At the 18th Annual Louis Stokes South Carolina Alliance for Minority Participation (LS-SCAMP) Undergraduate Technology and Research conference held on Friday, November 4th 2011 on the campus of South Carolina State University, Benedict College students from the School of STEM showed a strong dominance of their presentation skills in both oral and poster divisions by winning a plethora of awards. Student presenters Brittany Bates, Jessica Carswell, Jazra Gibson-Jackson, Shaqueda Jenkins, Kenyon Littles, Rose Ndeto, Tatiana Rosser, Sarita Sharp, Jaresha Taylor, Brandon Wright, and Glory Zhou participated in research presentations in the divisions of Biology, Chemistry, and Physics/Engineering. Faculty in attendance were Dr. Samuel Darko, Dr. Mostafizur Rahman, Dr. Silvia Atim and Vivian Counts (Benedict College SCAMP Director). Awardees received cash book awards and included:
Shaqueda Jenkins – 1st Place Poster Presentation (Mentor: Dr. Larry Lowe, Benedict College)
Kenyon Littles – Honorable Mention, Poster Presentation (Mentor: Dr. Samuel Darko, Benedict College)
Brandon Wright – 1st place, Biology II (Mentor: Dr. Samir Raychoudhury, Benedict College)
Sarita Sharp – 3rd Place, Biology II (Annette Fitzpatrick and Co-Mentor Christy McKinney, University of Washington, Australia)
Jessical Carswell – 3rd place, Biology I (Mentor: Dr. Mostafizur Rahman, Benedict College)
Jaresha Taylor – 1st Place, Chemistry (Mentor: Dr. Samuel Darko, Benedict College)
Tatiana Rosser – 3rd Place Chemistry (Mentor: Dr. Samuel Darko, Benedict College)
Glory Zhou (Mentor: Dr. Samuel Darko, Benedict College), Rose Ndeto (Mentor: Dr. Silvia Atim, Benedict College), Brittany Bates (Mentor: Dr. Ming Yin, Benedict College), and Jazra Gibson-Jackson (Mentor: Dr. Samir Raychoudhury, Benedict College) also delivered excellent presentations of their dynamic research experience this past summer.
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2011 SCAMP Research Conference Participants |
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Name (First, Last) |
Title of Project |
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Bates, Brittany |
A Novel Ambient Operating Force and Acceleration Detector |
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Carswell, Jessica |
Inhibition of Procarcinogen-Bioactivating Human CYP1 Enzymes by Carbolines and Proanthocyanidin |
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Gibson-Jackson, Jazra |
The Effect of Acidity of Sports Drink on Mice |
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Jenkins, Shaqueda |
Isolation and Cloning of Microgravity Specific DNA-Genes |
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Littles, Kenyon |
Effective and Facile Route for Removal (adsorption) of Heavy Metals Using Biochar |
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Ndeto, Rose |
Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of 4,5 Diazafluorenide Complexes of Tungsten (0) |
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Rosser, Tatiana |
The Adsorption and Photocatalytic Activity of Enhanced Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles |
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Sharp, Sarita |
Associations of Chronic Stress and Prevalent Hypertension, Diabetes, Coronary Heart Disease, and Stroke Symptoms in Da Nang, Viet Nam |
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Taylor, Jaresha |
Self-Cleaning Plastic: Fabrication, Characterization, and Photocatalytic Properties of Immobilized TiO2 in Recycled Polystyrene |
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Wright, Brandon |
Immunolocalization of Caspase-3 in Human Breast Carcinoma MDA-MB-231 Cells: Effects of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Tamoxifen |
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Zhou, Glory |
Evaluation of Protonated TiO2 on the Photocatalytic Degradation of Tetracycline |