URCO Recipients Fall 2007

Name	Department	Faculty Mentor	Project Title
Tamara Anderson	Biological & Irrigation Engineering	David Britt	Development of Polylactic Acid Gels as Resorbable Implant Materials Having Intrinsic Antibacterial Properties: Silver Realease from a Polymer Matrix.
John Brinkerhoff	Animal, Dairy & Veterinary Sciences	Ken White	Identification of Specific Integrin Subunits Involved in Fertilization of the Bovine Oocyte
Benjamin Abbott	Watershed Science	Chris Luecke	Energy Pathways and Food Sources: Stable Isotope Analysis in an Arctic Lake
Mitchell Bassett	Animal, Dairy & Veterinary Sciences	Ken White	Histone Modifications to the Up-regulated Placenta-specific 8 Gene in Early Embryonic Development
Kristie	Fine Arts	Craig Law	Collodion Photography: If Only You Knew
Emily Bowen	Biological & Irrigation Engineering	Soonjo Kwon	In Vitro Study of the Potential Damaging Effects of Carbon Nanotubes of the Human Respiratory System
Rachel	Biological & Irrigation Engineering	Paul Schreuders	Biotechnology Engineering, The Essentials
Ben Clyde	Biological & Irrigation Engineering	Dr. Britt	Use of Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENS) for Titanium and Silver Integration to Improve Antimicrobail Properties in Medical Implants
Michael L. Davis	Biological & Irrigation Engineering	Anhong Zhou	Real Time Quantifying Chemotaxis Using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) Sensor
Joseph Delka	Chemistry/BioChemistry	Joan Hevel	Understanding the Role of the PRMT N-terminus in Sub-Cellular Localization
Sara Driggs	Engineering & Technology Education	Paul Schreuders	Social Network Struture and Co-Authored Papers: An Examination of Men and Women Engineers
Brad Francis	Biological & Irrigation Engineering	Anhong Zhou	Real Time Quantifying Chemotaxis Using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) Sensor
Arash	Chemistry	Tom Chang	Carbohydrate and Cyclopamine Conjugates an Anticancer Agent
Christopher Hall	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Yang Quan Chen	Open Source Autonomous Micro Aerial Vehicle
Nathan Hansen	Biological & Irrigation Engineering	David Britt	Use of Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENS) for Titanium and Silver Integration to Improve Antimicrobail Properties in Medical Implants
Rachelle Hartle	Biological & Irrigation Engineering	Ron Sims	Development of a Genetic Probe for MTBE Degrading Microorganisms in Soil
Brad Henrie	Biological & Irrigation Engineering	Timothy Taylor	Characterization and Comparison of Sparging Configurations Leading to the Selection of an Optimal Sparger for a Single-use Fermentor
Courtney Hill	Art	Alexa Sand	The Translations of Jess
Lindsay Housley	Biological & Irrigation Engineering	David Britt	Development of Polylactic Acid Gels as Resorbable Implant Materials Having Intrinsic Antibacterial Properties: Silver Realease from a Polymer Matrix.
Lenaye Howard	History	Michael Nicholls	The Case of Greenock: Rape, Race, Slavery, and Punishment in 19th Century Virginia
Eric Innes	Animal, Dairy & Veterinary Sciences	Ken White	Comparison of methylation patterns of transcription factors related to the down regulation of the Oct-4 gene in donor cells and in vitro fertilization cells
Ryan Israelsen	Biological & Irrigation Engineering	David Britt	Endowing Natively Hydrophobic PDMS Surfaces with Hydrophilic PEO Monolayers
Ryan Jackman	Anthropology	David Lancy	How Ethnotheories and Cultrual Models of Adults Shape Modern Heath Care of Children
Jamin Johnson	Forage & Range Research	Chris Call	Characterizatioin of Soil Texture and pH on Crested Wheatgrass Seedings and Potential Controls on Plant Community Dynamics
Adam Kynaston	Psychology	Amy Odum	Environmental Factors Affecting the Development of Tolerance and Sensitization: Random-Ratio vs. Random-Interval Schedule of Food Delivery
Rochelle Lambertsen	Animal, Dairy & Veterinary Sciences	Ken White	Monitoring Trophoblast Stem Cell Differentiation Using Stem Cell Markers
Elisabeth Linton	Biological & Irrigation Engineering	Ron Sims	The Production of Biodegradable Plastics using the Waste Streams of an Anaerobic Digester
Trent Mortensen	Biological & Irrigation Engineering	Ron Sims	Inhibitory Effectiveness of St.-John's-Wort-devrived Compunds Against Mycobaterial Isolates
Daniel Nelson	Biological & Irrigation Engineering	Ron Sims	Omega-3 Fatty Acid Production from Crude Glycerol
Daniel Odell	Biological & Irrigation Engineering	David Britt	Endowing Natively Hydrophobic PDMS Surfaces with Hydrophilic PEO Monolayers
Christel	Biological & Irrigation Engineering	Paul Schreuders	Biotechnology Engineering, The Essentials
Lance Pflieger	Biology	Katarina Stroffekova	Effects of CaM on the Voltage-gated Skeletal Muscle Channel and its Corresponding Constructs
Joshua Pineault	History, Religious Studies	Norm Jones	Maronite Hybridization: The Effects of When East Meets West
Forrest Purser	Biological & Irrigation Engineering	Soonjo Kwon	In Vitro Study of the Potential Damaging Effects of Carbon Nanotubes of the Human Respiratory System
Kristan Sorenson	Biological & Irrigation Engineering	Timothy Taylor	Characterization and Comparison of Sparging Configurations Leading to the Selection of an Optimal Sparger for a Single-use Fermentor
Benjamin Timmins	Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering	Barton L. Smith	Development of a Test Facillity for Loading Effects in Aerodynamic Vectoring Particle Sorting
Cody Tramp	Biology	Dennis Welker	Analysis of Plasmid pIR52-1 from Lactobacillus Helveticus
Victoria Van Uitert	Psychology	Renee Galliher	Vulnerability for Eating Distrubances among Male and Female College Students: Associations with Relationship Quality and Gener Roles
Michael Whyte	Biology	Brad Kropp	Choosing Nucleic Acid Sequence for Phylogenic Studies of the Rust Genus Phragmidium

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