Grant Recipients 2009-10
- Alexandra Alicea, Steven Buehring, Whitney Lacroix, Kaitlyn Quigley, Nichole Tigen; Physical Therapy
Age-related differences in dual task effects of spontaneous speech and executive function in healthy young and older adults
Faculty Mentor, Professor Prudence Plummer-D'Amato
- Athulya Aravind; English
Transformations of Sappho: Late 18th Century to 1900
Faculty Mentor, Professor Guy Rotella
- Krupa Asher; International Affairs & Human Services
The effects of social change through Peace Games curriculum on the students in Bangalore
Faculty Mentor, Professor Lori Gardinier
- Corey Balint, Christopher Wishon
Industrial Engineering ATLAS (Academic Teaching and Learning Assistants Study)
Faculty Mentor, Professor Beverly Jaeger
- Kelly Barhite; Chemistry/Biology
Investigating ligand-dependent dynamics of the estrogen receptor using electron spin resonance
Faculty Mentor, Professor David Budil
- Andrew Baummer, Matt Walsh, Kelsey Dunn, Joe Belrose, Craig Pecunece; Civil Engineering
Providing sustainable, potable water using renewable energy in developing countries
Faculty Mentor, Professor Akram Alshawabkeh
- Kay Beach, International Affairs/History; Alexander Wright; Economics/International Affairs
Uganda Community Assessment
Faculty Mentor, Professor Lori Gardinier
- Jason Bergman; Communication Studies
By the Sea: a Documentary
Faculty Mentor, Professor Salim Lotuff III
- Ashley Burman; Biology
Effect of adaptation to downhill running on running economy during level running
Faculty Mentor, Professor Richard Marsh
- Lindsey Burnes; Entrepreneurship/Marketing
The Batey Communities of the Dominican Republic
Faculty Mentor, Professor Dennis Shaughnessy
- Samantha Castner, Sophia Fong, Rebecca Keller, Julie Levy, Jennifer Miguel; Physical Therapy
Neuroscience multimedia teaching pilot
Faculty Mentor, Professor Robert Sikes
- Tom Cinq-Mars; History/Spanish/Russian Studies
America's communist guerrillas: the story of experimental detachment G-3 in wartime Spain
Faculty Mentor, Professor Jeffrey Burds
- Kari Connolly; Psychology
Personality and study abroad experience
Faculty Mentor, Professor C. Randall Colvin
- Alexandra Contos; Communication Studies
"Seasons"
Faculty Mentor, Professor Salim Lotuff III
- Sara Coyle; Civil Engineering
Design and calibration of a new test chamber for measuring wind-borne debris trajectories
Faculty Mentor, Professor Luca Caracoglia
- Steven Criscione; Biochemistry
Determining the enzymatic mechanism of human AP endonuclease
Faculty Mentor, Professor Phyllis Strauss
- Chelsea DeSantis; Linguistics
McGill Canadian Conference for Linguistics Undergraduates
Faculty Mentor, Professor, Janet Randall
- Kristen Edgar, Christine Smith; Physical Therapy
A review of guidelines and a survey of current practices for the management of the patient with a whiplash associated disorder
Faculty Mentor, Professor Marie Corkery
- Jeffrey Cumplido; Biology
Protein expression and purification of the carboxy-terminus of Danio rerio AP endonuclease II;
Sponsor, Professor Phyllis Strauss
- Kathryn Foy, Peter Newman, Tessa Taylor; Physical Therapy
Ethics of inspiratory muscle training on subjects with spinal cord injury; a stratified randomized control trial
Faculty Mentor, Professor Lawrence Cahalin
- Anthony Fusco; Chemical Engineering
Epoxy synthesis and strength test
Faculty Mentor, Professor Patricia Mabrouk
- Heather Gardiner; Biology
Phylogenetic analysis of potential VC-degrading bacteria from contaminated groundwater
Faculty Mentor, Professor Gail Begley
- David Gidden; Computer Science/Biology
Viral proteins change the conformation of Lck in fatal lymphoma
Faculty Mentor, Professor John Engen
- Jonathan Goldman;Chemical Engineering
Intestinal Stem Cell Isolation
Faculty Mentor, Professor Sashi Murthy
- Ivan Goryachev; Mechanical Engineering
Blue light project: Redesign of photodynamic therapy device for dermatological treatment
Faculty Mentor, Professor Beverly Jaeger
- Kevin Greene; Behavioral Neuroscience
Cost and clinical effectiveness of neurosurgery in Bolivia
Faculty Mentor, Professor Gail Begley
- Laura Hennessey, Jay Huebner, Jacqueline Reinschmidt; Physical Therapy
Pilot study of dual task gait training after stroke
Faculty Mentor, Professor Prudence Plummer D'Amato
- Sarah Hodsdon, International Affairs
The development of the microfinance model
Faculty Mentor, Professor Dennis Shaughnessy
- Andrew Homyk, Alex Orsi, Story Wibby; Mechanical Engineering
Failure locus of anterior cruciate ligament: 3D finite element analysis
Faculty Mentor, Professor Hamid Nayeb-Hashemi
- Qiuying Huang; Chemistry
Substrate specificity of DNA polymerases that copy damaged DNA
Faculty Mentor, Professor Penny Beuning
- Matthew Hughes, Jason Irr, Celia Rodrigues, Beth Sawitz, Danielle Shugard, Julia Surdut; Physical Therapy
PURES (Pressure Ulcer Risk Evaluation System)
Faculty Mentors, Professors Susan Ventura, Charles DiMarzio and Lawrence Cahalin
- Christopher Joyce, Alexandra Laura; Physical Therapy
Pediatric physical therapy project in Quito, Ecuador
Faculty Mentor, Professor Lorna Hayward
- Regina Kazyulina; History
Life in Nazi occupied Kiev
Faculty Mentor, Professor Jeffrey Burds
- Brendon Kellner; Physics/Philosophy
Vibrational coherence spectroscopy of heme proteins
Faculty Mentor, Professor Paul Champion
- Tatiana Kniazeva; Chemical Engineering
Adhesion characterization of lymphocytes in microfludic chambers
Faculty Mentor, Professor Shashi Murthy
- Benjamin Kuhlmann; Business Administration
Broad-based Black economic empowerment in post-apartheid South Africa
Faculty Mentor, Professor Dennis Shaughnessy
- Brian Lejeune; Chemical Engineering
Social immunity in the carpenter ant: The role of throphallaxis in colony-wide disease resistance
Faculty Mentor, Professor Rebecca Rosengaus
- Jared Lewis, Brendan Strem; Physical Therapy
Evaluation of cognitive-motor interference in community-dwelling individuals with stroke
Faculty Mentor, Professor Prudence Plummer-D'Amato
- Li Li, Miriya G. Al Marawi; Physical Therapy
Inspiratory muscle training in spinal cord injury
Faculty Mentors, Professors Lawrence Cahalin and Sue Ventura
- Marissa Lizotte, Zachary Cohen, Nadia Daee, Sarah Lawson, Anna Padilla;
Physical Therapy
Dual task training in older adults
Faculty Mentor, Professor Prudence Plummer-D'Amato
- Andonis Marden; International Affairs/Political Science
Impact of the Haitian earthquake on the Dominican Republic
Faculty Mentor, Professor Dennis Shaughnessy
- Andonis Marden; International Affairs/Political Science
Development of environmental policy in America's national parks
Faculty Mentor, Professor Maureen Kelleher
- Ragen McAdoo; Physics
An electrical study of gold nanowires
Faculty Mentor, Professor Latika Menon
- Dillon McDowell; Physics
Ferromagnetic characteristics of Ga(Mn)N nanowires
Faculty Mentor, Professor Latika Menon
- Erica McNally; Marketing
Is blue true? The effect of price color on perceived value
Faculty Mentor, Professor Nancy Upton
- Augusta Modestino; Chemical Engineering
Microfluidic immunophenotyping for ocular diagnosis
Faculty Mentor, Professor Shashi Murthy
- Margaret Moyer; Behavioral Neuroscience
Investigation of spinal regeneration processes in the larval zebrafish
Faculty Mentor, Professor Wendy Smith
- Abhinav Nangia; International Afairs/Anthropology
A search for a more collective, creative world
Faculty Mentor, Professor Jeffrey Juris
- Andrea Narino; Civil Engineering
The application of alternative carbon sources for WWTP
Faculty Mentor, Professor April Gu
- Stephanie Novello, Smanatha Stella, Giselle Dewan; Physical Therapy
Pediatric physical therapy project in Quito, Equador
Faculty Mentor, Professor Lorna Hayward
- Christie O'Laughlin; Graphic Design
Different culture, same conversation
Faculty Mentor, Professor Ann McDonald
- Jacqueline Olender; Biology
Effect of steroids on insulin signaling in a growing insect tissue
Faculty Mentor, Professor Wendy Smith
- Helen Trinh Pham; Chemistry
Design and synthesis of 6-substituted-anilino quinazolines as potential non-invasive imaging agents for EGFR-overexpressing tumors
Faculty Mentor, Professor Robert Hanson
- Jenna Pikowski, David Cimino, Scott Caplan, Daniel Fauvell; Physical Therapy
A prospective case series analyzing the effect of Chinese cupping as an adjunct to physical therapy treatment for patients with sub-acute low back pain.
Faculty Mentor, Professor Alycia Markowski
- Leigh Ann Plack; Physical Therapy
Hardware complications post anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a case report
Faculty Mentor, Professor Marie Corkery
- Devyesh Rana; Chemical Engineering
Investigating the regulation of alkaloid biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus hairy root cultures, treated with methyl jasmonate and elevated sucrose levels
Faculty Mentor, Professor Carolyn Lee-Parsons
- Dalmau Reig-i-Plessis; Physics
Dye-sensitized solar cell with a solid hole transport material
Faculty Mentor, Professor Latika Menon
- Brendan Rigby; Political Science/International Affairs
Mission Impossible: An assessment of the Iraqi special immigrant visa
Faculty Mentor, Professor Denis Sullivan
- Erin Ronayne; Chemistry
Probing the interactions between UmuD and the alpha subunit of polymerase III
Faculty Mentor, Professor Penny Beuning
- Michael Roncarati, Richard Kenny, Keke Lyles; Physical Therapy
Biomedical factors associated with landing performance in Division 1 collegiate basketball players
Faculty Mentor, Professor Paul Canavan
- John Roper; Entrepreneurship/Finance
Conflict and Progress: The development of ecotourism in Belize
Faculty Mentor, Professor Dennis Shaughnessy
- Maura Ryan, Molly Panos, Bethany Delman, Elizabeth Kozlowski; Physical Therapy
South Africa physical therapy health project
Faculty Mentor, Professor Meredith Harris
- Robin Scharf; History
Pioneers in American shadow warfare: The Jedburghs
Faculty Mentor, Professor Jeffrey Burds
- David Schmidt, Jennifer Chin, Caitlyn Bintz; Mechanical Engineering
Biosensor measurement and analysis of human stress levels during public speaking
Faculty Mentor, Professor Yingzi Lin
- Paul Serrano; Behavioral Science
Rotational behavior evoked by unilateral stimulation of the Striato-nigral Pathway-A behavioral indicator of GAB-ergic neurotransmission
Faculty Mentor, Professor Norman Boisse
- Alla Shnayderman; Biology
Symbiont-medicated fungal resistance in Zootemopsis angusticollis
Faculty Mentor, Professor Rebecca Rosengaus
- Matthew Shutzer; Biology
Micro-Enterprise sustainability: Moral incentives in a cooperative movement
Faculty Mentor, Professor Denise Horn
- Jacquelyn Sikora; Biochemistry
DNA damage response protein UmuD displays conformational dynamics
Faculty Mentor, Professor Penny Beuning
- Sarina Jean Spector; International Affairs and Anthropology
The multilingual web
Faculty Mentor, Professor Janet Randall
- Elizabeth Stanley; Nursing
Pervasive development disorder: The role of the PNP in determining how pervasive it is
Faculty Mentor, Professor Michelle Beauchesene
- Erin Stokes, Chemical Engineering; Ann Polaneczky, Civil Engineering;
Study to develop a relationship between incubation time and temperature in water-quality indicating bacteria samples
Faculty Mentor, Professor Ferdinand Hellweger
- Brendan Tanquay; Physics
Conic titania nanotubes
Faculty Mentor, Professor Latika Menon
- Lauren Taylor; International Affairs and Human Services
Efficiency of PEPFAR funding in South Africa
Faculty Mentor, Professor Dennis Shaughnessy
- Kate Terrado; Graphic Design
Ways of drawing
Faculty Mentor, Professor Julie Curtis
- Arti Tewari; Biochemistry
Developing a biofunctionalized electrode for fuel cell applications
Faculty Mentors, Professors Sanjeev Mukerjee
- Anna Tobias, Tiffany Csik; Physical Therapy
YouTube videos of assistive technology: a useful vehicle for consumer education
Faculty Mentor, Professors Susan Ventura and Ann Golub-Victor
- Ximena Tovar; International Affairs
Client satisfaction at Esperanza International
Faculty Mentor, Professor Denise Horn
- Alexandra Unger, Keegan Krantz, Estelle Beguin, Bryant Reyes; Mechanical Engineering
Development of a food cooling system for use in developing countries
Faculty Mentor, Professor Andrew Goldstein
- Matthew Van Dyke; Mechanical Engineering
Blue light project: redesign of photodynamic therapy device for dermatological treatment
Faculty Mentor, Professor Beverly Jaeger
- Dylan Wiwchar; Physical Therapy
Effect of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) on cardiorespiratory response and skating performance in Division I college ice hockey players
Faculty Mentor, Professor Lawrence Cahalin
- Andrew Yeglan; Biology
Muscular co-contraction in the human leg while walking and carrying a load
Faculty Mentor, Professor Richard Marsh
