TSU Student Research Symposium Final Program

Presentation Schedule – Saturday, March 31, 2007

 

8:00 am – Check-in for morning sessions

8:15 am – Welcome to all participants in Rm 110 Science Building

 

Session A – Undergraduate Oral Presentations Rm 110 (All Disciplines)

Time

Name

Presentation Title

8:30 am

Julie Andaverde

Speed of Information Processing in Young Children

8:45 am

Christopher Burress

A Study on the Effects of Internal Mold Release Agents on Processing and Properties of Glass Reinforced Pultruded Products

9:00 am

Andrew Foote

Phosphorus Absorption in the Bovine Small Intestine

9:15 am

Nick Shelton

The Effect of Tasco (Ascophylum nodosum) on Swine Performance

9:30 am

Jose Pacheco

On Edge Detection Enhancement through Image Fusion

 

Session B – Graduate Oral Presentations Rm 112 (Behavioral Sciences)

Time

Name

Presentation Title

8:30 am

Cindy Edwards

An Analysis of the Relationship of Superintendent Instructional Leadership Behaviors and District Performance Outcomes

8:45 am

Tammy Ettredge

Effect of Physical Attractiveness on Individuals’ Willingness to Help

9:00 am

Garrett Hicks

Statistical Analysis of Heart Rate Variability

9:15 am

Jose Luis Camcho-Rivas

Determinants of Uncompensated Health Care Costs in Micropolitan Counties of Texas

9:30 am

Roger Trotter

Adult Education Learning and Teaching Styles: A Synthesis of Research

9:45 am

Kyle McCurdy

Librarian and Agricultural Educator Collaboration: A Synthesis of Research

10:00 am

Alesha Hurt

A Study of Course Ownership Relating to Customer Satisfaction

 

10 am to Noon – Poster Session 2nd Floor Science Building

Poster #

Name

Presentation Title

Behavioral Sciences

1

Tammy Ettredge

Perceived Effects of Academic Procrastination in a Professional Agricultural Sorority

2

Josh Gaston

Smoking Attitudes and Beliefs Among Tarleton Students

3

Geiby George

Community Friendly Movement

4

Joellyn Mims

Glen Rose, Texas , Community Survey: The Road to Qu ali ty of Life

5

Wei-Chih Tung

Comparison of Legal System of the Taiwan (R.O.C.) with the United States of America

6

Brooke Udy

Postpartum Depression among Mothers of Infants Born with Birth Defects

Life Sciences

7

Sara Harsley

A Flora of the Vascular Plants of Erath County , Texas

8

Sarah Hindman

Application of the Indicator Amino Acid Oxidation Technique in the Horse

9

Dustin McBride

Status Survey of the Brazos Water Snake

10

Michele Russell

The Use of Genetic Markers to Assess Genotypes of Native Plants to Guide Their Discovery and Development at Plant Material Centers

11

Anthony Seidel

The Effectiveness of Ethanol on Growth and Carcasses Characteristics for Feeder Lambs

Physical Sciences

12

Josh Jenkins

Classification of Eclipsing Binaries Using Fourier Analysis

13

Arun Mahendra

Behavior-Based Robotics:  Interacting Mobile Robots

14

Avery McChristian

Research on Binary System "XY TAU"

15

Chance Mooney

Study of Ternary Materials for High Temperature Applications

16

Jose Pacheco

Thin Film Analysis Using Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry (RBS), and Particle Induced X-Ray Emission (PIXE)

17

Priyanka Sahai

A Platform Independent Tool to Run Fortran/ C / C++ Research Code

18

J’Nae Zwaschka

Photo and Thermo Responsive Poly-N-Isopropylacrylamide Gel

 

Noon to 12:45pm – Lunch Break

 

12:45 pm – Check-in for afternoon sessions

 

Session C – Graduate Oral Presentations Rm 110 (Physical & Life Sciences)

Time

Name

Presentation Title

1:00 pm

Jack Rose

Evaluation of Vitazyme as a Fertilizer Supplement in Establishing and Maintaining Bermudagrass

1:15 pm

Carly Showalter

Effects of Vitamin E and Selenium on Capture Myopathy in Rio Grande Wild Turkeys (Meleagris galopavo intermedia)

1:30 pm

Prashant Amatya

Empirical Es tim ation of Op tim al Nitrogen Fertilization and Irrigation Use for Sorghum Production in West Texas

1:45 pm

Monty Young

Economic Evaluation of U.S. Upland Cotton Production in 1980-2005

2:00 pm

Leslie Beck

Evaluation of Aquatrols Experimental Products on a Tall Fescue Blend

 

Session D – Graduate Oral Presentations Rm 112 (Physical & Life Sciences)

Time

Name

Presentation Title

1:00 pm

Teresa Sykes

Reconstructing Reservoir Trophic Status using Diatoms as Indicators of Nutrient Loading

1:15 pm

Endra Sookoor

Isolation of a Reproductive-Compatibility Gene from the Cotton Rat

1:30 pm

Terry Johnson

Population Genetics of the Texas Mouse, Peromyscus attwateri

1:45 pm

Sam Kieschnick

AFLP Analysis of Geomys

2:00 pm

Melina Lopez

An Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution in Sea Turtles of the Tropical Eastern Pacific through Egg Yolk Analysis

 

2:30 to 3:00 pm – Judges Convene

 

3:00 pm – Awards announced in Rm 110