2010

2010 Outstanding Student Research Award Winners

Engineering and Technology
Paul Conroy, Jeff Young, David Laskowski, Shane McElroy
“Self-sustaining Pyrolyzer/Combustor for Waste Plastics”
Advisor: Professor Yiannis Levendis
Health Sciences and Technology
Dylan Wiwchar, Paul Canavan, Ken Chatham, Daniel Boothby, Stephen Clark, Lawrence Cahalin
“High-Intensity Inspiratory Muscle Training Improves Skating Performance and Maximal Oxygen Consumption in Division 1 College Ice Hockey Players”
Advisor: Lawrence Cahalin, Paul Canavan
Humanities and Arts
Melissa Miranda
“Courtyard Housing Prototype: Promoting Social Interaction”
Advisor: Elizabeth Christoforetti
Interdisciplinary Topics, Centers and Institutes
Caitlyn Bintz, Drew Lentz, Jason Chrisos, Avi Bajpai, Andrew Clark
“ATLAS Bimanual Rehabilitation System: A Low Cost Smart Glove System for Virtual Rehabilitation”
Advisor: Constantinos Mavroidis, Maureen Holden
Physical and Life Sciences
Alexander Bracey
“CACN-1 is Required for Gonad Development in C. elegans”
Advisor: Dr. Erin Cram
Social Sciences, Business and Law
Brendan Rigby
“You Built It; They Never Came: The Underutilization of the Iraqi Special Immigrant Visa”
Advisor: Kimberly Jones

Computer and Information Sciences
Simona Boboila
“Write Endurance in Flash Drives: Measurements and Analysis”
Advisor: Peter Desnoyers
Engineering and Technology
V. Agarwal, Chia-Ling Chen, Yu Liu, Xinghui Li, Ming Wang
“DNA Decorated Carbon Nanotube Sensors on CMOS circuitry for Environmental Monitoring”
Advisor: Mehmet R Dokmeci
Engineering and Technology
Ming Liu
“Electric field control of magnetism in multiferroic heterostructures”
Advisor: Nian X. Sun
Health Sciences and Technology
Mostafa Waly, Nathaniel Hodgson
“EAAT3-mediated cysteine uptake in human neuroblastoma cells is PI3 kinase-dependent.”
Advisor: Richard C. Deth
Humanities and Arts
Nawaz Kamthewala
“The Architecture of Live + Work”
Advisor: Sam Choi
Interdisciplinary Topics, Centers and Institutes
Joseph Ayers, Nikolai Rulkov, Mark Hunt, David Brady, Anthony Westphal
“Controlling a lamprey-based robot with an electronic nervous system.”
Advisor: Joseph Ayers
Physical and Life Sciences
Carol Paronis, Girish Chopda, Rishi Sharma
“Effects of CB1 cannabinoid agonists in rats”
Advisor: CA Paronis, A Makriyannis
Social Sciences, Business and Law
Krista DeNofrio
“Nanotechnology in the EU: Applying German and UK Approaches towards Chemicals Regulations”
Advisor: Dr. Kirsten Rodine Hardy