Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Research Conference

The Pharos reminds everyone that the Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Research Conference will be held on campus this Friday, March 13. We encourage everyone to attend and support the scholars and their work. After all, that's part of what college is about, right?

Below is the schedule, taken directly from the school's website. Find something you're interested in and check it out!

1:00 Friday March 13th MRC 200

Amanda Seebaugh, WVWC: “A Potential Role for Kisspeptin in Puberty Onset in Sheep.”

Sarah Owen, WVWC: "The role of MucC in antibiotic susceptibility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PAO1."

Kimberly Larch, Casey Burroughs, Amanda Wriston, WVWC: “Analysis of Chloride, Nitrite, Nitrate and Sulfate in Waters from the Peck’s Run Sub-watershed using Ion Chromatography.”

2:00 Friday March 13th MRC 200

William Hilinski, Clinton Hirschfeld, Morgan Locy, Andy Harner, and Richard Robenstine, Capital University: “ An Analysis of Rhizospheric Nitrogen Fixation Among Common Crops”

Jeremy Hay, WVWC: “Development of a microfludic device for the analysis of perchlorates.”

Rachel Yoho, Capital University: “Application of a Novel Microbial Fuel Cell Design for Voltage Production in a Sus domesticus Manure Holding Area.”

3:00 Friday March 13th MRC 200

Stephanie Petitjean and RoxxAnn Williams, Capital University: “Post Hurricane Characterization and Distribution of Scleractian Corals on Reef Casa Del Mar Cozemal Mexico.”

Mary Teter, WVWC: “LptF mediated antibiotic susceptibility and biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.”

Alex McElfresh, WVWC: “Photocatalytic Hydrogenation of Ethene Using a Supported Rhodium Catalyst.”

Katie O’Shaughnessy, Capital University: “A Comparative Study of Genetic Modification in Corn: United States verses Central and South America.”

1:00 Friday March 13th MRC 300

Cody Meglio, Marietta College: “Accounting Standards in the USA: Is the Adoption of IFRS the Answer.”

Jennifer Scott, WVWC: “The Akaka Bill: Supporting or Stifling Native Hawaiian Interests?”

Ashley Lewis WVWC: “Sin Qua Non.”

2:00 Friday March 13th MRC 300

Sarah Wilkinson, WVWC: “Revenge, Peace, or Anarchy: American Strategy and Politics Going into the Nuremberg Trials of Major War Criminals, 1945-46.”

Brian Smith, Marietta College: “Quaker Egalitarianism in Early America.”

Annie Martin, Brevard College: “How Were the Hairstyles of Ancient Roman Women Attained?”

3:00 Friday March 13th MRC 300

Tatiana Chattoo, WVWC: “Which start position, behind the bag or in front of the bag, produces the fastest time in NCAA Division II softball athletes while running from first base to second base?”

Brad Coleman, WVWC: “The Pondera Board: Will New Rehab Product Increase Balance and Increase Strength in Lower Extremity Muscles?”

Megan Holstein and Helen Breznicki, Marietta College: “Genetic Digit Determinants in Female Athletes.”

Kelly Blechl, WVWC: “The Femur: Determining Past Cultural Environments.”

1:00 March 13th Trustees Room

Mike Murphy, WVWC: “Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance.”

Jackie Queen, WVWC: “Spectroscope Analysis of Enceladus.”

Phil McElfresh, WVWC: “Biomedical Applications in Physics.”

2:00 March 13th Trustees Room

Josh Mullenax, WVWC: “Geothermal Energy and Ehermoelectricity.”

Duncan Oliver, WVWC: “Raman Scattering of Superconducting Materials.”

Robert Powell, WVWC: “Spectroscopic Analysis of Organic Materials Using Lasers.”

3:00 March 13th Trustees Room

Kyle Allard, WVWC: “Raman Analysis of Organic Materials.”

Corey Duke, WVWC: Supernovae and Neutrinos.” Beth Bradley, Marietta College: “Class Conflicts in the Civil War.”

4:30 MRC 200 KEYNOTE ADDRESS

"The Beginning of Time" by Professor Joseph E. Wiest Ph. D., professor of Physics and Engineering at West Virginia Wesleyan College.