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The 6th Annual IRC Undergraduate Student Research Symposium is scheduled for
Friday, October 30, 2009
at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. The meeting is designed as a forum for undergraduate students who have performed research to share the results of their work with fellow students and faculty from Mid-West region universities. We plan to have both oral talks and poster presentations.

Abstract Guidelines


Find us:

The symposium will be in the Kahn Room of the Hulman Memorial Union.



Symposium Schedule for the 6th Annual IRC Undergraduate Student Research Symposium (2009)

8:00 AM Registration

8:30 AM Welcoming Remarks


Morning Session I (8:45 – 10:45 AM)

Examination of Acetabular Cup Insertion Energy and Removal in Total Hip Arthroplasty
Leah Howard*, Scott Small, and Christine Buckley

Preparation of HA-Pln DIV Conjugates Hydrogel
LeMoyne Habimana-Griffin*, Chao Liu, and Xinqiao Jia

Characterization of Non Race-specific Disease Resistance Proteins NDR2 and NDR3 through Epitope Tagging
Evan P. Jones*, Anita Isch, and Peter Coppinger

A Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo Implementation of Analysis of Molecular Variance
Zach Gompert, Alex Buerkle, and Robert Williamson*

Direct and Collisional Excitation of Fuel Components
Kyle Wilson*, Rebecca B. DeVasher, and Allen White

Flexibility of Spinal Central Pattern Generators
Angelica Patino*, David Klein, and Matt Tresch

Engineering Novel Viral Vectors: Transforming Infectious Agents into Vehicles for Vaccine Delivery
Mariya Krisenko*, Michael Barry, and Eric Weaver

The Effects of Oxidation on Free Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) Physical Properties
Elizabeth H. Malola and Michael Mueller




Poster Session (10:45 AM – 11:50 AM)

Cloning Of Mouse RON Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Into a Lentiviral Expression Vector
Molly Gillam*, Devikala Gurusamy, and Susan Waltz

Environmentally Friendly Suzuki Cross Coupling
Josh Andreas, Ashley Brockhaus, Stephen Chase, Joseph Barlan, and Rebecca B. DeVasher

Tracing the Journey of Each Footstep
Mariya Krisenko, Matthew Moseng, Drew Paine, Robert Williamson and Gregory Zynda

Utilizing Collaborative Prototyping to Enhance the Usability of Software Products
Drew Paine* and Sriram Mohan

Investigation of Changes in the Combustion Process of a Spark Ignition Internal Combustion Engine due to Laser Excitation of Fuel Molecules
Stephen S. Sakai*, Kyle Wilson, Allen R. White, and Rebecca B. DeVasher

The Plant Homologue of EYES ABSENT Retains the Ability to be Potentiated by the SIX family of Transcription Factors
Eric A. Smith*, Weiming Bu, Naresh Pandey, and Rashmi Hegde

The Mathematical E. coli
Kyla Lutz, Gregory Zynda*, and Allen Holder

Identifying and Isolating Unknown Iridoviruses in Amphibian Populations
Adam Markley* and Jennifer O’Connor

Flexibility of Spinal Central Pattern Generators
Angelica Patino*, David Klein, and Matt Tresch


12:00 PM 12:50 PM Invited Speaker: Dr. H. Kathleen Dannelly,
Associate Professor of Biology
Indiana State University
Emerging Infections: The Rise of the Super Staphs



Afternoon Session (2:00 PM 5:00 PM)

Synthesis and Optimization of a High Capacity Carbon Dioxide Absorbent
Abigail Switzer* and Genggeng Qi

Difference in Blood Viscosity between Diabetics and Non-Diabetics Receiving Treatment for Kidney Failure by Dialysis
William W. Terrill, Kevin Cassel, Promila Dhar Michael Boghosian, and Mary S. Hammes

Development of a Protocol to Synthesize PLGA Nanospheres
Jennifer L. Fischer* and Scott J. McClellan

Audio Depth Map as a Replacement for Traditional Vision
JP Verkamp*

Surfactant-Assisted Aqueous Extraction of Soybean Oil from Soybean and Recovery of Oil from Skim
Jordan Milligan*, Kerry A. Campbell, and Charles E. Glatz

In-Vitro Generation of Amebocytes from the American Horseshoe Crab, Limulus Polyphemus
Kirk Thompson*, Amber Brannan, and William Weiner

Evaluation of Descriptors Used in Sexual Selection Research
Jeanie Sozansky* and Ella Ingram

Examining the Effects of Ligands and Alcohols on Dimer Exchange in the Human Estrogen Receptor
Carly Baehr* and Mark E. Brandt

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Estrogen Receptor-α
David Cooper*, Yosi Shibberu, and Mark E. Brandt

Developing a Fluorescence Lifetime-based Assay for Ligand Binding
Sarah Erhart and Mark E. Brandt

Ion-Current Rectification in Conical Nanopores
Ted Frater*, Kaimeng Zhou, Brett Hildenbrand, Michelle Kovarik, and Stephen C. Jacobson





The Abstract Books from previous symposia may be downloaded in pdf format:
1st Annual IRCBC Symposium (2004)
2nd Annual IRCBC Symposium (2005)
3rd Annual IRCBC Symposium (2006)
4th Annual IRCBC Symposium (2007)




Find us:

The symposium will be in the Kahn Room of the Hulman Memorial Union.




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