2014 Student Research Conference:
27th Annual Student Research Conference

Program

7:30 a.m. • MG Cyber Cafe, OP Lobby, & VH Lobby
Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. • Atrium, South Wing of OP
Studio Art Display

8:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. • University Art Gallery
Annual Juried Student Exhibit

8:00 - 9:15 • MG 1098
SESSION 103
Oral Paper -
Mathematical Biology I

Presiding: Pam Ryan

8:00

103 - 1 NATHAN WIKLE* and IAN P. KOTTHOFF
Mr. Pamela J. Ryan and Dr. Anton Weisstein, Faculty Mentors
Improving Statistical Measures of Genetic Diversity to Reconstruct Evolutionary History

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8:15

103 - 2 ANNA G. STAUDACHER* and ANDREW C. BELZER
Dr. Laura Fielden and Dr. David Garth, Faculty Mentors
Plastron Respiration in Ticks

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8:30

103 - 3 JOSEPH M. MILLIANO* and MACKENZIE SCHIMPF
Dr. Chad Montgomery and Dr. Phil Ryan, Faculty Mentors
Scaling of Metabolic Power Laws

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8:45

103 - 4 ELIZABETH N. MANN* and KAILONG MAO
Dr. Stephanie Fore and Dr. Hyun-Joo Kim, Faculty Mentors
Truman Tick Team: A New Twist on Larval Tick Activity

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9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. • MG Cyber Cafe, OP Lobby, & VH Lobby
Break

9:30 - 10:45 • MG 1098
SESSION 204
Oral Paper -
Mathematical Biology II

Presiding: Laura Fielden

9:30

204 - 1 BRADLEY A. HART* and HARVIR GREWAL
Dr. Chad Montgomery and Dr. Phil Ryan, Faculty Mentors
Estimating Body Fat Content in Ctenosaura similis Using Body Condition Indices

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9:50

204 - 2 ELI JACKSON* and HAILEY CAHILL
Dr. Hyun-Joo Kim and Dr. Stephanie Fore, Faculty Mentors
Modeling Biotic and Abiotic Factors Effecting Larval Dermacentor variabilis Burden on Peromyscus leucopus

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10:10

204 - 3 MICHELLE OKPEWHO* and ANNA SUMNER
Dr. Laura Fielden and Dr. David Garth, Faculty Mentors
Underwater Survival in Ticks

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11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. • VH 1000
Plenary Session: All Disciplines

Students as Digitally Enabled Scholars: Undergraduate Research in the Information Age

Jeffrey McClurken Chair and Professor of History and American Studies, University of Mary Washington

2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. • MG Cyber Cafe, OP Lobby, & VH Lobby
Break

3:30 - 4:30 • GEO - SUB
SESSION P-6
Poster -
Computer Science

P-6 - 1

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3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. • Student Union - Georgian Room
Reception

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. • Student Union - Conference Room
Phi Kappa Phi Reception for Members Participating in the SRC and Officers Installation

4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. • VH 1010
Graduate Research Symposium