Spotlight on Research '99

Summary Report
1999 Undergraduate and Graduate Research Symposium at ESF
April 14, 1999

Keynote Address

Prof. Koji Nakanishi of Columbia University, one of the foremost natural products chemists in the world and pioneer of spectroscopic methods, delivered the keynote address for the 1999 Symposium: Spotlight on Graduate and Undergraduate Research at ESF. Professor Nakanishi spoke on his recent studies in bioorganic chemistry, including current investigations of the biochemical mechanism of vision and the structural determination of harmful pigments that are formed in the human eye during aging. Dr. Nakanishi autographed a copy of his autobiography "A Wandering Natural Products Chemist", which was donated in commemoration of this event by the Friends of Moon Library. After lecturing on the incredible speed of the photochemical events of vision, Dr. Nakanishi delighted the audience with his demonstration that the hand is quicker than the eye in a show of his nonchemical magic.

Abstracts

Over 60 posters were presented at this year's Spotlight on Graduate and Undergraduate Research. The abstracts are listed according to department:

     Chemistry
     Construction Management and Wood Products Engineering
     Environmental and Forest Biology
     Environmental Resource and Forest Engineering
     Forestry
     Paper Science Engineering

Congratulations to the top three winning posters in each section:

Chemistry:

1	DEVELOPING AN ELISA ASSAY TO DETERMINE THE CONTENT OF FERRICROCIN IN SOILS. Tzu-Pin Wang and Gregory L. Boyer.
2	BINDING PEPTIDE IN RESPONSE TO ALUMINUM BY THE MYCORRHIZAL PRODUCTION OF A METAL FUNGUS WILCOXINA MIKOLAE. Guozhang Zou, Michael F. Satchwell, Jonelle Penschow and Gregory L. Boyer.
3	THE EFFECTS OF NITROGEN SOURCE ON PSP TOXIN FORMATION IN THE TOXIC CYANOBACTERIUM, APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE. Gregory G. Goddard, Michael F. Satchwell, and Gregory L. Boyer.

Environmental and Forest Biology:

1	CHANGES IN LOWER TROPHIC INTERACTIONS IN EASTERN LAKE ERIE DUE TO THE INVASION OF EXOTICS (DREISSENA), REDUCTION OF PHOSPHORUS LOADING, AND SUBSEQUENT OLIGOTROPHICATION. Stacy Vega and Myron Mitchell.
2	GRADIENT ANALYSIS OF FOREST TREES IN THE ADIRONDACKS. Benjamin D. Rubin and Paul D. Manion.
3	THE FATE OF NITROGEN IN GYPSY MOTH FRASS DEPOSITED TO AN OAK FOREST FLOOR. Lynn M. Christenson, Myron Mitchell and Gary Lovett.

Environmental Resource and Forest Engineering:

1	A FIELD AND MODEL STUDY OF GALLEY SYSTEMS IN WATERSHEDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY DRINKING WATER SYSTEM. Kelly Bazukiewicz and James M. Hassett.
2	A BRIDGE SCOUR ANALYSIS OF THE NYS ROUTE 13 BRIDGE OVER FALL CREEK, TOMPKINS COUNTY, NY. Michael Petrucco, Otto Herr, Andrew Murphy and James M. Hassett.
3	(tie between two posters): DESIGN OF A HYDRAULIC FLUME FOR THE RENOVATED BAKER LAB. Christopher Somerlot, Jessica Ross, Edward Hattenberger and James M. Hassett. BIOFILTRATION AND VERMICOMPOSTING IN OFFRSŽ, ON-FARM FERTILIZATION RECOVERY SYSTEM. Jerose, Brian, F. Joseph Van Schaick, Richard McClimans.

Forestry:

1	EVALUATION OF A ONE-DIMENSIONAL TEMPERATURE MODEL FOR A SNOW COVER AT HUNTINGTON FOREST. Adam B. Mazurkiewicz and Jeffrey J. McDonnell.
2	IN CONTROL OF AL: AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO DETERMINING AL SOLUBILITY. David M. McMillan and Hector G. Adegbidi.
3	PEPTIDES FOR SIGNING ANTIMICROBIAL USE IN SELF-PROCESSING POLYPEPTIDES. Haiying Liang, Cathy M. Catharine, Charles A. Maynard, and William A. Powell.

Paper Science, Construction Management and Wood Products Eng.:

1	QUEST FOR EARTHWORK – INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE THAT CALCULATES EARTHWORK QUANTITIES. Robert W. Bancroft, Jr, Kenneth J. Tiss.
2	UV CURABLE COATINGS: AN ENVIRONMENTALLY PROACTIVE APPROACH. Scott Larsen and Leonard Smith, Mark Driscoll, Anthony Berejka, and Anthony Pappano.
3	THE EVALUATION OF FILM THICKNESS BY USING LASER PROFILOMETER. Yong-Joo Sung, Eric Breternitz, and Dr. D. Steven Keller.

Poster Judges

Students in Prof. Saunders Interpretive Design Course:
Tom Deltz, Mandy Elliott, Joe Francese, Alissa Morganti, Nate Murray, Stephanie Schuler, Eric Witherow

Faculty:
Greg Boyer, Doug Daley, Dave Griffin, Tsutomu Nakatsugawa, Fran Webster

Acknowledgements

This poster session was sponsored by the Faculty Research Committee. We would like to acknowledge:
     Office of Sponsored Programs
     Office of News and Publications
     Undergraduate and Graduate Student Associations
     ESF Alumni Association
     Academic Computing

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