Undergraduate Research Awards 1997-1998

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	Additional Award*
Jenny L. Adornetto	Joseph M. Carlin	Microbiology	The Use of PCR Mimics in Determining Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase and Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity in Chlamydial Infections	$492.00	-
Jeffrey C. Armbruster	Jonathan Levy	Geology	Measuring Aquifer Heterogeneity of Ground-Water Velocity and Hydraulic Conductivity	$500.00	-
Michael P. Brady	David J. Berg	Zoology	Use of Allozyme Electrophoresis to Find Fixed Differences in the Burrowing Mayflies Hexagenia rigida and Hexagenia limbata	$500.00	-
Lisa A. Byder & Timothy A. Peterson	Anne Morris Hooke	Microbiology	Determination of Bacteriocin and/or Bacteriophage Activity in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae	$500.00	-
Cato E. Coleman	Diane Spillman	Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies	Collection and Analysis of Selected Minerals Found in Sweat Perpsired by Wrestlers During Exercise	$400.00	-
Sarah M. Craver	Carl E. Paternite	Psychology	The Effectiveness and Appropriateness of Residential Group Home Placement and Home-based Multisystemic Family Therapy for Behaviorally Disordered Youth and Children	$500.00	$77.00
Samantha L. Curran	Margaret P. Jendrek	Sociology and Anthropology	An Exploration of Single Fathers	$400.00	-
Katherine R. DeBarge	Caroline Everington	Educational Psychology	A Survey of Services for Defendants with Mental Retardation in Ohio	$260.00	-
Jenny M. Ellis & Carol A. Sledz	Marcia R. Lee	Microbiology	Investigation of Ice Nucleating Activity Among Fusarium roseum Strains	$237.00	$563.00
James J. Essex	Mark R. Boardman	Geology	Four-Mile Valley Aquifer - Tracing Fertilizer	$500.00	-
Kashica K. Franklin	Howard A. Blanning	Theatre	From Script to Production	$500.00	-
Kirsten R. Gutierrez	Marcia R. Lee	Microbiology	Comparative Susceptibility of Aspergillus fumigatus Conidial and Hyphal Forms to Amphotericin B	$600.00	-
Amy R. Henn & Dawn M. Olson	Garold L. Stasser	Psychology	The Quantity and Quality of Group Participation and Perceptions of Leadership Over Time	$500.00	$235.00
James Z. Hilt	Michael J. Pechan	Physics	Investigations of In-plane Anistropy in Thin Film Co/Re Multilayer Samples Using a Vibrating Sample Magnetometer	$384.00	-
Christopher A. Hull	Robert A. Benson	Architecture	Geometry of El Templo de la Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain, By Antonio Gaudi	$600.00	-
Justin M. Husher	Nicholas P. Money	Botany	An Examination of the Relationship Between Mushroom Temperature and Spore Dispersal	$544.00	-
Emily M. Johannes	Michael J. Vanni	Zoology	A Study of the Response of Acton Lake to Varying Nutrient Concentrations after Summer Storms	$531.00	$200.00
Veronica M. Jones	James A. Cox	Chemistry	Mediation Oxidation of Biomolecules in Solids Prepared by Sol-Gel Chemistry	$400.00	-
Matthew G. King	John M. Reynolds	Architecture	Drawing Parallels: The Introduction of Real World Design Strategies in Virtual Architecture	$400.00	-
Jeanna L. Knoble	John R. Stevenson	Microbiology	Inappropriate Immune Response to Salmonella typhimurium Infection in Protein Deficient Mice	$500.00	-
Mark A. Lyle, Ross J. Lund, Elizabeth M. Claybon & Paul G. Peters	Ronald L. Wiley, Ronald H. Cox & Trevor M. Feinstein	Zoology & Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies Zoology	The Effects of Oral Supplementation of Creatine Monohydrate on Recovery Time During Repeated Bouts of Isometric Exercises Taken to Fatigue	$600.00	-
Danielle L. Lynn	Anne Morris-Hooke	Microbiology	Generalized Transducing Phages for Genetic Studies of Streptococcus equi	$600.00	-
Jennifer Marlowe	Mercedes Ebbert	Zoology	Effects of Trypanosomatidae Infections on Larval and Adult Survival of Drosophila robusta (Diptera: Drosophilidae)	$370.00	$300.00
Michael T. McKelvey	John R. Stevenson	Microbiology	Mycloperoxidase and Superoxide Dismutase Function of Neutrophils in Response toCandida albicans Infection in Protein Sufficient and Protein Deficient Mice	$500.00	-
Michael B. Mignery	Yildirim Dilek	Geology	Satellite Imagery of Seafloor Spreading Structures on Iceland	$600.00	-
Christopher J. Muskopf	Sante Matteo	French and Italian	Structural Precedents for Dante's Paradiso: Architecture and Poetry	$420.00	-
Sean J. Nagel	Kathleen A. Killian	Zoology	Sexual Dimorphism of Putative Neurohemal Nerves in the Cricket, Acheta domesticus	$600.00	$200.00
Monica A. Nutt	Marcia R. Lee	Microbiology	Effects of Environmental Temperature and Food Source Upon Gut pH and Redox Conditions in the Colorado Potato Beetle	$483.00	-
Amanda Pelphrey	Crystal L. Park	Psychology	Unattainable Goals: Coping With Shattered Global Briefs	$500.00	$150.00
Leah B. Porter	Crystal L. Park	Psychology	Personality, Loss, and Transformation	$400.00	$400.00
Matthew R. Price & Amy L. Feiber	Jack C. Vaughn	Zoology	Analysis of Edited 4f-rnp mRNAs During Development of Drosophila	$450.00	-
Molly M. Riley	Joseph M. Carlin	Microbiology	The Role of Tumor Necrosis Factor as an Enhancer of Interferon-Induced Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Activity	$495.00	-
Carrie A. Rog	Phyllis A. Callahan	Zoology	Localizing the Effect of Beta-endorphin on Hypothalamic Dopamine Secretions in vitro	$504.00	$200.00
Deanna Schomaker	Joseph M. Carlin	Microbiology	DNase 1 Footprinting of the Glucocorticoid Response Element in the Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Gene	$500.00	$300.00
Jennifer R. Scudiere	Nancy L. Nicholson	Interdisciplinary Studies	Escape from Wardang Island: The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization's Folly	$150.00	-
Brittany N. Smith	David J. Berg	Zoology	Characterization of Unionid Bivalve Diets	$600.00	-
William B. Suk, Aaron W. Bernard & Jonelle R. Zimmerman	David G. Pennock	Zoology	Functional Analysis of Alpha Dynein Heavy Chain in Tetrahymena Thermophila by Gene Mutation	$500.00	-
Sean E. Weise	John Z. Kiss	Botany	Gravity Perception in Flower Stalks	$500.00	-
Camron L. Whitacre	David F. Wilson	Zoology	The Effect of Caffeine as an Adenosine Antagonist on Neurotransmitter Release at the Rat Neuromuscular Junction	$500.00	-
Jeffrey S. White	Benjamin W. Gung	Chemistry	The Study of Hydrogen Bonding and the Conformational Shapes of Synthetic Peptides	$500.00	-
Joel E. Williams	David F. Wilson	Zoology	Does Adenosine Have an Excitatory or an Inhibitory Role on Neurotransmitter Release from the Mammalian Nerve Terminal?	$500.00	-
Kelly Worley	Jack C. Vaughn	Zoology	Utilization of Genetic Information Encoded in Ancient DNAs Isolated from Fossil Species to Trace Biological Relationships	$480.00	$200.00

(by Faculty Department)

Student(s)	Faculty Sponsor(s)	Faculty Department	Project Title	General Award	Additional Award*
Architecture	Robert A. Benson	Christopher A. Hull	Geometry of El Templo de la Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain, By Antonio Gaudi	$600.00	-
Architecture	John M. Reynolds	Matthew G. King	Drawing Parallels: The Introduction of Real World Design Strategies in Virtual Architecture	$400.00	-
Botany	John Z. Kiss	Sean E. Weise	Gravity Perception in Flower Stalks	$500.00	-
Botany	Nicholas P. Money	Justin M. Husher	An Examination of the Relationship Between Mushroom Temperature and Spore Dispersal	$544.00	-
Chemistry	James A. Cox	Veronica M. Jones	Mediation Oxidation of Biomolecules in Solids Prepared by Sol-Gel Chemistry	$400.00	-
Chemistry	Benjamin W. Gung	Jeffrey S. White	The Study of Hydrogen Bonding and the Conformational Shapes of Synthetic Peptides	$500.00	-
Educational Psychology	Caroline Everington	Katherine R. DeBarge	A Survey of Services for Defendants with Mental Retardation in Ohio	$260.00	-
French and Italian	Sante Matteo	Christopher J. Muskopf	Structural Precedents for Dante's Paradiso: Architecture and Poetry	$420.00	-
Geology	Mark R. Boardman	James J. Essex	Four-Mile Valley Aquifer - Tracing Fertilizer	$500.00	-
Geology	Yildirim Dilek	Michael B. Mignery	Satellite Imagery of Seafloor Spreading Structures on Iceland	$600.00	-
Geology	Jonathan Levy	Jeffrey C. Armbruster	Measuring Aquifer Heterogeneity of Ground-Water Velocity and Hydraulic Conductivity	$500.00	-
Interdisciplinary Studies	Nancy L. Nicholson	Jennifer R. Scudiere	Escape from Wardang Island: The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization's Folly	$150.00	-
Microbiology	Joseph M. Carlin	Molly M. Riley	The Role of Tumor Necrosis Factor as an Enhancer of Interferon-Induced Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Activity	$495.00	-
Microbiology	Joseph M. Carlin	Jenny L. Adornetto	The Use of PCR Mimics in Determining Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase and Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity in Chlamydial Infections	$492.00	-
Microbiology	Joseph M. Carlin	Deanna Schomaker	DNase 1 Footprinting of the Glucocorticoid Response Element in the Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Gene	$500.00	$300.00
Microbiology	Marcia R. Lee	Monica A. Nutt	Effects of Environmental Temperature and Food Source Upon Gut pH and Redox Conditions in the Colorado Potato Beetle	$483.00	-
Microbiology	Marcia R. Lee	Jenny M. Ellis & Carol A. Sledz	Investigation of Ice Nucleating Activity Among Fusarium roseum Strains	$237.00	$563.00
Microbiology	Marcia R. Lee	Kirsten R. Gutierrez	Comparative Susceptibility of Aspergillus fumigatus Conidial and Hyphal Forms to Amphotericin B	$600.00	-
Microbiology	Anne Morris Hooke	Lisa A. Byder & Timothy A. Peterson	Determination of Bacteriocin and/or Bacteriophage Activity in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae	$500.00	-
Microbiology	Anne Morris-Hooke	Danielle L. Lynn	Generalized Transducing Phages for Genetic Studies of Streptococcus equi	$600.00	-
Microbiology	John R. Stevenson	Michael T. McKelvey	Mycloperoxidase and Superoxide Dismutase Function of Neutrophils in Response toCandida albicans Infection in Protein Sufficient and Protein Deficient Mice	$500.00	-
Microbiology	John R. Stevenson	Jeanna L. Knoble	Inappropriate Immune Response to Salmonella typhimurium Infection in Protein Deficient Mice	$500.00	-
Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies	Diane Spillman	Cato E. Coleman	Collection and Analysis of Selected Minerals Found in Sweat Perpsired by Wrestlers During Exercise	$400.00	-
Physics	Michael J. Pechan	James Z. Hilt	Investigations of In-plane Anistropy in Thin Film Co/Re Multilayer Samples Using a Vibrating Sample Magnetometer	$384.00	-
Psychology	Crystal L. Park	Amanda Pelphrey	Unattainable Goals: Coping With Shattered Global Briefs	$500.00	$150.00
Psychology	Crystal L. Park	Leah B. Porter	Personality, Loss, and Transformation	$400.00	$400.00
Psychology	Carl E. Paternite	Sarah M. Craver	The Effectiveness and Appropriateness of Residential Group Home Placement and Home-based Multisystemic Family Therapy for Behaviorally Disordered Youth and Children	$500.00	$77.00
Psychology	Garold L. Stasser	Amy R. Henn & Dawn M. Olson	The Quantity and Quality of Group Participation and Perceptions of Leadership Over Time	$500.00	$235.00
Sociology and Anthropology	Margaret P. Jendrek	Samantha L. Curran	An Exploration of Single Fathers	$400.00	-
Theatre	Howard A. Blanning	Kashica K. Franklin	From Script to Production	$500.00	-
Zoology	David J. Berg	Michael P. Brady	Use of Allozyme Electrophoresis to Find Fixed Differences in the Burrowing Mayflies Hexagenia rigida and Hexagenia limbata	$500.00	-
Zoology	David J. Berg	Brittany N. Smith	Characterization of Unionid Bivalve Diets	$600.00	-
Zoology	Phyllis A. Callahan	Carrie A. Rog	Localizing the Effect of Beta-endorphin on Hypothalamic Dopamine Secretions in vitro	$504.00	$200.00
Zoology	Mercedes Ebbert	Jennifer Marlowe	Effects of Trypanosomatidae Infections on Larval and Adult Survival of Drosophila robusta (Diptera: Drosophilidae)	$370.00	$300.00
Zoology	Kathleen A. Killian	Sean J. Nagel	Sexual Dimorphism of Putative Neurohemal Nerves in the Cricket, Acheta domesticus	$600.00	$200.00
Zoology	David G. Pennock	William B. Suk, Aaron W. Bernard & Jonelle R. Zimmerman	Functional Analysis of Alpha Dynein Heavy Chain in Tetrahymena Thermophila by Gene Mutation	$500.00	-
Zoology	Michael J. Vanni	Emily M. Johannes	A Study of the Response of Acton Lake to Varying Nutrient Concentrations after Summer Storms	$531.00	$200.00
Zoology	Jack C. Vaughn	Kelly Worley	Utilization of Genetic Information Encoded in Ancient DNAs Isolated from Fossil Species to Trace Biological Relationships	$480.00	$200.00
Zoology	Jack C. Vaughn	Matthew R. Price & Amy L. Feiber	Analysis of Edited 4f-rnp mRNAs During Development of Drosophila	$450.00	-
Zoology & Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies Zoology	Ronald L. Wiley, Ronald H. Cox & Trevor M. Feinstein	Mark A. Lyle, Ross J. Lund, Elizabeth M. Claybon & Paul G. Peters	The Effects of Oral Supplementation of Creatine Monohydrate on Recovery Time During Repeated Bouts of Isometric Exercises Taken to Fatigue	$600.00	-
Zoology	David F. Wilson	Camron L. Whitacre	The Effect of Caffeine as an Adenosine Antagonist on Neurotransmitter Release at the Rat Neuromuscular Junction	$500.00	-
Zoology	David F. Wilson	Joel E. Williams	Does Adenosine Have an Excitatory or an Inhibitory Role on Neurotransmitter Release from the Mammalian Nerve Terminal?	$500.00	-

*ADDITIONAL AWARDS for Academic Year 1997-1998 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)
Interdisciplinary Awards (supplemental funds provided by a grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE 9652063)