Grant Recipients 2006-07

  • Carolyn Andrews, Electrical Engineering, Modeling Soft Error Recovery in Intel Microprocessors.
  • Mischa Bauermeister, Linguistics, Language, Gender and Power in the Courtroom.
  • Jason Bergeron, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Increased Data Storage Performance in a Virtual Environment.
  • Jennifer Berndt, Biology, Nurses - Perceptions of Disclosing Childhood Sexual Abuse during Psychiatric Treatment.
  • Nicole Bostock, Biology, Host-Pathogen Interactions.
  • John S. Brunhaver, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Algorithm for the Validation of On-Die Decoupling Capacitor in High Speed Micro-Processors.
  • Dennis M. Callahan Jr., Chemical Engineering, Growth of Carbon Nanotubes by Chemical Disposition.
  • Pamella Campellone, Speech-Language Pathology, The Effect of Rate Manipulation on Prosodic Cues in the Dysarthric Speech Signal.
  • Tom Jay Cinq-Mars, History/Spanish, Soviet Secrets and Spanish Blood: the NKVD in the Spanish Civil War.
  • Matthew J. Corbett, Geology, Taphonomy and Bioerosion of a Pliocene Coral Thicket from Virginia, Using Computer Based Area Analysis.
  • Corissa Abel, Melissa Blunt, Christine Doyle, Linda Evans, Mary Hughes, Kristen Lung, Lauren Smith and Kathleen Sta Rosa, Physical Therapy, Take Control with Exercise: An Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program.
  • Jason Crater, Chemical Engineering, Microfluidic Isolation of Skin Stem Cells.
  • Steven Criscione, Biochemistry, Transfer of the C208A Mutant for Human AP Endonuclease 1 into the CS2+ Vector.
  • Jeffrey Cumplido, Biology, Insertion of the Human Mutant Gene C310A into a Zebrafish Expression Vector.
  • Brittany Damon, Industrial Engineering, Active Learning vs. Traditional Lecture in Engineering Education: Finding the Balance for Motivation and Effectiveness Across Academic Levels.
  • Kelsey Diederick, Biology, Moving the C93A Mutant of Human AP Endonuclease into the Zebrafish CS2+ Expression Vector.
  • Stacey Donahue, Physical Therapy, A Mixed Method Study Comparing Cardiovascular Function and Anxiety in College Students with and without Mitral Valve Prolapse.
  • Rebecca Dufendach, History, A Study of Social Activism in Latin America.
  • Nathan Faber, Computer Science, Migration of Computing Environments Amongst Heterogeneous Hardware Environments.
  • Latasha L. Fermin, Psychology, Gap Detection: A Potentially New Clinical Procedure for Measuring Auditory Temporal Processing.
  • Kristen Flowers, Physics, A Search for the Stuekelberg Z at Df.
  • Kelly Foley, Biology, The Role of Processivity Clamps in DNA Replication Under Conditions of DNA Damage.
  • Sean Frontier, Biology, The Role of Base Excision Repair in Zebrafish Embryos Before and After Fertilization.
  • Tamara Garcia, Philosophy/English, Addressing the Social Justice Problem for NBIC Technology.
  • Lisa M. Gilliland, Criminal Justice, The Punitiveness Project.
  • Chris Gonsalves, International Affairs, Globalization: Integration or Marginalization? A Study of Indigenous Communities in South Mexico.
  • Krista Hill, Psychology, Positive Illusions and Relationships.
  • Sarah K. House, Computer Science and Cognitive Psychology, Automatic Detection of Affect in Speech.
  • Whitney Jablonski and Jonathan Scrafford, Chemical Engineering, Investigation on the ASTM Method D-4824-03 for the measurement of Brunsted acidity of catalysts by ammonia chemisorption.
  • Lianne Jacobson, Biochemistry, Developing an In House Binding Assay for the Estrogen Receptor.
  • Amy E. Kallmerten, Chemistry and Philosophy, Quantitation of Estrogens in Male Plasma Using Liquid Chromatography with an Electrochemical Detector.
  • Wendy Lewis Kesl, Nursing, Moving Mountains: Evolution in Nurse Practitioner Education.
  • Eunice Lee, Biochemistry, Determination of a Molecule Required to Rescue Knocked-Down Zebrafish Embryo.
  • Xin Lee, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Synthesis and Magnetoelectric Properties of Ordered Nanowire Arrays.
  • Thomas Lodwick, Political Science, Nanotechnology and the Global Poor.
  • Christopher Minor, Architecture, Chelsea Master Plan.
  • John Morning, Physical Therapy, Anterior Cruciate Ligament Laxity and Intercondylar Notch Size: A Cadaveric Study.
  • Charles A. Naggar, Chemical Engineering, DNA Damage in Mammalian Cells during Quantum Dot Processing and Handling.
  • Matthieu Newton, Julia Stoner, Stuti Dave, Armand Thibodeau, Physical Therapy, Ankle Strength and Endurance.
  • Quang Nguyen, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Integration of Magnetic Materials in Planar Microinductors.
  • Danson Njoka, Chemical Engineering, Adhesion-Based Microfluidic Cell Separation for Cardiac Tissue Engineering.
  • Robert O'Neill and Jarrett Melendez, Harajuku Girls, Ganguro and Cosplay: Breaking the Mold in Japanese Youth Culture.
  • Raqchel Ober, Computer Science, Prestar Item Borrowing & Lending System for CCIS.
  • Michael Ordazzo, Chemistry, The Role of an Alternative Processivity Clamp in DNA Damage Tolerance in Escherichia coli.
  • Robin Ortiz, Behavioral Neuroscience, Intranasal Gene Delivery Using Cationic Liposomes: A Novel Treatment Strategy for Parkinson's Disease.
  • Michael Paradiso, Samuel Chase, Jon Fisher, Andrew Leinung, Jon Simmons; International Business, Business/M.I.S., Computer Science, Computer/Information Science, Physics/Engineering; CEIP: Context Embedded Information Product Maps.
  • Katherine Peel, Criminal Justice, The Effect of Spatial Displacement on Visitation for Prisoners under Sentence of Death.
  • Gary Peterson, Mechanical Engineering Technology, An Articulating Confocal Endoscope.
  • Michelle E. Pittman, Criminal Justice, End of Life Issues.
  • Ashley Santo, Physical Therapy, Activity Monitoring for Wheelchair Propulsion.
  • Joseph Shekiro, Chemical Engineering, Cartilage Construct Transport Properties.
  • Jesse Silverberg, Physics/Math/Philosophy, Investigating & Fabricating New Nanostructures.
  • James Sims, Chemical Engineering, Leukocyte Interactions with Functional Surfaces under Fluid Shear in Microfluidic Devices.
  • Mark Sivak, Mechanical Engineering, Managing the Tradeoffs in the Digital Transformation of an Educational Board Game to a Computer Based Simulation.
  • Seth Sivak, Mechanical Engineering, Evolution of Multiplayer Educational Simulations: Board Games to Broadband.
  • Jacqueline Smith, Behavioral Neuroscience, Sensitization to Cocaine Induced by the HIV Accessory Protein Tat.
  • Sharon Soucek, Biology, The Relationship between Oxidatively Damaged DNA and Reactive Oxygen Species.
  • Scarlett Trillia, Human Services/Communications, Eco-Tourism in Developing Mexico.
  • Jason Turtotte, Industrial Engineering, Development and Testing of an Electronic Gaming Device for Engineering Education.
  • Zeu Hong Tzeng, Pharmacy, Thiolated Gelatin Nanoparticles for Intracellular siRNA Delivery.
  • Cynthia Walker, History, The American West & American Cultural History.
  • Jimmy J. Weng, Finance and Accounting, Targeting Hedge Funds.
  • Ryan Whelan, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Studying the Impact of Spam Filtering.
  • Grace Yang, Communications and International Affairs, Democracy and Development.