The event, held during Convocation of Scholars, showcases ASU students’ research and creative activities. A catalog of all projects was distributed to visitors who attended the sessions in the Reng Center.

The students, hometowns, and presentation topics were as follows:

Lee Ketchum (Blytheville): "Continued Research in Electroplating of Environmentally Low Hazard But Difficult-to-Plate Metals and Alloys by Induced Code Position Followed by Anodic Stripping of Easier-to-Plate Metals."

Gustavo Rehder (Brazil): "Optimization of the Photoconductivity in Powder Sprayed and Thermal Vacuum Evaporated Indium (III) Sulfide and Bismuth (III) Sulfide Thin Films."

Randy Stidham (Vanndale): "Thermal Vacuum Evaporation of Indium Sulfide Thin Films Onto Printed Circuit Boards and Indium Tin Oxide-Coated Glass Substrates for Use as Photovoltaic and Photoconductive Cells."

Richard Tanner ( Cabot): "Low Temperature Deposition of Molybdenum Oxide and Tungsten Oxide Films by Spray Pyrolysis Using Low Boiling Point Solutions of Metal Salts."

Panel 2: Undergraduate Research in Science

Steffany Belcher-Novosad (Brinkley): "Large Run Design Construction Using Minimum G-Aberration Criterion."

Allison Fowler (Little Rock): "Parent/Offspring Interactions in a Population of Loggerhead Shrikes in Northeast Arkansas."

Stephen Wingard (White Hall): "Techniques for Evaluating Host Plant Resistance of Cotton to the Tarnished Plant Bug"

Panel 3: Undergraduate Research in Media

Brad Fletcher (Trumann): "A Content Analysis of Sex in Prime Time Television Sitcoms"

Meghan Hackney (Stuttgart): "A Content Analysis of Internet Advertising"

Kira Hamilton (Hot Springs): "MTV: A Content Analysis of New Programming After September 11, 2001"

Andrea Johnston (Searcy): "Traditional v. Contemporary Christian Music: An Analysis of Theme."

Jessica Newburg (Jacksonville): "A Content Analysis of TV Violence in Daytime Soap Operas"

Panel 4: Undergraduate Research in Biological Sciences (Posters)

Louis Matthew Barnett (Paragould): "Development of a Geographic Information System (GIS) Database for Native Arkansas Mussels."

Mary Scott (Little Rock): "Characterization of Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Nest Structure and Nest Site Vegetation."

Josh Seagraves (Pocahontas): "Fish Host Determination of the Federally endangered Freshwater Mussel, Lampsilis streckeri."

Panel 5: Music Performance

Nicole Carroll (Bryant): "Compositional Techniques and Text manipulation Used in the Electronic Music Piece "My Love is Building."

Matthew Cureton (Arbyrd, Mo., and Cash): "Pointed Circle for Electronic Media"

Jason Tacker (Wynne) , Daryol Edwards (Forrest City), John Hays (Jonesboro) , Forrest Rodgers (Jacksonville) : "Arkansas State University Tuba & Euphonium Quartet."

Nellie Barr Hasan (Jonesboro): "Cows, Stone, Sky: The Use of Symbolism in Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms."

Terry Beasley (Helena): "Neonatal Euthanasia and Utilititarianism"

Robert Robinette (Jonesboro): "A Significant Downpour."

Heather Evans (Swifton): "Messiah, Madness, or Misunderstanding: What Caused the First Jewish Revolt Against Roman Rule?"

Karen Michelle Collins (Monticello): "Erik Erikson's Personality Stage Theory."

Vinessa Kaye Jones (Corning): "Eminent Female Psychologists of the 20th Century, Phase I."

Holly Tyler (Pocahontas): "A Study of the Efficacy of Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Therapy in Children Under Age Twelve."

Carmilya Wilson (McGehee): "Survey On Parenting and Spanking Experiences."

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