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Symposium Information The 5th Annual IRC Undergraduate Student Research Symposium was held on Friday,
October 31, 2008
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. The presentation schedule is shown below.Find us: The symposium will be in the Kahn Room of the Hulman Memorial Union. Symposium
Schedule
8:00 AM Registration 8:30 AM Welcoming Remarks – Arthur Western, Ph.D., Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty, and Professor of Physics and Optical Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Morning Session I
(8:45 – 9:30 AM) – Biology
The Effect of
Different Anesthetics on the Rat ElectroretinogramCody Austin* and Jameel Ahmed Bacterial Species Identification and Richness Related to the Physical and Chemical Properties of the J.I. Case Wetland Harrison Sand*, Ella Ingram, Penney Miller, and, Michael Robinson Analysis of the Amphibian Community Surrounding J.I. Case Wetland Wildlife Refuge Morgan Coan*, Ella Ingram, Penny Miller, and Michael Robinson Poster Session (9:30
– 10:15 AM)
Developing a
Discovery Virus Protocol Using RT/PCR Based Assay to Identify Unknown
Viruses in Amphibian PopulationsMarsha Krisenko* and Jennifer O’Connor Indexing in Graph Databases Allison Terrell* and Sriram Mohan Asteroid and Variable Star Photometry Artem Yankov* and Richard Ditteon Investigating the Use of Light to Diagnose and Treat Cancers that Over-express EGFR Ross Heskett*, Jennifer O’Connor, Andrew Brush, Mariij Syed, Daniel Brooks, Sergio Granieri, and Renat Letfullin Analyzing Current-Sheet Formation in Plasmas at a X-Type Magnetic Neutral Point Jordan Kendall* and Bhimsen K. Shivamoggi Novel Ethanol Excitation Protocol Uses Isopropanol Excited with a 10.6 micron CO2 Laser as a Vector to Vibrationally Excite Ethanol Rachelle Cobb* and Allen R. White Development of Biodegradable Microspheres for the Treatment of Intracellular Pathogens Tiffany Parrott* and Scott McClellan Replicator RepI Reinsertion into Human β-globin sBG Viral Vector Marcus Stepp*, Fabrizia Urbinati, and Punam Malik Modeling Salamander Neuromast Sensory Range Robert Williamson* and Michael Lannoo Characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana Disease Resistance Proteins NDR2 and NDR3 through Epitope Tagging Evan P. Jones*, Anita Isch, and Peter Coppinger Wound Healing Properties of Eel River Industries Natural Multibase Cream: Pilot Study Jeanie Sozansky* , Henry Owegi, and Mary Johnson Amoebocyte Staining in American Horseshoe Crabs Kirk Thompson* and William Weiner Functional-Group Selective Ion-Molecule Reactions Facilitate the Identification and Differentiation of Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Amino Functionalities in Protonated Monofunctional Analytes in Mass Spectrometry Ryan J. Eismin*, Mingkun Fu, and Hilkka I. Kenttämaa Morning Session II
(10:15 – 11:45 AM) – Chemistry
Water Quality
Analysis of a Constructed WetlandKate Sernett*, Penney Miller, Ella Ingram, and Michael Robinson The Effect of Dissolved Methane on the Dynamic Viscosity of Water Abigail K. Switzer*, Dr. Russ Ostermann, and Shamil Yuldashev Characterization of the Diffusivity of Alkanes Using Lateral Diffusion in Nanoporous Thin Film Glass LeMoyne Habimana-Griffin*, Taek Soo Kim, and Reinhold Dauskardt Towards the Detection of Polyphenols from Camellia sinesis Eric Smith* and Rebecca B. DeVasher Synthesis, Testing, Product Development and Commercialization of High Refractive Index, High Impact, High Clarity, High Temperature Polymers for use in Lenses, Optical Fibers, Fiber Cladding, Optical Discs, Prisms, and Other Optical Devices Michael R. Montalbo, Jr.* and Bruce Allison Palladium-catalyzed Cross-coupling of a Functionalized Aryl Iodide Joseph Barlan* and Rebecca B. DeVasher 12:00
PM Invited
Speaker – Jason Urbanski, Cook Pharmica LLC
"Where Will Your Career Take You?" Afternoon Session I
(2:00 – 3:45 PM) – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
An Environmental
Microbial Genetics Module for a Sophomore-level Microbiology LaboratorySarah N. Rosbottom* and Peter Coppinger Identification of Potential Regulatory Proteins Involved in Angiogenesis Tiffany M. Reida*, Allison N. Sears, Mariam Alawoki, and Allan Albig Analysis of Lumican Function in Prostate Adenocarcinoma Logan Fulford* and Allan Albig Probing the Mechanism of Fusion Activation and Cell Entry of Measles Virus via Engineered Disulfide Bonds in the Hemagglutinin Protein Levi Rupp*, Chanakha Navaratnarajah, and Roberto Cattaneo The Effects of Alcohols and Ligands on Estrogen Receptor Dimer Exchange Michele M. Mumaw*, Carly A. Baehr, and Mark E. Brandt Studying Ligand Binding and Dissociation in the Human Estrogen Receptor using Fluorescence Spectroscopy Carly Baehr*, Michele M. Mumaw, and Mark E. Brandt Alcohol and Protein Docking using AutoDock David Cooper*, Mark E. Brandt, and Yosi Shibberu Afternoon Session II
(4:00 – 5:00 PM) – Chemistry
Winter Hydrometeor
Classification using Polarimetric Radar and Spatiotemporal Relational
Probability TreesAndy Spencer*, Amy McGovern, Kimberly Elmore, and Michael Richman Understanding the Role of Isoprene in Mediating Atmospheric Nitrogen Chemistry Arisa Iwasaki*, Paul B. Shepson, and Aubrey E. Cavender The Effect of Selenium Compounds on Oxidative Damage to the Mononucleotide 2’-Deoxyguanosine-5-monophosphate and Formation of 8-Hydroxy-2’-deoxyguanosine Stutay Monga*, John O’Grady, John Lawrence, and Daniel L Morris, Jr. The Effects of Transition Metal Ions on Antioxidant Properties of Selenium Compounds Brett Anderson*, and Daniel L. Morris, Jr. 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.  |