2002 Undergraduate Student Summer Research Fellowships
Each grant listed includes student researcher(s) with respective cooperating faculty member(s) in parenthesis.
School of Business
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Sarah L. Campbell (Margaret Thoms and Jana Goodrich), $1,180, "Analysis of Recruiting Websites of Fortune 100 Companies to Determine Best Practices"
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Timothy Gigliotti (James Kurre), $1,200, "Penn State Erie's Role in Brain Drain or Brain Gain in Erie County"
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Travis Gonser (James Kurre), $1,200, "Productivity and Wages in Erie's Industries"
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Michael Hammill (James Kurre), $1,200, "Productivity Growth in Erie Manufacturing through Time"
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Katharine J. Newcombe (James Kurre), $1,200, "Does a Focus on Arts and Entertainment Help a City Grow?"
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
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Brent A. Craven (John Roth), $1,200, "Analysis and Diagnostic of Metal Removal Processes using Accelerometers and Force Dynamometers"
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Chan Min (Chris Coulston), $1,200, "A Steiner Minimal Tree Problem in a Non-Uniform Metric"
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Kenton White (William Lasher), $1,200, "Experimental Testing of Force Coefficients for Spinnakers"
SCHOOL OF
ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
and the SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
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Amy Johnson, Jill Johnson, Kathleen Scarpino, Nicole Harlan, Craig Berlehner, Holly Blasko, Jacob Cornwell, Amanda Neely, Brooke Springer, Michael Harter, Evan Fecko, and Stephanie Ames (Kathy Holliday-Darr, Dawn Blasko, Michael Lobaugh, and John Kerwin), $15,600, "An Interdisciplinary Project for the Development of Educational Modules for the Use of Teaching Spatial Skills."
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
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David Beichner, Aimee Peterson, and Guy Reschenthaler (John Gamble), $3,600, " Comprehensive Database of Multilateral Treaties (CDMT) - Phase II"
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Jacob Cornwell (Carla Torgerson, Dawn Blasko, and Victoria Kazmerski), $1,200, "Instructional Development of an Observational Research Tutorial"
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Banchiamlack Dessalegn (Dawn Blasko and Victoria Kazmerski), $1,200,
"The Bilingual Brain: Processing Code-Switched Metaphors" -
Nicole Dirling (John Gamble), $1,200, "The Mass Media and International Law: (Benign) Neglect, Distortion, or Equity"
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Nicole J. Johns (Chet Wolford), $1,200, "Field Study: 30 Days of Exploring America"
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Alejandra Marroquin (Dawn Blasko and Victoria Kazmerski), $1,000, "Emotionality and Language in Spanish-English Bilinguals"
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Jeff Phillips (Sean Dougherty), $650, "Unearthing the Language along the Lake: Contemporary Poetry from Erie, PA"
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Heather A. Slomski (Sean Dougherty), $1,200, "Research in Sweden"
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Brooke Springer (Dawn Blasko and Victoria Kazmerski), $1,200, "Creative Language Processing"
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE
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Jennifer Adams (Pamela Silver) - $1,200
"The Effects of Different Leaf Pack Composition on Chironomid Midges"
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Catherine Brown (Pamela Silver) - $1,180
"Chironomus riparius Habitat Patch Preference"
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Jestin Carlson (James Warren, Jr.) - $1,200
"Investingating the Role of Folate Metabolism in Zebrafish Heart Development"
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Justin Crepp (Darren Williams) - $1,200
"Lyapounov Timescales"
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Andrea Drayer (Pamela Silver) - $1,200
"Assessment of Breeding Amphibians and Species Diversity in Natural Temporary Wetlands versus Recently Constructed Wetland Mitigation Sites"
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Ian D. Eccles (Meng Su) - $780
"An Investigation of the C# Programming Language and the Visual Studio.NET"
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Melissa Feile (Michael Campbell) - $1,200
"The Effect Heavy Metals Have on Arabidopsis thaliana Gene Statement"
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Michelle Fisher (Pamela Silver) - $1,200
"Assessment of Growth of Poa pratensis due to Fertilizer Application and Subsequent Environmental Impacts"
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Stacey Gorniak (Blair Tuttle) - $1,200
"Active Learning Curriculum for the Physics of Music"
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Melinda Hanes (Michael Campbell) - $1,200
"Investigating Branched Chain Amino Acid Metabolism by Analyzing Arabidopsis bcat Mutants""
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Matthew L. Hillwig (Michael Campbell) - $1,200
"Comparison of Parnassia glauca to Known Plant Genomes"
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Chayanant Hongfa (Martin Kociolek) - $1,200
"Development of Methods for the Synthesis of Verbalactone"
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Kyle Kalbarczyk (Martin Kociolek) - $1,200
"Development of Methods for the Synthesis of Verbalactone and Analogs of Verbalactone"
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Jennifer M. Kuntz (Thomas Spudich) - $1,200
"The Characterization and Construction of an Atomic Absorption Spectrometer Using a Digital Micro-Mirror Array"
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Gretchen Lokey (Bruce Wittmershaus) - $1,200
"Dye-Doping of Clear Polymer Plates Through the Use of Solvents in the Creation of Single Dye and Two-Dye Combination Solutions Used in the Creation of Luminescent Solar Concentrators"
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Molly E. Means (James Warren, Jr.) - $1,200
"Analysis of the Role of the Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Necdin Gene in Embryogenesis"
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Nita Mulyawan (Thomas Spudich) - $1,200
"The Characterization and Use of an Acoustic-Optic Background Correction System for Atomic Emission Spectrometry"
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Norsez Orankijanan (Carla Torgerson, Boon Ong, and Richard Stankewitz) - $1,170
"Algebra Tutorial for Calculus Students"
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Sean Rafferty (Pamela Silver) - $1,140
"Selective Feeding of Dreissena polymorpha (Zebra Mussel) on Phytoplankton Assemblages"
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Michelle Rizzo (Tracy Halmi) - $1,200
"Research Project Incorporated into Organic Chemistry Lab"
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Dana Sailer (Lisa Mangel), $1,000
"Avian Population/Habitat: Assessment for the Lake Pleasant Wetlands"
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John Shearer (Bruce Wittmershaus) - $1,200
"Dye Doping Thin Polymer Films for Use as Luminescent Solar Concentrators"
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Christopher C. Smith (David Hunnicutt) - $1,200
"Identification of Genes Involved in Gliding-motility in Flavobacerium johnsonae Using Transposon Mutagenesis"
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Joshua A. Smith (David Hunnicutt) - $1,200
"Generator of Gliding Motility-Deficient Mutants in Flavobacterium johnsoniae"
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Patrick Stephenson (Joseph Previte) - $1,200
"Three-Species Population Models"
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Amanda M. Svitek (James Warren, Jr.) - $1,200
"Analysis of Folate Metabolism and its Effects on Neural Tube Development in the Early Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Embryo"
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Charles Utz (Thomas Spudich) - $1,200
"The Characterization and Construction of an Atomic Absorption Spectrometer Using a Digital Micro-Mirror Array"