URCO Recipients Fall 2005
Utah State University encourages undergraduates to explore their scholarly, creative, and research interests through URCO, a grant program that financially supports research-broadly defined-of undergraduates. Twenty three URCO recipients have been awarded for 2005-2006. They are as follows:
| Name | Department | Project Title |
|---|---|---|
| Uyen Lam | Science | Detection of Whirling Disease caused by Myxobolus cerebralis through quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| Jeremy Rasband | Engineering | High-level GFP expression from immobilization of the methlothropic yeast Pichia pastoris |
| Bronson Barton | Science | Analysis of the Enigmatic Late Triassic Armored Reptile Vancleavea campi |
| Arthur Mahoney | Science | PRRLT for Fast Communication in Discrete Networks |
| Kevin Abernathy | Science | Florescent labeling of neuronal wild type Na+ channel and its epilepsy causing mutated forms, and their interactions with CaM |
| Brandon Lyoyd | Science | Florescent labeling of skeletal Muscle wild type Na+ channel and its myotonia causing mutant, and their interaction with CaM |
| Tyler Jones | Engineering | Application of Thin Flexible Solar Cells to a Swept Flying WInd Aircraft |
| Robert Gardner | Engineering | Development of a Multi-element Microelectrode Array Sensor and Application of Water Quality Measurements |
| Nephi Zufelt | Engineering | Development of a Multi-element Microelectrode Array Sensor and Application of Water Quality Measurements |
| Chris Healey | Agriculture | Differential Gene Expression between Murine Inner-cell mass cells and Embryonic Stem Cells |
| Bryant White | Engineering | Effect of 3D environment on growth and differentiation of bone marrow derived stem cells |
| Sterling Fife | Engineering | Effect of 3D environment on growth and differentiation of bone marrow derived stem cells |
| Gerald Dustin McEwen | Engineering | Electrochemical detection of pathogenic DNA by signal amplification with intercalating agents |
| Logan McKenna | Science | Expression of GPR40, 43, 120, and FAT/CD36 in mammalian taste buds |
| Heather Warren | Engineering | EGF Conjugated Nanoparticles for Targeted Chemotherapy |
| Dolly Creger | Engineering | EGF Conjugated Nanoparticles for Targeted Chemotherapy |
| Darren Michael Edwards | HASS | World Mediation Essay |
| Jordan Singleton | Education and Human Services | College Health Benefits, Nutrition Knowledge, and Diet |
| Christian Monson | Education and Human Services | The relationship between Therapeutic Success and Recreation Participation in Adult Mental Health Patients |
| Robert Wright | Education and Human Services | The effects of gender communication patterns on attraction to the opposite gender |
| Mary Ann Bailey | Education and Human Services | The Role of Faculty Advisors in the Success of Psi Chi Chapters |
| Anna Evans | HASS | Evaluating a Wellness Intervention for Social Work Practicum Students |
| Adam Kynaston | Education and Human Services | Implicit learning: The results of positive and negative feedback on verbal behavior |
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