UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 29, Page 3
April 25, 1996
Research Symposium Program

          Poster session, art and design exhibits, 9-10 a.m.

Gallery art and design
     American Muslims: A Viable Clothing Target Market, Marie A. Ray,
        apparel design
     Figure Painting and Printmaking, paintings by Kelly A. McConnell,
        art
     The Myth of the West in Film, Devin Grant Harner, English

Science and engineering
     An Antiwear Procedure for Small Volumes of Genetically Enhanced
        Vegetable Oils, Eric Randolph Benson, agricultural engineering
        technology
     Cervical Spine Alignment of a Helmeted Football Player
        Immobilized on a Backboard, Ryan T. Tierney, athletic training
     Tris(pyrazoly)borate Cobalt Complexes and Their Reactivity
        Towards Dioxygen, Catherine Woodhull Jones, chemistry
     Physiological Costs of Egg Guarding in Zelus luridus (Hempitera:
        Reduviidae): A Test of the Enhanced Fecundity Hypothesis,
        Aaron Parker Wagner, environmental science
     Characterization of the Quadriceps Femoris Muscle in Anterior
        Cruciate Ligament Injured Individuals, Suzanna Allyse
        Dougherty, biology
     The Effects of the Catchlike Property on the Fatigue of Human
        Muscle, Lorin Jeniene Kucharski, biology
     Biological Control of Phoma terrestris, the Pathogen Causing Red
        Root Rot of Maize, Lisa Roberta Emele, plant science

Social science
     An Analysis of Hedging as a Soybean Marketing Alternative, Eric
        C. Risser, agricultural business management
     Using Focus Groups to Understand the Needs of Fathers of
        Preschoolers, Charlene Annette Gilchrist, human development
        and family processes
     Level of Aspiration in Preschool-aged, Low-Income Children, Diane
        B. Leach, psychology


              Plenary session, 10:15-11 a.m. Rodney Room

Welcome Joan S. Bennett, coordinator of undergraduate research
Introduction  John G. Elias, Chairperson, University Committee on
   Student and Faculty Honors
Keynote address "1066 and All That: How I Came to Study Anglo-Saxon
   Manuscripts," Mary P. Richards, dean, arts and science


                 Presentations, 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m

Agricultural Sciences, Kirkwood Room
     In Vivo Characterization of Seven Infectious Laryngotracheitis
        Vaccine Viruses, Michelle Marie Straight, animal science
     Effect of Residence Time on Arsenate Retention, Susan Erin
        O'Reilly, environmental science
     The Possible Role of Aposematism, Warning Coloration in Cucumber
        Beetles, Marcelle Francke, entomology/wildlife conservation
     University of Delaware Agricultural Farm: A Model of Sustainable
        Land Use, Karen Louise Romanelli, entomology

Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Blue & Gold Room
     Determination of How Mussel Adhesive Protein-1 Protects Collagen
        from Degradation, Liwei Livia Hua, biochemistry
     An Analysis of Processivity in Transcription, Trisha Lynn Acri,
        biochemistry
     Chromium-mediated Diene Cycloisomerization, Charles James
        Bergquist, chemistry
     Characterization of CdS Buffer Layer for CuInSe2 (CIS) Solar
        Cells, Roger Frederick Clark, chemistry

Music, English, Art History, Collins Room
     Motivic Structure in the Music of Robert Franz, Sean Edward
        O'Donnell, vocal performance
     The Dream-vision Poetry of Guillaume de Machaut and Geoffrey
        Chaucer, Michelle Renee Lander, English
     Study of Late 17th- and 18th-century Churches in Delaware and
        Southern New Jersey,  Steven G. Davis, art history

Individual and Family Studies, Educational Studies, Alumni Lounge
     An Analysis of Women's and Men's Experience of Unwanted Sexual
        Activity, Maureen Theresa Gordon, family and community
        services
     Young Children's Attention to the Present Progressive Verb
        Morpheme "ing," Melissa Anne Schweisguth, human development
        and family processes
     Safety Net: Assessing the Needs of and Supporting Adult Child
        Caregivers of Parents with Alzheimer's Disease, Carrie Ann
        Vestal, family and community services

Engineering, Rodney Room
     Synthesis, Characterization and Ternary Phase Relationship of
        Bismuth Varadium Oxide, Mark Edward Frey, chemical engineering
     Characterization of Hyperbranched Polyphenylenes,Tara Marie
        Kaszowicz, chemical engineering
     High Strain Rate Testing and Failure Analysis of Carbon Fiber
        Reinforced Aluminum, Carl Caldwell Poteet, mechanical
        engineering

History, Archeology, Ewing Room
     The Effects of the Holocaust on Children of Survivors, Sara Lynne
        Sirman, history
     The Great Council Fire: Examining the Wabanaki Confederacy and
        Intertribal Alliances, Micah Abell Pawling, history
     Cultural Interaction and Acculturation in the Nabataean Cities of
        the Roman Province of Arabia, AD 1-300, Ian F. Janssen,
        classical archaeology

International Relations, Sociology, Ewing Room
     Minority Rights in East-Central Europe:  The Hungarian Minorities
        in Slovakia and Romania, Eve Danielle Nilenders, international
        relations
     The Modern "English-Only" Movement:  Echoes From the Past, Erin
        Marie Hagar, sociology/Spanish
     United States Policy in Bosnia: A Symptom of the Military's
        Vietnam Syndrome, Peter J. Talbot, international relations

Finance, Political Science, Williamson Room
     An Empirical Investigation of the 1994 Interstate Banking Act,
        Thomas Michael Harr, finance
     Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Initial Expectations and Initial
        Performance, Craig R. Brown, political science