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APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY  Chairperson(s): Mary Ettel



FRIDAY, APRIL 19 Location:  Arbor Suite B 


MORNING SESSION - A1   

9:00 Presenters upload Session 1 talks from USB drives or cloud onto a room computer.


9:15 ZOOM Session opens for participants to join  


9:30 SCIENCE & ENGINEERING SELF-EFFICACY THROUGH A GENERAL EDUCATION SCIENCE COURSE – LONGITUDINAL STUDY. Derrick A. Nero  (abstract) 


9:45 HOW FRIENDLY IS YOUR DOG? AN AUTHENTIC RESEARCH PROJECT TO INCREASE BIOSCIENCE CAREER SKILLS. Misty Wehling, Tracy Niday, and Gabrielle Johnson (abstract) 


10:00 THE BEHAVIOR OF TEXTILE SUPERCAPACITORS FABRICATED WITH WOOL YARN COATED WITH MXENE/CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITES. Alyssa Grube, Syed Ibrahim Gnani Peer Mohamed, Mahmoud Shaban, Kaitlin McKenzie, Siamak Nejati, and Mona Bavarian (abstract) 

10:15   SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF WOOL TEXTILE-BASED SUPERCAPACITORS USING MXENES. Kaitlin McKenzie, Alyssa Grube, and Mona Bavarian (abstract) 

 



4:15 -5:15 POSTER SESSION  Location:  Great Plains Room A-B 


AST-1  EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY TAX INCREMENT FINANCING (TIF) AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE (1980-2020). Jessica Epps (abstract)

AST-2  EXPLORING THE DYNAMICS OF COMMUTING PATTERNS AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN U.S. EDGE CITIES: A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS FROM 2000 TO 2020. Akintoye Oyelami (abstract)


AST-3  THE URBAN-RURAL INFLATION DISPARITY IN THE AMERICAN MIDWEST. Madison Woodrum, Dr. Rex Cammack, Dr.      Bradley Bereitschaft (abstract)


AST-4  CREATING A TICK HABITAT SUITABILITY INDEX FOR THE STATE OF NEBRASKA THROUGH GISCIENCE. Mason Mendell, Dawson Kosmicki, Paul R. Burger (abstract)


AST-5  DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RAPID MUSCLE STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS AND JOINT KINETICS UTILIZING THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL AND TRADITIONAL MUSCLE STRENGTH ANALYSIS. Meghan Dahlke, Kazuma Akehi, Ty Palmer (abstract)



11:00  MAIBEN LECTURE                      Location: Great Plains Room A-C

ZOOM                       

                    Mr. Grant Reiner,  “Platte Basin Timelapse: A Watershed in Motion”

 

11:45  SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS


12:00  STATE OF THE ACADEMY

 

12:15  LUNCH                                                Location: East Union Cafeteria

 

12:15   INBRE Steering Committee Meeting       Location: Arbor Suite A


4:15-5:15POSTER SESSION     Location: Great Plains Room A-B


4:15-4:45 BUSINESS MEETING     Location: Great Plains Room C

PEP, EC, and LRP COMMITTEE MEETING


4:30-6:30    SOCIAL EVENT Location: Great Plains Room A-B

                    Free, INBRE-sponsored event. Announcement of Raffle Winners (must be present to win).Attend Posters, meet with colleagues, make connections, socialize. Hors d'oeuvres and soft drinks are provided.  Additional cash bar.

                     




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