Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Student research on display at the 2005 Vectren RISC Showcase
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Minimizing the University’s energy consumption, the political power of online journalism, and emo subculture are a few of the topics to be explored at the 2005 Vectren RISC Showcase Saturday, April 23, at the University of Southern Indiana. Registration and a continental breakfast will be held from 8 to 8:45 a.m. in the University Center. Dr. William Bass, a forensic anthropologist, will give the keynote address from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in Carter Hall, and student presentations will begin at 10:45 a.m. The student presentation schedule follows; presentations will be in the University Center. Poster Session and Art Displays “Selected Student Artwork” by Sarah E. Nellis, Clay M. Ellerbrook, and Laura A. Mitchell, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Rm. 201-202. “Mother Goddess Pinned to the Wall: Installation of Multiple Artworks” by Christopher M. Hodge, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Rm. 201-202. “Sal’s Saloon” by Belinda A. Holsing, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Rm.201-202. “Ab Initio Determination of the Formaldehyde Photoelectron Spectrum” by Richard L. Lord, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Rm. 201-202. “Computational and Experimental Studies on Epoxidations of Prenylated Phenols” by James H. Wright II, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Rm. 201-202. “Does Higher Education Change Students’ Political Mentality?” by Amber M. Sells, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Rm. 201-202. “Identification of the unknown fungus found exclusively with Asphondylia ilicicola” by Rachel K. Hannum, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Rm. 201-202. “The Capability of a Proprietary Wastewater Purification Device to Decrease Viability of Escherichia coli” by Kari A. Ripplemeier, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Rm. 201-202. “Youth Voters and the Effects of Political Socialization and Candidate Interest in Youth Topics” by Jennie S. Schoppenhorst, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Rm. 201-202. “Effects of Hypothyroidism on Reproductive Development and of Ethanol Administration on Compensatory Testicular Hypertrophy in the Marsh Rice Rat (Oryzomys palustris)” by Anna E. Kast, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Rm. 201-202. “Testing a DNA fingerprinting system to determine paternity of Darter fish eggs” by Piro Siuti, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Rm. 201-202. “3-D Imaging of Embryos with Micro-CT” by Brittany L. Robinson, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Rm. 201-202. “Expression of Chick Embryo-derived Endoglin by a Bacterial Host” by Ivan J. Dixon, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Rm. 201-202. “VA Project” by Kyra L. Krukmeier and Troy Shaw, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Rm. 201-202. “The Menard Formation in Western Kentucky: Mixed Carbonate-Siliciclastic, Near-Shore Depositional Regimes Near the Shoreward Limit of a Carbonate Ramp, Illinois Basin” by Penny Greer, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Rm. 201-202. “Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) Muddy Shorelines: Depositional Environments of the Patoka Formation in the Subsurface of Webster County, Kentucky” by Amy Kelley, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Rm. 201-202. “Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators and Male Cardiovascular Function” by Rae Hatcher, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Rm. 201-202. “Actin Analysis of Stemonitis flavogenita” by Matthew K. Brittain and Brayton A. Haag, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Rm. 201-202. “Comparison of effects of ethidium bromide treatment on S. cerevisiae and E. coli” by Jillian C. Eakins, Tiffany D. Bozarth, J. Lucas Searcy and Jennifer Leigh Myka, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Rm. 201-202. Paper Presentations “The Feminine ‘World of Their Own’ in Heart of Darkness” by Craig T. Fehrman, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. in Rm. 206. “The Civil War Diary of Sgt. Robert Armstrong” by Gregg A. Seidl, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. in Rm. 206. “Orwell’s Anxiety of Influence: A Bloomian Analysis of Orwell, Wells, and Power” by Craig T. Fehrman, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. in Rm. 206. “Looking at the Maya World with a Chinese Perspective” by Liwen A. Lin, 10:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Rm. 214. “Cognitive Appraisal of a Competitive Stressor, Natural Killer Cell Function, and Heart Rate: It’s Not Whether You Win or Lose but How You Play the Game. Or is it?” by Donald M. Lamkin, 10:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Rm. 214. “Gender Differences Regarding the Effects of Stress on Adolescents” by Zachary J. Toothman, 10:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Rm. 214. “Oral Traditions and Art” by Hope L. Koontz, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. in Rm. 215. “Heroes: A One-Day Adventure” by Andrew K. Porter, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. In Rm. 215. “Alternatives for Minimizing Energy Consumption at USI” by Timothy S. Hertel, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. In Rm. 215. Paper/Panel Presentations “An Inventory of the Flowering Plants of Howell Wetlands” by Jennifer J. Keller, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., In Rm.206. “Get Out The Vote: Online Journalism Makes a Difference” by Babetta S. House, Sara Manifold, Matt Hennessy, and David Louderback, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., in Rm. 206. “Design and Construction of GST-Chick Endoglin Expression Plasmids” by Jan M. Esker, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., in Rm. 206. “Freeze Avoidance in Eggs of the Naked Dragonfish (Gymnodraco acuticeps) and the Frostfish (Microgadus tomcod)” by Jeremy M. Carlson, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., in Rm. 206. Paper/Panel Presentations “Regeneration of vertebrate limbs in traditionally non-regenerative organisms” by Jeffrey K. Byard and Adam W. Leach, 12:30 to 3 p.m. in Rm. 214. “CERT Awareness Through Service-learning” by Sheila R. Wilson, Shane Hogan, Matt Flynn, Trent Hetser, Sarah Woodland, and Josh Brandon, 12:30 to 3 p.m. in Rm. 214. “Discovery of an exotic Asian mosquito (Ochlerotatus japonicus) in southern Indiana, USA” by Craig D. Lalor, Steven P. Moberly, and Mollie M. McDonough, 12:30 to 3 p.m. in Rm. 214. “Cultural heritage and the search for a new identity: Integration of Latinos in the USA” by Ashley Lampert, Tiffany Polly-Guantong, and David McDonald, 12:30 to 3 p.m. in Rm. 214. “Global Accounting Harmonization and XBRL” by Owen Powell and Joshua Varner, 12:30 to 2:10 p.m. in Rm. 215. “I’m Not Emo: Self-Definition Among Members of the Emo Subculture” by Monica G. Tibbits and Andrea L. Hill, 12:30 to 2:10 p.m., in Rm. 215. “An Investigation of the Flies (Diptera) Attracted to and Reared from Vertebrate Carrion in Northern Kentucky” by Elizabeth C. Holtz, 12:30 to 2:10 p.m. in Rm. 215. “Identification of Genes Expressed in Xenopus laevis During Limb Regeneration by use of Subtractive Insitu Hybridization” by Jason Hughes, 12:30 to 2:10 p.m., in Rm. 215. There also will be a lunchtime performance, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., by the Vincennes University Percussion Ensemble, a group of 12 percussionists playing a variety of traditional and innovative percussion instruments. For more information, contact Scott Gordon, associate dean, Pott School of Science and Engineering, at 812/465-7137. |
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