1st Augusta State University Student Research Conference
"Celebrating Student Success"
Schedule of Events
Wednesday, March 22, 2000
All events take place in the new science building.
(Click on the presenter(s)' name to view their paper/presentation.)
1-1:45pm Room W1008:
o President Bloodworth, opening remarks
o Richard Noone's "Foreign Embassy"
(Faculty advisor: Anna Filippo, Language, Literature, and Communication).
Mr. Noone will present excerpts of his play, accompanied by a paper, "Foreign Embassy – Avant Realism meets Theatre of the Absurd"
1:30-3:00pm Atrium:
Concurrent poster session
o Diane M. Taylor, "Grapes of Wrath: Discrimination in the Produce Aisle"
(Faculty advisor: Richard Topolski, Psychology)
o Shirley Forbes and Timothy Adams, "Gender Implications of Evolutionary Traits in Personal Ads"
(Faculty advisor: Robert Reeves, Psychology)
o Samantha Wiley and Alison Haney, "Analysis of Glass from Selected Archeological Features at Augusta State University"
(Faculty advisor: Chris Murphy, Anthropology)
o Rebecca Fuller, "Effect of Caustic Pretreatment on Metal-Ion Catalyzed Dissolutions of Aluminum"
(Faculty advisor: Cathy Cobb, Chemistry)
Refreshments available in atrium or portico 1:45pm-3:15pm
2-2:50pm: Lang/Lit I (Science Building, Room W1012)
o Edelma Concha-Piqué, "Teaching Spanish Vocabulary to Elementary Students in a Fun Way"
(Faculty advisor: Sara Griswold, Language, Literature, and Communication)
o Stacey McGowen, Sam Baker, Amy Durr, Mae Johnson, "The Augusta Chronicle and Ware High School"
(Faculty advisor: Debbie van Tuyll, Language, Literature, and Communication)
2-2:50pm: Physics/Math (Science Building, Room W1004)
o Thomas Clift, "Characteristics of an Ultrahigh (1 Farad) Capacitor"
(Faculty advisor: Andy Hauger, Physics)
o Tomasz Jakub Macura, "E-learning for Physics: WWW-based Electronic Diver Teaching Module"
(Faculty advisor: Andy Hauger, Physics)
o James Yick, Anahita Rafiee, and Charles Beasley, "The Scarecrow Conjecture Activity"
(Faculty advisors: Cornelius Stallmann, Gerald Thompson, Sam Robinson, Michelle Benedict, Mathematics)
3-3:50pm: Chemistry symposium (Faculty advisor: Cathy Cobb, Chemistry; Science Building, Room W1004)
o Frankie Onyemauwa, "Effect of Oxygen on the Metal-Ion Catalyzed Oscillation of Aluminum"
o Nikuj Sethi, "Analysis of Aluminum Used in Cupric Chloride Catalyzed Oscillating Reaction"
o Michael McCutcheon and Cathy Cobb, "Demonstration of a Nonequilibrium Electrochemical Process"
3-3:50pm: Sociology and Political Science (Science Building, Room W1012)
o Cyndi White and Judy Jordan, "Billy Sunday Birt: A Case Study of Culture of Honor and the 'Dixie Mafia'"
(Faculty advisor: Allen Scarboro, Sociology)
o Lori Scott, "Women Killers in Our Town: A Preliminary Report"
(Faculty advisor: Kim Davies, Sociology)
o Mary Vignogna, "The Brazilian Economic Crisis"
(Faculty advisor: Jeanne Jensen, Political Science)
4-4:50pm: Lang/Lit II (Science Building, Room W1012)
o Richard Noone, "Decadent Xenophobes – Joyce, Thompson, and the Modern Condition"
(Faculty advisor: Grace Burneko, Language, Literature, and Communication)
o Carolyn Giddens, "James Joyce, William Faulkner, and the Nightmare of History"
(Faculty advisor: Grace Burneko, Language, Literature, and Communication)
4-4:50pm: Workshop (Science Building, Room W1004)
o Dr. Stephanie Myers, ASU Dept. of Physics/Chemistry, "Preparing Posters/Abstracts for Scholarly Conferences"