Undergraduate Research Awards 2005-2006

Awarded by the Miami University Senate Committee for Undergraduate Research plus Additional Awards*

(by Student Last Name)

Student Name(s)	Faculty Sponsor(s)	Faculty Department	Project Title	Award
Majida Al-Husaam	Sally Harrison-Pepper	Interdisciplinary Studies	Discovering a Black Feminist Theatrical Dialogic: The Selves Within Myself	500
Lauren Allen	Jonathan Levy	Geology	Creating a Large-Scale Laboratory Aquifer for the Testing of New Methods to Measure the Hydraulic Conductivity of Riverbeds	600
Monique Arar	Margaret Ziolkowski	German, Russian, and East Asian Languages	St. Petersburg Conservatory: Its History and Music in Context	500
Katherine Bennington	Fofi Constantinidou	Speech Pathology and Audiology	Feature Description and Categorization of Common Objects in Children: The Effects of a Multi-Trial Paradigm	500
Melissa R. Borkon	Sian Beilock	Psychology	Stereotype Threat and Women in Test Taking	700
Rebecca Bryson	Joseph Carlin	Microbiology	Purification of Indolamine Dioxygenase by Introducing a Polyhistadine Tag in IDO	300
Rebecca Burgesss and Christopher Ruark	Christopher Makaroff	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Characterization of Chromatin Remodeling Proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana	400
Linda Checchio	Fofi Constantinidou	Speech Pathology and Audiology	Categorization Project Pre/Post Test 2 Active	491
Jonathan Cheek	Ann Rypstra	Zoology	The Effects of Prey Availability on the Wolf Spider	158
Nadine R. Chonko and Monica J. Ranly	Marcia Lee	Microbiology	Influence of Hyphal Wall Protein 1 (HWP1) upon Ability of Candida albincans to Thigmotrope	500
Jill Fritz	John Stevenson	Microbiology	The Quantification of Apoptosis in Protein-Malnourished, Weanling Mice	300
Christopher Good	Clive Getty	Art	Isamu Noguchi and Haruki Murakami: Investigating Japanese Americans' Responses to American Culture From 1960-1988	400
Christine E. Hajdin	Michael Crowder	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Probing the Role of Zn(II) in the Folding of Metallo-b-Lactamase ImiS from Aeromonas sobria	500
Alexander Hall	A. Mic Bromberg	Spanish and Portuguese	¿Que Pasa Con la Policía? or Latino Guidelines for Dealing with Police in Hamilton	500
Joshua D. Hittle, Mohit K. Gupta, and Nora E. Fritz	Kathleen Killian	Zoology	Identifying Newly Divided Cells in the Cricket Brain: Are They Neurons or Glia?	500
Jeffrey M. Hyde, Andrew R. Jacobs, and Taylor C. Phillips	James Clemens	Physics	Entanglement: Using the Quantum World to Improve Atomic Clocks	300
Ethan S. Karp	Gary Lorigan	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Studying the Integral Heart Membrane Protein Phospholamban with Nanotechnology and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance	500
Jennifer E. Kelbley	Phyllis Callahan	Zoology	The Role of Orphanin FQ/Nociceptin in Mediating Adaption to Chronic Stress	400
Nicholas F. Kotsonis	Kelly Abshire	Microbiology	Proteomic Analysis of Stationary Phase Escherichia coli with Treatment of Silver Nitrate	400
Matthew J. Kovach	Maria Gonzalez	Zoology	Dose Curve Responses of Daphnia with Different Reproductive Strategies	500
Lauren E. Land	Marcia Lee	Microbiology	Does the Presence of a Capsule Diminish Binding of Secretory IgA to Cryptococcus neoformans?	300
Colleen Lennon	Yvette Harris	Psychology	Effect of Parental Involvement and Classroom Quality on School Readiness	300
Colleen Lennon	James Smart	Psychology	Effect of Task Constraints on Long Term Coordination	160
Krystal Lockett and Jennifer Nauman	Marcia Lee	Microbiology	Detection of Synergistic Antifungal Drug Combinations Against Pathogenic Fusarium Species	400
Eva Lu	Marica Lee	Microbiology	Using Flow Cytometry to Detect Antifungal Activity of Aloe cameronii Extracts Against Burn Wound Pathogens	500
Jason Madachy	Ann Rypstra	Zoology	The Effects of Habitat Complexity, Autonomy, and Predator Cues on Foraging Success in Pardosa milvina	300
Kristin Manson and Megan Miller	Susan Hoffman	Zoology	Is There a Lack of Interbreeding between Two Nearby Populations of Northern Deer Mice, Peromyscus maniculatus gracilis? Implications for Conservation	300
Kathleen Mishler	Joseph Carlin	Microbiology	Increased mRNA Stability in Dexamethasone Enhanced Indoleamine2,3-Dioxygenase Activity	300
David Mitchell	John Forren	Poltical Science	Defending the Rights of the Child: Lawyers, Legal Strategies, and the Political Dynamics of Reform	700
Jeremy Moore	Ann Rypstra	Zoology	The Influence of Courtship Experience on Mating Success and Mate Choice in the Cellar Spider Pholcus phalangioides	408
Clifford Moore	Richard Lee	Zoology	Chilling Injury and Rapid Cold-Hardening: The Role of Apoptosis	400
Scott Naples, Jacob Gunzenhaeuser, and Nicholas Maull	Kathleen Killian	Zoology	Using c-Fos to Trace Neuronal Pathways Activated Following Electrical Stimulation of the Antenna of the Cricket	300
Justin Newstadt	Gary Lorigan	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Characterization of Unique Lipid Bilayers Supported in Nanotube Arrays through 2H and 31P Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	500
Elizabeth Peterson and Lindsey Rasmussen	Phyllis Callahan	Zoology	Role of Orphanin FQ/Nociceptin in Maternal Behavior and Offspring Survival	450
Nicole Petrochuk	David Wilson	Zoology	The Effects of N-Omega-Nitro-L-Arginine Methyl Ester (L-NAME), an NO Synthase antagonist, on Neurotransmitter Release at the Rat Neuromuscular Junction	400
Jonathan Pliske	Mark McPhail	Interdisciplinary Studies	The Photographic Retro: The Role of Alternative Photographic Processes in Creating a Neo-Pictorialist Aesthetic	400
Grant Reed	David Wilson	Zoology	Combined Effects of Nitric Oxide Donor Sodium Nitroprusside and Guanylyl Cyclase Inhibitor NS-2028 on Transmitter Release at the Neuromuscular Junction	400
Nichole Scaglione	Rose Marie Ward	Psychology	Perceived Parenting Styles and Their Effects on Transitioning into College	288
Stacey Schrand	Ellen Price	Art	Investigation of Korean Art through a Series of Creative Prints	200
Craig Seaborn	Xiao-Wen Cheng	Microbiology	Test of the Function of SV40 Polyadenylation Signal in the Baculovirus Expression System	500
Christopher Shoemaker	Luis Actis	Microbiology	Global Analysis of Genetic Factors in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Affected by Hydroxyapatite and Anaerobic Growth Conditions	400
Lena Stack and Holly Tegeder	Fofi Constantinidou	Speech Pathology and Audiology	A Comparison in the Difficulty Level of Four Probes within the Categorization Program	600
Russell Stitzlein	Joseph Carlin	Microbiology	Cytokine Induction of Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO)	400
Stephen Strock and Kristen White	Jack Vaughn	Zoology	Development of a General Model for the Role of Intron O Splicing in Control of Drosophila RNP-4F Synthesis	400
Stacy Sugarbaker	Michael Crowder	Chemistry	Characterization of Potential Zinc Metallochaperone Proteins in E.coli	500
Nicholas Teets	Richard Lee	Zoology	Role of Calcium in the Rapid Cold-Hardening (RCH) Response in Insects	567
Cornelius Thiels	Zachary Birchmeier	Psychology	Analyzing People's Opinions on Adult Stem Cell Research	364
Andrea Vigil	Joyce Fernandes	Zoology	The Role of Hedgehog Signaling in Drosophila Muscle Development	500
Kelly Vonder Haar	Ann Hagerman	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Biochemical Response to Acute Oxidative Stress	400
Anne vonKoschembahr	Susan Barnum	Botany	Analyzing the nifk Gene in Unicellular Cyanobacteria to Help Determine the Evolutionary History of Nitrogen Fixation	300
Douglas Voris	Ann Rypstra	Zoology	Morphology and Life History Affect Precopulatory Behavior in a Wolf Spider	300
Adam Welch	Kathleen Killian	Zoology	Are Hair Plates Responsible for Cercal Sensory Feedback in the Cricket, Acheta domesticus?	400
Bradley White	T. Anthony Choi	Electrical and Computer Engineering	Semi-Autonomous Hybrid Flying Robot Sentry (SH FlyR)	500
Sarah Wieman	Christopher Wellin	Sociology and Gerontology	Uncovering the Complexities, Breaking the Stereotypes, and Showing the Important Role Senior Citizens Have in Our Society Through Photo Documentation	530
Kristen Zehringer	Kathleen Killian	Zoology	Functional Mapping of Intersegmental Interneurons in the Cricket Central Nervous System	300
Natasha Zumberger	Jack Vaughn	Zoology	The Role of an rnp-4f mRNA Isoform in the Developing Drosophila CNS	400

(by Faculty Department)

Faculty Department	Faculty Sponsor(s)	Student Name(s)	Project Title	Award
Art	Clive Getty	Christopher Good	Isamu Noguchi and Haruki Murakami: Investigating Japanese Americans' Responses to American Culture From 1960-1988	400
Art	Ellen Price	Stacey Schrand	Investigation of Korean Art through a Series of Creative Prints	200
Botany	Susan Barnum	Anne vonKoschembahr	Analyzing the nifk Gene in Unicellular Cyanobacteria to Help Determine the Evolutionary History of Nitrogen Fixation	300
Chemistry	Michael Crowder	Stacy Sugarbaker	Characterization of Potential Zinc Metallochaperone Proteins in E.coli	500
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Ann Hagerman	Kelly Vonder Haar	Biochemical Response to Acute Oxidative Stress	400
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Christopher Makaroff	Rebecca Burgesss and Christopher Ruark	Characterization of Chromatin Remodeling Proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana	400
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Gary Lorigan	Ethan S. Karp	Studying the Integral Heart Membrane Protein Phospholamban with Nanotechnology and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance	500
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Gary Lorigan	Justin Newstadt	Characterization of Unique Lipid Bilayers Supported in Nanotube Arrays through 2H and 31P Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	500
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Michael Crowder	Christine E. Hajdin	Probing the Role of Zn(II) in the Folding of Metallo-b-Lactamase ImiS from Aeromonas sobria	500
Electrical and Computer Engineering	T. Anthony Choi	Bradley White	Semi-Autonomous Hybrid Flying Robot Sentry (SH FlyR)	500
Geology	Jonathan Levy	Lauren Allen	Creating a Large-Scale Laboratory Aquifer for the Testing of New Methods to Measure the Hydraulic Conductivity of Riverbeds	600
German, Russian, and East Asian Languages	Margaret Ziolkowski	Monique Arar	St. Petersburg Conservatory: Its History and Music in Context	500
Interdisciplinary Studies	Mark McPhail	Jonathan Pliske	The Photographic Retro: The Role of Alternative Photographic Processes in Creating a Neo-Pictorialist Aesthetic	400
Interdisciplinary Studies	Sally Harrison-Pepper	Majida Al-Husaam	Discovering a Black Feminist Theatrical Dialogic: The Selves Within Myself	500
Microbiology	John Stevenson	Jill Fritz	The Quantification of Apoptosis in Protein-Malnourished, Weanling Mice	300
Microbiology	Joseph Carlin	Russell Stitzlein	Cytokine Induction of Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO)	400
Microbiology	Joseph Carlin	Kathleen Mishler	Increased mRNA Stability in Dexamethasone Enhanced Indoleamine2,3-Dioxygenase Activity	300
Microbiology	Joseph Carlin	Rebecca Bryson	Purification of Indolamine Dioxygenase by Introducing a Polyhistadine Tag in IDO	300
Microbiology	Kelly Abshire	Nicholas F. Kotsonis	Proteomic Analysis of Stationary Phase Escherichia coli with Treatment of Silver Nitrate	400
Microbiology	Luis Actis	Christopher Shoemaker	Global Analysis of Genetic Factors in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Affected by Hydroxyapatite and Anaerobic Growth Conditions	400
Microbiology	Marcia Lee	Lauren E. Land	Does the Presence of a Capsule Diminish Binding of Secretory IgA to Cryptococcus neoformans?	300
Microbiology	Marcia Lee	Krystal Lockett and Jennifer Nauman	Detection of Synergistic Antifungal Drug Combinations Against Pathogenic Fusarium Species	400
Microbiology	Marcia Lee	Nadine R. Chonko and Monica J. Ranly	Influence of Hyphal Wall Protein 1 (HWP1) upon Ability of Candida albincans to Thigmotrope	500
Microbiology	Marica Lee	Eva Lu	Using Flow Cytometry to Detect Antifungal Activity of Aloe cameronii Extracts Against Burn Wound Pathogens	500
Microbiology	Xiao-Wen Cheng	Craig Seaborn	Test of the Function of SV40 Polyadenylation Signal in the Baculovirus Expression System	500
Physics	James Clemens	Jeffrey M. Hyde, Andrew R. Jacobs, and Taylor C. Phillips	Entanglement: Using the Quantum World to Improve Atomic Clocks	300
Poltical Science	John Forren	David Mitchell	Defending the Rights of the Child: Lawyers, Legal Strategies, and the Political Dynamics of Reform	700
Psychology	James Smart	Colleen Lennon	Effect of Task Constraints on Long Term Coordination	160
Psychology	Rose Marie Ward	Nichole Scaglione	Perceived Parenting Styles and Their Effects on Transitioning into College	288
Psychology	Sian Beilock	Melissa R. Borkon	Stereotype Threat and Women in Test Taking	700
Psychology	Yvette Harris	Colleen Lennon	Effect of Parental Involvement and Classroom Quality on School Readiness	300
Psychology	Zachary Birchmeier	Cornelius Thiels	Analyzing People's Opinions on Adult Stem Cell Research	364
Sociology and Gerontology	Christopher Wellin	Sarah Wieman	Uncovering the Complexities, Breaking the Stereotypes, and Showing the Important Role Senior Citizens Have in Our Society Through Photo Documentation	530
Spanish and Portuguese	A. Mic Bromberg	Alexander Hall	¿Que Pasa Con la Policía? or Latino Guidelines for Dealing with Police in Hamilton	500
Speech Pathology and Audiology	Fofi Constantinidou	Linda Checchio	Categorization Project Pre/Post Test 2 Active	491
Speech Pathology and Audiology	Fofi Constantinidou	Lena Stack and Holly Tegeder	A Comparison in the Difficulty Level of Four Probes within the Categorization Program	600
Speech Pathology and Audiology	Fofi Constantinidou	Katherine Bennington	Feature Description and Categorization of Common Objects in Children: The Effects of a Multi-Trial Paradigm	500
Zoology	Ann Rypstra	Jason Madachy	The Effects of Habitat Complexity, Autonomy, and Predator Cues on Foraging Success in Pardosa milvina	300
Zoology	Ann Rypstra	Jonathan Cheek	The Effects of Prey Availability on the Wolf Spider	158
Zoology	Ann Rypstra	Douglas Voris	Morphology and Life History Affect Precopulatory Behavior in a Wolf Spider	300
Zoology	Ann Rypstra	Jeremy Moore	The Influence of Courtship Experience on Mating Success and Mate Choice in the Cellar Spider Pholcus phalangioides	408
Zoology	David Wilson	Grant Reed	Combined Effects of Nitric Oxide Donor Sodium Nitroprusside and Guanylyl Cyclase Inhibitor NS-2028 on Transmitter Release at the Neuromuscular Junction	400
Zoology	David Wilson	Nicole Petrochuk	The Effects of N-Omega-Nitro-L-Arginine Methyl Ester (L-NAME), an NO Synthase antagonist, on Neurotransmitter Release at the Rat Neuromuscular Junction	400
Zoology	Jack Vaughn	Stephen Strock and Kristen White	Development of a General Model for the Role of Intron O Splicing in Control of Drosophila RNP-4F Synthesis	400
Zoology	Jack Vaughn	Natasha Zumberger	The Role of an rnp-4f mRNA Isoform in the Developing Drosophila CNS	400
Zoology	Joyce Fernandes	Andrea Vigil	The Role of Hedgehog Signaling in Drosophila Muscle Development	500
Zoology	Kathleen Killian	Scott Naples, Jacob Gunzenhaeuser, and Nicholas Maull	Using c-Fos to Trace Neuronal Pathways Activated Following Electrical Stimulation of the Antenna of the Cricket	300
Zoology	Kathleen Killian	Joshua D. Hittle, Mohit K. Gupta, and Nora E. Fritz	Identifying Newly Divided Cells in the Cricket Brain: Are They Neurons or Glia?	500
Zoology	Kathleen Killian	Adam Welch	Are Hair Plates Responsible for Cercal Sensory Feedback in the Cricket, Acheta domesticus?	400
Zoology	Kathleen Killian	Kristen Zehringer	Functional Mapping of Intersegmental Interneurons in the Cricket Central Nervous System	300
Zoology	Maria Gonzalez	Matthew J. Kovach	Dose Curve Responses of Daphnia with Different Reproductive Strategies	500
Zoology	Phyllis Callahan	Elizabeth Peterson and Lindsey Rasmussen	Role of Orphanin FQ/Nociceptin in Maternal Behavior and Offspring Survival	450
Zoology	Phyllis Callahan	Jennifer E. Kelbley	The Role of Orphanin FQ/Nociceptin in Mediating Adaption to Chronic Stress	400
Zoology	Richard Lee	Clifford Moore	Chilling Injury and Rapid Cold-Hardening: The Role of Apoptosis	400
Zoology	Richard Lee	Nicholas Teets	Role of Calcium in the Rapid Cold-Hardening (RCH) Response in Insects	567
Zoology	Susan Hoffman	Kristin Manson and Megan Miller	Is There a Lack of Interbreeding between Two Nearby Populations of Northern Deer Mice, Peromyscus maniculatus gracilis? Implications for Conservation	300

*ADDITIONAL AWARDS for Academic Year 2005-2006 included:

Crannell Grants (with grants selected by the Department of Psychology)
Fisher Awards (with awards selected by the Department of Microbiology)
Maher Grants (with grants selected by the Department of Political Science or the Department of Zoology)