:30 a.m. Glen Morrison McNair Scholars Program Faculty Mentor: Dr. Erin Questad Project Title: Long-Term Vegetation Change in the Voorhis Ecological Reserve 9:45 a.m. David Vega McNair Scholars Program, SETI Institute, Carl Sagan Center Faculty Mentor: Dr. Franck Marchis Project Title: Analysis of Extended Objects with the Gemini Planet Imager 10:00 a.m. Renee Estephan McNair Scholars Program Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ed Bobich Project Title: Water Warriors: Investigating the Efficacy of Promotional Efforts on Water Conservation in Los Angeles 10:15 a.m. Delilah Calderon, Jorge Gonzales-Figueroa, Jameson Ryan Mayer Pasadena City College Faculty Mentor: Dr. Monica Palomo Project Title: The Effects of Soil Mix Ratios on Hydraulic Conductivity and Water Quality 10: 30 a.m. Break

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Oral Session 1 Moderator: Dr. Xudong Jia, UCCONNECT Program 9:30 a.m. Angelica Elizabeth Smith-Evans California State University Sacramento Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jing Pang Project Title: Intelligent Traffic Light Controller 9:50 a.m. Erik Cheung California Polytechnic State University, Pomona Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kenneth Lamb Project Title: Designing Bioretention BMPs within Urban Constraints 10:10 a.m. Perry Chavez California Polytechnic State University, Pomona Faculty Mentor: Dr. Richard Willson Project Title: Exploration of California Senate Bill (SB) 743’s Threshold of Significance 10:30 a.m. Break Oral Session 2 Moderator: Dr. Xudong Jia, UCCONNECT Program 10:40 a.m. Liyang Hao Loyola Marymount University Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lourdes V. Abellera Project Title: Understanding the Public Sentiment toward I-710 Corridor Project from Social Media Based on Natural Language Processing 11:00 a.m. XuQi Feng University of California, Los Angeles Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lourdes V. Abellera Project Title: Influence of HOT Lane Accessibility on HOT and Total Peak-Hour Person Throughput

UCCONNECT Oral Presentations Special Collections Room

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Oral Session 2 Continued 11:20 a.m. Meemee Chu California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Faculty Mentor: Dr. Wen Cheng Project Title: Impact of Real-Time Traffic Characteristics on Freeway Crash Occurrence 12:00 p.m. Lunch Reception and Keynote Address in the Grand Reading Room Oral Session 3 Moderator: Dr. Xudong Jia, UCCONNECT Program 1:10 p.m. Mohammad Elhocheimi California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Faculty Mentor: Dr. Wen Cheng Project Title: Crash Prediction based on Traffic Analysis Zone-Related Information 1:30 p.m. Qi Lin California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Faculty mentor: Dr. Xinkai Wu Project Title: Electric Vehicle Monitoring System 1:30 p.m. Pei-Shan Hsieh University of Arizona Faculty Mentor: Dr. Wei Hua Lin Project Title: The Use of Spatial Traffic Data for Traffic Signal Control at Signalized Intersections 2:10 p.m. Jesse Morton California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Faculty Mentor: Dr. Xinkai Wu Project Title: Pedestrian Traffic Flow and Store Location

UCCONNECT Oral Presentations Special Collections Room

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UCCONNECT Oral Presentations Special Events Room

Oral Session 1 Moderator: Dr. Wen Cheng, UCCONNECT Program 9:30 a.m. Christopher Thomas California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ali Sharbat Project Title: Feasibility of Solid Waste Weight Measurement at Source: Collection Route Optimization Based on Solid Waste Weight Data 9:50 a.m. Josue Barahona California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Faculty mentor: Dr. Ali Sharbat Project Title: Optimization of a Solid Waste Collection Route 10:10 a.m. Jian-Sen Wu California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Faculty Mentor: Dr. Xudong Jia Project Title: Reducing Pollutants Entering Water Bodies through Design of Cost Effective Best Management Practices 10:30 a.m. Break Oral Session 2 Moderator: Dr. Wen Cheng, UCCONNECT Program 10:40 a.m. Emily Yu California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rosa Vasconez Project Title: NBI Data Analysis of Southern California Bridges 11:00 a.m. Nathan Jo California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Faculty Mentor: Dr. Giuseppe Lomiento Project Title: Energy-Based Design of Highway Bridges with Isolated Decks

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Oral Session 2, Continued 11:20 a.m. Arsen Adzhemyan California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dragos Andrei Project Title: Safety Evaluation of Signaling Devices Indicating the Rate of Acceleration/Deceleration 12:00 p.m. Lunch Reception and Keynote Address in the Grand Reading Room Oral Session 3 Moderator: Dr. Wen Cheng, UCCONNECT Program 1:10 p.m. Haytham Iwais California Polytechnic State University, Pomona Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dragos Andrei Project Title: Vertical Acceleration Measurement Using Cell Phone 1:30 p.m. Dennis Ralls California Polytechnic State University, Pomona Faculty Mentor: Dr. Xudong Jia Project Title: Traffic Signal Status Mobile App 1:50 p.m. Rebecca Becerra California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jenny Zhen Yu Project Title: Integrating a GPS Feature on a 3-D Wireless Accelerometer 2:10 p.m. Rebeca Firebaugh California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Faculty Mentor: Dr. Xudong Jia Project Title: Level of Service Analysis of a Basic Freeway Segment with All Autonomous Vehicles

UCCONNECT Oral Presentations Special Events Room

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Julia Chavez Cypress College Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jeff Marshall Project Title: Morphology and Mineralogy of Beachrock Cements Along the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica Angel Macias, Edward Acevedo, Jennifer A. Enriquez, Martin Darvas The McNair Scholars Program, Citrus College Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andrew Steele Project Title: Mapping Dopaminergic Circuitry Mediating Food Timing on Circadian Time Scales Leilanaz Kasraie, Jeffrey Buckingham Citrus College Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yong Gan Project Title: Hyperthermia Behavior of Electrospun Nanocomposite Fibers Ruben Munoz, Michelle Mueller, Karla Alvaro Citrus College, NASA Faculty Mentor: Dr. Subodh Bhandari Project Title: Modeling and Analysis of Mars Glider Concept Michelle Mueller, Ruben Munoz, Karla Alvaro Citrus College Faculty Mentor: Dr. Subodh Bhandari Project Title: Autonomous Video Surveillance using a Multicopter UAV Andrea Lopez, Roberto Sebastian Loera Citrus College Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yu Sun Project Title: A Smart Pet Door System using Mobile Computing and Context-Aware Devices David Chacón, Julia Chavez, Dustin Stewart Citrus College, Cypress College Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jeff Marshall Project Title: Geomorphology and Topography of Beachrock Outcrops of the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

Poster Presentations, Grand Reading Room at 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

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Miguel Reyes, Aaron Gonzales, Marla Mendieta, Joannah Swanson Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Puthoff Project Title: Synthesis of Geckolike Synthetic Adhesives Matthew Fonda, William Chiu, Patricia Galvan Faculty mentor: Dr. Shelton E. Murinda Project Title: Effectiveness of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy (PEMFT) on Bovine Mastitis Infection Based On Persistence of Bacterial Isolates Post Treatment Yetlanezi Guerrero Faculty Mentor: Dr. Reza Lakeh Project Title: Computational Study of Sulfur Based Thermal Energy Storage Nestor Aquino, Omar Mercado Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rakesh Mogul Project Title: Planetary Protection: Understanding the Extremotolerance of Acinetobacter Radioresistens 50v1 and Acinetobacter Gyllengergii 201PAA Matthew Gonzalez, Ana Luisa Vargas, Robert Andrew Bufanda, Citrus College and Cypress College Faculty Mentor: Dr. Monica Palomo Project Title: Denitrification Removal Efficiency of Different Media of Surface Water Dulce Ayala, Monica Erika Paz Citrus College Faculty Mentor: Dr. Peng Sun Project Title: All Solid-State pH Sensor Composed of Pd/TiO2/Ti Edward Acevedo, Camille Martin, Angel Macias Citrus College Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andrew Steele Project Title: Virgins vs. Mated: Does Mating Affect Circadian Entrainment to Schedule Feeding?

Poster Presentations, Grand Reading Room at 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

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Claudia Yanez, Brittany Cortez, Luisa Schaper, Sean Yazdi, Ana Estacio, Andres CeJa, Ivan Ramirez, David Cagan, Elizabeth Yepez, Vien Nguyen, and Justin Dominguez Pasadena City College Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ali Sharbat Project Title: Desalination With Renewable Energy

Reception and Lunch Grand Reading Room, Third Floor

12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Please join us for light refreshments and sandwiches. Our reception will also feature the new California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dr. Sylvia Alva as our keynote speaker. All attendees and presenters are welcome.

Poster Presentations, Grand Reading Room at 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

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10:00 a.m. Gabriela Alexis Garza-Vazquez Dance Gabriela is an undergraduate general biology major at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. She has participated in research activities such as the R.I.S.E. program as well as the McNair Scholars Program. Gabriela participates in multiple performance groups on campus, such as Performance Ensemble sponsored by the Theatre and New Dance Department and Mechanism Dance Theatre. She has also won an award for her dance piece “Subfuscous” along with her partner for that performance, Brenda Reyes-Chavez, at the American College Dance Festival in the spring of 2015. Today she will be performing an excerpt from "Subfuscous" titled “Hands Up,” a project modeled after social reform in law enforcement. 10:30 a.m. Natalie Rajasinghe and Lisa Patel Dance Natalie is a graduate student from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in the English and Foreign Languages department. While her graduate studies focus on literature, she has a duel BA in English and dance. Lisa Patel is a local artist, specializing in photography, painting, and dance. Together, Natalie and Lisa will be performing their original dance piece together, called “Concurrent.” 11:00 a.m. Georgina Castro Music Georgina Castro is an undergraduate at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, with one quarter left in her Music Business degree. Georgina Castro has been writing songs since she was a high school student and continually finds work as both a musician and song writer. In addition to writing and performing songs, Georgina is the co-founder and Artist Manager of Sunalane Music Management Company based in Los Angeles and Orange County, California.

Performances, The Grand Reading Room

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1:00 p.m. Andrew Cochran Poetry Andrew Cochran is finishing his last two quarters as a graduate student at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in the English and Foreign Languages Department. Currently, Andrew has two published books of poetry, titled Slouching Towards Pakistan and To the Lost under his pen name, Jack Foster. He has also had poems published in multiple editions of the literature and arts magazine, Pomona Valley Review. Andrew’s poem Romance of the Three Physicists won him first place in the Ted Pugh Poetry Scholarship during his time as an undergraduate. 1:30 p.m. Dr. Michael Reibel Poetry Dr. Reibel teaches at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in the Department of Geography and Anthropology. Dr. Reibel holds a Ph.D. in Geography from UCLA. He is also an avid writer, reader, and performer of poetry and has been publishing and performing poetry since the 1980s. Dr. Reibel has contributed multiple poems to the literature and arts magazine, Pomona Valley Review. 2:00 p.m. Grant Palmer Poetry Grant Palmer is a first year graduate student in the English and Foreign Languages department of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He has recently had a six poem cycle accepted for publication in the literature and art magazine, Pomona Valley Review, titled “Negative Space.”

Performances, The Huntley Gallery

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Special Thanks

Summer Research Program and Partners

UCConnect Program Dr. Xudong Jia and Dr. Wen Cheng University Library Dean Ray Wang, Ms. Suzanna Conrad, Ms. Kimberly Allen, Ms. Kimberly Erickson Huntley Gallery Ms. Michele Cairella Fillmore Cal Poly Pomona Summer Research Program Faculty Mentors Dr. Subodh Bhandari, Dr. Yong Gan, Dr. Jeffrey Marshall, Dr. Monica Palomo, Dr. Rakesh Mogul, Dr. Ali Sharbat, Dr. Andrew Steele, and Dr. Peng Sun Citrus Community College Race to STEM Dr. Marianne Smith Cypress College (STEM)2 Program Ms. Yanet Garcia NSF Student Talent Expansion Program (NSF-STEP) at CPP Ms. Katherine Azurin

Cal Poly Pomona Student Volunteers

Mr. Wayne Page Ms. Eliza Hernandez Mr. Khalid Abdulghani Ms. Nancy Grijalva Ms. Shannon Nguyen Ms. Fany Salazar Ms. Sekani Robinson Kellogg Honors College Mr. Daniel Grajeda

Symposium Sponsors

UCConnect and CPP Department of Civil Engineering University Library Office of Research Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR-CPP)