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<strong>Bloomsburg</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
of Pennsylvania<br />
JUNE 2012<br />
SCITECH<br />
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY NEWSLETTER • WWW.BLOOMU.EDU/COST • 570.389.5333<br />
This issue of SciTech features a sampling of research completed<br />
by faculty and students in <strong>Bloomsburg</strong> <strong>University</strong>’s College of<br />
Science and Technology during the last year. For faculty research<br />
university-wide, see www.bloomu.edu/research_scholars.<br />
<strong>Chemistry</strong>/<strong>Biochemistry</strong><br />
Society of Toxicology Meeting<br />
Michael Borland presented a first author poster at the 2012 Society of<br />
Toxicology (SOT) international meeting in San Francisco. The poster was<br />
entitled “Ligand- and receptor-dependent effects of PPARβ/β and PPARβ on cell<br />
proliferation in the A431 carcinoma cell line.”<br />
Borland also attended the American Society of <strong>Biochemistry</strong> and Molecular<br />
Biology (ASBMB)-Undergraduate Affiliate Network (UAN) Leaders <strong>Biochemistry</strong><br />
Concept Workshop at Moravian College along with Toni Trumbo Bell, also from<br />
chemistry/biochemistry.<br />
Chemical Society Meeting<br />
<strong>Bloomsburg</strong> <strong>University</strong> students and faculty who made presentations at the 2012<br />
American Chemical Society National Spring Meeting in San Diego are:<br />
Poster Presentations<br />
• Alan J. Shaffer, “Synthesis of Novel N,N’-(2-alkyl)aryl-imidazol-2-inium halide salts,<br />
Precursors of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes.” Mentor: John Morgan, <strong>Bloomsburg</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
• Adam D. Miller, “Exploration of Heterobimetallic Complexes of Chromium and Cobalt.”<br />
REU at <strong>University</strong> of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Mentor: Connie C. Lu.<br />
• Jerome D. Roscioli, “Predicting Transport Properties at High Temperature and Pressure.”<br />
Mentor: Gregory Zimmerman, <strong>Bloomsburg</strong> <strong>University</strong>.<br />
• Jerome D. Roscioli, “Imaging Babesia bovis Infected Erythrocytes and Free Parasites<br />
Using Atomic Force Microscopy.” REU at Washington State <strong>University</strong>. Mentors: Louis<br />
Scudiero and Carlos Suarez<br />
• Jarid M. Metz, “Synthesis and Reactivity Studies on the Polynuclear Metal Cluster<br />
Os3(CO)10[1,2-p-tolylS(C6H4)PPh2].” REU at <strong>University</strong> of North Texas.<br />
Mentor: Michael G. Richmond.<br />
• Jordan N. Metz, “Novel Solid Nano-Particles for Low Temperature Selective Synthesis<br />
of Methyl Levulinate from Carbohydrates and Biomass Resources.” REU at <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Connecticut. Mentor: Steven Suib.<br />
• Chris L. Houser, “Surface Deacetylation of Chitin Nanocrystals.” REU at Virginia<br />
Polytechnic Institute and State <strong>University</strong>. Mentor: Maren Roman.<br />
Platform Presentations<br />
• Mark A. Tapsak, “Detailed thermal characterization of decanylene containing<br />
polysilalkylenesiloxanes.”<br />
• Philip L. Osburn, “Polyisobutylene-supported bidentate triazole-NHC-palladium complex<br />
as a recyclable catalyst for the Heck reaction.”<br />
<strong>Super</strong> <strong>Saturday</strong><br />
<strong>Chemistry</strong> faculty and members of the <strong>Chemistry</strong> Club<br />
performed the following experiments during <strong>Super</strong><br />
<strong>Saturday</strong>: bottle rockets, liquid nitrogen fountain,<br />
glowsticks, rainbow of fire, M&M flare, elephant<br />
toothpaste, non-burning money, indecisive thirsty<br />
chemist, disappearing Styrofoam, and temperature<br />
extreme explosion.<br />
Participants were faculty member Eric Hawrelak;<br />
BU <strong>Chemistry</strong> Club members Hannah Cronk, Owen<br />
O’Sullivan, Matt Miele and Josie Legere; and <strong>Super</strong><br />
<strong>Saturday</strong> helper Luke Stauffer.
<strong>Super</strong> <strong>Saturday</strong> demonstration.<br />
BloomsBurg university College of sCienCe and teChnology newsletter<br />
Geography/Geosciences<br />
Geological Society Meeting<br />
Stephen Whisner, Jennifer Whisner and Cynthia Venn from geography<br />
and geosciences and Christopher Hallen from the chemistry and<br />
biochemistry attended the Northeastern Section of the Geological<br />
Society of America meeting in Hartford, Conn. These students<br />
accompanied the faculty members: Katrina Taylor, Derek Weicht,<br />
Kendi Waltemyer, Samantha Pfister, Stephanie McGilloway, Robert<br />
Kresch, Victoria McLaughlin, Samantha Schafer, Alexandra Hoffman,<br />
Al Broody, Matthew Pisanchyn, Theodore Grimm, Elizabeth<br />
Chamuris, Eliza Reed and Felipe Alarcon.<br />
Weicht and Reed presented posters on their summer 2011 water<br />
chemistry research with Venn and Hallen and McGilloway and<br />
Chamuris presented posters of their senior research projects on<br />
Fishing Creek sediment transport history. Venn and Hallen presented<br />
student research posters by Janelle Evans, Caitlin Heller and Jaclyn<br />
Yamrich, who were unable to attend the conference.<br />
Titles for NEGSA 2012<br />
• Yamrich, Jaclyn M., Venn, C. and Hallen, C. 2012. Baseline Water<br />
<strong>Chemistry</strong> Assessment of Little Fishing Creek, Columbia County, Pa.,<br />
Preceding Fracking of Marcellus Shale. GSA Abstracts with Programs, NE<br />
Section, Vol. 44, No. 2, p. 48.<br />
• McGilloway, Stephanie A., Chamuris, Elizabeth C. and Whisner, Jennifer<br />
K. 2012. Channel Morphology of Lower Fishing Creek, Columbia County, Pa.<br />
GSA Abstracts with Programs, NE Section, Vol. 44, No. 2, p. 52.<br />
• Evans, Janelle L., Hallen, Christopher P. and Venn, Cynthia. 2012. A Water<br />
Quality Analysis of Hunters Lake (Sullivan County, Pa.). GSA Abstracts with<br />
Programs, NE Section, Vol. 44, No. 2, p. 109.<br />
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• Weicht, Derek C., Venn, Cynthia and Hallen, Christopher P. 2012. Influence<br />
of the Oneida #3 Mine Tunnel Drainage on Little Tomhicken Creek Before<br />
and After the Repair of an AMD Passive Treatment System. GSA Abstracts<br />
with Programs, NE Section, Vol. 44, No. 2, p. 109.<br />
• Heller, Caitlin, Venn, Cynthia and Hallen, Christopher. 2012. Annual<br />
Snapshot #3: Susquehanna River Water <strong>Chemistry</strong> at Milton, Danville,<br />
Watsontown, and Shady Nook, Pa. 2012. GSA Abstracts with Programs, NE<br />
Section, Vol. 44, No. 2, p. 109.<br />
• Reed, Eliza R., Venn, Cynthia and Hallen, Christopher. 2012. Attempt<br />
#2: Quest for Point Sources of Metals and Sulfate into the Susquehanna<br />
River near Byer’s Island, Shamokin Dam (Northumberland County), Pa. GSA<br />
Abstracts with Programs, NE Section, Vol. 44, No. 2, p. 110.<br />
John Bodenman<br />
John Bodenman presented a poster, “The Spatial Organization<br />
Dynamics of the Investment Advisory Industry: The Case of New York<br />
City, 1983-2010,” at the annual meeting of the American Association<br />
of Geographers in New York, N.Y.<br />
Michael Shepard<br />
Michael Shepard was lead author on two papers published in Icarus,<br />
the International Journal of Solar System Research:<br />
• Radar observations of Asteroids 64 Angelina and 69 Hesperia<br />
• Laboratory study of the bidirectional reflectance from particulate samples.<br />
He was co-author of four other papers published in Icarus:<br />
• An experimental study of Hapke’s modeling of natural granular surface<br />
samples<br />
• Testing the Hapke photometric model: Improved inversion and the porosity<br />
correction<br />
• Radar and optical observations and physical modeling of triple near-Earth<br />
Asteroid (136617) 1994 CC<br />
• Asteroid 21 Lutetia at 3 micrometers: Observations with IRTF SpeX.
BloomsBurg university College of sCienCe and teChnology newsletter<br />
Exercise Science<br />
Exercise Science<br />
Timothy McConnell authored or coauthored the following recent<br />
publications.<br />
• McConnell T.R., Trevino K.M., Klinger TA. Demographic differences in<br />
religious coping after a first-time cardiac event. Journal of Cardiopulmonary<br />
Rehabilitation and Prevention. 2011:31(5):298-302.<br />
• Bove A.A., Santamore W.P., Homko C., Kashem A., Cross R., McConnell<br />
T.R., Shirk G., Menapace F. Treatment of patients with intermediate<br />
cardiovascular risk: Are clinical measures enough? Journal of Nuclear<br />
Cardiology. 2011:DOI 10.1007/s12350-011-9415-7.<br />
• Bove A.A., Santamore WP, Homko C, Kashem A, Cross R, McConnell T.R.,<br />
Shirk G., Menapace F. Reducing cardiovascular disease risk in medically<br />
underserved urban and rural communities. American Heart Journal.<br />
2011:161:351-359.<br />
McConnell, Rawson and Fradkin<br />
Three BU exercise science faculty were coauthors of:<br />
• Frank A.M., McConnell T.R., Rawson E.S., Fradkin A. Clinical and<br />
functional predictors of health-related quality of life during cardiac<br />
rehabilitation. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention.<br />
2011; 31:223-229.<br />
Noah Wasielewski<br />
The following by Noah Wasielewski was published in the Journal of<br />
Athletic Training:<br />
• Evaluation of Electromyographic Biofeedback for the Quadriceps Femoris:<br />
A Systematic Review; Authors: Wasielewski, Noah J.1; Parker, Tonya M.2;<br />
Kotsko, Kevin M.3; Source: Journal of Athletic Training, Volume 46,<br />
Number 5, September 2011, pp. 543-554(12).<br />
Andrea Fradkin<br />
Andrea Fradkin presented research individually and with students as<br />
follows:<br />
Presentations<br />
• Fradkin A. Describing the epidemiology of female golfing injuries.<br />
Presented at the 2012 World Scientific Congress of Golf VI. Phoenix, Ariz.<br />
• Fradkin A., Smoliga J. Is there a link between golf playing surface and<br />
injury risk? A biomechanical perspective. Presented at the 2012 World<br />
Scientific Congress of Golf VI. Phoenix, Ariz.<br />
• Smoliga J., Fradkin A. Is wireless electromyography reliable for studying<br />
the golf swing in a heterogeneous group of golfers? Presented at the 2012<br />
World Scientific Congress of Golf VI. Phoenix, Ariz.<br />
• Fradkin A. Surfaces to protect against injury in golf: Where should injury<br />
prone golfers play and practice? Presented at the 2011 American College of<br />
Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. Denver, Colo.<br />
Presentations with Students<br />
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• Brightbill C., Fradkin A., Smoliga J. Comparison of EMG responses<br />
to strength training exercises with and without Nintendo Wii guidance.<br />
Presented at the 2011 Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter of the American<br />
College of Sports Medicine Conference. Harrisburg, Pa.<br />
• Fleming J., Hux M., Fradkin A., Smoliga J. Running economy is not related<br />
to jumping performance. Presented at the 2011 Mid-Atlantic Regional<br />
Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine Conference.<br />
Harrisburg, Pa.<br />
• Hux M., Fleming J., Fradkin A., Smoliga J. Running economy remains<br />
constant across multiple exercise intensities and is moderately related<br />
to VO2max. Presented at the 2011 Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter of the<br />
American College of Sports Medicine Conference. Harrisburg, Pa.<br />
• Rasnake C., Fradkin A. A comparison of pre-season physical fitness profiles<br />
between positions in a Division II men’s soccer team. Presented at the<br />
2011 Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter of the American College of Sports<br />
Medicine Conference. Harrisburg, Pa.<br />
• Yankowski M., Fradkin A. A positional comparison of pre-season physical<br />
fitness characteristics in Division III baseball players. Presented at the<br />
2011 Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter of the American College of Sports<br />
Medicine Conference. Harrisburg, Pa.<br />
• Eisenhart C., Fradkin A. To practice or to play: Is golf participation<br />
associated with an increased risk of injury? Presented at the 2011<br />
American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. Denver, Colo.<br />
• Moneghan K., Fradkin A., Smoliga J. Reliability and validity of two<br />
measures of vertical jump performance following different warm-ups.<br />
Presented at the 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Annual<br />
Meeting. Denver, Colo.<br />
PUBLICATIONS<br />
• Fradkin A. Describing the epidemiology of female golfing injuries. Golf<br />
Science International Journal. 2012: In Press.<br />
• Fradkin A., Smoliga J. Is there a link between golf playing surface and<br />
injury risk? A biomechanical perspective. Golf Science International<br />
Journal. 2012: In Press.<br />
• Smoliga J., Fradkin A. Is wireless electromyography reliable for studying<br />
the golf swing in a heterogeneous group of golfers? Golf Science<br />
International Journal. 2012: In Press.
Karl Kapp<br />
Academy of Science Meeting<br />
Students Andrew Ackerman, Brandan Gray, Lauren Lowenberger,<br />
Diana Pierce, Heather Ressler and Cassaundra Thompson and faculty<br />
Angela Hess, Clay Corbin, Naz Afarin Fallahian and Cynthia Surmacz<br />
attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Science meeting. The<br />
following talks and posters were presented:<br />
• In vitro effects of low-dose ionizing radiation on primary skin cells.<br />
Ackerman, Andrew, Kelly N. Barko, Naz Afarin Fallahian and<br />
Angela R. Hess.<br />
• Eph receptor and ephrin ligand expression in human keratinocytes,<br />
melanocytes and melanoma cell lines. Pierce, Diana H. and<br />
Angela R. Hess.<br />
• Morphology, Bite-Force, and Bill Closing Velocity in North American Birds.<br />
Lowenberger, Lauren K., Brandan L. Gray and Clay E. Corbin.<br />
• Protease Inhibitors Reduce Degradation of the Cellular Stress Marker<br />
HSP70 in Lumbriculus variegates. Thompson, Cassaundra, Heather<br />
Ressler, Cynthia Surmacz and John M. Hranitz.<br />
Tri-Beta Convention<br />
Meghan Duell, a senior biology major won the Frank G. Brooks<br />
Award, the first-place prize in the oral presentation category at the<br />
Northeast District 2 Tri-Beta Convention. Duell won a travel grant to<br />
compete at the national Tri-Beta Convention held in Puerto Rico in<br />
May. Her presentation was titled<br />
“Honeybee Stress: Behavioral and Physiological Implications of<br />
Flumethrin Treatment.” John Hranitz is her mentor.<br />
Brandon Dunbar, a senior biology major, received second prize in<br />
the poster category. He presented “Effect of Composted Materials on<br />
the Incidence of Pythium splendans induced-root rot disease.” His<br />
mentors are Barry Nolt and Judith Kipe-Nolt.<br />
Spring Honors Symposium<br />
College of Science and Technology top honors graduates Carrie E.<br />
Mensch, Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics; Jenna<br />
Mordan, Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics; and Chelsea<br />
J. Zoltowski, Audiology and Speech Pathology, were honored during<br />
the Spring Honors Symposium. Other COST students and faculty<br />
recognized at the symposium are:<br />
Faculty<br />
BloomsBurg university College of sCienCe and teChnology newsletter<br />
Instructional Technology<br />
Faculty member Karl Kapp has published his fifth book, “The<br />
Gamification of Learning and Instruction: Game-based Methods and<br />
Strategies for Training and Education.”<br />
• Outstanding Teaching Award: Patricia Beyer, Geography and Geosciences;<br />
Annette Gunderman, Nursing; and John Riley, Mathematics, Computer<br />
Science and Statistics.<br />
• Outstanding Service Award: Jorge Gonzalez, Audiology and Speech<br />
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Pathology; Joan Miller, Nursing; and Cynthia Surmacz, Biological and Allied<br />
Health Sciences.<br />
• Outstanding Scholarship Award: Shaheen Awan, Audiology and Speech<br />
Pathology; Noreen Chikotas, Nursing; John Hranitz, Biological and Allied<br />
Health Sciences; and Mehdi Razzaghi, Mathematics, Computer Science<br />
and Statistic.<br />
Students<br />
Audiology and Speech Pathology<br />
• Summa Cum Laude: Brittany Bohach, Krista Rae Buchanan, Faith Joy<br />
Marvin and Chelsea J. Zoltowski.<br />
• Magna Cum Laude: Holly Bachman, Lindsey Marie Bieryla, Katherine<br />
Elizabeth Burgess, Ashlee A. King, Vanessa R. Martin, Kaitlyn McShay,<br />
Cassandra Lynn Remaley, Michelle Selinsky, Jill D. Wiscount and Kathryn<br />
Bridget Young.<br />
• Cum Laude: Rachel E. Craven, Stephanie Lynn Debuski, Chantel C.<br />
Guistwite, Kelly Lynne Hontz, Megan N. Klinger, Erin R. Murray, Lauren<br />
Marie Poinsett, Kristyn Marie Rakus, Erin E. Schumaker, Alexandra Sova,<br />
Lauren Rae Stout, Danielle A. Walsh, Victoria Werts, Cailyn Marie<br />
Williamson and Kelsey Shannon Woods.<br />
• Student Scholarships and Awards: Jacqueline Crowe, James Bryden<br />
Scholarship; Chelsea Zoltowski, Outstanding Senior; Kaitlyn A. Smith,<br />
Frances Fay DeRose Memorial Award; Jordyn Koveleski, Husky Audiology<br />
Award; and Nicole Leonzi, Cynthia Schloss Graduate Award.<br />
Biological and Allied Health Sciences<br />
• Summa Cum Laude: Jessica M. Albright, Rebecca Isabelle Conrad,<br />
Brandon Dunbar and Amber Marie Kolk.<br />
• Magna Cum Laude: Megan Elizabeth Duell, Alaina Lee Egger, Marykate<br />
Gallagher, Jason D. Kneller, Heather Nicole Love, Sarah Angela Monaco,<br />
Amanda R. Pulsifer and Lauren M. Sosnoski.<br />
• Cum Laude: Marisa A. Cipolla, Tammy Mistishin Franks, Karmyn Yvonne<br />
Gill, Larissa R. Johnson, David W. Kolk, Lindsay M. Kupferschmidt, Robert<br />
P. Medon, Michael J. Molesevich, Jenelle L Romig, Sara E. Taylor and<br />
Maura Elizabeth Williams.<br />
• Student Scholarships and Awards: Heather Ressler, James E. Parsons<br />
Microbiology Scholarship; Jennifer Sabins, James E. Cole Scholarship;<br />
Meredith Salmon, Biology and Allied Health Science Scholarship; Renee<br />
Risaliti, Biology and Allied Health Science Scholarship; Brandon M.<br />
Dunbar, Margaret Till Physiology Award; Amber Kolk, Outstanding Allied<br />
Health Senior; and Meghan Duell, Outstanding Biology Senior.<br />
<strong>Chemistry</strong> and <strong>Biochemistry</strong><br />
• Summa Cum Laude: Adam D. Miller and David Joel Yovic.<br />
• Magna Cum Laude: Brandon Marshall West.<br />
• Cum Laude: Jarid Matthew Metz and Jordan Nathan Metz.<br />
• Student Scholarships and Awards: Adam Miller, ACS Undergraduate Award<br />
in Inorganic <strong>Chemistry</strong> and ACS Outstanding Senior Award; Jarid Metz,<br />
American Institute of Chemist Foundation, Outstanding Senior Award;<br />
Jordan Metz, American Institute of Chemist Foundation, Outstanding Senior<br />
Award; Chris Houser, Junior <strong>Chemistry</strong> Achievement Award; Gene Tunney,<br />
POLYED Undergraduate Award for Achievement in Organic <strong>Chemistry</strong>; and
Continued from page 4.<br />
Ariana Winder, David Murphy Memorial Scholarship.<br />
Exercise Science<br />
• Magna Cum Laude: Elliot Beadle, Meghan Elane Boyer and<br />
Elizabeth S. Lukiewski.<br />
• Cum Laude: Andrew Evans, Joshua James Fleming, Jennifer Lynn Hetrick,<br />
Steven Taylor Jeffreys and Alaina Kay Snyder.<br />
• Student Scholarships and Awards: Meghan Boyer, The Bill Sproule Award;<br />
and Christina Rasnake, Graduate Honor Award in Exercise Science.<br />
Geography and Geosciences<br />
• Cum Laude: Katie Daud, Katharine Keeney and John Alexander Lenches.<br />
• Student Scholarships and Awards: Kendi Waltemyer, Daniel J. Tearpock<br />
Field Camp Scholarship; Lynnette Eichenlaub, Braun Geology Field<br />
Camp Scholarship; Thomas Kerstetter, Outstanding Achievement Award in<br />
Geography/Planning; and Brian Culp,Outstanding Student in Geoscience.<br />
Instructional Technology<br />
• Outstanding Students in Instructional Technology: Chris Cutno, Gina Fanelli<br />
and Daniel White.<br />
Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics<br />
• Summa Cum Laude: Carrie E. Mensch, Jenna L. Mordan and Zachary L.<br />
Rothweiler.<br />
• Magna Cum Laude: Bingchen Yan.<br />
• Cum Laude: Daniel Paul Hranj, Scott R. Keeble, John Lenhart, Marissa<br />
Nursing<br />
Noreen Chikotas/Kimberly Owelski<br />
BloomsBurg university College of sCienCe and teChnology newsletter<br />
Noreen Chikotas, associate professor and program director of BU’s<br />
nurse practitioner programs; Kimberly Owelski, nursing instructor;<br />
and Carol I. Parks, registered nurse with PPL Corp. of Berwick,<br />
had two manuscripts accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed<br />
journal, American Association of Occupational Health Nurses. The<br />
manuscripts are “Comprehensive Review of the Healthy People<br />
2020 Occupational Safety” and “Health Objectives: Tools for the<br />
Occupational Health Nurse in Goal Attainment: Part I and Part II.”<br />
These manuscripts provide the tools to implement the objectives of<br />
Healthy People 2020 in occupational and environmental health.<br />
Noreen Chikotas<br />
Noreen Chikotas presented a poster, “Urinary Tract Infections and<br />
the Relation to Health Behaviors: A Research Study,” at the peerreviewed<br />
American College of Nurse Practitioner 2011 Clinical<br />
Conference in Denver, Colo. The poster disseminated information from<br />
a quantitative research study which explored the relationship between<br />
health behaviors (risk factors) and the occurrence of urinary tract<br />
infections (UTIs) in college-aged women. The study was conducted<br />
in 2009 at the <strong>Bloomsburg</strong> <strong>University</strong> Student Health Center. The<br />
conference reaches approximately 3,000 nurse practitioners in<br />
Joan McDowell, Devin Miller and Robert Roos.<br />
• Student Scholarships and Awards: Daniel Hranj, Highest Achievement in<br />
Computer Forensics Award; Robert Roos, Highest Achievement in<br />
Computer Forensics Award; John Lenhart, Highest Achievement in<br />
Computer Science Award; Carrie Mensch, James Pomfret Mathematics<br />
Award; Jenna Mordan, James Pomfret Mathematics Award; Zachary<br />
Rothweiler, C.R. Reardin Award; James Coulter, Hank and Linda Bailey<br />
Mathematics Scholarship; Zhaoning Yang, J. Edward Kerlin Scholarship;<br />
Jacob Jacavage, Elizabeth and James Mauch Scholarship; and Ashley<br />
Boehner, Marek Mathematics Scholarship.<br />
Nursing<br />
• Magna Cum Laude: Lindsay M. Ciccanti, Morgan J. Peachey and Emily<br />
Grace Searfoss.<br />
• Cum Laude: Kaitlin Darkes, Thomas John DiMaria, Jaimie M. Donnelly,<br />
Jacquelyn Lee Hester, Jamie Michelle Keister, Christine Ann Moyer,<br />
Michelle Marie Pascoe, Laura Elizabeth Stanko and Jamie Olivia Thomas.<br />
• Student Scholarships and Awards: Thomas DiMaria, Morgan Peachey and<br />
Emily Searfoss, Nursing Student Achievement Award.<br />
Physics and Engineering Technology<br />
• Magna Cum Laude: Timothy Robert Gildea.<br />
• Cum Laude: Jason Derr.<br />
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• Student Scholarships and Awards: Kelly Barko, Levi Gray Scholarship;<br />
Adam Reedy, P. James Moser Scholarship; Robert Uzzolino, P. James<br />
Moser Scholarship; Adam Reedy and Robert Uzzolino, Outstanding<br />
Students in Electronics Engineering Technology; and Jason Derr,<br />
Outstanding Student in Physics.<br />
clinical practice nationally, specifically the Western part of the U.S.,<br />
and added to the evidence-based UTI research and health behaviors<br />
of college-age women.<br />
Joan Miller<br />
Joan Miller addressed the influence of burnout on good work in<br />
nursing, work that is at once excellent, ethical and engaging or<br />
personally meaningful, in “Burnout and Its Impact on Good Work<br />
in Nursing,” Journal of Radiology Nursing, 30, 146-149. Issues<br />
such as inadequate staffing and moral distress influence the ability<br />
of the nurse to achieve and maintain a commitment to work that is<br />
of the highest standard in terms of technical excellence and social<br />
and moral responsibility. Given the critical shortage of nurses in<br />
the United States and globally, interventions are needed that will<br />
allow nurses to reflect on the values that inform and sustain their<br />
commitment to quality care.<br />
Deb Sanders<br />
Deb Sanders, assistant professor, co-authored an article, “STD<br />
Prevalence Demands Clinical Awareness,” in Aging Well, a<br />
publication for professionals in geriatric medicine. Sanders coauthored<br />
the publication with Tresa Imparato, a registered nurse at<br />
Geisinger Medical Center who recently graduated from BU. Sanders<br />
mentored Imparato in developing the topic which was generated from<br />
her senior-level scholarly paper.
Spring Research Day<br />
The student presentations listed below<br />
were featured during Spring Research Day,<br />
<strong>Saturday</strong>, May 5. The faculty mentor and<br />
department is listed after the title.<br />
Talk Sessions<br />
• Kelsey Matthews, Investigation of Signal<br />
Transduction Pathways Involved in Fluconazole<br />
Resistance in Candida glabrata, Karl Henry,<br />
Biological and Allied Health Sciences.<br />
• Erica Winter, Partial Cloning of the Nrf2 gene from<br />
Megachile rotundata, Kristen Brubaker, Biological<br />
and Allied Health Sciences.<br />
• Megan Kopec, Characterization of Heat Shock<br />
Factor-1 in the Thermotolerant Species Megachile<br />
rotundata, Kristen Brubake, Biological and Allied<br />
Health Sciences.<br />
• Adam J. Reedy, High-Voltage Switching Circuit<br />
for Characterizing Power Semiconductor Devices,<br />
Biswajit Ray, Physics and Engineering Technology.<br />
• Hassan Alhashimalsayed, Daniel Byler, Chris<br />
Cutno, Mike Seibert, Phebe Strzempek, Training<br />
for PPL Employees, Timothy Phillips, Instructional<br />
Technology.<br />
• Kyle J. Higgins, An Improved Method for<br />
Calibrating the Gantry Angles of Linear<br />
Accelerators, Naz Afarin Fallahian, Physics and<br />
Engineering Technology.<br />
• Kayla Binger and Jamie O’Neill, Uncertainty<br />
in illness among Diabetics: Rural and Suburban<br />
Communities, Joan Miller, Nursing.<br />
• Brandon West, Synthetic Efforts Toward the<br />
Construction of a “Blocked” Hemilabile Pincer<br />
Ligand, Phil Osburn, <strong>Chemistry</strong> and <strong>Biochemistry</strong>.<br />
• Keith Kinek, Storm runoff and polyphosphate<br />
storage in periphyton communities inhabiting<br />
autotrophic and heterotrophic streams, Steven<br />
Rier, Biological and Allied Health Sciences.<br />
• Jarid Metz, Construction of Base-tunable<br />
Hemilabile Pincer Palladium Complexes, Phil<br />
Osburn, <strong>Chemistry</strong> and <strong>Biochemistry</strong>.<br />
• Zhaoning Yang, Analysis of “Traffic Flow”<br />
using Partial Differential Equation, Youmin Lu,<br />
Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics.<br />
• Joshua Halbfoerster, Nick Hitcho and Jacob<br />
Kendall, Hard Drive Laser Shutters for Ultra Cold<br />
Bloom, John Huckans, Physics and Engineering<br />
Technology.<br />
• Phil Anzelmo, From field to classroom and back<br />
to the field: Increasing engagement in Mineralogy<br />
and Petrology courses by use of student research<br />
projects, Jennifer Whisner, Geography and<br />
Geosciences.<br />
• John Lenches, Petrographic analysis of thin<br />
sections of igneous and metamorphic rocks<br />
collected during <strong>Bloomsburg</strong> Geosciences field<br />
trips, Stephen Whisner, Geography and<br />
Geosciences.<br />
BloomsBurg university College of sCienCe and teChnology newsletter<br />
• Alan Shaffer, Synthesis of novel N,N’-(2-alkyl)<br />
aryl-imidazol-2-inium halide salts, precursors of<br />
N-heterocyclic carbenes, John P. Morgan,<br />
<strong>Chemistry</strong> and <strong>Biochemistry</strong>.<br />
• Sabrina Wagner, Functional Analysis of a Putative<br />
Iron/Phytosiderophore Transporter From Oats,<br />
Avena Sativa, George Davis, Biological and Allied<br />
Health Sciences.<br />
• Tom Blass, The Cloning and Characterization of an<br />
anti-FRO2 Antibody Genes, George Davis,<br />
Biological and Allied Health Sciences.<br />
• Shane Levengood, A GUI-Based Program for<br />
Viewing Asteroid Shape Models, Michael Shepard,<br />
Geography and Geosciences.<br />
• Reid Lennon, Progress Toward Construction of a<br />
Tapered Amplifier Laser for UltraColdBloom, John<br />
Huckans, Physics and Engineering Technology.<br />
• Taryn Holland, Health Needs Assessment of<br />
<strong>Bloomsburg</strong> <strong>University</strong> Students, Michelle Ficca,<br />
Nursing.<br />
• Nicole Cicero, Maureen Miller and Grace Ordonio,<br />
Quality Improvements: Working on Student<br />
Interdisciplinary Teams, Mary Ann Cegielsky,<br />
Nursing, and Dr. Adele Spegman, Geisinger<br />
Medical Center.<br />
• Lance Ballester, Causes of Autism: A Statistical<br />
Analysis of State-By-State Incidence Rate, Mehdi<br />
Razzaghi, Mathematics, Computer Science and<br />
Statistics.<br />
• Tom Dimaria, Improving Sexuality in Patients with<br />
Spinal Cord Injuries, Pat Loiaza, Nursing.<br />
• Adam Miller, Investigation of [(C6F5)C5H4]<br />
Co(CO)2 as a Catalyst for the Production of<br />
Substituted Aromatic Compounds, Eric Hawrelak,<br />
<strong>Chemistry</strong> and <strong>Biochemistry</strong>.<br />
• Jerome D. Roscioli, Predicting Transport<br />
Properties at High Temperature and Pressures,<br />
Greg Zimmerman, <strong>Chemistry</strong> and <strong>Biochemistry</strong>.<br />
• Hannah Cronk and Reid Lennon, Rotational State-<br />
Specific Collisional Relaxation Dynamics of<br />
Acetylene Using Optical-Optical Double<br />
Resonance, Ju Xin, Physics and Engineering<br />
Technology.<br />
Poster Presentations<br />
• Hannah Cronk and Reid Lennon, Rotational State-<br />
Specific Collisional Relaxation Dynamics of<br />
Acetylene Using Optical-Optical Double<br />
Resonance, Ju Xin, Physics and Engineering<br />
Technology.<br />
• Cassaundra Thompson and Heather Thompson,<br />
Protease Inhibitors Reduce Degradation of the<br />
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Cellular Stress Marker HSP70 in Lumbriculus<br />
variegatus, John Hranitz and Cynthia Surmacz,<br />
Biological and Allied Health Sciences.<br />
• Derek Weicht, Influence of the Oneida #3 Mine<br />
Tunnel Drainage on Little Tomhicken Creek Before<br />
and After the Repair of an AMD Passive Treatment<br />
System, Chris Hallen, <strong>Chemistry</strong> and <strong>Biochemistry</strong>,<br />
and Cynthia Venn, Geography and Geosciences.<br />
• Sarah Monaco, Effects of Exogenous<br />
Carbohydrates on Basidiospore Germination, and<br />
Bark Texture Preferences of Bark-Inhabiting Fungi,<br />
George Chamuris, Biological and Allied Health<br />
Sciences.<br />
• Sean M. Jeffreys, Grazing and Clipping Induced<br />
Changes in Leaf Silicon Contents of the grass<br />
Agrostis gigantean, Kevin Williams, Biological and<br />
Allied Health Sciences.<br />
• John Pettine, Ground Penetrating Radar Survey<br />
of the Mifflinville Cemetery, Columbia County, Pa.,<br />
Michael Shepard, Geography and Geosciences.<br />
• Matt Hallowell, Characterization and Optimization<br />
of the <strong>Bloomsburg</strong> WindJET, John Huckans,<br />
Physics and Engineering Technology.<br />
• Jordan Metz, Studies of N-Heterocyclic Carbene<br />
Catalyzed Biodiesel, John P. Morgan, <strong>Chemistry</strong><br />
and <strong>Biochemistry</strong>.<br />
• Lance Ballester, Causes of Autism: A Statistical<br />
Analysis of State-By-State Incidence Rate, Mehdi<br />
Razzaghi, Mathematics, Computer Science and<br />
Statistics.<br />
• Larissa Johnson, Characterizing Individual<br />
Variation in HSP70 concentrations in Blackworms<br />
(Lumbriculus variegatus) following Heat Shock,<br />
John Hranitz and Cynthia Surmacz, Biological and<br />
Allied Health Sciences.<br />
• Charmiane Henderson, Evaluating the Cytotoxic<br />
Effects of Novel Compounds as Potential<br />
Spermicides, Jennifer Venditti, Biological and<br />
Allied Health Sciences.<br />
• Victoria McLauchlin, Samantha Schafer, Fracture<br />
measurements and geologic mapping along the<br />
transition between the Valley and Ridge and<br />
Plateau, Physiographic provinces of Pennsylvania,<br />
Stephen Whisner, Geography and Geosciences.<br />
• Elisa Busada, Avifaunal diversity of old field and<br />
disturbed forest habitats of <strong>Bloomsburg</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
of Pennsylvania, Clay Corbin, Biological and Allied<br />
Health Sciences.<br />
• Lauren Lowenberger, Feeding morphology, bite-<br />
force, and closing-velocity in North American<br />
birds, Clay Corbin, Biological and Allied Health<br />
Sciences.<br />
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