URGO Summer Research Presentations (NSMSCS)

submitted by tengwalm@augsburg.edu

On Monday, July 27, through Wednesday, July 29, from 10:00am to 2:00pm, Augsburg URGO Researchers from Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Sciences will present their summer research projects. All are welcome to attend!

This is a virtual event; click the link to join!
https://augsburg.zoom.us/my/mwentzel

Monday’s Schedule
10:00 – 11:15
Jade Boysen: Sulfide Single Crystal Growth: Research Geared Toward Sustainable Electronics
Kei Heltemes: How a Physicist Repairs a CNC Machine
Kong Yang: Title to be announced
Edwin Panora: Computational tools to study physics swimming microrganism pt 2
Gregory Miller: Visualization and Modeling of Aphid Feeding and Reproduction

11:30 – 1:00 BREAK

1:00 – 2:00
Lanie Lobdell: Exploring the Structure of Myosin
McKenna Ellena: Exploring the structure of Tetrahymena Myosin-13 using molecular dynamics
Selena Lor: Optimizing Simulations for the Structural Study of Tetrahymena Actin
Grace Puchaicela: MYOSIN 8

Tuesday’s Schedule
10:00 – 11:15
Ethan Poppen: Preparing Polymer Education Tools for the Future
Madeline Rasche: When Life gives you Lemons, make Biginelli’s Lemonade
Barbara Sabino Pina: Fate of Peroxy Radicals
Sean Litwin: To be announced
Justin Holewa: Genome-Wide Identification and Analysis of Chitinases in Barley

11:30 – 1:00 BREAK

1:00 – 2:00
Ted Strombeck: Predicting Personality Types with Machine Learning
David Robshaw: Redistricting in R
Anh Huynh: Gamma band activity is decreased in an animal model of schizophrenia
Jacob Klinger: Adapted for life without walls