2008 Penn State Behrend-Sigma Xi
Undergraduate
Student Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference
The seventeenth annual conference, held on April 19, 2008, included 179 students and 88 faculty members.
Students presented their research and creative accomplishments in the form of oral presentations or as poster displays. The quality and sophistication of the student work increases every year. Unless noted, students are from Penn State Behrend. To view the abstract book, click here.
Awards were given to the following students:
TWO BEST ORAL PRESENTATIONS – BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, AND NEUROSCIENCE
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Nathan Moore with faculty member Marlene Cross (Mercyhurst College)
A Comparative Study of the Mycorrhizal Communities of the Lake Erie Bluff Sediments
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Erika Segear and Lee Beers with faculty member Michael Campbell Analysis of Global Gene Expression Changes in Potato Meristems Treated with Bromoethane
TWO RUNNER UP ORAL PRESENTATIONS – BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, AND NEUROSCIENCE
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Melanie Brewer with faculty members Pamela Silver and Jeanette Schnars
The Response of Neonate Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina serpentina) to a Moisture Gradient
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Jennifer Montgomery, Jonathan Douds, and Ruth Gonnella with faculty member Durwood Ray (Grove City College)
Classification of Alleles of mtSSBP in Human Breast Cancer Samples
BEST ORAL PRESENTATION – MATHEMATICS AND CHEMISTRY
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Joshua Karli, Jeffrey Krug, and Joseph Filer II with faculty member Richard Bell (Penn State Altoona)
Revolutionizing Magnetorheological Suspensions: Exploration of Particle Shape and Aspect Ratio Dependence
TWO RUNNER UP ORAL PRESENTATIONS – MATHEMATICS AND CHEMISTRY
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Kyle White with faculty member Michael Rutter
Adding a Random Walk in Carrying Capacity and Growth Rate to a Surplus Production Model
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Alyssa Zimmerman with faculty member Michael Justik
Synthesis of Isoflavones from 2-Hydroxychalcones Using 1H-1-Hydroxy-5-Methyl-1,2,3-Benziodoxathiole 3,3-Dioxide
BEST ORAL PRESENTATION – ENGINEERING
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Wesley Salandro, Joshua Jones, and Timothy McNeal with faculty member John Roth
Effect of Electric Pulsing on Various Heat Treatments of 5XXX Series Aluminum Alloys
RUNNER UP ORAL PRESENTATION – ENGINEERING
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Timothy McNeal, Wesley Salandro, and Joshua Jones with faculty member John Roth
Wireless Machine Tool Monitoring
BEST ORAL PRESENTATION – COMPUTER SCIENCE
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Vincent Povirk with faculty members Gary Walker and Meng Su
A Simple Tiling Window Manager
TWO RUNNER UP ORAL PRESENTATIONS – COMPUTER SCIENCE
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Alicia Klinvex with faculty members Blair Tuttle, Ronald McCarty, and Gary Walker
Amorphous Systems Modeling
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Andy Polack with faculty member John Bonomo (Westminster College)
NURBS Curve Interpolation of Artistic Data
TWO BEST ORAL PRESENTATIONS – BUSINESS AND HISTORY
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Kevin Brown, Renee Staul, Erin Nussbaum, and Tyler Tyzinski with faculty member Syed Saad Andaleeb
Motivations of Student Social Gamblers
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Melanie Brewer with faculty member David Causgrove
A Change in the Airline Industry: Customer Service and September 11, 2001
TWO RUNNER UP ORAL PRESENTATIONS – BUSINESS AND HISTORY
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Chris Groesch with faculty member John Rossi
Immigration, the Politics of Identity, and Germanophobia: Ernst Behrend and the Alien Property Custodian
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John Tarasi, Brandon Eckstrom, Steve Pettys, Craig Schwabenbauer, and Eric Strawn with faculty member Syed Saad Andaleeb
Prevalent Factors Affecting Satisfaction and Student Retention at Penn State Erie
BEST ORAL PRESENTATION – POLITICAL SCIENCE
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Ryan Watson with faculty member John Gamble
The Concept and Contours of Economic Treaties: A Quantitative Analysis of International Economic Law
FOUR BEST ORAL PRESENTATIONS – PSYCHOLOGY I, SECONDARY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION, AND ENGLISH
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Carrie Barr, Kelly Koziorowski, Amy Burns, and Laura Plocido with faculty member Charisse Nixon
How Different Genres of Music Affect Levels of Aggression and Prosocial Behavior
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Shelby Deutsch, Megan Hoffman, Jodie Kitchener, Katie Knight, and Steve Wize with faculty member Charisse Nixon Development/Implementation of a Mentoring Program Designed to Reduce Students’ Aggressive Behavior
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James Hodge and Annie Kozel with faculty member Charisse Nixon
The Impact of Mental Labels on Trust: How Public Stigmas Alter Perceptions
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Heather Wager and Jason Reed with faculty members Danielle Goodwin, Jonathan Hall, Paul Ashcraft, and J. Andrew George
Examining Student Interactions within an Active Learning Environment in a Calculus-Based Introductory Physics Course
BEST ORAL PRESENTATION – PSYCHOLOGY II
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Amy Dine and Jennifer Penfield with faculty member Jennifer Trich Kremer
Disability Stigma in a College Setting
RUNNER UP ORAL PRESENTATION – PSYCHOLOGY II
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Chelsea Fenush, Andrew Scheller, Samantha DeDionisio, and Zackary Goncz with faculty members Victoria Kazmerski and Dawn Blasko
Effects of Lexical Training and Music Experience on Foreign-Accent Normalization: An Event-Related Potential Study
FOUR BEST POSTER PRESENTATIONS – BIOLOGY AND GEOLOGY
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Jonathan Douds, Ruth Gonnella, and Jennifer Montgomery with faculty member Durwood Ray (Grove City College)
The Application of Genescan Technology to the Classification of Alleles of mtSSBP in Human Breast Cancer Samples
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Barbara Hanes and Margaret Mogush with faculty member Brian Zimmerman (Edinboro University of Pennsylvania)
Edinboro Lake Eutrophication: Phosphorus Input and Remediation
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Alissa Mague with faculty member Heather Jones
Effects of Nitric Oxide on hIK1 Expression Levels
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Michael Piscitelli with faculty member Beth Potter
Characterization of the N-Glycan Dependant Apical Sorting Mechanism Used by Endolyn
BEST POSTER PRESENTATION – CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
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Natalie Romano with faculty member Jay Amicangelo
Characterization of a Methanol Benzene Complex in Nitrogen and Argon Matrices Using Matrix-Isolated Infrared Spectroscopy
TWO RUNNER UP POSTER PRESENTATIONS – CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
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Andrew Law with faculty member Martin Kociolek
Investigation into the Synthesis of Flavone and Anthrocyanidin Antioxidants
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Adam Carlisle with faculty member Darren Williams
Dynamical Evolution of a Swarm of Debris Launched away from Earth after a Major Impact
FOUR BEST POSTER PRESENTATIONS – COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
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Brandon Garzel, Anthony Moore, and William Peterson with faculty members Charles Burchard and Danielle Goodwin
Online Course Management System
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Alicia Klinvex with faculty members Blair Tuttle, Ronald McCarty, and Gary Walker
Amorphous Systems Modeling
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Derek Mulder, Tom Hazlett, and Jasmin Tufek with faculty member Charles Burchard Biometric Authentication
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Laura DeWalt with faculty member Oladipo Onipede
Modeling of Electrostatic Fringe-Field Effects on the Performance of Micro-Beams
BEST POSTER PRESENTATION – PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY
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Chelsea Ehret, Ashley Albeck, and Lauren Humes with faculty member Jennifer Trich Kremer
Cyberostracism: The Immediate Psychological Effects of Rejection and Ostracism
FIVE RUNNER UP POSTER PRESENTATIONS – PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY
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Elisabeth Desilva with faculty member William McGuigan (Penn State Shenango)
Examining Dieting Behaviors in Women
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Caitlin Gildea, Cara Jones, and Colin Sears with faculty member Charisse Nixon
The Effects of Marital Conflict and Sibling Relationships and Their Effect on Relational Aggression in Peer Relationships in College Students
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James Hodge, Jessica Schubert, Kaylee Curilla, Danielle Wilson, and Janice Jerome with faculty members Dawn Blasko, Jennifer Trich Kremer, and Kathryn Holliday-Darr
Reducing Gender Differences in Spatial Skills: The Influence of Stereotype Threat
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Mike Horning, James Hodge, Tessa Mackey, and Megan Miller with faculty members Dawn Blasko, Jennifer Trich Kremer, and Kathryn Holliday-Darr
An Interdisciplinary Project for Training Spatial Skills in High School and College Students
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Kerry Lope and Briana Grimes with faculty member Victoria Kazmerski
Attitudes Related to Intra- and Interracial Love Scenes