Students describe their research projects at the Annual Senior Symposium in Biology.

2011 student presenters.

Here are the interesting studies of these students:

• Meghan Abbott Effects of Lighting Cues on Stride Length Difference in Elderly Individuals

• Briana Bixler* Will Red Light Exposure Make Winners Out of Losers?

• Samantha Defoe The Effects of a Combustion Catalyst System on Diesel Engines; Fuel Consumption and Emissions

• Sarah Fink The Discovery of Standing Metachrony in Humans

• Cheryce Harvey* Can bats be saved? Investigation of the Effectiveness of Bacteria and Fungi in Controlling the Growth of Geomyces destructans

• Elisabeth Knoll* RNAi knockdown of Key RNAi genes in Culex quinquefasciatus and the Effect upon Susceptibility to West Nile Virus Infection

• Alexis Plavocos The Effects of Different Routes of Administration of Telazol in Canine

• Kathryn Saulsbery Food For Thought: Using food as a vehicle for scientific inquiry in elementary Classrooms

• Lauren Schroder* Carbamate and Organophosphate Pesticides: The Effect on Acetylcholinesterase Activity in Golden Shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas)

       *These students also presented at NCUR