2000 Undergraduate Student Summer Research Fellowships
Each grant listed includes student researcher(s)
with respective cooperating faculty member(s) in parenthesis.
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ($3,540)
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Erica Fouse (Peg Thoms), $1,140, "Analyzing Recruiting Web Sites of the Fortune 100 from the College Student's Viewpoint"
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Jennifer Warner (James Kurre), $1,200, "Identifying Foreign Trade Partners to Stabilize the Erie Economy"
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Robert White (Diane Parente), $1,200, "E-Commerce Reverse Auctions"
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY ($1,800)
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David Rhoades (John Beaumont), $1,800, "Three-Dimensional Mold Filling Analysis Research"
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ($7,580)
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Jared S. Hawk (John Gamble), $1,235, "Treaty-Making in the New Millennium: The Case for a Third Way"
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Troy Frederick and Beth Frederick (John Gamble), $2,170, "International Multi-lateral Treaties Before 1648 A.D."
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Teresa A. Bailey (John Gamble), $1,175, "Classifying 350 Years of Treaties"
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Athena Farantzos (Victoria Kazmerski and Dawn Blasko), $1,200, "Measuring the Relationship of Working Memory to Metaphor Comprehension"
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Jonna Zizak and Staci Shawgo (Victoria Kazmerski) $1, 800, "Gender Differences in Response to Different Types of Erotic Videos"
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE ($28,250)
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Erin Hersman (Larry Eckroat), $1,800, "Determining Genetic Diversity in Black Cherry, Prunus serotina, Using Isoenzymatic Analysis"
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Trent M. Moraski (Mark Pyron), $1,400, "Distribution Patterns of Fish Species in two Erie County Intermittent Streams"
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Michael N. Perkins (Darren Williams), $1, 400, "The Scattering of Planetesimals by Planetary Bodies in the Early Solar System.
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Lee Thomas Szkotnicki (Michael Campbell), $1,300, "Localization of Branched-chain Amino Acid Aminotransferase mRNA in Potato"
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Christopher Won (Thomas Spudich), $850, "The Design, Characterization and Use of Reverse Osmosis as a Method of On-line Preconcentration"
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Seth Leslie (Mark Pyron), $1,500, "Mussels of Presque Isle Bay: Which Fishes are Hosts for Glochidia Larvae?"
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Bryan Katzenmeyer (Thomas Spudich and Alan Jircitano), $1,200, "Radiation Characterization of Photochromic Pt(II) Compounds of o-Aminobenzaldehyde and Derivatives"
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Gabriel O. Josset (Michael Campbell and Paul Barney), $1,200, "Characterization of the Gene Coding for Branched-chain Amino Acid Aminotransferase in Capsicum chinense"
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Jason Huntsman (Tracy Halmi), $1,200, "Separation of Pigments in Paprika by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography"
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Meeghan Trumbull (Mark Pyron), $1,300, "Male Preference for Banding Pattern in Banded Killifish (Fundulus diaphanus)"
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Kimberly A. Herrmann (Chuck Yeung), $1,200, "Modeling of Reactive Compatibilization in Polymer Blends.
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Thomas M. Haluska (Mark Pyron), $1,600, "Effects of Urbanization and Industrialization on Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Water Quality on French Creek"
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Jeffery Lynn Gustin (Michael Campbell), $1,300, "Isolation of Functional 3-isoproplymalate Dehydrogenase from the Potato Solanum tuberosum via Complementation of a LeuB401 Mutant"
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Richard L. Gill, Jr. (James Warren), $1,200, "Sequencing and Characterization of the Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Thymidylate Synthase Gene"
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Sarah Fry (Michael Campbell), $1,400, "Determining Genetic Diversity in Black Cherry, Prunus serotina, Using Microsatellite DNA Markers"
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Leanne Donovan (James Warren and Larry Eckroat), $1,200 "Developmental Analysis of Fragile X Syndrome in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)"
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Jamie L. Brubaker (Martin Kociolek), $1,200, "Development of Methods for the Synthesis of Polyhydroxylated Pyrrolizidine and Indolizidone Alkaloids Possessing Potential Biological Activity"
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Eric Billman (Mark Pyron), $1,200, "A Phylogenetic Analysis of Swimming Performance of Minnows (Family Cyprinidae)"
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Gregg T. Beaumont (Bruce Wittmershaus), $1,200 "Usage of Thin Film Polymers, Liquid Cells and Fluorescent Dyes in Luminescent Solar Concentrators"
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Charles A. Barr (Chuck Yeung), $1,200, "Computer Interface for the Visualization of Three Dimensional Molecular Dynamics Simulations"
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KaraLee J. Parsons (Tracy Halmi and Martin Kociolek), $1,200, "Development of a Convergent Synthesis: A Collaborative Learning Experiment for CHEM 036B"
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Lisa Kobylinski (James Warren and Larry Eckroat), $1,200, "Expression Analysis of a Putative Apoptosis Factor in Zebrafish, ZF FAF-1"