The Johns Hopkins Gazette: March 23, 1998
Mar. 23 1998
VOL. 27, NO. 27

  

Provost's Undergraduate Research Awards

Johns Hopkins Gazette Online Edition

1997 Fall Projects
Kelly Abbett
Rochester, N.Y.
senior; psychology
"A Her-story of Hysteria, 1865-1915"
Sponsor: Antoinette Burton, associate director of women's studies, School of Arts and Sciences
Rehana Leila Ahmed
Minneapolis
senior; behavioral biology
"Identification of Nuclear Proteins Which Interact with Protein Kinase CKII"
Sponsor: Evelyn Barrack, associate professor of urology and oncology, School of Medicine
Heather Bruce
Baltimore
senior; neuroscience
"Cloning and Analysis of CAGH44"
Sponsor: Russell Margolis, assistant professor of neurobiology, School of Medicine
Robert Chin
Hinsdale, Ill.
senior; philosophy
"Genome-wide Analysis of Genetic Changes in Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas"
Sponsor: Constance Griffin, associate professor of pathology, oncology and medicine, School of Medicine
Eric Edmonds
Vista, Calif.
senior; biology
"Age and Behavior-related Variation in Volumes of Song Control Nuclei in Wild Cassin's Finches"
Sponsor: Gregory Ball, associate professor of psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
Thomas J. Fralich
Jonestown, Pa.
junior; chemical engineering
"The Role of Nerve Cell Glycoconjugates in the Control of Axon Outgrowth"
Sponsor: Ronald Schnaar, professor of pharmacology and molecular sciences and of neuroscience, School of Medicine
Mollie Galloway
Columbus, Ohio
senior; psychology
"Timing of Puberty in Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Adolescents"
Sponsor: Marie Balaban, assistant professor of psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
Adriana Izquierdo
Amherst, N.Y.
senior; history
"La Fundacion Cristo Vive: Health Care and Public Policy in Chile"
Sponsor: Franklin Knight, professor of history, School of Arts and Sciences
Matthew S. Johnson
Northbrook, Ill.
senior; Near Eastern studies
"Trial Excavations at Umm el-Marra, Syria"
Sponsor: Glenn Schwartz, professor of Near Eastern studies, School of Arts and Sciences
Stephen Kelly
Lynchburg, Va.
senior; civil engineering
"Wind Tunnel Testing for Stability Assessment of Long-Span Suspended Bridges"
Sponsor: Nicholas P. Jones, professor of civil engineering, School of Engineering
Jimmy Kyung Lee
Temple City, Calif.
senior; public health
"Mechanism of TGF-beta Desensitization in Glomerular Endothelial Cells"
Sponsor: Barbara J. Ballermann, associate professor of neurology, School of Medicine
Tony T. Lee
Troy, Mich.
senior; biophysics
"Cloning of Syntaxin 8: A Novel Vesicle Trafficking Protein"
Sponsor: Jonathan Pevsner, assistant professor of neuroscience, Kennedy Krieger Institute
Rachel Y. Lei
Falls Church, Va.
sophomore; biology
"The Role of the E6 Human Papillomavirus Oncoprotein in Cervical Tumorigenesis"
Sponsor: Kathleen Cho, associate professor of pathology, School of Medicine
Saeyoung Park
West Bloomfield, Mich.
junior; international studies
"Investigating the Role of the Actin Cytoskeleton in Transcytosis in Polarized Hepatocytes"
Sponsor: Ann Hubbard, professor of cell biology and anatomy and of medicine, School of Medicine
Miruna Patrascanu
Ridgewood, N.J.
senior; international studies
"The Availability of Capital in the Agricultural Sector of Romania"
Sponsor: Steven David, professor of political science, School of Arts and Sciences
Melissa Pavetto
Silver Spring, Md.
senior; psychology
"Visual Spatial and Anxiety Correlates of Mathematics Disability"
Sponsor: Michele Mazzocco, assistant professor of psychiatry, Kennedy Krieger Institute
Marzban Rad
Fremont, Calif.
sophomore; biomedical engineering
"The Search for Catalytic Nanophase Materials"
Sponsor: Kit Bowen, professor of chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences
Daniel Rogart
Fairfield, Conn.
senior; anthropology
"Investigation of the Early Bronze Age Occupation at Tell Umm el-Marra, Syria"
Sponsor: Glenn Schwartz, professor of Near Eastern studies, School of Arts and Sciences
Michael Roh
Beltsville, Md.
senior; biology
"Calcium Transport across Chloroplast Inner Envelopes"
Sponsor: Richard McCarty, chairman of the Biology Department, School of Arts and Sciences
John Saxe
Fair Haven, N.J.
senior; political science
"The 1943 Rescue of the Danish Jews"
Sponsor: Benjamin Ginsberg, David Bernstein Professor of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences
Robert Ragis Smith
South Glastonbury, Conn.
senior; Near Eastern studies
"Researching the Escape of the Tibetan Guerillas from the Nepali Army"
Sponsor: William Rowe, professor of history, School of Arts and Sciences
Louis H. Stein Jr.
White Plains, N.Y.
senior; biomedical engineering
"Evaluation of the Effects of Various Long-term Pacing Waveforms on the Improvements of Heart Performance"
Sponsor: Nitish V. Thakor, professor of biomedical engineering, School of Medicine
Anshul Thakral
Arcadia, Calif.
senior; biomedical engineering
"Evaluation of the Effects of Various Long-term Pacing Waveforms on the Improvements of Heart Performance"
Sponsor: Nitish V. Thakor, professor of biomedical engineering, School of Medicine
Sai-Kit Tseng
Minneapolis
senior; chemical engineering
"Light Scattering Study of the Early Stage of the Phase Separation of a Non-ionic Surfactant Solution"
Sponsor: Denis Wirtz, associate professor of chemical engineering, School of Engineering
Christopher J. Valeri
Hibbing, Minn.
junior; neuroscience
"Capturing Data from Surfaces: Measurement Error of Fuzzy Landmarks"
Sponsor: Joan Richtsmeier, associate professor of cell biology and anatomy and of plastic surgery, School of Medicine
Craig Zapetis
Miami
junior; political science
"Creating a Municipality of Metropolitan Baltimore"
Sponsor: Milton C. Cummings, professor of political science, School of Arts and Sciences


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