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151St Kansas Academy of Science and the Joint Annual Meeting 151st Kansas Academy of Science and the 95th Kansas Entomological Society Joint Annual Meeting Program March 29-30, 2019 Johnson County Community College JCCC MAPS Campus Map College Boulevard College Boulevard Westgate Entrance Oakmont Entrance Construction Open Fall 2019 N CC WH NMOCA SC COM OCB PA RC GYM GEB LIB Parking HSC SCI Garage FADS GP CLB HCDC CTEC Quivira Entrance CSB WHCA ATB Construction Open Summer 2019 Parking Library East ITC Garage at Galileo’s Garden WLB Clock West Clock East Train Galileo TABLE OF CONTENTS Campus Map . inside front cover Building Map . inside front cover Map for Poster Presentation . ii Program Schedule . 1-3 History of KAS and KES . 5 Keynote Speaker . 6 Featured Speakers . 7 Field Trip Information . 8 Poster Presentations . 9-13 Oral Presentations – Session 1 . 14-16 Oral Presentations – Session 2 . 17-19 Abstracts . 20-51 KAS Officers . 53 KES Officers . 54 Acknowledgments . 54 i MAP FOR POSTER PRESENTATIONS 151st KAS and the N 95th KES Joint Annual Meeting Johnson County Community College Regnier Center March 29-30, 2019 Map for Poster Presentations RC Atrium Refreshments 39 Capitol Federal 51 Conference 38 40 1 50 37 Center 9 41 2 10 49 8 36 42 11 3 7 35 43 48 12 34 4 6 44 47 13 5 33 45 32 14 15 16 46 31 24 23 Registration 25 17 30 22 26 18 29 21 27 19 28 Elevators 20 = Easels/posters * Diagram not drawn to scale ii PROGRAM SCHEDULE 151st Kansas Academy of Science and the 95th Kansas Entomological Society Joint Annual Meeting Schedule FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2019 Time Event Location 1:00-4:00 pm Field Trip - The Linda Hall Library Meet in the Regnier Center Atrium (see field trip information page for details) 3:30-5:00 pm Field Trip - Campus as a Learning Lab: Meet in the Regnier Center Atrium Open Petal Farm and Sustainability at JCCC (see field trip information page for details) 5:00-5:45 pm Check-in at Registration Table 1st Floor Regnier Center Social Hour Capitol Federal Room 101 Regnier Center 5:45-7:15 pm Banquet Capitol Federal Room 101 Regnier Center 7:30-8:30 pm Keynote Presentation: Hudson Auditorium “Good vibrations: the (not so) secret world 2nd Floor Nerman Museium of insect vibrational communication” Dr . Kasey Fowler-Finn, St . Louis University 8:30-9:30 pm KAS Board of Directors Meeting Regnier Center 270 8:30-9:30 pm Ad Astra Night at JCCC Meet in the Regnier Center Atrium (see field trip information page for details) 1 PROGRAM SCHEDULE SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 2019 Time Event Location 7:30-10:00 am Check-in at the registration table 1st Floor Regnier Center Poster setup (posters must be up by 10 a .m .) Regnier Center Atrium 7:45-8:15 am Judges Meeting Regnier Center 171 Moderators Meeting Regnier Center 170 8:00-8:30 am Continental Breakfast Regnier Center Atrium 8:30-10:00 am Oral Presentations Session #1 Chemistry / Biochemistry / Microbiology / Science Education Regnier Center 142 Organismal Biology / Entomology Regnier Center 155 Ecology/Organismal Biology Regnier Center 157 Ecology/Organismal Biology Regnier Center 101C Paleontology Symposium (session will go to 10:10 a .m .) Regnier Center 101D 10:00-10:30 am Poster Presentations Regnier Center Atrium Authors available at posters Mid-Morning Break / Refreshments Regnier Center Atrium 10:30-12:00 pm Oral Presentations Session #2 Organismal Biology / Entomology Regnier Center 142 Ecology / Organismal Biology Regnier Center 155 Ecology / Organismal Biology Regnier Center 157 Ecology / Organismal Biology / Entomology Regnier Center 101C Space Science / Physics / Astronomy Regnier Center 101D 12:00-1 .30 pm Lunch Capitol Federal Room 101 KAS Business Meeting Regnier Center Keynote Presentation: “Mating is difficult in a warming world!” Dr . Kasey Fowler-Finn, St . Louis University 1:30-2:30 pm Poster Session Regnier Center Atrium Authors available at posters 2:30 – 2:45 pm Refreshment Break Regnier Center Atrium 2 PROGRAM SCHEDULE SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 2019 (cont.) 2:45-3:45 pm Featured Speakers Hudson Auditorium “Expanding the search for novel antibiotics: 2nd Floor Nerman Museum An Authentic Course Based Research Program” Dr . Heather Seitz, Dr . Jaimie Cunningham, and Dr . Melanie Harvey, Johnson County Community College Featured Speaker Capitol Federal Room 101 “Monarch Butterflies: Past, Present and Future” Regnier Center Dr . Orley “Chip” Taylor, University of Kansas 4:00-4:30 pm Awards Presentation Hudson Auditorium 2nd Floor Nerman Museujm 4:30-5:30 pm KES Business Meeting Regnier Center 270 3 HISTORY OF KAS and KES The Kansas Academy of Science The Kansas Academy of Science was founded on September 1,1868 . It is the second oldest state Academy of Science in the United States, after Connecticut’s . Article II of the constitution of the Kansas Academy of Science identifies the purpose of the Academy as (1) “To encourage education in the sciences and dissemination of scientific information through the facilities of the Academy” and (2) “To achieve closer cooperation and understanding between scientists and non-scientists, so that they may work together in the common cause of furthering science ”. The journal Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science was established in 1872 and is the official journal of the Kansas Academy of Science . This peer-reviewed journal includes all subjects of biological, cultural, and physical sciences, mathematics and computer science, history and philosophy of science, and science education . This weekend’s meeting is the 151st annual meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science . Johnson County Community College has hosted this meeting on two other occasions, in 2013 and 2005 . For more information about the history of the Kansas Academy of Science, membership, student grant opportunities, and the journal, please visit the Kansas Academy of Science website at www .kansasacademyscience .org/ The Kansas Entomological Society The Central States Entomological Society The Society goes by both of the above names . The Society was established in 1928 with the primary objective of the advancement of the interests of entomology in its broadest sense . The society welcomes as members all persons interested in insects or other arthropods . The society produces a quarterly publication, the Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, which publishes original work in all areas of research involving insects and other arthropods . The Society holds annual meetings in Kansas or nearby states, at which students as well as established entomologists present results of their research or reviews of topics of interest, fostering interactions among individuals and their diverse disciplines . For more information about becoming a member of The Kansas Entomological Society, visit https://kes .allenpress .com/kes/Home .aspx 5 KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr. Kasey Fowler-Finn, St. Louis University “Good vibrations: the (not so) secret world of insect vibrational communication” 7:30-8:30 pm, March 29, 2019 Hudson Auditorium 2nd Floor Nerman Museum “Mating is difficult in a warming world!” 12:00 pm (during luncheon), March 30, 2019 Capitol Federal Room 101, Regnier Center Photo by Emily Hutti Photo by Olivia Leclair Photo by ImpactMediaLab 6 FEATURED SPEAKERS Dr. Heather Seitz, Dr. Jamie Cunningham and Dr. Melanie Harvey Johnson County Community College “Expanding the search for novel antibiotics: An Authentic Course Based Research Program” 2:45-3:45 pm, March 30, 2019 Hudson Auditorium 2nd Floor, Nerman Museum Dr. Heather Seitz Dr. Jamie Cunningham Dr. Melanie Harvey Dr. Orley “Chip” Taylor, University of Kansas “Monarch Butterflies: Past, Present and Future” 2:45-3:45 pm, March 30, 2019 Capitol Federal Room 101, Regnier Center Dr. Orley “Chip” Taylor 7 FIELD TRIP INFORMATION Trip to the Linda Hall Library at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Friday, March 29, 2019 1:00 - 4:00 pm Meet in Regnier Center Atrium Lobby Join Steve Giambrone, Professor, Biology, JCCC on a trip to UMKC to visit the Linda Hall Library which is one of the world’s foremost independent research libraries devoted to Science, Engineering and Technology . The Library maintains a collection of rare books of scientific and technological importance . This guided field trip will feature a behind the scenes 1 look at some of the most rare and historical books . Transportation will be provided . Campus as a Learning Lab: Open Petal Farm and Sustainability at JCCC Friday, March 29, 2019 3:30 - 5:00 pm Meet in Regnier Center Atrium Lobby Join Dr . Jay Antle, Professor/Director of Sustainability, JCCC and Stu Shafer, Professor / Chair, Sustainable Agriculture, JCCC for a tour of the Open Petal Farm and sustainability initiatives at JCCC . The tour will include a visit to the College’s in-vessel composting operation, Galileo’s Pavilion (a LEED Platinum building with living walls) and the Green 2 Infrastructure Storm Water Project (the most biodiverse spot on campus) . Wear walking shoes . Ad Astra Night at JCCC Friday, March 29, 2019 8:45 - 9:45 pm Meet in Regnier Center Atrium Lobby Dr . Doug Patterson, Professor, Astronomy, JCCC, will host a viewing party at the Paul Tebbe Observatory atop the CLB roof on the JCCC campus . Objects of interest that will be visible are the Orion Nebula, Jupiter and Pleiades Cluster . Meet at the RC atrium lobby immediately after the keynote presentation . Dr . Patterson will escort participants to the roof of CLB 3 (weather permitting) . No registration required . 8 POSTER PRESENTATIONS Regnier Center Atrium Note: Presenters are bolded. CHEMISTY 1 Haller, R. and Leung, S .H ., Department of Chemistry, Washburn University PROGRESS TOWARD THE SYNTHESIS OF EXPANDED OXOPHLORINS 2 Hosek, A. and Schmidt, S ., Department of Chemistry, Washburn University ALKYLATION OF NOSYLAMIDE TO FORM AZAMACROCYLCES 3 Cooper, D. and O’Neill, H ., Department of Chemistry, Washburn University PRELIMINARY STUDIES ON MORE AFFORDABLE EFFECTIVE MEANS OF HOMOGENIZATION AND QUANTITATION OF TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL (THC) IN MARIJUANA CASES COMPUTER SCIENCE 4 Jones, R ., Physical Science Department, Emporia State University EXPERIMENTS WITH AN AUTONOMOUS SOFTWARE AGENT A .S .A .
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