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The Office of Research & Technology Transfer, Student Government Association, and Graduate Student Council worked collaboratively to combine the annual Undergraduate and Graduate Scholars Day programs into a singular campus-wide event. Create @ STATE: A Symposium of Research and Scholarship was held on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 in the ASU Student Union. Panel presentations, poster presentations, and overall undergraduate and graduate winners are listed below.

For more information, please contact Cheryl Dison, Director of Research Development

Panel Presentation Winners
*Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Undergraduate*
2nd Place	Kelsea Brewer	Generalized Design Criteria for Regular and Nonregular Designs for Statistical Experiments	Mathematics
1st Place	Joshua Vangilder	Improvement of Electrodeposited Cadmium Telluride Film Uniformity and Adherence by pH, Temperature, and Mass Transport Control	Electrical Engineering
*Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Graduate*
2nd Place	Dinesh Neupane	Human Elephant Conflict in Trans-border region of Nepal	Environmental Sciences
1st Place	Shyam Thapa	Optimization and Characterization of Binders, Encapsulants, and Densification for Biofuel Pellets	Environmental Sciences
*Social Science, Behavioral Sciences & Humanities Undergraduate*
2nd Place	Somer Allen	Human Rights Issue: A Critique of Rape as an Instrument of War	Philosophy
1st Place	Alana Holland	Theory of the Extraordinary Man in Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment"	History
*Social Science, Behavioral Sciences & Humanities Graduate*
2nd Place	Melanie Campos	Post-Secondary Reading Instruction for Students Enrolled in College Preparatory Reading Courses: Preliminary Findings	MSE-Reading
1st Place	Krishna Bista	Silence in Teaching and Learning: An emic perspective	Education
Poster Presentation Winners
*Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Undergraduate*
2nd Place	Miranda Jarrett	Developing plant-expressed RTB fusion protein tools for animal cell targeting and delivery	Chemistry
1st Place	Janet Jamison	The Use of Microbial Exopolysaccharides to Aid in the Reduction of Soil Erosion	Biology
*Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Graduate*
2nd Place	Guillermo Trujillo-Lujan	Characterization of an Arabidopsis Gluconolactonase Involved in Ascorbate Biosynthesis	Molecular Biosciences
1st Place	Muhsin Aydin	Immunomagnetic bead-based Detection of Escherichia Coli O157:H7	Molecular Biosciences
*Social Science, Behavioral Sciences & Humanities Undergraduate*
2nd Place	Cassie Blevins	Rats Discriminate Nicotine Concentration in Oral Solutions Based on Post Oral Stimuli	Psychology
1st Place	Elizabeth Snow	Enriched Housing Conditions Reduce Voluntary Nicotine Self-Administration in Female Rats	Psychology
*Social Science, Behavioral Sciences & Humanities Graduate*
2nd Place	Stephanie Spillman	Reasons for quitting methamphetamine and other drugs	Rehabilitation Counseling
1st Place	Cristy Phillips	The Correlation of Cortisol Markers in ASD and Non-ASD Children	Educational Leadership
*Health Sciences Undergraduate*
1st Place	Brittany Bailey	A Preliminary Investigation of the Potential, Subtle, Middle Ear Differences in Children with Language and Reading Impairments	Communication Disorders
*Health Sciences Graduate*
2nd Place	Kelli Camp	Impact of a Patient Education Tool on Clinical Guideline Practices for Dyslipidemia in the 20-35 year old, Obese Population	Nursing
1st Place	Mashae Shipman	Does Ejection Fraction Correlate with Quality of Life in Heart Failure Patients?	Nursing
Best Overall Undergraduate Winner
	Alana Holland	Theory of the Extraordinary Man in Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment"	History
Best Overall graduate Winner
	Shyam Thapa	Optimization and Characterization of Binders, Encapsulants, and Densification for Biofuel Pellets	Environmental Sciences

Schedule:

TIME	EVENT	LOCATION
9:00 – 9:30	Refreshments	Centennial Hall
9:30 – 10:45	Plenary Session Welcome Remarks Faculty Research Perspective Student Research Perspective	Auditorium
11:00 – 12:15	Panel Presentations Papers & Research Findings	See below for session details
12:30 – 1:45	Poster Session Tuba & Euphonium Ensemble Refreshments	Centennial Hall Heritage Plaza Lounge Centennial Hall
2:00 – 3:15	Panel Presentations Papers & Research Findings	See below for session details
3:30 – 4:45	Panel Presentations Papers & Research Findings	See below for session details
5:00 – 5:30	Awards Ceremony	Auditorium

Session Details:

11:00 am - 12:15 pm

Cache River	Cultural Study *Silence in Teaching and Learning: An Emic Perspective* Krishna Bista, Education (Graduate) *Dialectic Tensions in Intercultural Relationships* William Hinson, Communication Studies (Graduate) *Character Strengths are Prominent as Mate Preferences of Turkish Students* Hannah Holloway, Psychology (Undergraduate) *Racial Discussions* Tabitha Reynolds, Psychology (Undergraduate) & Charmaine Conner, Psychology (Undergraduate)
Mockingbird 1	Social Media & Gaming *Examining Identity on XBOX Live: Gamertags on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2* Natalie Culbreath, English (Undergraduate) *Video Games and Their Effects* Abbigal Robinson, Radio-TV (Undergraduate) *Arkansas State University Students’ Perceptions about Online Risk Taking* Elizabeth Snow, Communication Studies (Undergraduate) & Erna Bass, Communication Studies (Undergraduate) *Social Media Use: An Exploratory Test on the Daily Lives of College Students* Barbara Barnett, Public Relations (Undergraduate) & Katherine Cothern, Public Relations (Undergraduate)
Mockingbird 2	Heat, Anxiety & Freud *Comparison of Positive and Negative Heat Reinforcement in Chicks* Loren Skye Roberson, Psychology/Philosophy (Undergraduate) *Impact of Anxiety on Analogy Production and Retrieval* John Robertson, Psychology (Undergraduate) *Freud and the Brain* Edna Thompson, Psychology (Undergraduate)
Spring River 1	Nicotine Effects *Cotinine, Nicotine’s Metabolite: Detection in Sera of Sprague-Dawley Rats* Shaela Wright, Biology (Undergraduate) *Nearing the Concentration Threshold for Voluntary Intake of Oral Nicotine in Rats* Jeffrey Lynch, Psychology (Undergraduate) *Sera cotinine detection using ELISA following oral nicotine consumption of Sprague-Dawley rats* Swapnali Halder, Molecular Biosciences (Graduate) *Effect of rTMS on Nicotine-Induced Suppression of Rat P-13 Auditory-Evoked Potential* Stephanie Myal, Biological Sciences (Undergraduate) *Message in a Bottle: Investigating Oral Nicotine and its Effects on the Estrous Cycle* Grant Cagle, Biology (Undergraduate)
Spring River 2	Mathematics & Statistics *Stone-Weierstrass Approximation Theorem, A Constructive Approach* Orhan Kaplan, Mathematics (Graduate) *Residues and Real Variable Integration* Johnny Stitts, Mathematics (Undergraduate) *Generalized Design Criteria for Regular and Nonregular Designs for Statistical Experiments* Kelsea Brewer, Mathematics, Statistics Minor (Undergraduate) *Confidence Intervals for the Autoregressive Parameter* Ashton Erwin, Mathematics & Statistics (Undergraduate) *The Motion of Particles with Signorini’s Contact Conditions in the Absence and Presence of Adhesion* Jared Wolf, Mathematics & Statistics (Undergraduate)

2:00 pm - 3:15 pm

Cache River	Music & TV Influence *Drumming and Rhythmic Medicine: Group Mindfulness Sessions on the ASU Campus* Alicia Butler, Psychology (Undergraduate); Melanie Gurley, Psychology (Undergraduate); and Meagan Mothershed, Psychology (Undergraduate) *Influence of Hip Hop on Young Adults* Darious Rutling, Radio-TV (Undergraduate); Jessica Holmes, Radio-TV (Undergraduate); and Robert Richmond, Radio-TV (Undergraduate) *The Man in the Box: Connecting Family Oriented T.V. Shows to the Perception of Positive Father Figures* James Hudson, Communication Studies (Graduate) *Television Violence and Its Effects on Viewers* Morgan McKenzie, Journalism-Public Relations (Undergraduate); Eugene McCann, Journalism-Public Relations (Undergraduate); and Kylle Scott, Journalism-Radio-TV (Undergraduate)
Mockingbird 1	Violence & Gentrification *Human Rights Issue: A Critique of Rape as an Instrument of War* Somer Allen, Philosophy (Undergraduate) *Race and Perceptions of Stalking* Eleny Davis, Psychology (Undergraduate) *Perceptions of Stalkers’ Personality and Motivations as a Function of Stalker Gender* Lauren Tyler, Psychology (Undergraduate); Kristy Liles, Psychology (Undergraduate); and Tonya Witt, Psychology (Undergraduate) *A Content Analysis of Media Framing and Gentrification* Gabrielle Crumble, Radio-TV (Graduate)
Mockingbird 2	Students’ Perceptions & Performance *Post-Secondary Reading Instruction for Students Enrolled in College Preparatory Reading Courses: Preliminary Findings* Melanie Campos, MSE-Reading (Graduate) *Silence in Teaching and Learning: An Emic Perspective* Krishna Bista, Education (Graduate) *Arkansas Collegiate Performance* Morgan Fincher, Mathematics (Undergraduate) *Students’ Views of Arkansas State University* Jessica Hill, Psychology (Undergraduate) & Crystal Griffith, Psychology (Undergraduate) *Students’ Experiences of Instructor Self-Disclosure* Shaina Nicholson, Communication Studies (Undergraduate) & Jody Cason, Communication Studies (Undergraduate)
Spring River 1	Herds, Herbarium & High-Performance *Human Elephant Conflict in Trans-border Region of Nepal* Dinesh Neupane, Environmental Sciences (Graduate) *The Greene County Vascular Flora Project* Kari Harris, General Science (Undergraduate) *DMarshal: A Data Marshaling Toolkit for High Performance Heterogeneous Computing* Zhu Wang, Computer Science (Graduate)
Spring River 2	Solar Innovation *Electrodeposition of Indium Sulfide Films From Organic Solutions-Part I* John Hall, Electrical Engineering (Undergraduate) *Electrodeposition of Indium Sulfide Films From Organic Solutions-Part II* Maqsood Mughal, Environmental Science (Graduate) *Survey of the Case for the Environmental Efficacy of Cadmium Telluride Solar Cells* M. Jason Newell, Environmental Sciences (Graduate) *Design of Experimental Simulator for Long-Term Performance Evaluation of Advanced Heat Transfer Fluids for Concentrating Solar Plant Application* Michael Earls, Mechanical Engineering (Undergraduate)

3:30 pm - 4:45 pm

Cache River	History & Presence *Perceptual Presence and the Representationalist* Michelle Manus, Philosophy (Undergraduate) *The Circle* Richard Hartness, Heritage Studies (Graduate) *Arkansas’ ‘Family’ Civil War and its Effect on the Secession Debate in Arkansas Prior to the U.S. Civil War* Thomas Henry, History (Graduate) *Theory of the Extraordinary Man in Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment”* Alana Holland, History (Undergraduate)
Mockingbird 1	Athletic Participation *Homeschoolers’ Accessibility to Extracurricular Activities in Public Schools: Trefelner et al. v. The Burrell School District (2009)* Katie Beineke, Health, Physical Education and Sport Sciences (Graduate) *Factors of Attendance at Japan Basketball League* Goichi Hagiwara, Sports Administration (Graduate) *Supplement Use in Sports* Jessica Guy, Radio-TV (Undergraduate) & Julian Green, Digital Media (Undergraduate)
Mockingbird 2	General Education & Critical Thinking at ASU *ASU Adrift? Perceptions and Products of General Education at Arkansas State University* Cassie Blevins, Psychology (Undergraduate); Justin Jones, Psychology (Undergraduate); Jessica Parks, Psychology (Undergraduate); and Benjamin Reagan, Psychology (Undergraduate)
Spring River 1	Media Influence on Sex, Porn & Religion *Advertising Sex Appeal: An Exploratory Test on the Effects of Sex Appeal in Advertising* Shawn Smith, Radio-TV (Undergraduate) *How Students View Pornography* Robert Radler, Radio-TV (Undergraduate) & Arda Senel, Radio-TV (Undergraduate) *A Case Study of Social and Media Influence on Religion* Miranda Emery, Mass Communications (Graduate)
Spring River 2	Engelken Scholars *Improvement in Photoconductance of Chemically Deposited Bismuth Sulfide Films by Annealing* Frederick Felizco, Engineering (Graduate) *Improvement of Electrodeposited Cadium Telluride Film Uniformity and Adherence by pH, Temperature, and Mass Transport Control* Joshua Vangilder, Electrical Engineering (Undergraduate) *Optimization and Characterization of Binders, Encapsulants, and Densification for Biofuel Pellets* Shyam Thapa, Environmental Sciences (Graduate)

Create @ STATE 2011

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