2008 Proceedings - St. Cloud State University

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Program Session ZD: Science and Engineering IV Moderator Jeongmin Byun, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering North Voyageurs Time Presenter(s) Title 5:00 p.m. Greku, Tedd; Landherr, Adam; Electrolux Transport/Leveling Device Maves, Adam 5:20 p.m. Prom, Daniel; Tamariz, Raphael; Study on the Stretching Problem of Film Cutting Pérez, David 5:40 p.m. Yang, Phillip; Yee, Jong-Shan; Mechanical and Manufacturing Design Projects for Vascular Solutions, Inc Lim, James Session ZE: Social Sciences II Moderator Philip J. Grossman, Professor, Department of Economics North Glacier Time Presenter(s) Title 5:00 p.m. Bargabus, Kathryn State Mandates and Health Care 5:20 p.m. Winscher, Damon; Franzen, Angela; The Colonial Legacy in Africa Kanenza, Benita 6:30- 7:00 p.m. Reception Open to All Attendees Cascade All SRC attendees are welcome to a reception in the Cascade Room of the Atwood Memorial Center. Students who present their fully stamped passports will be entered into a drawing to win $400 in prizes! 7:00- 8:00 p.m. Closing Ceremony Cascade The 2008 Student Research Colloquium Best Poster Awards and Best Paper Competition Awards will be announced and the winners awarded. Prizes are as follows: Best paper presentation will be awarded $300; up to six honorable mentions will be awarded $150 each. Best poster will be awarded $300; up to six honorable mentions will be awarded $150 each. The College of Science and Engineering Denise M. McGuire Student Research Awards will also be announced and the winners awarded. St. Cloud State University Student Research Colloquium 17 April 22, 2008
Abstracts Session A All Disciplines Ballroom Gender and Emotion: Ignoring Emotional Faces In the current study, participants had to decide whether a hat was centered on a head. The expression of the face and gender were irrelevant to the task. There are numerous studies (e.g., Eastwood, Smilek, & Merikle, 2003; Fenske, & Eastwood, 2003; Valdes, Rutledge, Miles, & Olah, 2006) that have found that people are less able to ignore sad faces than happy faces. It was hypothesized that making judgments about women‘s sad faces will be slower than men‘s sad faces because of the automatic activation of this gender stereotype. Faces were constructed using Poser software. Results are discussed. Presentation Index: A1 Time: 9:00 a.m. Department: Psychology Project Sponsor(s): Student Presenter(s): Shelton, Lisa; Spanier, Hannah Valdes, Leslie Land Use Changes in St. Michael, Minnesota Many studies have been done on global and regional land cover and land use changes, but less attention has been paid to land use changes in individual cities. This article analyzes the land use changes in the city of St. Michael, Minnesota from 1996 to 2006. The study area was mapped by using high resolution remote sensing imagery and GIS software, which provided the tools and information that are needed to analyze changes in the urban and rural landscape spatially and temporally. The reasons for these changes in land use and their implications are also discussed. Presentation Index: A2 Time: 9:00 a.m. Department: Geography Project Sponsor(s): Student Presenter(s): Schrofe, Ryan John, Gareth False Memory: Effects of Distractor Relatedness In this study participants studied a list of words that were related to a single concept or theme. They then took a recognition test with the theme word presented. Generally people remember incorrectly the theme word or critical lure more frequently than unrelated words (Roediger & McDermott, 1995). The current study is going to manipulate how related the distractors are to a single concept. It is predicted that when distractors are related to a theme instead of being all unrelated to each other more false memory will occur. Results will be discussed. Presentation Index: A3 Time: 9:00 a.m. Department: Psychology Project Sponsor(s): Student Presenter(s): Shelton, Lisa; Antunez, Leyda; Langlois, Renee; Valdes, Leslie Morgan, Tiffany Analysis of Nutrient Loading in Johnson Creek Land use has a significant effect on water quality. Agriculture and residential development are two main contributors of this degradation. Fertilizers are being overused on agricultural land and in residential areas. Furthermore, animal waste and septic systems are frequently not managed correctly. Fertilizers and animal wastes contain nutrients which can be carried to waterways during rainfall. Johnson Creek, a trout stream, starts in a wetland and flows to the Mississippi River near St. Augusta, MN. From November 2007 through May 2008, a study was conducted on Johnson Creek to examine water quality indicators of the creek. The water was analyzed for pH, conductivity, phosphorus, nitrate, ammonium, total suspended solids, total solids, total coliform, and E. coli. Samples were taken once a week, as well as after significant rainfall events. The creek and the river it drains into are impacted by the surrounding land use and may result in the impairment of water quality. Presentation Index: A4 Time: 9:00 a.m. Department: Environmental and Technological Studies Project Sponsor(s): Student Presenter(s): Nadeau, Daniel; Stafne, Joe Bender, Mitch; Rose, Chuck St. Cloud State University Student Research Colloquium 18 April 22, 2008
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