2008 Projects
Click on any of the Project Names below to see the details for that project.
"Design and Construction of New Generation, 'Bio-inspired' Photovoltaics"
Author(s): Christopher Coates (Chemical Engineering)
Category: applied
Faculty Adivisor: Dr. K. V. Lakshmi
A Molecular Modeling Study of the Influence of Chemical Structure & Processing Conditions on the Mechanical Properties of Polyhydroxyalkanoates
Author(s): Johanna Carroll (Biochemistry & Biophysics)
Category: theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: Dr. Yvonne A. Akpalu
AI-Based Logical Reasoning Tutoring System
Author(s): Gabriel Tuminello (Computer Science/Philosophy)
Category: applied
Faculty Adivisor: Bram Van Heuveln
Alternative Fuels
Author(s): Marcus Rohovie (Chemical Engineering)
Category: applied
Faculty Adivisor: Lealon Martin
An Experimental Discovery of Chest and Heart Resonance
Author(s): Michael Busch (Mechanical Engineering)
Category: applied
Faculty Adivisor: Dr. Henry Scarton
Biological Motion Analysis
Author(s): Dennis H. Ehlinger (Mathematics)
Category: applied
Faculty Adivisor: Brett Fajen
CapAbilities
Author(s): Jennifer Ash (Games and Simulation Arts & Sciences, Psychology)
Category: applied
Faculty Adivisor: Kathleen Ruiz
Characterization of Oligonucleotide-Modified Fused Silica MALDI-MS Probe Surfaces
Author(s): Ashley Tennyck (Chemistry)
Category: theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: Linda B. McGown
Compositional Analysis of a Spindle Signaling Hub
Author(s): Amanda Moyer (Biochemistry/Biophysics)
Category: theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: Jan Paluh
Damage to Segmented Buried Pipe during the 1999 Izmit Earthquake
Author(s): Evgueni T. Filipov (Civil Engineering)
Category: applied
Faculty Adivisor: Michael J. O'Rourke
Effect of chemotheraputic drugs on microtubule organization and cell motility
Author(s): Joseph Leeds (BC/BP)
Category: theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: Prof. Lee Ligon
Evaluation of The Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (RPI)
Author(s): Arlen Plotkin (Management)
Category: applied
Faculty Adivisor: M.V. Shyam Kumar
Fabrication and Characterization of Nickel Nanocomplex Polymer Composites
Author(s): Elizabeth Martin (chemical engineering - Elizabeth)
Category: applied
Faculty Adivisor: Prof. Diana-Andra Borca-Tasciuc
Fabrication of Monolayer Gold Nanodrums
Author(s): Kirsten Todd (Aero/Mech Engineering)
Category: theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: Dr. Sang-Kee Eah
Heterotypic Adhesions between Epithelial and Fibroblasts tumor cells in the development of Breast Cancer Metastasis
Author(s): Danping (Evily) Cao (Biochemistry and Biophysics)
Category: applied
Faculty Adivisor: Lee Ligon, and Douglas B. Chrisey
Inverse problems in sonoelastography: recovering the shear wave speed from crawling wave data
Author(s): Ashley Thomas (Mathematics)
Category: applied
Faculty Adivisor: Joyce McLaughlin
Investigation of a Transient Technique for Thermoelectric Characterization of Nano-Structured Films
Author(s): Rok Buckley (Chemical Engineering)
Category: applied
Faculty Adivisor: Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc
Mass Transit Routing and the Web
Author(s): William Atkins (Computer Science)
Category: applied
Faculty Adivisor: David Hollinger
Mechanical Simulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Three-Dimensional Collagen Matrices leads to a Contractile Phenotype
Author(s): Christopher Szot (Biomedical Engineering)
Category: applied
Faculty Adivisor: Dr. Jan Stegemann
Mechanisms of Fibronectin Chemotaxis in MG-63 Osteocarcinoma Cells
Author(s): Sam DeLuca (Bioinformatics & Molecular Biology)
Category: theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: George Edick
Microbial Anaerobic PCB Dechlorination
Author(s): Ashwana Fricker (Biochemistry/Biophysics)
Category: applied
Faculty Adivisor: Donna Bedard
Microengineering Nanomotors: Structure/Function Studies of Kinesin-14 Motors
Author(s): Dimitre Simeonov (Biomedical Engineering)
Category: theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: Janet L. Paluh
Microinjection of Mutagenized Septin in C. elegans
Author(s): Tuesday Fisher (Biochemistry/Biophysics & Psychology)
Category: applied
Faculty Adivisor: Fern Finger
Microsphere-mediated Delivery of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 (rhBMP-2) to Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Author(s): Chris Zwolinski (Biomedical Engineering)
Category: theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: Dr. Jan Stegemann
Motors and Tracks: defining the binding site of Kinesin-like proteins on tubulin
Author(s): Jessica Allen (Biochemistry and Biophysics)
Category: theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: Janet Paluh
Mutations in the polybasic region of C. elegans septin genes and their effects on nervous system development
Author(s): Jennifer Whiting (Biology)
Category: applied
Faculty Adivisor: Dr. Fern Finger
New York State Ground Snow Loading
Author(s): Eric Twomey (Civil Engineering)
Category: applied
Faculty Adivisor: Michael O'Rourke
Observation of Phosphoinositol Lipid-Septin Interactions Through GST Fusion Proteins
Author(s): James Rajotte (Biology, B.S. and Science &Technology Studies, B.S.)
Category: theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: Fern Finger
Reconfigurable graphical user interface for a robotic grapple arm
Author(s): Jonathan Bidwell (Computer and Systems Engineering)
Category: applied
Faculty Adivisor: W Randolph Franklin
Rocket Engine Design And Optimization for Use in Classroom Settings
Author(s): Philip Bracken (Aerospace Engineering)
Category: applied
Faculty Adivisor: Matthew Oehschlaeger
Septin Function in C. elegans Pharyngeal Attachment
Author(s): Michael McGrattan (Biology)
Category: theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: Dr. Fern Finger
Serum Amyloid A (SAA) Influences the Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) Gradient in Development of Zebrafish
Author(s): Emma Furlano (2010)
Category: theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: Patrick Page-McCaw
The high affinity inhibition of kinesin Eg5 by Merk Compound 20
Author(s): David Tamaroff (Biochemistry/Biophysics)
Category: theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: Susan Gilbert
The role of Rho Family GTPases in microtubul organization during epithelial polarization (2)
Author(s): Megan Salt (Biochemistry/Biophysics)
Category: theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: Lee Ligon
User controlled strategies to achieve biomimetic nanofabrication in synthetic environment
Author(s): Elaine Lunsford (Biomedical Engineering)
Category: applied
Faculty Adivisor: Douglas B. Chrisey
Using Hybrid Centrosome Reconstitutions to Identify Adaptor Proteins
Author(s): Allison Poetzsch (Biology)
Category: theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: Bob Palazzo, Donna Crone
Visualization-Interaction Architecture: A tool for study and validation of human models of information search
Author(s): Evan Patton (Computer Science / Psychology)
Category: applied
Faculty Adivisor: Michael Schoelles
Wriggle!
Author(s): Jennifer Ash (Games and Simulation Arts & Sciences, Psychology)
Category: theoretical
Faculty Adivisor: Katherine Isbister