(All NSS presentations for 2011-2012 academic year are part of the Capstone Carnival - regardless of presentation date)
Spring
2012
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| Week 1.
MLK- Triad
Day
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| Week 2, Jan. 23, 2012 4:00 Megan Brooks-Planck. Impacts of the chemical removal of the invasive species Elaeagnus umbellata, Autumn Olive on surrounding native plant diversity. Mentor: Dr. Brian Olechnowski. |
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Jan. 23 4:30 Caleb
Mende. Carbon Storage and Sequestration in the
Warren Wilson College Forest and Build Landscape.
Mentor: Dr. David Ellum.
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| Week 3, Jan. 30, 2012 4:00 Liz Miller. Influence of the herbicide metabolite aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) on spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) stages of development and survivorship. Mentor: Dr. Brian Olechnowski. |
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Jan. 30 4:30 Diana Sisson. Variation
in trematode parasite
load across gender and size class in the grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio. Mentor: Dr. Bob Eckstein.
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| Week 4
Feb. 6, 2012 4:00 Olivia Healy. Microbial Metabolism Limits Uranium
Solubilization in Subsurface Sediments. Mentor: Dr.
Victoria Collins. |
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Feb. 6 4:30 Kendra Marcus. Life on arsenic?
Thermodynamic, kinetic, and dynamic modeling of an arsenatidylcholine
membrane system. Mentor: Dr. Stephen Cartier.
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| Week 5 Feb. 13, 2012 4:00 Brett Parmenter. Conservation Implications of Microsattelite Analysis in the Owens Valley Vole, Microtus californicus vallicola. Mentor: Dr. Lou Weber and Dr. Brian Olechnowski. |
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Feb. 13 4:30
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| Week 6
Feb. 20, 2012 4:00 |
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Feb. 20 4:30
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| Monday,
Feb. 27, 2012. All abstracts
for remainder of spring semester 2012 due. E-mail to
dcollins. |
| Week 7 Feb. 27, 2012 4:00 Hannah Fearing. Behavioral patterns of domestic chickens (Gallus domesticus) in contrasting housing systems. Mentor: Dr. Brian Olechnowski. |
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Feb. 27 4:30 Katherine
Brewer. Novel
environment test
on weaned pigs raised in indoor and outdoor farrowing systems.
Mentor:
Dr. Bob Eckstein.
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| Thursday, March 1, 2012 Environmental Leadership Center & Sigma Xi at WWC Chapel, 7:00 p.m.. Lou Guillette, Jr., Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina: ―Scrambled Eggs: Can wildlife provide clues about birth defects in humans? (Attend and write summary to D. Collins before Monday, March 5, 2012 for attendance credit.) |
| Week 8
Mar. 5, 2012 4:00 Casey Silar. Metal Leachability of Fly Ash Amended
Concrete. Mentor: Dr. Robert Hastings. |
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Mar. 5 4:30 4:30 Hayley
Hoover. Effects of
Sedimentation on Salmonid Spawning Habitats. Mentor:
Dr.
Robert Hasting and Dr. Lou Weber.
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| Spring Break |
| Week 9 Mar. 19, 2012 4:00 William Keller. Determination of metal content in wastewater from Town Of Old Fort Wastewater Treatment Plant. Mentor: Dr. Stephen Cartier. |
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Mar. 19 4:30 L. B. Byrne. Toxic Metals in Tattoo Inks.
Mentor: Dr. Victoria Collins.
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| Wednesday,
March 21, 2012. Movie- Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic
for our Time. In Canon Lounge starting from 8:00 pm to 10:00
pm. (Attend and write summary to D. Collins by Wed, Mar 28, 2012
for attendance credit). |
| Week 10 Mar. 26, 2012 4:00 Mayuri Patel. Eugenol and Methyleugenol Composition in Three Varieties of Tulsi: Ocimum tenuiflorum L. & Ocimum gratissimum L. Mentor: Dr. Victoria Collins. |
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Mar. 26 4:30 Amelia
Hubbard.
Endophyte Presence and
Ergot Alkaloid Production in Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) on the Warren
Wilson College Farm.
Mentor: Dr. Vicki Collins.
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| Week 11
Apr. 2, 2012 4:00 Cheyanne Zimmerman. Substituting Achillea millefolium for Humulus lupulus in the flavoring of
beer. Mentor: Dr. Dean Kahl. |
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Apr. 2 4:30 Elizabeth
Creech. Chemical and Benthic
Macroinvertebrate Assessment of Water Quality in Relation to Shope
Creek Trout Farm. Mentor: Dr. Mark Brenner.
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Apr. 2 5:00 Alison
Gabrenya. Conversion
of Pasture to Tropical Cloud Forest in
Ecuador.
Mentor: Dr. Lou
Weber.
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| Tuesday April 3. Sigma Xi at Mars Hill College. Dr.Elzerman will lecture about "Green Chemistry". (Attend and write summary to D. Collins before Monday, April 10, 2012 for attendance credit.) |
| Week 12 Apr. 9, 2012 4:00 Mandy Wegmann. Identification of Environmental Factors that Predict Nest Activity and Success in Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta). Mentor: Dr. Brian Olechnowski. |
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Apr. 9 4:30 John Devin Koch
- Guest presentaion - (Environmental Policy
Concentration)
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Apr. 9 5:00
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| Week
12 - Friday April 13, 2012, 4:00 Thesis drafts due to mentors |
| Week 13
Apr. 16, 2012 4:00 Dylan Johnston. SHORT TERM EFFECTS OF FIRE ON MAYAPPLE (Podophyllum peltatum) IN THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. Mentor: Dr. David Ellum. |
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Apr. 16 4:30 Sam Wasko. Crystals of the tinder conk (Fomes fomentarius): is concentration impacted by Escherichia coli?
Mentor:
Dr. Stephen
Cartier. Co-mentors: Dr. Paul Bartles, Dr. Jeff Holmes, Dr. Mark
Brenner.
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Apr. 16 5:00 Alena
Leonatti.
Biological Efficency
of Pleurotus pulmonarius
Grown on Paper Towels and Spent Barley. Mentor: Dr. Mark Brenner.
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| Tuesday, April 17. Sigma Xi at UNC-Asheville. Students from Asheville area colleges will present research results and be inducted into Sigma Xi as an honor. (Attend and write summary to D. Collins before Monday, April 23, 2012 for attendance credit.) |
| Week 14
Apr. 23, 2012 4:00 Hillary Sullivan. PREVALENCE OF THE PARASITIC PROTOZOA Toxoplasma gondii IN POPULATIONS OF
SHREWS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. Mentor: Dr. Jeff
Holmes. |
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Apr. 23 4:30 Special
Presentation: Dr. Tom Peterson, Principle scientist at the National
Climatic Data Center, Asheville (one of the 2007 Nobel Laureates of the
IPCC). The Myth of the 1970's
Global Cooling Scientific Consensus: The Evolution of Integrated
Climate Change Science.
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| Week 14 Apr. 27 - Friday 4:00 Thesis (2 copies) to Spidel 205 plus Permission to Photocopy Permission to photocopy |
| Week 15 Apr. 30, 2012 4:00 Bill Hagemann. An analysis of the content and variability of N, P, K, Na, and pH in compost from Warren Wilson College Recycling Crew. Mentor: Dr. Mark Brenner. |
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Apr. 30, 4:30 Kris
Wielunski. AN EARTHWORM
COMPOSITION AND ABUNDANCE BASELINE INVENTORY BY LAND USE IN THE
SWANNANOA VALLEY. Mentor: Dr. David Ellum.
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Apr. 30, 5:00 Mar. 26 5:00
Jeffrey Lott. Analysis of
pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the medicinal herb Comfrey, Symphytum
officinale. Mentor: Dr. Dean Kahl.
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| Week 16
May 7, 2012 4:00 |
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May 7 4:30
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