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Bloomsburg Universityof Pennsylvania

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania is recruiting for the future by offering prospective students the opportunity to tour campus, not just in person, but also virtually, through an online 360-degree virtual reality (VR) campus tour.

Developed completely in-house by BU’s Department of Instructional Technology, the VR campus tour project began in September of 2017 and can be found on the web at msit.bloomu.edu/mf76924/samplevr.

Mason Fisher, graduate assistant for Instructional Technology and lead developer on the VR campus tour project, was approached with the project with a need from BU admissions to allow prospective students a chance to experience campus in a virtual environment.

“I took a personal interest in this project because I am very passionate about VR,” says Fisher.

Using the immerging imaging software 3DVista and a Ricoh Theta V 360 degree camera, Fisher, along with several professors and GAs from Instructional Technology, embarked on a yearlong mission to develop a VR campus tour that would look and feel as if the user was walking through BU’s campus. Continued on page 3

Service trip to Peru provides life lesson

Perri Harmon says she learned even on her worst days she remains very lucky, a lesson she took from her medical service trip to Peru this past spring.

Harmon, a senior exercise science major, went to Peru with Bloomsburg University’s MEDLIFE club — Medicine, Education and Development for Low Income Families Everywhere — which was established in Fall 2016 as a student chapter of the national MEDLIFE non-profit organization. BU is one of three PASSHE universities to have this club.

MEDLIFE’s mission is to help families overcome the constraints of poverty and the organization firmly believes access to quality healthcare is a basic human right. Harmon and thousands of other volunteers stand behind MEDLIFE’s mission by committing time, resources, knowledge, and hope to low income families everywhere.

“I had the opportunity to observe several medical professionals, but one that was

Instructional Technology creates BU virtual tour

The tour begins with a beautiful view of the iconic Carver Hall with the campus landscape seen behind. The user then takes on the perspective of a student walking on the sidewalks between buildings. Classes are in session, so other students are passed along the way on this sunny journey through campus. The next stop is Scranton Commons, where the user can take a 360-degree view from both outside the building and select locations from inside the building. The tour continues in this manner, visiting the inside and outside of all main buildings on campus, including the Rec Center and classrooms. The user then “drives” to upper campus to visit the upperclassmen apartments as well as Monty’s. One highlight for prospective students is the 360-degree student housing room images from various upper and lower campus options.

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PromotionsMathematical and Digital Sciences Chris Lynd – Associate Professor Philip Polstra – Professor Nursing Kimberly Olszewski – Associate Professor Lori Metzger – Associate Professor Debra Sanders – Associate Professor Physics and Engineering Technology John Huckans – Professor

Tenure (effective Fall 18)Diane Barrett – MADSSusan Beck – NursingChris Lynd - MADSDevon Manney – NursingKimberly Olszewski – NursingPhilip Polstra – MADSKristy Sands – NursingWilliam Schwindinger – BiologyDebra Stayer – Nursing

New tenure track facultyDaniel McCurry – ChemistryErik Larsen – ChemistryJessica Briskin – IT Nonhle Channon Mdziniso – MADSGretchen Schappert-Frye – Nursing Dennis Tanner – Nursing Jennifer Sheaffer – Nursing

Lawrence Snyder – MADS

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Nursing research showcased nationallyHeather Deimler, a junior nursing major, travelled to Dallas, Tx. to represent Bloomsburg University at the National Student Nurses’ Association National Convention.

The National Student Nurses’ Association is an organization comprised of thousands of nursing students throughout the country. The National Student Nurses’ Association National Convention is an event that promotes professional growth of students through a variety of educational sessions, facilitates professional networking with hospitals and graduate schools from across the United States and allows students to share their work via professional poster presentations.

While at the convention, Deimler presented a professional poster entitled, “Postpartum Hemorrhage: Pitocin and the Nurses’ Role: A Literature Review,” that was developed as a result of a literature review she conducted as part of an undergraduate nursing research course.

Kapp recognized by LinkedIn Bloomsburg University’s instructional technology professor Karl Kapp, Ed.D., has been recognized by LinkedIn on its Top 10 Voices in Education list for 2017.

The Top Voices list, based on LinkedIn users’ influence and reach to other members, annually recognizes ten standouts who are transforming education around the world. Kapp, who ranked ninth on the 2017 list, is a well-known professional in the instructional technology and eLearning industry.

As a professor, Kapp introduces concepts from his experience as an author of courses for LinkedIn Learning, formerly known as Lynda.com, to his classroom, emphasizing the need for educators to create engaging learning experiences.

Kapp has written several articles on LinkedIn regarding gamification of learning as well as professional development and has written several published books including “The Gamification of Learning and Instruction” and “Gadgets, Games, and Gizmos for Learning.”

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BU’s Assistant Director of Admissions, Cerick Austin, made the finishing touches to the tour.

“Because I have worked on this project and worked with VR it makes me very competitive. I understand not only its processes, but how it fits in my field.”

Fisher predicts that virtual and augmented reality will be the future of

not only the eLearning and development industry, but technology as a whole. BU’s Department of Instructional Technology will be implementing virtual and augmented reality courses into their undergraduate and graduate curriculum in the upcoming semesters, giving BU students the opportunity to learn about these evolving technologies.

really interesting was the dentist,” Harmon said. “I got to observe how they fill cavities and extract teeth.”

The procedures Harmon observed contained far less medication and advanced tools than what is normally seen in the United States, so it was a great learning experience on how to work with what is available to get the job done.

“It made me rethink what I take for granted and also made me appreciate what I have and how I live,” Harmon said. “The people in the communities we visited had very little, but were some of the happiest people I’ve ever met because they were surrounded by the people and the things they need and not much more.”

— Hannah Miller, history major

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Research Experience for UndergraduatesThe Research Experiences for Undergraduates program is a prestigious program by the National Science Foundation that supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by the NSF. This year four students from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry were awarded REU. Lauren Barrett will go to Texas A&M, Daniel Staros has received an REU at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Kim Hollister will be at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and Elizabeth Grego will do research the Iowa State University. This is a larger number of student awards than Bloomsburg has received in several years.

From left: Daniel Staros (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Lauren Barrett (Texas A & M), Elizabeth Grego (Iowa State University) and Kim Hollister (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)

Margin of Excellence Grants2018

John Huckans, George Davis, Angela Hess, Michael Borland, Ellen Kehres, Jennifer Venditti, William Coleman, John Pohill

R&S Mini Grant 2017-2018

Kyle Beyer, Ray Biswajit, Kristen Brubaker, John Hranitz, George Davis, Clay Corbin, Angela Hess, John Hranitz, Matthew Polinski, Moshin Shaikh, Cynthia Surmaz, Adrian Van Rythoven, William Coleman, Jennifer Venditti, Xiao Danqing, George Davis


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COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS

Awan, S. N., Awan, J. A., Watts, C. R., & Gaskill, C. S. (2017). Response to Aichinger and Kubin Re: Letter to the Editor “Acoustic and Perceptual Classification of Within-Sample Normal, Intermittently Dysphonic, and Consistently Dysphonic Voice Types.” Journal of Voice.

Gillespie, A. I., Gartner-Schmidt, J., Lewandowski, A., & Awan, S. N. (2017). An Examination of Pre- and Posttreatment Acoustic Versus Auditory Perceptual Analyses of Voice Across Four Common Voice Disorders. Journal of Voice

Watts, C. R., Awan, S. N., & Maryn, Y. (2017). A Comparison of Cepstral Peak Prominence Measures From Two Acoustic Analysis Programs. Journal of Voice : Official Journal of the Voice Foundation, 31(3), 387.e1-387.e10.

Gaskill, C. S., Awan, J. A., Watts, C. R., & Awan, S. N. (2017). Acoustic and Perceptual Classification of Within-sample Normal, Intermittently Dysphonic, and Consistently Dysphonic Voice Types. Journal of Voice, 31(2), 218–228.

Vogel, A. P., Wardrop, M. I., Folker, J. E., Synofzik, M., Corben, L. A., Delatycki, M. B., & Awan, S. N. (2017). Voice in Friedreich Ataxia. Journal of Voice, 31(2), 243.e9-243.e19.

Shaikh, M. A., Hall III, J. W., McManus, C., & Lew, H. L. (2017). Hearing and Balance Disorders in the State of Hawai‘i: Demographics and Demand for Services. Hawai’i Journal of Medicine & Public Health, 76(5), 123.

Shaikh, M. A., Fox-Thomas, L. G., & Tucker, D. A. (2017). Maturational changes in ear advantage for monaural word recognition in noise among listeners with central auditory processing disorders. Audiology Research, 7(157), 1-5.

Shaikh, M.A. (2017). Effect of extending the response window and of subject practice on measures of auditory processing in children with learning or reading disability. Journal of Hearing Science, 7(3), 37-43.

Smith, P. On the horizon: Adults with autism in a changing health care environment. Perspectives in Gerontology, American Speech-

Language-Hearing Association.

Smith, P., Casper, M., Leslie, P. Considerations emerging from the end of life. In Gosa, M. & Suiter, D. (eds) Dysphagia: A Life Span Perspective. Thieme.

Yue Q, Hale T, Knecht A. (2017) A Comparison of Interside Asymmetries of Lower Extremity Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in Anesthetized Patients with Unilateral Lumbosacral Radiculopathy. Asian Spine J. 11(1):99-104.

Yue Q, Hale T, Knecht A, Laidacker J. (2017) Intraoperative Loss of Tibialis Anterior Transcranial Electrical Motor Evoked Potentials Predicted Postoperative Footdrop. World Neurosurg. 97:755.e1-755.e3.

BIOLOGY AND ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES

Beishline K. Vladimirova O, Tutton S, Wang Z, Lieberman PM. CTCF Driven TERRA Transcription Facilitates Completion of Telomere DNA Replication. Nat Commun. 2017 Dec 13; 8(1): 2114.

Calle, L., Green, L., Strong, A., Gawlik, D. 2017 Time-integrated habitat availability is a resource attribute that informs patterns of use in intertidal areas. Ecological Monographs.

Hartzell, S.M. 2017. Ontogenetic Color Change in the Crayfish Cambarus b. bartonii and Faxonius obscurus: A Test of Ortmann’s Hypotheses. Freshwater Crayfish. 23(1): in press

Hess, A.R. 2017. Chapter 4 – The integumentary system. In: Anatomy and Physiology in Context. Ebook. TopHat Publishing, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Hess, A.R. 2017. Chapter 23 – Nutrition and Metabolism. In: Anatomy and Physiology in Context. Ebook. TopHat Publishing, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Schneider, J., Benton, N., Russo, K., Klingerman, C., Williams, W., Simberlund, J., Abdulhay, A., Brozek, J., and Kriegsfeld,

L. (2017) RFamide-related Peptide-3 and the Trade-off Between Reproductive and Ingestive Behavior. Integr Comp Biol. 57:1225-1239.

Hartzell, S.M. and S.T. Rier. 2017. A crayfish survey of the fishing creek watershed in northeastern Pennsylvania suggests widespread prevalence of a nonindigenous species and the absence of a native congener. Journal of the

Pennsylvania Academy of Science 91:1-10.

CHEMISTRY

Borland, M.G., Yao, P., Kehres, E.M., Lee, C., Pritzlaff, A.M., Ola, E., Wagner, A.L., Shannon, B.E., Albrecht, P.P, Zhu, B., Kang, B., Robertson, G.P., Gonzalez, F.G., and Peters, J.M. PPARβ/δ and PPARγ inhibit melanoma tumorigenicity by modulating inflammation and apoptosis. Toxicological Sciences. (2017). 159(2): 436-448. PMICD: 28962521.

Brown, C.; Lita, A.; Tao, Y.; Peek, N.; Crosswhite, M.; Mileham, M.; Krzystek, J.; Achey, R.; Fu, R.; Bindra, J.; Polinski, M. J.; Wang, Y.; van de Burgt, L.; Jeffcoat, D.; Profeta, S.; Stiegman, A.; Scott, S. “Mechanism of Initiation in the Phillips Ethylene Polymerization Catalyst: Ethylene Activation by Cr(II) and the Structure of the Resulting Active Site” ACS Catal., 2017, 7, 7442-7455.

Cary, S. K.; Galley, S. S.; Marsh, M. L.; Hobart, D. L.; Baumbach, R. E.; Cross, J. N.; Stritzinger, J. T.; Polinski, M. J.; Maron, L.; Albrecht-Schmitt, T. E. “Incipient Class II Mixed Valency in a Plutonium Solid-State Compound” Nature Chem, 2017, 9, 856-861.

Tapsak, M. Patent US 9,840,595, Silicone rubber, issued December 2017.

Tapsak, M. Patent US 9,804,114, Sensor head for use with implantable devices, issued October 2017.

Tapsak, M. Patent US 9,801,574, Techniques to improve polyurethane membranes for implantable glucose sensors, issued October 2017.

Tapsak, M. Patent US 9,597,027, Oxygen enhancing membrane systems for implantable devices, issued March 2017.

Tapsak, M. Patent US 9,532,741, Membrane for use with implantable devices, issued January 2017.

Ferguson, J.; Arcis, H.; Zimmerman G. H.; Tremaine, P. R., “Ion-Pair Formation Constants of Lithium Borate and Lithium Hydroxide under Pressurized Water Nuclear Reactor Coolant Conditions” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2017, 56, 8121 - 8132.

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Arcis, H.; Ferguson, J. P.; Applegarth, L. M.; Zimmerman G. H.; Tremaine, P. R., “Ionization of Boric Acid in Water from 298 K to 623 K by AC Conductivity and Raman Spectroscopy” J. Chem. Thermodynamics, 2017, 106, 187-198.

ENVIRONMENTAL, GEOGRAPHICAL, AND GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Pitt, A.L., Shinskie, J.L., Tavano, S.M., Hartzell, S., Delahunty, T., and Spear, S.F. (2017) “Decline of giant salamander assessed with historical records, environmental DNA, and multi-scale habitat data.” Freshwater Biology. 62(6): 967-976.

Haney, Jennifer J. 2017. A Geographic Approach for Teaching about Terrorism. Journal of Geography 116 (6): 250-262.

Jamie C. DeWitt, Brenda J. Buck, Dirk Goossens, Yuanxin Teng, James Pollard, Brett T. McLaurin, Russell Gerads, Deborah E. Keil, 2017, Health effects following subacute exposure to geogenic dust collected from active drainage surfaces (Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, Las Vegas, NV), Toxicology Reports, Volume 4, p. 19-31,

Ricker, M.C., D.B. Marken, and A. Rivas. 2017. Chapter VI: Soil coring transects in surface water features: Xucub, Northeast Tank, and Plaza 1 reservoirs. (In Spanish with English abstract). In: J.C. Pérez, editor, Proyecto Arqueológico El Perú-Waka’: Informe No. 14, Temporada 2016. Fundación de Investigación Arqueológica Waka’, Guatemala City, Guatemala. p. 161-222.

Ricker, M.C., D.J. Steinhauser, and J.T. Prezkop. 2017. The Gibraltar Soil Series: A Historical Record of Coal Mining in the Schuylkill River Basin. In: J.A. Valentine editor, Northeast Regional Pedology Field Tour Guidebook (Pennsylvania Portion), June 14-15, 2017.

Shepard, M.K. Introduction to Planetary Photometry. Cambridge University Press. 2017.

Shepard, M.K. et al. Radar Observations and Shape Model of Asteroid (16) Psyche. Icarus, 281, 2017.

Sanchez, J., Reddy, V., Shepard, M.K. et al. Detection of Rotational Spectral Variation on the M-type asteroid (16) Psyche. Astronomical Journal, 153, Issue 1, article id. 29, 2017.

Takir, D., Reddy, V., Sanchez, J. Shepard, M.K., Emery, J. Detection of Water and/or Hydroxyl on Asteroid (16) Psyche. Astronomical Journal, 153, Issue 1, article id. 31, 2017.

Safarzadeh, M. S., Horton, M., & Van Rythoven, A. D. (2017). Review of Recovery of Platinum Group Metals from Copper Leach Residues and Other Resources. Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review, 1–17.

Van Rythoven, A. D., Schulze, D. J., Hauri, E. H., Wang, J., & Shirey, S. (2017). Intra-crystal co-variations of carbon isotopes and nitrogen contents in diamond from three North American cratons. Chemical Geology, 467, 12–29.

Xiao, Danqing, & Lan, T. (2017). Mapping ideological opinions in China using online survey. Annals of GIS, 1-13.

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY

Hummel, R. Lynn. (2017). Higher Education Update. In Pennsylvania Association for Communications and Technology (PAECT) Newsletter (p. 2). Bala Cynwyd, PA.

Hummel, L. & Carnahan, C. (2017). Pokémon Go for learning: A gamification approach. In P. Resta & S. Smith (Eds.), In Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2113-2114). Austin, TX, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Boller, S. & Kapp, K. M., (2017) Play to Learn: Everything You Need to Know about Designing Effective Learning Games. Alexandria, VA: ATD Press. (Book)

Kapp, K. M. (2017). Gamification design for instruction. In C. M. Reigeluth, B.J. Deatty, &r. D.J. Myers (Eds.), Instructional-Design Theories and Models: The Learner-Centered Paradigm of Education. Volume IV. (pp. 351–384). New York, NY: Routledge. (Chapter)

Seely, B. J., Kapka, L., Wendel, S. & Kapp, K. (2017, November) Enhancing Interpretation of Learned Concepts Through an Online Tensile Strength Simulation. ASME. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Volume 5: Education and Globalization: IMECE2017

MATHEMATICS AND DIGITAL SCIENCES

Improving Women’s Participation in Security, Diane Barrett. Chapter content for Women in Security: Changing the Face of Technology and Innovation. Springer Series, Women in Engineering and Science. November 2017

Forensic Investigations in Cloud Computing, Diane Barrett, Book Chapter in IGI Global Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology-4th ed. July, 2017

Barrett, D., Applying a Contingency Framework to Digital Forensic Processes in Cloud Based Acquisitions, Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law, Vol. 2(12), July 2017

Ervin, H. K. (2017). Fraction Multiplication and Division Models: A Practitioner Reference Paper. International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 3(1), 258-279.

Ervin H. K., and Noubary, R. (2017). Lessons for Teaching Concepts in Mathematics and Statistics Using Sports:Volume 1. San Diego, CA: Cognella.

K. K. Ferland, Discrete Mathematics and Applications, Second Edition, CRC Press – Taylor & Francis, Copyright 2017.

K. K. Ferland and Robert W. Pratt, Maximal Crossword Grids, Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing, accepted February 2017.

K. K. Ferland, Extending Two Classic Proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem to the Law of Cosines, MAA Mathematics Magazine, Volume 90, No. 3, June 2017, pp. 182-186.

Growney, J. “They Say She Was Good -- for a Woman: Poetry and Musings,” Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 7 Issue 2 (July 2017), pages 294-302.

Growney, J., “Shaping Poems -- with Visual Forms and Counting,” Proceedings of Bridges 2017: Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, Education, Culture, pages 471–474.

Kokoska, S. and Dick, T., TI in Focus Video Series: AP Calculus, December 2017

Minemyer, B. Simplicial isometric embeddings of polyhedral, Moscow Mathematical Journal, 17 (2017) no. 1, 79-95.

C. D. Lynd and J. W. Sharpe, Sequences Generated by Powers of the kth-order Fibonacci Recurrence Relation, (Accepted for publication in The American Mathematical Monthly April, 2017)

Philip Polstra, “USB Forensics Writeblocking and Impersonation.” (video course), PluralSight, February 2017

Philip Polstra, USB Forensics. Pentester Academy July 2017.

M.L. Stephans, Experiencing Ornette

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Coleman: A Lister’s Companion, Lanham, New York, London, Boulder, Rowman & Littlefield: 2017

M.L. Stephans, Experiencing Jazz: A Listener’s Companion, Lanham, New York, London, Boulder, Rowman & Littlefield: 2017 (PB Edition).

NURSING

Barrett, M., chapter entitled “Students with Asthma and Other Respiratory Conditions” for textbook: School Nursing: A Comprehensive Text 3rd ed.

Beck, S. & Sanders, D. (2017). Empowerment Through Mentorship in Nursing Education: A Case Study. In Dominguez, N, Berkley, B, Barka, B, Chrisman, T, Kelley, B & Westfall, E. [Eds].(2017). 10th Annual Mentoring Conference Proceedings (10th ed): A Decade of Cultivating an Inclusive Mentoring Community [Special issue 10]. The Chronicle of Mentoring and Coaching, 2(10), 243-47.

Chikotas, N., Comprehensive Review of the Components of Nutrition for the Occupational Health Nurse – Part 1, Workplace Health and Safety (2017)

Hartung, S., & Miller, M. (2017). Nurse Managers’ Perspectives on Workplace Communication in Rural Settings. Journal of Community Health Nursing, 35(1):1-11

Helbing, M.L. (2017). DNPs in nursing academia: Why should DNPs be faculty? Outcomes, 3(7), 11-12.

Metzger, L. 2017 “Are Patients Satisfied With Telehealth in Home Health Care? A quantitative research study in congestive heart failure patients.” SM Gerontology and Geriatric Research. November 2017.

Toothaker, R., Cook, P. (2017). A Review of Four Health Procedures That School Nurses May Encounter, NASN School Nurse, 33(1), 19-22

Toothaker, R. (2017). Millennial’s perspective of clicker technology in a nursing classroom: A Mixed methods research study. Nurse Education Today, 62, 80-84.

PHYSICS & ENGINEERING

A. P. Belles, J. Huckans, T. S. Klinger, and J. M. Hranitz, “Call characteristics of island and mainland Fowler’s toad,” Integrative and Comparative Biology vol. 57, pp. E12-E12 (2017).

Looking Toward TESS: Who needs long light curves? A nonlinear look at one-month long light curves of Kepler A and F stars N. Jevtić, P. Stine, TASC3/KASC10 Workshop:, Birmingham, UK, July 2017 (poster)

Combining Nonlinear Noise Reduction with in-Painting in the Analysis of Variable Star Light Curves N. Jevtić et al. 10th Chaotic Modeling and Simulation Conference, CHAOS2017, June, 2017, Barcelona, Spain (oral)

B. Ray, “Designing hybrid energy storage systems: A tool for teaching system-level modeling and simulation,” Journal of Engineering Technology, pp. 18-27, Spring-2017

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Connor Gray, Professional Geology junior in the EGGS department, presented his research at the Geological Society of America conference in Flagstaff, Arizona. His poster titled “A Comparative Study of Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposit Mineralogy” was a presentation of his URSCA funded research with Dr. Adrian Van Rythoven, Assistant Professor in EGGS, which aimed to study samples from different copper deposits in North America. Dr. Van Rythoven also presented a poster, “Cost-Effective Use Of Automated Mineralogy To Calibrate Geometallurgical Characterization Of A Rare Earth Element Deposit” at the conference.

While in Arizona, Connor and Dr. Van Rythoven sampled lava flows from the San Francisco volcanic field north of Flagstaff. This summer the student/mentor team will continue their research using a new luminoscope that was recently funded by an R&S mini-grant.

Geology student presents at Geological Society of America Conference

Connor Gray sampling in a lava field.


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Three Bloomsburg University chemistry students, Todd Poe, Daniel Staros, and Devin Mulvey, traveled to New Orleans on Sunday, March 18, to present their research at the 255th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting & Exposition.

The ACS national meeting gives chemistry professionals an opportunity to share their passion for chemistry as well as their advanced scientific and technical knowledge with other professionals, connecting the world’s largest scientific society.

Before presenting at the national meeting, participants were required to submit an abstract of their research to be approved by the ACS.

“We were notified within one month that our abstract had been accepted for presentation at the convention,” says Staros, who worked with Dr. Gregory Zimmerman to look at data on electrolyte potassium chloride (KCl) in extremely pressurized water, and design multiple equations that describe the behavior of these solutions.

Mulvey presented research focused on using computational chemistry to probe the antioxidant properties and stability of fullerenols.

“I was interested in performing computational research and found Dr. Lewis’s work engaging, so it was a match,” says Mulvey. “Since fullerenols are water soluble and pick up free radicals, it has been proposed that they could be used to combat tissue damage from diseases that cause oxidative stress.”

Poe submitted an abstract of his work with Dr. Matthew Polinski focused on synthesizing materials that can be used to remove environmental pollutants from water sources.

“We were successful in making several new compounds that we believed might accomplish this task by exchanging toxic substances in water for ones that were less harmful,” says Poe. “After performing some experiments with our compounds, we received positive results suggesting our materials could be useful in removing detrimental particles from water.”

Faculty Award WinnersThe College of Science and Technology is proud to announce the faculty award winners for excellence in teaching, scholarly activity and service.

Dr. Chris Lynd, Mathematical and Digital Sciences (MADS), and Dr. Lori Metzger, Nursing were recognized for excellence in teaching.

Dr. Lynd came to Bloomsburg University after teaching high school for many years. He has implemented BU’s Supplemental Learning Program into Applied Matrix Algebra (Math 118) and developed the Programming in Mathematics (Math 320) course, all while achieving high reviews from both faculty and students.

Dr. Metzger is the Program Director for the Nursing Health Administration MSN/MBS program, which has expanded five-fold in the past 2 years. She has developed and implemented two new courses and has developed four simulation experience for the undergraduate Public Health nursing students. She continues to innovate within the classroom, giving her students exceptional experiences.

Dr. Philip Polstra, MADS, and Dr. Michael Borland, Chemistry and Biochemistry were recognized for excellence in scholarly activity.

Dr. Polstra is recognized worldwide as a security and penetration testing expert, building his own devices to test computer system security. As a leader in the field, he is often an invited speaker at international conferences, asked to provide training sessions at hacking events, is quoted in news articles, and has made several television interview appearances.

Dr. Borland has mentored multiple undergraduate students and included them in his scholarly activity. He recently published an article in the journal Toxicological Sciences with featured four (4) BU undergraduates. This article was chosen as an Editor’s Highlight for the October 2017 issue. In addition, Dr. Borland has presented a number of poster-sessions at conferences, earned funding from a BU Margin of Excellence grant, and has served as the faculty advisor for URSCA Research Grants.

Dr. Thom Klinger, Biological and Allied Health Sciences (BAHS), was recognized for excellence in service. As the Graduate Coordinator for BAHS, he works diligently to recruit students and match them with a graduate faculty mentor. In addition, he works to obtain funds, develop graduate curricula, and liasons with the broader School of Graduate Studies. Outside Bloomsburg, he participates in many international professional associations.

Chemistry students present research at national ACS meeting

From left:chemistry faculty member Dr. Kristen Lewis, students Devin Mulvey, Todd Poe and Daniel Staros, and chemistry faculty member Dr. Matt Polinski.

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Friday, Oct. 5 – Pathways in Science & Technology, Kehr Union 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Science & Technology Networking Event – Greenly Center Art Gallery 4 to 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 17– Lecture, “Medical Geology: Mineral Dust Origin, Exposure Processes and Potential Health Impact,” by Brett McLaurin, professor of Environmental, Geographical and Geological Sciences, 6:30-7:30p.m., Hartline Center, room 108.

Wednesday, Nov. 14 – Lecture, “From Penguins to Plankton – The Dramatic Impacts of Climate Change on teh Antarctic Peninsula,” byJames McClintock, Endowed University Professor of Polar and Marine Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 7 p.m., Carver Hall Gross Auditorium.

We welcome alumni to be engaged and participate in these events.Email [email protected] with any questions or to register.

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