URCO Recipients Fall 2008
| Name |
Department |
Faculty Mentor |
Project Title |
| Hans Anderson | Geology | Anthony Lowry | Estimating the Earth's Geothermal Gradient Using Curie Depths, and the Validity of Using Magnetic Quiet as a Proxy for Curie Depths |
| Douglas Ball | Physics | Haeyeon Yang | Study on Growth Mechanism of Semiconducting Nanowires Using Vapor Liquid Solid Technique |
| Burdette Barker | Biological & Irrigation Engineering | Conly Hansen | Determining the Possibility of Utilizing Anaerobically Digested Algal Material as a Fertilizer Source |
| Chris Bitner | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Sean Johnson | Structural Analysis of Air1Protein |
| Shaun Chatelain | Biological & Irrigation Engineering | David Britt | Modified Polymers for Protein Selection |
| Logan Christenson | Biological & Irrigation Engineering | Tim Taylor | Comparing Constitutive and Induced Synthesis of GFP Using Recombinant Yeast Strains Pichia pastoris and Candida glabrata in Immobilized and Batch Reactors |
| Jeremy Crook | Plants, Soils, & Climate | Brent Black | Overcoming Bud Dormancy in Chokecherries |
| Danny Crump | Art | Jinman Jo | Forged Steel Sculptures |
| Colter Davis | Geology | James Evans | Geochemical and Textural Analyses of Serpentinite-rich Rocks of the San Andreas Fault System, Centeral California |
| Ben Draper | Biological & Irrigation Engineering | David Britt | Modified Polymers for Protein Selection |
| Walter Eiman | Sociology, Social Work & Anthropology | Steve Simms | Modeling the Impact of Human Use on Great Basin Pinyon-Juniper Forests |
| Rachel Farnes | Psychology | Chris Johnson | The Mindful Personality: Trait Mindfulness and Its Associations With Personalilty and Health |
| Tara Finnerty | Nutrition & Food Sciences | Ron Munger | Maternal Dietary Patterns and Risk of Oral Cleft Birth Defects in Utah and Vietnam |
| Christopher Hall | Electrical & Computer Engineering | YangQuan Chen | Vision-Based Autonomous Navigation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Remote-Sensing Applications |
| Kristen Henderson | Psychology | Chris Johnson | The Mindful Personality: Trait Mindfulness and Its Associations With Personalilty and Health |
| Mitchel Humpherys | Electrical & Computer Engineering | YangQuan Chen | Vision-Based Autonomous Navigation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Remote-Sensing Applications |
| Spencer Hyde | Biology | Tim Gilbertson | Role of Delayed Rectifying Potassium Channels in Fatty-Acid Induced Secretion in Enteroendocrine Cells |
| Braden Jensen | Agricultural Systems Technology & Education | Rhonda Miller | Use of Steel Slag to Reduce Phosphorus Loading in Animal Waste Handling Systems |
| Dustin Jones | Psychology | Chris Johnson | The Mindful Personality: Trait Mindfulness and Its Associations With Personalilty and Health |
| Rochelle Kellet | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Alvan Hengge | Mechanistic Study of Iminophosphate Intermediates |
| Kathleen Kirkham | Geology | Carol Dehler | Scrutiny of a Diamictite to Cap-carbonate Contact: Neoproterozoic Scout Mountan Member, Pocatello Formation, Idaho |
| Victoria Kmetzsch | Biological & Irrigation Engineering | Anhong Zhou | Study of the Effect of Surface Modification on Bacterial Chemotactic Behavior By Video Microscopy |
| Mary Martin | Health, Physical Education & Recreation | Eadric Bressel | Structural and Functional Predictors of Bicycle Seat Pressure |
| James Meidell | Ecology | Jim MacMahon | Island Biogeography and Arthropods of Artemesia Tridentata |
| Joshua Millet | Biological & Irrigation Engineering | Conly Hansen | Determining the Possibility of Utilizing Anaerobically Digested Algal Material as a Fertilizer Source |
| Eric Monson | Center for Persons with Disabilities/Biological & Irrigation Engineering | Anthony Torres | Application Design for the Removal of Bias from Multiple Displacement Amplified DNA for use in Copy Number Variation Genetic Assays |
| Bill Munns | Agricultural Systems Technology & Education | Rhonda Miller | Use of Steel Slag to Reduce Phosphorus Loading in Animal Waste Handling Systems |
| James Victor Neiswender | Biology | Anne Anderson | Bioremediation of Wildfire Impacted Soils |
| Tristan Nelson | Psychology | Melanie Domenech-Rodriguez | Stress Levels and Sources of Occupational Stress in Psi Chi Faculty Advisors |
| Todd Parr | Geology | Joel Pederson | Testing Hydroseeding at the USU Water Lab for Erosion-control at Archeological Sites in Grand Canyon |
| Ailina Smith | Plants, Soils, & Climate | Heidi Kratsch | Seed Propagation of Sphaeralcea, Common Globemallow |
| Brad Tuft | Biological & Irrigation Engineering | David Britt | Modified Polymers for Protein Selection |
| Andrew Vanderwerf | Center for Persons with Disabilities/Biological & Irrigation Engineering | Anthony Torres | Application Design for the Removal of Bias from Multiple Displacement Amplified DNA for use in Copy Number Variation Genetic Assays |
| Victoria VanUitert | Psychology | Renee Galliher | Associations Between Nonverbal Behavior and Self-reported Perceptions in Cross-Sex Friendships |
| Ashton Young | Biological & Irrigation Engineering | Tim Taylor | Comparing Constitutive and Induced Synthesis of GFP Using Recombinant Yeast Strains Pichia pastoris and Candida glabrata in Immobilized and Batch Reactors |
| Erin Young | Animal, Dairy, & Veterinary Sciences | Lee Rickords | Discovering Metabolic Networks of Bovine Fertilization |
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