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Symposium Information The 8th Annual IRC Undergraduate Student Research Symposium was held on Friday,
October
28, 2011
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.Symposium
Schedule
Morning Session I (8:15 – 9:30
AM) Neural
Induction of Periodontal Ligament Stem Cells Yucan Zhao*,
Herman Cheung,
Veronica Fortino and Daniel Pelaez The Role of
Nitrate Respiration in Chronic Infections of Ralstonia
solanacearum Alexandria
Williams*, Beth
Dalsing, Caitilyn Allen Investigation
of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in
Water-Ecosystems near the Rose-Hulman
Campuses Alex Bledsoe*
and Justin W.
Shearer STING
Dimerization is Critical for Innate Immune System
Surveillance Hobey Tam*, Katia Sotelo-Troha, Dara Burdette, and Russell Vance Food
Preservation in a Zeer Refrigeration System Stephanie
Biecker, Katelyn
Stenger*, and Sister Mary Ethel Parrott Morning Session II (9:45 – 11:30
AM) Characterization
and
Comparison of Cancer Stem Cells in Human and Dog
Glioblastoma Cell Lines Thomas
Clements*, Jessamine
Osborne, Craig Barcus , Jenna Rickus, and Kari Clase Finite-Element
Modeling of FRP-Timber Bond Performance Chris
Ohslund*, Jacob Slifer*,
Richard Onyancha, and John Aidoo Direct
Interaction with an Assistive Robot for Individuals
with Chronic Stroke Heather
Markham, Brandon Kmetz*,
Bambi Brewer Design and
construction of a testing device for the evaluation
of the effect of loading
orientation on the structural properties of the
anterior cruciate ligament Cody Austin*
and Glen Livesay Zearalenone’s
Effects on Breast Cancer Alexander
Krug* and Ross
Weatherman Probing
Speciation of Selenium Dioxide and Sodium Selenite
as a Function of pH:
Understanding Metal-Ion Binding by Selenium
Compounds and its Role in
Antioxidant Activity. Robert French*
and Daniel Morris,
Jr. Investigating
the effect of Selenium Dioxide and Sodium Selenite
on the formation of 8-OH-dG
via Oxidative DNA damage and developing a Liquid
Chromatography- Mass Spectrum
Method as a means of Analysis. William Hart*
and Daniel Morris Poster Session (11:30 AM –
12:30 PM) Targeting
and Trafficking of Quantum Dots Alex
Cochrane*, Amanda Riddle,
and Ian Schneider Fabrication
of Self-Assembled Polystyrene Nanosphere Monolayers James
Folberth*, Kellen Stolze,
Scott Kirkpatrick, and Elaine Kirkpatrick A Simple
Algorithm to Relate Surface Roughness to Equivalent
Sand Grain Roughness Christopher
Grant* Incremental
Stress Relaxation Karah
Hickman*, Cody Austin, Neil
Dorsey, Brianne Widmoyer, and Glen Livesay Analysis of
Proximal Tibia Strain Response to Sagittal Alignment
in Partial Knee
Arthroplasty Tibial Components Amanda L.
Kingman*, Derek B.
Archer, Kelsey R. Hughes, Renee D. Rogge, Scott R.
Small, and Michael E. Berend Quantitative
study of how the cross-sectional area and cell
density of amoebocytes recovers
in horseshoe crabs after bleeding 40-50% of the
animal’s blood volume Jillian R.
Hufgard* and William W.
Weiner The Recovery
of Viscoelastic Properties in Creep of Rat Tail
Tendon Fibers Brianne
Widmoyer*, Neil Dorsey,
Cody Austin, and Glen Livesay Separation
and detection of nanoparticles using capillary
electrophoresis with laser light
scattering detection Kabir Sodhi*
and Luanne Tilstra Carbon
Nanotube Fabrication Using Carbon Dioxide
Lunch
(12:30 – 1:00 PM)
Invited Functional Organic
Molecules and Conjugated Polymers
for Biosensors and Optoelectronic Applications:
Exciting Research at University
of Michigan MSE Jinsang Kim,
Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of
Materials
Science & Engineering, Chemical Engineering,
Biomedical Engineering, & Macromolecular Science
and Engineering, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Afternoon Session I (2:15 – 3:45
PM) Investigating
the Baking Process Andrew Harris*
and David Finn Synthesis
and Characterization of Tamoxifen Conjugates Paul Himes*
and Ross Weatherman Astaxanthin
Production and Extraction in Synechocystis
sp. PCC 6803 James
Jeffryes*, Stevan Albers,
and Christie Peebles Characterization
of
the Effects of SeO2 and Na2SeO3 on the Interactions Between Metal Ions and DNA
by Molecular Absorption
Spectroscopy Steve Marczak*
and Daniel L.
Morris, Jr. Determination
of a Standard Test Method for Assessing
FRP-to-Timber Bond Characteristics Jacob Slifer*
Chris Ohslund*,
Richard Onyancha, and John Aidoo Cyclic
Voltametric Characterization of Carbon Cryogel
Electrodes with Multiple Systems Zhang Wang* and Justin W.
Shearer Afternoon Session II (3:45 – 5:15 PM) Session chair: Yile Gu Detection of
Phytoplasma in Trillium grandiflorum using
16s rDNA PCR Nathan D.
Wheeler* and J. Peter
Coppinger Preparation
of Temperature and pH-sensitive micelles through
Formation of
poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-b-poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) Durushka Ahmed
and Scott
McClellan Comparison
of Constant Strain vs. Constant Stress in Rat Tail
Tendon Neil Dorsey*,
Brianne Widmoyer,
Cody Austin, and Glen Livesay The Effects
of Catalysts on the Mesoporosity of Carbon Cryogel
and the Atom Economy of its
Synthesis Caitlin
Anderson*, Rebecca
DeVasher, and Justin W. Shearer Cloning and
Expression
of the Ligand Binding Domain of the Estrogen
Receptor-Beta Melissa Galey*
and Mark E. Brandt All
Nanoparticles Spray-Layer-by-Layer Assembly Yile
Gu*, Will Mulhearn, David Lee, and Daeyeon Lee Find us: The symposium will be in the Myers Presentation Room of the Myers Building. 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) 6th Annual IRC Symposium (2009) 7th Annual IRC Symposium (2010)  |