Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Undergraduate Research Presentations


Undergraduate Research Presentations

The Marian University community is invited to the spring 2012 McNair Research Presentations.

These presentations will take place from April 24th to April 26th at the Stayer Center in room T-217/218.
Schedule
Active Dry Yeast Enumeration Method Comparison
Presented by Steve Rumbuc, Senior, Biology
Tuesday, April 24 • 11:30 a.m.
Mentor: Shannon Losing – Microbiologist (Lallemand Animal Nutrition)

Examination of Diurnal Variation at Non-Sewage
Impacted Beaches via qPCR and Culture Based Methods
Presented by Dennis Mudd, Junior, Biology & Chemistry
Wednesday, April 25 • 9:00 a.m.
Mentor: Julie L. Kinzelman, PhD, MT (ASCP) – Research Scientist(City of Racine Health Department/Laboratory)

Veteran Reintegration: From Soldier to Student
Presented by Theresa Goeller, Senior, Psychology & Theology
Wednesday, April 25 • 10:00 a.m.
Mentor: Janet McCord, Ph.D. Director of Thanatology (Marian University)

Empirically Validating the Spatial Relationship
Between an Offender’s Residence and the Burglarized Location
Presented by Cody Ullsperger, Senior, Criminal Justice
Wednesday, April 25 • 2:00 p.m.
Mentor: Richard Lemke, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor of Criminology (University of West Georgia )

Challenges Faced by Undocumented Students
in their Pursuit of Educational or Career Goals
Presented by Nancy Garcia, Senior, Criminal Justice
Thursday, April 26 • 1:00 p.m.
Mentor: Shane Boeder, Ph.D. – Associate Professor of Foreign Language (Marian University)

Enumeration and Identification of
Salmonella in a Meat Packaging Process
Presented by Randy Schoenborn, Senior, Biology
Thursday, April 26 • 1:30 p.m.
Mentors: Shannon Losing – Microbiologist (Lallemand Animal Nutrition)
Susan Bornstein-Forst, Ph.D. – Professor of Biology (Marian University)