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Dr. Shields and Dr. Nivens present a poster - 03/11/10, 5pm
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Department(s): chemphys, cst, math

George Shields (Dean, CST) and Delana Nivens (Chemistry, STEP Director) attended the NSF Sponsored STEP Grantees Meeting March 3-5 2010. They presented a posted entitled "Bridging the Gap: Using Research and Learning Communities to Increase STEM Majors at AASU: Year 1 Progress " which detailed the 1 year accomplishments of the STEP program at AASU. Dr. Shields was a featured panelist at the breakout session entitled "Early Undergraduate Research and Internships." The NSF-STEP program at AASU, funded in 2009, provides up to $1 million dollars over 5 years to engage science, engineering and math majors in undergraduate research and learning communities during their freshman and sophomore years at AASU. Sabrina Hessinger (math) is also a Co-PI on the project.
Dr. Shields publishes a journal article - 03/11/10, 5pm
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Department(s): cst

George Shields, College of Science and Technology, and a former undergraduate student published "Atmospheric Implications for Formation of Clusters of Ammonium and 1*10 Water Molecules," in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A.
Department of Chemistry and Physics hosts Georgia State Science Bowl - 03/11/10, 5pm
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Department(s): chemphys

On February 27, 12 high school teams from throughout Georgia competed in the Georgia State Science Bowl, a competition of science and math sponsored by the US Department of Energy. Each of these teams were the top scoring teams in their respective preliminary regional competition earlier in the month February. Approximately 25 volunteers from AASU and the community made the event a huge success. Walton High School from Marietta was the overall state champion and will be traveling to Washington DC in late April to compete in the Department of Energy National Science Bowl.
CST student wins poster award - 03/08/10, 5pm
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Department(s): chemphys, cst, math

Kaye Archer, a senior physics and mathematics double major won the best undergraduate poster award for her work on "Accurate Predictions of the Structure and Energetics of Water Decamers" at the 50th Sanibel Symposium held on February 24 - March 2, 2010 at St. Simons Island, GA. Kaye did the work during Summer 2009 with Drs. Berhane Temelso and George Shields at the College of Science and Technology and she continues to do significant research simulating the structure and properties of small water clusters.
Department of Chemistry and Physics hosts Georgia Regional Science Bowl - 02/23/10, 10am
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Department(s): chemphys

On February 6th, 11 high school teams (50 students) from southeast Georgia competed in the sub-regional portion of the Department of Energy Science Bowl hosted at AASU. Appling County High School, Frederica Academy (From Saint Simons Island), Statesboro High School, and Windsor Forest High School participated in a spirited competition that involved math and science questions in a Jeopardy type format. The winning team (Frederica) and second place team (Statesboro High) will advanced to the Georgia statewide champions. These two teams will join ten other teams from across the state on February 27th in the Georgia State Science Bowl hosted here on AASU's campus by the Department of Chemistry and Physics.
Psychology faculty present and publish - 02/17/10, 10am
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Department(s): psy

Jessica Frieder and colleagues presented: "Undifferentiated choice responding during choice analysis," as a poster presentation at the Association for Behavior Analysis Autism Conference, Chicago, IL., January, 2010.

Jessica Frieder and colleagues also presented: "Evaluating the effects of a weighted vest for three individuals with autism," as a poster presentation at the Association for Behavior Analysis Autism Conference, Chicago, IL., January, 2010.

Jonathan Roberts presented: "The Bumps, Bruises, and Benefits Associated with the Creation of an Honors Ambassadors Program" at the National Collegiate Honors Conference, Washington, D.C., October, 2009.

Vann Scott, Jr., Sabrina Hessinger (Mathematics), and colleagues presented: "Engaging MSP Participants through K-16 Learning Communities: Implementation and Research. Paper presented at the Math Science Partnership Learning Network Conference, Washington, DC., January, 2010.

Publications:
Jessica Frieder and colleagues published "Teleconsultation in school settings to conduct functional analyses: Linking classroom teachers and university personnel through web-based technology," in Behavior Analysis in Practice, 2, 32-39, 2010.

Jessica Frieder and colleagues also published "The effects of varying qualities of reinforcement on mand to work, mands for break, and problem behavior," in Education and Treatment of Children, 32 (4), 605-630, 2010.

Brad Sturz and colleagues published "Domain is a moving target for relational learning," in Behavioural Processes, 83, 172-175, 2010.

Brad Sturz and colleagues also published "Testing the translational-symmetry hypothesis of abstract-concept learning in pigeons, " in Learning & Behavior, 38, 35-41, 2010.

Brad Sturz and colleagues also published "Facilitation of learning spatial relations among locations by visual cues: Generality across spatial configurations, " in Animal Cognition, 13, 341-349, 2010.
Dr. Chang publishes a journal article - 02/03/10, 5pm
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Department(s): math

Sungkon Chang, Department of Mathematics, publishes a journal article in Acta Arithmetica, titled "Quadratic Twists of Elliptic Curves with Small Selmer Rank." This work is partially supported by the Armstrong Atlantic State University Research and Scholarship Grant.
Dr. Hamza-Lup publishes a journal article - 02/01/10, 4pm
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Department(s): cs

Felix Hamza-Lup, Computer Science, publishes a journal article entitled “The Haptic Paradigm in Education: Challenges and Case Studies” in the Internet and Higher Education Journal, Elsevier, January 2010.
The Armstrong Problem Solvers publish solutions - 01/12/10, 12pm
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Department(s): math

Beginning in Spring 2005, each Spring semester, a group of faculty and students in the department of mathematics, called the Armstrong Problem Solvers, worked on problems posted in mathematics journals, and submitted their solutions. Four of the Armstrong Problem Solvers' solutions written in Spring 2009 were published in Mathematics Horizons and Mathematics Magazine, and 13 additional solutions were acknowledged in College Mathematics Journal, the Pi Mu Epsilon Journal, and more. See the following website for more details. The group begins this year's session, and would like to invite students and faculty members who enjoy thinking about math problems, to participate via our website: the Armstrong Problem Solvers
Dr. Wallace makes two presentations at the Southeastern Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference in Savannah Georgia - 01/12/10, 12pm
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Department(s): chemphys

Dr Richard Wallace, chemistry and co-authors recently (January 8, 2010) presented two papers at the annual Southeastern Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference held in Savannah Georgia. The first paper,"Edible And Ornamental Banana Development For Non-Tropical Climates”, involved co-authors Ms. Suzy Carpenter (AASU chemistry), Ms. Crystina Bronk AASU (AASU undergraduate student) and Dr. Gerard Krewer (UGA-Tifton).

The second, “Recent Experiments Involving ‘Veinte Cohol': A Short Cycle Banana For Fruit Production In Non-tropical Environments”, was presented with collaborators Ms. Suzy Carpenter (AASU chemistry) and Dr. Gerard Krewer (UGA-Tifton).

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