UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROPOSALS
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARDS
Number of
Students
Supported
4
Title of Proposal
A Comparison of Energy Expenditure in College Students Using A New Generation
Active Computer Game vs. Traditional Physical Activity
An Algae Dewatering Method for Biofuel Production
Name of Person Submitting
Kathy Little, Mary Motley, Sheila Patterson &
Ken Sparks
Joanne Belovich
Cell Cycle rgulation of skeletal mytoblast apoptosis
Crystal Weyman
Computuaional Chemical Research into new High energy materials based on
spiropentane
Design, fabrication and characterization of passive micromixers with fractal surface
patterning
Developing Subject-Specific Computational Models of the Cardiovascular System from
Magnetic Resonance Images
Development of an Assay System to Study Influence of Rgegulatory miRN as on
Androgen Receptor Function in Prostate Cancer Biolgoy
Effects of Increased Cholesterol Levels on the Molecular Activity of Membrane-bound
Proteins
Experimental Research on High-Performance Thin Films and Coated Materials
David Ball
Exploring Transitional Bilingual Education in San Jose, Costa Rica and the National
Indigenous Reserve of Chirripo
Facilitating the Generalizatin of Pretend Play skills in Young Children: Does Teaching
Approach Matter?
Field Implementation of Pervious Concrete Pavement Technology
Leilani Garcia-Turull
FR:AMES-Films Research: Advanced Metholodogies for Empirical Studies
Evan Lieberman & Kimberly Neuendorf
functional Analysis of Natural and Constructed Wetlands in Northeast Ohio
Julie Wolin
Identification of new anticoagulant molecules
Michael Kalafatis
1
1
1
2
1
$7,331
$9,841
Petru Fodor & Miron Kaufman
$7,358
George Catzimavroudis
$7,947
Girish Shukla
$17,078
Mekki Bayachou
$8,052
Paul Hambourger
1
1
2
$7,008
$7,612
1
2
Amount
Awarded
$5,000
$2,000
Connie Wong
$7,502
Norbert Delatte
2
$9,420
5
$11,525
1
$9,999
1
$10,057
Identification of Novel genes required for chromosome segregation by a genomic screen G. Valintin Borner
2
$9,936
Identification of tbRAP1-interacting factors using yeast 2-hybrid screen
1
Bibo Li
$9,100
1
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROPOSALS
Number of
Students
Supported
Title of Proposal
Improving Work Zone Safety using Sensor Networks
Optimization of Biosynthesis and purification of Proteins and Polypeptides
Name of Person Submitting
Pong Chu, Yongjian Fu, Nigamanth Sridhar,
Cchasnu Yu, Wenbing Zhao, Ye Zhu
Nolan Holland
Polymeric nanoparticles as drug delivery agents: Exploring loading capacity
Kiril Streletzky & Mekki Bayachou
6
1
2
$7,552
Pregnancy Management Practices, Childbirth Experiences, and Infant Health Outcomes Kate Masley
Among a Multiethnic Sample of Urban Mothers in Cleveland, Ohio
Smart Nanoparticle vesicles -- micelles: exploring aggregation, structure, dynamics, and Kiril Streletzky
water content under different solvent conditions
Study Abroad Program to England: International Marketing & Business Research
Thomas Whipple
10
$3,528
The evolution and biomechanics of locomotion in tree-climbing mammals
Andrew R. Lammers
2
$5,894
Thermal Characterization of Thin Film Deposition Processes Protective and Conversion Jorge Gatica
Coatings
Turning Chemistry Upside Down: Identification of Real Compounds from Molecular
Rolf Lustig
Models
Undergraduate Research Experience in Protein Crystallography
Jacquine Vitali
1
Paul Bosela
Using Science Probes to Describe Science Misconceptions Held by Pre-Service
Elementary Education Majors
Vernacular Landscapes and Economic Decline: Urban Place in the 20th Century
Robert Ferguson
$5,797
Zeolite Membrane Permeation - Modeling and Validation
Dhananjai Shah
Perception of Service quality in Health-Fitness Clubs
Eddie T. C. Lam
Examining the role of talker variability in the perception of spoken language
Conor McLennan
$9,420
$11,815
Mark Tebeau & Mark Souther
3
$13,061
1
$4,547
6
2
$7,537
$3,031
Use of Steel Slag as an Aggregate in Concrete Pavement
2
4
$7,573
Aimin Zhou
1
1
$6,547
$12,000
Study of the Biochemical function of Cyclovirobuxine D Analogs
1
$18,187
$10,654
2
1
Amount
Awarded
$9,482
$6,023
2
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROPOSALS
Number of
Students
Supported
75
Title of Proposal
Name of Person Submitting
Total Amount Awarded
Amount
Awarded
$289,414
3