Student Research Awards 2008 - Rounds 1 & 2
Round 1 |
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Student Name |
Student Advisor |
Dept. |
Title |
Awarded |
| Joshua Stepanek | Matt Julius | Aquatic Biology | Binding of 4-Nonyl Phenol to Microscopic Glas Structures | $675.00 |
| Kent Grove; C. Blanksma; R. Cediel; Meghan McGee; A. Saleh & S. Walsh | Heiko Schoenfuss | Aquatic Toxicology | The effects of Estrone (E1), Estradiol (E2), and thenylestradio (EE2) on the reproductive competence of the fathead minnow |
$300.00 |
| Travis Athmann; Robert Bjornsson & Patrick Thewlis | Robert Aceves | Aviation | Alternative Power Sources for Airport Operations and Maintenance | $150.00 |
| Anthony Haupert; Drew DeLeon & Josh Klaphake | Robert Aceves | Aviation | Aircraft Proxinity Warning | $300.00 |
| Jacob Shepard; Drew Lustgraaf & John Bruns | Robert Aceves | Aviation | Ground Crew Communications | $500.00 |
| Eric Hanson | Matt Julius | Biological Sciences | Paleoecology and Development of Lake Ogechie, Mille Lacs, MN | $300.00 |
| Jeanette Hoffer | Matt Julius | Biology | Introducing Molecular Biology Techniques in the K-12 Classroom | $750.00 |
| Megan McGee; Megan Buerkley & Noel Kepler | Heiko Schoenfuss | Biology | Effects of Emerging Contaminant Exposures on Innate Behaviors of Larval Fathead Minnows | $750.00 |
| Deshani Perera | Marina Cetkovic-Cvrlje | Biology | Does WH1-P131, an Inhibitor of JAD3 (Janus Tyrosine Kinase 3), Induce Apoptotic Cell Death in Cultured T-Cells of NOD mice? | $630.00 |
| Fei Chin Tsan | Marina Cetkovic-Cvrlje | Biology | Isolation and Culture of Mouse CD4+ T-cells | $675.00 |
| Marin Olson | Marina Cetkovic-Cvrlje | Biomedicine | Incidence of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) in the colonly of NOD/LtJ Mice at SCSU | $750.00 |
| Sharad Krishna Shrestha | Marina Cetkovic-Cvrlje | Biotechnology | Immunophenotyping of cells affected by the Janus tyrosine kinase inhibitor WH1-P132 in vitro | $1,000.00 |
| Michael Angelo Eannelli | Mohammed Mahroof-Tahir | Chemistry | Synthesis and Characterization of Oxovanadium-flavonoid Complexes and their Potential Anti-Diabetic Properties | $1,000.00 |
| Koshail Fernando | Mohammad Mahroof-Tahir | Chemistry | Synthesis and Characterization of Vanadium-flavanoid Complexes using 3,7,4-Trihydroxyflavone 3,7,4-Trihydroxyflavone | $1,100.00 |
| Jessica Hanson | Rebecca Krystyniak | Chemistry | An Investigation of the link Students make between the concept of the phases of matter to real life examples | $500.00 |
| Alexander Willing | Mohammad Mahroof-Tahir | Chemistry | Synthesis, solid and solution state characterization of potential antidiabetic Apigenin-Vanadium complex | $750.00 |
| Binaya Shrestha & Jason Leet | Michael Dvorak & Russ Lidberg | Chemistry/Physics | Florescence Emission Studies of Organic Semiconductors | $1,100.00 |
| Donald Wenz | Mohammad Mahroof-Tahir | Chemistry | Synthesizing vanadium-flavonoid complexes that may show potential anti-diabetic properties | $675.00 |
| Sue Murdy; Carey Anderson; Anne Kalar; Ashleigh Hinsz; Darcy Krippner & Monica Kuehn | Margery Whites | Communication Sciences & Disorders | Changes in the Job of the Speech-Language Pathologist: A Multi-Year Perspective | $444.00 |
| Kelsey Saxton; Lisa Stainbrook; Kristin Hohnberger & Helen Franckowiak | Margery Whites | Communication Sciences & Disorders | What Do Speech-Language Pathologists? A 10 Year Follow-Up Study | $444.00 |
| Kelly Yaeger; Amber Pitman; Naomi Janke; Stephanie Gumiela | Margery Whites | Communication Sciences & Disorders | A Preliminary Study of Evidence-Based Practice in Speech-Language Pathology | $360.00 |
| Patrick Baumann & Holly Dombrovski | Aiping Yao & Mark Petzld | Computer & Electrical Engineering | Automated Lan Mowing System | $1,200.00 |
| James Zimmerman; Jim LeClaire & Brent Mikkelsen | Tim Vogt | Computer & Electrical Engineering | High Speed Free Space Optical Data Link | $1,200.00 |
| Sunny Ahmed; Taqi Nasir & Deepak Rana | Ling Hou & Bruce Jacobson | Electrical Engineering | Automation of Liquid Chromatography Instrument | $1,200.00 |
| Ryan Doheny; Nick Stein & Eric Voegele | Mark Petzold | Electrical Engineering | Autonomous Meterological Airplane | $750.00 |
| John Steckelberg; Jesse Tommey & Sutee Sappurissaku | Michael Glazos | Electrical Engineering | Control Interface conversion for an Electric Motocycle | $675.00 |
| Zach Tatge; Suzuki Motonhisa & Damir Krehic | Michael Glazos | Electrical Engineering | Powertrain for an electric motorcycle | $1,000.00 |
| Jessica Hixson | Gareth John | Geography | Mapping George Catlin's 1836 expedition to the Pipestone Quarry | $347.00 |
| David Laliberte | Robert Galler | History | Research in Native American Baseball History | $500.00 |
| Charlene Malin | Rod Kubesh | Meterology | Examining the three dimensions of wind | $675.00 |
| Timohty G. Loes II & Amanda Cole | Heiko Schoenfuss | Molecular & Cellular Biology | Food Preference for Daphnia Magna to exposed Melosir Varians | $750.00 |
| Amee Vandenberg-Gallagher | Carmen Wilhite | Music | Beethoven in 1880: Three Instrumental Sonatas | $675.00 |
| Rachel Hulkonen | Jody Illies | Psychology | Salivary Hormone Levels and Sensation seeking in Adult Woment | $900.00 |
Total |
$22,525.00 |
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Round 2 |
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Student Name |
Student Advisor |
Dept. |
Title |
Awarded |
| Regina Carroll | John Rapp | Applied Behovior Analysis | An Extensive Evaluation of Functional Control with Interval Mathods III - Fales Postives for Duration Events | $300.00 |
| Rekike Alem | Lakshmaiah Sreerama | Biochemistry | Mutagenic Effects of Ethylene glycol either alcohols and aldehydes | $750.00 |
| Kokpor Daynuah | Lakshmaiah Sreerama | Biochemistry | Biochemical analysis of hydrogen cyanide (HONE) in cassava plant products | $850.00 |
| Entie Ogbon | Lakshmaiah Sreerama | Biochemistry | Characterization of truncated human class-3 aldehyde dehydrogenases (ALDH3A1) | $750.00 |
| Giovanni Antunez | Lakshmaiah Sreerama | Biochemistry | Human ALDH3A1 genetic polymorphism analysis | $850.00 |
| Marin Olson | Marina Cetkovic-Cvrlje | Biological Sciences | Incidence of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) in the Colony of NOD/LtJ Mice at SCSU | $50.00 |
| Ketaki Ghate | Marina Cetkovic-Cvrlje | Biological Sciences | Cytokine secretion from isolated CD4+ T Cells treated by JAK3 Kinase inhibitor WH1-P131 | $850.00 |
| Fei Chi Tsan; Deshani Perera & Ketaki Ghate | Marina Cetkovic-Cvrlje | Biological Sciences | Does WH1-P131, an inhibitor of JAK3 (Janus Tyrosine Kinase 3), Induce Apoptotic Cell Death in Cultured T Cells of NOD mice? | $50.00 |
| Jason Carlson | Marco Restani | Biology | Environmental Contaminats in Bald Eagles in Montana and Wyoming | $750.00 |
| Sharad Krishna Shrestha & Phil Haney | Marina Cetkovic-Cvrlje | Biology | Immunophenotyping of cells affected by the Januas tyrosine kinase inhibitor WH1-P131 in vitro | 50.00 |
| Frank Ziegler | William Cook | Biology | Frog Distribution Survey of Eastern Stearns County | $690.00 |
| Nirjal Bhattarai & Phillip Henning | Latha Ramakrishnan | Biomedical | Inhibition of Amyloid B Peptide Aggregation by Galantamine, Memantine and Tacrine | $750.00 |
| Omkar Paudel | Lakshmaiah Sreerama | Biomedical | Identification and Characterization of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase in Fathead Minnow Tissue | $700.00 |
| Jennifer BetGeorge | Kaylan Munshi | Chemistry | Synthesis and Characterization of several Pharmaceutically interesting Semi-Natural products from Birch Bark Extractive | $915.00 |
| Yawosse Dagban-Ayivon | Lakshmaiah Sreerama | Chemistry | Sub-Cloning and Characterization of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 5A1 (microsomal Aldehyde Dehydrogenase and its role in Environmental Toxicology | $915.00 |
| Mike Boike & Brandon Magnan | Tim Vogt | Electrical Engineering | AFSS (Automated Fire Supression System) | $800.00 |
| Bintou Jatta; Aboubacar Kanadji & Carlos Cuevas | Ling Hou | Electrical Engineering | Wireless Baby Music Monitor | $450.00 |
| Brandon Magnan & Tor Holste | Russell Lidberg & Tim Vogt | Electrical Engineering | Comparison of Surface Charge Carrier Mobilitiesin Organic Semiconductor Materials by Field-Effects and Time-of-Flight Measurement Techniques | $420.00 |
| Kyle Pfeifer & Riyan Mendonsa | Tim Vogt | Electrical Engineering | GMR Pathfinder | $500.00 |
| Margaret Patridge | James Robinson | English | An Analysis of International University Students' Global Competencies Pre-and Post-instruction | $1,100.00 |
| Shinobu Nakamura | Choonkyong Kim | English as a Second Language | Master's thesis data collection (How ESK teachers develop their own way of written feedback?) | $135.00 |
| Amit Pradhananga | Michner Bender | Environmental & Technological Studies | E-coli loading of water and sediment in the Sauk River | $635.00 |
| Amy Giese | Mikhail Blinnikov | Geography | Is there a gold deposit in the Center Valley Area? | $500.00 |
| Kevin Mlodzik | Juan Fedele | Hydrology | The Nature of the Experience Tapped by Biographical Data Questions | $400.00 |
| Aaron Seidel | Matthew Bigelow | Physics | Stimulated Brillouin Scattering thresholds in Liquid Carbon Disulfide | $500.00 |
Total |
$14,660 |
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