Dr. Joyce Jarrett, Provost, Hampton University Mary Sandy, VSGC ...

8:00-8:308:30-8:45Virginia Space Grant ConsortiumStudent Research Conference AgendaHampton University Student Center, Hampton, Va.April 9, 2009Registration-Student Center Ballroom AWelcome -- Dr. Joyce Jarrett, Provost, Hampton UniversityMary Sandy, VSGC Director and Chris Carter, VSGC Assistant DirectorStudent Center TheaterCyber LoungeStudent Center - Second FloorStudent LoungeStudent Center - Second FloorTheater - Student Center First FloorSession Presenter Session Presenter Session Presenter8:50 a.m.Austin Creasy - VTSelf-healing BiologicalMolecules for Use inEngineering MaterialsMatthew Bitzer - VTProgress Report for Hy-VProjectCarl Arrington - HUDeveloping a Web-BasedApplication to VisuallyRepresent Satellite Data9:05 a.m.Andy Sarles - VTBiomolecular Networks for NovelProtein-Powered ActiveMaterialsWilliam Eberhart - UVASensing of External FlowDisturbances Through aBoundary LayerKevin Leavor - HUDevelopment of the HamptonUniversity LIDAR system andthe REALM LIDAR network9:20 a.m.9:35 a.m.Structuresand MaterialsSession Chair:Dr. LaurieSanderson-WMSteven Anton - VTNovel Piezoelectric EnergyHarvesting Devices forUnmanned Aerial VehiclesCrystal Bertoncini - WMApplications of UltrasonographicNondestructive Evaluation forDentistryAerospaceSystemsSession Chair:Dr. Colin Britcher-ODUJustin Murtha - VTEvidence Theory Within FaultTree Analysis for Reliable, SmallUAV DesignChristopher Rock - VTSupersonic Fuel Injection andMixing Research for ScramjetEnginesPlanetaryScienceSession Chair:Dr. PatMcCormick-HUJasper Lewis - HUCorrelation of LidarBackscatter to PM 2.5Concentration in a RegionalAerosol Transport StudyChristopher Spells - HUInfluence of the Saharan AirLayer (SAL) on theDevelopment and Intensity ofAtlantic Hurricanes9:50 a.m.Michael Francis - UVAA First Principles Study ofMechanisms Important toEnvironmentally AssistedHydrogen Embrittlement ofAluminumChad Smith - UVAVelocity Measurements forScramjet Engine DevelopmentMelissa Yesalusky - HUDetection of Nearly Sub-visualCirrus Clouds Impact on theSpectral Distribution of theInfrared Radiative Cooling ofthe Atmosphere

10:05-10:35a.m.Break -- Undergraduate Research Scholar Poster PresentationsStudent Center Ballroom C - First Floor10:40 a.m.Erin Blass - ODUDevelopment of a CompressedCarbon Dioxide Propulsion Unitfor Near-term Mars SurfaceApplicationsJennifer Camp - WMAviation in the Last FrontierCara Campbell - WMUltrasound Signal Processingand Modeling for MedicalApplications10:55 a.m.11:10 a.m.AstrophysicsSession Chair:Dr. RobertOrwoll-WMMeridith Elrod - UVAOxygen in the Atmosphere ofSaturn's RingsRyan Fortenberry - VTTheoretical and ComputationalStudies of Interstellar C 2n H andSiC 2m+1 HAerospaceSystemsSession Chair:TBDJason Howison - UVAParticle Image Velocimetry andComputational Fluid DynamicsStudy of a Dual-Mode ScramjetInlet NozzleDavid Hubble - VTA Hybrid Method for MeasuringHeat FluxAppliedPhysicsSession Chair:Dr. JohnAnderson-HUJohn Leckey - WMQweak – A Search for NewPhysicsCandice Rockell - ODUGreen's Function Techniquefor Radiation Transport inThree Dimensions11:25 a.m.Joleen Miller - UVASearching for Evidence of PastPlanet Accretion in RapidlyRotating K Giant StarsBrianne Williams - ODUA Design of ExperimentsApproach for Characterization ofNASA Langley 12-FT WindTunnel Roll Oscillation SystemMeghan Revelle - WMLooking for All the RightPieces: An Exploratory Studyof Feature LocationTechniques11:40 a.m.Daniel Wik - UVAPhysics and ObservationalEffects of Collisions BetweenGalaxy ClustersStructures andMaterialsSession Chair:Ivy Krystal Jones-HU(Graduate FellowAlumna)Jenifer Warner - UVAEnvironmental Fatigue CrackPropagation and Inhibition inAl-Zn-Mg-Cu vs Al-Cu-Mg/LiAlloysDaniel Pechkis - WMCluster Calculations ofNuclear Magnetic ResonanceChemical Shielding inPiezoelectric Solid AlloysNoon-2:00p.m.2:00-2:30p.m.Luncheon to Honor the 2008-09 Research Scholars and FellowsSponsored by Hampton UniversityKeynote Speaker, James M. Russell III, Ph.D., Hampton UniversityIntroduced by President William R. Harvey, Hampton University'The Hampton University Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere Satellite Mission Overview and Science Results'Student Center Ballroom A-B - First FloorBreak -- Undergraduate Research Scholar Poster PresentationsStudent Center Ballroom C - First Floor

2:00-2:30p.m.Break -- Undergraduate Research Scholar Poster PresentationsStudent Center Ballroom C - First Floor2:45 p.m.3:00 p.m.3:15 p.m.AstrophysicsSession Chair:Dr. RobertOrwoll-WMAmy Reines - UVAThe Birth of Super Star ClustersGail Zasowski - UVAExploring Extinction andStructure in the Milky Way DiskJacob Simon - UVAX-ray State Transitions in BlackHole Accretion DisksStructures andMaterialsSession Chair:Ivy Krystal Jones-HU (GraduateFellow Alumna)Christina Haden - UVADevelopment of a BiomimeticExcitable Media Tube PumpUsing Ionic Fluid Polymer GelClayton Pullins - VTComprehensive Calibration of aDurable High Temperature HeatFlux SensorKeith Moored - UVADeveloping a Morphing Wing fora Biomimetic AutonomousUnderwater VehicleAppliedPhysicsSessionDr. JohnAnderson-HUDereth Drake - ODUCharacterization of SimulatedMartian Atmospheric EntryPlasmaJoseph Battistelli - UVASpatial Distribution ofAutotrophic NitrifyingMicroorganisms in EngineeredReactor Systems3:30 p.m.Nicole Gugliucci - UVAPAPER: The Precision Array toProbe the Epoch of Reionization- A Progress ReportThomas Bliss - UVACPG Control of TensegrityStructures3:45 p.m. Closing -- Chris Carter - VSGC - Student Center Theater - First Floor