The Seventh Annual Auburn University
Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship Forum
Student Union Center, Rooms 2216-2227
April 6th & 7th
Program

Tuesday April 6th
5:00 pm Appetizer Reception with Concurrent Poster Session with works from
5:30 pm Welcome Dr. Carl Pinkert , Associate Vice President for Research
5:45 pm Alumna Speaker - Anne-Marie Hodge - "Breaking New Trails in the Route to a Career in Research"

6:30pm– 9:00pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Wednesday April 7
5:00 pm Appetizer Reception with Concurrent Poster Session
6:00 pm Keynote Address - Dr. Bernard E. Rollin - "Science, Ethics & Philosophy"
7 :00 pm Awards Ceremony - Dr. Mary Ellen Mazey, Provost

Poster Session during appetizer reception and breaks
Located in hall area between rooms 2216 - 2227

Nick Cochran - Cloning Feline ß-Hexosaminidase for Treatment of a Neurologic Disease
Anne Dorland - Ateles Paniscus: Locomotion in Captivy
Ashley Hawn - Identification and Characterization of aceA regulators in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Stephen Hicks - Copolymer Formulation to Promote Blood Vessel Healing After Stent Placement
Daniel Johnson - Ligand Synthesis and Reactivity for Biorenewable Organic Polymerization
Frederick Kebbel - SQSTM1/p62 Regulates Mitochondrial Morphology
Andrew Klinger - Controlling Creation of Budesonide Nanoparticles during the Supercritical Anti-solvent Precipitation Process
Michael Alexander Lusco - A Built In Self Test Approach for Altera Multipliers
Linnea Pepper - Constructing multiple knockouts of Cytokinin Response Factor (CRF) genes in Arabidopsis
Bill Jason P. Tomas - Fault Simulation of Embedded Multiplier Built-In Self-Test

Session A (Room 2216)

6:30 Jordan Anderson - Acyclic 1,3 Dienes as Models for Photoisomerization of Retinal
6:45 Allison Bradford - Glucose Production and PEPCK Content in Hepatocytes Derived from Leptin-Treated Diabetic Rats
7:00 Richard Davis - Biodegradable Plastics in Pseudomonas aeruginosa : Regulation of phaC1 and phaC2 by RpoS
7:15 Break
7:30 Steven Geyer -Efforts to Establish a Porcine Preadipocyte Cell Line
7:45 Eva Simanyi - The urchin I'm researchin': Profiling phenotypic plasticity in sea urchins via gene expression multiplex
8:00 Denise Gerrity -Canine Lymphoma Gene Therapy Utilizing CD40 Retargeted Adenoviral Vectors with Tumor Specific Promotors
8:15 Rachel Wilson -Population structure of the suckermouth armored catfish, Hypostomus squalinus , across the Rupununi Portal in southern Guyana

Session B (Room 2218)

6:30 Laura Coursen -Priming Moral Schemas: An Investigation of the Neo-Kohlbergian Theory of Moral Reasoning
6:45 Ashlynn McAlpine - Disfluency Characteristics Observed in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
7:00 Aaron Plitt - Latent Inhibition, Retention Intervals and the Attenuation of Fear
7:15 Break
7:30 Avery Curtis - Written Expression Across Levels
7:45 Clark Solomon -Addressing Development in Wilcox County, Alabama by Utilizing Expanding Economic Clusters
8:00 Rebekah Weaver - Learning a Language and Self-Observation
8:15 Michael Jones - The Economic Impact of Cultural Events at Auburn University

Session C (Room 2222)

6:30 Jordan Hamilton - Novel Biologically Engineered Polymers: A Solution to Modern Cardiovascular Complications
6:45 Rudy Namikis - Metal Nanoparticle Separation Using a CO 2 Gas Expanded Liquid System
7:00 Jager Livingston - Visualization and Analysis of the Combustion of Alternative Fuels for the Replacement of Coal in Energy Production
7:15 Break
7:30 Charlotte Stewart- Formulation of an Oral Controlled Release Dosage Form for the Treatment of Arthritis
7:45 Jacob Mitchell - The Effects of Pre-Compressed Packaging Foam on Energy Dissipation
8:00 Bhaven Sayania - Pushing the Limit: Characterization of DAD1 a sub-unit of Human Oligosaccharyltransferase


Session D (Room 2223)

6:30 Caitlyn Coats - Coagulation affects on Carbon Nanotube Fibers
6:45 Hunter Rogers - The Effects of Morphology on the Catalytic Activities of Platinum Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Green Chemistry Methods
7:00 Jenny Perkins - Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles in 1,2 Propane diol
7:15 Break
7:30 Patrick Carpenter - Performance Characterization of the Parallel Ocean Program on RangerUsing Microbenchmarks and Runtime Results
7:45 William Lyles - The Remote Control Dog: Autonomous Guidance of a Trained Canine
8:00 Thomas Hess - Avian embryology posters as an embryology teaching tool

Session E (Room 2225)

6:30 Michael Alcorn - Head Shape and Intrasexual Behavior in the Salamanders Eurycea aquatica and E. cirrigera
6:45 Zachary DeVries - The effects of hypoxia on behavior and oxygen uptake in two species of giant aquatic salamander: Siren lacertina and Amphiuma means
7:00 Matthew Ferrell - Making Life Simple: A Species Of Phyllodistomum (Digenea: Gorgoderidae) With A Truncated, 2-Host Life Cycle?
7:15 Break
7:30 Lindsey Smith - Testing Principles of Biological Stoichiometry Using Morphometric and Metabolic Analysis of Larval Sea Urchin Development
7:45 Leah Hanson - Effect of Niacin on Retinol Binding Protein 4 (RBP4) Secretion
8:00 Jessica Williams - MAPK Activation in Naturally Occurring MC4R Mutants Identified from Obese Humans
8:15 Tia Filhiol - Maternal Vitamin K and Offspring Bone Mineralization in Mus musculus

Session F (Room 2227)

6:30 Andrew Holiday - Common Objects and their Human Implications
6:45 Julia Starke- Ode to the Ordinary: An Exploration Into the Creative Individual
7:00 Olivia Suttle- Visual Meaning and the Brain Filter
7:15 Break
7:30 Joshua Lively - Paleoecology of Late Cretaceous Pinnidae in the Eutaw Formation of Alabama and an ecologic comparison with a modern assemblage in Florida
7:45 Brandon Smith - Quality Components of Annual Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) as Influenced by Date of Planting and Cultivar
8:00 David Walker - A Comparison of Host Response in the Roots and the Stem to Various Pathogenic Fungi