North Georgia Annual Research Conference
Formerly the NGCSU Honors Conference
The 16th North Georgia Annual Research Conference (formerly the "Honors Conference") was held on the afternoons of Tuesday, March 29th, and Wednesday, March 30th 2011, from 3pm to 7pm each day.
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Winners of the top oral and poster presentation awards at the Research Conference closing ceremony:
Oral Presentations:
First Place:
Katherine Beccue and Katherine Jones -- Modern Languages
"Gift-giving Etiquette in China"
Advisor: Yan Gao
Second Place:
Jennifer Brinson -- Visual Arts
"My Memoir"
Advisor: Chris Dockery
Third Place:
Jillian Loeffler -- Visual Arts
"David Hockney: Photocollage"
Advisor: Pam Sachant Poster Presentations:
First Place:
James McMullan -- Physics
"Computer Automation with LabView for X-ray Fluorescence Applications"
Advisors: Sarah Formica and Mark Spraker
Second Place:
Heather Ivester, Hillary Doyle, Kayla Fann, Brian Phillips -- Biology
"The effects of prenatal methylphenidate on 5CSRTT performance"
Advisors: Steve Lloyd and Ryan Shanks
Third Place:
Savannah Bryce, Holly Kepus, Veronica Ndwega, Sarah Wells -- Nursing
"Can nurses prevent UTIs?"
Advisor: Dianne Nelson
Oral presentations:
Brian Young -- Chemistry
"Biomaterials design and engineering: Reflectin-based protein polymers"
Advisor: Holly Carpenter Desai
Kat Bryant, Christopher Shull -- English
"TS Eliot's Landscape Poems"
Advisor: BJ Robinson
Kathryn P. Martin -- Physics
"Practice in Precision: The Milli-Magnitude Precision Differential Photometry Project"
Advisor: Joseph H. Jones Poster Presentations:
Tracy Benson, Destiny Gilder, Christine Karia, Kimberly London, Katherine Rowland -- Nursing
"To induce or not to induce--that is the question".
Advisor: Michele Byrne
Cassandra Major -- Physics
"Development of X-Ray fluorescence techniques for nanoparticle detection"
Advisors: Sarah Formica, Mark Spraker
Krista McAuliffe, Paige Penland, Lauren Keith -- Nursing
"Cutting to the chase: circumcision pain relief"
Advisor: Dianne Nelson
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2011 Print Program (2Mb PDF)
A note about attendance...
In an e-mail to NGCSU-LIST on February 19th, 2008, VPAA Linda Roberts-Betsch described the Dean's Council proposal regarding Conference attendance: "Classes will not be canceled, but attendance at session(s) will count as a class session per directions from individual instructors if they chose to cancel class. Expectations as to attendance should be described on the class syllabus."
The Conference is a forum to showcase student excellence and achievement. Each department selects student papers or projects to present at their appropriate panel. Honor societies and other relevant groups may also stage related presentations at each panel or may stage their own special panels or activities.
In general, presentations involve significant original research or thinking, often in the form of multimedia presentations (visuals, graphics, video, audio, computer presentations). Each presentation will last around 10 to 12 minutes. The honor society/other group activities will total about 20 minutes for each panel.
Technology information for participants: If you have questions about technology availability or have a technology request, please see this form , and send your requests to Eric Nelken at eanelken@northgeorgia.edu