PURA Undergraduate Research Awards
SUMMER 2004 PROJECTS
Alistair Aaronson, Charleston, S.C.
Senior, molecular/cell biology
Sponsor: Yegappan Lakshmanan, assistant professor,
Urology, School of Medicine
"Genetically Engineered Smooth Muscle Differentiation of Human
Stem Cells"
Irun Bhan, West Newton, Mass.
Senior, biophysics
Sponsor: Trina Schroer, professor, Biology, Krieger School
of Arts and Sciences
"Cell Cycle Regulation of Dynactin-Nuclear Binding"
Justin Caplan, Cumming, Ga.
Senior, neuroscience
Sponsor: Henry Brem, director, Neurosurgery, School of
Medicine
"Novel Approaches to Inhibiting the DNA Repair Enzyme
06-Alkylguanine-DNA-Alkyltransferease for the Treatment of
Malignant Brain Tumors"
Chen "Mary" Chen, Tampa, Fla.
Senior, molecular/cell biology
Sponsor: Curt Civin, professor, Oncology, School of
Medicine
"The Role of Zyxin in Hematopoietic Stem Cells"
Nelson Chuang, Tenafly, N.J.
Senior, biomedical engineering
Sponsor: Susumu Mori, associate professor, Radiology,
School of Medicine
"Analysis of Structure-Function Correlation of the Brain of
Cerebral Palsy Patients"
Chris Gregg, South Orleans, Mass.
Senior, biomedical engineering
Sponsor: Dan Berkowitz, associate professor,
Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine
"B3 Adrenergic Receptor: Crystallizing Function and
Fundamental Second Messenger Pathways"
Gaurav Gupta, McLean, Va.
Junior, biomedical engineering
Sponsor: Dan Berkowitz, associate professor,
Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine
"The Role of Klotho in the Cardiovascular Biology of
Aging"
Kristin Jeung, Brookfield, Wis.
Senior, biomedical engineering
Sponsor: Allison Okamura, assistant professor, Mechanical
Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering
"Robotic Scissors for Measurement of Haptic Signals During
Surgical Cutting"
Kenneth Kay, Martinez, Ga.
Senior, neuroscience
Sponsor: King-Wai Yau, professor, Neuroscience, School of
Medicine
"Biochemical Characterization of Melanopsin: Implications in
Non-Image-Forming Vision"
Satoko J. Kuramoto, Torrance, Calif.
Junior, public health studies
Sponsor: Carl Latkin, associate professor, Health Policy
and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health
"The Association Between Stress Level and Risky Injection Drug
Use Behavior Among Adults Living in an Urban Disadvantaged
Area"
Marcos T. Kuroki, Piratininga, Brazil
Senior, biomedical engineering
Sponsor: Tza-Huei "Jeff" Wang, assistant professor,
Mechanical Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering
"Fluorescent Resonance Energy Transfer-Based Nano Biosensors
Utilizing Colloidal Semiconductor Quantum Dots and Molecular
Beacons"
Won Lee, Ellicott City, Md.
Sophomore, public health studies
Sponsor: Sonia Ryang, associate professor, Anthropology,
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
"The Impact of Famine on the North Korean Refugee Children in
Northeast China With the Focus on Their Family Relations"
Peter Lillehoj, West Friendship, Md.
Junior, mechanical engineering
Sponsor: Kevin Hemker, professor, Mechanical Engineering,
Whiting School of Engineering
"Development of Strain Measurement Techniques in Microsample
Testing"
Mark W. Lin, Yorba Linda, Calif.
Junior, international studies
Sponsor: Russell L. Margolis, associate professor,
Psychiatry, School of Medicine
"The Protein Content of Intranuclear Inclusions in Frontal
Cortex of HDL-2 Patients"
Andrew Liu, Highland Village, Texas
Sophomore, electrical engineering
Sponsor: Jerry Prince, W.B. Kouwenhoven Professor of
Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Whiting School of Engineering
"Feature Detection, Registration and Parcellation of the Human
Cerebellum"
Owen Loh, Okemos, Mich.
Senior, mechanical engineering
Sponsor: Noah Cowan, assistant professor, Mechanical
Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering
"A Biologically Inspired Artificial Antenna for Robot
Locomotion"
Yu Miyagawa, Beaverton, Ore.
Junior, Writing Seminars
Sponsor: Stephen Dixon, professor, Writing Seminars,
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
"Lost Writers and Their Lost Works"
Marco Morelli, Colchester, Conn.
Senior, biology
Sponsor: Clara Kielkopf, assistant professor, Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology, Bloomberg School of Public Health
"Investigating Protein Interactions by the HIV-1 Cofactor
Tat-SF1"
Haley Morrisson, Princeton, Mass.
Senior, philosophy
Sponsor: Ruth Leys, professor, Humanities Center, Krieger
School of Arts and Sciences
"Contemporary Responses to the Holocaust: Problems of Memory
and Understanding"
Chinyere Ogbonna, Pennington, N.J.
Senior, natural sciences, behavioral biology
Sponsor: Barbara Landau, professor, Cognitive Science,
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
"The Perception of Visual Illusions in Williams
Syndrome"
Daniel Ong, Dallas, Texas
Senior, biology<
Sponsor: Mark Van Doren, assistant professor, Biology,
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
"Gonad Formation in Drosophila Melanogaster"
Matthew Pagano, Columbia, Md.
Senior, physics
Sponsor: Peter Maksimovic, assistant professor, Physics
and Astronomy, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
"Reconstruction of Decay Mode (b ( (( in pp Collisions at ˆs =
2 TeV"
Hari Prabhakar, Dallas, Texas
Sophomore, undeclared
Sponsor: Veena Das, professor, Anthropology, Krieger
School of Arts and Sciences
"A Cross-Sectional Evaluation of the Tribal Health Initiative:
A Clinical Model for India's Future"
Joshua Rowe, Baltimore
Senior, Writing Seminars
Sponsor: Ronald Walters, professor, History, Krieger
School of Arts and Sciences
"William S. Burroughs' Nova Trilogy in the Historical Context
of Post-Modern Media Theory"
Stephen So, Ontario, Canada
Sophomore, biomedical engineering
Sponsor: Denis Wirtz, professor, Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering
"Functional Interactomics of Bacillus Subtilis
Cytoskeleton"
Robert Whelan, Pittsburgh
Junior, history
Sponsor: Susan Weiss, Conservatory faculty, Peabody
Institute
"Han' Me Doon Da Fiddle: Making Links Between the
Ethnomusicology and Cultural History of the Shetland
Isles"
Eric Wolkoff, Wayland, Mass.
Senior, political science
Sponsor: Joel Grossman, professor, Political Science,
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
"Judicial Selection in the States: Selection Methods and Their
Effects on Justice"
FALL 2004 PROJECTS
Ayush Batra, Troy, Mich.
Senior, biomedical engineering
Sponsor: Lawrence Schramm, professor, Biomedical
Engineering, School of Medicine
"Erythropoietin as a Neuroprotective Agent Against Ischemic
Damage in the Spinal Cord"
Guillermo Felipe Duarte, Mexico City
Senior, biomedical engineering
Sponsor: Lili Barouch, assistant professor, Medicine,
School of Medicine
"The Effect of Erythropoietin on the Release of
Apoptosis-Inducing Mitochondrial Cytochrome C in Heart-Failure
Pigs"
Rica Mae Enriquez, North Valley Stream, N.Y.
Senior, environmental engineering
Sponsor: Marc Parlange, professor, DOGEE, Whiting School
of Engineering
"Regional Scale Land-Atmosphere Interaction Using
Remote-Sensing and Large Eddy Simulation"
Samuel Hahn, Lutherville, Md.
Senior, biomedical engineering
Sponsor: Gordon Tomaselli, professor, Medicine, School of
Medicine
"Time-Course of Electrophysiological Remodeling During the
Progression of Left Vertricular Mechanical Dysfunction"
Sravisht Iyer, Naperville, Ill.
Sophomore, biomedical engineering
Sponsor: Kathleen Turano, associate professor,
Ophthalmology, School of Medicine
"Using a Virtual Environment to Explore the Role of Contextual
Cueing in Goal-Directed Walking and Cognitive Map
Development"
Katarina Juhaszova, Ellicott City, Md.
Senior, international studies
Sponsor: Katalin Szlavecz, senior lecturer, Earth and
Planetary Sciences, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
"Invasive Isopods and Soil Nutrient Recycling"
Christopher Kovalchick, Hamilton Square, N.J.
Junior, mechanical engineering
Sponsor: William H. Sharpe Jr., professor, Mechanical
Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering
"Microsample Tensile Testing of Novel Platinum Alloys"
Joe Lee, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Senior, materials science and engineering
Sponsor: Jonah Erlebacher, assistant professor, Materials
Science and Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering
"Continued Performance Study of Fuel Cell Membrane Electrode
Assemblies with Varying Platinum Plating on Nanoporous
Gold"
Athar Naveed Malik, Novi, Mich.
Senior, biomedical engineering
Sponsor: Jennifer Elisseeff, assistant professor,
Biomedical Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering
"Rational Understanding and Design of Biomaterial
Compatibility for Tissue Engineering: Role of DNA Damage in Cell
Death Caused by Photopolymerization Reactions"
Sandya S. Nair, Lubbock, Texas
Junior, neuroscience
Sponsor: Henry Brem, director, Neurosurgery, School of
Medicine
"Using Cytotoxic Agents to Treat Malignant Gliomas in the Rat
Brain"
Sudhir Prabhu, Evansville, Ind.
Senior, chemical engineering
Sponsor: Justin Hanes, associate professor, Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering
"Targeting Gene Carriers to Cancer Cell Nuclei via the Folate
Receptor"
Shiroman Prakash, Forest Hill, Md.
Senior, physics
Sponsor: Mark Robbins, professor, Physics and Astronomy,
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
"The Topology of Entanglements and the Mechanical Behavior of
Polymers"
Supria S. Ranade, Rockville, Md.
Junior, environmental earth sciences
Sponsor: William P. Ball, professor, DOGEE, Whiting School
of Engineering
"Sorption Isotherms for Phenanthrene with Soot Black
Carbon"
Pamela Riva, Piscataway, N.J.
Senior, molecular/cell biology
Sponsor: Marc Ostermeier, assistant professor, Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering
"The Creation of a Green Fluorescent Protein-Maltose Binding
Protein 'Switch' Through Domain Insertion"
Aalap Shah, West Bloomfield, Mich.
Junior, neuroscience
Sponsor: Judy Huang, assistant professor, Neurosurgery,
School of Medicine
"Cdk/p35 Complex Phosphorylation of Neurofilaments After
Cerebral Ischemia"
Sophia F. Shakur, Salisbury, Md.
Senior, biology
Sponsor: Jehuda Sepkuty, assistant professor, Neurology,
School of Medicine
"Semaphorin 3F Knockout Mouse Model: A New Model for Temporal
Lobe Epilepsy"
Eric W. Tan, Fullerton, Calif.
Senior, neuroscience
Sponsor: Eric S. Fortune, assistant professor,
Psychological and Brain Sciences, Krieger School of Arts and
Sciences
"The Functional Role of Short-Term Synaptic Depression in the
Processing of Moving Sensory Images"
Christina Terpeluk, Chestertown, Md.
Senior, civil engineering
Sponsor: Sanjay R. Arwade, assistant professor, Civil
Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering
"The Qualifications of 19th-Century American Truss Bridges as
Structural Art"
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