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NATURAL SCIENCE SEMINARS--FALL 2008, SPRING
2009 |
Fall 2009.
Registered, but no slots:
Bangasser - Week 12.
McConnaughey - completed in spring, 2009
Purcell
- Week 16 or a few weeks earlier
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Week 1 |
4:30 |
Triad Day. |
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Week 2 |
4:00 |
No Seminar. Topics Fair for Research Design
Students and all Science Faculty - Morse. |
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4:30 |
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Week 3 |
4:00 |
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4:30 |
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Week 4 |
4:00 |
Emily Shanblatt - Lead and Arsenic
Concentrations in Lake Fontana, Lake Julian and Swannanoa River Sediment.
Mentor:
Dr.
John
Brock. |
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4:30 |
Adam Cate - Possible Long Term
Impacts of Log Landings on Regeneration of Oak-Hickory Forest in East
Tennessee. Mentor: Dr. David Ellum. |
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Week 5 |
4:00 |
Doug DeCandia - Sterility of Human Manure-Based Biochar. Mentors: Dr. Stephen Cartier and Dr. Tim Meehan. |
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4:30 |
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| Wed.
Sept.
23,
2009 |
Sigma
Xi
Presentation:
Dr.
Jeff
Llewellyn
- Charles Darwin - artist
thinker, scientist, survivor, and man of God. Lecture
takes
place
at
Brevard
College
-
must
obtain
dinner
at
BC.
See
D.
Collins
for
ride
-
leaves
Spidel
at
5:00
pm. |
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Week 6 |
4:00 |
Kate Freeman - Vermont Songbird
Feeding Frequency and Food Preference. Mentor: Dr.
Louise
Weber. |
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4:30 |
Dylan Flynn - registered- Bioacoustic
Variation of The California Red-legged Frog, Rana
draytonii.
Mentor: Dr. Robert Eckstein. |
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Week 7 |
4:00 |
No
Seminar. |
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4:30 |
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| Wed.
Oct.
7 |
6:30
pm |
Sigma
Xi
Presentation:
Dr.
Perry
Sprawls
-
Evolving
Models
of
Science Education. Lecture at Morse 209, 6:30 pm.
Attand and submit summary via e-mail to Don Collins to receive an
attendance credit. |
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Week 8 |
4:00 |
William Goldberg - The yeild potential of 5 cultivars of oryza Sativa (rice) in two western North Carolina Soils. Mentor: Dr. Laura Lengnick. |
| 4:30 |
Brendan Kelley - Trace Metals in Warren Wilson College Garden Soil. Mentor: Dr. John Brock | |
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Fall Break |
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Week 9 |
4:00 |
Jeremy Lekich - Design of a Machine to Convert Human Urine to a Non-toxic, Storage-safe Fertilizer. Mentor: Dr. Mark Brenner |
| 4:30 |
Chris Nelson - The Relationship between Aqueous Cell Density of Escherichia coli and Surface Biofilm Initiation. Mentor: Dr. Michael Torres. | |
| Thursday,
Oct.
29 |
Date
lottery
in
Research
Design
Class
for
the
fall
2010
NSS
schedule |
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Week 10 |
4:00 |
Kopano Mmalane - Trace Mineral
Composition of Imbrasia belina (Mophane worm), a
Common Food in Botswana.
Mentor: Dr. Victoria Collins. |
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4:30 |
Amy Kunkel - Natural Products as Anthelmintics. Mentor: Dr. Victoria Collins |
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Week 11 |
4:00 |
Tully Herr - A
Comparison
of
Trace
Metal
Concentrations
in
Fish
Emulsion
and
Conventional
Fertilizer Mentor: Dr. John Brock |
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4:30 |
Renee Sniegocki - Glucosinolates and
brassica degradation products as nematicides for C. elegans. Mentor: Dr.
Victoria Collins. |
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Week 12 |
4:00 |
Eric Soderholm - An Inventory of Native Bees on Warren Wilson College Pastures and the Determination of Seasonal Community Patterns. Mentor: Dr. Paul Bartels. |
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4:30 |
Lauren Bangasser - The Effect of Liquid
Topical Soil Amendments on Compaction in a Sports Field .
Mentor:
Dr.
Laura
Lengnick. |
| Friday,
Nov.
20 |
Thesis
drafts
to
mentors. |
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Week 13 |
4:00 |
Stephen
Briggs
- Biochar -
Production and Effect on Nitrate Leaching in the Warren Wilson College
Corn Field. Mentors: Dr. Laura Lengnick and Dr. Tim
Meehan. |
| 4:30 |
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Week 14 |
4:00 |
Colleen
Vetti
-
Analysis of
Kudzu (Pueraria lobata) Floral Volatiles.
Mentor:
Dr.
Dean
C.
Kahl. |
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4:30 |
Chelsea Gay - Soil Organic Matter on the Warren
Wilson College Farm. Mentor: Dr. Laura Lengnick. |
| Friday
Dec
4 |
4:30 |
Finished
Theses
due
2
copies
plus
"Permission
to
Photocopy" to Spidel 205. |
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Week 15 |
4:00 |
Nora Purcell - Identification and Characterization of Schools in Close Proximity to High Volume Roads in Metropolitan Atlanta, GA. Mentor: Dr. John Brock |
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4:30 |
Rebecca Sharp - Impact of Environmental Conditions on Volatilization and Dispersal of E. coli. Mentor: Dr. Jeff Holmes. |
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Week 16 |
4:00 |
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| 4:30 |
. |
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Week 1 |
4:30 |
Martin Luther King Day. Syllabus
hand-out. MOODLE quiz |
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Week 2 |
4:00 |
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4:30 |
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Week 3 |
4:00 |
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4:30 |
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Week 4 |
4:00 |
Isaiah
Thalmayer
-
A
Phylogeny for Uvularia
(Colchicaceae) Derived
>From Morphology. Mentor: Dr. Amy Boyd.
Major
Biol,
CRW |
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4:30 |
Dan Callaghan - Physiological and Morphological Responses of Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis L.) to Simulated Gap Light Environments Dr. David Ellum. Major ENVS |
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Week 5 |
4:00 |
Rachel
Keller
-
Which
Brush
Piles
Attract
the
most
Wildlife?. Mentor: Dr. Lou Weber. Major
ENVS |
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4:30 |
Greta
Strautman - Effectiveness
of
Stormwater
Management
in
the
Village
at
Warren
Wilson
College.
Mentor:
Mr.
Robert
Hastings.
Major
ENVS |
| Tues Feb 16 |
7:00 pm |
CANCELLED!!!
AMS
Information
Series: Climate Change and Local Food and
Agriculture. CANCELLED! Panel Discusion at
Diana Wortham Center,
Asheville. CANCELLED!!! |
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Week 6 |
4:00 |
Ryan
Frank - Comparison of weight
gain and feed conversion efficiency of hogs over-wintered in pastures
or deep bedded environments. Mentor: Dr. Michael
Torres. Major ENVS |
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4:30 |
Rachel Kivela - Heavy Metals in Tree Cores from the Blue Ridge Plating Superfund Site. Registered. Mentor: Dr. Steven Cartier. Major Chem. |
| Tues. Feb 23, 2010 |
Evening 7:00 pm |
Sigma Xi at Mars Hill
College. Professor Rob Young, Western Carolina University. - Rising Sea and Global
Climate Change. (Collins will go. Please notify
before Friday, Feb. 19. Leave Spidel at 5:15 pm for dinner at MHC) |
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Week 7 |
4:00 |
Colin
Sutherland - Imidacloprid
and
the
Growth
Pattern
of
Wood
Frogs
(Rana
sylvatica).
Mentor:
Dr.
Lou
Weber.
Major
ENVS. |
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4:30 |
Flint Wiswall - Recovery and
Germination of Seeds fed to Cattle. Mentor: Dr. Mark
Brenner. Major Biol. |
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Week 8 |
4:00 |
Arthur Small
- Measuring Soil
Electroconductivity & Biomass of the common bean (Phaseolus vulagris) using contrasting
Greywater Concentrations. Mentor: Dr. Mark
Brenner.
Major ENVS |
| 4:30 |
Ana Poirier - Concentrations of the
alkaloid Sanguinarine in Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) grown in agricultural
versus forest soil. Mentors: Dr. David Ellum and Dr.
Joe
Young.
Major Biol |
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Spring Break |
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| Tues. Mar. 16, 2010 |
Sigma Xi at UNC-Asheville.
Joint meeting with WNC IEEE. |
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| Tues. Mar. 16, 2010 |
7:00 pm |
AMS
Information Series: Climate Change and
Local Health. Panel Discussion at Diana Wortham Center,
Asheville. |
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Week 9 |
4:00 |
Jarred Gordon - Does Seaweed (Porphyra
and Laminaria) Have Antibacterial
Properties?
Mentor: Dr. Michael Torres. Major ENVS |
| 4:30 |
Serena Shah - Red Spotted Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) Feeding Preference
among Invertebrates. Mentor: Dr. Lou Weber.
Major ENVS |
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Week 10 |
4:00 |
Laura Carter -. Efficacy of Sericea Lespedeza as a Natural
De-Wormer
in Goats.
Mentor: Dr. Dean
C. Kahl. Major: Biol . |
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4:30 |
Andrew Driscoll - Tree of Heaven, Ailanthus altissima, Root Extract as an
Herbicide for Exotic Invasive Species Control. Mentor: Dr. David
Ellum.
Major
Biol,
ENVS |
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Week 11 |
4:00 |
Rachel Hespenheide - Soil Analysis of Lead
in White Barn Pasture. Mentor: Dr. Stephen
Cartier.
Major ENVS |
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4:30 |
Dan Rousseau - Repertoire Size and
Territory Quality in Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) . Mentor:
Dr.
Lou Weber. Major Biol, ENVS |
| Thursday, April 8, 2010 |
7:00 - 8:30 |
Special Presentation - John
Jeavins
-
Food
and
Our
Future:
Hope and Solutions through Biointensive
Mini-Farming. Ransom Fellowship Hall - behind Chapel.
(available for attendance make-up) |
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Week 12 |
4:00 |
Tallulah Winquist - Registered. Mentor:Dr.
Steven Cartier. Major: Biol, ENVS- Moved to Week 16 due to family
matter. |
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4:30 |
Stephen Sommerville - Patterns of
metal concentrations in the shells of Blue Crabs (Callinectes sapidus)
as a tracking mechanism for adult females. Mentor:
Dr. Stephen Cartier.
Major Chem |
| Tues, Apr. 13, 2010 |
7:00 pm |
AMS Information Series: Climate Change and Local Wildlife and Plants. Panel Discussion at Diana Wortham Center, Asheville. |
| Friday, April 16 |
Draft of Thesis due to mentor. | |
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Week 13 |
4:00 |
Ben Walen - The Invasive Plant
Gradient in the Forest Ecotone. Mentor: Dr. David
Ellum.
Major
ENVS |
| 4:30 |
Anesh Prasai - C. Elegans and their response to
bitter gourd (Momordica
charantia).
Mentor:
Dr.
Victoria
Collins.
Major
Chem. |
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| Tues. April 20 |
Sigma Xi Initiation Ceremony for
selected students. |
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Week 14 |
4:00 |
Kerry Good - Increased
Mycoheterotrophy and Carbon Dependence under Stress in the Native
Orchid Goodyera pubescens.
Mentor:
Dr.
Amy
Boyd.
Major:
ENVS. |
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4:30 |
Jessica Sutt - Elevation and Food
Availability Affects on Parental Provisioning of Male and Female
Black-Throated Blue Warblers (Dendroica
caerulescens).
Mentors: Dr. Sara Kaiser and Dr. Lou Weber. Major ENVS |
| Friday, April 30 |
4:30 pm |
Senior
Theses
due. 2 copies plus "Permission
to
Photocopy". Turn-in at D. Collins' Office - Spidel 205.
"Permission to Photocopy" forms will be available, or student may
download, print, and bring the completed form. |
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Week 15 |
4:00 |
No seminar - Social Sciences Capstone
Presentations |
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Week 16 |
4:00 |
Tallulah Winquist - Concentrations of heavy metals in the annual rings of and Quercus alba, (white Oak) and Pinus strobus ( white pine) surrounding progress energy's Coal fired power plant Mentor:Dr. Steven Cartier. Major: Biol, ENVS |