April 24, 2009
UAB undergraduate students will be at their professional best as they present the research projects they have done this year with their faculty mentors. They include:
- Original music composition, one for performance by copy machines ("Paper Jam")
- Original short stories for advanced Spanish presented in Spanish
- Original artwork
- Video game design
- Assistive technology for those with physical disabilities
- Remote sensing technology to identify malaria breeding zones
- Conservation research on a variety of sea turtles
- Progress of hypertension and Alzheimer's disease
- Variable speed pumping systems efficiencies
- Breast cancer
There will be two sessions on Friday, April 24. The first will be from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Campus Recreation Center, 1501 University Blvd. The second will be from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. in Rooms 102, 106 and 126 in Heritage Hall, 1401 University Blvd.
"The undergraduate experience at UAB goes far beyond the classroom and includes every discipline on campus," said Christopher W. Reaves, Ph.D., director of the UAB Office for Undergraduate Research. "This event gives our students a chance to present their work in a professional manner and see what other students are doing. It not only allows them to share their hard work, it prepares them for the future when they will present their work at conferences, in journals, for inclusion in exhibitions or as part of their applications for graduate school or employment.