2013 National Convention Program - Alpha Chi

"Propaganda's Effect on Dietary Choices"
Aubree Reichel, Indiana Lambda, Region V, Indiana Institute of Technology
Computer Science/Engineering
"A Projected Future of Software, Hardware and Market Trends of Tablet Computing"
Christopher R. Hudson, North Carolina Kappa, Region III, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
"Correlation of Accuracy in Mass Spectrometry Proteomics"
Adeboye Adejare, Jr., Pennsylvania Kappa, Region VI, University of the Sciences
Contemporary Bioethical Issues
"Creating Super Viruses by Way of Mouth"
Stacy Temple, Missouri Lambda, Region IV, Missouri Western State University
"SmartLiving Campus: A Real-Time Approach to Energy Efficiency"
Martha A. Wright, Texas Alpha Pi, Region I, University of Texas at San Antonio
Education
"Public School vs. Private School"
Natalie Zimmerman, Indiana Lambda, Region V, Indiana Institute of Technology
Exercise Science/Nutrition
"Taste and Consumption of Food and its Effect on Glucose Levels"
Katy Braden & Misty Todd, Missouri Delta, Region IV, Westminster College
Molecular/Cellular Biology
"The Effect of Spent Media Isolated from Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1 on Biofilm Formation by Staphylococcus "
Taylor Stanford, Arkansas Beta, Region II, Ouachita Baptist University
"Identifying Proteins That Bind to UBE2Q2 and Exosome Component 7"
Crista Riggs, Arkansas Beta, Region II, Ouachita Baptist University
"Understanding How Tumor Microenvironment Governs Breast Cancer Stem Cell Plasticity and Malignancy in Vitro"
Donjeta Gjuka, Texas Alpha Delta, Region I, Texas Lutheran University
"Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C-Kinase Substrate (MARCKS) is a Key Regulator of Cell Survival in Glioblastoma"
Samantha Scanlon, Arkansas Eta, Region II, Harding University
Organismal/Ecological Biology
“Fish Training Comparison"
Jylian Wilde, North Carolina Phi, Region III, Chowan University
"Eclosion Site Preference in Species of 13-Year Periodic Cicadas"
Joshua Kling, Missouri Delta, Region IV, Westminster College
"Can Cathodic Protection Technology Amend Aluminum-Saturated Soils?"
Leanne Henry, Texas Alpha Gamma, Midwestern State University
Political Science/Economics
"Constitutional Freedoms"
Meagon Renee Eagon, Oklahoma Gamma, Region II, East Central University
"Widening the Judicial Pipeline: How the Number of Women Federal and State Court Judges Affects the Number of
Women Supreme Court Justices Over Time"
Sarah Nelson & Tamra Albritton, Oklahoma Gamma, Region II, East Central University
Psychology
"The Effects of Scenario Gender and Scenario Ethnicity on Perceptions of Success"
Benjamin Brian Hall, Arkansas Eta, Region II, Harding University
"Effects of Sound and Scent Priming on Word Recall"
Mary Nestor, Missouri Delta, Region IV, Westminster College
"Abortion Reasoning Among College Students"
Jourdin M. Watkins, Kansas Delta, Region IV, Kansas Wesleyan University
"The Influence of Short-Term Missions: An Analysis of Volunteer Attitudes and Christian Practices"
Nathaniel David Andrew, Tennessee Nu, Region III, Milligan College
7:00-7:45 p.m. Original Visual Arts Slideshow .................................................................................. Symphony Foyer
"Compilation of Most Recent Works"
Louise Brenner, Indiana Gamma, Region V, Grace College
"Abstraction"
Brittney Moser, North Carolina Phi, Region III, Chowan University
"Senior Works"
Scott Van Eck, North Carolina Phi, Region III, Chowan University
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