The 16th Annual
NC State University
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Winners
Biological Sciences
Applied Sciences (Crop, Poultry, Animal, and Horticultural Sciences)
Curvularia, Ubiquitous Organism or Potential Pathogen; A Study
of Various Curvularia
Isolates Involving Molecular Characterization and Effects on Multiple Cultivars
of Zoysiagrass
Presented by Joseph
A. Roberts (Session #I, A-11)
Department of Biological
Sciences
Mentored by Lane Tredway/Plant Pathology
The Effects of Weather Parameters on Sludge Levels in Waste
Management Lagoons
Presented by Haley D.
Department of Animal Science
Mentored by Leonard Bull/Animal Science;
Associate Director, Animal and
The Effect of Spatial Memory Performance on a Pig's Ability to
Locate a New Food Source
Presented by Lisa M. Thompson (Session #I, A-13)
Department of Animal Science
Mentored by Billy L. Flowers/Animal
Science
Ecology, Environmental, Conservation,
Botanical
A Molecular Systematic and Phylogeographic
Study of Nyssa sylvatica
in
Presented by Martin J. Allen (Session #I,
A-18)
Department of Botany
Mentored by QY (J) Xian/Botany, DT Thomas/Botany, and
R. Peet/Botany
Use of Sediment Polarity to Predict Release of
Petroleum Contaminants in Vegetated or Non-vegetated Sediment
Presented by Carter W. Reeb
(Session #II, A-12)
Department of Environmental Technology
Mentored by Elizabeth G.
Nichols/Forestry/Environmental Technology
Implementation of a GIS Technique for Predicting
Unidentified Wetlands along the
Presented by Donta’ J. Fairey (Session #II, A-11)
Center for Earth Observation Forestry and
Environmental Resources
Mentored by Stacy A. C. Nelson/Forestry and
Environmental Resources and Justin M. Shedd/Forestry
and Environmental Resources
Molecular,
Biochemical, Genetics, Cell Biology
The
Effect of Rho Kinase in the Gut Morphogenesis of Xenopus laevis
Presented
by Rachel A. Reed (Session #II, B-12)
Department
of Molecular Biomedical Sciences
Mentored
by Nanette Nascone-Yoder/Molecular Biomedical
Sciences
The
Development of a Screening Tool for a Reovirus T1L
Mutant
Presented
by Casey E. Andrason (Session #I, A-26)
Department
of Animal Science
Mentored
by Barbara Sherry/Molecular Biomedical Sciences
Overexpressing Pyrococcus furiosus Superoxide Reductase in
Arabidopsis Enhances Drought and Herbicide Tolerance
Presented
by Casey D. Lowder (Session #II, B-9)
Department of Biological Sciences
Mentored by Yang Ju Im/Plant Biology, Wendy F. Boss/Plant Biology, and Amy M. Grunden/Microbiology
Gene
Expression in Left-right Asymmetric Morphogenesis of the Xenopus Digestive System
Presented
by R. Read Tull (Session #II, B-16)
Department
of Biological Sciences
Mentored
by Nanette M. Nascone-Yoder/Molecular Biomedical
Sciences
Zoology, Physiology, Behavior, Neurobiology
Semiquantitative Histochemical Analysis of Olfactory
Epithelial Cytochrome Oxidase
Activity Following Acute Hydrogen Sulfide Exposure
Presented
by Sara A. Bumgardner (Session #I, B-10)
Department
of Biological Sciences
Mentored
by David C. Dorman/Neurobiology,
Engineering and Technology
The Feasibility of
Illuminant Estimation in Hyperspectral Images Using Known
Reflectance Values
Presented by Adam Attarian (Session #I, B-17)
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mentored by H. J. Trussell/Electrical
and Computer Engineering
Development
of Typical Truck Trip Profiles for Rural and Urban NC
Presented
by Donald Katz (Session #I, B-35)
Department of Civil Engineering
Mentored by John R. Stone/Civil Engineering
Development
and Evaluation of a Pilot-Scale Biofilter/Heat
Exchanger System for Improvement of Livestock Air Quality
Presented
by
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Mentored
by Sanjay Shah/Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Lunar Hard-Lander Design, Fabrication, and Drop
Testing
Presented by Stephen Furst,
J. Adam M. Brown, Carolyn M. Freeman, and Taylor M. Blankenship (Session
#II, C-10)
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Mentored by Andre Mazzoleni/Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering
Measurement and Modeling of Polystyrene Viscosity in
Supercritical CO2 Expanded Decahydronapthalene
Presented by Troy D. Gould (Session #II, C-12)
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering
Mentored by George W. Roberts/Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Nathaniel A. Cain/Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering
Humanities, Social Sciences, Psychology
Teens Against AIDS- A Qualitative Perspective in Sexual Education
Methods
Presented by Ticola S.
Caldwell (Session #II, D-2)
Department
of Psychology
Mentored
by Pamela Martin/Psychology in the Public Interest
Are All Religions Good in
Presented by Sarah E.
Bennett (Session #I, B-28)
Department of Sociology and
Anthropology
Mentored by Tim M. Wallace
III/Sociology and Anthropology
Physical and Mathematical Sciences
How
Missing Census Tract Information May Be Associated With Early and Late Stage
Breast Cancer in Addition to Other Demographic Factors
Presented by Fawn E.
Hornsby (Session
#II, D-4)
Department of Statistics
Mentored by Marcia Gumpertz/Diversity
and African American Affairs
Protecting
Human Health: Modeling the Prevalence of Fine Particulate Matter in Air Quality
Index Reporting
Presented by Jason P. Brewer, Matthew S. Johnson, and Michael Y. Thelen (Session #I, D-2)
Departments
of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and Statistics
Mentored by William F. Hunt Jr./
Statistics
Blood
Pressure and Blood Flow Variation during Postural Change from Sitting to
Standing: Model Reduction and Improvement
Presented
by Cheryl L. Zapata (Session #II, D-21)
Department of Mathematics
Mentored by Mette S. Olufsen/Mathematics, C.
T. Kelley/Mathematics, and Hien Tran/Mathematics
Investigation
of Chiral Thin Films of Tartaric Acid on Ag(111)
Presented
by Amit M. Lakhani
(Session #II, D-15)
Department of Physics
Mentored by Thomas P.
Pearl/Physics
Congratulations to you
all!
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