{"id":2674,"date":"2012-04-27T16:35:12","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T23:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.nau.edu\/news-p\/wordpress\/?p=2674"},"modified":"2012-10-31T09:31:43","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T16:31:43","slug":"in-the-spotlight-april-27-2012-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-april-27-2012-2\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: April 27, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Kudos to these faculty, staff and students<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?<\/p>\n<p>E-mail your announcements to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Inside@nau.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Inside@nau.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>NAU\/NASA Space Grant<\/strong>\u00a0program sent a record 21 interns to the 21st annual Arizona\/NASA Space Grant Undergraduate Research Internship Program Statewide Symposium at the University of Arizona in Tucson on April 21. They were accompanied by 11 mentors from NAU, USGS, the\u00a0<em>Arizona Daily Sun<\/em>\u00a0and Lowell Observatory.\u00a0<strong>Nadine Barlow<\/strong>, associate professor and associate department chair in physics and astronomy, is director of the NAU\/NASA Space Grant and an associate director of the Arizona Space Grant Consortium.Students and their presentations are listed below:<br \/>\n<P><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Savannah Bachman<\/strong>\u00a0(junior, geophysics): \u201cA Geomorphic Analysis of Minerals on Martian Sand Dunes\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Andrew Belus<\/strong>\u00a0(senior, microbiology): \u201cComparing the Effects of Water Limitation on Soil Communities Across the C. Hart Merriam Elevation Gradient\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kevin Bertram<\/strong>\u00a0(junior, journalism\/history): \u201cWriting about Science for the\u00a0<em>Arizona Daily Sun<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hannah Brower<\/strong>\u00a0(senior, physics and astronomy): \u201cSurface Changes on Mars\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>John Crockett<\/strong>\u00a0(junior, physics and astronomy): \u201cData Mining the Cataline Sky Survey Archive\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Christine Cunningham<\/strong>\u00a0(senior, physics and astronomy): \u201cGyrochronology: Aging Nearby, Debris Disk Candidate Stars\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Leticia Delgado<\/strong>\u00a0(senior, civil and environmental engineering): \u201cSTEM Education and Outreach: Indoor Air Quality in Schools\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hunter England<\/strong>\u00a0(senior, geology\/geochemistry): \u201cChemical and Thermal Analysis of Zircons from the Cerro Toledo Rhyolite, New Mexico\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paula Johns<\/strong>\u00a0(junior, physics and astronomy): \u201cA Study of Accretion Disks around Young Binary Star Systems\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Simon Kelow<\/strong>\u00a0(junior, physics and astronomy): \u201cParticular Solutions to the Time-Fractional Heat Equation\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Geoffrey Kie<\/strong>\u00a0(sophomore, applied indigenous studies\/journalism): \u201cIndigenous Environmental Justice\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Danielle Klaas<\/strong>\u00a0(sophomore, forestry): \u201cClimate-Fire Relationships in a Rare High Elevation Forest\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eric Kortenhoeven<\/strong>\u00a0(senior, environmental science\/biology): \u201cEcological Snapshot of Beetle Distribution on an Elevation Gradient to be used as Preliminary Dataset for Species Distribution Modeling\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nicholas Kutsop<\/strong>\u00a0(sophomore, physics and astronomy): \u201cLobateness of Martian Ejecta Craters using Thermal Imaging\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tara Llewellyn<\/strong>\u00a0(junior, environmental science management): \u201cHeritability of Pinyon Pine Stomata\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kelsey Morales<\/strong>\u00a0(sophomore, environmental science and policy administration): \u201cWind for Schools\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Courtney Pulido<\/strong>\u00a0(senior, geophysics): \u201cThe Process of Cinder Cone Construction and Dismantling, Strawberry Crater, Arizona\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chris Simpson<\/strong>\u00a0(junior, mechanical engineering): \u201cDevelopment of a Composite Material with Structural and Power Storage Capabilities\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jeremy Stone<\/strong>\u00a0(senior, physics and astronomy): \u201cEffectiveness of Phase Dispersion Minimization in Gyrochronology\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Steven Tallas<\/strong>\u00a0(junior, environmental engineering): \u201cRenewable Energy Outreach\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carmen Winn<\/strong>\u00a0(senior, geology): \u201cMelt Source Lithology of the Zuni Bandera Volcanic Field Determined by Zn\/Fe Ratios of In-Situ Olivine\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dennis C. Tanner<\/strong>, professor of health sciences, published two invited essays in the book\u00a0<em>Translational Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology: Essays in Honor of Dr. Sadanand Singh<\/em>. \u201cDefense Mechanisms and Coping Styles in Aphasia\u201d addresses verbal and nonverbal psychological defense mechanisms and coping styles in aphasia. The second essay, with health sciences professor\u00a0<strong>William Culbertson<\/strong>, is titled \u201cObservations on Speech and Swallowing.\u201d It addresses the neurological substrates and anatomical and physiological similarities between the motor acts of speech production and deglutition. Information is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drdennistanner.com\/Dennis%20C%20Tanner%20Books.htm\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2575\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2575\" title=\"ccc2nau\" src=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ccc2nau.jpg\" alt=\"ccc2nau adviser\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Advisers for the CCC2NAU program, from left, Tamara Sullivan, Ryan Wessel and Robin Long, are celebrating the program&#8217;s recent award from the National Academic Advising Association.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>CCC2NAU<\/strong>\u00a0program recently was selected to receive the National Academic Advising Association\u2019s Outstanding Advising Program Award. CCC2NAU was recognized as an innovative and exemplary program that improves academic advising practices. The award will be presented at the association\u2019s annual conference in the fall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>NAU alums\u00a0<strong>Greg Glau<\/strong>, director of the University Writing Program and associate professor of English, and\u00a0<strong>Tracy Glau<\/strong>, specialist at Cline Library, will host their third annual father\/daughter art show, featuring their photography, watercolor and recycled art, May 2 through June 25 at La Bellavia Restaurant, 18 S. Beaver Street in Flagstaff.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-april-27-2012-2\/\">Kudos to these faculty, staff and students Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community? E-mail your announcements to\u00a0Inside@nau.edu. The\u00a0NAU\/NASA Space Grant\u00a0program sent a record 21 interns to the 21st annual Arizona\/NASA Space Grant Undergraduate Research Internship Program Statewide Symposium at the University of Arizona in Tucson on April 21. 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