Making Research Relevant: IU Kokomo Students Present at IUURC 2007
December 6, 2007
The 13th annual Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference “Making Research Relevant,” was held on November 30, at the IU Southeast Campus located in New Albany, Indiana. Seven IU Kokomo students along with their faculty mentors presented their research projects at the conference. Several of the students did their research with a mentor professor as part of the 2007 Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI).
Students presented in three venues: a morning round-table discussion, the presentation of papers, and in an hour-and-a-half poster session.
Student projects and their faculty mentors were:
Monique Ethier, Science Fiction and the Theme of Ambiguity, mentor Robert Strikwerda, Ph.D.; Carmen Davis, Photo-Electrochemical Studies on some Metal Oxides Semiconductor Assemblies, mentor Dr. Kasem Kasem, Ph.D.; Edwin Faunce, Aging and the Converging of Roles in the Writings of Simone De Beauvoir, mentor Robert Strikwerda, Ph.D.; Caryn O’Hearn, Synthesis and characterization of 2,6-Dimethyl-4-P-Ethylphenyl-3-Cyclohexenecarboxylic Acids, mentor Songwen Xie, Ph.D.; David Myers, Non-Governmental Organization Peace building in Northern Ireland, mentor Karl Besel, Ph.D.; Nicole Pena, And By the Way Let Us Recount Our Dreams: Seeing Shakespeare’s Hidden Dream in Bottom’s Soliloquy, mentors Robert Strikwerda, Ph.D., and Terri Bourus, Ph.D. (IUPUI); Holly Stein, Synthesis of 2,6-Dimethyl-4-M-Methylphenyl-3-Cyclohexencaroxylic Acids, mentor Songwen Xie, Ph.D.
The Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference (IUURC) is dedicated to the promotion of undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative activity performed in partnership with faculty or other mentors as a vital component of undergraduate education at Indiana University. The conference is open to all disciplines: visual and performing arts, humanities, natural and physical sciences, mathematics, engineering, business, economics, education, and nursing.
