Jess & Mildred Fisher College of Science & Mathematics


UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH GRANTS IN 2009 – 2010


"Homeland Security: Chlorine Transportation Optimization for the Chemical Security Analysis Center"
  • Jonathan Howe
  • Derek Morgan
  • Patrick O'Neill
  • Michael Orlitzky
  • Solomon Stein
  • Samantha Stevenson
  • Alana Thompson
  • Mentors:  Dr. Sergiy Borodachov and Dr. Alexei Kolosnikov, (Mathematics)

"The Effect of Deterrents on Gypsy Moth Food Consumption: A Behavioral Investigation"
  • Nnenna Aginam
  • Jillian Sanford
  • Mentor: Dr. Vonnie Shields, (Biological Sciences)

"Detection of Misidentified Plants in the International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad"
  • James Bardsley, III
  • Mentors:  Dr. Roland Roberts and Dr. Larry Wimmers, (Biological Sciences)

"Isolation and Identification of Termite Fungal Pathogens "
  • Roxann Cavey
  • Mentor:  Dr. Mark Bulmer, (Biological Sciences)

"Micro-Raman Spectroscopy and AFM Studies of Atomically-Thin Graphite"
  • John Hasslinger
  • Kevin Mead
  • Mentor:  Dr. Jeffrey Simpson, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

"000100100 Questions"
  • Michael Matthews
  • Mentor:  Dr. Darush Davani, (Computer & Information Sciences)

"Sensitivity of B-to-Z- DNA Transition to Macromolecular Crowding"
  • Crista Nguemeta
  • Mentor:  Dr. Richard Preisler, (Chemistry)

"Phylogepgraphy of Arabidopsis Lyrata ssp. Lyrata Inferred from the Distribution of G3pdh Haplotypes among Populations in the Eastern United States"
  • Abdulafeez Oluyadi
  • Mentor:  Dr. Roland Roberts, (Biological Sciences)

"Development of Chiral Azaferrocenes"
  • Benjamin Roembke
  • Mentor:  Dr. Timothy Brunker, (Chemistry)

"Do Mammals Utilize Storm Water Retention Ponds as a Surrogate for Natural Wetlands?"
  • David Satterfield
  • Mentor:  Dr. Harald Beck, (Biological Sciences)

"Identification of Peptides which Effectively Modify Calcite Crystal Growth"
  • Stephanie Stanley
  • Mentor:  Dr. Ryan Sours, (Chemistry)

"Evaluating Water Chemistry in Rural and Urban Watersheds on Trace Metal Uptake in Black Nose Dace Otoliths"
  • Elluz Chong Qui
  • Mentor:  Dr. Steven Lev, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

"Effect of Susbtrate and Thickness Variation in the Properties of Rare Earth Manganese Oxide Thin Films Used for Infrared Detectors"
  • Gilles Dongmo-Momo
  • Dou Dou Qian
  • Mentor:  Dr. Rajeswari Kolagani, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

"Autonomous Helicopter Software"
  • Lynn Durholz
  • Josh Giltinan
  • Logan Scheel
  • Mentor:  Dr. Darush Davani, (Computer and Information Sciences)

"Assessing the Influence of Road Salting Techniques on Surface Water Chemistry in the Red Run Watershed, Maryland"
  • Kristen Lazzeri
  • Mentor:  Dr. Steven Lev, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

"The Effect of the Conformational Flexibility between Monodentate Ligand and Bidentate Ligand in B-to-Z-DNA Transition: Role of Hydration"
  • Crista Tiyouh Nguemeta
  • Mentor:  Dr. Richard Preisler, (Chemistry)

"Investigating the Impact of Caffeine on Sucrose Self-Administration in Rats"
  • Edward Retzbach
  • Mentor:  Dr. Elizabeth Vaidya, (Biological Sciences)

"Identification of the Function and Mechanism of Autophagy in Dictyostelium discoideum"
  • Lauren Winter
  • Mentor:  Dr. Michelle Snyder, (Biological Sciences)

"Investigating the Impact of Short-term and Chronic Caffeine Effects on Anxiety"
  • Whitney Marie Wolfgang
  • Mentor:  Dr. Elizabeth Vaidya, (Biological Sciences)


UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH TRAVEL AWARDS in 2009 – 2010

To:  Joint Meeting of Icthyologists and Herpetologists 2009, Portland, Oregon, July, 2009
  • Jennifer Rollins
    • “Growth of Juvenile Blacknose Dace (Rhinicthys atratulus) Along an Urban to Rural Gradient”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Joel Snodgrass (Biological Sciences)

To:  238th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August, 2009
  • Krista Taylor
    • “Synthesis of Chiral Mulitdentate Aminosulfoxide Ligands and Investigation of Their Coordination Properties”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Timothy J. Brunker (Chemistry)

To:  23rd Annual Gibbs Conference in Biothermodynamics, Carbondale, Illinois, October, 2009
  • Amy Smith
    • “Effect of electrostatics on the conformation and binding properties of TAR RNA”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Ana Maria Soto (Chemistry)

To:  Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 2009
  • Richard Vreeland
    • “Investigating the Effects of Road Salt on Trace Metals in Storm Water Retention Ponds”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Ryan Casey (Chemistry)

  • Kristin Lazzeri
    • “Assessing the Mobility of Brake Pad -Derived Copper in an Urban Soil”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Steven Lev (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

To:  MAA-AMS Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Francisco, California, January, 2010
  • Jonathan Graf
    • “What Moves You: Using Legs for Vehicular Transportation”
  • Mentor:  Dr. James Sochacki (Mathematics - James Madison University - REU)

To:  Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Asheville, North Carolina, April, 2010
  • James S. Bardsley, III
    • “Detection of Misidentified Plants in the International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Larry Wimmers (Biological Sciences)

To:  American Chemical Society Regional Meeting, Wilmington, Delaware, April 2010
  • Kelechi Chikeka
  • Phuong Ha
    • “Synthesis and Characterization of Spiropyran Polymers”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Shannon Stitzel (Chemistry)

  • Crista Tiyouh Nguemeta
    • “Effects of Osmotic Stress and Macromolecular Crowding on the B-to-Z Transition in DNA”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Richard Preisler (Chemistry)

  • Benjamin Roembke
    • “Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity of an Azaferrocene-Borane Sandwich Complex”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Timothy Brunker (Chemistry)

  • Krista Taylor
    • “Synthesis of a Ruthenium Complex of a Chiral Tetradentata Aminosulfoxide Ligand”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Timothy Brunker (Chemistry)

  • Kaitlyn Grosso
    • “Determination of Hydrogen Peroxide Concentration in Dental Bleaching Gel”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Ryan Sours (Chemistry)

  • Stephanie Stanley
    • “Systematic Investigation of Phage Elution from Calcite Crystal Surfaces”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Ryan Sours (Chemistry)

To: MD-DC-VA Section of the Mathematical Association of America Regional Meeting, Petersburg, Virginia, April 2010
  • Dennis Howell
  • Sara Miller
  • Patrick O'Neill
    • “Silence of the Lambda's: A Geographical Model of Criminal Behavior”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Alexei Kolesnikov (Mathematics)


The Jess and Mildred Fisher
College of Science and Mathematics
Smith Hall, Room 312 (campus map)
Phone: 410-704-2121
Fax: 410-704-2604
E-mail: fcsm@towson.edu
 

 
Map

Emergencies
410-704-4444

University Police
410-704-2134

Closings & News
410-704-NEWS (6397)

Text Alerts
Sign up now