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6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Poster Session I and Reception
7:00 p.m. Opening Plenary Session
Welcome Dr. Linda Calendrillo, Dean
College of Arts and Sciences
Remarks Dr. Louis H. Levy
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Invited Address on A Century of Learning Through Research
Dr. Mathew Richard
Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice
Outstanding Student in Arts and Sciences:
Christopher J. Parker
Presentation of Arts and Sciences Awards and CUR Certificates
by Department Heads and Program Directors
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Paper Session I
Moderator: Dr. Yakov Woldman, Chemistry
Welcome Dr. Linda Calendrillo, Dean
College of Arts and Sciences
Remarks Dr. Barry Hojjatie
Chair, Council on Undergraduate Research
“Frame Alignment within the Sex Education Arena of U.S. Public Schools”
Adam Blake Gordon
Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice
Dr. Kathleen Lowney, Faculty Adviser
“Exploring Senate Voting Behavior on a Bill that Prohibits Partial-Birth Abortion”
Crystina Ramos
Department of Political Science
Dr. James LaPlant, Faculty Adviser
“Forward Arming and Refueling Points: The Helicopter’s Lifeblood in Operation Iraqi Freedom”
John Kater Miller
Department of History
Dr. Christopher Meyers, Faculty Adviser
“Distribution of Pegmatites in the Western Blue Ridge of Georgia”
Hunter T. McDermitt
Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences
Dr. Mark Groszos, Faculty Adviser
“Finding What Cannot Be Found”
De’Jhan Supreme Miles
African American Studies Program
Drs. Erin Huskey and Shirley Hardin, Faculty Advisers
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Poster Session II and Refreshments
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Paper Session II
“A Computational Study of Protein Folding”
Caley Allen
Department of Chemistry
Dr. Thomas Manning, Faculty Adviser
“What Makes Music Beautiful?”
Kathleen Kirk
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Dr. Christine James, Faculty Adviser
“The Lotka-Volterra Model with Fishing”
Dustin W. Taylor and Jamie L. Taylor
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Drs. Andreas Lazari and Jemal Mohammed-Awel, Faculty Advisers
“College Graduation Rates in the Southeast”
Mahja Zeon
Department of Political Science
Dr. James LaPlant, Faculty Adviser
“Temporary Family: Prince Henry as the Source of Life”
Victoria Ledbetter
Department of English
Dr. Jane Kinney, Faculty Adviser
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Paper Session III
Moderator: Dr. Ofelia Nikolova, Honors Program
“Concealed Carry and its Effect on Crime”
Gerald Ryan Long
Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice
Dr. Wilson Huang, Faculty Adviser
“The Green Master: Towards a Synthesis of Western and Eastern Thought”
Patrick J. Taylor
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Dr. Michael Stoltzfus, Faculty Adviser
“Admiral Seymour’s Relief Expedition for Peking”
Emily M. Crews
Department of History
Dr. John Dunn, Faculty Adviser
“A Documentary on Diabetes: Replacing Notebooks and
Lab Reports with Videos”
Cierra Harden and Sonya Fulp
Department of Chemistry
Dr. Thomas Manning, Faculty Adviser
3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Paper Session IV
Moderator: Dr. Sherry Feng, Mathematics and Computer Science
“The Role of Centrosomes in the Development of Cancer”
Natalia S. Batista and Christina L. Huntley
Department of Biology
Dr. Robert Gannon, Faculty Adviser
“Sex and Stanzas: Sexuality and the Poetry of Arthur Rimbaud”
Jay W. Prosser
Honors Program
Drs. Ofelia Nikolova and Mary Block, Faculty Advisers
“The Effect of Temperature on Material Stiffness Using Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Testing Methods”
James D. Burzumato
Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences
Dr. Barry Hojjatie, Faculty Adviser
“J.R.R. Tolkien’s Northern Influences”
Madison D. Brown
Department of English
Dr. Li-Mei Chen, Faculty Adviser
“A Reciprocal Transplant Study to Assess Environmental vs. Genetic Control of Flowering Phenology in Two Sympatric, Non-Hybridizing Species (Gelsemium sempervirens and Gelsemium rankinii)”
Lovie J. Mansfield
Dr. John Pascarella, Faculty Adviser
“Construction of a PiggyBac Transposase Useful in Fish”
Sofia Sucar
Dr. Brian Ring, Faculty Adviser
“Development in Venus Fly-Trap”
Clark Duncan
Dr. Russell Goddard, Faculty Adviser
“Epiphytes in the Alapaha System”
Stephanie A. Nichols and Randi N. Tatum
Dr. Jim Nienow, Faculty Adviser
“ERK Gene Expression in the Hamster Suprachiasmatic Nucleus”
Elizabeth A. Castillo
Dr. Robert Gannon, Faculty Adviser
“Evaluation of Experimental Anti-Anxiety Compounds in the Syrian Hamster”
Natalia S. Batista
Dr. Robert Gannon, Faculty Adviser
“Inhibition of Growth of Rickettsia prowazekii by Gamma Interferon in
NF-κB-Deficient Mouse Cell Lines”
Ashley Helton, Vineet Kumar and Melanie Nichols
Dr. Jenifer Turco, Faculty Adviser
“Investigation of Reproduction in Ernodesmis verticillata”
Daniel H. Gordon
Dr. Russell Goddard, Faculty Adviser
“Morphological Variation Between Two Species of Baptisia
and a Putative Hybrid”
Trevor M. Holland
Dr. Russell Goddard, Faculty Adviser
“Reproductive Cycle Differences in Clonal Lines of the Mangrove Killifish”
Melissa E. Ard
Dr. Brian Ring, Faculty Adviser
“The Function of nilB in the Colonization of the Nematode Steinernema carpocapsae by the Bacterium Xenorhabdus nematophila”
Christina L. Huntley and William A. Wright
Dr. Archna Bhasin, Faculty Adviser
“A Microbial Method to Produce Taxol”
Greg Kean
Dr. Thomas Manning, Faculty Adviser
“An Insight to Metal Chelators as Cancer Drugs”
Khaleh Thomas, Sonya Fulp, Jessica Thomas, Greg Kean,
Ronnie Ware and Joey Jarrard
Dr. Thomas Manning, Faculty Adviser
“Characterization of TiO2 Nanoparticles Electrodeposited on
Indium Tin Oxide Glass Electrodes”
Chiharu Konda
Drs. Linda de la Garza and Russell Goddard, Faculty Advisers
“Development of Biosensors: Modification of Electrodeposited
TiO2 Electrodes with Dopamine”
Tiffany Michelle Cochran
Dr. Linda de la Garza, Faculty Adviser
“Diels-Alder Reactions on Silica and in Solution”
Khaleh Thomas, Joey Jarrard and Michael Tang
Dr. John Barbas, Faculty Adviser
“DNA Damage in Chlamydomonas Cells”
Caley Allen
Dr. Donna Gosnell, Faculty Adviser
“DNA Damage in Spinach Cells”
Frederique Dunham
Dr. Donna Gosnell, Faculty Adviser
“Fe (III) Binding to Taxol”
Brittani McLeod, Nikki Walker and Jessica Thomas
Dr. Thomas Manning, Faculty Adviser
“Lipids of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius”
Tora Peters
Dr. Yakov Woldman, Faculty Adviser
“Multiangle Laser Light Scattering Studies of Single Walled
Nanotubes and DNA”
Michael D. Corbitt
Dr. Thomas Manning, Faculty Adviser
“Nanoparticles of Wood: A Renewable Energy Source”
Travis Ireland and Jeff Felton
Dr. Thomas Manning, Faculty Adviser
“Solvothermal Synthesis of Energy Storage Materials”
Joshua Lamar Taylor
Dr. Tolulope Salami, Faculty Adviser
“Synthesis and Characterization of the Single Molecule Magnet Mn12”
Rhonda Jones, Courtney Arnold, Baqara Ngoyi, Alanna Meadows, Jason Lackey, Bill Hoover, Travis Ireland and Jeff Eichler
Drs. Thomas Manning and Tolulope Salami, Faculty Advisers
“Synthesis of Imines and Oximes Catalyzed by Silica”
Ben Hortman, Michael Tang and Irene Gwanfogbe
Dr. John Barbas
“The Ripple Effect”
Tommy Davis
Ms. Barbara Warren, Faculty Adviser
“The History of Chocolate”
Jessica Anderson, William Barrett and Janan Minyard
Drs. Melanie Byrd and Ofelia Nikolova, Faculty Advisers
“The History of Coca-Cola: It’s the Real Thing”
Stephanie Briggs, Carly Floyd, Andrew Seliga and Phillip Williams
Drs. Melanie Byrd and Ofelia Nikolova, Faculty Advisers
“The History of Ice Cream”
Natalia Batista, Craig Black, Christina Douglas and Brandi Foster
Drs. Melanie Byrd and Ofelia Nikolova, Faculty Advisers
“The History of Thanksgiving”
Jeff Harrell and Megan MacFarlane
Drs. Melanie Byrd and Ofelia Nikolova, Faculty Advisers
“Exploring the Cost of Threading”
Christopher Allen Purvis
Dr. Chunlei Liu, Faculty Adviser
“Explaining Morality Away: Some Problems with the New Ethical Naturalism”
Christopher Parker
Dr. James Hill, Faculty Adviser
“Solutions for a World Without Fossil Fuels: A World Where
Oil Costs Less Than Water”
Walker Gross
Dr. Ari Santas, Faculty Adviser
“Analysis of Thermal Stresses in Metallic Structures Using
Finite Element Method”
Jessica C. Carter
Dr. Barry Hojjatie, Faculty Adviser
“Canine Distemper and Raccoons in Tall Timbers Research Station”
Matthew J. Doughty
Dr. Paul Vincent, Faculty Adviser
“Consequences of Inaccuracy in Measurement of Fiber
in Paper Manufacturing”
Shane Saunders
Dr. Barry Hojjatie, Faculty Adviser
“Erosion Rates of Providence Canyon”
Steven D. Wright
Dr. Paul Vincent, Faculty Adviser
“Hydrologic Analysis of Watertable and Stream Flow at
Gibbs Farm, a USDA Research Facility”
Krystalyn N. Batts
Dr. Can Denizman, Faculty Adviser
“Labview-Based Motion Control in a Laser Diamond Cutting System”
Chad Hendley and Sean Leader
Dr. Barry Hojjatie, Faculty Adviser
“Land-Use Changes Associated with the Development of Water Bodies within the Little River Experimental Watershed, Tifton, Georgia from 1990-2000”
James Earl Cooper
Dr. Can Denizman, Faculty Adviser
“Orientation of Joint Systems in Limestone Outcroppings Along the Withlacoochee River in North Lowndes County: Regional Significance and Spatial Relationship to Hydrogeologic Features”
Jordan H. Caldwell
Dr. Mark Groszos, Faculty Adviser
“Possible Weather Artifact of Stratospheric Ozone Depletion”
Brittany Hutchison
Dr. Douglas Frink, Faculty Adviser
“Structural Analysis of a Portion of the Keithsburg Facies of the Mission Mountain Formation, Murphy Belt, North Georgia”
Justin M. Meredith
Dr. Mark Groszos, Faculty Adviser
“The Effects of Urbanization on a Stream in Valdosta, Georgia”
Matthew G. Tidmore
Dr. Judith Grable, Faculty Adviser
“Using Video and Simulation for the Improvement of Engineering Education”
Jonathan Rose
Dr. Barry Hojjatie, Faculty Adviser
“Democratization: An Investigation into Contributing Factors”
Quinn Bennett
Dr. James LaPlant, Faculty Adviser
“Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003”
Crystina A. Ramos and Christopher A. Brinkley
Dr. David Winder, Faculty Adviser
“Upgraded Government or Reformed Imperial System: A Brief Examination
and Comparison of China’s Current Bureaucratic and Past Imperial
Models and the Concept of Democratic Dictatorship”
Michael D. Hebert
Dr. Joseph Staats, Faculty Adviser
“Sex Trafficking: Sexual Exploitation of Women”
Ashley Henderson
Dr. Shani Gray, Faculty Adviser