2012 Student Research Conference:
25th Annual Student Research Conference

Program

7:30 am • MG Cyber Cafe, OP Lobby, & VH Lobby
Continental Breakfast

8:30 am - 7:00 pm • University Art Gallery
BA Studio Thesis Exhibitions

9:15 - 9:30 am • MG Cyber Cafe, OP Lobby, & VH Lobby
Break

9:30 - 10:45 • MG 1096
SESSION 205
Oral Paper -
Astronomy & Physics I

Presiding: Michael Goggin

9:30

205 - 1 JOHNNY H. IRELAND
Dr. Vayujeet Gokhale, Faculty Mentor
Total Habitable Volume of the Galaxy

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10:00

205 - 3 VIJAY KOJU
Dr. Vayujeet Gokhale, Faculty Mentor
Study of the Variable O'Connell Effect in Over-Contact Eclipsing Binaries

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11:00 am - 12:15 pm • VH 1000
Plenary Session: All Disciplines

Eugenics in 20th Century America: The Kirksville Connection

David Micklos, Executive Director, Dolan DNA Learning Center

1:00 - 2:15 • MG 1096
SESSION 306
Oral Paper -
Astronomy & Physics II

Presiding: Peter Rolnick

1:00

306 - 1 PAUL D. FRIZ
Dr. Vayujeet Gokhale, Faculty Mentor
Asteroid Shape and Spin Axis Modeling Via Light Curve Inversion

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1:45

306 - 4 MIGUEL A. FERNANDEZ
Dr. Vayujeet Gokhale, Faculty Mentor
Evaluating Claims of Delta Scuti Components in Eclipsing Binary Systems

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2:15 - 2:30 pm • MG Cyber Cafe, OP Lobby, & VH Lobby
Break

2:30 - 3:30 • MG 1096
SESSION 406
Oral Paper -
Astronomy & Physics III

Presiding: Vayujeet Gokhale

2:45

406 - 2 TIMOTHY SULLIVAN
Dr. Vayujeet Gokhale, Faculty Mentor
Light Curve Analysis of SN2011fe

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3:15

406 - 4 MANISHA SHRESTHA
Dr. Vayujeet Gokhale, Faculty Mentor
Searching for Pulsating Stars in Eclipsing Binary Star Systems

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2:30-3:30 pm • Ruth W. Towne Museum & Visitors Center
Opening Reception Art History

3:30 - 4:30 pm • Student Union - Georgian Room
Reception