ASU faculty members aid student researchers in contest
Date Released: 2008-05-02
Two ASU-Jonesboro student researchers recently placed in the student presentation competition held at the 92nd annual meeting of the Arkansas Academy of Science held recently at Henderson State University, Arkadelphia. Paul Minor, an electrical engineering major, presented "Organic Chemical Bath Deposition of Indium (III) Sulfide" to win first place in the Undergraduate Physical Science category. Dr. Robert Engelken, Engineering, is Minor's research advisor. Other co-authors on the presentation were fellow ASU student research assistants Michael Sattler and Matthew Pruitt, and Dr. Tansel Karabacak and Dr. Hye-Won Seo of the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. Nathan Wentz presented "Mussel Inventory and Population Status of the Federally Endangered Potamilus Capax (Green 1832) in the Tyronza River, Arkansas," to win second place in the Graduate Environmental Science category. Dr. Alan Christian, Zoology, is Wentz's research advisor; co-authors were Dr. John Harris, Biology, and Dr. Jerry Farris, Environmental Biology, associate dean, College of Sciences and Mathematics. The Arkansas Academy of Science holds the student presentation competitions every year at its conference to showcase excellence in high-level student research within the state. ASU has had numerous previous winners.