Seattle Central will have three students presenting at the Undergraduate Research Symposium at the UW on May 15th from noon-5pm.
The students will have poster presentations at either the noon-1pm or 2:30 – 3:30pm session. There is more on the schedule at this website: http://www.washington.edu/research/urp/symp/schedule/schedule.html
Here is some information on the students presenting. All three students have been working with their mentors for the past two quarters to prepare for this event.
Mentor: Gregg Harbaugh, UW Educational Psychology/SCCC Mathematics
Motivation of math students at the community college: does the personal epistemological beliefs determine the type of motivation?
Leslie Ratzlaff-Minkler
Mentor: Vanessa Jacobs-Lorena, UW/Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
Molecular and cellular biology of Malaria
Note – Leslie has been accepted to Seattle U for Fall 2009.
Mentor: Timothy Briggs, UW Materials Science and Engineering
Stress analysis and critical engineering components
Note – Nick plans to transfer to the UW for Fall 2009. Timothy is a former SCCC student who transferred to the UW and is very close to completing his PhD in Material Sciences and Engineering.
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