Grant Recipients 2011-12

July 1 - October 12, 2011
(With additional awards available through June 30, 2012)

  • Kelsey Bacon; History
    The Cambridge Spy Ring
    Faculty Mentor, Jeffrey Burds
  • Eric Berquist; Chemistry
    Studying radical-based charge transfer in a simultaneous antiestrogenic and cytotoxic organometallic drug analog using electron spin resonance
    Faculty Mentor, David Budi
  • Alexandra Blenis and Allison Hammer; Athletic Training
    Is bi-weekly strengthening satisfactory for the gluteus medius muscle in an active adolescent female population?
    Faculty Mentor, Kimberly Wise
  • Abigail Bootes; Biology
    Nitric Oxide Signaling and Development
    Faculty Mentor, Wendy Smith
  • Jamie Charry; Physics
    Finite difference time domain of plamonics
    Faculty Mentor, Emanuela Barberis
  • Emma Chory; Chemical Engineering
    AIChE National Poster Competition: Endothelial cell stage identification using PEG-ylated microfluidic channels
    Faculty Mentor, Sashi Murthy
  • Taylor Dickman; Chemical Engineering
    Processing of retinal extracellular matrix materials for development of novel retinal regeneration strategies.
    Faculty Mentor, Rebecca Carrier
  • Colleen Dowd and Gillian Shea; Physical Therapy
    Assessing the effects of dual task gait training on community participation after stroke
    Faculty Mentor, Prudence Plummer D'Amato
  • Phillip Dunka; Music Industry
    Exploration of recording technologies and techniques
    Faculty Mentor, James Anderson
  • Thomas Dusseault; Chemical Engineering
    Magnetostructural transitions in FeRh thin films
    Faculty Mentor, Laura Lewis
  • David Falco; Administration-Finance
    The dynamics of price fluctuations for futures instruments
    Faculty Mentor, Mirek Riedewald
  • Emily Falconer; History
    1938: The Munich Conference, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, and Espionage on the Eve of World War II
    Faculty Mentors, William Fowler and Jeffrey Burds
  • Glenn Goldey: Behavioral Neuroscience
    Chronic, in vivo, Deep Brain Imaging of Higher Order Thalamic Nuclei Interconnected with Primary Visual Cortex
    Faculty Mentor, Jade Zee
  • Kayla Hamilton: Behavioral Neuroscience
    Energy use when carrying load with a transverse shoulder yoke
    Faculty Mentor, Richard Marsh
  • Lexi Hamsmith; Duy Le; Jesus Cheng; Peter DeVinne; Anthony Maiorano; Jordan Rubio; and Joe Zimo; Chemical Engineering
    Assistive Canine Technologies
    Faculty Mentors, Jaeger and Gouldstone
  • Emily Hanson and Kevin Stetter; Athletic Training
    Does the Normatec MVP Pneumatic Compression Unit Effectively Reduce Blood Lactate Concentration Following an Anaerobic Wingate Cycling Test?
    Faculty Mentor, Adam Thomas
  • David Kando; International Business
    Mapping the local development sector of Cholua, Mexico
    Faculty Mentor, Cheryl Mitteness
  • Gwen Kidera; International Affairs & Environmental Studies
    Determining the leading causes of malnutrition in Meru, Kenya for the development of future preventative measures
    Faculty Mentor, Richard Wamai
  • Kiri Koehler; Pharmacy
    Presentation at the 2011 Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, in Chicago, IL
    Faculty Mentor, Steven Leonard
  • Chelsea Krzesicki; BSBA Entrepreneurship
    Rainwater Harvesting in India
    Faculty Mentor, Cheryl Mitteness
  • Jordan Martins; Journalism
    Screens and Rhymes
    Faculty Mentors, Lynn Dornink and Kellianne Murphy
  • Caitlin Ferguson; Entrepreneurship
    The effect of teaching social entrepreneurship in India
    Faculty Mentor, Dennis Shaughnessy
  • Samantha Narzabal; Hayley Penn; and Sars Young; Physical Therapy
    Soft tissue mobilization techniques in orthopedics
    Faculty Mentors, Marie Corkery and Maureen Watkins
  • Taylor Obey, Sarah Quinn; Ashlee Stephan; and Allison Webber; Physical Therapy
    Anticipatory Guidance on Health and Wellness in the Birth to Three Population
    Faculty Mentor, Ann Golub-Victor
  • Cameron Oliveira; International Affairs
    Documentary on grassroots empowerment in Venezuela
    Faculty Mentor, Jeffrey Juris
  • Lawrence Renna; Chemistry
    Distinguishing steric and electronic effects in phosphine substitution reactions in cyclopentadienyl ruthenium bis(triarylphosphine) choloride
    Faculty Mentor, Rein Kirss
  • Peter Ries; Chemical Engineering
    Quantifying geometrically guided cell motility on the micro scale
    Faculty Mentor, Anand Asthagiri
  • Michael Tackenberg; Behavioral Neuroscience
    Double-labelled anti-phase circadian regulatory genes
    Faculty Mentor, Fred Davis
  • Christina Uttero; Chemistry
    FTIR microspectrscopy of live HeLa cells
    Faculty Mentor, Max Diem
  • Andrew Wood; Cinema Studies
    Short film production
    Faculty Mentor, Pamela Goodale