Undergraduate Research Awards 1995 -1996

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

(by Student Last Name)

Student(s)	Faculty Sponsor(s)	Faculty Department	Project Title	General Award	Special Award*
Robert G. Ahern	Thomas O. Crist	Zoology	Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Ground Beetle Populations	225	-
Diane Andis	Marcia Lee	Microbiology	Effect of Anaerobic Incubation Upon Ice Nucleating Activity of Insect-Origin Enterobacter taylorae and Enterdoacter agglomerans in vitro	446	-
Lisa Barker	Donald Cox	Microbiology	The Effects of Wild-Type and Mutant Reoviruses on Normal and Transformed Human Cells	400	-
Paul M. Barr	David F. Wilson	Zoology	Impact of an Adenosine Antagonist on Neurotransmitter Release	400	-
Bryan Becke, Roger Johnso, Tiffany Norman	Allan Springer	Paper Science and Engineering	Thermal Buffering Eco-Blocks	400	-
Chad M. Boettcher	Christopher A. Myers	Interdisciplinary Studies	The Sustainable Development of Geonoma epetiolata: A Method to Monitor the Stained-Glass Window Palm	400	-
Michael P. Brady	David Berg	Zoology	Affect of Food Levels on the Amounts of Lipids in Burrowing Mayflies (Hexagenia)	650	-
Karl Brenkert	Thomas O. Crist	Zoology	Ecological Adaptations of Hermatypic Corals to Light	628	-
Kristin R. Brieschke	Lori G. Isaacson	Zoology	Electron Microscopic Analysis of Perivascular Axons in the Male Rat Following Nerve Growth Factor Infusion	508	-
Megan Carberry	Susan Ewing	Art	Professional Training and Development in the Holloware Process	400	-
Ryan Day	Margaret Wright	Psychology	The Psychophysiological Effects of Smokeless Tobacco Use	600	-
Michael A. Domet, Christine Webb	David F. Wilson	Zoology	Impact of a Nicotinic Agonist on Neurotransmitter Release	500	-
Suzanne L. Downey	Susan Barnum	Botany	Characterization of Isolated B-tubulin Clones from Carrot (Daucus carota)	400	-
Christian M. Graham	Alan Cady	Zoology	Sub-Lethal Effects of Malathion on Juvenile Stages of Argiope aurantia	239	-
Cheryl L. Green	John R. Stevenson	Microbiology	The Effects of Protein Deficiency on Thymic NKT Cells	600	-
Catherine A. Greenwell	Diana Spillman	Physical Education, Health, and Sports Studies	Diet Based Etiology of Glaucoma and Its Further Interrelationships	800	-
Mary M. Guisinger	John Z. Kiss	Botany	Gravitropic Response in Arabidopsis Seedlings in Space Flight Hardware	400	-
Matthew J. Hammer	Jonathan Levy	Geology	Groundwater/Surface Water Interactions Between Four Mile Creek and the Four Mile Creek Aquifer	400	-
Kevin R. Hanz	Thomas L. Riechel	Chemistry	Vanadium Complexes in Room Temperature Molten Salts	600	-
Stephen Hersey	Phyllis A. Callahan	Zoology	Effects of Anterior Pituitary Tissue Preparation on the LH Secretory Response to LHRH Using a Perfusion System	400	-
Melissa Houlette	Beth Dietz Uhler	Psychology	The Role of Social Support in Moderating Stress Outcomes Resulting from One's Sex and Academic Major	-	595
Greg Hubbard	Jack C. Vaughn	Zoology	Molecular Characterization of Two Different Sized mRNAs Encoded by One Drosophila 4f-rnp Gene	467	-
Christopher A. Iannotti	David G. Pennock	Zoology	Cloning and Sequencing of Tetrahymena Dynein Heavy Chain Gene Family Members	400	250
Steven D. Irvin	J. K. Bhattacharjee	Microbiology	In Vitro Complementation of Baker's Yeast Mutants lys4 and lys15	506	-
Annissa F. Jabarin	John F. Sebastian	Chemistry	The Effects of Structure on the Reactivity of Substrates of Carboxypeptidase A	269	-
Matthew P. Jaycox	Jack C. Vaughn	Zoology	Evaluation of the De Novo RNA Editing Machinery Hypothesis for Plant Mitochondrial Mutational Correction	400	-
Richard A. Kapitan Richard M. Wiet	Kathleen Killian	Zoology	The Effect of Receptor Size, Age, and Neuronal Electrical Activity on the Anatomy of Sensory Neurons in the Central Nervous System of the Cricket, Acheta domesticus	205	250
Sarah Karpanty	David D. Osborne	Zoology	The Effects of Water Level Management and Investigator Disturbance on Avian Nest Predation in a Lake Erie Marsh	600	400
Tammy Leis	Gae Kovalick	Zoology	Characterization of Agr Gene Sequence in Insects other than Drosophila melanogaster	500	-
Ana M. Lopez	Susan R. Ewing	Art	Copper Casting as a Studio Media	600	-
Tamara L. Messier	Joseph M. Carlin	Microbiology	Effect of Transforming Growth Factor-Beta on Inhibition of C. psittaci	600	-
Melanie Peterson	Linda Marchant	Sociology and Anthropology	Differences in the Frequencies of Interactive and Abnormal Behavior of Five Captive Bonobos (Pan paniscus) in Two Exhibit Settings at the Cincinnati Zoo	775	-
Julie Pfeiffer	Gary R. Janssen	Microbiology	Translation Mechanisms for Leaderless mRNA in Escherichia coli	600	-
Judy J. Picconatto	Michael Pechan	Physics	Investigations of Interlayer Coupling in Co/Mo Tri-layers Using a Vibrating Sample Magnetometer	570	-
Jonathan R. Rayner	Herbert Jaeger	Physics	Perturbed Angular Correlation Studies of Dicalcium Silicate	400	-
Adam T. Schaefer	Gae Kovalick	Zoology	Characterizing the Expression of Agr RNA in Hemocytes of Drosophila melanogaster	494	-
William S. Shahin	Robert H. Findlay	Microbiology	The Effects of Sludge Fertilizer on Microbial Community Structure and Biomass	797	-
Kelly S. Short	Sheldon Guttman	Zoology	Effects of Contaminants on the Allozyme Structure of Red Clover, Trifolium pratense	600	250
Craig A. Sylvester	Scott Johnston Gene Willeke	Architecture Institute of Environmental Sciences	The Community Solar Waste Purification System: A Solution to Unsanitary Water Problems in Communities of Developing Countries	800	-
Rebecca L. Weise	James Janik Phyllis A. Callahan	Zoology	Immunoneutralization of the Endogenous Opiate Met-Enkephalin	350	-
Anne R. Zilles	Marcia Lee	Microbiology	in Vitro and in Situ Ice Nucleating Activity Among the Gut Normal Flora of Field-Collected Diapausing Colorado Potato Beetles	695	-

(by Faculty Department)

Faculty Department	Faculty Sponsor(s)	Student(s)	Project Title	General Award	Special Award*
Architecture and Institute of Environmental Sciences	Scott Johnston, Gene Willeke	Craig A. Sylvester	The Community Solar Waste Purification System: A Solution to Unsanitary Water Problems in Communities of Developing Countries	800	-
Art	Susan R. Ewing	Megan Carberry	Professional Training and Development in the Holloware Process	400	-
Art	Susan R. Ewing	Ana M. Lopez	Copper Casting as a Studio Media	600	-
Botany	Susan Barnum	Suzanne L. Downey	Characterization of Isolated B-tubulin Clones from Carrot (Daucus carota)	400	-
Botany	John Z. Kiss	Mary M. Guisinger	Gravitropic Response in Arabidopsis Seedlings in Space Flight Hardware	400	-
Chemistry	Thomas L. Riechel	Kevin R. Hanz	Vanadium Complexes in Room Temperature Molten Salts	600	-
Chemistry	John F. Sebastian	Annissa F. Jabarin	The Effects of Structure on the Reactivity of Substrates of Carboxypeptidase A	269	-
Geology	Jonathan Levy	Matthew J. Hammer	Groundwater/Surface Water Interactions Between Four Mile Creek and the Four Mile Creek Aquifer	400	-
Interdisciplinary Studies	Christopher A. Myers	Chad M. Boettcher	The Sustainable Development of Geonoma epetiolata: A Method to Monitor the Stained-Glass Window Palm	400	-
Microbiology	J. K. Bhattacharjee	Steven D. Irvin	In Vitro Complementation of Baker's Yeast Mutants lys4 and lys15	506	-
Microbiology	Joseph M. Carlin	Tamara L. Messier	Effect of Transforming Growth Factor-Beta on Inhibition of C. psittaci	600	-
Microbiology	Donald Cox	Lisa Barker	The Effects of Wild-Type and Mutant Reoviruses on Normal and Transformed Human Cells	400	-
Microbiology	Robert H. Findlay	William S. Shahin	The Effects of Sludge Fertilizer on Microbial Community Structure and Biomass	797	-
Microbiology	Gary R. Janssen	Julie Pfeiffer	Translation Mechanisms for Leaderless mRNA in Escherichia coli	600	-
Microbiology	Marcia Lee	Diane Andis	Effect of Anaerobic Incubation Upon Ice Nucleating Activity of Insect-Origin Enterobacter taylorae and Enterdoacter agglomerans in vitro	446	-
Microbiology	Marcia Lee	Anne R. Zilles	in Vitro and in Situ Ice Nucleating Activity Among the Gut Normal Flora of Field-Collected Diapausing Colorado Potato Beetles	695	-
Microbiology	John R. Stevenson	Cheryl L. Green	The Effects of Protein Deficiency on Thymic NKT Cells	600	-
Paper Science and Engineering	Allan Springer	Bryan Becker, Roger Johnson, Tiffany Norman	Thermal Buffering Eco-Blocks	400	-
Physical Education, Health, and Sports Studies	Diana Spillman	Catherine A. Greenwell	Diet Based Etiology of Glaucoma and Its Further Interrelationships	800	-
Physics	Herbert Jaeger	Jonathan R. Rayner	Perturbed Angular Correlation Studies of Dicalcium Silicate	400	-
Physics	Michael Pechan	Judy J. Picconatto	Investigations of Interlayer Coupling in Co/Mo Tri-layers Using a Vibrating Sample Magnetometer	570	-
Psychology	Beth Dietz Uhler	Melissa Houlette	The Role of Social Support in Moderating Stress Outcomes Resulting from One's Sex and Academic Major	-	595
Psychology	Margaret Wright	Ryan Day	The Psychophysiological Effects of Smokeless Tobacco Use	600	-
Sociology and Anthropology	Linda Marchant	Melanie Peterson	Differences in the Frequencies of Interactive and Abnormal Behavior of Five Captive Bonobos (Pan paniscus) in Two Exhibit Settings at the Cincinnati Zoo	775	-
Zoology	David Berg	Michael P. Brady	Affect of Food Levels on the Amounts of Lipids in Burrowing Mayflies (Hexagenia)	650	-
Zoology	Alan Cady	Christian M. Graham	Sub-Lethal Effects of Malathion on Juvenile Stages of Argiope aurantia	239	-
Zoology	Phyllis A. Callahan	Stephen Hersey	Effects of Anterior Pituitary Tissue Preparation on the LH Secretory Response to LHRH Using a Perfusion System	400	-
Zoology	Thomas O. Crist	Robert G. Ahern	Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Ground Beetle Populations	225	-
Zoology	Thomas O. Crist	Karl Brenkert	Ecological Adaptations of Hermatypic Corals to Light	628	-
Zoology	Sheldon Guttman	Kelly S. Short	Effects of Contaminants on the Allozyme Structure of Red Clover, Trifolium pratense	600	250
Zoology	Lori G. Isaacson	Kristin R. Brieschke	Electron Microscopic Analysis of Perivascular Axons in the Male Rat Following Nerve Growth Factor Infusion	508	-
Zoology	James Janik, Phyllis A. Callahan	Rebecca L. Weise	Immunoneutralization of the Endogenous Opiate Met-Enkephalin	350	-
Zoology	Kathleen Killian	Richard A. Kapitan, Richard M. Wiet	The Effect of Receptor Size, Age, and Neuronal Electrical Activity on the Anatomy of Sensory Neurons in the Central Nervous System of the Cricket, Acheta domesticus	205	250
Zoology	Gae Kovalick	Tammy Leis	Characterization of Agr Gene Sequence in Insects other than Drosophila melanogaster	500	-
Zoology	Gae Kovalick	Adam T. Schaefer	Characterizing the Expression of Agr RNA in Hemocytes of Drosophila melanogaster	494	-
Zoology	David D. Osborne	Sarah Karpanty	The Effects of Water Level Management and Investigator Disturbance on Avian Nest Predation in a Lake Erie Marsh	600	400
Zoology	David G. Pennock	Christopher A. Iannotti	Cloning and Sequencing of Tetrahymena Dynein Heavy Chain Gene Family Members	400	250
Zoology	Jack C. Vaughn	Greg Hubbard	Molecular Characterization of Two Different Sized mRNAs Encoded by One Drosophila 4f-rnp Gene	467	-
Zoology	Jack C. Vaughn	Matthew P. Jaycox	Evaluation of the De Novo RNA Editing Machinery Hypothesis for Plant Mitochondrial Mutational Correction	400	-
Zoology	David F. Wilson	Paul M. Barr	Impact of an Adenosine Antagonist on Neurotransmitter Release	400	-
Zoology	David F. Wilson	Michael A. Domet, Christine Webb	Impact of a Nicotinic Agonist on Neurotransmitter Release	500	-

*ADDITIONAL AWARDS for Academic Year 1995-1996 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)