April 30, 2008
Bowling
Green, Ky. - Several students participating in the 38th Annual WKU Student Research Conference were honored with Best of Conference awards at an April 15 banquet.
The WKU Student Research Conference is organized by the WKU Student Research Council and is a collaborative effort by faculty members from Gordon Ford College of Business, Ogden College of Science and Engineering, Potter College of Arts & Letters, College of Health and Human Services, College of Education and Behavioral Science, Honors College, Bowling Green Community College, the University College, local chapter of Sigma Xi, Office of Research and Economic Development and Academic Affairs. Financial support for the event is provided by the Office of the Provost.
The 39th Annual WKU Student Research Conference is scheduled for Feb. 21, 2009, at the Carroll Knicely Conference Center.
A list of student research projects and abstracts from the 38th annual conference is available online at http://www.wku.edu/studentresearch/
Award winners in Undergraduate Presentations included the following students (faculty adviser listed in parentheses):
Humanities: Robert Anderson of Crescent Springs, Theatre and Dance (Scott Stroot) “The Gashlycrumb Tinies.” Honorable Mentions: Megan Kelley of Bowling Green, Art (Yvonne Petkus) “90% Microbial Mass”; Erin Goad of Brownsboro, Ala., Music (Michael Kallstrom, Michele Fiala) “The Journey.”
Physical Sciences: Reagan Gilley of Pineville, Biology (Michael Smith) “Good Vibrations: Developing an Accurate Model for Hearing Loss in Fishes”; Cody Curtsinger of Franklin, Mechanical Engineering (Kevin Schmaltz) “Green Energy Consulting.” Honorable Mention: Jason Smith of Smiths Grove, Physics (Phil Womble) “Modeling Results for Environmental Acoustic Pressure Obstructions.”
Social Sciences: Jeanne Johnson of Marion, Economics (Bill Davis, Michelle Trawick, Alex Lebedinsky) “The Price Elasticity of Kentucky Universities.” Honorable Mention: Leslie Abell of Owensboro, Sociology (Jerry Daday) “The Effects of Gender on Small Businesses in Kasigau.”
Award winners in Undergraduate Posters/Exhibits included the following students (faculty adviser listed in parentheses):
Humanities: Stephen Ogden of Bowling Green, Art (Kim Chalmers) “Abraham.” Honorable Mention: Summer Bolton of Bowling Green, Art (Matt Tullis) “Gerewol Dance, Wodaabe.”
Physical Sciences: Chad Phillips of Henderson, Chemistry (Chad Snyder) “1,2-Diacylcyclopentadiene Synthesis: Starting Materials for Thienyl and Pyridazyl Complexes.” Honorable Mentions: Jacob Vervynckt of Plymouth, Ind., Chemistry (Hasan Palandoken) “Progress towards cariporide analogs for sodium-proton exchange inhibition”; Patrick Stewart of Summer Shade, Biology (Michael Smith) “Conditioning of Otocinclus affinis using conspecific sounds”; Alyssa Mavi of Ashland, Biology (Cheryl Davis) “Baylisascaris procyonis infection in raccoons trapped from Warren and Barren Counties of Kentucky”; David Dahl of Bowling Green, Chemistry (Hasan Palandoken) “Alkoxyamine Polymers: Versatile Materials for Surface Ligation Applications.”
Social Sciences: Sara Miller of Shepherdsville, Public Health (Marilyn Gardner) “Chasms in Care: Implications of a Disparate System on Childhood Overweight.” Honorable Mention: Kalu Njoku of Bowling Green, Sociology (Douglas Smith) “PWNED: Leadership and Videogames.”
Award winners in Graduate Presentations included the following students (faculty adviser listed in parentheses):
All Disciplines: Daniel Starnes of Brownsville, Biology (Shivendra Sahi) “Biological Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles”; Rahul Gandhi of Bowling Green, Public Health (Chris Nagy) “How to Involve Parents in School Based Health Promotion Programs.” Honorable Mention: Jake Henderson of Franklin, Geology (Andrew Wulff) “Correlating Top Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy to Bedrock”; Elizabeth Alewine of Bowling Green, Agriculture (Martin Stone) “Landscape Construction at the Felts Log Cabin.”
Award winners in Graduate Posters/Exhibits included the following students (faculty adviser listed in parentheses):
All Disciplines: Pramod Gupta of Bowling Green, Public Health (Elmer Gray) “Variation in Reported Human Sex Ratios.” Honorable Mentions: Samantha Kramer of Bowling Green, Geology (Aaron Celestian) “Synthesis of pure hydrogen titanosilicate for the determination of the strontium ion exchange mechanism”; Hajara Mahmood of Prospect Heights, Ill., Biology (Heather Johnson) “Conversion of Traditional Taxonomy-Centered Botany Labs to Case-Based Inquiry Learning.”
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