Physical Sciences

PS-01: "Impact of Dual Optical Feedback on the Dynamics of a Photonic Neuron: Enhanced Determinism and Temporal Symmetries" - Eli Main, Whitman College

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Andrés Aragoneses 

1:30-1:50pm

PS-02: "Developing biophysical approaches to study cell division dynamics during C. elegans embryogenesis" - Zora Anetor-Ebhabha, Whitworth University

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Jonathan Dawson

1:50-2:10pm

PS-03: "Stability of Quadruplex Molecular Beacons with Various Quencher and Fluorophore Modifications" - Maya Magee and Ava Merritt, Willamette University

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Cooper Battle

2:10-2:30pm

PS-04: "Efficient Synthesis of an Aptamer - Based Luminescent Lanthanide RNA Probe" - Grady Lemma, Pacific Lutheran University

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Neal Yakelis

2:30-2:50pm

BREAK: 2:50-3:10pm

PS-05: "Using Sulfur(VI) fluoride exchange to synthesize a SpeB small molecule inhibitor library" - Dylan Breuer, Northwest Nazarene University

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Jerry Harris

3:10-3:30pm

PS-06: "Conservation of Sagegrouse Species through Chemical Ecology" - Abigail Shaw, College of Idaho

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Carolyn Dadabay

3:30-3:50pm

PS-07: "Analysis of Phosphorus Adsorption to Sediment Based on Grain Size and Mineral Composition in the Little Spokane River" - Dayna Roberts, Gonzaga University 

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Madeleine Mathews

3:50-4:10pm

PS-08: "Modeling Molecular Scale Dynamics of Kinetically Gated Carbon Dioxide Capture Using Photoswitch Functionality in Metal Organic Frameworks" - Ryan Miller, Pacific University

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Kevin Johnson

4:10-4:30pm

PS-09: "Custom Electromagnets: Design, Simulation, Construction, Testing" - Emma Hataway, Lewis & Clark College

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Ben Olsen

8:30-8:50am

PS-10: "Tidal Disruption of the Globular Cluster NGC 6544" - Fiona Kovisto, Seattle University

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr Joanne Hughes

8:50-9:10am

PS-11: "The Skelton in the Closet:  Discovery of the Debris of the Gaia-Enceladus Collision in the Inner Galaxy" - Samuel Morris, St. Martin's University

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Andrea Kunder

9:10-9:30am

PS-12: "Electric transport in composites of conductive polymer and gold nanoparticles" - Rubayat Jalal, Reed College

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Jennifer Heath

9:30-9:50am

Break: 9:50-10:10am

PS-13: "Probing the noise within graphene field effect devices" - Connor Dooley, Linfield University

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Michael Crosser

10:10-10:30am

PS-14: "The Synthesis and Characterization of Gold Nano Bipyramid Based Nanorattles" - Griffin Cooper and Oliver Vause, Western Washington University

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Ying Bao

10:30-10:50am

PS-15: "Modeling Ruthenium-Catalyzed Olefin Metathesis for Greener Organic Synthesis" - Shannon Duggan, University of Portland

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Buck Taylor

10:50-11:10am

PS-16: "Optimizing Catalytic Systems for Direct Amidation" - Kobe Kwan, University of Puget Sound

Faculty Advisor(s): Dr. Luc Boisvert

11:10-11:30am