2011 Undergraduate Research Awards Students Name of Person Submitting College Supported 1 Belovich, Joanne Engineering 2 2 Belovich, Joanne Gatica, Jorge Engineering Engineering Department Title of Proposal Chemical & Bio Transport Properties of Cortical Bone Tissue Engineering Chemical & Bio Experimental Analysis and Computer-Aided Engineering Design of Gravitational Settlers for Bio-Fuels Production from Microalgae Chemical & Bio Characterization and Optimization of Thin Film Engineering Deposition Processes by Thermal Analysis and Mathematical Modeling Total Funded $4,898.00 $9,596.00 $8,096.00 2 Holland, Nolan Engineering Chemical & Bio Thermally Responsive Polypeptide Engineering Nanoparticles: Design and Characterization $8,946.00 2 Holland, Nolan Engineering 2 Simon, Dan Engineering 1 Tewari, Surendra Engineering 2 Zhao, Wenbing Engineering 1 Doane, Lisa Stines Science Chemical & Bio Engineering Electrical & Computer Chemical & Bio Engineering Electrical & Computer Psychology Protein Purification Using an Elastin-like Polypeptide Tag Noninvasive Electrocardiogram Monitoring and Diagnosis Effect of Cross-Section Change on Dendritic Array Morphology during Directional Solidification of Aluminum-7% Silicon Alloy Single Crystals Participatory Sensing for Intelligent Transportation Systems The Relationship Between Treatment Preference and PTSD Treatment Outcome $8,421.00 $7,896.00 $3,798.00 $9,096.00 $3,486.72 2 1 Espy, Debbie Fodor, Petru Science Science School of Health Development and Validation of Methods to Sciences Rate Components of a Balance Training Program Physics Improving Fuel Usage in Microchannel Based Fuel Cells $6,052.50 $5,665.00 1 Fodor, Petru Science 1 Milidonis, Mary Science 2 Resnick, Andrew Science 1 Shukla, Girish C. Science 3 Strelestzky, Kiril Science 1 Sun, Xue-Long Science 2 Yamamoto, Naohide Science 1 Gallagher, Vickie Coleman Business Physics Dynamics of Linear Molecules in a Microchannel School of Health Program Evaluation of Physical Therapy Sciences Services at the Free Clinic in Cleveland Physics The Primary Cilium is a Center of Cellular Signalling BGES Prostate Cancer Cell Specific Small RNAs Discovery by Deep-Sequencing Physics Polysaccharide Microgels as a Soft Drug Delivery System Chemistry Glyco-engineering of Recombinant Antithrombotic Protein Psychology Schizotypal Traits and Self-Motion Sensing: Exploring the role of Bodily Senses in Space Perception Management and A Multi-Level Analysis of Green Business Labor Relations Practices: Impacting the Bottom Line Through Strategic Human Resources (HR) Practices $5,665.00 $2,088.90 $3,376.00 $14,438.40 $9,703.75 $7,798.00 $4,448.00 $4,328.30 4 1 Aspelin, Paul Vaughn, Justin CLASS CLASS Anthropology Making Sense of Cleveland's Past: The Archaeological Collection from the "Mall A" Construction Site, Cleveland, Ohio Political Science Do First Ladies Matter? Assessing the Substantive Impact of First Lady Policy Activism $9,540.00 $4,081.60 2 1 38 Jones, Mittie Mikelbank,, Brian Urban Affairs Urban Affairs Urban Studies Urban Studies Communities in Transition: Population Change and Community Needs on the West Side of Greater Cleveland Engaged Learning Three Ways: Community Development Research on the Housing Crisis Totals $4,420.00 $3,088.40 $148,927.57