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 |