2005-2006 Academic Year Undergraduate Research Grants
Each grant lists individual student researcher(s)
with respective cooperating faculty member(s) in parenthesis.
School of Business
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Jeremiah Riethmiller (James Kurre) - $700
“Identifying Individual Economic Indicators for a Leading Index for the Erie MSA”
School of Engineering and Engineering Technology
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Kyle Barry (John Roth and Russell Warley) - $700
“Predicting the Behavior of a Metal Rod under Tension Exposed to Electrical Current”
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Laura Bryan (Elisa Wu) - $700
“Mock Pulmonary Circulatory Loop with Left Ventricle Assist Device”
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William Cutter (Robert Edwards) - $695
“Analysis of the Effects of Close-Range Fan Obstructions on System Air Flow”
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Amanda Evans (John Roth) - $700
“Extending the Tool Life of Solid Tungsten Carbide Endmills using Cryogenic Treatment”
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Joshua Green (James Sonnenmeier) - $700
“Measurements of the Aerodynamic Performance of Twisted Wings”
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Marc Hoffman (Amir Khalilollahi and John Roth) - $700
“Temperature Evaluation of Metallic Bars Using a Multifield Finite Element Model”
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Scott Jackson (Shouling He) - $700
“Development of a Bootloader for PIC16F877 Microcontrollers”
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Thomas Kronenberger (John Roth) - $700
“Effects of DC Current on the Microstructure of Various Types of Steel”
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Kent McKee (William Lasher) - $700
“Aerodynamics of a Square-Rigged Sail”
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Terence Musho (William Lasher) - $695
“Stability and Performance of the U.S. Brig Niagara under Partial Sail”
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Mason Myers and Joseph Huegel (John Beaumont) - $690
“Controlling Warpage of Molded Parts through Melt Rotation Technology”
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Carl Ross (John Roth) - $700
“Temperature Effects on the Material Properties of Metals under Short Soak Time Conditions”
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Nathan Russell (John Roth) - $700
“Cryogenic Treatment of Tungsten Carbide Tooling to Extend Tool Life”
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Kevin Sunealitis (Oladipo Onipede) - $700
“Vibration Analysis of Electrostatically Driven Micro-Beams”
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Michelangelo Vaccaro (Elisa Wu) - $700
”Design and Construction of a Mock Human Circulatory System for Left Ventricle Assist Device”
School of Engineering and Engineering Technology and School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Jonathan Hika, Gary Krugger, Ivan Lopez, Kristin Macha, and Jenna Beck (Kathy Holliday-Darr and Jennifer Trich-Kremer) - $2,975
“Refine Training Activities Developed Summer 2005 to Enhance Spatial Visualization”
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Teri Ritenour, Lauren Wagner, William Cutter, and Tim Heisler (Robert Weissbach, Dawn Blasko, and Jennifer Trich-Kremer) - $1,465
“Civic and Community Engagement: Primary and Secondary School Technology Classroom Experience”
School of Engineering and Engineering Technology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and School of Science
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Jonathan Hika, Robert Budden, and Adam Karki (Kathy Holliday-Darr, Jennifer Trich-Kremer, Ron DelPorto, and Gary Walker) - $2,100
“EnVision: Spatial Courseware - Helping Build Spatial Skills in Students”
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Kevin Belknap, Pat Carver, Julie Elkins, Colin Haughey, Mike Long, Sabina Medilovic, Leslie Sargent, Chris Strayer, T. J. Veiger, and Josh Wilczynski (John Gamble) - $2,900
“Comprehensive Statistical Database of Multilateral Treaties”
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Kiyle Brosius and Stuart Daman (Dawn Blasko) - $1,400
“Audience Perception of Political Interviews”
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Justin Curry, Michael Johnson, and Jalise Velez (Derek Mace) - $700
“Exploring Gender Differences in In-Group Formation and Out-Group Attitudes”
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Chris Engelhardt (Dawn Blasko) - $700
“Leadership and Its Impact on a Multiple Goal, Multilevel Model of Individual and Team Performance”
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Gordon Greene, Joshua Hannold, and Crystal Willis (Derek Mace) - $700
“Implicit Stereotype Activation with Attractiveness”
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Sandra Grgic (Victoria Kazmerski and Dawn Blasko) - $700
“Emotion’s Impact on the McGurk Effect: An ERP Study”
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Eileen Haase and John Crane (Victoria Kazmerski and Charisse Nixon) - $1,400
“Marital Status and Relational Aggression Effects on Sibling Relationships and the Network of Their Relationships”
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Renee Jerge, Lauren Kessler, and Kerry Lope (Victoria Kazmerski) - $2,100
“Improving Spatial Abilities in Second Graders with Science Activities”
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Elizabeth Kiefer and Lisa Niebauer (Derek Mace) - $550
“The Effects of Physical Attractiveness on Memory in College Students”
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Tessa Mackey, Megan Miller, and Ashley Wassel (Dawn Blasko) - $793
“Implicit Gender Stereotypes in Animated Disney Films”
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Seraina Naef and Jory Giger (Charisse Nixon) - $1,400
"Peer Aggression in the Schools: What Have We Learned?"
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Greg Parker (John Fizel and Victoria Kazmerski) - $700
“Personality and Lifestyle Variables and Their Relationship to Academic Performance in College Students”
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Amber Rose and Kathleen Vanderkolk (Derek Mace) - $700
”Effects of Stereotype Threat on Performance between Genders”
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Melissa Schmidt (Dawn Blasko) - $643
“Reality Television and its Effect on Body Image”
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Charlotte Siemiatkowski and Erin Mathes (Derek Mace) - $700
“The Effect of Resiliency on Problem Solving and Peer Relations in Children”
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Lauren Wagner, Garrett McCloskey, and Courtney Hopkins (Dawn Blasko) - $900
“Individual Differences in Speech Production”
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Andrew Walker and James Morosky (Dawn Blasko and Victoria Kazmerski) - $1,400
“Analyzing the Influence of Directionality and Similarity on Meaningful Judgments of Metaphors Using ERP”
School of Science
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Leann Bartomioli, Andrew Collins-Hed, Adam Rhodes, and Kaile Taylor (Yi-Hong Wang and Michael Campbell) - $2,800
“Amino Acid Profiling of Tomato Plants Generated by Activation Tagging and Insertional Mutagenesis”
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Robert Blanner (Martin Kociolek) - $700
“Investigating the Reactivity of the Isoxazole Carbon-Carbon Double Bond”
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Anita Brock (David Hunnicutt) - $700
“Nasal Carriage of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Healthy Population of College Students”
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Anthony Campitella (Jennifer Holt) - $700
“The Study of the Complexation of Brooker’s Merocyanine in α, β, and γ Cyclodextrin”
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Paul Corbett, Daniel Sweet, and Katie Geiger (Meng Su, Youngjoon Byun, and Gary Walker) - $2,100
“ROADS: Representation of Abstract Data Structures”
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Dan Domanski, Mike Sansone, and Logan Stack (Gary Walker and Ron McCarty) - $2,100
“GRS: Geo-Science Research Station”
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Amanda Harmon (James Warren Jr.) - $700
"Analysis of the Activity of the Necdin-Like Gene in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Embryology"
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Sara Hester (Margaret Voss and David Hunnicutt) - $700
“Identification of Bacterial Isolates from Nests and Eggs of Parus atricapillus, Troglodytes aedon, and Turdus migratorius”
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Matthew Jackel (Martin Kociolek) - $700
“Synthesis of Substituted 1-Benzoxepin Derivatives from Isoxazoles”
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Justin Kubas (Tracy Halmi) - $700
“Selective Oxidation of Alcohols for CHEM 036 Puzzle Experiment”
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Jeff Machusko (Blair Tuttle) - $700
“VPython Programs for Visualizing the Amorphization of Silicon”
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Josh Meyer (Michael Campbell) - $700
“Investigation of the Interaction of the Genes NDP1 and OHP in Arabidopsis thaliana”
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Stacey Olechowicz and Julie Miller (James Warren Jr.) - $1,400
“Investigating the in vivo Functions of the Zebrafish Fragile X Gene Family”
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Christopher Suprock (Lawrence Downey) - $700
“Image Compression using Quadrant Decomposition and Functional Compression”
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Peter Tagala (James Warren Jr.) - $700
“In vitro Characterization of the Zebrafish DHFR Gene”
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Malorie Winters (Joseph Previte) - $700
“Food Chains and Scavengers”
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Kala Wolfe (Margaret Voss) - $700
"The Effects of Clutch Volume on Heating and Cooling Rates of Eggs and Reproductive Implications in Black Brant”