Jess & Mildred Fisher College of Science & Mathematics


UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH GRANTS IN 2012 – 2013

“Characterization of Small Escherichia coli Proteins”
  • Fatimeh Abuikhdair
  • Mentor:  Dr. Matthew Hemm (Biological Sciences)

“Fabrication of Tapered Waveguides via Photolithography”
  • Todd Adams
  • Mentor:  Dr. Vera Smolyaninova, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

“Development and Characterization of Dynamic Light Scattering Instrumentation to determine Nanoparticle Size”
  • Christopher DiFatta
  • Mentor:  Dr. Jeffrey Simpson (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

“CaMnO3-x: A Biomimetric Catalyst for Water Splitting”
  • Tyler Goehringer
  • Mentor:  Dr. Grace Yong (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

“The Effects of Hypoxia on Fitness in Juvenile Striped Bass, Morone saxatiles”
  • Raven S. Gossweiler
  • Mentor:  Dr. Jay Nelson (Biological Sciences)

“Characterization of the Small Protein yciX-can1 in Escherichia coli”
  • Matthew Howard
  • Mentor:  Dr. Matthew Hemm (Biological Sciences)

“Provenance Determination of Dark Chocolates using Organic and Trace Element Chemical Signatures”
  • Naissem Le Nodjinam
  • Mentor:  Dr. Shannon Stitzel (Chemistry)

“Trace Mineral Chemical Composition and Distribution in Common Carbonate Aquifer Materials and Contribution to Risks in Carbon Capture and Sequestration”
  • Allison Rico
  • Mentor:  Dr. Joel Moore (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

“Effects of Photolithography Processes on the Properties of Manganite Thin Films”
  • Christopher Rubin
  • Mentor:  Dr. Rajeswari Kolagani (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

“Dictyostelium discoideum TirA Stimulates Generation of Reactive Oxygen in Response to Bacteria”
  • Kierra Stephens
  • Mentor:  Dr. Michelle Snyder (Biological Sciences)

“Designing a Ribosomal RNA Model for Understanding the Effects of Mutations in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis”
  • Amber Truitt
  • Mentor:  Dr. Ana-Maria Soto (Chemistry)

“Analysis of Circulating Strains of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in Mali”
  • Sarah Wicks
  • Mentor:  Dr. Elana Ehrlich (Biological Sciences)


UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH TRAVEL AWARDS in 2012 – 2013

To:  244th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 19, 2012
  • Sharon Fetner
    • “Impact of Polymer Cross-linking on Spiropyran-based Sensors”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Shannon Stitzel (Chemistry)

  • Brian Linder
    • “Imprinted Polymers for the Detection of Metal Ions”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Dr. Shannon Stitzel (Chemistry)

To:  2nd Annual Kennesaw Mountain Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, Kennesaw, Georgia, October 20, 2012
  • Justin Garrish
    • “Introductory Talk on Fractal Geometry”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Sergiy Borodachov (Mathematics)

To:  Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America 33rd Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California, November 14, 2012
  • Julie New
    • “Evaluating the Impact of Smelting Activities on Soils and Pinus echinata within the Downwind Air Shed of a Zinc Smelting Plant, Palmerton, PA”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Steven Lev (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

To:  221st Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Long Beach, California, January 9, 2013
  • Gina Benigno
  • Alexander Kubli
  • Christopher Thibodeau
    • “Associated Absorption in Low Redshift Quasar Environments”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Jennifer Scott (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

To:  Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics, Golden, Colorado, January 19, 2013
  • Zoey Warecki
    • “Planets and Moons as Probes of Physics Beyond the Standard Model”
  • Mentor:  Dr. James Overduin (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)


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