Friday morning poster session

As the only UK university at NCUR this year (again), UCLan were representing at this poster session as 3 of our clever were students presenting their undergraduate research. Seems like I was there at the right time to snap up some American students interested in our students' work. Research knows no bounds!

First we have Natalie and her undergraduate Law research 'The effects of imprisonment on urban communities'. With an early start - 8:30 am at the ballroom, all of our students were doing great and the jet lag wasn't too harsh on anybody either from what I heard!

We also had 2 maths students presenting in this slot. First out of the 2 mathematicians is Craig with his research ' Properties of null points in 3D divergence-free and general vector fields'. And he said no-one would be interested!

Last of our lovely students presenting poster in this session is Salma with her maths undergraduate research 'Analytical modelling of the acoustics of transmission line loudspeakers'. I must have been there at the right time, just as our Salma was getting quizzed by a student at the conference and giving a very good explanation of her work. We then decided to take him under our wing and he became our 'stray' American for the rest of the conference!

 

Group meal at Slackwater...good pizza

As our hotel only served breakfast, I say only, it was still a fine breakfast, and we get fed at the conference every lunch time. So, we only need to search for food every evening. Tonight we visited Slackwater, recommended by a singer who was performing on campus at the university. 

The pizzas were super yummy although no-one was allowed the 'Cardiac arrest' pizza according to our Elder...the amazing organiser who made the trip possible :D. Fair enough as she'd already had one trip to emergency during the NCUR trip! No biggy though, we're all well now, must have been the altitude.

Funny thing -

Table Guest: Can we order 2 of your special beers please?

Waiter : Sorry sir its illegal for me to serve you 2 alcoholic drinks at once

Table Guests: Ha ha ha good one waiter, I didn't think it was that bad in Utah

Waiter: No seriously, it really is. I'll get one for you and one for your friend though...

Table Guests: Wow, now that IS something. Cheers Mister Waiter Man ;) x

Trip to Walmart!

A key part of American culture, we couldn't go home without a quick 7 block walk to Walmart and pick ourselves up some of those lucky Lucky Charms...yum yum. At about 4 times the cost in England as there are here in Utah, its just such a shame I don't have more room in my suitcase!

Yet here in beautiful Ogden even a walk to Walmart can present you with awe inspiring views of the mountains and the weather couldn't be faulted. Rather like a British summer!

Thursday afternoon poster session

Another poster session in which our UCLan students were involved happened around lunchtime in the ballroom at Weber State University.

First up is Lizzy McWilliams with her research of 'The Cheetah's Wheelchair Sports Club -Transforming negative attitudes'. More from Miss McWilliams to come soon!

In another poster session later in the day was UCLan's Loren Abell presenting her research of 'Selection and socialization of loneliness in childhood: Modelling homophily of loneliness over time using an actor-partner interdependence model'.

Students were required to stay in front of their posters for the entire session, which meant that they wouldn't necessarily get to look around that session, but they wouldn't be busy for the rest of the day and could attend other talks or wander around!

 

Thursday morning speaking presentations

Straight after the poster sessions, and sometimes during, were the speaking presentations. Our Kate Sheals was presenting her psychology research of 'An empirical comparison of the Health belief model and the Theory of planned behaviour: predicting binge drinking behaviour'.

Once at the correct room and building, Kate uploaded her presentation and waited for her allotted presentation time.

Thursday morning poster session

We had one student presenting in the very first event for NCUR 2012. The poster which started at 8:30 am involved Kate Herold presenting her poster for the psychology research topic 'The value of hair for facial composite recognition'.

More from Kate herself later...

Thursday morning at NCUR

Its the first full day at NCUR in Weber State University, Ogden and a few of our UCLan bunch are presenting their research via poster or speaking presentations.

First Things First ...

We've already had a few days in Utah and at NCUR, a few very busy days (apologies), but here is the beginning of our trip in photos.

Personally, I caught the 6:05 am train to Manchester airport with 4 other UCLan students. Once there, bright and early we meade out way to Terminal 3 where everyone was meeting for around 7:40 am. Then we got ourselves a bloomin' good breakfast for the long trip ahead of us.

We flew with American Airlines and they were great, checking in and everything went fine, especially for a group of 12, then just the wait until the flight at 10:40 am. It would have been rude not to make use of the breakfast facilities anyway! x

We Made It To Ogden !

After about 24 hours travelling, 1 train, 2 planes, several monorail trips (don't ask) and a taxi ride have eventually got us all safely into Ogden, UT. Having been up for about 27 hours, its a welcome relief to check in to our lovely hotel.

2 Days To Go !

Less than 48 hours before we all leave on our bright and early start for NCUR!