2007 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
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Jordan Gilmore (Kerry King) - $1,200
“Does Media Coverage of Economic Events Impact Legislative Voting Behavior”
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
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Kristofer Barns (Dean Lewis) - $1,200 “Finite Element Analysis Investigation of the Compressive-Hook Integral Attachment Feature for Predicting Loading Capability”
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Robert Cook (Dean Lewis) - $1,200
“An Investigation into the Effects of Cryogenic Treating ABS Plastics on Material Properties”
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Charles Crespi (Dean Lewis) - $1,200
“Experimental Investigation of the Compressive Hook Integral Attachment Feature for Predicting Feature Failure”
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Logan Flaherty (William Lasher) - $1,200
“Experimental Measurements of Unsteady Flow Fields behind Spinnakers”
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John Jackson (John Roth) - $1,200
“Effects of Using DC Current on Various Materials during Forging Processes with Shaped Dies”
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Daniel Mauck (John Roth) - $1,200
“Using DC Electrical Current to Investigate the Enhanced Ductility of Various Aluminum Alloys”
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Mitchell Reckner (Oladipo Onipede) - $1,200
“Design and Testing of SMA Embedded Composite Wings”
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Aaron Ross (John Roth) - $1,200
“Using Direct Electric Current to Enhance the Compressive Behavior of Ceramic and Glass Materials”
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Joseph Shaffer (Yi Wu) - $1,200
“The Interaction between the Human Circulatory System and the Muscle Pump Function”
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Nicklas Sherman (Thomas Briselden) - $1,200
“Feasibility of a High Temperature Silicon Carbide Fan”
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Thomas Spinner (Russell Warley) - $1,200
“Effect of Exothermic Reaction Enthalpy on the Location of Minimum State of Cure in a Molded Component”
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David Tullai (John Roth) - $1,200
“An Analysis of the Material Properties and Lifespan of Cryogenically Treated Nylon”
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
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Jimmie Hodge and Megan Miller (Dawn Blasko, Kathy Holliday-Darr, and Jennifer Trich Kremer) - $2,400
“The Viz Project: Research on Spatial Visualization”
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
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Jordan Gilmore (Rodney Troester) - $1,200
“The Effect of Media on Consumer Confidence”
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Kurt Maloney, Leslie Sargent, Beth Slomski, and Ryan Watson (John Gamble) - $4,100
“Comprehensive Statistical Database of Multilateral Treaties (CSDMT)”
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Elizabeth Twohig (Cathy Schlund-Vials) - $800
“Un-Gendering the Sublime through Masochistic Unveiling”
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Andrew Walker, Bethany Hanus, Kristin McQueeney, Alicia Dunbar, Chelsea Fenush, and Megan Hoffman (Dawn Blasko, Victoria Kazmerski, and Jennifer Trich Kremer) - $7,200
“Music and the Mind”
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE
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Melanie Brewer (Pamela Silver) - $1,800
“The Response of Turtle Hatchlings to Soil Moisture Gradients”
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Stephanie Burbules (James Warren Jr.) - $1,350
“Molecular Genetic Analysis of Folate Metabolism in the Zebrafish (Danio rerio): Analysis of the in vivo Role of BHMT in Early Development”
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Adam Carlisle (Darren Williams) - $1,200
“Dynamical Stability and Evolution of Planetary and Satellite Systems”
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Amanda Daniels (Lisa Mangel) - $3,387 (Funded by Pennsylvania Sea Grant)
“Avian Population/Habitat Assessment for Presque Isle State Park”
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Todd Eckroat (David Hunnicutt) - $1,200
“Biofilm Formation by Flavobacteria”
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R. Wesley Flynn (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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Megan Gapinski (Lisa Mangel) - $2,450
“Avian Population/Habitat Assessment for the Lake Pleasant Wetlands”
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Bennett Giardina (Michael Campbell) - $1,200
“Creation of a Vector for the Expression of an Acetolactate Synthase-YFP Fusion Protein”
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Jennifer Hughes (Pamela Silver) - $1,800
“The Spatial Movements and Microhabitats of Fowler’s Toads (Bufo fowleri) at Presque Isle State Park and Herpetological Inventory”
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Meredith Hyldahl (Bruce Wittmershaus) - $1,193
“The Recovery of Photodegradation of CdSe/ZnS Core-Shell Quantum Dots in Luminescent Solar Concentrators”
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Alicia Klinvex (Blair Tuttle) - $1,200
“C++ Programs for Studying the Amorphization of Silicon”
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Andrew Law (Martin Kociolek) - $1,200
“Synthesis of Naturally Occurring Anthocyanins and Their Derivatives”
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David Machuga and Brian Sneeringer (James Warren Jr.) - $2,400
“An in vivo Analysis of the Role of the Glycine Cleavage System in Early Zebrafish Development”
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Alissa Mague (Heather Jones) - $1,200
“Role of Nitric Oxide in the Expression and Function of the Human Intermediate Conductance Calcium Activated Potassium Channel, hIK1"
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Joshua Meyer (Michael Campbell) - $1,200
“Investigations of the Interaction of the Genes NDP1 and OHP in the ndp-in1 Arabidopsis thaliana Mutant using QT PCR”
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Dennis Paskorz Jr. (Scott Stevens) - $1,200
“Fractal Insight into Capillaries of Cancerous Tissue and Medicine Delivery”
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Joe Pleso (Paul Olson and Paul Becker) - $1,200
“Surreal Analysis of Go”
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Daniel Ranayhossaini (Margaret Voss) - $1,200
“An Investigation of the Hemotoxicity of the Secretion of the Duvernoy’s Gland of the Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon)”
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Adam Rhodes, Chris Mosebach, Abe Kibbey, and Daryl Nowacki (Yi-Hong Wang) - $4,800
“Roles of Retrotransposons in Plant Development”
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Natalie Romano (Jay Amicangelo) - $1,200
“Characterization of Methanol Complexes with Benzene and Hexafluorobenzene in Nitrogen and Argon Matrices Using Matrix-Isolation Infrared Spectroscopy”
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Erika Segear (Michael Campbell) - $1,200
“Analysis of Global Gene Expression Changes in Potato Meristems Treated with Dimethylnaphthalene”
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Jeremy Sopko (Joseph Previte) - $1,200
“A Coupled Oscillator Model Applied to the Spinal Cord of a Sea Lamprey”
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Jesse Stimpson (Scott Stevens) - $1,200
“A Modeling Study of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension”
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Monika Tobiszewska (Scott Stevens) - $1,200
“Comparison of Intracranial Pressure Models for the Study of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension”
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Kathryn Warner (Bruce Wittmershaus) - $1,200
“Accurately Determining Photo-Degradation Rates of Luminescent Solar Concentrators”
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Colleen White (Heather Jones) - $1,200
“The Role of HSP70 and HSP90 Binding Proteins in the Trafficking and Function of KCNN Potassium Channels”
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Alyssa Zimmerman (Michael Justik) - $1,200
“Novel Syntheses of Isoxazolo[2,3-α]pyridinium Salts by Reaction of Pyridine N-oxides with Alkynyliodonium Tosylates”