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NATURAL SCIENCE SEMINARS--FALL 2005, SPRING
2006 |
Fall 2005.
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Aug. 22, 2005 |
4:30 |
1st Meeting - Schedule Confirmation - Note: this is Triad
Day. Regular 4:00 pm classes meet at 4:30 pm. |
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Aug. 29, 2005 |
4:00 |
Julia Kernitz - Guest presentation - Source
Water Contamination of US Public Water Systems: 1985 - 2005.
Introduced by
Dr. Frank Kalinowski. |
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4:30 |
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Sept. 5, 2005 |
4:00 |
Elizabeth Wunker - Nest-site Selection of the
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) on
Westhampton Island, NY. Mentor: Dr. Louise Weber.
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4:30 |
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Sept. 12, 2005 |
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Sept. 19, 2005 |
4:00 |
Sarah-Zane Lewis - The role of the unique region of the surrogate light chain in autoimmunity. Mentors: Dr. Jeff Holmes (WWC); Drs. James Baleja and B. Daivd Stollar, Tufts Univ. |
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4:30 |
Erik Nash - The relationship between Vicia sativa and the ants feeding at their extra floral nectaries on Warren Wilson Campus. Mentor: Dr. Amy Boyd. |
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Sept. 26, 2005 |
4:00 |
Audrey Williamson - The Effects of Age and
Gender on the Learning Ability of the Horse (Equus caballus).
Mentor: Dr. Robert Eckstein. |
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4:30 |
Josha McBee - Determination of Paw
Preference in Raccoons (Procyon
lotor).
Mentor: Dr. Robert Eckstein |
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Oct. 3, 2005 |
4:00 |
Clayton Wilburn - Analysis of Synthetic and
Natural Estrogens in the Influent and Effluent of the Buncombe County
Wastewater Treatment Plant . Mentor:
Dr. John Brock. |
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4:30 |
Emily Leghart - Relationships between
body length and attributes of
vocalization in gray tree frogs. Mentors: Dr..
Robert Eckstein and Dr. Paul Bartels.
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Oct. 10, 2005 |
4:00 |
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Fall Break |
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Fall Break |
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Oct. 24, 2005 |
4:00 |
Faculty Presentation: Dr. Lou Weber - March of the Shorebirds |
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4:30 |
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| Oct. 26, 2005 |
7:30 pm |
Sigma Xi Presentation: Dr.
Donald F. Collins, Warren Wilson College. Digital Camera
Astronomy - a Revolution in Astronomy Education.
Optional attendance for NSS. Can qualify for a make-up of a
missed presentation. |
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Oct 31, 2005 |
4:00 |
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4:30 |
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Nov. 7, 2005 |
4:00 |
Bart Pfautz - The effect of leachate from wood shavings produced in trail maintenance on Daphnia magna. Mentor: Dr. Greg Ettl. |
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4:30 |
Amos Little - Herbicidal effects of Ailanthus altissima extracts on native and non-native invasive plants. Mentor: Dr. Michael Torres. |
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Nov. 14, 2005 |
4:00 |
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4:30 |
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Friday, Week 12: Nov. 18, 2005 |
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Preliminary drafts of Senior Theses due to mentors |
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Nov. 21, 2005 |
4:00 |
Tessa Branson - Evaluation
of Vitamin B-12 Deficiency in
Vegans vs. non-vegans on Warren Wilson College Campus.
Mentor: Dr. Victoria P. Collins. |
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4:30 |
Ross Williams - Guest seminar for ENS
Internship. Introduced by Dr. Frank Kalinowski
<--CANCELLED. (Kalinowski cannot attend.) |
| Thanksgiving is on Nov. 24, 2005 |
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Nov. 28, 2005 |
4:00 |
Alana Weintraub - Natural and
Biological Control Methods of Reducing Mealybug Infestations in the
Warren Wilson College Research Greenhouse. Mentor: Dr.
Amy
Boyd. |
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4:30 |
Joel Bassett - Guest seminar for ENS
Internship. Grassroots
organization and the FERC's dam relicensing process. Introduced
by Dr. Frank Kalinowski. |
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Friday, Week 14: Dec. 2, 2005 |
4:00 |
Senior Theses Due - 2 copies to convenor (Spidel 205), 4:00 PM |
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Dec. 5, 2005 |
4:00 |
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4:30 |
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Dec. 12, 2005 |
4:00 |
Evaluations for Senior theses Due to Convenor (Monday, Week 16) |
| Week 1 Jan. 16, 2006 |
Martin Luther King Day - Meet at 4:00 pm for
schedule confirmation |
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| Week 2 Jan. 23, 2006 |
4:00 |
Titles and mentors' names due. E-mail is OK. |
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| Week 3 Jan 30, 2006 |
4:00 |
Paul Bailey - Bird Diversity on Warren Wilson College Campus. Mentor: Dr. Lou Weber. |
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Kat Kennedy - Serum Mineral Levels in
Piglets on the Warren Wilson College Farm. Mentor: Dr.
Jeff Holmes |
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| Week 4 Feb. 6, 2006 |
4:00 |
Open |
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Open |
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| Week 5 Feb. 13, 2006 |
4:00 |
Melissa Fellin. Object Handling Behavior in Captive Raccoons (Procyon lotor). Mentor: Dr. Robert Eckstein |
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Maryka Lier - Native Grass Restoration Project: Survival Rate and Percent Cover of Warm Season Grasses After the First Growing Season. Mentor: Dr. Greg Ettl | |
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Sigma Xi - Professor Steve Kress, Cornell Univ. Saving Endangered
Seabirds Lessons from Puffins and Terns. -
Canon Lounge. Sponsored jointly by UNC-Asheville Sigma Xi Chapter
and WWC Environmental Studies Program. |
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| Week 6 Feb. 20, 2006 |
4:00 |
open |
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Open | |
| Week 7 Feb. 27, 2006 |
4:00 |
Julia York - The Antiviral Effects
of 13 Botanical Essential Oils on Three Phages of E. coli. Mentor: Dr. Jeff
Holmes. |
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Amanda Davis - Water Quality
Assessment of the Swannanoa River using Macroinvertebrates. Mentor:
Dr. Lou Weber |
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| Week 8 Mar. 6, 2006 |
4:00 |
Andrew Morin - Arsenic Levels in the Warren Wilson Alpine Tower and the Surrounding Substrate. Mentor: Dr. John Brock. |
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Emilie Erich - Phytoextraction of Copper and Lead by Sagittaria graminea and Pontederia cordata in Beaver Lake Stormwater Wetland. Mentor: Dr. Mark Brenner. [moved from Week 6] | |
| Sqring Break Mar. 13, 2006 |
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| Week 9 Mar. 20, 2006 |
4:00 |
Kantesh Dodwani - RecyclingPolypropylene
by Pyrolysis. Mentor:
Dr.
Dean Kahl |
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Murugan Vinayagam - Dynamic Tunneling in a
Quantum Mechanical System. Mentors: Dr. Donald F.
Collins and Dr. Evan Wantland. |
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| Week 10 Mar. 27, 2006 |
4:00 |
Megan Bryan A Demographic Study of
Kemps Ridley (Lepidochelys
kempii) and
Green (Chelonia mydas) Sea Turtle Strandings.
Mentor: Dr. Lou Weber |
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Celia
Barbieri. Diatomaceous
Earth as a De-worming Treatment for Pigs on the Warren WilsonCollege
Farm. Mentor:
Dr. Jeff Holmes |
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| Week 11 Apr. 3, 2006 |
4:00 |
Jesenia deLourdes Mejias -Antioxidant Properties
of Guava Psidium guajava L.
Mentor: Dr. Victoria Collins |
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Richard Peart Computational Modeling of Photochemical Smog. Mentor: Dr. Dean C. Kahl. | |
| Week 12 Apr. 10, 2006 |
4:00 |
Brandon Schmandt - Evaluating Stormwater
Management at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Asheville.
Mentor: Dr. Mark Brenner. |
| 4:30 |
Stacey Hollis - Heavy Metals in Tern
Prey. Mentor: Dr. John Brock |
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| Friday, Apr. 14 |
4:00 |
Thesis draft due to research
mentor. |
| Week 13 Apr. 17, 2006 |
4:00 |
Tim Manney - Effect of
Additives on the Strength of Pitch Glue. Mentor: Dr. Mark
Brenner. |
| 4:30 |
Lily Doyle - Gender Selection Through Olfactory Cues. Mentor: Dr. Greg Ettl. | |
| Week 14 Apr. 24, 2006 |
4:00 |
Casey Gish. Comparison of flavor compounds, and tastes, of fermentation product (zymurgy) produced by commercial and locally isolated strains of brewers yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). Mentor: Dr. Michael Torres. |
| 4:30 |
Kim Hall. The Flirtatious Behaviors Between Single Heterosexuals. Mentor: Dr. Vicki Garlock. | |
| Friday, Apr. 28 |
4:00 |
Final Theses due to Spidel 205 -
2 copies plus permission
to photocopy. |
| Week 15 May 1, 2006 |
4:00 |
Colleen Blaine - The morphological response of larval Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) when exposed to two different caged predators. Mentor: Dr. Lou Weber. |
| 4:30 |
Lucas
Blass - Archaic
and
Contemporary Approaches to Case Hardening Mild Steel.
Mentors: Dr. Mark Brenner Dr. Victoria Collins. |
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| Week 16 May 8, 2006 |
Mentor's evaluation of Theses due to Spidel 205. | |
| 4:00 |
Hannah Barks - The effectiveness of
the DSI Pro camera for the determination of the relative ages of
different star clusters. Mentor: Dr. Donald F. Collins
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