2022 Research Symposium
for
TN Universities and Community Colleges
April 22, 2022
Program
8:00 am – 8:05 am: “Introduction” - Dr. Eugenie de Silva FRSA – Coordinator, Tennessee Association of Science Department Chairs, TN
8:05 am – 8:20 am: “Welcome” - Dr. Donna Seagle Ph.D. - Vice President for Academic Affairs, Walters State Community College
8:20 am – 8:40 am: “TASDC Vision” - Dr. Eugene de Silva, Ph.D. FRSA - President Tennessee Association of Science Department Chairs, TN
8:40 am – 9:00 am: “Our Commitment to Research” - Dr. Matthew Smith Ph.D. – Dean of Natural Sciences, Walters State Community College, TN
9:00 am – 9:20 am: “Career Development Towards Breaking Through Frontiers in Chemical research” – *Guest of Honor* - Prof S. A. Deraniyagala, B.S., Ph.D. (Dalhousie, Canada), C. Chem., F.I.Chem.C. – President of Institute of Chemistry, Sri Lanka, Retired Senior Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
9:20 – 9:40 am: “Challenging Healthcare Education in Radiation” – *Invited Special Guest* – Ms. Gabrielle Knight M.H.Sc, CNMT, RT(R), Nova Southeastern University, Florida, USA
Invited Post-graduate Student Speaker
9:40 am – 10:00 am: “Perspectives of Teachers about an Effective Professional Development Program” * Invited Postgraduate Student Speaker* – Michelle. B. Silva Weerawardana B.S. – Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Undergraduate Student Speakers
10:00 am – 10:20 am: “The Effects of Water Pollution on Phenotypic Ratios of Ceratopteris Richardii” - Joshua Bailey – Walters State Community College, Morristown, Tennessee, USA
10:20 am – 10:40 am: “A Review of the Types of Neurotransmitters and How They Help with Mental Illness Identification and the Technologies that Identify them” – Hailey Painter – Walters State Community College, Morristown, TN
10:40 am – 11:00pm: “The Occurrence of Offspring Mutations in Drosophila” – Dominic H. Maddux -Walters State Community College, Morristown, Tennessee, USA
11:00 noon – 11:20 pm: “Tourism and Commercial Development along the Little Pigeon River: An Assessment of Stream Health, Coliform Bacteria, and Wastewater Treatment Impacts – Travis Rawlinson – Morristown, Tennessee, USA
11:20 pm – 11:40 pm: “Heat Stress Tolerance in Drosophila” – Blain A. Poggemeyer – Walters State Community College, Morristown, Tennessee, USA
11:40 pm – 12:00 noon: “A Chosen Path: A Spatial Memory and Behavioral Study” -
Gretchen Elizabeth Greene – Walters State Community College, Morristown, Tennessee, USA
12:00 noon – 12:20 pm: Tennessee’s Turnpike: A Study of the U.S. Route 25E (Appalachian Highway S) Corridor – Tanner Keck – Walters State Community College, Morristown, Tennessee, USA
12:20 pm – 12:40 pm: Characterization of Contaminant Leachate Plume Using P- and S-wave Seismic Velocities – William Hatcher and Md. Iftekhar Alam – University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
12:40 pm – 1:00 pm: “Annotation of the AN Cluster Actinobacteriophage Kels” - Adrianna Sasser - Columbia State Community College, Columbia, Tennessee, USA
1:00 pm – 1:20 pm: “Aquaponics: An Integrated Fish and Plant Production System” - Owen Rockenbach, Adrianna Sasser, and Alissa Williams, Columbia State Community College, Columbia, Tennessee, USA
1:20 pm – 1:40 pm: Organic vs. Nonorganic Fruit on Fertility and Sex Ratio in Drosophila Melanogaster Crosses - Christina F. Lawson -Walters State Community College, Morristown, Tennessee, USA
1:40 pm – 2:00 pm: Wild Type and Polka Dot C-Ferns in Varied Temperatures - Taft Walker and Lisa Eccles - Walter State Community College, Morristown, Tennessee, USA
2:00 pm – 2:10 pm: “Vote of Thanks” – Dr. Lisa Eccles, Ph.D., M.S., DLM(ASCP), C(ASCP), TN e-Campus Developer and Mentor, Phi Theta Kappa Advisor.