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ODU Undergraduate Research Symposium
April 4, 2009
Session Schedule
Online Registration is now closed. On-site regsitration begins at 8:30 am, Saturday, April 4, 2009 in Diehn Fine and Performaning Arts Building.
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| 8:30 - 9:00 am |
Registration |
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| 9:00 am |
Welcome and Opening Remarks from Provost Carol Simpson |
Chandler Recital Hall |
| 9:15 -10:15 am |
Session A |
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Session A1: Engineering and the Environment
Chair: Dr. Osman Akan (Associate Dean, Batten College of Engineering and Technology) |
Diehn 107 |
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Presenters:
1) John Whitelaw (Advisor: Dr. M. Erten-Unal, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering), "A Quantitative Analysis of Greywater Treatment by Evapotranspiration/Infiltration"
2) Stephen Midkiff, Jacob Shingledecker, Michael Nichols, Otto Weis (Advisor: Dr. H. Bao, Dept of Mechanical Engineering), "Biodiesel Production Using Wasted Vegetable Oil"
3)Michael A Lynn (Advisor: Dr. J. Yoon, Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering), "Characterization of Estuarine Dispersion Coefficients in the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River" |
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Session A2: Preparing Music: The Work that Leads to Great Performances
Co-Chairs and Faculty Advisors: Mike Hall (Dept of Music, ODU Brass Choir), Lucy Manning (Dept of Music, Diehn String Quartet) |
Chandler Recital Hall |
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Presenters:
1) ODU Brass Choir: Justin Kohmetscher, Kathryn Mickelson, Luke Walter, "Three Brisk Creatures" by Eric North"
2) Diehn String Quartet: Anna Dobrzyn, Mary Dart, Shirley Luu, Kevin Jones, "String Quartet No. 1, Op. 50 (Movements 1 & 2)" by Serge Prokofieff |
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| 10:30 - 11:30 am |
Session B |
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Session B1: Ritual Practice in Asian Religions in America: A Functional Analysis
Chair and Faculty Advisor: Amanda Bullard, Dr. Araceli Suzara (Dept of Sociology and Criminal Justice) |
Diehn 107 |
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Panelists: Shane Armstrong, Paul Thomas, Rebeca Freeman, Priscilla Jones, Amanda Ostwald |
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Session B2: Supply Chain Management in a Global Economy
Chair: Dr. Lynn (Ling) Li (Department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences); Dr. Li Xu (Department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences), Advisor |
Chandler Recital Hall |
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Panelists:
1) Renee Rose, "The Supply Chain Management Practices of the Fresh Produce Industry
2) Andrey Gulev, "Analysis of Existing Supply Chain Process for Ciba Specialty Chemicals?
3) Jason Thacker, "Honda Supply Chain" |
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Session B3: Undergraduate Research in the Sciences I |
Diehn Foyer |
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Presenters:
1) Billy Culver, Jason Shaffler, (Advisor: Cynthia Jones), "Cost-time efficiency of aging menhaden (Brevortia tyrannus): scales versus otoliths"
2) Devina Mohan, Amanda Willoughby, (Advisor: Paula Mazzer), "Cytotoxic effects of exposure to diesel exhaust particulates on brain tissue"
3) Erin Rafferty, (Advisor: Craig Bayse), "Modeling the thyroid enzyme iodothyronine deiodinase"
4) Terri Grant, (Advisor: Glenn Williams), "A practical distance-based method for satisfying torsional information in molecular modeling"
5) Albert Kamga, Thais Bittar, (Advisors: Aron Stubbins Chris Burbage), "Flow cytometric measurement of microalgal neutral lipid content"
6) Brian Jolemore, John Smith, Tracey Thorton, (Advisor: George Whittcar), "Validation and improvement of Effective Monthly Recharge (Wem) model for simulating wetland hydrology"
7) James Davies, Brian Jolemore, Kolleen McKenzie, Meredith McPherson, Nikki Paul, Joyce Strain, (Advisors: Richard Zimmerman, Gregory Cutter, George Whittcar, "Constraining the nitrogen budget of Hoffler Creek"
8) Meredith McPherson, (Advisors: Richard Zimmerman, V.J. Hill), "The effects of surface canopy properties on the submarine light environment of a Macrocystis (giant kelp) forest"
9) Lindsey Andrews, (Advisor: Charles Sukenik), "Investigation of frequency doubling of 840 nm laser light in a power build-up cavity"
10) Robert Milletich, (Advisor: Michelle Kelley), "Witnessing psychological aggression and experiencing childhood emotional abuse: effects on emotional abuse in undergraduate dating relationships"
11) Bradley Wetzell, Matthew Pearson, (Advisor: James Henson), "Drinking to cope with anxiety: A longitudinal analysis of college student drinking"
12) Susan Ocean, (Advisor: Michelle Kelley), "Experiences of interparental violence and alcohol abuse as related to female undergraduates' dating violence and alcohol misuse"
13) Lance Otis, Matthew Pearson, (Advisor: James Henson), "Urgency as a moderator of the relationship between mood and drinking behavior: A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of college student drinking"
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| 11:30 am - 1:00 pm |
Lunch |
North Cafeteria, Webb Center |
| 1:00 - 2:00 pm |
Session C |
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Session C1: Art History: Theory and Practice
Chair and Faculty Advisor: Dr. Anthony Lichi (Dept of Art) |
Diehn 107 |
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Presenters:
1) Jodi DeBruyne, "Devotion in Life and Art: Savonarola and Fra Bartolommeo"
2) Amber Brown, "Rafael Moneo's National Museum of Roman Art: An Anti-Typological Response to a City and Its History"
3) Mary Ryan Massey, "Behind the Frame: Reflections on Curating an Exhibition." |
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Session C2: Learning from Experience: Internship-Based Research in Health Sciences
Chair: Anna Jeng (Dept of Community and Environmental Health), Dr. Kay Palmer (School of Nursing, Faculty Advisor) |
Diehn 136 |
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Presenters:
1) Michelle Gallina, Natasha Singletary, Jane Kim, Habi Muhiddin, Aimee Maxfield, Dana Skillman, Erica Heesch, Amanda James, "Injury Prevention Booster Seat Challenge"
2) Charles Kua, Katelyn Kerr, Shelly Washington, Katie Carman, Jingjing Sparrow, Shaughanassee Williams, Katharine Pairis, Renee Farmer, "Injury Prevention Home Safety"
3) Faith M Tucker, "Monitoring Swimming Pools in Orange County, Florida" |
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Session C3: Undergraduate Research in the Sciences II
Chair: Dr. Craig Bayse (Dept of Chemistry) |
Diehn 142 |
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Presenters:
1) Nathan Rycroft (Advisor: Dr. John McConaugha), "Correlation Between Female Size and Egg Quality in the Chesapeake Bay Population of Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus"
2) Falishia Sloan, Suzanne Cartwright, Betty Belknap, Howard White (Advisor: Dr. Eva Forgacs), "Mutational Analysis of the Myosin-V Active Site"
3) Tanesha Washington (Advisor: Dr. Bryan E. Porter), "The Effect of Driver Improvement Clinics on Drivers' Attitudes" |
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| 2:15 - 3:15 pm |
Session D |
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Session D1: Social Consequences of Mobile Media Use
Chair and Faculty Advisor: Dr. Yi-Fan Chen (Dept of Communication and Theatre Arts) |
Diehn 107 |
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Presenters:
1) Brandi M. Aubuchon, "Mobile Texting: Helping or Hindering Family Communication?"
2) Christa M. Clark, "College Campus Mobile Alert Systems"
3) Coralie N. Draper, "Texting as a Privacy Tool"
4) Jessica E. Nix, "The Effects of Text Messaging on Writing Skills"
Jennifer L. Enriquez, student respondent |
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Session D2: Biometric Technology for Human Identification
Chair and Faculty Advisor : Dr. Vijayan K. Asari (Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering) |
Diehn 142 |
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Presenters:
1) William Perry, Jeremy Glaze, Kharye Pope, Edwin Mintah, Cortland Tompkins, "Robust Iris Recognition Technique for Person Identification"
2) Mame Sane, Tiffany Sands, Fides Nzirubusa, Tiffanee Watkins, Jacob Foytik,"Identity Verification by Face Authentication"
3) Thomas Mercier, "Pediatric Fingerprint Enhancement, Comparison, and Growth Projection"
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Session D3: "Tidewater Voices (an oral history and dialect project):
Chair and Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bridget Anderson (Department of English) |
Diehn 136 |
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Presenters:
1) Tyler Yowell, "Screening and Discussion of a Documentary Video"
2) Amber Gruszeckzka, "In their Own Words: Writing the 'Tidwater Voices' Book and CD" |
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| 3:30 - 4:30 pm |
Session E |
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Session E1: "Geoinformatics"
Chair and Faculty Advisor: Dr. Hua Liu (Dept of Political Science and Geography) |
Diehn 107 |
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Presenters:
1) Paul B. Anderson, "Mapping the Old Dominion University Main Campus in 3D"
2) Wendy Hill, "Warehouse Site Selection using GIS"
3) Patrick Dale, "The Management of River Rouge Sports Club with Global Information System Applications" |
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Session E2: The Physical Eye and The Eye of Analysis: Explorations in the Philosophy and History of Science
Chair and Faculty Advisor: Dr. William Jones (Dept of Philosophy) |
Diehn 142 |
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Presenters:
1) Kester McCullough, "The Vindication of the Atomic Theory"
2) Aryles Hedjar, "The Discovery of Viruses"
3) Jessie Sheffield, "Continental Drift: A Tradition of Inquiry" |
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Session E3 (Poster Session): Undergraduate Research in Sociology and Criminal Justice"
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Garland White, Dr. Kyshawn Smith (Dept of Sociology and Criminal Justice) |
Diehn Foyer |
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Presenters:
1) Kristyn Birkeland, April Bunch, Rebecca Hubbard, Ann Wheeler, "Violence in Children's Films"
2) Ciara Hammack, Sarah Gibson, Katherine Tucker, Sean Bell, "Landscapes of Fear: The ODU Campus"
3) Eric Nolen, Nichole Giraldi, Aisha Wilson, Amanda Conroy, Adam DeLucenay, "Group Foreign Charter" |
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| 4:30 - 5:30 pm |
Reception & Closing Remarks from Mohammed Karim, ODU Vice-President of Research |
Diehn Composers Room |
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