NATURAL SCIENCE SEMINARS--SPRING 2005
Warren Wilson College
Jensen Lecture Hall, 4:00 pm
Schedule - Fall, 2004
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Donald Collins dcollins
| 1 Jan. 17, 2005 |
4:00 |
1st Meeting. Schedule Confirmation.
Syllabus details. |
| 2 Jan. 24, 2005 |
4:00 |
Amber Boles. - Postponed from Dec. 6, 2004. Flood and road closure delay. Microbial Community Structure at High Altitudes in North Carolina as Indicated by Phospholipid Fatty Acid Composition. Mentor: Dr. Victoria P. Collins |
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4:30 |
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| 3 Jan. 31, 2005 |
4:00 |
James Stultz
- Factors
Contributing to Ciguatera Toxicity in Bahamian Barracudas. Mentor:
Dr. Paul Bartels |
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4:30 |
Abi Miner - The effect of Stekoa Creek on water quality of the Chattooga River. Mentor: Dr. Mark Brenner and Dr. Lou Weber. | |
| 4 Feb. 07, 2005 |
4:00 |
Erin McVey. Heavy Metals in American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) Eggshells from Three Florida Lakes. Mentor: Dr. John Brock. |
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4:30 |
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| 5 Feb. 14, 2005 |
4:00 |
Guest Seminar Maureen McKenna - Monitoring Frequencies of Beneficial and PestArthropods in Beneficial Insectary Habitat on a Certified Organic,Mixed-Vegetable Farm. Sustainable Agriculture project. Mentor: Dr. Laura Lengnick. |
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4:30 |
Laurel Key. Prescribed
Burning Effects on the Density and Diversity of small Vertebrates at
Jones Mountain.
Mentor: Dr. Lou Weber. |
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| 6 Feb. 21, 2005 |
4:00 |
Irene
Redmond - The
Effect of Agriculture on the Water
Quality and Invertebrate Communities of Shope Creek.
Mentor: Dr. Mark Brenner. |
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4:30 |
Ryan Tarbell
- The Use of
Reference Points in Instinctive Archery. Mentor: Dr.
Mark Brenner. |
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| 7 Feb. 28, 2005 |
4:00 |
David
Tormey - Nitrogen
release by alfalfa (Medicago
sativa) and
corn (Zea mays) crop
residues Mentor: Dr. Mark Brenner |
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4:30 |
Kristal McKelvey - The effect of Limestone on Aquatic Tardigrades in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Mentors: Dr. Paul Bartels and Dr. Mark Brenner. | |
| 8 Mar. 07, 2005 |
4:00 |
Rebecca
Rudicell - The environmental fate
of di-butyl phthalate in a freshwater system with zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos.
Mentor: Dr. John Brock. |
| 4:30 |
Patricia Baxter - Little Brown Bat
Habitat and Inhabitation of Batboxes on Warren Wilson Campus.
Mentor: Dr. Lou Weber |
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| Mar. 14, 2005 |
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Spring Break |
| 9 Mar. 21, 2005 |
4:00 |
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4:30 |
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| 10 Mar. 28, 2005 |
4:00 |
Timothy
O'Connor - The Degradation of
Hydrocarbons using Microbial Detergent on Used Motor Oil.
Mentor: Dr. Jeff Holmes. |
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4:30 |
Saba
Alemayehu - The
effect of pH on the Survival of the
Aquatic Tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini.
Mentors: Dr. Paul Bartels and Dr. John Brock. |
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| 11 Apr. 04, 2005 |
4:00 |
Susan Dobbertin. Tardigrades of rock lichens in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Mentor: Dr. Paul Bartels. |
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4:30 |
Valerie
Bartell - Kombucha
Tea and the Risk of
Pathogenic Contaminants in Home Brew Cultures. Mentor:
Dr. Jeff Holmes. |
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| 7:00 pm |
Special Lecture at UNC-A. 7:00 pm Lipinsky Auditorium. Doris Schattschneider on "Ingenious mathematical
amateurs: M. C. Escher (artist) and Marjorie Rice (homemaker)".
Attend, turn-in summary within one week and earn attendance credit. |
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| 12 Apr. 11, 2005 |
4:00 |
Thomas
Hughes - Potential for Biogas
Production from two Invasive Plant Species, Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) and Kudzu (Pueraria lobata).
Mentor:
Dr. Mark Brenner |
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4:30 |
Eric
Wardwell - The Effects of Anthracnose (Discula destructiva) on Light Availability
and Fruit Production in Flowering Dogwoods (Cornus florida). Mentor:
Dr. Greg Ettl. |
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| April 13, 2005 |
7:30 pm |
Sigma Xi Induction for new members. Amber Boles and Kristal McDelvey of WWC have been nominated and will present their research papers. Beaucatcher Mountain Room in Highsmith University Center, UNC-A. Attend, turn-in summary within one week and earn attendance credit. |
| April 15, 2005 |
4:00 |
Friday, Week 12. Drafts of Senior Theses
due to mentors. |
| 13 Apr. 18, 2005 |
4:00 |
Jesse Downs
- The
Effect of a Pasture Supplemented Diet on Lipid Oxidation Products in
Pork. Mentor: Dr. Victoria Collins. |
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4:30 |
Heather
Hareza - An Analysis of
Anthropogenic Sulfur Oxides (SOx) on Warren Wilson
College Campus. Mentor: Dr. John Brock. |
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| 14 Apr. 25, 2005 |
4:00 |
Charlotte
Litjens - Hydrolytic Degradation
of Polycarbonate Food and Beverage Contact Plastics and Migration of
Bisphenol A into Liquids. Mentor: Dr. Dean C. Kahl |
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4:30 |
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| April 29,
2005 |
Friday, Week 14. Final drafts of Senior Theses due. 2 copies to convenor (Spidel 205), 4:00 PM | |
| 15 May 02, 2005 |
4:00 |
Guest Lecture: Dr. Diane Nelson, Prof emeritus from
East Tennessee State U, Dept. Biology. The
Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful: Marine Critters Up Close
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4:00 |
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| 16 May 08, 2005 |
4:30 |
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4:00 |