The NDSU community is invited to the 21st annual McNair Scholars Research Forum on Thursday, April 22, and Friday, April 23, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Alumni Center Reimers room. The event is open to the public.
Each McNair Scholar will give a presentation lasting approximately 30 minutes. The schedule is:
Thursday, April 22
Sammie Nguyen, “Patient Rationale for Contraceptive Selection,” 10 a.m.
Fredice Quenum Zangbede, “Physical Assessment in Pharmacy,” 10:30 a.m.
Dion Cox, “Test Station and Electronic Load for Photovoltaic Panels,” 11 a.m.
Camille Jorgenson, “Supranutritional Selenium During Pregnancy Increases Ovine Mammary Gland Vascularity," 11:30 a.m.
Landon Johnson, “Memory and Memorial: Influence and Impact of the National Holocaust Museum,” 1 p.m.
Louis Sirota, “Defined Architecture,” 1:30 p.m.
Sylvie Munezero, “Compliance of Management of Diabetes with Burundi’s in FM Area,” 2 p.m.
Mohamed Ahmed, “Beclin-1 Dependent Inhibition of Autophagy,” 3 p.m.
Friday, April 23
Evelyne Niyonzima, “Satisfaction of New Americans and Refugees with Healthcare Services in Fargo,” 11:30 a.m.
John Fielding, “Packrat Middens as Paleoenvironmental Indicators in North Dakota,” 1 p.m.
Owen Romo, “Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe,” 1:30 p.m.
Kit Wong, “Replication Protein A,” 2 p.m.
Garrett Brunell, “Infrastructure Assessment and Rehabilitation,” 2:30 p.m.
Jason Brunell, “How Global Warming and Macro Physiology Affect Stress Response in Short and Long Lived Bird Species,” 3 p.m.
A faculty and a library mentor support each McNair Scholar. Mentors include Christian Albano, associate professor of pharmacy; Allan Ashworth, distinguished professor of geology; Eugene Berry, associate professor of veterinary and microbiological sciences; Wendy Brown, assistant professor of pharmacy; David Crutchfield, assistant professor of architecture and landscape architecture; Edward DeKeyser, assistant professor of natural resource sciences; Stevie Famulari, assistant professor of architecture and landscape architecture; Penelope Gibbs, assistant professor of veterinary and microbiology sciences; Donna Grandbois, assistant professor of nursing; Stuart Haring, assistant professor of chemistry and molecular biology; Margaret Khaitsa, associate professor of veterinary and microbiological sciences; Yail (Jimmy) Kim, assistant professor of civil engineering; Norma Kiser-Larson, associate professor of nursing; Kenneth Lepper, associate professor of geosciences; Donald Miller, professor and chair of pharmacy; Ronald Ramsay, associate professor of architecture and landscape architecture; Wendy Reed, assistant professor of biological sciences; Lawrence Reynolds, distinguished professor of animal and range sciences; Joy Sather-Wagstaff, assistant professor of anthropology; Sangita Sinha, assistant professor of molecular biophysics; Verena Theile, assistant professor of English; Kimberly Vonnahme, assistant professor of animal sciences; Subbaraya Yuvarajan, professor of electrical and computer engineering; and Joseph Zeleznik, Extension forester of plant sciences.
