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Main Program
MONDAY,
JANUARY 26
TUESDAY,
JANUARY 27
WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 28
THURSDAY,
JANUARY 29
FRIDAY,
JANUARY 30
12:00–2:00
9:00–10:30
Faculty of Arts &
Science Talks in
Room CCC 7-286
1:30–2:30
2:00–3:30
10:30–12:00
Talks from faculties of
Health & Community
Studies, Fine Arts
& Communications
and the School of
Business in Room
CCC 5-322
Poster Session 1 in
Multipurpose Room
(MPR, 6-106)
Artists sessions in
Library (2nd floor,
MacEwan Book of the
Year Nook)
Poster Session 2 in
Multipurpose Room
(MPR, 6-106)
Poster Session 3 in
Multipurpose Room
(MPR, 6-106)
9:00–11:30
Oral Session 1
12:45–4:00
Oral Session 2
10:00–11:15
Oral Session 3
12:00–1:00
Oral Session 4
2:00–3:00
Oral Session 5
Awards Ceremony
with presentation
by Distinguished
Research Award
Winner, Dr. Allan
Gilliland followed by
coffee and dessert
mingler in the CN
Theatre (CCC 5-142).
Doors open at 1:00
p.m.
JANUARY 26, 2015
MONDAY
Poster Session 1 in Multipurpose Room (MPR 6-106) Poster Pos.
12:00-2:00 P.M.
Name
Program, Major
Faculty Mentor
Project Title
1
Sarah Brodie, Amanda
Zirk, Sarah Takla, Sarah
Hunter, Victoria McNeilly
BCom, Marketing
Dr. Fernando AnguloRuiz
To Cheat or Not to Cheat?: That is the Marketing Research Question
2
Sarkis Hakopdjanian,
Alison Ditner
BA, Psychology
Dr. Jayne Gackenbach
Video Game Play and Nightmare Protection Hypothesis: A Cross
Cultural Analysis
3
Ryan Miller
BSc, Physical
Sciences
Dr. Samuel Mugo
Remediation of Naphthenic acids using Biochar
4
Ashlyn Munn
BA, Psychology
Dr. Andrew Howell
Reappropriation of Mental Disorder Labels and Stigma-Related
Perceptions
5
Rannie Lou Rojas
BCom, Marketing
Dr. Leo Wong
Earth Hour App Marketing Research
6
Joanne Smillie
BSc, Physical
Sciences
Dr. Erin Walton
Characterization of a Shocked Rock from the Haughton Impact Crater
7
Yue Yu
Psychology
Dr. Jayne Gackenbach
Cross Cultural Analysis of Focus Group Discussions of Media Use and
Dreams
20
Samantha Kung, Elise
Hoang, Myreen Abuan,
Kody Halkyard
BCom, Marketing
Dr. Fernando AnguloRuiz
Determining the Current Academic Integrity Environment and Effective
Promotional Strategies: A Comparison MacEwan University and
University of Alberta
Artist Session in Library (2nd floor, MacEwan Book of the Year nook)
A
Katie Tasa
Fine Art
Joseph Doherty
Deconstruct/Reconstruct
B
Lindsay Kirker
Fine Art
Joseph Doherty
A Place Further From Me
2:00-3:30 P.M.
JANUARY 27, 2015
TUESDAY
Poster Session 2 in Multipurpose Room (MPR 6-106)
Poster Pos.
9:00-10:30 A.M.
Name
Program, Major
Faculty Mentor
Project Title
8
Tara Androschuk
BSc, Biological
Sciences
Dr. Ross Shaw
Investigation of potential bacterial causal agents of brown jelly
syndrome in captive coral Euphyllia spp
9
Keenan Gough, Alex
Broderick and Grant
Freeman
Physical Education
Dave Kato
Common Volleyball Injuries
10
Shuan Harper
BSc, Chemistry
Dr. Melissa Hills
DNA sampling from invasive garlic mustard populations in Edmonton
and St. Albert
11
Tristan Hynes
BSc, Psychology
Dr. Chris Striemer
Toward a translational model of neglect: The effect of prism adaptation
on directional hypokinesia in healthy individuals
12
John Phoa
BCom, Management
Dr. Stanley Bruce
Thomson
Intergenerational Communication in the Workplace: Baby Boomers and
Millennials
13
Carissa Toop
BA, Psychology
Honours
Dr. Sandy Jung
The Heterogeneity of Domestic Violence: A Risk-based Validation of
Offender Subtypes
Poster Session 3 in Multipurpose Room (MPR 6-106)
10:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M.
14
Yolanda Casciaro
Massage Therapy
Jeff Moggach
Massage Therapy Treatment and Outcomes for a Patient with
Parkinson’s Disease
15
Navpreet Gill
BSc, Physical
Sciences
Drs. Mark Furze,
Anna Pienkowski
and Samuel Mugo
A quantitative analysis of Biomarkers for Arctic Sea Ice reconstruction
using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
16
Aaron Stefanyshyn
BSc, Mathematics
Dr. Orla Aaquist
A Programmable Inexpensive Mobile Potentiostat for Electrochemical
Analysis
17
Celine Vaillancourt
BA, Sociology
Dr. Diane Symbaluk
Masculinity in Cosmopolitan: “Ask Him Anything”
18
Yang Wang
BSc, Mathematics
Dr. Cristina Anton
A Statistical Analysis of Paleo-climatic Data
19
Karl Weberg
BCom, International
Business
Dr. Michael Roberts
Asia-Pacific Energy Tech Services Forum - SME Business Facilitation
Framework
JANUARY 28, 2015
WEDNESDAY
Oral Session 1 Student Talks from Faculty of Arts & Science in Room CCC 7-286
Time
Name
Program, Major
Faculty Mentor
Project Title
9:00-9:15 A.M.
Jacob Thalen
BSc, Biological Sciences
Dr. Kevin Judge
Weaponry in Juvenile North American Field Crickets
9:15-9:30 A.M.
Alison Ditner
BA, Psychology
Dr. Jayne Gackenbach
Female Gamers and the Nightmare Protection Thesis: A Further
Exploration
9:30-9:45 A.M.
Ran Wei
BSc, Engineering Transfer
Dr. Jeffrey Davis
Investigation and Modeling of the Pore Structure of Oil Shales
9:45-10:00 A.M.
Mark Harper
BSc, Physical Sciences
Dr. Matthew Ross
Separation and Characterization of Naphthenic Acids in
Commercial Acid Mixtures and in Oil Sands Processed Water
10:00-10:15 A.M.
Sabrina McCarthy
BSc, Physical Sciences
Dr. Erin Walton
Dhofar 1970: Investigation of shock transformation features in a
previously unstudied chondrite
10:15-10:30 A.M.
Jamal Rahime
BA, Psychology Honours
Dr. Sandy Jung
Examining Explanation Types Given by Exhibitionists
10:30-10:45 A.M.
Eric Mosley
BA, Economics
Dr. Mike Perschon
Progressive Feminism Through James Bond
10:45-11:00 A.M.
Ashley Shaw
BSc, Biological Sciences
Dr. Kevin Judge and Dr.
Michael Stock
Immunity responses of field crickets (Gryllus firmus) to gregarine
parasites
11:00-11:15 A.M.
Ann Sinyard
BA, Psychology
Dr. Jayne Gackenbach
Relationship between Presence in Virtual Reality Game Play on
Dreams
11:15-11:30 A.M.
Dallas Haugen
BSc, Engineering Transfer
Dr. Jeffrey Davis
Towards Sustainable Educational Institutions: The automatic
assessment of images in Student Assignments and Exams
Oral Session 2 Student Talks from Faculty of Arts & Science in Room CCC 7-286
12:45-1:00 P.M.
Monica Brzak
BA, Sociology
Dr. Michael Gulayets
Reconnecting Disconnected Youth: The Impact of Transformational
Relationships
1:00-1:15 P.M.
Darren Berg
BSc, Physical Sciences
Dr. Samuel Mugo
An integrated intelligent device for rapid detection of blood lipids
1:15-1:30 P.M.
Brett Orr
BSc, Biological Sciences
Dr. David McFadyen
Species identification within the orchid genus Dracula using matK
gene barcoding
1:30-1:45 P.M.
Derek Mak
BSc, Computer Science
Dr. Nicholas Boers
Factors that Impact Received Signal Strengths in Wireless
Communication
1:45-2:00 P.M.
Adam Morrill
BA, Psychology
Dr. Trevor Hamilton
The Anxiolytics of scopolamine in zebrafish
2:00-2:15 P.M.
Erin Stonelake
BSc, Biological Sciences
Dr. Michael Stock
Effects on H. diminata invected T. molitor behaviour
2:15-2:30 P.M.
Abby Perreaux
BSc, Physical Sciences
Drs. Mark Furze, Anna
Pienkowski and Samuel
Mugo
Identification of Modern Sea Ice Coverage across the Canadian
Arctic Archipelago using Diatom Lipid Biomarkers
2:30-2:45 P.M.
Oluwatosin
Oladogba
BSc, Biological Sciences
Dr. Nina Bernstein
Biochemical Characterization of the Kinase Activity of the DNA
Repair Enzyme PNKP from C. elegans and D.melanogaster
2:45-3:00 P.M.
Sarah Gahr
BA, Psychology
Dr. Jayne Gackenbach
The Relationship between dreaming and self-construals, sex
role orientation and media use in Canadian of differing ethnic
background
3:00-3:15 P.M.
Jordan Bekema
BSc, Engineering Transfer
Dr. Jeffrey Davis
Development of the user-side software for the automatic marking
of assignments and exams
3:15-3:30 P.M.
Joshua Smith
BA, Philosophy
Dr. Susan Mills
Is Inter-world Identity Possible Within Leibniz’s Philosophy?
3:30-3:45 P.M.
Casey Rusin
BSc, Physical Sciences
Dr. Samuel Mugo
Greening the Nanocellulose Preparation Process: Ruminent
Digestive System as a Nanocellulose Reactor
3:45-4:00 P.M.
Erica Ingraham
BA, Psychology
Dr. Trevor Hamilton
12-Day Reinforcement Based Memory in African Cichlids
(Labidochromis caeruleus)
JANUARY 29, 2015
THURSDAY
Oral Session 3 Student Talks from the School of Business in Room CCC 5-322
Time
Name
Program, Major
Faculty Mentor
Project Title
10:00 A.M.
Welcome
10:15-10:30 A.M.
Daniel
Czwartkowski
BCom, International
Dr. William Wei
Chinese Investment in the Canadian Petroleum Industry: The Present and
the Future
10:30-10:45 A.M.
Jon Capus
BCom, Accounting
Dr. Ali Taleb
Beautific: An Unlikely Partnership to Make ‘Beauty Drinks’?
10:45-11:00 A.M.
Famie Clarete
BCom, Accounting
Stephanie Ibach
Drilling for Differences: An Empirical Study of the Impact of the IFRS
Transition on the Income Statements of Junior Oil and Gas Companies in
Canada
Oral Session 4 Student Talks from the School of Business and Faculty of Fine Arts & Communications in
Room CCC 5-322
12:00-12:15 P.M.
Andrew Mason
BCom, Accounting
12:15-12:30 P.M.
Cameron McCoy
BCom, Management
12:30- 2:45 P.M.
Brittany Pitruniak, BCS, Journalism
Morgan Messelink
and Kathryn
Adachi
Lucille Mazo
Nutrition communication and consumer behaviour in Ecuador
12:45-1:00 P.M.
Jason Bradshaw
Lucille Mazo
Understanding Organics at the Grassroots Level
BCS, Professional
Communications
Niharika Sreekumar
Beta’s Relevancy
Future of Nonprofit and Sustainability Programs
Oral Session 5 Student Talks from faculties of Fine Arts & Communications and Health & Community
Studies in Room CCC 5-322
2:10-2:25 P.M.
Diana Pearson
BMus
Dr. Michael
MacDonald
Cultures-of-Self: A Qualitative Study of the MacEwan University Music
Culture
2:30-2:45 P.M.
Jessica PetersonPoulin and
Lizanne Boulay
BScN
Margaret Milner
Investigating the discourse of Drug Addiction in Nursing
2:45 P.M.
Presentations, closing, and thank you.
JANUARY 30
FRIDAY
Awards Ceremony in CN Conference Theatre (CCC 5-142)
Time
Program
1:00 P.M.
Doors open.
1:30-1:45 P.M.
Welcome from USRI and President Atkinson
1:45-2:10 P.M.
Presentation by music scholar Dr. Allan Gilliland, Distinguished Research Award Winner 2015
2:10-2:30 P.M.
Awards presentations:
• Outstanding faculty mentor
• Outstanding Student Presenter, Creative Display
• Outstanding Student Presenter, Oral Presentation
• Outstanding Student Presenter, Poster Presentation
2:30 P.M.
Coffee and dessert mingler.