Poster Presentations

Charles Byrne
Charlotte Brown, Faculty Advisor
Lenny Clapp, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

John Rawls and Animal Ethics

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Michael R. Cornstubble
Margaret Chapman, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Japanese U.S. Auto Transplant Production: An Analysis of the Roles of Vers and the Exchange Rate

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Dimitrios Dadakas
Robert Leekley, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Environmental Quality and Economic Growth

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Jennifer A. Duke
David N. Bailey, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Development of a Simple, Inexpensive, and Rapid Screening Method for Detection of Cocaine Use

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Kurt Galbreath
Elizabeth Balser, Faculty Advisor
Will Jaeckle, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Examining Reproductive Strategies in an Asexually Reproducing Rotifer (Class Bdelloidea)

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Terrance W. Gaylord
Johnna Shapiro, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Validity of the B3R Entry-Level Examination for Fire Services as a Predictor for Future Job Performance

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Jeremy Kotter
Cynthia Hess, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Probing the Structure of Active Galaxies Using X-Ray Spectorscopy

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Brandi Mann
Thomas A. Griffiths, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

A Biogeographical Analysis of the Distribution of Bats of the Family Emballonuridae

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Craig A. Materick
Lon Shapiro, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Mapping Robotic Movement to a Three-Dimensional Coordinate System

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Darshan Mehta
Jeffrey Frick, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Synthesis of an Organophosphorus Analog of Acetylcholine

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Bill Murphy
Gabriel Spalding, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Tip-Sample Interactions in Magnetic Force Microscopy

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Cari Neal
Linda Kunce, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Tactile Defensiveness and Social Patterns in Autism

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Adrienne L. Parkhurst
James Dougan, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Substitution Effects on the Consumer Demand Curve

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Sara J. Russell
Johnna Shapiro, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Effects of Age and Frontal Lobe Damage on Prospective Memory

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Amy Shaub
David Borst, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Direct Regulation of the Lobster Mandibular Organ by Sinus Gland Peptides

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Darin R. Skutt
Forrest J. Frank, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Synthesis of 5-Methoxyninhydrin Analog as a Possible Fingerprint Detection Agent

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Scott Soderquist
Thomas Griffiths, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Zoogeographic Congruence Analysis of the Phylogeny of Nycterid Bat Species

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Melissa A. Sprowl
Linda Kunce, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Subtyping a Batterer Population

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Jason M. Thomas
Keith Wrage, Faculty Advisor
R. Given Harper, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Effect of Canopy Direction on Plant Distribution Within an Oak Savanna

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Gregory P. Tinkler
Wayne A. Dornan, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Developing an Animal Model of Alzeheimer's Disease: Multiple Hippocampal Injections of Beta-Amyloid (1-42) and the Effects on Spatial Learning and Memory in the Male Rat

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Vicki Whitcomb
John Lee, Faculty Advisor
Wayne Dornan, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Is There a Relationship Between Cerebral Atherosclerosis and Alzheimer's Disease?

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

James Bedrosian
Wayne Dornan, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Effects of Multiple Injections of Beta-Amyloid (25-35) into the Medial Septal Area on Spatial Learning in the Male Rat

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Todd Carlisle
Linda Kunce, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Effects of Container Proximity and Information on Paper Recycling

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Ben Chapman
Linda Kunce, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Perceptions of Parents' Marital Conflict as a Predictor of Young Adult Attachment and Caregiving Styles in Romantic Relationships

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Thomas Davidsmeier
Matthew Dearing
Gabe Spalding, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Cheerio-Cheerio Interactions in a Milk Matrix

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Michael Davis
Tim Rettich, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Photochemistry of Nitrous Acid

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Kristin Ely
Georganne Rundblad, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Women: Their Lives and Their Loves Since 1945

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Debra J. Feger-Majewski
David N. Bailey, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Ion Pairing -- A Technique for Cocaine Metabolite Detection

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Lecia Gordner
James Matthews, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The French Wine Industry and Its Competition

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Robert Graham
David Bollivar, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Characterization of a Nuclear Locus Affecting the Function of Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Mollie Haddigan
Susan Westlake, Faculty Advisor
Donna Hartweg, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Your Child has a Wilms' Tumor

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Sarah M. Hansen
James Dougan, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Changeover Delay and Travel Time: A Comparison and Look at the Use of Cod as a Valid Analog for Travel Time in Behavioral Ecology

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Jennifer Heskett
Michael Seeborg, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Chinese National Administrative Policy as a Causality of Internal Rural-Urban Migration

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Thaddeus R. Hoening
David W. Bollivar, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Biochemical Analysis of the BCHP Protein Believed to be Involved in the Reductive Maturation of BCHL A_GG to BCHL A_P in Rhodobacter Capsulatus

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Melissa S. Immel
Thomas A. Griffiths, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Phylogenetic Systematics of the Primate Genus Aotus Based on Hyoid Morphology

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Jason A. Krebs
Cari D. Neal
Jason R. Dennis
James D. Dougan, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Does the Location of Pre-Feeding Change the Typical Shape of the VI Response Curve?

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Jennifer Moyer
Thomas A. Griffiths, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Biogeographic Congruence Analysis of Ten Species of Bats of the Family Emballonuridae (Chiroptera)

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Chris Pelto
Keith Coates, Faculty Advisor
Narendra Jaggi, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Harmonic Oscillation in the Presence of Multiple Damping Forces

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Brett Roush
Robert Leekley, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Economic Rationale of a Multi-State Lotto

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Tyler A. Sager
Jeffrey A. Klemens
Frederic H. Hollingworth
Jeff A. Frick, Faculty Advisor
R. Given Harper, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Organochlorine Pesticide Contamination in Neartic Resident, Neotropical Migrant, and Neotropical Resident Passerines

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Valerie Stachour
Johnna K. Shapiro, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Effects of Person vs. Event Schematic Information on Perceptions of the Defendant and Verdicts in a Mock Jury Trial

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Darrin Thomason
Lon Shapiro, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Cross-Platform Communication and Device Control

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM