Wyoming Undergraduate Research Day

Time	Last	First	Title
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1:00	Kury	Bryon	Cheyenne Regional Medical Center IT Department On-Call Program
1:20	Lee	Avery	Spectrum Map Software
1:40	Rathburn	Brent	Shift Scheduling using Database-Driven Technologies
1:40	Huston	Matt	Shift Scheduling using Database-Driven Technologies
2:00	Aust	Heather	Checkers Application
2:00	LeJeune	James	Checkers Application
2:00	Smith	Andrew	Checkers Application
2:20	Derbish	Andrew	COTS—A Tool to Make Advising Easier.
2:20	Waldron	Brant	COTS—A Tool to Make Advising Easier.
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1:00	Neelands	Morgan	Automation of a Hydraulic Car Crusher
1:00	Wunder	Cameron	Automation of a Hydraulic Car Crusher
1:00	Kruger	Sam	Automation of a Hydraulic Car Crusher
1:30	Atwood	David	Prototype Wind Turbine Tower Crawler
1:30	Mackay	Alex	Prototype Wind Turbine Tower Crawler
1:30	Adrian	Tyler	Prototype Wind Turbine Tower Crawler
2:00	Clark	Kevin	Design of the 2009 UWYO SAE Baja Car
2:00	Stutzman	Lee	Design of the 2009 UWYO SAE Baja Car
2:00	Tatro	Josh	Design of the 2009 UWYO SAE Baja Car
2:00	Kellogg	Cody	Design of the 2009 UWYO SAE Baja Car
2:00	Foster	Dan	Design of the 2009 UWYO SAE Baja Car
2:00	Babbitt	Ashli	Design of the 2009 UWYO SAE Baja Car
2:00	McKenzie	TJ	Design of the 2009 UWYO SAE Baja Car
2:00	Huseth	Josh	Design of the 2009 UWYO SAE Baja Car
2:30	Herrera	Angelo	SAE Aero Design
2:30	Mullings	Justin	SAE Aero Design
2:30	Mertes	Chris	SAE Aero Design
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3:30	Voss	Luke	Suborbital Rocket Payload
3:30	King	Sean	Suborbital Rocket Payload
3:30	Parkins	Jeff	Suborbital Rocket Payload
3:30	Allais	Anthony	Suborbital Rocket Payload
4:00	Ramaeker	Pam	Energy Conversion System for a Solar Concentrating Heliostat
4:00	Baker	James	Energy Conversion System for a Solar Concentrating Heliostat
4:00	Barnes	Will	Energy Conversion System for a Solar Concentrating Heliostat
4:00	Hartman	Anna	Energy Conversion System for a Solar Concentrating Heliostat
4:00	Turbiville	Adam	Energy Conversion System for a Solar Concentrating Heliostat
4:30	Bowers	Bobby	MARS ROCKS!
4:30	Hawk	Mitch	MARS ROCKS!
4:30	Webber	David	MARS ROCKS!
5:00	Straka	Matthew	2009 NASA Moonbuggy Competition
5:00	Burton	Kathryn	2009 NASA Moonbuggy Competition
5:00	Spehar	Peter	2009 NASA Moonbuggy Competition
5:00	Krahenbuhl	Eli	2009 NASA Moonbuggy Competition
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1:00	May	Amber	The Dilemmas of a Global Standard
1:20	Tuñacao	Dominick	Automated America: Rise of the Mechanized Technology
1:40	Joyce	Jason	Yo Poetry Raps: Rejuvenating a Lost Art in a Top 40 World
2:00	McBride	Jonathan	Changing Perceptions of Minorities in the America
2:20	Pfefferle	Eileen	Tracking Transience: How to Read Graffiti on Laramie’s Architecture
2:40	Capron	Erin	Creating a Small Business: SimpliciTea
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3:20	Hakiyeva	Jeren	UW Digital Applications -- Expanding Opportunities for International Scholarly Publishing: The Schism of the Old Believers from the Russian Orthodox Church
3:20	Poudel	Saroj	UW Digital Applications -- Expanding Opportunities for International Scholarly Publishing: The Schism of the Old Believers from the Russian Orthodox Church
3:20	Casper	Alexandra	UW Digital Applications -- Expanding Opportunities for International Scholarly Publishing: The Schism of the Old Believers from the Russian Orthodox Church
3:20	Cohn	Stephanie	UW Digital Applications -- Expanding Opportunities for International Scholarly Publishing: The Schism of the Old Believers from the Russian Orthodox Church
3:40	Strannigan	Layne	Preventative Medicine in the United States: The Acceptance and Impact of the HPV Vaccine.
4:00	White	Lindsey	Trained To Take Care Of You, But Who Is Taking Care of Them?: An Inquiry Into The Experiences Of New Graduate Nurses
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1:00	Cranford	Kimberly	Arginase and Brisket Disease in Cattle
1:20	Kaiser	Amanda	Effects of Aflatoxin Exposure on Male Reproduction-Project Summary
1:40	Thompson	Colleen	The Power Behind the Taekwon-Do Punch
2:00	Allen	Travis	Histophilus somni myocarditis: An important cause of fatal disease in feeder cattle in Wyoming.
2:20	Austin	Kathy	Effects of Aflatoxin Exposure on Male Reproduction-Project Summary
2:20	Cammack	Kristi	Effects of Aflatoxin Exposure on Male Reproduction-Project Summary
2:40	Collins	Levi	Anti-Herbivore Properties of Bromelain
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3:20	Shriver	Robert	Fire history of the Snowy Range, WY over the past 16,000 years
3:40	Niekum	Trista	The Effects of Fish Presence on Mayfly Allometry
4:00	Link	Matthew	Biological Functions of Superoxide Dismutase, Peroxide Catalase, and Thiol Peroxidase in Cyanobacteria
4:20	Scicluna	Elise	Mapping Pain Pathways in the Spinal Cord of Mice
4:40	Ostrander	Angela	A survey of Didymosphenia geminata in Grand Teton National Park and surrounding areas.
5:00	Hansen	Brenda	Phosphorus assimilation efficiency in fresh water gastropods: An indicator of invasion success?
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1:00	Carter	Kristin	Natural Gas to Diesel
1:00	Fahrenkopf	Max	Natural Gas to Diesel
1:00	Limo	Kigen	Natural Gas to Diesel
1:00	Alzanan	Abdulaziz	Natural Gas to Diesel
1:00	Reed	Titus	Natural Gas to Diesel
1:40	Young	Heather	Biodigestion
1:40	Pham	Thien	Biodigestion
1:40	Bagley	Devan	Biodigestion
1:40	Durham	Shanda	Biodigestion
1:40	Henry	Coleman	Biodigestion
2:15	Bertoglio	Gina	Indirect Coal Liquefaction
2:15	Herr	David	Indirect Coal Liquefaction
2:15	Dutcher	Bryce	Indirect Coal Liquefaction
2:15	Tuhaye	Fuad	Indirect Coal Liquefaction
3:00	Norton	Tyler	Biomass to Liquids from Pine Beetle Kill via Syngas Blue Stained Saps
3:00	Fogleman	Chris	Biomass to Liquids from Pine Beetle Kill via Syngas Blue Stained Saps
3:00	Cheah	Yi Ern	Biomass to Liquids from Pine Beetle Kill via Syngas Blue Stained Saps
3:00	Alhaji	Hussain	Biomass to Liquids from Pine Beetle Kill via Syngas Blue Stained Saps
3:00	Thomas	Tolman	Biomass to Liquids from Pine Beetle Kill via Syngas Blue Stained Saps
3:35	Piroutek	Christina	Methanol Production from Black Liquor via Syngas Woody’s Black
3:35	Davis	Brett	Methanol Production from Black Liquor via Syngas Woody’s Black
3:35	Anderson	Benjamin	Methanol Production from Black Liquor via Syngas Woody’s Black
3:35	Pham	Diem	Methanol Production from Black Liquor via Syngas Woody’s Black
3:35	Grosulak	Ian	Methanol Production from Black Liquor via Syngas Woody’s Black
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1:00	Levi	Jamie	Anthropology in Uniform
1:20	Wandler	Cole	Mountains and Valleys and Bifaces: The Impact of Landscape on Projectile Point Retouch
1:40	Jelly	Emily	Unruly Women: Women in the 1916 Easter Rising
2:00	Smeaton	Alexander	How a Tiny Mosquito Almost Thwarted the Construction of the Panama Canal.
2:20	Hughes	Jessie	Irreconcilable Differences: Missionary Persecution and Eviction in 16th Century Japan
2:40	Muller	Rose	The Art of Memoir through Graphic Novels and Prose
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3:20	Neumann	Deidre	Spanglish: A Feature of a Diverse Multicultural Populace or a Linguistic Perversion?
3:40	Bush	Hanna	Wooing Women: Raising Awareness of Wyoming’s Unjust Gender Wage Gap Among Women of the New Silent Generation
4:00	Dschaak	Casey	Educational Reforms of the Progressive Era
4:20	Ver Burg	Mark	Modes of Taxation and Sustainable Economic Growth in the United States
4:40	Yaple	Zachary	Asymmetry of Self-distanced and Self-immersed in Rumination
5:00	Day	Kelsey	Islam and Democracy: is cooperation possible?
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1:00	Hunter	Steve	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
1:00	Schultz	Chris	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
1:00	Miller	Stan	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
1:30	Rumsey	Christine	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
1:30	Klein	Jessica	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
1:30	Roland	Ashley	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
1:30	Irick	Jeramiah	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
2:00	Quist	Jeremy	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
2:00	Eldridge-Looker	Loren	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
2:00	Edmunds	Jake	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
2:00	Krall	Marcus	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
2:30	Thompson	Derrick	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
2:30	Bell	Jeb	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
2:30	Edstrom	Andrew	Dam Alternatives for North Laramie Pumped Storage and Water Supply
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1:00	Best	Brianna	Identifying Inmates Who Choose Incarceration over Parole
1:20	Radakovich	Maurissa	Social Exclusion and the Brain: Neural and Motivational Responses to Social Ostracism
1:40	Pontarolo	Kash	Human Rights Considerations of EU Crisis Management
2:00	Rieser	Amy	Determining Influencing Factors of Pro-social Behavior
2:00	Fair	Jennifer	Determining Influencing Factors of Pro-social Behavior
2:00	Tahir	Lilly	Determining Influencing Factors of Pro-social Behavior
2:00	Kopsa	Bethany	Determining Influencing Factors of Pro-social Behavior
2:20	Oliez	Tiffany	Culture, Environment, and Alcohol Use
2:20	Britt	Erin	Culture, Environment, and Alcohol Use
2:20	Villalobos	Natalie	Culture, Environment, and Alcohol Use
2:20	Lane	Stacey	Culture, Environment, and Alcohol Use
2:40	Kramer	Jessica	A social worker in the emergency room: A closer look at reason for visit and the cost per services.
2:40	Singleton	Nakia	A social worker in the emergency room: A closer look at reason for visit and the cost per services.
2:40	Sibert	Holly	A social worker in the emergency room: A closer look at reason for visit and the cost per services.
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3:20	Dimit	Ashley	Exploring the differences between men and women and their views regarding parenting while imprisoned.
3:20	Cunningham	Shannon	Exploring the differences between men and women and their views regarding parenting while imprisoned.
3:40	Galbreath	Andrew	The Relationship between Perceived Discrimination and the Presence of PTSD among a Refugee Sample.
3:40	Salvato	Melissa	The Relationship between Perceived Discrimination and the Presence of PTSD among a Refugee Sample.
4:00	Ripley	Kim	Intimate Partner Violence and the Factors that Affect the Act of Leaving; Economics, Self-Efficacy and Sense of Responsibility to Family
4:00	Wagner	Shannon	Intimate Partner Violence and the Factors that Affect the Act of Leaving; Economics, Self-Efficacy and Sense of Responsibility to Family
4:20	Scissons	Natalie	The Reality of Prescription Drug Abuse
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1:00	Lehman	Amanda	Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Darkover: Accepting a Thought-Experiment
1:20	Wimmer	Ashley	The Effects of Culture on Graphic Design in Advertising
1:40	McKernan	Caitlin	A Digital World for the Graphic Designer: The new era of digital technology and design
2:00	Gilmer	Lillian	Prying Open My Third Eye: Drug Subculture in American Literature from the 1950s
2:20	Hawley	Jane	Working the Kinks Out: Understanding Contemporary Sexual Identity through Sex Blogs
2:40	Meeboer	Kelly	The Romance of Scotland in Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander
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3:20	Whyde	William	Original Screenplay
3:40	Mueller	Rebecca	Irene and the Underworld: An Exploration of Modern Fantasy
4:20	Halliday	Sara	Aristotle’s Persisting Contributions to Identity
4:40	Schroff	Alysa	Woman as a Savior who Deceives, as presented in Selected Poetry by Blas de Otero (1916-1979)
5:00	Weber	Joelle	“THIS JUST IN…” A Look at Improvisational Theatre through Creative Production
147
1:00	Beman	Jennifer	Biologically Inspired Sensor: Expansion of the Automatic Gain Control Circuitry
1:20	MacLellan	Christopher	Honeypots and Network Security
1:40	Streeter	Rob	Fly-eye Sensor
2:00	Walker	Luke	Computational Modeling of A Woven Fabric Composite Material
2:20	Schabron	Bridget	A Continued Study of Microjet Shear Stress
2:40	Mankowski	Trent	Investigating energy transfer in Ce3+ co-doped phosphors and their applications in white light emitting diodes (LED’s)
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3:20	Rivera	Frances
3:40	Tolman	Thomas	Beetle-Killed Pinewood to Ethanol via Gasification and Bio-Fermentation
4:00	Basden	Michael	A Numerical Study of 2D Free-surface Water Wave Equations
4:20	Cheah	Yi Ern	Synthesis and Purification of Recombinant Spider Silk Proteins
4:40	Schunter	Alissa	Mechanistic Studies of Pyrolysis Induced Site-Specific Cleavage at Aspartic Acid by Tandem Mass Spectrometry
5:00	Granum	David	Bioinspired Analogs for Water Gas Shift Catalysis
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1:00	Downham	Kathryn	From the Field to the Classroom: Adapting Scientific Research Experience into the Secondary Science Classroom.
1:20	Hamar	Nicholas	Eimeria Parasites in Wyoming Ground Squirrels and the Secondary Science Classroom
1:40	Baltes	Amber	Assessing modern sheep microwear to enrich middle school students’ lives
2:00	Carpenter	Jennifer	Nitrogen Cycle: Integration into the Classroom
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1:00	Costello	Erica	Eimeria identification and evolutionary relationships in the Wyoming ground squirrel (Spermophilus elegans)
1:20	Quealy	Leah	Determination of Phylogenetic Relationships of Three Eimeria (Apicomplexia: Eimeridae) Species Using 18S-ITS1-5.8S-ITS2-23S rDNA Sequence.
1:40	Sharpe	Josh	The evolution of SINEs in primate genomes
1:40	Riad	Rasha	The evolution of SINEs in primate genomes
2:00	McCann	Sage	Visualization of the Verrucomicrobium spinosum type III secretion system needle protein using Transmission electron microscopy
2:20	Nguyen	Tran	Antibiotic Resistance of Bacteria in Water Above and Below a Water Treatment Plant
2:20	Nutt	Charlotte	Antibiotic Resistance of Bacteria in Water Above and Below a Water Treatment Plant
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1:00	Spellman	Jessie	Serologic Characterization of a Potential Virulence Gene Product from Brucella abortus."
1:20	Bolenbaugh	K. Edward	Bacteriophage-mediated Biocontrol of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Milk and Juice
1:40	Smylie	Sandra	Cloning and Expression of Recombinant PrP Protein From the Moose (Alces alces shirasi) Genomic Variant 209 Ile
2:00	Talbott	Heather	Evidence of an Independent, Localized, GnRH System in the Mouse Heart
2:20	Domman	Daryl	Developing Genetic Tools for the Planctomycetes and Verrucomicrobia: Novel approaches to transformation
2:40	Neuwerth	Thomas	Puriform PCR: Searching for Spider Silk Sequences
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3:20	Woodward	Megan	Discoveries in Myxococcus xanthus Motility by tgl Mutagenesis
3:40	Abbaszadeh	Evan	Tagging RAB1A with the Fluorescent Protein, CFP, to Test for Localization in Growing Maize Cells
4:00	Reed	Joseph	A Matter of Life and Death: The search for a c-di-GMP binding partner that allows wild type Escherichia coli to survive while strain BL21 cannot.
4:20	Rowan	Monica	Spider Silk Expression in Alfalfa: A Recombinant Report
4:40	Grauberger	Kevin	The Determination of Cell Type and Subcellular Location of Spermidine Synthase
5:00	Tisdell	Makaya	Characterizing the Performance of Models for Sequence Evolution and the Detection of Positive Selection
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1:00	Rickerl	Jeff	Power Grid Interconnected Photovoltaic System with Battery Backup
1:00	Korir	Mark	Power Grid Interconnected Photovoltaic System with Battery Backup
1:20	Tolman	Jordan	A Control System for Prioritizing Electric Loads
1:20	Wittkop	Wade	A Control System for Prioritizing Electric Loads
1:40	Mahoney	Nick	An Expandable Electric Energy Monitoring System for Home Appliances
1:40	Adams	Andrew	An Expandable Electric Energy Monitoring System for Home Appliances
1:40	Kinney	Travis	An Expandable Electric Energy Monitoring System for Home Appliances
2:00	Smith	Nicholai	USB Battery Charger Powered by a Bicycle
2:20	Bryce	Brian	Controller for a Computer Numeric Controlled Engraving Machine
2:20	Purdy	Amos	Controller for a Computer Numeric Controlled Engraving Machine
2:40	Fox	Kyle	Multi-Sensor Rocket Payload
2:40	Lichtfuss	Erich	Multi-Sensor Rocket Payload
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3:20	Richey	James	Crystal Oscillators as Frequency References in a Rocket
3:20	Thornton	Justin	Crystal Oscillators as Frequency References in a Rocket
3:40	DeMino	Ali	Electronic Music Stand
3:40	Buffington	Ryan	Electronic Music Stand
4:00	Pritchard	Cory	LED Touchpad Toy
4:40	Budzinak	Nicole	Microprocessor Controlled Dots Game
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1:00	Markum	Craig	Legos Connecting Students to the Energy Problem
1:20	Calmes	Jordan	Evidence for manganese photochemistry en route to manganese-oxo clusters
1:40	Hein	Sarah	Cotyledonary Vascular Morphology of the Ovine Placentome and the Effects of Maternal Obesity
2:00	Anderson	Carly-Ann	Building Our Neighborhoods: Laramie as a Model of Early 20th Century Construction
2:20	Kimura	Emi	Systematic leaf anatomy of Bromeliaceae subfamily Bromelioideae (Pineapple Family) – a preliminary comparative survey of the epidermis
2:40	Zook	Brandon	U.S. Air Transportation Network Analysis
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3:20	Yeik	Travis	Geospatial Information for Habitat Quality Assessment in the Pinedale Anticline region of Wyoming
3:40	Stacy	Sarah	Structural evidence for juxtaposition of two archean terranes in the teton range, Western Wyoming
4:00	Pribyl	Paul	Long-Term Perspectives on the Effects of Climate Change On Wyoming’s Water Resources
4:20	Rader	Jonathan	Estimating the body mass of large animals
4:40	Schulmeyer	Kayley	The presence of Planctomycetes in Southeastern Wyoming
5:00	Stanton	Brice	Mapping Burn Severity Within the Grizzly Gulch Fire Using Remote Sensing Techniques
5:00	Stephens	Adam	Mapping Burn Severity Within the Grizzly Gulch Fire Using Remote Sensing Techniques
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1:00	Kollmar	Jan-Pablo	West Nile Virus: Structure, Transmission, and Detection
1:20	Huff	Anna	17beta-Estradiol supplementation attenuates cardiomyocyte contractile dysfunction via activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in ovariectomized mice
1:40	Stone	Chris	Identification of A and B blood group like environmental antigens
2:00	Thompson	Samantha	Differentiation between infections caused by Brucella abortus and Yersinia enterocolitica 0:9 in Elk by Western Blot.
2:20	Poulos	Garrett	The role of endogenous MIF on ischemic AMPK activation
2:40	Malik	William	Effects of a Diet High in Saturated Fat and Total Fat Content on Inflammatory Markers and Amyloid Plaque Accumulation in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
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3:20	Jones	Kyla	Cisplatin compromises the ultrastructure of mitochondria and mechanical function of cardiomyocytes
3:40	Hart	Ellen	Migratory and biological implications of isotopic composition in nail halux and feather samples for Cinclodes nigrofumousus and C. oustaleti
4:00	Felton	Tyler	Cytoarchitectonic and Immunohistological Profile of GABAergic Neurons In the Posterior Piriform Cortex
4:20	Brown	Catherine	Aerodynamic Resistances of Instruments Used in the Horn Blowing Hierarchy
4:40	Allhusen	John	Proteomic Analysis of Methanogens
5:00	Graul	Leslie	Characterization of Coal and Water Samples from Coal-bed Methane wells by Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry: Enhancement of Secondary Biogenic Methane Production
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1:00	May	Emily	A Spectroscopic Investigation of Stars with 8 μm Excesses in GLIMPSE
1:20	Anderson	Nicholas	An Analysis of the Fundamental Vibrations of Non-Convex Shapes
1:40	Heimbuck	Karl	Applications of Lucas Sequences in Primality Testing
1:40	Robinson	Heather	Applications of Lucas Sequences in Primality Testing
1:40	Hauser	Andrew	Applications of Lucas Sequences in Primality Testing
2:00	Gunderson	Patricia	Building Sustainability into Senior Architectural Design
2:20	Kimble	Margaret	Fail safe device for a Load-bearing Portable ‘dead hang’ designed for locations where no Existing Rigging Positions Exist
2:40	Peterson	Daniel	Geometric Attack on the GPS Problem
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3:20	Vankova	Irena	Minimization Technique for Phase Equilibrium Computation in Multi-component Two-phase Flows
3:40	Terlep	Arthur	Nonstandard Analysis and Magnetohydrodynamic Shock Waves
4:00	Jensen	Maurisa	Residues and Pseudoprime
4:00	Elder	Carla	Residues and Pseudoprime
4:00	O'Toole	Kelley	Residues and Pseudoprime
4:20	Beckman	Adrienne	Robert W. Hite Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrade
4:40	Peterson	Daniel	Sieving and Searching for Pseudoprimes
5:00	Schanke	Angela	The causes and consequences of poor math performance in the United States