2000/2001 Student Abstracts by Subject:

AIDS

Corey, Benjamin Barnard - The Effects of a Rising Population on the Spread of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

Grover, Jason - AIDS Over the Years: A Study on the Fluctuation Number of AIDS Patients Since the Discovery of the Disease

Kirk, Rose Marie - AIDS Statistics

Abortion

Bruno, Rachel - Abortion Trends

Turner, Monica - Abortions vs. Adoptions

Accidental Death

Vaughn, Wesley - Accidental Deaths of Children by Window Cords

Achievement

Overstreet, Erin - Celebrities: Their Popularity and Their Money!

Aerospace Engineering

Shelby, Ryan - Reentry of a MIRV Launched at a 30-degree Angle

Aging

Brown, Thomas - Does Age or Experience Affect Human Response Time?

Animal Population

Morgan, Crystal - The Black-Tip Shark Population of Crooked Island Sound

Animals

McKenzie, Jackie - Pet Populations

Aquariums

Moore, Allison - Aquariums: Which Houses the Most Fish for the Least Price?

Architecture

Cain, Adric - The Cost of a Pyramid

Astronomy

Darnell, Erin - Black Holes: Examining Relationships that Prove to have a Positive Correlation

Di Vincenzo, Kevin W. - Will We Ever See the Stars?

Atmosphere

Dubose, Derwin L. - The World's Carbon Dilemma: Would a Drastic Decrease in Fossil Fuels and Emissions Solve the Greenhouse Problem?

McKee, Audrey - The Affect of Global Warming on Our Atmosphere

Automobile Safety

Reid, Charlie - Clearing the Bad Names of Sports Utility Vehicles

Young, Zachary - SUV Safety

Behavioral Science

Parkinson, Jesse - The Effects of Alcohol on an ASMS Student

Braking Distance

Huguet, Jesse - Braking Distance and How it can be Calculated for a 2000 Model Toyota Rav4 with a Four-wheel Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) with Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD)

Meyer, James Elliott - Braking Distance

Robinson, Amy Lynn - What the Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) Is, the Parts of It, and How It Works

Bungee Jumping

Gandy, Iverson III - Will I Hit The Wall?

Martin, Stephanie - Is A Certain Amount of Stretch Needed In a Bungee Cord?

Chemistry

Platt, Terrance A. - A Study of the Phase Changes of Water(H2O) for the Purpose of Clearing Icy Roads with Salt(NaCl)

Cinema

Bowab, Sarah - Movie Trends Over the Past 50 Years

Cord Elasticity

Dunn, Amanda Gayle - What If the Bungee Cord Over-stretches?

Phelps, Andrew - How Does the Elasticity of a Bungee Cord Affect the Velocity of an Object in Motion?

Cough Suppressants

Patel, Divya - The Action of a Cough Suppressant, Does It Increase the Action or Decrease the Action?

Criminology

Haslacker, Chris - Crime in Correlation to Population

Motter, Patrick A. - Alcohol and its Effects on Americans Crime

Deer Population

VanDerwood, Diana C. - Virginia Deer in the Florida Everglades

Depression

Latham, Justin - What Causes Depression at ASMS

Diabetes

Chang, Connie - The Influences of the Insulin and Glucose Level on the Body

Lewis, Amanda - Diabetes: How is Your Race Affected?

Odom, Kelly Lynn - Glucose Sector

Scott, Jenny - The Relationship Between Insulin Production and Glucose in the Body of a Non-diabetic Human

Dolphin Population

Wilson, Stacey Celeste - Bottlenose Dolphin Population and the Factors That Affect It

Drugs

Alford, William - The Effects of Ritalin on the Human Body

Butler, Lindsay - America's Drug War

Datiri, Ninrat - The Administration of Daypro (a Harmful and Possibly Fatal Drug)

de La Parra, Luke - OCD on the ASMS Campus

Noojin, Leslie - How Many Doses of Tylenol With Codeine Does it Take to Reach the Correct Therapeutic Value?

Rhoades, Blake - The Dangers of Administering Morphine; Addiction, Respiratory Depression, and Other Minor Side Effects

Tway, Hope Marie - Popping Pills and Bridge-diving: A Closer Look at SSRI's and the Untold Effects

Earth Science

Jiang, Jimmy - Calculating the Magnitude of an Earthquake on the Richter Scale

Ecology

Saloom, Patrick - Deforestation

Economics

Dyer, Shaun - Employment and Unemployment

Grigsby, Rachel - MP3's VS. CD Sales

Robinson, Justin - The Effects of Minimum Wage Upon Unemployment in the United States of America Between the Years of 1938 and 1997

Education

Henson, Amber - Is Birth Order Related to Academic Performance?

Martin, Mallory - Academic Achievement of Musicians

Osborn, Donna - Literacy Rates around the World: A Comparison of Literacy Rates in Different Regions

Webb, Felecia R. - The Effect Family has on Academic Performance

Wesselman, Talina - A Comparison of Schools

Zellner, Rachael - Academic Success: Starting Young

Elevators

Neale, Sara - An Elevator in Relation to Displacement and Velocity

Engineering

Gamble - Webb, Victor D. - Improving the Design and Dynamics of Future Cars

Hughes, Jeremy - Aeronautical Engineering

Environment

Garcia, Tony - Climate Control in my Dorm Room

Finance

Upchurch, Anthony - Utopia: A Study on the Effects of a Starting Strategy on Net Worth

Fractals

Jones, Olympia S. - Fractals In Our World

Free Fall

Altmayer, David - The Physics of a 250 Meter Human Body Free Fall

Black, Robert - Effects on Free Fall and Terminal Velocity

Geometry

Flath, Benjamin - Approximating the Area of a Figure Whose Boundaries are Defined by the Graph of a Polynomial and a Straight Line

Glucose

Channell, Veronica - The Effects of Glucose in Women

Gravitation

Black, Amanda - How Does Gravity Differ on Earth and on the Moon?

Handicaps

O'Gorman, Mary - Young Pregnancy and Handicaps

Health

Fulda, Chad - Modified Climbing Rope Could Reduce Injury Sustained in a Fall

Goode, Ashley - How Weight Affects Tamoxifen

Howard, Charles - Radiation: A Prediction of Survival from a Large Scale Nuclear Blast

Ray, Melissa - Is Stress Making ASMS Students Sick?

Ruiz, Larissa - Health Between Races

Scarborough, Kelly - The Effect of Health upon Grade Point Average (GPA)

Summers, Joy - Sleeping Lately?

Wilbanks, Chad Arron - Is Someone More Likely to Suffer From a Sprain or Fracture When Jumping Off of a House Onto a Trampoline?

Insulin

Bush, Bill - The Affects of Obesity on the Use of Insulin

Light Intensity

Taylor, Emily Elaine - The Study of Light Intensity as Determined by Distance from a 100-watt Light Source

Magnetic Levitation

Martins, Rafael - Magnetic Levitation: The Possibilities for Future Space Voyeurs and The Launch Angle Needed for Optimal Performance In Takeoff

Mapping Trajectories

Griffith, Virgil - Using VRML / JavaScript to Map Trajectories of Falling Water

Medicine

Cole, Allison - Prozac and the Relationship Between Drug in Bloodstream and Stomach

Kimbrell, Bradley - Lithium: The Diseases It Helps Control and How It Controls Them

Patel, Jay - Ritalin/Methylphenidate and Its Deadly Effects

Waselkov, Kate - What Dosage of Digoxin Will Result in a Therapeutic Blood Concentration for the Longest Period Without Overdose in a 45-year-old Female Cardiac Patient?

Networking

Palo, Matthew - Improving the ASMS Network

Parachutes

Draper, Leslie - Just How Safe is Parachuting?

Physics

Huang, Louie - The Time Dilation Effect as Related to the Inertial Reference Frame of an Object

Kahler, Brandon - Basin Flow

Political Science

Mellette, Joey - Is There any Relation Between Education, Money, and Government?

Projectile Motion

Burns, Peter - The Important Variables in Dueling

Hendrix, Dylan - The Vertical Motion of a Bullet

Nevin, Will - A Fateful Day in Dallas: Is the Magic Bullet Theory Plausible?

Ray, Ted D. III - The Expected Hang Time of a Potato When Shot From a Potato Gun

Tuck, Louis C. - Projectile Motion

Rabbit Population

Brantley, Jessica - Rabbit Population in Alabama.

Religion

Horton, Valerie B. - Does A Person's Religious Faith Affect Their Everyday Life?

Howe, Christina - Does a Person's Religious Preferences Have Any Effect on Their Everyday Life?

Safety

Buttram, Jamie - What Factors Influence DUI Fatalities

Maddox, Dale - Seatbelts and Car Safety: Should I Wear a Safety Restraint or Not?

Thomas, Kristie - Perceptual Safety at ASMS

Sociology

Bledsoe, Charles R. III - Divorce and Its Affect on Youth Crime and Suicide

Cyriac, Mathew - Why Students Go Home?

DeLoach, Christina Mae - Get Off the Phone

Harris, Rachel - The “Model” ASMS Student

Harvard, Joe - What Do Students Really Think About ASMS?

Reinhart, Nicolas - Does the National Teen High School Drop Out Rate Affect National Crime Rates, Teen Pregnancy Rates, and National Unemployment Rates?

Sheldon, Alisa - How Does the Door Open?

Tagayun, Christine - The Difference in Computer Usage Between the Male and Female Population of ASMS

Sports

Chapatwala, Kendra - Height in Basketball?

Hill, Askia - There’s No Place Like Home: Is there a Home Field Advantage in Professional Sports?

Lawrenz, Morgan - Can Little People Surf Better?

Lopez, Ricky - Baseball Statistics: Does Offense or Pitching Have an Effect on Winning Percentage?

Wuu, Jena - Archery: Using Physics to Increase Performance

Stock Market

Alford, Neda - Stock Indices of the Americas

Tailgating

Evans, Kristy - The Effects of Road Conditions on Tailgating

Time Management

Uhlig, Laura - Does Anything Affect the Time it takes the Average ASMS Student to Wake-up and Get Ready for Class?

Titration

Moore, Brandy - Determining the Concentration of Chlorine and the pH of an Olympic Size Swimming Pool using Titration

Newton, Melissa - Ammonium Hydroxide, the Titration and pH of Ammonium Hydroxide

Wave Propogation

Karagan, Nathan - How to Increase the Range of Wireless Headphones

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