The 2011 Senior Honors and Student Research Symposium (SHSRS) is scheduled for Tuesday on the Arkansas Tech campus.

The Symposium will be held in Pendergraft 300.

The Honors presentations will be made in Pendergraft 300 North and the Student Research presentations will be made in Pendergraft 300 South.

The Symposium will start at 9 a.m.

Additional information is available by contacting Dr. Mostafa Hemmati at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The schedules for the symposium presentations are listed by presenter, mentor, research title and time of presentation.

The student research symposium schedule includes:

Whitney Hardin (Ivan H. Still), "Analysis of candidate factors involved in TACC2s arrested myogenic differentiation, " 9 - 9:15 a.m.

Nikki Jean Scott (Cynthia Jacobs), "Examining Non-Western Medicine: Comparing the Effect of Acupuncture on Change in Salivary Cortisol Levels in the Dog between a Control Treatment, Acupuncture Treatment, and Sham Treatment," 9:15 - 9:30.

Jaehwan J. Lee (Anwar A. Bhuiyan),

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF RUTHENIUM COMPLEX CONTAINING PHENANTHROLINE AND CHLORO-PHENANTHROLINE, 9:30 - 9:45.

Sim M. Barrow (Tom Nupp), "EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WINTER ROOSTING ECOLOGY OF EASTERN RED BATS, LASIURUS BOREALIS," 9:45 - 10.

Elliott Bell (Bruce Tedford), "Chronic Toxicity of Diuron on Daphnia Magna," 10 - 10:15.

Devon Terrell (Molly Brant andAlvin Williams), "Price Comparison of Ozark, Ola, and Conway livestock auctions for 5-6 weight, large, number 1 steers and heifers," 10:15 - 10:30.

Brannon Broadfoot and Heather Dollar (Tsunemi Yamashita), "Scorpion Toxin Gene Variability Among Populations," 10:30 - 10:45.

Kyle Shepherd (Franklin D. Hardcastle),  "ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITION OF TITANIA FILMS," 10:45 - 11.

William Childs (Mostafa Hemmati),"FLUID EQUATIONS FOR CURRENT BEARING ELECTRON SHOCK WAVES," 11 - 11:15.

Dacen Waters (Mostafa Hemmati), "BOUNDARY CONDITIONS FOR CURRENT BEARING ELECTRON SHOCK WAVES," 11:15 - 11:30.

Amber Acord (Scott Kirkconnell),  "EFFECTIVENESS OF NEUROSCIENCE FINDINGS FOR ENHANCING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE," 11:30 - 11:45.

Jacob C. Smith (Ronald J. Tackett), "Simulation of Powder X-Ray Diffraction using a Polycrystalline Film of Spherical Colloids," 11:45 - noon.

Charlette Felton and Francis Poole (Charles Mebi), "Synthesis and Photochemistry of a water-soluble Ruthenium Nitrosyl Complex," 1 - 1:15.

Andrew Williams, Derek Karr and Ruixiao Gao (Charles Mebi), "Iron-Clusters Containing Electroactive Groups 1:15 - 1:30.

Joshua Trujillo and Britney Rosenthal (Charles Mebi), 'Tuning the Electrocatalytic Properties of Diiron Complexes," 1:30 - 1:45.

David Mangus (Carlos L. Castillo),  "OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE ALGORITHMS," 1:45 - 2.

Sam Stanage (Jim Steuber) "SYNERGISTIC MODELING OF METALLIC FOAMS," 2 - 2:15.

Marvin W. Suggs (Patricia S. Buford) "THE GEOLOGICAL AND CLIMATE HISTORY ON MARS," 2:15 - 2:30.

Chenoa Houle and   James Smylie (Hamed Shojaei), "A MODEL OF INTERACTING DARK ENERGY MODELS TO EXPLAIN THE COSMIC COINCIDENCE PROBLEM," 2:30 - 2:45.

Michael Massery, Charlotte Moore and Stuart Zurga (Carlos Castillo),    HUMAN MOTION CAPTURE SYSTEM," 2:45 - 3.

The schedules for the Senior Honors presentations are listed by time of presentation, presenter,  project title and project director.

The Senior Honors schedule includes:

9 –   9:15, Caitlin Harris "Manuel Gutiérrez,  Nájera: Style, Lyricism, and Translation," (Dr. Cory Shaman, English).

9:20 – 9:35, Alanna Brooke Corbitt "Corporate Social Responsibility," (Dr. Sherman Alexander, Accounting/Economics).

9:40 –  9:55, Nathan Williamson "Head Injuries and Heat Illnesses in College Athletics," (Noma Kellner, Biological Sciences).

10 –10:15, James Roberts "Inquiry and Field Experiences in Science Education," (Dr. Jackie Bowman,Biological Sciences).

10:20 – 10:35, Erica Kaufman Roberts "The New Madrid Earthquake: The Force that Shook Arkansas," (Dr. Diane Gleason, History/Political Science).

10:40 – 10:55, Erin Taylor "No Pet Left Behind: A Business Plan for a Doggy Daycare," (Dr. Pam Carr, Accounting/Economics).

11 – 11:15, Heath Gober "Music for the Eye: Representing Music Visually," (Neal Harrington, Art).

11:20 – 11:35, Amber Acord "Effectiveness of Neuroscience Findings for Enhancing Academic Performance," (Dr. Scott Kirkconnell, Biological Sciences).

11:40 – 11:55, Chris Buehler "Bringing Down the House: An Analysis of the CIA’s Role in the Overthrow of the Cuban, Vietnamese, and Chilean Governments," Dr. Jeff Woods, History/Political Science).

1 --   1:15 p.m.,  Amos Gregory "Travels of Abraham O Smoot: Reactions to a Southern Latter-Day Saint Missionary 1836-1842," (Dr. Carey Roberts, History/Political Science).

1:20 -- 1:35, Jeffery Mumert "Efficiently Reconfiguring the PC2 System for Use with the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest," (Dr. David Hoelzeman, Computer/Information Science).

1:40 -- 1:55, John Thurman "Stretchable Electronics: A Survey," (Dr. Florian Misoc, Electrical Engineering).

2 -- 2:15, Kent Butler, "Rhetorically Speaking: Archetypal Metaphor in the Boston Tea Party and Tea Party Movement," (Dr. Thomas Vaughn, Speech, Theatre, Journalism).

2:20 --   2:35, Samantha Hurley "Art Therapy: Should it be Standard?" (Dr. Cathy Caldwell, Art).

2:40 --   2:55, Nicole McElhaney "Quapaw: From Allies to Aliens," (Dr. Diane Gleason, History/Political Science).