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4/14/2004
Contact:
K.E. Schwab -- 724-738-2199; e-mail:
karl.schwab@sru.edu
SRU TO
PRESENT SIX RESEARCH PROJECTS AT ACADEMIC ALLIANCE
SYMPOSIUM
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Research work of 15 Slippery Rock
University faculty, students and graduates will be spotlighted
Saturday [April 17] at the Academic Alliance Symposium being hosted
by Youngstown State University in its McKay
Auditorium.
The
papers and posters were selected through peer review and range from
examination of Type 2 diabetes to a review of possible exploitation
of prospective adoptive children on the Internet. The
student/faculty work will be highlighted at the all-day symposium
designed to bring together the best undergraduates scholars from
northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania to share their research
information.
Dr.
Patrick Burkhart, coordinator of SRU’s annual Symposium for
Research and Scholarship and associate professor of geography,
geology and the environment, explains SRU is continually expanding
its efforts in faculty-mentored research, scholarly activities and
creative works. “We continue to build on our plan of
expanding opportunities for student-oriented research as a way of
improving undergraduate scholarship and education. We know by
involving students in scholarly projects, they see real-world
applications and are able to participate in experiences that better
link their classroom studies to their chosen study
area.”
Participating
in the symposium and their projects are:
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Dr. Barbara
Billek-Sawhney, associate professor in SRU’s School of
Physical Therapy, and Jacqueline J. Gay, a doctor of physical
therapy graduate student from Slippery Rock, whose research poster
is titled “The Functional Reach Test: Art Three Trials
Necessary?”;
•
Akash Fernando,
an SRU biology major from Colombo, Sri Lanka, and Dr. Jeffrey H.
Taylor, assistant professor of biology, will present their poster
“The Impact of Commercial Mycorrhizal Inoculum on the Growth
of Capsicum Chinese (Habanero Pepper
Plant)”;
•
Katie Renee
Graham, a biology undergraduate major from Sharon, Jessica
Arblaster, a graduate student in secondary education mathematics
and science from Hilliards, Megan Majcher, a 2002 SRU graduate from
Janette, Sarah Weinschenk, a 2001 SRU graduate from Canal Fulton,
Ohio, Dennis L. Guberski, with Biomedical Research Models, Inc.,
and Dr. Paul Birchbichler, assistant professor of chemistry and
physics, will present their poster “Kidney Changes in BBZDR
Rats: New Model for Type 2 Diabetes Based on Extracellular and
Glomerular Aspects”;
•
Allison M.
Mastroianni, an elementary education graduate student from Butler,
will present her paper titled “Providing Authentic Literacy
Instruction within a Skills Driven Curriculum: One Teacher’s
Balancing Act.” The paper was under the guidance of Dr.
Kathleen Strickland, professor of English.
•
Michael McNamara,
an undergraduate majoring in computer science from Clintonville,
will present “Microarchitecture Simulation: The MIC
Series” His research adviser was Dr. Beverly Gocal, assistant
professor of computer science.
•
Marianne Cecelia
Sieniawski, an undergraduate student majoring in information
systems from Pittsburgh, will present “Exploitation of
Prospective Adoptive Children on the Internet.” Her adviser
was Dr. David Valentine, associate professor of computer
science.
Students and faculty
from Youngstown State, Thiel, Walsh and Westminster universities
will also
participate.
PN, PgN,
WPN, PR
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