2011
2011 Outstanding Student Research Award Winners
View photos from the 2011 award winners!
Undergraduate
- Engineering, Technology, Computer and Information Sciences
Christopher Flanagan, Brittne Lynn, Katherine Dixon, Mason Riley, Anna Craver, Saber Talebi Anaraki, Chuanwei Zhuo
Advisor: Yiannis Levendis
“A Self-Sustaining Device for Power Generation by Sequential Liquefaction, Gasification and ‘Clean Combustion’ of Waste Plastics” - Health Sciences and Technology
Kevin Greene, Jared Ament, Richard Moser, Maria-Ines Uriona, Beatrice Rojas, Carla Lorena
Advisor: Gail Begley
“Health Impact and Economic Analysis of NGO-Funded Neurosurgery and Pacemaker Implantation in Bolivia” - Humanities and Arts
William Bias
Advisor: Daniel Hewett
“Hurricane Proof Architecture: Designing for Resiliency” - Interdisciplinary Topics, Centers and Institutes
Emily Batt, David Hill, Caesar Hidalgo
Advisor: David Hill, César Hidalgo
“Applications of Network Science: Research in Complex Biological and Economic Systems” - Physical and Life Sciences
Jacquelyn Sikora, Jaylene Ollivierre, Sarah Jensen, Tyler Cipriani
Advisor: Penny Beuning
“Heterodimer Formation in the DNA Damage Response Protein UmuD” - Social Sciences, Business and Law
Maya Genovesi
Advisor: Jack Levin
“Fascination with Serial Murder: The Impact of the Killer’s Body Count and Torture”
Graduate
- Computer and Information Sciences
Lazlo Ring
Advisor: Timothy Bickmore
“Utilizing Crowd Sourcing for the Development of Automated Health Behavior Change” - Engineering and Technology
Zheng Gong, Duong Tran, Hari Chauhan, David Reed, Nicholas Makris, Purnima Ratilal
Advisor: Purnima Ratilal
“Simultaneous passive and active detection and localization of humpback whales using data recorded on a horizontal receiving array” - Engineering and Technology
Brian Plouffe
Advisor: Shashi K. Murthy and Laura H. Lewis
“Isolation of Rare-Cell Populations via a Rationally Designed Microfluidic Magnetophoresis Device” - Health Sciences and Technology
Mahmoud Nasr, Xiaomeng Shi, Ioannis Karageorgos, Michael Johnson, Aneetha Halikhedkar, Christopher Morgan, Xiaoyu Tian, Nikolai Zvonok, John Engen
Advisor: Alexandros Makriyannis
“Studies on the Dynamic Properties of Monoacylglycerol Lipase in Nanodisc Model Membrane” - Humanities and Arts
John Stoddard
Advisor: Tim Love
“Adapting the Segmental Bridge into Architecture” - Interdisciplinary Topics, Centers and Institutes
Daniel Blustein
Advisor: Joseph Ayers
“Simulation of sensory fusion of optical and hydrodynamic flow in the lobster” - Physical and Life Sciences
Matt Dubach, Kevin Cash, Mary Balaconis
Advisor: Heather Clark
“Functional Nanoemulsion for Fluorescently Measuring Sodium Activity in Cells” - Social Sciences, Business and Law
Nadezda Vasilyeva, Robin Bzura, Barbara Lee, Alison Robey, Stephanie Silveira
Advisor: John D. Coley
“Using Prior Knowledge in Inductive Inference: Property Effects and Integration Mechanisms”

