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Concurrent Sessions II

Concurrent Sessions II: 1:40-2:40 p.m.

Session IIA — Clack, Theatre; Moderator: Heather Walendzik

  1. Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: Incidence and Underlying Mechanisms; Jaimie Bolda and Rebecca Guenthardt (EHS — Davis)
  2. The Effects of Massage on Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness; Lisa Brindley (EHS — Davis)
  3. Effect of Altitude on Post-Exercise Recovery; Alex Montoye (EHS — Davis)

Session IIB — DOW L-1; Moderator: Alexandra Conell

  1. Chemical Mutagenesis for New Alleles of Unc-82 and Other Viable Mutations that Change Muscle Function and Structure in Caenorhabditis elegans; Katherine Burton (BIO — Keeton)
  2. Bacterial Enumeration; Margaret Powers (BIO — Keeton)
  3. Light Habitat Variation and Reflectance Patterns of the Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta; Brett Seymoure (BIO — Clark/Rowe)

Session IIC — DOW L-4; Moderator: Will Allen

  1. Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Group-1 Specific Neuraminidase Inhibitors; Christopher Duymich, Joye Kallgren (CHM — Turk)
  2. Mutant bSULT1A1 Monomers and Dimerization Studies; Kelsey Hughes (BCM — Beckmann)
  3. Yeast Two-Hybrid System to Test SULT:SULT Interactions; Amanda Ketchum (BCM — Beckmann)

Session IID — SAC 109; Moderator: Kendall Jackson

  1. Self-Complexity and Role Overload; Dustin Gary (PSY — Setterlund)
  2. The Effect of Estrogen and Diet on Learning and Memory; Kathryn Krauss (BIO — G. Beagley/W. Beagley)
  3. Impact of Mindfulness Components on Worry in a Nonclinical Student Sample; Stephanie Proudfoot (PSY — Batchelder)

Session IIE — SAC 113; Moderator: Stephen Schlack

  1. Visions of Hell: A Study in the Evolution of Hell in Literature; Kevin Bilbrey (ENG — Aspinall)
  2. Potent Posies: A Cross-Cultural Examination of the Pastoral in 16th Century Drama; Megan Crawford (ENG — Aspinall)
  3. Six Weeks Out of Rabat, A Novel; Aaron Pooley (ENG — Bender)

Session IIF — SAC 215; Moderator: Rachel Sylwestrzak

  1. The Forgotten Sector of Operation “Torch”: Anderson’s Failed Advance on Tunis, November-December 1942; Jaclyn Freeman (HST — Furlong)
  2. Manufacturing Social Unrest: Detroit’s Auto Industry and the Detroit Riots; Margaret Hewitt (HST — Lorenz)
  3. Field Marshal Alexander and the “Failure” of the Sicilian Campaign, July-August 1943; Katherine Porter (HST — Furlong)

Session IIG — SAC 315; Moderator: Valerie Rico

  1. Private Military and Security Companies in Conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan; Letha Dolza (POL — Hulme)
  2. Women in Government: What They Do, Why it Matters; Taylor Gibson (POL — Hulme)
  3. Regrouping of the Taliban; Josh Hodge (POL — Hulme)

Session IIH — Library, Smith Room; Moderator: David Bechtold

  1. Masculine Pathways to Closeness: Intimacy in Adolescent Males’ Same-Sex Friendships; Margo Brines (COM — Gilbert)
  2. Students In Free Enterprise Projects; Ahna Danyluk, Denise Elowsky, Martin Kuustik, Samantha Lazarowicz, Hannah Ropp (BUS — Lemmon)
  3. Prospects for African Regional Integration; Brittany Law (ECN — Cunningham)

 

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Martin Kuustik

Martin Kuustik
Graduation: 2010
Major: Business Administration
From: Saku Harju, Estonia
Interests: Greek Life, Cultural Awareness

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