Provost's Undergraduate Research Awards

Summer 2008 Recipients
Ersin Akinci, Bethesda, Md.
senior, history and history of art
"The Torrid Zone in 15th- and 16th-Century Western and Islamic
Science"
Sponsor: Richard Kagan, professor, History, KSAS
Anum Azam, Tinton Falls, N.J.
junior, biomedical engineering
"The Role of Surface Tension Forces in 3-D Self-Assembly of
Nanoparticles"
Sponsor: David Gracias, assistant professor, Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering, WSE
Yoonah Chi, Bethel, Conn., and
Jill Lasak, Broomall, Pa.
senior, neuroscience, and
senior, psychological and brain sciences
"The Relationship Between the Korean Board Game Baduk and
Processing Speed, Executive Function
and Short-Term Memory in Older Adults"
Sponsor: Justin Halberda, assistant professor,
Psychological and Brain Sciences, KSAS
Deanna Chieco, Katonah, N.Y.
senior, neuroscience
"The Role of the Frizzled-3 Receptor in Sympathetic Nervous
System Development"
Sponsor: Rejji Kuruvilla, assistant professor, Biology,
KSAS
Daniel Colacurcio, West Caldwell, N.J.
senior, neuroscience
"Boronate Compounds Modulate MAG-Mediated Inhibition of Axon
Regeneration"
Sponsor: Ronald Schnaar, professor, Pharmacology and
Molecular Sciences, SoM
Avik De, Kolkata, India
junior, mechanical engineering
"Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) With Sparse
Sensing: A Topological Approach"
Sponsor: Noah Cowan, assistant professor, Mechanical
Engineering, WSE
James DiCarlo, Columbia, Md.;
Jaime Liu, Woodside, N.Y.; and
Ingrid Spielman, Glen Rock, N.J.
junior, chemical and biomolecular
engineering;
junior, chemical and biomolecular engineering; and
junior, materials science engineering
"Mating Type and Ploidy Detector for S. cerevisiae"
Sponsor: Jef Boeke, professor, Molecular Biology and
Genetics, SoM
Kristin Donato, Watertown, N.Y.
junior, biomedical engineering
"Genetically Engineering Fluorescent Brain Tumor Cells"
Sponsor: Arvind P. Pathak, assistant professor, Radiology
MR Research, SoM
Precious Ann Ventura Fortes, Stockton, Calif.
senior, anthropology
"Migrating Bodies: How Migration Has Altered Health Care and
Education in Poor Rural Provinces of
Northern Philippines"
Sponsor: Clara Han, assistant professor, Anthropology,
KSAS
Jonathan Gilbert, Berwyn, Pa.
senior, chemical and biomolecular engineering
"Reversible Removal of Cells From a Surface Using a Switchable
Low-Density SAM"
Sponsor: Joelle Frechette, assistant professor, Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering, WSE
William Hays, Flintstone, Ga.
junior, composition
"The State of Modern Opera: A Technical Examination and Cultural
Investigation"
Sponsor: Hollis Robbins, Humanities, Peabody
Joseph Heng, Singapore
sophomore, biomedical engineering
"Cochlear Implant-Mediated Perception of Musical Timbre"
Sponsor: Charles J. Limb, associate professor,
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, SoM
Alexander Hoogland, Grand Rapids, Mich.
sophomore, environmental engineering
"Exploring the Environmental Chemistry and Fate of a Highly Used
Herbicide Safener in Natural and
Engineered Systems"
Sponsor: Lynn Roberts, professor, Geography and
Environmental Engineering, WSE
Vasilisa Kizub, New Albany, Ohio
junior, biophysics
"Advancement of Research on Gene Expression: Defining the
Molecular Significance of Chromosomal
Remodelers"
Sponsor: Gregory Bowman, assistant professor, Biophysics,
KSAS
Su Liu, Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.
senior, public health studies
"The Effect of Maternal Antibodies of Mothers of Children with
Autism in Mouse Models"
Sponsor: Harvey Singer, professor, Pediatric Neurology,
SoM
Rebecca Orchard, Wadsworth, Ohio
senior, French horn performance
"Integrated Music Analysis in Fin de Siecle Vienna"
Sponsor: David Smooke, Music Theory, Peabody
Oi-ying Irene Pang, Mo On Shan, New Territories, Hong Kong
senior, sociology
"The Effects of Microfinance on Informal Finance Among Urban
Market Women in Ghana: A Case
Study"
Sponsor: Joel Andreas, assistant professor, Sociology,
KSAS
Molly Plovanich, Hamlin, N.Y.
senior, biophysics
"Enhancing the Stability of the Notch Ankyrini Domain Through
Consensus-Based Mutagenesis"
Sponsor: Douglas Barrick, professor, Biophysics, KSAS
Aarthi Rao, Sewickley, Pa.
senior, Writing Seminars
"An Examination of Identity in Young Adult Indian-American Short
Fiction"
Sponsor: Jean McGarry, professor, Writing Seminars,
KSAS
Sarah Robinson, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
senior, nursing
"Prevalence and Health Effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
in African-American and Afro-
Caribbean Women"
Sponsor: Jacquelyn Campbell, professor,
Community Public Health Nursing, SoN
Lisa Rosinsky, Clarksville, Md.
junior, Writing Seminars
"Poetry in Performance: From Auditory Imagination to Spoken
Word"
Sponsor: Douglas Basford, part-time lecturer, Summer and
Intersession Programs, KSAS
Shelby Strong, Essex, Mass.
senior, history
"The Cleveland Orchestra's Musical Response to World War II
Culture: 1940-1942"
Sponsor: Richard Giarusso, Musicology, Peabody
Wesley Sudduth, Lake Orion, Mich.
junior, international relations and economics
"Kelo, Hathcock and Eminent Domain in America: The Struggle
Between Personal Freedom and the
Collective Benefit"
Sponsor: Joel Grossman, professor, Political Science,
KSAS
Shaw-Wei David Tsen, Tempe, Ariz.
senior, molecular and cellular biology
"Inactivation of Viral Pathogens Using Femtosecond Lasers"
Sponsor: T.-C. Wu, professor, Pathology, Oncology,
Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology, SoM
Callie Vincent, Cool Ridge, W. Va.
"Psychological Workplace Violence and Depression Rates in
Nurses"
Sponsor: Jacquelyn Campbell, professor, Community Public
Health Nursing, SoN
Jonathan Yen, Hillsborough, Calif.
junior, biomedical engineering
"Generation of Patient-Specific Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
Without Integrating Viral Vectors"
Sponsor: Linzhao Cheng, associate professor, Gynecology
and Obstetrics, SoM

Fall 2008 Recipients
Jiwoon Chang, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
junior, molecular and cellular biology
"Observing the Development of Motor Neuron Cells Using HB9
Promoter"
Sponsor: Assaf Gilad, assistant professor, Radiology MR
Research, SoM
Yung-Chi Chuang, Plainsboro, N.J.
senior, chemical and biomolecular engineering
"Microscopic Origin of the Slip Boundary Condition at a Fluid
Solid Interface"
Sponsor: German Drazer, assistant professor, Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering, WSE
Jaeyoon Chung, McLean, Va.
senior, molecular and cellular biology
"TRB3 as a Critical Mediator of Melanoma Progression"
Sponsor: Rhoda Alani, associate professor, Oncology
Hematologic Malignancies, SoM
Debalina De, Ballwin, Mo., and Soumya Irivinti, Derry,
N.H.
junior, public health studies, and junior, biomedical
engineering
"Detection of HIV Infection Among Neonates Using a
Biobarcode-Based Nanoparticle Assay on Dried
Blood Spots"
Sponsor: Deborah Persaud, associate professor, Pediatric
Infectious Diseases, SoM
Anne Fehrenbacher, Champaign, Ill.
senior, public health studies
"Not for Sale: Human Trafficking Across the Atlantic"
Sponsor: Lingxin Hao, professor, Sociology, KSAS
Amy Goh, Lansdale, Penn.
senior, nursing
"Yoga and Cortisol Levels in Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
Residing at the House of Ruth
Maryland"
Sponsor: Phyllis Sharps, associate professor and director,
Community Public Health Nursing, SoN
Mitra Heshmati, Columbus, Ohio
senior, neuroscience
"Time-Lapse in Vivo Imaging of Collateral Sprouting by Cerebellar
Climbing Fibers"
Sponsor: David Linden, professor, Neuroscience, SoM
David Huberdeau, Woodbridge, Va.
junior, biomedical engineering
"Development of an Upper-Limb Prosthetics EMG-Based Control
System"
Sponsor: Nitish Thakor, professor, Biomedical Engineering,
Neuroscience and Neuroengineering, SoM
John Kegelman, Yorktown, Va.
senior, mechanical engineering
"Fluid Mechanical Evaluation of Arm-Stroking Patterns in Front
Crawl Swimming"
Sponsor: Lester Su, assistant professor, Mechanical
Engineering, WSE
Lucas Kelly-Clyne, Wilton, Conn.
junior, political science
"On Level Ground? A Post-Baccalaureate Study Examining the
Financial Successes and Political
Preferences of 1997 College Graduates from The Johns Hopkins
University and the University of
Maryland"
Sponsor: Karl Alexander, professor and chair, Sociology,
KSAS
Sneha Ramesh Mani, Singapore
junior, molecular and cellular biology
"The Role of the Cajal Body in Small RNA Processing"
Sponsor: Trina Schroer, professor, Biology, KSAS
Chih-Ping Mao, Austin, Texas
senior, cellular and molecular biology
"A Novel DNA Vaccine Based on Linkage of Antigen to Viral
Fusogenic Membrane Glycoproteins"
Sponsor: T.-C. Wu, professor, Pathology, Oncology,
Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology, SoM
Gyasi Moscou-Jackson, Baltimore
senior, nursing
"IPV Screening Preferences of African-American and Afro-Caribbean
Women Seen in Health Care
Settings"
Sponsor: Jacquelyn Campbell, professor, Community Public
Health Nursing, SoN
Neil Neumann, Des Moines, Iowa
senior, biophysics
"Elucidating 3-D Geometry in the AraC Protein Using
Lanthanide-based Resonance Energy Transfer"
Sponsor: Robert Schleif, professor, Biology, KSAS
Nikhil Rao, Austin, Texas
senior, chemical and biomolecular engineering
"SiRNA Inhibition of Pro-Apoptotic Genes in Stem Cells"
Sponsor: Michael Betenbaugh, professor, Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering, WSE
Zachary Senders, Jamison, Penn.
junior, biology
"The Impact of Statin Treatment on Neuropathic Pain and
Regeneration Following Sciatic Nerve
Injury"
Sponsor: Beth Murinson, assistant professor, Neurology,
SoM
Kathryn "Kari" Sepelyak, Hockessin, Del.
senior, neuroscience
"Effects of Temporal-Parietal vs. Inferior Frontal Cortex Damage
on Temporal Order Processing"
Sponsor: Argye Hillis, professor, Neurology, SoM
Nisarg Shah, Mumbai, India
senior, chemical and biomolecular engineering
"Evaluation of Mucus-Penetrating Biodegradable Polymer
Nanoparticles in Mice Lungs for Delivery of
Chemotherapeutics for Lung Cancer"
Sponsor: Justin Hanes, professor, Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering, WSE
Janice Son, Haymarket, Va.
senior, neuroscience
"Relativity of Early Glial Activity in Optic Nerves of the DBA/2J
Glaucoma Mouse Model"
Sponsor: Nicholas Marsh-Armstrong, assistant professor,
Neuroscience, SoM
Gloria Sue, San Jose, Calif.
senior, biophysics
"Interactions Between Internal and Surface Charges in
Proteins"
Sponsor: Bertrand Garcia-Moreno, professor and chair,
Biophysics, KSAS
Grace Tan, Singapore
junior, biomedical engineering
"Investigating Ventricular Tachycardia as a Result of Premature
Stimuli in a 3-D Canine Cardiac Model
of Heart Failure"
Sponsor: Natalia Trayanova, professor, Biomedical
Engineering, WSE
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