Joe K. Moody
Simpson College Science & Math
Undergraduate Research
Symposium
Fall 2004
December 8, 2004
6:00 p.m.
Carver Science Center Atrium and Jordan Lecture Hall
Oral Presentations
Bacterial flora of snapping (Chelydra serpentina) and painted (Chrysemys picta) turtles in agricultural ponds in south-central Iowa.
Kate Brandt and Shawna Baker
Sponsors: Amy Doling and Jeff Parmelee
supported by: J.K. Moody Research Scholarship
The 2003-2004 sea ice season as seen by land-based radar at Barrow, Alaska.
Kristine Robson
Sponsor: Steve Emerman
supported by: National Science Foundation Research
Experience for Undergraduates, University of Alaska
Estimating the population size of squirrels on the Simpson College campus; or when squirrels attack.
Lyndon hawkins
Sponsor: Brian Peer
Species and nutrient variation in cornfields and adjacent habitats.
Kristine Robson and Joci WIller
Sponsor: Brian Peer
BREAK
Poster Presentations: 7:00 - 7:15 p.m.
The variation in mobile soil arsenic across ecosystem boundaries in entisols, inceptisols and mollisols.
Aimee Luhrs and Susan Sandford
Sponsor: Steve Emerman
Assignment games.
Ashley Bennet
Sponsor: Rick Spellerberg
Synthesis of some quorum-sensing molecules.
Sean Smith
Sponsor: Ron Warnet
The effect of mycorrhizal fungi on Boron uptake in plants.
Nancy Duncan
Sponsor: Brian Peer
Poster Presentations
Morphometric analysis of separated sea urchin (Lytechinus variegatus) blastomeres.
Tasha Beenken*, Ann Keller*, Ryan Laughlin, A.J. Lenz, Randy Metzger
Sponsor: Jackie Brittingham
*supported by a BBB Research Scholarship
Fate mapping of frog (Xenopus laevis) embryos.
Jeana Baker, Mike Donnenworth, Joe Edgington, Scott Krueger
Sponsor: Jackie Brittingham
In situ hybridization identification of melanophores in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos.
Rebekah Ellenwood, Lonny Miller*, Larry Spray
*supported by: BBB and J.K. Moody Research Scholarships.
Sponsor: Jackie Brittingham
Induction of secondary axis in chick embryos.
Corrie Bangston, Hannah Elkin, Tabitha Ireland, Zach Sutton
Sponsor: Jackie Brittingham
Axiomatic development of the real number system.
Greg Elliot
Sponsor: Bill Dunning
Other Research Projects
The diet of wild turkeys in Iowa, are snakes included?
Vince Klopfenstein
Sponsor: Jeff Parmelee
Development of an exotic invasive species program within the Saylorville Lake operational management plan.
Bart George
Sponsor: Jeff Parmelee
Using technology to collect ecological data in the field.
Christopher Fink
Sponsors: Marvin Van Wyk and Jeff Parmelee
supported by: Maytag Innovation award for student/faculty research
Online herpetological atlas of Iowa.
Cory Veen
Sponsors: Marvin Van Wyk and Jeff Parmelee
supported by: Maytag Innovation award for student/faculty research

