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Undergraduate Research Awards 1999-2000
Awarded by the Miami University Senate Committee for Undergraduate Research plus Additional Awards*
| Student(s) | Faculty Sponsor(s) | Faculty Department | Project Title | General Award | Additional Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Aberegg | Robert H. Findlay | Microbiology | The Effects of Humic Substances on Aquatic Microbial Communities | $500.00 | |
| Karen M. Balkey | John L. Vankat | Botany | Does the Native Shrub Lindera benzoin Have Similar Effects on Species Richness and Abundance as the Invasive Shrub Lonicera maackii? | $103.00 | |
| Erica Black | Laura J. Kelly | Communication | Subjective Reactions To Sudden Onset Hearing Loss | $400.00 | |
| Kristin L. Bluhm | Benjamin W. Gung | Chemistry | Asymmetric Synthesis of Adociacetylene | $400.00 | |
| Jill M. Brannock | Robert H. Findlay | Microbiology | Analysis of the Effects of Surface Water on Groundwater Supplies | $400.00 | |
| Amanda K. Brickner | Richard E. Lee | Zoology | Cuticular Resistance to Inoculative Freezing in the gall fly, Eurosta solidaginis | $500.00 | $350.00 |
| Alex Caillat | Susan Hoffman | Zoology | Intron Loss in Cytochrome P450 CYP2F Gene Subfamily; A Comparison Among Three Mammal Species | $600.00 | |
| Patricia T. Caldwell | Joyce Fernandes | Zoology | A Development and Genetic Analysis of a Candidate Gene in the Reorganization of the Nervous System in Drosphila melanogaster | $500.00 | $350.00 |
| Sunny A. Carlisle | Anne M. Hooke | Microbiology | An Examination of the Role of Quorum Sensing in the Expression of the Enzymes Lipase and Protease in Burkholderia cepacia | $800.00 | |
| Lisa Chatwood | Michael Crowder | Chemistry Biochemistry | Spectroscopic Studies of Cobalt-Substituted Van X, An Enzyme Conferring Antibiotic Resistance | $600.00 | |
| Jill Christianse Kara Hammelrath Eric Isle Ben Kessing James C. Murray Brady Ruck Scott Foster Ashwin Janakiram |
Tom Schroeder James Stenger |
Physics | Cessna ONR Student Design/ Build/Fly Competition (an AIAA Student activity) | $800.00 | |
| Gail T. Corrado | Ann L. Rypstra | Zoology | Web Defense and Territoriality in the Long-Legged Cellar Spider (Pholcus phalangioides) | $230.00 | $350.00 |
| Atarah E. Doneghy | Phyllis Callahan James Janik |
Zoology Zoology | The Effect of Orphanin FQ on Prolactin Secretion in Mice | $300.00 | |
| Ann E. Doyle | Lynda Hoffman-Jeep | Interdisciplinary Studies | German Female Feminist Artists: Theory, Identity, and Craft 1968 to late 1980s | $300.00 | |
| Danielle Eiseman | Christopher A. Makaroff | Chemistry Biochemistry | Investigation of Glyoxalase II | $363.00 | |
| Frank Farruggia | Jonathan Levy | Geology | Analysis of Aquifer Sediment Characteristics Thought to Influence Bacterial Transport in Groundwater | $700.00 | |
| James M. Frantz | Thomas Effler | Art | When You See RED, What Shade of RED Do You See? | $400.00 | |
| Kandace N. Gertz | John R. Stevenson | Microbiology | Effects of Protein Malnoursihment on Interleukin-12 in the Cell Mediated Immune Response to Salmonella typhimurium in Mice | $300.00 | |
| Doug Hanniford | Joseph Carlin | Microbiology | Transfection of THP-1 Cells with a Green Fluorescent Protein Reporter for Use in Analysis of Indoleamine Dioxygenase Gene Regulation | $500.00 | |
| Patrick M. Hernly Walter L. Riesenberg |
Srinivas Krishnan | Music | Extrapolation of South Indian Percussion Techniques to Marching Percussion Perfomance Techniques | $800.00 | |
| Nick Hiltunen | Kathleen German | Communication | Investigation of the Use of Internet techniques to develop and advance literature | $300.00 | |
| Jonathan T. Hlivko | Ann L. Rypstra | Zoology | The Role of Chemical Cues in an Indirect Top Down Effect | $385.00 | |
| Nicholas D. Iagulli | David F. Wilson | Zoology | The Inhibitory Effects of Theophylline on the A1 Adenosine Autoreceptor Pathway at the Rat Neuromuscular Junction | $400.00 | |
| Scott P. Innis | Kathleen A. Killian | Zoology | The Presence of a Central Pattern Generator in the Mating Behavior of the Cricket, Acheta Domesticus | $400.00 | $350.00 |
| Sara Irie | David Berg | Zoology | Temporal and Spatial Variabilities in Nutrient Cycling by Mussels in a Headwater Stream Ecosystem | $400.00 | |
| Michael P. Irving | Joseph M. Carlin | Microbiology | Transcriptional Activation of Indoleamine Dioxygenase by Cytokines in Cervical Epithelial Cells | $400.00 | |
| Kristen Jastrowski | Cecilia Shore | Psychology | Age-and Event-related Differences in Magical Thinking: Preschoolers' and Adults' Predictions, Reactions, and Explanations of the Impossible | $0.00 | $471.00 |
| David A. Kaleta | Gail B. Della-Piana | Architecture | Thinking Outside the Box: the Process of Turning 2-D Collage into a 3-D Creation. | $400.00 | |
| Timothy J. Kirkpatrick | David Berg | Zoology | Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Amblema plicata | $600.00 | |
| Diane Kolp | Elizabeth Widom | Geology | The Role of Crustal Assimilation and Hydrothermal Interaction In Magma Chamber Evolution: Fogo A Deposit, Sao Miguel, Azores | $477.00 | |
| Kristie LeVangie-Stricklen | Jean Lynch | Sociology and Anthropology | The "Other" Gender: Characteristics of the Violent Woman | $300.00 | |
| Thomas J. Liller | Nancy Mozingo | Zoology | Investigation of the Structure and Function of Septate Junctions in Sea Urchin Embryos (Lytechinus pictus and Stronglylocentrotus purpuratus) | $300.00 | |
| Cheryl L. Loch | James A. Cox | Chemistry | Immobilization of Lactate Oxidase in Sol-Gels | $800.00 | |
| Leslie Erin McDaniel | Lori G. Isaacson | Zoology | Immunohistochemical Analysis of the Effects of Nerve Growth Factor on the Sensory Innervation of the Spinal Cord of the Rat | $400.00 | |
| Charles B. Minturn III | William K. Hart | Geology | Analysis of Basaltic Volcanic Ash from South-Central Idaho | $375.00 | |
| Tracey E. O'Donnell | R. H. Cummins | Interdisciplinary Studies | A Study of the Economic, Environmental and Social Implications of Sustainable Forestry Practices in British Columbia Canada | $262.00 | |
| Nicholas J. Ruppel | John Z. Kiss | Botany | A Study of the Synergistic Effects between Light and Gravity in Root Development | $400.00 | |
| Steven Rutherford | Marcia R. Lee | Microbiology | Investigation of Ice-Nucleating Active Bacteria as Ice Nucleators in the Digestive Tract of the Arctic Woolly Bear Caterpillar (Gynaephora groenlandica) | $400.00 | |
| Kathy Schregardus | Karen Schmahl | Engineering Technology | Access Unlimited: Design of a Workstation for the Wheelchair Bound | $500.00 | |
| Scott Shreve | Richard E. Lee | Zoology | The Preservation of Reproductive Behaviors during Chilling by a Rapid Cold- Hardening Process in Drosphila melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophilidae) | $275.00 | |
| Stephanie A. Sieg | Ann L. Rypstra | Zoology | The Development of Predatory Behavior as a Result of Experience in the Wolf Spider Hogna helluo | $246.00 | |
| Daniel Sobieski | Michael Crowder | Chemistry | Determination of the Role of Proton Transfers in the Reaction Mechanism of Glyoxolase II and Substrate Preference of Zn (II)-Containing Glyoxalase II | $627.00 | |
| William Steinecker | James A. Cox | Chemistry | Electrochemical Detection of Gaseous Monomethyl Hydrazine at a Three Phase Boundary Electrode | $400.00 | |
| Lynsey Steward Kelly Ulrich |
Nancy G. Solomon | Zoology | Reproductive Suppresion in the Pine Vole (Microtus pinetorm) | $600.00 | |
| Elisabeth Strunk | Jon Yamashiro | Art Photography | A New Look at Diversity Through Ghanaian Culture | $300.00 | |
| David L. Tashima | John R. Stevenson | Microbiology | Effect of Corticosterone on Neutrophil Myeloperoxidase Response to Candida albicans | $600.00 | |
| Lindsay J. Theis | William H. Renwick | Geography | Sedimentation Patterns of Ponds within the Four Mile Creek Watershed, Ohio, and Their Significance to Carbon Storage | $225.00 | |
| Kyle Timmerman | David F. Wilson | Zoology | The Effect of Cyclic AMP on Quantal Release at the Rat Neuromuscular Junction | $300.00 | |
| Casey Tucker | Sheldon I. Guttman | Zoology | RFLP Characterization of Captive Populations of Fathead Minnows | $400.00 | |
| Sarah E. Whitehead | Susan Hoffman | Zoology | Intron Loss in Cytochrome P450 CYP2F Subfamily; A Comparison of the Laboratory Mouse to Humans | $600.00 | |
| Christina Wieg | Ann L. Rypstra | Zoology | The Significance of a Single Mailing System and Potential Chemical and Behavioral Cues on the Courtship Behavior of the Male Wolf Spider Pardosa Milvina. | $360.00 | |
| Leah D. Winkler | Ann L. Rypstra | Zoology | Sexual Selection and Mating Behavior in Hogna helluo | $360.00 | |
| Ryan Wise | Nancy Nicholson | Interdisciplinary Studies | The Science and Rhetoric of the Human Genome Project | $170.00 | |
| Faculty Department | Faculty Sponsor(s) | Student(s) | Project Title | General Award | Additional Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Gail B. Della-Piana | David A. Kaleta | Thinking Outside the Box: the Process of Turning 2-D Collage into a 3-D Creation. | $400.00 | |
| Art | Thomas Effler | James M. Frantz | When You See RED, What Shade of RED Do You See? | $400.00 | |
| Art Photography | Jon Yamashiro | Elisabeth Strunk | A New Look at Diversity Through Ghanaian Culture | $300.00 | |
| Botany | John Z. Kiss | Nicholas J. Ruppel | A Study of the Synergistic Effects between Light and Gravity in Root Development | $400.00 | |
| Botany | John L. Vankat | Karen M. Balkey | Does the Native Shrub Lindera benzoin Have Similar Effects on Species Richness and Abundance as the Invasive Shrub Lonicera maackii? | $103.00 | |
| Chemistry | James A. Cox | Cheryl L. Loch | Immobilization of Lactate Oxidase in Sol-Gels | $800.00 | |
| Chemistry | James A. Cox | William Steinecker | Electrochemical Detection of Gaseous Monomethyl Hydrazine at a Three Phase Boundary Electrode | $400.00 | |
| Chemistry Biochemistry | Michael Crowder | Lisa Chatwood | Spectroscopic Studies of Cobalt-Substituted Van X, An Enzyme Conferring Antibiotic Resistance | $600.00 | |
| Chemistry | Michael Crowder | Daniel Sobieski | Determination of the Role of Proton Transfers in the Reaction Mechanism of Glyoxolase II and Substrate Preference of Zn (II)-Containing Glyoxalase II | $627.00 | |
| Chemistry | Benjamin W. Gung | Kristin L. Bluhm | Asymmetric Synthesis of Adociacetylene | $400.00 | |
| Chemistry Biochemistry | Christopher A. Makaroff | Danielle Eiseman | Investigation of Glyoxalase II | $363.00 | |
| Communication | Kathleen German | Nick Hiltunen | Investigation of the Use of Internet techniques to develop and advance literature | $300.00 | |
| Communication | Laura J. Kelly | Erica Black | Subjective Reactions To Sudden Onset Hearing Loss | $400.00 | |
| Engineering Technology | Karen Schmahl | Kathy Schregardus | Access Unlimited: Design of a Workstation for the Wheelchair Bound | $500.00 | |
| Geography | William H. Renwick | Lindsay J. Theis | Sedimentation Patterns of Ponds within the Four Mile Creek Watershed, Ohio, and Their Significance to Carbon Storage | $225.00 | |
| Geology | William K. Hart | Charles B. Minturn III | Analysis of Basaltic Volcanic Ash from South-Central Idaho | $375.00 | |
| Geology | Jonathan Levy | Frank Farruggia | Analysis of Aquifer Sediment Characteristics Thought to Influence Bacterial Transport in Groundwater | $700.00 | |
| Geology | Elizabeth Widom | Diane Kolp | The Role of Crustal Assimilation and Hydrothermal Interaction In Magma Chamber Evolution: Fogo A Deposit, Sao Miguel, Azores | $477.00 | |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | R. H. Cummins | Tracey E. O'Donnell | A Study of the Economic, Environmental and Social Implications of Sustainable Forestry Practices in British Columbia Canada | $262.00 | |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Lynda Hoffman-Jeep | Ann E. Doyle | German Female Feminist Artists: Theory, Identity, and Craft 1968 to late 1980s | $300.00 | |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Nancy Nicholson | Ryan Wise | The Science and Rhetoric of the Human Genome Project | $170.00 | |
| Microbiology | Joseph Carlin | Doug Hanniford | Transfection of THP-1 Cells with a Green Fluorescent Protein Reporter for Use in Analysis of Indoleamine Dioxygenase Gene Regulation | $500.00 | |
| Microbiology | Joseph M. Carlin | Michael P. Irving | Transcriptional Activation of Indoleamine Dioxygenase by Cytokines in Cervical Epithelial Cells | $400.00 | |
| Microbiology | Robert H. Findlay | Andrea Aberegg | The Effects of Humic Substances on Aquatic Microbial Communities | $500.00 | |
| Microbiology | Robert H. Findlay | Jill M. Brannock | Analysis of the Effects of Surface Water on Groundwater Supplies | $400.00 | |
| Microbiology | Anne M. Hooke | Sunny A. Carlisle | An Examination of the Role of Quorum Sensing in the Expression of the Enzymes Lipase and Protease in Burkholderia cepacia | $800.00 | |
| Microbiology | Marcia R. Lee | Steven Rutherford | Investigation of Ice-Nucleating Active Bacteria as Ice Nucleators in the Digestive Tract of the Arctic Woolly Bear Caterpillar (Gynaephora groenlandica) | $400.00 | |
| Microbiology | John R. Stevenson | Kandace N. Gertz | Effects of Protein Malnoursihment on Interleukin-12 in the Cell Mediated Immune Response to Salmonella typhimurium in Mice | $300.00 | |
| Microbiology | John R. Stevenson | David L. Tashima | Effect of Corticosterone on Neutrophil Myeloperoxidase Response to Candida albicans | $600.00 | |
| Music | Srinivas Krishnan | Patrick M. Hernly Walter L. Riesenberg |
Extrapolation of South Indian Percussion Techniques to Marching Percussion Perfomance Techniques | $800.00 | |
| Physics | Tom Schroeder James Stenger | Jill Christiansen Kara Hammelrath Eric Isle Ben Kessing James C. Murray Brady Ruck Scott Foster Ashwin Janakiram |
Cessna ONR Student Design/ Build/Fly Competition (an AIAA Student activity) | $800.00 | |
| Psychology | Cecilia Shore | Kristen Jastrowski | Age-and Event-related Differences in Magical Thinking: Preschoolers' and Adults' Predictions, Reactions, and Explanations of the Impossible | $0.00 | $471.00 |
| Sociology and Anthropology | Jean Lynch | Kristie LeVangie-Stricklen | The "Other" Gender: Characteristics of the Violent Woman | $300.00 | |
| Zoology | David Berg | Sara Irie | Temporal and Spatial Variabilities in Nutrient Cycling by Mussels in a Headwater Stream Ecosystem | $400.00 | |
| Zoology | David Berg | Timothy J. Kirkpatrick | Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Amblema plicata | $600.00 | |
| Zoology Zoology | Phyllis Callahan James Janik |
Atarah E. Doneghy | The Effect of Orphanin FQ on Prolactin Secretion in Mice | $300.00 | |
| Zoology | Joyce Fernandes | Patricia T. Caldwell | A Development and Genetic Analysis of a Candidate Gene in the Reorganization of the Nervous System in Drosphila melanogaster | $500.00 | $350.00 |
| Zoology | Sheldon I. Guttman | Casey Tucker | RFLP Characterization of Captive Populations of Fathead Minnows | $400.00 | |
| Zoology | Susan Hoffman | Alex Caillat | Intron Loss in Cytochrome P450 CYP2F Gene Subfamily; A Comparison Among Three Mammal Species | $600.00 | |
| Zoology | Susan Hoffman | Sarah E. Whitehead | Intron Loss in Cytochrome P450 CYP2F Subfamily; A Comparison of the Laboratory Mouse to Humans | $600.00 | |
| Zoology | Lori G. Isaacson | Leslie Erin McDaniel | Immunohistochemical Analysis of the Effects of Nerve Growth Factor on the Sensory Innervation of the Spinal Cord of the Rat | $400.00 | |
| Zoology | Kathleen A. Killian | Scott P. Innis | The Presence of a Central Pattern Generator in the Mating Behavior of the Cricket, Acheta Domesticus | $400.00 | $350.00 |
| Zoology | Richard E. Lee | Amanda K. Brickner | Cuticular Resistance to Inoculative Freezing in the gall fly, Eurosta solidaginis | $500.00 | $350.00 |
| Zoology | Richard E. Lee | Scott Shreve | The Preservation of Reproductive Behaviors during Chilling by a Rapid Cold- Hardening Process in Drosphila melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophilidae) | $275.00 | |
| Zoology | Nancy Mozingo | Thomas J. Liller | Investigation of the Structure and Function of Septate Junctions in Sea Urchin Embryos (Lytechinus pictus and Stronglylocentrotus purpuratus) | $300.00 | |
| Zoology | Ann L. Rypstra | Gail T. Corrado | Web Defense and Territoriality in the Long-Legged Cellar Spider (Pholcus phalangioides) | $230.00 | $350.00 |
| Zoology | Ann L. Rypstra | Jonathan T. Hlivko | The Role of Chemical Cues in an Indirect Top Down Effect | $385.00 | |
| Zoology | Ann L. Rypstra | Stephanie A. Sieg | The Development of Predatory Behavior as a Result of Experience in the Wolf Spider Hogna helluo | $246.00 | |
| Zoology | Ann L. Rypstra | Christina Wieg | The Significance of a Single Mailing System and Potential Chemical and Behavioral Cues on the Courtship Behavior of the Male Wolf Spider Pardosa Milvina. | $360.00 | |
| Zoology | Ann L. Rypstra | Leah D. Winkler | Sexual Selection and Mating Behavior in Hogna helluo | $360.00 | |
| Zoology | Nancy G. Solomon | Lynsey Steward Kelly Ulrich |
Reproductive Suppresion in the Pine Vole (Microtus pinetorm) | $600.00 | |
| Zoology | David F. Wilson | Nicholas D. Iagulli | The Inhibitory Effects of Theophylline on the A1 Adenosine Autoreceptor Pathway at the Rat Neuromuscular Junction | $400.00 | |
| Zoology | David F. Wilson | Kyle Timmerman | The Effect of Cyclic AMP on Quantal Release at the Rat Neuromuscular Junction | $300.00 | |
*ADDITIONAL AWARDS for Academic Year 1999-2000 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)
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