Three Minute Thesis Competition – Heats Schedule
February 16, 2016
Leadership Studies Building
Each session will begin at the time stated below with a few minutes of opening remarks and instructions. The first
presentation will begin approximately five minutes after the start of the session, with presentations beginning every five
minutes. Each presenter will have three minutes. There will NOT be question and answer sessions after presentations, but
judges will be given a couple of minutes to make final remarks on their evaluation forms.
Attendees may come and go, but given the strict time requirement for presenters, to limit disruptions, attendees may not
enter or exit the room during a student’s presentation.
HEAT 1
2:45pm
Leadership Studies Room 127
Colby Teeman – Human Nutrition, PhD
Does Moderate Intensity Exercise in the Postprandial Period Attenuate the Inflammatory Response to a High-Fat
Meal?
Yue Yuan – Apparel and Textiles, MS
Morphology-Driven Super-Repellent Polystyrene Electrospun Nanowebs
Colleen Gura – Geology, MS
Comparative Geochemistry of Konza Prairie and the Stockdale Kimberlite
Regina Enninful – Agronomy, PhD
Characterizing Sorghum Under Water Deficit Stress
Brittany Hollerbach – Kinesiology, MS
The First Twenty Exercise Training Program and Fire Academy Recruits' Fitness and Health
Olalere Olatoye – Agronomy, PhD
Genomic Dissection of Panicle Architecture In Sorghum Using Nested Association Mapping
Laura Soto – Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Microalgae for Life
Chen Peng – Microbiology, PhD
Does Species Matter?
HEAT 2
3:45pm
Leadership Studies Room 123
Bondy Kaye – Mass Communications, MS
Same Song, New Dance: Competition and Market Structure in the Digital Music Aggregation Industry
Junjun Ou – Agronomy, PhD
Mechanism of Dicamba Resistance in Kochia (Kochia scoparia)
Rachel Garth – Geology, MS
The Biogeochemical Evolution of Tungsten in an Alkaline Lake in Fallon, Nevada
Ian Andree – Geology, MS
Monitoring the Biogeochemistry of Shallow Aquifer Groundwater to Predict Reactions upon CO2 Contamination
Trevor Rife – Plant Pathology, PhD
Utilizing a Historical Wheat Collection for Modern Plant Breeding
Ryan Schmid – Entomology, PhD
Hessian Fly Smart-Trap Design and Deployment Strategies
Desa Daniel – Counseling and Student Development, PhD
A Phenomenological Anaylsis of Invisibility Among College Students: An African American Woman's Experience
HEAT 3
4:00pm
Leadership Studies Room 127
Andres Salcedo – Genetics, PhD
Exploring the Wheat Rust Pathogen’s Weapons: Identification of the Effector that Interacts with the Resistance
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Matthew Galliart – Biology, MS
Experimental Natural Selection of Big Bluestem Ecotypes across the Great Plains: A Novel Test for the Strength of
Local Adaptation
Amanda Fairbanks – Counseling and Student Development, PhD
Charting Unknown Waters: Exploring the Faculty Advisor/Doctoral Student Relationship
Harshad Kulkarni – Civil Engineering, PhD
Biogeochemical Interactions of Natural Organic Matter with Arsenic in Water
Jere Noel – Animal Science, MS
Utilizing Electromyography to Identify Causes of Fatigue in Pigs
Pragyesh Dhungel – Microbiology, PhD
Vaccinia Virus Craving for A's
Deanna Scheff – Grain Science, PhD
Packaging Technologies for the Control of Stored-Product Insects
HEAT 4
5:15pm
Leadership Studies Room 123
Michelle Berube – Geology, MS
Geochemical Controls on Arsenic Release into Groundwater from Sediments: In Relation to Natural Reactive
Barrier
Narinder Singh – Genetics, PhD
Utilizing Wild Species for Crop Improvement
Naiqing Lin – Hospitality and Dietetics Administration, MS
Intention to Use Hand Sanitizers among Soldiers
Xi Chen – Mechanical Engineering, PhD
Improve Water Sustainability with Droplet Dynamics
Jared Crain – Genetics, PhD
Plant Breeding: To Feed the Future
Jessica Thomson – Entomology, PhD
Flies, Microbes, and Manure
Aruni Malalasekera – Chemistry, PhD
Early Cancer Screening Based on Posttranslational Diagnostic Nanosensor for Arginase Detection
Kumarsinh Jhala – Electrical Engineering, PhD
Coordinated Electric Vehicle Charging with Renewable Energy Sources