Session I

Bastions: Siege Warfare from the 16th to the 18th Century

Alexander Bantchev '20, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Daniel Chacon '20, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Rhiannon Davids, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Paul Dunlap, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Bi-leveled Trees and Quotient of Twist2 Map

Patrick Borse, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Calculating the Collins-Soper Angle of Simulated Particle Physics Data

Ayan Mallik, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Cell Proliferation Of Glioblastoma Depending On Age Using TORC1 Enzymes

Sttefy Gabriel, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Asha Wiggs, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Characterization of segmented-filamentous bacterium intestinal colonization and its impact on skin graft outcome

Ju-Won Park, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Computational Approaches to Detection of Mosaic Variants in Patients

Krisha Patel '21, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Effect of Ayurvedic herbs on U118 Glioblastoma multiforme cell line

Monika Narain, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Prarthana Prashanth, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

ER and NFkB activity in BC cell clones vs Bulk population

Shreenithy Palamuthy, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Generating and analyzing high resolution structural connectomes for breast cancer patients to assess cognitive impairment

Rachna Gupta, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Improving In Vitro PTV Approximations for Proton Therapy

Nishant Bhamidipati, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Micah Casey-Fusco, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Invariant Mass and pT Distributions for Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Data from 2016 and 2017

Sreyansh Mamidi, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Kodai Speich, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Overhaul of a Miniature Goniophotometer

James Guo, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Ethan Tse, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Prognosis of Glioblastoma using MRI data

Matthew Lee, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Protein Engineering to Increase the Thermal Tolerance of Rubisco activase in Miscanthus giganteus and Glycine max

Elizaveta Kuzmina, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Grace Wulffraaat, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Running Limit Generation Framework of Compositeness on Condor

Michael J. McKelvie, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

SEA-PHAGES

Riley Brutto

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Striatal Projection of dSPNs to GPe Pathway and Intrapallidal Projection in Relation to Parkinson’s Disease

Vasu Chalasani '20, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Study of Muscle and Vascular Regeneration in a Rat Bladder Augmentation Model

Milica Barac '20, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Sonia Edassery, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Synthesis of fenarimols as novel drug candidates for Mycetoma

Jack Grotke, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Roman Putnam, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Benjamin Weber, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Taiwan GPM Reflectivity and Precipitation

Jason Liu, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

The Effect of Household Income on the Outcome of Gubernatorial

Peter Leahy, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:30 AM - 12:45 AM

The Effects of Deltamethrin, Propiconazole, and Glyphosphate on Chlorella Vulgaris and Daphnia Magna

Gnandeep Chintala, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Namit Padgaonkar '20, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

The Effects of Pepstatin A on Cathepsin D using GBM Cell Lines

Jayavignesh Ganesan, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

The Top Twenty Performers In The Last Fifty Years

Derek Zhu, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Analyzing Location-Based Advertising Pricing

Pascal Adhikary '20, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Moksh Shah, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

Antibacterial Activities of Extracts from Hypoxis hemerocallidea corm

Eliza Apavaloaiei '20, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Rachel Mason '20, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

ARIADNE: A Technique to Model Superconducting and Mu-metal Magnetic Shielding

Nicole Wolff, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

Detection of mutagenic agent MDA in human ovaries

Samantha Lazcano '20, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

Development of Double-Controlled Drug Eluting Stents with Nanotechnology

Brandon Park, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

Early Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease

Vaishnavi Tetal, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

Effects of the Extracellular Matrix in Creating a Hydrogel

Isha Kadakia, IIllinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

Find Phage Using Microbacterium Testaceum

Zoe Kurzweil, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Philip Paulson, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

Glioblastoma - Effects of Natural Compounds

Alana Rock, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Maahum Hamayat, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

Identifying Dopamine Receptor Genes and Transcription Marbled

Saisu Talasu, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

Immediate Early Gene Expression in Striatal D1 and D2 Spiny Projection Neuron during Striatum-Dependent Reinforcement Learning

Cynthia Mu, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Emily Shao, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

IMSA CMS - Feldman Cousins

Michael Vayninger, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

Investigating Differences in Oral Microbiomes in Varying Dietary Choices

Elizabeth Murphy '20, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

Library Molecules as a Tool to Study Quorum Sensing in Lactobacillus sp.

Hiteshi Patel, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

Looking at GD3 as an immunotherapeutic target to treat benign TSC Tumors

Nikhilesh Gupta, Illinois Math and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

MR Image analysis in Python

Vibhav Adivi, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

Multispectral Imaging and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Klaybis Asllani, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Marcus Ludwig, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

Peri-Implant Osteolysis Effects on Local and Remote Tissues

Meghana Karan, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

Setting Limits on Lambda for Contact Interactions

Ari Fishkin, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Ysabel Guan, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

Testing Chloride Content and Penetration Capability within Concrete

Hasan Almousawi, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

The Effects of Migration on State GDP

Kayla Quigley, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

The Effects of the Endothelial Glycocalyx on Blood Flow

Pratibha Bhalla '20, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

Tree Growth Responses to Long-Term Fertilization in a Lowland Tropical Rainforest

Alana Depaz, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

Water Sanitization through UV-C Radiation

Abigail Stevenson, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

Calcium Signaling in Microglia

Audrey Si, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

9:10 AM - 9:25 AM

Design and Synthesis of an Inhibitor of the Hypoxanthine-guanine-xanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGXPRT) Enzyme in the Plasmodium falciparum Parasite with Improved Acyclic Immucillin Phosphonates to Prevent Deaths from Malaria

Vincent Pergrossi '20, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Christopher Bridges, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

9:10 AM - 9:25 AM

Design of EFGR kinase domain inhibitors for the potential treatment of lung and other cancers

Jodie Meng '20, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

9:10 AM - 9:25 AM

Diagnostic Amyloid Beta Oligomer-Targeted Probes for Alzheimer’s Disease

Nafay Abdul '20, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Sophia Pribus '20, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

9:10 AM - 9:25 AM

Discovery of RNAi knockdowns prolonging lifespan in C. elegans using automated robotic platform

Chris Teng, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

9:10 AM - 9:25 AM

DNA Analysis and Sequencing of Seized Rhino Horns and Toenails

Shae Burnham, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

9:10 AM - 9:25 AM

Does the Phospho-state of AZI1’s Proline-Rich Region Affect Its Localization to Chloroplasts?

Ishan Nikam '20, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

9:10 AM - 9:25 AM

Effect of Multiple Variables on Graduation Rate and SAT Average in CPS

Heldanna Solomon, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

9:10 AM - 9:25 AM

Effect of Systemic Sclerosis on Myocardial Function, Fibrosis, and Blood Flow Measured by Stress Perfusion Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Manasvi Thumu '20, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

9:10 AM - 9:25 AM

Implementing Tensor Flow for Multidimensional Markerless Pose Estimation

Devraj Thakkar '21, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

9:10 AM - 9:25 AM

iPSCs: The Future of Modeling and Validation

Ishaar Ganesan, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Bala Ramaraju, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

9:10 AM - 9:25 AM

Multilevel Bioinformatic Analysis of Dengue Serotypes and Variations

Peter Baffoe, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Bopo Taiwo, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

9:10 AM - 9:25 AM

Particle physics systematics and scale conversions with Python

Grace Yue, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

9:10 AM - 9:25 AM

Preliminary Research on TLR4 mediated signaling, Immunoglobulin Superfamily Protein Family (IgSF), and Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs

Janna Jann, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

9:10 AM - 9:25 AM

The Effect of Upregulation of the Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathway on Intramembranous Bone Regeneration

Sabrina Meng, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

9:10 AM - 9:25 AM

The Effectiveness of a Cultural Competency Curriculum Taught to Middle School Students

Grace Federici, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Megan Ptak, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Aabha Vyas, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

9:10 AM - 9:25 AM

The role of beef ingestion in supporting exercise-derived benefits for the muscle-brain interconnect

Melissa Myint, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

9:10 AM - 9:25 AM

Top-dressing biochar enhances tree growth and decreases sodium leaching in greenhouse experiment

Brian Wagner, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

9:10 AM - 9:25 AM

Use of Data Analytics to Spot Educational Discrimination

Paola Padilla, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

9:10 AM - 9:25 AM

Using MALDI TOF-MS and IDBac pipeline to develop a “smart” Vietnamese microbial library for drug discovery

Angela Wang, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

9:10 AM - 9:25 AM

Utilizing fluorescent gene reporter SORE6 to read OCT4 and SOX2 gene expression in cancer cells

Delicia Chen, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

9:10 AM - 9:25 AM

Visualizing the Flux Qubit Energy Spectrum

Sydney Wang, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Athena Zheng, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

9:10 AM - 9:25 AM