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Engaged Scholar Symposium 2018

10:50am CDT

Talk Session A #3 of 3 The Importance of Recreational Service Room 1.314, Life & Health Science Building (BLHSB), Brownsville CampusMiguel Fernandez Talk Session B #1 of 2 Let's Help the Dreamers Dream Room 1.316, Life & Health Science Building (BLHSB), Brownsville CampusFaride Kaun

12:15pm CDT

Poster Session A #07 The Acute Effects of Different Inter-Set Recovery Approaches on Knee Extension Endurance PlainsCapital Bank El Gran Salón, Student Union (BSTUN), Brownsville CampusVictor Borrego • Karen Carmona • Elizabeth Castillo • Amber Cavazos • Carlos Portales Poster Session A #08 The Acute Effects of Supplemental Citrulline Malate on Heart Rate, Blood Pressure, Arterial Elasticity, and Anaerobic Performance PlainsCapital Bank El Gran Salón, Student Union (BSTUN), Brownsville CampusCarlos Acevedo • Michael Garcia • Elvia Garza • Natalie Jaramillo • Luis Troncoso Poster Session A #11 Effects of Psychological Stress on Obesity in Hispanic College Students PlainsCapital Bank El Gran Salón, Student Union (BSTUN), Brownsville CampusHomero Coss Muniz • Alejandra Reyna Poster Session A #16 "Charlas" Community Awareness in Cardiovascular Disease in the Rio Grande Valley PlainsCapital Bank El Gran Salón, Student Union (BSTUN), Brownsville CampusGraciela Carrillo • Dr. Maria Castaneda • Roxanne Guzman • Shiann Avery Montalvo • Shaira Perez • Hugo Rodriguez Poster Session A #17 Resilience: Effective or Ineffective PlainsCapital Bank El Gran Salón, Student Union (BSTUN), Brownsville CampusCarlos Escobedo • Emily A Limas • Arely Martinez • Liyuen Poy • Hugo Rodriguez • Anitta Saju

3:05pm CDT

Talk Session D #2 of 3 Awareness of Early Intervention in Hispanic Millennials La Sala, Student Union (BSTUN), Brownsville CampusGabriela Cantu • Sylvia Cantu • Griselda Carrillo • Shalom Corona • Melinda Garcia • Trishia Kate Mercado • Anisa Perez • Nerida Ramirez • Lizeidy Resendez • Dora Rivera • Mireya Robles • Crystal Salinas • Samantha Silva Poster Session B #14 A Comparative Study on Antibacterial Effect of Diamondback Snake Venom PlainsCapital Bank El Gran Salón, Student Union (BSTUN), Brownsville CampusAlex Basdeo • Ying Jia

8:00am CDT

Talk Session G #1 of 3 Citrus City, and the need of Creative Writing in the Rio Grande Valley Room 1.101, Student Academic Center (ESTAC), Edinburg CampusLizbet Cantu

10:50am CDT

Talk Session I #3 of 3 Lead in drinking water at a South Texas university Cenizo Room, Dining and Ballroom Complex (EDBCX), Edinburg CampusAdam Flores • Gerardo Flores • Jongmin Kim • Alejandro Pena Silva Poster Session C #03 Mitochondrial fragmentation in H9c2 cardiomyoblasts due to loss of transmembrane potential (∆Ψm) Ballroom, Dining and Ballroom Complex (EDBCX), Edinburg CampusFredy Calderon • Iraselia Garcia • Robert Gilkerson • Patrick De La Torre Schutz Poster Session C #13 Quantum Chemical Calculation on The Proton Tunneling of the Phenylpropiolic Acid-Formic Acid Complex Ballroom, Dining and Ballroom Complex (EDBCX), Edinburg CampusAlexis Delgado • Wei Lin Talk Session H #1 of 1 Understanding Barriers to and Supports for Latino College Student Success Room 1.102, Student Academic Center (ESTAC), Edinburg CampusAlvaro Marquez

11:35am CDT

Art Gallery A - Macuiltianguis Zapotec Children's Trilingual Storybook Charles and Dorothy Clark Art Gallery, Liberal Arts Building South (ELABS), Edinburg CampusAlyssa Alvarado • Dr. John Foreman • Paula Foreman • Pechis Martinez • Yitzel Medina • Cristina Mendez • Nemecio Morales • Javier Pina • Eric Ramirez • Diane Zaragoza Art Gallery A - Procrastination Charles and Dorothy Clark Art Gallery, Liberal Arts Building South (ELABS), Edinburg CampusDariela Rios Art Gallery A - A Mexican learning to be an American Charles and Dorothy Clark Art Gallery, Liberal Arts Building South (ELABS), Edinburg CampusAlondra Garza Art Gallery A - Los Frutos de Nuestra Tierra Charles and Dorothy Clark Art Gallery, Liberal Arts Building South (ELABS), Edinburg CampusVirginia Contreras Art Gallery A - Promesas: Birds of Promise, an installation Charles and Dorothy Clark Art Gallery, Liberal Arts Building South (ELABS), Edinburg CampusLaura Briseño Art Gallery A - Valley of the Lost Charles and Dorothy Clark Art Gallery, Liberal Arts Building South (ELABS), Edinburg CampusJoyance Liao Mendoza

12:15pm CDT

Poster Session D #04 Automatic Storage and Retrieval System: Internet of Things for the Built Environment Ballroom, Dining and Ballroom Complex (EDBCX), Edinburg CampusSergio A. Herrera • Adriana Olvera • Edgardo Ortiz-Sosa • Anabel Pineda Poster Session D #07 Environmental impact of Solar PV Installations Ballroom, Dining and Ballroom Complex (EDBCX), Edinburg CampusJesus Gonzalez • Luzeldi Gutierrez • David Lopez • Abraham Perez • Hector Treviño • Guadalupe Vasquez Poster Session D #09 Green Building Innovation and Design for Sustainable Industrial Settings Ballroom, Dining and Ballroom Complex (EDBCX), Edinburg CampusDaniel Amaro • Irene Calzada • Fidel Gamboa • Fermin Garcia • Adriana Olvera • Anabel Pineda • Chris Saldivar • Hector Treviño • Raul Ariceaga Villarreal Poster Session D #19 Automated Inspection Planning for CMM Ballroom, Dining and Ballroom Complex (EDBCX), Edinburg CampusDaniel Amaro • Samuel Molina Poster Session D #24 Morphometric Analysis of Meandering Channels in the Rio Grande Delta, A Test for Human Intervention. Ballroom, Dining and Ballroom Complex (EDBCX), Edinburg CampusKaren Cantu • Juan L. Gonzalez Poster Session D #26 OPA1 is stabilized in H9c2 cardiomyoblasts Ballroom, Dining and Ballroom Complex (EDBCX), Edinburg CampusFredy Calderon • Iraselia Garcia • Robert Gilkerson • Patrick De La Torre Talk Session L #1 of 3 Differences and Dialogue Between the World of Fidencistas and Folk Healers Cenizo Room, Dining and Ballroom Complex (EDBCX), Edinburg CampusOlga Moya Poster Session D #TBD Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Arthropods to Understand the Evolution of Chemoreceptor Genes Ballroom, Dining and Ballroom Complex (EDBCX), Edinburg CampusEvan Braswell • Fernando Garcia • Joyance Liao Mendoza • Mirayda Torres-Avila, Ph.D. • Roberto Ramirez • Matthew Terry • Ashley Zavala

12:35pm CDT

Performance #02 Taekwondo - Korean Martial Arts PlainsCapital Bank Theater, Student Union (ESTUN), Edinburg CampusD’Angela Lucero • Ezequiel Munoz • Denise Ontiveros • Ana T. Sanchez

1:25pm CDT

Oral Presentation #06 - Remember My Soul PlainsCapital Bank Theater, Student Union (ESTUN), Edinburg CampusJillian Glantz

1:40pm CDT

Poster Session E #06 Using Motor Learning Principles to Examine the Application of Skill Progression Medical Tests to Facilitate Balance Re-gaining After a Stroke Ballroom, Dining and Ballroom Complex (EDBCX), Edinburg CampusMichael Hinojosa • Iris E. Lopez • Tatiana Montemayor • Lin Wang, PhD. • Herberto Vega Poster Session E #07 Conducting an Archival Odyssey: Jesuit Art and Architecture in colonial Peru Ballroom, Dining and Ballroom Complex (EDBCX), Edinburg CampusCarol Lopez • Katherine McAllen Poster Session E #08 Exploring Linguistic Access in a Border Community: The Student Perspective Ballroom, Dining and Ballroom Complex (EDBCX), Edinburg CampusJudith Nicole Ramirez Poster Session E #10 Assessing the Biomedical Sciences Program’s Impact on the Readiness of Current Students Ballroom, Dining and Ballroom Complex (EDBCX), Edinburg CampusDr. Maria Castaneda • Melissa Flores • Veronica Flores • Sachin George • Hugo Rodriguez • Amanda Salas • Paul Alexander Shane • Bianca Vela • Lakshman Vigneswaran Poster Session E #14 Korean Cuisine Ballroom, Dining and Ballroom Complex (EDBCX), Edinburg CampusKristelle Gonzalez • Elizaett Martinez Poster Session E #20 Analysis of Sleep Deprivation on Biomedical Science Student Performance Ballroom, Dining and Ballroom Complex (EDBCX), Edinburg CampusGuillermo Alonso Acosta • Graciela Alvarez • Carina Calvillo • Dr. Maria Castaneda • Angelica Leal • Alessa Ramirez • Hugo Rodriguez

3:05pm CDT

Talk Session O #1 of 3 Rafael Lorenzana and the Importance of Recording Our History. Room 1.102, Student Academic Center (ESTAC), Edinburg CampusClarissa Guerra

5:55pm CDT

Talk Session R #1 of 2 The Chachalaca Review Cenizo Room, Dining and Ballroom Complex (EDBCX), Edinburg CampusJesús A. Amaya • Christopher Carmona • Regina Lien • Kelly Saenz Talk Session R #2 of 2 Brownsville's Chronicles Cenizo Room, Dining and Ballroom Complex (EDBCX), Edinburg CampusPerla Melendez

3:30pm CDT

Poster Session G #02 Assessing the Prevalence of Hypertension Among UTRGV Students According to New Guidelines Auditorium, Harlingen CampusDeborah Jones • Jasmine Luke • Nitchelle Rodriguez • Daniela Vidal Poster Session G #07 Tires for Beautiful Gardens/a better community Auditorium, Harlingen CampusDr. Teressa Feria Arroyo • Jeanette A. Sandoval Poster Session G #08 Teaching Music Theory Through Multicultural Songs Auditorium, Harlingen CampusRebekah Johnson Poster Session G #12 Leadership & Creativity are the Keys for a Successful Entrepreneur Auditorium, Harlingen CampusDaniel A. Reyes Poster Session G #16 Service-Learning Reduced Seat Model Auditorium, Harlingen CampusSusan Mills Poster Session G #23 Spanish Tutoring Auditorium, Harlingen CampusAracely Esparza Poster Session G #24 Hidalgo County Public Cemetery Project Auditorium, Harlingen CampusLeann Castillo • Mayela Cavazos • Lizette Garcia • Anna Garrigos • Maximiliano Londono • Olga Moya • Selena Ramirez • Roxanne Recinos • Brandi Reger • Lucero Rodea