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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH GRANTS IN 2003 – 2004


"Near Field Scanning Optical Microscope for Photoinduced Effect Study"
  • Luis Adalco
  • Mentor:  Dr. Vera Smolyaninova (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

"Robot Morphology Studies"
  • Jeffrey Berg
  • Mentors:  Dr. Darush Davani and Dr. Goran Trajkovski (Computer and Information Sciences)

"Robot Morphology"
  • Daniel Bittner
  • Mentors:  Dr. Darush Davani and Dr. Goran Trajkovski (Computer and Information Sciences)

"Biological Particle Adhesion and Materials Characterization Using the Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS)"
  • Michael Buck, Carolyne Gikunju
  • Mentor:  Dr. Steven Lev (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

"The Study of Macromolecular Bio-crystals Using Atomic Force Microscopy"
  • Kevin Bunin
  • Mentor:  Dr. David Schaefer (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

"Effects of Combining Selected Deterrent Phytochemicals on the Feeding Behavior of Gypsy Moth Larvae"
  • Don Bunney
  • Mentor:  Dr. Vonnie Shields (Biological Sciences)

"Searching for Potential RNA Interference Targets"
  • Steven D. Callahan
  • Mentors:  Dr. David Rawn (Chemistry) and Dr. Goran Trajkovski (Computer and Information Sciences)

"Fluids Accompanying Tourmaline Growth Within Early Paleozoic Metasediments of the Maryland Piedmont: Fluid Inclusion Evidence"
  • Cassandra Cook
  • Mentor:  Dr. David Vanko (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

"Wireless Interfacing With Brain Stem Robots"
  • Adam Durana, Kevin Mager
  • Mentor:  Dr. Goran Trajkovski (Computer and Information Sciences)
"Camera Based Object Identifier"
  • Gleb Gudzenko, Julius Schlosburg
  • Mentors:  Dr. Darush Davani and Dr. Goran Trajkovski (Computer and Information Sciences)

"A Watershed Model for Minebank Run"
  • Michael Hansei
  • Mentor:  Dr. Brian Fath (Biological Sciences)
"The Geologic Character of the Former Upper Devonian Appalachian Mountain Belt"
  • Maritza Mejias
  • Mentors:  Dr. Jonathan Filer and Dr. Steven Lev (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

"Rare Earth Element and Trace Element Investigation of the Minerals Within the Loch Raven Schist"
  • Francis McCubbin
  • Mentor:  Dr. Steven Lev (Physics, Astronomy, & Geosciences)
"Pb-Pb Dating of Metamorphic Garnets from the Maryland Piedmont"
  • Emily Neral
  • Mentor: Dr. Steven Lev (Physics, Astronomy, & Geosciences)

"Measurement of Photo-Induced Resistance Change in Thin Films"
  • Mason Overby
  • Mentor:  Dr. M. Raj Rajeswari (Physics, Astronomy, & Geosciences)
"Taxonomical Analysis of Subfamilies of Robber Flies (Diptera Asilidae) Using Molecular Techniques"
  • Stephen Page
  • Mentor:  Dr. Gail E. Gasparich (Biological Sciences)

"802.11G Networking Research and Implementation for the Robotics Laboratory"
  • Vassilos Pirpiris
  • Mentors:  Dr.Darush Davani and Dr. Goran Trajkovski (Computer and Information Sciences)
"Victim Acquisition Agent Project, Part 2"
  • Matthew Roberts, Daniel Stamate
  • Mentors:  Dr. Darush Davani and Dr. Goran Trajkovski (Computer and Information Sciences)

"Victim Acquisition Agent"
  • Daniel Stamate
  • Mentors:  Dr. Darush Davani and Dr. Goran Trajkovski (Computer and Information Sciences)

"Charge Ordering in Bi1-xCaxMnO3 Thin Films"
  • Luanje A. Tifang
  • Mentor:  Dr. Vera Smolyaninova (Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences)
"Responses of a Headwater Stream Minnow to Various Stream Odors"
  • Brittany Trushel
  • Mentor:  Dr. Joel Snodgrass (Biological Sciences)

"Joel Snodgrass (Biological Sciences)"
  • Albert G. Williams
  • Mentors:  Dr. Darush Davani and Dr. Goran Trajkovski (Computer and Information Sciences)

 

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH TRAVEL AWARDS in 2003 - 2004


To:  Student Research Day – Frostburg State University Frostburg, Maryland, October 2003
  • Greg Stiffler
    High School Assessment: A Preservice Teacher’s Perspective
  • Mentor:  Dr. Michael Krach (Mathematics)

To:  The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Seattle, Washington, November 2003
  • Francis McCubbin
    Biostratigraphic Correlation of the Middle Mahantango Formation, Northeastern West Virginia and Southern Pennsylvania
  • Mentor:  Dr. Jonathan Filer (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

To:  American Society for Microbiology New Orleans, Louisiana, May 2004
  • Randolph Thomas Koerbe
    Spiroplasma atrichopogonis sp. nov. (Mollicutes: Entoplasmatales: Spiroplamataceae), from a Biting Midge (Diptera: Ceratopognidae)
  • Mentor:  Dr. Gail Gasparich (Biological Sciences)

To:  203rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society Atlanta, Georgia, January 2004
  • Sarah Bank
    Dust Formation in the Ejecta of Supernovae
  • Mentor:  Dr. Alex Storrs (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)


  • Heidi Gerhardt
    MWC349 is Now a Low-Amplitude Optical Variable
  • Mentor:  Dr. Alex Storrs (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

To:  American Association for Artificial Intelligence Palo Alto, California, March, 2004
  • Daniel Stamate
    From POPSICLE to CARoL in a Semester
  • Mentors:  Dr. Darush Davani and Dr. Goran Trajkovski (Computer and Information Sciences)

To:  Eastern Branch-Entomological Society of America New Haven, Connecticut, March 2004
  • Stephen Page
    Taxonomical Analysis of Subfamilies of Robber Flies (Diptera Asilidae) Using Molecular Techniques
  • Mentors:  Dr. Gail Gasparich and Dr. Aubrey Scarbrough (Biological Sciences)


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