The Eighth Annual Auburn University
Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship Forum
Student Union Center, Rooms 2216-2227
April 13th & 14th
Program
Wednesday April 13th
5:00 pm Appetizer Reception with Concurrent Poster Session
5:30 pm Welcome - Dr. Carl Pinkert , Associate Vice President for Research
5:45 pm Alumna Speaker - Sarah Teague
6:30 pm– 9:00 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Thursday April 14
5:00 pm Appetizer Reception with Concurrent Poster Session
6:00 pm Keynote Address - Dr. Chris Newland
7:00 pm Mentor Award - Dr. Mary Ellen Mazey, Provost
Student Awards - Dr. Lorraine Wolf
Poster Session during appetizer reception and breaks
Laura Barber - The Comparison of Performances of Preschool Children on Two Motor Assessments
Dusten Doggett - Using STELLA® to Model AU Recycling Operations: A Systems Approach to Sustainability
M. Eloise Faber - Weightless Strength – A Dedication to the Trapeze Artist
Heather Hall - Ribbons & Romance: The Dance of the Bride
Carlos Hernandez - An Analysis of the Perceptions and Practices of Recycling and Waste Management in Residence Halls
Mary Herrick - Diagnostic Testing for GM2 Baker Kittens
Hunter Rogers - The Effects of Morphology on the Catalytic Activities of Platinum Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Green Chemistry Methods.
Kacey Neeley - A Comparative Analysis of Infant Diaper Sustainability
Sara Ransom - The Integral Roles of Peripheral Protein Structures in the Function of KatG from Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Alex Roman - Evaluation and Analysis of Departmental Fuel Consumption at Auburn University
Lindsey Smith - Effects of Nutrient Limitation on Larval Morphology and Gene Expression in the Sea Urchins Strongylocentrotus purpuratus and Lytechinus variegatus
Ben Verellen - Identifying Key Indicators of Sustainable Development in Rural Towns: Lessons Learned from Uniontown, AL
Kirsten Vranish - Balancing the Positive and Negative Impacts of Sustainable Waste Disposal Options for the Haley Center Café, Auburn University
Wednesday Concurrent Sessions
Session A (Room 2216)
6:30 Brittani Smith - You Can’t Spell SCO Without a C? Or Can You….Biochemical Analysis of Mutant Sco1 that Replaces an Essential Cysteine with a Histidine
6:45 Jessica Makofske - Identification of Metabolic Changes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from the Cystic Fibrosis Lung
7:00 Melissa Mays - Nitrogen Metabolism of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
7:15 BREAK
7:30 Emily Brennan - Maternal Effects: Are Antibodies Acquired by a Female House Finch Passed to Her Offspring through the Egg?
7:45 Kavita Jariwala - Solving the Mysteries of the Visual System – Acyclic 1,3-dienes as Models for Rhodopsin
8:00 Peter Rogers - Root Length and Leaf Count in Arabidopsis thaliana with CRF1/CRF3 Knockout Mutations
Session B (Room 2218)
6:30 Nathaniel Reeve - LC/MS Based Approach to Identify Inhibitors of MtSK among Anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis Compounds
6:45 Matthew Ramirez - Food Intake, Mean Retention Time, and Digestibility in Columbian Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus columbianus) During Lactation
7:00 Lauren Ulrich - The Edwardsiella Ictaluri Hemolysin Contributes to Bacteriophage Resistance
7:15 BREAK
7:30 Phillip Higginbotham - Characterization of Buckypapers Using Capillary Flow Porometry
7:45 Steven Ritz - Surrogate Modeling of Solid Rocket Motors Using Artificial Neural Networks
8:00 David Harris - Design of Molecularly Imprinted Biomaterials for Use on Drug Eluting Stents
Session C (Room 2222)
6:30 Teresa Gorman - How the Enzyme KSI Performs Steroid Transformations
6:45 Caitlyn Coats - Alabama High Frequency Solar Variability Studies
7:00 Jay Morris - Design of Optical Mapping System for Study of Engineered Cardiac Tissue
7:15 BREAK
7:30 Jenny Perkins- Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles in 1,2 Propane diol
7:45 Bianca Williams - Microcarrier Design for the Differentiation of Stem Cells into Cardiomyocytes
8:00 Joshua Lewis - An Automatic Prefetching and Caching System
Session D (Room 2223)
6:30 Alex Scammell - Development and Testing of a Foam Matrix and Phase Change Material Composite
6:45 Brianna Dailey - Host Preference, Intraspecific Competition, and Potential Imprinting Structure Populations of the Two-Band Anemone Fish Amphiprion bicinctus
7:00 Ragan Hart - Comparison of Skin Temperature Differences in Active Versus Passive Recovery for Medial and Lateral Ankle Icing
7:15 BREAK
7:30 Patrick Smyth - Structural Characterization of Equine Cartilage
7:45 Paul Bergen - Characterizing the Expression of Antimicrobial Compounds Active against Bacteria Pathogens
8:00 Cameron Welch - Analysis of Swimming Behavior of the Ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi
Session E (Room 2225)
6:30 Casey Ruark - Characterizing the Function of Sirtuin in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
6:45 Erika Bisgaard - Characterization of glycosylamidines as inhibitors of glycosidases
7:00 Andrew Kiene - Fluctuation of Argon Spectral Lines as a Diagnostic in ALEXIS Plasma
7:15 BREAK
7:30 Joshua Hamilton - Solid State Sensor Array: Implementation and Visualization Through Magneto-Resistance
7:45 William Budnick - Examining Soil Preferences of a Burrowing Crayfish, Cambarus diogenes
8:00 Caroline Benjamin - The use of Real Time Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction in the Detection of Avian Influenza Virus in Hunter-Killed Waterfowl
Session F (Room 2227)
6:30 Matthew LaChance - Budesonide+PMMA Particles Produced with the Supercritical Antisolvent Process
6:45 William Brandon Smith - Annual Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) as Influenced by Early Development Irrigation and Date of Planting
7:00 Gloria Nyankima - Analysis and Comparison of the Bundle Size of Various Types of Buckypaper
7:15 BREAK
7:30 Kayla Pate - In-Vitro Release of Diclofenac Sodium from Theraputic Contact Lenses
7:45 Matthew McBride - Delivery of Comfort Molecules Using Contact Lenses