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| Friday, April 20th | ||
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| 9:00 AM |
Bradley O'Hara, University of Louisiana System Parra Ballroom 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM |
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| 9:30 AM |
Session 1 Implementing a Wireless Sensor Network Stephen Ellis, Grambling State University Farrar Hall, Room 131 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM |
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| 9:30 AM |
Session 1 Implementing Learning Approaches Lacey Williams, Southeastern Louisiana University Farrar Hall, Room 131 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM |
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| 9:30 AM |
Session 1 Modeling Studies of the HIV GP160 Envelope Protein Manuel Zubieta, University of New Orleans Farrar Hall, Room 131 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM |
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| 9:30 AM |
Session 2 Panoptic Paradoxes: Control and Captivity in Morrison’s Beloved Patrick Boyd, Louisiana Tech University Farrar Hall, Room 132 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM |
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| 9:30 AM |
Session 2 The Wife of Bath: a Tragic Caricature of Women Lillian Grappe, Louisiana Tech University Farrar Hall, Room 132 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM |
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| 9:30 AM |
Session 2 The Fame Monster: Lady Gaga Versus Madonna and the Never Ending Battle of Blond Bombshells Gavin Johnson, Nicholls State University Farrar Hall, Room 132 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM |
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| 9:30 AM |
Session 3 Is EROD Activity Affected by the Molting Cycle in the Fiddler Crab, Uca pugilator? Kate Hotard, Nicholls State University Farrar Hall, Room 133 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM |
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| 9:30 AM |
Session 3 Characterization of Ubiquitin/Proteasome-Dependent Degradation of Hap4 in the Regulation of Hap2/3/4 Arielle Hunter, University of New Orleans Farrar Hall, Room 133 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM |
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| 9:30 AM |
Session 3 Shreedu Pradhan, McNeese State University Farrar Hall, Room 133 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM |
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| 10:45 AM |
Session 1 The Effect of Television on Senate Discourse Catherine David, McNeese State University Farrar Hall, Room 112 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM |
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| 10:45 AM |
Session 1 A Critical Assessment of the Incident Command System Al Landry, Northwestern State University Farrar Hall, Room 112 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM |
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| 10:45 AM |
Session 1 Is French Toast?: The Fall of French as the Leading Lingua Franca Kyle May, Northwestern State University Farrar Hall, Room 112 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM |
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| 10:45 AM |
Session 2 Torrefaction of Pine, Willow, and Arundo to Improve Fuel Characteristics Philip Aucoin, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Farrar Hall, Room 114 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM |
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| 10:45 AM |
Session 2 Evaluation of Erosion for Coastal Highways and Levees Lane Blocker, McNeese State University Farrar Hall, Room 114 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM |
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| 10:45 AM |
Session 2 Expedient Wind Energy Potential in Louisiana Jasmin Honegger, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Farrar Hall, Room 114 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM |
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| 10:45 AM |
Session 3 The Superhalogen Properties of Gold Oxide Nanoclusters Sonia Adtani, McNeese State University Farrar Hall, Room 131 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM |
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| 10:45 AM |
Session 3 Comparison of Various Force Fields of GROMACS Using Polymer Matrix Systems Daniel Huggett, Southeastern Louisiana University Farrar Hall, Room 131 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM |
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| 10:45 AM |
Session 3 A Comparison of Significant Tornadoes in the Central Plains and Southeastern United States Justin Pullin, University of Louisiana at Monroe Farrar Hall, Room 131 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM |
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| 10:45 AM |
Session 4 American Education and the Impact of Reduced Resources Bionca Ball, Grambling State University Farrar Hall, Room 132 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM |
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| 10:45 AM |
Session 4 The Impact of Virtual Classrooms in a Rural Community Alana Sandidge, University of Louisiana at Monroe Farrar Hall, Room 132 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM |
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| 10:45 AM |
Session 4 Curriculum Redesigning of an Introductory Macroeconomics Course Kimberly Waddles, Grambling State University Farrar Hall, Room 132 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM |
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| 10:45 AM |
Session 5 A Novel Mechanism for Regulating Glycolysis and Glutaminolysis During the Cell Cycle Saul Carcamo, Northwestern State University Farrar Hall, Room 133 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM |
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| 10:45 AM |
Session 5 Construction and Validation of a Stage-Classified Matrix Model of Alligator mississippiensis Mary Hebert, Northwestern State University Farrar Hall, Room 133 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM |
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| 10:45 AM |
Session 5 An Analysis of Adiponectin Levels in High Fat And mCMV Infected Mice Bethany Lavergne, Northwestern State University Farrar Hall, Room 133 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM |
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| 12:00 PM |
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM |
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| 12:30 PM |
Keynote Speaker - The American Alligator: From Marsh to Medicine Mark Merchant, McNeese State University Parra Ballroom 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM |
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| 1:15 PM |
Faculty Workshop - Faculty Roles in Undergraduate Research Katherine Whatley, Council of Undergraduate Research Student Union - La Jeunesse Room 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM |
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| 1:15 PM |
Session 1 “Take a Walk in My Shoes”: A Qualitative Analysis of Participant Impressions Binita Adhikari, Nicholls State University Farrar Hall, Room 112 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM |
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| 1:15 PM |
Session 1 Tradition, Culture, and the Effects of Colonialism in Things Fall Apart Caitlin Fife, University of Louisiana at Monroe Farrar Hall, Room 112 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM |
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| 1:15 PM |
Session 1 A Comparison of Wason Selection Task Reasoning in Social and Non-Social Contextual Domains Alexis Smith, University of Louisiana at Monroe Farrar Hall, Room 112 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM |
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| 1:15 PM |
Session 2 Positron Lifetime Studies of Cu/Mn3O4 Core/Shell Nanoparticles Damilola Fasheru, Grambling State University Farrar Hall, Room 114 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM |
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| 1:15 PM |
Session 2 Thermal and Morphological Characterization of Carbon Nanofiber Reinforced Low Density Polyethylene Camille Hebert, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Farrar Hall, Room 114 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM |
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| 1:15 PM |
Session 2 A Temperature Warning System Design Gavin Richard, Grambling State University Farrar Hall, Room 114 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM |
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| 1:15 PM |
Session 3 Insertion of a Used CIDR on Day 3 to 5 Post-Insemination in Heifers to Improve Pregnancy Rate Heather Nordberg Farrar Hall, Room 131 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM |
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| 1:15 PM |
Session 3 Bio-Ethanol Production from Eastern Gamagrass, Tripsacum dactyloides David Samaha, Nicholls State University Farrar Hall, Room 131 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM |
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| 1:15 PM |
Session 4 Cody Culpepper, University of Louisiana at Monroe Farrar Hall, Room 132 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM |
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| 1:15 PM |
Session 4 Reflections of Mallarmé: A Comparative Study of Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergère Marguerite Li Bassi, Nicholls State University Farrar Hall, Room 132 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM |
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Session 5 Charles Johnson-Day, University of New Orleans Farrar Hall, Room 133 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM |
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Session 5 Isolation and Characterization of Bacteria Inhibiting the Growth of Mycobacterium marinum Ariane Martin, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Farrar Hall, Room 133 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM |
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| 1:15 PM |
Session 5 Species Delimitation of a Hybrizing Complex Through Phylogeographic Inference George Tiley, Southeastern Louisiana University Farrar Hall, Room 133 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Characterization of Thin-Film Adhesion with Michelson Interferometer Sushovit Adhikari, Southeastern Louisiana University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Synthesis of a-O-benzyl 2-D-glucosamine Derivatives as Organogelators Sadia Akram, University of New Orleans Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Jelani Ali, Grambling State University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Biocontrol of Vibrio harveyi in Shrimp Aquaculture with Host Specific Lytic Bacteriophage Lillian Barber, Nicholls State University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
SCIAMACHY Data Validation Using MODIS Band Spectral Response Function Brody Bourque, University of Louisiana at Monroe Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Selective Separation of Biomass Hydrolysates by Supported Ionic Liquid Membranes Holly Butcher, Louisiana Tech University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Exploring Social Identities, Symbols, and Architectural Designs in a Rural Black Cemetery Barry Calahan, Grambling State University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Pseudo Five-Component Synthesis of Benzo[g]chromenes Lynsey Carrier, Grambling State University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Jupiter Chemical Company Incident, Lake Charles, Louisiana, January 15, 1976 Sonja Renee’ Davis, McNeese State University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Web-Based Case Studies for Verification-Driven CS Learning Joseph Desselle, Southeastern Louisiana University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Torrefaction of Pine, Willow, and Arundo to Improve Fuel Characteristics Molli Dugas, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
In Praise of Stan Brakhage’s Vision: Mainstream Cinema and the Avant-Garde Ross Durocher, Nicholls State University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
A Study of Polaron and Exciton Transport in Organic Semi-Conductors Verne Edward, Grambling State University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
The Representation of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Film-Accurate or Inaccurate? Jesse Freeman, McNeese State University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Cytosolic Role for a Nuclear RNA Binding Protein Jenisha Ghimire, University of New Orleans Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
The Evaluation of Novel Beta-lactam Antibiotics on Clinical Bacterial Isolates Melvin Grimes, University of Louisiana at Monroe Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Growth of Smooth Cordgrass Is Increased by Adding Fiddler Crabs Aimee Hafkesbring, Nicholls State University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Measurement of Critical Switching Curve of Interacting Nanomagnets Robin Haiju, University of New Orleans Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Costly Signaling and Moral Behavior Logan Hale, University of Louisiana at Monroe Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Histologic Types and Risk Factors in Familial Lung Cancer Cases from Southern Louisiana Matthew Haskins, Northwestern State University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Characterization of Serum Phospholipase A2 Activity in Three Species of West African Crocodiles Taylor Hood, McNeese State University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
The Transgender Community in South Louisiana: An Initial Investigation Peter Jenkins, Nicholls State University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Khang Mai, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Cellular Localization of TRPV2 and Molecular Mechanisms of TRPV2 Translocation Christian Marks, Northwestern State University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Effects of Genistein on Phototropism and Gravitropism in Green Bean Seedlings Mitchell McCarthy, Louisiana Tech University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Secondary Protein Structure Analysis of Cu, Zn Superoxide Dismutase Aggregates Found in ALS Daphne Meza, University of New Orleans Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Phytoestrogen Variation Among Organs of Soybeans over the Span of Three Growth Stages Howard Morgan, Louisiana Tech University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Middle School Solar Energy Education Daniel Newman, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Discrete Time Juvenile Adult Beverton Holt Type Model Jesse Pope, University of Louisiana at Monroe Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Morphological Variation and Trophic Partitioning Among Central Mexican Lake Silversides Daniel Powell, Southeastern Louisiana University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Lack of Effect of Dehydration on Cutaneous Resistance to Evaporative Water Loss in Green Tree Frogs Caitlin Richard, McNeese State University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
A Regional GIS Initiative to Standardize Road Center Line Dataset for Mission Critical Applications Janssen Robichaux, Nicholls State University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Synthesis and Characterization of Polyimide-CNT Composite Films Naeem Rull-Walker, Grambling State University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Urban Ecology of Water Bears in Southwest Louisiana Cari Samletzka, McNeese State University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Use of Sandpacks to Test Oil Recovery Methods Stephen Schafer, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Use of Novel Restriction Digestion Patterns to Predict Cluster Assignment of Mycobacteriophage Amanda Scott, University of Louisiana at Monroe Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Can Positive Thoughts Prevent Illnesses? Jasmine Scott, Northwestern State University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Investigations into Alignment of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) in Nanocomposites Using Fluorescence Spectr Serena Senegal, Northwestern State University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Thermal Lensing Effect on a Beam Splitter of a Michelson Interferometer Ramesh Shrestha, Southeastern Louisiana University Memorial Gym 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
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| 3:00 PM |
Bradley O'Hara, University of Louisiana System Memorial Gym 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM |
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The second day of the conference was devoted to Undergraduate Research with 77 student undergraduate research presentations offered through a combination of oral presentations and poster formats.