The College Honors Thesis Presentations will take place in-person on April 26, 2022, with seniors presenting their research findings at the day-long event. College Honors are awarded to students who complete their college’s honors requirement, which includes an undergraduate thesis. The thesis is an opportunity for accomplished and promising seniors to work independently on a long-term research project.
Presenters and the CMU-Q community are invited to attend in-person. Family and friends are welcome to view the livestream.
Please see full schedule below.
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
8:25 a.m.
Biological Sciences College Honors
Room 1213
8:25 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Welcome remarks
Michael Trick, Dean
(in person)
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8:30 – 9:05 a.m.
1. AlReem AlKhanji
Investigating the Effect of the Antioxidants Lycopene and ℬ-Carotene on Human Breast Cancer Cells
Faculty Advisor: Nesrine Affara
9:08 – 9:43 a.m.
2. Aya Salameh
Evaluating the role of p38 MAPK signaling pathway as a cross-link between colon tumor cells and fibroblasts
Faculty Advisor: Nesrine Affara
9:45 – 10:20 a.m.
3. Amna Al- Sayegh
Phage Tail Fiber Peptide as a Bacterial Detection Tool
Faculty Advisor: Annette Vincent
10:22 – 10:57 a.m.
4. Moza Al- Shukri
Phage Lysin as a Bacterial Detection on Tool
Faculty Advisor: Annette Vincent
10:59 – 11:34 a.m.
5. Laila Assami
Assessing the Role of αVβ6 Integrin Expression in Subpopulation of PC3 Cells
Faculty Advisor: Mohamed Bouaouina
11:36 a.m. – 12:11 p.m.
6. Maryam Aslam
The Roles of Integrin-ECM Protein Interactions in Cell Signaling, Adhesion, and Migration in Select Cancer Cell
Faculty Advisor: Mohamed Bouaouina
Computer Science College Honors
Room 1202
8:55 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
Welcome remarks
Michael Trick, Dean
(in person)
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9:00 – 9:25 a.m.
1. Ammar Karkour
Py*: Formalization of Python’s Verifiable Bytecode and Virtual Machine in F*
Faculty Advisor: Giselle Reis
9:27 – 9:52 a.m.
2. Samar Rahmouni
Domained Informed Oracle (DIO) in Reinforcement Learning
Faculty Advisor: Giselle Reis
9:54 – 10:19 a.m.
3. Dorde Popovic
Fed Teams: Trust-Based and Resource-Aware Federated Learning
Faculty Advisors: Khaled Harras and Hend Gedawy
Business Administration College Honors
Room 1202
10:55 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.
Welcome remarks
Michael Trick, Dean
(in person)
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11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
1. Nour Mohamed
Is the future female? A study on educational attainment and economic development
Faculty Advisor: Agustín Indaco
