Arkansas State University Viewbook 2020-21

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AN INTEGRAL PART OF ARKANSAS STATE

Each year, A-State holds its annual student research event, Create@STATE. Students are encouraged to research any topic they desire and develop creative solutions under the advisement of an A-State mentor. Grants for extended research, as well as professional careers, can be launched here! Check out the Create@STATE podcast or YouTube channel for more information.

2020:

STUDENT SUBMERSION THE CREATE@STATE SYMPOSIUM

AState.edu/CreateAtState

Sikkel has maintained a productive research program by integrating undergraduate and graduate students at each step, beginning with field data collection and completing projects through the dissemination of results. Sikkel’s research focuses on how environmental changes in coral reef systems impact the interaction between coral reef fishes and their parasites off the coasts of four different continents.

More than

165 students submitted video research presentations in a totally virtual experience!

ELEMENTAL AMBIENCE | SEXUAL ASSAULT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT NURSES | THE EFFECT OF JUDGE LEADERSHIP STYLE ON JURY DECISION-MAKING | SPECTRUM: A COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL POETRY CONVEYING THEMES EXPRESSED THOUGH COLOR SYMBOLISM IN LITERATURE | ‘PRETTY HURTS’: HOW SOCIETAL VIEWS NEGATIVELY IMPACT WOMEN | ANALYZING THE ADOPTION RATE OF LOCAL VARIABLE TYPE INFERENCE IN OPENSOURCE JAVA 10 PROJECTS | DEVELOPING AN INSTRUMENT TO ASSESS DIABETES-RELATED KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND PRACTICES OF PRIMARY PROVIDERS REGARDING FOOT HEALTH | EFFECTS OF FOAM ROLLING FOR DELAYED-ONSET MUSCLE SORENESS ON MILITARY PERFORMANCE AND PERCEIVED RECOVERY | A THEMATIC ANALYSIS OF HOW ACHALASIA PATIENTS RECEIVE ONLINE SOCIAL SUPPORT | ENHANCED BIOPRODUCTION OF SELECTED ANTIOXIDANT STILBENOIDS IN PEANUT HAIRY ROOTS | ELECTROSTATIC STABILITY AND OPTICAL TUNABILITY OF CHARGED PARTICLES IN INVERTED SYSTEMS: AN APPROACH TOWARDS NOVEL TUNABLE SURFACES | NUTRITIONAL YEAST AS A PALATABLE SOURCE OF VITAMIN B12 FOR ADOLESCENTS | THE FORCES OF CONNECTED LEARNING AND UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL | BAYLOR SEXUAL ASSAULT SCANDAL: CRISIS COMMUNICATION AND BRAND REPUTATION | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN AND INSPIRATORY ABILITIES | CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROSPORE EMBRYOGENESIS IN SOYBEAN (GLYCINE MAX) | FLORAL DIP TRANSFORMATION OF CAMELINA SATIVA L. WITH A MYO-INOSITOL OXYGENASE GENE TO POTENTIALLY IMPROVE OIL YIELD | NEURAL NETWORK BASED SOIL RESISTIVITY PREDICTION FOR ARKANSAS

Professors Tillman Kennon and Ross Carroll worked, along with A-State undergraduate students, in a NASA project flying a high-altitude balloon into the path of the 2017 total solar eclipse collecting video, photographs, and scientific data. The Arkansas BalloonSAT team, which includes students, has launched and flown 56 high altitude balloons from Arkansas and Missouri in the last 12 years.

SEVERAL RECENT AWARD-WINNING CREATE @ STATE RESEARCH TOPICS:

This photograph of the Earth’s surface, captured at an ABS record altitude, was taken by a camera onboard a high-altitude balloon launched by A-State students.

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Professor Sikkel named the species after Jamaican reggae artist Bob Marley because of his respect and admiration for Marley’s music.

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universities to hold the designation “Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity 2” as assigned by The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

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