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Description of Summer Science Student Research

Index of Summer Science Projects
Updated: January 17, 2008

Poster Archive: 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001

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 Students:

Mentors:

Academic Field:

Last Name, First Name (Poster Year)
Asamov, Tsvetan (2006)
Ashmon, Neil (2003)
Au, Thomas (2006)
Baker, Alaina (2004)
Balf, Emily (2004)
Barich, Daniel (2004)
Barley, Gilad (2006)
Barnhart, D. Michael (2002)
Beck, Catherine (2001)
James Beckett (2007)
Beckett, Joel (2006, 2007)
Black, David (2007)
Blair, Cheyne (2002)
Bonomo, Michael (2001)
Booth, Adam (2002)
Boston, Jim (2007)
Boylan, Andy (2006)
Brinda, Sara (2007)
Buckley, Matthew (2002)

Burns, Emily (2006)
Carlton, Elizabeth (2007)
Chan, Meilyn (2003)
Chapman, Allison (2006)

Chen, Jingwan (2006)
Cleeton, Sarah (2007)
Coens, Katherine (2004, 2005)
Cole, Emily (2001)
Collins, Sarah (2003)
Compton, John (2006)
Cox, Lara (2005)
Custar, Dan (2002)
Czarnecki, Laura (2007)
Dahal, Pushkar (2007)
Dash, Mike (2005)
Deimeke, Elizabeth (2005)
Dengler, Emelyne (2002, 2004)
DePowell, John (2001)
Devine, Julie (2003)
Downer, Ann (2007)
Duffy, Megan (2007)
Evans, Karen (2002)
Fernandez, Elena (2006)
Fety, Allegra (2007)
Fety, Stuart (2007)
Franke, Hilary (2007)
Frutiger, Anna (2007)
Garcia, Elisa (2007)
Geiger, Mark (2005)
Geiger, Tom (2007)
Gianakos, Anne (2007)
Goldsmith, Allison (2007)
Gonyea, Thomas (2007)
Guftason, Dan (2002)
Hansen, Elizabeth (2007)
Harris, Holly (2003)
Harwood, Anne (2004)
Hawken, James (2004)
Hayes, Everett (2004)
Helfer, Ariel (2006)
Herbert, Ellen (2006)
Hildebrand, Ben (2002)
Hinderer, Christian (2007)
Holzman, Sarah (2007)
Hudgins, Samantha (2004)
Hungerford, John (2004)
Imara, Nia (2001)
Johnson, Ben (2004)
Johnson, Erlend (2006)
Kaminsky, Paul (2004)
Kannan, Geetha (2005)
Kennard, Lee (2004, 2005)
Kessler, Amy (2007)
Keyserling, Kaleb (2007)
Konieczny, Joey (2007)
King, Elizabeth (2006)
Kloc, Mary (2004)
Koch, Andrew (2003)
Kordonowy, Lauren (2005)
Lacy, Ryan (2006)
Laub, Leo (2007)
Laughner, Rebecca (2005)
Lavrentovich, Maxim (2005, 2006)
Linz, Thomas (2007)
Lodge, Alexandra (2006)
Lundberg, Erica (2004)
Lynd, Kathryn (2003)
Ma, Jun (2004)
Mandal, Nirajan (2007)
Maurer, Lisa (2003)
Maurer, Megan (2006)
Melbarde, Agnese (2006)
Menzel, Jessie (2006)
Mergy, Marc (2004)
Moe, Melina (2006)
Molden, Robbie (2005)
Newman, Tyler (2004)
Niehaus-Sauter, Margaret (2006)
Nishioka, Emily (2004)
Northcutt, Michael (2007)
Philips, Blythe (2003)
Pino, Michelle (2005)
Pohlman, Andrew (2007)
Rains, Emily (2004)
Raj
i, Rhoda (2001)
Richardson, Eric (2003)
Rodriguez, Joseph (2006)
Rodriguez, Rex (2007)
Rogoff, David (2005)
Rokosch, Abby (2001)
Rose, Jenna (2004, 2005)
Rowatt, Ashley (2002)
Sanders, Kate (2007)
Sanfilippo, Piero (2006)
Schnapp, Michael (2007)
Scott, Ansley (2001)
Shepherd, Anna (2004)
Shoemaker, Carlin (2007)
Sidigu, Sule (2001)
Smith, Casey (2005)
Spahlinger, Diana (2006)
Spater, Jeremy (2004)
Stancik, Dawn (2001)
Stancik, Lauren (2001)
Stearns, Marissa (2005)

Stewart, Shaina (2007)
Strieter, Amy (2005)
Stulberg, Michael (2004)
Stanton, William (2006)
Susman, Tom (2002, 2003)
Sutter, Adam (2005)
Tate, Dan (2003, 2005)
Thompson, Ellen (2007)
Thurber, Amy (2006)
Tisdale, John (2002)
Vaughn, Emily (2005, 2006)
Vinion, Keenan (2006)
Vreede, Andrew (2004)
Wagaman, Amy (2001)
Wherry, Sherry (2004)
White, Lexie (2007)
Whitington, Aric (2003)
Zaluski, Katelin (2004)
Zangmeister, Jennifer (2004, 2006)
Zhang, Josh (2005, 2006)
Zimmermann, Anna (2006)

-Last Name, First Name (Department)
-Poster Year(s)
(CLICK YEAR FOR POSTER IMAGE )
Aydin, Nuh
(Mathematics)
- 2006, 2004
Bell, Ellen (Anthropology)
- 2007, 2006
Cummings, Scott (Chemistry)
- 2001
Edwards, Kathryn (Biology)
- 2004
Fennessy, Siobhan (Biology)
- 2006, 2005, 2005, 2002, 2002, 2001
Fowler, Christopher (Chemistry)
- 2004
Garcia, Simon (Chemistry)
- 2007, 2007
Getzler, Yutan (Chemistry)
- 2006
Gillen, Christopher (Biology)
- 2007, 2007, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2003, 2002
Hardy, Bruce (Anthropology)
- 2007, 2007, 2007, 2006, 2006, 2005
Hartlaub, Brad (Mathematics)
- 2006
Haussmann, Mark
- 2007, 2007, 2007, 2007
Heithaus, E. Raymond (Biology)
- 2007, 2005, 2005, 2004, 2004, 2004, 2003
Hemkin, Sheryl (Chemistry)
- 2007, 2005, 2005, 2004, 2004
Hicks, Karen (Biology)
- 2003, 2002, 2001
Hofferberth, John (Chemistry)
- 2007, 2007, 2007, 2006, 2006, 2006
Holdener, Judy (Mathematics)
- 2007, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2001
Hunsen, Mo (Chemistry)
- 2003
Itagaki, Haruhiko (Biology)
- 2007, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004
Jones, Brian (Mathematics)
- 2007, 2007, 2006
Keller, James (Chemistry)
- 2005, 2005, 2004, 2001
Kerkkhoff, Andrew (Biology)
- 2007, 2007, 2007, 2006
Krieg, Dana (Psychology)
- 2007
Lasota, Christopher (Physics)
- 2006
Levine, Michael (Psychology)
- 2006
Lutton, John (Chemistry)
- 2005, 2004
Lyubansky, Mikhail (Psychology)
- 2004
Marusak, Rosemary (Chemistry)
- 2004, 2003
Mauck, Robert (Biology)
- 2007, 2007, 2007, 2007, 2006, 2006, 2006, 2004, 2003
McFarlane, Hewlet (Psychology)
- 2004, 2004
Millin, Paula (Psychology)
- 2006, 2005, 2005, 2004
Murnen, Sarah (Psychology)
- 2007, 2006, 2002
Murphy, Kimmarie (Anthropology)
- 2007, 2007, 2007
Niemiec, Andrew (Psychology)
- 2006, 2006, 2005, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2003, 2001
Payne, Tabitha (Psychology)
- 2007
Peiris, Frank (Physics)
- 2007, 2006, 2004, 2004, 2002
Powell, Wade (Biology)
- 2007, 2007, 2006, 2006, 2004, 2003, 2003, 2002, 2002, 2001, 2001
Schortman, Edward (Anthropology)
- 2005, 2004
Schumacher, Benjamin (Physics)
- 2005, 2004
Shapiro Crane, Lauren (Psychology)
- 2006
Slonczewski, Joan (Biology)
- 2007, 2006, 2005, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2003, 2002, 2002, 2001, 2001
Smolak, Linda (Psychology)
- 2007, 2004, 2004, 2002
Sullivan, Timothy (Physics)
- 2007, 2007, 2006
, 2006
Thomas, Dudley (Chemistry)
- 2004
Turner, Paula (Physics)
- 2007, 2001
Urban, Patricia (Anthropology)
- 2005
Watson, Anthony (Chemistry)
- 2002, 2001
Williams, Jon (Psychology)
- 2003

Anthropology
Biology
Chemistry
Mathematics
Physics
Psychology

Department
(CLICK TITLE FOR POSTER JPG)
--Title of Poster (Poster Year)

Anthropology
--An Agrestic Center and Its Hinterland: Late Classic Settlement in the Environs of Las Canoas (2005)
--Eating Where You Live: The Potential for a Local, Seasonal Diet in Knox County, Ohio (2006)
--Experimental Investigations of Mesoamerican Obsidian Use (2006)
--Experimental Investigations of Root and Tuber Processing: Implications for Neanderthal Diet and Behavior (2005)
--Food Choice and its Effects on Nutritional Status: Assessment of Children at a Rural Ohio Head Start
(2007)
--Lithic Artifact Analysis of Rural Sites in the Naco and Cacaulapa Valleys, Northwestern Honduras (2005)
--Living on the Edge: Residential Structures in and Around El Cafetal, El Paraíso Valley, Honduras (2007)
--Memories of Food and Season Extension Among Elderly in Ohio (2007)
--Nutritional Assessment of Preschoolers in Rural Ohio: Biological Investigations into Dietary Implications of Economically Disadvantaged Children (2007)
--Power Contests in Ancient Mesoamerica (2004)
--Site Layout and Style: A Comparative Study in the South East Mesoamerican Zone (2006)
--The Role of Trust in the Consumer's Choice to Buy Locally (2007)

Biology
--Acid- and Base-Dependent Expression Profiles of Escherichia coli (2003)
--Acid Regulation of Protein Expression in Escherichia coli K-12 W3110 (2001)
--Age-Specific Reproductive Effort in Leach's Storm-petrels, Oceanodroma leucorhoa (2004)

--The AHR Nuclear Transport Protein of Xenopus laevis (2001)
--The Allometric Scaling Relationship between Metabolic Rate and Body Size in Manduca Sexta (2006)
--Analysis of two Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptors (AHR) in Xenopus Laevis (2001)
--Assortative mating by foot color in the black guillemot ( Cepphus grylle ) (2007)
--Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Response of Sex Ratio to Habitat and Resource Availability (2005)
--Catabolism and High pH Regulation in Escherichia coli (2002)
--Characterization of an Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Repressor (AHRR) from the Frog Xenopus laevis (2006)
--Characterization of the Pheromone Binding Protein PBPLma (2006)
--Characterizing the Functional Diversity of a Secondary Forest Community (2006)
--Determinants and variation of the sex ratio in the Eastern Bluebird, Siala sialis (2007)
--Determining Functional Differences Between Aryl-Hydrocarbon Receptor Paralogs in Xenopus Laevis (2006)
--Development of a Cell Culture Model for Dioxin Toxicity in Xenopus laevis (2003)
--Dioxin Resistance in Xenopus laevis Embryos: Elimination and Uptake (2002)
--Dioxin Toxicokinetics and Insensitivity in Xenopus Laevis Tadpoles and Embryos (2003)
--Dynamic Effects on External pH and Anaerobic Growth of E. coli: Varied Carbon Sources and Hydrogenase Mutation (2005)
--Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Reproduction Success as a Function of Nest Box Habitat (2003)
--Effect of Alkaline pH on the Proteome of Escherichia coli K-12 W3110 (2001)
--The effects of Alliaria petiolata and fertilization on the growth and survivorship of Quercus alba and Acer saccharum seedlings (2007)
--The Effect of Body Size on the Metabolic Rate and Food Conversion Indices of the Tobacco Hornworm Caterpillar, Manduca Sexta (2004)
--The Effect of Cold Acclimation on Gene Expression in the Crayfish, Procambarus clarcii (2006)
--The Effect of Habitat Differences on the Reproductive Success of Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) (2004)
--The effect of the invasive garlic mustard ( Alliaria petiolata ) on levels of herbivory in white oak and sugar maple seedlings (2007)
--The Effect of N2 Loading and Increased CO2 on Wetland Carbon Flux (2002)
--Effect of O2 on Mycorrhizal Associations in Wetland Grass (2002)
--The Effects of Cold Acclimation on Calmodulin in the crayfish, Procambarus clarkii (2007)
--Establishment of Microbially-Mediated Functions in Created Wetlands: A Comparative and Mechanistic Study to Provide Guidance for Wetland Restoration (2006)
--Expression and Biochemistry of ARNT2 in Xenopus laevis (2002)
--Expression and characterization of the Na-K-Cl cotransporter, masBSC, in Sf9 cells (2007)
--Expression and Transcriptional Activity of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptors During Frog Development (2004)
--Expression of the cotransporter, masBSC, in Manduca sexta (2004)
--Fair Weather Food: The Effect of Weather Variation on Total Plasma Antioxidant Levels of Leach's Storm-petrels (Oceanodroma Leucorhoa) (2006)
--Female and male dominance of Passer domesticus within captive populations (2004)
--Foot Color, Antioxidant Concentrations, and Catalse Activity
in Breeding Black Guillemots ( Cepphus Grylle )
(2007)
--Genes Involved in the Fiddler Crab Response to Salinity Stress (2002)
--Heritability of telomere length in a wild population of Savannah sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis) (2007)
--Hydrogenases and pH Stress Response in E. coli (2006)
--Inner Beauty in a monomorphic Species: Immune Quality Influences Mate-choice in Leach's storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) (2006)
--Inter-individual and intraspecific allometric scaling relationships between metabolic rate and body mass in the Manduca sexta (2005)
--Interspecific examination of the relationship between metabolic rate and body weight: Selective pressure on metabolic scaling exponents in Manduca sexta larvae (2007)
--Investigating Leach's storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) body condition over the incubation period (2007)
--Investigating signaling and metabolism of PLC- and PLD-derived phosphatidic acid in the root apical meristem of Arabidopsis thaliana (2005)
--Investigation of Myosin II Regulatory Mechanisms in the Cellular Slime Mold, Dictyostelium discoideum (2004)
--Linking Biological Processes with Measures of Biological Integrity (2001)
--Mapping of Photoperiod-sensitive Suppressors of Elf3 in Arabidopsis (2003)
--Microarray Analysis of pH-Dependent Gene Expression in Anaerobically Grown E. coli-K12 (2004)
--Microarray Time Course: Gene Expression in Escherichia coli in Response to Acid pH Shift (2005)
-- The morphological growth of the midgut of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta in relation to body surface area (2007)
--Novel Anaerobic Fermentation Products of Escherichia coli at High pH, Determined by HPLC (2003)
--The Parent Trap: Breeding Black Guillemots (Cepphus grylle) in Better Body Condition Have Higher Levels of Lipid Peroxidation (2006)
--Paved paradise and put up a parking lot? Impacts on Isolated Wetlands in the Cuyahoga Watershed (2005)
-- pH dependent gene expression in Bacillus subtilis (2007)
--A Physiological and Behavioral Look at Osmoregulation in Uca Pugilator (2003)
--Proteins Regulated by OmpA in E. coli (2002)
--PSE12 is Located on the Second Chromosome of Arabidopsis thaliana (2001)
--Responsiveness of a Xenopus laevis cell line to aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligands TCDD and FICZ (2007)
--Secondary Site Modifier Mutations of elf3 in Arabidopsis (2002)
-- Sequence Determinants of Ligand Binding Affinity in the Xenopus laevis Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (2007)
--Sex Ratios in Bluebirds Based on Food Availability (2004)
--Three Variants of Sarcoplasmic Calcium-Binding Protein DNA Found in Axial and Cardiac Tissues of Procambarus clarkii (2007)
--A Three Year Analysis of Sex Ratios Among Sialia sialis Nestlings (2005)
--Use of ORAM in Wetland Quality and Land Use Assessment (2005)

Chemistry
--The Binding of Carboxylates to ZnO Surfaces (2007)
--Ca (II) Binding by Phytochelatins and Hydroxymethyl Phytochelatins (2003)
--Cloning and Characterization of Lma PBP from the Cockroach, Rhypharobia (Leucophaea) maderae (2007)
--Computational Chemistry on Metal Complexes (2004)
--Computational Modeling of [Ca2+] Oscillations in Astrocytes (2004)
--Computational Modeling of Astrocytic Glutamate Input to Neurons (2007)
--Computer Modeling of Drug-Protein Interactions Between Derivatives of Aricept® and Human Acetylcholinesterase (2005)
--Creation and Characterization of Entangled Photons via Second Harmonic Generation of Infrared Diodes (2005)
--The Determination of 5-HT1A Radioligand Effectiveness via a Computerized Neural Network (2005)
--Development of a Computerized Neural Network for Identifying Effective 5-HT1A Radioglands (2004)
--A Direct Nanoscale Investigation of ZnO Surfaces During Crystal Growth (2007)
--Hydrogen Bonding Interactions with the Binding of Aricept® with Acetylcholinesterase (2004)
--Imine Reduction and Condensation (2006)
--Laser Depletion Grating Study of the Photodissociation of Chlorine Dioxide (OClO) (2005)
--Laser Depletion Grating Study of the Photodissociation of Nitrous Acid (HONO) (2004)
--Mathematical Modeling of Spontaneous Calcium Oscillations in Astrocytes (2005)
--Methodology: Hydroboration Animation to Yield Alkylamines (2006)
-- pH dependent gene expression in Bacillus subtilis (2007) --Photoluminescent Hydroxyquinoline Metal Complexes (2001)
--The Production of HONO (2001)
--A New Route in the Synthesis of Dictyoxetane (2002)
--Resolution of Racemic Amino Acids using Carbohydrates as Chiral Auxiliary (2003)
--Synthesis of 2,2’-Biimidazoles as Selective Hydrogen Bond Donating Anion Receptors (2004)
--Synthesis of Compounds Relating to Osage Orange Resins (2004)
-- Synthesis of pyrazines putatively involved in ant-butterfly mutualisms (2007)
--Synthesis of Terpene Derived Natural Products (2007)
--The Synthetic Approach to Capentin (2001)
--Synthesis of Natural Products Iridodial and Actinidine and a Novel Pyridine Synthesis (2006)

Mathematics
--Algebraic Coding Theory (2004)
--Classification of Periodic Turtle Sequences (2001)
--Coding Theory and Democracy - Part II (2006)
--Computer Modeling of Brownian Motion (2002)
--Expression Analysis of TCDD-responsive genes in Xenopus laevis Embryos (2006)
--Modeling the Metabolic Scaling for Manduca sexta (2006)
--Modeling Caterpillars (2007)
--Responsiveness of a Xenopus laevis cell line to aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligands TCDD and FICZ (2007)
--The Search for Abundancy Outlaws (2006)
--The Abundancy Index: Tracking Down Outlaws (2007)
--When Thue-Morse Meets Koch (2004)

Physics
--Benchmarking the New Miller Observatory Site (2007)
--Cahn-Hilliard Simulation (2007)
--Determining the Optical Constants of Thin Film (In.5Ga.5)1-xMnxAs Semiconductors (2004)
--Dispersion of the Refractive Indices of BeZnTe Alloys (2002)
--The Electrostatics of a Colloidal Particle Near Two Plates (2007)
--Elementary Quantum Information Processing using NMR Spectroscopy (2004)
--Investigating the Optical Properties of Doped Amorphous Glasses (2007)
--Locality in a Quantum World (2005)
--Optical Properties of ZnSe/ZnCdSe Superlattices studied by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry (2004)
--Partial Differential Equations on Random Grids (2006)
--Photometric Characterization of the Miller Observatory (2001)
--Simulating Colloidal Interactions (2006)
--Studying Classical Entanglement (2006)
--Tunable Photonic Crystals (2006)

Psychology
--22 kHz Ultrasonic Vocalization as an Indicator of Anxiety in Two Strains of Laboratory Rats (2003)
-- Affect and Cognitive Failures: A Comparison of Positive and Negative Mood Factors (2007)
--Alleviation of morphine state-dependent memory loss through cueing treatments (2004)
--Auditory Filters at High Frequency in the Chinchilla Auditory System (2001)
--Developing Alternative Testing Methods for Animal Psychophysics (2004)
--The Development of the Athletic Body Experience (ABE) Questionaire (2006)
- The Effects of 22-kHz Ultrasonic Vocalization Duration on Defensive Behavior in Rats (2007)
--Does a Retrieval-Enhancing Drug that does not disrupt Hippocampal Functioning Alleviate the Context Shift Effect in Rats? (2005)
--Early Childhood Education and Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Children: A Meta-Analytic Review (2007)
--The Effects of GABA Agonism on MPD Sensitization (2004)
--The Effect of Methylphenidate on 22 kHz and 50 kHz Ultrasonic Vocalizations in Rats (2005)
--The Effects of Modulation Frequency of a Co-Modulated Masker on Masking Release (2003)
--The Effect of Multiple Morphine Exposures on State Dependent Learning in Rats (2006)
--Effects of Predator Odors on Spatial Reference and Working Memory in Rats (2003)
--Effects of Religion upon Environmental Concern: A Study of Attitudes and Behaviors (2006)
--The Effects of Social Isolation on Play Behavior and Vocalization
in Hooded Rats (Ratus novegicus)
(2005)
--The Effects of Stereotypical Images on Self-Esteem in Black College Students (2004)
--Examining the Conspecific Audience Effect on 22-kHz Ultrasonic Distress Vocalizations in Rats (2006)
--GABA, Drug Effects, Anxiety, and 22-kHz Ultrasonic Vocalizations in Rats (2006)
--Letter Names, Letter Sounds in Reading (2002)
-- Memories of Food and Season Extension Among Elderly in Ohio (2007)
--A Meta-analytical Examination of the Transgenerational Transmission of Eating Disorders (2004)
--Prenatal amphetamine and postnatal challenge: The effects on play in rats (2004)
--The Relationship between Feminist Attitudes and Body Image Satisfaction: a Meta-analysis (2006)
-- The Role of Trust in the Consumer's Choice to Buy Locally (2007)
--Two-Choice Drug Discrimination Using Morphine on the Sand Maze (2005)