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Round 1 Fall 2008 Undergraduate Research Award Program projects selected by the Miami University Senate Committee for Undergraduate Research.

Faculty Department	Faculty Sponsor(s)	Student Name(s)	Project Title
Architecture and Interior Design	J. E. Elliot	Michelle Kirby, Kyle Coburn, Steven Clark, Todd Spangler	Waiting Space: Collisions of Datascapes and Spare Time
Art	Sara Young	Samantha M. Doan	Project Honeybee
Botany	John Z. Kiss	Jane A. Hopkins	Analysis of Phototropism Experiments on the International Space Station
Botany	Qingshun Q. Li	Dennis Keselman	Expression of a Polyadenylation Factor AtCPSF160 in Baculoviral System
Botany	Qingshun Q Li	Diana M. Kroll	Gene Expression Analysis of CLPS5
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Stacey L Bretz	Lindsey R. Bullinger	Investigating First Year Chemistry Major Students' Ideas About Chemicals
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Michael W. Crowder	Katherine M. Bender	Investigation of the Flexible Loop of CcrA
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Michael W. Crowder	Andrew H. Herre	Zinc Homeostasis in Escherichia coli: Phenotypic Affects Under Different Stresses
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Michael W. Crowder	Lauren J. Spadafora	The Potential Role of E. coli Ribosomal Proteins in Zn(II) Storage and Transfer
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Benjamin W. Gung	Celeste N. Alverez	Study of Noncovalent Interactions Involving Sulfur-Pi Interactions
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Michael A. Kennedy	Alisha N. Jones	Determining Binding Partners of HetR from Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120 to Help Understand its Function in Heterocyst Differentation
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Michael A. Kennedy	Eshwar H. Ramadas	Finding a Biomarker for Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Michael A. Kennedy	Matthew J. Smola	Ongoing Research of Singleton Genes and Proteins in Anabaena sp. 7120
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Christopher A. Makaroff	Nicole E. Adams	Structure of Human ETHE1 Protein
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Christopher A. Makaroff	David Long	Functional Characterization of ETHE-1 Using Metabolomics
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Michael Novak	Kyoung Joo Jin	Characterizations of Compounds Generated in Photolysis of a Thiazole Ester
Educational Psychology	Aimin Wang	Jiyuan Xu	The Differences in Job Expectations Among Chinese College Students and Different Grade Level
Educational Psychology	Aimin Wang	Yang Zhou	Schoolwork Self-Perception of American Students
Educational Psychology	Aimin Wang	Song Li	The Relationship Between Age, Gender, Family Support, and Internet Addiction
Geology	Jonathan Levy	Danielle Moss	Determination of Natural Attenuation of Trichloroethene and its Degradation Products at Former Nike Site CD-78 in Oxford Ohio
History	Mary Kupeic Cayton	Caroline J. Kristoffersen	Catholic Nonviolence: Dorothy Day's Application of Religious Texts to Social Activism in the Twentieth Century
Kinesiology and Health	Mark Walsh	Jeff M. Hohl	Multi sport Training vs. Single Sport Training in Triathlon
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering	James VanKuren	Victoria Leszczak	Alternative Fuels III
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering	James VanKuren	Austin J. McCormick	Alternative Fuels III
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering	James VanKuren	Gillian T. Sayegh	Construction of Miniature Wind Turbine
Microbiology	Annette A. Bollmann	Douglas Cheek	Potenetic
Microbiology	Annette A. Bollmann	Andrew D. Ohl	Low Level Density Determination through Nucleic Acid Binding Dyes
Microbiology	Joseph M. Carlin	Jennica N. Johns	Effect of Dexamethasone and Chlamydia on Stabilization of Indoleamine Dioxygenase mRNA
Microbiology	Joseph M. Carlin	Christina J. Van Lier	Comparison and Identification of Chlamydia Trachomatis and Chlamydophila Psittaci Protein Localization to the Host Nucleus
Microbiology	Xiao-Wen Cheng	Andrew Kilianski and Weiying Wang	Creation of Novel Baculovirus Expression System Using Current Lambda-red System
Microbiology	Marcia Lee	Christine R. Barrett	Creation of Novel Baculovirus Expression System Using Current Lambda-red System
Microbiology	Marcia Lee	Sehee S. Rim	Creation of Novel Baculovirus Expression System Using Current Lambda-red System
Microbiology	Rachael Morgan-Kiss	Patrick C. Feasel	Cold Adaptation of Ribulose 1,6-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase (RubisCO) in the Model Psychrophilic Green Alga, Chlamydomonas Raudensis
Paper & Chemical Engineering	Catherine Almquist	Guy F. Litt, John Beitel, Ben Bachman, Andrew Hunter, Nicholas Barille and Dana Paugh	Wastewater Treatment Plant Model
Physics	Samir Bali	Richard V. Wagner	An Investigation of Optical Superlattices via Pump-Probe
Political Science	Gulnaz Sharafutdinova	Gretchen R. Godsel, Stephanie Harig and Neha Mehral	Bridge or Buffer
Psychology	Paul D. Flaspohler	Jennifer N. Dunn	After School Activities and Quality of Life
Psychology	Vaishali V. Raval	Stephanie Wilson	Methods of and Reasons for, Emotional Expression and Control in School-Age Children in India and the United States
Spanish and Portuguese	Eva Rodriguez-Gonzalez	Danae Abood	Overcoming Phonological Obstacles Faced by Native Spanish Speakers Learning English
Spanish and Portuguese	Eva Rodriguez-Gonzalez	Shawn P. Martin	Boosting Confidence and Comprehensibility in SLL
Teacher Education	Nazan Uludag Bautista	Kari Peters	Promoting Science and Language Arts Learning Through Integrated Approach
Western College Program	William H. Newell	Sara E. Wenger	Public Space-New Cultural Uses and Definitions in Relation to Civli Societies' Strength and Collective identity of Citizenship in the Visegard
Zoology	Phyllis Callahan	Katheleen C. McEwen	The Effect of Prolactin on Corticosterone Levels in Response to Stress
Zoology	Joyce Fernandes	Matthew E. Siefert	Using a Single Cell Label Technique to Identify Persistent Abdominal Motor Neurons
Zoology	Kathleen Killian	Lauren C. Wene	Does the Immune System Regulate the Survival of Adult Born Neurons?
Zoology	Richard E. Lee	Vanessa H. Dollo	The Effects of Indirect Chilling injury and High Temperature Pulses on ATP Levels in Flesh Flies (Sarcophago crassipalpis)
Zoology	Richard E. Lee	Sindhu N. Samba	The Effects of Membrane Composition on a Rapid Cold-Hardening Response in the Flesh Fly, Sarcophaga Crassipalpas
Zoology	Richard E. Lee	David M. Linz	The Characterization of Aquaporins in a Freeze-Tolerant Insect
Zoology	Douglas B Meikle	Zachary T. Smith	Where are Mice More Abundant in Forest Fragments?
Zoology	Douglas B Meikle	Rachel M. Whynott	The Effect of Understory Vegetation on Nest Box Utilization in Peromyscus Leucopus in Differently Sized Forest Fragments
Zoology	Michael L. Robinson	Elizabeth C. Arneman, Chad Bechtle and David DeLapp	Tyrosine Kinase Receptor Activity in Lens Development
Zoology	Paul J. Schaeffer	Maureen E. Roberts	The Effect of Exercise in Preventing Obesity and Metabolic Disease in a Mouse Model
Zoology	Jack C. Vaughn	Julianna T. Yang	Structure and Function of rnp-4f3' - UTR mRNA Isoforms during Drosophila Development