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This issue of SciTech features a sampling of research completed
by faculty and students in Bloomsburg University’s College of
Science and Technology during the last year. For faculty research
university-wide, see www.bloomu.edu/research_scholars.
Chemistry/Biochemistry
Society of Toxicology Meeting
Michael Borland presented a first author poster at the 2012 Society of
Toxicology (SOT) international meeting in San Francisco. The poster was
entitled “Ligand- and receptor-dependent effects of PPARβ/δ and PPARγ on cell
proliferation in the A431 carcinoma cell line.”
Borland also attended the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology (ASBMB)-Undergraduate Affiliate Network (UAN) Leaders Biochemistry
Concept Workshop at Moravian College along with Toni Trumbo Bell, also from
chemistry/biochemistry.
Chemical Society Meeting
Bloomsburg University students and faculty who made presentations at the 2012
American Chemical Society National Spring Meeting in San Diego are:
Poster Presentations
• Alan J. Shaffer, “Synthesis of Novel N,N’-(2-alkyl)aryl-imidazol-2-inium halide salts,
Precursors of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes.” Mentor: John Morgan, Bloomsburg University
• Adam D. Miller, “Exploration of Heterobimetallic Complexes of Chromium and Cobalt.”
REU at University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Mentor: Connie C. Lu.
• Jerome D. Roscioli, “Predicting Transport Properties at High Temperature and Pressure.”
Mentor: Gregory Zimmerman, Bloomsburg University.
• Jerome D. Roscioli, “Imaging Babesia bovis Infected Erythrocytes and Free Parasites
Using Atomic Force Microscopy.” REU at Washington State University. Mentors: Louis
Scudiero and Carlos Suarez
• Jarid M. Metz, “Synthesis and Reactivity Studies on the Polynuclear Metal Cluster
Os3(CO)10[1,2-p-tolylS(C6H4)PPh2].” REU at University of North Texas.
Mentor: Michael G. Richmond.
• Jordan N. Metz, “Novel Solid Nano-Particles for Low Temperature Selective Synthesis
of Methyl Levulinate from Carbohydrates and Biomass Resources.” REU at University of
Connecticut. Mentor: Steven Suib.
• Chris L. Houser, “Surface Deacetylation of Chitin Nanocrystals.” REU at Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University. Mentor: Maren Roman.
Platform Presentations
• Mark A. Tapsak, “Detailed thermal characterization of decanylene containing
polysilalkylenesiloxanes.”
• Philip L. Osburn, “Polyisobutylene-supported bidentate triazole-NHC-palladium complex
as a recyclable catalyst for the Heck reaction.”
Super Saturday
Chemistry faculty and members of the Chemistry Club
performed the following experiments during Super
Saturday: bottle rockets, liquid nitrogen fountain,
glowsticks, rainbow of fire, M&M flare, elephant
toothpaste, non-burning money, indecisive thirsty
chemist, disappearing Styrofoam, and temperature
extreme explosion.
Participants were faculty member Eric Hawrelak;
BU Chemistry Club members Hannah Cronk, Owen
O’Sullivan, Matt Miele and Josie Legere; and Super
Saturday helper Luke Stauffer.
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Super Saturday demonstration.
Geography/Geosciences
Geological Society Meeting
Stephen Whisner, Jennifer Whisner and Cynthia Venn from geography
and geosciences and Christopher Hallen from the chemistry and
biochemistry attended the Northeastern Section of the Geological
Society of America meeting in Hartford, Conn. These students
accompanied the faculty members: Katrina Taylor, Derek Weicht,
Kendi Waltemyer, Samantha Pfister, Stephanie McGilloway, Robert
Kresch, Victoria McLaughlin, Samantha Schafer, Alexandra Hoffman,
Al Broody, Matthew Pisanchyn, Theodore Grimm, Elizabeth
Chamuris, Eliza Reed and Felipe Alarcon.
Weicht and Reed presented posters on their summer 2011 water
chemistry research with Venn and Hallen and McGilloway and
Chamuris presented posters of their senior research projects on
Fishing Creek sediment transport history. Venn and Hallen presented
student research posters by Janelle Evans, Caitlin Heller and Jaclyn
Yamrich, who were unable to attend the conference.
Titles for NEGSA 2012
• Yamrich, Jaclyn M., Venn, C. and Hallen, C. 2012. Baseline Water
Chemistry Assessment of Little Fishing Creek, Columbia County, Pa.,
Preceding Fracking of Marcellus Shale. GSA Abstracts with Programs, NE
Section, Vol. 44, No. 2, p. 48.
• McGilloway, Stephanie A., Chamuris, Elizabeth C. and Whisner, Jennifer
K. 2012. Channel Morphology of Lower Fishing Creek, Columbia County, Pa.
GSA Abstracts with Programs, NE Section, Vol. 44, No. 2, p. 52.
• Evans, Janelle L., Hallen, Christopher P. and Venn, Cynthia. 2012. A Water
Quality Analysis of Hunters Lake (Sullivan County, Pa.). GSA Abstracts with
Programs, NE Section, Vol. 44, No. 2, p. 109.
• Weicht, Derek C., Venn, Cynthia and Hallen, Christopher P. 2012. Influence
of the Oneida #3 Mine Tunnel Drainage on Little Tomhicken Creek Before
and After the Repair of an AMD Passive Treatment System. GSA Abstracts
with Programs, NE Section, Vol. 44, No. 2, p. 109.
• Heller, Caitlin, Venn, Cynthia and Hallen, Christopher. 2012. Annual
Snapshot #3: Susquehanna River Water Chemistry at Milton, Danville,
Watsontown, and Shady Nook, Pa. 2012. GSA Abstracts with Programs, NE
Section, Vol. 44, No. 2, p. 109.
• Reed, Eliza R., Venn, Cynthia and Hallen, Christopher. 2012. Attempt
#2: Quest for Point Sources of Metals and Sulfate into the Susquehanna
River near Byer’s Island, Shamokin Dam (Northumberland County), Pa. GSA
Abstracts with Programs, NE Section, Vol. 44, No. 2, p. 110.
John Bodenman
John Bodenman presented a poster, “The Spatial Organization
Dynamics of the Investment Advisory Industry: The Case of New York
City, 1983-2010,” at the annual meeting of the American Association
of Geographers in New York, N.Y.
Michael Shepard
Michael Shepard was lead author on two papers published in Icarus,
the International Journal of Solar System Research:
• Radar observations of Asteroids 64 Angelina and 69 Hesperia
• Laboratory study of the bidirectional reflectance from particulate samples.
He was co-author of four other papers published in Icarus:
• An experimental study of Hapke’s modeling of natural granular surface
samples
• Testing the Hapke photometric model: Improved inversion and the porosity
correction
• Radar and optical observations and physical modeling of triple near-Earth
Asteroid (136617) 1994 CC
• Asteroid 21 Lutetia at 3 micrometers: Observations with IRTF SpeX.
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Exercise Science
Exercise Science
Presentations with Students
Timothy McConnell authored or coauthored the following recent
publications.
• Brightbill C., Fradkin A., Smoliga J. Comparison of EMG responses
to strength training exercises with and without Nintendo Wii guidance.
Presented at the 2011 Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter of the American
College of Sports Medicine Conference. Harrisburg, Pa.
• McConnell T.R., Trevino K.M., Klinger TA. Demographic differences in
religious coping after a first-time cardiac event. Journal of Cardiopulmonary
Rehabilitation and Prevention. 2011:31(5):298-302.
• Bove A.A., Santamore W.P., Homko C., Kashem A., Cross R., McConnell
T.R., Shirk G., Menapace F. Treatment of patients with intermediate
cardiovascular risk: Are clinical measures enough? Journal of Nuclear
Cardiology. 2011:DOI 10.1007/s12350-011-9415-7.
• Bove A.A., Santamore WP, Homko C, Kashem A, Cross R, McConnell T.R.,
Shirk G., Menapace F. Reducing cardiovascular disease risk in medically
underserved urban and rural communities. American Heart Journal.
2011:161:351-359.
McConnell, Rawson and Fradkin
Three BU exercise science faculty were coauthors of:
• Frank A.M., McConnell T.R., Rawson E.S., Fradkin A. Clinical and
functional predictors of health-related quality of life during cardiac
rehabilitation. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention.
2011; 31:223-229.
Noah Wasielewski
The following by Noah Wasielewski was published in the Journal of
Athletic Training:
• Evaluation of Electromyographic Biofeedback for the Quadriceps Femoris:
A Systematic Review; Authors: Wasielewski, Noah J.1; Parker, Tonya M.2;
Kotsko, Kevin M.3; Source: Journal of Athletic Training, Volume 46,
Number 5, September 2011, pp. 543-554(12).
Andrea Fradkin
Andrea Fradkin presented research individually and with students as
follows:
Presentations
• Fradkin A. Describing the epidemiology of female golfing injuries.
Presented at the 2012 World Scientific Congress of Golf VI. Phoenix, Ariz.
• Fradkin A., Smoliga J. Is there a link between golf playing surface and
injury risk? A biomechanical perspective. Presented at the 2012 World
Scientific Congress of Golf VI. Phoenix, Ariz.
• Smoliga J., Fradkin A. Is wireless electromyography reliable for studying
the golf swing in a heterogeneous group of golfers? Presented at the 2012
World Scientific Congress of Golf VI. Phoenix, Ariz.
• Fradkin A. Surfaces to protect against injury in golf: Where should injury
prone golfers play and practice? Presented at the 2011 American College of
Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. Denver, Colo.
• Fleming J., Hux M., Fradkin A., Smoliga J. Running economy is not related
to jumping performance. Presented at the 2011 Mid-Atlantic Regional
Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine Conference.
Harrisburg, Pa.
• Hux M., Fleming J., Fradkin A., Smoliga J. Running economy remains
constant across multiple exercise intensities and is moderately related
to VO2max. Presented at the 2011 Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter of the
American College of Sports Medicine Conference. Harrisburg, Pa.
• Rasnake C., Fradkin A. A comparison of pre-season physical fitness profiles
between positions in a Division II men’s soccer team. Presented at the
2011 Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter of the American College of Sports
Medicine Conference. Harrisburg, Pa.
• Yankowski M., Fradkin A. A positional comparison of pre-season physical
fitness characteristics in Division III baseball players. Presented at the
2011 Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter of the American College of Sports
Medicine Conference. Harrisburg, Pa.
• Eisenhart C., Fradkin A. To practice or to play: Is golf participation
associated with an increased risk of injury? Presented at the 2011
American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. Denver, Colo.
• Moneghan K., Fradkin A., Smoliga J. Reliability and validity of two
measures of vertical jump performance following different warm-ups.
Presented at the 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Annual
Meeting. Denver, Colo.
PUBLICATIONS
• Fradkin A. Describing the epidemiology of female golfing injuries. Golf
Science International Journal. 2012: In Press.
• Fradkin A., Smoliga J. Is there a link between golf playing surface and
injury risk? A biomechanical perspective. Golf Science International
Journal. 2012: In Press.
• Smoliga J., Fradkin A. Is wireless electromyography reliable for studying
the golf swing in a heterogeneous group of golfers? Golf Science
International Journal. 2012: In Press.
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Instructional Technology
Karl Kapp
Faculty member Karl Kapp has published his fifth book, “The
Gamification of Learning and Instruction: Game-based Methods and
Strategies for Training and Education.”
Academy of Science Meeting
Students Andrew Ackerman, Brandan Gray, Lauren Lowenberger,
Diana Pierce, Heather Ressler and Cassaundra Thompson and faculty
Angela Hess, Clay Corbin, Naz Afarin Fallahian and Cynthia Surmacz
attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Science meeting. The
following talks and posters were presented:
• In vitro effects of low-dose ionizing radiation on primary skin cells.
Ackerman, Andrew, Kelly N. Barko, Naz Afarin Fallahian and
Angela R. Hess.
• Eph receptor and ephrin ligand expression in human keratinocytes,
melanocytes and melanoma cell lines. Pierce, Diana H. and
Angela R. Hess.
• Morphology, Bite-Force, and Bill Closing Velocity in North American Birds.
Lowenberger, Lauren K., Brandan L. Gray and Clay E. Corbin.
Pathology; Joan Miller, Nursing; and Cynthia Surmacz, Biological and Allied
Health Sciences.
• Outstanding Scholarship Award: Shaheen Awan, Audiology and Speech
Pathology; Noreen Chikotas, Nursing; John Hranitz, Biological and Allied
Health Sciences; and Mehdi Razzaghi, Mathematics, Computer Science
and Statistic.
Students
Audiology and Speech Pathology
• Summa Cum Laude: Brittany Bohach, Krista Rae Buchanan, Faith Joy
Marvin and Chelsea J. Zoltowski.
• Magna Cum Laude: Holly Bachman, Lindsey Marie Bieryla, Katherine
Elizabeth Burgess, Ashlee A. King, Vanessa R. Martin, Kaitlyn McShay,
Cassandra Lynn Remaley, Michelle Selinsky, Jill D. Wiscount and Kathryn
Bridget Young.
• Cum Laude: Rachel E. Craven, Stephanie Lynn Debuski, Chantel C.
Guistwite, Kelly Lynne Hontz, Megan N. Klinger, Erin R. Murray, Lauren
Marie Poinsett, Kristyn Marie Rakus, Erin E. Schumaker, Alexandra Sova,
Lauren Rae Stout, Danielle A. Walsh, Victoria Werts, Cailyn Marie
Williamson and Kelsey Shannon Woods.
• Protease Inhibitors Reduce Degradation of the Cellular Stress Marker
HSP70 in Lumbriculus variegates. Thompson, Cassaundra, Heather
Ressler, Cynthia Surmacz and John M. Hranitz.
• Student Scholarships and Awards: Jacqueline Crowe, James Bryden
Scholarship; Chelsea Zoltowski, Outstanding Senior; Kaitlyn A. Smith,
Frances Fay DeRose Memorial Award; Jordyn Koveleski, Husky Audiology
Award; and Nicole Leonzi, Cynthia Schloss Graduate Award.
Tri-Beta Convention
Biological and Allied Health Sciences
Meghan Duell, a senior biology major won the Frank G. Brooks
Award, the first-place prize in the oral presentation category at the
Northeast District 2 Tri-Beta Convention. Duell won a travel grant to
compete at the national Tri-Beta Convention held in Puerto Rico in
May. Her presentation was titled
• Summa Cum Laude: Jessica M. Albright, Rebecca Isabelle Conrad,
Brandon Dunbar and Amber Marie Kolk.
“Honeybee Stress: Behavioral and Physiological Implications of
Flumethrin Treatment.” John Hranitz is her mentor.
• Cum Laude: Marisa A. Cipolla, Tammy Mistishin Franks, Karmyn Yvonne
Gill, Larissa R. Johnson, David W. Kolk, Lindsay M. Kupferschmidt, Robert
P. Medon, Michael J. Molesevich, Jenelle L Romig, Sara E. Taylor and
Maura Elizabeth Williams.
Brandon Dunbar, a senior biology major, received second prize in
the poster category. He presented “Effect of Composted Materials on
the Incidence of Pythium splendans induced-root rot disease.” His
mentors are Barry Nolt and Judith Kipe-Nolt.
Spring Honors Symposium
College of Science and Technology top honors graduates Carrie E.
Mensch, Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics; Jenna
Mordan, Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics; and Chelsea
J. Zoltowski, Audiology and Speech Pathology, were honored during
the Spring Honors Symposium. Other COST students and faculty
recognized at the symposium are:
Faculty
• Outstanding Teaching Award: Patricia Beyer, Geography and Geosciences;
Annette Gunderman, Nursing; and John Riley, Mathematics, Computer
Science and Statistics.
• Outstanding Service Award: Jorge Gonzalez, Audiology and Speech
• Magna Cum Laude: Megan Elizabeth Duell, Alaina Lee Egger, Marykate
Gallagher, Jason D. Kneller, Heather Nicole Love, Sarah Angela Monaco,
Amanda R. Pulsifer and Lauren M. Sosnoski.
• Student Scholarships and Awards: Heather Ressler, James E. Parsons
Microbiology Scholarship; Jennifer Sabins, James E. Cole Scholarship;
Meredith Salmon, Biology and Allied Health Science Scholarship; Renee
Risaliti, Biology and Allied Health Science Scholarship; Brandon M.
Dunbar, Margaret Till Physiology Award; Amber Kolk, Outstanding Allied
Health Senior; and Meghan Duell, Outstanding Biology Senior.
Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Summa Cum Laude: Adam D. Miller and David Joel Yovic.
• Magna Cum Laude: Brandon Marshall West.
• Cum Laude: Jarid Matthew Metz and Jordan Nathan Metz.
• Student Scholarships and Awards: Adam Miller, ACS Undergraduate Award
in Inorganic Chemistry and ACS Outstanding Senior Award; Jarid Metz,
American Institute of Chemist Foundation, Outstanding Senior Award;
Jordan Metz, American Institute of Chemist Foundation, Outstanding Senior
Award; Chris Houser, Junior Chemistry Achievement Award; Gene Tunney,
POLYED Undergraduate Award for Achievement in Organic Chemistry; and
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Ariana Winder, David Murphy Memorial Scholarship.
Exercise Science
• Magna Cum Laude: Elliot Beadle, Meghan Elane Boyer and
Elizabeth S. Lukiewski.
• Cum Laude: Andrew Evans, Joshua James Fleming, Jennifer Lynn Hetrick,
Steven Taylor Jeffreys and Alaina Kay Snyder.
• Student Scholarships and Awards: Meghan Boyer, The Bill Sproule Award;
and Christina Rasnake, Graduate Honor Award in Exercise Science.
Geography and Geosciences
• Cum Laude: Katie Daud, Katharine Keeney and John Alexander Lenches.
• Student Scholarships and Awards: Kendi Waltemyer, Daniel J. Tearpock
Field Camp Scholarship; Lynnette Eichenlaub, Braun Geology Field
Camp Scholarship; Thomas Kerstetter, Outstanding Achievement Award in
Geography/Planning; and Brian Culp,Outstanding Student in Geoscience.
Instructional Technology
Joan McDowell, Devin Miller and Robert Roos.
• Student Scholarships and Awards: Daniel Hranj, Highest Achievement in
Computer Forensics Award; Robert Roos, Highest Achievement in
Computer Forensics Award; John Lenhart, Highest Achievement in
Computer Science Award; Carrie Mensch, James Pomfret Mathematics
Award; Jenna Mordan, James Pomfret Mathematics Award; Zachary
Rothweiler, C.R. Reardin Award; James Coulter, Hank and Linda Bailey
Mathematics Scholarship; Zhaoning Yang, J. Edward Kerlin Scholarship;
Jacob Jacavage, Elizabeth and James Mauch Scholarship; and Ashley
Boehner, Marek Mathematics Scholarship.
Nursing
• Magna Cum Laude: Lindsay M. Ciccanti, Morgan J. Peachey and Emily
Grace Searfoss.
• Cum Laude: Kaitlin Darkes, Thomas John DiMaria, Jaimie M. Donnelly,
Jacquelyn Lee Hester, Jamie Michelle Keister, Christine Ann Moyer,
Michelle Marie Pascoe, Laura Elizabeth Stanko and Jamie Olivia Thomas.
• Student Scholarships and Awards: Thomas DiMaria, Morgan Peachey and
Emily Searfoss, Nursing Student Achievement Award.
• Outstanding Students in Instructional Technology: Chris Cutno, Gina Fanelli
and Daniel White.
Physics and Engineering Technology
Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics
• Cum Laude: Jason Derr.
• Summa Cum Laude: Carrie E. Mensch, Jenna L. Mordan and Zachary L.
Rothweiler.
• Student Scholarships and Awards: Kelly Barko, Levi Gray Scholarship;
Adam Reedy, P. James Moser Scholarship; Robert Uzzolino, P. James
Moser Scholarship; Adam Reedy and Robert Uzzolino, Outstanding
Students in Electronics Engineering Technology; and Jason Derr,
Outstanding Student in Physics.
• Magna Cum Laude: Bingchen Yan.
• Cum Laude: Daniel Paul Hranj, Scott R. Keeble, John Lenhart, Marissa
Nursing
Noreen Chikotas/Kimberly Owelski
Noreen Chikotas, associate professor and program director of BU’s
nurse practitioner programs; Kimberly Owelski, nursing instructor;
and Carol I. Parks, registered nurse with PPL Corp. of Berwick,
had two manuscripts accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed
journal, American Association of Occupational Health Nurses. The
manuscripts are “Comprehensive Review of the Healthy People
2020 Occupational Safety” and “Health Objectives: Tools for the
Occupational Health Nurse in Goal Attainment: Part I and Part II.”
These manuscripts provide the tools to implement the objectives of
Healthy People 2020 in occupational and environmental health.
Noreen Chikotas
Noreen Chikotas presented a poster, “Urinary Tract Infections and
the Relation to Health Behaviors: A Research Study,” at the peerreviewed American College of Nurse Practitioner 2011 Clinical
Conference in Denver, Colo. The poster disseminated information from
a quantitative research study which explored the relationship between
health behaviors (risk factors) and the occurrence of urinary tract
infections (UTIs) in college-aged women. The study was conducted
in 2009 at the Bloomsburg University Student Health Center. The
conference reaches approximately 3,000 nurse practitioners in
• Magna Cum Laude: Timothy Robert Gildea.
clinical practice nationally, specifically the Western part of the U.S.,
and added to the evidence-based UTI research and health behaviors
of college-age women.
Joan Miller
Joan Miller addressed the influence of burnout on good work in
nursing, work that is at once excellent, ethical and engaging or
personally meaningful, in “Burnout and Its Impact on Good Work
in Nursing,” Journal of Radiology Nursing, 30, 146-149. Issues
such as inadequate staffing and moral distress influence the ability
of the nurse to achieve and maintain a commitment to work that is
of the highest standard in terms of technical excellence and social
and moral responsibility. Given the critical shortage of nurses in
the United States and globally, interventions are needed that will
allow nurses to reflect on the values that inform and sustain their
commitment to quality care.
Deb Sanders
Deb Sanders, assistant professor, co-authored an article, “STD
Prevalence Demands Clinical Awareness,” in Aging Well, a
publication for professionals in geriatric medicine. Sanders coauthored the publication with Tresa Imparato, a registered nurse at
Geisinger Medical Center who recently graduated from BU. Sanders
mentored Imparato in developing the topic which was generated from
her senior-level scholarly paper.
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Spring Research Day
The student presentations listed below
were featured during Spring Research Day,
Saturday, May 5. The faculty mentor and
department is listed after the title.
Talk Sessions
• Kelsey Matthews, Investigation of Signal
Transduction Pathways Involved in Fluconazole
Resistance in Candida glabrata, Karl Henry,
Biological and Allied Health Sciences.
• Erica Winter, Partial Cloning of the Nrf2 gene from
Megachile rotundata, Kristen Brubaker, Biological
and Allied Health Sciences.
• Megan Kopec, Characterization of Heat Shock
Factor-1 in the Thermotolerant Species Megachile
rotundata, Kristen Brubake, Biological and Allied
Health Sciences.
• Adam J. Reedy, High-Voltage Switching Circuit
for Characterizing Power Semiconductor Devices,
Biswajit Ray, Physics and Engineering Technology.
• Hassan Alhashimalsayed, Daniel Byler, Chris
Cutno, Mike Seibert, Phebe Strzempek, Training
for PPL Employees, Timothy Phillips, Instructional
Technology.
• Kyle J. Higgins, An Improved Method for
Calibrating the Gantry Angles of Linear
Accelerators, Naz Afarin Fallahian, Physics and
Engineering Technology.
• Kayla Binger and Jamie O’Neill, Uncertainty
in illness among Diabetics: Rural and Suburban
Communities, Joan Miller, Nursing.
• Brandon West, Synthetic Efforts Toward the
Construction of a “Blocked” Hemilabile Pincer
Ligand, Phil Osburn, Chemistry and Biochemistry.
• Keith Kinek, Storm runoff and polyphosphate
storage in periphyton communities inhabiting
autotrophic and heterotrophic streams, Steven
Rier, Biological and Allied Health Sciences.
• Jarid Metz, Construction of Base-tunable
Hemilabile Pincer Palladium Complexes, Phil
Osburn, Chemistry and Biochemistry.
• Zhaoning Yang, Analysis of “Traffic Flow”
using Partial Differential Equation, Youmin Lu,
Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics.
• Joshua Halbfoerster, Nick Hitcho and Jacob
Kendall, Hard Drive Laser Shutters for Ultra Cold
Bloom, John Huckans, Physics and Engineering
Technology.
• Phil Anzelmo, From field to classroom and back
to the field: Increasing engagement in Mineralogy
and Petrology courses by use of student research
projects, Jennifer Whisner, Geography and
Geosciences.
• John Lenches, Petrographic analysis of thin
sections of igneous and metamorphic rocks
collected during Bloomsburg Geosciences field
trips, Stephen Whisner, Geography and
Geosciences.
• Alan Shaffer, Synthesis of novel N,N’-(2-alkyl)
aryl-imidazol-2-inium halide salts, precursors of
N-heterocyclic carbenes, John P. Morgan,
Chemistry and Biochemistry.
• Sabrina Wagner, Functional Analysis of a Putative
Iron/Phytosiderophore Transporter From Oats,
Avena Sativa, George Davis, Biological and Allied
Health Sciences.
• Tom Blass, The Cloning and Characterization of an
anti-FRO2 Antibody Genes, George Davis,
Biological and Allied Health Sciences.
• Shane Levengood, A GUI-Based Program for
Viewing Asteroid Shape Models, Michael Shepard,
Geography and Geosciences.
• Reid Lennon, Progress Toward Construction of a
Tapered Amplifier Laser for UltraColdBloom, John
Huckans, Physics and Engineering Technology.
• Taryn Holland, Health Needs Assessment of
Bloomsburg University Students, Michelle Ficca,
Nursing.
• Nicole Cicero, Maureen Miller and Grace Ordonio,
Quality Improvements: Working on Student
Interdisciplinary Teams, Mary Ann Cegielsky,
Nursing, and Dr. Adele Spegman, Geisinger
Medical Center.
• Lance Ballester, Causes of Autism: A Statistical
Analysis of State-By-State Incidence Rate, Mehdi
Razzaghi, Mathematics, Computer Science and
Statistics.
• Tom Dimaria, Improving Sexuality in Patients with
Spinal Cord Injuries, Pat Loiaza, Nursing.
• Adam Miller, Investigation of [(C6F5)C5H4]
Co(CO)2 as a Catalyst for the Production of
Substituted Aromatic Compounds, Eric Hawrelak,
Chemistry and Biochemistry.
• Jerome D. Roscioli, Predicting Transport
Properties at High Temperature and Pressures,
Greg Zimmerman, Chemistry and Biochemistry.
• Hannah Cronk and Reid Lennon, Rotational StateSpecific Collisional Relaxation Dynamics of
Acetylene Using Optical-Optical Double
Resonance, Ju Xin, Physics and Engineering
Technology.
Poster Presentations
• Hannah Cronk and Reid Lennon, Rotational StateSpecific Collisional Relaxation Dynamics of
Acetylene Using Optical-Optical Double
Resonance, Ju Xin, Physics and Engineering
Technology.
• Cassaundra Thompson and Heather Thompson,
Protease Inhibitors Reduce Degradation of the
Cellular Stress Marker HSP70 in Lumbriculus
variegatus, John Hranitz and Cynthia Surmacz,
Biological and Allied Health Sciences.
• Derek Weicht, Influence of the Oneida #3 Mine
Tunnel Drainage on Little Tomhicken Creek Before
and After the Repair of an AMD Passive Treatment
System, Chris Hallen, Chemistry and Biochemistry,
and Cynthia Venn, Geography and Geosciences.
• Sarah Monaco, Effects of Exogenous
Carbohydrates on Basidiospore Germination, and
Bark Texture Preferences of Bark-Inhabiting Fungi,
George Chamuris, Biological and Allied Health
Sciences.
• Sean M. Jeffreys, Grazing and Clipping Induced
Changes in Leaf Silicon Contents of the grass
Agrostis gigantean, Kevin Williams, Biological and
Allied Health Sciences.
• John Pettine, Ground Penetrating Radar Survey
of the Mifflinville Cemetery, Columbia County, Pa.,
Michael Shepard, Geography and Geosciences.
• Matt Hallowell, Characterization and Optimization
of the Bloomsburg WindJET, John Huckans,
Physics and Engineering Technology.
• Jordan Metz, Studies of N-Heterocyclic Carbene
Catalyzed Biodiesel, John P. Morgan, Chemistry
and Biochemistry.
• Lance Ballester, Causes of Autism: A Statistical
Analysis of State-By-State Incidence Rate, Mehdi
Razzaghi, Mathematics, Computer Science and
Statistics.
• Larissa Johnson, Characterizing Individual
Variation in HSP70 concentrations in Blackworms
(Lumbriculus variegatus) following Heat Shock,
John Hranitz and Cynthia Surmacz, Biological and
Allied Health Sciences.
• Charmiane Henderson, Evaluating the Cytotoxic
Effects of Novel Compounds as Potential
Spermicides, Jennifer Venditti, Biological and
Allied Health Sciences.
• Victoria McLauchlin, Samantha Schafer, Fracture
measurements and geologic mapping along the
transition between the Valley and Ridge and
Plateau, Physiographic provinces of Pennsylvania,
Stephen Whisner, Geography and Geosciences.
• Elisa Busada, Avifaunal diversity of old field and
disturbed forest habitats of Bloomsburg University
of Pennsylvania, Clay Corbin, Biological and Allied
Health Sciences.
• Lauren Lowenberger, Feeding morphology, biteforce, and closing-velocity in North American
birds, Clay Corbin, Biological and Allied Health
Sciences.
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