"Heteroepitaxy of Peroskite Metal Oxides Thin Films on Silicon: The Effect of Thermal Stress"
Sanjay Adhikari
Mentor: Dr. Rajeswari Kolagani, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)
"Sediment Delivery Into the Confluence of Potomac & Shenandoah River"
Daniel Benbow
Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Filer, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)
"The Effects of White-Tailed Deer on Leaf Litter Ant Communities"
Adam Busy
Mentor: Dr. John LaPolla, (Biological Sciences)
"The Behavioral Effects of Chronically Elevated Stress Hormones"
Charles Chambers
Mentor: Dr. Jack Shepard, (Biological Sciences)
"Fluid Inclusion Analysis of Massive Anhydrite From the Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea"
Michael Cotter
Mentor: Dr. David Vanko, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)
"Investigation of the Oxidation Growth Kinetics of Doped (La0.67Ba0.33MnO3) and Undoped (LaMnO3) Perskovite Films using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) lithography"
Michael Earle and Marc Schneider
Mentor: Dr. David Schaefer, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)
"Identification of TirA-associating proteins in Dictyostelium discoideum"
Mike Elwarner, Jessica Leuschner and Leila Logue
Mentor: Michelle Snyder, (Biological Sciences)
"How are arthropod decomposer communities affected by varying deer densities?"
Daniel Ellis
Mentor: Harald Beck, (Biological Sciences)
"Identification of Novel Gene Products Involved in Bacterial Recognition by Dictyostelium discoideum"
James Foley
Mentor: Michelle Snyder, (Biological Sciences)
"Exploration and Analysis of Transition Metal Complexes: The roles of Charge, Hydrogen Bonding, and Stereochemistry on the stabilization of Z-DNA"
Bao Ha
Mentor: Dr. Richard Preisler, (Chemistry)
"Identification of the Mechanism for Chiral Modification of Calcite Morphology by Aspartic Acid Enantiomers"
Sausan M. Jaber
Mentor: Dr. Ryan Sours, (Chemistry)
"High Temperature Electronic Transport Properties of Bi 1-x (Sr 1- y Ca y)x MnO3"
Khim B. Karki
Mentors: Dr. Vera Smolyaninova, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)
"An External Morphological Investigation of the Labial Palp Organ "
Neal Karlin
Mentor: Dr. Vonnie Shields, (Biological Sciences)
"Assessing the Presence of Antimony in Storm Water Retention Basin Soils in the Red Run Watershed, Owings Mills, Maryland"
Meaghan Kimmitt
Mentor: Dr. Steven Lev, (Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences)
"Has Evolution Occurred in Ragweed in Response to Urban Environments"
Tiha Long
Mentor: Dr. Larry Wimmers, (Biological Sciences)
"Analysis of Microbial Communities Present During Post-Harvest Fermentation of Trinidadian Cocoa"
Ashley Kurzweil
Mentor: Dr. Joy Watts, (Biological Sciences)
"Sensory Coding of Stimulants and Deterrents by Gypsy Moth Larvae: SA Neuropsychological Investigation"
Timothy Martin and Khalid Srour
Mentor: Dr. Vonnie Shields, (Biological Sciences)
"Effects of Predicted Sea Level Rise on Block Island"
Vivian L. Moran
Mentor: Dr. David Vanko, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)
"Decreasing Stereotypic Behaviors in Captive Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) with the Use of a Modified Foraging Enrichment Device"
Shannon Murphy
Mentor: Dr. L. Scott Johnson, (Biological Sciences)
"Nest-site Selection by Northern Two-lined Salamanders (Eurycea bislineata)"
Schyler Nunziata, Emily Anderson and Christine Chun
Mentor: Dr. Donald Forester, (Biological Sciences)
"Investigation on Processes of Degradation of N-Methyl Carbamate Pesticides under Environmental Aquatic Conditions"
Demar R.G. Pitter
Mentor: Dr. Clare Muhoro, (Chemistry)
"A Controlled Method of Raising Blacknose Dace, Rhinichthys atratulus, in the Laboratory "
Jessie Salmon
Mentor: Dr. Joel Snodgrass, (Biological Sciences)
"Investigating the Microbial Diversity in the GI Tract of the Wood Eating Catfish"
Damian Smoot
Mentor: Dr. Joy Watts, (Biological Sciences)
"A Novel Chromatographic Approach to Select Effective Peptide Modifiers of Calcium Carbonate Crystal Growth"
Tissa J. Thomas
Mentor: Dr. Ryan Sours, (Chemistry)
"Effects of Post-Deposition Thermal Annealing on the Properties of ‘CMR Manganite’ Thin Films"
Gene VanMeter
Mentor: Dr. Rajeswari Kolagani, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)
"Grease Wipe: A Class Characteristic"
Derrek Windsor
Mentors: Dr. Ryan Sours, (Chemistry)
Dr. Dana Kollmann, (Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice)
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH TRAVEL AWARDS in 2007 – 2008
To: 9th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Tempe, Arizona, October, 2007
Jon Holman
“Developing Usable CAPTCHAs for Blind Users”
To: Society of Physics Students Zone 4 Meeting in Blacksburg, Virginia, October, 2007
Khim B. Karki
“High Temperature Resistivity Changes in This Films of Manganese Oxides”
To: Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 2007
Robert Flora and Valerie A. Schmidt
“Evaluating the role of storm water retention basins in the fate of roadway derived zinc”
To: American Astronomical Society Meeting, Austin, Texas, January 2008
Alison Bradford
“Mineral Abundance near Aristarchus Crater”
Eric King
“Cleaning Clemetine Images”
Michael Richmond
“Far Ultraviolet Outflow Properties of IZw1”
To: Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences – Young Forensic Scientists Forum , February, 2008
Jennifer Bresett
“Detection of Sperm Cells by Real Time PCR”
To: American Physical Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, April, 2008
Sanjay Adhikari
“Epitaxial Thin Film Growth of CMR Manganites on Silicon: The Effect of Thermal Stress”
Michael Earle and Marc Schneider
"Investigation of the Oxidation Growth Kinetics of Doped (La0.67Ba0.33MnO3) and Undoped (LaMnO3) Perskovite Films using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) lithography"
Khim B. Karki
“Enhancement of Photoinduced Effects in Annealed Bi1-x Cax MnO3 Thin Films”
To: American Chemical Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, April, 2008
Demar R.G. Pitter
“Mechanistic studies on the chemical fate of three N-methyl carbamate pesticides”
To: American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, Boston, MA, June, 2008
Ashley Kurzweil
“Analysis of Microbial Communities Present During Post-Harvest Fermentation of Trinidadian Cocoa”
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