2006 Projects
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A Mechanism of Early, Preinvasive Metastasis Mediated by Chemoattraction Using a Novel Segmented Co-Culture Microenvironment
Author(s): Kristina Kapinas (BCBP/Biology)
Category: Theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: George Edick
A Molecular Mechanism for Contact Inhibition: Modulation of p27/KIP1 and Skp2 Expression by Adherens Junctions
Author(s): Chase J. Contino (BIAM)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Kevin M. Pumiglia (Albany Medical College)
Bacterial Interaction with Iron Minerals
Author(s): Ashwana Fricker (Environmental Science)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Jun Abrajano, Jr.
Binding Affinities Between Insulin Proteins and a Genome- Inspired DNA Ligand
Author(s): Jennifer Carter (Bioinformatics)
Category: Theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: Linda McGown
Case Studies of Successful Start-Up Companies
Author(s): Michael Goldenberg (Chemical Engineering)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Douglas Cumming
Charcterization of PTFE-Alumina Nanocomposites for Tribological Applications
Author(s): Tolga Goren (Materials Science and Engineering/Math)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Linda Schadler
Concretization of Cogitative Principles Subconsciously Category: Applied to Graphical Logic Enigmas
Author(s): Matthew Morrow (Computer Science /Psychology)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Bram van Heuveln
Cross-Flow Filtration of E.coli Cell Lysate to Recover Met-Human Growth Hormone Inclusion Bodies
Author(s): Patrick Heider (Chemical Engineering)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Georges Belfort
Curated Consumption: The Effect of Expert Interpretation on Consumer Acceptance of Radical Product Designs
Author(s): Robert Headley (Management/Psychology)
Category: Theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: Jeffrey Durgee
Determination of the Role of MMP1 in Embryonic Tracheal Development in Drosophila Melanogaster
Author(s): Caitlin Piette (Biology, BIMB)
Category: Theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: Andrea Page-McCaw
Development of Assays for the Study of Kinetic Stability in Proteins
Author(s): Helai Hesham (Biology)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Wilfredo Colon
Dispersion Improvement of Alumina Nanoparticles in PMMA Using Twin Screw Extrusion
Author(s): Bryant Walker (Materials Science and Engineering and Engineering)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Linda Schadler
Displacer Concentratiion Effects in Displacement Chromotography and Proteomic Applications
Author(s): Amy Manocchi, Steven T. Evans, Alex Freed (Chemical Engineering)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Steven Cramer
Fast Graph Drawing Using Spectral Distance Embedding
Author(s): Eli Bocek-Rivele (Computer Science /EMAC)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Malik Magdon-Ismail
Fuel Cell Electrode Development
Author(s): Tara Clancy (Environmental Engineering)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Glenn A. Eisman
Gas Flow in Microchannel and Its Surface Cooling at Constant Heat Flux
Author(s): Rok Park Buckley (Mechanical Engineering)
Category: Theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: Yoav Peles
Generation of Tet Off Cell Lines that Express Inducible FRNK
Author(s): Farah Monzur (Biology)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Michael Hanna
Genetics of Autism: Candidate Gene Sequencing of Chromosome 7 Susceptibility Loci
Author(s): Ghofrane Benghanem (Biochemistry/Biophysics)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Russell Ferland
Identification of Novel Selective Displacers Using SVM Classification and Batch Screening
Author(s): Zachary A. Hilton (Chemical Engineering)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Steven Cramer
Immunofluorescent Characterization and Analysis of Unactivated Centrosome Properties
Author(s): Sarah Janisch (Biochem/Biophysics)
Category: Theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: Robert Palazzo
Liquid Crystal Polymer - Single Wall Nanotube Composite Fibers
Author(s): Jeff Weiss (Mechanical Engineering)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Linda Schadler
Micorstructural Evolution of Binary A1-Li Alloys: Theory, Simulation, and Experiment
Author(s): James LeBeau (Materials Science and Engineering)
Category: Theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: Martin Glicksman
Mound Formation in Surface Growth Under Shadowing
Author(s): Matthew Pelliccione (Physics/Category: Applied Math)
Category: Theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: Toh-Ming Lu
Movers and Shakers: A Study Determining the Efficacy of Therapies Involving Cholinergic and Dopaminergic Agonists and Antagonists in patients with Tourette's Syndrome and Parkinson's Disease
Author(s): Bethany-Rose Daubman (Biology)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Michael Hanna
Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Enzyme Conjugates as Biocatalytic Nanomaterials
Author(s): Edward Sellitto (Chemical Engineering)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Ravi Kane
Nano Air Vehicles
Author(s): Craig Emerson, David Shangraw (Aerospace/ Mechanical Engineering)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Michael Amitay
Nano-scale Laminar Flow Reactor
Author(s): Andrew Keefe (Chemical Engineering)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: B. Wayne Bequette
Rolling Diffusion on (110) Surface of an Organic Crystal
Author(s): Theodore Golfinopoulos, Longguang Zhou, Jian Wang (Mechanical/Electrical Engineering)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Hanchen Huang
Self-Lubricating Hard Coatings
Author(s): Siddharth Pathi (Materials Science and Engineering)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Daniel Gall
SphereView: Embodied Interaction and User Experience
Author(s): Jonathan Bidwell (Computer Systems Engineering)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Robert Krull (Michael Sharp, grad student)
Temperature Measurement of Gold Nanoparticles
Author(s): Wayne Powers (Physics and Chemistry)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Sang-Kee Eah
Testing Device for Measuring Vascular Graft Compliance
Author(s): James Seger (Biomedical Engineering)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Jan Stegemann
Thermomechanical Properties of Polystyrene-MWNT Nanocomposites
Author(s): Anupa George (Chemical Engineering)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Sanat Kumar
Use of RNA Interference to Inhibit Tumorigenic Characteristics in Human Malignant Melanoma Cells
Author(s): Samuel John (BIAM)
Category: Applied
Faculty Adivisor: Andrew Alpin (Albany Medical College)