Student Research Showcased at Create @ State Symposium
JONESBORO – More than 250 Arkansas State University undergraduate and graduate students presented oral, poster and creative presentations during the seventh-annual “Create @ State: A Symposium of Research, Scholarship and Creativity,” during Convocation of Scholars.
Create @ State provides an opportunity for students to present original work in a professional setting, and encompasses all six colleges on the A-State campus. Judges for the presentations included local business leaders and A-State alumni. Create @ State 2017 was conducted in collaboration by A-State’s Office of Research and Technology Transfer (RTT) and University Advancement. Winners at Create @ State, along with their project titles and faculty mentors are:
POSTERS, UNDERGRADUATE CATEGORIES
1st Place, College of Education and Behavioral Science (CoEBS): Primary presenter – Corinne Keller of Stuttgart.
Physical Education in Relation to Health
Faculty Mentor – Dr. Joyce Olushola, assistant professor of sports management.
1st Place, College of Nursing and Health Professions (CoNHP): Primary presenter – Logan Meurer of Lake City.
Inactivation of Campylobacter jejuni Following Exposure to 405 nm Blue Light
Faculty Mentors – William Payne, assistant professor of clinical laboratory science, Dr. Steve Guffey, professor of physical therapy and Dr. Susan Motts, assistant professor of physical therapy.
1st Place, College of Sciences and Mathematics (CSM): Primary presenter – Harold “Jack” Laws of Carlisle.
Development of fluorophenyl pyrazole based antibiotics as potent anti-Acinetobacter baumannii agents
Faculty mentors – Dr. Mohammad Alam, assistant professor of chemistry and Dr. David Gilmore, associate professor of environmental biology.
1st Place, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Technology (COAET): Primary presenter – Mary Rath of Jonesboro.
Agrobacterium tumefaciens Vacuum Infiltration of Zea mays for Transient Expression
Faculty mentor – Dr. Elizabeth Hood, Lipscomb distinguished professor.
1st Place, College of Liberal Arts and Communication (COLAC): Primary presenter – Rayna Kingston of Jonesboro.
Pure Bloodlines in Harry Potter and What We Can Learn From Fiction
Faculty mentor – Dr. Catherine Calloway, professor of English.
POSTERS, GRADUATE CATEGORIES
1st Place, CoEBS: Primary presenter – Justin Kostick of Centralia, Wash.
Student-Athletes and the Cost of Attendance Stipend
Faculty Mentor – Dr. David LaVetter, associate professor of sports management.
1st Place, CoNHP: Primary presenter – Kayly King of Mammoth Spring.
A Rural Health Care Clinic’s Zostavax Vaccine Uptake Rate Compared to the National Average of 28%
Faculty Mentors – Dr. Debbie Shelton, assistant professor of nursing.
1st Place, CSM: Primary presenter – Abbas Karouni of Jonesboro.
Metabolic Engineering of peanut for enhanced production of prenylated stilbenoids
Faculty mentor – Dr. Fabricio Medina-Bolivar, professor of metabolic engineering.
1st Place, CoAET: Primary presenter – Shailaja Vemula of Hyderabad, India.
Weed Identification and Species Discrimination Using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Digital Imaging Processing
Faculty mentor – Dr. Peter Larbi, assistant professor of agriculture systems technology.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS, UNDERGRADUATE CATEGORIES
1st Place, CoEBS: Primary presenter – Meagan Thomas of Blytheville.
How Many Witnesses are Sufficient?
Faculty Mentor – Dr. Christopher Peters, assistant professor of psychology.
1st Place, CoNHP: Primary presenter – Clare Doss of Berryville.
The Effects of Hippotherapy on Gross and Fine Motor Function in Children with Down Syndrome and Spina Bifida
Faculty Mentors – Dr. Roy Aldridge, professor of physical therapy, Nathan Wells, assistant professor of equine management, Kristie Vinson, assistant professor of physical therapy and Mandy Northcutt, instructor.
1st Place, CSM: Primary presenter – Brandi Mize of Paragould.
Harnessing the Plant Lectin RTB for Improved Delivery of Therapeutic Fish Cytokine Interleukin-22
Faculty mentor – Dr. Maureen Dolan, associate professor of molecular biology.
1st Place, CoAET: Primary presenter – Brett Hale of Doniphan, Mo.
Performance of Polyacrylamide on Irrigation Efficiency, Soil Conservation, and Water Quality in Furrow-Irrigated Mid-South Cotton Production
Faculty mentors – Dr. Tina Teague, professor of entomology and plant science, and Michele Reba, esearch hydrologist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service stationed at Arkansas State University.
1st Place, COLAC: Primary presenter – Layla Ivy of Grubbs.
“African American Repression: Death of White Supremacy.” An analysis on African American Writers
Faculty mentor – Dr. Janelle Collins, professor of English.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS, GRADUATE CATEGORIES
1st Place, CoEBS: Primary presenter – Faison Bragg of Brookland.
Faculty Mentor – Dr. David LaVetter, associate professor of sports management.
1st Place, CoNHP: Primary presenter – Olivia Peek of Jonesboro.
Should it stay or should it go? The case of silent ‘e’ in derived word spelling
Faculty Mentor – Dr. Amy Shollenbarger, assistant professor of communication disorders.
1st Place, CSM: Primary presenter – Lucia Acosta-Gamboa of Heredia, Costa Rica.
Phenomic Approaches to Understand the Role of the myo-inositol Pathway to Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis
Faculty mentor – Dr. Argelia Lorence, professor of metabolic engineering.
1st Place, CoAET: Primary presenter – Mohammadhabibur Rahaman of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Negative Force on Free Carriers and Charges in Metal Particles
Faculty mentor – Dr. Brandon Kemp, professor of electrical engineering.
1st Place, COLAC: Primary presenter – Jonathan Carmack of Paragould.
The Relevancy of Dickens: How Sensational Themes Resonate Today
Faculty mentor – Kate Krueger, associate professor of English.
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, SOLO CATEGORY
1st Place, Pimary presenter – Alex Washam of Jonesboro.
Velocities for Solo Marimba
Faculty Mentor – Craig Collison
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, ENSEMBLE CATEGORY
1st Place, Primary presenters – Andrew Coleman of Colt, Emily Lindley of Jonesboro, Alex Long of Walnut Ridge and Alex Washam of Jonesboro.
Percussion Quartet
Faculty Mentor – Craig Collison, director of percussion studies.
PERSUASIVE BUSINESS PITCH
1st Place, Primary presenter – Thomas Ragland of Morrilton.
Battery Monitoring System (BMS)
Faculty Mentor – Dr. Erick Chang, associate professor of management.
People’s Choice: Primary presenter – Steven Taylor of Jonesboro.
Pocket-Sac
Faculty Mentor – Dr. Erick Chang, associate professor of management.
People’s Choice: Primary presenter – Cody Evans of Cabot.
Boat Ramp Assist
Faculty Mentor – Dr. Erick Chang, associate professor of management.
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