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VALIDATING ENVIRONMENTAL DNA (EDNA) APPROACHES TO ASSESSING SOIL MICROEUKARYOTIC BIODIVERSITY**
Alejandro Coronado*, Juliana Hayhome*, Jasmine On*, Rosalyn Standford*, Kaylee Thomas*, and Tiago Pereira

VISUALIZING THE AVIAN BIG BANG: SYNTENY RESOLVES THE NEOAVIAN CONFLICT
Nahom Estifanoes* and Jill Penn

A MULTIDECADAL COMPARISON OF INTERTIDAL AMPHIPOD CRUSTACEAN DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE ON SAPELO ISLAND, GEORGIA**
Kali M. Holierhoek* and Kristine N. White

WILDFLOWER PREFERENCE OF SCOLIID WASPS IN THE COSTAL PLAINS OF EASTERN GEORGIA
Madison C. James* and Mark A. Schlueter

THE IMPACT OF WILDFLOWER HABITAT ENRICHMENTS ON BOOSTING THE WILD BEE ABUNDANCE IN AGRICULTRIAL AREAS
Khiya M. Kenney* and Mark A. Schlueter

ENHANCING BENEFICIAL INSECTS IN AGRICULTURAL FIELDS THROUGH WILDFLOWER HABITATS: A CASE STUDY OF SCOLIID WASPS
Emmanuel Licona* and Mark A. Schlueter

ONGOING RESEARCH OF THE GGC BIRD LAB
Mia Malloy, Maria Fernandez, and Jill Penn

EFFECTS OF HABITAT DISTURBANCE ON DIPLOPOD COMMUNITIES**
Mckenzie B. McIntyre* and Bruce A. Snyder

SUBTIDAL CRUSTACEAN DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION ON SAPELO ISLAND, GA
Elise Mirabella* and Kristine N. White

COMPARATIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF ALGAE AND BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES IN RESTORED AND CREATED WETLANDS**
Muzila Nchimunya*, Kalina Manoylov, and Samuel Mutiti

THE GENETIC DIVERSITY OF HOUSE WRENS AND GRAY CATBIRDS
Devin O'Mallon*, Jill Penn, Maribel Fernandez, and Mia Malloy

INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF COLOR IN ATTRACTING WILD BEES TO WILDFLOWERS
Widmey M. Osias* and Mark A. Schlueter

A LIFE HISTORY STUDY OF CHEROKIA GEORGIANA**
McKinley A. Roth* and Bruce A. Snyder

SURVEILLANCE FOR MOSQUITOES AS POTENTIAL DISEASE VECTORS AT DIVERSE SITES IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA, USA
Isabelle Salitsky* and David Bruce Conn

ASSESSING BISPHENOL A (BPA) IN THE LUNGS, LIVER, MUSCLE, AND DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF WILD BIRDS: A STUDY TO DETERMINE CONTAMINATION AND EXPOSURE PATHWAYS**
Alyssa G. Simpson*, Taerin Jeong*, and Dawn E. W. Drumtra

DOES APPLE CIDER VINEGAR HAVE AN EFFECT ON STREPTOCOCCUS BACTERIA?
Clara G. Welch*

CABBAGE BY NAME, KALE BY CHOICE: FEEDING PREFERENCE IN TRICHOPLUSIA NI
Danielle R. Burkman*, Margaret Smith, Ryan Shanks, and Erin Barding

OPTOMIZING ELECTROPORATION EFFICIENCY IN SACCAROMYCES CEREVISAE SEC6-49 MUTANT CELLS TO ENABLE A HIGH SENSIVITY GENOMIC SUPPRESSOR SCREEN**
Elizabeth Campher*, Rebecca H. DeRoth*, and Ellen C. France

WHAT'S IN THE WEB: ANALYZING TROPHIC INTERACTIONS IN SPIDER WEB ECOSYSTEMS**
Beraca Cornely*

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ORAL BACTERIAL REDUCTION USING VARIOUS TEETH CLEANING METHODS**
Taylor Crawford* and Jennifer Fortunato

INTRASPECIFIC TRAIT VARIATION OF TREMATODES INFECTING TREE SHREWS (TUPAIA SPP.) FROM BORNEO**
Kiara Darden* and Whitney Preisser

EXPLORING NEW PHENOTYPES OF SAACHROMYCES CEREVISIAE SEC6-46 MUTANT**
Rebecca DeRoth*, Elizabeth Campher*, and Ellen France

EFFECT OF TREE COVER IN SUBURBAN AREAS ON AVIAN DIVERSITY
Maria I. Fernandez, Mia Malloy, and Jill Penn

MONITORING THE DISPERSAL OF SPOTTED LANTERNFLIES (LYCORMA DELICATULA) IN NORTH GEORGIA, USA USING FUNNEL TRAPS ON AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES FROM RAILYARDS
Carissa Goodwin*, Natalie Boudreaux*, Heather Powell*, and Jason Lang

IS INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION A PRIMARY DRIVER OF SEGREGATION BETWEEN LARVAL SALAMANDERS (DESMOGNATHUS AMPHILEUCUS AND PSEUDOTRITON RUBER) IN APPALACHIAN STREAMS?
Ja'Nia Gray*, Alexia Vaca-Nava*, and Carlos D. Camp

UNCOVERING FISH FAUNAL EXCHANGES ACROSS GEORGIA'S WATERSHEDS: THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE BANDFIN SHINER**
Sydney P. Griffith*, Sarah M. Holgate*, Lillian R. Brenters*, Michael E. Cagampan*, Michael G. Kelling*, Grace K. Vaughn*, Rachel A. Perez-Udell, and Andrew T. Taylor

A FOUR YEAR STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF WILDFLOWER HABITAT ENRICHMENTS ON BOOSTING THE WILD BEE ABUNDANCE AND BEE DIVERSITY IN AGRICULTURAL AREAS OF COASTAL GEORGIA
Sukaina B. Hussain* and Mark A. Schlueter

BPA CONCENTRATION IN WILD BIRDS VS REHABILITATING BIRDS**
Taerin Jeong*, Alyssa G. Simpson*, and Dawn E.W. Drumtra

SYNERGISTIC INACTIVATION OF ESCHERICHIA COLI AND SALMONELLA USING HIGH-PRESSURE PROCESSING COMBINED WITH A TEN-COMPONENT NATURAL ANTIMICROBIAL BLEND
Md Niamul Kabir, Amaya H. Williams*, Evelyn L. Redmond*, Tereza M. Thomas*, Lauren E. Foster*, and Shohana Huq

BIOFILM FORMATION BY WILD-TYPE AND PRESSURE-STRESSED ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7 AND SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVARS ON STAINLESS STEEL IN MILK AT REFRIGERATION AND PHYSIOLOGICAL TEMPERATURES
Md Niamul Kabir, Kendra Ross*, Evelyn L. Redmond*, Laila Dowdy*, and Shohana Huq

EFFECT OF ALTERED SALINITY ON LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS DEVELOPMENT **
Davina Kara*, Shane A. Webb, and Margaret Smith

ESTIMATING THE ABUNDANCE OF COMMON BIRD SPECIES USING THE DENSITY OF SONGS PRESENT ON SOUND RECORDINGS**
Myra Kincaid*, Michael Parrish, Richard Chandler rbchan@uga.view.usg.edu, and Jeffrey Cymerman

MALE CONTRIBUTIONS TO REINFORCMENT AND SPECIATION IN DROSOPHILA**
Savannah L. Limehouse*

USING COMMON-GARDEN EXPERIMENTS TO TEST THE EFFECTS OF INFECTION BY THE TREMATODE METAGONIMOIDES OREGONENSIS ON LARVAL PLETHODONTID SALAMANDERS (DESMOGNATHUS AMPHILEUCUS) IN APPALACHIAN STREAMS
Elijah Marshall* and Carlos D. Camp

GC-MS ANALYSIS OF THE HYDROCARBONS PRODUCED BY THE CONVERSION OF ANIMAL FEED BY MICROBIOMES EXTRACTED FROM THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACK OF PORCINE AND CATTLE**
Barry B. Miburo, Kingsley Dunkley, Joseph Falcone, Hayley K. Newsome*, Talon Shierling*, and James Wells*

TURNING UP THE HEAT: THERMAL TOLERANCE IN GEORGIA CRAYFISH
Samantha Moore*, Elias Aufderheide*, and David Weese

ASSAY OF BASAL LEVELS OF MALE AGGRESSION AMONG SISTER TAXA DROSOPHILA RECENS AND DROSOPHILA SUBQUINARIA**
Riley Robinson*

WILDFLOWER ENRICHMENT STRIPS SIGNIFICNTLY INCREASES SCOLIID WASP ABUNDANCE IN THE GEORGIA COASTAL PLAIN
Devani L. Rodriguez-Rangel* and Mark A. Schlueter

EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL SOURCES OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI IN SAN JUAN BAY AND RÍO GRANDE DE LOÍZA ESTUARIES OF PUERTO RICO
Alex A.F. Sarran*, Kendryl A. Randall*, and Dave Bachoon

AN OVERVIEW OF WILD BEE POLLINATORS PRESENT IN THE AGRICULTURAL AREAS OF GEORGIA
Mark A. Schlueter

EARLY LIFE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS EFFECTS ON BRAIN MORPHOLOGY**
Emma K. Scroggs

A STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION: EXPANDING BIRD SPECIES REPRESENTATION FOR BISPHENOLA (BPA) TESTING**
Alyssa G. Simpson* and Dawn E. W. Drumtra

WOLBACHIA INFECTION IN ANTS OF NORTH GEORGIA**
Casey C. Torgesen* and Evan C. Lampert

EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CLEANING TECHNIQUES IN HIGH-TRAFFIC AREAS USING BIOCHEMICAL TESTS
Kayla L. Ward* and Julia M. Schmitz

EFFECT OF VIRGIN FEMALES ON MALE COMPETITION UNDER REINFORCEMENT IN THE DROSOPHILA SUBQUINARIA-RECENS SPECIES COMPLEX**
Nicholas R. Yelle*

HEAVY METAL ANALYSIS OF SOIL IN LOCAL WATER SOURCE AREAS IN GWINNETT COUNTY USING ICP-MS
Olivia S. Nava*

ICP-MS ANALYSIS OF HEAVY METALS IN GWINNETT COUNTY WATER**
Victoria Voltaire*

DATA-DRIVEN ANALYSIS OF CHEMISTRY TERMINOLOGY ACROSS EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOURCES
David Rogers* and Seungjin Lee

TESTING A NEW HANGING DROP OSMOMETER**
Landon C. Derr* and Jonathan G. Cannon*

ACCESSIBLE CHEMISTRY: INNOVATIONS IN TEACHING FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED
Rajeev Dabke, Samuel Melaku, and Kerri Shelton

BUILDING BONDS: INTERLOCKING TOY BUILDING BLOCKS AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY ARE MORE ALIKE THAN YOU THINK**
Jacob Steenborg*, Autumn Markland*, and Kerri Shelton

DETECTION OF NERVE GAS AGENTS USING A RHODAMINE-B BASED SENSOR**
Lauren McClintock* and Wasthsala Medawala*

QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF MICROPLASTICS IN THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER - ATLANTA'S MOST IMPORTANT DRINKING WATER SOURCE
Jasmine L. Woods* and Kennedy Reed

COMPARATIVE ANTIBACTERIAL PERFORMAMNCE OF FOUR ACYL-SUBSTITUTED PENICILLIN DERIVATIVES
Bella Reulbach*

SYSTEMATIC ORGANIC SYNTHESIS OF A LIBRARY OF SALEN LIGAND DERIVATIVES
Amara Forringer* and Julia Paredes

DESIGNING AN UNDERGRADUATE FORENSIC CHEMISTRY EXPERIMEMNT ON THE LEVELS OF MORPHINE IN URINE USING THE GC-MS**
Emma Lazarz*

CHARACTERIZING FINE-TUNED 4-AMINOQUINONLINE DERIVATIVES AS NOVEL ANTIVIRAL LIGANS FOR COVID-19**
Michelle Yusupov*, Emily Henary, Maged Henary, and Neville Y. Forlemu

SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND LUMINESCENCE STUDIES OF TERBIUM (III) COMPLEXES**
Zewdu Gebeyehu and Tara Clarkson*

FROM LABORATORY SPECTRA TO EXOPLANET SPECTRAL FINGERPRINTS: A STUDENT LEARNING MODULE LINKING ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY AND GAS PHASE FTIR SPECTROSCOPY TO ASTRONOMICAL SPECTRA SIGNATURES**
Brett Whitson*, Chantelle Anfuso, and Patrice Bell

ANALYSIS OF THE ASHES OF THE PEELS OF BANANAS GROWN IN BURUNDI, AFRICA**
Barry B. Miburo, Joseph Falcone, Bal Khatiwada, Taylor N. Stegall*, and Michael Martin*

URANUS' CHANGING COLOR: 1993-2025
Richard W. Schmude Jr.

DIRECT DECAY PROCESSES ARE NOT EXPONENTIAL
Ronald E. Mickens and Bryan A. Briones

AMORPHOUS ALUMINA AS ULTRA STABLE GLASS
Dakota H. Carey* and Kiran Prasai

A TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT DELAY TIME MODEL FOR A MAXWELL-CATTANEO SYSTEM
Isom H. Herron

DEVELOPMENT OF A PYTHON-BASED TOOL FOR STREAMLINED IDENTIFICATION OF EXOPLANET CANDIDATES
Eric Preston* and David Joffe

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS STUDY OF OPTICAL COATING OF TIO2-ZRO2-DOPED GEO2 FOR GRAVITATIONAL DETECTORS
Siddhi J. Patel* and Kiran Prasai

IDENTIFYING COLITIS OF TWO MICE MODELS USING ANALYSIS OF FTIR SPECTROSCOPY
Kara N. Brownback*, Mathes Dayananda, and Unil Perera

ANALYSIS OF OVERHEAD HIGHWAY SIGN STRUCTURES FOR ENHANCED RESILIENCE**
Jacob Ward*, Mohammad Jonaidi, and Simin Nasseri

IDENTIFYING SPECTRAL BIOMARKERS OF IBD USING ANALYSIS OF FTIR SPECTROSCOPY
William J. Brownback*, Mathes Dayananda, and Unil Perera

DESIGN OF A 3-D HELMHOLTZ COIL TO ANNIHILATE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD
Christan King* and Lu Kang

MACHINE-LEARNING ENHANCEMENT OF HIGHWAY PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX PREDICTION AND LONG-TERM DETERIORATION FORECASTING
Tahmina Akter* and Youngguk Seo

USING TEST 1 GRADES TO PREDICT STUDENT SUCCESS IN FRESHMAN MATH COURSES AT GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE**
Joseph Ametepe, Stacy Jones, Jenny Kerven, Marty Gerson, Cindy Robertson, Typhanie Hall, Rebecca Fiorrillo, and Arlenda Murphy

ARTIFICIAL MATERIAL BASED MICROWAVE ABSORBER AND ITS PARAMETRIC STUDY
Arun K. Saha and Kendall D. Akins*

COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF AMORPHOUS SILICON NITRIDE AS OPTICAL COATINGS FOR FUTURE GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE DETECTORS**
Benjamin L. LaBell* and Kiran Prasai

PEDAGOGY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WITH TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT AND ITS EVALUATION
Wei Jin, Xin Xu, Evelyn Brannock, Hyesung Park, Tacksoo Im, and Tirza Leader

A STUDY OF TITAN USING THE TOOLS OF EXOPLANET RESEARCH**
Tiffany M. Ferguson* and Martha A. Leake

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS OF JET-INDUCED MIXING IN A CYLINDRICAL TANK
Dawson M. Echols* and Jie Zhang

BRIDGING THEORY, EXPERIMENT, AND SIMULATION: CFD-DRIVEN INSIGHTS INTO THE FREE JETS LABORATORY**
Justin G. Cloutier* and Jie Zhang

ASSESSMENT OF INJECTION POINT STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCED PIPELINE MIXING VIA CFD**
Katherine S. Araya-Elizondo* and Jie Zhang

UNDERSTANDING THERMAL BEHAVIOR IN A DATA CENTER THROUGH CFD MODELING
Tiange Wang* and Jie Zhang

PROJECT D.O.R.A.: EXPLORATION ROVERS USING ROS2 AND SLAM**
Shone Cherian*, Zakarya Farhan*, Sairam Tangirala, and Tae S. Lee

NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF FIRE-DAMAGED CONCRETE USING REBOUND HAMMER AND ULTRASONIC PULSE VELOCITY TESTING
Mathew Henry*, Dale Goff*, and Mohammad Janaidi

ADVANCES IN STRENGTH AND SUSTAINABILITY OF DENTAL CERAMIC RESTORATIONS
Barry Hojjati

A STUDY TO EVALUATE AI TEXT GENERATORS EXPLAINING COMPLEX MATHEMATICS TO STUDENTS
Ronald E. Mickens and Bryan A. Briones

AI-POWERED IMAGE PROCESSING AND TUMOR DETECTION IN DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY
Christina Washington* and Khalil Shujaee

MONTHLY MATH FEASTS
Vincent Harvey* II and Debra Kean

ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE IN CYBERSECURITY
Gavin Pandha* and Umar Khokhar

SATURN'S V-FILTER BRIGHTNESS: A 15-YEAR PROGRESS REPORT
Richard W. Schmude Jr. and Qasim Ahmed*

SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION OF UNDERUTILIZED QUARRY MATERIALS
Nathan H. Ward*, Briley Stilwell*, Jayhyun Kwon, Youngguk Seo, and Maziar Moaveni

SURVEY OF TESS CANDIDATE STARS FOR EXOPLANET TRANSIT PHOTOMETRY ANALYSIS
Haslett F. Canales* and David Joffe

TRANSIT DETECTION AND LIGHT CURVE ANALYSIS OF SELECTED TESS TARGETS
Thi Tran* and David Joffe

MEDICAL AI CHATBOT
Gabriel O. Figueroa* and Sairam Tangirala

IMPACT OF UNIT EXAM CORRECTIONS ON END OF COURSE ASSESSMENTS
Amy L. Cook and Kimerly Grimes

RESISTOR NETWORKS BASED ON POLYHEDRA WITH A FOCUS ON ANTI-PRISMS**
Matthew C. Waldron*, Julie L. Talbot, and David Leach

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF NUMERICAL METHODS IN SOLVING ROOTS OF NONLINEAR EQUATIONS
Jayanti R. Saha and Emari Knowles*

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF HAIRPIN STRUCTURE BASED MICROSTRIP FILTER FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION**
Cera Purdy* and Shantanu Chakraborty

A GAME-DEVELOPMENT–BASED TUTORIAL FRAMEWORK FOR SUPPORTING NOVICE PROGRAMMERS
Claudio Sandrio*, Ciera Baucham*, Dylan Long*, Julissa Valdez-Remos*, Samuel Keller*, Wei Jin, Xin Xu, and Evelyn Brannock

ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTROL AND AI-DRIVEN OPTIMIZATION OF SCAFFOLD-MEDIATED TISSUE REGENERATION**
Anthony Y. Ikito* and Barry Hojjatie

INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF MELTING PARAMETERS AND CERIUM OXIDE MOLARITY ON THE BORATE BASED GLASS STRUCTURE USING RAMAN AND FTIR SPECTROSCOPY
Abram Scott*, Colin Pierce*, Emily Manqueros*, and Kisa Ranasinghe

PACKBOT HARDWARE RETROFITTING AND MODERNIZATION WITH ROS 2**
Jan A. Kaltenegger*, Oziel Rosas*, Shone Cherian*, Savannah Wangala*, Zakarya Farhan*, Brandon Marroquin*, Tae S. Lee, and Sairam Tangirala

DEVELOPING A LOW-COST PROTOTYPE OF A RADIO TELESCOPE FOR ASTRONOMICAL SIGNAL DETECTION**
Ethin H. Vo*, Troy A. Johnson*, Alexendra Huayhua*, Nicolle J. Bermudez*, Anisa Zimic*, Colin Nassif*, Anthony Damian*, Dresun J. Taylor*, Tae S. Lee, and Paul Camp

USING GIS TO ASSESS SOIL CARBON DISTRIBUTION UNDER DIFFERENT FOREST MANAGEMENT REGIMES **
Victoria Alden*, Rebecca Barringer*, Alanis Bernis*, and Christine Mutiti

VARIATION IN SOIL CARBON CONCENTRATION AMONG FOREST MANAGEMENT TREATMENTS
Becky Barringer*, Victoria Alden*, Alanis Bernis, Leah Bartleson*, and Christine Mutiti

IN PROGRESS: A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF LATE PLEISTOCENE FOSSIL-BEARING LOCALITIES IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH AMERICA USING PAIRED DATA FROM THE NEOTOMA PALEONTOLOGICAL DATABASE AND SUPPLEMENTARY PUBLISHED RESOURCES
Mary G. Dickens*, David B. Patterson, and Alfred J. Mead

BELTLINE ECOLOGIES: QUANTIFYING ENVIRONMENTAL MOTIFS IN PUBLIC ART ON THE EASTSIDE TRAIL
Sophia Donovan* and Ranbir S. Kang

MAPPING THE 200+ KILOMETER ROOSEVELT IMPACT STRUCTURE IN CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EASTERN ALABAMA
R. Scott Harris, Steven J. Jaret, Peter H. Schultz, and Edward F. Albin

ASSESSING COMPOST MATURITY THROUGH GERMINATION TESTS AND NUTRIENT ANALYSIS**
Laura Harvey* and Allison Rick VandeVoort

MOSS-BASED TREATMENTS AND BANK TOPSOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS IN LOW-ORDER STREAMS: FIELD EXPERIMENTS
Ranbir S. Kang, Edward Whitehurst, Jame Greer, Sean Clark, and Caillou Guzman

DIVING INTO THE DATA: RISK FACTORS FOR ROUTINE POOL INSPECTION FAILURES IN 2025
Andy E. Lewis*

MICROPLASTICS MAPPING IN THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER: A COMMUNITY-ENGAGED RESEARCH PROJECT
Annie J. Lin, Ying Guo, Qing Shao, and Michelle Huang

INTEGRATING GEOPHYSICAL AND REMOTE SENSING APPROACHES TO ASSESS SALTWATER INTRUSION AND VEGETATION SHIFTS ON SAPELO ISLAND**
Megan Martin*, Haley Helms*, Samuel Mutiti, and Christine Mutiti

EFFECTS OF HYDROLOGICAL HETEROGENEITY AND MAINTENANCE DRAWDOWNS ON ALGAL DYNAMICS IN A FRESHWATER RESERVOIR SYSTEM (LAKE SINCLAIR, GEORGIA, USA)**
Anya Mukundan, Margaret Blackledge, Michelle Crumley, Hasari Bermudez Soto, Kalina Manoylov, Christine Mutiti, and Samuel Mutiti

EXTENDED EFFECTS OF LIME AND COMPOST AMENDMENTS ON NUTRIENT RETENTION IN CECIL SOIL**
Brannon T. Polk* and Allison Rick VandeVoort

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VEGETATION STRUCTURE AND SOIL CARBON IN A MANAGED FOREST**
Alanis Bernis*, Rebecca Barringer*, Victoria Alden*, and Christine Mutiti

EVALUATING GROUNDWATER FILTRATION IN A WETLAND USING DYE TRACERS AND MONITORING WELLS
Waylin M. Boyd*

EFFECTS OF PH ON ALGAL TRANSPORT WITHIN SEDIMENT**
Wiley J. Bundy*, Katherine Grace Hitt*, Samuel Mutiti, and Kalina Manolov

RESERVOIR DRAWDOWN IMPACTS ON SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION AND EUTROPHICATION DOWNSTREAM (LAKE SINCLAIR, GEORGIA, USA)**
Michelle Crumley*, Anya Mukundan, Samuel Mutiti, Christine Mutiti, and Kalina Manoylov

DETERMINING MIROPLASTIC CONCENTRATIONS IN A WETLAND ENVIROMENT
Savannah L. Ledbetter*

COMPARING TOTAL AND ACTIVE SOIL ORGANIC CARBON FRACTIONS UNDER DIFFERENT FOREST MANAGEMENT REGIMES**
Daniella C. Odhiambo*, Alanis Bernis*, Rebecca Barringer*, Victoria Alden*, Leah Bartleston*, and Christine Mutiti

A GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS OF EARLY19TH-CENTURY FOREST COMPOSITION ON THE WEST GEORGIA PIEDMONT**
Kayden D. Villela* and Andrew H. Ivester

EXAMINING THE ROLE OF ADENOVIRUS E4 11K PROTEIN ON INTERFERON-BETA EXPRESSION**
Odeya Atar*, Lily M. Cox*, and Kasey A. Karen

CHARACTERIZING LOCALIZATION OF ADENOVIRUS PROTEIN E4 11K AND THE CELLULAR DOUBLE-STRAND BREAK MODULATOR DNA-PK
Kindle Reeves*, Dale Fulcher*, and Kasey A. Karen

ADENOVIRUS PROTEIN E4 11K AND THE INNATE IMMUNE RIG-I PATHWAY**
Ansley Whitfield*, Lizeth Luquin*, and Kasey A. Karen

DEFINING THE STRUCTURE AND REGULATORY POTENTIAL OF THE CIRBP 5′UTR TO UNDERSTAND ITS STRESS RESPONSE ROLE**
Sarah Conner*, Matthew Kirchner*, and Arnab Sengupta

EXAMINING THE ROLE OF ADENOVIRUS E4 11K PROTEIN ON IFN-BETA EXPRESSION
Lily M. Cox*, Odeya Atar*, and Kasey A. Karen

HOW LACTOSE INTOLERANCE AFFECTS GUT MICROBIOME COMPOSITION
Emma L. Hodges* and Andrea L. Kwiatkowski

THE CYTOTOXIC EFFECT OF INSERTED BACTERIOPHAGE GENES ON MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS
Logan G. Knotts*, Kale T. Banks*, and Alison Kanak

IMMUNOFLUROESCENCE MICROSCOPY OF DROSOPHILA LARVAE IN THE NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION AND SEGMENTAL MUSCLES **
Yue Qian, Selma Music*, and Brody R. Jenrette*

SPORT-SPECIFIC AND LIMB-DOMINANT DIFFERENCES IN BONE DENSITY AND LEAN MASS IN COLLEGIATE SOFTBALL AND BASKETBALL ATHLETES
Jay Roszell*, Peyton Miller*, Brent Morris, Josh Wludyga, and Brandon Doan

EFFECTS OF AN EIGHT-WEEK AI-GENERATED RESISTANCE TRAINING PROGRAM ON BLOOD GLUCOSE REGULATION: A CASE STUDY
Lauren R. Tapp and Melody Halteman*

EFFECTS OF AN EIGHT-WEEK AI-GENERATED RESISTANCE TRAINING PROGRAM ON ANXIETY AND PHYSICAL FITNESS: A CASE STUDY
Lauren R. Tapp and Svenja Hoppe*

TRANSLATIONAL CONTROL OF PRO-APOPTOTIC PUMA VIA MRNA 5′ END REGULATORY ELEMENTS
Brian Wirth*, Nathan Choi*, and Arnab Sengupta

ESSENTIALIST BELIEFS, READER IDENTITY, AND READING OUTCOMES IN THE FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE
Maci DeMott*, Yian Xu, and Ordene Edwards

INTERSECTIONAL MICROAGGRESSIONS AND CYNICAL ATTITUDES AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS
Treasure Evans* and Yian Xu

EXAMINING FIRST AND THIRD PERSON POINTS OF VIEW (FIELD & OBSERVER) IN PERSONAL MEMORIES
Nicole Harsch

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, REJECTION SENSITIVITY, AND NEURODIVERGENCE
Anijah R. Hill* and Michael Bar-Johnson

AI COMPANIONS AND ITS PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS**
Ayana Roberts*, Vanessa Bailey, Kat Orellana, Chian Dorsey*, and Netsanet Zerubabel

INVESTIGATING THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE MINDFLEX**
Powell Brenters*, Nicole Chuong*, Brooke Greenwald*, John A. Dewey, and Wei-Lun Sun

HIGH LENS DENSITY AND IRIS PIGMENTATION ARE RELATED TO INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN GLARE DISCOMFORT
Etienne Choquart*, Cameron J. Wysocky*, Lisa M. Renzi-Hammond*, Billy R. Hammond*, and Jacob B. Harth

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR AND PARENTAL STRESS AS PREDICTORS OF PARENT PERCEPTIONS OF LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT IN TODDLERS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES**
Destiny N. Epps*, Rose A. Sevcik, and MaryAnn Romski

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN FIRST PERSON GAMERS**
Detinee Fox*, Charles R. Talor Ph.D., and Jacob Murray

DIVERSITY IN DIAGNOSIS: A COMPARATIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SOCIAL BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS AND TIMING OF ADHD DIAGNOSIS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN ADULTS
K'hiari Z. Hailey*, Justin Dainer-Best, and Cassandra L. Baldwin

INTERACTIONS OF PEOPLE AND THEIR PETS**
Amanda L. Hopper* and Charles R. Talor

DURATION JUDGMENT DISRUPTION WITH MINIMAL COGNITIVE LOAD
Adam T. Hutcheson

A NOVEL METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING MOTION DETECTION IN THE PRESENCE OF GLARE
Audrey Levy*, Cameron J. Wysocky*, Billy R. Hammond Jr.*, and Jacob B. Harth

THE EFFECTS OF AN INTERACTIVE STORYBOOK ON READING OUTCOMES WITH STRUGGLING YOUNG ADULT READERS
Samantha McCool*

DEPTH AND VISUAL DISCERNMENT OF DRONES BASED ON DIFFERING COLOR PATTERNS
Jacob Welch*

MAPPING REGIONAL AND TEMPORAL SHIFTS IN SCIENTIFIC TERMINOLOGY WITH PYTHON AND SENTENCE TRANSFORMERS
Daniel Babalola* and Seungjin Lee

VIRTUAL LEARNING LABS: ENHANCING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING**
Grace Blomberg*, Damian J. Martinez Gonzalez*, Kaylee Clark*, Vanessa Slinger Friedman, Alice Gooding, and AJ Okrutny*

BREAKING BARRIERS: INVESTIGATING GENDER DYNAMICS IN INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS LAB CLASSES
Shantanu Chakraborty

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN GENERAL CHEMISTRY COURSES**
Linda de la Garza

INTEGRATING MINI-LEARNING COMMUNITIES INTO STEM GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES
Martin L. Gerson, Kathy Garrison, Kristie L. Walsdorf, Cindy M. Robertson, Veronica C. Sublett Breeden, David S. Kerven, and Stacy Jones

SIGNIFICANCE OF "SIX-DIRECTIONS/SIDES" IN STEM AND ART: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE**
Bahram Hojjatie

MASTER COURSE TEMPLATE IMPLEMENTATION EFFECT OF DFW RATES AND STUDENT SUCCESS IN ONLINE INTRODUCTORY ASTRONOMY **
Ulrike G. Lahaise and Martha Fulk

KILLING THE INNOVATIVE SPIRIT: THE DIRE CONSEQUENCES OF TEACHING PSEUDOSCIENCE, AND HOW TO COMBAT THEM
William A. Said

THE ETHANOL + ACETIC ACID LAB
Richard W. Schmude Jr. and Niya N. Thompson*

CULTIVATING SCIENTISTS:THE ROLE OF A GATEKEEPER ON STEM TRAINING IN GEORGIA
Shari E. Watkins and Melvin Webb

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Dina Zohrabi Alaee, Nikki Noughani, Keegan Sh. Tonry, and Benjamin M. Zwickl

BUILDING STEM CONFIDENCE THROUGH EXTRACURRICULAR INSTRUMENT TRAINING: A UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY CASE STUDY
Amber Burns*, Selena Tomson*, Theodore Williams*, and Vivian Mativo

BRIDGING THE GAP: CREATION AND IMPACT OF THE BIO-BRIDGE PROGRAM ON GCC BIOLOGY STUDENTS **
Adrienne Cottrell-Yongye, Rashad Simmons, and Jennifer Hurst-Kennedy

INTEGRATING A.I. INTO INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS LAB COURSES
Dereth J. Drake-Scheuermann and Tiffany L. Harris

STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF ORAL PRESENTATIONS AS A TOOL FOR LEARNING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
Caroline Hanson and Karen Perell-Gerson

BUILDING STEM CONFIDENCE THROUGH EXTRACURRICULAR INSTRUMENT TRAINING: A BIOLOGY CASE STUDY
Sade Henry*, John Powell*, Sage Walker*, and V. R. Falkenberg

GENERATION OF MORSE POTENTIALS USING WEBMO
Ian H. Krouse

INTRODUCING REMEDIATION ASSIGNMENTS INTO STEM COURSES TO IMPROVE STUDENT RETENTION AND SUCCESS
Arlenda P. Murphy, Kathy V. Garrison, MaryGeorge L. Whitney, Becky L. Fiorillo, Laurie Shepard, Cindy M. Robertson, Joseph D. Ametepe, Stacy Jones, Martin L. Gerson, Jenny Kerven, and Charles Pibel

Implementing a Small-Team Rubric-Based Model for Reliable Assessment of Critical Thinking and Integrative Learning
Karen L. Perell-Gerson, Thomas Lilly, Sherly Abraham, Holly Clark, Jamie Caudill, Jillian Collier, Jason Delaney, Semire Dikli, David Dorrell, Eric Gresch, John Marinan, Patrice Morris, Benjamin O'Dell, Qing Shao, Jennell Talley, and Kinga Varga-Dobai

Empowering Experiential Learning: The EXACT Scholars Program and Its Impact on Critical Thinking and Career Readiness
Karen L. Perell-Gerson, Thomas Lilly, Brianna Wilson*, Rebecca Cooper, and Kristie Walsdorf