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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH GRANTS IN 2006 – 2007


"Calibration of Magnetic Force Between Atomic Force Microscope Tip and Titanium Current Nano-Ring "
  • Sanjay Adhikari and Carey Baxter
  • Mentor:  Dr. David Schaefer, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

"Examination of the Properties of CMR Thin Films under Different Deposition Properties of the Development Manganite Sensors "
  • Sanjay Adhikari and Katie Walker
  • Mentors:  Dr. Raj Kolagani and Dr. Grace Young, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

"Characterization of Dictyostelium discoideum Acyloxaycl Hydrolase Gene "
  • Daniel Cassily and Dave Samaroo
  • Mentor:  Dr. Michelle Snyder, (Biological Sciences)

"Study of I-V Characteristics in La0.7-yPryCa0.3MnO3 Thin Films "
  • Anthony Davidson, III
  • Mentor:  Dr. Raj Kolagani, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

"Enzymes of Energy Supply and Spring Swimming Performance of Blacknose Dace (Rhinichthys atratulus) at Two Levels of Training "
  • Alex Fishman
  • Mentor:  Dr. Jay Nelson, (Biological Sciences)

"Measuring the Flux of Roadway Derived Metals in the Red Run Watershed, Owings Mills, Maryland "
  • Robert Flora
  • Mentor: Dr. Stephen Lev, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

"Analysis and Characterization of a Novel Arabidopsis thaliana N-Methyltransferase "
  • Kathleen Ketchum
  • Mentors:  Dr. Cynthia Bolognese, (Chemistry)

"Determination of the Rate of Guanosine from a Silicone Implant "
  • Rachel Stephens-Kuester
  • Mentor:  Dr. Barry Margulies, (Biological Sciences)

"Population Structure of Solidago sempevirens: An Obligate Halophyte Distributed Along the Chesapeake Bay "
  • Wanda Massey
  • Mentor:  Dr. Roland Roberts, (Biological Sciences)

"Genetic Diversity of terrestrial Snail, Ventridens ligera, Populations of Plummers Island "
  • Rebecca McConnell
  • Mentor:  Dr. Colleen Sinclair, (Biological Sciences)

"Characterization of Dictyostelium discoideum Receptor/Lys M Domain-Containg Protein "
  • Uju Nnameka
  • Mentor:  Dr. Michelle Snyder, (Biological Sciences)

"Investigating Vulnerabilities of Bluetooth Technologies "
  • Michael J. Orr
  • Mentor:  Dr. Goran Trajkovski, (Computer and Information Sciences)

"Processing of Gustatory Information by Taste Organs in Gypsy Moth Larvae: An Electrophysiological Study "
  • Nick Rich
  • Mentor:   Dr. Vonnie Shields, (Biological Sciences)

"Sensory Complement Belt "
  • Julius Schlosburg
  • Mentor:  Dr. Goran Trajkovski, (Computer and Information Sciences)

"Catalytic Hydroboration of Vinyphosphines as a Route to Phosphany(organyl)boranes "
  • Sonia Thangavelu
  • Mentor:  Dr. Clare Muhoro, (Chemistry)

"A New method to Treat Herpesvirus Infections "
  • Rachel Zinsou
  • Mentor:  Dr. Barry Margulies, (Biological Sciences)
 

 

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH TRAVEL AWARDS in 2006 – 2007


To:  American Astronomical Society Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 2007
  • Amanda Fay Haapala
    Quasar Environments in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
  • Colleen McIntosh
    Quantification of Quasar Environments via Absorption Spectra

To:  American Society for Microbiology, Toronto, Canada, May 2007
  • Ashley Kurzweil
    Molecular Analysis of Anaerobic Microbial Communities Associated with PCB Dechlorination in Elizabeth River Sediments

To:  Association of Southeastern Biologists, Columbia, South Carolina, April 2007
  • Pierre Dazé
    Unraveling Evolutional Relationships Within Subtribe Solidagininae: Two Genomes, Multiple Genes, Phylogenetic Signal, and Incongruence

To:  Fourth North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico, October 2006
  • Jessica Brubaker
    Paternal Care in the Mountain Bluebird: Are Higher-Elevation Males Better Fathers?

To: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 2006
  • Robert Flora
    Geochemical Investigation of Sediments Derived From the Acadian Hinterland of the Devonian Appalachian Basin
  • Steven Wicker
    Geochemical Investigation of Sediments Derived From the Acadian Hinterland of the Devonian Appalachian Basin

To: 34th Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society Binghamton, New York, October 2006
  • Sonia Thangavelu
    Catalytic Hydroboration of Vinylphosphines as a Route to Phosphanyl (organyl) boranes

To: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, November 2006
  • Marjorie Wright
    Biofilm vs. Sediment: Relative Contributions to Accumulation of Trace Elements in Rana sylvatica larvae


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