UCCS Graduate School Research Showcase
Gallogly Event Center12:00-1:00 Final Round of the Mountain Lion Grad Slam 2:00-4:00 Poster Session
4:00-5:00 Awards Reception
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
Board # Presenter/ Program Title
1 Shayne Lin
Clinical Psychology Validating the Reliable Change Index with Tensor Based Morphometry 2 Aialaina Salani
Communication Moana & The Heart of Polynesian Culture: A Textual Analysis 3 Alex Koehler
Communication Concussion and their Effects on Youth Sports 4 Dustin Krohnfeldt
Communication The Effect of Organizational Size on Cultures: A Multi-Method Study 5 Hannah Shiver
Communication
If I'm Not Looking at You, I'm Not Listening: A Training on Nonverbal Behaviors in Interviews
6 Kayla Gronseth Boyer Communication
#YTho: A Mixed Method Examination of Millennial Alumni Donors and University Philanthropy
7 Racquel Paywa
Communication Understanding the Youth Voter in a Digital Age: A Qualitative Analysis 8 Taylor Braden
Communication
Personal Branding: The Hidden Secret Behind Effective Marketing; a Research Based Qualitative Analysis
9 Victoria Ortiz
Communication How University Leaders Can Better Prepare For Campus Crisis 10 Michael L. Stephen
History
Chinese in Silver City, Idaho: A Contemporary, Visual Assessment of On-site Historic Interpretation
11 Alyssa Ortiz Mathematics
Inverse Scattering Transform and Solitons for Square Matrix Nonlinear Schrodinger Equations
12 Olha Melnyk Physics
Electro-optics of dual-frequency liquid crystals: thickness dependence of their switching time
13 Patrick Yarbrough Physics
Parallel pumping of a ferromagnetic nanostripe: Confinement quantization and off-resonant driving
14 Mary V. Iskandarov
Communication Stress Management and Emotional Intelligence: A Communication Training 15 Ciriaco Gabriel Cantu
Communication The Construction of Masculinity in The Gambler Country Music Video 16 Brad Tyra
Communication
Dyslexics and the Deaf: Neural Anatomy of Phonology and Sign Language
Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Board # Presenter/ Program Title
17 Hayley Lucero
Health Promotion Nutrition Needs Assessment in Clients with Parkinson's Disease 18 Libby Jensen
Health Promotion
Confidence in movement: A mixed methods case study of exercise and Parkinson’s Disease
19 Kaley Feenstra
Health Promotion Possible Predictors of Physical Activity Program Completion in Workplace Wellness 20 Merri Metcalfe
Sport Nutrition
Examining the Usefulness of a Gardening and Food Literacy Program Integrated into an Eating Disorder Support Group: A Case Study
UCCS Graduate School Research Showcase (Continued)
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Renata Altamirano-Garcia
Sport Nutrition
An Enhanced Sport Nutrition Program Integrating TrueFood Principles
22 Colby Wolf
Sports Nutrition Live Like a Carrot: A Local & Seasonal Food Literacy Guide 23 Deb Canada
Sports Medicine
Differences in Stress Shoot Performance Among Special Forces Operators Who Participate in A Human Performance Program Versus Those Who Do Not. 24 Tara Martinez
Sports Medicine
Perceived Risk and Response to Lightning Warnings; The Need for an Assessment Tool
25 Rachel Tincknell Sports Medicine
Epidemiology of Hip Injuries in Professional Rodeo: A Four-Year Retrospective Analysis
26 Tim Lentine Sports Medicine
Optimizing Special Weapons and Tactics’ (SWAT) Physical Capabilities to Increase Occupational Performance
27 Caroline Shafer Sports Medicine
Non-displaced sternoclavicular physeal fracture of a 21 year old female collegiate club rugby athlete
28 Nicole Brashears Sports Medicine
Initial Cadet Fitness Level and the Relation to Perceived RPE and Preparedness Ratings During a Police Training Academy
29 Kelsey Minson Sports Medicine
The Relationship Between Pre-Season Testing Performance And Playing Time Among NCAA DII Men's Soccer Athletes
30 William Quillman Sports Medicine
Predicting bench press performance from the NFL 225 bench press test using velocity based measures in Division I football players
31 Daniel Rodgers Sports Medicine
An Evidence-Based Injury Prevention Plan Proposal for the Emerging Contact Sport of U.S. Rugby 7s
32 Jonathan Goatcher
Sports Medicine Changes in Cadet Fitness Levels Over An 11-Week Fire Academy Session 33 Laura Asbury
Sports Nutrition Eating for Health, Fitness, and Performance 34 Dharini Thakkar
Sports Nutrition Seasonal body composition changes in athletes: Is Ultrasound the answer? 35 Alyssa Shrader
Sports Nutrition
SWELL- Sustainability, Wellness, and Learning Initiative: Sustainable Food Literacy Gateway Project
36 Emily Andersen
Strength & Conditioning
Relationship of Absolute and Relative Lower-Body Strength to Predictors of Athletic Performance
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Board # Presenter/ Program Title
37 Faraz M. Saleem Mech. & Aero. Engr
Modeling of PVDF-alumina composites; atomistic simulations for predicting material properties
38 Jared Strutton Mech. Engineering
3D Printing Curable Particulate Composites: Printer Design and Composite Performance
39 Jose A. Bencomo Mech. Engineering
3D Printing Multifunctional Fluorinated Nanocomposites: Tuning Electroactivity, Rheology, and Chemical Reactivity
40 Irene Serrano Delgado
