POSTER PRESENTATIONS 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Science Atrium

 

#1        Kelly Nygaard (Speech Communications): 

Crocodile Tears in Comic Settings. 

(Advisor:  Mary Elizabeth Bezanson), abstract pg. 41

 

#2        Ashley Satre (Speech Communications):

The Art of Persuassion through Visuals: A Rhetorical Analysis of Political Cartoons. 

(Advisor:  Mary Elizabeth Bezanson), abstract pg. 43

 

#3        Brittany Kill (Sociology): 

Communications and Interactions Among Coaches and Athletes: Social Constructions of Masculinity. 

(Advisor:  Jennifer Rothchild), abstract pg. 36

 

#4        Ian Jentz (Sociology): 

Gendered Health:  Transgender People and the Health Care System. 

            (Advisor:  Jennifer Rothchild), abstract pg. 36

 

#5        Alex Clausen (Political Science): 

Democracy Interrupted: Toward a Theory of Failed Transitions. 

(Advisor:  D. Christopher Brooks), abstract pg. 32

 

#6        Maria Brun (Economics): 

Biomass: What if? The Economics of Substituting Biomass for Natural Gas.  

(Advisor:  Arne Kildegaard), abstract pg. 31

 

#7        Derek Ganzhorn (Economics): 

Trust, Cooperation, and Reciprocal Altruism Amongst Truckers.

(Advisor:  Stephen Burks), abstract pg. 34

 

#8        Jacob Lofquist (Economics): 

An Overview of the Bologna Process. 

(Advisor:  Bart Finzel), abstract pg. 40

 

#9        Emma Cole and Aaron St. Aubin (Psychology): 

Effects of Prenatal Stress on the Amount of Care Given to Newborn Mice. 

(Advisor:  Leslie Meek), abstract pg. 33

 

#10       Brenna Burns (Biology): 

Invasive Earthworms in West Central Minnesota Forests. 

(Advisor:  Peter Wyckoff), abstract pg. 31

 

#11       Meredith Lorig (Biology): 

Characterization of Two Tetracycline Resistant Strains of Staphylococcus Lacking Common Tetracycline Resistance Determinants.

(Advisor:  Timna J.O. Wyckoff),  abstract pg. 40

 

#12       KauChee Vang (Biology): 

Distribution of lnu(A) in Macrolide-Lincosamide-Streptogramin (MLS) Resistant Strains

of Staphylococcus from Cows’ Milk Collected on Conventional and Organic Dairies.  

(Advisor:  Timna Wyckoff),         abstract pg. 44

 

#13       Sara Russell and Andrea Tomasso (Biology): 

Effects of Point Source Groundwater on the Hydrography of a Marine System. 

(Advisor:  Margaret Kuchenreuther), abstract pg. 43

 

#14       Julie Fox and Alexandra Pagel (Biology): 

Circadian Rhythm Promoters for an Optimized Bioluminescent Gene in Neurospora crassa. 

(Advisor:  Van Gooch), abstract pg. 33

 

#15       Bethany Hermanson (Chemistry): 

Comparison of Fused and Non-Fused Tricyanovinyl-Substituted Ring Systems for Organic Materials Applications. 

(Advisor:  Ted Pappenfus), abstract pg. 35

 

#16       Stuart Kohl and Laura Thoma (Chemistry):

Theoretical, Thermal, and Electrochemical Properties of Poly(3-Alkylthiophenes) for Undergraduate Lab Experiments.  

(Advisor:  Ted Pappenfus),  abstract pg. 37

 

#17       Janice Kyung Mee Lee (Chemistry): 

Electrochemical Synthesis of Ammonia Using a Recyclable Room Temperature Ionic Liquid as an Electrolyte. 

(Advisor:  Ted Pappenfus), abstract pg. 39

 

#18       Owen Kinsky and Rebecca Korth (Chemistry/Biology):

High Lipid Content Microalgae for Biofuels:  Species Evaluation. 

(Advisor:  Nancy Carpenter), abstract pg. 37

 

#19       Erik Baker (Geology): 

Age and Deformational Characteristics of the Paleoproterozoic Denny Creek

Grandodiorite, Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area, Colorado. 

(Advisor:  Jamey Jones), abstract pg. 30

 

#20       Megan Carlson (Geology):

Reconstruction of the Pre-Glacial Late Paleozoci Landscape of the Witmarsum Area, Parana State, Brazil Using GIS. 

(Advisors:  Jamey Jones and Jim Cotter),  abstract pg. 32

 

#21       Jacob Leader (Geology): 

Age and Tectonic Significance of the CA 1.4 Ga Browns Pass Pluton, Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area, Colorado.

(Advisor:  Jamey Jones), abstract pg. 38

 

#22       Jason Bonde (Physics): 

The Characteristic Lifetime of Mira's SiO Maser Features. 

(Advisor:  Gordon McIntosh), abstract pg. 30

 

#23       Brandon Lehner (Physics): 

Investigation of the Correlation of R Cassiopeia's SiO Maser Properties.        

(Advisor:  Gordon McIntosh), abstract pg. 39

 

#24       Ted Nelson (Physics): 

Model of Experimental Acoustical Response of a Tube Resonator. 

(Advisor:           Len Keeler), abstract pg. 41

 

#25       Benjamin Rislow (Physics): 

Analysis of the Characteristic Lifetime of a Polarized Feature in the Ground

State SiO Maser VY Canis Majoris. 

(Advisor:  Gordon McIntosh), abstract pg. 42

 

#26       Charles P. Rudeen (Mathematics): 

Development of an Optimization Model for Bus Routes. 

(Advisor:           Peh Ng), abstract pg. 42

 

#27       Rae Fredrich (Mathematics): 

An Existence Theorem for Minimal Normalized Matching Bipartite Graphs. 

(Advisor:  Mark Logan), abstract pg. 34

 

#28       Sara Lahr (Computer Science): 

Screensaver Serenity.  (Advisor:  Jinzhu Gao), abstract pg. 38

 

#29       Rachel Gilman (History):

Designing an Exhibit:  “Who is John Q. Imholte?”  

(Advisor:  Bert Ahern), abstract pg.  [Location TBD]