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Conference
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Friday, April 23, 2010 • 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Lincoln Campus Center
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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The Sixteenth Annual Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research
Conference is presented in conjunction with the Daffodil Lectures
on sustainability and the environment, celebrating the long history
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of honors education at UMass Amherst and the tenth anniversary of
Commonwealth Honors College.
Table of Contents
Conference Schedule 3 International Studies 192 Education 388
Acknowledgements 4 Japanese 195 Electrical Engineering 397
Keynote Speaker 5 Journalism 202 English 400
Venue Maps 6-8 Kinesiology 203 English Literature 401
Latin American Studies 204 Environmental Studies 403
Oral Presentation Schedules Legal Studies 206 Finance 412
9 Literature 208 History 413
Poster Presentation Schedules Management 212 Interdisciplinary Studies/BDIC
17 Marketing 219 420
Mathematics and Statistics 220 Internship 423
Presenters / Oral Music 225 Kinesiology 424
Accounting 25 Nursing 227 Legal Studies 435
Advertising 27 Nutrition and Food Science 230 Literature 438
African American Studies 28 Philosophy 232 Management 439
American Indian Studies 29 Physics 236 Mathematics and Statistics 442
Animal Sciences 46 Political Science 238 Mechanical Engineering 443
Anthropology 47 Psychology 249 Microbiology 450
Art 57 Public Health 259 Molecular Biology 457
Art History 58 Radio - Television - Film 267 Nursing 459
Astronomy 61 Social Thought and Nutrition and Food Science 476
Biology 62 Political Economy 271 Philosophy 486
Chemical Engineering 67 Sociology 274 Physical Therapy 489
Chemistry 69 Spanish 281 Physics 490
Civil Engineering 70 Women’s Studies 282 Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences
Communication 71 495
Communication Disorders 86 Presenters / Posters Political Science 497
Community or Public Service Accounting 283 Psychology 501
87 Animal Science 285 Public Health 556
Computer Science 111 Art 288 Social Thought and
Criminology 112 Art History 291 Political Economy 564
Decision Science 113 Biochemistry 292 Social Work 566
Economics 114 Bioengineering 303 Sociology 568
Education 119 Biology 305 Studio Art 574
Electrical Engineering 123 Chemical Engineering 339
English 126 Chemistry 341
English Literature 144 Civil Engineering 370 Index of Presenters by Name
Environmental Studies 153 Communication 371 575
Finance 156 Communication Disorders 374 Index of Presenters by Campus
Forestry 159 Community or Public Service 582
Geography 161 376
History 162 Computer Science 380
Industrial Engineering 171 Criminology 383
Interdisciplinary Studies/BDIC Dance 385
172 Economics 386
2010 Schedule
General Schedule
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM • Registration • First Floor Concourse
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM • Welcome Address, Auditorium
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM • Keynote Speaker - David McLaughlin • Auditorium
10:40 AM - 12:20 PM • Morning Poster and Oral Sessions • Floors 1, 2, 8 & 9
12:20 PM - 1:20 PM • Lunch (lunch not included)
1:20 PM - 4:50 PM • Afternoon Poster and Oral Sessions • Floors 1, 2, 8 & 9
Oral Presentations
10:40 AM - 11:25 AM • Oral Session I
11:35 AM - 12:20 PM • Oral Session II
1:20 PM - 2:05 PM • Oral Session III
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM • Oral Session IV
3:10 PM - 3:55 PM • Oral Session V
4:05 PM - 4:50 PM • Oral Session VI
Poster Presentations
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM • Poster Session I
1:20 PM - 2:20 PM • Poster Session II
2:35 PM - 3:35 PM • Poster Session III
3:50 PM - 4:50 PM • Poster Session IV
Acknowledgements
We would like to acknowledge the many faculty members who volunteered their time
and expertise to review abstracts and give invaluable guidance to student presenters.
We would like to express great appreciation to the following campus contacts for their
time and support of the conference.
Stacy Evans • Berkshire Community College
Lee Torda • Bridgewater State College
Tom Grady • Bristol Community College
Joan Brenner • Bunker Hill Community College
Delores Bird • Cape Cod Community College
Sara Pollak Levine • Fitchburg State College
Deborah Dalton • Framingham State College
Lindy Gougeon • Greenfield Community College
Kim Hicks • Holyoke Community College
Matt Silliman & Susan Edgerton • Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Derrick Manns • Massachusetts Bay Community College
Johanna Branson • Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Mark Patrick • Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Susan Martelli • Massasoit Community College
David Kalivas • Middlesex Community College
Sheila Murphy • Mount Wachusett Community College
Marcey Marold • North Shore Community College
Ginger Hurajt • Northern Essex Community College
Susan McPherson • Quinsigamond Community College
Eric Entemann • Roxbury Community College
Joanna Gonsalves • Salem State College
David Winsper • Springfield Technical College
Dave Neely • UMass Amherst
Joyce Morrissey • UMass Boston
Jennifer Wilson Mulnix • UMass Dartmouth
Doreen Arcus • UMass Lowell
Ricki Kantrowitz & Glen Brewster • Westfield State College
Josna Rege • Worcester State College
We would also like to give special recognition to Conference Coordinator Dave Neely,
Conference Assistant, Becca Smith, Meredith Lind, Melissa Woglom, Celso Avelar, Vance
Chatel, Dhruv Kumar, Andy Gauvin, Shelley Gibbons, the Lincoln Campus Center staff,
and the faculty, staff, and students at Commonwealth Honors College.
Keynote Speaker
Dr. David McLauglin • 10:00 am. • Campus Center Auditorium
Chasing Interdisciplinarity while Chasing Tornadoes
The scenario is this: An F4 tornado suddenly touches down outside Norman,
Oklahoma, in a region of the country known as Tornado Alley. Almost simultaneously,
a close-knit array of tiny cellular-tower-mounted radars zeroes in on the lethal
twister. The radar beams precisely triangulate on the location of the vortex and
chase it with pinpoint accuracy down Berry Street. Personnel at the National
Weather Service in Norman use a specially-designed console to trace the exact
route as the tornado rumbles down this major shopping thoroughfare, chewing
up buildings and hurling vehicles out of its path. Armed with precise positioning,
the Weather Service and local emergency management officials issue a set of
emergency alerts that save lives and reroute ground and air traffic away from the
progress of the storm. Meanwhile, another tornado touches down across town
and appears to be heading for a hospital. Should the network continue tracking
the first storm? Should it switch to pinpoint tracking of the second storm? Or will
we somehow afford to deploy a system that is capable of tracking both storms
simultaneously? These questions reflect the mix of scientific, technological, and
socio-policy challenges being undertaken within NSF’s Engineering Research
Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA). CASA is a
consortium of 20 academic, industrial, and government organizations creating the
new technology capable of unprecedented views of the atmosphere. The driving
vision of the center is that dramatic improvements in sensing, detecting, predicting,
warning, and responding to hazardous weather events can be achieved by building
a system that targets its resources onto key regions where and when the end-
user need is greatest. Achieving this vision requires the sustained collaboration of
engineers, decision scientists, computer scientists, meteorologists, and sociologists,
working in conjunction with the ultimate end-users, to create a new approach to
weather hazard response. Part technical, part human interest, this talk addresses
the challenges, the pleasures, and the opportunities inherent in a cross-disciplinary
systems-level research environment that address an important national need and
provides an exciting and fertile learning environment for tomorrow’s science and
engineering students.
Biography:
David J. McLaughlin is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at
the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he serves as Associate Dean of
Engineering and director of the NSF Engineering Research Center for Collaborative
Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA). Dr. McLaughlin has been on the UMass
Amherst ECE faculty since 2000. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the
University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1984 and 1989, respectively, and he spent
the period from 1989 through 1999 on the engineering faculty at Northeastern
University. He has held research fellowships at the US Naval Research Laboratory and
the USAF Rome Laboratory, and he spent the 2007-08 academic year on sabbatical
as an Engineering Fellow at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems. His research and
teaching interests include radar design, systems engineering, and policy-mediated
sensor networks.
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si 1 Alexandra Bonazoli Political Science UMass Amherst 10:40-11:25 215
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al 1 Kiersten Rooke Political Science UMass Amherst 10:40-11:25 224
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2 Monet Crudup English Westfield State College 11:35-12:20 108
2 Michael Pinheiro Music Holyoke C.C. 11:35-12:20 202
2 Ryoko Kokuba Music Bristol C.C. 11:35-12:20 201
3 Alyson Richards English UMass Amherst 1:20-2:05 118
4 Andrew DeFeo Japanese UMass Amherst 2:15-3:00 171
4 Daniel Hall Japanese UMass Amherst 2:15-3:00 173
4 Rachel Goggin Japanese UMass Amherst 2:15-3:00 172
5 Shao-Kang Shan Japanese UMass Amherst 3:10-3:55 175
5 Michaela Myers Japanese UMass Amherst 3:10-3:55 174
5 Eric Simmons Japanese UMass Amherst 3:10-3:55 176
5 Jing Xu Japanese UMass Amherst 3:10-3:55 177
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1 Jennifer Dulong Literature Salem State College 10:40-11:25 185
1 Matthew Litchfield English Literature UMass Dartmouth 10:40-11:25 126
1 Brandon Wieber English Salem State College 10:40-11:25 119
2 Shielding Cournoyer Literature Westfield State College 11:35-12:20 184
2 Shannon Cocci English Literature UMass Dartmouth 11:35-12:20 122
2 Ana-Maria Bell English Literature UMass Dartmouth 11:35-12:20 120
3 Madison Dennis English Framingham State College 1:20-2:05 110
3 Molly Coyle English Literature Westfield State College 1:20-2:05 123
3 Megan Crotty English UMass Boston 1:20-2:05 107
4 Michael Bober Radio-Television-Film Fitchburg State College 2:15-3:00 243
4 Stephanie McPherson Journalism UMass Amherst 2:15-3:00 178
4 Thomas Paiva Art Bristol C.C. 2:15-3:00 33
5 Hannah Gunnell English Literature Worcester State College 3:10-3:55 125
5 Katelyn Christopher English Literature Framingham State College 3:10-3:55 121
5 Kelly Broderick English UMass Amherst 3:10-3:55 105
6 Elizabeth Garlo Public Health UMass Lowell 4:05-4:50 235
6 Cory Zelas Nursing UMass Amherst 4:05-4:50 205
6 Shannon Barry Nursing UMass Amherst 4:05-4:50 203
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si 1 Joshua Botvin Radio-Television-Film Bristol C.C. 10:40-11:25 244
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2 Jillian Aberdale Political Science UMass Amherst 11:35-12:20 214
2 Caroline Koch Political Science UMass Amherst 11:35-12:20 221
2 Russell Hall Political Science UMass Lowell 11:35-12:20 219
3 Caleb Stone Sociology Berkshire C.C. 1:20-2:05 254
3 Erin Judge History Westfield State College 1:20-2:05 139
3 Jorge Morales-Lopez Political Science UMass Lowell 1:20-2:05 223
4 Agnes Stasiewicz Psychology Framingham State College 2:15-3:00 234
4 Bronwyn McNulty History UMass Boston 2:15-3:00 140
4 Alden Dalia Radio-Television-Film Fitchburg State College 2:15-3:00 245
5 J. Alexandria McLaren Interdisciplinary Studies/BDIC Quinsigamond C.C. 3:10-3:55 162
5 Ana Dechtiar Interdisciplinary Studies/BDIC UMass Amherst 3:10-3:55 152
5 Benjamin Owusu-Ansah Education Quinsigamond C.C. 3:10-3:55 98
6 Alison Eccleston Psychology UMass Amherst 4:05-4:50 227
6 Ana Carolina Gomez- Political Science UMass Boston 4:05-4:50 218
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6 Levi Adelman Psychology UMass Amherst 4:05-4:50 225
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1 Michael Demo Philosophy UMass Amherst 10:40-11:25 208
1 Marissa McCabe Interdisciplinary Studies/BDIC Bunker Hill C.C. 10:40-11:25 161
1 Michael Murphy Philosophy Worcester State College 10:40-11:25 211
2 Nicholas Morrison Psychology UMass Amherst 11:35-12:20 231
2 Liane Ledger Psychology Westfield State College 11:35-12:20 230
2 Catherine Lehtinen Interdisciplinary Studies/BDIC UMass Amherst 11:35-12:20 160
3 Corinne Glennie Education Westfield State College 1:20-2:05 97
3 Marta Escriu-Sune Education UMass Boston 1:20-2:05 95
3 Thomas Tedone Economics Westfield State College 1:20-2:05 94
4 Violeta Haralampieva Anthropology UMass Boston 2:15-3:00 26
4 Alexandra Sprague Anthropology UMass Amherst 2:15-3:00 32
4 Kerstin Egenhofer Anthropology UMass Amherst 2:15-3:00 25
5 Azeen Khanmalek Political Science UMass Amherst 3:10-3:55 220
5 Chris Russell History UMass Amherst 3:10-3:55 142
5 Natasha Ludwig Political Science Westfield State College 3:10-3:55 222
6 Ryan Shanley History Westfield State College 4:05-4:50 143
6 Jeromie Whalen History UMass Amherst 4:05-4:50 145
6 Joseph Willis History Westfield State College 4:05-4:50 146
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