Time

Ballroom

Doña Ana Room

Fountain Room

Senate Chambers

Senate Gallery or Auditorium

8:15-9

Registration & Poster Set-up in Ballroom for Session 1

9-10

Biological Diversity & Ecology

Jade Collins, Francis Silva, Emma Varela

Math & Geography

Gabriel Agnew, Diego Langevin, Julian Gallegos

Chemistry & Biochemical Analysis

Evan King, Jesse Reyes, Jacarthie Kim Brazil

Senate Gallery

Engineering & Physical Sciences

Emerald Davis, Estel Galo, Lucas Samaniego, Ulises Salas Muro

10-10:50

POSTER SESSION 1

#1-67

Environmental Humanities & Health

Gabriel Revalee, Brianna Rios, Vee Prochaska

Politics & Social Research

Chianna Lopez, Andrés Uribe, Ruben Morales Jr.

Visual Identity & Archival Preservation

Asa Lambert, Anakat Lopez, Elijah Arenas

11-12

(setup 10:50-11)

POSTER SESSION 2

#68-137

Cognition, Games & AI Behavior

Caden Saiza & Angel Carillo, Ciara Reneé Quezada, Andrea Mariana Cruz

Literary Analysis & Creative Expression

Alex Segovia, Will Turner, Joshua Martinez

Auditorium

Performance and Choreography

Samantha Ashley Hernandez, Graven Babe

12-1

Lunch Break

Hors d’oeuvres in Ballroom 

12:15-1 NSF-GRFP Workshop with Dr. Abdessattar Abdelkefi in Doña Ana Room

1-2 to 2:30

Education, Mentorship & Personal Growth

Kaylin Lashley, Miriam LeHouillier, Laisha Ruby Corona, Esha Desai, Astrid Montanez

Molecular & Cellular Biology

Samantha Brazil, Esai Cisneros, Kayden Robey

Health, Nutrition & Animal Science

Jonathon Valencia, Ema Alvarez, Flavia Gabaldón Asúnsolo

Mon., 4/20

Pete’s Patio (1^st floor)

URCAS Awards, as part of the Research and Creativity Week Awards Ceremony (3:30-5pm)

Time

Room

Session

Presenter

Title

8:15-9

Registration in Hallway & Poster Set-up in Ballroom

9-10

Doña Ana (312)

Biological Diversity & Ecology

Convener:

Dr. Soyoung Jeon

Jade Collins

Investigating the evolutionary history of Plant Phylogenetics

Francis Silva

Microbiome on the Skin of Wildlife

Emma Varela

Environmental Effects on Avian Migration

9-10

Fountain (324)

Math & Geography

Convener:

Dr. Samantha Estrada

Gabriel Agnew

On Local Finiteness of Modal Algebras

Diego Langevin

Regular Quantum Graphs in M3(C)

Julian Gallegos

Project Jupiter: Water, Energy, and Regional Planning

9-10

Senate Chambers (302)

Chemistry & Biochemical Analysis

Convener:

Dr. Ryan Marcheschi

Evan King

"Relative Guanine/Cytosine Content" in Insect Conservation

Jesse Reyes

Electronic Tuning of Strain in Physical Organic Chemistry

Jacarthie Kim Brazil

The Mosquito Repellent Properties of Hedge Apples

9-10:15

Senate Gallery (304)

Engineering & Physical Sciences

Convener:

Omar Garcia

Emerald Davis

Fabrication and Characterization of Superhydrophobic Surfaces

Estel Galo

Study of Pyrolysis Gases Through Carbon

Lucas Samaniego

Open-Source Software (OSS) in Microelectronics

Ulises E. Salas Muro

Modeling Energy Deposition in a Layered D3 System with EGSnrc 

10-10:50

Ballroom

POSTER SESSION 1, URCAS Welcome, 10:05am.   Posters 1-67

10-11

Doña Ana

Environmental Humanities & Health

Convener:

Katya Medina Mani

Gabriel Revalee

Natural Resource History, Management, and Experience in Laguna Pueblo 

Brianna Rios

Monitoring bee communities and environmental health

Vee Prochaska

Song for a Sinking Town (Digital Filmmaking)

10-11

Fountain

Politics & Social Research

Convener:

Abdul Khaliq

Chianna Lopez

The Link Between Powerful Populist Parties and the Economy: A case study of the United States and France

Andrés Uribe

Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Social Work

Ruben Morales Jr.

Responsibility Without Rights: Community-Based Participation

10-11

Senate Chambers

Visual Identity & Archival Preservation

Convener:

Dr. Anne Hubbell

Asa Lambert

2026 URCAS Logo Design

Anakat Lopez

Preserving our Artistic Heritage (Art Conservation)

Elijah Arenas

Changes in perceptions pertaining to Creative Projects

11-12

Ballroom

POSTER SESSION 2 (setup 10:50-11).                      Posters 68-137

11-12

Doña Ana

Cognition, Games & AI Behavior

Convener:

Cobe Wilson

Caden Saiza & Angel Carillo

Brain Blobber Trivia Game: LIVESTREAMED

Ciara Reneé Quezada

Understanding Individual AI User Behavior

Andrea Mariana Cruz

Learning Japanese – English Word Pairs

11-12

Fountain

Analysis & Creative Expression

Convener:

Yooko Peters

Alex Segovia

The Psychology of Hamlet

Will Turner

Familiar silence (Poetry/English)

Joshua Martinez

Always and Forever (Creative Writing)

11-12

Auditorium (2nd floor)

Performance and Choreography Convener:

Dr. Lori Keleher

Samantha Ashley Hernandez

Practice as Research (PaR): The Creative Process and a Performance

Graven Babe

Proximity to Passion: Exploring Choreography

12-1

Ballroom

LUNCH BREAK: Hors d'oeuvres in Ballroom

12:15-1

Doña Ana

NSF-GRFP Workshop with Dr. Abdessattar Abdelkefi

1-2:30

Fountain Room

Education, Mentorship & Personal Growth

Convener:

 Dr. Lori Keleher

Kaylin Lashley

Chemistry Retention: "What do you wish you knew?"

Miriam LeHouillier

Understanding Women in STEM education research

Laisha Ruby Corona

Mentorship experiences in Chemistry education

Esha Desai

“I’m forever changed”: Education and Personal Growth

Astrid Montanez

PRIDE: Supporting the STEM Identity Development of Queer Students

1-2

Senate Chambers

Molecular & Cellular Biology

Convener:

Franchesca Ortega

Samantha Brazil

Determining the role of the small GTPase Rap1 in development

Esai Cisneros

Quantifying Membrane Elasticity in Cancer Biology

Kayden Robey

From Pokes to Protein: Insect Ribosome Biology

1-2

Senate Gallery

Health, Nutrition & Animal Science

Convener:

Lauren Springler

Jonathon Valencia

The effect of repeated low-dose LPS on Reproductive Endocrinology

Ema Alvarez

Effects of Modulating CXCL12 in Animal Science

Flavia Gabaldón Asúnsolo

Effects of Treated Produce on Animal Physiology (pre-recorded)

Mon., 4/20

Pete’s Patio

URCAS Awards, as part of the Research and Creativity Week Awards Ceremony at 3:30-5pm