2005 Undergraduate Research and Achievements Forum abstracts
Identification of the mammalian homolog of Apg14 by a Yeast two-hybrid screen
Student: Corinne Alinea
Faculty Mentor: EB Rucker, Animal Sciences
NEUROHORMONAL RESPONSES TO HUMAN-ANIMAL
Student: Erin Anderson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rebecca Johnson, Nursing
NEUROHORMONAL RESPONSES TO HUMAN-ANIMAL
Student: Erin Anderson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rebecca Johnson, Sinclair School of Nursing
Speech Disorders Following Brain Injury: Effects of Speaking Rate on Nasal Resonance
Student: Rebecca Ansley
Faculty Mentor: Barry L. Slansky, Ph.D., Communication Science & Disorders
Intimate Opposition: cultural orientation and closeness as moderators of parental opposition's impact on relationships
Student: Tamika Barkley
Faculty Mentor: Colleen Sinclair, Psychology
Oil Sample Analysis from Biodiesel Engines
Student: Christopher Beach
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Leon Schumacher, Ag. Engineering
Lubricity Testing on Diesel Fuel MixedWith Biodiesel
Student: Matt Beach Beach
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Leon Schumacher, Ag Engineering
The Effects of Cognition, Discount Framing, and Expectations on Consumer Purchase Decisions
Student: Amber Berkbigler
Faculty Mentor: S. Ratneshwar, Marketing
A Spatial and Temporal Comparison of Prehistoric Pottery in Dunlkin County, Missouri
Student: Colby Bestgen
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael O'Brien, Anthropology
Design and Synthesis of Biocompatible Gold Nanoparticles
Student: Sharanya Bhaskaran
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kattesh V. Katti, Radiology
A GPS Model for Assessing Threats to Cavefish Sites
Student: Robert Bisch
Faculty Mentor: Douglas Noltie, Fisheries and wildlife
Non Medicinal Treatments for Breast Cancer Prevention
Student: Ashley Bolden
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Rosenfeld, Biomedical Sciences
Fostering Effective School Leaders: An Anti-Bullying Intervention Group Composed of Positive and Negative Class Leaders.
Student: Tiffany Butler
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Karen Weston, Educational, School, & Counseling Psychology
Capillary hydraulic conductivity (Lp) and infection in August Rana pipiens
Student: Curt Canine
Faculty Mentor: Donna Williams, Sinclair School of Nursing
The Ecology and Epidemiology of the Raccoon Roundworm in Baskett Wildlife Area
Student: Beth Carter
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Matthew Gompper, Fisheries and Wildlife
Can plant estrogens prevent prostate cancer?
Student: Alexis Cody
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dennis Lubahn, Biochemistry/Child Health
Novel Genetic screen for iron homeostasis in Arabidopsis
Student: Charles Cooper
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Rogers, Biochemistry
A Longitudinal Analysis of Political Issue Ownership Trends and Shifts from 1970 to 2004
Student: Venita Cooper
Faculty Mentor: William Benoit, Ph. D., Communication
Upregulation of zif268 in passive avoidance learning
Student: Aminata Coulibaly
Faculty Mentor: Agnes Simonyi, Biochemistry
Fatigue Testing of Steel and Fiber Reinforced Bridge Deck Slabs
Student: Sarah Craig
Faculty Mentor: Vellore S. Gopalaratnam, Civil Engineering
Dissection of plant Pol III transcription machinery in Arabidopsis thaliana
Student: Susan Crouch
Faculty Mentor: Dr. William Folk, Biochemistry
Avoiding Life Threatening Accidents When Using MRI
Student: Felicity Cunningham
Faculty Mentor: Glen Heggie, Cardiopulmonary and Diagnostic Sciences
Cross-species RNA interference: selected Ascaris dsRNAs can sterilize Caenorhabditis
Student: Bianca Davenport
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Karen L. Bennett, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Determination of ABA Concentration in Three Stages of Development Among Inbred lines Mo17, Fr697, B73, and B97
Student: Ryan Dierking
Faculty Mentor: Georgia Davis, Agronomy
Consumer Goals and Goal Hierarchies Explored
Student: Andrew Doran
Faculty Mentor: S. (Ratti) Ratneshwar, Marketing
Multi-Dimensional Separation of Proteins and Peptides
Student: Atim Enyenihi
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael Greenlief, Chemistry
A Preliminary Study of Brain Laterality in Autism via Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Student: Melanie Evans
Faculty Mentor: Judith Miles, Child Health-Genetics
Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum: A Case Study
Student: Kelly Farris
Faculty Mentor: Dana Fritz, Communication Sciences and Disorders
FOURTH GENERATION EXPLANATIONS OF AMERICAN POLICE BEHAVIOR
Student: Jenny Flatt
Faculty Mentor: John Galliher, Sociology Department
Diffusional Studies for Gold Crosslinked Collagen Coated Membranes for Intravascular Biosensors
Student: Emily Fotovich
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sheila Grant, Biological Engineering
Examining Cultural Hybrids in Anglo-Saxon England
Student: Scott Gaines
Faculty Mentor: Dr. John Miles Foley, Classical Studies & English
The Economic Feasibility of Producing Biodiesel from Soybean Oil in Missouri
Student: Scott Gerlt
A case study of Supercell Thunderstorm Merger and Tornadogenesis
Student: William Gilmore
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Neil Fox, Soil, Environment, and Atmospheric Science
Cloning of Slc26a6 from Murine Small Intestine for Cystic Fibrosis Studies
Student: Divya Gollapudi
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lane Clarke, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center and Departme
Cloning of Slc26a6 from Murine Small Intestine for Cystic Fibrosis Studies
Student: Divya Gollapudi
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lane Clarke, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center and Departme
Sex differences in perceived effectiveness and performance of self-care behaviors for naturally-occurring muscle pain
Student: Victoria Gormley
Faculty Mentor: Erin Dannecker, Physical Therapy
Consumer Goals and Goal Hierarchies Explored: Fashion Favorites of Young Adult Males
Student: Melissa Guiles
Faculty Mentor: Professor Ratti Ratneshwar, Marketing
Maximizers Vs. Satisficers: Can More Choice Lead to Less Consumer Satisfaction?
Student: Erin Hamill
Faculty Mentor: S. (Ratti) Ratneshwar, Marketing
a.Does team-level conscientiousness predict team performance?: The role of task context and group process.
Student: Jennifer Harvel
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Christopher Robert, Management and Psychological Sciences
Worry Less and Reduce Your Stress: Impact of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on University Students
Student: Angela Heckman
Faculty Mentor: Sandra Matsuda, Occupational Therapy
The effect of supplementing ZnO and Biotin on biochemical phenotypes of nursery pig microflora
Student: Michelle Hellman
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Marcia Shannon, Animal Science
Antigen-sampling M cells in the hamster Peyer's patch and conjunctiva.
Student: Manuel Hernandez
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tom Phillips, Biological Sciences
Steel Stud Wall Analysis
Student: Thomas Hiles
Faculty Mentor: Hani Salim, Civil Engineering
An exploration of the elements in music
Student: Erin Huelskamp
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Thomas McKenney, Music
Student: Andy Hunt
Faculty Mentor: Abdullahi A. Ibrahim, History
Quartet no. 2
Student: Eric Huntsucker
Faculty Mentor: W. Thomas McKenney, Music
Induced Apoptosis of Neuroblastoma by Treatment with Anti-oncogene Peptide Nucleic Acids
Student: Sarah Jeffery
Faculty Mentor: Michael Lewis, Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
Impact of Food Choices on Behavior Expectancy and Judgments of Morality
Student: Melinda Kampmann
Faculty Mentor: Anna Bardone-Cone, Psychological Sciences
Testosterone Inhibits Migration of Porcine Coronary Smooth Muscle Cells via PKC.
Student: Pranita Katwa
Faculty Mentor: Doug Bowles, Veterinary Biomedical Sciences
Activity Patterns and Skin Microcirculation in Healthy Young and Middle-Aged Adults
Student: Molly Kea
Faculty Mentor: Deidre Wipke-Tevis, Sinclair School of Nursing
Psychological and Economic Behaviors of North Korean Defectors by using the Adjustment Model
Student: Byung-Jae Kim
Bisphenol A alters messenger RNA expression in prostate mesenchyme cells
Student: James Kirkpatrick
Faculty Mentor: Frederick vom Saal, Biological Sciences
Comparison of ecological structure of two second order streams.
Student: Nicholas Knobbe
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jan Weaver, Biological Sciences
Molecular Dynamics: Making Molecules Dance
Student: Cecelia Koetting
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rainer Glaser, Chemistry
Beating Around the Bush: How Obfuscation and Attractiveness Interact in Customer Perceptions of Service Providers
Student: Lindsey Korth
Faculty Mentor: S. Ratneshwar, Marketing
Optical imaging technique for viewing apoptotic cells
Student: Darcy Kruse
Faculty Mentor: Ping Yu, Physics & Astronomy
Integration of Cauliflower mosaic virus into the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana through homologous
Student: Veronica Lawrence
Faculty Mentor: Jim Schoelz, Plant Pathology
Morphology and Cytoskeletal Elements of Reticulospinal Neurons of Lampreys in Cell Culture
Student: MyChi Le
Faculty Mentor: Andrew D. McClellan, Biological Sciences
The Effects of Cognition, Discount Framing, and Expectations on Consumer Purchase Decisions
Student: Anthony Ledwon
Faculty Mentor: Ratti Ratneshwar, Marketing
Beating Around the Bush: How Obfuscation and Attractiveness Interact in Customer Perceptions of Service Providers
Student: Nathan Linzie
Faculty Mentor: Professor S. Ratti Ratneshwar, Marketing
Individual Differences Among Alcohol and Tobacco Users: Self-Classification and Problem Recognition
Student: Andrew Littlefield
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kristina Jackson, Psychological Sciences
Characterizing the Nutrient Content of Native Missouri Grasses for Grazing Cattle
Student: Andrea Loyd
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jim Spain, Animal Science
Attitudes and Outcome Expectancies about Driving after Alcohol and Marijuana Use.
Student: Andrea Lynch
Faculty Mentor: Denis McCarthy, Psychology
Factors determining terrestrial habitat use by the treefrog Hyla versicolor: Evidence from experimental arboreal refugia
Student: Rachel Mahan
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Raymond D. Semlitsch, Biological Science
Disruption of Arabidopsis thaliana Dihydrolipoyl Acetyltransferase Gene Expression Using T-DNA and RNA interference
Student: Brett Matzek
Faculty Mentor: Douglas Randall, Biochemistry
Disruption of Arabidopsis thaliana Dihydrolipoyl Acetyltransferase Gene Expression Using T-DNA and RNA Interference
Student: Brett Matzek
Faculty Mentor: Douglas Randall, Biochemistry
The Development of Hardiness in Women
Student: Jordan McCall
Faculty Mentor: Alan Strathman, Psychological Sciences
The Development of Hardiness in Women
Student: Jordan McCall
Faculty Mentor: Alan Strathman, Psychological Sciences
THE IMPACT OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS ON MCS EVENTS
Student: Nathan McKinnon
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anthony Lupo, Soil, Environmental, and Atmospheric Science
Survival of Eastern Cottontail Rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus) within Missouri River Bottomland Agroforestry Habitats
Student: Lucas Miller
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joshua J. Millspaugh, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
Winter lightning behavior in non-severe and severe thundersnow events
Student: Neville Miller
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Patrick Market, Soil, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences
Images of African Americans Among Winning Newspaper Entries in the Pictures of the Year Archive
Student: Karen Mitchell
Faculty Mentor: Dr. C. Zoe Smith, Journalism
Beating Around the Bush: How Obfuscation and Attractiveness Interact in Customer Perceptions of Service Providers
Student: Elizabeth Moore
Faculty Mentor: S. (Ratti) Ratneshwar, Marketing
Handedness: The Dental Diagnosis
Student: Will Morris
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Wescott, Anthropology
Determining the spatial and temporal requirement of the dunce cAMP-phosphodiesterase in behavior
Student: Dale Okorodudu
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Troy Zars, Biology
Diffuse Photon Optical Tomography: an investigation into the propagation of light through turbid media
Student: Domingo Pacheco
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ping Yu, Physics
BioAnalyzer: A Tool for RNA Local Secondary Structure Prediction and Visualization
Student: Peter Petty
Faculty Mentor: Dong Xu, Computer Science
Walking for Healthy Hearts Dog Walk Program
Student: Jenifer Pilz-Coulibaly Pilz-Coulibaly
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rebecca Johnson, Sinclair School of Nursing
Consumer Goals and Goal Hierarchies Explored: Fashion Favorites of Young Adult Males
Student: Stephanie Pratte
Faculty Mentor: S. (Ratti) Ratneshwar, Marketing
Production of Gold 198/199 Nanoparticles For Potential Use in Cancer Radio Therapy
Student: Valerie Rahing
Faculty Mentor: Cathy S. Cutler, Research Associate Professor
Fine Art and Traditional Quilting
Student: Hannah Reeves
Faculty Mentor: Josephine Stealey, Fine Art - Fibers
Evaluating and Modeling Peak Traffic Patterens
Student: Robert Rescot
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carlos Sun, Civil Engineering
The Effects of Cognition, Discount Framing, and Expectations on Consumer Purchase Decisions
Student: Kemyell Rieves
Faculty Mentor: S. Ratti Ratneshwar, Marketing
The Use of Photogrammetry in Remote Monitoring of a Geotechnical Engineering Research Experiment
Student: Theron Rodgers
Faculty Mentor: J. Erik Loehr, Geotechnical Engineering
An analysis of type I collagen from the oim model mouse
Student: Kristin Rolwes
Faculty Mentor: Charlotte Phillips, Biochemistry
Beating Around the Bush: How Obfuscation and Attractiveness Interact in
Student: Jill Rugen
Faculty Mentor: S. (Ratti) Ratneshwar, Marketing
Identification of Zebrafish Genes Affecting Motor Neuron Development
Student: Margaret Salisbury
Faculty Mentor: Anand Chandrasekhar, Biological Sciences
Robust Future Interplanetary Mission Planning
Student: Aaron Sengstacken
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Craig Kluever, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Plasma Spark on a Pulse Charged Blumline
Student: Ashkan Seyedi
Faculty Mentor: Scott Kovaleski, ECE
Atomic Force Microscopy Measurements of Topography and Friction on Dotriacontane Films Adsorbed on a SiO2 Surface
Student: Matthew Simpson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Haskell Taub, Physics & Astronomy
Polyphenols Protect Against the Neuronal Damage Induced by Oxidative Stress
Student: Bryan Sisk
Faculty Mentor: Grace Sun, biochemistry
Maximizers Vs. Satisficers: Can More Choice Lead to Less Consumer Satisfaction?
Student: Dustin Smart
Faculty Mentor: Ratneshwar, Srinivasan, Marketing
The Effects of Cognition, Discount Framing, and Expectations on Consumer Purchase Decisions
Student: Bradley Smith
Faculty Mentor: S.Rathneshwar, Marketing
Mental Health Parity: Achieving parity in insurance benefits
Student: Maria Speiser
Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Webber, Political Science
Growth and Development in Arabidopsis thaliana
Student: Dawn Stocker
Faculty Mentor: John C. Walker, Biological Science
A Novel Biosensing Technique to Detect Calpastatin, a Meat Tenderness Indicator
Student: Richard Stringer
Faculty Mentor: Sheila Grant, Biological Engineering
Dietary Supplementation of Inorganic and Organic Zn Effect on the Microbial Population of Nursery Pigs
Student: Jamie Swoboda
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Marcia Shannon, Animal Science
SMOKING PREVALENCE RATES OF HOSPITAL IN-PATIENTS VS. THOSE OF THE GENERAL POPULATION
Student: Michael Talley
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael Prewitt
Acting in the New Millenium: A Personal Treatise
Student: Ross Taylor
Faculty Mentor: David A. Crespy, Theatre
Development of a Portable Cortisol Biosensor
Student: Theodore Thomas
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sheila Grant, Biological Engineering
Twelfth-Century Women's Paradox: Power and Perceptions
Student: Nina Verbanaz
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lois Huneycutt, History
Screening for Genetic Modifiers of dawdle in Arabidopsis
Student: Sarah Violand
Faculty Mentor: John Walker, Biological Sciences
Computational study of water transport through carbon nanotubes and channel proteins
Student: Christopher Volz
Faculty Mentor: Ioan Kosztin, Physics
Genetic analysis of self-fertilization traits in Nicotiana plumbaginifolia, a derivate of N. longiflora
Student: Paul Walker
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tim Holtsford, Department of Biological Sciences
Is a Picture Really Worth a Thousand Words?
Student: Tamar Wallace
Faculty Mentor: Kim Leon, HDFS
Pregnancy Intentions and Social Well-Being
Student: Carmen Washington
Faculty Mentor: Marjorie Sable, Social Work
The Effects of Cognition, Discount Framing, and Expectations on Consumer Purchase Decisions
Student: David Weidner
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ratneshwar, Marketing
Surface Immobilization of Peptides on SiO2 Nanobeads for an Enzymatic Biosensor
Student: Craig Weilbaecher
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sheila Grant, Biological Engineering
Therapy of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis under circumstances relevant to human multiple sclerosis - Part II
Student: Karla Wiehagen
Faculty Mentor: Habib Zaghouani, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Beauty?
Student: Amy Williams
Faculty Mentor: Jean Brueggenjohann, Fine Arts
Relationship between Grammatical Development and Stuttering in Young Children
Student: Kimberly Wilt
Faculty Mentor: Stacy Wagovich, Communication Science & Disorders
Small Business Awareness of the International Market
Student: Scott Winton
Faculty Mentor: Douglas Moesel, Management
INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTIONS, RESOURCE SELECTION, AND MOVEMENTS OF EASTERN COTTONTAIL RABBITS
Student: Jered Wisdom
Faculty Mentor: Joshua Millspaugh, Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences
Human hematocrit and gender: Is there an oscillatory pattern and do they differ?
Student: Hiwot Woldgeorgis
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Deidre Wipke-Tevis, Sinclair School of Nursing
Relationship Between Conversational Language Performance and Stuttering Over Time
Student: Mallory Wood
Faculty Mentor: Stacy Wagovich, PhD, CCC-SLP, Communication Science & Disorders