2006 Undergraduate Research and Achievements Forum abstracts
Alzheimer's Disease and Cell Death: A Better Understanding
Student: Corinne Alinea
Faculty Mentor: Dr Ed Rucker, Animal Science
Are Episodic Memory Deficits in Old Age Mediated by Sensory Loss? Investigating the Associative Deficit
Student: Alice Andres
Faculty Mentor: Moshe Naveh-Benjamin, Psychological Sciences
Are episodic memory deficits in old age mediated by sensory loss? Investigating the Associative Deficit
Student: Alice Andres
Faculty Mentor: Moshe Naveh-Benjamin, Psychological Sciences
Exploring retail atmospherics: Can background music influence employee creativity in solving problems?
Student: Jenny Aulbur
Faculty Mentor: S. (Ratti) Ratneshwar, Marketing
Thermal conductivity of unsaturated sand
Student: Jonathan Bailey
Faculty Mentor: William J. Likos, Civil Engineering
Analytical Model for Space Constrained Optimization of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Student: Anurag Bajpayee
Faculty Mentor: Gary Solbrekken, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Teaching the French horn: improved methods and resources
Student: Laua Baker
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Martin Bergee, Music and College
Analysis of horsepower and consumption in a diesel engine using different blends of ethanol, diesel, and biodiesel
Student: Christopher Beach
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Leon Schumacher, Agriculture Engineering
Optimization of protocols to propagate and passage undifferentiated and differentiated mouse embryonic stem cells
Student: Robyn Beatty
Faculty Mentor: Mark D. Kirk, Department of Biological Sciences
Pupillary light reflex (PLR) as a noninvasive functional vision test
Student: Matthew Bellassai
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gang Yao and Dr. Bo Lei, Biological Engineering and Ophthalmology
Assertiveness and Responsiveness in the Language of Three Year Old Children Who Stutter
Student: Stacey Belstle
Faculty Mentor: Stacy Wagovich, Communication Science and Disorders
Nanoscale Sensor Design via In situ Labeling of Gold Nanoparticles onto Protein Scaffolds
Student: Sharanya Bhaskaran
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kattesh. V. Katti, Radiology
Structural studies of HPV oncoprotein E7 and interactions with transcription factor, E2F1
Student: Jessica Blount
Faculty Mentor: Steven Van Doren, Biochemistry
Hitting the greens: Backcrossing the csn-5 mutant, par for the course, a CSN-5 protein null
Student: Holly Boedefeld
Faculty Mentor: Karen L. Bennett, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Estrogenic effects of polyphenols on ovariectomized rats
Student: Ashley Bolden
Faculty Mentor: Cheryl Rosenfeld, Veterinary Biomedical Sciences
Mediators of Perceptions of Responsibility for Crimes of Passion
Student: Sarah Bollasina
Faculty Mentor: gary brase, cognitive psychology
Microcolony formation as a stage in adherence of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae to human lung cells
Student: Matthew Bratkowski
Faculty Mentor: Miriam Golomb, Biological Sciences
Improving the Synthesis and Effectiveness of Future Melanoma Drugs
Student: Clayton Butcher
Faculty Mentor: Thomas Quinn, Biochemistry
"Political Identities in U.S. Latino Poetry in the Twentieth Century"
Student: Christopher Alex Chable'
Faculty Mentor: Edward Mullen, Spanish
Soy Protein Meat Analog High Moisture Extrusion
Student: Elizabeth Claycamp
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Fu-Hung Hsieh, Biological Engineering
Friction Stir Welcing
Student: Matt Combs
Faculty Mentor: Sherif El-Gizawy, Mech. Engineering
Characterization of putative mutants for iron homeostasis
Student: Charles Cooper
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Rogers, Biochemistry
Correlating NLDN Flash Data to Heavy Snow
Student: Christina Crowe
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Patrick S. Market, Soil, Environmental & Atmospheric Science
Evaluation of s steel sheet system for blast retrofit under static pressure
Student: Colleen Dansdill
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hani Salim, Civil Engineering
Cross-species RNAi: Selected Ascaris summ dsRNAs can sterilize Caenorhabditis elegans
Student: Bianca Davenport
Faculty Mentor: Karen Bennett, MMI
The effect of Uranyl on a Sulfur-Bound Amino Acid
Student: Jane Davis
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paul Duval, Chemistry
An analysis of the impact of blocking on North American summers.
Student: Nathan Davis
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anthony Lupo, Soil, Environmental and Atmospheric Science
Analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana mutants defective in the oligopeptide transporter OPT3
Student: Braden DeLoach
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gary Stacey, Division of Plant Sciences and Biochemistry
Video game music beyond its original function: Practices, styles, and ends
Student: Patrick Dell
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael J. Budds, Music
Live Performance
Student: Patrick Dell
Faculty Mentor: Dr. W. Thomas McKenney, Music
BioAnalyzer: A Tool for RNA Local Secondary Structure Prediction and Visualization
Student: Peter Dempsey
Faculty Mentor: Dong Xu, Computer Science
Climate changes at the Eocene/Oligocene boundary from foraminifera oxygen isotope ratios.
Student: Rebecca Dodds
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kenneth MacLeod, Geology
CLOUDY modeling of weird far-IR emission in the central zone of the Helix Nebula
Student: Adrienne Dove
Faculty Mentor: Angela Speck, Physics and Astronomy
On accumulation errors in WSR-88D precipitation algorithm during a highly evaporative low-level environment
Student: Christopher Foltz
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Neil Fox, Atmospheric Science
Sugar transport through maltoporin of Escherichia Coli: a combined molecular dynamics and stochastic modeling approach
Student: Michael Forney
Faculty Mentor: Ioan Kosztin, Physics
Effects of prenatal exposure to environmental estrogen and the development of endometriosis in adulthood
Student: Alison Ghormley
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Susan Nagel, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health
Bovine neck wireless temperature system
Student: Ben Goldschmidt
Faculty Mentor: Jim Spain, Animal Sciences
Measuring the variance in digestion rate of forages fed to ruminants
Student: Timothy Hackmann
Faculty Mentor: James Spain, Animal Sciences
Infection rates of American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) by disease-causing bacteria in central Missouri
Student: Tiffanie Hamilton
Faculty Mentor: Matthew Gompper, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
Practical solutions: An analysis of challenges and obstacles facing today's offenders
Student: Dan Hanneken
Faculty Mentor: Anne Dannerbeck, Social work
Mizzou steel bridge design
Student: Nick Harvey
Faculty Mentor: Hani Salim, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Positioning cells on a microchip using dielectrophoresis
Student: Sasson Haviv
Faculty Mentor: kevin Gillis, Biological Engineering
The varying effects of close relationships on self-esteem: A terror management theory perspective
Student: Ann Hecker
Faculty Mentor: Jamie Arndt, Psychology
Lectin labeling and morphological analysis of Hamster M cells
Student: Manuel Hernandez
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tom Phillips, Biological Sciences
A survey of criteria utilized by respiratory therapists to document pulmonary secretion quantity
Student: Karissa Hickam
Faculty Mentor: Lorilie Weber-Hardy, Respiratory Therapy
Designing blast-resistant walls
Student: Thomas Hiles
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hani Salim, Civil Engineering
Mental stress acutely affects blood flow mechanics in the abdominal aorta
Student: David Ingram
Faculty Mentor: M. Harold Laughlin, Biomedical Sciences
177Lu labeled radiopharmaceuticals as potential palliative bone agents
Student: Daniel Irwin
Faculty Mentor: Cathy Cutler, University of Missouri - Research Reactor
Understanding women health issues through research on female pigs
Student: Louis Jamtgaard
Faculty Mentor: Dr.Vladislav Glinskii, Biochemistry
Cryopreservation of bio-ink for bio-printing
Student: Robert Jinkerson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gabor Forgacs, Department of Physics
Blast retrofit of concrete walls using polymers
Student: Rhett Johnson
Faculty Mentor: Hani Salim, Civil Engineerng
Exploring both sides of the immigration issue, through visual communication
Student: Ben Jones
Faculty Mentor: Jean Brueggenjohann, Art
Imaging reticulospinal neurons in the lamprey brainstem using calcium indicator
Student: Jill Jouret
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andrew McClellan, Biology
Metered Poppet Valve
Student: Timothy Keim
Faculty Mentor: Roger Fales, Mechanical Engineering
Drink, party, and travel while I'm young: undergraduates' attitudes on risks to take before adulthood
Student: Frances Kile
Faculty Mentor: Russel D. Ravert, Human Development Family Studies
Winning Model for General Elections and its Practical Application
Student: Byung Jae Kim
Autonomous Vehicle Platooning using the Global Positioning System
Student: Brian Kliethermes
Faculty Mentor: Brian Adams, Agricultural Systems Management
Characterization of the FoxP[X43] deficiency in Drosophila
Student: Tim Koboldt
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Troy Zars, Biological Sciences
Paddlefish ranching as an economically sustainable use of farm ponds
Student: Tom Koenigsfeld
Faculty Mentor: Joseph Parcell, Agricultural Economics
Simulation of Increased Youth Turnout on the Presidential Election of 2004
Student: Drew Kurlowski
Faculty Mentor: Sean Nicholson-Crotty, Political Science
Effects of RNAi on SAUR Gene Expression
Student: John Lambird
Faculty Mentor: Gretchen Hagen, Biochemistry
Material testing for precast prestressed road panels
Student: Grant Luckenbill
Faculty Mentor: Dr. V.S. Gopalaratnam, Civil Engineering
Resonance energy in methyl acetate and its valence-isoelectronic analogs containing sulfur and selenium
Student: Alicia Ludden
Faculty Mentor: Carol Deakyne, Chemistry
Functional analysis of conserved Amino Acid Residues in the C-terminus of
Student: Abraham Lueth
Faculty Mentor: Shuqun Zhang, Biochemistry
Passive avoidance learning induces homer 1a expression in the hippocampus
Student: Monika Lusiak
Faculty Mentor: Agnes Simonyi, Biochemistry
Effects of forest management practices on treefrog oviposition site choice
Student: Rachel Mahan
Faculty Mentor: Raymond D. Semlitsch, Biological Sciences
Quantifying medicinal compounds in various elderberry tissues in response to genotype and environment
Student: Alexis Malone
Faculty Mentor: Andrew Thomas, Southwest Center
Characteristics Influencing the Financial Behaviors of Student Credit Card Users at the University of Missouri – Columbi
Student: Sharla Marshall
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Robert Weagley, Personal Financial Planning
Lectin-like Receptor Kinases in Arabidopsis Thaliana
Student: Trevin Mayabb
Faculty Mentor: Gary Stacey, Plant Science and Biochemistry
RELATION OF CHLDHOOD DEPRESSIVE AND ANXIETY SYMPTOMS TO OBSERVED VERBAL BEHAVIOR
Student: Amber McCadney
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Debora Bell, clinical psychology
Calcium Phosphate and Hydroxyapatite Nanofiber Fabrication
Student: Joseph McCrate
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hao Li, Mechanical Engineering
The Use of Fluorescence in situ Hybridization for Translocation Identification
Student: Megan McFerson
Faculty Mentor: James Birchler, Biological Sciences
Photosytem II genes display a potential mechanism of Lepidopteran resistance.
Student: Matthew Meyer
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Georgia Davis, Division of Plant Sciences
Why do toddlers learn words for objects before words for actions?
Student: Chesney Moore
Faculty Mentor: Judith Goodman, PhD, Communication Science and Disorders
Effect of Delayed Auditory Feedback Levels on Vowel Duration
Student: Whitney Morton
Faculty Mentor: Barry L. Slansky, Communication Science & Disorders
Blood glucose response to fructose levels of common Missouri grasses in ponies.
Student: Ashley Nelson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Wayne Loch, Animal Science
Efficiency and Accuracy Validation for Incremental Changes of a Large-Scale Protein Structure Database
Student: Heather Nelson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Chi-Ren Shyu, Computer Science
Functional Analysis of MAP Kinases in Arabidopsis thaliana: Fully Rescuing the mpk3/mpk6 Mutant Phenotype
Student: Njabulo Ngwenyama
Faculty Mentor: Shuqun Zhang, Biochemistry
Evolutionary conservation of conduction velocity through NF-M microsatellite expansion
Student: Rachel Norton
Faculty Mentor: Michael Garcia, Biological Sciences
Fatigue Evaluation of Mast-Arm system under Simulated Wind Loads
Student: Matthew Oesch
Faculty Mentor: Hani Salim, Civil Engineering
Role of the white gene in heat-box spatial learning paradigm in Drosophila
Student: Dale Okorodudu
Faculty Mentor: Troy Zars, Biological Sciences
The advancement of women in decision-making roles in Nigeria, Tunisia and South Africa
Student: Victoria Okoye
Faculty Mentor: Tola Olu Pearce, Sociology
The advancement of women in decision-making roles in Nigeria, Tunisia and South Africa
Student: Victoria O. Okoye
Faculty Mentor: Tola Olu Pearce, Sociology
Social Cognitive Career Theory: Applicability in Assessing the Academic Performance of Mexican American College Students
Student: Evelyn Okunbor
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lisa Flores, Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology
A cost-benefit analysis of the SUV tax loophole
Student: Johh Owsley
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Saku Aura, Economics
Diffuse Optical Tomography: a new way to detect early stage breast cancer
Student: Domingo Pacheco
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ping Yu, Physics and Astronomy
GFP Labeling in Nicotiana section Alatae
Student: Lawrence Page
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bruce McClure, Biochemistry
Calcium Phosphate and Hydroxyapatite Nanofiber Fabrication
Student: Matthew Pais
Faculty Mentor: Hao Li, Mechanical Engineering
Defining the value of prepartum propylene glycol administration in transition dairy cows
Student: Lindsay Parsons
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jim Spain, Animal Sciences
Ultra-fast, Ultra-intense Lasers for Use in Surgery
Student: Emily Pfautsch
Faculty Mentor: Robert Tzou, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Non-Destructive Evaluation for Structures
Student: Joseph Philipps
Faculty Mentor: Glenn Washer, Civil Engineering
Effect of a gravel base on temperature profiles in the lowest 2 meters of the atmosphere
Student: Justin Puckett
Faculty Mentor: Anthony Lupo, Atmospheric Science
Friend or foe? Fitness effects of cheaters on the alpine wildflower Polemonium viscosum
Student: Jessica Rabenold
Faculty Mentor: Candace Galen, Biological Sciences
Female Athletes: Bronze Age - Classical Period
Student: Maegan Reagan
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Susan Langdon, Art History and Archaeology
Effects of Desiccation on Juvenile Rana clamitans Foraging Behavior
Student: Lelande Rehard
Faculty Mentor: Raymond Semlitsch, Biology
Title: Efficient Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of maize (Zea mays) inbred
Student: Michelle Riley
Faculty Mentor: Zhanyuan Zhang, Division of Plant Sciences
A Comparison of WDSS storm algorthims
Student: Shawn Riley
Faculty Mentor: Neil Fox, SEAS
Investigating the Impact of Early Intervention on an Internationally Adopted Child
Student: Jessica Risch
Faculty Mentor: Dana Fritz, Communication Science and Disorders
Publication Distribution Research: Planning and Evaluation of Public Outreach
Student: Alice Roach
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Barham, Rural Sociology
Low pressure hydrogenolysis of glycerin to propylene gycol
Student: Josh Ronco
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Galen Supppes, Chemical Engineering
Making the Cvt pathway/ autophagy in vitro
Student: Rebecca Rone
Faculty Mentor: Per Stromhaug, Biological Sciences
How Children Learn to Converse: Do Differences in Language Ability and Maternal Education Affect Development?
Student: Melanie SanMiguel
Faculty Mentor: Judith Goodman, Communication Science and Disorders
Effect of reduced chromatin gene expression on the epigenetically regulated maize gene, Pl-Blotched
Student: Michael Schulte
Faculty Mentor: Karen Cone, Biological Sciences
Concerns of international students and support systems at MU
Student: Yu Shimizu
Faculty Mentor: Dr. John Hodges, School of Social Work
The Use of Strategies for Learning Words by Populations with Language Delays
Student: Dawn Shoemaker
Faculty Mentor: Judith Goodman, Communication Science and Disorders
Effect of microglia cell activation on neuronal cells in coculture
Student: Bryan Sisk
Faculty Mentor: Grace Sun, Biochemistry
Functional Characterization of the Candidate Nematode Parasitism Gene 2DO1
Student: Dante Smith
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Melissa G. Mitchum, Division of Plant Sciences
Jane and Mary, a Board Game
Student: Emily Snyder
Faculty Mentor: Devoney Looser, English
Preliminary Design of High Pressure Testing Apparatus for Consolidation Properties of Deep Sea Sediments
Student: Jonathan Steiber
Faculty Mentor: William Likos, Civil Engineering
Building 3D SIFT point clouds for object recoginition
Student: Erik Stone
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Marjorie Skubic, ECE
Analysis of amino acids essential for an interaction between glucocorticoid receptor and a heterdimerization partner
Student: Phillip Strawbridge
Faculty Mentor: Lene Holland, Medical Pharmacology and Physiology
Fingerprint recognition
Student: Lee Strickert
Faculty Mentor: Guilherme Nelson DeSouza, ECE
Enzyme location does not affect global glycolytic rate in resting smooth muscle cells
Student: Catherine Stricklin
Faculty Mentor: Christopher Hardin, Medical Pharmacology and Physiology
Feasibility of an Optical Biosensor for Detection of Calpastatin
Student: Richard Stringer
Faculty Mentor: Sheila Grant, Biological Engineering
Stem cell incorporation and differentiation in organotypic rat and mouse brain slice cultures
Student: Jessica Struckhoff
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mark Kirk, Biological Sciences
A Ferroelectric Atmospheric Plasma Source
Student: Dustin Sullivan
Faculty Mentor: Scott Kovaleski, Electrical Engineering
Pulse power test stand for water voltage divider calibration
Student: Darren Swarts
Faculty Mentor: Scott Kovaleski, ECE
Improving the burn-rate of thermite reactions using mesoporous copper-oxide and aluminum nano-particles
Student: Daniel Tappmeyer
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Shubhra Gangopadhyay, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Breaking Away from Patriarchal Tradition: Re-envisioning the Female Nude in Feminist Contemporary Painting
Student: Kimberly Tate
Faculty Mentor: William Hawk, Art
Measurement of Slope Deformations Using Photographic Images
Student: Nathan Textor
Faculty Mentor: Dr. J. Erik Loehr, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Using ChIP Assays to Study Potential Binding of NPH4/ARF7 on TSI Promoters
Student: Amanda Tinsley
Faculty Mentor: Mannie Liscum, Biological Sciences
SIZE-CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PROTEIN PROTECTED PALLADIUM NANOPARTICLE
Student: Amanda Tinsley
Faculty Mentor: Kattesh Katti
Muscle Loading Effects on Bone Parameters in the Oim Mouse Model
Student: Kristin Twenter
Faculty Mentor: Charlotte Phillips, PhD, Biochemistry
Investigation of innovative techniques for measuring roundabout parameters.
Student: Derek Vap
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carlos Sun, Civil/Environmental Engineering
Design of a miniaturized oscillating nano-fluid heat pipe.
Student: Christopher Vincent
Faculty Mentor: Hongbin Ma, Machanical Engineering
Sigma1 and Sigma2 Binding Studies of Novel Receptor Ligands
Student: Sarah Violand
Faculty Mentor: Dr. John Lever, Radiology
Theoretical prediction of chain morphologies in polyfluorenes from Raman spectra calculations
Student: Christopher Volz
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Suchi Guha, Physics
A possible alternative pathway for malate metabolism in Bradyrhizobium japonicum
Student: Luke Ward
Faculty Mentor: David Emerich, Biochemistry
The Role of Pregnancy Intention and Social Support on Pregnancy Outcome Factor
Student: Carmen Washington
Faculty Mentor: Marjorie Sable, Social Work
Therapy of Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis Under Circumstances Relevant to Human Multiple Sclerosis. Part III
Student: Karla Wiehagen
Faculty Mentor: Habib Zaghouani, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Overwintering ecology of the Black-and-white Warbler in a Puerto Rican dry forest
Student: Amber Wiewel
Faculty Mentor: Mark Ryan, Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences
Dimensions of the college-choice decision
Student: Nicole Wilson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lori Franz, Management
Optimization Design for Blast Resistant Walls
Student: Jennifer Zans
Faculty Mentor: Hani Salim, Civil Engineering
Analysis of laser-irradiated silicon crystal using x-ray topography
Student: matthew parsons
Faculty Mentor: robert winholtz, mechanical and aerospace engineering
The Rectilinear Representation of a Year: 2006
Student: john woodburn
Faculty Mentor: Jean Brueggenjohann, Art