{"127491":{"#nid":"127491","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Students Deliver at Meeting of the Minds Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEight undergraduate students represented Georgia Tech at the 7th annual ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference hosted by Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA, this past spring. The conference, which is funded in part by revenue generated from athletic events by the member institutions of the Atlantic Coast Conference, is an opportunity for selected undergraduate students to present their research and scholarship in a professional setting and meet fellow students from peer universities. Approximately 100 students attended the event from 40 different disciplines.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe following Georgia Tech students gave impressive presentations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESheridan E. Ackiss\u003C\/strong\u003E (Mathematics) \u003Cem\u003EHydrated Sulfates in the Southern High Latitudes of Mars\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBrice I. Hwang\u003C\/strong\u003E (Chemistry \u0026amp; Biochemistry) \u003Cem\u003EGFP Chromophores as Fluorescence Ligands for Detection and Activation of Nuclear Receptors\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKanav Jain\u003C\/strong\u003E (Biomedical Engineering) \u003Cem\u003EPermutations of short sRNA segments for sRNA-mRNA interaction study\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EShibani D Kansara\u003C\/strong\u003E (Management) \u003Cem\u003EAbove and Beyond, Again and Again: A Model of OCB, Motive Fulfillment, and Feedback\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMyong Joon Kim\u003C\/strong\u003E (Biomedical Engineering) \u003Cem\u003EStudy of Vertical Leg Stiffness In Asymmetrical Running\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERadu Reit\u003C\/strong\u003E (Biomedical Engineering) \u003Cem\u003EVertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes as Active Electrodes for Metal Substrate Supercapacitors\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERobert S. Rule\u003C\/strong\u003E (History, Technology and Society) \u003Cem\u003EObstacles to Women\u0027s Participation in Chemistry and Computer Science\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESarah C. Weber\u003C\/strong\u003E (Biology) \u003Cem\u003ESpatial Variation in Nutrients, Pigments, Particles, and Phytoplankton Abundance in the Amazon River Plume\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Meeting of the Minds Conference is an excellent opportunity for students to learn valuable presentation skills \u2013 ones that will serve them well during and after college. Student interested in learning more about this conference and other presentation opportunities, should visit the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program website \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.undergradresearch.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.undergradresearch.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference is an opportunity for selected undergraduate students to present their research and scholarship in a professional setting and meet fellow students from peer universities.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27164","created_gmt":"2012-04-30 14:42:41","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:09","author":"Rachael Pocklington","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.undergradresearch.gatech.edu\/","title":"Undergraduate Research at Georgia Tech"}],"groups":[{"id":"1298","name":"Parent and Family Programs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChristopher W. Reaves, Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003EDirector of Undergraduate Research and Student Innovation\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["parents@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}