Poster Contest Results from Research and Creative Activity Week April 20-25, 2008

THE RESEARCH AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS
thank all who participated!

Please find below the winners of the 2008 Research and Creative Activities Week research poster display (first place listed first, etc.).

On behalf of the Research Environment Committee and the FHSU community I would like to thank all of our more than 70 participants as well as the many faculty and administrators who served as judges for the college competitions. Thanks also to Provost Gould and the Deans for sponsoring awards, refreshments, etc. Finally, a special thanks to Prof. Rob Channell who coordinated the entire show!

College of Health and Life Sciences

Graduate

66. Schmitz, R.T. and E.J. Finck. Factors Influencing Capture Success of Neotropical Warblers at the Fort Hays State University Bird Banding Site. Department of Biological Sciences. Graduate Student.

8. Black, J.K. and E.J. Finck. Estimating Waterfowl Hunter Compliance with the Daily Hunt Permit System of Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area. Department of Biological Sciences. Graduate Student.

70. Tacha, D.H., R.B. Channell, and R.H. Nicholson. Impacts of Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludoricianus) on Short Grass Vegetation of Western Kansas. Department of Biological Sciences. Graduate Student.

Undergraduate

75. Welsch, T. Isolation of Triclosan Resistant Bacteria from Kansas Feedlots. Department of Biological Sciences. Undergraduate Student.

24. Garrison, K., D. Balthazor, and T. Cunningham. How?s Your Pain with that Lidocaine? Department of Nursing. Undergraduate Student.

14. Casey, J. Micromorphology of Spartina pectinata Using Scanning Electron Microscopy. Department of Biological Sciences. Undergraduate Student.

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Graduate

41. Lane, S.T. and J. Heinrichs. FHSU?s Research Weather Station. Department of Geosciences. Graduate Student.

77. Kraisinger, T. Langston Hughes, Harlem, and the Blues. Department of English. Graduate Student.

20. Ferch, G. Zora Neale Hurston?s Contribution to the Preservation of African American Folklore. Department of English. Graduate Student.

Undergraduate

59. Rankin, A. and K. Aflatooni. Electron Vertical Attachment Energies to Gas Phase Amino Acid, Valine. Department of Physics. Undergraduate Student.

42. Leiker, A. and L. Weber. The Implementation of Numerical Green?s Functions. Department of Physics. Undergraduate Student.

72. Upshaw, A.K. Finite Difference Time Domain Simulation of 2.4GHz Radio Waves in Human Tissue. Department of Physics. Undergraduate Student.

Eugene Rice, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Philosophy