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8:00-8:45AM,REGISTRATION&WELCOMERECEPTION-HammondMainLoungeFitchburgStateUniversityChamberChoir:DirectedbyJonathanHarvey,StudentSingers:P.J.Cignarella,BethConte,MayaDunham,SarahMachado,CurtisMonahan,DakotaPotter,SarahStevensWelcome:ProvostandVice-PresidentforAcademicAffairs,AlbertoCardelleandConferenceChair,ErinRehrig

9:00-10:00AM,ORALPRESENTATIONSANDFILMSHammondG01A-SummerResearchCollaborativeProject(9:00AM-10:15AM)ApplicationofGeographicInformationSystemsinAssessingtheHealthoftheNashuaRiver.…………………………………………………………………………………………JacobHogue,SeanBeverlyWaterQualityoftheNashuaRiver.…………………………………………………………………………………..NicoleSkerry,KyleHoferSedimentAnalysisoftheNashuaRiver…………………………………………………………………………….TallieFosterBiologicalAssessmentoftheNashuaRiver.………………………………………………………………………AnneSaball,OliviaPiscitelliDevelopmentofaWaterQualityIndex(WQI)fortheNashuaRiverProject…………………….CaseyDownes HammondS08AnalysisoftRNA-DirectedRiboswitchesinBacilluscereusandBacillusanthracis.……………JohnSanfordDetectionofBedBugsusingFluorescenceofCoumarinsintheSynthesisandEvaluationofFluorescentPropertiesofCoumarinDerivatives……………………………………DavidNunesCampaignforaSmokeFreeCampus…………………………………………………………………………………AllisonBotko EllisWhiteLectureHallTheErasureoftheGaySuperhero…………………………………………………………………………………….ShannonMcInernyLGBTQ+RepresentationinTVandFilm…………………………………………………………………………….MónicaLiaoQuelizCharacterDevelopmentinShortFilms……………………………………………………………………………..JayReissTaboointheFilmsofYorgosLanthimos……………………………………………………………………………ShaneBarlowUniversityArchives(HammondS03)InterningatTheArchives:RediscoveringtheGreatWar……………………………………………………JohnPinoTheMysteryofPalmer.……………………………………………………………………………………………………..BriannaSantos HammondG19 PanelDiscussion:#MeToo:ControversialTopicsinClassroomSettings……………….…SeferineBaez,EmilyMartin,

KaitlynnChase,SeanCarney,StefaniMunozHammond214 ANumericalTaylorSeriesMethodforInitialValueProblems……………………………………………DanielHanmoreTrisectioninOrigamiGeometry…………………………………………………………………………………………ZiLinMusicofPythagoras………………………………………………………………………………………………………….LaurinHarveyNetworkPenetrationTesting:Pre-ConnectionAttack……………………………………………………….HuyVo Hammond314 FairnessDoctrineRepealandtheLiberalReaction……………………………………………………………SarahGardnerTheRomanMithras………………………………………………………………………………………………………….DylanArruda10:00-11:00AM,POSTERSESSION-HammondFirstFloor,ARTeriesGALLERYEXHIBIT-G-LevelLobby10:00-11:00AM,CREATIVEWRITINGSHOWCASE-EllisWhiteLectureHall

AutumnBattista,OntheNightofMyFirstDeathbed NicholasDePaula,ILoveThisCountryHannahBritten,AnOrbitChase EthanThibault,AceofHeartsKaitlynnChase,TheFourofUs JakeWarnock,AMillennialtoHisPhoneFaithChesbrough,CrissCross HeatherFerguson,InMemoryoftheSummerGuest,MichaelCostanza,CliffhangerHanginginThere Oliver,WhoLeftAugust1983,Being24YearsOld

11:00-11:45AM,ORALPRESENTATIONSHammondG01A-SummerResearchCollaborativeProjectPublicHealthinFitchburgUsingGIS………………………………………………………………..TimothyMacLaughlin,NicholasDePaulaFitnessFacilitiesinFitchburg:AMixed-MethodsResearchStudy………………………….AngeliqueChaput,JaclynnBrown,PhysicalActivityHabitsandIndicatorsofHealthinaAllisonBotko,EmilyFloydLow-SocioeconomicCommunity.………………………………CaitlynWunsch,AnthonyBerry,TheresaRook,KathleenGildea HammondG01BTheBenefitsofBecomingaCollegeTown………………………………………………………………………………HaileyO'BrienAdventureDoestheSoulGood;WhyEveryPersonShouldStudyAbroad……………………………….SamuelGallagherGISInternshipwithCityofGardner…..........................................................................................JonBartoHammondS08RIPVine:HowSocialMediaDIES…………………………………………………………………………………………….SeanGibbonsSocialMediainHigherEd:OnlineCampusCommunities………………………………………………………..SeferineBaezNoReally,WeHavetoMakeaGame:ProductionProcessesforLargeStudentTeams.............EthanThibaultEllisWhiteLectureHallDevelopingaFeatureLengthScreenplay....................................................................................JillLehmannBeyondConstraints:GettingOutofMyOwnWay.....................................................................JessicaCoatesTheMomentthatChangedMyLife,ADocumentary.................................................................JenniferJordanUniversityArchives(HammondS03)TheLegacyoftheColdWar…………………………………………………………………………………………………….KelseaFilleulFitchburgStateStudentProtests……………………………………………………………………………………….…...MerrickHenryHammondG19SafeSpacesintheDIYMusicCommunity………………………………………………………………………………..EmilyBoudreauTheImportanceofMusicalHooks...............................................................................................JoshuaMillerProtestthroughMusic.................................................................................................................HannahGeigerHammond214SurrealismthroughHorror………………………………………………………………………………………………………ChrisPagnottaroTurningtheInsideOut…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….MadisonSaleConversationAnalysiswithinPodcasting....................................................................................JohnColaianni Hammond314Brookdale:SongsofYouthandInnocence..................................................................................DanielHeinWhyMentoringMatters………………………………………………………………………………………………………….KaitlynnChaseSocializationinChineseandUnitedStatesSchoolsandFutureCultInvolvement……………………SamanthaShorrock11:45AM-12:30PM-LunchBuffetforConferenceParticipantsandFamilies,FalconHubinHammondHallTheFitchburgStateUniversityJazzBand,JerrySabatini,Director,JohnnyGifford(altosax),JonathanMedlin(trumpet),RobinMorris(clarinet),JohnSanford(bass),JoeyCanney(drums)TheFitchburgStateUniversityOrchestraRockQuartet,HildySchilling,Sponsor,JoeCanney(drums/piano),TylerHamilton(drums),JohnHayes(electricbass),CynthiaSchilling(violin/piano)12:30ClosingRemarks,ErinRehrig

HammondMainLoungePosters1.TheEthicalUseofRestraints,JenniferMelanson2.AssessingGeographicDifferencesinCrimeRates,KaitlynWithrow3.TheImpactofPhysicalExerciseonMusicAppreciation,SamanthaShorrock4.SmokingCessation,JordanAyotte,HannahBarbarotta,KristenMoon,DamianaToscano,MauraKohan5.PreventingAlcohol-RelatedReadmissionsUsingSBIRT,AliciaAbate,AleahDaveiga,RachelDanso,AlanahPacheco,SarahMallahan6.SheCanBeSaved:ImprovingEducationofPostpartumDepression,CassidyVargas,JaneO'Brien,NicoleBryne,SarahCatton7.MaternalScreeningofPostpartumDepression,ElizabethPalmer8.BedRestComparedtoEarlyAmbulationasEarlyInterventionforDVT,SaishaMatias,LexiBushnoe,AprilScott,LoisDwira9.AccuracyofPediatricTemperatureGauges,EmilyComtois,AmeliaTooker,AlexisMenard,AmandaShackley10.African-AmericanWomenandCardiovascularDisease,JoenessaPierre11.PhysiologicalCharacteristicsofYouthandJuniorEliteTriathletesandCompetitionPerformance,MatthewValyo,SusanSotir12.AlternativeTreatmentforDiabetes,CleverChaves13.ALiteratureReviewofAxenfeldRiegerSyndrome,AngelaBhowmik14.InfluenzaandFatalSecondaryComplications,DanielleFleckner15.Intra-andInter-IndividualDifferencesinBlacknoseDaceScaleSize,OliviaPiscitelli,AlexandraLaBollita16.SynthesisofDicationicDNAIntercalators,GeorginaAsadu,IslynnAgyepong-Boakye,MeghanUmbrello17.ComputationalApproachestoDiscoveringDrivingSomaticCancerMutations,DavidNunes18.Review:AnalysisofOchratoxinAinWinesUsingHighPerformanceLiquidChromatography(HPLC),MeghanUmbrello19.PharmacologicalFocusofNaturalandSyntheticCannabinoidsandTheirReceptors:AReview,CaseyDownes20.TheEffectofSilverNanoparticlesonPlantPhysiologyandSeedGermination,GregoryGundberg21.EffectsofLigandsonSilverNanoparticlesinNitrileHydrationReactions,QuinnWold22.SelectivityofGoldCatalysts:AReview,QuinnWold23.SynthesisofFluorine-ContainingCompounds,LixandraNumbem24.SynthesisandElectrochemistryofHeme-QuinolineCompounds,EnriqueCoello25.AnOptimizationProblemtoDeterminetheFlattest5katFitchburgStateUniversity,CaseyTaylor,ShawnaRyan26.SabermetricsandMarkovChains:UsingDatatoBuildandSimulatetheOptimalBaseballLineup,TaylorLynde,AndrewMooney27.BudgetMinimization:TheApplicationoftheSimplexMethodtoStudentLife,AlexanderCochran,KristenWindoloskiHammondTowerLobbyPosters 28.Herstory:Women’sExperiencesinChina,JacobElie,EmilyFloy,LiaJackson29.Herstory:Women'sExperiencesinGermany,SamPappas,SeanLarkin30.Herstory:Women’sExperiencesinNepal,AichaKone,JustinHall,JaquelynManyak 31.InternationalWomen’sDayFairPromotionalPosterDesign,MoeshaOrelus 32.AnalogResilience,MatthewParece33.AReaderWillNeverCrosstheSameRiverTwice,JenniferDesilvestre34.TheRoleofArtinAnatomicalAdvancesoftheItalianRenaissance,NicoleWalker35.TheSignificanceofGeneralEducation:CommunicatingtheValueoftheLA&S,MelissaRheaume,AutumnBattista36.ResearchStudyonGlobalism,EmmaE.Hagar,TehreemChaudhary,MoryB.Keita,AngeliqueChaput Gallucci-CirioLibraryLobbyPosters 37.SustainableNet-ZeroHousing,JamesBaczewski,TimMaye,DerekSloan,CoryLo,MaxSchryver,AlexPyankov,BrandonGualin38.AdvantagesandDisadvantagesRegardingtheManyTypesofEnergyUsedinSocietyToday,JamesBaczewski39.VirtualReality:EmergingApplicationsinConstruction,ReneLarson,AlexandraEastman,BriannaSantos,JessicaItzkowitz40.WomanintheConstructionIndustry:ChallengesandOpportunities,BriannaSantos41.3DLaserScanningTechnologyintheConstructionIndustry,NicholasMasley,JohnMurin,ThierryCheron42.EngineeringTechnologyforInternationalDevelopment:WaterandSanitationCaseStudyfromIndia,GauravPatel43.ArchitectureBuildingbyFrankLloydWright:JacobsFirstHouse,GauravPatel44.ResidentialLighting,GauravPatel45.Smart/SolarPanelRoads,ConnorPuchol,ChristianVogel,ShaneFallon,BryanCaban46.Net-ZeroConstruction,StephenEllis47.TheStatusandPotentialFutureofFuelSupplyfromtheUnitedStates-Early2018,MikeFossa 48.“HuntFell”,StoppedClockStudios,GameDesignCapstoneSpring2018 Thankyoutothesponsors:DennisAwasabisah,LauraBaker,MaryBaker,DeborahBenes,SoumitraBasu,RobertCarr,D.KeithChenot,KatharineCovino-Poutasse,RalaDiakite,EmmaDowns,LizGordon,DavidHeikinnen,MichaelHove,JaneHuang,AsherJackson,KatherineJewell,SanjayKaul,MathangiKrishnamurthy,SaraLevine,BenjaminLevy,VieraLorencova,MonicaMaldari,TaraMariolis,KevinMcCarthy,PhilipD.McCormack,KyleMoody,NirajanMani,AbdelGabarMustafa,NadimpalliMahadev,JamesT.Noonan,AislingO'Connor,BenjaminRailton,ErinRehrig,SeanRollins,KoriRyan,DanielSarefield,ReneeScappiarone,HildySchilling,PeterStaab,DonTarallo,TeresaThomas,KishaTracy,JeffWarmouth,AmyWehe,DanielWelsh,DanielleWigmore.CoverartworkbyAmberHaney.