2007 Winners

Applied research category:

1st Caitlin Piette, School of Science, Determination of the Role of MMP1 in Embryonic Tracheal Development in Drosophila Melanogaster

First Place ($500)
Kamron Fazel, nuclear engineering major, for his project titled "Electron Emission of Pyroelectric Crystals".  Associate Professor Yaron Danon from Mechanical, Aeronautical and Nuclear Engineering supervised the project.

2nd Matthew Pelliccione, School of Science
3rd Kristina Kapinas

Second Place ($250)
Zane Van Dusen, dual Computer Science and EMAC major, for his project, "Adaptive Use Musical Instruments for the Physically Challenged".  Clinical Professor Pauline Oliveros from Arts supervised the project.

Third Place ($150)
Jennifer O'Neil, Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology and Biology major, for her project, "Endophytic Quorum Quenching Bacteria for Use As Biopesticide".  Assistant Professor Jong-In Han from Civil and Environmental Engineering supervised.

Theoretical design research category:

1st Craig Emerson and David Shangraw, School of Engineering, Nano Air Vehicles

First Place ($500)
Elizabeth Frank, Interdisciplinary Science major, for her project "Self Diffusion of Sulfur in Pyrite".  Institute Professor Bruce Watson, Earth and Enviromental Sciences, supervised.

2nd Siddarth Pathi, Self-Lubricating Hard Coatings
3rd Eli Bocek-Rivele, Fast Graph Drawing Using Spectral Distance Embedding

Second Place ($250)
Leanne Ahronian, Biology major, for her project "Increased Invasive Phenotype in AU-565 Breast Adenocarcinoma Cells".  George Edick from Biology supervised.

Third Place ($150)
Elizabeth Louie, Biology major, for her project "A Model of Cell Migration Mediated by a Chemoattractant in Single and Co-Culture Microenvironments".  George Edick from Biology supervised.

 

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