The Simpson College Division of Natural Science
Welcomes you to the
First annual
Simpson
Science
Research
Symposium
Tuesday April 17, 2001
5:00 PM
Jordan Lecture Hall, Carver Science Building
Marcy Baker "Introduction to Ti-Spaces"
Daniel Keltner "Folding of the Oakley Shale in Dallas, Polk and Warren Counties"
Advisor: Steven Emerman
Pearl Podgorniak "Illustration and Production of a Guide and Dichotomous Key to the Tadpoles of Iowa"
Advisor: Jeff Parmelee
Seth Profit "Comparative Osteology of the Limbs of Softshell and Painted Turtles"
Advisor: Jeff Parmelee
********** 10 Minute Refreshment Break **********
Andrea Hastings "Fluorescein Dye as a Tracer for the Study of Soil-Animal-Water Relations"
Advisors: Steven Emerman, Jeff Parmelee, Werner Kolln
Financial support: Maytag Innovation Award
Kyle Mott "Analysis of Skin Toxins of the American Toad, Bufo americanus"
Advisors: Ron Warnet, Jeff Parmelee
Financial support: Maytag Innovation Award
Neil Martin and Brandon Newell "Synthesis of Inhibitors to Agrobacterium Virulence"
Advisor: Ron Warnet
Brianne Bachman "Eating Habits Among Students at Simpson College"
Advisor: Pat Singer
Steve Gauthier and Stephanie Glessner "Characterization of an Ovarian Promoter for Cancer Gene Therapy"
Advisor: Pat Singer
Financial support: Maytag Innovation Award
We would like to acknowledge the research projects of the following students:
Ryan Fischer "Map Coloring and Planar Graphs"
Advisor: Murphy Waggoner
Jared Gerlock "Trees"
Advisor: Murphy Waggoner
Nate Iverson "Connected Sets"
Advisor: Bruce Sloan
Amber Kingery and Dan Keltner "The Control of Infiltration as a Mechanism for the Self-Regulation of Prairie Ecosystems: Studies at Rolling Thunder Prairie State Preserve, Warren County, Iowa"
Advisors: Steven Emerman, Jeff Parmelee
Emily Kinsinger "Fluorescein Dye as a Tracer for the Study of Soil-Plant-Water Relations"
Advisor: Steven Emerman
Financial support: Maytag Innovation Award
Emily Kinsinger and Lisa Anderson "Salt Tolerance of Lettuce and Sunflower in Tilled and Untilled Soil"
Advisor: Steven Emerman
Dana Scott "Examples and Counting: A Look at Topics in Graph Theory"
Advisor: Murphy Waggoner
Josh Vander Weerdt "Walks, Paths, Cycles, and Connectedness"
Advisor: Murphy Waggoner
Jeff Wahl "Intracellular Survival of Leishmania Amastigotes"
Pat Singer, Andrew Brittingham (Des Moines University)
Jenny Weyers "Topology: Closure, Interior and Complementation"
Advisor: Bruce Sloan
Justin Wright "Limit Points, Closure, and a Little Compactness"
Advisor: Bruce Sloan