The 91老司机 - Fort Smith has announced the 13 best research presentations delivered by students at the eighth annual Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Research projects presented at the conference included both oral presentations and poster presentations. Among the research disciplines represented were accounting, animation technology, applied science, art history, biology, chemistry, dental hygiene, education, engineering, English, finance, geology, history, information technology, mathematics, media communication, music, nursing, organizational leadership, psychology, and rhetoric and writing.
The 27 students whose presentations were selected by judges for recognition received monetary awards.
The winners were:
Alma: Mercedes Munson (team of 4), 鈥淕uard Your Smile,鈥� faculty sponsor Charmaine Stuteville.
Cedarville: Jerry Allen Wing, "Good Whig Hunting," faculty sponsor Billy Higgins.
Chester: Tracie McCarver,鈥淚n what Ways can a Student with Dysgraphia Improve Comprehension and Achievement in Math Class by Improving his Handwriting?鈥� faculty sponsor Dr. Lois Yocum.
Fort Smith: Destiney Ellis (team of 4), 鈥淎lternative Medicine for Pediatric Chemotherapy Side Effects,鈥� faculty sponsor Dr. Marilyn Duran; Matthew Farrar, 鈥淏rontian Pastiche in Post-Suffrage South Riding,鈥� faculty sponsor Dr. Lindsy Lawrence; Ostie Hobbs, 鈥淯tilization of Motion Capture Across Multiple Fields of Study,鈥� faculty sponsor Dr. Argie Nichols; Hoai Pham(team of 5), 鈥淔orgotten Warriors,鈥� faculty sponsor Kristin Tardif; Pamela Rosales (team of 2), 鈥淔errocene Derivatives of Tamoxifen as Potential Anticancer Drugs,鈥� faculty sponsor Dr. David Burkey; Johni L. Smith (team of 3), 鈥淟INK IN with IPE: The Need for Interprofessional Education,鈥� faculty sponsor Charmaine Stuteville; Patricia Taylor (team of 3), 鈥淟INK IN with IPE: The Need for Interprofessional Education,鈥� faculty sponsor Charmaine Stuteville; Chauntel Terry (team of 5), 鈥淔orgotten Warriors,鈥� faculty sponsor Kristin Tardif; and Anna Walton (team of 4), 鈥淎lternative Medicine for Pediatric Chemotherapy Side Effects,鈥� faculty sponsor Dr. Marilyn Duran.
Farmington: Marisa Vinson (team of 4), 鈥淕uard Your Smile,鈥� faculty sponsor Charmaine Stuteville.
Greenwood: Katheryn Odell (team of 4), 鈥淎lternative Medicine for Pediatric Chemotherapy Side Effects,鈥� faculty sponsor Dr. Marilyn Duran.
Huntington: Deidre Williams (team of 5), 鈥淔orgotten Warriors,鈥� faculty sponsor Kristin Tardif.
Lavaca: Ciara Fleer, 鈥淭owards the Synthesis and Characterization of the Planar-Chiral (PS)-1-Isocyano-2-Methylcymantrene Ligand,鈥� faculty sponsor Dr. David McGinnis.
Muldrow, Okla.: Heather Deere,鈥溾�橞ooks Must be Read as Deliberately and Reservedly as They Were Written鈥� 鈥� Henry David Thoreau; Does the Format of Access Affect Comprehension of the Written Word?鈥� faculty sponsor Dr. Bradley Wiggins.
Oklahoma City, Okla.: Jennifer Allen (team of 4), 鈥淕uard Your Smile,鈥� faculty sponsor Charmaine Stuteville.
Pea Ridge: Jamie VanScoy (team of 5), 鈥淔orgotten Warriors,鈥� faculty sponsor Kristin Tardif.
Rogers: Megan Jordan (team of 2), 鈥淓pigenetic Effects of Developmental Alcohol 鈥� A Pilot Study,鈥� faculty sponsor Dr. Nicha Otero.
Roland, Okla.: Trenten Foust (team of 2), 鈥淓pigenetic Effects of Developmental Alcohol 鈥� A Pilot Study,鈥� faculty sponsor Dr. Nicha Otero.
Siloam Springs: Andrew Haught,鈥淕oing on Holiday in the Natural State: An Analysis of the Impact of Sales Tax Holidays,鈥� faculty sponsor Dr. Jim Wollscheid.
Van Buren: Dannah Dix (team of 5), 鈥淔orgotten Warriors,鈥� faculty sponsor Kristin Tardif; Sarai Gonzalez(team of 2), 鈥淔errocene Derivatives of Tamoxifen as Potential Anticancer Drugs,鈥� faculty sponsor Dr. David Burkey; Kelsey Graham(team of 3) 鈥淟INK IN with IPE: The Need for Interprofessional Education,鈥漟aculty sponsor Charmaine Stuteville; Tiffany Nance(team of 4), Alternative Medicine for Pediatric Chemotherapy Side Effects,鈥� faculty sponsor Dr. Marilyn Duran; Cynthia Spencer(team of 4), 鈥淕uard Your Smile,鈥� faculty sponsor Charmaine Stuteville.