ATU - Institutional Research and Assessment

Ninth Annual Senior Honors and Undergraduate
Research Symposium
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Session 1
Pendergraft Library 300 North

Time	Presenter	Title	Project Director
9:00 – 9:05 a.m.	Dr. Robert C. Brown	Welcome
9:05 – 9:25	Boone Gilbreath	Chemical Weapons: Their History and the Technology Behind Their Demise	Dr. Roy Culp, Mechanical Engineering
9:30 – 9:50	Keith Brown	Does Team Performance Influence Event Attendee Satisfaction with the Facility?	Dr. Andrew Cannon, Marketing
10:00 – 10:20	Mary Buchman	World War II: The Search for my Great-Grandpa	Dr. Jeff Woods, History
10:30 – 10:50	Scott Sheppard	Emergency Operation Centers and EAST	Dr. Michael Garner, Emergency Administration and Management
11:00 – 11:20	Zach Corbitt	Student Managed Investment Portfolios	Dr. Joseph Moore, Economics
11:30 – 11:50	Alexis Brown	The History and Benefits of Nuclear Technology	Dr. John Krohn, Mechanical Engineering
1:00 -- 1:20	Elizabeth Cowell	Feasibility Study: Japanese Steak House	Mr. Ray Moll, Hospitality Administration
1:30 -- 1:50	Jennifer Hoover	Alcohol Consumption and Sexual Activity	Dr. Jason Warnick, Psychology
2:00 – 2:20	Hunter White	Effects of a Nuclear Research Facility on the Environment	Mr. Stanton Apple, Mechanical Engineering
2:30 – 2:50	Casey Chandler, Ashley Mungle	The Effect of Brand Advertising on Consumer Rating Accuracy	Dr. Andrew Cannon, Marketing

Ninth Annual Senior Honors and Undergraduate Research Symposium

Program Schedule

CLICK HERE for abstracts

Session 2

Pendergraft Library

Room 300

Presenter	Mentor	Title	Time
Dr. Robert Charles Brown, President, ATU		Welcome	9:00 - 9:05
Chad Cragle	Ivan Still	Role of TACC2 Isoforms in Muscle Cell Differentiation	9:05 - 9:20
Richard A. Athey	Ivan Still	Gene Targeting in Muscle Cells: Generating a Somatic Mutant Defective for TACC21	9:20 - 9:35
Jillian Hubbard	Tom Nupp	Winter Roost Site Selection of Eastern Red Bats in Central Arkansas	9:35 - 9:50
Timothy Hughes	Jason E. Warnick	The Psychological and Neurochemical Profile of Test Anxiety	9:50 - 10:05
Philip Choi and Sandra Ryther	Tsunemi Yamashita	The Poulation Genetics of Stargazing Darter in Arkansas II: Surveying Populations	10:05 - 10:20
Stacey Kiefer and Kelly Millwood	Pam Carr	Taxpayer Education: Assessment of Secondary and Post Secondary Tax Education Programs	10:20 - 10:35
Chris McKee	Joe Stoeckel	Growth and Survival of Juvenile Florida Pompano in a Recirculation Aquaculture System	10:35 - 10:50
Amanda Stolarz and Richard Athey	Franklin D. Hardcastle	Determination of Calcium and Phosphorus in Hydroxyapatite Biomaterials Using Wet-Chemical Analysis Techniques	10:50 - 11:05
Aaron Rowell	Joy Pohl	Perceived Anxiety Awareness Correlated with Blood Pressure	11:05 - 11:20
Landon B. Hight and Ryan J. Snead	Franklin D. Hardcastle	Raman Spectroscopy of Titania (TiO₂) Nanotubes for Biomedical Applications	11:20 - 11:35
Shane Hendrix	Daniel Bullock	Epitaxially Grown Quantum Dots for Solar Cell Applications	11:35 - 11:50
Lindsey Holman	Michael E. Garner and Ed Leachman	Mapping and Analysis of Storm Spotter Viewsheds in Pope County, Arkansas	11:50 - 12:05
LUNCH BREAK			12:00 - 1:05
Kelsey Boyd	Slavicia Kodish	Second Life: Revolutionizing Organizational Communication	1:05 - 1:20
Cody Wright	Franklin D. Hardcastle	Determination of Calcium and Phosphorus in Hydroxyapatite Biomaterials Using Atomic Absorption and X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopies	1:20 - 1:35
Jerakaycia D. Boman	Franklin D. Hardcastle	Synthesis and Characterization of Hydroxyapatite Biomaterials	1:35 - 1:50
Ryan J. Snead and Landon B. Hight	Franklin D. Hardcastle	Photoactivity of Titania (TiO₂) Nanotubes as Water Splitting Catalysts	1:50 - 2:05
John King and Sarah Norman	Mostafa Hemmati	Breakdown Waves Propagating into a Non-Ionized Medium	2:05 - 2:20
Sarah Norman and John King	Mostafa Hemmati	Breakdown Waves with a Large Current Behind the Shock Front	2:20 - 2:35
J. Charles Ford	Elisabeth K. Brennan	Effects of Mass Change and Mortality on Plasma Metabolite Levels in Wild Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos)	2:35 - 2:50
Leslie Moore	Nina Goza and Sherman Alexander	The Use of Accounting Information in the Evaluation of Local Restaurants	2:50 - 3:05
Michael Moats and Josh Klein	Adam Lowther	The Iraq War Project	3:05 - 3:20
Gordon Pearson, Adam Purtee and April Bostian	James R. Musser	Significance of Neutrino Mass	3:20 - 3:35
Adam Purtee, Gordon Pearson and April Bostian	James R. Musser	Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search	3:35 - 3:50
Kyle Liddell	David Middleton	An Implementation of the Peeved Concurrency Simulator	3:50 - 4:05
Christopher Sheppard	Michael E. Garner	EAM and East Summer Curriculum	4:05 - 4:20
Jennifer Hoover	Jason E. Warnick	A Comparison of Alcohol Consumption and Sexual Activity Among Greek and Non-Greek Affiliated Students	4:20 - 4:35