The 6th Annual

NC State University

Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium

 

Abstracts

 

 

 

 
 

Abbey, Ralph W.

Diependbrock, Jeremy

Zhou, Dexin

Data Clustering: A Comparison of Algorithms

abstract

 
REU Mathematics: Modeling and
Industrial Applied Mathematics

Abdel-Rahman, Ahmed

Fang, Shijing 

The Identification of a MARCKS-related Protein in HBE1 Cells

abstract

Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Undergraduate Research

Ager, Kimberly A.

Ruthenium and Porphyrin Sensitized Grätzel Cells for the

Investigation of Organic Photovoltaics

abstract

 
NSF Sustainability, Energy, and 
Engineering (SEE) REU - Chemical 
Engineering

Allmond, Jillian S.

Use of cDNA Microarray Technology to Study Sexual Differentiation

of the Brain in the Bluehead Wrasse

abstract

 
Undergraduate Research Awards and
Undergraduate Summer Enrichment Awards

Alsop, Nikki M.

Munro-Leighton, Colleen

Delp, Samuel A.

Development of New Methodologies for Chemical Synthesis:

 Exploiting the Reactivity of Heteroatomic Ligands Coordinated to Late Transition Metals

abstract

 
Beckman Scholars

Amiri, Rohina

Gantt, John A.

Blackburn, Kevin

Utilizing Alternative Chemical Denaturants to Promote Complete

Sequence Coverage of Proteins Using Liquid Chromatography-tandem

Mass Spectrometry

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Anangfac, Mary Terese A.

Examination of c-myc, bcl-6 and/or NF-κβ Dysregulation in Canine Lymphoma

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Anumudu, Chuck

Database and Control Algorithms Design for iSpace

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Aponte, Glomar

Tirado-Acevedo, Oscar

Effects of Oxygen on Clostridium ljungdahlii Synthesis Gas Fermentation

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Battle, Kenicia Latise'

Effects of Perservatives on Microbial Growth in Refrigerated Cucumbers

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Behrend, Sam J.

Berman, Ben P.

Smith, Jason R.

Wright, Justin P.

Designing Control Strategies for Infectious Diseases in Farm Crops

abstract

 
REU Mathematics: Modeling and
Industrial Applied Mathematics

Birdsall, Paige M.

Plant-Pathogen Warfare: Protein-Protein Interactions Between Rice and the Rice Blast Fungus

abstract

 
NSF Fungal Genomics REU

Blue, Aaron W.

Qian, Hong

Ativators Regenerated by Electron Transfer(ARGET) for Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization(ATRP) in DNA hybrid Copolymer Formation

 abstract

 
Graduate Student (NSF AGEP Bridging)

Brancato, Jessica

Self-Crimped Eco-friendly Fibers

abstract

 
Undergraduate Research Awards and
Undergraduate Summer Enrichment Awards

Bridges, Katherine R.

Genetic Variation in Fruit Fly Development

abstract

 
HHMI Reaching Incoming Student 
Enrichment (RISE) Program

Britt, Angelitta M.

Lehr, Gloria

Bader, Nicole

A Statistical Analysis of Acute Coronary Syndrome Outcomes:

The Smoking Effect

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Bryant, Bessie

Sapp, Tracy

Characterization of a Xanthomonas campestris pathovar

vesicatoria Putative Siderophore Receptor Gene

abstract

 
Independent Researcher

Buchanan, Cara

Bisbee, Diana

Siderophore Biosynthesis in Xanthomonas campestris

pathovar vesicatoria

abstract

 
Independent Researcher

Buyle, Kenneth R.

Helical Polyguanidines

abstract

 
NSF Chemistry REU

Caldwell, Ticola S.

The Relationship between African American Parents’ Psychological

Well-Being and their Children’s Self-Esteem

abstract

 
Graduate Student (NSF AGEP Bridging)

Campbell, Olivia M.

Microarray Analysis of Arabidopsis Genes Induced during

Colonization with the Vascular Fungal Pathogen Verticillium dahliae

abstract

 
Kelman Scholars

Carter, Javon M.

Lawrence, Charlie III

The Use of Waste Steam and Ash from Power Generation in the Production of Soda Pulp From Pocosin Biomass

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Cepero-Perez, Keren J.

Fluvial Nitrogen Export in Four Watersheds at Puerto Rico

abstract

 
Graduate Student (NSF AGEP Bridging)

Cintrón-Maldonado, José

Bromfield-Lee, Deborah

Rutabaga as an Indicator for Olfactory Titration

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Cole, Cedric A.

Water Release from Fractionated Paper Stock Suspensions

as a Function of Fiber Fines Type, Level, and Treatment Options

with Different Cationic Polyelectrolytes

abstract

 
NSF Sustainability, Energy, and 
Engineering (SEE) REU - Chemical 
Engineering

Cooke, Natalie K.

Genetic Control of Glial Development in the Central Nervous System of Drosophila melanogaster

abstract

 
Undergraduate Research Awards and
Undergraduate Summer Enrichment Awards

Davies, Brian R.

Determination of Transmembrane Protein Insertion into Lipid

Bilayers by EPR

abstract

 
NSF Chemistry REU

Davis, Rachel L.T.

Surface Modification of Poly(vinyl alcohol) with onochlorotriazynyl-β-cyclodextrin for the Controlled Release of Fragrance

abstract

 
Undergraduate Research Awards and
Undergraduate Summer Enrichment Awards

Díaz-Martínez, Myriam

Davis, Michael F.

Somasundaram, Aswin

Binding of Substrate in the Heme Pocket of Amphitrite ornata

Dehaloperoxidase Induces Soret Band Shifts

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Dixon, Anthony R.

Mathematical Modeling of Cerebral Blood Flow Dynamics

abstract

 
Graduate Student (NSF AGEP Bridging)

Downen, Lori N.

Kong, Michelle H.

Application of a Capacitive Model to an Atmospherically-Generated

Plasma During Treatment of Polydimethylsiloxane

abstract

 
Undergraduate Research Awards and
Undergraduate Summer Enrichment Awards

Dowty, Ryan

In-vitro Conversion of Sweetpotatoes Using thermotolerant α-amylase

 from transgenic Escherichia coli and Nicotiana tabacum (NT1) Cell Lines

abstract

 
NSF Sustainability, Energy, and 
Engineering (SEE) REU - Chemical 
Engineering

Draper, Bailey K.

Margolskee, Alison

Murden, Raphiel

Marcin, Daniel

Attarian, Adam

Feasibility of Metabolic Parameter Estimation in Pharmocokinetic

Models of Carbon Tetrachloride Exposure in Rats

abstract

 
REU Mathematics: Modeling and
Industrial Applied Mathematics

Drukenbrod, Joshua M.

An Exploratory Analysis of Public Databases to Identify the

Next Major Lead Source Targeted for Reduction to Improve Blood

Lead Levels in Children

abstract

 
Statistics VIGRE Traineeship Program
in the Department of Statistics

Earl, Sarah M.

Perkins, James R.

Wu, Dong

Measurement of Silver Nanoparticles on Periodically Poled

Lithium Niobate (PPLN) Surfaces

abstract

 
NSF Physics REU

Estabrook, Benjamin D.

Biofuel via Decarboxylation of Fatty Acids

abstract

 
NSF Sustainability, Energy, and 
Engineering (SEE) REU - Chemical 
Engineering

Fairey, Donta' J.

Predictive Modeling of Wetlands along the Blue Ridge Parkway

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Fletcher, Careen A.

Hydrosilation of Aldehydes and Ketones Catalyzed by a Rhenium (V)

Oxo Complex Using Various Silanes

abstract

 
NSF Chemistry REU

Foight, Dillon R.

Mass Stripping of a Companion Star by White Dwarf Wind

abstract

 
NSF Physics REU

Ford, Jeffrey P.

Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation of Corn Starch

to Ethanol: Experiments and Modeling

abstract

 
NSF Sustainability, Energy, and 
Engineering (SEE) REU - Chemical 
Engineering

Franklin, Anthony N.

Poisson Regression Analysis of High School Football Prospects

abstract

 
Graduate Student (NSF AGEP Bridging)

Frazier, Evelyn R.

Assessing Meteorological and Chemical Predictions

for July 2002 in North Carolina

abstract

 
Graduate Student (NSF AGEP Bridging)

Fuchs, Stephen M.

Lowder, Casey D.

Pan, Diana

Lomax, Aaron W.

Galvăo, Rafaelo M.

Transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana Overexpressing UbDKγ4 Displays an Altered Unfolded Protein Response

abstract

 
Undergraduate Research Awards and
Undergraduate Summer Enrichment Awards

Garcia, David

Hu, Julia

Ivors, Kelly

Genetic Analysis of populations Phytophthora infestans  on Organic

and Conventionally Grown Tomatoes in Western North Carolina

abstract

 
Kelman Scholars

Gary, Teleace M.

Stelter Rebecca L.

The Effects of Parents’ Stress on Parent and Child Engagement

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Gause, Sheena M.

The Adsorption of Human Plasma Fibrinogen on Silicon Surfaces

abstract

 
NSF Physics REU

Going, Ryan W.

Fabrication Studies on Alignment Layers for Liquid Crystal

Polarization Gratings

abstract

 
Independent Researcher

Golick, Laura A.

Segregation of Granular Materials Under Shear

abstract

 
Independent Researcher

Gould, Troy D.

Measurement and Modeling of Polystyrene in Supercritical CO2

Expanded Decahydronapthalene

abstract

 
Independent Researcher

Grant, Kristin P.

Grease Resistant Paper

abstract

 
NSF Sustainability, Energy, and 
Engineering (SEE) REU - Chemical 
Engineering

Grant, Lenese D.

A Comparison of Two Methods of Temperature Measurements in

Female CD-1 IGS Swiss Mice Receiving Trans-D-Tropin®

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Green, Helena D.

Parental Influences on Adolescent Racial Socialization:

Can Overemphasizing Messages be Problematic?

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Guo, PeiDa

Metzger, Brian

Burning Glycerol From Biodiesel Production Process

abstract

 
NSF Sustainability, Energy, and 
Engineering (SEE) REU - Chemical 
Engineering

Guzmán, Lily

Teske, Jesse

Alkaloid Total Synthesis via [2+2+2] Cyclotrimerization Reactions

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Haege, Marion J.

Development of a Phytophthora  Lucid Key

abstract

 
Kelman Scholars

Harding, Jonathon R.

Is There a Simple yet Effective Method to Control the Viscosity of

Associative Polymer Solutions?

abstract

 
NSF Sustainability, Energy, and 
Engineering (SEE) REU - Chemical 
Engineering

Harmon, Jendayi A.

Jones, Dana C.

Pedagogical Tasks and their Relationships to Prospective

Teachers' Uses of a Videocase to Examine Students’  Work when

Solving Mathematical Tasks using Technology

abstract

 
Graduate Student (NSF AGEP Bridging)

Harris, Nyeema C.

Understanding Coyote Demography for Endangered Species Management

abstract

 
Graduate Student (NSF AGEP Bridging)

Hatfield, Ashley E.

Baltera, Constance G.

Brenneman, Kathryn A.

Tramel, Rebecca L.

Combinatorics and Characterizations for Involutions and

Twisted Involutions

abstract

 
REU Mathematics: Modeling and
Industrial Applied Mathematics

Hernández, Edgardo

Ballard, Eric T.

Hulgens, Robert W. III

Novel Biological Activity Studies of Dimerized 2-Aminoimidazole Analog

for the Inhibition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Hill, E. Nicole

Design of Processing Conditions for Conversion of the Purple

Sweet Potato to Useful Sugars

abstract

 
NSF Sustainability, Energy, and 
Engineering (SEE) REU - Chemical 
Engineering

Hill, E. Nicole

Sweet Sorghum as an Alternative Farm-Produced Biomass for

North Carolina Biofuel Production

abstract

 
Undergraduate Research Awards and
Undergraduate Summer Enrichment Awards

Hoffman, Torissa

Ohja, Saytajeet

Stevens, Derrick

Construction and Characterization of Fibrous Mats of Chitosan

abstract

 
Undergraduate Research Awards and
Undergraduate Summer Enrichment Awards

Holcomb, Barton A.

Variation in Fecal Coliform Concentration in Hofmann Forest Waters

abstract

 
Independent Researcher

Huertas, Adriana

Screening Wild Carnivores for Zoonotic Infections and Potential

Agents of Bioterrorism

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Hume, Samuel C.

Plant Monitoring System using Time Lapse Photography

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Jackson, Wilma C.

Regression Model Development for Forecasting PM2.5 (Addendum)

abstract

 
Statistics VIGRE Traineeship Program
in the Department of Statistics

Johnson, Anna L. 

Soil Carbon Sequestration under Different Agricultural Practices

abstract

 
Sustainable Agriculture at the Center for
Environmental Farming Systems

Johnson, April T.

A Computational Analysis of microRNAs from the Genome Sequence

 of the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe grisea

abstract

 
NSF Fungal Genomics REU

Jones, Janay N.

Albuterol-induced Oxidative Stress in Normal Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells in Tissue Culture

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Karki, Anju

Investigating the Role of  RUS1 (RELATED TO AUXIN SYNTHESIS1) in the Shikimate Pathway

abstract

 
HHMI Student Research Internship
(SRI) Program

Keene, Brandi N.

Microscopical Analysis of Domestic Canines' Hair

abstract

 
Graduate Student (NSF AGEP Bridging)

Kezios,  Zachary D.

Seward, Nick

Correlation Between CRH-producing Cells and Level of anxiety in Danio rerio

abstract

 
HHMI Reaching Incoming Student 
Enrichment (RISE) Program

Khan, George F.

Tong, Jin

Investigating a Low Cost SNP Genotype Method in Pinus taeda

abstract

 
Graduate Student (NSF AGEP Bridging)

Kinnaird, Katherine

Carlin, Daniel

Flagg, Garret

Monte Carlo Simulation of Diffusion in Hyaluronan-based Scaffolds with

Applications to Tissue Engineering of Articular Cartilage

abstract

 
REU Mathematics: Modeling and
Industrial Applied Mathematics

Knowles, Kathryn E.

Arney, David

Synthesis, Characterization, and Photocatalytic Activity of CuNbO3

 and CuNb3O8

abstract

 
NSF Chemistry REU

Kolditz, Brett D.

Characterizing the Electronic Structure of a Physisorbate Utilizing

Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy: Tartaric Acid/Ag(111)

abstract

 
NSF Physics REU

Lawrence, Charlie III

Carter, Javon M.

Potential for the Use of Waste Wood Ash from Power Generation

as a Road Surfacing Agent 

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Lee, Marissa R.

Faunal Control over Pathogenic Fungi and Plant-fungal Interactions

abstract

 
Sustainable Agriculture at the Center for
Environmental Farming Systems

Lisane, Jessica L.

Fabrication and Characterization of Latex Microsphere Colloidal

Crystals Controllably Deformed on a Poly(dimethylsiloxane)

Substrate

abstract

 
Beckman Scholars

Lopez, Veronica M.

The Search for Dimerization of Procaspase-3

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Maschmeyer, Katherine T.

Anderson, Marlana N.

Brasfield, Chris A.

McGoff, Kevin A.

Siloti, Julie A.

Edge Detection by Multi-Dimensional Wavelets

abstract

 
REU Mathematics: Modeling and
Industrial Applied Mathematics

McArthur, Timothy H.

Cornelius, Carrie

Atmospheric Plasma Desizing of PVA on a PET/Cotton Blend

abstract

 
NSF Sustainability, Energy, and 
Engineering (SEE) REU - Chemical 
Engineering

McCaw, Travis J.

Measuring Liquid Helium Below One Kelvin with a Capacitive Sensor

abstract

 
NSF Physics REU

McNeil, Sharde' N.

Craig, Ashley

Parents’ Beliefs about Emotion and their Relationship with Parents’

and Children’s Nonverbal Accuracy

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

McNutt, Jessica

Using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance to Study the Frictional Properties and Motion of Microparticles Bonded to the Surface

abstract

 
NSF Physics REU

McPherson, Heather R.

Identification of Transposon-Induced Mutants in Maize Protein

Disulfide Isomerase Genes

abstract

 
HHMI Student Research Internship
(SRI) Program

Meadows, Corey W.

Williams, D. Keith, Jr.

Bori, Ibrahim D.

Augmented Limits of Detection for Peptides with Hydrophobic Alkyl Tags (ALiPHAT)

abstract

 
NSF Chemistry REU

Metzler, Tria M.

Differences in Aorta Tissue Gene Expression between

Atherosclerosis-susceptible and Atherosclerotic-resistant Pigeon

Lines

abstract

 
Undergraduate Research Awards and
Undergraduate Summer Enrichment Awards

Miller, Casey G.

Functional Analysis of Two Soybean Cyst Nematode Parasitism Genes

abstract

 
Kelman Scholars

Miller, Dominique S.

A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of ADVANCE-ENG Girls to Women

Engineering Summit

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Moody, LaTisha

Examination of Transgenic Breast Cancer Tumors Exposed

to "alpha"-Lactalbumin and Soy

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Mosby, Brian M.

Wilcox, Robert

Polymerization of Nitro Aromatics 

abstract

 
NSF Chemistry REU

Moss, Jennifer D.

Transcriptional Control of the T Cell Receptor b Gene

abstract

 
HHMI Student Research Internship
(SRI) Program

Munilla, Samuel

Jhala, Arnay

Macik, Amanda

Rawls, Curtis

Longboard, Toward an Intelligent Storyboarding Tool

abstract

 
Graduate Student (NSF AGEP Bridging)

Newman, Jasmine H. 

Pre and Post Examination of 24-hour Culture Transgenic Tumors

in Female HER-2/neu Mice

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Novosel, Vedrana

Novel Field-Effect Transistor Design

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Onori, John E.

Characterization of Cellulose in ED/KSCN

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

O'Reilly, Matthew E.

Sumiyoshi, Taisuke

Feng, Yuee

Studies of C-O Bond Formation Mediated by Platinum(IV) Complexes

abstract

 
NSF Chemistry REU

Ortiz, Joshua D.

Zhao, Sihui

Kim, Jihye

Searching for Sequence Motifs Involved in Alternative Splicing

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE
 
Osterhoudt, Carol A.
The Potential Effect of Follistatin on Litter Size in Swine

abstract

 
HHMI Reaching Incoming Student 
Enrichment (RISE) Program

Overman, David W.

Effects of Two Insecticides on Honey Bee Queen Rearing and Quality

abstract

 
HHMI Reaching Incoming Student 
Enrichment (RISE) Program

Overton, Matthew H.

Sepulveda, Jennifer

Uptake of RCNMV-Peptide Conjugates in Cancer Cells

abstract

 
Undergraduate Research Awards and
Undergraduate Summer Enrichment Awards

Pagan, Coral

Systematic Investigation of Laser Spot Sizes on Laser

Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging

abstract

 
NSF Chemistry REU

Pandey, Prativa

Functional Effects of Proline Substitutions into Sindbis Virus E2

Transmembrane Domain

abstract

 
HHMI Student Research Internship
(SRI) Program

Parker, Erica D.

An Application of Multi-Objective Optimization to Portfolio

Optimization

abstract

 
Graduate Student (NSF AGEP Bridging)

Patel, Hamish S.

Intercellular Signaling between Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells

abstract

 
HHMI Reaching Incoming Student 
Enrichment (RISE) Program

Pauley, Gwyn C.

Mattis, Steve A.

Reilly, Emily M.

Cell Rearrangement: Mathematical Modeling of Branching

Morphogenesis and other Biological Phenomena

abstract

 
REU Mathematics: Modeling and
Industrial Applied Mathematics

Peoples, Ashley N.

Charisma Gone Bad: A Look at the Correlation of Charisma,

Narcissism, and Destructive Leadership

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Phelps, Crystal L.

Functional Analysis of Gene Network Regulating Arabidopsis Responses

to Colonization with the Vascular Fungal Pathogen Verticillium dahliae

abstract

 
Kelman Scholars

Pizarro-Ríos, Anabel

The Effects of Roast Intensity on the Texture of Peanut Paste

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Plaza, Tomas E.

Development of a Spanish-Language Version of the Everyday

Cognition Battery (ECB)

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Rains, Anna K.

Effects of Matrix Attachment Regions on Regulation of Transgene Expression

abstract

 
HHMI Reaching Incoming Student 
Enrichment (RISE) Program

Ramirez, Magaly A. 

Lee, John P.

Ruthenium Mediated Catalytic Hydrogenation of C=X (X= C or O) Bonds

abstract

 
Graduate Student (NSF AGEP Bridging)

Ricker, Melissa A.

Optimizing Probe Concentrations for TaqMan Quantitative Real Time PCR

abstract

 
HHMI Reaching Incoming Student 
Enrichment (RISE) Program

Rivera, Izarys

Mapping Electrostatics of Phospholipid Bilayer Interface by EPR

Spectroscopy and pH-sensitive Nitroxide

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Rivera de Jesús, Yanixa

Prevalence and Importance of Selected Zoonotic Infections in

Companion Animals

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Roberts, Wesley A.

Hoffman, Torissa J.

Stevens, Derrick R.

McCullen, Seth D.

Effects of Sample Size on Nanotube/Polymer Matrix

abstract

 
Undergraduate Research Awards and
Undergraduate Summer Enrichment Awards

Rodriguez, Roberto

King, Shawn

Rutter, Erica

Vansiclen, Emily

Sensitivity Analysis of Mathematical Models of Blood Flow and Pressure Regulation

abstract

 
REU Mathematics: Modeling and
Industrial Applied Mathematics

Roque, Joan E.

Jenkins, Sam

Determination of Phase Transitions of Surfactant Mixtures

with Fluorocarbon Modifiers by Using Parallel Studies of

Conductivity and Surface Tension

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Ross, Brittany J.

Keogh, Matthew R.

Phenotypic Analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana Mutants Lacking Homologs of a Soybean Drought Responsive Protein

abstract

 
HHMI Student Research Internship
(SRI) Program

Schmidt, Valerie A.

Schmidt, Robert D.

Progress Towards the Synthesis of Semiquinone-Thiophene-Nitronyl Nitroxide Biradicals

abstract

 
NSF Chemistry REU

Sepulveda, Jennifer

Overton, Matt

Loo, LiNa

Determining the Small Molecule Diffusion Rate from the

Capsid of Red Clover Necrotic Mosaic Virus that had been Infused

of Rhodamine Chloride

abstract

 
Graduate Student (NSF AGEP Bridging)

Serrano Negron, Yazmin L.

The Genetic Basis for Variation in Taste Perception in a Natural Population of Drosophila melanogaster

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Seyam, Mohamed A.

Cross-Linked Polymer Nanocomposites for H2 Gas Separation from CO2

abstract

 
Undergraduate Research Awards and
Undergraduate Summer Enrichment Awards

Sherrod, Joshua M.

Genetic Structure of Populations of Phytophthora ramorum

Collected from National Surveys Conducted in the United States

abstract

 
Kelman Scholars

Shoge, Richard O.

Development of a Hyperelastic Model for the Material Properties

of Porcine Patellar Cartilage

abstract

 
Graduate Student (NSF AGEP Bridging)

Smith, Amanda J.

Abatzoglou, Alex W.

Thompson, Katie I.

WebsterLove Jessica E.

Geometric Invariants in Computer Vision

abstract

 
REU Mathematics: Modeling and
Industrial Applied Mathematics

Smith, Amber M.

Functional Analysis of Geminiviral Infection in Arabidopsis thaliana

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Smith, Ashley M.

Promoter Analysis of the Human Pregnane X  Receptor (PXR) Gene

abstract

 
Undergraduate Research Awards and
Undergraduate Summer Enrichment Awards

Smith, Justin W.

Selectivity- and Size-Induced Segregation of Molecular Species in Lamellar & Cylindrical Microphase-Ordered Triblock Copolymers

abstract

 
Independent Researcher

Smith, Krystal L.

The Role of Race, Media Language, and Well Being Among

Hurricane Katrina Survivors

abstract

 
Graduate Student (NSF AGEP Bridging)

Smith, Mychal D.

Plasticity and Organic Solvents in Lysozyme

abstract

 
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education 
and  the Professoriate (AGEP) SRE

Stark, David A.

Bryant, Michael T.

Storm Structure and Precipitation Characteristics of Snow Events in the Southern Appalachian Mountains

abstract

 
Independent Researcher

Stevens, Kevin A.

Toward Alternative Fuels via Hydrolysis of Vegetable Oil and Animal Fats

abstract

 
NSF Sustainability, Energy, and 
Engineering (SEE) REU - Chemical 
Engineering

Swindlehurst, Garrett R.

Synthesis of Environmentally-Friendly Nanoparticles and Application

 in Stabilizing Important Industrial Foams

abstract

 
NSF Sustainability, Energy, and 
Engineering (SEE) REU - Chemical 
Engineering

Sylvan, Candice M.

Web-based Sharing of Spatial Measurements of Hofmann Forest Hydrology

abstract

 
Independent Researcher

TerAvest, Michaela A.

Evaluation of Immobilized Whole-cell Biocatalysts for Biodiesel Production

abstract

 
NSF Sustainability, Energy, and 
Engineering (SEE) REU - Chemical 
Engineering

Thor, Peiwen

Pfeiler, Wayne

Hanson, Ariel

Carboxymethyl Cellulose (CMC) Films as Extracellular Matrices

that Promote Osteogenesis

abstract

 
NSF Sustainability, Energy, and 
Engineering (SEE) REU - Chemical 
Engineering

Thurman, Alexander C.

Indirect Measurement of Redox Potential in Mycobacterium tuberculosis KatG

abstract

 
NSF Chemistry REU

Vorren, Kristopher R.

Developing and Testing Four Color Fluorescence Resonance Energy

Transfer Imaging

abstract

 
NSF Physics REU

Warren, Joshua L.

Understanding Historical Emission Trends

abstract

 
Statistics VIGRE Traineeship Program
in the Department of Statistics

Wellons, Justin W.

Using Fatty Acid Profiles to Monitor Effects of Antibiotics

and Oil on Microbes

abstract

 
HHMI Reaching Incoming Student 
Enrichment (RISE) Program

Whisnant, Adam W.

Interaction Identification of Host Proteins and Marek's Disease

Virus UL49.5 Protein

abstract

 
Undergraduate Research Awards and
Undergraduate Summer Enrichment Awards

Wood, Justin B.

Evaluating Organic Solar Cell Performance Through Computational Modeling

abstract

 
NSF Sustainability, Energy, and 
Engineering (SEE) REU - Chemical 
Engineering

Wootten, Adrienne M.

Antczak, George

Can Meteorologically Adjusted Ozone Trends Estimate the Impact

of the NOx SIP Call?

abstract

 
Statistics VIGRE Traineeship Program
in the Department of Statistics