2010 Presentation Awards
Biological Sciences
1st place oral competition – John Gomez, Ouachita Baptist University “Characterization of AnCoA4, a Novel Store Operated Calcium Channel Inhibitor”
2nd place oral competition – Hayley Warsinske, Hendrix College “The Effects of Prenatal Steroids on the Rectus Abdominus Muscle in Fetal Guinea Pigs”
1st place poster competition – Ryne Ramaker, UALR
2nd place poster competition – Emily Coffman, Ouachita Baptist University
3rd place poster completion – Joseph Harvey, Missouri State University
Chemistry and Biochemistry
1st place oral competition – Brian Besel, University of Central Arkansas “Existing Tris(pyrazolyl)borate and Functional Nickel(II) Coordination”
2nd place oral competition – Jessica Hartman, UALR “Butadiene Epoxide Metabolites Inhibit CYP2E1 Activity”
1st place poster competition – Alyssa Brock, Lyon College
2nd place poster competition – Grace Whitaker, Ouachita Baptist University
3rd place poster completion – Ashley Rosenberg, University of Arkansas
Physics
1st place oral competition – Chris Schroeder, University of Oklahoma “Protecting Against Decoherence in Qubit Systems”
2nd place oral competition – Clayton Martin, Southern Arkansas University “(α,n) Induced Background Radiation Rates in Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay of Xenon-136”
1st place poster competition – Martin Hawron, Southern Arkansas University
2nd place poster competition – William Lewis, University of Arkansas
3rd place poster competition – Asami Nishikawa, University of Central Arkansas
Only posters with undergraduate participation and where the presenter is an undergraduate, qualified for the awards. Students who did not receive an award for the oral presentation but presented a poster were considered in the poster competition.
At least two judges selected from various institutions judged each presentation. No judge evaluated an oral presentation or poster from his/her institution.