2007-2008 Academic Year Undergraduate Research Grants
Each grant lists individual student researcher(s)
with respective cooperating faculty member(s) in parenthesis.
School of Business
- Melanie Brewer (David Causgrove) -
$681
"A Change in the Airline Industry: Customer Service and September 11, 2001"
- Paul DeWolf (Frank DeWolf) - $700
“Mobile RFID Devices in the Retail Industry”
- Angela Speck (Mary Beth Pinto and
Phylis Mansfield) - $200
“Remote Gambling Study”
School of Engineering
- Brian Auth (Frank DeWolf) - $700
“Implementing the EPCglobal Network Using Open Source Software”
- Brian Benini (Bob Edwards) - $700
“Development of a Simple Tank Draining Experiment to Illustrate Core Principles of Hydrostatics”
- Daniel Dempsey and Millington Adkins (Jon
Meckley) - $1,400
“Blow Ratio Study of Newly Developed Grades of Santoprene TPV Resin and Various Modifiers”
- Logan Flaherty (William Lasher) - $700
"Experimental Measurements of Two Dimensional Unsteady Flow Fields"
- Joshua Jones (John Roth) - $700
“Prediction of Endmill Insert Failure Using an Electret Accelerometer”
- Ashraf Khalifa (John Roth) - $700
“Improving Sheet Metal Manufacturing Processes for Automotive Body Parts through Electrically Enhancing Formability”
- Gregory Krajewski (Yi Wu) - $700
“Improvement of GUI for Human Circulation System Incorporating Muscle Pump Function”
- Ivan Loker (John Roth) - $700
“Using DC Electrical Current to Investigate the Enhanced Ductility of Various Aluminum Alloys with Multiple Heat Treatments”
- Ken Matsushita (William Lasher) - $700
“Analysis of Flying Shape for Spinnakers”
- Dan Mauck (John Roth) - $700
“Determining the Effects of an Applied DC Current on Copper Using Finite Element Modeling and Microstructural Analysis”
- Wesley Salandro (John Roth) - $700
“A Comparability Study of a Three-Axis Electret Accelerometer to a Traditional Three-Axis Piezoelectric Accelerometer”
- Marianne Sciarrino (John Roth) - $700
“Isolating the Effects of DC Electrical Current on the Formability of Copper During Impression-Die Forging Operations”
- Jason Williams (Ron Krahe) - $700
“Broadcast Radio Song and Artist Capture from RBDS Signal using an 8051”
School of Engineering and School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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James Hodge, Jessica Schubert, Kaylee Curilla, Danielle Wilson, and Mike Horning (Dawn Blasko, Kathy Holliday-Darr, and Jennifer Trich Kremer) - $3,500
“Spatial Visualization Research and Assessment Project”
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Ashley Albeck, Chelsea Ehret, and Lauren Humes (Jennifer Trich Kremer) - $495
“Cyberbullying: The Effects of Ostracism and Social Dominance”
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David Baleno and LeAnna Haener (Charisse Nixon) - $80
“The Effect of Electronic Media on Sense of Belonging in College Students”
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Jason Crants and Lavon Thomas (Charisse Nixon) - $200
“The Influence of Parental Involvement and Rejection Sensitivity on College Students’ Involvement with Relational Aggression”
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Alicia Dunbar and Bethany Hanus (Jennifer Trich Kremer) - $1,250
“The Effects of Background Music on Studying”
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Shelby Deutsch, Megan Hoffman, Jodi Kitchener, Katie Knight, and Steve Wize (Charisse Nixon) - $2,824
“Applied Developmental Psychology in the School Setting: Development of a Mentoring Program on Children’s Reduction of Aggressive Behavior”
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Chelsea Fenush, Andrew Walker, Andrew Scheller, and Zack Goncz (Victoria Kazmerski and Dawn Blasko) - $2,800
“A Short-Term Auditory Lexical Training Task: Training Native Speakers of American English to Better Perceive Chinese-Accented English”
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Nicholas Goff and Ann Kozel (Charisse Nixon) - $551
“The Effect of Labeling on Trust”
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Christine Giuliano, Chris Brown, Ryan Watson, Brett Watson, AJ Kondash, Rose Skiba, Joni Taylor, Audrey Achonu, Alexandra Ley, Jessica Grimm, and Matt Shuster (John Gamble) - $2,800
“Comprehensive Statistical Database of Multilateral Treaties (CSDMT) Project”
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Kelly Koziorowski, Carrie Barr, Laura Plocido, and Amy Burns (Charisse Nixon) - $295
“How Different Genres of Music Affect Levels of Aggression and Prosocial Behavior”
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Kerry Lope and Briana Grimes (Victoria Kazmerski) - $1,400
“Individual Attitudes Related to Actors in Love Scenes”
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Anne Spring, Nancy Baker, and Jennifer LaRoche (Charisse Nixon) - $535
“The Relationship between Attachments, Connectedness, and College Students’ Adjustment”
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Amanda Turner and Marika Sansone (Jennifer Trich Kremer and Dawn Blasko) - $1,388
“Art Therapy and the Effects it has on the Reduction of Stress in At-Risk Youth”
School of Science
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Danielle Chung (Alan Jircitano) - $700
“Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Photochromic Platinum (II) Complexes”
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Cody Filges (Sarah Ewing) - $663
“C/EBPβ Regulation of JunD Gene Expression to Mediate Cell Survival”
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R. Wesley Flynn (James Warren Jr.) - $700
“Analysis of Folate Metabolism and its Effects on Neural Tube Development in the Early Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Embryo”
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John Fullwood (Danielle Goodwin) - $700
“Examining the Relationship between New York Public K-12 School Teachers’ Images of Mathematics and Their Mathematics History Knowledge”
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Brandon Garzel, Anthony Moore, and William Peterson (Mehmet Malcok and Danielle Goodwin) - $2,100
“Online Course Management System”
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Bennett Giardina (Michael Campbell) - $700
“Creation of an Acetolactate Synthase-YFP Fusion Gene”
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Tom Hazlett, Derek Mulder, and Jasmin Tufek (Gary Walker and Mehmet Malcok) - $2,100
“Biometric Authentication”
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Luke Joseph (Martin Kociolek) - $700
“Methods for the Synthesis of Benzo-Fused Heterocycles”
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Alicia Klinvex (Ronald McCarty, Blair Tuttle, and Gary Walker) - $700
“Amorphous System Modeling”
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Andrew Hua Law (Martin Kociolek) - $700
“Investigation into the Synthesis of Flavanone and Anthocyanin Antioxidants”
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David Machuga (James Warren Jr.) - $700
“An in vivo Analysis of the Role of the Glycine Cleavage System in Early Zebrafish Development”
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Andrew Makepeace (Bruce Wittmershaus) - $693
“Plasmonic Enhancement of the Photostability of Organic Dyes for Use in Luminescent Solar Concentrators”
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Daryl Nowacki, Chris Mosebach, Abe Kibbey, Amy Sahlmann, and Angelica Jones (Yi-Hong Wang) - $3,500
“Evaluation of Arabidopsis Mutants Generated by Expressing Genes from Tomato Fruits”
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Kellie O’Rourke (Heather Jones) - $695
“Effects of Epidermal Growth Factor on hlK1 Expression and Function”
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Dennis Paskorz (Bruce Wittmershaus) - $693
“Modeling the Benefit of a White Background/Luminescent Solar Concentrator Combination”
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Michael Piscitelli (Beth Potter) - $700
“Characterization of the N-Glycan Dependent Apical Sorting Mechanism Used by Endolyn”
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Joseph Pleso (Paul Becker and Paul Olson) - $700
“Surreal Analysis of Go”
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Vincent Povirk (Meng Su and Gary Walker) - $700
“A Simple Tiling Window Manager”
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Daniel Ranayhossaini (Margaret Voss and Michael Campbell) - $700
“An Investigation of the Hemotoxicity of the Secretion of the Duvernoy’s Gland of the Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon)”
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Casey Robinson (Joseph Previte) - $700
“Automation and Testing of a Coupled Oscillator Model Describing the Swimming of a Sea Lamprey”
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Natalie Romano (Jay Amicangelo) - $700
“Characterization of Methanol Complexes with Benzene and Hexafluorobenzene in Nitrogen and Argon Matrices Using Matrix-Isolation Infrared Spectroscopy”
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Damon Schersten (Alan Jircitano) - $700
“Synthesis of 3-aminobiphenyl-4-carboxaldehyde to Examine the Mechanism of Novel Photochromic Platinum(II) Complexes”
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Lara Trozzo (Margaret Voss) - $700
“Effects of Thermoregulation on Foraging in Anolis carolinensis”
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Heather Wager and Jason Reed (Danielle Goodwin, Jonathan Hall, and Paul Ashcraft) - $1,400
“Examining Student Interactions within an Active Learning Environment in a Calculus-Based Introductory Physics Course”
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Kate Warner (Bruce Wittmershaus) - $700
“Analysis of Forster Transfer and Photo-Protection in BODIPY Dyes”
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Kyle White (Michael Rutter) - $700
“Adding a Random Walk Component to a Surplus Production Fisheries Model”
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Mike Wilson and Gary Taylor (Michael Campbell) - $1,400
“Analysis of Putative NDP1 Mutant Knockout Gene in Arabidopsis thaliana”