"Homeland Security: Chlorine Transportation Optimization for the Chemical Security Analysis Center"
Jonathan Howe
Derek Morgan
Patrick O'Neill
Michael Orlitzky
Solomon Stein
Samantha Stevenson
Alana Thompson
Mentors: Dr. Sergiy Borodachov and Dr. Alexei Kolosnikov, (Mathematics)
"The Effect of Deterrents on Gypsy Moth Food Consumption: A Behavioral Investigation"
Nnenna Aginam
Jillian Sanford
Mentor: Dr. Vonnie Shields, (Biological Sciences)
"Detection of Misidentified Plants in the International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad"
James Bardsley, III
Mentors: Dr. Roland Roberts and Dr. Larry Wimmers, (Biological Sciences)
"Isolation and Identification of Termite Fungal Pathogens "
Roxann Cavey
Mentor: Dr. Mark Bulmer, (Biological Sciences)
"Micro-Raman Spectroscopy and AFM Studies of Atomically-Thin Graphite"
John Hasslinger
Kevin Mead
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Simpson, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)
"000100100 Questions"
Michael Matthews
Mentor: Dr. Darush Davani, (Computer & Information Sciences)
"Sensitivity of B-to-Z- DNA Transition to Macromolecular Crowding"
Crista Nguemeta
Mentor: Dr. Richard Preisler, (Chemistry)
"Phylogepgraphy of Arabidopsis Lyrata ssp. Lyrata Inferred from the Distribution of G3pdh Haplotypes among Populations in the Eastern United States"
Abdulafeez Oluyadi
Mentor: Dr. Roland Roberts, (Biological Sciences)
"Development of Chiral Azaferrocenes"
Benjamin Roembke
Mentor: Dr. Timothy Brunker, (Chemistry)
"Do Mammals Utilize Storm Water Retention Ponds as a Surrogate for Natural Wetlands?"
David Satterfield
Mentor: Dr. Harald Beck, (Biological Sciences)
"Identification of Peptides which Effectively Modify Calcite Crystal Growth"
Stephanie Stanley
Mentor: Dr. Ryan Sours, (Chemistry)
"Evaluating Water Chemistry in Rural and Urban Watersheds on Trace Metal Uptake in Black Nose Dace Otoliths"
Elluz Chong Qui
Mentor: Dr. Steven Lev, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)
"Effect of Susbtrate and Thickness Variation in the Properties of Rare Earth Manganese Oxide Thin Films Used for Infrared Detectors"
Gilles Dongmo-Momo
Dou Dou Qian
Mentor: Dr. Rajeswari Kolagani, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)
"Autonomous Helicopter Software"
Lynn Durholz
Josh Giltinan
Logan Scheel
Mentor: Dr. Darush Davani, (Computer and Information Sciences)
"Assessing the Influence of Road Salting Techniques on Surface Water Chemistry in the Red Run Watershed, Maryland"
Kristen Lazzeri
Mentor: Dr. Steven Lev, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)
"The Effect of the Conformational Flexibility between Monodentate Ligand and Bidentate Ligand in B-to-Z-DNA Transition: Role of Hydration"
Crista Tiyouh Nguemeta
Mentor: Dr. Richard Preisler, (Chemistry)
"Investigating the Impact of Caffeine on Sucrose Self-Administration in Rats"
Edward Retzbach
Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Vaidya, (Biological Sciences)
"Identification of the Function and Mechanism of Autophagy in Dictyostelium discoideum"
Lauren Winter
Mentor: Dr. Michelle Snyder, (Biological Sciences)
"Investigating the Impact of Short-term and Chronic Caffeine Effects on Anxiety"
Whitney Marie Wolfgang
Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Vaidya, (Biological Sciences)
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH TRAVEL AWARDS in 2009 – 2010
To: Joint Meeting of Icthyologists and Herpetologists 2009, Portland, Oregon, July, 2009
Jennifer Rollins
“Growth of Juvenile Blacknose Dace (Rhinicthys atratulus) Along an Urban to Rural Gradient”
Mentor: Dr. Joel Snodgrass (Biological Sciences)
To: 238th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August, 2009
Krista Taylor
“Synthesis of Chiral Mulitdentate Aminosulfoxide Ligands and Investigation of Their Coordination Properties”
Mentor: Dr. Timothy J. Brunker (Chemistry)
To: 23rd Annual Gibbs Conference in Biothermodynamics, Carbondale, Illinois, October, 2009
Amy Smith
“Effect of electrostatics on the conformation and binding properties of TAR RNA”
Mentor: Dr. Ana Maria Soto (Chemistry)
To: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 2009
Richard Vreeland
“Investigating the Effects of Road Salt on Trace Metals in Storm Water Retention Ponds”
Mentor: Dr. Ryan Casey (Chemistry)
Kristin Lazzeri
“Assessing the Mobility of Brake Pad -Derived Copper in an Urban Soil”
Mentor: Dr. Steven Lev (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)
To: MAA-AMS Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Francisco, California, January, 2010
Jonathan Graf
“What Moves You: Using Legs for Vehicular Transportation”
Mentor: Dr. James Sochacki (Mathematics - James Madison University - REU)
To: Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Asheville, North Carolina, April, 2010
James S. Bardsley, III
“Detection of Misidentified Plants in the International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad”
Mentor: Dr. Larry Wimmers (Biological Sciences)
To: American Chemical Society Regional Meeting, Wilmington, Delaware, April 2010
Kelechi Chikeka
Phuong Ha
“Synthesis and Characterization of Spiropyran Polymers”
Mentor: Dr. Shannon Stitzel (Chemistry)
Crista Tiyouh Nguemeta
“Effects of Osmotic Stress and Macromolecular Crowding on the B-to-Z Transition in DNA”
Mentor: Dr. Richard Preisler (Chemistry)
Benjamin Roembke
“Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity of an Azaferrocene-Borane Sandwich Complex”
Mentor: Dr. Timothy Brunker (Chemistry)
Krista Taylor
“Synthesis of a Ruthenium Complex of a Chiral Tetradentata Aminosulfoxide Ligand”
Mentor: Dr. Timothy Brunker (Chemistry)
Kaitlyn Grosso
“Determination of Hydrogen Peroxide Concentration in Dental Bleaching Gel”
Mentor: Dr. Ryan Sours (Chemistry)
Stephanie Stanley
“Systematic Investigation of Phage Elution from Calcite Crystal Surfaces”
Mentor: Dr. Ryan Sours (Chemistry)
To: MD-DC-VA Section of the Mathematical Association of America Regional Meeting, Petersburg, Virginia, April 2010
Dennis Howell
Sara Miller
Patrick O'Neill
“Silence of the Lambda's: A Geographical Model of Criminal Behavior”
Mentor: Dr. Alexei Kolesnikov (Mathematics)
The Jess and Mildred Fisher
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