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2009 Exhibition of Student Research and Scholarship 2007 Symposium Program

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College of Arts and Sciences

Undergraduate Exhibitions

Geochemical investigation of hydrothermal and microbial alteration in modern and ancient seafloor lavas, and the search for extraterrestrial life
Authors: Lauren Anderson
Department(s): EES

G.R.U.V. Project: Introducing the Global Rescue and Utility Vehicle
Authors: Nicolas de Peyer
Department(s): design arts

Characterizing the Composition of an Unknown Compound Found on an Ancient lamp.
Authors: Grace Heck
Department(s): Chemistry

The Inscriptions and Hieroglyphics at the Mayan Cities of Palenque and Copan
Authors: John Powell
Department(s): Anthropology

The Impact of Mindwandering on Task Performance
Authors: Jessica Stuart
Department(s): Psychology

Signals that link energy to reproduction: Gastric fill, bulk, intake, or caloric intake
Authors:  Burton Tabaac
Department(s): Biological Sciences

Graduate Exhibitions

Expanding Peatlands in Alaska Caused by Accelerated Glacier Melting Under a Warming Climate
Authors: Julie Loisel
Department(s): EES

Sister chromatid cohesion is essential to cell viability
Authors: Marie Maradeo
Department(s): Biological Sciences

Analysis of B and Be Star Populations of the Double Cluster h and x Persei
Authors:  Amber Marsh
Department(s):Physics

Childhood Asthma in Bethlehem: A localized Investigation and Push towards Community Action
Authors:  Elizabeth Roth
Department(s): Political Science

Injury and Glial Aromatization Combine to Up-regulate Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 (BMP-2) in the Adult Zebra Finch Brain
Authors:  Bradley Walters
Department(s): Biological Sciences

Bifunctional Anti-inflammatory and Anti-cholinergic Pro-Drugs asPotential Therapeutics for Sulfur Mustard- Induced Blisters
Authors:  Sherri Young
Department(s): Chemistry

College of Business and Economics

Undergraduate

Venture Capital in New Zealand: A Struggling Enterprise
Authors: Ashley Fry
Department(s): Martindale Center for the Study of Private Enterprise

Golf Course Planning & Operation Analysis
Authors: Zack Peters, Will Robinson
Department(s): Civil Engineering, English

The Effect of Competition on Quality and Cost in Pennsylvania Health Care
Authors: Matthew Horne, Shin-yi Chou
Department(s): Economics

Medicare & Medicaid Reform: Ensuring Long-Term Solvency
Authors: Nathan Punwani
Department(s): Economics

Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Authors: Gianni Simplicio
Department(s): Economics

Graduate

The Long-Run Relation among Financial Development, Technology and Economic Growth: A Panel Cointegration Study
Authors: Andrey Zagorchev, Youngsoo Bae, Geraldo Vasconcellos

Heterogeneity of hospital drug prescription strategy under Global Budget in Taiwan
Authors: Shin-Yi Chou, Hsien-Ming. Lien, Jing Hua Zhang, Mary Beth Deily
Department(s): Economics

Hospital Report Cards, Patients' Travel Distance, and Health Outcomes
Authors: Shin-Yi Chou, Mary E. Deily, Suhui Li
Department(s): Economics

Does the Banking Sector Affect Sovereign Risk?
Authors: Erdem R. Aktug, Nandu Nayar, Geraldo Vasconcellos
Department(s): Economics and Finance

Tort Reform, Physician Behavior And Health Outcomes: Experience in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Authors: Yi Lu, Shin-Yi Chou, Jason Hockenberry, Muzhe Yang
Department(s): Economics

Do Bad Report Cards Have consequences? How Publicly Reported Provider Quality Information Impacts the cABG Market in Pennsylvania
Authors: Justin Tsung-Yi Wang, Jason Hockenberry, Shin-Yi Chou
Department(s): Economics

College of Education

Graduate Exhibitions

What Do They Expect? Predictors of College Students' Multicultural Expectations and Willingness to Seek Psychological Help
Authors: Aimee-Nicole Carrilyn Adams
Department(s): Counseling Psychology

Home visiting and family involvement:  Exploring the quantity of program participation to family outcomes
Authors: Catherine Bracaliello
Department(s): School Psychology

Postsecondary Education for Transition-Age Students with Intellectual and Other Developmental Disabilities: A National Survey
Authors: Clare Burgess
Department(s): Special Education

Growing globally minded citizens in the desert: A comparative curricula analysis of two schools in Kuwait
Authors: Kelly Card & Rosalee VanStaalduinen
Department(s): Comparative and International Education & Educational Leadership

Beyond the Project: Sustaining Pre-service Teacher Education Teacher Reform in a Post-Soviet Latvia.
Authors: Suzanne McAllister, Colin Webster & Amy Moyer
Department(s): Comparative and International Education& Educational Leadership

"Affective Teaching" to Learn Science: What is the Relationship between Practice and Achievement
Authors: Yamil Sanchez
Department(s): Teaching, Learning, & Technology

P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science

Undergraduate Exhibitions

Understanding Microneedle Penetration Mechanics
Authors: Steven J. Henry, Walter L. Brown, Ph.D., Richard P. Vinci, Ph.D.
Department(s): Bioengineering, Materials Science and Engineering

Poster Metallography of a Modern Pattern-welded Steel Knife Blade
Authors: Tom Nizolek
Department(s): Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Poster Microvascular Fabrication via Dielectrophoretic Assembly
Authors: Corey Luthringer, Ryan Slopek, Kyle McKeown, Thanh Ta, James F. Gilchrist
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

Poster Detection of Cryptosporidium in the Bethlehem Wastewater Treatment Plant
Authors: Kevin Myers and Dr. Kristen Jellison
Department(s): Environmental Engineering

Poster Cracking an Unsolved Civil War Cipher
Authors: Young Eun Suk, Becky Rovner
Department(s):Computer Science and Engineering

Poster Electron Mobility in SONOS Non-Volatile Semiconductor Memory Devices
Authors: Joshua Goldman,  Marvin H. White, Gan Wang, Nathan Eichenlaub
Department(s): Electrical Engineering, Sherman Fairchild Center for Solid State Studies

Graduate Exhibitions

Accurate Indoor Localization Exploiting Distributed Space time Codes
Authors: Xingkai Bao
Department(s): Electrical & Computer Engineering

Convective Deposition of Microsphere Monolayers
Authors: Pisist Kumnorkaew
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

How to Divide (and Conquer): Using General Disjunctions for Solving Integer Programs
Authors: Ashutosh Mahajan
Department(s): Industrial & Systems Engineering

Peeling DNA from a Solid Substrate
Authors: Suresh Manohar
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

Manufacturing of Steel/Composite Hybrid Hull
Authors: Scott Shirey
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics

Current Profile Control in the DIII-D Tokamak Nuclear Fusion Reactor
Authors: Chao Xu
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics