Virtual & Pre-Recorded Posters

Lauren Stone, Carolina Lugo, Jesus Loya, Oscar Chavez, Sociology. Advised by Dr. Marlena Fraune

“Human robot interaction”

Taylor Tuono, Biology. Advised by Dr. Maria G. Castillo

“Assessment of growth rate and fecundity on two Physella acuta strains indigenous of New Mexico”

In-Person Posters

ACES

Christopher Gomez, advised by Dr. Ivette Guzman

“Peak Photosynthesis in Onion Species”

Cristina Benitez, advised by Dr. F. Omar Holguin

“Antifungal Properties of Onions”

Emilee Montoya, advised by Dr. Ryan L. Ashley

“Determining if phytoene exposure increases DNA damage and decreases cell viability in melanoma cells”

Jilian Hughes, advised by Dr. Ryan L. Ashley

“Suppressing the CXCL12-CXCR4 chemokine axis at the fetal- maternal interface during implantation in altered expression of Inflammatory cytokines in ovine placenta at midgestation”

Julissa Barrera, advised by Dr. Sergio Martinez

“Making better ice-cream through hydrodynamic cavitation”

Kaihre Brightwater, advised by Dr. Sanogo

“Evaluation of antagonistic activity of endophytic bacteria isolate ed from London Rocket against three agricultural pathogens” 

Karina Tovar, advised by Dr. Nicole Pietrasiak

“How to turn lunar regolith into a plant growth promoting soil”

Kaitlin Marry, advised by Dr. April Ulery

“Monitoring lunar regolith leachate composition for nutrients and toxins affecting plants” 

Lorena Rizo, advised by Dr. Omar Holguin

“Ozone effects on plants”

Mariah M. Leonard, advised by Dr. Ryan L. Ashley

“Suppressing the CXCL12-CXCR4 chemokine axis at the fetal- maternal interface during implantation alters expression of this axis in ovine placenta at mid and late gestation” 

Mason Curtin, advised by Dr. Young Park, Dr. David Dubois, & Dr. Delia Valles-Rosales 

“Internet of Things (IoT) Rain Gauge - USDA Group Project”

Mohammad Badawy, advised by Dr. Sergio Martinez

“Improving the Quality of High-Protein Ice Cream via Hydrodynamic Cavitation”

Samuel Orozco, advised by Dr. Omar Holguin

“Algal Metabolism of Cellulose”

Arts

Exhibitions

INCOMPREHENSIBLE, 2022 Spring BFA exhibition. Mullennix Bridge Gallery, University Art Museum

Ruben Bustamante, Julianna Lerma, Bethany Roberts, Ivory Turner, advised by Professor Motoko Furuhashi

Dichotomy, Pre-BFA Exhibition. Sarafino Student Collaboration Space, 2nd floor of the Devasthali Hall

Jessica Aldaz, Tessa Bond, Jasmine Gobeo, advised by Professor Motoko Furuhashi

Engineering

Abd Alrahman Elaksher, advised by Dr. Christopher Baker

“Developing a Rapid Prototyping Microfabrication Technology with Conventional Photolithography Techniques”

Alexander Acuna, advised by Dr. Paul Furth

“Optical Sensor for Visual Emergency Vehicle Detection”

Andrea Loya Lujan, advised by Dr. Catherine Brewer

“Heavy Metals Adsorption from Wastewater using Char Obtained from Hydrothermal Liquefaction Process”

Avery Torez, advised by Dr. Ehsan Dehghan-Niri

“Material Characterization of Polymer Additive Manufacturing FFF process using Ultrasound Time of Flight and Attenuation”

Corina Valenzuela, advised by Dr. Douglas Cortes

“Determination of Porosity of Lunar Regolith from Ultrasonic Velocity and Thermal Conductivity Measurements”

Dylan Allen, advised by Dr. Abdessattar Abdelkefi

“Continuation of Experimental and Numerical Investigations on the Asymmetry of Bolted Joint Cantilevered Beams”

Alejandra Cano, advised by Dr. Martha Mitchell

“Chemical and Physical Analysis of Enzyme-Induced Calcium Car bonate Precipitation (EICP) Cemented Sands”

Hunter Sedillo, advised by Dr. Abdessattar Abdelkefi

“Test Design and Scalability of the BARC Structure: Linear and Nonlinear Investigations”

Jesus Diaz, advised by Dr. Delia Valles

“Characterizing the 3D printing of pecan shell composite filament ASTM specimens”

Jonah Madrid, advised by Dr. Abdessattar Abdelkefi

“Investigation on optimal accelerometer placement on the BARC structure”

Julia Bowden, advised by Dr. Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo & Dr. Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre

“Autonomous Robotic Systems”

Justice Armijo, advised by Dr. Catherine Brewer

“Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Guayule Resin and Bagasse”

Luis Corral Cano, advised by Dr. Abdessattar Abdelkefi

“Comparison of PLA and ABS Based Beams”

Micah Cheng-Guajardo, advised by Dr. Abdessattar Abdelkefi

“Investigations on the existence of multiple dynamic solutions of PLA-based beams”

Miguel Jaquez-Sagarna, advised by Dr. Delia J. Valles-Rosales

“Characterizing the 3D printing of pecan shell and PHA composite filament ASTM”

Nicolas Mendoza, advised by Dr. Mahdi Haghshenas-Jaryani

“Inflatable Soft Crawling Robot”

Randy Ferrell, advised by Dr. Douglas Cortes

“Geotechnical Low Gravity Lunar Regolith Simulant: Shear Strength”

Rodrigo Diaz, advised by Dr. Young Park and Dr. Vallez-Rosales

“IoT Cold Chain Monitoring”

Stephen Simpko, advised by Dr. Andrea Gross

“Modal Analysis of Wake Passing Effect on Endwall Flow for High-Lift Low-Pressure Turbine Airfoil”

HEST

Marin Kelly, Sophia Jaramillo, advised by Dr. Christopher Aiken

“OPTIMAL learning: Not all practice manipulations are equal”

Museum Display

Rose Burns, advised by Sarah Thomson

“Display about New Mexico's permian era marine life to be displayed at the Las Cruces Museum of Nature and Science”

Sciences: Biology

Ana Maldonado, advised by Dr. Patrick Trainor

“Relationship between D-Dimer Levels and Reporters of Fibrino lytic Activity in Acute Myocardial Infarction and Identification of Degradation Products Following MI”

Bethany Ruff, advised by Dr. Timothy Wright

“Preliminary data on how age affects vocal learning in budgerigars and showcase the extensive troubleshooting done with the IHC protocol”

Clarissa Nunez, advised by Dr. Charles B. Shuster

“Applying high-throughput analysis to understand cell proliferation under different adhesion conditions”

Daniel Montes, advised by Dr. Graciela A. Unquez

“Regeneration response by myogenic stem cells in tissues of electric fish following serial tail amputations”

Daniela Palacios, advised by Dr. Adrian Romero Olivares

“Growing Biomaterials”

Dat Doi, advised by Dr. Jessica Houston

“Instrumentational development of flow cytometry”

Elise Olivas, advised by Dr. Charles B. Shuster

“Recruitment of nonmuscle myosin II minifilaments into the forming contractile ring”

Henry Gatica-Gutierrez, advised by Dr. Elba Serrano

“Querying open access spaceflight data for changes in neural gene expression”

Ian Alvarado, advised by Dr. Jennifer Curtiss

“Clarifying the role of the CG46385 gene in Drosophila melangaster

Katalina Lopez, advised by Dr. Kevin Cheung

“Runx1 Inhibition of TGFβ1 & TGFβ1 Induced Cancer Cell Death”

Kathryn Overman, advised by Dr. Christopher S. Cramer

“Evaluation of mycelium inoculation methods for Fusarium basal rot development in onion”

Kayla Moehn, advised by Dr. Timothy Wright

“Immunohistochemistry to Study the Effects of Chronic Stress on Glucocorticoid and Mineralocorticoid Receptors in the Budgerigar Brain”

Megan Osiecki, advised by Dr. Jiannong Xu

“Transcriptional Response to Glucose Impulse in Malaria Mosquito Anopheles Gambiae

Mustafa Muhyi, advised by Dr. Jessica P. Houston

“Immunophenotyping Panel done on Veri-cells using a Spectral Flow Cytometer”

Oscar Velasquez, advised by Dr. Graciela Unquez

“Robust regeneration of adult electric pulse fish and the formation of its electric organ from fast muscle fibers”

Rosalinda Corchado, advised by Dr. Elba Serrano

“Assessing Seed Germination for Altered Gravity Experiments”

Samantha LuceroSamantha Valentino, advised by Dr. Jessica P. Houston

“Learning how flow cytometry is used for the measurement of cells and microspheres”

Sandy Arce, advised by Dr. Jennifer Curtiss

“Investigating Genes Linked to Stargardt Disease in Flies”

Taylor Landfair, advised by Dr. Charles B. Shuster

“Exploring the mechanical state of dividing cells with a two-color biosensor”

Theresa Lukitsch, advised by Dr. Teri Orr

“Morphology of the Bat Reproductive System”

Sciences: Chemistry, Physics, Geology

Amber Rivera, advised by Dr. Nancy McMillan

“Comparing Lunar Regolith to Earth Rock Samples”

Desiree Gutierrez, advised by Dr. Kevin Houston

“Insulin-Like-Growth-Factor Binding Protein 3 (IGFBP-3) May Lead to Drug Resistance in Breast Cancer Cells”

Gloria Sepulveda, Chemistry & Biochemistry. Advised by Dr. Amanda Ashley

“NEK4 negatively regulates cell proliferation in BT20 cells”

Isabella Shoffstall, advised by Dr. Kevin Houston

“Breast Cancer Poster”

Jacob DeVargas, advised by Dr. Amanda K. Ashley

“Opposing cellular phenotypes following NEK4 knockdown”

Nadia Samaniego, advised by Dr. Kevin Houston

“Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-4 exerts differential effects on breast cancer cell proliferation based on the expression status of Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein A”

Tania A Ibarra, advised by Dr. Kevin Houston

“Using Bioinformatics to Learn and Conduct RNA Sequencing Analysis on Breast Cancer Cell Lines Overexpressing IGFBP-3”

Government

Madeline Carreon, advised by Dr. Mary Alice Scott & Dr. Ivan De La Rosa

“Perceptions of Screening for Social News in Primary Care”

Johanna Nelson, advised by Dr. Kathryn Olszowy

“Psychological and physiological stress among adult males and females in Vanuatu”

Skye Wootton, advised by Dr. Neil Harvey

“The Indigenous communities of Bolivia and Guatemala”

Sociology

Isabella Nguyen, advised by Dr. Neil Harvey

“Inequality gaps in Mexico and Brazil”