Saturday, November 3, 2007: 1:00 PM-4:00 PM

Undergraduate Education (04a)

#2 - National Student Paper Competition (04A00)
This session includes winning student papers from each of the nine regional paper competitions held earlier this year. Papers will be presented to a panel of five judges who will select the top three papers which will be awarded cash prizes sponsored by Omega Chi Epsilon.
Chair:Joseph D. Smith
1:00 PMWelcoming Remarks
1:05 PMNano-Particle Toughening of Epoxy Composites Using Polyethyleneimine Dendrimer Shell Materials
Aaron Saks
1:20 PMSynthesis of Starch-G-Polymethylmethacrylate through Emulsion Photopolymerization
Dan Weber
1:35 PMTransport in Epdm Elastomer: Molecular Simulation and Experimental Study
David T. Limmer
1:50 PMCellular Uptake of Modified Red Clover Necrotic Mosaic Virus and Small Molecule Release from the Virion
Kenneth Wesley Overton
2:05 PMBreak
2:10 PMOn-Board Hydrogen Storage and Production: An Application of Ammonia Electrolysis
Amy Weber, Bryan K. Boggs
2:25 PMDirect Sequence Detection of Human H5 Influenza Viral RNA
Matthew B. Kerby, Sarah Freeman, Kristina Prachanronarong, Andrew W. Artenstein, Steven M. Opal, Anubhav Tripathi
2:40 PMAmp-Activated Protein Kinase (AMPK) May Affect Fat Storage by Controlling An Enzyme That Oxidizes Fatty Acids
Alisha Bloodworth, Elmus G. Beale
2:55 PMRetrofit of Sour Water Networks in Oil Refineries: A Case Study
Lisa Scodari, Daniel Sujo-Nava, C. Stewart Slater, Mariano Savelski, Kevin Dahm
3:10 PMPorous Monolith Structures in Microfluidic Devices
Thomas Schwei
3:25 PMConcluding Remarks

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