Program-At-A-Glance
Presiding: Dr. Charlie Apter, Associate Professor of Agriculture
8:15 am
11 - 1 AMY L. ARELDr. Charlie Apter and Dr. Dean DeCock, Faculty Mentors The Effect of Age on Discrimination Reversal Learning
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8:30 am
11 - 2 KATE M. RANDALLDr. Charlie Apter and Dr. Dean DeCock, Faculty Mentors Levels of Aggression in Quarter Horse Mares and the Social Impacts of the Foal
8:45 am
11 - 3 KELLY C. ROWE*, ERICA ALEXANDER, SAMUEL EDEH, and KIMBERLY DODSONDr. John J. Rutter, Faculty Mentor Investigation of Altered Behavioral Responses to Serotonergic Receptor Agonists during Methamphetamine Withdrawal
9:00 am
11 - 4 ROBERTA R. RADER♦Dr. Jonathan C. Gering, Faculty Mentor A Survey of the Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of the Maya Mountain Region in the Cayo and Toledo Districts of Belize, Central America
9:15 am
11 - 5 SHANNAN N. SCHOENINGDr. Scott Burt, Faculty Mentor Summer Roosting Ecology of the Endangered Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis) in Northeastern Missouri
Presiding: Dr. Anne Moody, Professor of Chemistry
12 - 1 KRISTA L. RAMAGE* and DANIELLE M. STACYDr. Anne E. Moody, Faculty Mentor Walnuts, Ringworm and Ewe: Juglone Isolation and Analysis
8:30 pm
12 - 2 DANIELLE M. STACY* and KELLY WATTERSDr. Anne E. Moody, Faculty Mentor Are Ants Picky Eaters? Analysis of Fatty Acid Composition in Seed Elaiosomes
12 - 3 BRYAN D. SITZMANNDr. Maria Nagan, Faculty Mentor Molecular Dynamics Simulations of E. coli tRNAPhe
12 - 4 CHRISTOPHER M. HALSEY* and DANIEL F. CLARKDr. David McCurdy, Faculty Mentor Quantitative Determination of Chromium(VI) Using Sol-Gel Encapsulated Redox Chemistry
12 - 5 KATHLEEN E. WARRINGTONDr. Eric V. Patterson, Faculty Mentor Determining the Existence of Bicyclo[4.1.0]heptatriene With Atom-Centered Density Matrix Propagation
Presiding: Dr. Matt Beaky, Associate Professor of Physics
13 - 1 PAUL G. BLESZ*, SAMANTHA R. SWEET, NIRAB MANANDHAR, VIOLET M. POOLE, OM GOIT, KENDRA LEE, and JOOST VERMUEDr. Matthew M. Beaky, Faculty Mentor Differential Photometry of Eclipsing Binary Stars
13 - 2 VIOLET M. POOLE* and RAGHAV CHHETRI, Dr. Michael Goggin, Faculty Mentor Measurement and Analysis of the Power Distribution in Diffraction Gratings as a Function of Incident Angle and Wavelength
13 - 3 OLEKSIY GOLOVINDr. Matthew M. Beaky, Faculty Mentor Infrared Photoelectric Photometry of Mira Type Variable Stars
13 - 4 ROSS A. COLEMANDr. Ian Lindevald, Faculty Mentor Using Cepheid Variable Stars and Other Standard Candles to Determine Extragalactic Distances
Presiding: Dr. Ian Lindevald, Professor of Physics
9:45 am
28 - 1 CATHERINE S. HAYWARDDr. Matthew M. Beaky, Faculty Mentor Neglected Binary Star Parameters Determined From Archival Images and Direct Observation
10:00 am
28 - 2 ANGELA K. POSTMA*, GEORGE C. SUMTER, SAMANTHA R. SWEET, MARIYA S. DAVIDKOVA, THOMAS J. VONDERHARR, and CARA M. WILLOUGHBYDr. Matthew M. Beaky, Faculty Mentor Asteroid Lightcurves
10:15 am
28 - 3 SCOTT J. LOWRYDr. Ian Lindevald, Faculty Mentor The Influence of Research on the Evolution of Footwear for Sports
10:30 am
28 - 4 COURTNEY E. BONNEYDr. Ian Lindevald, Faculty Mentor Physics, Politics and Pseudoscience: Safeguarding Science from Political Skepticism
Presiding: Dr. Cynthia Cooper, Professor of Biology
29 - 1 MATTHEW CRAIGDr. Michael Seipel, Faculty Mentor Current Conditions within the Mystic Plains Conservation Opportunity Area
29 - 2 CARISSA B. HOLLOWAYDr. Cynthia Cooper, Faculty Mentor Assessment of Water Quality Indicators for a Prairie Stream System in Northern Missouri
29 - 3 TERESA D. KERBAWYDr. Elisabeth A. Hooper, Faculty Mentor A Guide to Common Plants at Thousand Hills State Park: Research and Production
29 - 4 ASHLEY R. STYCZYNSKIDr. Michael Lockhart, Faculty Mentor An Analysis of Microbiota in Forest Lake and Hazel Creek Lake
Presiding: Dr. Barbara Kramer, Associate Professor of Chemistry
30 - 1 JOSHUA J. HIRNER*, SARAH E. BLOCH, LAURA A. KOPFF, and SABRINA M. WELLSDr. Barbara K. Kramer, Faculty Mentor Use of Soybeans in the Phytoremediation of Lead-Contaminated Soil
30 - 2 GABRIEL B. HALL* and ANDREW K. MAERZDawood Afzal, Faculty Mentor Synthesis of N-Confused Porphyrins
30 - 3 ANDREW K. MAERZ* and GABRIEL B. HALLDawood Afzal, Faculty Mentor The Characterization of Different, N-Confused Porphyrins, More Specifically 5,10,15,20-tetra-4-chlorobenzyl-2-aza-21-carbaporphyrin and 5,10,15,20-tetra-(3,5-carboxylphenyl)-2-aza-21-carbaporphyrin
30 - 4 BIPIN PANDEY* and THOMAS C. CLARKDr. David McCurdy, Faculty Mentor Construction and Characterization of a Thermospray Nebulizer for Sample Introduction into a Direct Current Plasma
The Numbers Behind NUMB3RS: The real mathematical story that inspired the hit television series
Dr. Keith Devlin, Executive Director and Senior Researcher at the Center for the Study of Language and Information, and "the Math Guy" on National Public Radio.
Presiding: Dr. Eric Patterson, Associate Professor of Chemistry
1:15 pm
45 - 1 MELISSA K. THORSTAD* and GABRIEL B. HALLDr. Russell G. Baughman and Dr. James McCormick, Faculty Mentors Synthesis of Lead Tris-(2-pyridylmethyl) Amine Chloride
1:30 pm
45 - 2 KELLY A. DANIELDr. Eric V. Patterson, Faculty Mentor Properties of Substituted Carbynes
1:45 pm
45 - 3 LAURA A. KOPFF* and KELLY A. DANIELDr. Eric V. Patterson, Faculty Mentor Hydroperoxidolysis of the Chemical Warfare Agent VX
2:00 pm
45 - 4 ERICH R. KUECHLERDr. Eric V. Patterson, Faculty Mentor A Computational Study on the Effect Alpha Nucleophiles have on the Energy of Reaction for Phosphonate Esters
Presiding: Dr. Lin Twining, Professor of Biology
46 - 1 KELLY M. ARCIPOWSKIDr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentor Identifying Amino Acid Changes Responsible for the Reversion of Yellow Fever Vaccines to More Virulent Forms
46 - 2 KELLY A. PIERCEDr. Scott Burt, Dr. Steven Carroll, and Dr. Michael Lockhart, Faculty Mentors Hantavirus in Missouri Rodents
46 - 3 MARTHA A. CLAEYS-JACOBSONDr. Michael Lockhart, Faculty Mentor Determining drug-resistance in strains of HIV-1
46 - 4 EMILY D. DOUCETTEDr. Lin Twining and Dr. Stan Shaffer (St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City), Faculty Mentors The Effect of Piperazine on Childhood Malnutrition in Rural Southwestern Haiti
Presiding: Dr. Michael Goggin, Associate Professor of Physics
47 - 1 NIRJAL SAPKOTADr. Michael Goggin, Faculty Mentor Modified Littrow Configuration External Cavity Diode Laser With Tunable Fixed Output Beam
47 - 2 JAMES D. LLOYDDr. Ian Lindevald, Faculty Mentor Sound Transmission Through a One-Dimensional Periodic Filter With a Defect
47 - 3 BRIAN A. RUZICKADr. Matthew M. Beaky, Faculty Mentor Coupled Defects in Coaxial Cable Photonic Crystals
47 - 4 LEONARD A. STEPHENSDr. Matthew M. Beaky, Faculty Mentor Design and Construction of a Spectrograph to Monitor Changes in Mira Variable Stars
Presiding: Dr. James McCormick, Associate Professor of Chemistry
2:45 pm
61 - 1 KATELYNNE J. FINNEGANDr. James McCormick, Faculty Mentor Probing the Effects of Sterics and Electronics on Lead’s Coordination Chemistry
3:00 pm
61 - 2 NINA E. MCCRATEDr. Maria Nagan, Dr. James McCormick, and Dr. Russell G. Baughman, Faculty Mentors Computational Study of the Stereochemical Activity of the Lead(II) Inert Electron Pair in Coordination Complexes
3:15 pm
61 - 3 NATHAN BIRHANUDr. Eric V. Patterson, Faculty Mentor Modeling Competitive P-F and P-Cl Bond Cleavage in a Chemical Warfare Agent Simulant
3:30 pm
61 - 4 JOSHUA M. BLECHLEDr. Eric V. Patterson, Faculty Mentor ADMP Calculations on the Hydroperoxidolysis of a VX Model Compound
Presiding: Dr. Mark Campbell, Associate Professor of Agricultural Science
62 - 1 EMILY M. COSTELLODr. Michael I. Kelrick and Dr. Charlie Apter, Faculty Mentors Determining Possible Reasons for Variation in Fertility Data Collected from Stallions Owned by Truman State University
62 - 2 COURTNEY E. BONNEY* and JESSICA N. PONDERDr. Mark Campbell, Faculty Mentor An Investigation of Non-destructive Methods for Determining the Presence of Low Phytate Maize Genotypes
62 - 3 ANNA T. O'BRIEN*, KIM R. KRUSE, and KELLY R. LIMBERGDr. Mark Campbell, Faculty Mentor Determining Total Starch Variation in Exotic, High Amylose, Hybrid Corn using a Polarimeter Based Method
62 - 4 SARA R. COPPDr. Michael Seipel, Faculty Mentor Evaluation of weed emergence patterns and the effect of weed removal on soybean Yield
3:45 pm
62 - 5 REBECCA E. PACEDr. Glenn R. Wehner, Faculty Mentor Efficacy of Subjective Visual Udder Scores in Beef Cows for the Prediction of Lactation Potential and Weaning Weight of Their Calves
Presiding: Dr. Michael Lockhart, Associate Professor of Biology
63 - 1 MELVIN E. OMODONDr. Fareed Aboul-ela (Louisiana State University) and Dr. Michael Lockhart, Faculty Mentors Fragment Based Drug Design to Target Loop IIIb IRES RNA Domain in Hepatitis C Virus
63 - 2 STEPHANIE D. PRATTDr. Robert Weldon (University of Nebraska- Lincoln) and Dr. Michael Lockhart, Faculty Mentors Isolation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Protein Ubc9
63 - 3 JESSICA A. CHENAULT* and BILLY R. MILLER IIIDr. Maria Nagan, Faculty Mentor Molecular Dynamics Studies of the HIV Rev-RRE Complex
63 - 4 LAUREN A. MICHAELDr. Maria Nagan, Faculty Mentor Molecular Dynamics Studies of Human Immunodeficiency Virus RSG-1.2-RRE Recognition
P-4 - 1
VICTORIA L. MOSCARDELLIDr. Timothy P. Geisbuhler (A.T. Still University) and Dr. Laura Fielden, Faculty Mentors Hawthorn Extract is not Cardioprotective in an Anoxic Cardiomyocyte Preparation
P-6 - 1
JULIE M. MEYERDr. Mark Campbell, Faculty Mentor Retention Of Knobs At Chromosome Termini In Maize
P-6 - 2
JULIE M. MEYERDr. Mark Campbell, Faculty Mentor Identifying Zero Sequence Diversity Genes in Maize Using Temperature Gradient Capillary Electrophoresis (TGCE)
P-6 - 3
MICHAEL S. HERRON*, ROBYN NEATHERY, and AMIT SHRESTHADr. Mark Campbell, Faculty Mentor Comparison of waste eliminating abilities of two worm types
P-6 - 4
MORGAN D. BULLOCK* and ADAM D. BENNETTDr. Mark Campbell, Faculty Mentor Origin of GEMS-0067, a High Amylose Corn Variety Developed at Truman and Current Line Development From It.
P-6 - 5
YUKA SHIBASAKI* and CHRISTINA M. SPELLMANDr. Mark Campbell, Faculty Mentor Application of starch from the high amylose corn hybrid Pa91 ae x AR16035:S02-615-1-B-B///GUAT209:S13//OH43ae/H99ae corn in noodle production
P-7 - 1
AMANDA J. HAPPYDr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentor Involving Introductory Biology Students in the Isolation, Amplification, and Sequencing of DNA
P-7 - 2
HEIDI M. VOLTZ* and PHILIP D. GOSUDr. Jonathan C. Gering, Faculty Mentor Katydid (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) Plant Preference in Prairies
P-7 - 3
IGNATIUS C. ONYEWADUME*, CARISSA B. HOLLOWAY, AMY C. SCHROEDER, and SHANNAN N. SCHOENINGDr. Cynthia Cooper and Ms. Melody Torrey (None), Faculty Mentors Analysis of bacterial and chemical indicators of water quality in the Locust and East Locust Creeks
P-7 - 4
ZHIAN N. KAMVAR*, KATY BROWNING, ASHLEIGH FRITZ, and ENEDA HOXHADr. Brent Buckner and Dr. Diane Janick-Buckner, Faculty Mentors Annotation and Analysis of Global Gene Expression Studies: Creation of a Maize Shoot Apical Meristem Expression Database
P-7 - 5
AMANDA M. GROEBLDr. Laura Fielden and Dr. Stephanie Fore, Faculty Mentors Small Mammal Community Structure and Ectoparasite Diversity
P-7 - 6
MARIAM SAVABIDr. Diane Janick-Buckner, Faculty Mentor P53 Nuclear Localization
P-7 - 7
CHERYL C. WONG*, KAYLEIGH A. SWAGGART, HEATH A. SMITH, and KELSEY M. AURANDDr. Diane Janick-Buckner and Dr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentors DNA Sequence Diversity of the Gene Encoding the Rough Sheath2 Interacting KH-Domain Protein Among Inbred Lines and Open-pollinated Landraces
P-7 - 8
KAYLEIGH A. SWAGGART*, CHERYL C. WONG, HEATH A. SMITH, and KELSEY M. AURANDDr. Diane Janick-Buckner and Dr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentors Bioinformatic, Expression and DNA Sequence Diversity Characterization of Two Shoot Apical Meristem Expressed Genes
P-8 - 1
PHUONG NGUYENDr. Kenneth Carter, Faculty Mentor Epidemiological Kinetics: Using Compartment Models to Investigate the Effectiveness of School Closure During an Influenza Pandemic
P-8 - 2
HEATHER L. YOUNG*, DALE PAHLS, SHANNON EARHART, and REBECCA DUTCHERDr. Barbara K. Kramer, Faculty Mentor Analysis of pesticide content of Forest Lake and Hazel Creek Lake (Adair County, Missouri)
P-8 - 3
SABRINA M. WELLS*, JOSHUA J. HIRNER, SARAH E. BLOCH, and LAURA A. KOPFFDr. Barbara K. Kramer, Faculty Mentor Use of Soybeans in the Phytoremediation of Lead-contaminated Soils
P-8 - 4
GABRIEL B. HALLDr. Russell G. Baughman, Faculty Mentor 3-D Molecular Structures of Organophosphorus Pesticides as Determined by X-Ray Diffraction
P-8 - 5
ANANTH K. SEZHIYANDr. Maria Nagan, Faculty Mentor Effects of 3’ Dangling Nucleotides on the Stability of siRNA-Like Models
P-8 - 6
NATHANIEL T. WEBBERDr. Peter Ramberg, Faculty Mentor A Replication of Victor Meyer's Synthesis of Benzildioximes (1888-1889)
P-8 - 7
PAUL A. GOODMAN*, SARAH MOSER, and ROBERT MILLERDr. John O'Brien, Faculty Mentor The Synthesis of [16-(2-Hydroxy-benzoyl)-2,3,11,12-tetramethyl-5,14-dihydro-5,9,14,18-tetraaza-dibenzo[a,h]cyclotetradecene-7-yl]-(2-hydroxy-phenyl)-methanone and its metal complexes
