SU Students Present Research During 'Posters on the Bay'

SALISBURY, MD---Nineteen Salisbury University students recently shared their undergraduate research with members of the Maryland General Assembly during the presentation “Posters on the Bay” at the Lowe House Office Building in Annapolis.

SU Undergraduate Research Fellows presenters and topics included:

•    Abiodun Adeoye, history and political science major, of Hyattsville, MD - “Life After Slavery: African American History on the Eastern Shore”

•    Marianna Agazio, history major, of Columbia, MD - “'Suspicious Minds’: Growing Evidentiary: Skepticism During the Mid-17th Century English Witch Trials”

•    Karsin Bachrin, biology major, of Belcamp, MD - “Feeding and Population Ecology of Frosted Elfin Caterpillars”

•    Kacie Cassar, history, psychology and international relations major, of Lansdale, PA - “Starting from Scratch: The Poultry Industry on the Eastern Shore”

•    Oscar Chatain, chemistry major, of Bethesda, MD - “Optimizing Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Stroke Victims”

•    Devin Conroy, marketing major, of Phoenix, MD - “Mid-Atlantic Sales and Marketing Institute”

•    Kayla Davis, early childhood education major, of Laurel, MD - “Classroom Strategies for Students with Upper Limb Differences”

•    Kayra Icard, history major, of Frederick, MD - “The Anglo-Scottish Union in the English East India Company: The Creation of a True British Empire”

•    Cameron Kane, computer science and interdisciplinary studies major, of Glen Dale, MD - “Developing New Accessibility Features Using Deep Learning and Data Generation”

•    Morgan Lehmann, history and secondary education major, of Monrovia, MD - “Was the Treasure the Queen’s Only Motivator?”

•    Carly Leventoff, biochemistry major, of South Fallsburg, NY - “Electrosynthesis of Alpha-Amino Ketone Drugs”

•    Delany Midash, environmental studies major, of Cecilton, MD - “Conowingo Must Go: Negative Effects of Sedimentation Buildup Behind the Conowingo Dam Downstream and Proposal for Dam Removal”

•    Jessica Pierce, psychology and biology major, of Silver Spring, MD - “Coping with the Effects of Stress on a Molecular Level”

•    Lindsey Pinder, earth science and geographic information systems major, of Centreville, MD - “A 2-D and 3-D Visualization of the SU Arboretum for Education, Outreach and Management”

•    Sepehr Rahimi, biology major, of Paris, France – “Medica-Bed”

•    Kateria Rodriguez, history major, of Centreville, MD - “‘The Dragon’s Forgotten People’: Islam and the Politics of Religion in Modern China”

•    Hira Shahbaz, English major, of Salisbury - “Forging Identity Through Prose: An Exploration of Nationalism in the Literary Works of Rabindranath Tagore, Kazi Nazrus Islam and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee”

•    Alicia Spero, political science major, of Westminster, MD - “Look, Mom! No Driver! Necessary Changes to Vehicle Legislation in Light of the Rise of Autonomous Vehicles”

•    Gabriella Voithofer, biology and psychology major, of California, MD - “Peripheral Nerve Degeneration Following Hyperglycemic: Induction with 120 mm Glucose”

SU’s Graduate Studies and Research Office and the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity sponsored the poster session.

For more information call 410-543-6030 or visit the SU website.