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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH GRANTS IN 2004 – 2005

"Inertial Navigation Systemy"

• Jonathan Buck
• Mentor:  Dr. Goran Trajkovski (Computer and Information Sciences)

"Setting up an Infrastructure for PYRO Robotics Experiments Based on the PYRO Software Package"

• Matthew Brake
• Mentors:  Dr. Goran Trajkovski (Computer and Information Sciences)

"Characterization of a Novel Spiroplasma Strain & Design of Spiroplasma Specific PCR Primers"

• R. Thomas Koerbe
• Mentor:  Dr. Gail Gasparich (Biological Sciences)

"RNA Analysis & Differential Gene Expression in Blacknose Dace (Rhinichthys atratulus): Effects of Urbanization"

• Elizabeth Tall
• Mentor:  Dr. Gail Gasparich (Biological Sciences)

"A Novel Therapy for Herpesvirus Infections"

• Michael Carr
• Mentor:  Dr. Barry Margulies (Biological Sciences)

"Photoinduced Resistivity Changes in Bi_0.4Ca_0.6MnO₃ Thin Films"

• Robert Kennedy
• Mentor:  Dr. Vera Smolyaninova (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

"Relaxation of Photoinduced Effects in Bi_0.4Ca_0.6MnO₃ Thin Films"

• Robert Kennedy
• Mentor:  Dr. Vera Smolyaninova (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

"Car Tires as a Source of Zinc to the Environment"

• Elizabeth Hamilton
• Mentor:  Dr. Steve Lev (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

"Gene Identification in Corals: Understanding Gene Evolution for Cell Survival"

• Sovath Chum
• Mentor:  Dr. Colleen Sinclair (Biological Sciences)

"Determining the Provenance of Sediments deposited during the Late Devonian within the Central Appalachian Basin"

• Jason Dinh
• Mentors:  Dr. Jon Filer and Dr. Steve Lev (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

"The Urban Environment, Global Warming and Genetic Diversity in Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. (Common Ragweed)"

• John Maciolek
• Mentors:  Dr. Roland Roberts and Dr. Larry Wimmers (Biological Sciences)

"Prehistoric Native American Soapstone Vessels and Quarries In and Around the Patuxent River"

• Laura Cohen
• Mentor:  Dr. Rachel Burks (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

"Sentry Unit"

• Richard Snyder, James Cox, Katrina Howard, Andrew Ajello
• Mentor:  Dr. Goran Trajkovski (Computer and Information Sciences)

"Electrophysiological Responses of Receptor Cells in the Galeal Styloconic Sensilla of Gypsy Moth Larvae: Tuning, Sensitivity, and Temporal Coding Properties"

• Joshua Swearingen
• Mentor:  Dr. Vonnie Shields (Biological Sciences)

"Taxonomical Analysis of Subfamilies of Robber Flies (Diptera Asilidae) Using Molecular Techniques"

• Stephen Page
• Mentor:  Dr. Gail E. Gasparich (Biological Sciences)

To:  Informs Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October 24-27, 2004

• Peguy Pierre-Louis
  
  An Integer Support Vector Machine
• Mentor:  Dr. Andrew Engle (Mathematics)

To:  Materials Research Society Meeting, Boston, MA, November 29-December 3, 2004

• Robert Kennedy
  
  Photoinduced Resistivity Changes in Bi_0.4Ca_0.6MnO₃ Thin Films
• Mentor:  Dr. Vera Smolyaninovar (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

To:  Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, November 7-10, 2005

• Laura Cohen, Jason Dinh
  
  Reconstructing the Acadian Hinterland From Upper Devonian Sediments in the Central and Southern Appalachian Basin
• Mentors:  Dr. Jon Filer and Dr. Steve Lev (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

To:  American Astronomical Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 9-13, 2005

• Sarah Bank
  
  Where are the Small Ones?
• Mentor:  Dr. Alex Storrs (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)



• Colleen McIntosh
  
  A Search for Hemispheric Asymmetry on Triton
• Mentor:  Dr. Alex Storrs (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)



• Calvin Garner
  
  Carbon Distribution in PNe
• Mentor:  Dr. Alex Storrs (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

To:  American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, June, 2005

• R. Thomas Koerber
  
  Multiplex PCR Identification of Spiroplasma Species Based on Fibrillin
• Mentor:  Dr. Gail Gasparich (Biological Sciences)



• Bradley Bowser
  
  Differentiation of Spiroplasma Group I and VII Subgroups Using 16S rDNA PCR and DGGE Analysis
• Mentor:  Dr. Gail Gasparich (Biological Sciences)

To:  Mid-Atlantic Ecology Conference, Catonsville, MD, March 12-15, 2005

• Brittany Trushel
  
  Variation in Stream Fish Sexual Dimorphism across a Rural-Urban Gradient
• Mentor:  Dr. Joel Snodgrass (Biological Sciences)

To:  Human-Computer Interaction International Conference, Las Vegas, NV, July 2005

• Aaron Allen
  
  Nation Federation of the Blind Computer User Frustration Project
• Mentor:  Dr. Jonathan Lazar (Computer and Information Sciences)

To:  Nano Science and Technology Institution Nanotechnology Conference, Anaheim, CA, May 8-12, 2005

• Adekemi Adeyinka
  
  Bio-Detection and Chemical Fingerprinting using ICP-MS Technology
• Mentors:  Dr. David Schaefer and Dr. Steve Lev (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

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Phone: 410-704-2121
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