UpDate - Vol. 12, No. 29, Page 9
April 29, 1993
Annual honors symposium to showcase undergraduates

     The annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, sponsored by the
University Honors Program, will be held from 1:10-3:40 p.m., Thursday, May
6, in the Ewing Room of the Perkins Student Center.
     The symposium has dual goals-to recognize exceptional research at the
undergraduate level and to promote student awareness of undergraduate
research possibilities.
     After welcoming remarks by Joan Bennett, coordinator of undergraduate
research, there will be two simultaneous presentation sessions, one
focusing on the humanities and social sciences, with Elizabeth Haines, a
senior honors student majoring in psychology and English, presiding.
     The other session, focusing on science and engineering, will be
presided over by Brenden Gingrich, a senior honors student majoring in
chemistry.
     Each student presentation will be 15 minutes, followed by a
five-minute discussion period.
     The University community is invited to attend.
     All the presenters are honors degree or degree with distinction
candidates.
     The science and engineering presentations include
     "Thermodynamic Behavior of Water Pollutants" by Ginger Tse, chemical
engineering (faculty adviser, Stanley I. Sandler, Henry Belin du Pont
Professor of Chemical Engineering), 1:20 p.m.;
     "Quantum Effect in Elementary Surface Reactions" by August Calhoun,
chemistry (faculty adviser, Douglas Doren, chemistry and biochemistry),
1:40 p.m.;
     "Melting Behavior of Water in Porous Glass" by Mary Virginia Moore,
physics and astronomy (faculty adviser, Karl Unruh, physics and astronomy),
2 p.m.;
     "Formal Description and Graphical Animation of a Multipeer-multicast
Service" by David Speers, computer and information sciences (faculty
adviser, Paul Amer, computer and information sciences), 2:20 p.m.;
     "Ion Transport in Rat Tongue Epithelium: A Developmental Study and
Computer Simulation" by A. Mark Settles, biology (faculty adviser, Sheella
Mierson, life and health sciences), 2:40 p.m.;
     "Analysis of the Biochemical and Transformational Related Properties
of Mutant p 53 Tumor Suppressor Proteins" by Deborah Freedman, biology
(faculty adviser, Florence Schmieg, life and health sciences), 3 p.m.; and
     "Characterization of a Pseudorabies Virus GIII-LacZ Recombinant
Lacking the Signal Sequence" by Jennifer Taylor, animal science and
agricultural biochemistry (faculty adviser, Calvin Keeler Jr.,animal
science and agricultural biochemistry), 3:20 p.m.
     The humanities and social science presentations include
     "Cognititve Appraisals, Alcohol Use and Acquaintance Rape" by Julie
Wendel, psychology (faculty adviser, Kim Fromme, psychology), 1:20 p.m.;
     "Prepulse Inhibition as a Measure of Stimulus Detection" by Mark L.
Segall, psychology (faculty adviser Steven Grant, psychology), 1:40 p.m.;
     "Interpretation of the Forms I Select for my Ceramic Art Work" by
Kathie Pierson, art (faculty adviser, Vera Kaminski, art), 2 p.m.;
     "John Irving's Protean Hero" by Matthew DeVoll, English literature
(faculty adviser, Ronald Martin, English), 2:20 p.m.;
     "The White House Office of Communications and Its Relationship to
American Democracy" by Robb Enright, political science and international
relations (faculty adviser, Joseph A. Pika, political science and
international relations), 2:40 p.m.;
     "Polish Rural Class Development and the Onset of Commercial Trade" by
Marlaine White, international relations (faculty adviser, Robert Denemark,
political science and international relations), 3 p.m.; and
     "Information Technology and World-city Restructuring: The Case of New
York City" by Travis Longcore, geography (faculty adviser, Peter Rees,
geography), 3:20 p.m.
                                        -Sue Swyers Moncure