The Graduate School Hosts
the Annual CSU, Chico Student
Research
Competition
The Twenty-second Annual CSU, Chico Student Research Competition will be held on Monday, February 18, 2008 from 5:00 - 9:30 pm. This important event offers students an opportunity to gain valuable knowledge in presenting their work while enriching their academic experience. Also, undergraduate and graduate students, as well as alumni/alumnae who received their degrees in spring, summer, or fall of 2007 are encouraged to participate.
Research presentations will be grouped into the following nine categories: Behavioral and Social Sciences; Biological and Agricultural Sciences; Business, Economics, and Public Administration; Creative Arts and Design; Education; Engineering and Computer Science; Health, Nutrition, and Clinical Sciences; Humanities and Letters; and Physical and Mathematical Sciences.
Under competition guidelines all entrants may use audiovisual material as is appropriate. Presenters are to use delivery techniques that promote interaction with the audience. Entrants in the Creative Arts and Design category may present an audio and/or visual record of a performance they have given or a work they have created. Their oral presentation should focus on the rationale and historical context underlying their interpretation of the material. Please read General Information for Computer Usage.
Due to time constraints each entrant will be given ten minutes to orally present their work before a jury and an audience. A question and answer session will follow. Also, more than one person may present together as a team. Each team presentation will count as one entry and is limited to the ten minute time limit.
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As many as ten local delegates will be selected to participate at the prestigious system-wide competition that will be held at a California State University East Bay, on Friday, May 2 and Saturday, May 3, 2008. Cash prizes will be awarded to the outstanding presenter and runner-up in each category of the undergraduate and graduate divisions. Lodging and travel expenses are funded through the Graduate School with IRA funds.
March 1, 2007 Local Delegate Winners
• Bethany J. Schaarschmidt - MS/Nutrition Science “Vitamin C and Simple Carbohydrates in Organically and Conventionally Grown Naval Oranges," Mentor: Katie Silleman.
• Jeremy Nunes - BS/Agriculture “Effects of Foliar Applied Nutrient Sprays on Fruit Set and Yield in Nonpareil Almond Trees,” Mentor: Richard Rosecrance.
• Tim J. Dunn - BS/Chemistry “Thermal and Photochemical Reactivity of
Os(HNO)(CO)(C1)2(PPh)2," Mentor: Jonathan Marhenke.
• Jessica Cook - BS/Animal Science “Optimum Phosphorus Concentrations Affects New Guinea Impatiens and Coleus in a Top-Watering System," Mentor: Carrie Whitcher.
• Laura Brimberry - BS/Nursing “Single-Occupancy Design: The Next Step in Achieving Quality Health Care Economics, Environment, and Ethics,” Mentor: Jennifer Lillibridge.
• Evan V. Papa - MA/Kinesiology “Hyperbaric Oxygen Provides in vitro Neuroprotection from Glutamate Excitotoxic Insult,” Mentor: David Swanson.
• Adam Ferris - BS/Biology “Regulation of Synapse Formation: The Role of Cyclosporine A in the Distribution of Synapse Specific Proteins,” Mentor: Jonathan Day.
• Ryan Hake - BS/Mathematics “Intrinsic Knotting of Partite Graphs,” Mentor: Thomas Mattman.
• Igor Lulic - MS/Computer Science “Sapphire Rose – LARP Game and Character Administration Utility,” Mentor: Judy Challinger.
Applications can be downloaded by clicking the Application link and additional information regarding the local competition is available at the Office of Graduate, International, and Interdisciplinary Studies located in Tehama Hall, Room 209.
Local Competition Deadline: please submit applications, along with research papers, to the Office of Graduate, International, and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Student Services Center room 440 no later than Monday, February 18, 2008.