Fourth Annual University Undergraduate Research Symposium
April 4th & 5th
Auburn University
Program

April 4th
5:30 Buffet Reception with Concurrent Poster Session
6:15 Welcome Dr. Ralph Zee – Associate Provost and V.P. for Research
6:30 Alumni Speaker – Daniel Bradford

7:00 -10:00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Session 1-A
7:00 Mohammad Abu Rafe Biswas- Universal application of Molecular Vapor Deposition of Precursor Materials on Various Surfaces
7:20 Kelley Amber Kendrick- Helping Hispanic Students in the Southeast: A Survey of Teachers
7:40 Andrew Martin Land- Plasmid-mediated Antibiotic Resistance in Activated Sludge and Bioreactor Communities
8:00 Jennifer Lauren Wilder- A Study of Integration Potentials in Various Reformer Strategies for Logistical Fuels Processing

Session 1-B
7:00 Cassie Marie Overstreet- The Differential Association between Trauma-Related Beliefs and PTSD Symptom Clusters
7:20 Jonathan E. Sutton- Green Synthesis and Phase Transfer of Pt Nanoparticles for the Production of Ordered Arrays
7:40 Brian Patrick Sullivan - Effect of Pressure on a PMMA-Ethanol Supercritical Antisolvent Process
8:00 Jeney Binxin Zhang - Bandage Contact Lenses for Antibacterial and Anti- Inflammatory Therapeutics

Session 1-C
7:00 Clayton Hughes McEntire - 1,3-Pentadiene as a Model for the Photochemical Isomerization of Rhodopsin
7:20 William, Cody, Ward - Multivariate crop productivity zones in the Alabama Coastal Plain
7:40 Brittany Moriele Stallworth - Glutamate receptor subunits expression following fetal nicotinic exposure.
8:00 Alex Clayton Tucker - Role of tmRNA in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Stress Response

Break

Session 2-A
8:30 Allison Leigh Collins- Therapeutic Contact Lenses for the Delivery of Antifungal Drugs to the Equine Eye
8:50 Zachary Floyd Henson- Houses Built on Sand
9:10 April M. Gamble- The Importance of Stakeholder Theory for Managerial Decision Making in the Healthcare Industry
9:30 Bennett Davis Marshall- Microscopic Behavior of Semi-Conductor Nanorods

Session 2-B

8:30 Hunter Daniel Stone- Multivariate crop productivity zones in the Alabama Coastal Plain
8:50 Christine Louise Taylor- Testing of Food Grade Bearings Under Severe Conditions
9:10 Kelly Elizabeth Moreland - Construction of a Gene Therapy Vector for the treatment of GM1-Gangliosidosis
9:30 Christina Kimberly Timmerman - Gene Expression Profiling in Canine Lymphoma

Session 2-C

8:30 Lisa Wayne Simmons - A Novel Choice Procedure: Empirical Assessment of the Adequacy of Potential Monetary Reinforcers for College Student Smokers
8:50 Eric W. Grimes - Three-Dimensional Visualization of Pitch Angle Distributions in the Magnetosphere
9:10 Jishnu Saha - Structural Analysis of Imprinted Hydrogels and Transport Considerations
9:30 Shondra Pass – Transport of Ketotifen fumarate Through Biomimetic Hydrogels

5:30-9:30 Poster Session - Ross Atrium

April 5th

5:30 Buffet Reception with Concurrent Poster Session
6:30 Keynote Address -Dr. James R. Hansen - "Neil Armstrong, The Astronaut as Icon"
7:30 pm Awards Ceremony

For a list of the participants and their affiliations, please click here.