| 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. |