2006 Undergraduate Student Summer Research Fellowships

Each grant listed includes student researcher(s) with respective cooperating faculty member(s) in parenthesis.
 

SAM AND IRENE BLACK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

  • Alexander Kazmierczak (James Kurre) - $1,200
    “What Type of Products’ Prices Vary More Across Space? An Initial Examination”
     

  • Jason Pflueger (James Kurre) - $1,200
    “What Causes the Link between Income Inequality and Manufacturing Employment?”
     

  • Elizabeth Stablein (Michael Brown and Michael Maloni) - $1,200
    “Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Supply Chain: Assessing Current Practices in the Food Industry”

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

  • Matthew Baker (Wen-Li Wang) - $1,115
    “Studying Audio Protocols and Developing a Software System for Recording, Playback, and Signal Monitoring”
     

  • Justin Beale (Thomas Hemminger) - $1,200
    “Small Object Radar Filtering”
     

  • Russell Carter (Oladipo Onipede) - $1,200
    “Design and Testing of SMA Embedded Composite Wings”
     

  • John Donovan (John Roth) - $1,200
    “Testing and Analyzing the Effects of DC Current on the Material Properties of Various Metals”
     

  • Edward Falk (John Roth) - $1,200
    “Cryogenic Treatment of Coated Tungsten Carbide Tools and its Effect on Tool Life”
     

  • Joshua Green (James Sonnenmeier) - $1,200
    “Measurement and Calculation of the Aerodynamic Performance of Twisted Wings - Part II”
     

  • Kent McKee (William Lasher) - $1,200
    “Calculating Heeling Moments on the Brig Niagara”
     

  • Thomas Spinner (John Roth) - $1,200
    “Optimization and Tool Library Expansion for On-line Directionally Independent Failure Prediction of Mill Cutting Tools”
     

  • Kevin Sunealitis (Oladipo Onipede) - $1,200
    “Finite Element Analysis of Electrostatically Driven Micro-Beams”
     

  • Matthew Warner (John Roth) - $1,200
    “Effects of DC Current on the Mechanical Properties of Various Metals”
     

  • Alexander Winter (Robert Weissbach) - $1,200 “Data Analysis and Software Development for a Wind Energy Protocol”
     

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AND SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

  • Jenna Beck, Jimmie Hodge, Eric Johnson, Ivan Lopez, Megan Miller, Matt Morrison, Lauren Wagner, and Matt Widdowson (Dawn Blasko, Kathy Holliday-Darr, Derek Mace, Jennifer Trich Kremer, and Ronald Krahe) - $9,600 “Interdisciplinary Project to Develop Activities to Enhance Spatial Visualization”

SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

  • Kevin Belknap, Mike Long, Sabina Medilovic, Leslie Sargent, Cassidy Schenley, and Chris Strayer (John Gamble) - $4,406
    “Comprehensive Statistical Database of Multilateral Treaties (CSDMT)”
     

  • Angela Speck and Andrew Walker (Dawn Blasko and Victoria Kazmerski) - $2,400
    “Analyzing How Sex Differences and Relational Aggression Influence Sarcasm Processing”
     

  • Stephen Wingerter (Cathy Mester and Rod Troester) - $1,170
    “Behavioral Standards at Fortune 500 ‘Best Companies’: The Civility Component”

SCHOOL OF SCIENCE

  • Robert Blanner III (Martin Kociolek) - $1,200
    “Investigating the Synthesis and Reactivity of Monosubstituted Isoxazoles”
     

  • Casey Bradshaw (Pamela Silver and Jeanette Schnars) - $1,200
    “Use of Polarized Light as an Orientation Cue towards Water in Painted Turtles”
     

  • Anita Brock (David Hunnicutt) - $1,200
    “Nasal Carriage of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Healthy Population of College Students”
     

  • Stephanie Burbules (James Warren Jr.) - $1,200
    “Molecular Genetic Analysis of Folate Metabolism in the Zebrafish (Danio rerio): Analysis of the in vivo Role of BHMT in Early Development”
     

  • W. Clay Campbell (Michael Campbell) - $1,200
    “The Development of Antisense NDP1, OHP2, and Overlapping Region Mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana for the Determination of Gene Function and Regulation”

  • Andrew Collins-Hed (Michael Campbell and Yi-Hong Wang) - $1,200
    “Modification of Branched-Chain Amino Acids in Tomato Fruit by Changing Expression of the Enzyme Acetolactate Synthase”
     

  • Todd Eckroat (David Hunnicutt) - $1,200
    “Pathogenesis of Flavobacterium in Zebrafish”
     

  • Ashley Ethridge (Pamela Silver and Jeanette Schnars) - $1,200
    “Nesting Ecology of Chelydra serpentina in Lake Erie Watershed”
     

  • Megan Hammers (Heather Jones) - $1,200
    “Effects of CPT-11, a Chemotherapeutic Agent Used in Colorectal Cancer, on Colonic Secretion”
     

  • Jennifer Hughes (Pamela Silver and Jeanette Schnars) - $1,200
    “Herpetological Study of the Species of Frogs and Toads at Presque Isle State Park”
     

  • Meredith Hyldahl (Bruce Wittmershaus) - $1,199
    “The Photostability of CdSe/ZnS Core-Shell Quantum Dots in Luminescent Solar Concentrators”
     

  • Matthew Jackel (Martin Kociolek) - $1,200 “Synthesis of Substituted 1-Benzoxepin Derivatives from 3-Carboxyisoxazoles”
     

  • Benjamin Kuhn (Heather Jones) - $1,200
    “Defining a Role for Intracellular Chaperones in Trafficking of the KCNN Potassium Channel Proteins”
     

  • Ashley Loker (Heather Jones) - $1,200
    “Effects Growth Factors on Colonic and Airway Chloride Secretion”
     

  • Jeffrey Machusko (Darren Williams) - $1,200
    “Dynamical Response of the Moon to a Major Impact on the Early Earth”
     

  • Alissa Mague (Heather Jones) - $1,200
    “Role of Growth Factors in the Expression and Function of the Human Intermediate Conductance Calcium (Ca2+) Activated Potassium (K+) Channel hIK1”
     

  • Erin Mathes (David Hunnicutt) - $1,200
    “Localization of Flavobacterium johnsoniae and Flavobacterium columnare in Danio rerio
     

  • Jonathan McDowell (Pamela Silver and Jeanette Schnars) - $1,200
    “Proposal of Herpetological Collection at Presque Isle State Park”
     

  • Michelle McGregor (Margaret Voss) - $1,200
    “Microbial Effects on Nesting Mortality”
     

  • Keri McNamara (Martin Kociolek) - $1,200
    “Synthetic Studies toward the Synthesis of 1-Benzoxepin Natural Products”
     

  • Joshua Meyer (Michael Campbell) - $1,200
    “Investigation of the Interaction of the Genes NDP1 and OHP in Arabidopsis thaliana
     

  • Stacey Olechowicz and Julie Miller (James Warren Jr.) - $2,400
    “Investigating the in vivo Functions of the Fragile X Gene Family in Zebrafish through Gene Knockdowns”
     

  • Stephen Oyler (Lola Deets) - $1,200
    "Environmental Sustainability through Agroforestry, Organic and Fair Trade Certification”
     

  • Frank Pagel (Michael Campbell) - $1,200
    “Investigating the Overlapping Region of the NDP1 and OHP Genes in Arabidopsis thaliana
     

  • Joe Pleso (Paul Olson) - $1,200
    “The Game of Go and Surreal Analysis”
     

  • Daniel Rogers (Lisa Mangel) - $1,200
    “Support Network and Facilities Required for Skeletal Preparation”
     

  • Emma Rogers (Lisa Mangel) - $1,200
    “Care, Maintenance, and Growth of a Dermestid Beetle Colony”
     

  • Kristen Schnepp (Pamela Silver and Jeanette Schnars) - $1,200
    “Proposal for a Herpetological Inventory of Presque Isle State Park”
     

  • Erika Segear (Michael Campbell) - $1,200
    “Microarray Analysis of the Potato Genome”
     

  • Casandra Sheldon (Jennifer Holt) - $1,200
    “Investigations of the Orientations of Merocyanine Dyes in Zolites Host Materials”
     

  • Mark Stauffer and Shannon Rupprecht (Pamela Silver) - $2,400
    “The Effect of Road Salt (NaCl) on Life History Characteristics of Chironomus riparus (Diptera, Chironomidae)”
     

  • Christopher Suprock (Lawrence Downey) - $1,200
    “Image Compression using Quadrant Decomposition, Dimensional Correlation, and Functional Compression”
     

  • Kaile Taylor and Daryl Nowacki (Yi-Hong Wang) - $2,400
    “Generation of Activation-Tagged Tomato Plants for Functional Genomics”
     

  • Colleen White (Heather Jones) - $1,200
    “The Role of Protein 14-3-3 in Trafficking and Function of the KCNN Potassium Channels”
     

  • Malorie Winters (Joseph Previte) - $1,200
    “Feedback of a Scavenger on Competing Species and Lotka-Volterra Models”
     

  • Kala Wolfe (Margaret Voss) - $1,200
    “The Effects of Clutch Size on Incubation Period and the Heating and Cooling Rates of Eggs in the House Wren”
     


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