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The Augustana Symposium

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Student Presentations -- 2007

Start Time
Session 1
Madsen Center 201
Session 2
Madsen Center 202
Session 3
Madsen Center 153
1:00

Joe Coppock


“Liquid Cluster Atom Plucking”

 

(Brian Moore)

Naomi Gades


"The Carnivorous Mr. Bloom: Meat, Gender, and Ulysses."

(Patrick Hicks)

Missi St. Aubin, Paul Drayer, & Alli Maenke

“Investigating the reaction of diphenylamine with dimethyl carbonate”

(Gary Earl, Duane Weisshaar)

1:35

David Huebner

“Efficient Molecular Dynamics Simulation Program Development for 
Lennard-Jones Systems”

(Brian Moore)

Katie Severson, A.J. Davidson, & Alex Johnson

“Exploration of a Solid Support for Nitroaldol Condensation Reactions”

(Jetty Duffy Matzner)

Drew Anderson


“Bread or Mansions?  An Exploration of Our State Tax Structure”

(David Sorenson)

2:05
Poster Session in the Rotunda (Refreshments served)

Amanda Ahrendt:  “Male and Female Expression Differences of the NMDA receptor in the Wistar Rat”   (Off Campus Mentor)

Michael Amolins:  “Synthesis of Deuterium-Labeled Isoprenoids” (Off Campus Mentor)

Benjamin Bomstad:  “Energetic dynamics and geometric novelty arising from various force interactions”  (Brian Moore)

Aaron Burkhardt:  “Variation in transpiration rates among various family lines of Boechera stricta” (Steven Matzner)

Dan Day:  “Database Storage of ProteinLynx Processed Proteomics Data” (Off Campus Mentor)

Laura Doshier and Amy Lueking:  “Isotopic effects in bond rearrangement caused by sudden ionization of ammonia and methane”   (Eric Wells)

Allison Eslinger:  "Characterization of CAPC in Multiple Cancers" (Off Campus Mentor)

Cody Henriksen:  “Microarray Analysis of Gene Expression in Ovaries of Lethal Yellow (Ay/a) and Black Mice (a/a)” (Maureen Diggins)

Brooke Jones:  “In Vivo assessment of the biocompatibility of modified chitosan-based adhesives”  (Off Campus Mentor)

Kyle Kelly:  “CRF, Cocaine and their roles in natural reward pathways" (Off Campus Mentor)
 
Nick Klein: "Acute Effects of Thyroid Hormone on Calcium Overload in Adult Rat Myocytes" (Off Campus Mentor)

Kelly Larson:  “ Development of Adhesive Films for Ophthalmic Applications”(Off Campus Mentor)

Mark List: “The Effect of PKA on Ubiquitin Proteasome System Function” (Off Campus Mentor)

Amy Lueking:  “Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Muscular Dystrophy: Examining Protein-Protein Interactions in the Sarcolemma”    (Off Campus Mentor)

Tom Lynch and Rochelle Boote:  “Examination of 5J Coupling in 2,5-disubstituted Dihydrofuroketones”  (Jetty Duffy-Matzner)

Ben Nelson:  “Changes in NMDA Localization Associated with Diabetic Renal Growth” (Off Campus Mentor)

Adam Scott:  “Submarine Warfare and American Civil war:  The H.L. Hunley” (Michael Mullin)

Erin Seidel:  “Cytotoxicity of Progesterone Receptor Modulators in Ovarian Cancer Cells”    (Off Campus Mentor)

Ian Thomas:  “Obesity Linked Kidney Disease:  PDGF-B, TNF-α and VEGF” (Off Campus Mentor)

Karissa Tieszen, Rob Ihry, Christina Harris and Elizabeth Davis:  “Searching for the Genes Regulating the High Molecular Weight Glutenins in ‘Chinese Spring’ Wheat” (Michael Wanous)
Session 4
Madsen Center 201
Session 5
Madsen Center 202
 
3:20

Kara Becvar & Chris Fry

“Kinetics of Trioctylmethylammonium Methyl Carbonate”


(Gary Earl & Duane Weisshaaar)

Alex George

“Study of ‘A Great People Has Been Moved to Defend a Great Nation’ by President George W. Bush”

(Heather Bart)

 
3:55

Nick Gjorvad

“The Biological Process of Intellectual Advancement”

 

(David O’Hara)

David Olson

“Dealing with Hate Crime:  Toward an Ideal Judicial Standard”


(Peter Schotten)

 
4:30

Brian Thompson

“Embodied Artificial Intelligence and Imago Dei: Humans as Co-Creators with God”

(Ann Pederson)
 
7:00

Keynote Address

Andrew McLaughlin
Head of Global Public Policy & Government Affairs for Google, Inc.

Chapel of Reconciliation