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RAP wrap-up
The SAES's 27th annual Research Apprenticeship Program (RAP) came to a conclusion on Friday, July 15. The 16 high school students who were selected for the program went home with a taste of college life, and a month of guidance from the SAES research faculty. The closing ceremony project presentations were:
Gregory Baskett of Louisburg High did "A Comparison of Nutrient Content of Whiting, Grouper and Cultured Salmon" under the direction of Dr. C. W. Seo, and Sarah Williamson, research associate Amber Brown of Charles Herbert Flowers High (in Springdale, MD) researched the "County-Level Impact of Hog Production in North Carolina" under the direction of Dr. Godfrey Ejimakor.
Stephen Fails of Andrews High School (in High Point) researched the "Separation of Liquid and Solid Waste Using PAM" under the direction of Dr. Arona Diouf, and Parvaneh Asefi-Nouri, research assistant.
Jessica Farrar of Southeast Guilford High researched "Mushroom Extract Manipulation in Broiler Chickens" under the direction of Dr. Willie Willis.
Larelle High of Northwest Halifax High (in Littleton, NC) did an "Evaluation of Contents and Activities of Antioxidants in Sweet Potato Peels" under the direction of Dr. Mohamed Ahmedna.
Benjamin D. Hopkins of Kinston High performed an "Evaluation of Free Cell and Immobilized Bifidobacterial longum in Cheese Whey Batch Fermentation" under the direction of Dr. Abolghasem Shahbazi and Michele Mims, research assistant.
Jaron Jones of South Central High School in Greenville researched "Carbon Dioxide Fluxes from Terrestrial Ecosystems" under the direction of Drs. M.R. Reddy, and W.A.R.N. Fernando, research assistant.
Wayne Kimball Jr. of Northwest Halifax High (in Littleton, NC) worked on "Estimating Sediment and Nitrogen Losses from Lake Fork Watershed Under Different Management Practices" under the direction of Dr. Manuel Reyes.
Jannety Mosley of South Central High (in Winterville, NC) worked on a "Business Plan Development for Shiitake Mushrooms" under the guidance of Dr. Kenrett Jefferson-Moore.
Lauren Johnson of Marietta High (in Marietta, GA) researched "Amplification of a Bacterial Gene" under the direction of Dr. John Allen and Andrea Byers, research assistant.
Amanda Morgan of Eastern Guilford researched "C. Elegans Eating Genetically Modified Food" under the direction of Dr. Mulumebet Worku.
Amanda Spruill of Northwest Halifax High looked into the "Effects of Unlimited, and Time Restricted Feeding Intervals on Weight Gain in Spargue Dawley Rats," under the direction of Drs. Tracy Hanner, Stacy Branch and Javier Cisneros, and Steven Hurley, laboratory assistant.
Thelton Stringfield, Jr. of Union High (in Clinton, NC) researched "Obesity in the Southern Black Belt of the United States" under the direction of Dr. Benny Gray and Makieisha Foster, graduate assistant.
Starrlett Tillery of Louisburg High researched the "Effect of Feeding Probiotics on Production Performance of Young Broiler Chickens" under the direction of Dr. Willie Willis.
Zellen Williams of East Forsyth High did an "Evaluation of Antibacterial Properties of Rosa Canina Against Foodborne Pathogens" under the direction of Dr. Ipek Goktepe.
Samuel Young of Northwest Halifax High School investigated "Cover Cropping for Increased Infiltration" under the direction of Dr. Charles Raczkowski.
Posted July 20, 2005 04:48 PM