2011

2011 Outstanding Student Research Award Winners

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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”