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2010 SRC Oral Presentation Schedule
The oral presentations are split into six sessions and take place in five different rooms: Chittenden Room (413), Frank Livak Ballroom (417), Jost Foundation Room (422), Mildred Livak Ballroom (419), and Williams Family Room (403). For details, please see the schedule, below.
To see the oral presentation schedule organized in alphabetical order, click here.
SESSIONS: 9:00-9:45am | 10:00-10:45am | 11:00- Noon | 1:00-2:00pm | 2:10-3:05pm | 3:20-4:00pm
Session I: 9:00 am - 9:45 am
Chittenden Room, 413
| 9:00 | Katherine St. Denis | Evolution in a Malaria Parasite: Allele Frequency Changes Over Decades |
| 9:15 | Alice Ford | Changes in the relative abundances of clones in genetically complex Plasmodium infections |
| 9:30 | Karl Hinrichs | Detection of Legionella Volatile Metabolite Fingerprint Using Electrospray Ionization - Mass Spectrometry |
Frank Livak Ballroom, 417
| 9:00 | Erin Buckwalter | Vermont Farm-to-School Analysis |
| 9:15 | Marta Ascherio | Social Network Analysis: Migrant Labor on Vermont Dairy Farms |
| 9:30 | Benjamin King | Farmers' Perspectives on Direct Sales to School Food Service |
Jost Foundation Room, 422
| 9:00 | Nicole Maille | Characterization of the Mechanism Responsible for the Generation of the Essential Blood Clotting Enzyme Thrombin on the Activated Platelet Surface |
| 9:15 | Tyler Mayo | Thales: The First Philosopher of the Western World? |
| 9:30 | Theodore Ortiz Y Pino | Determing Optimal Stream Temperature Habitat Based on Remote Sensing Data in Vermont Streams |
Mildred Livak Ballroom, 419
| 9:00 | Lyndelle LeBruin | Metal assisted assembly of collagen peptides |
| 9:15 | Nilanjan Lodh | The Genetic Variability of Myxobolus cerebralis, the causative parasite of the Whirling Disease |
| 9:30 | Nicholas LeBlanc | Investigating Foraging Strategies in Functionally Redundant Soil Communities |
Williams Family Room, 403
| 9:00 | Minmin Liu | The mouse ortholog of NEIL3 is a functional DNA glycosylase in vitro and in vivo |
| 9:15 | Pattrese Reynolds | Is There An African American Perspective On Affirmative Action? |
| 9:30 | Matthew Sammons | Regulation of fission yeast myosin-I force production and cellular levels at endocytic actin patches by a novel light chain |
Session II: 10:00 am - 10:45 am
Chittenden Room, 413
| 10:00 | Mitchell Robinson | Effects of City Driving on Particle Number and Size Distributions from Hybrid-Electric and Conventional Light-Duty Gasoline Vehicles |
| 10:15 | Eamon Penney | Application of the participatory micro-credit model to economically marginalized groups in the Moshi district of Tanzania |
| 10:30 | Matthew Casari | A Portable Ultrafine Particulate Sizer for in-situ Engine Exhaust Monitoring |
Frank Livak Ballroom, 417
| 10:00 | Ishviene Cour | Investigation of the structural and charge transport properties of discotic molecules(phthalocyanines) |
| 10:15 | Tyler Aten | Identification of a Novel Cooperative Activity between the Proto-oncogenic Src Family Kinases and Crk/CrkL Signaling Protein Families. |
| 10:30 | Megan Benay | Relational aggression, physical aggression, and anxiety in apprehended and non-apprehended adolescent females. |
Jost Foundation Room, 422
| 10:00 | Joseph Panarese | Enantioselective Formal Total Synthesis of (+)-Aspergillide C |
| 10:30 | Kyle Concannon | Improving Public Health: A Model to Assess Health Knowledge and Education Needs in Vermont |
Mildred Livak Ballroom, 419
| 10:00 | Michael Lester | The Influence of Lunar Phase and Predation on the Vocalization Behavior of Eastern Whip-poor-wills |
| 10:15 | Gretel Clarke | Assessing the importance of ecological factors in driving sex ratios of populations of Polemonium foliosissimum, a gynodioecious plant |
| 10:30 | Renee Petipas | Changes in Mycorrhizal Abundance Over Natural Nutrients Gradients and in Response to Ungulate Herbivory on an East African Savanna |
Williams Family Room, 403
| 10:00 | Heather Axen | Testing Mechanisms of Genetically Biased Caste Determination in a Fire Ant Hybrid Zone |
| 10:15 | Sukanya Majumder | Characterization and Localization of Paramecium Pawn A: a Calcium Channel Regulator |
| 10:30 | Nicole DuBois | Nurse Manager Perspectives on the Implementation of an Electronic Health Record: A Phenomenological Examination |
Session III: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Chittenden Room, 413
| 11:00 | Yin-Ming Kuo | Rapid measurement of tobramycin impact on Pseudomonas aeruginosa volatile organic compound production by SESI-MS |
| 11:15 | John Kasumba | Agricultural PM10 Emissions from Cotton Field Disking in Las Cruces, NM |
| 11:30 | Guangxuan Zhang | China’s pork market and trade: A case study of small hog producers |
| 11:45 | Dale Azaria | Net Energy Analysis of Vermont Biodiesel |
Frank Livak Ballroom, 417
| 11:00 | Advanced Digital Art Class | Converging Paths: Town and Gown |
| 11:15 | Victoria Carhart | APMS Supported Polymerization Catalyst |
| 11:30 | Sebastian Renfield | Preserving the 'Sky Railroad': The Keane Wonder Mine Aerial Tramway |
| 11:45 | Adam Krakowski | Stillness At Last: Preservation of The Built Environment at Sabbathday Lake |
Jost Foundation Room, 422
| 11:00 | Michael McCormack | One-Pot Domino 2-Aza-Cope-[3+2] Dipolar Cycloaddition |
| 11:30 | Michael Ghebreab | Triamidoamine-supported Zirconium Catalyzed Dehydrocoupling of Phosphines |
| 11:45 | Jiangjiang Zhu | Rapid detection of pathogenic bacteria using secondary electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (SESI-MS) |
Mildred Livak Ballroom, 419
| 11:00 | Kristin DeVoe-Talluto | Practicing Philanthropy: A phenomenological inquiry |
| 11:15 | Marcia Bristow | 2006 WHO Growth Charts: A new tool needed by pediatricians |
| 11:30 | Jen Parsons | Vermont Barn Census Project: A Windshield Survey of Historic Barns |
| 11:45 | Abby Smith | The Neighborhood Stabilization Program in Northern New England: A Case Study of Delivery Systems in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont |
Williams Family Room, 403
| 11:00 | Kizette Ortiz-Vanger | Productivity of Marsh birds in Two Mosquito Controlled Sites |
| 11:15 | Molly Reddington | Beyond asbestos: the multifactorial causality of mesothelioma |
| 11:30 | Kelly Todd | Investigating Organic Aerosols |
| 11:45 | Tanner Lake | Ancient Greek Music and Kithara Reconstruction |
Session IV: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Chittenden Room, 413
| 1:00 | Katelyn Sadler | Art As Activism and Education: Creating Venues for Student Involvement and Social Justice Education Utilizing Augusto Boal’s Theater of the Oppressed |
| 1:15 | Ashleigh Sewell | Genuine Progress in Oregon? |
| 1:30 | Sarah Mangan | Gendered Memory: Innocence and Guilt in Japanese War Literature |
| 1:45 | Robert Walker | Towards Anatolian Origins of Greek Political Expression |
Frank Livak Ballroom, 417
| 1:00 | Annalese Maddox | Investigation of Zirconium-Catalyzed Hydrogn Release from Amine-Boranes |
| 1:15 | Liton Roy | Protein Design by Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry |
| 1:30 | Joshua Auerbach | Scalable Evolution of Robot Morphologies with HyperNEAT |
| 1:45 | Chih Lin | A Comparison of Injury Patterns in Helmeted and Non-Helmeted Skiers and Snowboarders Admitted to a Level I Trauma Center |
Jost Foundation Room, 422
| 1:00 | Isabel Kloumann | Emotional State of the Blogosphere |
| 1:15 | Catherine Bliss | Measuring Happiness: Correlations and Contagion in Large-Scale Social Networks |
| 1:30 | Ross Lieb-Lappen | Modeling Chaotic Systems: Shadowing in the Atmosphere |
| 1:45 | Nicholas Allgaier | Weather and Climate Prediction: An Empirical Technique for Improving Model Forecasts |
Mildred Livak Ballroom, 419
| 1:00 | Matthew Tucker | Corporate Behavior in Regional Transportation Planning |
| 1:15 | Jonathan Bond | The Effect of Price Comparison on Consumer Choice in Grocery Stores |
| 1:30 | Julia Camuso | Hormonal Contraceptives and their Effect on Sexual Desire and Sexual Fantasies |
| 1:45 | Beth Rice | Ovariectomy does not alter the effects of trans-fatty acids from different sources on coronary heart disease risk factors in female Hartley guinea pigs |
Williams Family Room, 403
| 1:00 | Kofi Mensah | Poverty in the United States: How to Combat a Crippling Social Disease. |
| 1:15 | Elizabeth Reaves | Community Participation and the development of smart growth indicatorst |
| 1:30 | Sarah Miller | Language Use by Refugee Children |
| 1:45 | Susan Reeves | Deliberate Dialogue: Evaluating Teaching Effectiveness of a Patient Safety Communication Technique |
Session V: 2:10 pm - 3:05 pm
Chittenden Room, 413
| 2:10 | Audrey Reid | Comparing the Responsiveness of Streams and Ponds to Decreases in Acid Deposition in the Northeastern United States |
| 2:25 | Dan Kirk | Allocating Vermont’s Trust; Dividends or Public Investment from Carbon Cap and Auction Revenues? |
| 2:40 | Hannah Davis | Land transitions in Africa: An integrated analysis of economic inequality and environmental harm in Zimbabwe |
Frank Livak Ballroom, 417
| 2:10 | Zhenyu Lu | Ensemble Pruning via Individual Contribution Ordering |
| 2:25 | Carolyn Roman | Neurobiology of Weight Change Following Chronic Stress: The role of Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Peptide (PACAP) and the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis (BNST) |
| 2:40 | Jonathan Dowds | Estimating the impact of electric vehicle charging on Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative carbon pirices |
| 2:55 | Andrew Roering | Synthesis and reactivity of phosphaalkenes utilizing triamidoamine-supported zirconium complexes |
Jost Foundation Room, 422
| 2:10 | Eitan Pechenick | Structure Detection: Finding Hierarchies in Enormous Networks |
| 2:25 | Gary Johnson | Service Path Attribution Networks (SPANs): Spatially Quantifying the Flow of Ecosystem Services from Landscapes to People |
| 2:40 | Xiayun Cheng | Concise Total Syntheses of the Lycopodium Alkaloids (±)-Nankakurines A and B via Luciduline |
| 2:55 | Viraj Patel | “Can We Leave Now? I Have To Wake Up Early To Drink.”: South Asian American Competitive Performance Team Cultures |
Mildred Livak Ballroom, 419
| 2:10 | Sarah Pears | North American host tree response to the fungal symbiont of Sirex noctilio |
| 2:25 | Gwen Pokalo | Impact of Growing Vermont on Vermont Entrepreneurs |
| 2:40 | Lesley Schuster | The Molecular Diversity of the Cyanobacterium Microcystis and its Relationship to Toxin Production in Lake Champlain |
| 2:55 | David Propen | The Design of Carbon-Neutral Communities: Land Use Patterns and Transportation Modal Choice |
Williams Family Room, 403
| 2:10 | Terence Barrett | Development and Characterization of a Portable Instrument for the Measurement of the Size and Number of Airborne Nanoparticles |
| 2:25 | Karen Sentoff | Real-World Gas-Phase Emissions from Hybrid and Conventional Vehicles in Cold Weather Climate under Variable Terrain |
| 2:40 | Elle Roberson | Endoplasmic reticulum stress induces caspase 8 and 3 activation: Potential involvement of the death receptor Fas |
| 2:55 | Laura Townsend | Effects of Weathering on the Water and Gas Permeabilities of Porous Building Substrates |
Session VI: 3:20 pm - 4:00 pm
Chittenden Room, 413
| 3:20 | Sarah Roberts | Long-term impacts of childhood maltreatment, family environment, and sexual self-schema on men's and women's adult sexual behavior |
| 3:35 | Chelsea Krisanda | Evaluating the Specificity of Anxiety Sensitivity in regard to Anxiety and Worry about Bodily Sensations among Adults with HIV/AIDS. |
| 3:50 | Lee Gross | Integrated Strategies to Support Farmer Livelihoods and Ecosystem Services Conservation: A case study of the Pico Duarte Coffee Region of the Dominican Republic |
Frank Livak Ballroom, 417
| 3:20 | Derrick McVicker | The ins and outs of axonal transport: How two distinct populations of the microtubule associated protein tau can regulate kinesin-mediated transport and microtubule dynamics |
| 3:35 | Katie Accomando | Noninvasive assessment of lung function in mouse models of obesity and pseudomonas infection using Unrestrained Video-Assisted Plethysmography |
| 3:50 | Jem Hughes | Enhancing Retention and Support for African American Students in Predominately White Colleges Using the "Circle of Courage" Framework |
Jost Foundation Room, 422
| 3:20 | John DeWitt | Differentiation of neuroblastoma tumor cells with a neural growth factor |
| 3:35 | Victoria McLaughlin | Determination of behavioral, socioeconomic and demographic risk factors for ischemic heart disease hospitalization in Vermont |
| 3:50 | Elizabeth Sander | Evaluating the importance of sex ratios to conspecific pollen loads on female stigmas in the gynodioecious Polemonium foliosissimum |
Mildred Livak Ballroom, 419
| 3:20 | Erin Cain | The Relationship Between Self-Esteem, Body Size, and Dietary Intake in College Females |
| 3:35 | Simon Yugler | Silver Screens, Red Earth: Aboriginal Identity, Digital Media Use, and Postcolonial Politics in Contemporary Australia |
| 3:50 | Samya Chakravorty | Molecular Evolution of Drosophila Flightin: Role of the amino terminal region in species-specific male courtship song. |
Williams Family Room, 403
| 3:20 | Amanda Wildermuth | The Effects of Interspecific Hybridization on Foraging and Competitive Ability in Fire Ants S. geminata and S. xyloni |
| 3:35 | Francis Ayombil | Characterization of the megakaryocyte protease involved in the generation of the partially-activated, platelet-derived factor Va pool subsequent to its endocytosis from plasma |
| 3:50 | Sarah Abdalla | Endocytosis of plasma-derived factor V by megakaryocytes to yield the unique platelet-derived cofactor molecule is mediated by residues within the factor V light chain |