2007 Student Research Day Winners
Arts and Humanities |
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1st |
Zach Stensen with faculty mentor Sandra Starck, Art and Design, "The Augusta Portrait Series: Capturing the Essence of Experience Etched in Age" |
2nd |
Courtney Doyel, Stephanie Holte, Katie Lebrun, and Allison Wells, with faculty mentors Mitra Sadeghpour and Barbara Wimunc-Pearson, Music and Theatre Arts, "''Try Me, Good King': Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII: The Art Song Cycle on Stage" |
Behavioral and Social Sciences |
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1st |
Nicholas Vanselow, Corey Stocco, Sara Weinkauf, Matthew Newquist, and Jodi Ogle with faculty mentor Kevin Klatt, Psychology, "Comparing the Effects of Single Target and Multiple Target Trials on Acquisition, Generalization, and Maintenance" |
2nd |
Courtney Doyel with faculty mentors Mitra Sadeghpour, Music and Theatre Arts, and Allen Keniston, Psychology, "Alcohol Use Among Music Majors at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire" |
3rd |
Emily Cooper, Ashley Vacha and Amanda Albert with faculty mentor Melissa Bonsted-Bruns, Sociology, "The Role of Expectations for Future Family Obligations in Career Choice for Men and Women" |
4th (tie) |
Amanda Conley and Megan DeRusha with faculty mentor Blaine Peden, Psychology, "Peer Pressure in the Potty?: The Relationship Between the Presence of Others and an Individual's Decision to Wash Their Hands" and Megan Jablonski and Andrea Leisen with faculty mentors Mary Beth Leibham and Lori Bica, Psychology, "Evaluation of a Kids' Weekend Meals Program at Longfellow Elementary School" and Craig Braunel, Jacqueline Chambers, Ellen Chase, Nathan Christ, Brian Czech, Andrew Duggan, Derek Hagen, Lawrence Hoffman, Joseph Kelly, Nicholas King, Rachel Kjos, Amy Ledin, Katherine Patterson, Eric Pascal, Jennifer Proctor, and Gregory Smoczyk with faculty mentors Brady Foust and Lisa Theo, Geography and Anthropology, "Geographic Analysis of New York City Neighborhoods" |
Business and Professional Studies |
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1st |
Erica Borresen, Jeanna Wallenta, Kyle Zahler, and Eugene Boyd with faculty mentor Lance Dalleck, Kinesiology, "A Moderate-Intensity Exercise Program, Fulfilling the ACSM Net Energy Expenditure Recommendation, Improves Health Outcomes in Premenopausal Women" |
2nd |
Karsten Powell and Marie Gosse with faculty mentor Deb Pattee, Curriculum and Instruction, "Queen Bees and Wannabes: Gender Equity in the Classroom" |
3rd |
Kathryn Borgmann, Emily Axelson, Erin Ellis, and Rebecca Derrick with faculty mentor Timothy Lippold, Communication Sciences and Disorders, "Phonological Awareness and Phonological Acquisition in Children with Cochlear Implants: A Pilot Study" |
4th |
Michael Slowinski with faculty mentor Carmen Manning, English, "Peer Luck: How Gender Differences Affect Student Success with Peer Revision" |
Life and Earth Sciences |
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1st (tie) |
Lynn Galston with faculty mentor Karen Havholm, Geology, "Re-Evaluation of the Proterozoic Devils Island Sandstone, Keweenawan Rift, Northern Wisconsin" and Matthew Brewer with faculty mentor Darwin Wittrock, Biology, "Infection Patterns of Cryptosporidium spp. in Dairy Calves of Western Wisconsin" |
2nd (tie) |
Ryan Boley and Matthew McCann with faculty mentor David Lonzarich, Biology, "Quantifying Foraging Behavior with Increasing Water Velocity in Creek Chub (Semolitus atromaculatus)" and Phillip Larson and David Speer with faculty mentors Douglas Faulkner, Harry Jol and Garry Running, Geography and Anthropology, "Late Quaternary Stream Terraces of the Lower Chippewa River Valley, West-Central Wisconsin" |
3rd (tie) |
Amy Croswell with faculty mentor Lloyd Turtinen, Biology, "Stimulation of Signal Transduction Pathways by Treatment with Different Amphotericin B Formulations" and Jeremy Hinke with faculty mentor Chad Wittkop, Geology, "LiDAR-Based Geomorphic Mapping and Terrain Analysis of the Blue Hills Felsenmeer Valley, Rusk County, Wisconsin " |
Physical and Mathematical Sciences |
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1st |
Matthew Hooper and Kirsten Strobush with faculty mentor James Boulter, Chemistry, "Ethylene Absorption on Crystalline and Amorphous Water Ice" |
2nd |
Stacy Jo Kouba with faculty mentors Mohamed Elgindi and Robert Langer, Mathematics, "Exploring the Mathematical Models for Calculating Alcohol Concentration in the Blood and the Breath" |
3rd |
Vinay Rao, Lori Scardino, and Lee Behling with faculty mentor Scott Hartsel, Chemistry, "Catching the Shape-Shifting of a Metal-Scavenger: Methanobactin CD Spectroscopy" |
4th |
Zachary Frye with faculty mentors Mohamed Elgindi and John Drost, Mathematics, "Approximations of the Cross Section of a Membrane Trough that produces Optimum Flow" |
Graduate Entries |
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1st |
Bob Latterman, Courtney Wood, and Stephanie Pahl with faculty mentor William Frankenberger, Psychology, "The Effect of Stimulant Medication Warnings on Teachers' Attitudes and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Treatment Referrals" |
Kell Container Corporation Scholarship |
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| Katie Klotz, Biochemistry, was awarded the Kell Container Corporation Scholarship. Her project is titled "Probing the Molecular Architecture of Iron-Based Catalysts for the Aziridination of Olefins," and her faculty mentor is Jason Halfen. | |
Research Day Publications
