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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH GRANTS IN 2007 – 2008
- "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)
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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”
The Jess and Mildred Fisher
College of Science and Mathematics
Smith Hall, Room 312 (campus map)
Phone: 410-704-2121
Fax: 410-704-2604
E-mail: fcsm@towson.edu
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