Undergraduate Research Scholarship Awards
2005-2006 Recipients
Steven Biles
Advisor: Paul Papas (EG)
Steven's Research:
The Extinction Limits of Unstrained Planar Diffusion Flames
Numerical Simulations of Planar Unstrained Diffusion Flames in a Porous Plug Counterdiffusion Burner
Mitchell Farnik
Advisor: Irina Khindanova (EB)
Mitch's Research: Comparison of Mutual Funds and Unit Investment Trusts
Scott Szymanski
Advisor: Colin Woldin (ChemE)
Scott's Research: High Vacuum Plasma-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition of Metal Oxides
Phi Hung Thanh
Advisor: Chris Dreyer (EG)
Phi's Research: Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
Advisor: C.J. Harlan (Chemistry)
Ryan's Research: Synthesis of Some Transitional Metal Complexes with N, N-diaryl-o-phenylenediamine Ligands
2004-2005 Recipients
Jeremy Brehm
Advisor: P.K. Sen (EG)
Jeremy's research: Small-Scale (less than 10 kW) - Distributed Generation, Renewable Energy and Its Application in Electric Power Systems.
Tim Casias
Advisors: Hans-Joachim Kleebe (MME), Ivar Reimanis (MME), Joel Bach (BELS).
Tim's research: Emulating Bone Properties Using Calcium Phosphate and Hydroxyapatite
Jason Higbee
Advisor: P.K. Sen (EG)
Jason's research: Advancement in the Design and Energy Efficient Applications of Small Motors in Residential Electric Power Systems
Jessica Moehle
Advisors: Phil Ross (ESE) and Jim Ranville (Chem)
Jessica's research: Testing the Ability of the Biotic Ligand Model (BLM) to Predict Metal Toxiciy in Mining-Impacted Aquatic Systems.
Onica Ramey
Advisor: Reed Ayers (CCACS)
Onica's research: Determining Microstructure, Porosity and Composition of Human Tooth Sockets and the Development of Materials for Tooth Implants
2003-2004 Recipients
Jamon Bowen
Advisor: Bill Hoff (EG)
Jamon's research : Particle Filters for Registering and Modeling 3D Objects
Tim Casias
Advisor: Hans-Joachim Kleebe (MME)
Tim's research: Emulating Bone Properties Using Calcium Phosphate and Hydroxyapatite
Rachel Fallon
Advisor: David Marr (ChemE)
Rachel's research: Microfluidic Network for Sorting Between Multiple Fates
Ashleigh Rhodes
Advisor: Ivar Reimanis (MME)
Ashleigh's research: SEM Characterization of Mixtures of Hydroxylapatite and Tricalcium Phosphate
Ryan Sayers (1982-2003)
Advisor: Willy Hereman (MACS)
Ryan's research: Total Homotopy Operator Method of Integration
Related paper: Symbolic Computation of Polynomial Conserved Densities, Generalized Symmetries, and Recursion Operators for Nonlinear Differential-Difference Equations
Book chapter posthumously co-authored by Ryan: Hereman,W., Colagrossa, M., Sayers, R., Ringler, A., Deconomck, B., Nivala, M. and Hickman M. (in press). "Continuous and Discrete Homotopy Operators and the Computation of Conservation Laws," In Wang, D. and Zheng, Z. (Eds.) Differential Equations with Symbolic Computation, Birkhauser Verlag,.
Related publication dedicated to Ryan: Hereman, W. (in press). "Symbolic Computation of Conservation Laws of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations in Multi-dimensions." To appear in the Special Issue on `Symbolic Calculation in Chemistry' of the International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, edited by M. Barnett and F. Harris.
2002-2003 Recipients
Steve Englebretson
Advisor: Marcelo Simoes (EG)
Steve's research: 2003 Future Energy Challenge
Bryan McCloskey
Advisor: Andy Herring (ChemE)
Bryan's research: Detection of Reactive Intermediates During Laser Pyrolysis of Cellulose Char by Molecular Beam Mass Spectroscopy, Implications for the Formation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Nate Rothe
Advisor: Jorg Drewes (ESE)
Nate's research: Pilot Plant Study Simulating the Generation of Soluble Microbial Products during Biological Wastewater Treatment