2003 Undergraduate Student Summer Research Fellowships
Each grant listed includes student
researcher(s) with respective cooperating faculty member(s) in
parenthesis.
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
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Christopher D. Agosti (John Roth) - $1,200
"Cryogenic Treatment of Machine Tools" -
Timothy Cavanagh (Thomas Briselden) - $1,200
"Thermodynamic/Cycle Analysis of Alternate Methods for Recovering High Temperature Waste Heat" -
Aaron Floyd (Thomas Briselden) - $1,200
"Multi-point High Temperature Measurement of a Radiant Tube Using a Two Color Multiplexed Infrared Temperature Sensor for Advanced System Control" -
Diane Harby (Thomas Briselden) - $1,200
"High Temperature Heat Transfer Analysis and Optimization Model for Radiant Tubes Using SpyroCor Inserts" -
Scott M. Hrinko (Thomas Hemminger) - $1,200
"A Magnetic Storage Converter" -
Jonathan Lobaugh (Thomas Briselden) - $1,200
"Extruding of a Variable Twist Helix Refractory Using a Multi-Axis Motion Control System for Manufacturing SpyroCor Inserts" -
Lee Mitchell (Chris Coulston) - $1,200
"Emergent Shortest Paths" -
Brian Neely (Thomas Briselden) - $1,200
"Stabilization of a Natural Gas Flame in a Radiant Tube Using SpyroCor Inserts to Double Radiation Heat Transfer Rates and Promote Uniform Heat Release" -
Ian Phelps and Jim McWilliams (Bob Edwards) - $1,200
"Interchangeable Computer Processor Simulator"
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY and SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
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Amy Johnson, Holly Blasko Drabik, Ayelet BenZvi, Joseph R. Busse, Christopher Larson, Patrick M. Slater, Bradley D. Smith, Nicole Steetle, and Jay Wingerter (Dawn Blasko, Kathy Holiday-Darr, Derek Mace, and Carla Torgerson) - $9,700
"Developing Spatial Skills Using Interactive Computer and Hands-on Activities"
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
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Jacqueline M. Cavicchio (John Champagne) - $1,200
"Toni Morrison Society Conference: 'Toni Morrison and the Politics of Learning'"
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Sarah Hildreth (Dawn Blasko) - $1,200
"Metaphor Comprehension in Children"
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Asia Horton (Sean Dougherty) - $1,200
"Swimming the Deep River: Reclaiming the Roots of African American Music"
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Sarah Lawson, Erin Mauer, and Tami Quigley (Dawn Blasko) - $1,200 "Determining the Influence of Taster Status and Peer Pressure on Food Preferences"
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Chris Majerik (Carla Torgerson, Dawn Blasko, and Victoria Kazmerski) - $1,200
"Instructional Development of an Observational Research Tutorial"
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Vanessa Guerrero Marte, Tammy Sudul, and Christopher Majerik (Dawn Blasko) - $1,200
"Assessing the Effects of Different Types of Pornography and Their Influences on the Acceptance of Rape Myths"
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Vanessa K. Guerrero Marte and Holly Blasko Drabik (Dawn Blasko and Victoria Kazmerski) - $1,850
"The Electrophysiology of Creative Language"
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Michael McEwan (George Looney) - $1,200
"Exploring the 'Genius' of Place for a Senior English Thesis"
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Edward A. Thiry III (Leigh-Ann Bedal) - $1,200
"The Petra Garden and Pool-Complex Excavation (Jordan)"
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Katherine Weinschenker, Jenne Nielsen, and Amy L. Johnson (Clare Porac and Rod Troester) - $3,050
"Myth or Reality: An Examination of College Students' Relative Incivility"
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE
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Jennifer Adams (Margaret Voss and Pamela Silver) - $1,200
"Predator and Prey Relationships in a System of Hornets"
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Sheldon T. Bailey (Bruce Wittmershaus) - $1,200
"Optimization of Luminescent Solar Concentrators through Concentration Variance of a Triple Dye System"
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Kelly Bee (Jeanette Schnars) - $1,200
"Caribbean Conservation Corporation Green Sea Turtle Research Program"
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Lee Beers (Michael Campbell) - $1,200
"Microarray Analysis of Potato Meristems"
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Adam B. Bloom (James Warren, Jr.) - $1,200
"Generation of a Fusion Peptide for a Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Necdin-like (NDNL) Gene"
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Anita L. Brock (James Warren, Jr.) - $1,200
"Characterization of Zebrafish zFXR mRNA via the Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction"
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James Busa (Jeanette Schnars) - $1,200
"Population and Nest Monitoring of the Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina serpentina)"
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John Cingolani (Dave Hunnicutt) - $1,200
"Bullhead Hybridization"
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Ashley Conrad (Lisa Mangel) - $1,200
"Effects of Temperature Variations on the Embryological Development of Branta Canadensis"
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Rebecca R. Corbin (Lawrence Downey) - $1,200
"Expanding the Concept of Convexity"
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Neela Dey (Lisa Mangel) - $1,189
"Laboratory Correlation between Branta canadensis Embryo Development and the Commonly Used Flotation Numbers for Waterfowl Egg Progression"
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Ian D. Eccles (Meng Su) - $840
"Investigating Distribution Models for High Dimensional Data Structures"
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David Duberow (Thomas Spudich) - $1,200
"Multielemental Analysis of Snapping Turtles Collected from Erie County, Pennsylvania by Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry"
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Amanda L. Gruver (Michael Campbell) - $1,200
"Expression and Purification of Protein Encoded by the NDP1 Gene"
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Susan Hoover (Lisa Mangel and David Hunnicutt) - $1,178
"To Identify and Compare the Biology Misconceptions Held by Pre-service and Service Secondary Biology Teachers"
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Floyd Mattie (Michael Campbell) - $1,200
"Development of Fluorescently Tagged Primers for Microsatellite Diversity Study of Ambystoma maculatum"
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Russell D. Neuner (Michael Campbell) - $1,200
"The Genetic Analysis of an Arabidopsis thaliana NDP Knockout Mutant"
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Melissa Peters (Margaret Voss) - $1,200
"Quantifying Physiological Responses to Traffic Noise in Breeding Songbirds"
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Roy Schleicher (Jay Amicangelo) - $1,200
"The Construction, Characterization, and Initial Experiments Involving a Matrix-Isolation Infrared Spectrometer Apparatus"
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John Shearer and Ian Eccles (Darren Williams) - $1,200
"Computational Simulation of Collisions in Accretion Disks"
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John Shearer (Bruce Wittmershaus) - $600
"Layering of Thin Polymer Films Using Spin Coating Techniques"
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Amy J. Smith (Jeanette Schnars) - $1,200
"Possibility of Chemical Trails Used by Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) Sea Turtle Hatchlings as a Sea-Finding Cue"
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Joshua Smith (David Hunnicutt) - $1,200
"Characterization and Analysis of Unknown Gliding Motility Mutants in Flavobacterium johnsoniae"
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Lee J. Steen (Meng Su) - $1,100
"Examining the R-Tree Data Structure and Modifying for Efficiency"
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Nicholas G. Straub (Martin Kociolek) - $1,200
"The Investigation of Novel Ring-Opening Methods of 2-Isoxazoles"
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Erika E. Weissenfluh (David Hunnicutt) - $1,200
"Generation and Characterization of Non-motile Mutants in Flavobacterium johnsoniae"
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Nathan G. Zimmerman (Margaret Voss) - $1,200
"Male American Barn Swallow Incubation: Fact or Fiction?"