2008 Annual Meeting

Session: National Student Paper Contest

This session includes winning student papers from each of the nine regional paper competitions held earlier this year. Papers will be presented to a panel of five judges who will select the top three papers which will be awarded cash prizes sponsored by Omega Chi Epsilon.

Chair

Douglas Ludlow, Missouri University of Science & Technology,

Co-Chair

William Pitt, Brigham Young University

Presentations

01:00 PM

Welcoming Remarks

01:05 PM

(2a) A Method for the Consistent Creation and Quantitative Testing of Postoperative Pelvic Adhesions in a Porcine Model
Maureen E. Cheung, Bradford Fenton, M Michelle Evancho-Chapman, Mark Kovacik, Don Noe, Nicholas Ree, James Fanning, Stephanie T. Lopina

01:20 PM

(2b) Bandage Contact Lenses for Anti-Inflammatory Therapeutics
Jeney Zhang, Mark E. Byrne

01:35 PM

(2c) Designing Scaffolds with Optimal Chemical and Physical Properties for Tissue Engineering
Courteney Cannon, Anna Gromadzka

01:50 PM

(2d) Improvement of Fiber-Reinforced Composites
Danny E. Kress

02:05 PM

(2e) Preliminary Design and Cost Analysis of a Distillation Column for Separation of Methanol, Water and a High Boiling Point Inorganic Acid
Nicole L. Felgenhauer, Robert R. Thompson, Mani Firouzain, Sawinder Singh

02:30 PM

(2f) Removal of Parathyroid Hormone by Immunospecific Adsorption during Kidney Dialysis
Shu Xia, Nichole Y. Hodge, Melvin Laski, Theodore F. Wiesner

02:45 PM

(2g) Seed-Mediated Growth of Platinum Nanoparticles Via Green Chemical Reduction of Platinum Salts
Tyler M. Gunn

03:00 PM

(2h) Synthetic Routes to Photoactive Nanostructured Hydrogels
Alexander T. Leonard, Travis S. Bailey

03:15 PM

(2i) Vapor Deposited Polymer Coatings for Implantable Neuroprosthetic Devices
Kyle D. Stephens