May 2006

2006 Undergraduate Research & Poster Symposium Award Winners

Life Science – Application & Design 1st Place:
#27, Effect of Media and Buffer on the Recovery of Bacteria in a CCR Kit Experiment
Nathaniel Frank (ENG), Tommy Kreke (ENG), Adam Burton (ENG)
Research Mentor: Prof. Michael Ladisch

Life Science – Application & Design 2nd Place
#98, Glyphosate resistance in Horseweed (Conyza Canadensis)
Karen True (AG)
Research Mentor: Dr. Stephen Weller

Life Science – Research 1st Place
#58, Loss of the IIb MyHC Gene Blunts Myostatin-Induced Muscle Hypertrophy
Jonathan M. Pleitner (AG)
Research Mentor: David E. Gerrard

Life Science – Research 2nd Place
#16, Multi-species interactions among a commensal (Chaetogaster limnaei limnaei), a parasite (Schistosoma mansoni), and an aquatic snail host (Biomphalaria glabrata)
Jenna Rodgers (SCI)
Research Mentor: Dr. Dennis Minchella

Physical Science – Research 1st Place
#10, Grain-Boundary Grooving of 7 wt% Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Thermal Barrier Coatings
Kendra A. Erk (ENG)
Research Mentor: Professor Rodney W. Trice

Physical Science – Research 2nd Place
#76, Zero-Gravity Stability Solutions of Droplets in a Bent Circular Cylinder
Jonathan P. Braun (ENG)
Research Mentor: Dr. Steven Collicott

Physical Science – Application & Design 1st Place
#70, Active Control of Sunroof Buffeting
Joseph Land (ENG)
Research Mentor: Luc Mongeau

Physical Science – Application & Design 2nd Place
#100, Automaton System for a Metastable Fluid Based Neutron Detector
Jeffrey A. Webster (ENG)
Research Mentors: Dr. Rusi Taleyarkhan and Dr. Yiban Xu

Mathematical/Computational Science – Research 1st Place
#30, 3D Analysis of Fuel Cycles in CANDU using AGENT
John Hopkins (ENG)
Research Mentor: Professor Tatjana Jevremovic

Mathematical/Computational Science – Research 2nd Place
#45, Efficacy of Data-Driven Respiration Compensation Methods in fMRI Data at 1.5T
A. D. Kothari (ENG) and S. Hu
Research Mentor: T. M. Talavage

Mathematical/Computational Science – Application & Design 1st Place
#18, Hydrogen Peroxide Assay Development and Its Use in Study of Absorption Kinetics
Hayley Knollman (SCI)
Research Mentor: Dr. Fangdong Yin

Mathematical/Computational Science – Application & Design 2nd Place
#15, Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to Simulate a Cylinder Head Flow Test
Cody McKinley (ENG)
Research Mentor: Dr. John Lumkes

Social Science – Research 1st Place
#55, Development and Analysis of a Variable Ethanol Subsidy
Justin Quear (AG)
Research Mentor: Dr. Wallace Tyner

Social Science – Research 2nd Place
#37, Indiana Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Willingness-to-pay in a State-sponsored Promotional Program
Ben Arjomandi (AG)
Research Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Dennis

Social Science – Application & Design 1st Place
#9, Our Town: Brownfield Redevelopment Partnership
Sarrah Cheatham (AG)
Research Mentor: Daniel Somerville

Social Science – Application & Design 2nd Place
#44, Sustainability and Historic Preservation
Jacob Walker (AG)
Research Mentor: Kim Wilson

New Researcher Award
#56, Detail Study of Neutron Transport in Purdue Research Reactor
Lenka Kollar (ENG)
Research Mentor: Professor Tatjana Jevremovic

College of Agriculture – Dean’s Award
#43, Wheat Lines with Different Root Volumes: Evaluating Selected Genotypes
Nicholas A. Crowley (AG)
Research Mentor: Dr. Herbert Ohm

College of Agriculture – Students’ Award
#54, Developing a Phosphoproteomic Strategy for the Identification of Target Substrates of a Ser/Thr Kinase in Streptococcus agalactiae
Melanie M. Ivancic (AG)
Research Mentor: W. Andy Tao

College of Science – Dean’s Award
#57, Realistic and Interactive Rendering of Complex Reflections
Jordan Dauble (SCI)
Research Mentors: Dr. Chunhui Meiand andDr. Voicu Popescu

College of Science – Students’ Award
#36, Potential Role of Adiponectin in Mammary Gland Development and Cancer
Kelley Krizek (SCI)
Research Mentor: Dr. Ignacio Camarillo

College of Engineering – Dean’s Award
#100, Automaton System for a Metastable Fluid Based Neutron Detector
Jeffrey A. Webster (ENG)
Research Mentors: Dr. Rusi Taleyarkhan and Dr. Yiban Xu

College of Engineering – Students’ Award
#75, Evaluation of a Noise-Based Cochlear Implant Simulator: Vowel Perception
Mehmet Gunal (ENG)
Research Mentors: N. Ellen Taylor, Thomas Talavage

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